r^ AMUSEMENTS hS' t%—- PRICE 20c TIMES SQUARE ^ Pabllahed Weekly at 1S4 We«t 4(tb St., New Tork. N. T, by Variety. Ine^^ Annual eulkBcrlpuon »7 SlnKle cople» J« aantA Entered aa second cla«s matter December 22. 190». at tba Post Offlo* at New York. N. ¥.. under the Act of March S. HT» VOL. LXXXI. N. 12 NEW YORK CITY, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1926 64 PAGES $30,000 NIGHT CLE PROFIT LEVIATHAN OFHCERS SPOILED AVERY HOPWOOD'S BON VOYAGE Playwright Confined to Stateroom and Classed as ^'Disorderly" — Scotch Taken Away but Drank 1tla\|r Oil — Slipped on Board Without Mention f Arery Hopwood, who sailed on the "Leviathan" along with Irving Barlin and his wife, tlie former Ellin Maclcay, EJ. Ray Goets and other theatrical people recently, was con- fined to his room by the ship's officers after he persisted In conduct which th« officers classed as dis- orderly. When put in his room a bottle of Scotch which he had carried arbund the decks was confiscated, but Hop- Wood, it is said, drank some hair (Continued on page 61) iTWO KAYOS AT LAMBS' BY MEMBERS i Louis Calhern and Walter Catlett Knock Each Other Out — Suspensions A double fist light hotween I<>re than a few weeks. Arthur Hammersteln was offered * Trench prima donna for the alter- nate part last week and is reported a« saying Miqs Hampton was Bircady being considered. Mi.sa Hiiiiipton's previous prima donna ''vork was done in "Mme. Pompa- dour' during ii« Pikili^olphla tryout. Luncheon Rehearsals Lunch time rehearsals in the cabarets is a new gag. In- stead of making the girls get up before noon for rehearsals, the public drilling serves the double purpose of convenience and as a come-on for the patrons. One new place h;ia been making a habit of It and at- tracting new trade. lEXIISiiUINIIN'!; 1SI MONTH YIELDS 11 M WEEKLY New System of Operation Developing Night Life in New York — ^Large Net Profits Without "Selling" -— Coveur Charge and Water Sales Depended Upon — Each . Patron Worth Certain Average Amount — Casa Lopez, Same Net IIRROR'S'SERIES ONIEU BELLE' STOPPED BY HEARSTS ORDERS Belasco "Got To" Publisher on Coast— Phil Payne's Circulation-Building Idea Nipped Short — Dra- matic Critic Wrote Stories After Seeing Play PROHIBITION'S AID Slave Anklet as Notice XMAS OVER; BOOZE LOW; md SCOTCH NOW $48 Bootleggers admit the holiday season's high prices wore fictitious, sent up to make a false market for the gala season only. Scotch has dropped to $48 per case, its low of some time, and the $48 Scotch is pronounced as of the best coming into New York at present. Real champngne .'it $95 evidences LIQUOR MARKET Scotch (good) $48 Rye (no guarantee) 85 Champagne (real) 95 Absinthe 96 Mixed Cordials 65 Individual Cordials 65 Brandy 70 Sauterne 36 Beer (Needle) 38 also a drop in quotation, although $10 per case above the price of last fall. Absinthe is making a belated ap- pearance into the Uuuor market with quotations at $96 a case for the genuine. Plenty of absinthe has (Continued on page 60) Booker's Fine, 50c; Agenf s Fine, $10 According to the computation of a new fining system in Keith-Al- bee's pop priceooker makwe an error, he pays a fine of 60 c<»nts: if an a Kent bools one, it cesta him $10. A night club In New York making a net profit of $7,500 weekly without selling li(iuor is Texas Guinan's 300 Club on West 64th sireet. It marks tl'O new era of operation of the nifht club business In the night life of the city's mid-section. This weekly figure is based on the first month of operation of the club, when the profit was $30,000. Paralleled with it is the Casa Lopeji on the same street west of Ftroadway, another night club that (Joes not permit the sale of liquor within its walls, and also netting not less than $7,500 weekly. Both places are an aid to the en- forcement of prohibition. Net profit of $7,500 a week is not (Continued on page 61) MUSIC PAYING TAX IN SENATE AMENDMENT -Waahlogton. Feb. 2. For the first time In the long drawn out fight ag.ainst the so- called music tax an association of exhibitors has come out openly against the collection of a license (Continued on page 62) Hearst Champ Dancer Lob Angeles, Feb. 2. William It. Ileur.st U de- clared to be tho best Ciiarles- ton dancer on the Pacific Coast. The "slave brncflet" haa given way to the slave anklet among the twilight ladies who frequent New York's night clubs. The "slave anklet" ia a fine chain soldered together and worn under the stoc' .ng of the left leg as a toljeu of exclu- sive allegiance. MIXED CAST RUSH J The sertee ot articles which tlia "Daily Mirror." a New York tab- loid, ran last week deacrlbing the alleged Indecenciea of the Belasco production of "Lulu Belle" were at first thought to be one of those un- derground tieupa. but when word came from W. R, Hearst late in the week fr>r the storlea to be discon- tinued, that theory was exploded. (Continued on page 28) With the advent of "Lulu Belle,- a mixed cast play under David Be- lasco's personal direction, a rush appears to be on by other producers to bring out in New York a stage production with white and colored players. Contracts have been signed whereby Horace Llverlght, the pub- lisher, will have a stage story woven around Paul Uobeson, colored actor, who will also be In the play with a mixed cast. Arthur Hopkins Is also reported having a mixed play production In mind with the story to be written by I.rfiurcnce Htallinga. David Stur«ls, the author of "White Collie." a story that deals with whites and blacks, who almost had the play produced In New York last season, has white cajiital inter- ested and it may see present.atlon before the end of the present sea- son. With the cropping out of the mixed casts on a large scale also comes a story that one of the big film pro- ducing concerns contemplates a screen play that will permit the casting of a big cast of white nnd colored players. "The C.rcat Oatsby," which Isn't a mixed cast affair, has the Charles- ton dance ns one of its f<"atures, ac- cording to those famlliiir with its rchearpalfl by th** William .\. Brady offlces. Colored Theatre Offers Artiste $1,500 for Week Detroit, Feb. t. The Kojipin. a colored theatre, has offered Etbel Waters, the col- ored artiste. $i,r.00 for a week's cngageini-tif. K H Diidlt-y op'-ratos tho Koppln. It opfru »t 9 a. rii , ch.Trgiiig IPc top until II, and 20c. from 11 until 2. Its top admi^"ion at night is •1.10. '.::-.::, PICTURES IN AIR TALKED OVER- RADIO BILL White's "Czar" Measure Reported FaTorably— Air Films in General Variety Bureau, Washington. Feb. 2. The White bill, setting up « "radio czar~ in the person ot the .Secretary of Commerce, waa favor- ably reported back by a Merchant Marine subcommittee to the full committee on Saturday last. A meeting of the full committee, (Continued on page 62) Foreigners Drawing Among the biggest night club money ruakera are tl>e foreign at- tr.actlons. The Mirador has ( loaned up rjn Mosa and Fontana. The Cht^a Fysher with a French revue pos- sessed of obscene lyrics (to those conversant with French), haa clicked at $5 convert Ted Trevor and Pegity Harris at Ciro's are getting across, both bei- ing butter IkMown abroad, thougli originally Amorlcuna. r'OSTUMEC ^L^ «OWNS--UNirORMS\^ FOR EVEDV90DV WHO IS ANVBOOy ON TME SIA(3£ 06 SCREEM..D(auSiVE< DESIGNS W UEAOMG STYlf CREATORS BROOKS *- — *i.»o isiooo coaruMs* to mnr- VARIETY'S LONDON OF?ICS FOREIGN ^^'^S^.^S^ Y^"*^^^''?^'', .i_f- Di -r— «^i c r \J MK. Ks M \M r% aOttg 3199 Recent Wednesday. ] 8 St Martin's Place, Trafalgar Square Wednesday, February 8, 19M MUSICIANS-PERFORMERS REQUESTED TO APPEAR Hearing on Vaile Bill to Gain Admission Abroad — Specht Started It 'Washington, Feb. t. Delayed In their original Intention to hold hearings cfore the date set down by law for the filing of the return. PICTURES, 4THINDUS111Y IN DEPT. OF COMMERCE 25% Profit from Foreign Trade— Jack Conhoily's Convincing Brief N. Y. Enforcement Bill Albany, N. T., Feb. 2. A new sfate prohibition enforce- ■rient bill, patterned after the Wales Jcnks bill, but with additional teeth, Was introduced In the Assembly last •Ight by Assemblyman Edmund B. Jer.ka, Republican, of Broome, chair- man of the Judiciary committee. The measure was not presented In the Senate, where a bloc of Re- pul)lican senators last year Joined With the Democrats In preventing pa sage of the Wales Jenks state prohibition. The belief In the Assembly is the bill will be passed with a safe mnrgin and sent to the upper House •proval of the President: TTbe Industry la the fourth largest In the country In terms of capital Invested and in many Im- portant companies the foreign trade represents 26 per cent of the total profits, representing for the whole Industry a total In the vicinity of $80,000,000." A brief prepared by Jack Connolly of the Hays organisation is ro- [>orted to have been the means of securing not only the approval of the Secretary of Commerce, but the Director of the Budget and. lastly, that of President Coolidge. Some little opposition is known to exist in Congress among thoso who have shown their attitude during previous legislation aimed to di- rectly benefit the picture Industry. These include a rather strong con- tingent In the House who when the fight first came up to repeal the admission tax wanted to keep that tax In its entlrity to use the revenue for some proposed legisla- tion this group Itself advocated. It Is believed this opposition will not be able to hold up the passage of this emergency fund along with the appropriation for the Department of Commerce for the fiscal yitar ending June 10. 1937. no. KILL BRITISH FU QUOTA SCHEME 'Uftfe Men* Upset 'Big Man/ B4it Drowns Actors Hope of VNfk Loatfon. Jan. M. At a reeeat meeting of the repre- sentatives of the film Industry, the quota scheme died once and for all. The sod was a simple matter. H. Klngo Armstrong, leader of the "In- dependents." who deal chiefly In foreign films, put a motion that the quota scheme was not essential to the trade's welfare and this was car- ried practically without dissent. There eould really have been no other answer, as the film Industry here is so divided that It is the hardest thing in the world to get unanimity of any sort. For weeks past the big men in the trade have sought to get the quota scheme through by means which would kill the "little man" and give the others a practical monopoly. This was de- feated by the fighting tactics of the "independents," led by Armstrong, who saw the red light in time and threatened to break away from the main body. This last meeting has killed the great hopes of an extensive revival in British production, entertained by many producers, who had their Irians ready to start making the necessary pictures for the "British quota" the hoped-for law would demand. Oone also are the actors' boi>es of plenty of work. Things may buck up. but It is unlikely now that the big firms will carry on their production plans, since they can trade with their alien features without hindrance. One thing to the general benefit, however, has emerged from the struggle — an appeal la being mado to the government for the abolition of "block booldng," the curse of the dnema Industry to this country. WHAT LONDON LOOKS LIKE Bj HANNEN SWAFFER Liondon, Jan. 19, K yea see printed In America a letter which the Prince of Wale^ • q ue l ry, Ifajor-Oeneral Trotter, sent to Sophie Tucker on the eve •( hor leaving Bngiand, yoa must not believe that it was Sophie who gav* tt out. The dear thing may have dragged Gladys Cooper, Irving Berlin, Peggy O'Neil. Delysla and a dozen others stars into her limelight, to make tt still brighter, on the night she said good-bye to the Kit Cat Club, but all that wonderful publicity was thought out by T. F. Dawe, who mag the Tivoli Mid who Is a friend of Sophie's. ., When It came to the Prince of Walea's letter — well, Sophie simply wouldn't print It. *^ wouldn't use a thing about him," she said. * "But, my dear, do you think he sent you that to line your hat with?" I said. "If it wasn't meant for publication it would have been marked 'Private.' Now sit down and write me a copy, or I'll tell him." Sophie consulted all the people she knew, and they said it was good publicity for the Prince of Wales. So then Sophie relented. But for the fact that the Court Is still in mourning, the I'rincc would have been at Sophie's farewell party, I know. Even Prince Qeorge couldn't atop him. He Is in China. Unknown Titles We manage these things better in Ensland. ' Sophie's farewell went on for four hours after midnight. Lord Lon- donderry was there. One snobbish paper prints all the titled names, which you wouldn't know. And Sophie, who l)adn't any voice left, sang 10 songs without it. Then she sang a speech. Then she said a speech. And, because she was going on a dry ship, they gave her three double magnums of champagne to wet it with. SAILINGS Feb. 2 (London to New York) ButfU Ward ald for by the producer. The Judge thought that Calthrop paid np when committed otherwise he would be in gaol. The Judge also added that not only was the producer's name well known in the dress- making world but in that court. Giving evidence, Mrs. Horme said "Yoicks" was taken off in February but she had left before that as she could not get her money. Also her husband had lent money to Calthrop which he could not recover. The Judge said Calthrop should be sued at the Westminster Court, he paid up fast enough when sent to prison and in fact he paid up before he was sent there. A mutual agree- ment was suggested by the Judge and this was agreed upon. "Yoicks" was the first show to re- sist the managerial ban upon the broadcasting of stage plays. Later, Calthrop became theatrical advisor to the British Broadcasting Com- pany, a position he resigned some weeks ago. Many of the things Sophie does are not meant' for print. I have known for weeks now, quietly, she has been going to a Shelter in Le- man street every now and then to sing to the girls. One of them, whose family was split up by pogrrom four years ago, concerned Sophie to the end. With the aid of Miss Valetta, daughter of a prominent lawyer, she tried to get the girl through to the States, to Join her father, In spite of the quota. A pretty little girl of 17, she arrived with tears of farewell and to hear the promise that it would be "all right" in a few months. Dragged Out Irving Berlin But Irving Berlin's first public appearance in London was Sophie's coup d'etat. She made poor nervous Irving Berlin, whose sweet bride stood on a chair to look, emerge from the crowd he was hiding in, and sing his song, "Remember," which he and Sophie used to sing, 'fhey (Continued on page 63) * STANDARDIZING SALARIES French Ass'n Suggests 500 Fra a Performance as Maximum^ Battle Is On Mm*. Ar«entinB in London Paris, Jan. 23. The popular Spanish dancer, If me. Argentina, is leaving for London to appear at the Kmbassy Club. TO ARTISTES: , MR. A. J. CLARKE Care of Variety, New York ■WILL KKrilKBENT THE PICCADILLY HOTEL THE KIT-CAT CLUB ^ LONDON. ENGLAND Paris, Jan. 23. The French Directors' Association, of which Max Maurey is the presi- dent this year, is examining the feasibility of standardizing salaries for theatrical jtars. It is suggested the maximum wage bo 500 frs. a performance, with a porcenta.ge on the receipts according to the draw- ing capacity of the artist. Some performers agree, the "name" being in favor, while the middle folks scout the idea. The re- sult Is a heated controversy between the Actors' Union and the Syndicate of Directors. BERLIN THEATRES CUT SCALE-ACTORS REFUSE Legit Houses Reduce to $2— • Actors' Salaries Lower Than . in Pre-War Times PERMANENT PLAYHOUSE Paris, Jan. 23. Called on for a speech following a matinee performance at the The- atre Albert I, Ben Greet stated "the project for a permanent English theatre in Paris is becoming a real- ity." Greet Is now appearing in Shakespeare's works with EMward Stirling's English Players. The troupe has been attracting since Christmas, and will remain another month. PARIS VAUDEVILLE Paris, Jan. 23. Olympia,/— Jane Marceau. Chris Richardp, Bach. Allbert, Mug Re- mone, Tony Marc. Maria Manzan Ares. Jess and Buddy, Marguerite Monnet, Luxor T, Five Narrows, V>our Powels, Orea Trio, Mauriclus Trio, Colllnet. Jules Cheroy, Leers - Arvello. Empiro— De Biere, LIna Tyber, Albert Carre and horses; Moussor- ky. nve Ansorouls, Five Serlerses, Hassan Troupe. Sarthel. G«nia and Iloberts, Kemmys Trio. Art Ekpo's Profit Paris, Jan. 23- A profit of 1,200,000 frs. was real- ized by the Decorative Arts Expo- sition here last summer. The money will be divided between the state and the city, both being Interested in the outcome. The city also reaped a harvest from the extra passengers on the tram and auto bus services con- trolled by the municipality, due to the great influx of visitors for -the exposition. Berlin, Jan. 2F. The Berlin Managers Association has taken the first step towards a return to normalcy by announcing a reduction of admission prices. Al- ready the three Kelnhardt, the four Zickel and the three Barnowaky theatres have reduced their theatre tickets one third. It brings the top down from about $3 to |2. The man- agements hope that this will cause an increase in attendance and should it not, they will ral.se the ad- mission again. Citing this reduction as an attempt to bring about stable conditions, the managers have asked the Actors As- sociation to help them by reducing actors' salaries. The actors have refused on the ground the mana- gers alone are responsible for tha present bad financial and artistic condition of the theatre. The average actor's salary 1* lower than before the war when liv- ing prices were half of what they are now. Stars, however, aro highly paid and could stand curtailment.t The actors' organization is severely criticized for refusing to meet tho managers halfway. Mme. Gramatica for Parle Paris, Jan. 23. R. Darzans, lessee of Arts and Theatro du Journal, is negotiating for the appearance of . Madame Gramatica, popular Italian trage- dienne, here during May. Frank Clark's Options Paris, Jan. 23. Frank Clark CWaferBon, Berlin & Snyder), previous to resting on the continent, obtained an option on two successful musical comedies and also a couple of popular French songs. Paris Vaude Paper Paris, Jan. 23. A new vaudeville organ, "L'En tr'acte," has been launched here by Paul Alexsndre and Jean Barret. Henri Jeanson is the editor. Est,- aAAA/ WILLIAM MORRIS AGRNCy. Inc. WU. HOKBIS VfU. IIOBUS. J^ 16«0 Broadway, New York THE TILLER SCHOOLS OF DANCING 143 Charino Cross Road LONDON ^„ Director, JOHN TILLER 1 . '!W Wednesday, February S, 199B FOREIGN VARIETY ) J. SHUBERTS NEW RULING AGITATING THEATRICAL LONDON First Night List Cut from 146 to 24 Seats — Advanced Admission to Gallery — Nothing English in Lon- don's "Student Prince" but Male Chorus London, Feb. S. See JakeT Tou can't even ap- proach him. and the Inauguration ,f the Shubert management in l^ondon takes place tomorrow. .ake'a In hiding. "The Student Prlnje" is due at Hla Majesty's, the Irst night press list has been cut Irim 146 to 24 seats for this house: regular galleryltes can't get lear the thfeatre. unusual occuiences iave become almost ordinary and. In fact. Wednesday eve looks like Itiite a night In the West End. ;'3 impossible to get an explan- ation from J. J. Shubert as he Fe- tuses to be interviewed by anyone and has Isolated himself. ;t began early with the announce- ment that the gallery and pit would It bookable in advance but at raised prices. The boosting of pit geats from thi'ee to seven shillings created feeling while the gallery regulars were tendered a "sold out" reply upon asking for tickets five minutes after the sale opened a week ago. This was last Wednes- day (Jan. 27) to be exact. The balcony tribunal and Its component parts felt so deeply over the matter that they sent an official com- mittee of representatives to wait on J. J. and secure a reason for the discrimination. But J. J. again sent out a refusal and pa.ssed up the eommittee despite advice. English Chorus ' In the case of the press list the jitoeagre allotment of 24 stubs came ■^f^a surprise. Previously, wheh iT'he Co-Optlmlsts" produced their last show at this theatre, the dallies received a quota of 146. Hesides this the posters for the 'Trlnce." either on omnibuses or off, herald the Information that there Is an tll-Gngllsh male chorus, thus stressing the only English angle of the show. Meanwhile, stories are going Kround that the costumes have been made In Paris, were fitted In -the theatre by a French dressmaker whose conversation demanded an Interpreter, after which came the arrival of the Germ.an prima donna. Use Marvenga. George Graves' ■t>atement when he threw up his part said that. "It's too Boche for me," has added to the general talk roing around. There Is little doubt that J. J. Is plenty worried about the show or the gallery would not have been ■old out before the regulars could buy. Willie Edelsten Is acting as Shubert's aide de camp during these hectic times while Oscar Kigman, who was cabled for. arrived yester- day (Monday) and went straight from the boat to a dress rehearsal. Outside of this stories axe current, •nayhaps emanating from enemies, that a decrease In regular house •taff salaries has already been threatened by the Shuberts. The entire pit of His Majesty's has been given away for the premiere of "The Student Prince" r.nther than 'I'k an antagonistic audience. CLIFF-MONKMAN RlZZrS NEW CLUB Ambastador's Seats 350— Corte« and Peggy Dancing. , London. Feb. 2. The new Ambassador's Club, •pened by Rlzzl. had 350 (capacity) « attendance at Its premiere last *eek with Cortez anU Peggy the •nly attraction. The following night business counted 451 patrons with tables placed on the floor to the extent the dance team could not perform. Patterned after Giro's except that ^ la much richer and more modern. "IzzI is acknowledged to have one "f the most beautiful "rooms" In town. Laddie and Phyllis Marrying in London Feb. IS London. Feb. J. Laddie Cliff and Phyllis Monk- man are to be married Feb. 16. Both are former members of the "Co-Optlmlsts," with ClifT but re-: cently. recovered from an Illness. Miss Monkman refused to rejoin that .organization unless at her pre- vious sal*ary and percentage terms. Whlteman Doubling; $5,000 Paid by Him House London. Feb. 2. When Paul Whlteman and his pichestra opens here at the Kit I. at Club, about the first week In March. he will also double at the Tlvoli (pictures), receiving $5,000 weekly from that theatre. William Morris and Harry Foster have additionally booked Ted Lewis and Frances White at the Kit Kat. Miss White makes her debut Feb. 8. while Lewis will personally ap- pear In the midst of a girl revue, without his band, following tlie Whlteman engagement. The club management baa cur- rently persuaded Hal Sherman tc resume working In white face. Th« dancer appeared two nights under "cork." Biased Broadcaster London, Feb. i. A complaint Is to come before the West End Managers' Association re- garding James Agate's broadcasting criticisms when he Is reported to have said that the only show in town worth while seeing was "All the King's Horses." Agate Is dramatic critic on the Sunday "Times." This show was written by Opcn- shaw. part author of Agate's own play. "Blessed Are the Uich." HUGH WARD ON WAY HOME London. Feb. 2. Hugh Ward will be on the "Mauretania" when It sails from here tomorrow (Feb. 3) and will go direct to Australia from New York. It Is his Intention to be present for the opening of the new Iheatre In Sydney. Ward has booked "No. No, Nan- ette" and ".Mercenary Mary" for Australia while he has also signed Jack Morrison, from the Metropole "Follies." '^ ''on't itween numbers. That the end of Florida's boom will find Gentiles holding all the acreage Is Will's verdict. MIAMI Honeymooners here Include J'ld^ar and Mrs. Solwyn, who was tuth Wiloox, and Leopold Stokowskl, the I'liil.'idelphia orchestra conduetor, and bride. Jee Jackson, Added Act, Preferable to 'Cut" Week Another standard vaudeville act foiC'd to seek outslda hooldngs through too many "out" weeks is Joe Jackson, tramp bli-yclist. He Is playing a week engagement cur- rently (Feb. 1) at the Columbia. New York (burlesque), as an added at I Taction with "Chuckles." Bernard and Harris are also an •dded attraction for the same date John Franklin "Daddy" Norrls, minstrel man for 48 years and the last of the original org;inizers of the Elks, died here. The remains were sent to Fennville, Mich, for burial. Howard Lanin and his nine-piece orchcstrn, from the Ben Franklin Hotel, I'hllly. are at the new White- h.ill Hotel here. The Whitehall now eaters to the ultra exclusive sot, the Uoyal Polnclara being open to any- one with a b.Tnkroll. Ja<'k Denipsey gave two boxing exhihiilons at a realty subdivision here l-tet week. No admission was ehargei. Jack cashed In on shekels presented by operators ef the sub- division. Eltde .lanls Is on her flve-week engitgement at the Hollywood Golf and Country Club. JVank Libuse, a comic from Chi- cago, is the latest to join Jimmy Hodge's "Follies" at Hialeah. RARrS BRIEF ON APPEAL YS. BK TIME ] Max Hart's appeal In his IS.2SO.090 triple damage suit on Sh% man anti-trust law and Clayton Act violations against the bP lime vaudeville Interests has been filed with the Circuit Cou of Appeals. The Hart Brief on appeal, prepared and submitti! by Eppstein, Axman A Hlrshfleld. with Martin W. Littleton head Ing the trial counsel, la based on five propo.sitloiis. chief of which is the contention that vaudeville, such as la being condurted b the B. F. Keith Vaudeville ExchAnge, Inc. Orpheum Circuit E. F. Albee and allied executives, constitutes interstate com merce and that the transactions Involved in arranging tours for nnd booking vaudeville attractions, not only directly affect inter- state commerce, but constitute such Interstate commerce. The third proposition submitted In the appeal la "the fact that the Interstate commerce shown In this case Is Incidental to or In other words. Is admittedly caused to flow by— contracts pro- riding for 'entertainment,* L «., performances or exhibitions at vaudeville theatres, to be given by the subjective matter o( such Interstate commerce while In the current. Is wholly immaterial The reason Issue Is always this: Was the interstate commerce referred to, unreasonably, unduly and dlrently reatrained?" Hart further argues that neither the Keith nor Orpheum book- ing ofifices or he himself are engaged in the giving of exhibitions of any kind, but that both are engaged In Interstate commerce and that the restraint of* such, in this case, was "unreasonable, undue and direct." Jha Orpheum Circuit Is made the sole sub- ject of the sixth proposition since Charles H. Studin at the origi- nal trial argued that the circuit aa a corporate body was not organized until Dec. 22, 1919, subsequent to the unlawful acts alleged. Hart's counsel stresses that the same directorate con- trols the Incorporated Orpheum and the Orpheum Circuit such as it existed before 1919. Expansive Legal Battle In this suit Hart has waged a courageous and expensive legal battle with the vaudeville interests to secure redress for being barred from doing business In the big time vaudeville otficcs, which Hart alleges are the center of big time vaudeville activity as re- gards the booking of attractions. The Hart complaint was dismissed on Judge Hand's decision that the case was not governed by the Interstate Commerce regu- lations as shown by the testimony that such commerce "ia inci- dental to the primary thing — that of entertainment." From this ruling Hart Is appealing. Prior to this. Hart received another setback when the low court, before the Introduction of any testl- jnony, decided that the Federal Court of the Southern District of New York had no Jurisdiction to bear and determine the alleged cause set up In the complaint. Hart overcame this obstacle with an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States, resulting In a reversed decision, and the case remanded for trial. The Blnderup vs. Pathe, Inc. (recent) and the famous Ranken vs. Bin Posters' Assn. decisions are quoted to support the the- orem that "Stock yards, local billboards, motion picture theatres, and vaudeville theatres, as well aa local hardware bouse, etc., are each in reality only part of the instrumentalities for transactions between people of dlllerent states. Production, booking contract, transportation and the exhibition are commercially interdependent and in any survey of the transaction as an entirety, none could be omitted.. They each go to make the transaction and covering different states they stamp the transaction — not all Us Inci- dents, but its essential body — as a transaction in interstate commerce." Aeencies Are Middle-men It is argued that the Keith and Orpheum booking offices do not actually give performances, but merely serve aa middle-men to fur- nish the me^ns and facilities for the intercourse between the owners of the vaudeville theati-ea who are engaged in a business for profit, and the owners of vaudeville acta who are also engaged in a busi- ness for protit. The plain'iirn (Hart) business, it Is argued, cunaista of nego- tiating contracts — contracts which ould not be performed with- out the parties traveling from state to state In a constant current of interstate commerce. That the big time takes cogniz;ortation of these lU.OUO actors (comprising some €,800 acts) throughout the United States and Canada produces a steady, con.stant stream of comnieice throughout both countries and interstate in the I'nited Stateu. The burden uf the argument obviously revolves about the in- tei.state commerce pruposilion and if vaudeville ia legally inter- preted by the courts as such the Hart complaint is deemed meri- torious. The argument on this appeal will probably come up some time In March, or possibly the last week in February. W. C. Fields in Pictures For F. P. at $5,000 Week Felix Ferdinando and his orches- tra are at .Miami Beach Casino. Through ri'uewed efforts on the p.art of Flo Ziegfe.'s publicity men, John Her.ry Mears nnd Bernard Sobcl. "Palm Beach Nights," the (Continued o n page 10) If you don't advertise in VARIETY don't advertise Daniel FYohman and Gertrude Vanderbllt are among the many theatrical visitors here. Temple, newest of Miami's picture houses, opened Jan. 24. Frank Staflton played the organ to "The Girl of Gold." The Glorias nnd Oarber's orches- tra are still at Carol Gables Golf and Country Club. In the show at the Trianon Gar- dens are Gene Fosdlck and orches- tra, Medrano and Donna, Mur:<-1 Dr Forrest. Mario Vllanl, Janet Htonr and Grider. • St. Louis, Feb. 2. W. C. Fields will leave the "Follle.s" Saturday, leaving at once ."or Florida where he will start ni.ikinK picture.s for Famous Play- ers under a salary of fo.OOO weekly. Johnny Dooley will replace Field.s 'n the "I'^ollics." Dooley was en- Tifred under a run of the play con- •aart Mary had no gratitude, her husband states, and on July IS, 192S, a cer- tain bootlegger departed for A^antlc City, and with him went Mary. Mr. Landesraan calls this desertion in his bill. Sam Rodman stood a lot from bis wife but finally decided enough. He exciised her attacking him with a carving knife in 1922, but two years later when she threw add In his face, Sam lost patience. Sophie Van Dreal Wiggly, chorus girl with the Pat Rooney show, "Daughter of Roslo O'Grady." charges cruelty against Joseph Wiggly, non-professlonaL Mrs. Wiggly couldn't live up to her name so far as dodging friend hubby's blows wore concerned, she chlaylet nnd as.slsted by his wife. Kdlth Cami)btll. It's a J. Hartley Manners' sketch, entitled "The King's Messenger." Alf T. Wilton Is din ft Ing .Mr. Fav- ersham's varlefv tour. The first reaction to the PublH Theatre units at the Rlvuli, th* Joe Plunkctt I'resentatlons at th« Strand, and the stage shows at th* Capitol, New York, on the vaude- vlllo houses, has been at the Pal* ace. New York, to such an extent speculators next door to the I'ahic* automatically^ stopped handling Pal- ace tickets through unprolltablo n of salaries of employes of the Pal- ace. It will 1)0 tlie first time sal- ary rc'lui'tlun has been found ne<.'fs- sary at the l';ilace, although Keith's llil)podroino this season cut salaries of vniployes on two different occur sluiis. At the Hip it is said all of the lUiMor jniploycs "cut" quit their Job.s. Among these was a girl at tho phone switch, cut |3; ticket taker, cut J4, and two en :lnecrs, cut $7 weekly each. The Hip could not cut salaries of Its stage haii'la -or muHi<,'lHitH, tho latter regulated by tin Ion scales. It Is estimated that the wi'(>kly overh.-ad of the Hip Is $24,000. Bc.sliles the regular piriure houK'fl with their 8jC prices, there ;ire three or four spi-cial plcturis dolrur buslni-Hs In Broadway houses, all Kr.iird lower than the Palace's top. Th» I'alice charges $8.30 for its box seats Sunday night. % '\ 1 k .\i % VARIETY VAUUbTlLi&^E. -va^mFiv.immMMmsmn^mfvmw'mMnimKix '* v'uwi' Wtdnwdaj, VeSniarf «. ttit 100 PHME HOUSES AROUND NEW \m NOW PLAYING AOS Flask Turns Cheaper Than House-Made Presenta- tions — Many Use Two or Three Turns in Addition Booked by Independent Agencies Over 100 picture houses In the outlying Buburban dlatricts of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut have lately Incorporated vau'deville acta. Their iihowa are belns booked through Independent agencies in Kew York with Kally Markus and Jack Llnder having the greater Dumber and few others acattered •tmong remaining bookers. As many more are contemplating ▼audeville and will probably install It as soon aa tho houses can be renovated to meet with the requl- •Itea of stage theatres. Most of the picture houses listed have created a new market for flashes, unable to book at a livable figure on standard circuits. Danc- faig acts, musical acts and harmony duos are among the other type In demand for the picture house dates. Some of the houses use merely a flash as a presentation feature while others use two or three acts In Itself an Indication that the latter houses are gradually taking on a yaudevllle end of the picture bills. Before going In for regular vaude- ville bookings some of the houses experimented In staging their own presentations but found It more •conomlcal to buy the aet flashes direct The latter decision has given flash producers additional Impetus to briiig out acts figiiring Chat If they don't hit for the regular time th* producer can get from under by apottlng them for the picture house dates. CHICAGO MAN DECLINES SOJS OF N.V. A. PROGRAM Robert Boniet Not in Sympathy with Manner of HandUng "Charitable" Affair OLYMPIA FOR VAUDE (Oootinued from page B) stances aince b«r acquittal of the murder charge. The friends who «am« forward for her during both trials and promised a home for her- •elf and baby have seemingly failed to make good. She la now forced to make a living for both. IndependMit b o o k • r a figured Olyinpia a great bet for Connecticut •tands until manage™ there refused to play her, tl>e latter evidently afraid that her appearances would arouse public sentiment. The Nut- meg &tate was the scene of the al- leged murder over a year ago. Through testimony of the trial It was brought out that Bagnano was shot outside the Palace The- atre, New Haven. At both trials the singer admitted having flred the fatal shot but claimed to have done ■o In self defense. A ahow business interest obtained throughout both trials because of several performers having been called to testify. Tvwo Trials Olympla's first trial in New Haven resulted in a disagreement. A re- quested change of venue ae^ the ■econd trial in Chicago, Feb. t. Following the disclosure that solicitors for the N. V. A. program have been getting 40 -SO and M per cent commission, Robert BonleL one of the best program solicitors la the country, has refused to han- dle the N. V. A. program promotion for Chicago. For four or five years Bonlel, prominent In radio and other semi-theatrical fields, has put over the N. V. A. program here. He practically donated his services be- lieving the money went to the actors intact without having large chunks extracted for the racketeer boys. Bonlel went as far as to aak other solicitors working for the program to cut their commission as a personaJ favor to him. Having learned the Inside workings of the N. V. A. iirogram racket. Boniel. even when offered SO percent com- mission, declined to be associated with this "charlty.- It is understood the Orpheum Circuit wants several of Its oflloe men to "send In tlie works" so that by flattery or fear vaudeville actors will advertise in the program. The Orpheum men selected are anything but elated at the assignment. They figure that it merely means personal unpopularity for them with little to be expected In the way of co-opera- tion. The SO percent ad man with his desk in the local N. V. A. club Is not having the nice time anticipated in Chicago. A general lack of pros- perity amoBg the acts makes them uBwiUing to pay the board bill of a professional promotar. ACTS IN IM BILLS DOUBLING IN AFTERPIECES, WITHOUT PAY Keitk Circuit Reported FavcMrini; Orpheum's Econon^ ical Scheme — Units Abo Keep Other Acts Out of Work— Waking Up to Unit Menace LYDIA HARRIS QUEEN OF SYNCOPATION Playing return eagageraent at McVlcker's. Chfoago. for two weeks. Also returning to Senate and Hard- ing for six wet'ks, with Balaban & Katz Wonder Theatres to follow. I am Still My Own Personal R«prssentativs LYDIA HARRIS, Irring Apartments 4300 Drexel Blvd., Chicago, 111. JOHNP.HARRIS 1 ON 125TH STREET apon which she won acquittal During both trials society women of Connecticut displayed interest In the girl's plight with at least three offering a home for herself and 11- lOKitimate offspring uiMjn acquittal. At the conclusion of the second trial some months ago she is said to have been beHieged with various stage offers, but figuring she waa otherwise set, turned them down. Marcus Loew has withdrawn from the Harlen^ opera bouse on 125th street where he was interested Jointly with Leo Brecher. The house will continue to play straight pictures under Brecher's direction. Following the withdrawal, Loew's 7th avenue playing a stock policy switched to straight pictures. The Alhambra, former Keith-Albee big time stand at 126th street and 7tli avenue, now playing pictures, im- L>itchfleld, Conn., jniedjately announced a ftirther re- ONE-NKHT VAUDEVILLE OROIIT'S EXTENSION Jo« DMiy Worked Up Week's Time for 8 Acts— May Have Second Week Pittsborgh, Feb. X. AH theatres operated by the Har- ris Amusement Company were or- dered closed Jan. 27 as a tribute to State Senator John P. Harris, who died suddenly Tuesday afternoon In Harrisburg. Announcement of the Senator's death was made in the various theatres eontroUed by the organisation of which he was the head. All theatres remained closed until after the services Saturday. The theatres were the Harris and Palace, downtown; Sheridan Square, £a8t Liberty; WUHam Penn, North Side; Hippodrome, McKeesport; Majestic, Butler, Pa.; Strand, Youngstown. C; Grand, Wilming- ton, Del., and family, Detroit. The death of Senator Harris came with tragic suddenness. While seated at his desk In the state legis- lature dtwing a stormy debate he suddenly slumped and fell to the floor. A momeat or two later be was pronounced dead. Senator Harris was widely known In the theatrical world and was a pioneer in the picture business in Pittsburgh. He is credited with opening and operating the first suc- cessful "nickelodeon" in the city. Senator Harris was among the first to enter the field of low priced vaudeville. He provided Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania with a chain of theatres. Later he entered the higher priced amusement field. Mr. Harris was vice-president of J OttIUo Harrold and Pattl have the Harry Davis Enterprises Com- I left vaudeville and are playing a pany and president of the various tour of the large motion picture Jm Doaly. who operates a d^la •C one-night raudeviUe stands throughoat Sullivan county. N. T., Is planning sxtenslon of activities in that territory. Deal)r*s present list carries an sight -aet bill for six nights. The proposed additions wIH give him six additional nights for which hs will organize another eight-act bill. Dealy recently purchaiwd a Pull- man motor bus which he utilizes for transporting his acta from New York and also carries them along the chain. Dealy pays a shade bet- tor than prevailing independent prices for acts and malces the en- gagement more attractive through effecting club rates at hotels and also throwing in transportation, generally the major stumbling block with acts playing the Independents since the haulage charges usually sat ap the major portion of salaries on soma jumps. Dealy*s present proposition Is a S2-wsek arrangement, which pro- vides employment tor 411 acts throughout a season. If the six ad- ditional houses are set as expected within the next couple of weeks they will smploy a similar amount of acts. Dealy will also purchase an- other motor bus for transportation purposes. Dsaly entered this territory six years ago by giving the towns the only vaudeville shows they had over seen. He has no opposition, and plays the bouses on a percentage arraagement. giving the oight-act show and a picture at SOc top. Only avoniag performances are glvsa. some houses playing sae show aad others two. The Keith Circuit is considering a tie-up with the Orpheum Circuit whereby the Keith people will pi^^ all Orpheum road shows, both Junior and senior, after thf.^ have tinlghed their Orpheum bookings. The Keith people are said to bs attracted by tho cheapness of the units in comparison with a regular ▼audevMlle bill. In the units only four acts and a chorus are used for the senior shows, and a lesser nusi« ber for the Juniors. By signing tbs acts to do their specialties and then double into an afterpiece, the units get a fun-length ahow out of tlia four aotfl, .saving tho «ost of four other acta VaudevUie artists are beginninc to wake up to the unit menace. Artists are signed to contracts call- ing for appearances In afterpieces, making the house a gratuitous pres* ent of their services for the after- piece and In addition keeping other acts out of work due to the cutting down in the number of acts neces- sary. Acts arc also giving extra performances without pay. In ths senior units acts virtually do four performances daily, and in the Junior units, six or more a day. BUBBY PHONEY "DR." HARROLDS AT STRAND BULT SIAM OHD ADDS TIME Chicago, Feb. 2. Billy Diamond, In co-operation with Gus Sun. has taken over the bookings for the following theatres: Majcstlee, Lacrosse, Wis ; Vander- vert, Sheboygan. Wis., and Grand, Oshkosh, Wis. This is for the Gus Sun and the A. * H. Uma ductlon in prices which now scale;? the house 6, 10 and 15 cents. JAM£S TOWNSEND ILL Los AiigeleH, Feb. I. James Townsend, stage mana>rer of the local PantagcH hou8c, rup- tured a blood vessel in his ht-ad yes- tt^rd.iy afternoon and was taken to the Central Hospital In a serio 'a condition. Townsend has been ssoeiated with Pantagos for 20 years. If you don't advertise in , yA^tfiSTTY don't advertise Ethel Waters May Not Play in Vaudeville EHhel Waters may pass up her vaudeville bookings through her severance of stage relations with the "Plantation Revue" act which has gone ah^ad with Mary Stafford In her place. Miss Waters has arranged for some dates In the T. O. B. A. houseR where Miss Waters gained her vaudeville fame prior to coming to New York. Another chapter to Miss Waters' troubles came when hsr piano ac- companist. Pearl Wright, accepted an offer to remain with tlie Sam Salvln act. Leigh Whlpper, the colored mana- ger of the Orpheum, Newark, N. J.. took advantage of the upheaval In the "I'lantatlon" act to book Miff.' Watfrs for a full week there, start- ing Monday. For the Newark engagement Mifl--^ WatCT.s la to receive $600. An outside theatre manager, de- slrlnK the "I'lantatlon" act with Miss Waters, was trying to arrange book- ings for bis cUeuIt last wepk but reneged when he Xound that Mias Waters had left It, Harris Amusement companies, oper- ating theatres throughout Pennsyl- vania, West Virginia and Ohio. These companies Included the Har- ris Amusement Company of Pitts- burgh; Harris Amusement Company of Pennsylvania; Harris Amusement Company of Delaware; Harris Amusement Company of Michigan, and various other associated Intei-- ests in Cincinnati, Dayton, Colum- bus and Louisville. He also was vice-president and director of the Washington Trust Company and a director of the Pittsburgh Baseball Club. He was a member of the National Vaudeville Managers' Protective Association, FYlars Club of New York, New York Athletic Club, Pittsburgh Athletic Association and various other clubs and societies. Senator Harris made his debut in politics In May of 1»22 when he per- mitted his name to be used in the primaries for state senator from the 45th senatorial district He was nominated by a large majority and his election followed in November. He was the son of John 1*. Harris, and spent his youth at the family home in Crafton, a suburb of Pitts- burgh. Senator Harris loaves a widow, his mother, five children, two brothers and three sisters. houses. The opera singer aad daughter have been booked at the Strand, New York, for the week of Feb. 15. They Just completed a two weeks engagement at Pox's, Philadelphia, being held over the second week. It will be the first time the Strand, New York, has played a straight vaudeville attraction other than a band. The house is op- position to Keith's Palace, New York in location. Harrold and Pattl have been play- ing vaudeville for several seasons, appearing on the Keith Circuit. According to report, the attractive salary offered for a picture house route, weaned them away from straight vaudeville and cut salary weeks. (OoaiUnued from pa^e 6) Cleveland. They went to Cleveland and occupied rooms at the Statler hotel until Mrs. Bowman resigned from "Grab Bag" Jan. 22. They re- turned to Columbus and again occu- pied a stilts of roomt at the Neil House until the presentation of tho bllL Mrs. Bowman stated that she had advanced Bowman about $1,500 when he mentioned that he lacked ready cash. Dr. Bowman was ap- IMirently making arrangements t« dispose of some of his stocks, hia wlfs thought. Brids's Parents Present - Tho bride's parents, of Merlden. Conn., were with the couple hers when the "doctor" was placed na- der arrest In an interview after the arrest Mrs. Bowman stated that she would start divorce proceedings as soon as possible. Under the Ohio laws It Is necessary to wait 80 days before divorce action can be commenced. The couple had been married but li days at the time of Bowman's ar- rest. Bowman was non-committal about the extensive properties he claimed to have. A search of his effects re- vealed a cheap Ingersoll watch, $1.85 In cosh and three bills. Police investigation revealed that Bowman had Iwen recently em- ployed as a rubber in a Coiumbua bathhouse at $25 per week. Mrs. Bowman Is now telling "Ths True Story of My Romance with Dr. Bowman" on the stage of ths James, Columbus. The salary was not rti.srlospd. J.nmes olTerert her $1,000 an* the Majestic plcturs house offered $500. Miss Hogers may appear at the Majestic next week. lOCAL ACT FOR M. P. Baltimore, Feb. 2. "Th« Maryland Colle-glans," a local art that broke In at the III|> hero last fall, was seen by B. A. Kolfe who la to ctiJiCitrse and shape the act for big time pictuM faults. MAKRIAOES CheHa Terry (Berkes and Terry) married to Henri Gendron (Gendron's Orchestra, Montmartre Cafe, Chicago), Thursday, Jan. 28, at Chicago. Will Donaldson, songwriter, to Josephine Plant, non- professional, Feb. 2, at Brooklyn, N. T. Lillian Werba, daughter of Louis F. Werba, theatrical manager, to Arthur Creangc, Jan. 20, at the Alamac hotel, New York. Both non- professionals. Olive Wallace, actrcKS at the Bur- bank. Los Angeles, to William Paul Kunk, musician, at the sanio thea- tre, at First Baptist Church, Los Angeles, Jan. 29. Dave Murray married his dancing partner, Hilda Lee, in Sun Fran- cisco, Dec. 16, ^ _ FORUM Editor Variety: A fire at Ogdensburg, N. Y., com- pletely destroyed the opera housa Jan. 21. At tho time we were breaking in a new aet written by James Madi- son. This act was fully equipped with new seer ery, ■ wardrobe and musical Instruments. It was almost re.ady for a New York showing. Tho fire was a result of an «£- plosion in the boilers underneath the auditorium and occurred at 12:15 a. m. Everything we owned was lost in the fire. Including gold musical In- .•rtruments, new sowiwy, new ward- robe and all trunks containing our personal clothing, valuable papers and countle!«.s article.s which cannot be replaced. We figure our loss conservatively at $4,000. Harvey, Bencvy and Qrayce. Wednesday, February 8, 1928 VAUDEVILLE VARIETY TUT YCU OUT OF BUSINESS"- CLAIF^ Statement by kahl Orpheum, Jr., Booker Alleged to Have Spoken Thusly to 21-Year-Old Dancer — Association Agent Drawn Into it — Boy's Own Manager Decided •■■ U 4 Chlcagro, Feb. 8. "I'll put you out of the show business," Is the remark attributed by GeorBe Glvot and William Stevens, hla personal manager, to gam Kahl, booking head for the Orpheum.-Jr., Circuit, and charged by many around here to oractlcallv dictate the policy and actions of the Association, another affiliated agency, but of less importance. Xahl Is also alleged to have In- formed Givot that he could never play the Orpheum Circuit unless obeying his (Kahl's) instructions, but Kahl said if Glvot and Stevens did agree, that he (Kahl) would see that the agreement CQtered Into be- tween Glvot and Ez Keogh, an Asso- cin'lon agent, would be carried out. Givot, but 21 and a dancing come- dian, is reputed to stand second only to i'aul Ash in local draw ooDular- ity. He had signed an agreement with Keogh guaranteeing him 30 w<>ek8, play or pay, at a set amount. They were to split anything over that amount that Keogh could ob- tain for Glvot. "•■'ollowing Tom Brown and his band leaving an Orpheum Circuit unit show at Omaha, to play the Pantages houses in that city, Glvot ■tates that Kahl sent for him and coerced him into a promise that he would sl^n a contract for 10 weeks ■with an option of two years, to re- place Brown with the unit; The Orpheum contract is said to have contained a sliding scale for Glvot, 1300 to $400 the first year of the option and $400 to $500 the ee'^ond year. After leaving Kahl, Givot In- formed Stevens with Stevens ad- vising his protege he could not give himself away in that fashion. They both called upon Kahl when, ac- cording to their own statements to a Variety reporter, Kahl made the threat about keeping them out of the show business and off the Or- pheum circuit. Figuring Without Agent Kahl is also said to have stated that if Givot would sign with him. he (Kahl) was in a position to force Keogh to forego his contract, but If they did not sign, Keogh could do nothing for Glvot and he (Kahl) Would aid Keogh In collecting him what might be duo to him under the < Keogh-Givot contract. There is doubt around the Loop whether KaTil had any intention of taking up either term of the option, with the Impression he merely wanted to "bull" the boy to use him for the 10 weeks with the unit. So far Glvot has not signed with Kahl. It is understood he and Stevens have been advised that the Department of Justice is alway.s anxious to hear, about anyone tell- ings jmcone else tliat "they would be put out of business." It's a favor- ite expression in Orpheum circles, not only for actors, but has been Used by even the Orpheum's law- yers who should have known better. LEVEY AFTER SHEWMAKER Frolic Director for Moose — Formerly Actor — Going Into Western States. Chicago, Fob. 2. The Bert Levey Circuit may clinch a deal for the services in somo of Its western houses of Wil- liam H. Shewmaker, grand frolic director of the Loyal Order of Moose. Shewmaker some years ago v\as an actor under the name of Sid Jerome. Ho retired to become the Hiiint promoter and special or- ganizer for the Moose. He has Ju.st b'-en ordered by Secretary of Labor J- H. Davis, who is the head of Moosedom, to stir things up In the far western states. Allen Summers of the local Bcri Levey ollloe, himself a prominent Moose, will attempt to get Khow- niaker for the Levey houses in those towns where his Moose activities ^111 bring him. If you don't advertise in VARIETY don't advertise ACTS DODGING LONG TERM CONTRACTS Keith's Trying to Tie Up Acts Before They Know Their Value The Keith's Special Contract De- partment, which was created to buy new acts as cheaply as possible and tie them up for three years or longer, before they had a chance to increase their demands following big time successes. Is finding It next to Impossible to induce acts to ac- cept the long-term contracts at the salaries offered, on account of the offers acts are receiving from out- side sources, which are continually increasing. In an effort to forestall the gen- eral effect of the condition on all vaudeville, the department has been bringing pressure to bear on the agents. The agents have In many Instances been told to get certain acts to accept the Inducements of- fered by the department under pain of having the department go after the acts and book them direct. In each In.stance the act was rated as worth much more than the salary offered and was reluctant to tie up«for three years at this time, when picture houses, circuits and cal>areta are using more and more vaudeville weekly. The Special Contract Department was formed after several acts had played the Palace, New York, with- out having salaries set. The acts, following a Palace success, asked and received more money than. In the opinion of the Keith executives, they would have taken before their value was thus exposed. The the- ory of the Special Contract De- partment Is that acts can be "dis- covered" and signed up cheaply. If the same act Is allowed to de- velop naturally, its salary demands Increase In proportion. When the Special' Contract Department can induce the act to sign. It can. de- velop it as fast as Is possible, with no further salary adjustments nec- essary. The department contracts are for two and three years at a sliding scale. The annual increase In sal- ary for a team varies from $25 to $50, and about 20 weeks % season are guaranteed. The rest. Is pick- up bookings, but an act cannot play "outside" the Keith office mean- while. Big Time Bushwick Trying "Clown Night" In an effort to bolster business the current week at tj^e Bu.shwick, Brooklyn, N. Y., a "Clown Jlcvue," an afterpiece Into which all of the acts on the bill double, has been added to the regular |)rogram. The same idea is being used every Mot. day night at tiio Royal, New York, and , Is credited with pulling some business. The Bu.shwick I.s a Keith-Albee straight vaudevillo th<;itre, with the Koyal a pop voudevilie theatre on the same circuit. Ardell Recasting Through Booking Office Okayed Franklyn Ardell has hauled in hi.s skit "Tlie Man J lorn Miami" for several cast clianges. Ardeli's decision to pass up time is something new>.as the K.-A. hooking offic**- hud okayed the present citst. But .\rdell was dis- satisfied and closed for the replaco- mcnta. GIVING AGENTS 'AIR' Independent agents figuring they are about to come into their own, have donned tho "high hat" Intely. They are working out a process of elimi- nation to weed out tho Indiffer- ent agents who keep annoying tht'ir offices with one or two unplayable acts on their lists and crowding out the hustlers who have real material to sell. The Indifferent ones got entree when the bookers wore glad to grab anything. Now the bookers figure their pres- ence no longer decorative. None of the indifferent class has been actually ordered out, but are receiving little en- couragement to further annoy the bookers with the latter figuring the little fellows will gradually take a tumble. Some have noticed it, and are squawking, but not loud enough to be heard by the bookers of which tliey com- plain. They resent the atti- tude recently adopted and claim they were handy little fellows around the bookers when they could bridge a flop for them, but now when no longer useful they are getting the air. N. V. A. TIRADE AGAINST STAGE HANDS AND UNION Frank Gould Speaks to Club Audience; Says Stage Hands Look Down on Actors Chicago, Feb. S. The N. V. A- club In Chicago is getting themselves Into the hottest water. At the last Frolic, Frank Gould, acting as mooter of cere- monies, apparently under Instruc- tions from someone hlglier u,., ue- livered ^ rather lengthy address tli.'it sounded like self-pity more than anything else. lie said the actor is always the goat; always being "taken" by someone. He said that for all time, the actor has played the come on for stage hands and their union. He stated the vaudeville performers are looked down upon by the I. A. T. S. E., forgetting that were It not for the actors that organization would be unable to exist. He said the union of stage em- ployes is 'very unfriendly toward the actor. In every way Gould at- tempted to cast the Impression that tho stage employes were living on the poor, helpless actor. The speaker did not cake Into account that the stage hands buy tickets for an N. V. A. fund or that they often gave their services for a benefit, also that the stage hands had a full page of advertising in the N. V. A. program. Gould went on to admonish the artists to re- fuse to purchase any tlcltets for the coming Stage Hands Ball. The ball, given annually by tho stage employes, Is one of the yearly big affairs of the theatrical world of Chicago. All the lositimato peeplc attend and most of the vaudeville artists. They offer a magnificent bill of entertainment and tlio pro- ceeds go toward a worthy cause. An investigation is being launched by those higher up in the organiza- tion of sta^e hands to see wliat re- dress they will be able to make as a reply to the rash statements made by the representative of tho N. V. A- Steward with Film Firm New Orleans. I'Vb. 2. Karl Steward, manager of the I'alare, Chicago, and tho Orpheum in tills city for several years, has a' eejited the post of speeiai repre- sentalivo with Saenger Theatres (I'icturos). NEW PARIS FEB. 15 .San I''ranciseo, I''eb. 2. The new I'antages at the Civic Center is scheduled to open Keb. 15. On orders from Alex [*,arit.'i;:;es, direct, tlio "Songalogue," whieli has been an added attr'actlon at the Pan houses and costing up lo $1,000 a week, Ii;ls been cut out Carol U'esl'.n, orchestra leader, has hand- ed in In r notlrc and will he replaced before the opening of the now houso. GERSIAN PERFORMERS' LOW PAY; 9 TIMES TOO MANY FOR DEMMID Paying Variety Artists by Appearance — Smaller Actors $1.25 Per Person Per Show — Standard Acts, $12 — Americans Highest Paid Since War "OPPOSITIOr IN MID-WESTERN BOOKINGS \ LoewV Western Agency Expanding — New Or- ganization Forming Chicago, Feb. 2. With a fertile field Just now In the Middle West for added book- ings. It is reported Loew's Western agency, located here, under the guidance of Johnny Jones, will go after new business. Another report is that an organi- zation is forming for general -act bookings that looks upon the cur- rent conditions In much the same way. With the Balaban and Katz with- drawal of their down-state (III.) picture theatres from the Orpheum Circuit's local booking institute. Western Vaudeville Managers' As- sociation, it seems to have left an open market for the attachment of house.s. Association's Poor 8«rvic« The Association had been attempt- ing to supply acts, extra attractions and presentations to the B. & K. houses. Poor service Is the reported cause fcfl: the picture firms' with- drawals. Acts formerly standing In dread of the Association or Orpheum Cir- cuit apparently no longer consider cither. The growth of act booking hereabouts and the many new ave- nues acts have found they are available for, leave them virtually independent of any booking agency. Of recent weeks the Association's bookers h.ave been remaining In their offices late at night, burning up phone wires and other means to secure acts needed for next week's bill.i. They only found In the main that everybody and his wife are playing on what is known as "inde- pendent" time. Week-end agents last week had clean slates, every act on their books working, with nothing looked upon as too poor to play. Berlin, Jan. 23. The salaries of vaudeville pep- formers in Germany is very low, much less than before the war. This Is partially due to the fact that during Inflation times, without foreign competition, many totally untalented people went into the show business. Now they can't or wont take up any other line with the present demand lor acts only about one-tenth of the supply. The little cafes, during tha Infla- tion, had cabaret performers. Now they have either cut the shows out or are paying very little. The aver- age Is about $1 to |2 an appearance a per.son, with 50 percent additional if they repeat. Many of the performers help out by selling postcards of themselves, on which they can average about $1 nightly. In these cafes the bad practice of unpaid trial appearances is also still customary. Picture houses, even In outlying sections, pay fairly welL The small acts get only about $1.25 a head per show but usually manage to double, thus averaging about 15 an evening. In the larger houses standard acts get about $12 a head per show. This is considered good. Although these same performers got at least half as much again before the war. Tlra record salaries* given act4 In Germany since the war wer« gotten by two American troupes. Hoffmann Girls and Winston's Sealik The girls received $22,000 for a month at the Scala, Berlin, and th* seals $10,000. BURT BOOKING HOUSES Formsr Ksith Booker Striking Out for Himself. Chicago, Feb. 2. Glen Burt, former member of the Keith booking forces. Is going to start a circuit of his own. He Is said to have docllne(V offers from Alexander Pantages and from Bert Levey In his decision to strike out for himself. Burt Intends to book vaudcvlll* houses but will specialize In picture house engagements. His offices will be In the Woods Theatre building hero. Bushwick Small Time Keith's Bushwick, Brooklyn, wll change to a small time policy short* ly. It Is reported. The house is a big time stand, but has been losing patronage steadily. VAUDL BOOKERS HOPEFUL FILM SHOWS WILL UY OFF COMEDY Only Three Full Salary Weeks Left in Metropolis Straight Vaudeville — Acts Playing Anywhere for Full Salary — Increasing "Name" Shortage Only tluee full salary weeks re- main in KeUh-AIbee booked met- ropolitan house.s. Tliey are liie Palace, New York, Kiver: iile. New York, and Albee, IJrooklyn. It may explain why acts art anxious and willing to play any niiniher of performances daily if receivinK full salary. It also ex- Ii.iiiis why anf uet Is currently at the I'.ilii e, .\cw York, a single man, who played an independent vaude- ville and picture house at half the scale one block below less than three week's ago. Tlio riieiropolll.an bookers make no hones of the ever incroasinu >hoit;ii,'e of "names," "attrarUons" and "coinedy arts" and are dnading the day tho jri:tuie h'luses p: ivin;^' units w'll be-^in to use vaudevilh- comedy acts In addition. The scarcity of stiindard come t"'"^ *^y the liueiA itv.cr. l'i'i>ni WILLARD R. SMITH Des Moines Correspondent, Variety De« Moines, F" may h:tv«: bf-i-n •The Worlds VVor.st Newspa- per,* I'ut Rffle Cherry was an actress. KIHf was ail uiU'e.sK helore hlie Opened a bakery In Cedar RapldH. anil nurtured aspirations to become Di;iyor of her home town. Kvidehlly ElHes lioi>es ar.- leav- ened with l)akery >in. Pe:liaps you wouldn't be tlirilled to the prodiiction of any top i>ot;i- tiiin, banner head Interview if she took yuur hands In hers, gazed into your eyes and wild, "Write it your- sflf." l>ut. honestly, i.«n't thiti fair 8tiifr forgone of the C'lB percent, to si-rilible hurriedly on a bread wrapper. ■ Ertle did it. By EFFIE CHERRY (M'riitcn for the Inited Prcti) Cedar Itapids, Jan. 30 (U. P.).— In announcing my candidacy for mayor I realized that I would have tstifi' opposition. This mayoralty caniiKiiK'n is Boinu to be the hottent thins Cedar Rapid.s has seen In m!'.ny a day and it's going to be a lot butter fur »ojf\e people after I am eh'Cted mayor. The city, state and nation is go- ln>,' from had to worse, physically, financially, mentally and morally, and I propose to make the first start to curb the rapid downward swing of,thinKs. lt'» the high prices, high taxes, lii;oline hounds that I am after. Those white-collared hovinds who sell us gas are havin;,' plenty of fun at our expense. Tiie fumes have caused us no <'nd of trouble :in(l nearly sufTocated our next door neighbor recently. Bigger Policemen Tublic otTlcials waste too much time iilayip.cr Kolf. Wcinen's skirts ar<- riitieulous: they are too short — !\n!(le length skirts will be the style if I have m.v way. Next, more and bi(,'Ker pcdicemen. \\ hell I g.-i into the mayor's of- fice 1 am Koini; to make some of Iho'^e p«tiple chang*' ilieir ladies. I'olitici.ins jiark themselves in tin ir otn. .-s and live ..ft the fat of the land; they have btfU(Ml<-d the people and issues long ein-ugh. My past is an op< n l)ook. Tliey can scan its pages lr(>m jirefiice to Iik'.cx. I am going to stand on tliat recoi'U'^.'«', .\iiith — To refill tie aiul puiil'y all theatres, dance halls, mairaziiies. and turn the muidcipal golf iiMini>d.il ions lor our farmer gardeners. ENGAGEMENTS Maude Powers and "Vemon Wal- lace. "Stray t>heep." Robort Reiidle, Clvde Fillmore. Hruco De Lelte, Uuberl Conties.'<. Leslie Xing and Anna Za^cek, "The Right to Kill." George Xash, Justine Johnstone •an(l Rii'hard (;^)rih'ri "No Questions Asked." Ooitrmle M'lilire replaced I.uln McConiK 11 In 'Artists and Models." Agnes .Martin nplaced Kav Cusick in "Ladies oi the Kveniiig." Ca\.n Mnir and Lucille Nikolas, "The fUateri Track." Joseph Alleiitiiwn. "Lulu Belle." Huth IV'nnelly, "A Orent Little fijv. • M> Kay Mori is, "The Shanghril C^slure. ' Kloienrn Eldridge, Elliot Cabot and Charle.-s Dickson. "The Great t;afsl.,\." Heiir.v Morliiiier and Violet Kem- h!o Cooper, "The linchaatened Woman." Rose Hohart, Allan Vincent and Marion Warinu' Mauley, "John fSabriel Rorkman." tieorge McQuariie replaced Ram- sey Wallace, "Open House." Jean tireene and Kranclg VerOl. "t^ijiiare Crooks." Reverly Sitgreaves. Flora {Shef- field, iJiaiith.i I'attison and Ernest i-'tallard, "A Weak Woman." Mildred Wavne and Joseph Allen. ■Lnlii Belle." Xr-rval Keedw^ll. "A Voice In the WiWerness. ' Reii Welilon. "Xica." Reatrice Reiss and lallian (Clarke, understudy rules in "Hello, Lola." Phoebe Hrami, "Rumplestiltz- s'.jln." Danzlo 0(>odell replaced Vivian Marlowe in "Merry Merry." Miss Marl.iwe joined the No. 1 "My (Slrl." Paul Harvey. Margaret Rorough, Willard Robertson. Isabel Withers. Margaret Kealy, i'hil Rishop, Wai- ter Downiiitr. Charles Halton, Georgiana Tilden, Frank 1. Fayne, O. O. Taylor and Boris Korlln, "Up the Line." Louise Gary. "Louie the 14th." • GirU Take Chance; Work 15 Weeks A honkey tonk paying tho price is far more preferable to palatial surroundings at "cof- fee and cake" salaries, accord- ing to Collins and Bell, har- mony sister duo, wlio have been playing wildcat picture hou.se dat'>s. The girls claim to have booked lo weeks* work direct, helped only by refer- ences from i>ast employers to grab the next job. '<. Freed Scenery Studios, Inc.; -■vj. Y. Tel. Co.; jr.y.is. Owl Restaurant Corp.; P.. A. Jack.son: $i'L'i>. !•.■>. Publicity Clock Co., Inc.; Czaplieki; c.^sts. $1 1J.9I. Take It From Me, Inc.; W .\nrler.«:oii ; $i'>.ls.u,'). Same; Lii>rar.v ProducrioHS Inc.; $r,4!'..sy. Same: A. C iKlainater; $833.62. H U. Co.. // you don't advertite in VARIETY don't advertite ILL AND INJURED Orto Shafler, Cliicago vaudeville pr(>ilucer, is at West End Hosjjltal. I'hinigr), recovering fr(>m an opera- tion performed l.tst Sunday for a siiilden alfa' k of acute appeiidi«-itis. \ irjfil and lilandie Florenis, aeri- .ili-^ts, were both injureil when miss- ing a trick \',liile appearing in a CireiiH We.-k iiiH'crani at the Lyric. Si. I.iiiiis. Th' ii- injuries whia. Architect, Clyde S. Adams. Philadelphia. Policy not given. Chicago. — (also commercial building) $2,500,000. Exchange, 75th and Saginaw avenues. Owner, syndicate, Frank Ragen, gen. mgr., Jackson Park Hospital. Architect, J,ohn Eberson, 212 E. Superior. Policy not given. Chicago. — (Paradise) $1,500,000. 213 N. Crawford avenue. Owner, Na- tional Theatre Corp. Architect, John E. Eberson. Policy not given. Chicago. — (also bank, stores, offices) $750,000. N. E. corner Addison and Southport avenues. Owner. Addison Building Corp. Architect, E. P. Steinberg. Policy not given. Cincinnati. — (also hotel, stores) $1,000,000. 420 Vine street. Owner. Clno Theatre Co. Architect, Thomas Lamb. Policy not given. Cincinnati. — (colored) $50,000. N. W. corner Gilbert avenue and Beecher street. Owner. Ell G. Frankenstein. Architect, J. J. Wllkens. Policy not given. Detroit. — (also offices) $2,000,000. Woodward, between Columbia an* Mountcalm. Owner, William Fox Film Corp. Architects, C. Howard Crane, Elmer G. Kiehler and B. A. Dore. Policy not given. Fort Wayne, Ind. — $50,000. Maumee avenue. Owner, Oscar E. Wobrook. .iVrchitect, C. C. Brunswick. Pictures. Grove City, Pa. — $50,000. Broad street. Owner, John Guthrln. Archl- tecus, C. Bates & W. H. Cook, ^^'hecllng, W. Va. Pictures. Indianapolis. — (Lyric, alterations aJiid additions) $100,000. IlUnolfl street. Owner, Central Amusement Co. New York City.— (altersitions and additions) $100,000. 8. W. corner, Jd avenue .and 2d street. Owner, Second Avenue Theatre Co. New York City.— $1,000,000. Owner. Oltarsh Building Corp. Architects, H. Craige Severence & David M. Oltar.sh. Exact location withheld; policy not given. New York City. — (also stores) $500,000. 4915-23 Broadway. Owner, Emerdyck Itealty Corp. Architect, Eugene Dp, Rosa. Policy not given. Riverhead, N. Y* — Roanoke avenue and Main street. Owners, Silver- man & Mandelson, Brooklyn, N. Y. Pictures. Value not given; archi- tect not selected. South Euclid, O. — (also stores, apartments) $150,000. Near a. e. corner, Mayfleld and Green roads. Owner, W. T. Arneg. Cleveland. Architect, J. F. Steffens, CTleveland. Pictures. Union City, N. J. — $200,000. Morris and Stuyvesant avenues. Ovm?r, Joseph !5tern, Newark, N. J. Architect. Wm. E. I^hman. New-irk. Policy not given. PUBLICITY PLAN SERVICE In is a simple aiiU inexpensive m.-inner of keeping your name or Inisiiioss before the show bnsines.'^ of the world eacli week. Gives (lispl.iyed or jjictorial ptthlicity for 52 week? eaoh year. Amount may be regulated by the advertiser. Write or eall at any Variety office: NEW YORK CHICAGO LOS ANGELES 154 W. 46th St. State-Lake Thea. Bldg. Chapman Bldg. LONDON, 8 St. Martin's PL, Trafalgar Square Wednesday, February 8, 192f VAUDEVILLE VARIETY RIGHT OFF THE DESK By NELLIE REVELL I I surely did get in my "groing" laat week. I started with Tbsen and ground up with Texaa Oulnan, which might be called running th« thea- trical gamut. "Iledda Gabler" led off and the menagerie followed, confllatlng of "The Monkey Talks" and "Puppy Love." But the Ibsen taste still persisted so I went to Earl Carroll's Sunday night perform- ance. And If anything In the world would rid you of the Ibsen urge It Is an evening with Earl CarroH'B entertainers, complicated with a dash of Texas Oulnan. Every so often I get lonc^some to hear and see Julius Tannen, and then it Is up to whoever is inviting me out to take me to see him. Sunday night it happened to be Harry Yost and Thos. Bennett who were hosts and they like myself are Tannen fans. The Sunday night performance Is called a "sacred concert" and I am still wondering which act made the show "sacred" whether the wrestling bear, the acrobats, the black- face brother act or the glib Tannen. What a showman that Carroll gentleman is! He hires four profes- tlonal acts and then makes the audience give the show. And like it! Among the professional people in the audience — besides Texas Guinan who was Introduced from the stage and gave a performance all her own — were Jose Collins, her husband. Lord Innis-Brooke, the handsome Edward Robbins of "Puppy Love," and William Anthony Magulre, all of whom were presented to the audience by Julius Tannen. The Continental idea prevails at the CarrolP— it la undoubtedly the most Continental place west of Paris. N. B. — Dear Jack Lait: I waited for you until 7.30 and you didn't come. I didn't want to miss the show so I went with two hand- somer fellows. And if you told any one you had a date with me, you were stalling and I hope this crabs you plenty. $727 for Dorothea Anlel JIR JflS. GINZBURG MD JONES and HULL THE COLLEGE BOYS Feb. 1. Loew's Richmond Hill and Greeley; Feb. 8, Loew's Gates and Boulevard; Feb. 16, L700 was realized by the Dorothea AntcU Ball, sponsored by ? The National Stage and Women's Exchange at the Clover Garden.^ ' last week. This of course was a good record, but Minnie Dupree and Margaret Allen as well as the rest of the committee had worked hard . and It was hoped to rai.se a minimum of $1,000 in order to flnanre ^ Dorothea's ' move downtown to a location more convenient for the cii.stoniers of her growing bu.sine.ss. But now it looks as though she ' 'Will have to wait a little while lr)nger bf^foro she ran rtinUe the trij) ^lowever, with all her frii-nds- -and they are niimberU'.'^s—rx. ting for ilil.s j brave Rlrl, the moment .should not he far off whrn «t>n»eon« will malte up this rtoflrit and Dorotlioa am give a Times Square "at home" to . her Times .Sminre ndmitrn*. N. T. G. MARRYING Engaged to Rote Wenzel of "Vani- ties"— Wedding Within Month N. T. a. himself haa confirmed the report of hia engagement to Hose Wenzel of EJori Carroll's "Vanities," current at the Carroll theatre. New York. His fiancee is a principal with the show. She lately endured some un- desirable publicity against her wishes in connection with Carroll's battle with Macfaddens "Graphic." Miss Wenzel lives with her mother. Besides a popular broadca.ster for WHX, Mr. Granlund is the gcner^il press agent for the Loew Circuit. Birdie Conrad Starts Separation Action Birdie Comad alleges Eddie Con- rad, her husband and former vaude- viile partner, deserted her, and Is accordingly seeking J250 weekly ali- mony and $1,500 counsel fees In a separation action. The couple were married 12 years ago and have two children. Mrs. Conrad has been in retire- ment the past two seasona Her husband is with "Gay Pareo." McKeon and Dancers The Acme Booking Offlcea, Inc. of which John McKeon la president Lthis unit booking the Stanley pic- ture theatres] must reframe Its complaint against Pierre Jemesco and Yvonne Accent, according to Judge Koch'a ruling In the New York City Court • The Acme ex- change asks for 91,398 damages but Introduces two different contracts. Judge Koch ruling one or the other 'oe made the basis for complaint and that the Items be specified. The I'arisian dance team was signed Aug. 6, I92S, by McKeon in Paris at $400 a week with three year.s' renewal up to $750 a week. .V newer contract upon their Ameri- can arrival Nov. 18, 1925, waa effected. The team worked two weeks for the Acme, 'ihe $800 being deducted from the $2,196 alleged expended for their transportation and advertising. They allegedly .alked out on their contract Dec. 27, 192R. Jenesco and Accent In turn are suing the Acme Booking: Offl'-eH, Inc. in the Supreme Court for $(5,000 limnijp.s for breach of contract. A fund of $i:;7.50 fur Dorothea Ante! has been secured ilirotigti the first annual r>orothea .\iit«'l hall piven Jan. 20 at the Clover (liiri'.fus hallroom In the Gniiid Central Palace. MargBret M. Allen ha.s isHiied an itemlawd list of rectiTits and ex- penditures, having the net to date $727.50, with a statement Included that it is the desire of the commit- tee to increa.so the amount for Mi.ss Anfel to $1,000. The list as Issued by Miss Allen read*; Receipts Advance sale of tickets and dona- tlona: From circular letters $356.25 Sold by SUge Door Inn girls 129.00 By Minnie Duproe 67.50 By MIsa Antel 62.50 By Jas. P. Houston 62.60 By Jane Cowl 37.50 Grover Cleveland 20.00 Alfred K. Taylor 45.00 Box oflloe sale of tickets at • l-5« 316.50 Sale ot calendars 20.00 Collected on floor after speech by Mr. Lorraine . . 86.00 Donation for multlgraphlng 20.00 (Miaa Dupree) Donation for postage 84.75- (Miss Allen) $1,227.50 Tbea* Items paid direct to Miss AnteL Expense^) Rent 0t ballroom. Including orcheatra $500.00 Also inchi^lng advertising ($124.40) pHntlng. stenographic work, taxis for talent and other incidentals net oaaally included In rental. To Miss Antel ^ Receipt* f 1,227.50 Exp(«nsea 600.00 ■Sail right— that su|.per rlub of Jet llahlo's up at fil West SOth stre.-t If privnto means exclusive then it's about the most ultra in town. I Went there for dirin»-r and every pl.ice 1 looked there were the sm:>rlfSt- apix ariiiK couj;les I've seen in New Vf)rk. And — mo.st unusual for a high-hat, stiff-bosom place — the dinner was delicious. I got the grilled bones! Robert l^ninutt ICeanc's bulldog went supper- less one nit;ht not hmg .ngo or else was fed on dog biscuit bec.Tiise the White Swan restaurant gave me his beef bones nicely grilled. Tiie onl.v difference waa that they coat me 75 cents while the dog would have «ol them for nothing. ' Jack *Rose*s Jobs Jar k Hose is doublInK the Palace and the E. F. Alhee, Brooklyn, this week. In nddltir>n Ro.se is master of ceremonies Sunday nights at the Winter (J'lrden. Another overMirlit tiy tfie Melth people, who otiji-cifil To^ "ifotlbTtrrg.^ -t)T l^olnr^s ill' 1^ from tiie S:iV(r Slii>per I'.i •.I'l \\)in a|ip''Hrs in Ko.se'M rc t and is iti- liodii'-ed as from tlie cafo. TONY MCing v.iiidevllle, posfiiMy .-is :t firt hide to a return to the le^it at.'iKfi. Mr. Moreno Is under contrnct to m.-ike pictures for another year at least Nei $727.60 Petrovft and Broadcasting While at Keith's, Wash. Olga I'etrova, wlTlle headlining at Keith's, Washin^'ton, I;ist week was announced to brojidmst from WCAP. A report current several weeks ni^o was to the ( rfcct the Keith circuit would apply for a permit to build its own brondc.isting station. Several acts, while phiylng the K-A circuit in the past have been censored for broadcnstln^, but no cancellations followed the w.arnlngs. Despite its anti-mdio announce- ments from time to tinie the circuit has played several acts classed as radio turns. AnumK them is the Harry Richmond Club entertainers, held over at the Palace. ,\ew York, for a second week and then played a return engagement Ketth'a Washington, the straight vaudeville house pkiying twice daily, for acme tlsse, has been advertising and aelln^ "twos-for-ones," two ticket* of aAuiisslon for the price of ona. It la a customary manner of cut-rattav a house that cannot hold up t« normal business. 010. LYOm IN EMEB6ENCY Nashvillo, t'eb. 2. Oaersa Z^wns, the singing harp- ist e*ie of the feature turns on the bill at Loaw's Vendome here last week. Jumped Into the breach and played a show for the house when the local erganist was taken ill in the pit and C(jmpelled to retire. Lyona was on his way to his hotel after havlDR finished his perform- ance whea he met the organist be- ing aaetatad. He returned to the thcatra and offered his servicoe as a subetitute for the org.inixation to George Klagsmore, who is manag- ing the hause, and pl.-iyed the ac- companiment to the picture. Patricia Salmon at Hip Patricia rsahnon. ttio I'.utte, Mont., di.scornry, goos Into the Hippodrome Feb. 2> aa a six-clal friutk attrac- tion. Alex Gterher ha.s .Miss Salmon, who was in Iho ■■|"ollics" the last two seasons, under contract for fhre* ye«r8 for vail i<;vllle and pjc- •'iro house bunkliiys. : — JIM BARTON'S SETTLEMENT ■M.'ix H.iit's < Drouii.-ision ciaini u;aitist Jam's B.iiiou Im.s hven -i"lil(d. The iKj'iiro in reported at .K-ound $3,000, ilie original total o.iiig HfiiiP. $11,000 for manayena; <'rvices rendereil. HIS TAPPING DAiaE Silnped Alonq Broadway Be- cause He Couldn't Wear , . Rubbers sir Joseph Ci'i7b(irg turnd up .Mond;iy. H.- s • id he h:ul Ju: t .■'<(\ in. Wanted to know If anvone in Variety's otilce thoucht the crdd Weather could fiecze up tUe aii. Said that Willie Howard had told him If he didn't get iiir e\.ry day people would forget him on the radio. Sir Joseph w.as advised that if the wind came from the south It wouldn't do the air any harm al- though It would be much Uiore ex- pensive if from Florida. Sir Joe said he didn't mind the expense; that he knew three places where Willie Howard iiad a charge ac- count, besides a couple of Mrs. Howard's. But Sir Joseph wanted to know how al>out the wind from the north. He said that N. O. T. had told him that the next time the air was open he could take it Sir Joseph's hair grew greycrr as a young Va- riety man started out on a scien- tific exposition on air, any kind, radio air or air from the north. Puxzled Over Air Northern nil was cjulte dangerous to elderly men, according to the Variety youngster, who has picked up quite a decent education read- ing signs in the subway. He in- formed Sir Joe that when It was c«dd north, sometimes the air Just froze up and wouldn't move out of Alaska. Congealed air, he ailded, was useless for radio but fine for the ho.spit.ils If anyone got enough of it in the right place. Sir Joseph said he had never been advised by Mr. Hownrd there was so much to air, because Willie had to'.d him anyone who knew something could see rl.'^ht tliroiigh It. Kven .Mrs. Howard adnilttt'd he w.is sm.arf, said Sir .Toe, quickly I'dding he dl'ln't mean Willie, but himself. Sir Joseph decided. to l.ny off the .'ilr for the w«-ek; It was too cold for people to listen in anyway he Hiiid; the summeitime Is the lime for radio, according to Sir Jos., but then he clahn-s it's too w.-irm. An explanation was reijuested of Sir Jos. about his remark that he had "Just slid In." The titled one from the West Side said it was true; that he had had a complete outfit, including rubbers, but that Mr. Willie Howard, his best friend who staked him to the scenery, also gave him a pair of spats with his initials on them, on the outside. Mr. Willie when making Sir Joe the present but forgetting a trunlc, informed Sir Joe that he must al- ways show his initials in every r)Iace, for without that expose, Willie said, people wouldn't believe his title wa-s on the leveL Sounded Like Gag Sir Jo.s. sorta smiled and said It sounded like a gag to him, for he has Initials on his hat collar and cuffs, besides his coat . lapels and overcoat. In fact Sir Joe said the initl.als ho carried made hitn over- weight, and when asked f>ver\ve|).;ht for what. Sir Jos. blushed. Hut he knew, said Sir Joe, that his best friend, Mr. Willie Howard, the only guy who has never walk'-d out on him, wouldn't kid, so when st:>rt- ing out Monday morning, he kissed his rutibers good-bye and told th(>m not to go out with anyone else. That was loyalty, said Sir Jos,, also giatitude. Asked how he liad learned nhout loyalty and gnitl- tude, .Sir Jr)s. says that Is the gen- eral Inside talk on the reverse at the N. V. A., but it wasn't known to everyone —Just himself an,i a few other insiders, Gyping the N. V. A. Sir Jos. adniittixi he is not a member of tiie N. V. A. ri.iid he "lidn'i expect to die just w; in J Itierc* would be p>nly o' iaifl when the doctors notice. "Tilink I'm a foo!, eh?" - Jos. gaily, as lie .-,i.n ud to -i dance. "Tlial'.-j tlu leii i< I. .lie no rubi I ■> ■•■■.' ■■■•■■ ' "this lap d.Jii ■ 1" . with ,Mr. W i.oi- I \> m , •io mijeh lie 1 ;■ i.ed Jl Ui> WOlchlni, '11. to III :-ir "1 ■i ii.:ii . ilhoiit If You Don't Advertise in VARIETY Don't Adverliie JH- ''^WT'rrvfrwr ■91 I'mtmy ■ .iWUt «(.\I^^i""f "i^- 10 VARIETY VAUDEVILLE -v^ Wednesday. February 3, 1928 fl INSIDE STUFF ON VAUDEVILLE ■Rosooe Alls and Kate Pullman with their company and act Increased the avoraRC business of the Century, Haltlmorc, last week by $6,000, the house probably duini? around $19,000 on the week. That barely missed taklnp the house record. Ails' salary Is now fl'.'iio and probably ^oinpr up. He could not get time from the Keith office at $1,750 or any other salary exceptinp that paid him by the Kcith-Albee office dur- Inp his five weeks of split time "breakinp In," during which Alls had to borrow money weekly to pay off his people. After playing four weeks of this sort of K-A time Alls wanted to fluit. He was Informed that If he would play the I5i-oadway for "one more week at the cut" the booking men would be there to sec him. During his four weeks of sp'lt time, In eight theatres In Greater New York, not a Kelth-Albce booking man or boy scout had caught him. Alls accepted the Broadway on that promise. The Broadway Is five blocks from the Palace theatre. Up to Thursday of the Broadway ♦ngagemont no one from the K-A booking office had seen Alls at L the theatre. Whereupon Alls accepted the following week at Fay's, Providence, an •opposition house.' While at Fay's Alls received a wire from the K-A office Inouiring If he would once more play a split week at a losing palary to "oblige the office." This wire was addressed to him by the K-A booker to Fay's theatre. Providence. Ails had booked another half week with Fay and answered he could not play the next week for K-A. Upon returning to New York Alls called at the K-A office and was Informed that as he had played an opposition house at Providence, he was on the "blacklist" and there would be no further K-A time for him. Ails called attention to the wire he liad received while playing at the "opposition" as apparent proof that at the time his name had not been on the "blacklist" but the K-A people said they cared nothing about that. Previovs to the K-A five weeks of "break-In" salaries, when Alls had to borrow each week to make up the deficiency In his salary list. Miss Pullman had spralnd her leg, obliging the turn to lay off for some while. Upon Miss Pullman's recovery. Alls got together his present act and at considerable Investment as well as expense. It w^as admittedly a good act by those who saw It, but K-A would offer nothing for it beyond the starvation salary of the break-Ins. Finding himself on the K-A "blacklist," Ails booked the picture houses at $2,000 weekly, without delay or dickering, and has been playing In them since, with reports weekly the act Is proving a draw. Alls very nearly got the record also for Loew'a Aldine, Pittsburgh. The Vaudeville Managers' Protective Association has Induced an In- surance company to Insure vaudeville acts against loss or damage to personal effects, either by fire or theft, while playing In any part of this country or in transit, but is not effective while the effects are In the artist's permanent residence or storage. The Travelers Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn., will Issue the policies at a yearly premium of $25 for each $1,000 Insuranc'e. Tht policy r husband, James De.ily, now an ' 1 ■'•' rcprospntativ*, heard of Dr. Feldstein and his \inusunl treatments irilh chlorine gas. Tho team of Dealy and Kraemer spilt following the (■■ -■ ■• ^ l»^'fy••7^ '.••'' »->.n i'\> •?/ ., ' . , ^,- . ..,, ■. ., . . .... ...I injury to th« former's left eye while both were en totr with a Gus Hill "Mutt and JefT' company. Mr. Dealy has a $30,000 Judgment on a verdict for damages outstanding as a result of which Hill is evading further prosecution by staying without the confines of the State's Jurisdiction. Miss Kraemer from o stone deaf condition could hear the ticking of a watch after the third treatment and is now practically cured. A petty evil over which the vaudeville powers have no control Is tU* fire department grafting. An Instance cropped up In a Philadelphia the- atre whore of seven drops In a flash act. two were ordered unsafe and $35 demanded for fire- proofing. This was an open and shut gyp as all seven pieces were purchased from a common source and were of uniform material; other fire departments had approved them. There was no alternative *but pay the $35 or not u.se the two conXlomnded drops. The owner of the act elected to do the latter and found himself deducted $50 by the house management, which pettily ruled the act was shy on its props. Propaganda sent out on behalf of Vesta Victoria asserts she is to do a come back In American vaudeville. Among the literature received from London is a copy of what purports to be a birth certificate, setting forth Ml.ss Victoria was born Nov. 26, 1873. at 8 Ebenezer place, Holh«ck. Cou:ity of York, E3n?land. Another announcement states she is the mother of two daughters, one married and the other now 12 years of age. According to the certificate Miss Victoria is 62. (No need to write in about It.) Mlas Victoria Is now Mrs. Edward Terry, and Mr. Terry Is the father of the younger child. It is about 15 years ago since Vesta Victoria played here. She has two huge song hits to her credit: "Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bow Wow" and "Waiting at the Church." Jack Rose was all set to accompany J. J. Shubert on the "leviathan" when Rose at the last minute deserted his stateroom, deciding the temperature was too cold to go across^ Colncldentally Rose also turned down Shubert on golrg out with "Artists and Models" on a south- ern tour. J. J. promised to feature Rose In the new Winter Garden show when the "Passing .«:how" title will bo revived. Meantime Rose continues as master of ceremonies at the Winter Garden Sunday concerts and will continue "clubbing." Edna Wallace Hopper, who opened a tour of the Wilmer & Vincent houses Jan. 25. has about covered the entire vaudeville and picture house territories since last September, proving that for an act in demand no proscribed limitations now exist. Miss Hopper's route if layed out would look like a composite booking of the Proctor. Loew. Fay. Algamated. Keith and picture routes. She has played consecutively for all of the circuits tnentloned anJ Is now returning to the Keith circuit from the picture houses. Reports from Denver Indicate something may have gone wrong be- tween Famous Players and the Orpheum Circuit, ir each is to have a new theatre In that city. The deal Famous started was to have a large capacity house built by local capital. Orpheum was to have been in- on that theatre. Later a story said the Orpheum would also have a Denver house, opposite the site of the new Famous Players theatre and but a block from the present Orpheum. Upon the completion of the new hou.se. Orpheum expects to place pop vaudeville into the present Orpheum as opposition to the Empress, playing Pantages shows, and owned by Louts Levand of the Denver "Post." The Empress is looked upon as the "Post's" house. Orpheum is said to have tried to make a deal with the "Post" for the Empress. Through William Morris. Ted Lewis has arranged a dual night club engagement in London next summer. Lewis is to appear at the Kit Cat Club and the Piccadilly nightly starting June 21. To comply with the British labor permit regulations concerning bands, Lewis to supply a pianist and an arranger, the clubs to furnish the balance bf the bands (10 musicians). The arranger will be sent in advance to coach the bands In the two clubs. Accompanying I.,ewi3 will be Bobby Amst and six girls who will do floor work. Sophie Tucker will probably sail at the end of the week, having secured but a three weeks' leave of absence from the Kit Cat. Frances White Is on her way to London, booked In both clubs. Frank Tinney. under treatment at St. Bartholomew's hospital since last week, is expected back in 'Vanities" next Monday. The doctors have prescribed three drinks of whiskey daily. Frank knows it is real stuff and it is understood he laughs himself into a couple of extra shots by telling the nurses comical stories. Tinney strained tendons In his stomach and back doing a wrestling bit In the show, but that's out now so far as he Is concerned. An "op- ponent" for the professional has been secured, adding $150 to the show's salary list. Tinney expressed the fear that If he continued the strenuous exercise he might become an athlete. One of Variety's correspondents In the far west, the dramatic editor and critic of his own paper, wrote In saying he had been neglected for two weeks running — no Variety. He was advised It might happen for one week but not two and was advised to send out an office notice he didn't want the paper swiped on him. Later on came another letter say- ing that as Variety reached the office on his day off, the ofllce boy had made up his mind he wanted to read It first. Forgetting to have it on the desk the next morning the kid Just stood pat, until called. Going Into why he missed the paper, this correspondent who Is most valuable to Variety, despite his light and kidding remarks, said: "Either you will inave to print less news in tho future or have the boys write It less Interestingly, or I will have to go without a lot of snappy New York stuff that I have been stealing from the paper with amazing and brazen regularity, thereby earning a fair reputation for wisdom among the readers of my column who do not read the stuff In the original. / "Here's hoping you are still acting as the Manhattan representative for all the theatrical co'umns west of Central Park as many years hence as the number of your last "Anniversary Number." Nice? Froin one of the boy's 2,000 miles away who has been with Variety for a long while Al Herman has decided not to prosecute the Hearst people for their "Mirror" cartoon "criticism" of his act. which spotted him 20 per cent, at the State. Herman did not open at that house. Carl Helm of the Hearst legal staff apologized to Hernian's attorney for the laxity, explain- ing it was a technical m!x-up. and the lawyer didn' bother to Insist on a retraction as a result. Mrs. Rudolph Valentino (Natascha Rambova) was to havo gone into the Hippodrome this week before the Wilda Bennett- Pepey de Albrew bookipg was effected. It was the intention to feature' Mrs. Valentino in a dancing act. to supplement the drnmatic offering she is essaying, with Addison Fowler, of Fowler .nnd Tamara, as the dancing partner for the special booking. Florenz TatTiara was agreeaMc to permitting her partner from the Casa Lopej to appear in vaudcvillo with Miss Rambova. but the latter balked at. doing any stage dancing. Instead the Rambova dramatic act Is slated for the Palace. FLORIDA (Continued from page 4) Zlegfeld revue at the Montmartre theatre, picked up con.sideiaMv i„., week. * ^'* Wednesday, receipts had u,i,i,ed the preceding week by m..ie than $1,000. "^ Any story about the Zlegfeld girls Is good for a play In the papers here. Sobel seems to have got ten some nice "breaks" since hitting town. Another thing that seems to have helped returns Is tho complete abandonment of the exclusive membership angle and the social set that at first thought it was smart not to mingle with the actor folk !■ now glad to have them around. Morton Downey, the little tenor, and Albertlna Vltah, dancer, have quit the show. Downey left Sat- urday to play dates In the Famous Playera-Lasky picture housts. Downey was dlssatiifled with his numbers, especially the feather number, In which the ^Irls cl.id in feathers displayed symmetrical lines while Downey attempted to sing. It was claimed too much of a handU cap. Al Jolson breezed in from Chicago Friday and sat close to the Ziegteld stage. \\ Meyer Davis is Palm Beaching. And so is Marjorie Daw. J — ■ m Marcus Loew and Lee Shubert arrived Saturday to Join the rapidly growing theatrical colony. Con Conrad, song writer. Is re« ported engaged to Katherlne Burke, one of Zlegfeld's glorified ensemble. 1 Mary G:at«n, of "Kid Boots," la here. Miss Eaton had a birthday Saturday. Roy Mack's "P&lm^ Beach Frolics" opena Wednesday nifht (Feb. 3) at the Royal Garden Supper Club. Among tho entertainers are Mack and "Bagwell, Frances Allis, Ray Oswald, and a beauty chorus. Pat Clayton, the Irish entertainer from the Moulin Rouge, Paris, is at the new Palm Beach Hotel where Frances Walton is hostess. Among the popular here are Marie Dressier and Fanny Ward. Marie Is handing out the laffs while Fanny Is stunning them with her perennial youthful beauty. Prances Williams opens tomor- row (Wednesday) night at the Mayfalr Club, atop the new Palm Beach Hotel. Also the Sleepy Hall Orchestra, billed as frdm the Kit Cat Club, London. Felix Young is presenting the entertainment. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hammerstein are here. More prominent theatrical people here at present than ever before at one time. Jack Hobb(y, manager of the Coco Grove, is holding a Charleston con- test Wednesday night (Feb. 3) for the dusky cakewalkers of the Royal Poinclana. Flo Zlegfeld, Gone^ Buck and Art Hickman have agreed^ to take a chance on their lives as the Judges. Marlon and Randall have accepted four weeks at the Seville-BIItmore, Havana. They have finished their run at the local Venetian Gardens. In the E. P. Albee party arriving here today are Mr. and Mrs. Albee, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Lauder, Harry Jordan. Fred Schanberger and Wil- liam Mitchell. Francis Renault ran afoul of the Chicago Fire Department last week and was ordered to fironroof his srenory. Renault appeared at the Rialto. The Impersonator refused to pay for tho flreproofing, threatening to walk out of the house. The matter was flii.ally settled when tho theatre stood the expense. But Renault lost a $400 dL-rmond stick pin In Chicago. Houses Opening The Embassy, Freehold. N. J., switched bookings this week from A. & B. Dow to the J.ack Linder Agency. It plays four acts on Fri- day and Saturday. The Fabian, Paterson. N. J.. !■ booked out of the Keith ofTlce by Lawrence Golde. The houpe f'-r- merly played Independent v.niiJe- ville. , The Thornton, Rlverpolnf, R. I-. formerly operating with t^lcturos. Is adding vaudeville this week, playint? fivo acta on a split week booked through Dow. The Jack Linder Agency added two more houses to its books this week. Globe, D<;:thlehem,. Pn.. pl;<^'- Ing five acts on n split week. ati \i > • U ; (^ t ? . » 1 »• I i I .'1 f r J'/ 1 Wednesday, Pcbrusury 9, IMC BURLESQUE VARIETY It COLUMBIA WILL BATTLE BlAY Decides at Meeting; Fight- ing Discrimination The Colombia BurUaqu* Circuit flred the first gun In its antl-dls-^ crimination campaign lust week at a meetlns of all out of town Colum- bia bouse managers, when the man- agers were Instructed co "go aa far aa any otlvtr kind of attraction In the matter of showing scantily clad choruses and principala" but to keep the shows from duubl;) en- tendre and vulgarity of dialogua. The object of the meeting. Instead of followlns the usual manner of mailing the InatructionA, was to keep the story from the trade papers and dallies and to Instruct the managers personally anent the campaign, which includes brlnginjt pressure to bear locally on censors, police and city officials. In cities where burlesquo feels it is being discriminated against. Sank Scribner presided and out- lined his ideas to the conclave which were to the effect that burlesque was waging a losing fight against musical comedies where the latter were showing nudes and semi-nudes and the burlesquen required to dress their women in fieahinrrs. According to Scribner, the un- draped form Is what the present generation want and the burlesque offlcials have decided they are not Soing to remain outride the fold. The onus attached to the word burlesque has built up disorlnilna- tion against the Columbia shows, according to Scribner, for to the public all burlesque Is grouped In- dlscriminateJy. Even vaudeville has "outstripped" borleeque In the opinion of the Co- lumbia chief and beauty contests and other local affairs where the daughters of best families appear almost In the altogether have put burlesque In the old fashioned Class. It is the Intent of the Columbia to Immediately remedy this con- dittos. Where strict local censor- ship exists It will be the fimction of the resident Columbia .manager to see that his attractions get aji even break with the musical com- edies. In clttes where do ban exists on bare legs and forms, the Colum- bia shows are to undrape forthwith. In addition, the circuit plans to play shimmy dancers, although Scribner announces straight "cooch" dancers will not be tolerated. The managers who attended the meeting were Tom Henry, Boston: Art Muller, Chicago (Star and Garter) ; Frank Parry, Buffalo: Chaa. Fonnan. Brooklyn (Kmplre): Jim Curtin. Brooklyn (Casino): Roy Crawford, St. Louis; Hugh Bernard, New York (Miner's IJronx); Harold Heirer. Montreal; William Fitzserald. New Haven; William Proctor, Baltimore; Ira La Muite, \Vaahlngton. COLUMBIA CIECUIT Week o« Febw 8 Bathing Beauties — Ehnpire, To- ronto. Best Show in Tevwn — S Wlieeling, W. Va.; 9 Cambridge, O.; It Zanea- Yllle, O.: 11-lS. Canton, O. Bringing Up Father — Gayety, De- troit. Burlesque Carnival — Gayety. Bos- ton. Chuckle*— Empire, Brooklyn. Fashion Parade — Orpheam, Cin- cinnati. Flappor* of 1925— Gayety, Wash- Ingtoa. Foliioa of Day — Orpheura, Pator- son. Golden Crook— 8-10, Lyric, Dayton. Happy Hooligan — Empire, Toledoi. Happy Momenta — Columbia, Cleve- land. La Revue Parisian — 8, Geneva; 9, Auburn; 10. Oswego; 11-13, Colo- nial, Utica. Let's Go— Kmplre, Providence. Look Us Ovef^— Casino, Philadel- phia. Lucky Sambo — Gayety. Pitts- burgh. Miss Tabasco — Miner's Bronx, New Yoiic. Models and Thrills^— U O. Monkey Shines — Cutnmbta, New York. Mutt and Jeff — Lyceum. Colum- bus. Peek - a - Boo — Star and Garter, Chicago. Powder Puff Aevue— Gayety, St. Louis. Puse-Puss — Palace, Baltimore. Rarin' to Go— Casino, Brooklyn. Reynolds, Abe, Rounders — Uayety, Buffalo. Seven- Eleven — Gayety, Montreal- Silk Stocking Revue — 8, New London; 9, Stamford; 10, Merlden; 11-13, Lyric, Bridgeport. Stop on It — Gayety. Rochester. Steppe, Harry — Casino. Boston. Talk of Town — 8-10, Van Curler, Schenectady; 11-13, Capitol. Al- bany. Watson, Sliding Billy—Miners' Bronx, New York. Whit* and Black Revue — Gayety, Kansas City. Williams. Mollie— L. O. Wilton, Joe Club — Empire, New- ark. Wine, Women and Song— Hyperln, I^ew Haven. 60 Days to Reflect His cfTorla to get a better view of the "Hhlmmy shaker.s.'' Charles- toners, etc., at the Olympic theatre In 14th street on Jnn. 21 landed Gerlmrt Eyman, engineer, of 312 P^st 82d street. In the workliouse for to days. He was given" that sentence in Jlperlal SesiHlons Friday after convicted of petty kirceny. Eyman was arrested on the com- plaint of Vincent Pellegrino, elec- trician, of 99 Maple street. Rye, N. Y., who charged the engineer with stealing his 140 overcoat from a hook outside a box during a nuiti- nee at the Olympic. Eymaa's excuse was that he had taken the coat by mUtake. He said that although his scat was in the rear of the house ho hart gone to the box where Pellegrino waa located to get a "better look" at an un- — usually good "hula-hula" dancer who was doing her "stuff" at the time. Colored Revue Traveling Leonard Harper's revue, framed and staged for a lioliday attraction at the Llncohi, New York, is still Intact and last week was booked Into the Orplieum, Newark, as the main attraction. The main ittmlcs aro "CJenlleman" riles and Billy Gulf port, Margaret ^ims, .eclallie8. NIGHTLIFE MUTUAL CISCUIT Band Box Revue — Gayety, Louts- ville. Broadway Belles — Troqadero, Philadelpbia. Chick-Chick— L. O. Cunningham, E.. and Oirls — Gay- ety, Brooklyn. French Models — Mnjestic, Jersey City. Giggles — 8, Yoiic, Pa.; 9, Lan- caster. Pa.; 10, Altoona. Pa.; 11, Cumberland, Md.; 12, Unlontown, Pa.; 13, Washington, Pa. Girlie Girls — Gayety, Milwaukee. Happy Hours — Cadlllac.Detrolt. Hey Ho — Mutual-Empress, Kan- sas City. Hollywood Scandals, — Empress St. Paul. Hotsy-Totsy— r.arrick, St. Louis. Hurry Up — Playhouse, I'assaic. Innocent Maids-itcad's Palaco, Trenton. Jackson, E,, and Friends — Gayety, Soi-anton. Jazz Tin^e Revue — Gayety, Wilkes- Barre. Kandv Kids — Gayety, Baltimore. Kuddlin' Kuties — State, Spring- field. Laffin' Thru — Empire, Cleveland. LaMont, Jack — Olympic, New York. Make It Peppy — Mutual, Wash- ington. Moonlight Maids— Broadway, In- dlanaitolis. Naughty Nifties -Hudson, Union Hill. Night Hawks— Howard, Boston. Pleasure — 8, Allentown; 9. Colum- bia: 10, Wllllamsport; 11, Sunburj-; 12-13, Reading. Pa. Red Hot— 8-10, Lyceum, Beaver Falls; 11 -IS. Park. Erie. Round the Town — Academy, Pitts- burgh. Smile* and Kisses — I^yrlc, New- ark. Speed Girls — Miles-Royal, Akron. Speedy Steppers — 8-10. Grand O. H., Hamilton; 11-13, Grand O. H., London. Step Along- Oarrtek. Des Molnea. Step Lively Girls — Corinthian, Rochester. Stolen Sweete— Savoy. Atlantic City. Sugar Babies — Star, Brooklyn. Tempters— 'Jarden, Buffalo. Whirl of Girls— Gayety. Mlnne- .TPOIIS. • Whir Bang Revue— Empre«w, Cin- cinnati. Leaving "Best Show" George C. Mack, straight man, and Uoso Hernard, soiibret. are leaving "The Bc-it Show in Town" In Pitts- burgh tills week. Their rolew will be played by understud. -s until re- pl.-K-ements have been made. (Continued from page 4) sprinkled with other languages, are heard In snch resorts as much as liVench. It is invariably the staffs speaking the native vernacular among themselves. Montmnrtre remains tho principal Mecca for the all-night reveller, but flashy haunts for nocturnal visitors are found In other parts of the city, around the Central Markets, in the Montparna.le Jaza. It is here sollUry fenaales. with ample claims to respectability, may be found seeking entertainment or even an 'adventure on their own. Of quite a different category Is , the Jockey near by (Boulevard Montparnasae). This night tavern Is patronlze Roe Daunole — the same class of night club entertainment with excellent artistes specializing in this line and champagne or an equivalent, from $9 a bottle up- wards as a compulsory component on the menu. After Midnight There are others of the same category more on the cabaret methods, opening about midnight. Among these must be specially men- tioned Volterra's Perroquct, attached to the Casino de Paris, where Dora Budy Is the pet star this season, thanks to the virtuo.slty of her acro- batic dancing. This smirt retreat is always full of stage magnets and theatrical folks in general. Next door. In the Apollo Theatre, Is the Florida, with Its luminous riasa floor for public dancing, and close by the Mimosa, In the foyer of the Mogador theatre, with Joe Boyd's jazz, Samya's tango and Arfrien Ar- naut's Hawaiian guitarists. As a more democratic cabaret the most popular this year (after a couple of faihlres) la Fantaslo, Fraubourg Montm.-irtrc, which opens in tho afternoon for tea- dancing and runs until 4 a. m. with a varied chorographlcal program. It is one of the largest resorts In Paris of Its kind and the visitor win find all-night amusement at a rea- sonable cost Champagne is not obligatory, as at most of these noc- turnal resorts. Montmartre ' At Montmartre! A volume would be necessary to chronicle the many particularities of the scores of cab- arets — dubbed in local colloquy "Boltes de Nult" (night dens)— k>- cated half a mile round the Moulin Rouge, taking that famous music ball aa tho axis. Montmartre, formerly reputed for Its painters, poets and midlnettes (seamstresses), la now noted for iU late-hour animation, where visitors Imagine they get a good time. Most of the establish- ments are of the same status but not of .similar rank, differing in as- pect of Installation and likewise in price. I>ublic dancing Is allowed In all, with a few booking variety ar- tistes as special attractions. Some have dancers attached to tho place on a small salary basis but tho girls look for a dollar from tho stranger with whom they dnnce. They have a percentage on the refreshment* they are Invited to take. But a commission is also given the dam- sels not attached, eon.sequently all have an interest in piling up thj check. The talo is told .f a .South Amer- ican who gave his dancing p.irtner the automobile he had at tlo door, wlilch was traded dy its new owner neit Jay. Tlc-Tac, Installed in the lounge of the new Moulin Rouge music hall, directed by Pierre Foueret ^distinct from the t)aIlroom in tho basement created by the late H. ». •Marinolil before the war), whlcli now stand.i on the site of the fa- mous old dancing hall. A good show Is provided, with suitable fare, after the the«tra, for the seloot iiabltuea, composed largely of theat- rical stars and wealthy foreigners. All-night supper rooms, some rather expen.slve even, are to be found in the neighborhood of the "IIalle.1 Centrales" (the wholenale provUlon markets), where revellers were wont to atljourn after a noc- turnal Hi»ree In otiier parts of tlic city, or a slumming tour. A FEMININE VIEW By DORA DUBY Of all thrilling a.spcct.'j of the city of a thousand vanities, the night life is perhaps the most typically I'arl."ia at- traction with Seymour Felix tha season before last. According to report, dissatisfac- tion with conditions frora a box office angle ia the reason for the withdrawal of the parinera "Best Show In Town" has been rated one of the weak shows on the circuit this sertson and Is said to have put the producers la the hole consider- ably. the demi-monde at the ' Cafe de Paris or at Giro's or at the Perro- (|uet — or at any of the famous res'^ tauranta and cabareta Night after night women In luxu- rious fur wraps are escorted to tho Montmartre centers of gaiety by men wlK> have mostly reache ' tha urban age of fifties and sixties. An atmosphere sensuously loaded with the bouquet of Lucilllan food and with the blue haze of cigarets and Intriguing perfumes meets you at the entrance. Jewels fla.sh on bare throats and Incarnadined lips, heavily rouged, smile — white shoulders emerge from exquisite gowns and silvery laughs ripple across the champagne glasses amid tlie hiss of serpentine tape and tiie flutter of confetti. Personalities The most conspk:iious personalty ties of Paris chatter away In their native languages; any dialect of tha glob* may be heard la this Babel tower of Idiomatic confusion — ex- cept French. In contradiction to hla traditional reputation the after-war French- man doee not iritara in the Paria night gaieties. A symptom of loir exchange, rather than of mended morals! En revanche — you meet pic- tnrsque grocrps of dufriiy mahara- Mhs, or modem Turka desirona to anticipate the delights of Moham- med's paradise, of English weak- enders who have crossed the Chan- nel to Indulge In ontlnental dissi- pation — stout square-beaded Ger- mans, anxious to be initiated in the grand del>auclie of naughty Parla and to relate their experiences at the next "beer night" In the Vater- land. American Pillars Atnericans, too, of cour.se, they have become tho pillars of Paris night lif«, — forgetful of the severe re.strictlons of the Volstead law, they yield to the lure of Martini and champagne cocktails. Paris night life can hnrdly be ab- Horbed In sensible doses and the high waters of pleasure drag you . willy-nilly In the frenzy of their whirl. When miles away from frolicsome Paris It Is a pleasant recollection to remember late hours at Mitchell's, the colorM cabaret--^ where the r>oIIy Bisters have shown ! their twin silhouettes, mixing a syn- chronic cocktail with bejewelled fingers. Specially smart la the Perroquet where the chle pal»tle of the Casino de Paris adjoining finished up tha night, after enjoying the rerua pro- vided by Leon Volterra. One night of every two, Mrs. Jean Nash will sit there playing with her .strings of Oriental pearls— and Ori- ental admirers. And — to the cem- peraniental rhythm of the latest Charleston, hummed by the audi- ence— some Idol of the Parlsienne wins a prise in a dancing f^ompeti- tion. At tho iirat morulng cry of tli«__ camelots you have a sudden recol- lection of tiie dawning day, and you fi-el rea/ly to plunge Into a refresh- ing sli'-p, while your taxi cab is leaiing away at full speed across tlie .silent avenues conveying you to your hotel. There, a yawning concierge will meet you wiui a boiniiolent "boa Jour." If yoii i|i>ti't advertise' in \-Mri-[V .luM't advertise f V': i t ■r- \ r; \t VARIETY WOMETfSPAGE Wednesday, February 3, 1826 THE DRESSY SffiE By SALLIE Repeating Performance "The, Ucrklecs T.ndy" has IW-Uo 15onn(>tt as a cartless gambling mother taking hiT role as sho atic lessons and Ann Wood, "Song of Flame," is atudying acro- batic and buck. Slale Neal Is understudy Queenie Smith in "Tip Toes." to The Wuys Mr. and Mrs. Wuy gave an in teii .sling rocitul last week. Mrs. ^V■uy'8 Style is individual. She wears a boy's bob and a gown of mauve chii'fon With overblouse effect bordered in chinchilla squirrel and emljroidered in stiver with long sleeves and Hare skirt. She sang songs tliat gave her good voice much scope. COLORED CHORUS GIRLS TALK OF ORGANIZING Want Protective Society — Many in Cabarets — No Spe- cial Complaints Uuth Conlcy has been out of "Merry Merry" due to an oporation on her knee. . At ths Palace Olga Petrova's carnation flirta- tions with the boxholders. her rendi- tion In three registers of "Carry Me Back to Ole Vlrglnny," and her little talk about herself, were outstanding in her act. She had preceded this menu with a dignified rell-sh of Spanish, French and English songs. Her closing poem, written by her- self and called "To My Little Son," gave an emotional ending to her act to which the audience consistently responded. In discussing her news- paper work In London years ago, after she had run away from Rus- sia, Mme. Petrova said, "People with ideas are always lonely," add- ing numerous incidents as proof. This was before her American debut In 1911. At the B'way When Sylvia and Amelia In the Initial presentation of the Dl Ga- tanos, took their last bow Monday, the liroadwayites were saying with vigorous cordiality, "Be sure to drop in again some time." Sylvia's dance of "variations," as she culled it, received no end of applause. Amelia's "old and new" toe dancing was also warmly received. Victoria White is understudying Marie Saxon in "Merry Merry. " Winifred Beck has been writing poetry of late. That s a sii^n of love, but we have no proof. Joan Croye baa replaced Marion Swords at the "Caravan Club." As a result of show shifts and competitive bidding for their serv- ices by the different cabarets of the •ast and especially those in New York and adjacent territory, the •olored choristers may form a little working organization of their own. There are sever, 1 girls among the colored cubs who believe that a club «r organization operated similar to the Chorus Girl.s' body of I-^quity jnay bring them benefits. Few of tho girls have any loud Squawks to make against cabaret managements, hut some have been accused of contract Jumping, "dou- ble crossing" and whatnot and that by having a contractural form under the proposed organization rules that would prevail everything would be better for girls anJ man.agera. .Some of the girls have been a long while at the same place, yet some of the New York cabs have had a number of personnel upsets lately that have put some of the chorines out of work overnight. It appears there i.i an unusiml de- mand right now for colored cabaret performers. There are satisfactory reiKiris from abroad and in Paris and London or Constantinople of favorable w orkUig conditions. HAZEL BAILEY BUMPED Thrown About Whan Taxi Collided With Car "Follies" Choristers Sober Lot — Dress-Dance Well The chorus of "Follies of the Day" had their dances arranged by Seymour Felix and Frank Mont- gomery. The opening is a song by eight of the girls in cute short black costumes. It's a quick number and they do a fair dance routine. For "Step on It" the girls wear striped costumes with snappy red hats. Just a simple dance routine. In "American Jazz" the girls do little but arc lined up to show their sizes of which there is a great va- riety. "Add a Little Pepper" for no reason at all is done In Gypsy cos- tumes. Not much dancing. In "Camel Walk," led by the Misses Burroughs and Blackburn, the girls wear orange costumes and do a fair dance routine wiiii a Charleston en- core. "I'ack ITp Your Sins" is the finale with the gi:Is in devil cos- tumes. It makes a peppy finish for the first act. The scene at the opening of the second act Is the orchestra of a the- atre. It is announced that they have .■i talented audience who will enter- tain. Here's where sonic of the cho- rines get a chance to step out. Pat('li be Diiown violently a;;aliist the tear of the car and sho surfcr" wound. An .irrbu- lancc was summoned from lU'lIevue Hospital. After trcitment by Dr. DevKt, of that InsliMitlon, slie re- tunnd to hfcr hornet 317 West h%\\\ L . T Stella Rose Convicted Of Shoplifting Stella Ho.so, one time chorus girl .It the Hippodrome, vaudeville and '•abaret performer, pleaded guilty I'rlilay In the t'ourt of General t-essions before Judge Max S. Lcvine shopliiting. She was remanded .0 Jeff»r.son Market I'rison for sentence this Friiiay (Feb. 5). She .idmilled conviction on four other occasions. Slieddir.g many tears, .Mifis Hose pleaded with Judge Levino for "another chance" btit her record counted against her. Mi::s Kftsc s.'iid she was twenty- five years old and lived at 20,^ West '}'>0\ aticfi, ,s)ie said )ier nihiden ... ■ '^^ ... A'. .'■' Anita Bantam has a new diamond ring. Not a word about being en- gaged. Peggy Shannon has been out of "Vanities" for some time. She is very ill. Ethel Gerard Carlo." is at the "Monte name was Ruth Laeger, her marriage name Kuth Davis, and her stage name was Stella Rose. On Jan. S, Stella went Into the store of I^nson & Co. at 55 West 34th street, according to Charles Schelnmann, tho manager. .^he walked out with a fur coat worth $269 without paying for it. A week later she was seen on Broadway by Schelnmann who caused her arrest, .She was wearing the coat alleged to have been stolen by her. Another charge of shoplifting Is pending against Ml.is Rose In Special Sessions to which fho must answer next week for the theft of :wo drosses, a1.^ from Lansui 's. A Soapy Picture Leatrlce Joy Is the star of "Made for Love." Ethel Wales runs a close second (If stars have seconds) as an Egyptologist of none too pre- possessing appearance. The Idea of the picture Is that, as tho heroine so enthusiastically words It, "life is made for love." She says It to her fiance, also an Egyptologist. Not until they are sealed tem- porarily In a tomb together does he seem to realize what his ardent lady love was talking about. This Idea of an archaeologist being as "cold" as tho dummies he pursues is a bit trite. Miss Joy, as a neg- lected nymph. Is quite efficacious. Running parallel with the modern story Is an ancient Egyptian ro- mance, for no particular reason. Hernth and Azlru, buried together, who dared to love In spite of Pha- raoh, were not nearly so impressive as the tiagody of Alda and Rha- dames, deliberately entombed, would have been. Miss Joy Im- personated the beguiling Ilerath, bul the more abandoned Alda v/ould have suited the heroine of "Made for Love " much better. Tho film is soapy. Another Film "Mother" The film, "The Reckless Ludy," Ig a maudlin melodrama. Nor is tjio bearer of the title role such a "lady." Again Belle Bennett and lovely little Lois Moran arc cast as mother and daughter. Again, s.s in "Stella Dallas" the parents arc separated because of the mother's Infidelity. Again Belle Bennett shows how ut- terly weak and selfish a woman may be at tlio expense of her own child. Again her chief aim Is to cover up her own deficiencies. The audience Is supposed to believe that this mother "did it all" for her daugh* tcr's sake, but the audience Is not quite so credulous. Audiences are accustomed to melodramas. They know the erring heroine will get away with It. Tho mother forbids her daughter to marry the boy she loves because he happens to know the father. Marcia Harris, as the maid, tells the little daughter that her mother took to gan)bllng In order that the child might have clothes and edu- cation. And at that point the film ceases to be melodrama and be- comes farce, for the mother is shown in an ermine cape and an ex- pensive evening gown. Both the mother and daughter live In an Ital- ian villa, and the audience laughed at these disclosures. The role entrusted to Miss Ben- nett Is silly at tho best, but sho makes It sillier. Miss Moran Is a charming sub-deb. Her father and swe^heart are both very interest- ing. , But none of these stars can make "The Reckless Lady" a plausible of charming story. Beatrice Banyard's "Mouse" Shirley Warde and Beatrice Ban- yard, who have the feminine roles In "Kick In," deserve no little credit for the realism of the sketch. Miss Banyard as "the mouse," a sticky - fingered miss, got a big laugh from tho Riverside audience when sho brags of her new coat wblch she won't be able to wear until the ex- citement dies down. Alice Hamilton as an old grad of '7« attending an alumni reunion, la one of tho few Impersonators of such roles who obtains her effect without exaggeration. Her voice is neither cracked nor sobby and she laughs .with infinite ease as "Joey Wheeler" cuts his fancy didoes. Senior Amateurs The second performance by the seniors of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts at the Lyceum Friday afternoon was marked by the Interesting Interpretations of their roles by Gall Dc Hart, Bea- trice Miller and Ellse Bristol. Min- gled with an amateur understand- ing of what was expected, the talent of these three girls showed promise. The same could not be said of tho others. They were amateurs mak- ing no promises. Miss De Hart, from Coshocton, O., had the title role of ICvarannic In the program's one act comedy of that n.ime. Miss Miller (of New York) was the hurt and hating LI7. Ryslng In the three-act drama, "If Four Walls Told." Mii^s Bristol, as the fiLsry, gos.slpy Mrs. Sturgis in tlie same play, gave a good per- formance. Her home la Portland, Ore. Elizabeth Forrester, as My I^dy In "Kv.nrannio." was too young for the role. Iyoni.se C. .Schneirt.nie Court Jus- tice Strong's court In Brooklyn 1 twt Tuesiiy. Ji!.sliv.e fcUrong di^l iu)t agriacity. He contended that the rald.'j condin (cd were within the riglits of the raidefs. He also .said. the club was a .susi^ected gambling place. i Should such a precedent be established, the speakeasies look forward to a lively time of it slnc^ It will privilege the coppers to enter nil at will and as often as ihey see fit without aid of a warrant. Legal authorl- ties claim no such precedent would b«! possible since the law clearly de- fines the matter in prchibitlng warrantless visitations unless In felony c.'ises. Gambling bein;; a misdemeanor y 1>. rhif>p ara foreman and secret.) ry of the reg- ular body, and St. John Wood and .■\lfred .1. Kotheroe, fureni.an and secretary, respectively, of llie Ad- ditional Grand Jury. Juflge I.evine in tb.nklng the jurors said: "Gentl.men, I thank you for this wonderful tribute in the form of a presentment It Is very encourag- ing to a new JudKc of this court. I want the approliifion i i|".-..'rvp it for many .venrs to cfim" " Two Suspects Sent Away John Marto, 2.S, salesman. 139 West 46th street, and Abe Stein. 27, singing waiter, 121 West C7th street, were sent to West Side Jail for 90 and 20 days, respectively, by Magis- trate John Flood In West Side Court. Both men entered pleas of guilty through their attorney, Isaiah l.eehove. They were arrested hy D' tectlves Walter Harding and William Con- roy of the Pickpocket Sguad. Hard- ing testified he saw the pair acting suspiciously. Held on Drug Charge George Roth, 44, actor. ."560 West 46th street; John Nowles, 66, waiter, 111 West 63rd street, and John Wood. 69. musii-lan, 127 West 61st street, wej-e arraigned in West Side court bcfor» Mapistrafe John V. Flood on the charge of having nar- (-otlcs. All waived examination. The court held them for tiial In the Court of Special SeR.ecn a victim of the habit for y*ar^. M'^ pleaded with the (1ofe.Miv<> to Ivive him tried as ^oon is pnssilile as he needed hospital trcalrn< iiL He wav; vent to the Tombs where h>' will be Iilao- d tinder the care of tlKi Tombs phjsieian. Hf.th .^tatrd th.^t he 'vanted to take the "enre." The co- def..|id.int3 Khired In M.i plea. The deteeiivcK .sir^itd tliat ttiey arrestuU. tiio trio In Xow'Ie.'*' apartment. Hy- po. b.rmlo syringes and whit*' powder ti<;!ieved to be rocaifi* -.veie found In ihu Bpsi tment. Soft Coal Dirtying Up Square Now that the anthracite coal supply In most of tho Broadway business establishments has run out and soft coal is being gotten in, the street la filled with black smoke. Housewives living m apartments around the Bro.adway area claim that In two weeks the smoke will darken white curtains. This has already happened In a good many apartments, even when tho windows arc open for but the sleeping hours of night. Buildings which were cleaned by the sandstone method recently are blackening fast. An offlcial of a cleaning firm stated that ho had lost several Jobs recently because of the great quantities of smoke — the build- ing owners figuring tlia.t even If the fronts were cleaned tho amoke would soon have things dirty again. Jack Osterman's Mix -up on Roof Reports of J.'ick O.sterman's discolored o!>li(! never did get straightened oiit until young Osteniian himself gave tho facts. The strange optic pre- vented Osterman from doubling from the Century Hoof rhow to a cat>ar(.'t with the latter engagement postponed, though the eye Is again perfect. One of the minor role players In "Paris ly Night" on the Roof, said to iiiive been luider the Inlluenco somewhat, g qu.irters according t« performers donilcllea in rooming houses of the Roaring Forties. They claim landlords have been capita,llzlng on the coal strike situation as an explanation for lack of heat on cold days. Roomers figure tho coal short, age a perfect ailbl for the thrifty landlords. They are .squawking about having to slumber In cold quarters and no kick baek on the weekly rental. Those who are carried on the cuff can only register complaint sur- reptitiously, but the caoh customers speak their mind out loud and oftea but without any resuit. One gay wag vidunteered that his apartment would make^^n ap- propriate playground for Ksklmos. . • , ■. Co'eman of "Mirror" "Pinched" Robert Coleman, dramatic critic for the New York "Mirror," mny give his paper a serial on tlie Cops of New York. Coleman was pinched by a couple and Is stli. burning. He spoke to Phil Payne, advising his man- aging editor of observ.ulons ho had made in the police .station and polled court. They sounded s( good Mr. Payne told tho young man to j^rocced. Coleman was In a Gieenwich Village cabaret with a party of friends, about 10, incluiling a couple of nice girls. The place was raided by the police of tho Charles sire< t station. After wrecking tiio Joint, the copa (Continued on iiage 14) Kennedy Held on Bail J'lck Kennedy, part owner of Jack and Jill's on West 47th street, who was being sought for by Deteetive Bob Furrell of the West 4(th street police at.ilion, surrendered hitiiHelf to the latter In the detective bureau of West 47th street "Cliul)by" Jack was being looked for In connection with the shooting of Bob Murpliy In the Bob Murphy's Cellar rcst.aurnnt on tho morning of Jan'iary 24. Kennedy was taken to the West ."^Ide Court by Farreli and arraigned before Magistrate 'rhonms F. .Mc- Andrews on a short sfTldavIt charged with the susjtl'-ion of felon- ious assault. Kennedy, through his attoiney. asked for an niljoiirnment uritil I'eb 9, which was granted. P,all was fixed at $l.''00 The t.ond was ii'ilek- ly furnished and Kennedy hurriedly left tiie court. do(U;irig a barrage of j)hotogra[)hers. FLOWEIl SEUER HAD DRUGS Mitji'- irato fieruard J. Itouras, in West Sidi- Court, held Robert J;i''k- .scjn, 47, flower sale.sm.in, 311 We:.t ISih street, for trial In the Court of Speeiril S<-ssiiins on the <-\tnri'c of po.'-.sfssing wliite jiowder albv'( 1 to !.o lieroln. J.ackson pleaded guilty inil u.iived exaniinat ;ori. Aci'(>rding to Detce'ives fi'Brlen and M-mahan, of Actltig Cap'''ln Seherli's squad, ree,i\.i| inforin.i I ioii lb.it. .T,(ek<»on hail a f(i':iril ity (if dr'ig"! In his room. Morris* MilIion-Do!Iar Cast For Guild's Benefit Feb. 7 Monday William Motris has what he called a million-dollar eanl la his office In the Bethlehem building, as a committee of arrangement for the Jewish Theatrical Guild's bene- fit at the M.'inhattan opera liou.sa next Simday evening, Feb. 7. In the groU|> were Sam Bernard, Louis Mann, Mary N.ish, Florence Na.sli, Robert W'.-irwiik, Niine* (j'Neil, Gertrude Hoffmann, Miehael Mordkin and r;ef>rge ,fessel, all of whom besides many other will ap« Iiear In the program. Clayton Case Adjourned When the case of Ix)u Clayton, owner of the Club Dover, 105 Weat ."Jlst street, was called before M ig« Istrate Brodsky In F,irnily Court, Agnes Cunningham. hal-lrr ^ser, 2«1 West 11th street, who nerttfwd Clayton of detaining her, was un- «.■>!« to appear ami the r.i.ie was adjourned until Feb. 10. Migi'Tfrate Prodslcy listened td the teptimorv of Pollcein.in Wen- did, ^V•■ a 4i'th street station, and with the consent of Sidney I,.i«h, Cl.iytori's attorney, the rase w,is l' adjourned. Mi.HS Cunningham's 1: wyr K.ild sliL. was unadle to bo In court but I would appear on tho adjournod Id .'e. >.I 14 ^ 'KM^./ ▼ A KI KT Wednesday, February 8, l92i NEWS FROrrHE DAHJES This department contains rewritten theatrical newt iteme as pub- lished during the week in the daily papers of New York, Chicago and the Pacific Coast. Variety takes no credit for these news items; each has been rewritten from a daily paper. NEW YORK ITanletio Fowler, a Gertrude Hciffmann girl, and H'-nry Garat. of musical comedy, married In Phlla- dc'lpliia. Henry D. Ilummell. aon of Abra- ham Hummen, famous lawyer of a t;oneration uko who recently died In Paris, and of Leila Karrell, one time opera sinfrer, announced that ho will not miikc a ttght to share In his father's estate. Dissension Is threatened amonB metnbirsof the Club de Montmartre, I'alm Ueach, wliith Is backing Zieg- feld's "ralm Beach NiKhts." and all because of alleged discrimina- tions of rari.s Singer, a member of the club, associated with Zlegfeld. According to complaints. Singer ha.s been discriminating against club members in favor of his own friends who are not members. Sirger, with Anthony Drexel, Jr., h.is guaranteotl $100,000 for the show for 10 weeks. Gloria Swanson and her Marquis returned to New York from Florida and denied the report that there la to be an addition to the family. Leonore Ulrlc denied In Phlladel- phi.T that she la to marry Sidney Bhu :imer. Famous Players-Lasky Corp. will pny a net rental of $807,500 a year for 25 years for the 31 atory Para- mount building now under con- struction on the alte of the old Putnam building. George Bernard Shaw admitted that he had been taught the tango. but says he can And no time to dance It. Board of Arbitration had been tnorouKhly succe.-sful In seltllnf,- (llfferencos between the producers atid distributors .and the theatre owners. "A Light From St. Agnea." the opera which brought W. Franke Harllng, Its composer, tumultuous applause and nation-wide attention upon It being presented in Chicago last month, has paid Mr. Uarling only $45 in royalties. Italy has begun & campaign to eliminate "hip shaking" in its dance halls. Beatrice W. Bourne has named Peggy Shannon, actress, aa co- respondent in her suit for separa- tion agalnpt Arthur K. Bourne, heir to $85,000,000, before Justice Tlerney In Supreme Court. Bourne, grandson of the late Commodore Frederick G. Bourne, founder of the Singer Sewing Ma- chine Co., and Miss Shannon lived together as man and wife for almost a year, Mrs. Bourne alleges. E. H. Smi'h, assistant stage manager at t!.e Hippodrome, .ind Ingrid Landon. a dancer, have wed. "The Night Duel" opened Mon- day evening In Albany ... A. H Wood.s has purchased and is to produce "The Eskimo." by Gene Markey and Samuel Hoffensteln . . "The Maelstrom." which W. Herbert Adams is sponsoring, will soon be on Broadway aa "Port O' London" . . . Werner Janssen has written Incidental music for Marc Connelly's "The Wisdom Tooth," which John Golden will produce. . . . 'The Right Age to Marry," the Shuberta' production of the English play in which Mr. and Mrs. Charles Coburn are starred, had its premiere Monday night at the Apollo. Atlantic City. . . • Uichard Herndon will produce "Up the Line" on Feb » at a theatre yet to be named. Owen Johnson, novelist and play- wright, wed for the nfth time. The newest bride is Mrs. John A- Le Boutillier, of New York. When Maggie Cline, once famous comedienne, learned that Helen Gertrude Swasey, long ago noted circus rider, faced eviction in Hav- erhill, Mass., ahe left her home in Red Bank to go to Haverhill and pay Helen's rent. A new addition la expected at the Brooklyn home of Peggy Wood, ac- tress, and her husband, John A. Weaver, playwright. John Higgins. clerk, of M W. 40th street, handed a beating to Ed- ward Lelchter, doorman at the Cap- itol, in the lobby of that theatre Sunday evening. Result: Lelchter charged Higgins with assault at West 4Tth street station, causing the latter to be held In $1,000 ball. gtv tr— la—ft t« the first (0 boys and glrki wko entered bi« classes. A. K Brlaager and Charles Dil- lingham announce the release for screen productions of their stage successes of the last 20 years. "Sunny." "T^e Last of Mrs. Cliey- ney," 'XJood Morning. Dcsirie," "Stepping Stones," - "Apple I'los- soms," 'Chin Chin," "Loyalties," "Pink Lady," and "Delphine' ore among others. Marcelle Partsya la said to be "Insulting the United States" daily in "Quel Beau Nu," in which she is starred at the Concert Mayol, Paris. Her Jibes about us being greedy in attempting to collect our debt from 'poor Franc*" are getting big handa An "unre«(ricted and bitter satire" on the recejit evolution trial at Day- tuB. Tenn.. la ttelng presented at a theatre In Moscow. Lew Fields, who closed in "Money Bualness" laat Baturduy, has already started producing a new musical comedy, "The Olrl Friend." Herbert Field* wrete the book, Richard Rogers the aeore and Lorcnz Hart the lyrlca. They are the writers of "Dearest Bnemy," and Qrst Joined in doing "Oarriok Gaieties." Puck and White will be featured In "The Girl Frienda," the cast also having June Cochran, who attracted attention in the Oarrtck rerue, and Frank Doane. Seymour Fellz will stage the num- bers with JYed Latham in charge of the l>ook. Music from Moscow was most audi- ble, while the programs of WBAF and WJZ and WOR. Newark., N. J., were plainly heard in Europe. Mme. Anastasla PsomopouloB, Greek concert singer, who recently discovered she has two husbands and followed with suits against both of them, charging they conspired to deceive her, appealed for police pro- tection. Two judgments obtained by John Colton against Mrs. Leslie Carter (Payne) were filed in the county clerlv's ofllce. In one Colton claims $1,494, the alleged amount of 16 weeks' salary advanced to Mrs. Car- ter for the production of "Alex Tar- tary." Mrs. Violet King, of Berlin, was granted a divorce in London from Claude King, film actor. J. Harold Murray, tenor, will r»- .,lace Irving Beebe as the Prin^ In "Castles in the Air." Murrav a'»! with "Captain Jinks." *" Guests in the Little Club were thrown Into a panic one early morn- ing last week when two of the kitchen employes started to hack away it each other with butcher knives. Several people left fortet ting their bills. i Mary Garden made her radio de- but at Station WJZ, New York, Monday. Suit of the 46th Street Restaurant which operates the Twin Oaks, against the Shuberts for $100,000, charging conspiracy, has begun in Supreme Court. Jack Osterman and Katherine Ray, of ''A Nltjht In Paris," were advertised by the restaurant to be present at the Twin Oaks on Mon- day night a week ago but were Informed by the Shuberts that they would be discharged If they went. It la alleged. Also, the complaint enys, this was prompted by the Shuberts seeking to injure the Twin Oaks because they are to open a night clu6 of their own. Morris Rosner, manager of Shan- leys, night club at 171st street and Broadway, and Kayo Tortonl, of the "Mayflowers" chorus, motored to Greenwich, Conn.. Saturday night to marry. They did. Dr. Roy K. Bowpian, who married Fern Rogers of musical comedy two weeks ago, was arraigned in Colum- bus. O-. and held In $1,000 bail on a charge of deft'audin,g an inn-keeper In failing to pay a $193 hotel bill. Bowman and Miss Rogers wed after they had known each other about three weeks. Bowman posing as a wealthy physician. Several days later h* was exposed as a for- m«r rubber ta a Turkish bath. CHICAGO Pour months in the House of Cor- rection and a $10 fine failed to move Mary Bowen, actress, when sen- tenced for passing almost $1,000 worth of bad checks. When Officer .lohn Murphy came to arrest her in her hotel rooms she bit him and made a very sincere attempt to scratch his eyes out. "Gee, she's a wildcat!" he said. Marjorle Ram beau will die an an- swef to the charges of Mrs. Kevitt Manton, who Is suing the actress tor allenattoa of the affections of Kevitt MSBton. English actor. Evelyn Nssblt, who recently took poison, waa pictured by a tabloid aa drlnkinc fluUk and saying "Never asaln." Palm Bsach reports have It that Con Conrad, somposer, and Evan Qmy of th« Tollies" are to wed. Conrad was, until recently, the husband mt ^wnolne Larrimore. A 40-foot piece of pavement at the southwest corner of Broadway and 44th street, opposite the Astor, collapsed at 10.30 Sunday night and slid into the excavation on the site of the old Putnam Building where the new Paramount Building Is be- ing erected. In collapsing, the pavement crash- ed through gas pipes and water mains, causing a flood of both. The Tllyou, Surf avenue. Coney Island, n^w B. S. Moss theatre, will open In M6.rch. The house, seating 2,500, will run pictures and vaudeville on a split week policy. Ounnar Qartsen, who halls from ConnectlcBt. wMs sentenced In Spe- cial Seasloaa to an Indeterminate term on Welfare Island on charges of giving a phoney check to Dorothy Doner, hostess at the Club Kronte- nae. and defrauding the Biltmoro and Astor hotels. During his Broad- way escapades, Gunnar posed as a Swedish "ooont." Effle Cherry ot the Cherry Sisters, has applied for nomination papers for the Joh of Mayor of Cedar Rapids. la. James Whitlaker, New York newspaperman, and Halcyonc Har- grove, actress, were wed in W.ash- ington. Whtttaker is the divorced husband of Ina Claire. Chez Pierre announces they will have a Charleston contest for ladies only and will give cash prizes. There will also be a prize for the girl with the prettiest legs. Guests of the Morrison Hotel were roused r.ither early one morning last week when firemen came clanging up to extinguish a blaze In the base- ment of the Alcazar theatre, next door. The flre did about $5,000 damage. "Who are you ?" inquired the lead- er of six young stickup men as ho leveled his gat at Henry Camien of St. Louis <*he night lant week. 'Tm an extra In the 'Miracle' and I'm on my way to rehearsal." the victim Anally blurted. "Here," said the youthful bandit, "is your watch and your $3.50. Take It; you need it more than we do." •"The Student Prince" will enter the 50th week of its engagement at the Great Northern this week, breaking every known record for musical entertainment in the history of the Chicago stage. Mrs. Isbell. wife of John M. Isbell, wealthy broker, filed petition for divorce from her erstwhile hubljy because, she stated, he deserted her because she didn't smoke and be- cause ahe refused to partake of her whiskey straight. Gene Markey, of Chi., and Sammy HofTonsteln, literary deputy for A. H. Woods, have written a new play called 'The Eskimo." Mr. Woods avers that perhaps he will put It on. George H. Moore, for the past 20 years manager of the Orpheum for Jones, Llnlck & Rchaefer, has been' added to the Ascher Brothers' or- ganization and will be assigned to one of their many houses. Mrs. Effle Slgler has been elected as new head for the movie censor- ship board. , 'ROUND THE SQUARE (Continued from page 13) lined the Coleman party up against the wall, then questioned them and finally confined the entire group In cells until bail was obtained for each. Next morning In police court all were dismissed, the court terming the arrests ridiculous. While waiting to be "tried," Coleman noticed In that one morning about 200 other people, all Innocent and peaceful citi- zens who had been arrested in one raid or another, and all discharged for the same reason, no case. Taking all of the cops and all of the police courts and all of the raids. Mr. Coleman will taoulate the. gross unnecessary arrests dally in New York. Before that happens, however, the critic Is going to sue all of the officers of the Churles street station concerned in the Village raid for false arrest, for he never will stop "burning" over that one, especially the humiliation to the remainder of the party. A benefit opera performance at the Metropolitan realized $10,000 for the French Hospital fund. Judgment for $15,289.75 was filed against Mr. and Mrs. Conway Tearle in While Plains Supreme Court. J.-icques Weinberg, 8, of Chappaqua, was awarded $15,000 because a dog owned by the Tearles bit him and Inflicted damages to that amount. The additional sum represents the cost of carrying the case to the Api)ellate division which affirmed the award. The ordinance adopted In 1923 banishing bare I(»g8 from theatres of Sunderland, England, has been removed. Jesse L. Lasky has branded half the novels and plays submitted for picture production as "unfit to read." Max Reinhardt announced In Boilin tl.it Kritzi Massaiy, Ger- many's gier, test ojiera singer, and Max I'alleiiber,',', that country's mo.st famous cotnodian, h.ave ccnt^acted to (ipiirar under his management next season. Prances Reveaux, of the "Follies," and John Wiehert, New York shoe manufacturer, ninrrled in St. Louis. The Chanlirook Rea",ty Co, Inc., Ir'vin .9. Chaiiin, president, and Ilonry I. Chanin, secretary and treasurer, announce the permanent flnancine: of the Biltmore theatre, 161 -cr, W. 47th street, which was Cf)ti.|ilrttri In 192G. S. W. Strauss & Co., have umler- writton an l.s.suo of $r>50.00u first mortgage bonds on the land and building, appraised at $83.''>,0U0. London police are in possession of several threatening letters sent to Edith Day, American actress, who is in the leading role of "Roae- Marle" at the Drury Lane, London. The letters, believed to have been written by a woman, ask for an appointment and threaten facial disfigurement, among other things. Tho cable didn't say what con- dition the ''Rose- .Marie" business is In. Tho Drury Lane is a large house. The Mansfield theatre on West 47th street, newest of the Chanin string, will open on Feb. 15 with "The Night DueL" The grand opera debut of Mary Lewis in "La Bohemo" at the Met- ropolitan. w«s commented on In "Cinderella" tale form by all dailies. Miss Lewis is from Little Rock. Ark. Her rise was sudden. She began as a chorister in the "Fol- lies." followed by the prima donna position In the same show. Better Luck Down South Ben Bernle, vacationing at Palm Beach for a couple of weeks, had better luck with roulette at Bradley's than galloping dominoes at Coakley's In New York. Bernle played conservatively and with beginner's luck brought hoxne a "grand" of Palm Beach money. On the way back the maestro, Ge6rgle Price, and Phil Charlg played a long distance two-day session of poker with Bernle coming out on the long end, but with the heaviest growth of hirsute adornment. Before the trio knew it the con- ductor sang out. "Grand Central Station," the game being a marathon with brief intervals for physical relaxation. John A. lAUrla of Laurla Broth- ers' Construction Co., is to build a picture theatre at White Plains ave- nue, near SlCth street. W. L. Oeorge. famous English novelist and feminist, died at his home In London. Carol Allen, concert singer, and George Tracey Buckingham, Chi- cago lawyer, were married In New York, as were Lucilla de Vescovl, also concert singer, and Malcolm D. Whitman at Brookllne, Mass. The Marquis de la Falal«»«. hus- band of Gloria Swanson, will op<'n a book store In New York. In a sperl.'i! meetint,' ai Morris - towji. N. J., the board of direntors of the M. P. T. O. A. of .New Jer.sey charged Will H. Hayj with had faith In a ro< ent statement in which be was quoted aa saying that the Richard Barthelmess. having re- covered from the flu, will soon leave for Hollywood. Hans Repp *, music teacher, of 168 10. 105th Ftrret, Is accused by several girls, r.-ingint^ from 10 to 12 years old. of having hired them to his studio on prinii.ses of free music lessons. Heppert rcrently advertised In Har>ui film theatres that he would William Hodge's home in Green- wich., Conn., was destroyed by tire. Loss, $50,000. "Wall Street Follies," tho annual show of Wall Street employes, held at the Manhattan Friday ni:,'lit. The outstanding mishap was when one chorus glrl-8tenograi)her kicked In the wrong direction, her fool land- ing on the lady next in line. Frieda Inescort, nctress and au- thoress, and Ben Ray Redman, au- thor, will wed. It is anonunced. One of the many use.-i that the "Charleston" is put to l.s the train- ing of the wrestling team at West Virginia university. Eva Ijavalllere, once famous French actress. Is sorlounly 111 at her home near Vitter, tranco. After ^••venl dhci fipoln'mf ritH hi- cause (if unf;ivor:jl.l'- we;ithd from the "Telegraph." It's unknown whether the K.-A. press department will contlne to name the theatrical writers for the "Telegraph." The K.-A. vaudeville theatre announcements on Sundays overshadow any other theatrical advertising carried by the "Telegraph." Jimmy Walker'a Auto Plats In the yearly rush for small numbered auto plates, the auto number of Mayor James J. Walker with seven numbers upon it stands out. Improvement in Attitude of Copa An improvement has been noticed by newspaper men In the attitude of the cops toward civilians since tho new Commissioner, McLau.crhlin, stepped Into command of the police. The newspaper boys say that when called upon to attend any event or accident where cops were In charge, they had been roughly and grossly treated, under the Enright regime. Now it is all politeness from the ofllcers — and they hope it is going t» last. ' Night Clubs in White Plains Looks aa though White Plains, N. Y., is going to attract night club life away from Broadway through the increased popularity of its colored cabarets. Among some of tho night club draws there are the Tuxedo Club, Idlewlld, Chappie Banks' place and the Ash Tree Inn. Each of these cabs has a band and array of floor entertainers. A number of New York night life followers have visited the White Plains places and report them all doing a most satisfactory business with • decided impetus in Uie motor trade. "Graphic" Fell Bernarr Marfaddcn's "Graphic" panned the Atlantic City Beauty con- tent and used as one of its reasons the fcict that professional beauties entered and won lar, prizes. Two weeks ago the "Graphic" started a beauty coiil(>st of Itp own. The winner was a girl named Louise Melc. On the same day th;it she won (which the "Graphic" didn't announce), the "Uerj liook" magazine used her picture In their theatrical picture pages. MiHM Mile was a professional last In "Mercenary Mary." When the I "'irapliK ■■ w'.i.M tipped off srimehody had put something over. Miss M'le was diH'i'i.-illfieU iiTid an amateur selected. Wednesday. Febniary 8, 1926 SPORTS VARIETY 15 INSIDE STUFF ON SPORTS / Giants at 8aras«ta, Ra. Joha J. McOraw will put hla New York Glanta througb their aprtnK an ilea at Sarasota, Fla^ moving th« baaeball crew there about Feb. II. McOraw la at Saraaota now. He haa a land development at Saraaota, •bout ttaa only thing of value In the town not owned bjr the Rlnsllnra. Ball Players as Basketball Draws Waits Iloyfa connection with the Brooklyn American League basket- t>ail team has been widely heralded, but it seems to be largely a publicity •tiuit The Yankee pitcher does not get Into the Une-up very often, and never when the game Is close. Hoyt appears on the floor with the team In the practice session but that usually washes him up for the night. Hoyt's association with the team, however. Is good copy, particularly when Brooklyn plays on the road. Aside from him, there are several ball players who star at basketball, one of whom. Bucky Harris, got his •tart In the Indoor pame under Garry-Schmeelk, Hoyt's present boss. Bchmeelk halls from the region of Pennsylvania where Harris was bom and he taught the Washington manager the fine points of basketball. Harris was playing with Garry on the Glens Falls, N. Y., team, the winter Clark Griffith appointed him pilot of the Senators. Griffith forced Harris to quit the hoop game for fear of Injury to his legs. Tagli&^r in Ring London. Jan. %%. A Dutch heavyweight boxer who can sing (he proved It by singing "PagUacct'* after knocking out his opponent in the ring), has been booked by Sir Oswald Stoll to appear at the Alhambra here. GLICK SUBDUES DUNDEE Battle of Left Hooks Has Garden la Uproar HOLLYWOOD'S BALL CLUB Takee Over Vernon Franchise in Pacific Coast League Hockey aa Draw in Canada Hockey being Canada'a national sport, almost any game op there Is assured of a reasonable attendance. However, some Inkling of its draw- ing strength may be ascertained through an advertisement in the Mon- treal "Gazette." In the issue of Jan. 6. the day before a National Hockey League game between Montreal and Ottawa, the advertisement reads, "Standing room BOW on sale." " Playera Like Garden's Rink Many hockey players who have battled in the new Garden emphatically designate the new arena's ice surface as one of the finest Indoor rinks they're ever skated upon. The players point cut that the ice is remarkably hard, which makes for fast skating, and, v/hile there is not as much room behind the goal cages at opposite ends of the rink as they would like to have, still the boys think pretty well of Manhattan's new sport auditorium. The hardness of the ice ia attested to through the measer amount of •anow" rolled up fcy tha attendants who clean off the ice between periods. Hockey's Collegiate Growth New York's current hockey boom, for which the new Madison Square Garden is responsible, has Its reflection in the colleges. The Ice game aa played by the universities may be said to have been financially resting on its arms since the days, of the old St. Nicholas rink. And those were the winters when "Ilobey" Baker did so much to popularize the sport In the Metropolitan area. The reviving of Canada's national pastime to first line interest in this section la unquestionably having Its effect upon the undergraduate bodies In the east. Collegiate hockey has long been a sport unable to support itself with the annual football receipts called upon to take up the deficit. A few of the major colleges have their own Indoor rinks. Princeton has its own and Yale was the possessor of one until a fire consumed it. Many have a number of outdoor rinks with these, of course, dei)endent upon climatic conditions and possessing nothing other than ordinary seating arrangements. However, with the building of the Garden and its capac- ity of jS.OOO, making possible a $30,000 gross at a $3.30 price scale, undergrad'jute hockey in the east bids fair to be able to take care of It.self. this larpely depending on the alumni in New York. A number of colleges are planning the construction of expensive In- door rinks and some may even give the game a major rating. Prince- ton now awards a major "P" to its ice sextette providing the "Big Three" championship Is won. Middle western colleges, presumably be- cause of hockey's resumed popularity in this district, are seriously con- sidering putting the game on an organized and annual basis while there la more or less enthusiasm throughout the eastern seats of learning over this ice game unto the exclusion of basketball. More prep schools are also taking to hockey with a limited number of these secondary institutions long noted for their teams and the noted puck chasers they've turned out. Bankhart Returning to Colgate? There Is much conjecture in football circles as to who Is going to follow Harlow as Colgate's gridiron mentor. At this writing no suc- cessor has been appointed. On the other hand there is a rumor around that this upstate school would be particularly pleased if It could Induce Larry Bankhart to con^e back. Bankhart, a Dartmouth graduate but who was responsible for turning out Colgate's meteor elevens when Gillo, West.'Anderson. Brooks, Hunt- ington, Abel, Laird and others of prominence were campaigning for the Maroon. Is said to have been wandering up to Hanover the past two or three seasons to drop a word of advise here and there. Dartmouth has tiocnmo incrcnsingly prominent every fall over this stretch of time and while there should be no belittling of credit in favor of Jejis Hawley, Dartmouth's head coach, still. Bankhart has donated more than a little aid to the Green, according to the reports. The rumors concerning Bankhart's return to Colgate are the result of Harlow's resignation to coach in the south. In one of the resorts last winter a casino la said to, have aroused sus- picion over one of its wheels. The house barely managed to break even through deserting players, and has not been able to come back. Won $140,000— Netted $20,000 A gambling house in the cast won $140,000 last summer. Of it the operator of the house found himself with but $20,000 net. He had had to pay $68,000 for "protection" and $52,000 was represented through uncollectible markers or N. O. checks. William Farnum is the guest of John J. McGraw at Sarasota, Fla, The picture star will watch the Giants train into condition. Red Grange on Fishing Trip Red Grange Is going on a fl.shing trip in California. He oxpects to be gone a month. Upon returning he may cimsider appearing at the .New York Hipiwdrome for a couple of weeks in April. // yott don't advertite in By Jack PulaaM Several years ago Tex Rlckard created the Junior lightweight class in professional boxing, which gave Johnny Dundee the long-earned right to a world's tltia Johnny then went out and won the feather- weight crown, which he haa since relinquished. Last Friday be met Joe Glick in a Junior lightweight match (130 pounds) and was easily outjwlnted by the Brooklyn youth. Dundee gave aa exhibition that aroused the galleryltes, who thought the Scotch-Wop was counting at the very tlnies Glick waa beating him to the punch. It waa Johi ny's first appearance at the new Garden, which waa bet- ter attended than for any of the previous flghts, other than title events. Indications are that Glick will be the new c hamp at the weight Although his crafty oppo- nent endeavored to make the kid look like a novice, Dundee copped but one rourd, and there ia some doubt about that. Dundee hlppodromed the match In the later rounds, bounding off the ropes and making Glick miss, until (InHlly the Brooklyn boy spread his hands in a sign tltat he could not fight that way. The crowd howled and many booed the decision, but there wasn't a shadow of a doubt at ringside ^, to ^Click's point supe- riority, aiick he.ld back his right hand almost all the way. only using it to the body and when in close. He seemed to hold It up to parry off Dundee's left hooks. Glick was unmarked. ' - ' The card.l^el.^ tjiree 10-rounders, which has been the policy for the popular-prl.Q^d, , Gar(3,§n.. shows. In the semi-fl()a) Joe Dundee, crack welter froin-BaltimoFe, socked Mike Simovlch for -a row of 10 rounds. Mike halls ft-6W» Butte, la a strong looking young T^oio with a fighting map. He waa '.willing and aiwaye coming in. but Wa'S up against too much class. Joe would wait for the Westerner to lead, then counter per- fectly. Dundee 'started landing a right cross to' SImovlch's chin, but that didn't stop the Pole, whose gamenoss won the crowd. Although clearly beaten, Mike was given an ovation, and he will draw again. In the first bout, Puiy Miller, of Chicago (also a shoe merch.ant in New York), beat Joe Nichols of St. Pkul. Nichols substituted for Johnny Drew, and may have had an alibi for his defeat. However, his failure to shoot the right could not be 80 explained. Nichols took a short count in the sixth round. Los Angeles, Feb. 2. Hollywood la going to have a baaeball team of Ita own. having procured the Pacific Coast I^eague franchise, vacated by the removal of the Vernon "Tigers" to San Fran- cisco. H. W. I.Ang, owner of the Vernon franchise, agreed to bring his team here under condition that the Holly- wood Chamber of Commerce provide a training field and club house and winter posltiona for auch of the playera aa desired them. Thla. the Chamber of Commerce agreed to do and obtained from Earl Gllmore a baseball park at First and Fairfax streets, which haa a club house equipped to accomodate <6 men. A rental of $500 a month will be charged for the ball park and pledgee have been obtained from merchants to give the players em- ployment In the winter time. KNICKS IMPROVE LEAD; BOSTON A. A. TUMBLES BETTING ON HORSE RACES LEGAL IN UTAH Vera Stedman Will Drive Speed Boat in Races Los Angeles, Feb. 2. Al Christie, comedy film producer, has entered hl^T speed boat, "Baby Mine." in the Florida regatta at Palm Beach. Feb," 11-23. The boat has been shipped via Panama Canal. ■Vera Stedman^ ^ picture lead, who will be at the wheel of tho Christie entrant, w.-is cm the ship carrying the racing craft. Feminine drivers of speedboats are an oddity In the sport, the two most prominent to date being a Mrs. Handley in the middle-west, and .Mrs. .James Cromwell (I>eli)hlne Dodge) who drove In the annual re- gatta at Detroit last. fall. Miss Stedman Is an experienced pilot and is familiar with the "Baby Mine." She drove it and won In various races last year. "Baby Mine" is capable of doing up to 40 miles an hour. don't advertite L. A. RACES MARCH 21 Los Angoles, Fnb. 2. The next automobile race at the Los Angeles Spf^cdway. Culver City, will take place March 21 instead of Washington's Birthday. This Is due to the fact that Miami was awarded the February date by the American Automobile As.socia- tlon. HURDLING DANCER Grinnell. Ia.. Feb. 2. Morgan Taylor, Olympic cham- pion hurdler, also swings a mean limb in the Charleston. Taylor placed second in a Char- leston contest conducted at a local ilicatrp. All the prizes w'^ro annexed by college youtha. Salt Lake City. Jan. 31. Judge L. B. Wight recently signed findings of facta, conclusions of law and a decree In the Redd racing act controversy here, holding that because the title Included more than one subject, the section which permits operation of the parl-mu- tuel system of betting, ia uncon- stitutional. The court denied the contention of the city that horse racing la a game of chance and therefore bet- ting on races is unlawfuL The act does not violate the section of the Utah constitution which provides that no iegislaure shall authorize a game of chance. lottery or gift of enterprise, the court held. H. L. Mullinger, of counsel for the plaln- tlfTs which defended the constitu- tionality of the act, said, that It has hot been decided whether to file a motion for a now trial. This may be done within five daya, he said, after the court signed the decree in the case. They have six months however, to effect an appeal, and an appeal will bo taken to the Su- preme Court from the decision that the act la Invalid, Mr. Mullinger said "Chance" Opinion Relative to the "game of chance element" the court found aa follows: "Under this stipulation, the court attended the races and from the court'a observation flnda that the successful operation of the parl- mutuel system In connection with the horse races Is dependent upon making the races and the pari-mu- tuel system in connection there- with as nearly a game of chance aa possible. Weights to be carried in a particular race are increased or decreased. Substitution of Jockeys not named on the printed programs la made after the bets have been placed, but such substitution of Jockeys is not practiced except on rare ocassions and there is no way by which the general public In at- tendance at the racea and who places ita bets thereon by means of the pari-mutuel system can deter- mine in advance of the actual run- ning of the race In such cases l^e Jockey who will ride the particular horse." Excluding the section relating to the pari-mutuel section, the remain- der of the act Is valid, imd In full effect, the court held. Hockey Leaders Down N. Y. A. C, 4—2; St. Nich's Have Good Night and Win, 4—1; 9,000 Present Sunday's ho. key double header at the OarJen put the Knickerbocker Club further ahead in the Kastora Amateur League standing Just aa the race thrcati-ned to tighten up and become anybody's affair. The K'nicks submerged tlie N. Y. A. C. skaters by 4 to 2 while the St. Nic- olas sextette had one of their good nights and turned back the Boston A. A.. 4 tn 1, Around 9,000 wit- nessed this Sabbath sport event. The Knicks cut loose with a good deal of speed at the start of the second game. Gagne and Shrader staging some thrilling dashes down the ice but to no avail. Finally, however. Shrader got hold of the puck, and to the accompaniment of some neat dribbling went the length of the ring to hang up the first score of the game for the Knicks. The Winged Foot boys came right back and put on a rally with the crowd going into a roar when Mdl'herson drove the rubber past Lewis to even the count. Play became exceedingly fast and rough at this point and Gagne, cap- tain of the Knicks. cut loose with a brilliant gallop to finish by hanging up another score. Not long after, this "Turk" Smith slammed the disc Into the net for the Knickerbocker's third tally. The latter team waa on the offensive throughout most of the second period but their shota were neatly blocked by NIckle, the athletic club goalie. At that, the club youths seemed to stiddenly find themselves and Sutton caged the puck to make the score 3 to 2. The pastime then became a terrific bat- tle. The third period continued In this way until but a minute was left to play when Gillespie pounced on a loose rubber, dodged through the field and slammed home the final tally of the night. The Boston A. A.- St. Nlch fracaa began rather mildly with the latter aggregation doing most of the of- fensive work In the persons of Davla, Stout and Foster. Long sliots failed to make any Impression until Bald- win, a St. Nlch spare, took a chance and got the rubber by Langley, the Beantown goal defender, be- cause he didn't see it. Stout scored the Santa Claus outfit's second goal and there was no more scoring until the final stanza. Upon starting on the last lap Boston put on a bom- bardment of the New York's cage that showed Neldilnger, St. Nicho- las last defense man. in a new light. "Pudge" put up tho best exhibition h« has yet shown In the Garden, and it surprised many. Out of the maelstrom, only one Boston tally re- sulted and this was on a long shot. Stout was laid "cold" and had to leave the game but this didn't stop the St. NIch's from scoring twice more while hoKltng Owen and hia cohorts In check. L. A. dORSE SHOW FEB. 13 I..OS Angeles. Feb. 2. The fifth Los Angeles Horse Show will be held at the Ambassador auditorium. Feb. 13. It Is said that there will be 1,000 entries in the lOS classes. The cash pries for the winnera will total around $3,000 with tha trophy values around $5,000. PROBABLE HGHT WINNERS AND PROPER ODDS By JACK CONWAY FRIDAY, FEB. 5 MADISON SQUARE GARDEN BOUT Jack Oelaney vs. Johnny RIsko Aba Goldstein vs. Chick Suggs Ruby Goldstein vs. John Cicolli Eddie Anderson vs. Steve Smith Geo. Cuneo vs. R. Eposito SCORE TO DATE Selections, 462. Winners, 138. Losers. 67. Draws. 47. WINNER "" ODDS Delaney 9-5 Suggs 8-5 Goldstein 2-1 Anderson Even Cueno Even w 16 VARIETY ■^T/jT^/. ri -^ - ♦ i .; ■- * NEW ACTS THIS WEEK' 7- Wednesday, February 3, 1926 rsp^ WILDA BENNETT and Peppy D* Albraw Songs and Dance* >■ 15 Mint.; Full Stag* Hippodroma (Straight Vaude) M'iJUa Bennett is known alonK Broatlway as a prima donna, though she has not appeared on the le^^it- imulc fltago tor a season or so. She flRured as a principal In a sonsa- tional suit for alienatioo of afFec- lions, the wife of a wealthy I^ong Islander i^ettlns a verdict of $37,000 against her. After that Miss Bennett walked Into Texas Guinan's SCO Club and announced she was married to Peppy De Albrew, Peppy escorting her to prove It. That was pique stuff, the nian-iage being denied later, but the two teamed for the stage. De Albrew is an Argentine who danced with Princess White Dear. The latter is now looking for a new boy. Miss Bennett and De Albrew are clas.'^y on the stage, but as a teani they appear to t>e depending on the notoriety. Miss Bennett appeared first, warMIng three numbers. She EIGHT VICTOR ARTI8T8 40 Mins.; Full (Spaciat) Missouri, 8t. Louis (Pictures) After several annual appearances at the Odeon here at |2 top, the Eight Victor Artists are this year and this week at the largest pic- ture house In the city at its usual 35-65. The octet is said to he draw- ing an aggrcaato of f.S.OOO plus a percentage for tho week. Billy Murray introduces the va- rious artists. He likene tho pro- gram to a course dinner. Frank Banta at the Missouri priorly with Monroe Silver, opens with a fast pianolog and la also accompanist for the vocal soloists. Applauso honors, for the ahow caught, went to Henry Burr for his "When You and I Were Young, Maggie." The Peerless Quartet's trio of numbers all scored, but e.speclally "The Farmer Took An- other Load Away," the "Hay! Hay!" song. Murray's two humorous songs are done in his familiar style and well done. Monroe Silver, stocked with an endless supply of Hebe Jokes In which his friend "Cohen" fea- was visibly nervous and the volume I turos, keeps the crowd laughing — of her voice seemed low In the big Hip. First came "Let Me Dream," a pretty tune, followed by "A Bit of Irish," which waA a program change, yet the lyric did not land. A ballad ended with De Albrew's entrance, the couple going into a Spanish* dance, more properly a tango. A bit later came a regulation ballroom dance, a one step with the familiar stuft of seaaons ago. The Hip girla were on for the Spanish bit. On names and appearance the couple depend. lite. 'GINGER SNAPS" (8) Revue 20 Mins.; One and Full Ste«« (Special) American Roof (Vaude-Pcts) Two men and two glrla in a lightly coostrueted revue that runa for frothy but acceptable entertain- ment. The principal appearing but unprogranae^ member ia the elder of the two men who prologs with a few comedy renuurks and intro- duces the priadpala with more comedy tallc The opening flaah la a full stage remedy bit "bride and groom" with the pair nnarrled and the husband promising to be true, only to fall for the first dame who passes. She slips him a gun and he shoots bride oft stage. The bit has been aban- doned even In burlesque. Following a buck and wing by the Juvenile In "one," a full stage "bar- ber shop" comedy acene follows. After some fairly funny though re- leased dialog It develops a girl who enters for a hair cat is making ar- rangementa for her grandmother. Another comedy scene was the matcher calling up hla wife. He is interrupted by a glrL He flirts and makes a date. She promises to get a friend for his pal and calls up his wife. The last was a train scene with the familiar switching of the numbers on the berth. In between one of the girls and the Juvenile turn in a tough num- ber, song and dance, that pasjied. Bmall time turn for the lighter bills. genuinely, without pretense. James Stanley, of the quartet, has a solo in the deuce spot of the program and his fine baritone drew well- earned applause. A duet of xylo- phone soli by Sam Herman were not enough to appease the audi- ence and Herman encored. In summary, the Eight Victor Artists, beside making up a pre- sentation of the very highest class, make up a very popular one. For this presentation is the greatest one ever offered in a local picture house at no advance in prices. Awede). GRACE AVER AND BILLY Skaterial Novelty IB Mina.| Full ' (Special) Slat St. (Vaude-Pcta) A mixed team In dancing on aliates with the undersized male a liiiputian, doing Sopa for laugha and making a great foil for tho at- tractive Grace. At opening Miaa Ayer ia encased In a stand acreen for a Ruasian song about her Bolahevist lover. A bomb explodes and lifts the screen ahow- ing the half-pint comic. They pro- ceed with a comedy duo on rollers which Beta them in pretty. Miss Ayer follows with an oriental also on rollers paralleled by a bur- lesque oriental by Billy in gro- tesque makeup that's a bowL Miss Ayer returns for a Charleston on skates going into a satirical adagio with her abbreviated partner for a finish that sends both over to good returns. The act got over big here and as It stands, a noval opener for the beat. Also a good flash since Orace incorporates three attractive changes. Being of the "dumb act" variety the turn also ahows possibilities for picture houses where the antics of the dwarfed partner should make air especial hit with the Juvenile trade. .Bdbo. JACQUES CARTIER Ballet (9) Dancoa 15 Mina.; Full Staao Hippodrome (Straight Vaude) Albertlna Raach has contributed a number of balleta to vaudeville. In this newest dance offering her ballet girla are made aecondary to Jacques Cartler featured over the entire turn, which waa given stage dressing by the Hip girla for tho flrst number. Cartler la in action at the curtain in a Spaniah number, in which Catherine Gray asaieta. The ballet next appears before a black eye of- fering pretty enough toe work, with several girla stepping out alone for spcciaUies. Miss Gray in a toe solo followed, getting something. The principal number In the turn had Cartler aa a Hopl Indian In a snake dance. There waa a simple but well lighted and effective back- stage setting. The work of the ballet prior to Cartier'a appearance wajs splendid. The girls looked most attractive in colorful but scant In- dian dress. During the dance Cartler removes what looks like a garter anakc from a basket, places it in his mouth and continuea the evolutions. The new turn la a dance novelty, not extraordinary outside of the Indian number, but pretty. ibce. FRANK 8IEGRIST Trumpat Virtuoso 3 Mina.; Full stage Rialto, N. Y. (Picturaa) Whether or no Mr. Slegrist is a regular member of the Rialto or- cheatra la bealde the question. He walks on the stage of the house and displays hla trumpet technique in a manner that la applause winning. Three selections, all of the popular variety, his final one a Jazz medley and with thla be cops hands down. Watching blm work brings the Buggeation to Jazz band men that have a good trumpet player that they might feature him for an oc- casional number to applause return. It brings to mind that the indi- vidual mnsieal act Is far fron^ dead when it to kandied as snappy aa this one to and the player is aa sklUfvl and capable as Slegrist. He ahonld bo able to work up a routine on the Jaszy gagging atuff alone to aiake a complete number of H. Incidentally a little informa- tion to the audience on how the dis- covery of the muting and the squawking of the trumpet waa brought about with the advent of Jazz might be teteresting. J^rod. JACK CHAPMAN and Hotel Drake Orchestra (IS) IS Mins.; Full (spec.) Palace, Chicago This band has achieved that aomethlng called variously person- ality. Individuality, distinction. This is its initiation into vasde- vllle. In which It should be more than welcome both as regards the booking men and the fellow with the aeat-stubs In his pocket. The Drake Hotel is probably the rltz hotel par excellence of Chicago and for this reason the Chapnlan- Itea are not as well known as a band playing In hotels putting on less dog. But after a tour in vaude- ville they will be more famoua The scene is a radio studio with the boys supposedly broadcasting over the "Xlberty" magazine (Chi- cago "Tribune") station. Between each number the lights are lowered while a man seating at a desk in the rear makes an announcement. Two bellboys sit at attention on a bench to one side. The nine musicians have a lot of personality smiling most of the time perhaps In part due to the newness of vaudeville. Chapman, a man with glasses, presides over the ivories and when after the act the applause demanded^ an ack- nowledgment he had the good sense to say his thanks in two sentences. Novelty numbers are work^ In with a girl singer also coming on for a number. This young woman is strong on class, but the orchestra should be muted while she sings as any soprano will have trouble sing- ing above a nine-piece band. The two bellboys finally went into a dance that was a wow and tied up the proceedings. The act finished like a prairie fire In full flight. From start to finish there waa smoothness, intelligence, talent and showmanship and the band la okay for anywhere and that goes for movlo houses, too. B^l. LYDIA HARRIS (1) Singing (Bluea), Stage 18 Mine.: One Full (Special) McVickera, Chidago (Pictures) Lydla Harris Is one of the hottest little blue singers heard In a long time. The way nhe has of success- fully putting over a sad and mourn- ful blue number, is excelled by' none. Her "Slttln' on Top of the World" Is way above the average. At this house, where she was fortunate enough to work with Paul Ash, It mado her all the more dazzling. These two numbers were great. Then she sang a new blues, called "Does My Sweetie Do Like I Want Him To— An" How." This piece took the a\idl'>n..e off the seats and Into the ai.slos. These three numbprs, with their patters and special choruses, finish number. As an encore. her "Sleepy Time Gal" tills tho bill and the way she does it Is slmplv 'per- fect, jloj. y •► MIKE SPECIALS and Orcheatra (6) S4ench. the dog being supposed to "follow the leader." The routine seemed to amuse though some of it looked like kid'a play. For a finale, Whltey entera the hotel and seen through a transparency, grabs a candle and walks upstairs upright. The act was given a spot, number five, which waa next to closing In- termission. » tbet. METROPOLITAN THEATRE OR- CHESTRA Metropolitan, Boston (Pictures) A splendid, flexible pit orchestra, full-voiced and unified, embodying all the qualitiea desirable In a modem picture theatre. Joseph Klein Is the director. It's a miniature symphony In In- strumentation, and in the rendition of the more pretentious pieces it approaches the better symphonic groups In performance. It lacks many of the standard faults to be noted in the great majority of pit bands, as, for example, mediocrity of strings. Klein has a group of violinists who can play and who have been drilled to play not aa so many ambitious soloists, but as part of the larger ensemble. Klein has also managed to achieve a splendid proportion. His strings fit into the picture as they should, and it must be added that all the other types and groups have also been taught their respective values and places. Even in the forte pas- sages where many orchestras go to pieces through Interpreting "forte" as plain "noise." the orchestra is entirely under his domination, al- ways coherent, always unified, al- ways balanced. To date it's the biggest and best of Ita kind In Boston, and that means all New England. Morten. FLORENCE OAST and Co. (4) Dance Revua 23 Mina., Full Stage (Special) Broadway (Pcta. and Vaude.) Miss Uast has been arrfund some- time now, flrst doing a singing and dancing single and then going into an act with four men called "Drift- wood." That waa a fair olTerlniT that never got very far. Her latest! however, is an ambitious, and aa these things go In vaudeville, a moderately expensive act insofar as the costumes go. The turn opens in "one," with her four girl aaaiatants revealed be- hind cell bars, from which they emerge showing tights with stripes around. After a short routine they go into full stage, which shows black drapes. There Miss Oast does most of her stuff, the principal item of which was a toe dance which went beautifully. Thla young woman's dancing has steadily Improved and In her solitary toe dance, she made such a good Impression that gen- eral opinion seemed to be that some of the singing and other stufC might have been omitted In favor of more on the toes. The girls each get solo chances and do well. In a short bending routine Miss Gaat ia okay and a waltz number also went over nicely. It might be suggested as an im* provement that a piece more auit- ,able than the Pon :h;elli "Dance of the Hours," used for the toe rou- tine, be found or that the dancer keep time with the music. But thnt la a small skimption am^ was for- gotten when the Charleston tlmo came around. And hr aomebody showed originality. Not any of tho regulation tunes are used, but a special arrangement of "Dixie." It may be that by this time Broad street In Richmond has narrowed up and they've renamed Peach Tre« street In Atlanta to Quince lane, but Just the samj they used "Dixie" aa a Charleston tune and It fitted. Th« turn ia nlc-^ three-a-day ■tuff, and with aome lyrics and special music cut down, shouUI run easier aifd with more punch« Biak, MARY DUNCAN and Co. (1) Songa and Piano IS Mins.; One Ameriean (Pet. and Vaudo.) Mary Duncan has been out with other partnera, equally billed. Sha has a pianist, presumably Jimmy Bums from the Interchange be- tween them. Bums starts the turn with a lyric about Mins Duncan alwaya being late, but he doesn't do it very well. Mlsa Duncan ia plump but aa ah« saya herself, she's not so bad by a long shot. Her numbers appear to be of the restricted or specially written type. First came "What Do You Say" lyric, starting with a proposal and ending with a mar- rla?;e blues. A fan number with a suggestion somewhat naughty at the close was well done. It seemed, however, that the feather fan needed clean- ing. Miss Duncan's whlto satin frock making a contrast. "No Ons Wants Me" had Miss Duncan talk- ing about herself. It Is an ex- tended number with an orchestra bit and sent her ofl: well cpenlnff Intermission. Miss Duncan has a personality and can hold the spot In three-a-* 4CO WROHATgO r^tuxpMket MM AOVERTISINa CURTAINS— OROPI NEW VOUK iITT: Mt Weat 4Srd Mr««« rhlekMtof tOS4 -SCENERY PANTHEON SINGERS (6) Piano, Violin and Singing 17 Mins.; Full SUga Amoriean Roof (Vaude-Pcta) A mixed quartet and girl pianist who also does a violin and vocal solo, the high Mght. Tho quartet Includes two male and two females, all young and coatnmed modernly In tuxedo and aeml-evening dress. The singing portion ia all wrong for the pop houaea In Its present .ihape. The four exhibit trained voices and atlck exclusively to semi- classical and operatic arlaa. Thf» only modern touch to the proceed- ing Is the pianists, violin and voc.tI solo and this stood out thrnugh contrast. Reroutinlng with aome current musical comedy or pop aonga In- terpolated to necessary before the act will be received enthuql.istlmlly on the .small time. (7<^, VERSATILE TRIO Songs and Music 12 Mina.; One Hippodrome (Straight Vaude) The Versatile Trio, a colored male combination, have . been in Ix>ndon and abroad for 16 years or more, being the flrst colored act of the kind to appear there, and claiming to have been the American pioneers of ragtime In Europe. The men scored distinctly over there and came back for a brief visit or to get the fog out of their well tailored dress suits. They are both singers and mu- sicians, on© remaining at the piano for most of the routine, but Joining In the numbers vocally. They opened well with "What Could Be Nicer," with piano, banjo and tenor con- tributing "As \jnns As She Knows How to I»ve." They did well with "Swlngalong," and a banjo aolo counted. The best harmony number was a ballad. Tho boys might have stopped right there. Instead they offered another number or two which failed to land, with tho flnale nothing to spenk of either. How- ever they are good entertainers. Just prohalily trying to see how they stand hftre before sailing b.Tck. Ibee. THE ERFORDS (8) Dance and Aerial 10 Mina.; Three ~~ - Palace (Straight Vaude) Female trio in a turn titled "Ttfld the Pyramids." The act opens In an Egyptian setting with an Indif- ferent ensemble characteristic dance that^meana little or nothing. The backbone to the revolving trapeze with one manipulating the contraption by cycling In mld-alr. A chimes effect to tho finale. Fair closer. Ahel. LAUREL GIRLS Hard Shoe Dancing 12 Mins.; One The Vic, Chicago (V.-P.) Some Incidental song at the start of this turn, but the calibre of the singing tips off that the girls must have something else on tap as the vocal efforts are Ineffective. Very good hard shoo dancers of the old school. It has been long enough since vaudeville has had any of this type of hoofing and It Is entirely probable they will find a market. They dance the essence and do a little military stepping to special music. Their finishing costumes, a mass of feathers, is not successful in its efforts to create a flash. Costumes of morn simplicity would be vastly pnferahle. Loop. Wednesdaj. February 8, 1W« VAUDEVILLE REVffiWS VARIETY 17 PALACE Jack Ro»e. a Times square nolgh- l>orlit>od favorite, forgot which house he was playlug this week and mis- took Monday ni«ht for a Sunday concert at the Winter Uarden, BlyinK the Shubert houae a plug in an ad lib crack- He had probably heard about the lunch purade. On top of that, Itose is almost an alternate «-eek stock favorite at Ix>ew'8 State, a block down Main street from the palace, all of which makes the Keith ace bouBe a bit tardy in givlnK the nut comedian a chance at the $2 public. At that he was the wuw of the Palace proceedlngrs, which makes it simple arithmetic comparing: the 60c. gate at the State alonRside of the $3.30 top at the Albee Palace. The Keith bookers seemingly for- (of the existence, of the "doubling" TED HENKEL ORCHESTRA (12) Stage and Pit Forum, Loa Angslct (P) Ted Henkel and his orchestra grab the same size type display as Is given the week's screen feature. It is coming to him. Ilenkel and his even dozen hold ... down at thi« stand. Not only do ^"»«"?";«« ^"i^hl^h they take It Henkel and his orchestra piny for the screen feature, but part of his Job Is to personally preview and supply the musical score. He also provides every musical need that this house has from the overture to the exit march, topping that oft by an eight to ten minute stage appear- ance at each performance. When seen he featured an eight minute medley of old and new popu- lar waltz numbers blm hla stage bit with the medley arrangement Buch to plant the instrumental ver- eatility of each member. Henkel has made of himself and his boys a permanent feature and fixture at this house. Besides which he is a proven boxofflca asset. WaU. edict and the Shubert opposition this week. In addition to Kose, the lat- ter Introduces that blonde and t>etite cutie. Dolores Karris, in his act as the fifth Mrs. Jack Kose. Miss Kar- ris otherwise night clubs it at the Silver Slipper. Rosa slipping tlie cafe a little mention in doing the Karris intqoductory pi^paratory to her dance solo. Looks there's a lot of things Ituse must have overlooked or didn't care about when coming into the Palace. If it keeps up this way, where are they from the next to cluslug? The show otherwise was tepid. OlKa Petrova (herself, Hay.** the hill- ing) warbled engagingly and did a rather lengthy .after-spiel, paved by its intimacy, but which also took advantage of the I'cilaceites' good- natured "stralghting" on returns. Co-highlight with Kose was Alex Hyde's novelty act, "Berlin vs. Liszt." Herman Timl)erg has so in- telligently pointed the lyric argu- ments in the Jaaz v.s. classic question that it created quite a furore Mon- day night. On tlie way out (the act closed the first half) they were con- tinuing the argument up the aisle, one insisting "there is nothing to touch tlie classics." The amount of BYTON and NOBLET Talking, Singing 14 Mins.; On* (Spec) Majaatic, Chicago (Vaude. — Picta.) Bert Byton and Vena Noblet in a rew turn which should shape into a good standard serviceable act. It Is neat and pretty and while the talk could be sharpened up at points It more than suffices. It is not a hokum act and would not do where they want nothing but slapstick. A special drop with two practical doors represents the hallway of a hotel with bedroom leading oft. The adjoining rooms are occupied by the Toung man and the young woman, who have the usual flirtation, end- ing up some few moments later with them en route to the license bureau. Only one or two of the gags are familiar. Byton and Miss Noblet are experienced troupers and know how to read lines and put over a couple of mild but pleasant num- bers. They finish extremely well and should easily find a market for their wares. Ifol. RYAN AND MOORE Talk and Song 14 Mins.; One The Vic, Chicago (V.-P.) To say this act is bad judged by good standards does not mean there are not vaudeville houses which will play them or possibly even vaude- ville audiences who will like them. But it is strictly an act best adapted for the daily change circuits. It is entirely without Initiative. The woman comes on, goes into a song, the man follows, his outfit of wide trousers and trick hat instant- ly labeling him the "funny man." He pauses near the opposite exit quivering his eyebrows and register- ing personality. The woman is singing about roses. He throws her one which lands on the stage with a thud. Then after that any old thing. They have the good sense to let the woman sing to the exclusion of too much of the comedy which has been done before, oh, so many times. The woman has & pretty good voice. Loop. all points to the "Berlin vs. Lisxt' act as a momentous box-office prop osition which presents tremendous explditation possibilities. As a mat- ter of fact, Monday the audience was decidedly pro-Liszt and almost stopped the show following the "Hungarian Rhapsody." B^pfors an average audience it's generally an even break, of course. The act includes a string quartet for the classical melodies and a jazz sextet for the "hot" stuff, with Dor- othy Wood and Olga Rllka, song- stress and jass danseuse. as Liszt and Berlin disciples, respectively. Miss Rilka did a toe Charleston that's a wow in It.self. Hyde is, of course, the fulcrum of the proceed- ings, holding up his difficult end tji great style. It's a picture house proposition. Just preceding was Rdlth Clifford, a songstress with corking and ex- clusive material (credited to Roy Ingraham and Bryan Foy) that makes one wonder why the big-time doesn't take hold of this comedienne as a "name" ptmsibllity. Miss Clif- ford, although a standard in the trade, seemed unknown by name when heralded, but got to 'era plenty after the second ditty. She has three or four exclusive kick numbers that left them hungry for more. In the trey spot the gifted William Morris Kamlly, with their human "Horrors of Home" sketch, mopped up as usual. This is a natural play- let for any variety program. The Dl (Sata 'Nos. mixed Spanish dance trio, opened fast and stopped the works with their Apache finale. Lytell and Kant twlced it passingly well. The next three acts, as enu- merated above, went to floral re- sponse. Pepito, reopening the second half, clowned his way to a big score, not without the assistance of a couple of blonde "lookers," who more than dressed the picture, contributing effectively Instrumentally. Just for a change of pace Petrova, with her Krench flower song, dis- tributed a basket of roses and got much with the business of reaching up into the stage boxes. Kose cut up for 25 minutes and rang the bell. The Krfords (New Acts) closed. Ahfl. turn are peppy and eA^etire work- ers. Solly Ward wont in next to clos- ing and delivered, getting laughter uplenty. His material about the traffic in New York landed best of all, while "They Call That UancinK " brought htm back for an encore. Koster's Hip Oirls were programeil to work in the Ward act, but there was no sign of them. "They were making up for Jacques Cartier and the Albertina Ranch Ballet (New Acts), which closed the show. Charles Keilogg, the nature ".<)inger," and the only torn held over from last week, was easily the most interesting spot ahead of In- termission. Kellogg defines his trick stuff as woodland radio, a certain means of long distance communica- tion known to primitive peoples. The explanation Is that certain logs, etc., are in the same pitch. In any event, Kellogg is a capital stage novelty. Stan Stanley proved no house is too large for him. Sucoeesful at the Hip means Stanley's act Is suitable to any of the picture bouses. When the turn opened it kwked tough for Stanley. Some of his stuff was heard only partially because he partly faced the 8tan the Rt>of. The turn Is .A bright pop house opener. Ab^ Monday evening attendance down- .stairs was normal, comfortably filled, but not capacity. The bal- cony held plenty of open spaces, especially on the sides, while tho top phelf was almost bare. The performance was lacking in the flash the Hip always aims for, nor did the first haU of the bill tune up the way It .should. The real scoring fell to the four acts appear- ing after intermission. Rated as a freak was the appearance of Wllda Bennett, along with Peppy D* Al- brew (New Acta). They got their names in the papers through an al- leged marriage, later denied. That was good stuff for the tabloids be- cause Miss Bennett was recently sued for alienation of affections by the wife of a wealthy man and she lost. In the old days the act would have been grabbed by Hammer- stein's Victoria the same day. The Hip is headlining tho couple on its name strength. They mean little more. Duel de Kerekjarto, opening inter- mission with hU violin, just about won the evening's honors. That was surprising because the Hungarian is a clas!- violinist. He is expert at both bow and finger work, and most of his playing Is of the tricky sort- probably the reason he was so well favored. 'Do Kerekjarto used show- mun.ihlp In winding up his routine, wringing the hand of Maurice Eis- ner, his accompanist. Out In "one" he encored with an old Southern melody, but as a master would do it. I'oodles Hanneford and the Hanno- ford Family followed, and, like pre- vious appearances, the red-wigged bareback star gave a crack per- formance. The Hip plays this act and the VVirth Family once or twice Hea.sc)n;tlly. and neither ever falU. |>..(.dles has been away from the iMmily turn f«Hr awhile, (Jeorgle do- iiiL; his Btuff, but tl.ore Is only one IN.odlM, like there I.-* only one May W irth, Tho two girls in the present STATE Not a badly laid out or playing bill this week, with enough enter- tainment coming and going to keep the customers warmed up all the time. The show ran to comedy, made the grade and clicked accordingly. The principal dancing portion was wrapped up in the .lUlyn and Tyrrell act, which must have run Into the usual money "jam" with the K.-A. offices, inasmuch as this act was at the Slst Street two weeks ago. A male quartet took care of the vo- calizing. Two double acts in "one" and a lightweight playlet, "The Bar- ber of Jayville," comprised the laugh instigatora With the exception of two acts using the same ballad there wasn't much of any kind of a slip from the merrily lUuetrated over- ture to the closer. The AUyn and Tyrrel concoction remains twice-daily material, and in this hou.<)e proved to l>e more than the average closing turn. They liked it at the Slst Street and they liked it here. If it can't get money any- where else it should head straight for tho picture houses, for it would be a setup in those emporiums and the stringed orchestra now carried could be eliminated. The "papa bear" circuits won't pay for a sufficient number of pit men to make any kind of a shoving, yet the hollers start when an act asks money because it has musi- cians with It. The flhn theatres have the vaude houses beaten to death on the orchestra thing, and this is n6t throwing asparagus at the State orchestra. If they were all like the State's there wouldn't be any kicks. The McDonald Trie, on bikes, opened cicely. Two women and a man are the threesomOk the former making a change of costume. The Piccadilly Four, male quartet, war- bled to appreciation No. 2, while the veteran Casper and Morrissey turn romped in principally on the man's well-aged "blues" number. Bums and KIssen retain their In- troductory material, which they have been using for some time, but have added the writing of a popular song as dictated by the audience, mostly "plants." "The Barber of Jayvllle" thing is difficult to define, in that Btirns and Klssen were as promi- nent here as in their own turn; be- sides which it looked as if every act on the bill was in on It Tet it was no afterpiece, Allyn and Tyrrell holding the final position. The only time the "Barber" cast seemingly was cut out from the herd (that comes from reading that guy Mix) was a burlesque operatic bit ren- dered by a septet consisting of three women and four men, with Burns and Klssen still present. The two acts are proljably traveling together. Skiff. text may hnvf played an iniporlanl purt in pulling en- in. The vaudeville portion ran from 9 p. m. until a Htfle ntu-r li. 'rii.> picture kept the show koIhk for an additional hour, so that it wa-t .ifter midnigiit before the house iiiriifd 'em out. The Roma Duo were in the open- Insr .iii); n round It should ho much Ix-tter routined than It Is. Both the man and woman are excellent daniH;rs of their particular type, but they lack the flni.sliing touch on enoAi of their numbern to pull a spontaneous ap- plause return. 'What they ffot is asked for, even though (le.«erved. L..''ophy and homely wit are handled adeptly by Imhof. The offering packs a heart walloj> that can't mins anywhere. Mis.s Coreene doubles as nieces, maktuK heraelf deliriously desplcA- hle in both. J. W. Wray rounds out the .support as the other old codger. Le.s.s slapstick than Inihofs former vehicle, "rhe Pest House. ' but twice .OS human. They liked it inmtensely here and undoubtedly set for any- where. Knink and Teddy Sabini came next with what was Ia1>eled a new edition of "I Quit," but which prac- tically incoriKJrated all of tlie old tricks and nothing to warrant the newness caption. Frank and an un- billed assistant grabbed consider- able comedy spotteil in the pit as .scrapping musicians, with Frank later coming to the stage as asitist- ant to Teddy, tlie feminine member, l-'rank's inatrumentiition helped lota in lifting the offering. Al.so his danc- ing within a few minutes of the get- away. Teddy handled a couple of "blues" creditably, with Frank ma- nipulating the ivories. The turn hkd it.-j comedy values, but not enough to approach the wow province. Snow and Colinnbus clicked wlH» .T neat dancing flash In the closer, rtanked l>v Cynthia Macvae, a cute trick an(J also an accomplished 1..1I1CCI-. Hoth prlncI()a!H had their fling in double numbers with the feminine as,slstant, and with all three doing some excellent solo work as welL The act is well mounted and well dressed. "Pliantom" closed. Edh^ AMERICAN ROOF Very close to a sell out on th* roof Monday night. Jack Wilson and Co. credited, but the feature picture. "Hands Up," starring Ray- mond Griffith, deserves some credit. Wilson was spotted next to clos- ing, and took the hit of the bill easily. His black face comicalities were screened, also all of his gags. Wilson is assisted by Oscar Taylor. a clean cut stiaight with a gooA siitKlng voice, and Ruth Wheeler, aa attractive soubret under brown skin make-up. Taylor doesn't attempt to foil when Wilson feels like ad lib- bing, content to allow Miss Wheeler to throw htm the cue line. Before a James J. Corbett with Bobby symriathetic audience Wilson gave Barry milked the audience for them_ both barreU. His stuff laughs and some of the real hard- boiled ones who have seen the act that the ex-champ has been doing for some time were compelled to laugh at the old stuff again. It Is laughter compelling, and, after all, that is the answer. Mr. .and Mrs. Orville Stamm with their company of four were cfoHlng. They and the Corbolt-Barry turn spilt 34 minutes between them. The Stamm offering is a melange of music, dancing, song, living piirtyres and feats of strength, which Is something of an unusual combina- tion. Tho act starts us though it were going to be one of those more or less soi-ry girl turns when tlio second number gets under way and turns out as a surprise. "The Red Kimona," a V tal re- lease, was the feaftire offered, with Mrs. Wallace Reld acting as sponsor, for the picture. ^reiL 81tt ST. ■Oie feature picture, "Phantom of the Opera," evidently was calcu- lated for a draw here, but attracted less than half a house Monday night. I nun stuU along, shooting tiie has smacked of blueness every other line and when the dialog cooled he gave them comedy business. The an- swer was 28 minutes to a sne^ch. For the finish Wilson Is bringing out tho unprogramed midget for a tlnal bulla-eyo. The kid, in black- face, whams rfVer a pop song and ilancc suro-firo to clog up the hills anywliere. Wilson holds over the List half of the week, changing his act Thursday. The other applause hit went to Bell and Naples, a two-m.an comedy wop turn spotted No. 3 in the first half. It gave the first half of the bill a needed punch. Both use wop dialect with the comedian dressing eccentrically. They pull consistent laughs more tlirough delivery than material. The stialKht sells a ballad well, fiolo, and the comic turns in a pip of a comedy eccentric, acrobatic dance. For a finish they sing a comedy double to piano accordion and tamborlne accompaniment. The comedian "fakes" the accordion, turning It Into comedy. A corking good intermediate house act. Oxford Trio opened siiapplly with their basket ball on bikes. The two BROADWAY The seven ▼audevllle acts offered as part of the program at B. S. MOSS' Broadway for the current week showed nothing that has not heretofore been caught and reviewed as a new act. But there was this about the show. It did carry variety. James J. Cosbett and Bobby P.arr>- headlined the bill, which also had Jimmy Morgan and his hand, the Orville Stamms and Lionel Ame8 and Co, Judson Cole, Lang atid Haley and the Roma Duo. That seemingly was sulflcient of a name display to IntrUrue enough of the liroadway stragglers on Monday night, despite the storm to fill the house about threo-quaricrs of ca- p.icity as fur as the lower floor waK concerned. The balcony and tlie gallery were both lighL Of course, the fact that the house plavcil u|i the fact that It had a rather lurid fwsture phttire with a VVblfe Sl.ive Running time of the feature lopped off an act, with the bill holding five'; instead of the usual six. and among them a new turn in Grace Ayer and! Billy, clicking in a skatorlai novelty | in the pacemaker (New Acts). Prefacing tlie vaudeville was a Roach screen comedy, "Charley My Boy," Incorporating much of the ludicrous which any of tho follow ups failed to counter. The show ran smoothly and even, yet was tho typical Inbetweener that has bfx^ome a regular thing lately at this bouse. Names con- spicuous by absence, but some good entertainment at that. Tho opening turn, Orace Ayer and Billy, managed to grab laughs through the iilliputlans' stab at comedy. Brookes and Ross, male harmony duo, pilcsumably favorites In this locality (since even the ush- ers gave them a hand on entrance), deuced to guod returns with a re- pertoire of songs and offed to one of tlie legUiniate hits of tlie evenlnu The toys make good- appearance and get in some great liaruiony, also a snatch of comedy m tiieir method of delivering an old l«>y comic number with a new sl.int. itoger Imhof, .Marcille <;on«ii<- and Co. were the li>;itini ite euro edy deliverers In "The .'^Inp" in the follow up, chalking up a .l.-ul-u- bit for Imhof, since he cf.tild Imv" mIho answered '•A'lthor" calls. it niv- Inihfif .'iiiotlier of Iiif s.tIo '■,.rnh dcliiieitloin. l.lo\ jng a i;cUi of < h:" - acteriitaiion. ANo incor|>"raliiit' a loKicj.l Klorv about l.ick ol W' c 'iii' fr»>m relations "when winter omes. tniliof handles ;in.r'ier lov.-i'Mc kets at win. They were handicapped by the small stage. The act is away from the conventional and an Inter- esting opener. Carl and Vera linctclier deuced. Tho couple are prepossessing and attemi)t a cro.ssHre and airy persififlge type of two-act, decidedly small time, due to familiar material. They built up Into safety mostly through the singing. Fletcher's laughing fong, the girl's solo and tho doubled landed nicely. Her ^vardrobe also heped. Pantheon Singers (New Acts) closed the first half. The act didn't belong on the roof. After Intermission FrUKih and S.adler, another small time cro.s«- lire and singing turn, released a llo. k of familiar gaKS. The turn has a bride and grocmi Idea for nn open- ing. After the possiliillties of "If it wern't for wo women where would you men he?" are exhausted, more iramiliars follow, broken up bv the man's excellent rendition of a pop .song. The girl tniikes a change to urcen dress and tlie.v hop to more rel.-.ise.l di.ilog. Fit her tlin memory test Ii" olisolet.' west of t^ik'lith ave- []!).; or tliey like repetition, for, in fairness. It must l.n recorded that no :iet flops on the small time with re)e!ised K'tfis If ttiey are fundamen- tiiliv tunny. TI.H pilr were liked. 'Clnner .'^naji.s" (New Arts>, a -"o.ill lime itAUe. folluwel ahead of J.ick Wilson and the Three Herman ItroS closed the -how at Iiletlf ully, \Mth hand-to-hiin.l tricks featuring ;i juni|) fi'itti a pedestal to a niiiiia- tore tiiinpoline, t" a liind-lo-hand rat eh Vun^ i n VARIETY Wednesday, February 3, i»2« PRESENTATIONS-BILLS THIS WEEK (Feb. 1) NEXT WEEK (Feb. 8) Shows carrying numerals such as (10) or (11) Indicate op<'ntng thle •week, on Sunday or Monday, as date ma>y be. For next wt1) Carlo FerretU Josef Fuohs Rice a Robyn Doris Nl es Jack Triesalt Parisian Market "Black Bird" Strand (Pr) (SI) Kitty McL.auRhlin Vincent Uopez "Memory Ljine" Colony (Pc) (SI) Dave Apollon Emily KitZKerald Marjorie Lane t Locust Sis Norma Qallo "The Skyrocket" miallo (Pc) (SI) Hy C Gels Jack Holland Jean Barry Adreinnl Tr'b'd'rs '•The Wanderer" Hipp (K) (1) was Ford D D Kerckjarto Poodles Hannaford 8 Ward Co ^ •ta« St. (K> (I) O Ayre a Bro FAT Sabtnl 8*w Colonibus a M Roger Inihoft Brooks a Ross (One to nil) (8) Ann Butcr Rice A Newton Charles Kellogg Kramer A Hoyle The Ingenues (One to nil) Broadway (K) (I) Lang a Haley Lionel Ames Corbett a Barry Roroa I Jimmy Morgan Bd O Stamm Co (t) Ljtell a Fant Oeo Teomaa 3 Cheers 2d half (4-T) Ross a DuRosa Florence Gast U half (4-T> Phil Cook Burns a fttokoa Ijong Tack Sum Stuti a Bingham Ist half (8-10) Oalla Rlnl a Sla Dooley a Bales (Others to nil) 3d half (11-14) Taylor a Button John Vale Traham a Wallaeo Upton A Terrlll Janet of France Tbio Kelly Stuts a BlDghan •th Ave. (K) Ist halt (1-1) Avon Comedy 4 Louise Channlag Frank Farron Oreat Oahill Holland A Odea Paco Cans! no tiiraat Leon A O* (One to ftli) VetropoUtaa (L) (1) Armand A Perec Dot Bergere Co Wm Edmunds Co Crelghton A l^ynn Alloc In Toyland ralaco (L) 1st half (1-10) CHICAGO, nx. imbae— dnr (Pe) 1st half (1-S> Novella Bros Leon A Dawn Nat Uainea Co Id half (4-T) Klein Bros Alabama Land Sealo W Diamond Co (One to All) WHEN PHILADELPHIA TAILOR JACK L UPSHUTZ ORDER MONDAY! DOSWahntSLe^TuToAv bbatoaa (P) Howard Sla (3ary Ellsworth Knick Knacks Diehl Sis a McD Harvurd W A B (Two to BID Mth St. (K) 1st half (1-3) Robin Hood Perrone A Oliver Victoria A Dupree Harriett Rcmpel Stutz A Bingham 2d half (4-T) Camllle a St. John Stutz a Bingham Bison City 4 Id half (4-7) Volga Singers Dooley a Sales Whiting A Burt 1st half (S-IO) King Bros L'art Noveau (Others to BID 3d half (11-14) Versatile I Corbett A Barry (Others to ml) Boyal (K) 1st half (8-10) Bert Bheppard Co Yip Yip Yaph'hera (Three to Oil) Id half (11-14) J a J Gibson Wllla H Wakeneld KIrby A DuVal (Two to flU) Albeo (K) (S) Melllo Dunham Harry Delf Rosita Ann Codes Roberta Arnold If performance is the gauge of the worth of a vaudeville agency, as it is of any other business, then this organization deserves the most serious consideration. THE FALLY HARKUS VAUDEVILLE AGENCY 1679 Broadway LACKAWANNA 7«70 NEW YORK CITY Courtney a R'md'f Ist half (8-10) Wes Barry Co Burns A BurchlH (Others to All) "THE WOUAN-HATKRB' CLUB" Browning A Br'ken Grllim Twins (One to nil) :d half (11-14) Raymond Pike Krgotti A Herman Gray a ArllRs Toung a Gray Al LaVlne a Bd (One to nU) IJnroIn Bq. (L) l»t half (3-10) Royal Sidneys Willa H wakeneld McL'ghlin A Evans Smith a Holden Mammy * Twins :;d half (11-14) Sankus & Sylvas Frank MotTonvllle Arnold a Dean Rich a Cherie Bobby O'Neill Co * National (L) Int half (8-10) TJic Herberts Prisch a Sadler Master Gabriel Co Wills a Robbins 1-- Rasch Ballrt Bennett a De A Stan Stanley Chaa Kei;og3 Versatllo 1 • HasHons (3) • Bryson a Jones Newell & Most Blos'm Seeley Co Symphony Oroh Long Tack Sam Chas King Mme Ranch Foster Girls (One to nil) Falaoe (K) (1) Peplto Olga Petrova Jack Rose ErforJ 3 Edith Clifford Win Morris Co Lytell a Fant The DIgltanos (One to nil) (8) Mrs R Valentino Wells Virgla A W STAN VERNA HUGHES and" BURKE Independent — Riley Bros. Keith -Albee— Lloyd H. Harrison Groat Leon A Co Sd hair (11-14) Tvonne A Co Grlflln Twins T DArmo Co Little Jim tOne to niD Orph^am (L) 1st half (3-10) a DuBois Bros Jerome A Evelyn Hodge A Lowell Colonial ( Jack Wilson a Co 2d half (11-14) Soyal Sidneys Mary Duncan Co Miller A Frears Jack Wilson Co 40ne to flil) Marguerite a Gill Creole Fash I'l'ic (Others to nu) Riverside (K) (|) O Vans Co Brown a Whiali'r Josu Collins Wlllard Mack Reed a r.eVcre Spirit of T( Rose Wyso Co Moran a Wiser (One to nil) (8) Rae Samuels Denno R'helle B.I Bognnne Troupe Rnbey a Gould Bert Errol (otiien (« aiu Now PUjIng— KEITH ALBEE— Now Playing BUSHWICK H. O. STIMMEL Preeents The Musical Hit of the Season GALLA-RINI THE ONE MAN BAND and SISTERS Jtrry Htffman •( the New York ) Mornis* T»l««r«pli Dec. Slh, I02S ( Said 'the Or:t ili'V tiuii;" r on the Paltre bill tbia week was RalU-ninl and BUters. In their high rlau icualral otfrrlng. GalU-Rliil dliplari hli vrnatliity by playing In raplil fU'Tcsaion ,the platiu- accordion and tweKe wind ln»ftum«t«. and with aarh aeiuTes a tone whUh would do credit to one who fea- t'lm any Individual InKtnimcnt of the lot. rt'rsonallty and tlioumantblp are alrong far tura in altilng the act to K«re ai It doei. IHRRCTiON ALF. T. WILTON Walters a Walters Cafe Madrid Rev (Others to Oil) CoUseom (K) l^t half (1-3) Lul^allon Cantor Rosenblatt Cosmopolitan Rev Gold a Edwards 2d half (4-7) Mary Hay lies Kerr A >VeBton iKt halt (8-10) Belle Baker W A J Mandell Taylor & Huston (Others to nU) 2d half (11-14) W6I1S a Holmes Recent (K) 1st half (1-3) Burns A Stokes Wm A FCrnncdy Wyoming Duo Jcnkfl a Ann Oeo Price Btrrins A Fifl 2d half (4-7) Burns a Kane Geo Yeoman 1st half (3-10) Zcilia Sis Harry Garland Jans A Whnlen (Othrrs to flIO 2d half (11-14) Belle BakiT Brown A Whlfker BROADWAY'S BEST BET BEN ROCK 1632 Bway. at 50th St.. N. Y. City J. Ticth'ns Tinsmiths Jans A Whelan B Horro Rev (Two to nil) FraaMlB (K) 1st hHlf (1-3) Ross A DuRuss Long Tack Sam Billy Olason Holly Crawford Tlg.a Singers (Others to BID 2d half (11-14) The Harlequins D D Kcrekjarto (Olh 1st half (1-3) Mason A Gwynne Healy A Crosa Andre a Delval Carney A Earl Howard A Nichols 2d halt (4-7) Hunting a Francis Carol Chilton Grayce Blair Wlllard Andellno " "The Mannequin" Jeffrey (WV) Id half (11-14) Les Klicks Small a Maya Nat Haines Co Massart Boys (One to nil) Kedcie (WV) 1st half (3-10) Ponzlni's Monks Eddie a Ramsden Trl-State 4 O B Alexander Co Alabama Land (One to HID 2d half (11-14) Sealo (•) (Pe) (1) Welch Singers Don Alvin Venon Buck Ben Paley Orcb 'T>|e Mannequin" State (WV) Itt half (8-10) Small A Maya (Two to nil) Id halt (11-14) Dancing Capers (Two to fill) State Lake (O) (7) M Diamond Co Billy LaMont C^o Aliecn Stanley Roye A Maye Rev Stratford (Fe) (1) Nelson's M'n'qulns Bonnie Reynolds Frisco 3 HAW Lander Miss Justa a Boya 2d ),alf (47) Warren a O'Brle* (Others to BID ASHTAniLA. Oi, I'aJaee (K) 1st halt (i-i) J I Londuns Nelson ft Parlaa W Manthey Co 2d half (11-M) * Hughes a Wheels* Mayo A Francis Dan Coleman (Two to nil) A8HVII.LK. N. Ck Plasa (K) Id half (ll-li) George Libby Ida M Sparrow Howard Tim O'NclI a Plunkett Goodwin Comedv 4 Emery Girls Downey a Cla'ldg* ATLANTA. OA. . Grand (L) (8) Reck A Rector Tmy Maud m HE mEWTOM I IfMabella M Maud lEWTON Mabella Pang Plank Club, St. Petenburg, rUk. WINS TWoU (Pc) (1) Waring's Penna Geo Givot Hank a Ul "Beautiful City" Uptown (Pc) (1) Archie Faulk Miller A Capman John Ruff "The Honeymoon" "We Moderns" ALAANT, )f. T. Proetor'a 1st half (1-3) Slgnor Friscoe Morris A Shaw Goslar A Yusby Jean Patterson Roma Bros 2d half (4-6) Paules A Luckwin Ethel Davla Lewis A Smith Brlerre A King Amazon A Nile 1st half (8-10) Alphonso Co Levan A Doris Dalton A Craig McCoy A Walton The Gown Shop 2d half (11-14) Patsy Doyle Sailor Boy Brems Fitz A M Q Hannaford Co (One to nil) Walsh Daly a W Frank Dixon a Cm Bert Walton Welder Sis Rev AITBIRN, N. T. 1 Jefferson (K) | 1st half (l-3» Smilctta Sis Hilton A ChesiflgM Carmen A Koso Nestor Darlings 'Id half (4 7) Fuller & Van;'« ' Sun Kong Jjin Co , 1st half (S-10) / Tuck a Ginna Senna A Dean S Midgley Co (Others to nil) 2d half (11-14) Gaines Bros Mathews A Ayrea June Horvick Co (Others to nil) B.\LTIM'UE, MD. Maryland (K) (•> Hal Skclly Roy Cummlngs Pantheon Singers 4 Camorons Wilfred Clarke Paula Ayres Sargent &. Lewis I^notr Sis Gordon's Dogs CALM and GALE Formerly Calm and Dale KEITH-ALBEE NOW ALLENTOWN, PA. Colonial (K) lat half (1-3) Jura a Sis Barto a Mack Edna W Hopper Joy Bros A Gloom Vogue 2d half (4-7) Stanley a Uoman Hippodrome (1) "All Girl Rev" Burt a Lchmen Wright A M.irlon Plcchiani Co Homer Rnmaino "The rcdplo" (8) The Heyns Orp.'cum 4 REPRODUCTIONS $10 PER 100 H. TARR t4 honr servle^— Mall S X 10 photo and money order Corner BSrd St. and Broadway, N. Y. C. Lorraine a Cr'wf'd Night Clerk (Others to nil) 1st half (8-10) Norma Shirley Remo's Midgets (Oth«rs to nil) 2d half (11-14) R Raymond 8 Arthur Finn Kaufm'n A K'fin'n (Others »o nil) Prospect (K) 1st half (1-1) Paul Rrmos Furman a Evana Dave Ferguson Fielder A Mann Laura A B Dryer Prince Wong Rath Bros Variety Pioneers (Three to nil) Lincoln (WV) 1st half (8-10) •Gattlson J'nee Bd •F Hamilton Co Tim Marks •ritter Patter Julius Fisher O'Connor Sis (One to BID 2d half (11-14) Samaroff A Bonta •I^slle A Vnd'rg't Wm Desmond Co Morris & Baldwin (One to BID GORDON and KING 8TEPPIN' ALONG in "SWEETHEART TIME" IMPERIAL, NEW YORK NOW Direction MARK J. LEDDY tZ6 West 47th Ntreet, New York 2d half (4-7) Kd Janin Frank Farron Zellio Sla lat half (I-IO) Kaufm'n A K'fm'n (Oth-rs to All) Roshwiek (K) (1) Strobi-I tc Mertens Gehan A Oerrctson Princeton * W'ts'n Gall Rlnl a Sis C K Young Tricey a Hay Rohey a Gould Aunt Jemima (8) H Warren Co Cantor Rosenblatt Mary Ilnynes The Dormonds Mornn a Wiser (OthT* to All) McTlckrra (Pc) (1) Paul Ash Lydia Harrla Milton Watson "Glrl Montmartre" Majestic (WV) (7) L Nev.ida Co •Jack FItEgerald Klmiwa Japs Pargo ft Richards •Trout a Heff Servany Twins (Four to BID Palace (WV) <» Ted Ijewls A Bd Nngfys Frankie Heoth Coram Johnny TTyman 3 Australian B Bill Robinson Lain McConnell Kast A Domke Ideals Wanscr a Palmer Kast Rial Rev 1st half (3-10) Paramount 5 Krugel a Robles Peplto (Two to BID Id half (11-14) Richard Wally Lane A Golden Mercedes Murray A Ch'rl'te (One to nil) ALTOONA, PA. HUhler (K) 2d half (4-7) Zelda Bros Cecil Alexander Jed Dooley Co Tom Henna Rev Id half (11-14) Davis a McCoy Froslnl HadJI All (Two to nil) AJIST'DAM. N. Y. Rlalto (K) 2d half (4-7) SmIIetta Sis Nan Travelire Broadway Bits 1st half (8-10) Fas Carmen Gullfoyle a Lange Cooper A Kennedy Powell • (Others to nil) Id half (11-14) Once Upon a Time Nl<-k Hufford (Others to nil) W^obb A Hall M Laf'oKtn Rev (One to nil) Garden (1) Harry Wcyman Ca Trcnnnl 3 Marcclle Folette Lane A Golden Joseph Bernard CO Arizona Sw'ps'kea Centnry (1) Allen While's Bd "Hands Up" New Baltimore (1) Atlantic City F "American Venua" RIvoll (1) RusHian Cathed'l 4 "The Eag'e" Warner (1) James Wilkenson "Hogan's Alley" B'V'R FALIJ«. PA Regent (K) 1st half (1-3) O'Brien Sextet 2d half (4-7) A Jazz Cocktail 1st half (8-10) B Torrance Co (Others to nil) «d half (11-14) — ChocolAte r>andiea (Others to nil) BRRWYN, ILU Parthenon (WV) Psntaiw Tear MatHial ky Bsa Rmi EDDIE HILL nireetlon— RII.KY RROH. AHR-RY P'K, N. J. Main Street (K) 1st half (1-3) Pelot a Wilson Jack Mrfowan Gaffny A Walton 2d half (11-14) Ponzlni's Monk* I lit h«lf (l-»)/ Bunley 4 Dom»4 juii Walt 4 Stan* * Io:o«» Frank Whltma* Texa* Chicka 2d half («-T) Alfxana-r * Otier AJJla White Co Tulip Tlm« Book Jorilan jat half (8-10) Pat IIcnnlnB Co DnAUFORD. PA. Bradford (K) (1) Dulmac* A Kitty Cleveland A D'wr'j Ann Odd Tempi* Four 2d half (11-14) BolllnBer Leonard A St. J Hold Up L. Davidson Orck (Una to nil) BBIOUKP'T. CT. Poll (K) ARTHUR SPIZZI Booking th« Better Picture Theatree NKW YORK orrK'K 1587 BROADWAY Frank Uush Vogues BI,O0M'OT*N. ILU MaJeHtic (VVV) l9t hair (g-IO) Hack A Ilu (I) (Scollay Sq.) Healy A Oarnella Barr A I.amarr At 4 P. M. Lawrence A Holc'b Williams A Perry Kennedy A Martin Wyatt's Scotch Co Gordon's Olympla (K) (I) (WashinRton St.) Frost A Morrison Carl A Inpi I'aul Tocan Co Amoros A Janet Ernesto Family »U James (K) (1) Jules Truest Alice Morley Wise Cracker Rice A Ni'wton I.oretta Gray He» Orpheum (L) (8) Rtanl.y A Klva Ubert C.irlcton Orrcn A Dr.w Raymond A C'v'rty The Test (One to fill) / BUFFALO. N. T. Court- St. (KA) (1) Senator Murphy Mollis Fuller Crafts A Sheehaa Cervo A Moro SayrQ, A Mack The 4 Ortons Ths LeRays Cols A Snyder CIssle Haydea Co (Two to nil) CHASIPAION, ILL. Orphenm (WT) 2d half (11-14) Oattlaon Jones Bd F Hamilton Co Julius Fisher Bronson A Bvans Tim Marks O'Connor Sis Fitter Patter CH'LKST'N, W.VA. Kearsa (K) Isl half (1-3) LaFavor A Pierce Morris A Townea Lubin A Lowrle The Little Cottage 2d half (4-7) Nlelson A Worden Fisher A Hurst Zuhn A Drels Six Beaucatres CHK.STKR. PA. Kdgemoot 1st half (1-S) J A H Hlgglns Manning and Class ThJa Week, Keith's, Philadelphia Next Week, Poli, Bridgeport Direction HABBT tVEBEB Mens A M Loyal "Spanish Dreams" (I) Clara K Toung Danny Dare Tom Smith Gordon A Pierce Shea's (1) ■Gypsy Follies" "Wo Moderns" (8) ^^ Danny Dare Co Gordon A Pierce f'Inrs K YoMng "RADIOLOGY" "Tlie Fther Waves «ilh a Marcell" (Formerly— The Itodlo Hobot) Direction, HARRY WF.IIKB Pease A NeLson Carson A Willard Clliiion A H'ney O niR.M'(;iI'M, ALA. Tomple (L) (8) Aerial Chirks I'hil Davis Ilrown A Rogers Halt A Dexter Spanish Kolilea Tom Smith Hipp (1) Art Landry "Kiss Me Again" (8) Art I.amlty "Sister ParliT' l.afuyette <1) '■Holidays In Dixie' Cbas nbyden BIrdte Reeves Henry Regal Co Ray's Bohemians 2d half (4-7) Rickard Wally W A M Austin Moonl't Klllarney Dick Ryan Lorraine A Mlnto 1st half (8-10) Stanley Galinle Co Hilly Abbott Guth Carmen A G Just Wstte 4 Dance Revels 2d half (11-14) Bill A Genevieve Furman A felvans Waller Newm'n Co Burns A Wilson Jean Iledlnl Co CINCINNATI, O. Keith's (8) Courtney A Keys Rva Clark BAR Wheeler Jos Marks Co Alex 81s A Co Joe Mendl 4 Clover ly Girls CABARET BILLS Curr«nt Progpama In Cabarvte and Citiaa aa Balow Listed NEW YORK BcMU Aria Floor Show B Olaser OraA Caravaa Oak Arthur GordOBl Jennie Marvia Marjoris Le«l Virginia Rocae Estelie LeveUa Ross Stone Marlon Sworda Flossy CryoB Jane Gray J Friedman B4 Casa Lopea V Lopex Orch Radio Franks Verona Alan Rogers Fowler A Tamara Brndrsvooa B Llllle O Lawrence J Buchanan M Goodman Orch Chex Fysher A N Fysher French Revue B Selvin Orch CIro'a Tefl Trevor Dina Harris M Fisher Orch ClQb AlabMB Johnny Hudglns Colored Revue Fowler's Orch Club Kentaeky O Wantx'a Rev Sid Clark Ann Paulsoa Harry Harris Blenda Ransoia D BlllngtoB Orcb Cinb Ude Carl HysoB Peggy Harris Davla-Akat Orch CInb Saas Geo* lerryettes Rot Jerry Dans San Gene t Connie's las Colored Revue L Smith's Orch Cotton Clab W Brooks Rev Cotton Club Orcb Csardl J Fejer Orch Fejer's Rev DoTer CInb JImmIe Durante Lou Clayton Eddie Jacksoa Evergladea a Lindsay Rot S4th St. nab Mary Mulhera Dorothy Ramsy Harriet Townea Mildred Kelly Dolores Griffla Peggy Hart ■Ripples^' Covsrt Bernlce Petkere Frances Mallery Ruth Sato Nat Miller Ann Page Van Lowe M Specials B4 ath Ar». Clab Cecil Cunotngbam Bert Hanloa Hobble Cliff Elizabeth Browa Dan McCarthy MIgnon Laird Mabel Olsen Albert Barka Adier Well A ■ Johnny Clare Bdlth Dabsoa Ednor Frilling Maryland Jarboa Helen Sheperd Dorothy Deeder Rlohard Bennett a Archer Club Bd FriroUtF Bobby Folaona Ed Janis Rey Buckley CAS Semie Colon J Denny Orch Melody Clob Lew Browa Sidney Clara Honto Carle Bert Lewis Johnny Dale Ted Relly ReT Ross Gorman Bd Montmartva Carl Randall Mary Washbnra Jackis Hurlburt J Shilkret Orch Hnrphy*s Cellar Bob Murphy ReT M Splelman Orch Ruth Andrea Kitty Rasch Sammy Btept Parody Clab Van A Bcheack Eddie Cox L McDermotr Thelm% Bdwarda Alice Lawlor Ignats Orch Plaatatlaa Florence Mills Rsv Win Vodery Bd Blehmaa Clab Harry RIchmaa Tvetts Rugal D Coleman Orch SllTer Slipper D Bennett's RsT Dan Healy Dolorea Farrls Madelya Kllleea Ferrari A Bunny Athlone J Carr Orch Texas Onloaa's T Gulnaa Rer Don Roberta Rubye Keeler Mary Lncas Kilty Rellly Stella Bolton Virginia Magea George Raft Jeannle Williams Mary Williams Starr Woodmaa Twta Oaka Arthur Weat Gypsy Burns Ethel Allls Lucille HarmoB Jimmy Walsh Jockey PrancUoa Joey Benton Billy Burton Bd Waldorf-AstarlM B A L Starback H Leonard Bd Baroa WUkaa'a Colored ahow Orch Banir stage dab Johnny Marvia Will Hollander Teddy King Andy Hamlltoa Harry Nadell M Maasaald Porraat Lapar Babe Bhermaa Al Roynelda Devall 1 Hawallaa • Vera Welch Madeline MoK'nsle Chloagoaas Orch Beodearoaa Maurlne Marseilles Dorothy A Anna Jay Hills Babe Kans Eddie Clifford Williams 81s C StralgBfs Orch Ayaloa Bsrt Gilbert Madge Frazer Miss Cctrolt" Myrtle Gordon Sol Wagner's Orch Moulin Rooaa Fawn Gray Rubin A Area Smith A Durrell Mttle CaruMo Quart International Trio Ray A Darnell .McCune Sis John Wade's Orch Olive O'Neill Harry MaxHetd Joha Lauder Leon A Beebia J Johnston Orch CMIloa Tomsoa Twlna Revus Lido Orch (B R's'l) Teamey's T*b Club Doris RoblBS Jack Rata Vera Fontaine Nina Mitchell H Voes Orch Chea Ptarrs Martha Hortall Shirley Buford Carolyn La Rues Tina Tweedle South Sea S'r'a'd'rs Dixie Fields B Hoffman Orch Taalty Pmtr JAM Jennlnga Lula 8wan Tbelma Coomba M A B l,ee Vanity Fair 4 Ruth Oelbeit Adele Walker H Osborne Orch KIghUagaU Harry Cook Harry Vernoa CHICAGO FroUea Bernard A Garry Kddie Rasch Margaret White Clara Bower Julia Garrlty The Barstows Kenny ft Roper Johnny Dale Bud Kennedy Helen Ksne A Umbo 4 London Girls Aden Walker I>!w Fink F Blondell Orcb John Meeban Jr La May A Toslos Dolly Austin Virginia Cooper Bee A uee Chas Kerr's Orch Deanvllla Hanley A Dillon Coster A Rich Harry Barber Gladys Blair Rose Wynn S Kahn's Urch Hontmartra Hal llizon Mabel Cedars Hcrbie VorpI ''randall Sis IMna Lindsay .Mfredo A Gladys Mujray A Warner II Crendron's Orch Rainbow Gardens Lolo Fletcher .Merle Smith .Marie Pollltt Elenor Perry Ora6e Thayer Irene Gormaa Edw Arthur Merrill Carder 8 Jubilee Singers (Male) (from •llig Boy") R Williams Orch Pershing Palace Prince Rajah Bud Whalen Irene Fcary Flo Whitman Louise Granville Dixie Field C Lorraine's Orch Tearney's T'n Club Eva Tanguay Terrace Cnrdens Henri Therien Brenult A Ilegley Helen Mainox Gus KdwMrds Orch BALTIMORE Tea* Irmanstte U Davis Band BsBbaawy Davis Orch Clab Polka Dot DeWd'r^ T W Murphy Orch Silver HIipper O Morris' Orch CULVER CITY, CAL. Irene McKlnney Blackman Orch LOS ANGELES aun Val Roberts Otadys Cook Addis Moraa Snsll Orch Oattoa Ctab Frisco Nick Will Mitchell Sue How Cllir Rttahle Leslie Waltoa Elklns Orcb Clab AInbaa C C Snowden Martha Ritchie Ivy Ander.'^on Marshall A Pertle Lawrence Ford .Sidney Reere Rusis Hoy P Iliward A Oreo MIAMI Arablaa NIgbts Wood Sis jHoward A Bennett (Washliurn Or^h MILWAUKEE Badger IUmhb I 8ky Room June Warwick jjean Ilaintnond Badger Syneop't'rs Tune TInUers NEW ORLEANS Friars' Im Harry Rose Leatrlce Ward Green A Mlltoa Bom A Hanlsy Six Pony Dancers U Brume's Bd CoHege laa Ruth Bttlng A Lyman's Orch Coloslma'e Swan Septette Johnny Herrnan Crandalt A wilsun Harold Dcaa Bobble Oramra Bobble Dandrrs Pete DeQuarto Orr Del Entea Babe June Kdiia Wormla Mlltoa CllfTord Rrnle Caldwell Or UttJe CInb Wells A Brady Waada Oaul Guy McCormIck Hazel Verges Al Piper Serantoa'a Slreas BIngslda Geo McQulns Billy Pleroe Bobble McQulBB Harold Fletcher Willie Jacksoa Serenaders Victory Ina B B B Letty McKenzIs Hone Shaw Neylis Adams Charlotte Brand Twilight Cilve I.ilMt ■So .Sr. re nadirs PALM BEACH, FLA. Rmbaesy Club Marguerite Price (.ee Arnold Mary Salisbury Miller A Parrell .MIrador Orch Club May fair France') Williptna .^li.ei.y II.. II A ltd WASHINGTON Le ParadU Meyer Davis Orch .MaySower flardrns iTellx Soiari Wardmaa Park llaer Orcbesira Wardman Olrls Lew Bermaa Dorothy Day* .Maydower Garden Tii; trim Or' "i littler 'Ole Hoitn^ti-.'.n Orch Dorothy Daye 7oe I!>n.breii ljk Java I'ete .Maria s Or^h Spanish Village Tlilmiin Orch L'Alglon Goldman fJrch Kog< rs A Donnelly Newhoff A Pps Cu Keith's (S) Monrne A Graal Paul Kirkiand Ilcrl>e» A Terry Charlotte Gr'nw d Weirs Eelephants Frank Fay lOSth St. (K) (S) Fraley A Putnam Farnell A Flor'ce Uyion A Nublet Frank Stafford Co Allan A Norman Willis West A M td half (11-14) Al K Hall A Ce Mr A Mrs J Barry Kerry Corwey (Two to All) Capitol (Pe) (1) Geo Billings Codes A ^rigg IIARKT MARY CARDIFF and WALES FORMKRI.T MAXriRLn and GOIJION KRITH-ALnKB riRCI'IT nir. HCOHBII aad MANWARINO Wally Sharpies Olga Mlshka Ce Pantagea (t) rand A Lea I'aledonlan 4 Jane Courthopo Walters A HowI'd Jarvta Rev CLINTOW, lA. Orphenm (WV) l.«t half (1-10) Marimba 2 Rd Muleahy Hamlin A Mack Kerr A Ensign Personalities 2d half (11-14) Miller A Murphy Al Grady Dolly Kramer Bd COM .MBITS, O. Keith's (1) Bobby Jarvls Eva Clark DETB4>1T. MICH. Oraad Rlvter* Wairda A Seals Seymour A Cun'rd Stepenoff Co Marcus A Booth Bvans A Peres Temple (K) (•) Rebla Ist half (1-1) Ths Glided Cage Cotter A Bouden Country C ub Glrla Carl McCullough T Knights A a Day 2d half (4-7) Dekos Bros Co JAM Dove Hugh Herbert C^ B A K Gorman Eunice Miller Co 1st half (fi-10) Tcndehoa A Rcld Mlltoa Bcrle ( Beauealres RAD Dean D Stedman Ce 2d half (11-14) Jojo Randall Mielson A Worde* LaFantasie Zuhn A Drels ■ Ballot Troupe FAB ROCKAWAT Columbia 2d half (4-T) Wyoming Duo Al A F Stedmaa Bert Brrol (Ons to nil) BILLY GLASON THIS WEEK Mosc* Franklin and Proctor's 125th St.. New York CoreUI Sis Bert Levy Harry Ilolmaa Singer's Midgets DVLUTH. MICH. Oarrick (Pe) (I) Johnnie Hermaa Joe Ross B. LIVBBP'I„ O. Anaerleaa (K) .J ^ PANTHEON SINGERS ADELYNE HOOD Next Week (Feb. fl): Maryland Theatre, llaltlmore, Md. itepresnntative/i. MOUKIH A FRIL KIcota A Byrne .Sherwood's Orch Cole A Snyder (One to nil) 2d hair (11-14) Byton A Noblet (-' ay Crouch Co Fanny Simpson Co Willie West A M (One to nil) CapKoi (Pe) (Sl-<> "In a Cabaret" Harold Stantea Lew Ferris Anuta Shadkowa Mary RIchardsoB J Bade ft L Poell (T-10) Belle Forbes C't'r J F Haney A Co DAYTON, O. Kellh's (•) Con Colleano Duval A Little Torn Swift Co 2d hair (4-T) Joe Rich A Pals Peggy Brooks Jules B A Marcel Rltx Serenaders 2d half (11-14) Weadlck A Ladus O'Brien « 2d half (11-14) Chong A Mney W A J Mand'ii eler A Francis Midct n A Sp'Im'r I! II .rl A West .;,,.Hi'. -< S'.nis l)i:( XTIR. ILL. Kmpress (WV) iHt half (1 10) Neil .Mc|u\h« a M.f tiAl VF.ST'N. Tr\. Mertlnl (it) (H) Men I th A Sii'.oier l.a jr.< I •' riisix e K.itl II itni ton (I'or.rimicd on pigc 00) rrnnels ft Wally i Morin .Sis M'.rrls A Shaw .'J'ln I'lin l.lnic ("O Id hr.if (;i-I4) irenn- dy * Kr'mer .-Jinna A Dean }■ rij<'''.e ";ihers to III) f VARIETY EDITORIAL ■/^TTp Wednesday, February 3, 1929 IS4 WaM Mtfe airM* T«>* cut "BENEHTS" IN VAUDEVILLE In B»ran»c Latr«, M. V« en the Pacific Coast In Arlsona. fn CclonAo, tn their craves are actora of Taudevllle who played '*t>eneflt«.'* "Bef««f;ta' ttuit If they didn't pUy for nothing they were «»M tiMy wouldn't play raodevllle at all, for noney er (or Bothlnc. T»i Lxxx: M«k i: j 0«Sci«»». ex«cuUves. attachea. booken^ a«r«nts, clerka. atenofrraphera. oac« boys, all want tb" actor to "play a beneflt" Thia more frequently , haa oi-curr«d within the Keith -Albee office than any ether place In Tmud«T!ll«. not excepting Chicago. SToas ■oix V T. ^av« a acw teailinc Uuiy kt >tan$ar*c Ktne. The Waterloo Players. Waterloo, la., are under new management. AI G. Wilson now has direction of the company. The new leada are Helen Lewis, and Ralph Bellamy. Marguerite Fields, leading lady for over a year with the Broadway Players. Grand Rapids, has left the •tock. Virgintn Richmond, lead with the Washburn stock, Chester,' Pa., has assumed managerial control as well. Jack Lebaudy has succeeded Leon- ard Lord In leads, tho latter hav- ing departed to join the Lillian Des- mond Players, opening at the Stone. Bingham ton, N. T., next week In "It's a Boy." Belva Morrell has aucceeded Dorothy Beardsley as feminine lead with the Morgan W "lace Players at the Princess, Des Moines, la. Frances Rltola has also withdrawn from the stock. UTTLE THEATRES The fourth annual Little Theatre Tournament for the David Belasco cup is slated for tho week of May I. Walter Hartwig, as before, has the tourney In hand. A Broadway house will be selected li. time for the competition. The Little Theatre of Dallas won the tournament the last two yearh and the EZast-West Palyers were successful in 1923. The Potboilers Art Theatre, Los Angeles, presented "The Man Who Ate the Popomack." Those ap- pearing In the cast are Rlza Rosa, Minna Ferry Redman, Arthur Tur- ner Foster, Mique Spooner, Irving Victor. Dan Freeman, George Hadel, Leo White and Roland Ray. The Pasadena Community Play- ers presented for a 10-day period "Major Barbara," one of the Bhaw plays written several years ago. Those In the cast Include Helen Jerome Eddy, Laurene Tuttle, and Helen Fields. Gilmore Brown staged the pro- duction. The Dallas Little group will close Its 1 25 season with a "high-brow" follies show in May. Local writing fraternity has been asked for a re- Tue or musical comedy themes that will suit the ideas of the Little Theatre director, Oliver Hinsdell. NOTES Viola Morgan, in Europe for 16 ye;irs. has returned to New York and will continue her stage work here. She has been appearing in shows in Athens and Constanti- nople in recent years. Miss Mor- g.in speaks French, • Greek and Turkish fluently. The International Stage Alliance (Now York ofnecs). is trying to lo- cate I'aulinp Harri, musical comedy. Miss Uiirrl when last heard of was With "Oh, Lady. Lady!" Word has been sent to all outside stagf'li.n lids' and m. p. operators* locals that Fargo, N. D.. local No. 610 has more mon than work and -that incoming applicants for j..bs Will find the field overcrowUod. Pcvcral other towns on the I. A. list during 1925 also sent out word for "outsiders" to pass them uf) as ■pots where work was available. Harry Greeman is now hou.se managing Loew's State, St. Louis, tor the Loew interests. TS« actor on the stage Just flnlahlni* hia tttm. entitled to go to hla rsi for a nmt. to wash and dreaa at hia or her leisure. Is called away. im to^d to go and moat go to a *'l>«neflt.** Direct from the sta««. under the nervous excitement of harteff flnlahed a performance, probably perspiring, the artlat must rush out of the the- atre Into a taxi or car. and play a *7>enefit" — for nothing, to please aome- , one »-bo wants to pleaie someone else; who wants the artist to work for ' nothing after the day's work haa been completed. And where do the artists go under this stress — to Saranac lAke, to the Pacidc Coast, to Arizona, to Colorado, er to their craves? But their rel- atives will get $1,000 insurance — maybe that'a payment for the "benefits." Or another phase. The Keith-Albee actor cannot do a benefit for his own friends, cannot sing a song anywhere without violation of his con- tract, excepting In th? theatre of hia Master or for hia Master's friends. Then it is perfectly okay. He must work for nothing for those who give him work, but for himself or his friends he's still a slave to his Master. And those artists who. aa a rule, are the biggest hits are those who are wanted for "benefits." It is those who work the hardest on the stage to make themselves bits. Those are the most exhausted when leaving the stage, and those are th* ones "driven" to the free "benefit" as an indi- rect road to the sanatarium or worse. 'SHOWS'' OR 'mHES" IN FILM HOUSES Shortly, all over the country, win come another test for 'Shows'* or "names" as the best box office draw. A "name" In the show business Is something different, according to who owns or owned It and his capacity, capacity. P. T. Barnum Is a name; Charles Frohman. another; B. T. Keith an- other; Charles Dillingham. William Morris. David Belasco. John Ring- ling, Arthur- Hopkins. Sells-Floto, A. H. Woods: those are managerial names, standing for good will and meaning something in one way or anothA to the show business. There are ethers AI! publicized names of the show business taaye value more or less, according to how those names have been employed in publicity and the show business. Then there Is anoUier set. -Keith's" in front of a theatre at one time meant a draw; that was a name signifying a good vaudeville bill. It was displayed mostly in large cities. Transients coming to those cities sought "Keith's" for a good bhow. B. F. Keith was a great showman, a greater one than he ever haa been lately credited with being— for certain reasons. But when "Keith's" commenced to be bartered for 25 per cent, of the profit and a booking fee with the name going up anywhere and every- where — what was the result? And today? Gilds Gray played Keith's Hippodrome, New York, and they begged her to remain over after she had been there a month. Why? "Keith's" was still outside of the Hip. on the program and in the advertising. Paul Whiteman played Keith'a Hip and the Hip had to pay Whiteman 17.600 to reappear. Why? The Keith's name had not been removed from the Hip signs. Houdini loft vaudeville after playing there for years. Became his own fhow. road show, with a weekly expense of less than $2,000. and at $1.60 has been playing to from $8,000 to $10,000 gross, at 60/40 and 65 85. At a gross of $10,000 and his own boss, on the sharing terms the least Houdini could net himself would be $4,000, twice as much as vaudeville ever paid him for a single week. The Houdini example is a good one. Let's stick to It. Houdini is playing the Shubcrt road time. One week he's In a Shubert theatre, the n<'Xt week, although booked by the Shubert office, in some other house. Houdini played five weeks at the Keith's Hippodrome. New York. Ho left It. But Keith's Hip had to get other "names" to head its bills to draw above the $27,000 weekly overhead the Hip Is saddled with. John Ringling books for the Ringling-Barnum-Bailey Circus, the best- known outdoor show business title in the world. The Ringling Brothers bought the Barnum- Bailey Circus and title. Joining it with their own. That was several years ago. The Ringling-Barnum-Bailey Circus the past season paid three times as much for the entertainment within the tent as it did the year it bought the Barnum show. And did over three times as much business. Old-time circus men can't grasp the Barnum show playing to $12,000 at a matinee. Nor can you, nor can we — but there it is — and to a profit of not less than $2,500,000 on a single circus' summer season. Nut by depending upon a trade name or trademark — but through an increasingly expensive performance, and the Ringlings of late season have been billing some of their acts, not the freak nor thrill turns either. Back to Houdini traveling. Do you l>elleve tha* Houdini, knowing he will play the Shubert-named house anywhere would consent to 60-60 terms for that reason* that he has sufficient confidence In the drawing value of the Shubert name to agree to a lower sharing percentage in the knowledge that "Shubert" above the theatre would Increase his gross? He would not. Harry Houdini knows that Harry Houdini must draw every dollar he gets In the theatre he plays. Yet a certt.:.! show or brand of show may be built up to a draw for the houses played, 'i hat's the PuMix Theatres (Famous Players) plan. It can be done, but with a hazard. The show must be good every week; it must be at a certain standard, for if not, two bad shows in a row will ro<|uire five good shows in a row to re-establish the lust prestige of that There's a colored Frank Tinney. He Is connected with the manage- ment of the Royal theatre, Ualtl- uore. theatre. • This isn't theory; Ife the record. There is no show business knowing t«iter than burles(iue what it means to have one bad show ifor a week or two bad shows in two weeks. Burlesque rotates, a different show every week. Ask the burlesque people, any of them. But the name of an individual or a combination of names of individuals or a special attraction that may be played up or exploited (novelties also under this head, i>erhap8 freak turns, too; can travel; if valuable in one town they should bo as Taluable In the next. If oorrespondins ho>i.- Is devoted to It. "• Work Tho oidor tho showman tko stronger his belief In Individual names. Another point of Interest to exhibitors is playing tadividual attracti on a percentage. From reports. Sam Katz (Puhllz) hi against percenta"* playing. Mr. Katz may be right. But hia Idea ia not proven and ve^ simply, too, for if Mr. KaU will not play on pero«at«g« his compeUtort Any actors to the show business, classing any and all individual at. tractions as actors, who has the confidence to play on* percentage, let the play. The theatre in that event has the added assistance of the attra^ tion. At a set salary the actor should worry? On percentage the actor must worry! It's the best selling or paying system ever devised, not only In the show but In any business; to make some one set their own earning capacity through what they sell and how much they sell. Tho wholesaler Is the theatre and sitting pretty — the other fellow is working too. Take the box office records of any picture or variety bouse In the eouB> try and see what broke the record whether the show or a name, and la the picture houses if not on the stage, the name was on the picture. Not one-half of 1 p«r cent of the gross records in tho U. 8. were ever gained by a "show" outside of the legit. Show business never changes. Its policies may change; attractions may change; managements may change; circuits may change, but while a theatre has a box office show business can never change, for when the box office is there, the one Idea of the shownaan will be to have people patronize that box office. Phonofilms and Vaudeville Acts A booking office has been opened by the DePorest Phonofilms. It wants acts and actors to pose for Its phonofilms. synchronized picture and voice. The DeForcst Company expects to pay vaudeville acts or actors, but how much? • There is no way to determine the value of the actor before the camera for this concern. But there are some phases to it that should be brought out. Tho DeForest Company which seems fair enough fai Its way but wants to buy cheaply, of course, has sent out a road show or two of its canned product. This canned film is of acto or actors, and for a show Is laid out much along the general scheme of a vaudeville bill, blended In similar manner or as far as the DeForcst people have been able to do. The phonefilm men tell the an started at the CarrolL Equity In Off Anson*s Matter On the advl 'e of Its legal de- I)artment Equity will not press the case of A. E. Anson who filed claim for $1,000 against C. K. Gordon for Anson's services In directing "Just Beyond." The claim attracted the at- tention of the Managers Pro- tective A.ssDciitlon, which sup- ported Gordon's contention that Kqiiiiy hiul no Jurisdiction in tlio relations of managers nnd Mt.Tge (lire<;tors. The man- .•!«• rs took the position that If I'lutiity wa.s concdlcd the rii^ht to arliitrate the \Iaim, it might go further outside its field In the tlu'.ifo. VARIETY "tEXn T I M A T E ""vn^*!! W«4n«da7, Fabruarj t, UM 1 OFFICE PERSONAUTY By J. C NUGENT •7 hare no ofllce personality,' wild he to m«. He belnc mn ftotor. "And I can't rehearse," he added, plaintively. "But when I get on the platform, before the andlenc« — ' Of course, he let me finish the picture In my mhid. Belns polite, X didn't tell him what I saw In the picture. However, I think the boys and girls of drama overrat* the thing they call "ofTice personality." I know many who actually Buffer a sort of nervous terror during an Interview with the mighty one who enRagen people. Others who take It all to flippantly. Neither do themselves Justice. It would suprlse these modest, shrinking, dimdent people, who can hardly speak during an Interview with a casting director, tf they were told that their modesty Is really a form of conceit. Conceit is the last thing they think of. Nevertheless, selfconsciousness. bashfulness. t>oastfulne8s. bravado, flippancy, are all manifestations of the ego. They come from thinking too much of one's self. ""What win the manager think of my clothes, of my voice, of my wallt, of my manner?" "Shall I be careless, careful^ humble, dominant, respectful, or Just act like a pal; punch htm In the ribs and laugh r* Thus they seem to Question themselves before and during the tntar- view. Dividing the Brain Others bring all their troubles with them. They do aot express them. But In the back of the head queer disheartening thoughts are kept In the foreground of the bean. "The rent Is due. I must get this. Ifs my last chanca. I esoi't go home and face them and say nothing doing again." And rehearsing all that with one half of the brain thejr try to convey ■omething else with the other half. What is the use of making life so hard? It la not mm bad «■ that. In the first place, the casting man has one thought and ons only. He wants the right person for the part. Friend or eoemy. respectful or flip, haughty or humble, all that means nothing. He la thinking of what win appeal to the public if and when the person boforo him makes an entrance In the character he has In mind. lie la a darned sight more anxious than the actor. H« baa mora at ■take. "* Be Yourselves Therefore, ya who apply for engagements, b« youraelvaa. Be Just what you are. Talk as you always talk. Think as you always think. Know the best or the worst at once and let him do the same. Why be negative? He can gather nothing but a negative impression. Why be unduly positive? That puts him on a strain. And you too. Why not Just not think about yourself at all? Think about him. He Is thinking about you. That takes your mind off yourself. Don't be afraid to aay you are good If you are. Tou are doing blm as great a favor as he can do you If you really are good. But don't ■tate it more than once. Repetition weakens. Don't stammer when you inention your salary. Name the least sum you will take and don't change It. If he offers you more don't take the Job at all — It will never open. Don't reminisce and and don't tell stories. Say your say aa you would to a grocer If you were buying some radishes. Just as politely and Just as concisely, and Ood knows a nice actor Is both to a grooor. Then rive him your phone plainly and for Hoavea'a saka^ when you -start to go— OO! '' — If you^e the person he wants he will call you back. The o h ancea are he will chase you down the halL If bo does, make him run — Then raise your own salary. If he does not. It really does not mattor. He wOl bo working tor you some tim*. That la ahow bualaeaa. Don't tako It so oorlonaly off the stage. Keep your vitality for the work when It comes. Ton can't tako It too seriously then. It's a good place to use your personality, far better than In an office. Olve It all you have every mlnuto, everywhere. Someone sees you every minute. Few aee you twico, and, so long aa they live, and so far as they are concerned, by that one glimpae of that on« performance will you b« Judged. 2 GOING OUT The outgoing list Is lighter this weak than for several months, only two attractions boing Hated to de- part from Broadway. Internal dia- putes api>ear to figure in one clos- ing. "Stronger Than Love," produced by Carl Reed, will otop at the Be- lasco after playing alx weeks. That was the original booking arranged for but another house was expected to get the show, which averaged be- tween $8,004 and ff.OOO. The road poBBibllltles were also regarded sh promising. STRONGER THAN LOVE Opened Dec 28. Few first- stringers caught this, Osborn ("Eve. World") calling it good, though Hammond ("Herald- Tribune") diaagroed and thought it a poor play. Gabriel ("Sun") also wrote against it and critical consensus said play was old fashioned. Variety (8isk) statod '*mod- orste business for m modarate time." •TDon Q, Jr.," which opened at the 4>th Street last week, stops Sat- urday. The show featured William Tilden, the tennis champ, but oould draw no business. DON a JR. Opened Jan. 27— Opinions unanimously predicted a very ahort run, and that only be- oauso of the probable drawing power of William L. ("Big Bill") Tilden, the tennis ehamp. Pesrgy Fears Says She Walked Out on Zieggy Los Angeles, Feb. 2. Peggy Fears. It -year-old prima donna, who says she walked out on Flo Zlegfeld, two days before the opening of hla "Palm Beuch Nights," at Palm Beach, is here to make pic- tures. She says that Zlegfeld had her tinder a three-year contract, but as she Is under age. she feels that he cannot hold her to it, regardless' of whether or not he asks Equity to In- terfere, and she is going to contlnne to pursue a career in the silent drama. "NICA" QUITTING SHUBERTS AFTER BERLDt "Little Theatre Geaturo" Net Mov- ing Downtown— Cost |S,000 AHEAD AND BACK Campbell Casad la agentlng the Carl Reed attractions. H. 8. Shumlii., lAck. and S. N. Behrman, ahead, with Jed Harris's *Xove 'Em and Leave 'Ehn." Margaret Snowden, press repre- sentative for "The Beaten Track." Lester Thompson, handling Bos- ton engagement, "The Big Parade," James Troup, back. Dayton Stoddard, publicity for "The Great Gatsby" and "Little Blyor (William A. Brady and William A. Brady, Jr.) Neil Klngsley. publicity lor "Sweetheart Time" (Imperial). C. J. Vlon. back with "A Oreat Little Quy" (on totir). Marion Spitzer, publicity on "Right Age to Marry" (Shuberts). Joe Phillips. Shubert office, pub- licity on "Hello, Lola." Rodney Richmond, publicity on •Laff That Off (Wallack's). Shesgreen and Vroome, last week took over the company manasement and the publicity on "By the Way" (Gaiety). Robert Reud is handling publicity under their direction. Joe Conoly, an advance agent, was ordered to Saranac three weeks ago. He may be reached at 8 Clin- ton avenue, Saranac Lake, N. Y. "Nlca" winds up at the Central Park this week Instead of moving to a downtown house as reported. The show was in the uptown house for two weeks, with the au- thoress-producer "holding the bag" for production and guaranteeing actors and the house two weeks' money before raising the curtain. The company was not bonded at Equity through the latter's decision to characterize the- production as a Little Theatre gesture, although the east contained many Equity members. A checkup on proceedings has it that despite low rental and other- wise cheap hookup It cost the au- Tlk Son — 7th Maaon Lewis Harris, assistant troasurar of the Cohan and the seventh son of Joseph Harris, a Past Master of the Masonic order, was raised to the degree of Master Mason at St Cecile Lodge, Sixth avenue and 23rd street yesterday. Lewis Har- ris, aside from being thb sev- •oth of his father's sons. Is the seventh to become a Mason. His initiation Into the order came coincldently with his father's 60th anniversary as a Mason. The other Harris boys, most of whom have served as house managers and treasurers along Broad wa}', a.re Benjamin, Sam, Charlea. Abraham, Julius and Maurice, while Sidney Harris, manager of the Cohan. and Harry, are nephews. Coal Strike Comraencins: To Chansre Policies in Pa. Wllkesbarre. Pa., Feb. 2. Owing to strike conditions in the hard coal region the Commerford Amusement Co.. which controls all the places of amusement in Wllkes- barre and Scranton, has turned the Irving in the former city and the Academy in the latter over to New- Ing & Wilcox for stock. All legiti- mate bookings for the season have been cancelled. The Academy opened with "Tlie Best People." with a cast headed by Winifred Anglln and Russell Hicks. The Irving will have Ann Win^ slow and Alden Chase as leads and oi>ened yesterday Ip the same play. Burlesque at the Gayety (Mutual wheel) has been hard hit In attend- ance In both Wllkesbarre and Scranton while vaudeville is feel- ing the enforced idleness of the men more every day with conditions growing worse aa the strike con- tinues. The movie houses continue to fair business as amusement seek- ers are picking out the cheapest places to spend their Idle hours. FUTURE OPENINGS Carroll, Australian Mgr., After Coast Luminaries San Francisco. Feb. 2. B. J. Carroll, Australian theatre manager, is In America on his way to London where he Is to meet the Don Cossack Russian choir and ar- range for their season In Australia. Carroll is an Independent In the antipodes, having no connection with the Williamsons, Ltd., or the Fuller- Ward combinations. It Is reported he is seeking an afRliatton with Henry Duffy for a working agree- ment with the Pacific Coast man- ager whereby the Duffy productions and companies could work In Australia and the Carroll companies in California. It is also known that Carroll has made a proposition to Kolb and Dill to take "A Pair O' Fools" to Aus- tralia for an engagement after they complete their present route. Berlin, Jan. 16. The Shuberts, through their Ber- 1 tho^ess $5,000 for the two weeks lln representative, Arthur HirsCh, | shoeing, have made a bid for the Berlin Less- "The Tom Cat" A new farce by Aubrey Kennedy and Margaret Mayo to shortly reach production via W. O. Lindsay. ' Cast is now being assembled and the piece win open out of town next month. Due on Broadway Easter Monday. DRAMATIC SCHOOL ISSUE OLTMATOM TO PUPII5 Can't Join Show8 Till Course Is Over — Dismissal and Tui- tion Forfeit, Penalty | Dranmtic schools have Iseuc.l ultimatums to their undergrads that none will be permitted to ac- cept theatrical engagements until completion of their courses under a penalty of dismissal and forfeiture of their remaining tuition. The school heads are said to have been prompted to take this stand because of the recent enthusiasm in school performances displayed by casting agents who have been at- tempting to grab students for typo roles, thereby upsetting the schoU astlc routine. Several members of one school^ recently discovered to be surreptU tlously attending rehearsals, wero notifled of the school's stand and were giv%n the choice of turning back their parts or giving up the school. The schools have also written a form letter to the various casting agencies that have been displaying Interest in the pupils asking them, as a matter of cour- tesy, not to make offers to their students until present courses have been finished. After that the school heads claim they will be more than pleased to have the pupils receive offers. Lyric Loses 50 of New Seats at Controversy's End After an inspection by the city's building department, the Lyric was permitted to replace over half of the added seats, ordered out two weeks ago because plans had not been filed. In reseating the houao the lower floor c»ipacity was m« creased to 700 or 14i> more seats. Violation of the building code iix failure to file plans resulted In ISO seats being ordered removed. All but SO are now back in place, giving the ground floor a capacity of (60. Tho old Aisle that bisected the house from side to side was ordered retained, that alone accounting for 40 of the seats ordered out. The entire first floor of the Lyric is scaled at I6.S0 for "The Coeoanuts" and tho weekly capacity Is about $87,600 or about $2,000 less than wbon all the new seats were In. tng theatre for next season. Tl>e Rotters, who hold the leasee have not accepted as yet, as they clfilm numerous excellent offers have been made them. It is also reported that tho Shu- berts have an eye on the Theatre des Westens. Berlin. «i Carroirs StufT' Ban Morris Gilbert, who handles the photographic layouts on the "Herald Tribune," sent out a plea last week for feature pictures which was posted In the editorial rooms. The notice, in effect, read: "News pictures have been great but there is a/ lack of feature stuff. Please turn In ideas on anything unusual — Earl (Jarroll's stuff barred." "JISKS" CAST CHAHOES With "Captain Jinks" taking to the road, J. Harold Murray switches to "Castles in the Air." succeeding Irving Beebe In the Chicago com- pany. Richard Powers succeeds Murray In "Jinks." Another "Jinks" cast change Is WllUam Philbriok for Arthur West Qribl>on'a Revuo Downtown Harry Gribbon Is preparing a revue for presentation at the Cherry Lane theatre, downtown New York. Mr. Gribbon is opening down- town with uptown In mind. ANHALT LEAVES "MAGDA" Lawrence AnhaH has with- drawn from the production of "Magda," which revival is starring Bertha Kalich at Maxlne Elliott's. Notice went up Monday and "Hello Lola" will be moved to that house from tho Eltinge next Monday. POSTPONEMENTS "Howdy King," the Mark Swan farce announced as next on Anne Nichols' production list, has been sidetracked until spring. Original plans called for Its production this month. "Philip Goes Forth," new play by George Kelly, announced for pro- duction next month by Rosalie Stewart, will go over until the au- tumn. Shows in Rehearsal (AND WHERE) •^reat Little Guy (Wm. Anthony McGulre), Playhouse. "Up the Line" (Richard G. Herndon), Belmont. •^hs Clam Diggers" (George Ford), Knickerbocker. "Tho Creaking Chair" (Carl Reed), Lyric. "The Beaten Track" (Gus- tav Blum), Frolic. "You Can't Win" (nruce A Street), Little. "Captain Fury" (Russell Janney), Casino. Marston Secures Settleme liflwrence Marston, playwrlpht and stage producer, who put on the original "Ben-Hur" for Klaw & Er- langcr some 20 years ago. settled his $9,000 broach of contract claim iigiiinst the Qoldwyn Producing Corp. for $2,600 In the course of trial before Ju.stlco Wasscrvogel Friday. Marston's contract with Goldwyn Corp. was for nine months at $260 a week to advi^d In the production of the screen version of tlio Gen. Lew Wallace stage classic Marston, represented by Nathan Vldaver, sued for breach of con- tract, acknowledgeing receipt of $500 as advance remuneration. lAWBENCE-BAUTH COMBINE A new legit producing combina- tion has been formed by Warren F. Lawrence and Robert Rauth to be known as the Warren Lawrence Productions. The Initial venture will be "liow Tide," by H. Stanis- laws Stangc. Lawrence recently sponsored Louis Mann in a revival of "Give and Take," which closed in Bos- ton four weeks ago. The closing reported as stranding, was merely a technlrnl one slnco salaries were paid from the security Lawrence had posted with Equity. Louis Main's claim was not Included In the Equity list through the latter being an exempt Fidelity memlx-r, but was remtincrated through an loutsido nrrangen;ent with Lawrence. '^Music Box" on Coast The coast rights for the current "Music Box RevueJ* now on tour, may be sold to Louis O. Macloon. although conditlonf Imposed by tho latter held the deal up early this week. The coast manager looked the show over In the central west. Immediately returning to Los An- geles without binding the sale. Nona of the players la reported offered an engagement by Macloon, only the production being concerned. The "Music Box Revue" was re- ported closing this ifionth, but tho tinal date will be played March 13 in Philadelphia, the revue's season being but two weeks shorter than usual. That period was cut be- cause of the pending coast deal. Tho tour hns been profitable. DE MULE HOUSE FOB WILKES Los Angeles, Feb. S. Cecil B. DeMille is the latest of the movie men to announce a new theatre. His plans are to build a house seating 1,100, with two floors, on Vine street near Hollywood boule- vard. It will be leased to Tom and Al Wilkes. Cost of construction is estimated at $500,000. Wilkes will use tho house for Jeglt productlo.is. -You Can't Win" Taken Ovor Druce and Street have taken over "You Can't Win" by Ralph Culinan, previously announced for produc- tion by Whitford Kane. The latter assembled the cast and will direct but l>ruce and Street will manipulate its managerial des- tinies. If you don't advertise in don't advertise (P Wednesday, February S, 1926 LEGITIMATE VARIETY IRS. CHEYNEY' LEAPS INTO LEAD OF NGN-MUSICALS WITH $21, y^r Couple of Hits Expected from Last Week's Flock of New Ones — Big Grosses for Season with Another Dillingham Show, "Sunny/' Over All at $43,000 Managerial Modesty Last week's heavy list of pre- mieres may develop one or two money makers, thou;Th nothing of smash rating was unfolded. What the Incoming shows did was to light up the dark spots on Broadway's theatre map, but It probably won't be long, before theatres will again be be scratching for fresh offerings. Not counting matinee specials, there were ten attractions added last week. Of that number, only five were regarded as new productions, the other being revivals or presen- tations In llttlo theatres In the Times Square section and outside. "Goat Song," at the Guild, with $14,000 its first week; "Puppy Love" at the 48th Street and "A Weak Woman" at the Ultz appear to have a better chance than the balance of last week's entrants. The agencies report some measures of activity for all three. "Weak Woman" got about J9,000, while "Puppy Love" in a half week drew $5,100. The Actors' , Theatre revival of "Hedda Gabler" at the Comedy was credited with over $6,000, claimed satisfactory for a start. "The Love City," at the Little, figures to have a limited ap- peal. "Don Q, Jr.," at the 49th Street looks hopeless, but "Not Her- bert" In the small 52d Street may develop some trade. Of the previous week's premieres, only "Sweetheart Time" appeirs to have a chance. Change in martago- ment may react against It. Moscow Art Better The surprise betterment In busi- ness of the Moscow Art Mu.sical Studio is an interesting develop- ment In the lasV^two. weeks. The Kusslans turned up a real success in "Carmencita and the Soldier," an operetta, and trade la better th.m $25,000 weekly. That attraction will be given continuously for the bal- ance of the engagement, wliich has been extended another month. Business last week was virtually as good as mid-January, when Broadway spurted to big money. The musicals are still running far ahead of the dramatic and comedy attractions, even considering the difference in admission scales and house capacities. "Sunny" went to $43,800; "The Cocoanuts" hold second place, with $36,500, most of the new seats or- dered out by the building depart- ment being reinserted; "The Vaga- bond ^Ing" is third, at $32,1300 6r more, with "Vanities" and "Song of the Flame" close behind, quoted at $32,000 and $31,000, respectively; "A Night in Paris" got $21,000 again, •With "Chariot's Rovue" a bit under that mark; "Nanette" Is stronger than before and is credited with nearly $29,o6o last week; "Artists and Models" holds to ovcje $30,000; "Student Prince" over $19,000; "By the Way" hold up well, again close to $15,000; "Dearest Enemy" also held its increase, grossing $17,200; "Hello Lola" claimed better than an even break at $10,000. "Mrs. Cheyney" First "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney" is out In front of the non -musicals, getting $21,800 last week, with "Cradlo Snatchers" about a thousand less but playing to capacity at all per- formances; "The Green Hat" holds to $17,000 or better, big money; "Abie's Irish Rose" got $14,000, as did "Kasy Virtue" Ji-nd "The Jazz Singer"; "Naughty Cindorollu" went up to $12,600, but is duo out soon; "Is Zat So" holds to prolilable busi- ness, around $11,000; "Alias the Deacon" looks set for a run at $11,- BOO; "The Enemy" Is niaklng mi)ney — at $11,000; so ia "Butter and Kgff Man," getting t)T)proxiinately the Same gross; "The I'atsy" ha.s Jumped several thousand In the l;ist three weeks and was creditod with $9,500 last week; "ALadys Virtue" I« doing well, between $S.000 and $9,000, and is adding an extra mat- inee; "The Monkey Talks" moved to the National, but got $12,S0O last week with the aid of a theatre- party; the pace in the new location win Indicate whethf^r the Krench piece will stick. Only two departures were listed for the end of the week up to Tue« at the Belasco, which gets "Lulu Belle," and "Don Q., Jr.," will make way at the 49th Street for "Magda," now at the Klllott; the latter house win get "Hello Ijola," moving from the Kltinge, to get "One of the Fam- ily, " nftw at the Klaw, which will offer "The Jay Walker." "The Beaten Track" opens at the Frolic. Subway "Rose- Ma rl*?*' was the stand-out attraction on the subway circuit, getting $31,000 its second week at the Shubert, Newark; "Kosher Kitty Kelly," at the Broad; Newark, prof- ited with over $9,000; "R.alnbow Ro.sio." a new musical at Werba'a, did fairly well with a gross of $13,600; "They Knew What They Wanted" reached $13,300 at the Rivoria. while "Aloma of the South Seas" drew $10,000 In the Bronx. Buys for Five New Shows Four of the attractions new to Broadway tills week and one of last week's 4ate arrivals have found their way into the good graces of the premium agencies and received buys from tho brokers. The heav- iest buy went to the Woods pro- duction "Shanghai Gesture" at the Beck, the brokers taking 400 a night for four we(>ks; the second In point of numbers was for 250 for "Em- ber.s" at the Miller, likewise four weeks, while frir "The Jest" at the Plymouth nnd "Love 'Em and Leave 'Em" at the Harris, the agencies took 200 each. That also was the number taken for "Puppy Love" at the 48th Street after the show opened. Tho buy at the Winter Garden for "Artists and Models' was cut down to 150 a night from nearly 400 that the show had at the opening. In all there are a total of 23 shows now carried By the agencies as "buys." They are "Young Wood- ley" (Belmont); "Vanities" (Car- roll); "The Vagabond King" (Ca- sino); "A Night in Paris" (Casino de Paris) ; "The Jaaz Singer" (Cort); "Easy Virtue" (Empire); "Puppy Love" (48th St.); "Song of Flame" (44th St.); "Greenwich Vil- lage Follies" (46th St.); "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney" (Fulton); "No, No. Nanette" (Globe); "Love 'Em and Leave 'Em" (Harris); "Dearest Enemy" .Knickerbocker); "Tip- Toes" (Liberty): "Naughty Cinder- ella" (Lyceum) ; "The Cocoanuts" (Lyric); "The Shanghai Gesture" (Beck); "Embers" (Miller); "Cra- dle Snatchers" (Music Box) ; "Sunny" (Amsterdam); "The Jest" (Plymouth); "Chariot Revue" (Sel- wyn); "Artists and Models" (Win- ter Garden). Openings in Cut Rates The cut rate list hit the phenom- enal high of 33 attr.ictions on Mon- day night of this week with seat.s on sale then In advance for the opening last night of "The Great Gatsby" at the Ambassador and for Monday night "The Matinee Girl," Forrest, also for that same night "Not Herbert" at the 5!nd St. It was not surprl.slng that the latter house was represented as it is off the beaten path. There were also seats in advance for the two special matinees of "Little Eyolf" at the Guild for yesterday and today, and h.ad this attraction been included in the general count it would have brought the total to 34 in the cut rates. The list of the; regul.ir attractions on the street at bargain prices In- cluded 'The Great Gatsby" (Am- bassador); "Stronger Than Love" (Belasco); "A Lady's Virtue" (Bijou); "Ensy Come, Easy Go" (Biitiiiore); "The Patsy" (Booth); "Nica" (Central Park); "Shelter" (Cherry Lane): "Open House" (Cri- terion); "M.igd.a" (Elliott); "Hello Li.l.a" (Eltinge); ".Not Herbert" (r.2nd St.): "The Matinee Girl" (Forrest): "Puppy Love" (48lh St.); "Don Q Jr." (49th St.): "Greenwich Viibige Follies" (46th St.); "By tho Way" (Gaiety); 'Arms and the Man" (Garrick); "The Makropouh)S Secret" (Hop- kins); "Alias the Deacon" (llud- on): "Sweithoart Tiini " (Itnperialt; "One of tho Family" (Klaw); A striking example of man- agerl;il modesty Is to be found on the boards and electric signs outside tho 48th Street, where "Puppy Ix)ve" is play- ing. Anne Nichols, who wrote and produced the unapproach- able "Abie's Irish Rose," pro- duced this show, and is gen- erally credited with rewriting: it from a flop into a hit. Her name is not in Ih^htn, yet every member of the cast is in the lights on the big sign facing Broadway. Neither is Miss Nichols* name on the house boards ex- cept as the producer of this show, no mention being made of "Abie" or the producer's connection with that piece. The whole thing: looks like a scrupulous effort on her part to keep the two shows sepa- rated so that nobody can make the slighting remark that this one went over through its "Abie" connection. 2 Ticket Romances Two romances of the theatre ticket racks and the pasteboards themselves^ are to be culminated within the next few months. In one the principals are in two dif- ferent ticket agencies, and In the other it is an assistant treasurer who is to take unto himself a bride out- side of the profession. The first event is to be cele- brated at the altar of St. Michael's church, Brooklyn, Feb. 14, when James Nugent of the Tyson & Bro.- United office Is to wed Lillian Fran- ces Monk, of the McBrlde office. Following the Lenten period John Paul Dauer, assistant treasurer at the Globe theatre. New York, will marry Margaret MacDonald Doug- las Ross of Astoria, L. I. The date set for this event is April 3 and tho place somewhere In New York, Paul rcfu.<5lng to reveal the place where the ceremony is to be per- formed. Miss Ross is a non-pro- fessional and connecttd with the Board of Education. IIRRHR'S' SEPiiS m LULU W ' ^ (Continued from page 1) MISSION PLAY'S 15TH YR. Opens at San Gabriel Feb. 7 — Is Behind $400,000 on Career. Los Angeles, Feb. 2. The Mission Play, a product of John Steven McGroarty, will open its 15th sea.son at San Gabriel, Feb. 7. The play has Incurred an indebt- edness of $400,000 during its career. This is to be paid oft and a fund is to be raised to enable the comple- tion of a permanent theatre, at pres- ent one-third finished. L. E. Behymer, manager of the Philharmonic Orchestra, will serve as manager of the play this year, gratis. In the cast are R. D. Mc- Lean and Viola Yorba. This was after Mr. Belasco, In I'hiladeli)hia, wired the publisher on the coast and told him tho iiatiire of the stories, pictures and reviews which the "Mirror" used for several days after the play opened in Phil- adelphia. Vor the opening the "Mirror" critic, Robert J lom;m. was sent to Philadelphia and bought tickets for the opening. Immediately after- ward he filed a review which de- .scribed the i)Iay as being the most indecent ever shown on the stage, the review being written to or.'er and filled with quotations from the play, the quotations being used without the connotation in the .script. Coleman remained In Philadel- phia for several days and continued (o write sT^ff under the direction of Phil Payne, managing editor of the "Mirror," who looked upon the stor- ies, which were sexy in the extreme, as a circulation builder. In addition, an artiftt illustrated the dirtiest lines —the "Mirror's" excuse being that It was crusading against so shocking a play. -Censor Stood Pat None of the other Hearst p.apers in New York joined In the attack, which was directly centered on Be- lasco and the pbiy Itself. Imme- diately after the first one appeared the reviews of the Philadelphia pa- pers were sent to every dramatic editor In New York, and some were ^irlnted In part. These reviews did not dwell on any Indecency. Dr. Pool, the Philadelphia censor, re- fused to take action, although one part of the "Mirror's" scheme was to stir him up so that other papers would be forced to recognize the story. Following word from Hearst to discontinue the attack, the "Mirror" could not about face and print apologetic stories, so the "Evening Journal" carried a full column of quotations from the Phllly notice. Other papers refused to comment upon the situation. Belasco is said to have regarded such lurid publicity as l^elng ex- tremely reactionary and in the na- ture of a tip-off to any New York papers who might be minded to conduct another crusade against the stage such as the one which last winter caused several plays to suf- fer severe bo«c office drops. Belasco was hit iiArticularly hard In last year's battle, as both "The Harem" and "Ladles of the Evening," which had been doing capacity, dropped to such an extent that they closed shortly afterward. "PRINCE" FOE HONOLULU? Los Angeles, Feb. 2. According to reports the Shuberts are going to send the Pacific Coast company of "The Student Prince," now at tho Biltmore, to Honolulu for an engagement of one month. The trip may be made at tho end of tiie local engagement, the mid- dle of February. The show is booked for a return engagement of four weeks In San Francisco during AprlL It carries 88 people. day, "Stronger Than Love" closing "Dearest Enemy' (Knickerbocker); "Glory" in Stoct What is considered a stock coup was cinched this week v.hen JuIcm L'venth.Tl acquired pre-rele.ise .stock ri'.,'his to "What Price Glory," wliich he will present with his stock at the Rlalto, Hoboken, N. J, w Kims" some we<-! for musical attraction as against dramatic play Is also considered. "Abie's Irish Rose," Republic {194th' Wf'fk^. Un^ines.i continues excel- loiii, as tiKiireil, and Kfliruary shmiUl b« virtually as gooil «s past two wooks; only a few o"nn'- tlii's KfltiiiK niort' than tho riiii- leadiiiK "Able," which bettered J14.O0O last week "Alias the Deacon," Hudson (llth Week). I'erfoniiiiiiies la.^t w<: $ll,5(iO or moi-o. "A Lady's Virtue," Bijou (llth wi>ek). M.ikiiiK a profit rlKht aloiiK; iiiodi'rate - sired liou.se. wiiicli Keneially Is strong on lower floor; takiiiKN not far from ja.OOO, reK.trdcii Kood; additional m.atince this week b^oause of afternoon denintid. "A Night in Paris," Century Roof (5tli week), one of the loaders in afjeiicy .sales; roof is now being^ esialili.slieil under n«nie of "Casino de J'aris": rla.s.s draw; credited with Keltlug 124,000, virtual capuL'itv. "A Weak Woman," Rltz (2d week). Opened Tuesday last week and Rot about $9,000 the first week. Frtiieh comedy with risque plot appears to have promising call in aBencios. "Arms and the Man," Garrlck (21at \\e(>k). .Most siucessful of Thea- • til! Cuild's i^ba%iau revivals; cast cliange.s will probably affect iKic.e of about $7,000, which is okay in thi.s .small house. "Artists and Models," Winter Oar- den (.'i;!d week). Forecast that this revue would hold its own throuKh .season has held true thus far; Iiouse has natural ciill from vlidtors and is making money at $30,000. "By the Way," Gaiety (6th week). Last v.eek indicated the Jump two weeks apo was not a flash, gross again going to about $15,000; show "lireaks" at $11,000. "Butter and Egg Man," Longacre (201 h week). Making a real run of it and has a good chance now of goini? through season or well Into spring; takings are up to $11,000 mark, which is plenty for show of the kind. •Chariot's Revue," Sehvyn (13th week). Looks like favest money- maker among the non-musicals; always capacity plus; chances favor continuance through sum- mer and fall; $20,r,00. "Craig's Wife," Morosco (17th weelu. Dramatic hit highly rated; al\^ays made money, but of late has weveloped capacity pro- portions and registering around $16,000 w<>«kly; good for season. "Dearest Enemy." Knlckerbockei- (21nt week). Also likely to go through Sfiison; operetta ran .aloiijr^to a )>lt over an even break for months, but has been nT:iking money lately; credited with $17.- :50it. "Easy Come, Easy Go," Hiltniore (l.'jth weekK No squawk about this la\i-rb show; tiiough it has been ;in in-and-outer on grosses, it has njade nice profits; $11,000 to $12.0110 now. "Easy Virtue," iCmpIrp (9th week) should be good until April; costs nrn-e than average drama to opi>r- ate, but is niuklng mon<-y; $14,400 last week, when niatini-es were Cci p.icitv. "Embers," ITenry Miller (1st week). T'.i-inus Henry Miller back to JJioadway and in his own tbe.itre; Miller was interested in "The M'elstroin." but let go; "Kmbers" opcnid Mondav. "Goat Song," mmd (2J week). Splendid iiroductlon by The.itr«» tluild should . Not a siii.is'i. but among the big money - (.ritters; re.MTly riding alie^id of previous "Village IVd- Iio. "Don Q., Jr." 19;n .-^uti.t <-n.l Tteekl. Final week; William Tll- deii. li'nnjM rb imp. Is ibe in.iin idea, althoiinb be i-; In -i tnin-ir roU ; show I>.tnned; ".M:ij;d;r' vwitclios in fioni i;il!fit(, "Hedda Gabler," Cunieiiy 1 2nd we.k). Actors' Tbeiilre has st.irf- rd series of classic revivals; bound to command draw for a time. "Hello Lola," Kltingo (4ib we.k). Announced fo move to Ma\lne Klllotfs; KItlnge back under Wooda control and "One of the Family" will move in .Mk». C;in go through season; I'lisiiii-ss not of .smash piopor- tions. but steaily around $17, "WO; provides jilr-iity of ii.olit bolli wjiys. "The Jazz Singer," Cort (21st Week). Continues to pile up pioiit.s and likely to run through season; business has been to $14,- •100 lately; one of the drani;itlc bits. "The Jest," T'lymouth (1st week). -Ai'thnr Hopkins revived drama v.hlcli .«!(>veral seasons ago was Bcnsational success with John and Lionel Barrymore; new cast; opens Thursday. "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney," Fulton (13th week). Actual grosses place the Lonsdale comedy at the head of the non-musicals; pace last week $21,800, with "Cradlo Snatchers" close conte"ndcr. "The Love City," Little (2d week). Scssue llayakawa has play molded for him, but Chinese ineloilrania looks llku u moderate money attraction. "The Matinee Girl," Forrest (Ist week). Ed Itosenb.aum, Jr., had tills musical on tour for some weeks; recast after fair showing In I'.rooklyn; opened Monday. "The Monkey Talks," National (5th week). Forced to move here Mon- day from Harris, which booked "lyove "Km nnd Leave 'Em," al- tliough "Monkey" jumped to nearly $13,000. "The Patsy," Booth. (7th week). , iJoes not cost much to operate; iipiiears to bo well liked, though has not commanded real money; claimed $9,500 last week, a Jump of $.1,000 in three weeks. "The Shanghai Gesture," Martin Beck (1st week). Much interest in this A. H. Woods dramatic production; Florence Reed has role originally handled by Mrs. Leslie ('arter; manager leased this house for show, which opened .Monday. "The Vagabond Kin^j," Casino (2pth Week). TTpon o|>ening did not attract exceptional interest; busi- ness slowly developed to capacity proportions; not stopped by scale increase; over $32,500, and among leaders. "Tip Toes," Liberty (6th week). Aarons and Freedley have another musical winner which should equ Stagers moved from 52d Streetrfj^P Princess and »111 revive "Xnc llnchastened Woman" next week, this following "The Master Builder"; " 'Tis a Pity," Lenox Hill;, "Tangled Lives," Bram- hall; "The Great God Brown," Greenwich Village; "The Dybbuk," Neighborhood; "Nica," Central Park; "Shelter," Cherry Lane; "The House of Usher" closed at Fifth Avenue; "The Dream Play," Provincetown. OPERA AND CONCERT Prince Aage Lecturing A member of the royal house of Denmark, Prijice Aage, Is booked by the James C. Pond bureau for several lectures in New York and the larger cities. The first of the series at the Ritz- Carlton Hotel, where the ballroom was utilized. The Prince is getting a $5 top for his talk, which is about his ad- ventures during the period he was a captain in the French Foreign Le- gion and al.so about tho war on the RiffH In Africa. Pond is running the affair on a subscription basis and under "so- ciety's patronage^ Met's Season Ahead At the rate business Is at the Metropolitan the present season bids fair to surpass all previous ones. The first operas of the new sea- son drew unusually, with the subse- quent performances holding up bet- ter than anticipated. EOCHESTER OPERA ON TOUR Rochester, N. Y., Feb. 2. Vladimir Rosing, director of the Rochester An\erican Opera Com- pany, and some of the i)rincipal artists of that organization, have left for an oper.atic tour that will cover the principal cities of Western Canada. Emmanuel Bal.iban is musical di- rector and Fred Michel business manager. VETOES PUBLIC AUDITORIUM In a number of western sections will be a public auditorium build- ing next year. One city will have to forego It for some time; that is Spokane. Governor Hartley, of Washington, has vetoed Senate Bill 77, which would have .allowed Spokane as well as other cities of a certain popula- tion to build a municipal auditorium. MAYOR'S BAND TOURING Arrangements have t)een made for a tour in eastern cities of Mayor Kendrick's Wizard Harmonica band, of Philadelphia. The band appeared Dec. 29 In Wil- mington, Del. It comprises 30 boys who do a mixed program of songs and jazz numbers. TJic aggregation was picked from 1,000 players In Philadelphia. No Opera Singers As Radio Entertainers There will bo no radio concerts or the radioing of any of ibo con- certs by any of the gian.l opera singers. This much was apparent in contracts being signed. The claim is made lint where the voice goes free over the radio, why pay? During the season none of the opera stars make radio appearances. It is believed that this will continue! Stars unattached may eventually find it remunerative to sing via the radio than contract for a few con- certs where even tho guarantee is low. TOSCANINI TOURING U. S. Rome, Jan, 17, During tho present slack season at the Scala, Milan, conductor Tos- caninl will visit the larger cities of the United States with his concert company. He has left for Cherbourg with several other Italian artistes and expects to return to Milan the end of February. "DOAMA"— NEW— AMERICAN Washington ( I'eb. 2. The Washington Opera Company^ of which Edouard Albion Is the managing director, Is to give the first presentation of a new American oper.a. by Charles Wakefield Cad'* man. The theme of the ojiera is an In^^ dian love story, titled "Doama." Louis Hornung Resigns Galena, 111., Feb. 2. liOuls Hornung has disiwsed of liis stock In the Turner Opera As'^ sooiation and has resigned as man^ ager. The Opera Association is aecurinff Philip Kennedy as successor to Mr. Hornung. Change of Name Paris, Jan. 23. Joseph Jenkins, American tenor,, wishes it to be known his name henceforth is Joseph Glamorgan. If vou don't advertise in VARIETY don't advertise PLAYERS IN THE LEGITIMATE BLANCHE BATES ManacempBt, OUTHRIB MrCIXNTIO MEW TOBK CITY JOHNBYAM "MY GIRL" Lafayette, Detroit MaBaaement I>YI.K AMIREWS JAMES A. DEVINE RAYMOND GUION "CRADLE SNATCHERS" Mimic nux Tliriiire New York City SAM HEARN 'GREENWICH VILLAGE FOLLIES' Srvpnth Killtlon i'lmnln, N>w Ifork — Indrflnltrly .M:inaK<-inent JUNK.S & UltKKN "HARRY G. KEENAN~ "MY GIRL" Lafayette, Detroit Olrrrtlon I.ylo 1>. Andrrna FLORENCE MOORE "Greenwich Village Follies" CHANIN'S, NEW YORK OSCAR O'SHEA And ANS4»4 IATKI> AKTISTH .tsth CiinH<*<-u U>Pk MAJESTIC. WAUKEGAN, ILL. HARRY PUCK Leading Man and Producer of Dances "MERRY-MERRY" VnndrrblH, »fv Tork LUTHER A. YANTIS Til* Vankrp Prinrr of Walaa in "MEET THE PRINCE" nirrclluu, IIAKItV KOiiKKM, Wooda Bblg., Chleage WALTER BONN LKADINfl MAN Majestic Players MAJESTIC, WAUKEGAN, ILL. HELYN EBY-ROCK Management CHA8. B. DILLINGHAM GLOBE, N. Y. MAX HOFFMAN, Jr. Producer of TWIN OAKS Floor Show CORINEMUER Prima Donna "ARTISTS AND MODELS" ON TOIR GEORGIA NEESE WOODWARD PLAYERS .^T. i.oris. MO. EDNA COVEY With Leon Errol in "LOUIE THE 14TH" English's O. H., Indianapolis MARIANNE RISDON WOODWARD PLAYERS KT. I.OI'IS, MO. "MERRY MERRY" WITH MARIE SAXON RITA GOULD Oarr of C'HAMnKRT.ATN IIROWK, 160 «>st 4«h St., New York WILUE HOWARD MISS (Angle) NORTON AT LIBERTY PAUL NICHOLSON - ".Folipiina." FIrxt Niilioiinl noi.i.v\vo«>i> ATin.ioTu: 1 1 ib H. CAI-. BILLY E. STOUT rKMININK I.KAOS. SINCilNC, I) WrlNO "ArllHla aixl Mo.l^ln'— On T.-nr Direction: HERMINE SHON^E^ " ALFRED H. WHltE "ABIE'S IRISH ROSE" Republic, N. Y. . Maaaccmaat. ANKM MCHOI.S Wednesday, February S, lOSt LEGITIMATE VARIETY 2i ILOSSOM im' 4TH VISIT, aOOO; 'CASTLES' AT $31,400; CHI OKAY Peparture of Jolton and Cantor Spread Businesi — \ "Rain" Finished to $20,000— "Pigs," $12,000, and [ "Young Blood" $11,000— "Old English," $17,500 i Chicago, Feb. 1. Home folks ahowed a spurt of their own last week, Blvlnf; legit trade a substantial boost without the help of conventions. There was a general Impetus of marked Btrcngth In the call all over town, probably so marked because of the apreadiiig out of the business with both Jolson and Cantor away. Dramatic attractions are showing the best strength in weeks. The out- standing feature, however, was the return of "Blossom Time" to the Studebaker. Before the end of the first week there was found good reason to put off tentative bookings for this house and hold "Blossom Time" for three weeks. In addition to the booked fortnight's contract. And this Is the fourth visit of this light opera. "Rain" finished its long stay at the Harris, drawing close to $20,000. "Old Knglish" Is maintaining a steady pace at the Adelphl, and ranks even with the best call at the hotels. "Pigs" Is spurting at the Cort after many weeks of mediocre trade. "Dancing Mothers" picked up another |1,5U0 at the Selwyn, and "These Chaniping People" arrives at the Selwyn next week for two weeks, when "Mothers" switches over to the I^a Salle. "The Vortex" follows "People" at the costly Sel- wyn. Darkened doors at both the Apollo and the Woods, where the pace for many weeks held the fown spell- bound, had much to do toward glv- InB the town a new tlioatrlc.-xl face last week. "Castles in the Air" picked up the los.s of both the A|>olIo and the W'ood.H, doing a treniondous woo'.c liir the Olympic. Last Week's Estimates "Scandals" (llllnoi.s. 1st week). With Jolson nnd Cintor boih shut down, pot a bri\ik. Opening nifihi s.'ilo wont fust, but plenty of cliiinco for iiiiprovemont on j-'oii-ral wale. "They Know What They Wanled" (Hi- lis, U;t wcfk>. Opened last iiiulit. "lliiin" wont out practically to rapiiclty, .Tround $J0.00(). '•Old English" (Adeplii, 4tli weik). Holding hiprh pace, as proved by the present flRurcM of $17,fir() .avera-ie. 'Olossom Time" (Studi-baiver, 2d weok'. Comes back anytime it aeop fit and scores. This is the fourth visit, with trade approaching $20,000. Will stay five weeks. "Young Blood" (Princess. 3d wci-U). Satisfactory trade; plcklns: up c.T.st following that indicates call wl'l stick around $11,000. "Dancing Ailothers" (Selwyn, 6th week). Good proflt figures for com- pany at $1.1,000, two-thirds of it coming from lower lloor trade. Moves lo La Salle n<'xt week, "These Chermlng People" taking up time. "The Haunted House" (Playhouse, 2d week). All sorts of stunts man- aged to pull a $7,000 gross. "Pigs" (Cort, Uth week). Has be- come heavy proflt maker; figured $1'?.000. "Castles in the Air" (Olympic, 11th weelt). Got the full Randolph street niU5'icaI call with Woods and Apollo dark. Now picked for summer run: about $31,400. "The Dove" (Blackstone, 12th week). Backward balcony trade holds down high gait of earlv weoks; trade still remarkable around $18,- OOO: good for four more weeks. "The Student Prince" (Great Northern. 60th week). Now holds long run musical play record of town. Present gait about $10,000; bit? nrofit. "J^ck o* Hearts" (Central 5th week). Man.Tged to pick up some of the extra coin of fast-moving week: clo.«ie to $6,000. "School for Scandal" (L,a Salle. 4th week). Closes this wee':; sati.s- i.Tclory enprig«rnent from soci.il vl'Mvpotnt, but not much money; re- ported around $«,000 $7,500 HIGH IN WASH. Nsithsr "American Born" Nor "Stolen Fruit" Did Much "MY GIRL," NO. 2, FOR TEXAS ^^ Joo De Mllt'a road company of "My Girl" (No. 2) touring the south >s Invadinff Tcxa.s territory, wliich will H;ivo th;it s^ftion the lir.sl Ie,:;lt *niK4Httl (t has had in sfinie -t+m«, Washington, Feb. i. Though the advent of George M. Cohan In the town was made a gwla occasion by the dailies, the business was not up to expectations. "Stolen Fruit," at the Belasco, gave indications of not being a good b«t for the road. Estimates for Last Week "American Born" (George M. Cohan)— National. Possibly $7,500. "Stolen Fruit" (Ann Harding, Rol- lo Peters and Harry Beresford) — Belasco. If $5,000 more than most credit it with. This Week "Gorilla," Belasco; "Show- Off," National. L. A. Grosses Los Angeles, Feb. 8. "The Student Prince, ' in its fifth week, turned in one more high gross, getting $25,000, while "The Gorilla." which came into the Mason, appears to have brought that house its first moneymaker in some weeks. "Gor- illa" got $14,000 for the opening period while the Kan Carlo Opera Company in the F'hilharmonic Audi- torium pulled up a bit for its second week, going to $21,000, a nice gain. "Kiki" closed at the Moro.sco after six weeks, gettin;? $;i,500, while "Weak Si.'Uer.s" turned in $6,300 in its tiiird week at the Slaje.slic. "Tlie Fall Guj;," at the (Jrani^e Grove, got $3,900 in' it.>j third, week and has one more to go, after which "Dctjiro I'nder the Elms" comes in for a run. The piece is a;iottCil for two weeks "f one and two nij;hi .«!tind.s .ind o'j'etKd in Port Artbui- Jan. 28. The comii.-iny Is heidrd by Leslie •Toiica, who iinlerstu'^ieil iti tlm <>r- i ; nal pvf.ihintion at the Vandorbilt ^ew York. ff you don*t advertise in if VARIETY don*t advertise Two Shows Beached "Captain Fury," starring Otis Skinner, closed a three weeks' road tour. The play b.id been head- ing for Chicago, but w.is withdrawn for fixing and recasting. It is expected to resume as soon as the required chan.i;e3 are made. Russell Janney is producer. "Foot Loose," starring William Paversham, was another to close on tour. It was the second season out for this one. Last year, when pro- jected with Margaret Anglin and Faversham as co-s*ars, it was re- ported a money maker, but it failed to click this year. George C. Tyler produced. T. P. R. Benefit A benefit along bigger lines than formerly is being arranged for the Theatrical Press Representatives Association. It is dated for May > and will be held in the new Mecca Shrine temple on 51th street. Producers and managers are said to have spon.sored the event, the proceeds of which will be devoted to the organization's emergency fund. WILLETTS WITL "LOUIE" Clarence Wllletts has been as- signed to KIo Ziepfeld's "Louie the 14th." The show was In Cleveland last week, playing Detroit and Cincin- nati, due at the Illinois, Chicago, for a run, which may close that the- atre. 2ND "EASY COME, EASY GO" Lewis L.id Ctinlon are organlzlnp ,a second company of "lOasy Come. F,a.sy Go." The new company will be spotted for the iniildio west and may go into t'hie.igo fur a run. The orlgin.al cunipany, at the Bilt- mnre. New York, will play c^aatorri territory upon coraiiletion ol" its rur- rent New York c!.ga.!;oment. CURRAN-WILKES DFAL .^.iii l-'r;in i.- o. I"< b. 2. Tom Wilkos will relinfiuish the U-a.se u»id manat'enient of tlie \\ i'.l.es here about March 1 to Homer Cur- ran, now operating tlie Ciirran. As lis opening .■iltraet loti at the Wilkes, Curran will present "The llig I'.iradP."' It is understood that Lee Shuhert will take a iial* interest in the house with Curran. CHI OPERA BOSTON'S FURORE; $93,000 1st WK. However, $10,000 Behind Last Year— "Nanette" $22,000— "Rain" Opens Big r Boston, Feb. 2. The Chicago Opera Co. in the first week at the Boston Opera house did about $93,000. This was, of course, the largest bu.siness done by any company this city has seen this sea- son. However, it is about $10,000 less than was recorded for the first week last year. When the opera house gross Is taken Into consideration, business at the downtown legit houses was very satisfactory. In Its final week at the Shubert "Vanities" compared favorably with its business the first week at the house. "Nanette" also held up well. "White Collars" finished its second week of bad business and last Sat- urday night the show was sent to the storehouse. The banner opening of the week was at the Park, a house which has been sadly neglected in the way of attractions up to this time. "Rain," with Jeanne Eagels, opened Monday night to a sell-out and a big advance sale. Other new shows to come In this week were "Kainbow Rose." a musical booked Into the Plymouth for two weeks, and "Gay Paree," which opened at the Shubert for a three weeks' stay. Last Week's Estimates Chicago Opera Co., Boston O. H. (2d week). Cleaned up first week with $93,000, Big advance sale. "Is Zat So 7" Wilbur (2d week). Did $12,000 its opening week; fig- ured as very good business under the circumstances. "Gay Paree," Shubert (lat week). In final week "Vanities" did $20,000, off about $4,000 from preceding week. ^, "Rainbow Rose," Plymouth (1st week). One of the few times a mu- Hieal has ever been booked Into this liouse. "White Collars" was a dis- tinct flop in the two weeks It played here. 'Rain," Park (1st week). Looks ;:rood for big money-maker. In final week "The .Matinee Girl" (musical) did ?0.000. "Ihe Poor Nut," Hollis (1th week). Holding nice gait, with gross of $n',oo(>. . "No, No, Nanette," Tremont (■1th week). $L".'.0CO last week; off $1,000 from week liefore. "Abie's Irish Rose," Castle Square (ISih week). l.)oing about $10,000 weekly. "PRINCE" BALTO. LEADER Between $24,000 and $25,0(K>— Holds indefinitely— "Show-Off" Open* Baltimore, Feb. I. The Academy of Music continued the legit leader last week with "The Student Prince" in Its second week The show is here indefinitely and is the type of attraction admirably .suited for this house. At the Auditorium "The Gorilla" concluded a remarkable four-week run to pood busines.s. The town seems ready to be taken definitely out of the week stand cl.asa if given the proper attractions. "The Charles Street Follies " entered its tenth and flnal week at the uptown Guild the- atre. Ford's housed "The Show-Off" to a satisfactory gross. Estimates for Last Week Academy — "The Student Prince" (2d week). Business well up with opening week's capacity figures. A slight ea.sing off Monday, but come- back was strong, and Thursday matinee found S. R. O. Count was between $24,000 and $25,000; excel- lent. Auditorium— "The Gorilla" (4th week). Comedy-thriller finished fourth and final week of an unusual run. Guild Theatre — "The Charles Street Follies" (9th week). Busi- ness continued brisk for this inti- mate revue that has chalked up a record for this sort of thing outside of Manhattan. Ford's— "The Show-Off." Drew excellent notices and pleased, but business well short of capacity. This does not mean that It was un- profitable. This Week Academy, "The Student Prince" (3d week); Auditorium, "'Cherry Blossoms"; Guild, "The Charles Street Follies" (10th week); Vaga- bond, "Wife of a Famous Man" and "No Smoking" (double bill); Ford's, "Suainne." "QUEEN HIGH" MOVED AHEAD Another shift in the plans of Schwab and Mandel will place their now musical, "Queen High," Into rehearsal the latter part of this month instead of next summer, as had been planned. The piece is a musical version of Fred Jackson's farce, "A Pair of Sixes," produced some 10 years ago by H. H. Frazee. Charles Ruggles has been signed and will be featured. Sammy Lee will stage the dances. BROTHER HUGO'S PLAT Hugo Romberg, brother of Slg- mund, will turn producer sometime this winter with a German play. "Fire," as his first offering. George Kaiser, author of "From Morn to Midnight." wrote it. KENT GOING ABROAD WiUbam Kent is leaving Hammer- stein's "Song of the Flame." He will next appear in I/ondon with "I.,ady Be Good," the Aarons-Freedly hit to b© reproduced ovet there. THESPIANS ELECT The Thespians, youngest of actors' organizations, held Its annual meet- ing and election of officers. Lee BeKgs, the original president, was restored to that office, sup- planting J. Moy Bennett. Among other olllcers for the ensuing year .ire Henry West, vice-president; William B. Calhoun, treasurer; Jos- eph llalton. seerelnry; Aubrey P.eat- ty, chaplain, and Tlionias Glenroy. sergeant -at- arms. The Tbespiins was organized in 1923 nnd its members are mostly legit and plcttirc aetors. Lacka on Lyrics « Bert Kalinar and Harry Ruby will not do the entire lyrics and music for the musical version of "We've Got to Have Money. " lOdward Laska. author of the orlKin.a! play and also a songwriter, will do an enual num- ber as well as collaborating on the new book by Guy Bolton. Lyl3 Andrews will produce. "NURSE" GOING SOUTH "Oh! Oh! -Nurse," recast Its road tour In Norfolk, Va., Feb. 1. Tha show will play southern territory. Newcomers are Grayce Connell, In the former Gertrude Vanderbllt role; Fred Heider and Dorothy Wal- ters. Clark Ross continues as ths pro- ducer. WILKES APPOINTS TIERNBT Joseph V. Tierney, manager o* the Sam H. Harris, New York, h.as been made e-istern representative for T )m Wilkes, who has the house under lease. When tlie coast manager leased the house from Harris, Tier- ney was retained in charge. Tom Donovan was formerly repre- .sentative for Wilkes here. PUBLICITY PLAN SERVICE In is a simple and iiu'xp'nisivc maiiiicr (>[ krr])iiij{ yi)ii! jKimr or Ini.siiu's.s before tlie sIxav 1>umhcs.s of the world each week. ^ • , ,• (lives ilic))laycy liie Jidvcrti-er. . Write or rail at any "Varxay oQ'n-c: NEW YCRK CHICAGO LOS ANGELES 154 W. 48th St. State-Lake Thea. Bldg. Chapman Bldg. LONDON, 8 St. Martin's PL, Trafalgar Square mm IN SEVEN SHOWS FOR mU BELLE' Is Philly'i Sensation — Cargo" 2nd at $18,500 — Weather Hurt **i Philadelphia, Feb. t. The biff noisa last week wan Be^asco's "LaJlu Belle," with Lenore Ulrlc, which did not open until Tuesday at the Broad but still man- aged to gross better than $20,500 in six days. The Ulrlc opening: was probably the most important theatrical event of the season. The dallies, almost without exception, spoko with res- ervations of the play Itself, but raved over the production and the acting. The town appears to be mad on the subject of "Lulu Belle," with a demand that far exc<>eds the supply of seats. The fact th.at it if a tragedy and very sordid has made no difference, curiosity running high on the colored angle. The race between "Topsy and Eva" and "Naughty Rlquette" re- versed itself last week, with the Duncan girls running ahead by a few hundred dollars. The Saturday matinee draw of the sisters holpad, with evidence, too. that the Mital show la in a trifla too long. It haf three weeks to stay and will have to bustle to get away with the mar- gin of proflt at first indicated. The Garrlck. with "Seventh Heaven," dropped a few hundred dollars, probably due to b.ad weather, as the advance sale was big. This one should do eight weeks without trouble, but the claim that It Will stlfk 12 appears slightly premature 'Wiiite Can;o" was runner up to "Lulu r.elle," the amount of decline unilouhtedl.v belri,"? due to the weather. The management hope.'- (o kw^p "Cargo" in until .>-pring l>r(;l)ul)ly until the house's suinmei show la ready. 'Ihis week iloudinl opens a three- weeks' htay at the Chestnut. "Tlie KLss in ;i Taxi" coinea in for a sim- ilar period at th(> Lyric, and Hod^e moves over to the Adelphi for two moi-e wcekn, giving hlin live in ail The coininR weeks .are shy of big batches of newcoiriers. Next Mon- day lielaKco follows "Lulu Lolle" with "Ladles of the Kvening"'at the Broad, and the following week brings E. H. Sothern in "Accused" to the Adelplil, the first time a Belasco show has been In a Shubert house here. The 22d has a bundle of openings, with "The Music Box" (rumors of its closing depending) due at the I'^orrest; "Captain Jinks" (which opened here In August) at the Shu- bert. and "Mayflowers" at the Chestrftjt. Estimates for Last Week "Lulu Belle" (Broad, 2d week). Town's dramatic sansation and |20,- 500 l.ist week, with only seven per- formances. Capacity Indicated all this week. ''Naughty Ri^uaMe" (Shubert, 4th week). Took s drop, but still close to $25,000: exceliemt profit; two weeks after this. "Topty and Eva* (Forrest, fith week). Beat |«,000, passing -Hl- quette" by several hundreds. Stays at least three more weeks. "Seventh Heaven" (Oarrlck, Jd week). In second week dropped slightly, due to weather, but about 115,000 at that. Figures on eight weeks to good business. Houdini (Chestnut, Jst week). Had fine opening, with promts'.* of tliree good weeks. ".Maiden Voyage" around $11,000 In third and last week. "White Cargo" (Walnut, 3d week). Aliout JIS.OOO. Rllglit difference from lnMt week being due to weather .Shoii'd H' e iHte sprin^r herf». "The Judge's Husband" (Adelphl, I.St week). Moved here thin week, fr,lli,;\ int; three weeks at the Lyric. wiiere it got about $12,000 last week. "What Priis Glory" (Adel|)iil, 6lh week). .V1;idn smart come back to $lf> ''(III In fit' '1 wf^U. "Kiss in a Taxi" usiness. LEGITLESS DES MOINES l>e^ .Moiri... I ■ li. 2. '1 ti.it fjcn Muines, a city ol i./i.UUI), lias not .seen (t'l oiit.sile d;;imatlu or mil.sl'-al eorne.ly pro'liictliiii itil. JOE CONOLY AT SARANAC. N. Y. ■.Sriiiiii't;" J'"' (lonoly Is at .Sar- •iM.ie at .Mrs. .Stui;krnan's, 6 Clinton ■,U.ft. .Mr. Ciiriuly is a inernber of the Iheatrlcal J'ressi r.eprosentatlvea. ?! r ►"-■ ■ VARIETY LEGITIMATE Wednesday, February 3, 1026 STOCKS Oscar O'Shea Player* (WAUKEGAN, ILL.) Chicago, Feb. 2. This Is the only stock company that has ever roally clicked in AVau- kegan. although there have been numerous attempts. To the persist- ent efforts of Horace Sistare, ex- press aKent, belongs the credit for assembling a nrst-class company and Its getting across as part of the civic life of the town. The company to now In Its 38th week, and to spend a few hours in Wjiukepran mingling about In resfauranis .ind cither pub- lic places Is to pick ui> plenty «f conversation about the plays and the players. "The Ix)ve Test," by James Judge, made a great bill and was given, ex- cusing the usual assortment of minor flaws, an excellenf performance. The audience, which filled the entire or- chestra, balcony, boxes and even half of the gallery, indulged in fairly con- tinuous laughter. Walter Eonn Is the leading man, playing opposite Kve Kohl, a capable young actress, who affects a severe coiffure. Ceolle Elliott, formerly of vaudeville, had a gravy part as a atranded chorus girl. William Jule, besides impressing as the juvenile. made the speech in front of the cur- tain after the second act. William la a topnotch ballyhooer, .although too polite for the medicine shows. F»rohably no great royalty connect- ed with "The Love Test." The play la of the "Turn to the Right" achool —small-town stuff, with the hoke based on character more than plot. Virgil Prltchard and Eugene Head, the stage manager, were prominent, while Edward MacArihur played a minor part and Emmett OShea did a deputy sheriff. The net for this company la prob- ably very good for the size of the town. Mr. Sistare has lately been Inspired to branch out with a second company, which he has Installed at the RIalto, Sioux City. la. He com- mutes between the two companies. Lioop. 7th Ave. Stock Gives Up; Back to Pictures L>oew'8 Seventh Avenue atock, New York, wound up last week, with the uptown house reverting to a ■tralght picture policy. A two season attempt to plant •lock permanently in this aection convinced that it couldn't b« done despite the house having averaged 16,000 weekly throughout the aea- aon. Tjjje location demanded late releases and an expensive company. Both were costly as well as the building of practically a new pro- duction for each bill. ^ ,Thia marks the second vain at- tempt of the Loew Circuit to estab- lish stock within the Greater New York area, the previous attempt be- ing the Alhambra, Brooklyn, which STOCK PLAY VS. FILM; BOTH DRAW CAPACIH Seattle Stock Puts on ''Thank You" Against Screen Ver- sion at Pan Seattle, Feb. 2. The unusual was done here when the Duffy Players produced at the the President "Thank You" as "a spoken drama," while the former John Golden success was presented In screen form at the Pantages. Each house advertised the play, one stressing the "spoken" version and the other the screen. Both Pan and the President drew capacity business nearly every night. $42,000 Too Much Rent For Uptown Stock House The proposed deal pending be- tween Jules Leventhal and the owners of the Washington theatre. New York, wherein Leventhal was to take over the house for stock, collapsed last week when the kite was placed to the original rental figure. Leventhal thought he had the house at a $30,000 yearly rental, but later found that this figure was ex- clusive of Sundays. Leventhal wanted the Sundays also for vaude- ville concerts. That Is said to have precipitated a boost In rental to $42,000. Leventhal passed it up, figuring the rent nut too much for stock. Under the tariff, he figured the stock would have to do $3,000 week- ly to break. The average stock tak- ings at 75c. top acule runs from $2,500 to $2,800, considered good business. Casters Seek ikjuity's Aid; Want Commish Pro Rata Caatins a^enU arc attempting to onltat the aid of IGqulty In collect- ing profeaalonal aervlcc claims against actor membero placed In varloua touring companies by the agents. Rqulty haa taken the stand that It baa no way of disciplining the dclinquenta but In most cases of complaint bav« advised the de- linquents to make settlement. The casters figure they are getting a tough break all around. When a company blows up and nine- ten tha of the amounts are salvaged they are compelled to wait until the remainder of the money Is paid. If at all, before they get what Is com- ing to them. The agents feel that they are entitled to commlsslctn pro rata on the amounts received and it Is this matter which they are attempting to iron out with Eiqulty. Increased popularity of common- wealth companies has also been a serious check to the casters reve- nue. The agents are balking about devoting time and expense in round- ing up people, only to find that no set salaries are attached to the jobs. Many of the casters have declared against these co-operative ventures and are refusing to submit people to managers unless a set salary Is attached to the Job. INSIDE STUFF ON LEGIT (Continued from page 20) up to show time by phoning the office, and have that renuest put through Immediately. But last week the system was called off, and as In the other j)fflces around 'own the pass list closes about 5 p. m. Six regular theatres In New York are using programs not published hv the New York Pi-ogram Corporation, which has a virtual monopoly in the legit houses. Vjt has been announced the Shuberts will print thel own programs next season. Stella Hanau, who handles press stuff for the Provlncetown Playhouse group, edits most of the programs not published by the big firtn. The Theatre Guild program8 for the Guild and Oarrick are piib.l.s!iP(j by Cornelia Lathrop, who attends to tho adverti.slng and editorial and with Miss Hanau as a helper in that department. The Neighborhood Plav. house program Is published by Miss Lathrop. while Hanau ife Gay, 70 Fifth avenue, are now handling the programs for the "Provlncetown Play. house, Greenwich Vill.ige, and the Charles Hopkins, uptown. STOCKS Marguerite Klein has succeeded Margaret Knight as feminine lead with the Al Luttrlnger Players at the 'V^stchester, Mt. Vernon, N. Y. Miss Knight's father Is critically ill in Nashville, Tenn. Henry Duffy's Plan for Califomian Popularity San Francisco, Feb. 2. Henry Duffy, whose President and Alcazar theatres are doing top le- gitimate business of the town, has sold himself an idea for "Institu- tional publicity." It has been the Duffy policy to send all the real hits of San Fran- cisco on the road under the billing of "The Henry DuSly Players." But the natives, ever curious, have never seen Duffy himself. When "The Song and Dance Man," at the Alcazar, takes to the road Duffy will go with It and also the cast. Intact, as now in San p'rancisco. Thia will give the out-of-towners their first meeting with Duffy. Any- way, It la worth a try and is fairly certain to build up a new following for Terry Duffy. An operator of a dancing school thought he had a great Idea In stimulating new business through making rounds of casting agents and putting In a call for choristers and specialty dancers for a new produc- tion. Several hundred girls were sent over for rehearsal only to find that they were Invited to join classes of dancing at so much per session. Most of the girls reported back to the casters Indignant for having wasted time on the trip. The supposedly smart guy has been In several previous "Janm" through operating a fake dramatic school. At thnt time he put up the shutters in time to escape prosecution. Although qualifying as a competent teacher of dancing his present methods may receive police attention sooner or later. . , , . , A petition has been circulated throughout Times square among various club members In their clubs and In the theatre asking Senator Reed Smoot, of the Senate Finance Committee, to argue for the repeal of the 10 per cent admissions tax on legitimate, theatre tickets. Many of the theafros controlled by members of the Managers' Protec- tive Association had actors sneak fronv. tho stac:e between curtains ad- vising audlencej! of the condition and asking them to sign cards which were addressed to Senator Smoot and wh|ch ushers distributed and collected. • ... > ' also reverted season. to a film policy this The Taunton (Mass.) Inn, was destroyed by fire Friday after- noon. The members of the Charles K. Champlin Stock, playing a week's engagement at the Park, were quartered at the hotel and saved all of their personal belong- ings. V Saltenburg't 6th in Berlin Berlin, Jan. 23. Manager Saltenburg has added a sixth theatre to "lis Berlin chain. Beginning Jan. 11. be has rented the Lesslng theatre, where he will produce Lehar'a operetta, "Paga- nini," with Vera Schwarz and Rich- ard Taubcr in the leadlnt roles. Whether he will keep this theatre on after the run of this operetta Is doubtfuL Bela Blau, the theatrical -accountant, has turned actor for the second time and Is now In "Goat Song" at the Guild, yia last thesplan ven- ture was In "Androcles," In which he pl.iyed one of Caesar's men In waiting. Now he has progressed to lines. The rumor Is that IJlau will shortly deliver several addresses at Co- lumbia on the practical side of the theatre and that he Is getting hia data In this f. ash Ion. W. Herbert A^ams, the theatrical lawyer, produced "The Maelstrom" in association with Henry Miller. Last week ?TIIler withdrew from active participation and Adams himself took over the company. It went into Daly's «3d street Monday. Adams Is renting the house. Basil Rathbone and Alison Skipworth are featured In the play, which had its last act rewritten while the company laid off last week. Localizing Stock Play For Business Reasons Chicago, Feb. 2. Fred Weber, former puldiclty man •f the Cort theatre and now lessee and manager of the stock at the Warrington, Oak Park (suburb), put •n "Are You a M.ason?" recently Changing it to "Are You a Lion?' In a tie-up with the business men's lodge of that name. All of the characters of the play were given the names of prominent dtitena of Oak Park, with every- thing done to localize the plot, lo- cale, wisecracks, etc. In return for having their firms mentioned In the dialog numerous merchants bought blocks of tickets for different performances. The stunt is reported to have cone over with a bang. Switching Stocks on Split • Chicago, Feb. 2. Aurora and Elgin, 111., are to di- vide a dramatic stock company and a novelty band between them. The Arthur Gale Players will exhibit three dayt; at the Fox, Aurora and then take the street car to E:gin, re- placing the Blossonf Heath Enter- tainers, who will move to Aurora for three diys. Eich unit vill do matinee- and evening performance. The scheme was launched yesterday. Washington, Uptown, Sought for Stock The Washington. l-15th street and Amsterdam avenue. New York, may change from a picture to stock pol- icy in the next few weelcs If Julius Leventhal, Ulallo stock operator. Aoboken. N. J., takes over the bouse on a lO-year le.ise for slock. Jaffe and FretdberKiT control the Washington at present. if the deal Is clostd It will be the irst stock house In that locality In •ver 10 years and the only one In New York city proper. Harolde Stock Moves; Poor Weeks in Omaha - Omaha, Feb. 2. Murray Harolde's stock closed at the Burwood after 13 weeks of light business. The company Is re- turning to Colunil)us, O., where it played for 22 weeks to good trade. Ralph Hapoldc and Florence Mur- ray are the leads. Robert Bruce Murray Is manager of the company. "MIBACLE" FOR K. C. Kansas City, Feb. 2. A con>mittee from the Chamber of Commerce visited St. Louis last week for the purpose of seeing "The Miracle" with a view of bringing It here next fall. The members were enthusiastic and will report favor- ably for a showing hei >. Starting early In the fall, "The Miracle" will be seen In .Philadel- phia for eight weeks, following which comes Los Angelea, with suf- ficient time between for a stop here. While no definite proposition has been made, plans will be p/'esented to the Chamber of Commerce with a view of bringing the spectacle here at that time. Ethel Barrymore, It is rumored, will probably leave the W'alter H.imp- den company after its next production and Mrs. Walter Hampden (Mable Moore), will ne her husband's Icadin':: woman. Hampden and Miss B.irry- more have co-starreJ in "Ilanilct" and "Tho Merchant of Venice" so far this season, to good business. A production of "The Taming of the Shrew" Is next on 'he list. Appearances now are that an operetta flood impends for the spring season. Variety has mentioned that the Aborns plan a series of re- vivals, starting with "The Merry Widow" and then offering some others. In addition, Winthrop Ames is to produce on© of the actually uncommer- cial of the Gilbert and SuHIvan series, "lolanthe." rated as a great propo. altlon which won't draw. Lawrence J. Anhalt will only produce his an- nounced Gilbert and SuUlvan repertoire. George Baxter, who appeared with Marjorie Ramheau in her recent re- vival of "The Goldfish," has filed a claim against John Cort, manager of the Cort-Wlndsor, New York, for $160. The amount represents the value of two Bults which th? actor claims were stolen from his dressing room at the Cort house. The matter has been placed In the hands of the E^qulty attorneys for adjustment. STOCK ANTiaUES ' Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 2. The "Saucy Baby" Co., recently taking posses.slon of the Duval the- atre on an anticipated tenancy of four months, has so far produced such pieces of antiquity as "Little Johnnie Jones" and "She Walks In Her Sleep." Tho company In having tough sledding and the failure to draw Is laid mostly to the mediocrity of the l)roductlor»n. ACADEMY, HAVERHILL, BURNS Haverhill, Ma.ss., Feb. 20. The Academy of Music, the oldest amusement house In Haverhill, Mass., was destroyed by fire re- cently. It wiped out a shoe factory adjoining, several other structures and threatened destruction to the entire business section. Hans Janowitz, author of the picture "Dr. Caligari's Clinic," which has been adapted to tlie stage and is now running at the Grand Guignol, Paris, went^thcre to be present al tho premiere of the dramatic version. In an Interview Janowitz explained he wrote "Callgarl" in collaboration with Karl Mayer while they were both on the verge of starvation. Janowitz is now preparing another stage ver.sion of the famous film which is intended for New York. The stage crew eni^)loyed with the road company of "The C Ingham Girl," which stranded in Lincoln, Neb., have taken exception to the Equity deputy's report that their actions had been responsible for the premature closing. Stuart Attkis.son, spokesman for tlie crew, denies the stagehands had anything to do with the matter, adinlttinfr tlielf refusal to go further u.-ile.'is their s.'ilarios were guaranteed and jii.'^tif.vlng their stand, inasmuch as the actors were protected for two weeks' .salary with a bond at Equity. Victory, Evansviile, Musical Evansvllle, Ind., Feb. 2. The Victory, playing three acts /:d I ; i t If 1 < J I " t .' 1 FILM HOUSE FOR STOCK Sioux City, la., Jan. 26. Tho Ul.ilto, operated by A. H. Blank as a film house, goes into atock Jan. 31. The Clarke Sisters Players at the GarrI k. Fond du Lac, Wis., will come la. . -„,..^, y M :.f . • s 4:1 1* r-if V rrt I 1 1 I 5:01 "FUnCKBACK" BY COLORED CO. with the apparent revival of In- terest In "The llimchback of Notre Dame" through the films and with Its bookings now going through the colored picture houses, the I.Afayette Players, Negro dramatic stock company (traveling) Is reviv- ing the piece In the "spoken drama." Andrew Bishop, Cleo Desmond, J. Lawrence Crlner and Arthur Bay head this company. "The Hunch- back" was produced at the Grand, Chicago, this week. James H. Cain, who has written "Crashing tho Gate," which PhlUp Goodman will bring to Ne\y York. Is an editorial writer on t*io J^cw York "World" and was fornurly on "The Sun" of Baltimore, whero he served for several years as state editor. Ills father was Dr. J. W. Cain, for » long time president of Washlngtcm College nt C-harUstown, Md. Cain, since coming on "The World," has been a regular contriljutor to "The American Mercjr^-." "Crashing the Gate" is his first play. If you don't advertise in VARIETY don't advertise ITntll booking conditions become better than they .are at present, Nell O'Brien will not take cut tho Nell 0'T5rien Minstrels. He will remain W New York, having it fine home at .Mount Vernon. O'Brien Is one of the old-school minstrel men who is still a "name" on the road, yet his Inability to route consecutive time* without buying o" the week-end dates caured him to postiione going out this season. Wysley Birch, whose "Tad" characterization In "Laff Th.it OH." '« rated one of the best acting bits of the season, was formerly New York manager of the .Vfrlan Theatres Trust. During tho war ho was iti the secret servico, eonsidrred a valuable operative because of the knowl 'dge of make-ups. Birch was a stock director at one time. Louis Sherwin,, preas agent for Frohman, and on^aiiiiiiT of tlu> Cillery Club. OS a business getter for the top of the ii^yjlre la tiiww wetltti b«' a^ vred about 1,800 members. c •) i( jn ;f>f; ;.( » »i I ». r < r J r- ;« I f t 1 ■: .» . 1 r ; 1 •» I Wednesday. February 3, 19M LEGITIMATE VARIETY 27 PLAYS OUT OF TOWN LULU BELLE (By Variaty't Own Correspondent) Philadelphia, Feb. S. Now tluU the smoke of the open- ing has rather cleared away it is poaxible to See "Lulu lielle," the latest David Belascu production, which had its premiere here last Tuesday, in a fairer and tru^r IlRht. It looks like a cinch for this Kd- ward Sheldon-Charles MrArthur play to score sensationally on Broadway It for no other reason than the curiosity luigle due to the presence of oVer 100 colored ac- tors playing with 15 whites. That added to the Lenore Ulrlc draw, and the much-heralded Belasco produc- tion should set at rest any douhts «s to its ability to land, and to land biff, no matter what the highbrowb may say of its technical flaws and the hackneyed quality of Its story. The theme of "liulu Belle- Is not half as daring or as uncouveutiooal as many were led to believe. It is not another "All God's Chillun." There is no definite touching on any angle of miscegenation, nor is there any attempt to show the tragedy which results between the union, legal or Illicit, of whites and blacks. "Lulu Belle" Is merely the old Btory of Porter Kmersou Brown's "A Fool There Was," with the prin- cipals as Negroes instead of while people. It Is the story of a fascinating. Immoral and quite soulless Harlem harlot who ruined one man after another as she rose up the ladder of popularity as a cabaret Hinger and Anally was choked by one of them iM her boudoir in a I'arltiian apart- ment. The "Vamp" is a dusky one, and all her victims are black, too, ex- cept the last, a French racing man and millionaire, and thtre is nothing to show that her existence with him was tragic or poignantly pathetic. Quite the contrary, he seemed en- tirely satished, but she again grew tired and bored. This theme, then, is quite trite and banale, nor is its working out. as far as the details of the play-writ- ing, much different. Various Steps are shown In the downfall of one of her lovers, George Randall, a re- spectable married man, who gave up bome, position, a good name and even bts health for Lulu Belie, and finally after serving a prison sen- tence for which she waa responsible, tolloweil her to France In a cattle boat and strangled her across the •ilken coverlets of her canopied bed. What will make "Lulu Belle" talked about Is the production. Which, if it isn't the most elaborate and the most generally remarkable that BelascQ has ever done, stands •ecood only to "Deburau" and. of course^ it far exceeds that play In the number of people employed. There are four acts, all with dif- ferent seta The curtain the opening night here went up at 8:16, one minute later than scheduled time, quite aa achievement for a heavy, pretentious prorge) a great chance for an emotional cll- Juax. The fiiurtli act, more eoiivenl lonal, but exuding money, is in the l>irls- ian boudoir. It entl.i in the juicle.sl slritngUiig scene on the sta.?e in a long time. 'i'he nf ting of Mini T'lrlc 1" a mat- ter of different opinions. Some s.a.v Hhe is merely a "colored Kikl." Cer- iHinly it |.« iiK.re her pers>inality, lier exotic rlinrm. the franl^ display of her perHon. her life, her energ.v, her variety of "stunts " that build up the l>art r.'illier th.'in .any proal emo- tional (Ines.se. l''und:uiientallv. the l>e«,\,nc o£ the Nci:r;>CH lis LULU BELLE I'biludelphfa, Jan. 2T. 0»ranlum Monroe Altomay .Tones StellH I,s Venrnu. l,ovio Bowtelt*. . Mr*. Bow telle Mm. Monrt>c Mrs. KrtHMo Hutch foopBT. . ., Shorty Noyea, . . . M&bal I>« Witt. .Jnui Ward MU(lrny tA:e Kvelyn Freer Ivy WUtestda Marxuprit* Wyati Kg«coe W, 9. Bell r.ew James Jackaun Herman Eflwartl Thurapaun rtoyal Wllliama William THllafero Mm. Royal Wllllama Krtna Tlirower P!n(f»ne KrlablB Smothers Ward Mt. Vernon Jackaon Ueorsw Callendcr A Bartender ijamuel Bolen Mrn. Jarkaun Mattie V. Wilkax Kliiinr Jucknuii Oswald KMlnbiM'iUK'k. t>r»fe Riimlall H^nry Hujl Mrs. Ueorica Randall SyMl Hryant Walter Randall Thomas Trisvan V'luUt Hundall .MarKaret Petty Clarence De Voe Selfsrt Pile Brother Statey ..J. UjuIs Johnaoii Slater Sally Vtnda WInflehl Sister likidaom Annia Klilneland«rr I.ulii ReUe Letasne ITIrtc .Skeeter Pwvlval Vivian VaiiKl4 Uovtello Uoldye M. H^einer Pollronian Kealy Kdward Nannery t'ncle Oustus LAwrenca Eddlnger Mrs. Tmmbulfty Kva Benton Ur. J. Wilb»rfo?» Walkar..Win. St. James Otike Weaver Fred Miller Hikpoy J. W. J.tcUaon .Moko Allan Waltbe A Flower Olrl Clarl!!»a Blue Milton Barclay TrtKK WlUlanw Herman Frortt Bunny Oelano Xinepb All«nton nr«c« Wild Mildred Wayne l>iuay Harrison IHoy IVTyl Fred Harrison Sidney Elliot The Vicompte de VllUrs Jean Del Val Sergeant Healy Edward Nannery An AmbuUnc,> Doctor Harold Scton Another Palnjlman Oeore«> Thomap VVIIkinn WUlUm Boas Barton ,Tan« F'>riell .A <>endarme Anthftfty Knilling lldren. Sports, Nflgbbora, Iitnocent Ry- «land<"r8. Cabant Patrons, Cni'>shooters. .''aiophone Artists, Policemen, Gendarnies. etc., etc. Act I— The sidewalks of San Juan Hill, the downtown colored illstrict of New York. Sorlnn. Act II— Ttie top-floor front of a certain Harlem boardlas houae. Sammer. Act in-S?aturday night at the Elite Orotto. Autumn. Art IV— Five years later. 2T Aveaue Martgny, Paris. Winter A. surefire for David Belasco and Broadway. "Lulu Belle" opens with the ex- terior of tiie colored section known aa San Juan Hill. New York. Here you find colored folks of all shades cutting up In all their glory. A typical colored gin mil] Is filled with men and women doing the Charles- ton, singing and doing their stuff. Lulu Belle (Lenore Ulrlc), a high- powered high yaller v^mp, enters. She hus just finished an affair wlOi an admirer. She Is all alone and lonely. Butch Cooper, a heavyweight prizefighter (John Harrington- white) baa a crush on Lulu, but she does not warm up to hiiQ- Lulu enters the saloon to do her own choosing, and picks Rosco. the sweetie of Ruby, another prize gold digger of the black and tan belt. Ruby Leo (Evelyn ITeer — colored) resentiB Lulu grabbing her man. A real woman -to -wo man battle takes place with Lulu the victor. fjeorge Randall (Henry Hull — white) has been watching the battle with interest. Police arrive and clear the street, leaving Randall and Lnln alone. Ltilu after looking George over, decides he will do, and proceeds to do some class A vamp- Inij. Randall tella hor he is a barber by day .and stuilies law at night. LUlii work.H .strong and fast, inviting Rand.Tll to kiss her. As they are about to embrar o Lulu pull.s "I am going to start loving you ri^ht be- hind the ears, squeeze you, bite you, chew you up. mid eat , ou like candy." Lulu can sure kiss. One smack wtis enough to make Randall forget his 'Wife and two children and .«itart for Lulu's flat. Finish of act one and things Just warming tip. (Miss Ulrlc received -six rails.) Act two sees tho top floor front of a Harlem boarding house. Ran- dall Is now the heavy lover and at night Lulu U featured at the Elite Orotto, ;» colored calwret In Har- lem!^ Ah a .side line Lulu Is a busy gold diRgor by day. Randall, outside of making good •.la the heavy lover, is a chump as to the gold digirer's rarket. He has been out all day trying to find a Job .ind failed. Butch Cooper, the struggling heavyweight fighter and lyavlng a hard time to exlHt. Is making a play for Lulu. Ramlall thinks Buteh cnmeM to the flat fo r ;ecIvo dancing loti.^ns from Lulu, and can't got it Uirough his h'-ad how Cooiu-r can .tlTord to pay $1(1 a lesson. Lulu slip.s hlin the di p«i that Co(»vier n\ ilcf .'I |)li nty ot nmney by running an athletic dub in Harlem. Cooper and nanok- ing for her. From the window they spot him. The Vicompte, her French sugar baby, arrives at the apartment, or- dering Cooper and Noyes out. Lulu has sent for Randall to come to her flat while she prepares a welcome for him. The Frenchman removes most of her clothes and she dismisses the servant, saying that the next few days will be "old home week" for her. Randall arrives. He looks bad. Up the river be has got religion, and tries to sell Lulu the idea to go back to the States and live In Jersey, as he can get a good Job -in a barber shop there. Lulu takes a violent dislike to him, reftises his offer, orders him out, but he refuses to leave. She calls the police on the phone. He swears be will blow oat hU brains If she don't return, explain- ing his wife has divorced him and he can now marry her. Lulu, saying he has not tho nerve to blow out his brains, hands him a gun and tells him to go to It. Randall tiu-ns the gun on Lulu, telling her he will kill her first, them himself. Tho gun refuses to fire, and he strangles her to death as the gendarmes are trying to break In the door. Meantime EfRe has promised to marry the thick-headed but good- natured Swede. Nela Ruth. KfTie's child, is now on the scene. Slug returns, driven back by varying forces, among which, probably, fig- ures the God of Chance, who hap- pened to place him In the neighbor- hood. t:me still loves him but knows that If she takes him back the same thing will happen again. Learning Ruth is his child. Slug announces that he is- going to stay, but when he sees that his child doesn't know him and is afraid of him, ho realizes it will be best for bim to go up the line once again and forever. The title Is a slang phrase of the Middle West tjsed when one seta out to do anything or go anywhere. The play Is largely characteriza- tion and exposition, which do not grip. This play may logically be compared with Hatcher HughcM' study of the mountain-folk In "Hell Bent For Heaven," but the great weakness of "Up the Line" Is that unlike Hughes' play. It lacks a hold- ing melodrama to put the setting and people over. Paul HarveyXoos everything with Slug which probahly could be dons with him. which is a good deal, giving a rounded picture of the man which Includes not only his sym- pathetic qualities but his hateftil ones as well. Margaret Borough could do a great deal more to bufid up the holding qualities of the play, and doubtless will before the piece goes In. The tramps are amusing portraits and tho rest of the cast is In tune with the play. "Up the Line" will open In New York week Feb. 8. It sUnds every ^ chance of attracting favorable criticism but only scattered chances of a run. Pratt. UP THE LINE Stamford, Conn., Jan. 2*. HtcKard Harndon prea*nt» the Harvanl prize play "Up the I.lna" by Henry Flak Carlton. Htagad by Aoguatla Lnincan. Set- ting dcalgoed by Eleanor Koatla. Ma Margaret Fealey Etn« Margaret Borough .lenny laabal Wlthera Slug Paul Harvey Bat Charlea Ilalton Big Bill Frank I. Frayne Happy Phit ntahop .larnigan Walter Downing Nela VVlllard Robert.wn John O. O. Taylor Black le Boria Korlin Ruth (leorglna Tlldcn This will be the la-st of the Har- vard I'rize Plays, for Professor George Plene Bakers "47-Work- shop," from which these plays came, Ih no more. Baker having mlgratered his people and their Idiom better, prolwibly, than has been done so far. What may be termed the central figure of the play is a wandering hulk of a man named Slug, super- tramp, leader of his gang and of the organized Wobblles. With three cronl'S he wanders to a typical wheat ranch In North Dakota. He Is act'Uiitoiiied to .staying not more than throe days in any one place, earning a few dollars as a hand and goltiK on, but on this particular rani'h he discovers a shi^pely and romantic hired girl. Kffle and Slug fall In lovo with »«icli other. When It is time for the gang to move on, to tlieir Im- mense surprise Slug ri'inalns be- hind to tnarry Kflle and settle down as a hired man A year later his restless warnler- Ing spirit has such .-i grip on him he c.in't resist, and goi's away, un- aware that his wife is tioon to have a child. For eight years H'-ij; Is gon-^. THE CREAKING CHAIR Providence, R I.. Jan. 25. Cari.Rwxl and K. B. Cllre present thia jerto-dbnle myatery play by Allen* Wllkea If Virginia. Stased by Urlngaton Piatt. Anita Latter Mary Oarroll Angua Holly B. r. cilva Baaata Alaaa Jsraaa La Curto Kdwln Ijiit«r Reginald Maaon lylvia I.jitter Eleanor* arltflth Wra. ramithrra L.eonora Harrla Hoae Emily Winch Beatrica Mlllt\» more wallop on .the tomtom wilt have given the right Impetus to Speed's attempt at violence In tho height of the last act Played with eery music or a noise without. Speed's turning upon tiie detectives Is not properly motivated. It needs to hark back to Kgypt at the point where Peters' business Is to wheel and cross, striking at the two de- tectives. Otherwise the script is almost perfect, with the possible ex- ception of on* or two too many "I don't knows" from the comedy maid, one especially on an exit. However, It's a good one, and an excellent bet for Broadway. Kvery- body In the cast la good and, as we said before. Miss Carroll is a great actress In this show. Her perform- ance should prove especially Inter- esting to psychologists, and there's publicity in psycho-analysis thing. Winlrrmute. GAITS' 3 "K. K. K.*S" Several changes are being made In the personnerof "Kosher Kitty Kelly" as the piece .skirts around tho .subway circuit preparatory to going Into Bortlofi for a run. Chona Pallia joined the show in Newark, N. J., last wck .and several other chanices will bo niaile this week. (!eorge Oatts, who recently took over tho riins^j;*!, will spot the orig- in.'il coiii|iany in run stands and Is ol■^;anl/.i^^» a Kernini lonipany for short stand.s. This unit Is due for rehearsal this week. A third com- pany may l>e organized for southern territory. VARIETY LEGITIMATE Wednesday, February S, 1926 PLAYS ON BROADWAY The Shanghai Gesture pnwtits a nen Brunia. Htarrins four-act Kloreiioo A. H Oriental ...^^ lU'cd; wrlttWr by John t'olton, BtOKel by Guthrie McCllntic, scttlngj by Frederick W. JoncB 3ii; at tho Martin Beck theatre, (ipenni Keb. 1, llawkinii f^yril Kelifhtley Lin (^hi Conrad Cantzen Prince Oshlma C. Henry GorJon p„ppy , Mary Duman Mother (Joddam Fltjrenie Kei-d Chins Chane Mary lx>ule Emory HJl t>au John Uou'd-ll'- Kuot Lo) I'oo Langilon Uruce Blr Guy Chartcrlc McKay MorrlH 8ir J.jhn JJlesslngton Henry Warwick I^dy lilesslngton Eva U. Huyi.e Pe Michot William \V..rthinKl<>n Countess do Miohot Kvclyn \\ '«'>t Dudley Or.»Kory Henry \ on Jlhau Mm Gregory V< ra Ti •np.UH'* Don DAchun'a C. Havlland Chapp-U Donna D Achuna Marifarita urlova Hero Is the most stupendous of productions, dwarliiij,' anything (Short of "Uho Miracle." Al \vooas must have poured a prodigal for- tune into it. And he will net It back. 15ehlnd the bafflinKly inslgnitloani title, 'ihe Shanghai (JoKturo," which nieana nothiiitj before or alter see- ing tho play, is a darlnR, sL;ziinK. Mazinnr story of modern life in the gilded underworld of perhaps the most cosmopolitan of all Far East cities. The entire four acts are laid within a bedizened brothel run under tiie liand of a most extraor- dinary hariden vod localts. Th<- :ie- liungry supernumer.iry, in a shabby and inconsequential role for a man who has played such imposing ones, never begins or endn anywhere. The playing honors after the star fall iil)on the bared and lovely shoulders of Mary Duncan, as Poppy, in the several quirks of which she is mag- nllicent. C. Henry Gordon, as her Jap lover, registers strlkint'ly, too. "The Slianghai Gesture" cannot fall to catch tho piiblio. it is luMd enough and bold enough for that. Its settings and what they represent will be tho talk of the town. Its daring in line and action, while by no manner of means mild, sets no new goalposts these nights when strong words fly over the footlights almost everywhere. There have been several more shocking examples of it than this one. There seems little likelihood that "The Shanghai Gesture" will be dis- turbed at the Beck this season. pavM th« way for m. reunion with bis wife, but not until she has been through tho ord«al of knowing that sh« hadn't fooled her husband and knowing, further, of his mlstrea*!, this knowledge coming from his own lip*. And although he exchanged the babies on their natal day so that his child might be with him. the conclusion shows Laurent arranging for the placement of his wife's child In their home. Miller gives a performance re- strained and within the shades of greatness. Miss Crews as the wife gives as good a performance as could be expected, but she is inisoast In the part, another clement which may mitigate ^igalnst the play's suc- cess. That she was called In at the last minute explains much. Florence Shirley as the shopgirl Bweetlieart gave a simple and sincere bit of work which registered, while Lieonard Mudle as Laurent's secre- tary demonstrated anew he is pos- sessed of an ability rare on Broad- way. Of Ilka Chase, who made her debut a year ago In "Shall We Join the Ladles r* It may be said that she scores here and shows a distinct gain. "Kmbers" la a good play, with the Illegitimacy angle against Its chances for a real success. How- ever, no actual production expense here. The excellent settings are not having their first footllght bath. Siak. the thr«« sets run backstage expense higher. With $9,000 a week it seems the show and house could break, but unless a cut goes In, chances are that a smaller sum wouldn't keep thlng.i going. On that basis "A Weak Woman" will do moderately for some time, but win not rate In the money. Hiak. PUPPY LOVE Anne Nichols' pniducllon of AdcIaJde Mat- thews-Martha Btanloy three-act fan-«'-com- dHy dlroctod by Clifford Krcoke. Opened Jan. 27 at the 48th St. Theatre. Hyron I>ockhart Winiora Hanley Medora Maude Kbume Jean Hrent Vivian klartin Mrs. Marcaret Brent SprlnK Hylnrton Arthur Work Stuart Fox Ivy Mabel K roman Mrs. Sylvanua I'ollard I..ettli Winslow Mrs. Bylvanua Pollard l*u» Winslow Andy liaxter Arthur Aylaworth Charlie CavenJIah Edward Koblna A WEAK WOMAN Fr«tich farca In ttiree acta by Jaouc.i Deral and adapted by Erneat Boyd. I*ro- duc«d by Henry Baron at the Hlti Jan. I'C. with Bstall* WInwood, Ralph Morrait and FVank Morgan starred. Staged by H. Iden Payne, with aettlnca by P. Dodd Ackcrman. Extra Walter Cliari?!i Klouder I»ul* Karl Ttec I Mme. Seserea Beverly SitKreav.-s Arlatte Lctemc Eatcllo Wlnwool Jacqueline Sexeree Flora .SheffleM Baroneaa de Claebaa Dtantha rattlsoa A Quekt Richard Uowlrr Baron d« CVtchaa ...Ernest Stallaru Henri Foumler Frank Mnrgaii Serire Paveneyx* Ralph Morgan Sp«del!l Edward Keune R«port«r Frank Henderson Ume. Neyraa Shirley Gale A, Ga«M Lioui.t Bradley Jean Frmklln Francis Jacome..,.. Clement U'lvoghlfn EMBERS Drama In four acta by Plorra Wolff and Henri Duvemois. Adapted by A. E. Thomas and presented by Henry Miller ai his own theatre Feb. 1. with hlmsnlt starred. Laura Hope Crews featured. Play Maged by (lenry Killer. Edouard I.eonard Modls Hortcnse Norma Havey Emile Elmer Brown Mme. Cleremont Hka Chaao Qabrielle Laurent t*ura Hope Crews Foumler Nicholas Joy Francois Laurent Henry Miller Oermalne Ble Flonncc Shipley Martelft Edwin NIcaflOer Sucanne Katherino Meredith Jesn Kibout Albert Morrison Nurse Betty Hor»an It Is a privilege to see Henry Mil- ler act. To witness a play which he has staged Is also a treat, for he Is probably our best director for Inti- mate dramas and comedies. More- over, he Is a careful producer, and his occasional offerings usually hold castK of unusual worth. In "Embers' Mr. Miller Is starring In a play which many people have said was bad, which has had two sep- arate tryouts and both partial fail- ures, for the first lime It was shelved and on the coast last summer It was either at or near the bottom of a repertoire in point of receipts. Yet Mr. Miller likes the play, and he said that much In a curtain speech, which contained, among other things, an expression of the regard In which he held Laura Hope Crews, a denial that he would retire and a gracious tribute to the ability and capacity for friendship of A. E. Thomas. So the opening night of "Embers" was enjoyable If for nothing else than the nice intimacies of the play itnelf and the star's speech. As a play It Isn't so high In the dramatic scale, but. handled so well by the adapter, the players and especially by the star. It becomes passable en- tertainment of a restrained order which will probably not register ex- ceptionally high box-office grosses, but which .should get a nice draw for a mfinth or two and then retire from the picture — a graceful and worthy semi-success. According to the canons of Broad- way, as Inviolable as the canons of some of our best Fifth avenue <'hurches, a play which concerns the Illegitimacy of children cannot suc- ceed. The wise men point to the bones of good dramas, strewn through the valley of failures and strT Tlie Actors' Theatre. Wliliaiii Archer translation usetl. Staged by ;>udle> Digr.ea. Settings by Woodman Thompson. At th« Comedy, Jan. 26. George Tesman Dudley PIkuoj Hedda Tesman Emily .-^Icvena Aunt Julia '. Hilda Hei.-si.um Mrs. Elvuled Patncia ^'olllnga Judge llraok Fnink i oiiroy Eilbcrt LA>vborg Louiu I'Mlliem Berta Helen Van Huosa THE LOVE CITY Drama in three acts by Hans Bachwltx, starring Sessue Hayakawa. I'roduced at the Little, Jan. 2.1; staged by Btuarl Walker, who la credited as the produeer. Chang Lo Seasuo Hayakawa Tze-Shi Catherine I>ale Owen Richard Cavendish Karlc Ijarlinore Pu-Jen Fay Sing Wen-Chun K.irolyn Ting-Ting Dawn Allen U-Kao Rve Caminova "Tho Ix)ve City" proba".>ly was brotight to Sessue Hayakawa for picture usage, but the fll.a ..tar evi- dently saved It for premier presen- tation on the stage. It Is Haya-. kawa's debut on the bo^irds In New York, and he Impress'd as being as clever as when before the camera. Hans Bachwitz wrote "The Love City." In its original form It Is claimed to have run several seasons in Berlin and Vienna. Credit for the English adaptation, or tPansIutlon, is not given, but as a play it seemed somewhat befuddled, both in plot and via one or two of the charac- ters. The Oriental atmosphere pro- vide; some share of novelty and Is doubtless authentic In detail with the aid of Hay.aknwa and a dance staged by Mi<;hIo Itow. This num- ber stood out ju-lnclpaliy because of the dual posturing of two pairs of arms, one girl being behind the other to sectirc the eftect. Rather quiet and somewhat som- ber drauKilies for this one, which opens within a Chinese house of vice. Exotii- wine, the opium pipe and women from the flowerboat are to be Irad by Caucasian vinltor.s. The house is conducted by Chang Lo, en.aniored by tho prettiest girl in the house, Tze-Shi. .She is the lure, never "rniitted to receive visitors. To prove his power as her master. Change Lo has killed several who would have toyed \.ith her. But Tze-Shi Is " harlot. She has known white men so when Rich- ard Cavendish, a Londoner loni; .Tway from home, comes to forget his troubles, the girl is quickly smitten. Caug" . embracing her. Cavendish Is put to sleep by chloro- form at the hands of Chank Lo. That provides a dream scene which comprises the second net. Here the story strays afleld. Tze-ShI be- comes the wlfo and Chang I.,o her lover. He Is supposed to be a Whether the Ibsenites (many .it- tended premiere) will enjoy a new and fevered interpretation of a < heroine known these 35 years to bo poised and calculating is doubtful. This fresh revival of "Hedda Ga- bler" by The Actors' Theatre brings Emily Stevens to the title role in a sweeping flourish of expressb n- ism. Hedda was not expressionis- tic. It was held by njany tlrst- nighters that considerable repression would have aided tho cause of Hedda, and that the cause of Stevens need not be effusive to be new. Whether they approve or not, the Ibsenites will at least wish to witness the new "Hedda Gabler. ' Not until the last and fourth act is this latest expositor of the per- verted Hedda at all restrained. More's the pity. When Frank Con- roy, as tho Judge, reveals hia knowledge of her scheme to hr'vo Eilbert Lovborg (former lover) kill himself with her gun. Miss Stevens brings conviction, restraint and depth of bitterness to her role. Tho actress, too much In evidence, grad- ually dissolved. An inspired Ilcdda Gabler replaced her. That »cen* alone is worth the price of admia* sion. Miss Stevens, until that last act, ' gives a sensitive, not a materialis- tic, performance. She is evldeiitly attempting to establish a precedent. Following, as Miss Stevens does, in the path of Mrs. FIske and Nazimova, she knows the traditions. Too, she played the servant role, years ago, when Mrs. Fiske played Hedda. Hedda Gabler neo Emily Stevens is part Ibsen and port original. Dudley Digges, also director, has adapted himself with rom.irKablc skill to the plodding, bookworm husband of Hedda, loving but not beloved. Frank Conroy's Is a .sh;irp, realistic performance. I.,ouls Cal- hern, as Lovborg, Is more enter- taining as an author than ns a charmer. Helen Van Hoose, ;is tho maid, and Hilda Ilelstiom. as Aunt Julia, are appropriately cast. Patricia Collinge, as the victiiii of Hcdda's whims and Jealoiis>. ilc- serves unstinted praise. So true, so tender Is Miss Collinge that she ignites a definite spark of enthusi- asm. "Hedda Gabl.?v" was first phived in Munich In 1891. It holds suifi- cient human appeal for the enjoy- ment of the 1926 theatregoer. Grc.it care has been given the choice of furnishings. Lacking the bright- ness neces.sary to Hcdda's life, tiiey are, in the Scandinavian sense, ma- ture decoration. The old stove la an especially clever choice. — "Hedda (^lbler" is the story of a popular daughter of a Scandinavian general To obtain social recogni- tion, she marries a scholar niw h oldor than slie. Everything asso- ciated with him annoys her— his fiunt, his research work, his houi'c. Ills respei^table poverty most of all. In her desperation she resorts to nn old acoompll.shment — gun pr«<'- tlce. She carries on subtle intrigues with a Judge and a former lover. Because another woman has in- spired tlie old lover to write hi.-»- Rreat n\a.sterpiecc, Hedda burns tli" script. Still Jealous, she induce? him to take his life with her pun- At the close Hedda nlwo coin- mitj, ^ulcidc. Pctlc'ock. U)EW nOfriNG AFRICAN THLVM TRUST M-G-M PICrURES AGAINST MONOPOLY Sent New Yorkers Direct to South Africa — Made Sensational Announcements, in Newspapers — African Trust Has Country Completely Tied Up Theatrically — ^May Have to Play Pictures in Tents or Halls — Best of M.-G.-M. Pictures An- nounced for South African Exhibition Joltanaesburp. 8. A, D«c. 20. Tta* most Important theatrical film event of years is schsduled to tak* place here. Within SO days independent renting offices will be tpened to diatributs Metro-Gold- vyn-Mayer pictures in South I ^ica. I . An authorised a^ent of this pro- lucing and diatributinc concern la expected to arrive la South Africa ! about Jan. 26 with important film ^productions for the S. A. inde- I pendent exhibitor. Opinion is divided hers as to whether the whole thing is a bluff or genuine. The African Theatres Ltd. practically controls the film busincas in thia country, baclied by their own cinemas aad others leased. The population of the entire country seema too small to Justify any big foreign concern coming in and making good. It Is believed the few independent showmen with amall halls will not be able to pay a big price for their program of fiima In aeveral of the amall towns ita population only calla for two or three ahowa a week. 8. A. Young On Pieturea Compared with Bngland. the BUtes and Australia, this country Is as yet in infancy as regarda the picture trade with men knowing little or nothing of ths business, catering to the public A local paper carried a full page (Continued on page 66) Alma Rubens'^Risht to Many Questioned by D. A. L.oa AnKeleSt Feb. 2. District Attorney Ford of Kiver- "•ide county, Cal., is conducting an Investigation to decide whether the ■wedding of Alma Rubens and Ric- ardo Cortex at Misaion Inn Jan. 30 was hlgamoua. The basis for the Investisation la that the record.s of the Loa Angelea County Superior Court show that Miss Rubens' di- vorce decree from Dr. Daniel Carson Goodman will not become perma- nent until Feb. S. Ricardo asserts that Misa Rubens got married upon obtaining infor- mation from her attorney that it would be lesal. while the latter de- nies having made such a atatement to his client. The trouble seems to be that the decreu was obtained Jan. 10 List ynar and not docl^eted until Feb. 5. Under the State law, one year must elapse and a copy of the permanent decree mu.st bo obtained from the court before a wedding license can be obtained. The Indications that Ford will prosecute the case for the publicity which would accrue to liim. It is Mlas Rubens' third venture in matrimonial bonds and the first time for Cortes. The marriage declrtion was mado ha.sllly on the morning of the 30th. Roth parties left the wtudioa for River.slde where Kthel Davits, A. Sokolow, local attorney for Hearst, Ernest and Victor Vajda were wit- nesses and waiting to officiate at the job. Mias Rubens was divorced here last year from Dr. Daniel Car.son <^!oodman on prounda of cruelty. Her first husband was Frank Far- «um. the dancer. FOX'S 'FRISCO HOUSE San Francisco, Feb. 2. William Fox is to have a theatre- In San Francisco. The new theatre is to be known aa the Capitol and will seat 5,000. The location is that block on Mar- ket street directly back of the Civic Auditorium and bounded by Hayes, Polk and Market streets, one long block away from the new Pantages theatre, to open Feb. 15. A. P. Giaminl, the banker, is in- terested. Theatre men in San Francisco are apeculating on the new deal — the osssoclatlon of Fox with the West Coast Theatres, Inc., people. Fox pictures get a poor play In San Francisco — once In a while Tom Mix slips into a Famous-Players hou.se (they control four out of five of the Market street houses) and no I'oi picture has ^ver played Ijoow's Warfleld, operated by the West Coast Theatres. REMBUSCH LURE PLUTO FOR EXHIBS Wants Neutral Conference on Uniform Contract — Special Rates Billy Sunday Dents Show Business in Bin^hamion Binghamton, N. T.. Feb. 2. Billy Sunday's revival meetings, running for live weeka and with three more to go, have cut deeply into patronage of local theatres. Sunday's free gate ia getting the local time-killi>r3. They attend the meetings night after night hoping Billy will get more aenaational as time progresses. Local theatres are at wits end as to their next move. Some have cut down expenses figuring they won't get a break with the Billy Sunday opposlsh no matter what they olTer. The Stone, dark for sever.il months, reopened this week with itock. The house has been taken over by John Hammond who has in- stalled the Lillian Desmond PJayers. Misa Desmond (In private life Mrs. Hammond) and Leonard Lord head the company. The open'ng bill is "It's a Boy." Roxy Withdraws Claim Washington, Feb. 2. After giving .several of the local social lights something to think about for several days, Roxy, of radio fame, withdrew hid claitii for $5,000 for expenses placed ngninst tho $4,000 gross rung up on the four concerts sivi-n by the "Uang" here two weeks ago. Roxy had threatened to hold the .society niatrons personally respon- sible with the withdrawah coming I'oth suddenly and unexpected. With the cost of the show out of the way the ladios paid off the other bills and h.Td a profit of $400 for their proposed institution to be erected somcwhrre in New Me.\ic(». No one said anything, however, about .sending that $400 to Roxy. Indianapolis, Feb. S. Frank J. Rembuscti, president of the Indiana Theatre Owners, haa broadcast a telegram informing the trade in general he has made a na- tional survey which haa disclosed that for 14 months theatre owners the country over have talked and complained about the uniform con- tract, but have done nothing be- yond that because past political dif- ferencea have made anything like united national action on the part of exhibitors impossible. He aug- gesta that there be a general get- together of exhibitora at French Lick, Ind., for two days, Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 24-25, for a na- tional exhibitor conference of the uniform contract regardless of po- litical afllliations. Rembusch guarantees that the conference shall be entirely free from politics, personalities, elec- tions, organization differences and that there shall be no old organiza- tion affairs discussed or new or- ganization work undertaken. No producers shall take any part In the deliberationa. He feels that the Hays organization would be compelled to recognize the delibera- tions and to bring that about he la calling on all theatre owners, large or small, in or out of organization so that a perfectly neutral and friendly footing might l>e assumed by all attending. 90 Days The fact that the new buying season is but 90 daya off and that unleaa the exhibitors at largo get together and compel by sheer num- bers a recognition of the demands In regard to the Uniform Contr.ict they will be forced to transact their business under the existent con- tract for another year. In his telegram he states: "We are able to do this thro h the courtesy of the French Lick Hotel Springs Co. and other hotels in the Lost River Valley and the Theatre Owners will act as hosts. We are centrally located and there will be reduced rates on all rail- roads. The I'Yench Lick Hotel makes us a special rate of $10 a Jay per person American plan, two people to a room and the $10 in- cludes room, bath, meals and Pluto water." Whether or not the latter would bo of any particular attraction to the exhibitors is something for the future to decide. 5c PASS TAX Washington, Feb. 2. With the comhinins of the Crandall Interests, holding 14 local picture houses here, with the Stanley Company of America a "tax" of five cents has been placcj on all passes. CHAPLIN'S EXPECTATION Los Angeles, Feb. 2. As reported over a month ago, the ^tf.rk will again pay a vlsR to tho liome of Charlie Chaplin. Arbuckle Lands with M-G I.,os Ani;eles, Fch. 2, Roscoe Arbuckle has at last been signed by oito of the major flhn companies, M''tro-(iol(lwyn, to di- rect "Over Ni.«tii" under the puper- vl.sion of Kddie .Mannix, nc\ve;st producer on the M-'J lot. Conrad Na;;>'l \\i\\ star. It Is understood Arliucklo will use the n;inie of William (Joodrii'h for re- le.x.sing purposes. JOAN CRAWFORD ENGAGED? Los Arirjeles, leb. 2. Michael Cuilahy, 18, son of Mrs. Jack Cuitaliy, is reported enL'aged to ni.'irry Juan Cr.iwford, M'lro- Ooldwyn featured pIa\T>r who was recruited from the ranks of a Siui- hert musical in NcW York by Harry Rapf. Meantime her n:ime haa ber-n changed from Lucille LoSeure to Juan Crawford. HAYS BACK Ready to Tackle Uniform Contract and independents Will H. Hays returned to New York on Monday, after having .spent more than a fortnight In Los Angeles, and stated he was perfect- ly satl.sficd with tho manner In which tilings in the production field were progressing. He also said that the I'Vee Casting IJureau for extra people was functioning and that liie workers were receiving tliat Hays will t.ackle will be the question of the Uniform Contract. Likewi.se the proposed orijatiiz.Ttion of inde- pendents among the produ'-ers will be t.aken up. Negf.tlatlons for this have previously been under way I'y Hay.s. How Germans View American Amalgamation Deal With Their UFA Berlin, J.in. ?S. The TTFA contract with the Famous Play era and Metro-Goldwyn is being gr.adually di.scloseii. All tli. pi.ints have not been made clear as vet. One of the most Important conditions 1^ that Famous has agreed to release and distribute 10 UFA films yearly, brlni^ing tiiem out at all their lirst-run theatres as If they were their own products In return UFA must release at Its tlieatres 40 Kamous-Motro-GoM- wyns. This with the 10 Univer.-vils which UFA also will release makes a proportion of BO to 10 to the UFA'S disadvantage. Another point is that the I'FA has given a mortgage on the l.'FA house. Ita big oWce building, as a security for the $4,000,000 Amer- ican loan; in other words, should the UFA not be able to pay the interest, the Americans can appropriate this building. The question of when and in what form the Joint Amerlcan-UFA productions are to be made is still In the dark. A good deal of loose talk and writing about the situation and the UFA has been attacked for having allowed Itself to be American- iced— "strangled by a loan," it ia said. The opinion of the mora sensible papers, however, agrees that the UFA haa acted aanely. Where formerly not more then one UFA film a year appeared on Broadway now the showing of 10 timea that number ia guaranteed. Not only that but the UFA la apparently left a free hand as to what and in what manner It Vill produce. In the new distributing com- pany the U1<^A has 60 per cent and It is claimed that the UFA's Ger- man films will be Just as well handled aa the American products. One thing admitted ia that the UFA must from now on be very careful In ita production methods, for if it once gets badly in debt the Anioiican film corporations can step in to take a much more powerful position that is now t)ie case. At any rate the next year ia expected to bring Intereattng and radical changes. MENJOU CHARGES CRUEL TREATMEKT BY WIFE Starts Divorce Action — Mrs. Menjou Surprised, Leaves " Home Los Angelea. Feb. 2. Adolphe Menjou haa fllod a suit In the Supreme Court for a divorce from Katherlne Menjou. his wife and a former New York newspaper woman. The complaint charges cruelty and Inhuman treatment. It la set forth that the couple were married In New York on Jan. 20. 1910. and separated Nov. 8, 1»2C. Mrs. Men- jou liaa a aon, Harold Tinsley Menjou, 12 yeara old, by a former marriage. The complaint also alleges that Mrs. Menjou made vcrlous remarks to her husband in which she said he waa "good for nothing, puffed up and conceited." She la al.so charged with having called her mother- in - laW "a liar," and made other un- comfortable remarks. Mrs. Menjou has left hor homo in Beverly Hills and gone Into retire- ment. Milton Cohen, her attorney, has satd that she ia undecided as to what course she will take with re- spect to contesting the divorce ac- tion. Mr. Cohen says that Men- jou'a action took his client complete- ly by surprise, and she is so broken up that .she has left her home and must rest for a time. Menjou ia expected to return to the Famous IMayers-L.isky studio here next month, when he will atari work on the Michael Arlen .script. "Ace of Cads." Malcolm St. Clair will probably direct. If you don't advertise in VARIETY don't advertise International Distributors Of Independent Films Henry Ginsberg, independent dls- trlliutor, and George K. Kann at one time secretary to Cail Laenunle and later with tlie foreign di (..irimint of Universal, have formed a ■! art- nership for tlie disti ii^ution i>t imlc- pendent made pictures on an inter- national scale. Kann has been acti\e for a num- ber of years aa a member of tlio firm of Sipimorifl-Kaiin iOnterpi ise.s, foreign distributors. The new firm will assume tlie name of the ilenry Glnsbcrg-tieorge K. Kann Distribut- ing Corporation. L. H .Mlt( hell haa been engaped a.s 'iirector of advertising and pub- !1( ity for the newly formed orjianl- y.aiion. Ho was formerly witl> Goid- wyn and I'irsl National. FALSE GROSS ACCUSATION ON COONEYS F. P. Stiet for $25,000^ Using Only Indcpend* ent Films Chicago, Feb. I. Famous riayera obtained a writ from Judge Cliff* restraining the Cooney Brothers from interfering with their hooka and recorda until such time aa a auit now pending Is settled. Famoua I'layera chargea the Cooney Rrothera, who own tha Capitol, Chatham and other aouth side theatrea under the corporals name, Nathional Theatrea (Corpora- tion, with misrepresenting the gruas on Famous Players fllma. Ben J. Cooney. vice-president of the Arm in a signed statement to Variety aald: "Famoua Playera' ault against ua fcr $.5,000 consummates a l(>ng at- tempt by recent associates of Fa- moua Playera to slander the (Char- acter of Cooney lirothera and the National Theatres Corporation. The National Theatres Corporation has been unuaually auccessful In the operation of their Capitol and Strat- ford theatrea, using cxcluHlvely In- d« pendent producta with Univer.sal us the backbone of Ua programs. We have paid Icsa than |8,000 fof Famous Players service In the past year, making this suit rldictiloua and preposterous." Loew*s, Miami Miami, Feb. t. Marcus Lopw intends to operate a new .-ind large picture hou.se here. It Is tlie a<'CITATION8 I'UKSK.NTATIONa i -- .1437 Sway, TalSMO Pen. — «. •i>t ->*tr. J Mai ..irH..')\ v.« I . ♦ I T Jr • ill t V • f .'I I •♦■';. .h I . r » t -I. ) I .■ T ^t i' . f •»' r'' l»l 'Tl < I 1.+ < I If. .1 It /*-,■■■ 99 • nnjijjii^wi%»,'i".ii'4!u..wiii»^='r' »7wv yn '.f ii'_»^P.,»iip^*^JMJiWii 1 ii'Uiri,!, T '^ -^TTW^ffJ ^m» ^ ^ KWTHV^ * VAMETY PICTURES Wednesday, February 3, 1028 ASSOOATI N THROWIKG OUT B. & K'S MID-WEST AND STATES WILL KICK BACK March 1 Set as Date for Great States Circuit to Dust Out of Western Vaudeville Managers' Association — Sam Tishman Books Them — Tish- man and Glen Burt May Form Strongest Indepen- dent Booking Agency of Middle West ^ Chicago. Feb. S. Cy kicking: out the houses con- trolled by the Great States Theatres Co.. booking through the Associa- tion and Orpheum, Jr., booking oir.ces. the association haa knocked another of lis strongest props from beneath its hitherto supposed Im- prctjnable foundations. Tiio Great States Theatres Co., con trolled by Balaban A KaU, boo'.icd by S.im Tishman In the as- •ofiatlon, is the latest Independent circuit to be ousted from the Asso- ciation books, the Diilaban A Katz MM west Theatres Co. having r*- ccntly been thrown out, through the alibi that the Midwest was "oppo- ■Uion" to the Association notwith- standing that the Midwest was be- in; booked by It. When the Association barred the Midwest from Us books the Great {Continued on page 66) FOX STARTS 6 6 000 Seats in Suburb; Total Population, 40,000 New Rochelle. N. Y.. Feb. J. For the past four or five years a Marcus Loew picture house haa had a virtual monopoly on the theatre-going residents •t this town. Several months ago building plans were filed for the erection of a large theatre on the ittain stroet of New Rochelle, work on which Is now under way. It Is understood Keith's will take over the house when ci.mpleted. Yesterday announcement was made of the purchase of property on Korth avenue for the srvctlon of a large picture house by local Interests. J. Albert Mahlstedt. bank director and lumber man, is behind the second project, with other New Rochelle capital Involved. Picture release arrangements have been made, though it Is not known through what channels. The cost of erecting the theatre is estimated at $400,000. H. Lansing Quick, of YoDKers, Is the architect, and Johnson & Miller, of the same city, will be the builders. This latest house will seat 1,800. It will give New Rochelle a com- bined the.itre seating capacity of arproxlmatcly 8,000. The popula- tion is about 40.000. AUSTRALirS 25% TAX ON U. S. FILMS Proposed Bill Claims Americans Escaping Tax •—Premier Misinformed Sydney, Dec. 10. The New South Wales labor gov- ernment propose to place a tax of Ave shillings <$I 25) the pound ($5) on Income made out of film hire. In other words, as America provides most of the pictures sent here, the government proposes to fax Amer- ican companies 25 per cent of the profits earned In Australia. Mr. Lang, premier, stated that American film companies were es- caping the income tax by sending their money to America. Whoever Informed the premier of these fa^ts grossly misled the head of the gov- ernment The film companies of this city pay their tax just the same as the ordinary Importer or exporter does. However, it means that If the bin is passed, the public will be the ones to suffer. The exchangers will have to charge a higher rate to the •shibltor, and the exhibitor will raise his admission scale. "The Sunday Times," newspaper ryn by Hugh D. Mcintosh, has been stating that millions of pounds were being sent out of the country free of tax. Mr. Mcintosh has asserted that the movies were disrupting the empire, belittling the Englishman and undermining the morals of young folk. The motion picture exchangers, exhibitors and the trade In general will wait upon the premier and state their case. Los Angeles, Feb. t. At the Fox West Coast Studio six productions were put into work this week. Howard Hawkes began mak- ing "FLg Leaves," adapted from an original story which he wrote for the screen by Lorlng and Louis Lelghton. Jack Blystone will direct Tom Mix in "Hard- Boiled"; John Ford will begin producing "Corn Cob Kelly's Benefit," adapted for ths screen from an original story by Peter B. Kyne, in which Jeanette Oaynor, Leslie Fenton. J. Farrel McDonald are to be featured. l*>ank Boraage will b«4:ln produc- tion on "Separate Rooms," from the story by Evelyn Campbell, In which Matt Moore and Katherlne Perry are to be co-featured; Irving Cum- mlngs will start making "Rustling for Cupid." a Peter B. KynfK story, in which George O'Brien, Jacqueline Ix>gan are featured, and Robert Kerr will direct Buck Jones in "SO Below Zero." •^DISCOVERED" H, I«LOTD Qulnn Martin, picture critic of the "World" and "Liberty," left the weekly thls'week, It is stated on Broadway. The reason, as reported is that "Liberty" has been sub- jected to unmerciful kidding since Martin, in its columns, took credit for the discovery of Harold Lloyd as a star — a dis- covery which has since become a classic jest at every meeting of picture people. WEATHER LAST WEEK IN PHILLY BADLY HURT Stanley at .$27,000; "Parade" (Special), $18,000, and Fox, $17,500, Off PROVIDENCE CAN STAND QNGERING UP FOR BIZ MORNING SHOW WORTH $359 35c From 11 -I at Public BVay Houses Houses Running Too Close- $8,000, $7,200, $7,000 3 Leaders Last Week J. 0. SPEARING DIBECTINQ James O. Spearing, former picture eriiic of the New York '"rimes," who Joined the ''nlversal forces three J cars aso as a scenarist, haa been made a director and received his first assignment to direct "Blad- ing Through" by Johnston McCuI- Icy. The cast includes Viola Dana, Kenneth Harlan, Henry B. Walt- hall, DeWltt Jennings, Fred Kohlcr, Fr.ink Hagney and little BiUjr Kent Bchaef Walter Rivers Back Walter A. Rivers, Coast news- paperman and with the First Na- tional publicity forces in Holly- wood be\re leaving for his round the world trip Oct. 24, reached New York last week on his way back home. Mr. Rivers left Sunday for Los Anpre'.cs. Of the several countries visited Mr. Rivers said he prefers Japan, while huvinp; a reverse opinion of the Malay states. i^-.^'xrHEATHE BtAUTlfUL PLACE FOR "BLACK PIRATE" Albert Parker who directed "The Black Pirate" for Douglas Fair- banks arrived In town this week. At the U. A., Harry Buckley, repre- sentative for I'lckford and Fair- hanks, stated that no house on Broadway had as yet been closed for the new Fairbanks picture but that he believed that he would have one lined up the latter part of next week. KILLING TRAIN TIME Los Angeles, Feb. t. Irving Thall.i-rK. .John (Jllbort and King Vidor, the trio who produced, •tarred In and direeted "The Big Parade," are due In New York Thursday and are working en route on "Burdleys the Magnificent," which Is Vidor's next story for Gil- bert. The film will be m.tde largely In the Technicolor process. Sullivan's 2-Vaar Contract Los Angeles, Feb. 2. C. Gardiner Sullivan has been pl.iced on a two-year contr.ict ai> scenario writer by Cecil De Mill©. Philadelphia. FM>. S. The axtrwoe cold spell had a lot of the usual 01m patrons staying home to watch their furnaces, and the bad weather at the beginning of the week also helped bold down business. The result was a weak consider- ably off in general attendanoa. This week the Stanley la again competing with the Fox in the mat- ter of the surrounding bill. With 'n'he Vanishing American," "The Big Parade" and "The Merry Widow" held over, the only other novelty was "Hands Up." with Ray- mond Griffith, at the Karlton. "The Wanderer," another picture which had an original Aldlne show- ing, comes to the Stanley next week, and "The Palace of Pleasure" to the Fox. Estimates for Last Weak Stanley (4,000; S6-t0-76)— "Pban- tom of Opera" Big Parade** at $2 at Wilkes to $16,600— Bill Hart vs. Tom Mix Mayor of Milwaukee In Stage Presentation Milwaukee, Feb. i. For the first time in Milwaukee or the middle west a local theatre haa completed a tie-up with the city officials to get one of them on the stage for a presentation. Es for some time. Estimatea For Last Week Century— "His Secretary" (3,000; 30-75). Nofma Shearer building as a draw. Last week no test. Ros- coo Ails-Katie Pullman act filled variety end of bill and packed 'em in, setting tho 1926 record, topping all weeks at this house since the fall engagement of "The Midship- man." Harry Van Hovon, the Whitehurst publicity man, ran a scries of snappy back page ads on the Ails act, and the result was a nightly tu-rnaway. House turned in a big week, almost touching $19,000. Rivoli— "Infatuation" (2,300* 35- 75). Corinno Griffith, house favor- ite. Maintained business at pre- vious week's satisfactory figure in spite of intenso cold Thursday. Around $14,000. N,w,_"VVomanhandled" (1,800; 25-50). Richard Dix unable to turn in anything outstanding and picture faileci to echo "Manhandled" as draw. Returns fair, around $7,000. Hippodrome — "Braveheart" and vaudeville (3,200; 25-76). l^opnlar family house gradually easing into western typo of fllm picture and finding It worth while. Reaction to this one gratifying. Around $11,500. Metropolitan— "The Wheel" (1,300; 15-50), No outstanding cast names and receipts down somewhat. House does pretty consistent business, however. Around $6,000. Parkway— "Lights Of Old Broad- way" (1,400; 25-50). Marion Davies moved up from down-town Century. Business fair to good but not out- standing. Around $3,500. Garden — "The Golden Strain" and vaudevillo (3,000; 25-50). Although picture of typo popular here, no names In cast and drawing power not exceptional. Maryland's oldest Champion Fiddler featured in va- riety end of bill and doserves credit for much of draw. Business con- tinued good with receipt* around $10,600. Thia Weok RivoU, "Tho Eagle"; Century, "Hands Up"; New, "American Venus"; Metropolitan, ' Hogan's Alley"; Parkway, "White Desert"; Hippodrome, "People versus Nancy Preston"; Garden, "Arizona Sweep- stakes." - Chicago Got $42,000 with "LighU of B*way"— Mc« Vickert, $33,500 with Paul Ath Celebrati< Valentino Starts OfiF at Rootevelt to $24,000 U. METS $31, SET PACE IN GOOD WEEK Best Business of Month on Coast — "Dance Madness*' Got $22,900 Los Angeles, Fob. 2. (Drawing Pop., 1,250,000) Trade at the first -run picture houses last week was a bit better than it had been for the past niuntli. Eatimates for Laat Week Metropolitan— "Mannen. Loew's (3.400; 35-50). "Mike" aii-iitures r.uill up steadily for $20,000. Lafayette (3,1(10: :!.')-r.in. ".Masked r^lde" and vnielexille Pieture bet- ter th.Tn ordinary run. .Show ran well. i;.-.tiriialea $17,000 Topcka, Kan.. Feb. 3. (Drawing Population, 75,000) "Keeper of the Hees," aided and abetted by Lloyd's ".\'ever Weaken," topped everything hero for the week, doui)llng the gross reported for "The I'nholy Three." tho latter aecl.aimed by the critics as being one of the best of the season. A Charleston contest at the Nov-- elty (vaudeville), hurt business at the other picture hou.ses, MacLean's "Seven Ki-ys" doing le.ss thfrti ave- rage business for tlie week. Next week, the Grand starts its new policy of dividing its dates between stock and road sliow.^, the VVad- dell's J'layens of Wichita opening with "The .Son« .inti Dmee Man," just relea."ed fi«r s!o cago theatre $40,000 in last week's estimatea with the Fanioua Play- ers' picture, "Mannequin." ThJa provided the Chicago with plenty of chance to do some squawking on its own account, aa Ita gross waa $8,000 In excess of what Va- riety quoted. All of tho Balaban and KaU houses have been holding up vary well, with tho Tlvoll on tho south sjdo doing tremendous business, frequently bettering $30,000, pho- numonal money for a neighbor- hood. Tho Tlvoll u tho first of ths big de luxe houses built by B. A K. That It la beating the new and larger Uptown Is noted with som* surprise by the trade. Tho Uptown is catching on, with tho matinees assuming dimensions now that an "afternoon tea" wrinkle has caught the fancy of tho femlnino popula- tion. Rudy Valentino gave tho Roose- velt a $24,000 week on his first entry with "Tho Eagle," and tho film seema good for three to four weeks, Valentino's usual engago- mcnt at this house. The girls turned out In large numbers for an- other picture, "Tho Plastic Age," at the Randolph. While the Intako was only $4,000 tho flapper draw offset tho nemesis of this grind house. Much publicity attaC^^ A mithofolitan pitoDucnoN P^ELEASED BY PRODUCEKS Mcwbw of Motion Pknire Producers and Dutributori of Ainn. "SEEING IS BELIEVING* is the wise showman's slogan. P. D. C. welcomes this opportunity to test the box office value of its product and to "show die goods.'' WE HAVE THE PRODUCT AND WE ARE SHOWING IT! Dates for deluxe showings have aheady been set in every Key center in the country on the following productions : "THREE FACES EAST.^^ **BRAVEHEART," "THE MILLION DOLLAR HANDICAP,'* -TIFTH AVENUE," "ROCKING MOON" Md **STEEL PREFERRED." . You are not booking ''sight unseen** when you contract for P. D. C. product. The pictures are ready for delivery according to schedule^'Cvery promise fulfilled as to character and variety of product. jThe BOX OFFICE VALUE of P. D. C. productions can be gauged by the reaction of the audiences at diese deluxe trade showings, inasmuch as they will be held virith 'public* audiences in attendance, with musical settings and under theatre conditions that will enable exhibitors to judge the enter* tainment value of the productions and the reception they will receive when presented in their own theatres. Theatres and towns listed to date on these deluxe trade showings are: 4 RLALTO THEATRE METROPOLITAN THEATRE TREMONT TEMPLE • > LAFAYETTE THEATRE IMPERIAL THEATRE - ORPHEUM THEATRE .' KEITH'S 105th ST. THEATRE OLD MILL THEATRE ^ COLONIAL THEATRE i V Atlanta Ga.^ r *L Baltimore, Md. n r» * \£ I •-4 .4 Kanta* City, Mo* New York, N. Y. M^ Boston, Mass. Buffalo. N. Y. > Oklahoma City, Okla.' ^ Charlotte, N.c' • Cincinnati, Ohio • Cleveland, Ohio • Dallas, Texas Indianapolis, Ind. GLOBE THEATRE WURLITZER HALL CAPITOL THEATRE CAMEO THEATRE '^ '- - Pittsburgh, Pa," NEW GRAND CENTRAL THEATRE St. Louis, Mo. GRAND THEATRE - • Thomasville, Ga. UNCOLN THEATRE f ; - Troy, N. Y. ORPHEUM THEATRE 1^ '^ ? Waycross, Gai AMBASSADOR THEATRE - Washington, D. C. ALAMO THEATRE - . • Westpoint, GaJ ( I RIBUTING COKPOKATION K)HN C. FUNN. Vlce.Pre«ld«nt and C«n«ril Manager .Foreign DiBtribntoet Prodac*r* tnterntlionll Corporation 130 Wft 46th Street I^ew York, N. |T I VARIETY P ICTURES Wednesday, February 8, 1926 LITERATI Gabriel's Writing Output Cllbort Gabriel is the « lamatio critic for the "Nt-w Yorkor," follow- ing Herman Minklf^wicz' trip to the Coaflt to do [ncturo work. Gabriel lii reKiil^rly nected with Uie Brewster I'ubllca- tioas since last August, when he left aa editor of the "Movie Monthly." The sense of the Variety article was that Roberts would resign from the "Movie Monthly" if the new venture was successful and that Eugene Brewster waa. not "in" on tlje "Parade." Horace M. Clark, who died sud* denly the other day in Milwaukee^ magazine editor of Hearst's "Wis« oonsln Newa" for the past four years, has been succeeded by j, Nash McCrea, former market edi- tor. Cepha Day's Departments Cepha Day of the Frohman press department la also on the staff ot "Le Bon Ton." a high hat style mag- azine of which Ruth Taylor la edi- tor. Miss Day is doing a dramatic, picture and beauty page. She is performing similar services for "The New Eve," a new rotogravure monthly designed for women. c- . Legion of Honor List Eugene Cornuche, creator of the famous pamblirig casinos at Deau- ville and Cannes, haa been deco- rated with the Legion of Honor by tho French government. Othera on the Now Year list for the same red ribbon just Issued are Carlotta Zambelll, danseuso at the Paris Opera; Jane Lanvan, dress- maker; Albln Michel, publisher; George Adam, Paris correspondent of New York "Sun"; Edgar Carolan. engineer; Leon J. Garcey, commer- cial m-anaper of Sleeping Car Com- pany; Henry Hyvernat of Washing- ton, and M. Barthold. painter. The last four are Americana. i Hughie FulUrton on Jazz Hughie Fullerton, sports writer, ■who uses the nom-de-plume of Paul KInkead for everything outside of . sports, will do a series of theatrical articles for "Liberty." His first on ^"Jazz" last week was an Interview , wfth Roger Wolfe Kahn. Although '. BO much blah to the wiseacres, as regards the information, data and manner of treatment, Kahn wns cor- rectly quoted In placing Paul White- man on top of the list In his field. Tab in St. Louis A tabloid (morning) dally will In- ▼ad« the St. Louia field this month. Tho new sheet will be called the "Daily Mirror." The "Globe-Demo- crat" now has things quite its own .morning way. Reichenbach's Expose Harry Reichenbach's expose of press agentry in "Liberty" the past two weeks haa been generally panned by his confrerea, although Keichenbaoh haa benefited person- ally. He has received stacks of pro- , posals from every aort of enterprise to become associated aa exploita- tion man to put this and that thing acros.s. 60 Losers, All Authors Some 60 authors of means are out a goodly sjm each over the col- lapse of tho project of the Authors' League of America for the con- atructlon of a 20-8tory co-operative ■ apartment house in New York. After a site had been purchased and an architect secured, the or- ganization had dllllculty In obtain- ing a building loan. A wait would be costly so the league had to un- load, at a subsequent loss. The Authors' League loses none of Its own funds, as the enterprl.-'e had been subscribed to by the 60 writers who were to have teen the tenants. Had the idea gone through It would have been the first writers' - apartment house colony In the world. It is probable, however, that the league may yet ertv t a smaller apartment building, using Its own money. I ■ h. Although American book and magazine publishers are pro.spering aa never before, Engll.sh publi.Mliers are not doing so well. ArooidinKl.\ , overtures have been made by tb. Publishers' Association to the Au- thor»\ Society and retail l^ooksellers ^7B5rTT7''n""'"''"w'^'=«ir7«^ JJ^I Wednesday, February 8, 1924 FltttjRES VARIETY AMUSEMENT STOCK QUOTATIONS For the past week there has been a continued upward trend In prac- tically all of the amusement shares. An InsUlc pool Is at work In Famous Players. It has sent the common of that corporation skyward to the extent of almost 15 points in the last 10 days. DurinK the last week there were IIC, 000-odd shares dealt in, and the result waa that the stock went from 105 to a new high of 117-%. Saturday, with only a half-day. of trading, 17,000 shares passed hands, with 117 touched. Yes- terday the stock went to 120>X4, with a slight falling off later In the after- noun for Just a fraction of a point. .M>out eight months ago Famous put out some of Its treasury •tock at 90, convertible at 107. The general opinion is that the pool of insiders have the treasury stock located and are out to send the price along as bi'rh as they can and then unload. Practically all of the other amusement stocks also went upward In the general rising market. But none showed anything like Famous. The preferred also showed a substantial gain on a small amount of dealing. Fox Active Loew's also was up slightly, as was Fox Theatres, which hare been marketed but recently on the Curb. The Fox organization is decidedly active in the theatre field at present, acquiring houses, and It is aaid that they have lined up a number of sites in this country's bigger cities (or flrst-run theatres, one of the latest being a proposed $10,000,000 structure in Pittsburgh, and another In San Francisco. Fox is also look- ing to an Invasion of the Latin-American countries for the building of a number of houses, the first of which will probably be In Havana. i<'amou8 and Loew have both overlooked the Latin-American •ituation as far as theatres are concerned, it seems; but some of the First Na- tional representatives have been after the Central American countries and are repeated to have already closed for a Cuban house. The market activities over last week, ended Saturday, shewed: Sales. High. I.uw. Cloae. Cb's«. Xastman Kodak 2.8U0 i:u>4 IMI^ 1U»% + ^ Uo., pfd -MO 110 11311 lia -f K F^tioua i'layera-Lrftaky IIO.SUU 117% I0&^ 117% +il% do., pfd 2,000 122'A 118 122% -H% ■tlrst .Vational Fox Films A e,70D 80 77% 80 -»- % L.iow'(. Inc 16.800 40% Sl% 89% ■fl% Mriro-Unldwyn 600 23>4 23 23% Motion riclure Cap. Corp S.OOO 20 19 19% Orphcutn Circuit l.MO SO 29% 20% — % •ilo., pfd Paihe KzchanRe A T,800 79% 77 79% •fl% Universal PIciurra 100 l>3% M% 03% Warner Bros. Pictures A •.'00 14% U 1S% — % Curb American Saattoc Co 20 275 Mfi t7S *BaIaban A KalB ctfa ... «. , ... ... ... *Kllm Inspection U ... ... ... ... ... Fox Theatres A 10.500 S2% SO 32% ■fl% Trans-Lux .Scrven ^ U.IOO 13 13% 12% — % *i;n:vcrsal Pictures ... ... ... ... ... 'Earner Bros. Pictures 100 10 10 M -f % * .'Co sales or quotations. The close of the market yesterday disclosed that there artill bad been considerable activity, particularly in Famous shares, which went oft for about 2 points, so the settling process may be on at present, Tho last quotations were: BlUea. HIeb. Low. Clo«*. Ck'ge. Basiman Kodak 200 110% 110% 110% — % Famous Players-Lasky •,800 119% 117% 11T% — 1% Do, preferred 600 123% 121 121 Fox Film A 000 70% 7* 7*% ■4-1% Loew's, Inc 1.100 43% 40 40 Motion Picture Cap. COrp X..... 1.30O 20% IW SO 4-% Paths Exchange A 1.200 80 78% TVft —% Warner Broa. A 1,100 13% U% lt% CURB Film Inspection U 100 6% S% B% -f % Fox Theatres A 8.000 81% 80% UA —% Trans-Lux Screen 8^600 12% It itfk 4-% Note: Tbo«« shares omitted from the Tuesday table were not 4«Alt lA. Fox Sued by Broker in Unknown Balto. Deal Ualllinore, Feb. 2. J. S. WiUsun. Jr. & Co., local brokers filed suit In the Si^poiiur Couit against the Fox Thtatric;U Enterprises. Inc., to reciver $147,- 875, rt'pri'.sentliig 10 per ooiit of allct,'id sale price of the Century tho.itrc. ArcoiUlng to the bill filed last week the coninict was J.iua .\l;ii\h 9, 1921. It authorized the brokers to submit the Fox bid fn:- th ihe.Ttre to llie late Charles E. VVhitehurst, fonuer pre.-u I'l ; .it' ti^ Centuiy Company. According to the brokers thi.s sale it-p^c , ite.! the mrtjorlty of the common and preftrrud stock of the theaiie. This was a new and iinlyuked for angle to the long peiulhig ncj^otia- tlons for the sale of the Whitehur.si Theatrical Entcriirises here. It is common knowledge tl;at noKoliution..^ with various out-of-tuwn Intcre.sts have been In proRrress for the past year but that there was a deal pending during the regime of the late C. E. VVhitehurst. founder and guidinK spirit of the big enterprises, comes as a surprise. In a newspaper Interview during the week. Dr. J. H. VVhitehurst, brother of the late C. E.. anfl present head of the VVhitehurst Theatres, denied that the theatre or stock had been sold. It is known, however, that a deal Is pending for the sale of the Whlte- hur.st theatres to Fox. and th'' broker's suit Is doubtless prompted by this knowledge. Their Intention may be to claim the current ne- gotiations a continuation of the one set In motion by them under con- tract in 1921. Buddy Stuart With A. E. I LEVIN BE-BUTS FaiBCO H0TIIB8 Buddy Stuart, resigned from the Publix Theatres Corp. (Famous Players-Balaban A Katz) since the Craduatlon of the first class from the manager's school where he was one of the principal Instructors, having gone there from an active field managerial post. Mr. Stuart immediately aligned himself with the Associated Exhib- itors and is handling special pub- licity and exploitation in New Eng- land for the Peggy Hopkins Joyce feature, "The Sky Rocket." Service for Hillstreet Los Angeles, Feb. 2. The Hillstreet, the Junior Or- phcum house here, must search the Independent market for pictures no longer, as the house has secured for' first run showing 20 from Para- mount, several from Metro-Goldwyn and the same indeflnlte number from First National. These are for im- mediate showing. Frank Newman, head of the Publix houses and who has Just re- turned from Kansas City, states that the houses under his charge will play but 62 Paramounts an- nually, and that his supposition is th© overflow was given the Orpheum people. Newman denies he will take over bis former Kansas City hou.ses March 1. BUlira m SELUi^G "We can bul'd and then we o.nn sell." "VVe can sell bet.iro wo hi) I'd." "Why sell before we luililV "Why sell before we open?" "Why sell at all?" •liut build." "Pipe!" Are the big distributors of pictures listening? Thats how they talk about you men in and business. out of th« Prohibit Defore Building A .smart fellow who has a site In what Is called the worst town In Its State, hasn't broken ground yet — just announced the theatre he Intends* to build. An exhibitor of a chain In a near-by city offered him (15.000 for the rest of his life to turn over his prospectivo theatre. He refused. Wanted $35,000 a year for life. How long can the whlp-sawlng last? Big distributors are build- Ing and buying — the smart fellows are building and selling. These announced theatres will continue to multiply. They will be completed if not purchased prior to erection, when the purchaser will erect them anyway. There Is an endless chain much larger than any picture chain. Protecting Theatres Distributors If they want to protect their theatres of now or the future had better stop buying theatres before they are built. They mlpht send out word that they are not going to buy them after being built. That needs on understanding and right away. It makes one dizzy to think of what liilght happen, and it may happen. How about pass*ng all of these buying deals through tho Will Hays office. Just for a check-up so the other fellow will either lay oft or keep oft? It would be a start anyway. Mr, Hays as Advisor And Mr. Hays to advise every bank In the U. S. they had better communicate with him before loaning money for theatro building purposes In their towns: also to tell the" local papers, otherwise they may find themselves without flim service or with competition that can get film pervlce. This very plan could bring about more building If It wore not generally believed at present the theatre Is overbuilt already any- where. Otherwise the local bank might say It must be a good schema to build when told not to. That was possible some while a«o— not now. And the banking connections of pictures could do tha r«8t. But distributors should do something— they are permitUng iho picture business to run away from them, despite how big tboy think they are or are. San Francisco, Fab. I. Sam Levin, tha original pro- moter and builder of the Alex- andria and Coliseum nelgbborbood houses In this city, has repurchased these properties from Herbert Ia Pothchlld. The understanding is that Lerin paid exactly the same price be re- ceived when he sold them to Roth- child several years ago, and thkt the only actual cash Involved was $26,000. The balance of the trans- action hinged on the profits. Roumania's High Duty Washington, Feb. 2. Acting on behalf of the American motion picture producers the State Department is protesting to the Roumanian Gdvernment against the proposed high Import, tax contem- plated by that European nation on American films Imported. The proposed tax. It is stated, would practically nullify any profits from showings In Roumanla. 2 NEW D£ MULE UinTS Los Angeles, Feb. Z. Cecil B. De Mllle has added two new production units to make pic- tures for release through Pro- ducers' Distributing Corporation. One will bo headed by Vera Rey- nolds and Robert Ames, while Jetta Goudal will work In the other unIL 'BOUSD WOELD TRIPPEES . Chicago, Feb. S. Mr. and Mrs. Morris Katz, with Mr. and Mrs. 1. Berkson, of the Ualaban and Katz circuit, and the Ucseland- State Theatre, are leaving on a trip around the world. They win be away for about four months. Long Distance Rebate For Mt Vernon's House Mt. Vernon, N. T.. Feb. S. Rebate tickets good until »est June have been sent out through local merchants for the new GoUI- reyer picture house, seating l.tOOw opening Feb. 10. Nothing has been said about Ita picture policy or prices. THIRD MOLLT MAY Joseph Levering Is directing th* third of the Molly May aeries for Arthur J. Lamb. It Is called "Hef First Night In the Follies" Violet Merserau Is the star. Lamb will distribute the plctur* through Cran field & Clarke. s* ARTHUR J. LAMB presents STAIRWAYS 1 WORLD" A One-Reel Novdty Baeed Upon Song of Same Title by John £ . Healy and Alfred Salman Direction JOSEPH LEVERINC To Be Released February 28 by CLARKE, Inc., 1476 Broadway, VARIETY PICTURES Wednesday, February 8, 1926 HOUSE REVeS METROPOLITAN Hi^' Hush the 500 capacity Metropolitan In an attempt to etsiEje a more preten- tious and tnore pc)i)ular type of pic- ture entertainment. The biK openinij of Loew's 4,000- papaclty State last wes-k under Us >ew policy of big production came Ju»t as the chan'jre in local rniinager- •bip at the New Metropolitan oc- curred, and just aa tl»e liouse was recoverlntr. from the malicious fumor that Itii balcony was unsafe. Last niKht's business, however, at v*he Met In the fale of a blinding gizzard was floor capacity and ( fUKiut a half of the balcony. The , ,4raw being due to the heavy ailvor- tislnfc of Fay Lanphier in person ■ and alio Fritzi Scheff bolsterinp a I I gorgeous fashion show. Miss Lau- phler was only a Hash, and a disap- ' Ppoinltnent «s she appeared only in Bone »own and not in her contest f Winning batiiinj; .'•uit. Mi.ss Schcft \mng only one number. The te.st of the more popular vein •f tl)e show as a whole was i.roved by applause, which came rei)eatedly throtish the show \n marked con- trmst to produclios earlier in tha •*The Grand Duchess and the Waiter' wa.s the picture, flanked by Mack Sennett's 'Whisperins Whle- J kara." which opened srad, but ended •fin heavy laupha. ;l Supporting blta, including a Tepica and a scries of International «tufr. Including Calirornia shots In •alor. Holt and Iluberls offered a aaat duet, colorfully staged In an ^apple tree .s^tliii:,', and I'.uth Brewer, In a specialty in ti.e orchestra pit with varioiis in.siiUrnrnts, ■^vna tl Mir novelty hit of the evenin;^. Arthur Martell, in "Hat.s," at the •rgan alsu re (ived an excellent kand. The presentation feature was ffMlly a double bill. "Tho American Beauty Revue." beln,;? a ni:inne(iuln parade on a runv.ay around the «utijr-rlm of the pit with ine show girls being announced by loud speaker amplifiers with all the Inti- mate name peraonrilify of an Al Beeves burlesque show. The dancirs: feature was "End of ttie Day," usins: 20 girls in a won- 4«rfiillv lij^hted interpretive num- ber with n Mr xfleld Parish type of coloring, which transformed into a ftatlval finish In pageant costume Winding up with a paver ribbon riot Which goalrd the hou.se. If the Met can continue to put on tbla more popular appeal stuff In Its attractions, even though thf jazz or- chestra bit with its attempt at a dancing director, did not resistor as •zpected. It need not worry about the State opposition, which la cross- town and will hurt only when the Het flo[.H. . ^ T All in .'i!1. the opening of the Loew •nposition on a big scale Is proving to be a pood break for the public •nd for the newspaper.^, as heavy copy is being scheduled by both Jiousee. Ifs the little houses that ftre going to suffer If both these mammoth ■ houses continue their present lavish programs. Lxhhcy. RlVOLl Jan. 31. two-hour Now York, Bomcwhut better than a ■how here this week with the Royal 8amoans (S(»uth Sea Islanders) troupe the feature of the .lolin Mur- ray Anderson presentation. A good unit, this, with the main stage event holding Iti^elf to 17 minutes. The Hawaiians aro accompanied by Thelma Harvey, who offers a toned down Hula movement as l.cr bit. It's iiway from the jirevious pres- •ntaUilutis that liavo been at this house since the Pub!i.\ regime. No Charleston dancing nor stepping of the conventional type. Th'' Samoans routine thrice as an ensemble. Six- teen males in this group divided Into what might bo called a chorus of 14, toni-toni beater and a leader Who command.'? during the v.irious drills. The formations are basically military, the entire 14 routining in cadence. Ami it's interesting. The dances of these men are first-hand information as to what has been going on in the news week- lies or travel "shorts" whence de- picting native torpsi( horean styles In forel'^n cliines. In this instance Just what they're trying to do and tho rhythm of the tbiti« is ea.sily cleaned. A Sunday matinee audi- ence, capacity, put a .stamp of ap- prove-! on this entertainment con- ception. In between the dance nuinborR. or drills, aro Hawaiian .vongs i-endcrcd by a tenor who hinted at being White tuidor a brown makeup. Prince 1-rl I^eni receives extra pro- -am btlling, along with .Mi.ss Har- vey, but it's doubtful if tho m.iin Voowlizing burden was his other than the openiftg number, pre- ■umably for atmosphere. However, the dancing of tho men la the punch. Their combined rfforts easily hold up this unit, with one drill, which"" includes the use of sticks, remind- ing of what must be a Samoa maniiiil of arms. The singing is ■eeondary nnd slow, but provides a Chang.- of puce. The finale counted M people on the ctafCt a<»'i}jA>Uflt {^itf.filM I* ■tTv Harold Ramsay was spotted No. S for his organ specialty accoiiipjinieil by slides, but minus comedy. Kddic Kikins hud S!0 men In his orf^hestra for three numbers, the last of which, modern ballad, included a stage In- sert for a tenor that was neatly conceived and well done. Klkins was minus his usual reiejitlon, but at this jierformunce tho restiltant api)l.iuse seemed stronger than gen- erally has been the case, indicating he is building. On the film side "The Song and Dance Man" was the feature, having as running mates one of the music master series and the weekly. An Aesop Fable failed to be screened, although programed. Path© held the major number of news clips, delving back in Its files to cash In on the Prince of Wales' most recent tumlde and for a flash of Irving Berlin and his wife, the latter couple drawing applause from the house. International divided the reel. Fox. Klnosrams or Topics not being rep- resented, the latter a welcome dele- tion. The overture was "Hdrnlnj. .Noon and Night." Altogether, a nicely constructed pro,;r.im with the sets drawing ap- plause on their own. Skig, STRAND New Yorh, Jan. 31. At the Strand this week .Toe Plunkf-tt knew he had a weak sister as far as his feature, "Memory T.'ino," was concerned; therefore, Vincent I,oez again on deck aa the ttrlncip,il attra<'tton this week. Lopez makes good; the picture doesn't. So the Strand's show this week has just an overture, capably han- dled by Oarl Edouarde with Kitty McLaughlin as a soloist. Kiltv is too stout and Kitty can't ^et her voice across the top of the 40-plece orchestra. Six minutes for this. Then the News. Six shots, fottr from Pathe and two from Fox. with the latter giving the greatest thrill. The first was trotting races on ice and the second an elephant aa a sight -seeing coach for kida Noth- ing novel abo,ut the latter for New York; at Coney Island too long. Lopez and his dozen followed. They went along at a corking clip from the moment that the revolving stage brought them into view. Plunkett works up a nifty to Intro- duce Ijopez e» t •«^•^., >'• i-T »» #1 Wednesday, February 8, 1926 FILM REVIEWS VARIETY 37 THE BLACKBIRD Metro-Ooldwyn production, directed by Tod llTOwnliir from the H'reen play by WAldenuir Youns. Lon Chaney itarred •with Owen Moore and Reneo Adnrce fea- tured. At tho Capitol, New Yorlt. Jan. 31 week. Runninc time, 76 minutes. The lllackblrd ) Ijon Chaney The Illshop of I.lmebouae J • "Weat End" Bertie Owen Moore Y\H Ilpneo A doreo Polly ; l>«rl« Kkiy.l tiboat • Anily M('I.4 They're Btlll playing up tho fact that l.,on Chaney f.in make himself more hideous and misshapen than anybody in plrture.s. In "The Black- bird" he plays a diral role, that of a crook and of hi.s brother, a I^liiie- house missionary. AlthouKh the reverend fellow Is cripi)led up plenty, the curse Is taken off by one ■hot "showlnB the crook throwing his arm and leg cut of Joint and then assuming the role of the man •whom the world thought to be his brother. That's the basis of tho Btory. for the crook falls In love With a music hall performer, while ft flashier crook from the West ICnd ftlso goes for the same girl. It's a flght to the finish, and the girl comes to the Bishop to get advice. Naturally, he uses the old poison against the man who is really his rival and lets the girl know that the other man Is a. crook. It hap- pened that she loved him a great deal, so when the Blackbird tried to plant a murder on her man the cops were tipped straight. In trying to hurry Into his preacher outtU and escape John Law the crook fell, broke his back and died — without having his identity revealed to the world. It's a good melodrama, excellently prodiiced, and although it runs a little loHK for the bigger houses, the daily changes won't notice that. Chaney handles his two parts well and W-aldemar Young's scenario has been so constructed that tho rather iini'iue dual role is plausible at all times. Ilenee Adorec, who smashed through to glory in "The Big Parade," hasn't a great deal to do here, and she is badly dressed In many scenes, but, at that, still makes an Impression. Owen Moore, us "West Knd" Bertie, a clever cn^ok, ranks with Chaney in so far as the acilr.g goes, for Moore's role here Is away from anything he's done In the past, and he handles every Inch of the swagger witli ease, distinction and force. Tod Browntns'a direction Is good, as always, while the atmosjihere of the Llmchouse section of London Is planted within two minutes after the picture is on by the simple and pffectivc device of showing the faces of six or seven bums. "The Blackbird" Is an* okeh pic- ture— good for the first runs and the smaller houses. What's mure remarkable about It Is that Chaney, who has recently had a great run of pictures (with a corro.spondiiig ri.se in fame), sticks to his more or less old lino with outstanding siicces.s. And Metro has picked his stories so carefully that in the camiKiign to make him a real star, and not one of those phoney luminaries, it ap- pears to have been eminently suc- cessful so far. Sisk. MaJ*s>tic, Paris, IM^ Bumsd Paris, 111., Feb. 2. Plr« Sunday morning destroyed the Majestic In this city, operated by Mrs. Laura Jarodski and her son, Leon. The loss is $22,000, with building covered by Insurance. Song and Dance Man Famous riayera picture and llerbort Ilrenon produi-tlon. Adaiplvd from the pUy of the aame name by Oetirgc M <'nhHn I)lr« led by Brenon. with JamrK Hnwe. phototcrapher. At Klvoll, New York, wctk jHn. 31. Uunnlng time, 72 mlnn. •H.ipiiy" t'^rrcU Tum M.xire I.ane Bessie Ixive Juseph Murdock IlarrlKon Konl i'harles Nelson Tred Oarroll J.iiie ICoaemond. Iii8i>c^clor <°rali;. Turn v'rosby . , . , Mr.i. l«ane. . . .Norman Trevor 'Bobby" Walaon Josephine l>rake . . . . 19 fcAtnO recor«' latter show brought qualilied r#> views from the criiics becai. _ they thought it was too 'inside ' i^>r Die pul>iic (even the producers were under that impression), but it's now in its lath week. '"1 he tong and Dance Man," as a liHS'tiniaio si'.ige attraction, was believed to have more liian an even chance so long as coban, himself, played it. Tne piece was never any sensiuiDn, but went along to neat gros.ses witli Coliaii the oiiiy dr.iw. .Now it has become a picture, and a nice one, as in tares go, but mere's still ttrat nuebtion pruiruuing as to how interested the puolic wnl Lx- in iiio psyciioio^y of a "small lime" perfoi-mer wnen that ciiaracter is played by one \s no is sjnut of <_ohiii8 iiiawiiig puy\er bes.oes be- ing involved in a script tiiat is strictly limited as to iiuerest in a love aitair alia aiso puSBeBse.s a cou- ple oi anti-climaxes that detract. Xhe inentui twist vvhleii brings the song and dance man back to New koiK, alter lie has tnaue good as a L)U^>llless man, lo ogain try to Cilclc as a conieUtan may cnilreiy escape a lay auuiencc. iiut judt ihat pe< cuii'.irJty may eaten Uie uulsiue pa- tron s luncy. If it owes this pic- ture is "in." it's a cut back scenario telling a dual tale which concerns the title loie ana Uiat ot tlie giil who Unaliy becomes a revue siar and marries the artist pal of the prouact-r. Brenon, in directing, has t^iken munilold liberties wiiii vaudevillo as It is lot.'.iy. "ilappy ' r arrell t H»m Moored, the nann- pari, ob- \iously a pup liousu iSo. z act, jUni|is I'rum lue miiiu.I time into tne i'alace, iSew VorK, and that's one I .a.ryiaie right away lor the N. V. A. lay-ous it lliey drop into ine iUvoU itiis week. I*'arrell also resides In a i>oardlnfir , iiou.'ie where "ail the headliners j siuy" — and tiiere's another one. Be- ' aides this, tno girl (liessio Love) is an iiiiiiiediaitj seiisalion us a c.tiarlcston uaiicer. biguea to a slid- ing scale contract tiial starts at <-oO and beoecicca in erm.ne after lue o|ie>n^ng perioiiiiani;o .'iic wan- uers into a room ciioKcd wun tlow- ■-•is, despite she app-iiently haan't, oeen on speaking term.'] wiin a soul, not even an aj,i'iit, o..ner liian her i.iother. That's three fairies In one. These proie.s.s.onal, or techiiicAl, .apses are plentn'Lii. Jiow*ver, look- iiig at it Irom tho otner angle, it .siiouldn't make such a diiterence. ihe heart interest in there, Aioore .jlends into tne ruquireiuents of hi* .'olo and that goes double tor Miss i..ove. Brenon has carried the en- semble depiction along for liolding power, even if it doesn't grip us It should. But he lias tijiparcntly brought his story to a close loo fasL Twice the action could have been cut with the eniire yai a told. in- stead the footage continues, and that i-Kpialns the anti-climaxes. It Brenon can plead not guilty thea the scenarist mu8^ take the slap. Norman Trevor Is cast as the pro- ducer. Although extremely stilted and stiff in the early scenes, he warms up to favorably Impress as a lens flgure before the picture la entirely unwound. 1'he major com- edy punches, according to the HivoU eathering, was the crons-flrlng by liubtltle of tho boarding house keeper (Josephine Drake; and the detective (fjeorgo Nush). Jane Jen- nings made a submerged mother as- signment stand out, as did "Botiliy" Watson in p.ayiiig i'arrel. s jiartiier, who d)es in the first half of tho fllm as part of the cut-back Hequence. Harrison Ford Is rather colorless as tho ultimate husband of the girl, but adequate and the remaining su|>port of the personnel Is par. The scenes In front of the Palace are authentic enough, they having been "shot" in the wee hours some months ago, nnd the production views were gained over In the Karl Carroll theatre with the "Vanities" chorus obliging. "The .Song and Dance Man" Is a tough one to say "yes" or "no" about. It's the exceidlon to the rule. In that it should entertain ma- jor house gatherings, while there is a doubt as to Its »;apabilities .'ilong siKli u line where the Intelligence wont be able. In any way, to grasp tho professional psychology of the leading tiharacter. IiHldenially, Itrenon has Included tliree of the theatrical sheets In tho telliiuc. When the action Is in St. Joe, Mo., the "Billboard" Is on dis- play, mayhap^ upholding the adage that Variety missed the m'ails a;,aln. When Karrell and the girl are look- ing for work, one carries a Variety and the other a "Billboard," giving that paper an edge; and wlien the j^, girl has reached slradoni the |xriod- ical revealed is 'Theatre" which may bo the tlpoff on how Brenon rates the trade press witliout giv- ing the picture trade paper.s a tuin- _ ble. .Maybe Herbert hn.s an as- sistant. Skiif. THE RED KIMONA Mr- W.-ilInr*' Hetl pr< .Uiitiioi f.Miurbur rrliKilla Ilonriir .''•i.r> by A'l»la Koeei^ SI. John. ii.lapl'-J iiy L'orolliy Aro«; -.' ■0 ■ 'f ..■•<>' 4 ■a 4 ■ ' '■ -1 •■-%. -4 1 •J. .M ■ e . ■* ■■'Ji i ft •n < •■.■* V If tf VARIETT PICTURES Wcdnefdix, February 8, 1924 WPLL SAY ^::^W HAS HIT IT! Playing the big first' to 5. R. O. HE'S — playing the second, third and fourth runs the aame way; playing every house where laughs make profits — and there ain't no other kind. Have you cashed in\on **The Live Wire** yet? Hundreds of unbiased box-office re- ports call it a clean-up! And you can't fool a box-office. He*s the best-advertised comedian on the screen today. Add the pall of that nation^ wide publicity and "The Live Wire^s** suc- cess to the popularity he buUt by perform' once — €ind get ready for doable b^stneee RAINBOW ^^ I LEY- INSIDE SHIFF ON PICTURES Th* danies thh w*A hoppad onto the story of M«tro-nold\ryn slgnhiK up the Marine Corps, for a epftclal picture, with the Corp. prohibited from appcartnv te other picture taklnir for one year from th« date of the release at the M-O Mm. Thia la bellered to »>• the picture H. J. Mankiewics haa cone to the coast to write. He waa the awstetant dra- matic editor of the New Tork -Times." M-O enfraK^d him for a sp«'clal story, thowffht to hare been auRRe.sted by Laurence Stalllng.i, who wrote "The BlK Parade" tor Marcus L.oew. Attendance la advocated by "The Reform Bulletin" at the fourth National Motion Picture Conference, callM] for Feb. lO-lJ In the Gold Roon of the Congreaa Hotel, Chleagro. This conference Is promoted through the Department of Moral Welfare of the Presbyterian Church of the U. S. Other churchea and reform bodies join in the call. "The Reform Butletln" is the oiTklAl organ of the New York Clvlo League, a rabid reform body subsisting upon contributlonH. Its auper- Intendent Is the Rev. O. R Miller, of Albany, N. T., where the League has its headquarter*. Rev. William Sheafe Chase is president of the League. In its Jan. IS Issue the "Bulletin" mentions that only Arthur James, editor of "Motion Pictures Today," and Terry Ramsaye, author of "The Romance of Motion Picture Hi.story," have accepted the Invitation to attend the Chlcag* meeting. The pamphlet states that Will llays had refused to attend previous conferences and does not express the hope Hays will be there this time. Canon Chase is mentioned as interested in the upholding of the pic- ture laws affecting pictures in New Tork and Connecticut, It atom advises Its readers ts purchase "Ths Dearborn Independent? (Henry Ford's) and read what that paper haul te say about the two states mentioned and Alms. Referenco is made to tk* Swoope bill in Congress and the Upshaw bllL A parkgraph recites: 'X>ne characteristic of the Conferenco is ths high class of university and socially trained experts who are to lend the discussions which are to follow ths prepared papers." In the winter the Civic IieM:ue is mostly occupied with legislative matters. In the summer It buslea itself with cas-nivals, circuses, dance halls and other matters susceptible of easy agination. On the "BuUetln" as a rule the final llns is: "If you favor our work, send a check to New York Civic Lieague, 4S2 Broadway, Albany, N.' T.~ In one issue of the "Bulletin" some time ago, a form was used for a bequest. At other times more space has been taken to tell the sym- pathisers of tlM Leaguo how and why It needs money. Its regalar and horns office staff is understood to b« on a salary. Under Presentations la Variety this week Is a review on ths "Old Family Album" as prodocsd in Milwaukee this week, to aid a local promotion. It seents elsetlo enough to fit any picture stage without being expenslT* to producs and with local talent posslblo for the major portion of the work. Publix in Oakland i San Francisco. Fe»,. 2 PsbHx Theatres Corporation. Ui association with Rex MIdgely, the Paranoouat franchise holder in Oak. Und. aiHiounce ths building of a fl.OOO.MO theatre in that city. seat. ing J.OOO. Ths location is unrteivtood to b« at Broadway and 20th Btre^st in the heart of a rapidly developing busl! nesa section. This hou*e will be on the clrcslt which plays ths Jack Parthigton at;ts being created in l^» Angeles and playing the Metropolitan In that city and the Granada in San Fran. Cisco. Although tlks Hays office was reported to have frowned on the advertising oa **Har Stater Prom ParisT that emanated from ths Ormnd Central. St. Ij»ut% tks Csntral publicity noaa looks to be falling Into this blundsr sgslB, ts Judss fkom ths daily ads running currently on "Tbs EagleL" Among tlM pOmw phraass hs Is using ts describe ths Valsntlao- Vilma Banky film ars: "She fires Rudy to his most Impaaaioned love- making. . . . Almost too impassioned, they learned, when Vilma's Hungarian count Jealously assaulted Rudy I . . . See the kisses that almost got him into a duel!" If St Louis gets csnsorsblp^ tka fellow's efforts shan't havs been in vain. Flo Ziegfeld and Famous Players ars said to have arranged for Zleg- feld to stage the first presentation for the new Paramount theatre. New Tork. when both parties also agreed upon "Kid Boots" as a F. P. picture, with Eddie Cacntor its star. JIMMY CARR 'Thft DmIot of MeMj" AT B. 5. Moss' Colony Broadway, New York **V»rit7** Miid: •^Orer- •kadbws •▼arytkuic ^« on the stskge.** And at tf»e same time celebrating one year'* consecutive playing on Broadw€ty at the Sher S%per, New York BERNIE FOYER 1674 Broadway, New York City That's His Next! A Panic? Presented by C. C. Burr A ^iKAt nationol Picture LYNN REYNOLDS DIRECTOR I- , .; HaJ 3 pictures named by the leading joamals among the first S2 box office attractions of 1928 THEY WERE '"Riders of the Pqrple Sage'' 'The Rainbow Trail" — *Tlie Deadwood Coach" This tops a record of 73 feature productions made by him during the past 11 years. Not a single flop and many outstanding successes. 56 of the continuities were written by him and 11 were his original stories. As a record of consistency this has seldom been equaled. Wednesday, Febmary 8, 1921 VARIETY ^M i^^. ^M +";♦ 2^r ■•>-.. ' f 4 / ■ •'■:#»** ANNOUNCES ITS • 16 NE1V 1% TWO REEL SEMES ^jS?J»5*'<^ 12 weeks of absolutely surefire capacity business V. STARRING. SMA HELLMAN FAMOUS SMUROAY EVENING POST AUTHOR ^.^ J'''''' t, .-.. LARRY KENT K IT GUARD AL COOfCl DIRECTED BY RALPH CEDER GRANT WITHERS ^I^N Played by the same surefire cast that put over the original F. B. O. ''FIGHTING BLOOD'' series to tremendous success in thousands of theatres throughout the entire world. :\ .^' ,rJ w^t-m m) 3rw 'r^ "TiO you remember the sensational success of P. B. O.'s original 2 reel FIOIITINO BLOOD aeries? More than 7,000 theatres played that knock-out series and cleaned up with them. Positively cleaned up and we don't mean maybe. This brand new 12 — 2 reel series of the famous SAM HPU^LMAN stories are ab» •olutely red hot. The hottest series F. B. O. tver turned out. The same cast (a« above) that made box office history for more than 7,000 exliibltorH with ths "FIGHTING BLOOD" stories are all featured In this new FIOHTIXG HKARt series. That means absolute Insurance for you. Known to millions as the greatest ■ comedy combination on the screen today they underwrite and guarantee ymir houH« capacity every time you show an episode of "FIGHT- ING HEARTS." All the big time popular sports form the background of "FIGHTING HEARTS." Bee the first chapter. See the second. See the third. They've got every thing skinned for entertainment, box office draw ahd surefire business for EVERY theatre In the land, larpe and small alike. Grab 'em while you have the opportunltj^ and don't squawk If somebody gets them away from you. You can book 'em NOW thru any F. B. O. Exchange. ^fi\ %^-r '■mm... ■■-■^^ S^^CA "fia'""''''- m.Mfn^'^^mr 'Bxiluii^r Fomjn Dlrtrlburor*. H t Export CortKjrotloa H40 (Vr>«tw.ry Neix \ork *^ Wtunv tl>? Produced and Distributed by -If. ^U FILM BOOKING Office* of America, Inc. 1560 Broadway, New York r-'i gim-. •' i«ii".iii'iinifl'!c:iti:8s:??z''?ifiur-:f i::»fT?i^iW£iiM \ i 40 VAPIETY PICTURES Wtdnwday. FeSniaiy 8, iMe Tom Incc Estate Is Appraised at .$818,177 Liia AiiK«'l<^H, Ffb. 2. Thf appiaisiil of (liu e.-aate of Thos. II. Tn( i>, pii-tiir.» pnnhicer, who erior Court, ;inrl is valued at $S4'1,177.63; Includi'J in the appraisal is $250,000 In real estato, stocks aiu". bonds, oil Boc-urities and personal property. According to the appniisal the Thomas 11. In<'e Corporation waa llMva at $270,7^3 in 6,003 .^liare.s uf preferred stock. Also listed were units of Los Anser Oil Syndicates No. 2. $',020; 1,:.8? of Ince Invest- mpnt C;inir;iny, $1 '.5,941; 1)0 .shares of th(> Central Iiivsetn ent t^o., $10,- OOJ. Anumtr the I'onds listed were some of tlie City of Sacramento valued at $5,000; Los AnReles Municiiial bond.-; vaU'.ed at $.'-l.ViiO; Ventura County bonds valued at $2 ',001); Louisiana State fort Commi.ssjion honda, $15,- 000; Conlr.a Costa County bonds at $25,000. The Ince yacht "Edward," with Its equipment was valued at $25,- 000. G. Harold Shaw Killed Lo9 AnRciea, Keb. 2. {i. tiarold tihaw, 38, picture di- rector, husband of Kilna Fluffnrth and brother-in-law of Viola Dana and Sliirley Ma.-ion, was killed in- stantly .fan. 3 when the caf in wliicii ho was riding with .lank Sargent struck a maeiiine driven by lU>l>ert A. Cra;^. Sargent was thrown out by the impact and fell clear of tlie wreckage, but Shaw was burled un- derneath the car. Mr. Shaw was a native of Eng- land and secretary of the Motion I'ic- ture Directors' Association. He had lieen a legit actor for 16 years and Unce entering: pictures had made "lloart of a Child." "Kni?Iand'.s Menace," and "Trilby." He was held Mamelesa for the acciilent. Pubiix Manager's Changes Keports f;;r the past two weeks Indicate that the new Shea's- l*ublix, Buffalo, has gon^ over with a smash and tiiat the house Is averaging around $4,500 a day In business. Lii-ewise the report from Boston on last Sunday's business at the big ATetropi.I.tan ."howed that the house got almost $8,000 on the first day of the week v. h!ch Is ab 'ut a $2,500 jump over Sunday two weeks aRO j and a'n-ost $1,000 better than a week ago. In the Publlx f P. P.) Held there have been a number of changes In the managerial end at the houses and anions the most recent Is the transfer of Montgomery S. Hill, dis- V'^'.l mana.sner of the Carolinas dis- trict, to ihe Atlanta di.strict with headquarters In Atlanta. He suc- ceed.s .1. J. Franklin who has been transferred to the manasrement of the >:ew Yrrk distrtct with head- quarters in the home office. J. J. F!tz:;i'ihoiis who has t.ecn manag- In,',' Xcw York goes to Charlotte, N. C. succredin,!,' M. S. IHU. Ernest ?.'ocri«on, formrrly man- a.r;er ot the Imperial, Ashvillo has been a'.ipo:nted manager of the Howard, Atlanta, succeeding Charles G. nrindon resigned. C. R. Stiff frie;; from the Imperial, Columbia, £. C, tM the Ashviile hou.'-e. Thomas I'olliday iias been transferred from the Alhambra, Charlotte, to the Im- perial, Columbia, he being replaced by J. H. McKay a recent graduate of the Pub'ilx Managers School. L. A. Shead former manager of the t'ptown, Chicago, has been ap- pointed manager of Loew'a I'alace, Memphis, rep!aclng George Brown «-ho goe.s to the Strand, Birmin-*- ham succeeding Roscoe Faunce, re- ■igned. BUSH HT76HES AGTINO I-oa Angeles, B'eb. 2. Rush Hughes, son of lUipert Hughes, and husband of Marion Harris, vaudeville singrer, has joined the r.anks of picture actors. He is now playing the Juvenile role lead with Pola Negri in her current ve- hicle for Famous which Demitrl Buchowetzkl is directing. It is said that Hughes intends fol- Pipc Organs Wanted W.uthlngton. Feb. S. The po!)ularlty of American pictures in Europe has brought many request* to the Depart- ment of Commerce for Amer- ican built pipe organs. The latest la from Englan,000 foreclosure suit baaed on three promissory notes totaling $7,000 has been started by R. & K. Realty Co., Inc., against the Dia- mant Film Co. of America, Inc., Henri Dianiant Berger and William J. German. Of the $7,000, $3,000 has been sat- PICTURE POSSIBILITIES OF CURRENT PLAYS ON BlAY :eit;^ i—i>. -j. Seena Owen, in "S''i,)wr. .•m d" for .Metropolitan Pictures, lost h.>r baliiiiee on the sclmoner "Indiana." In San Pi dro, and fell ovcrl.o.trd he»^veen the boat and the wharf, fincturiiig two rllxs and |p.T„min-' Uncon.sclous. Mi.s.i Owen was pulled from the water and t.iken to the San Pedro Hospital and later removed to her home, where phy.«lcians ordered her to rest a week before attempting further woik. "Sliij)wrocked" Js her first for Metiopolltan, she having recently signed a contract with that Arm. bleweeds^ verything "Tumbleweeds* hs^ everything a film best seller should haye* Its big scene is the rush of homesteaders — falling over/ each other ,stampeding^trampUng, and dashing on. Nothing like it has ever jened.'* — Chicago Journal. ■ItaHilkSliBdta mmm Wednesday, February 3, 1929 PICTURES VARIETY 41 PRESENTATIONS "OLD FAMILY ALBUM" 18 Mint.; Saxe's Wisconsin, Milwauke« Clever slaKiiiK unci uppropriiite tiiiifliness mark this 18-niin\ite stage show produced by Kildio Wis- feldt, mastor of Saxo theatre stape shows. Opening with an off-stiKe scene of an old grandmother, tellins; of the early hl.story of Milwaiikeo to her granddauKhter, she calls fur a fanrjily album to flhow the klddl<» the old-fashioned tintypes. Turning back the cover the renter stage drapes piiUback and reveal a liuge velonr covered album fash- ioned after the type of 50 yeurB ago. The cover opens and show.s a tintype, head and arms cut out to permit Vent Callahan, harmonuu player, to present "Ta-Ra-Ra" and other old dance favorites. The book closes after (Mieh number and the grandmother Introduces each character, the cover showing dif- ferent tintypes. Walter Pontius sings "When You and I Were Young, Maggie," robed ns the old grandad. Mycye Span- genberg as the villaggPlftUe gone wrong sings "Tell Theni ^a^ You Saw Me," followed by Tfedd^ Craft as the old granddad. Myrtl* Span- of New York." John Meany, vet^, •ran actor, sings the old luughl?ig: 8ong; Horton Spurrifldanced the vil- lage dandy steps, with Alice Conroy speaking the schoolgirl's pet, "The Charge of the Light BriKndc," Caroline Scovllle sings "Sweet Gene- vieve." The action is fast and the book closes with a fade-out and fade-in into another off-stage set of D. W. Hoan, mayor of the city, calling his secretary for aid in promoting an 80th anniversary program, pictures of his conversjition running on the screen simultaneously. Inrael. DIX'S NEXT ON COAST Los Angeles, Feb. 2. Tlichard Dlx's next starring ve- hicle for Famous Players-La.sky, "Romance a la Carte," will be made at the West Coast studio. Dix Is expected to arrive here next week. Greggory Lacova is to direct. >B. 8. MOSS' THEATRES- COLONY Pptrry Hopkinn JOYCE in 'The IlroadiTay ft Mil St. SKYROCKET' AI..SO O.V STAfiE "PALM BEACH FROLIC" A Riot of Resplendent Revelry. Moniinc Sbnw, 10 30 •. ni. to 12: JO p. m.. 3Sc InternHtional Film Art Guild PAMrrk *2nd STUEBT and \,t^lWiK^\J BROADWAY Tliui-H.^-Julin Barrymor* in "Dr. .lokyll and Mr. Hyde," and Harold IJoyd In "Why Worry." Frl. — "A Wuman of Piiria" with .\dolith« Mrnjou and Harold I.loyd In "Dr. .lark." Kaf.— "The Ijtat iMUKh" and "Craln- quebille." B'WAY MrN. Wallace K4 > KoatininK the • • nil ■ ir 1. " ^.,.^. vsond.r lUrl, MIKE ,„,„,.,„„, — Vaudavills— SMABK rv tranU BROADWAY AT 4TTU ST. U MEMORY LANE Kleannr Koardnian — Conrad Nagel VINCENT LOPEZ * ""• »» r. li-Rtra JOHN BARRYMORE ALL SEATS I Oickett stUingin advtnce B.tStWtg I kr all performances . •tHtAT^t • WAT 51 «T , TWICIQMIY 2«tf 945 JUNOATMATIMHif 3PM. NIGHTSo V.T fW 5<»,,i;oo HAT trdirdn-j iun 50't-i|°» Norman Kerry Taken by Officers in Cafe Raid L«s Anpelca, Feb. 2. With more tlian 100 picture per- sonalities on hand at tlio Sunday evening gatficring at the l'liuilati..n Cafe in Culver City, county uni- fi)niiod oftl'-ial.s i>ald one of tiit-ir regular visits to tiie estaljli.'^hmt nt and took Into cu.stody 22 person.s. ' Among thorn was Norman Kt'rry, the ITniver.sal motion pictiiro stai.' Mo WUH .si\id to have h d liquor on hi.s table when the ollioials arrived. Korry was taken the Culver City station, where $250 ball was depos- ited pending an examination, which will take place next week. The authorities in visiting the es- tablishment created quite a furore by in.si«ting uu searching many of the women guests for liquor, as well as smelling the contents of the var- ious glasses on the tables of the film himlnarles, who were gathen-d there. If you don't advertioo in VARIETY don't advortise Tom Mix on Crutches Ii".s Angeles, Kch. 2. Tom Mix Is hobbling around on iTutvhi'B, a.s a result of str.iiniii),' several liirnnx-nts in his lift U'u: last Week, duiinu the makinuc of a seem in ••Tuny iluii.s Wild," at N'euliall. •Mix was sliiiing down an eiiilMiik- niciit holdinu on to a roi)e wr.ii'lH'il aioiiiHl a ro( k. Tlie roek i:av«j way and tiinibUd down upon liim, Uiiul- Inp on Ills log. He expects, however. ti> ho able to go to work again this week in hi.s next picture, "Hard- IJoiled." directed by J. U. l!ly.ston<.. I'liyllis Havci- will jday the femi- nine lead opposite Mix. MAYOR AN EXHIBITOR Hock Island, 111., Feb. 2. Mayor W.alter Kosenfield issued orders to the police to stop all theatres froiu siiowing moviiin pic- tures of .Martin Durkin. A half hour later police repoite*! liaek that they had found a film of Durkin In the F'ort Armstr J. Tot.il exi'or!.- of pi. tore lUins for tho calendar y«-.ir of lyj,". re u hed 22."i.6.jG,1.51 linear foot of positive (ilni at an in\oice \iiluo ol" ti;.7>T.6*7. wliile tiip exports of ncRatiV.'.s w re 9. '.••.•;(. fit,-} linear feet v;(Ul. ,1 at $1,- S'j;{.o.')S, according to the iiipart- meiit of Coiniiurce. In makiiiK public the..se liuure.s the deparlinent discloy a a i;ain iii pi!?- itives of approximately 5'i.000,000 feet and sets vloun the year of 192.") as "shouin.i^ a sirikiiiK Kaiu in our foreign trade in motion i)iclure lilms." Statistics covering the It month period of IH'.'S were reported in N'arii'fy of last week, the same per- centage of increase beini.' then ni't- ed a.s is now — evident In the figures made public by the dei)aitmeTit for tho entire year. One Theatre for 8,000 Population Slit U\ko City, I'Vb. 2. Specilication.s ar» being com- pleted for a 500-.seat licture the- atre on Ninth Ka.st street, just iiortli of N'iMiii Pout); strei t, a .sec- lion ol" the city wliicij is rapidly deVflo] injr. A survey show.s ^,"Ofi persons to be Iniiii; within ensy walking railius. Griffith's General Offices V)'<''>h"nia City, Feb. 2. As a result of the steady increase of tiieir theatre circuit and its activiliis, Ciiffith IJros. iiave estab- lished general offices in tills city. "ACCOMMODATION PAPER" H<>spondinK' to tho Graphii- Pro- ductions' $2,500 suit on a promis- sor.v note, Kugene Sj)ltz .sets up a defense that the note lacked con- sideration and wati merely accom- modation paper. A counterclaim la made for $2,350, Spitz alleging he «peii\ $;j,*iO on be- half iit the fji'apliic I'roductiouK and that he was to receive $2,000 for the four Weeks' lea»<» on the K.stee Sludil West 125th street. New York, from Ivan Atmimson, Iire.^ident of (Sraphlc I'roductions, Inc. ■ --.Jfr:-"^;.-: VA^ i^rs. .ji^^ ^^5 vlonS *«;?»e .tart»JfScceP«°Vr?„'i 5« ^\r ^cbS • °^ %B3t ol.^)!?Y^eSeft 10 ?^=>:V,;i^-";*7«rcf.*v-j;»''. vis- V^a rtvcr t^o -a -daV «2 .10 top it l^\aV cA to ^"Jn'Sirrymo^'s nam.. Wsether John t^^y,!^., hnilvhoo electric with » <^<*1^'"Av,« house supplied sign m front of th« »»ou«e. mipP^^^ by Nordet*. hau" o^een re v large measure for the pui ^^^^ ture is beginning to be taiK ^^^ {jrrho"u?e\nSeV Vtier P<>"«y that It has been operating. The BIGGEST special of a streetful of specials means the GREATEST box office attraction of all time - - — — — JOHN BARRYMORE the SEA BEAST has been a sell-out at the WARNER THEATRE, New York, since its opening Jan. 15th at two dollar top, with Dolores Costello. D iri^cted by Millard Web b in Adapted from Herman Melville's "Moby Dick," By BESS MEREDYTH i A Warner Bros, Production 42 VARIETY FILM REVIEWS Wednesday,. February 3, 1926 THE RED KIMONA (Continued from i>at;e 3?) when Mrs. Wallacfs Hoid cntors tho file room of a dally newspaper and opens one of 1917 Hies to a page on Whiih Is shown the atory of "Ga- brlelle Uurley." the name of the Charaeter In the production playel by PrlsoiUa Bonner. That this is a Btory liased on fact Is the excuae under which it Is offered on the screen. After the picture Mrs. Reld Is .iKaln shown, this time making a plea for thi.s particular type of wom- en who have been drawn into a life of shame through the false promises Of man. To those houses that care not What the result in the future and Who like to go in for the ratht-r lurid Stuff this looks like a bet, hut the majority of houses, especially the neighborhood theatres and the 8ma!l-town houses want to lay oft Of this one. It seems the day when "the line" can be shown in pictures is long since passed. At the same time, before entering Into the tale as re'.ated on the screen, it might be well to suggest a bit of Judicious cutting in one scene. It is the one where the heroine is about to quit her pri.son cell after having been acquitted of murder. Just before going she points to a Red Cross poster touching the bot- tom line, which reads, "At the serv- ice of all mankind." That got a laugh from the Monday night audi- ence at the Broadway, but possibly that audience is just a little tQO "wise." However, it would be Just as well to cut that bit from the pic- ture. At the opening of the picture fol- lowing the shot of Mrs. Reid, the heroine is shown in a "crib" sup- posedly In New Orleans. She la in- formed by the "girl next door" that her lover has left her flat and Is on his way to Los Angeles to marry another girL She follows, sees him In a Jewelers purcliasing n wedding ring, and shoots him dead. At the trial her story comes out It's the old tale of a small- town girl lured from home by the vllhm'e sport. taken to the red liKbt ili.slrict and put to work. With her earnings he buys her a couple of diamoml rings, but the idea of his using the money that has come to him through her shame to buy a wedding ring for another was too much. "He was her man. but he done her wrong," as the old "Frankie and Johnny ' song runs. The Jury of 12 good men and true, native sons from Iowa and Nebras- ka who are Los' strongest boosters, turn her out a free woman. But -xhe's broke. A society dame, pub- licity crazy, takes her up, just for the newspaper space. She keeps the girl at her home until the novelty wears off and then turns her loose, flat again. As a last resort, after seeking a Job and failing to connect (her story having been too well broadcast), she at last wires "the girl next door" in New Orleans, and gets the nponey to return to the "crib."' She starts, but the society publicity hound's chauffeur has fallen In lofe with her. and he searches for her. The two keep crossing paths until she Is at work in a hospital as a scrub wom- and and he in the good old kahkl ready to go overseas. He wants to marry her right there and then, but she says she will wait until he comes back, for that is her idea of bringing about her regeneration. The picture as a, picture Is rather well directed and the detail for the most part Is well carried out. As to the "crib" stuff itself. It's really not too rough, but still it is there, and It is a cinch that small-town mothers and fathers won't want their boys and girls, even though they may be nearlng the voting age, to get a flash at this. Maybe some of those moth- ers and fathers wouldn't even un- derstand the picture If they saw It, but the youngsters would soon tell DAVIS GOODMAN Now Playing West Coast Theatres 12th Week This Week (Jan. 31), Loew** State, Los Angeles Production FANCHON A. MARCO 'em about It, and then some one would raise Hades. Mrs. Held or .someone olso may believe she is doing something for the fallen women in turning out a picture of this sort, but the chances are that she will do tremendous harm to the picture industry as a whole and to herself In particular because she sponsors It by permit- ting it to continue. The cast Is a good one, strong on names, even though for the most part they are In shots only for bits, but among those in the cast are Mary Carr, Tyrone I'ower, Oeorgo Seig- mann and others equally aa well known. And as a little side Information, pictures such as this, although not so well made, which were the Ger- mans' dream of quick money from the screen, sot tho German film In- dustry back 10 years. Fred. MEMORY LANE John M. Stahl production presented by I^ouls n. .Mayor, relp.iseii tiy First National. Kiom nn oriRlnal by John M. St.ihl and Kenjamin CJlazer. Featuring Kleanor Hoanlinan and Conrad Nagol. At the Strand, New York, week Jan. 81. Running time 71 minutes. Mary Eleanor noardmnn Jlmmlo Holt... t'onrad NaKel Joe Field William Haim-s .Mary's FathiT John Steppllng Mary's Mother............. . .Kugenla Ford The Urchin. ............. .Frankie Darrow »f.i,i. (Joan Standing *""^ ••'^ I Pot Farley "Memory Lane" Is decidedly an old fashioned typq of feature pro- duction. It is old fashioned in its story and direction, and the only modern touch that there is about It is the cast that puts over as best it can a mediocre thought and story. The chances are that "Memory Lane" won't show up badly at the box office of the Strand this week because Vincent Lopez is at the hbuse as an added attraction, but the picture isn't strong enough to get along without some box offlce aid at least as strong as this. Those who viewed the picture on the first day started a thought as to whether or not there was a pos- sibility that L. B. Mayer was just working out his First National can- tract as best he could and not pay- ing any attention as to the type of picture that he was giving them to release. ■ The leader title descrlBes the pic- ture as "the eld story; two boys and a glrL" That's Just It A small town, two boys, both In lovo with the sapie girl. She Is ontraged to marry one. But the night before the wedding the other returns to the town after a year's absence and the next night he is in front of her house when the ceremony takes place, actually forced into the task of driving the car for the newlyweds to the station. On the way the groom sees who is driving, there are some words, the groom Is pushed out of the car and the bride is driven oft by the man she didn't marry. The car runs out of gas, the two sleeb In the machine over night and the boy takes her back home the next morning. There the new hubby awaits her with open arms and they start on the deferred honeymoon. A couple of years later, there having been happiness and a baby in the family in the meantime, the other boy again shows up, dressed like a flashy gambler, pulls a lot of hick stuff, and the husband, who asks him the why of the masquer- ade, seems surprised that he was unable to put it over. Confesses that he had to see her again and wanted to make sure of her hap- piness. Then Daddy goes home and the wife convinces him that she never cared for the other guy at all. Thai's a story! If it is, so also are bedtime stories fit for adult consumptioui. As to the cast, Eleanor Board- man, Conrad Nagel and William Haines t.ake all the honors. The balance does not stand up any too strong. An exception Is little Frankie Darrow, a kid actor who slips in* a bit that stands out. From a production standpoint the picture doesn't look as though It cost very much. It won't do for a week stand and anyone that can pass it up in the day to day change houses might just as well do so unless Eleanor Boardman stands particularly strong at their box offlce. It was a shame to waste this girl in this picture. Fred, PHANTOM EXPRESS Roy»l Pictures pres.nts "The rhmtom Express," with Ethel Shannon, David Hut ler. Frankie Darro. George Hlcumaun ond V^IUlam Hookt'r In cast. John «1. AdoUhl directed. Released via Rannor I'roducllinu Time of running, 68 minutes. Porter in Hollywood Verne H. Porter, the new head of Famous Player's story department, has left for Hollywood to acquaint ' himself with the other half of the department out there. Outside the New York Theatre the billing made by the house had David Butler featured, the man- agement evidently feeling Butler was entitled to It and that a name from the cast was necessary to make it look more like a real pro- duction. Butler plays the hero and does as well as he can with a role that didn't call for much acting until the few closing feet. "The Phantom Express" is a story of railroads. It could have been quickly served up In a two-ree.er. Seems the express ran about 200 miles on a spur of track controlled by a small railway group that pinned its whole existence on that one run and its engineer, John Lane. George Slegmann as Hardy, tower- man, looked with big eyes upon Lane's daughter who in turn loved young Jack Warner (Mr. Butler). Hardy was dead sore at heart when he found himself spurned by Norah Lane (Miss Shannon) and that the run he desired was filled by the girl's father. So HardjL flicks a switch and wrecks the express. Apparently it didn't do much damage to the train as it was soon on the Job although some passengers were killed and maimed for life. It was a head-on collision, with the engineer saved. All he lost was his reason and his Job, and In this picture, others might have lost theirs, too, without a wreck. Wasted a lot of celluloid on a commonplace story. Nothing new or novel to the film, and even the work of a little kiddie (ailed to lift It Just a picture. MarkJ.^^ LURE OF THE WILD Columbia production. Featuring Jan* Novak, with Alan Roscoe, Richard Tucker, Pat Harmon. Mario Carllo, Rillle Jeorn and the trained dog. Lightning, In tha cast. Directed by Frank R. Strayer. Re« leased by Apollo. Runnlus time, 58 mlns. Although Jane Novak Is featured i:wr/r;rr»xir/»"/»itrwr^ » IS k^^> a ''»*■ -tttP**^^ TaxIilmCbjporatinrt. ■ '' ■UPH^VnV^!^nUVMi^ ill^^iV yifuAoetdnj, February S, IMt FILM REVIEWS VARIETY 4S little chUd Is a doinioaUns fl^urc. iind Bure enough. A husband who aba«ntii hlnueU much from his house Btarts on a JriD •aylnr goodbye to his daugh- ter and wife. He urges his boon male P*^* *** ^^^^ Agnes company. The friend does. go much ao that when Iho hus- t-nd returnH unexpectedly sj^d finds wtfey being clost-embmced by the friend, he slams him. Pushing his wife aside, he rushes upstairs, gets the child and speeds from the house In an auto. And the dog goes, too. gome excellent shots of the out- doors. Severnl good dramatic scenes. Some play for comedy; aome good and some Ineffective. One of the best climaxes was where the little girl was saved from going over the rapids by the dog> The picture should do well In the neighborhoods where It Is certain to have Its biggest appeaL Iforfc. BIG PAL llosal Droductlon, •tarrln* WHUam Ru»- .♦iT Dirtcted by John O. AJcUpW. Frxm. •torv by JulM Furthman. Dl»lril>ut&l by ApaHo KUa K>chui««> BaBnlnc time, «t« SiS"wilMam WlllUm nu«eU H*I*n TnMCOtt JbU»d» Jobiuton Mary WlllWm* V. • ; J? .1 jitnny William. .M»cky Benuett TJin WUIHima Hayden 8tev«Boon For the want of a atory the aerv- Ices of some players known in film circles Just about go to waste. WU- Jlam Kuasell. the star of this pic- ture, holding close to economic line, at times fades, while Micky Ben- nett, the freckle-faced kid, steps In and holds. Number of tblnga about the story loosely strung together. Russell as Dan Williams, who aspires to be a ring champ, is notified that his lit- tle pal, Johnny, his brother Tim's offspring, is held captive and that if be (Williams) doesn't stand for a knockout in the fifth that be wiil never see his stolen kin again. To please Dan's mother who loves little Johnny, about the slangiest article that has hit the screen In moons, Dan, always a square mil- ter, decMes to take a kay-o. For once in many pictures the girl's father does not regard a fighter as too common. Much play given to the ring fight. This la quite well done and one place where the most money was •pent on the film for "extras." Through the work of young Ben- nett and hia cronies the picture will get the most attention in the neigh bortaood.d R«ina. Dlractad by W. B. Van Dyke. Half of double Wa at Lioew'a New Vor1( fan. n. _ .. , Ml!« McCann BucK J«»«« Julia Starke Florence Gilbert Her Teunger Slater Faullne Garon Jamca Martin M<«i«*ru« L«»e raoua sportRnan's name, would be almost valueless. The production is In the bands of Walter West who, first aa a member of the firm of Broad-West and later for himself, has become popular here as a direc- tor of pk:tures In which story and acting nuittered Uttlo, providing they led up to a r^ce. His old stories were always of the penny novelette order, and he shows no sign ef breaking away from the custom in these new pictures featuring Dono- ghue. The first of the new series, en- ttUed "Riding for a King," was tihown at the Tlvoli to an audience in which racing men and race course hangere-on took the place of the customarj' trade show, "dead- heads." The crude story tells how a famous Jockey loves a girl who, however, hatt given her heart to an- other man. The other man has his all on a horse which, by one means and another, is left riderless. The jorkey lorer has departed for the continent to ride for a king, but on the girl getting In touch and calling him to the rescue be immediately leaves royalty In the lurch and re- turns to England by aeroplane In time to spring Into the saddle, win the big event and put a guarantee on his true love's happiness witJi the other fellow. Any story would be lust as popu- lar with Donoghue who, however, ohowB a greater ease and histrionic ability than many of the vaunted young film heroes. Walter West's work is good, his production of the racing scenes being especially so. A good supporting coat Includes Car- lyle Black well, Cecil Morton York and Miles Mander. The leading lady Is June of revue and musical com- edy, who makes little mark on the screen. As a local showman's proposition, this series should be first class. Gorv. . RED HEELS London, Jan. !•. Films of stories connected with the stage, no matter what the coun- try of their ori^'iii, are Invari.ably miracles of Imagination and ignor- ance. However, this Saatia-Stoll film's characters are vry human. A gamin of a girl who rises from cheap cat>aret to revue, a worried but human m.anager, a backer who Is merely a kind-hearted man-about- town, a Jealous erstwhile star and a youth who marries the little actres.s. The old cliaracters, perhaps, but cleaned and clad in the mental rai- ment of ordinary men and women. There is nothing exceptionally origi- nal In the story, wKirh could easily lose some of its eight reels to great advantage. The production of Michael Cour- tlce Is excellent. He doesn't mince mattei's nor does he go out to find (CootlBued on page tS) at- U'S STARS' FILMS LAura l.Al*lunte's next for lJniver> sal will be Alfred Bouter's novel, "Butterflies in the Rain." It goe* into production this spring. For Mary Thilbin. anoUier U. star. Dana Burnett's story, "Tcchnic," bam been bought Lois Weber, tho only woman di- rector in pictures, will direct it. Francis X. Hushman has been signed for one of the leading arts. HOT BARKER, BUT BADGER lx>3 Aixgclcs, Feb. 2. Variety last week stated that Reginald Barker was taken ofl! "Zander the Great." released some time aco, after the picture was started. Instead of Barker the story should have named Clarence Badger. A pretty good western, which has Its star. Buck Jones, la civilian clothes most of the time, the sole western touch being a broad- brimmed hat- The plot concerns NUs McCann, whose father for years carried on a feud with the Starkes of the next ranch. Young McCann, home from college and ready to take over control of the ranch, finds the father of the Starkes has died and that a beautiful daughter. Julia, is the girl he'd giv« a couple of right aims for If he could be successful in the pursuit of his love for her. It so happened the McCann outfit had been blamed for a lot of dirty work which Jim Martin's gang of rene- gades had perpetrated, so obivoualy, McCann gets heroic and helps the girl out. eventually proving to them the ill-will th«>y felt for his family should have been directed at tho Martins. The outdoor shots are excellent, some particularly well photographed. Jones gives a good performance and covers quite a lot of ground with his horseback riding and punches In a few faces with his fists. Horenre Gilbert .is the Starke girl Is new to this reviewer and. If new to pictures, looks like a pretty miss who'll go a long way before long. Pauline Garon does her stock flapiier act, this time different only in that the atmos- phere Is western. Montague Love as the meanest of the Martins is rough looking and convincing. Okeh as one of the Jones series and an Improvement ever several of his recent releases. SUk. Stere Donoghue Series London, Jan. 10. The name of Kngland's leading Jockey Is one to Juggle with throughout the length and breadth of Great BriUin and Ireland. He also has a host of admirers, both on the .Continent and In America. This personal popularity is the only *j^ fMne for the making of these short two-reelers whicli, without the fa- (JdniiBjy 2S NABbem COMPhNTS ."Film Vc^y^ March MNVH- ' JvesseaJod thst fehnuaiy GlMmM COMim^S ive sioned mim.1 socmt ' ^""^ mm aM (Look tks ^ OUQtl, - DAVE APfliXON ^^ _ oi here, was hurned PP AXITDFr) TT^'ound with loss of $s.00n. t .c, Ernest Hare ^. solo and Lewis James rap owned tho jiavllion. opcratf;d by William llunibraciit. twico arrefitf-d In the place. liquor raid" on tunes, some recordeo ,.., bands and push them out on the ni.'irket at once > ca;.h in upon the vogue for return of the old time tunes. AMuted by EMILY FITZGERALD and MARJORIE LANE and His MANILA ORCHBnr^' T ni rhintom Express," with Kthel Sharncn, D.ivld Kut Icr. Frankle Darro. George .SlcRmaim sAd VMlllam Hooker In east. Jolm d. Ado .,hi directed. Released vl,i Hanner I'roductlMnM Time of running, 58 minutes. Outside the New York Theatre the billing made by the house had David Butler featured, the man- agement evidently feeling Butler was entitled to It and that a name from the cast was necessary to make it look more like a real t>ro> duction. Butler plays the hero and does as well as he can with a role that didn't call for much acting until the few closing feet. "The Phantom Express" is a story of railroads. It could have been quickly served, up In a two- reefer. Seems the express ran about 200 miles on a spur of track controlled by a small railway group that pinned its whole existence on that one run and ita engineer, John Lane. George Siegmann as Hardy, tower- man, looked with big eyes upon Lane's daughter who in turn loved young Jack Warner (Mr. Butler). Hardy was dead sore at heart when he found himself spurned by Norah Lane (Miss Shannon) and that the run he desired wua filled by the girl's father. So Hardjt flicks a switch and wrecks the express. Apparently It didn't do mu"Ii damage to the train as it was soon on the job although some passengers were killed and maimed for life. It was a head-on collision, with the e^ineer saved. All ho lost was his reason and his Job, and In this picture, others might have lost ^helrs, too, without a wreck. Wasted a lot of celluloid on a commonplace story. Nothing new or novel to the film, and even the work of a little kiddle failed to lift It. Just a picture. MarkJ.^^ LURE OF THE WILD Columbia production. Featuring Jane Novak, with Alan Roscoe, Richard Tur.ker, Pat Harmon. Mario Carllo, liillte Jeorn and the trained dog. Lightning, in th* cast. Directed by Frank R. Strayer. Re- leased by Apollo. Running time, 66 mlnii. Although Jane Novak Is featured and is a screen name bearing some weight, the outstanding star ia Lightning, the dog. / With this dog in the cast, one naturally expects a story wherein a JACK COAKLEY AND HIS ORCHESTRA ■. V CABIRIA CAFE, SAN FRANCISCO ESPECIALLY ENGAGED AS FEATURE ANNIVERSARY WEEK (JAN. 23) " METROPOLITAN, LOS ANGELES, CAL. ELEVEN MEN— ELEVEN ARTISTS fcsaSa^isROTfM^^ } k^^ •is Speciak that ^ specials >C^ Tox Jil III Corp a rat I o IL ■tMPi W«dncada7> February t, 19M FILM REVIEWS _-F VHJIfWp.: mm I *^ti j.^ jy^i*; VARIETY 4S little child JB a dominating flsure. ind sure enough. A husband who absentn hlraeelf much from bis house starts on a JrlD saylnK goodbye to his daugh- ter and wife. He urges his boon male pa' ^ •***!* Agnes company. The friend does. go much so that when the hus- v-nd returnB unexpectedly and linds wtfey being dose-embraced by the friend, he slams him. Pushing his Wife aside, he rushes upstairs, gets the child and speeds from the houee In an auto. And the dog goes, too. Bome excellent shots of the out- doors- Several good dramatic scenes. Some play for comedy; some good and some Ineffective. One of the best cliraaxes was where the little girl was saved from going over the rapids by the dog> The picture should do well in the neighborhoods where It Is certain to have Us biggest appeal. Mark. BIG PAL Royal production, ■tarring Wltllam Ru»- ■*ll DirecteO by John U. AAoJphl. From •torv by Jules Furthraaii. Dl»lribute«l by Apttlto rum KzcbaBg*. Ronnlns Ume, «t, SiS"wim.in WllUua nuwell Heten Tni«:ott J»U«n» J«hiuton Mun Wllllanui Mary Carr ?0b7n7willUu«. • • •*l'«»'y B'"r " Tim WUltama H«yden 8t«»-«Beoii For the want of a story the serv- ices of aome players knowii in fllm circles just about go to waste. Wil- liam Russell, the star of this pic- ture, holding close to econoniic line, at times fades, while Micky Ben- nett, the freckle-faced kid, steps in and holds. Number of things about the story loosely strung together. Russell as Dan Williams, who aspires to bo a ring champ, Is notified that his lit- tle pal, Johnny, his brother Tim's offspring, is held captive and that If he (Williams) doesn't stand for a knockout In the fifth that he will never see his stolen kin again. To pl«ase Dan's mother who loves Jlttle Johnny, about the slangiest article that has hit the screen In moons, Dan, always a square mit- ter, decides to take a kay-o. Kor once in many pictures the girl's father does not regard a lighter as too common. Much play given to the ring fight. This Is quite well done and one place where the most money was •pent on the film for "extras." Through the work of young Ben- nett and hie cronies the picture will get the most attention In the neighborhoods, where the kids will root long and laud for them. Jiforfe. mous sportsman's name, would be almost valueless. The production is In the hands of Walter West who, first as a member of the firm of Bioad-West and later for himself, has become popular here as a direc- tor of pictures in which story and acting mattered little, providing they led up to a race. His old stories were always of the penny novelette order, and he shows no sign of breaking away from the custom In these new i4otures featuring Dono- ghue. The first of the new series, en- titled "Riding for a King." was Hliown at the TivoU to an audience in which raciiig men and race course hangerB-on took the place of the cu.stomary trade show, "dead- heads." The crude story tells how a famous jockey loves a girl who, however, has given her heart to an- other man. The other man has his all on a horse which, by one means and another, is left riderless. The THE DESERT'S PRICE Fox prodDctton aUrrlnK Cliarlea (Buck) y^ (Jdrwiaiy 1^ NABbbm rorfkt y^ 1 fehnuaiy coMnws ive sid/ied irf? ' 'Hii^^ y\ / Mm- thst fo V mm alsd t >" ^ oifen, ^ brother' \ / ;| V Thaik J a- / Ks f^ A/1 ^^~ / ' -•aa»«*>a»«i "•.mil)'!* 1, VjiU IW1|I 44 VARIETY MUSIC ■■1 ^wm nwwmrnmww^'^mmr^^i^T I wrnKMnfmam^smntw^nw- '^iniwrnvm* im Wednesday, February 8, IBM I BALLROOM REVIEWS THE CABIN, NEW YORK New York. Jan. 27. Sooniiiigly, the "clu.ss" spot of the many low-brow dance places Is this ono at 14th street and Third ave- nue, owned by Joseph LanuKgl, Inc., witli K. li. lillls us president ami mariaKcr. Its unadvcrtlsed feature is the procedure of the "hoste.sses" in so- liciting dances. Instead of waiting and smiling for approaches of the dancing gentry, the girls, at the end of each dance, of a chorus in length, if unattached to a man at the time, line up in double lile and circle the room, pointing at those In pants and saying, 'Dance V" The place is one iliKht up. It Is unassuming and dimly lighted downstairs, but the entrance leads to a brightly lighted staircase. I)e( orated with fantastic splashes of paint, its walls are much in the manner of a Greenwich Village place. Signs say it is a "dancing academy," universal among places of its type. The ballroom, with the 10-cent checking concesalon at the en- trance, is almost different in so far that it ip attr.actively decorated to extremes. Miniature cabin doors along the panels suggest the name. The room is no more than 50 by 100, but appears larger, probably because of Its being devoted to dance space only, with no obstruc- tions excepting two posts in the center of the floor. Eight for %\ The usual tariff dince rate and admission — eight ticlcets for a dol- lar — prevails, as does the usual cut for the girls — Ave cents on each ticket. On its list the Cabin has 137 girls. About half of that number are In attendance on week nights and 100 or more Saturday and Sunday eve- nings. They are not so unusually pretty, as a whole, to Invite -special comment, althougii being attractive enough to invite dancing with them, which is, incidentally, all that Is necessary. A few, as will be found anywhere, are really comely. It Is Ignorance, it seems, that keeps these attractive ones dancing in this type of place, when they could seek employment In any chorus. Tftien. airath. It Is probafcly, as the. girls say, they have homes, api work dufing the day aiifl seel? amusement and extra money at tht? dance places at night. The nciale clientele Is probably more American In appearance man at any of the Cal)in'8 competitors. Latin features and oily hair are lit- tle in evidence. Herq and there are gray-haired old boys trying to trip the light fantastic to Liombar- di's Cabiners, a six-piece combina- tion, and Just a band. Only at un- usual times In the number of at- tending males below 150. The" main entrance and that for the girls are at proper distances from each other, disallowing, as the manager says, meetings and trysts at nearer than a half block from the hall. "Caks- Eater's Insurancs" As a novel feature, the manage- ment hands out a blue folded paper called a "Cake-Eater's Insurance Policy." It contains numerous "come-on" questions, with blanks left for answers, the last one (No. 18) being "I hereby apply for a Cake-Eater's Insurance Policy. I understand that, in any event, I will always be a customer of the Cabin Dancing Academy." The ai>plylng cake-eater is given ample space on which to place his llgnature. On the other side is a list of the nightly features — dance contests, country-store nights and the u.sual rackets. Accompanying this are the lyrics of a song entitled "The Cabin Blues," credited to Mr. Hill, the manager. They say to go to no other place but to the Cabli), .and are terrible. The features make the Cabin at- tractive to Its patrons. It has en- Joyed success since birth, 13 months ago. That It will make money, as will Its compotitor-s. while open, is certain. MOONLIGHT Canton, O., Jan. SO. A pioneer among ballrooms In the eastern part of Ohio, Moonli.:iht ballroom, perhaps one of the most .successful year roimd ballrooms to bo maintained in an aniusenient park, is proving the Mecca for dance enthusiasts from some 20 towns in this section. Owned and operated by the George Sinclair Amusement Co., builders of riiies and holders of many leases in parks throughout the country, Moonlight ballroom represents in excess of $100,000. To bo located outside the city limits in .an aniusomeni park Is .1 real ven- ture. The project, originally with- out a roof, was completed a year and a half ago at a cost of $50,000. The ballroom floor space is 100 by 200. It Is a spacious hall. Interior decorations ore much the same as other ballrooms in this section. At ono end is a large shell for the or- chestra. Acoustics are almost per- fect and dancers seldom complain to the management. Refreshment concessions are to the right of the entrance with large check rooms with better than 3,000 capacity. When the ballroom reopened Paul Biese, now deceased, played two days. Herb Weidoeft and his Cin- derella roof orchestra were at the ballroom moat of the summer, and Jimmy Dimmick was featured sev- eral weeks. Few bands play longer, than two weeks, with most one week. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Perry, dance Instructors and former vaudeville team, havo been In charge of the dance supervision. Perry has been responsible for promoting many novelty dance parties, and also sponsored a children's free dance instruction class on Saturday after- noons, a business getter. Although Canton Is a small town, from 1,500 to 1,80.0 Is a regular Saturday night occurrence. Whll* this ballroom Is more than two miles from town, the ballroom has been able to more than hold Its own despite a new ballroom down- town Aihich opened less than six months ago, 85o. Per Couple Prices ace 85 cents per couple — 50 cetits for men and 35 cents for women. This price prevails, regard- less of the band attraction. The ballroom from time to time plays vaudeville features as added attrac- tlonj. Opejn every week night except Monday, when the management rents It for private parties. The capacity of 3,000 has been reached several times. It is well heated in the winter and in summer the case- ment windows all round are opened. Loges encircle the two sides of the ballroom and parties may reserve these without charge. George Sinclair is head of the operating company, and C'arl Sin- clair, his son, and H. K. Uosenberry, assist In the executive duties. McConnell. Mor« Bands for Picture Houses As the 8«ason progresses the prediction that picture thea- tres would employ more popu- lar bands than ever Is coming true. There appears to bo a wuve along the line of the film the- atres for Jazz bands. Some take a few pieces, others the full band, with many of the houses bargaining that the pop com- bination shall be added to the pit (house) aggregation when not doing their stage turn. It appears to be an opportun- ity to build up popularity with- out the Paul Ash end consid- ered. on Its list, the number attending hardly varies. Male patrons afe usually about 150. sometimes many more, but never much less. Tho male clientele are mostly dark and uncouth looking foreigners. The girls are young, none looking over 22 and some 16 or 18 and for the most part exceptionally good looking. They are neighborhood girls and work during the day. They will tell you they are In these places for amusement and also for the extra money It gives them. They receive 5 cents on every ticket. A good looking girl may take In 50, 75 or more tickets In an evening. A sur- prising small percentage of the girls seemed anything other than they said. The dancing la qsually rough. Anything is done on the floor during the largest portion of the year. By this Is meant that every so often the cops step In to look the places over. That Dreamland Is a gold mine is certain. The rent Is moderate, the 10-cent checking gag valuable, and the soft drink and candy stand gets a fair play. A flicker! 'g electric sigm downstairs attracts, although the place docs not rel- much on transit trade, having Its regular and almost nightly customers. For some Dreamland la a para- dise, for others it would be a night- mare. INSIDE STUFF On Music Hallett's Newspaper Advertising One of tho most consistent new.spaper advertisers Is Mai Ilallett di- rector of his orchestra at the Arcadia Ballroom. New York, who enjoys an enviable reputation throughout New England. HaJlett uses the Bos- ton "Post" advertising columns consistently, his ad. of Jan. 30 in the "Post" being a single column strip quoting Variety's review of Hallett's band, with the caption, "As published by this ofllclal theatrical criterion " The Boston advertising Is In the nature of advance heralding of Hal- lett's New England return April 18. Charles Shribman, of Salem, Mass* is Hallet's personal representative and manager of all tours. ' In the past Hallett has gone more than half way with the various ballroom managers, taking full page ads In the daily papers to boost his employers' gate receipts and incidentally his own, since Hallett plays on a percentage arrangement. Ilallett and Shribman control a ballroom in Salem, Mass., and will acquire another around Boston this season as two permanent spots to supplement tho Itinerant locations. A self-controlled ballroom in New York is next aimed for, the Ilallett organization operating on a big scale Padorewski Did "Ride of ths Valkyries" Ignace Paderewskl, Polish patriot and master pianist, together with his wife and their two secretaries, arrived 25 minutes late In a box car for the Toronto concert. Later he gave an almost perfect all-Chopln program, before 3,400 persons at $4 top. Paderewskl arrived aboard the private car "Los Angeles" about T o'clock. He entertained a few friends at dinner on the car and about I the party started to cross the tracks for a waiting taxi. Toronto's old Union station has long been a Joke. It Is. The Joka didn't make Paderewskl laugh. A string of Pullmans blocked the pianist's path. He had little time to spare, so climber aboard, his wife following. As they were about to dismount the train started and carried them Ave miles before they were rescued. The pianist and his wife were carried back to the station by a special engine and box car, using an empty packing caso as a seat. "Song Baiting"' "Song baiting" Is still predominant in some of the neighborhood houses, and where any of the bands or "acta" suggest to the audience that it name its selection there Is always a yelp for certain plug songs. These houses are given constant observation through some of the song hustlers tipping off the publisher so that he can get lines working that will result In the music house leaders being called when the opportunity presents Itself. In several houses the ushers have been forbidden to chirp for any number from the rear of the house, although several "acts" gen« erally arrange for an audience assist with them prior to the opening. • •■■; S S^ir-Inxtmrdvo Rook* on THK AKT OF MODERN JAZZ PIANO PLAYING ny ART HIIEFTK Now you can learn to play Popular Music with all the Flll-ln Trirki. Krcaka, niii^s. etr , a'» Hsid by leading RADIO ARTISTS .»*^"* nook t.ti, hf » 15U Jiizz nri-aki, i-.M ."'PP*'. ^''i^'lty KncllMBS. H:ufs. rlllln t.nibf niahmi nla. elr. Ii worth numlrcls of iloUiirii to nny jilanlgt amateur or rr"fi xhIoikiI. l'rl<-«« »I.no'. ."jvond Book — Jazr, H^ms. The barklione «>f Jazx Piano I'layin*. Thla I>ouk tcachua the viirli.ua mylps of Jazi I};iw iipops.'iary In i'r.ifrMi,,ii«l work. In all keys and rhonla Prlre fl.OO. Third Book— Koyl)oari) Itarmony SImpllfled. The almplcit and meat rnndcnsed method ever t'ubllshe^l on thia subject. So irlini>l« that a child can underitand It. I'rioe $1.H0. From your dealer, or dellvertd C'.O.D. by mall If do.-lrod SHEFTE PUBLISHING CO. (Not Incorporated) Dept. B, 826 Lyon A -llaeljr Bids , • < B. Jackson lilvd., Chlcayo, III. Dreamland, New York Dreamland Is two flights up at 120 West 125th street, a very few stops from the Lenox avenue sub- way station of that street. It has an edge In being centrally located on the most pretentious business street of Its district. It Is owned and operated by the Dreamland Dancing Academy, Inc., with Mr. Schwartz, manager. Suiprisingly, it Is without any threatening local opr>o3itlon. Dreamland Is the strongest advo* cate, If not the home of refined d;tncing In Harlem MADRID BALLROOM (WAUKEGAI^, ILL.) Chicago, Jan. 29. A year ago Waukegah was In a ba^ yay for ent^rtflilTiment. with a couple of dinky picture houses and honky-tonky vaudeville over the wee'k-end. Since then a dramatic stock has set up In the only real theatre In town, previously dark most of the time; a recreation building containing bowling alleys, billiards, etc., has been opened, and the Madrid ballroom has been given to the youth of the community. The Chamber of Commerce, If there Is one, must note these manifestations of Waukegan's progresslveness with pride. It isn't so big, the Madrid ball- room. You could tuck It In the vestibule of some of the mammoth big city places. But It's new and clean and handsome, and undoubt- edly the boys and girls of the high school set. the factory set, the young married set and the broad- minded set mention It gratefully In their prayers. At any rate the men- tion is as probable as the prayer. Three men, all Waukeganltcs, own the Madrid. They are Stanford Pearce, Charles Stake and Herbert Kllern, with the latter acting as manager. Capacity Is perhaps 800, with an outside of a thousand. The gate Is 40c-7Sc at all times, the holidays not being abused. Entrance is through an open lobby with plate glass windows facing the street. This looks like an Ice cream parlor fit first glance, due to tho ballroom's fountain being located here. Waukegan In population falls a couple of thousand below 30.000. but the ballroom draws from some 100 * Lyrics for "Romany Love" At the time the Qeraldlne Farrar show "Romany Love" was destined for New York. E. B Marks, who held the music, and Harms, who hatl the lyrics over here, were unable to get together and effect a suitable arrangement for combining the words and music. As a result Harms had planned interpolatln< several numbers In order to benefit by whatever prestige the show might get. It's one night flop stopped further negotia- tions. The piece was bougbt for the Pacific coast and wlU be produced ther* shortly. It was orlglnaHy called "Frasqulta" but the now title goes for the coast. To get around the lyric angle. Marks la having special lyrlai written to the score, v/hich he controls, by Dr. Slgmund Spaeth, author of "The Common Sen.se of Music." Paul Specht assembled a host of dally newspapermen last Wednesday and distributed Variety to each, following a special luncheon, to acquaint the daily press with the new bill which the band "leader Inspired for the retaliation against British discrimination. Victor Can't Fill Orders The Victor Talking Machine Co. was forced to take space nationally In the dally papers apologizing to the public and asking their Indulgence because of the tardiness In delivering orders on the new Orthophonlo Victrola. The new machine has proved a huge success and the demand exceeded expectations, so much so that the Victor home office at Cam- den, N. J., was unprepared and was compelled' to hastily adjust Its factory production schedule so that now tho situation Is In belter shape for the new year. Tho Brunswick's Panatrope, also a reproducing improvement on the old phonograph, has caught on just as effectively. Both machines have done much to stimulate record sales and thus react favorably on the music business. Tariff dancing prevails. Adrals ^ , slon Is $1 for eight tickets, each for' olio, takYngin Kenoshar RacIricT f-ako one dance. The ball Is in a good- | Forest. McHenry, LibertyvUIe, etc. sized loft, about two-thirds devoted; sinco Its opening a couple of to the dance floor, and the remain der to lounging space for the large majority of male patrons. A railing separates the two sections. It is at this the girls stand and enticingly. You hand a ticket to a trl and walk on to the floor with her. She tears the ticket In half, handing ono part to ono of the half dozen "bouncers," and keeping the other herself. Each dance Is of one chorus only, the next continuing without Inter^ ml.sfllon. This is seemingly a strain on tho band, which Is Matson's Cri- terion Orchestra, a colored combln.a- tion of eight pieces and awfully "hot." When the eight tickets are gone one may step up to the box office, wliirh also has a window on the insido, rind buy more at 12 cents .lpi(>CP. Plenty of Girl Dancers It H unno(o.s.lzemore from Chicago. "The boys sing now and then. This band is farmed out by the management on tho nlphtfl the ballroom is closed, with the demand greater than the nights available. "'- -" ♦herx was no s""**- in '"• Scores A. F. of M. A communication to Variety from H. Bernard, 35 Dufficld street, Brook- lyn, N. y., scores tho American Federation of Musicians for its alleged laxnesa In enforcing union resolutions. The letter la reproduced as the writer's individual expression: "The recent complaint of Specht In Variety exposes the usual aim of the A. P. M. of getting the dues regardless of whether the A. F. M. benefits the payers, or If they have work. This is where the A. F. M. falls short of my Idea of a real union, which Is embodied In the plan of the railroad crafts. Vkhere an equitable no-work, no-dues policy pre- vails, with a death benefit depending on actual dues paid In. "When the A. F. M. declared control of vaudeville acts using a plurality of musicians last spring, I foresaw the condition Specht complains of— the winking at under-scale salaries by the A, F. M. (as long as they get the A. F. M. dues!), because for years advertisements have stared musicians In the face (and no action taken) like — 'Must be union; state your lowest* In fields where A. F. M. had a fixed scale." Sax in Grand Opera Pit The Introduction of the saxophone Into the orchestra playing for A grand opera will take place In Chicago shortly when "The Light of St Francis" is produced. This short opera, with a libretto by Mrs. Minnie Maddern Flske, Is now In rehearsal. The composer declared only a saxophone could properly express tho mood of some of the music and, despite protests from many of the musicians, two were added to the orchestra. The production of "The Light of St. Francis" Is being made by the Chicago Civic Opera Association. Good for Fras- Lanes Arrangsre Shapiro-Bernstein's exclusive signing of Arthur Lange to make their dance arrangements hag been no 111 wind for contemporary arrangers like Louis Katzman, W. C. Polla, and ethers. ^VhlIe these were always In demand, along with Lange, tho latler's unusual scoring for orchestra numbers taxed Lange's capacities unduly because of the value of the Lange name on an arrangement. The publishers knew this and every- thing was a.sstgned to Lange. With the latter eliminated as a froe-lance, the others are now getting a good play. MEMPHIS 5 FOR ROSEMONT ''"he original Mcmphi.'i I-'ive open • "»!» dement Saturday at -^m. Brooklyn, •• been a Jazi staple at the Rosemont, the return being by demand. The band has been touring the picture housoa and ballrooms in th<" interim. Wednesday. February 8, 1929 MUSIC DISK REVIEWS By ABEL NO MAN'S MAMA— Aileen Stanley. MIGHTY BLUE— 8«m«. Victor No. 198C3. Allwn Stanley sells n novelty song like nobody'a business. The gloating cry that she's "no man's mama" is a blues classic. "Miglity Blue " is an indigo number of more dignified mien. Frank Uanta's ac- companiment Is tip-top. THE GARDEN OF EDEN WAS IN IRELAND— Cerald CrifTin. I'M ALWAYS REACHING FOR THE MOON— Same. Okeh No. 40:91. ARIZONA ROSE— Same. WEST OF THE GREAT DIVIDE— Same. Okeh No. 40432. The first three numbers are from Gerald Griffin's musical, "The Be- Joved Bandit," written by the Irish tenor In collaboration with Dan J. fulllvan and Lon Healy. The "Great Divide" number is a ball bal- lad which is coupl(>d with "Arizona Hose," the outstanding song of the show. ."ustin Ring's Trio accompanlpt. effeotively. Griffin's te:« frini? im- pre«sing with its sincerity and vigor MANHATTAN (Fox Trot)— Ohman and Ardsn and Regent Club Orchestra. SENTIMENTAL ME — Same. Brunswick No. 2934. This corking couplet from the •Garrlck Gaieties" has Phil Ohman and Victor Arden. the crack pian!sts. as the feature wl.h the Regent Club orchestra. The boys piny a wicked pnir of keyboards and make for colorful relief with the dance or- chestra. I WANT YOU ALL FOR ME (Fox Trot)— Herb Wiedoeft's Cinder- ella Roof Orchestra. ' DEEP ELM — Sams. Brunswick No. 2982. Wirdoeft plays his syncopation In the true California style. It is clean «ut yet ryhthmlcally snappy. Vocal choruses also relisve the Instru- Uentation. IT MUST BE LOVE (Fox Trot)— International Novelty Orchestra. I WAS BLUE— Same— Victor No. i:847. The two bl|f songs from "Merry Merry" (Harlan Thompson-Harry Archer) are coupled on this Victor record. The International Novelty Orchestra, the Victor's "house" band has interestingly treated the Intrin- sically excellent compositions, the piano and xylophone in.strumcnta- tlon particularly relieving the scor- ing. Plenty of novelty and mel- ody, coupled with a fine rhythm, makes this couplet stand out BAM BAM BAMMY SHORE (Fox Trot) — Ted Lewis and Band THE CAMEL WALK— Same— Co- lumbia No. 478. WHILE WE DANCED TILL DAWN —SAME JUGT AROUND THE CORNER— Same — Columbia No. 604. This quartet of dance numbers evidences variety and versatility. The first two are snappy fox- trots. "While We Danced Till Dawn," by S.antley-Schustcr-Lewis, is a big waltz song of hit posaibilitlea, and "Ju.st Around the Cornpr," by Harry Von Tilzer, Is a melody fox trot. In the latter two, Lewis interpolates some of his "serious" vocalizing. HUGO (Fox Trot) — Ross Gorman and Orchestra WANT A LITTLE LOVIN'— Sam*— Columbia No. <60. I'M SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD— Same. RHYTHM OF THE DAY— Same- Columbia No. ^98. Ross Gorman has dropped the Earl Carroll name from his billing since severing with the "Vanities ' and booking himself Into the Monte Carlo. Gorman has included in these four releases, "Rhythm of the Day (Don Llndley) which Is from "Vanities" and a corking dance number. It is quite an accidental arrival since It was merely OiTcred as a dance Interlude between acts, not being of the shows score proper. "Hugo," by L. Wolfe Gilbert and Richard Fall, is a continental nov- elty. The others are pop offerings, all played In rhythmic dance stylo with the Gorman saxes and his trombone and trumpet standing out Instrumentally. LONESOME ME (Fox Trot)— Paul Spe:ht and Orchestra I'M KNEE DEEP IN DAISIES— Same — Columbia No. 461. WHOOPEE— Game BAMBOOLA— Same— Columbia No. 497. Paul Spechi has a variety of of- ferings in this quartet. Two are melody fox trots .and the latter two novelties. "\Vhoopc< " la a buticr- and-egi'-man- from -the- West ditty ■while "Bamlioola" is a hula I'ula motif with .lohnny Morris .nnd Peto Dale voc.Tlir.inj;; in the interlude; the former also ofTlclntes In '•Whoopee" ( Conrad -doSylva- Brown). In "Lonesome Me," Krnest Hare offers a vocal solo and Lewis James contributes In "Knee Deep." Paul Ash's Chicago song hit. The Specht style Is as ever fetching. WHO (Fox Trot)— Eddis Elkins and Orchestra. SUNNY— Same— Columbia No. 493. DON'T WAIT TOO LONG (Fox)— Eddie Elkins and Orchestra. YOU TOLD ME TO GO (Fox)— The Knickerbockers — Columbia No. 482. WHAT A BLUE EYED BABY YOU ARE — (Fox) — Ths Knicker- bockers. I WONDER WHERE MY BABY IS TONIGHT— Sams — Columbia No. 494. This sextet Is evenly divided be- tween Eddie Elkins and The Knick- erbockers, hence the Joint review. 'Who" and "Sunny," from Jerome Kern's "Sunny," rendered by El- kins, were special releases to fill the demand. "Don't Wait Too Long" by Elkins, and "You Told Me to Go," Abe Lyman's hit, played by the Knickerbockers, are another couplet. Both are melody fox trots and ballroom favorite.s, well played by both organizations. The Knickerbockers are the solo feature of the next "baby" couplet with Robert Benjamin vocalizing a chorus in the latter. PRETENDING (Fox Trot)— Aba Lyman's California Orchestra. EVERYBODY STOMPI— Same- Brunswick No. 29G0. "Pretending" is a smooth fox- trot, written by -two vaudeville women. Belle Baker and Grade Dcagon. It is a danceable number and according to Charles Kaley's lyric interpretation, a commercial type of song. Kaley by the by has since been graduated into a Bruns- wick tenor soloist, the violinist- singer with the Lyman organization possessing an unusually fine lyric voice. Th3 "stomp" is a brisk Charleston Jaisz number. Poblbhers After Radio Ib AHsbralia, Too Sydney, Dec. 80. Court action Is being taken ag.ainst station 3 A. R., Melbourne, by Allan and Co., Chappell, W. H. Paling, Ltd., and J. Albert and Son, all big music publishing firms. The complaint alleges that the radio station used, without consent, 43 musical works. The music companies desire the court to seek an account of de- fendant's profits and any other re- lief the court deems fit to grant. VARIETY 4S IlERE AND THERE Roy Snieck, picture house ban- Joist, is now recording for Columbia and Gennett disks. He opens Keb, 6 at the Branford, Newark, N. J. International Jazz Band Is Big Hit in Berlin Berll. . Jan. .23. Erno Rapee, at the Ufa Palast am Zoo, put together a Jazz band to use In the prolog to the Buster Keaton film, "The Navigator," it the Ufi Palast last week. The band was such a tremendous n "ess that it sot eight curtain calls the opening night. As a result it has been bo>kcd for the month of February for I.e Scala, Berlin's classiest .'ludevllle house Rapee also claim »at he has had an offer from a Berlin revue pro- ducer and from a Londoi. vaudeville agent. / Ithough th bani Is of very mixed nationality and contains no Americans, yet aft t only a little over a week's rehears.il Ranee v.hlpped It Into good shape. I" plays the symphonic style «f arrange- ment. ALLEN SUMMERS RECORDING Chicago, Feb. 2. Allen Summers, ex-actor, but for many years a booker, is recording for the Okeh people, specializing In old-time Bong.s, which are coming back Into favor. Last week Summers disked "My C,n\ Sal" and "Down by the Old Mill Stream." ESKIMOS ON DISKS The CllTUOt Clun Eskimos bec<>me a phonopraph recording, as well as a radio name. Harry Rc.ocr's b.ind which exploits the Cltquot ginger- ales on the radio, will also "can " for th'." Columbia disks under that label. Villa Lalje Dinee Hnll Burns KiKlii. III.. Feb. 2. The Villa Lake Inn dance hall, four miles e.ist of here, wa.s burned to the ground with loss of $S.0O0. (Uisf Grap owned the iiavilion, oper.-ited by NSilliani ITutnhractit, twico arrested In liquor raH^ on the place. JACK HANAGAN The Personality Leader of James G. Dimmick's Sunnybrook Orchestra at Cinderella Ballroom, New York. Jack is a versatile singing and dancing comedian, in addition to br- ing a popular leader, impressing fa- vorably with the Cinderella H;i!i- room patrons with his impromi>tu native Irish wit and personality. The Dimmlck Sunnybrook Orches- tra Is fast coming to the fore as a recording unit and is much In de- mand for the disks. Brunswick's New Artists And New Dance Units The Brunswick records have ac- quired a number of new recording artists. The Jack Denny orchestra from tbo Flrlvollty Club Is one new combination: Harold Leonard's Waldorf-Astoria orchestra frem the New Tork hostelry la another. Salt and Pepper from "Gay Paree," and the night clubs, are new, ns is Ernie Golden and his Hotel McAlpln or- chestra which have recorded exten- sively for other comi)anles and are also wide radio favorites. I.,oul8 Katzman's Orchestra Is not new to the Vocalion (a Brunswick ally), but aew on the Brunswick Iffbel. The A. A P. Gypsies, or- chestra of radio fame on behalf of the Atlantic 4k Pacific Tea Co., makes Its disk debut via Bruns- wick. The Orchestra Chez Fysher is a new one although Ben Sel- vin's band as It is otherwise known, is a prolific disk maker. Andy Sanella and Bill Wlrges. guitar and piano dance recorders, are also new; ditto the Volunteer Firemen with characteristic dance music. Fletcher Henderson and his orchestra (colored) return to the Brunswick lists as does Al Jol.son. Wendell Hall makes his Bruns- wick debut after being formerly with Victor exclusively. Harry Archer's orchestra from "Merry Merry" is proving a very popular production music organization. Ben Bernle has been switched from Vo- calion to Brunswick. Vocally, Esther Walker, "the fe- male Jolson," and the Merry Mak- ers (male quartet) are two new units. Aaronson Quits Florida The Chateau Lido, Dayton, Fla.. proved too much of a venture for the size of the resort and Irving Aaronson for this reason decided to call oft his 12 weeks' minimum con- tract with the cafe management. Aaronson and his Cummunder.s were the big attraction, with Aaron- son also in charge of the other entertainment. A picture house tour had been In the otflng for many months, Aaron- son deciding to accept It, opening at the Mtate, St Louis, fur this week. Old Timers on Records MelUe Dunham, veteran fid- dler champ, has lade several test records for Victor. If the latter meet requirements. ti)e Victor plans having th.; Henry Ford proteg" record * num- ber <' the old t! ■ d.inrp tunes nnd will go behind ihcm with a heavy exfloltatlon cam- paign. The interest created In Dun- ham through the Ford tie-up has a' ^ promi* r !ui re- cording companies to arrange for a revlv-il of the oil dance tunes, some recorded by n.'imo band.i and push them out on the ni.Trket at once > ca;.h in upon the vogue for return of the old time tunes. Charles Dornberger, playing the pifiure houses lately, comes into i^o.sclund ballroom. New York, Feb. 8 for two weeks' run. Harold Leonard's Red Jackets, In their second year at the Hotel Windsor, Montreal, with two more years to go, is headed by Theodore II. Mains. The band records for lie Canada Victor Co. Leonard, umself, heads his own band at the Hotel Waldorf-Astoria, New York, and also is a new Brunswick artist. Right after the Will Donaldson - Josephine Plant nuptials yesterday (Tuesday), the songwriter anil his !)ride left for Florida where a com- Ined honeymoon and recuperation period will be spent. Donaldson Is .suffering from pleurisy. Ash Recommends ChicaKo, Feb. 2. One of the Chicago dailies printed the following letter In one of their question and answer columns: "Dear Mr. Answerman. "I was riding in a street car last night, and I happened to glance up at the overhead poster ads. I noticed five posters in a row, all with a pic- ture of one Paul Ash. He says you all ought to use Cosmo hairdressing, and he admits that Rldgeways tea satisfies him. Next be announces that he will appear at the Stage Hands' ball, and still another ad- vertisement says he will Judge a Charleston contest. Say," Mr. An- swerman, who Is this guy Ash any- way?" The note was signed Curious. "At last we have found some one who hasn't heard of Mr. Ash," said the answer printed by the paper. Peabody for Coast Eddie Peabody and his band open Feb. 20 for Jack Partington at the Granada, San Francisco, where Paul Ash was originally. Peabody will also do- on Ash type of enter- tainment. The band made a flock of r(K:ordB for Banner this week l)efore Jump- ing west. Peabody will come east every three months to record. Lucas' Picture Tour Nick Lucas takes up a picture house tour next week, having turned In his notice for "Sweetheart Time," which production he leaves Friday. DiiTerences with the management over the choice of his songs cause) I.cli.dij-k Tnri' el Kop. t l.ara Chcrnlaviiky r!fadtn» - («> Drr <1i>lu-< TM Fntg vl>) Ficni.ln Kiil.r Ueb Mo^ t chela licr.sbuii Uubin J(i»eph i'licrm i\sLy and his Ttdbbuk.'» (i) II vav. 'ritiii*. (•J) \Vi.;...-hi. ' .,:■-•■: O') *'o;-t'nhai;<*n, (f) Jrwi->h \\e,Ml^r Mel..ng as he re- mains purely Yiddish he cann,^ have that wider appeal whlclt Whiteman enjoys. That is to sny. In -he open marlrat, Chemlavsky would have to be less Viddisli. Old Jewish melodies pepped up are the nucleus of what the band offers. This is interesting and would probably be a riot in, say for in- stance, the Palace, New York. Tho drawing power of Cantor Rosen- blatt has been proved and in ths same grade of pop-priced houses which appropriate publicity, Cher- niav8ky"n b.-ind would probably get I a turnout almost as good. I A young Hussian Jew named Dava Terria stands out, and is featured. His performance on lH»th saxophone and clarinet Is little short of genius. He has been In this country only four years, and will never need lack of employment. He can step into any musical organization anywhere. A ""Kadlah" (Jewish mourning prayer) Is part of Cherniav8ky"s program as levealed at the Eighth Street theatre. This was sung by Joseph Winoicradoflf, baritone, and possesses a strong emotional appeal to persons of Hebraic extraction. The concert was somewhat en- cumbered BO f:ir as entertainment was concerned by some parlor tal- ent In recitations and elocution. "This meant little, hut was required to pad out the time so the grand exit wou:dn"t occur too much be- fore 11. For a first-class ccmcert offerlnic Cherniavsky lacks tho nci^ss.ary membership, class and distinction, but for vaudeville, with a few changes, a little in the way of pro- duction, etc., he should be a good bet. Cherniavsky, himpclf. while not playing any instrument, has a world of personnilty .-ind Is a showman of no mean ability. Loop, Nutting Retires E. Z. Nutting, a vice-president ot the F. w: Woolworth 5-and-lO-cent stores syndicate, retired Sunday of this week. Mr. Nutting, among other things, was the sheet music buyer for tn» chain stores until the publishers raised their wholesale prices, re- sulting In RP elimination of sheet music from the stocks. There has been talk off and on of Interesting the kirge syndicate in handling music once again, and Mr. Nutting's succes.«(or will probably be approached by those Intensted. Tho large firms with their hits do not care either w.iy, but a number of the l(;3.scr uiiranlz.'ttlons have de-^ CABARET REVIEWS 5TH AVE. CLUB Quite an umbiiluua eiuei cviiniaeni •t iitily iioae'it 6th Ave. Ciub, but u questiun whether jubt the th.ng fui a New York supper club, in tem- pcruie Kruiice uii utter theatre ui- vonissemeni such us Kuse is ot- tering would cunimand sulucicn> atieiuion, but ill tiicse pru-prul)ib- Itlon benighted states one wonUer^ wliether the clever Lorenst H^i . lyrics aren't wasted on the !<■ Couvert charges. " The 5ih Ave. Club is the first nighi place on the uvenue, ultiiou^h tiic Embassy nearby has been function- ing successfully, but more us u dinner proposition. The new caft. Is on the site of the former Cri- terion Club, although coni,iletoly re- niouclcd. An outer room Is a Perfumed Gar- den with three Assyrians p.ayJnii weird Oriental lunis for the a^mos- pl.ere. That part of it is all t6 the $5 class but the main cafe room possesses just an ordinary Broad- way atmosphere. Notliing Fifti. avenooiah about it. 'I he show is a bear for ideas am. cleverness, the '"dope" being that the cafe will serve as a breaU-in for r'.i'd.'uy niaKT. il. It ■-! Ilos"': Intention to sponsor a "Fifth Ave- nue I'oliits" revue on ijiOau..ay ba^;ed on this matcr.al. Seymour Felix, who staged thi dances, and Hichard Rodgers ani. Lorenz Hart, who did the music and lyrics, are receiving royalties for their contributions to the "Fiftli Avenue Follies,'' such arrangement In it.self being a departure. Harms. Inc., is publishing the score. The substance of the revue la u clever female sextet, equally dividrtl as to blondes and brunets with the- opening number, "Do You Notice Anything?" being a boast that tht choristers will be the best remem- bored thins nltor aM i.s snll nn'' done, and after the principals have had tlieir innings. Cecil Cunningham, Bert Hanioii and Doris Canfield are the scintil- lating triumvirate of the proceed- ings. They do their stuff "Ih the Name of Art^ aa the second offering An Harold Atterldge skit, "Fa- tl^'ue," with Bobbie C!if as the Com- mere. and Hanlon, Cunningham and Canneld comprising the eternal tri- angle, is a bright offering, funny and worthy of a revue showing. "Do You Notice Anything?" is a reprise and continued for three or four times more, the choristers each time appearing with less and les.s costuming, that being th» spice of the show. ^ "The Morning After" is a naughty Bliit. "Maybe It's Me" is one of the best numbers in the show, intro- ducing I<:ii:.abcth Brown and Danny McCarthy for a waltz number. The team has been seen before at the Hue de la Paix, Miss Brown being best remembered as Sednno's part- ner. Johnny Clare and Albert Burke with the 5th Ave. girls otherwise Burg the number. Bert Hanlon then cut up with a clown "Mammy.'s Knoe" number in which he eulogized mammy's fallen arches and broken instep. It's a corMng number and smart. Mignon Laird's harp dance scored, her acrobatic stuff standing out. "Literally Speaking" (by Atter- ldge) was an idea that would make a funny skit if built up. It's funny, but not aa clever as it could be de- veloped. The idiomatic Kn-^iish language is uti.i ed, the slanr phra.ses being literally interpreted by action such as "I have a case on you" (with a prop cane being place on the vis-a-vis); "I'm fall- ing for you" (with a nop); "you kill mo!" (with a prop pi.stol utilized for the literal interpretation of th< expression), etc. Hanlon and Miss Canfleld in "A City Flat" showed another cute number. Miss Cunningham's "Mike " was too long drawn out, the .song- stress bewailing the los^ of her hus- bands love since he .doesn't beat her as he was wont. Adlor. Well and Herman, clever ratiiskeller trio, placed a Broadway etjimp on the 5th avenue interior, this being one of the several thing;; that make one forget the ritzy alloy. "So Does Your Old Mandarin," a cntp Chink nvi>il)er, among other thinfjs stood out. "illt;h llats." -Where's That Lit- tle Girl?" and "Simie," with a wow Of a finnle (the chori.sters comin- down from the stai,'^ „„ to the dance . floor for this) coini.l.M.d the offcr- " r"m. -^"f't." l,„r..,l,u..,l a soxtet of The 200-poundor8 doinR an oM-tlnic> parade number were a wow amid the clever surroundigs of the lireceding material, (incidentally, the only professional lemperanient come.s from the big gals, who take .iieir hokum parade seriously anii object to Miss Canlleld'a prop bun- gling up of the routines). llie mural decorations of the room proper are by Clara Tice and noi i)articulurly noteworthy. That blac. border has a gloomy effect on the luditors. The dance floor is much too small, l)ut a Harry Archer band, only eight men, recruited from the "AIerr> Merry'' show and directed by Uegi- nald Chiids, is a corker. It has f>verything desirable for a clas.'- ■,iipi)or club, being smirt. subduc>l. rhythmic and dance-inspiring. In addition, it takes a tried and proved show orchestra to play the score lor this show. iiie r. om cost Rose J.'i" oro to open. The show costa $3,500 to operate, and tlie place in to. at lias u $5,000 weekly overhead. It looks ah t»f that. The policy of the club seems un- certain. To quote Rose: "We are working on the theory nothing is too mucli for the $5 couvert." Hence, the perfumed garden; hence an actual loss of revenue when all service is suspended during the show's run- ning time of one hour. Nobody can be served from 12:40 to 1:40. He has ills cigaret girl dressed up in a •personality" gag of a sheer skirt (although that may be her own ;dea) and other little niceties for -jeneral Impression. All of which is commendable. If he can adjust .•natters to bolster up the general \tmosphere to spell "class" In keep- ing with the location and the cou- vert, which should make for ex- clusivenesa in itself, he has a win- ner. The controversy over Miss Can- field, who was permitted to play out the week at the cafe by the Keith-Albee people before returning to the K-A fold. Is worthy of com- ment. Miss Canfleld is clever and possesses possibilities which the vaudeville people discovered only when reports of her cafe impression percolated into the booking office. In a production she should stand out particularly, as she handles lines and business In great style Keith's plans for her are for a two- act combination. Abel. tamea even tha wildest aa an at- tention-grabber late la th* morn- ing. An added starter la Dolly Sterling, the inimitable, who la doubling from Texas Gulnan'a 300 Club. Her "Winegar Wolka" and tough num- bers are classics. Miss Sterling un- corking a couple of fly punchlines in the k\8t two ditties. It's a clever show, a cute place and the band Is all there, which makes it a perfect combination. AbeU Bacoi SlLVERBELl .; BANJOS ^^^ Neu Catatog-^Just Out THf BACON BANJO CO., Inc GROTOlte'CONN. _ .■• 54THnST. club Al Raymo, former vaudevilllan, is the host at this new night club entry, not so new strictly, but only coming into prominence the past fortnight or so. Raymo la going in for tiie "human form unadorned" billing and the gals live up to it, hence the attendance at 13 a head. It's a cozy room, on the same block with the Casa Lopez, seating 200. Mary Mulhern is the piece-de- resistance of the works, the ultra shapely young woman giving lie to the wheeze about the secrecy of woman. Yet nothing is offensive. Miss Mulhern being as pretty as she is shapely, the charm offsetting everything else and in truth, under all conditions. Impressing as a statuesque and- wholesome exhibi- tion akin to a museum viewing of nude sculpture. That's kind of a stiff gSLfi ns regards a night club, but such is the reaction. On top of that, there Is really a smart entertainment on view for the three buck assessment. Some- thing is doing at all times, the Idea being a marathon of entertainment with never a lull. The smart Mike Speclale band, for .years a fixture at the Carlton Ter- race hotel, is a dance staple with an oxceptionaiiy fine sense of rhythm and syncopation, a natural heritaKO from their prolific re- cording experience for the phono- graph disks. Of the show, Dorothy Ramey In a pajama , number opens smartly, this being 'an N. T. O. and Frank Bannister conception, the former conceiving and authoring the revue with Bannister doing the songs. Ann I'age's hula number is a kicker, and Harriet Townes (Tom I'atrlcola's former partner) steps like nobody's business. Frances Mallery, with a Charles- ton, clicked as did Bernice Pctkere, vocally, and also accompanying: Raymo for an impromptu "wop" numlfcr, n Raymo staple. Of the flash numbers, Dorothy Ramoy led a cute Kve nunil)cr with prop .-rpples pnssed out to the cou- vert char'^e Adams at the $3 v.an- tagp points. And plenty bit the apr'l''. too, but gulped several times with Miss Mulhern's entrance a.s the I'.vi: of Rvp.s wearing a smile and a li'o't of optimism. The Jlanley Sisters, sweet and pr-ttv cntle.s, .lid double* numbers, and Polly and Molly dittoed to uko aci ompanimcnt. Van Lowe, an In- vclcratp rnaster of pcrcmonlos. has alway.s l.ci-n a qucst'on a.s a Moor show pfTHonality. but spcrns to l)e making the rounds of the all nK-hJ. pliccs in a series of limited cngaiie- tnent.* A couple of other production nnm- l)ers were a ro.se ballet with rosebud <(>sturnoa Intrlgulnfrly arranKcd. !\n<\ an Indian ensemble number that MOULIN ROUGE Chicago. Jan. 2S. Moulin Rouge Is getting to be a hang-out for show folks who are quick to respond to the cordial spirit Proprietor Bill Rothstein in- stills in hia deailnga. Some of the cafe men in this town seem to be laboring under h secret sorrow when they are introduced to anyone, but Bill Rothstein la what the dames call a "sweet guy." He appears glad to see you come In and sorry to see you go out. What a business asset that is! Following the tragic exit of Eve- lyn Nesbit, another one of the wo- men in Harry Thaw's life. Fawn Gray, got the big lights out front. Lots of good publicity goes with Fawn. Her act consists of a gen- erous exhibition of a f^ure that would show up better after a spell of Iamb chops and pineapples. The flimsy costume accentuates it. That costume, however, created a world of excitement among several groups of stags who made noises Indicative of high blood pressure. Ha*- Charleston is pretty good. Producer Dan Blanco has a good assortment of talent. The Moulin Rouge does not have any set sched- ule for new acts. They have 10, dropping one or two each week as a rule but keeping an attraction aa losg as condltlona warrant. Thua Mike and Ike. twin midgets from the carnival world, are just winding up a very long engagement, while another act might only be In a couple of weelis. And the hottest band the Chi- cago cabarets have to offer is here. It's a colored aggregation headed by Jamea Wade. When you dance at Moulin Rouge you have to be in condition. It's serioua business keeping afloat. But a joy for the dance-flenda. Among the acta caught between twelve and one waa Paulette La Pierre, a singer with a Mortlreal accent. Shejs a filler-in, her voice not being over-strong. A great singing combination waa Smith and Durrell, man and woman wlio har- monize on the heavy stuff and get over big. Pedro Ru^tin did a vig- orous tambourine dance. Ray and Joyce danced soft shoe and Miss Gray made her sensational "per- sonal appearance" — it's personal, all right. A snappy placs^ this Moulin Rouga HaL Ballroom Instructress at $100 Per Despits th* occasional blurbs from -ths dailjr newspaper "aob Bisters" anent the trials and tribulations of the dance hall Instruc- tresses, there are any number of girls doing well In that capacity. Particularly, a couple of smart gals at the Clover Gardens ballroom in the Grand Central Palace, east of Fifth avenue, are averaging tlOO and more weekly, caterlnj; to the hotel element that dropa In from the Roosevelt. Blltmore, Commodore, etc. The tips count with the gals. There may not be much in getting n cents out of each three dances which cost the patron 35 cents, the dime difference going to the house, but Judicious attention to their partners and Initiation into the niceties of ballroom terpslchore has Its compensations otherwise. The ballroom Instructresses parallel the night club hostess propoal- tlon and, everything elae considered, the "nick" Is not so heavy f^r the evening. Ballroom's Charleston 2d Elimination Contest Chicago. Feb. Z. White City Ballrooms, always taking the initiative in plugging the Charleston around here with one of its bands, Sid Meyer and His Druids, the orchestra chrfSen to play for the city-wide Charleston contest of last fall, is novr promoting another Charleston elimination contest with the finals set for April 21. Prizes totaling $2,000 partly cash and partly Jewelry will be distrib- uted In the course of the contests. John and Chrlsto Concession John and Chrlsto have taken over the kitchen cenceaslon at the Plan- tation. Both still control the 300 Club's kitchen, although Texas Gulnan has taken over the proposi- tion otherwise. MONTE CARLO with the Chummy Club on Seventh avenue afflicted witli Buck- neritis. which caused a premature suspen.slon of business. William J. Gallagher now has the Monte Carlo as the solo proposition to concen- trate on. Seemingly, that is his idea. The Monte Carlo, with the elimination of the Strand Hoof for similar reasons as the Chummy Club, Is now in the unique position of commanding a certain following all to Itself The out-of-towr and suburban trade which haa for long been wont to hie either to the Strand Roof or the M. C. for after theatre divertissement, now has the Gallagher cafe on 51st street and Broadway to command Its sole at- tention. Gallagher Is seemingly Intent on building up the place. Jan. 21 he Introduced a new show, "Ted Rclly's I'"*antasloft, with Bert Lewis aa the extra added attraction. Lewis is a Broadway vet with a marathon run at the Kentucky Club to his credit. He ofTlclatcs hero aa a solo hicrhllght aided and abetted by his piano virtuoso. Aila Walla, a portly Hindu, who comes to Broadway by way of 135th street and Lenox avenua He Is good for a laugh and can be built up aa a night club gag. According to plans, however, G.allagher contomplatea reopening the padlocked Barn Club and rcchrl.ston It the Bert Lewis Club with Lewis as the big noise. The Ted Relly revue Is typical of the Relly school, going In for some IVashy ballet stuff that misses, but tiie costuming, however, la at- tractive and fresh looking. There are nine girls, with Buddy Kennedy, an experienced juvenile, acting as master of cerenionlea. Johnny Dale of the male contingent is an acrobatic stepper of no small order. Some attention to sartorial details for "class" appearance would not hurt the general .scheme of thlnu'3. but as a legmanla artist he la flashy. Ti'irtlcul.arly at close r.antre on a r.afo floor. Bobble Adams la a personality rng sonfTStress who might clioosc her material, with better JiidKmont, but that may come In time. The girl posses.Mos a roguish "front" that Imtiresies tiie more she Is on. Violet McKee steps better than she sings; she should forget the vocalizing If possible. Her high kick stuff Is okay. Bernice- Fur- rows, the prima. Is satisfactory. The choristers open cold Mrlth no Introductory comment, going through an ensemble routine and making a nice appearance. Ken- nedy, a perfectly at ease confer- encler. ^hen Introduces the princi- pals In rhyme, also leading one or two numbers effectively. Lewis Is a syncopating cyclone who goes even better In a smaller room. The Monte Carlo Is too large a capacity for him, although he clicked. The show needs priming and prunlnc and building, shaping up only as so-so on Its present presen- tation. On the musle end Roaa Gorman and his orchestra are a relkible standby. The combination, with several changea sounds well and is an attraction In Itself. AbeL "Hostess" Is Sent Away for Stealing Lace Grace Llchter, who described her- self as a "hostess," living at the Hotel Hargrave. West 77th street, was sentenced to Auburn prison for women to a term of from one to two years by Judge Max S. Levlne In General Sessions Friday. The woman pleaded guilty te srand larceny a week ago. Accord, ing to the police ihe has been la trouble several times before. MIsa Llchter waa arrested two weeks ago on complaint of Eliza- beth R. Jacobs, aaleswoman, em- ployed by George Tabet. lace dealer, at 510 Madison avenue. Miss Jacobs claimed the defendant stole laces valued at $127 on Dec. ^" The laces were later found In a furnished room at 70 West 69tl street where Miss Llchter had formerly lived. Large Kitchen Operator Joe Freeman, who had Freem.an'i before disposing of his 711 7th ave- nue place to Gertner's, contemplates a Times square return in two years when his atop arrangement with Gertner expires. Meantime Free- man Is one of the biggest conces- sionaires among the night clubS, operating the kitchens at the Club Rlchmai^ Anatole. Fifth Avenue Club, daravan and CaardI amon< othera Gallagher Takes Csardi Club William J. Gallagher has taken over the Csardi Club. New York, which Joe Fejer opened with an Hungarian policy. The new Idea of entertainment has not been de- cided on. LEADING ORCHESTRAS IRVING AARONSON AND HIS COMMANDERS LOEW'8 STATE, ST. LOUIS, MO. DAN GREGORY AND HIS Victor Recording Orchestra En Rout* to Coast Pane* Tour* Headquarter! 1101 North 16th Street HARRISBUR6, PA. I CHARLEY STRAIGIfr ! AND HIS Rendexvou* Orchestra B^ndesTooB Cat*. Chluise. 111. Alao Jack Johnitona an<1 Hia Ramorar Orcheatra. NOTHING SEEMS THE SAME (Wlthont Tea) Waltz REACHING FOR THE MOON Fox-Trut Itelliwi ProfcKKlonal c daniiiged by lire early Sat- iird.iy morning. The Interior waa .so harmed It will noce.<,sitate the suspension of business for several weeks pending alter.itluns. The fire started In the liltchen and spread quickly. The Moulin Roii;;e is a Chinese- American enterprise on the site of the former Salvin cafe, having passed Into Chinese owner.,000 Insurance on the plant. "GOT" TEXAS TOMMY CLUB Monday nit'ht Ihe Tex.'is Tomn)> Club, New York, was raided. Liquor and beer were reported seized In the place. Giro's Colored Show The Richman- Schwartz manage- ment which now controls Ciro's, next door to the Club Ri<-'.man, has decided that two class places are too much, ono beside the other. Ciro's will become a c 'or«vl Idea In .another month. With the colored policy. I'iro's will be the fourth Ethiopian attrac- tion on Main street. Bootlegging Insurance Los Angeles, Feb. 2. Bootlegging Insurance can he pro- cured in Los Angeles. Rum run- ners and loggers in this vicinity ara Insured against accidents by a $1,- 000,000 Insurance corporation ao- cording to Federal prohibition agents, which has been operating on the quiet. The federal offlcers assert that approximate 12 men and ono wo- man are carrying policies with thla company nnd pay weekly premluma ranging from 2 to 15 dollars. Economy — Finish Chicago, Feb. 2. After a scries of up.s and downi with more of the latter, the .Silver Slipper C'afe here has passed Into tho hands of George Marshall. Inexpert management plus medi- ocre floor shows made retrenchment after retrenchment neces.sary as tha overhead was out the plnch-penny economy was noticed with trada falling oft except for Saturday night. BEE PALMER AT MIAMI Chicago, Feb. 2. Bee Palmer with Al Sicgel will play four weeks at the Club Ala- bam, Miami. It is dfni«d by their local agent the couple liail any trouble between themselves whilo at the Mont- martre here. Charles Kuhn Dies in Buffalo Buffalo, Fob. :. Charl'M Kuhn, for 40 years or- chestra manaf/cr of the Old Star and Majc.stic theatres, died heie this week at the age of 71. Kuhn was 'cellist at the old Academy and later nianagr-d the Star the- atre orchestra from tho time of Its formation. At one lime, he had charge of four Buffalo theatre ALBERTA HUNTER'S DISK Alberta Hunter, coloreJ song- stress, now In vaudeville, has re- turned to the "mechanicals" again and her first record with Okeh un- der her new contract Is a double. Both are comedy "blues" num- ters. RAT HART'S FOOT BROKEN Washington, l''eb. 2. Ray Hart, sax player and librarian of the Rlalto (plt-tures) orchestra had his foot hroken while waiting for a street car be- tween shows. In •annjr f'klir»mln. In a trini anrl lru<- umbuMMiKlor of KOHKINS-KNtiKI. publlt'tttlonH, ft.itiirii'K (h.' n K the riu>t hoiI HOHIIINH-KNItKI. for r»iolr«t o: "DREAMING OF TOMORROW" "LONtSOME" -LOOK WHO'S HERE" "WHO'S WHO ARE YOUr* rnbUtbca ky Robbint-Engel, Inc. •)W Hr-*rB«li \%r.. Niw Yiirk CHy ;.**», ^ ti VARIETY OUTDOORS Wednasday, VthruMrj 3, im E#osition Must Show Facts and Figures to Wash. Wanhlngton, Feb. 2. Philadelphia's Sesqul-Centenntal exposition will nqt receive assistance ''rom the Bovernnient In the form of an appropriation until those re- «iponsible for this undertaking: brln« lo CoHKreHs a well defined and eom- l)U.ted program "of facts, tUrurea, naps and plans," states Chairman Vlarlin B. Madden of the House Ap- ■rcjprlations Committee. The question of the government Dartlclpatlng In the Philadelphia tixposition has been under dlscuH- (ion here for many months with each attempt to bring matters to the point of an appropriation finding those sponsoring the affair not hav- ing ths "facts and figures" neces- sary. TightS Silk Opera Hote and Stockings A,r« Our Spscialtiss ^i^V^II *!•• BEST and f»RICEa the LOWEST 3oM and «|lv«r Brocade*. Thaktrlcai I«welry c(paBirl«*. etc Ooia and ail. r»r Trlmmiim Win. B««rAlesates of 3£ county fair asso- ciations In western Pennsylvania, aembcrs of the State Association t County Fairs, held two aesHlons n the Hotel Henry, Thsy dis- assed features and other means f creating added Interest In county ilrs. Another topic of discussion •as the admliiintrntinn of agricul- :re and live stock uzhibitiuns at le fairs. A. P. Sandles of Ottawa. O.. for- '■^^er secretary of a^rricultura of that fate, and an authority on county lirs, addressed the assembly on he "County Fair." The morning session was opened i^th an address, outlining the ac- -umplishiaents of last yt-ar by Harry White of Indiana, who has leen president of the orKanizatlon 4lnc« its Inception 13 years ago. The address of the president was ollowed by the appointment of va- >'ious committees. The i%port of Secretary J. F. S«l- lomridge of I^Ancaster, who. In ad- iitlon to looking after the detail vork of the organization, attends ro th« wmnta of the body before he State Legislature, was read by lie secretary. It showed a healthy ilancs to the credit of the asso- lation and displayed ths work done efore the legislature. Among the items of the financial •aport w«n the following: Thlrty- our fairs paid out in premiums ;i21,355.24. an average of »l,27».87; iotal admissions to 34 fairs, $349,- 1M.«9. The report carried the informa- tion that no appropriation from the Jtate was available for 1926 and 192C, du« to the vetoing of the measure by the state executive at the last session of the )eglalature>. Marvin U. Smith, secretary of the Buffak) Road Drivers' AsM>clation. leclared that racing was a neces- sary adjunct to the county fair. He introduced some innovations in manner of <^oiiductiDg the races and he rules under which the present system may be benefited. The session closed with the an- nual banquet. M. J. Patterson of Beaver, gave ' talk on "Advertising a Fair." '♦commending newspaper publicity IS having the greatest and most Teneral appeal. Also he advocated [he zone system of employing this publicity, the third zone to reach to I radiuse of 40 or 45 miles from the fair concerned. Exhibit Heads Assigned For New England Fair Worcester, Mass., Feb. t. Superintendents of exhibits at the New Knt;:land Fair to be held next S«ptenil>er have been chosen. They are: Cattle. Thomas P. Lindsay, Southhoro; sheep and swine. Louis Vaughn, Worcester; poultry, pig- eons and pet stock, Harold B. Hunt; horticultural, Leonard C. Midgley. Worcester; meroantlle, Herbert Emory, Worcester; agricultural machinery, Philip L. Curtis, Wor- cester; auto show, WiUter L. Thomas. Worcester; livo stock, Robert II. Percy, Worcester. Walter U Thomas, W. J. Thayer and Bertram Durrell have been elected to the advertising commit- tee. Kntertainments and special at- tractions will be taken care of by John Tuck, I.,eonard Thayer and Bertram Durrell. COiBBID IM( SHOW lAY PUT CBiCT Askad 18,000 for HotpRal Ut, Dm Day— H.-W. Flrat In AprOZS 4 CIRCUSES NEEDED TO REPLACE SARASSANI'S and DRAPERIES , „ • THto . t j BCXJIIO STUDIO. Celaailtss. O. ' '^cen stnrtfHl Berlin, Jan. 22. The Sarassnnl Circus, headed by its director, Sotsch Sarassani, has arrived In Hamburg from South America, The director declared himself satisfied with the tour, which came off well, despite many difficulties. The Sarassani Circua was an- nounced to open at the big automo- bile expo.sltion hall, Berlin, but the money promised by the guarantors was not deposited as prearranged. The last minute Sarassani refused to leave his winter quarters la Dres- den. The performers' organization tried to help out. but without success. In place of Sarassani four small 'cir- cuses are filling the engagement. Business is but moderate. Entertainment Main Item At S. CaL's Food Show Los Angeles, Feb. 2. The Third Annual Food and Household show conducted by the Southe/n California Retail Orocers' Association will be held at the Am- bassador Auditorium. Oct. 24 to SO. Waldo L. Tupper will manage the show, depending a good deal on amusement and theatrical features. Bad Pacific Storm Los Angeles, Feb. 3. Venice and Ocean Park amuse- ment, concession and ballroom men are very anxious regarding a raging storm in the Pacific, which for the first time in 11 years, lias grown so rough that many houses built close to the shore have been washed away. The breakers have swept over Venice beach onto the Speedway, where the amusement places are located. The amusement pier at Ocean Park is being 8trenj?thened to prervent sagging so that the bail- room and amusement rides and con- cessions will not be swept into the ocean. The Sturm is expected to laM for several days and some beach stores are open in thf saaigulne hope that there xntty be businese— there is none. Agent Appreciated Chicago. Feb. 2. Miller Brothers have signed C. W. Finney, their general agent, for three more years. The contract is proba- bly the greatest plum that ever went to a general agent. It calls for |8,S00 in salary on a S2-week year with all expenses paid. To express their appreciation the 101 Ranch- owners gave Finney a 11,500 diamond ring as a bonus. The deal Implies that the Wild West show will be out for at least three more seasons. SAS DIEGO'S NEW LUNA PARK San Diego, Cal., Feb. 2. Bob Hicks, former owner and in:tn.i«i'r, Balboa and Cabrlllo the- atres here. Is heading a company which will handle Lun.A Park, a big .imu.somcnt fcatuie at Misalon Beach, to be re.idy for business by April. Thtt venture was started early Ust suinnie.r and several buildin;,'s in the l.uria Park area were .started. The project foil througli, however, Ixraiiso of lark of funds. The new company ha.*? Htrong fi- nancial backing, and work of com- pleting the builJIiiKS already has daefmuitl. 9wh. t. The RIntflBC-Bamum Circua wtU play greater Cincinnati this year for the first time since the merger of the twe shows, unless plans under way for the contracting of a lot In Oovlngtea. Ky, misa. Harry Overtoit. S4-beiir nuta for the Ring- linKs and Whose home le la Cincin- nati, ie at work •« the nuitUr. W. H. Hortoo, geaeral a^rent of the show, visited here a few days a^o to help tbings alons. It is intended that the clrcue will play OovlngtoB for one day. divid- ing engagemeata la Dayton. O.. and Louisville duriac Junow The only lot oa the Cincinnati side of the OlUe river suitable to accommodate the 100- car show is in Winton place, suburt*. It is sep- arated from railway tracks by Mill creek, a modera bridge over which is now being erected and will not be completed untU the late summer. The Rlnglinca, It tm understood, have had the "ex." oa the looatlon for several seasons. Imt would not take a chance oa their heavy wagons falling through the old bridge when halves of the alu>w were oa either side of the streant. They are ex- pected to use tt for the first time In 1927. The Hageaheck-WaUaoe Circus wiU be the nrat white top In thU season, playing the eld CuminsviUe grounds April 2< and. It is reported, moving to a first-time lot in Bond Hill, aboot a salle from the former Norwood drcas stand, the follow- ing day. This show's route Is ex- pected to hava few changes frook that of iast Mason. Whea aa acsat for the Hagea- beck-Wallace show visited the newly appointed City Manager SherrlU re- cently in aa eDdearor to get permis- sion tor use of the site of the former City Hospital, fai the heart of the downtown seottoa. he was informed that It could he had fok- a rental of $8,000 for th* first day, after which the license fee arould be |S90 a day. The high revenue, tt was explained, was made necessary to overconte the cost of taxes that would be ap-^ piled OB the property if it were used for financial cala. Since the de- molition of the old hospital build- ing the large plot has been used for public automobile parking space.'' This news should keep agents of outdoor shows that are considering Cincinnati dates from wasting fur- ther time and efforts to land the old hospital site, as nutay tried hard to get the lot la late years, when the answer of city officials was al- ways "No." Attempts are being made at pres- ent by ageata of the Zeldman & Pollie Shows and the Greater Shees- l«y Shows te contract the new Bond Hill tot. both eamlvaU desiring It for the first week la May. INM STUFF . ON THE OUTSIDE Newfoundland Sees a Circus flaaa Kits and Jtas Hughes took a carnival troupe to St Johns N fonndland. iast month. Though the stand is small In population *tJta show loft town rs.OM to the good. Appearing under the auspices efa war veterans lodge, there was no lid, naturally. The show which waa given in an ice rink (Indoors), was billed as a circus and It was claimed .to be the first of Its kind to venture to the far northern province. No "Oarden" in Lendoa A report gained some credence that John RlngUng was proitoslng ta erect a Madiiwa Square Garden stadium In London, to be completed b* 1928, when the Rtngllng-Bamum-Bailey circus would op«n in It, the ^port said. The reason given for the need of a Garden over there was that there is no large stcdlum rear the centre of the city. Kverything sounded quite well except that Mr. Rlngllng has given the matter ne thought at alL ''BtHboard" AmiouiM:es Ciaolnnatt. Feb. 2. Formal anaouncement of the res- ignation of Al Hartman as editor of the ''Blllt>oard.'* a position he has served for six years after being In the employ of the outdoor publica- tion slnoe 1911. with Don Carle Gillette, former stenographer for the late W. H. Donaldson, owner, taking bts plao^ has been made. It was printed la Veurlety several weeks ace. Hartman*s leavlas, as previously reported. Is the result of frictioa betweea him aad Miss L M. Mo- Henry, the '^oas" of the "BUl- board." The reslgnatloa takes effect March M. Hartmaa volua- teered to remala on the Job until tbon. His sncoessor will come on from the New York office Feb. 14 and SLSsume unofTlclal charge of his new duties. Beck a« Chairman James M. Book, of Philadelphia, former selleMer general of the United Statea, has beea named chairman M the national advisory commission to the sesqulcentennItU celebration te be held In Philadel- phia this summer. In naming Mr. Beck. President Coolldpe also selected two meml>ers from e.ich of the 41 states, the com- mission to hare charge of the gor- i-rnment's partlrtpatlon In the cele- bration. City AHerneys Report on Camivsl A report made by a city attorney of Illinois has been printed aad hroadcast by the S. '\. Brundage shows. In red inked type on the top is "Why Do Fair Manager's Allow It?" and similarly printed on the bottom Is "It was not the S. W. Brundage Shows." Unnecessary for B. W. Brundage to have added the bottom line. His shows are well known aa clean and good, but that top line about fair manager's Is apropos. The copy of the report Is left blank as to name, date and place, other than it was from the office of a city attorney in some town of Ullnoia One i>aragrapb reads: "Aa City Attorney I have not had any arrests made for the reason that this carnival is associated with the Illinois Fair As- sociation of this city." Among the enumerations as objectionable were a 49 Camp, a show For Men Only, a swinging; ball, gypsy fortune teller, money as prizes and prizes bought back, with the furthor statement that at the 49 Camp liquor could be had. Mr. Brundage's question as why do fair managers allow it speaks for itself. It did not require a city attorney or his Investigators to discover the violations of all carnival ethics and understandings. If the fair didn't know it had a dirty ani grift show before it opened. It must have found . that out before the city attorney's office' became aware of It. The defense of the fair would be that It yria the only midway enter> talnment and a substitute could not be secured In time, which Is the bunk. The fairmen knew that if they told the show to clean up or quit. It would clean up. That the fair permitted it to continue suggests it did so believing that kind of a carnival would prove a draw. Also the same with the city attorney who pleads he protected the talc He was probably gotten to, by either the fair or the carnival. In fact la kis final paragraph of the report, the city attorney says: "I do know, however, that the Shows will not again show la the City of ■ as long as I am City Attorney unless the objection- able features are eliminated." Naive? — and sickening! As long OS there are fairs like this and city officials like that, thera will be dirty and grifting carnivals. It Is Just th«.t sort of a combination Uiat makes them possible. Favors Billboard and Press Advertising In the midwinter discussion of things in general that might help the fairs next season, the Texas association of fairs in its recent convention in Dallas listened with Interest to a fine talk on the necessity of bill- board and newspaper advertising by W. V. Crawford, publicity director of the Texas Cotton Palace^ Waco. Crawford recommended co-operative billboard and newspaper adver* tlslag of all dates for Texas fairs. "Billboard" snd ths Outdoors Indications are that the forthcoming changes in the operation and direction of "The Billboard" will see that paper as a result devoting more attention to the Indoor show business than it has been doing, with a corresponding lessening of interest in the outdoor field. "The Billboard" for many years has been existing, uptm Its prestige In the outdoor amusement business. This was prompted and worked up by the paper's late publisher, William H. Donaldson. Upon Mr. Donaldson's death different opinions were expressed from accounts as to the future of the paper with those leaning toward the Indoor show business pre- vailing. Orders Out Slot Machines Less Horses and Mules Springfield. III.. Feb. 2. Not only slot machines but vend- ing machines which always "give the operator his money's worth" and occasionally trade checks in addition Is gambling under Illinoii^ strict statutes, as interpreted by Oscar Carlstrom, attorney general. In an opinion to Carroll county authori- ties. No confiscation of machlnos has been reported, officials warning op- erators and owners to remove them from patronage invitation position. $15 Slot Machine Fine Pleading guilty to operating a slot machine as a gambling device, John Mackin. 27, clerk, of 628 West 50th street, was fined |1S in the Court of Special Sessions Tuesday. Pa- trolman David Doody of the West 47th street station, arrested Mackin Dec. C in a store at 242 West 48th street, after the officer lud wit- nessed several i>ersons inserting coins in the machine which Mackin said he bad charge of. "" Washington, Feb. 2. If draft horses and mules continue to disappear at the same rapid rate as during the past year, circuses will have a new exhibit to C&rry around with them. According to the Department of Agriculture, the total number of hor.ses dropped 10 percent In tba past year, while colts under two years of age had decreased in ex* cess of 62 percent. Mules under two years of age de- creased in number In excess of 44 percent, while those over two years disclosed a slight increase^ FOOD SHOWS IS SPRING Youngatown. O, Feb. 2. March t at the Rayen-Wood Auditorium will see the annual Food Show, by, the retail merchants of the city. At Canton, O.. a Food Show will be held at the City Auditorium the week of March 1. with the Marlowe Amusement Company supplying aa entertainment. ttMik t« Um Old WIU 0>t Days. — "Mid." (Miows Ar« Oolas Oat "An DrMMd Up— But No P1»cp to ««."— "Mid." Whea "Tk» BmAan rieak" It's Time to V.»» 1b .i Sp<-rlaltot.— "Mid." N«w "Hu** AU th* Hko«n II»v« CIommI That tfea Troplr DONT WANT— Why Not rut Out • F«w tka Ponple I>0 WA>T — (:ui>tnlB FriDd IMda't f^ky Down. — "Mill." We HtlU Havo • F«w "«« CyUndor" I'mdnonm.— "Mid." Yoa All Know Mr iUr«rd, Ttiree Montiii, In TtMM wttJi • 9B-t* Show. — "Mis- It Caa Be Dmm Assia 1%» Pttople Mant .showa. — "Mlil." AOBXT— NOT TOURIHT— "l-ROPHBT OF FRP." — "MII>." Caa llaadl«« Aajrthlas Fram Urand OiMra t« Ciroaa M. T. MIDDLETON 311 North 11th Street, RoMrille ^_____ NEWARK. N. J. . 'edaeaday, February 8, 1M6 OUTDOORS V--7 VARIETY NEWS ^ r. Whelan, Jr.. was chosen rMldent of the West Virginia As- 0clsUon of Fairs. Bert Swartz of VbeellnX was re-elected socretaxy- reavirer, and bis wife, Mrs. Eva J. iwarts, was re-elected assistant ecretary. The new president succeeds 8hcr- jM C. Denham of Clarksburg, rbose death occurred last summer. 2, jL LAnders, for 12 years as- Delation secretary at Rockford, IlL. IS been re-elected president of the )g\t County Fair Association. oncers for the Interstate Fair Issociation. Sioux City, la., for 1926 ve been re-elected as follows: president. Ralph Gaynor; vice, W. r. Qrandy; treasurer, C. M. Magoun, ind secretary, Don V. Moore. The Palo Alto County Fair at Em- netsburr, la., elected ofllcers for ke ensuing year aa follows: F. B. KcTigue. Emmetsbung, president; I. E. Barrlnger, Ruthven, Tice- )resident; Will Eagan, Emmets- ■tnrg, treasurer, Bert Li. France, Em- IMtflburg, secretary. The dates are Bept. 14-17. The IffM fair of the Wayne County fNeb.) fair association will be held Sept. 39-S0-Oct.l-2. W. BL ICcOaffln. Jr., David City. Kcretary ef the Butler county, Lincoln. Neb., fair association, has been elected president of the Ne- braska Association of County Fair Managers, succeeding B. J. Mitchell, Deachler. retiring president. Wil- Ham H. Smith, Seward, was re- tlected secretary of the association and H. 1* Webster. Tekamah, vlce- ^sident As a raauK ef Its 4«bate on the luestlon. the as«oclatlon v«ted Bnanimoaaly to ban aU games of thanoe from aUte, district and lounty faJra. Saratoga (N. T.) County Agri- cuttural Society has elected the following oftloerfe for 192<: Irving W. Wiswall. president; Gilbert T. Beelye, vice president; Walter L Cavert, treasurer; James B. Bun- yan. secretary; Stephen H. Mer- cliant, William H. Manning, Dr. J. H. McElroy. directors. Receipts at the 1926 fair topped all previous records, a total of 926,098.26 being reported. After ex- penses had been paid, there was a balance of $271.02. This year's fair Will be held the latter part of August. Rensselaer County Agricultural and Liberal Arts Society, which amuallr hoMs a fair at Nassau, N. T., baa elected the following of- ficers to serve In 1926: David Lynd, president; George L. Eighmy and S. F. BuUie, vice presidents; Edgar RoWe, treasurer; Charles C. Poyneer, secretary. Directors chosen are: Stato Senator John F. Wil- liams, Ira G. Payne, Edwrard W. Morey, Jesse F. Snow, Fred M. Nellson and T. R, Van Hoesen. The dates selected for this year's fair are August 24-27. The fair will be open at night on all but the last day. W. C. Burroughs was elected president of the Warren county (Il- linois) farm association, sponsored by -tho Union ARricultural Society of Warren, and dates for the 1926 fair announced as Aug. 31-Sept 3. Other officers are W. J. Dean, vice president; J. P. Carlson, treasurer; J. W. Richardson, secretary. All of the old offlrers of the Stark County (Ohio) Agricultural Society were r«;-elected at the annual meet- ing. Grant Shi-op was named president, M. D. Crowl, Minerva, secretary; Ed S. Wilson, Canton, treasurer. Wil- son will continue as manager of the fair as in past years. The Wyoming County Fair, New York State, will again be held the first week In August, but will open on Wednesday Instead of Tuesday. It will run four days. A. A. Hill, of Decatur. 111., has been elected president of the Macon County Fair association, succeed- ing William Fulk, Cerro Gordo. Other offlcers are: J. C Batchelder, Harrlstown, vice-president; H. P. Ash, secretary-manager; Guy Liewis, treasurer. Nine directors were re-elected. After serving six yean, James H. Eymon declined • renomlnatlon aa secretary of the Marion (O.) County Agricultural Society. Hol- land I^eeper waa named his succes- sor. George Rabb waa re-elected president. Dallas. Feb. 2.- The Texas Association of Fairs held a two-day session here Jan. 22-23. Nearly 100 fair men attended and plans were made to make the 1926 fairs bigger and better than ever. New ofilcials were elected as fol- lows: W. V. Crawford. Waco, presi- dent: Jenks Castellaw. Ehinis, sec retary; W. R Donnovan, Gonzales, vice president. Regional vice presi- dents. R. E. Sheppard. Wichita Falls; John McCurdy, Sweetwater; T. J. Burdetts, Hillsboro; L. 1* Etch - ison. Sherman; Bryan Blalock,' Mar- I shall; George J. Kempen, Seguin. OBITUARY IllinoU Carnival Law Chicago, Feb. 2. Carnival men making plans for the ooming season are asking: •What about Illinois?" The new State law Is apt to prove a solar plexus blow to the shows as It pro- hibits them from exhibiting out- •Ide city limits. t This means a city lot must be ob- 'telned If possible and subjects the ■hows to heavy ground rent and the whims of city officials. I The law has no effect on the regu- lar fairs. Governor Len Small being personally Interested In two of these, Bpringfleld and Kankakee. BICE BUST FBOMOTEB Chicago, Feb. 2. Tho Water Circus, promoted • In Ulami, Fla.. by Bill Rice, netted the Police I^ind over $38,000, according to report. Rice will next engineer the American Tropics Fiesta. At present he has whippet races under way at Daytona Beach. N. Y. Fair Meet Albany, Feb. t. The 3Sth annual convention of the New, York State Association of County Agricultural Fairs Societies will be held In^he Hotel Ten Eyck Tuesday, Feb.^16. Morning and afternoon sessions will be held, clos- ing with a banquet In the evening. Richard N. Freiburg Engagsd Chicago, Feb. 2. Announcement is made of the en- gagement of Pauline Mlohael, Quincy, IlL (non-professional) to Richard N. Freiburg, last year with the Luna Amusement Park of New York and now auditor of the Chi- cago Elevated Advertising Com- pany. Dayton Fun House, Inc. Dayton, O.. Feb. 2. Incorporation of the Dayton Fun House and Riding Device .Mnnufar- turers' Company. Dayton, with cap- ital at $76,000, has been announced. •Expansion of the business, carried on since 1919. Is planned in the In- torporatlon. SHEBIFF AND BULL FIGHT Tallahassee. Fla., Feb. 2. Sheriff U M. Heirs, of Killsbor- ough county, drew a "suspended sentence" from Governor Martin, when he appeared before the execu- tive to answer charges of having permitted a bull flght to be staged In Tampa, despite the governor's orders that it be stopped. TOBOGGANS INCREASING Toboggan slides appear to be gaining in general popularity throughout the country and the east Is Installing more of them each winter. Up through New England the slides are noticeably In vogue. The Twin Elm Farm, Harmony, R. I.. Is one of the most popular winter mercas of the east and its toboggan slides are given as th e mal" reas on of the draw. MAINE FAIBS MEET Skowhe{?on, Me., Feb. 2. A resohitlon against tho suppres- sion of times in racing was adopted at the annual two-day meeting of the Maine Association of Agriful- tural Fairs held here. The association voted to rrrnt «t Rnngor next year. BARBARA LA MARR «1 Los Angeles. Feb. 2. Barbara 1a Marr who died at the homo of her parents at Altadena, a small town near here. Is to b© burled from this city Friday. In- terment in Hollywood Cemetery. The burial has been deferred for this unusual length of time to permit Paul Bern, the director, to arrive from New York. Mr. Bern was one of the few who befriended the star in the final days of her ilinesa. Prior to her death Miss La Marr had been 111 for a number of months. She returned to the coa.st from New York after she had com- pleted "The White Monkey" in the P.KYNB — Touun; P:iTn«i la aieniory of Tommr I>*yBe. (U«l Januarr 13, 1>24. Th« month of Jftiiuary To ui la tiM Bdilart oT Uw rear. For thij la Ue Booth w« loit you. T.immy. daac. Tlure will nertr b* — «! «> ■ ■ m ■*•*!, U< ud and tiM«, They DM-deil ■ n«w M>t«I h RMnn. R* Goa called r>u. Toar IfOTRKR. DAD AND SIRTEII. BABE PATNK east under the direction of Phil Rosen, and set to work on another production. While It was In prog- ress her Illness overcame her and an Immediate rest was ordered. Miss La Marr returned to her home from the mountains several weeks ago. A sudden relapse brought about her death. The stAr was about SO, and had been nutrrled live times. Her first was when about 19 she married Jack Lytelle. who died two months later. Barbara then went to Los Angeles to work In a oabaret and married Lawrence Converse, ar- rested the day after the wedding on a charge of bigamy. Next she married Phil Ainaworth with * di- vorce obtained la 1^17. after which Ben Deely became h«r husband. In 1918. She obtained a ortH but his mjiin forte seoint'd to be character im- pression.s. Dminp hl.s residence in Baltimore ho married Sarah II. DoVries, a Cumberland girl. Prior to movluK porin.inently from Ualilmore, about 24 yearw ago, .Mr. Hobart was a member of the Baltimore "Ameri- can." Tlien came his career as an author and playwright. Mr. Hobart's best known plays were "Wildfire," "Our VIrs. McChesnty," "Buddies," "Sonny" and "Experience," a morality play. Among other stage pieces from his pen, singly or in collal'oratlon, were "From Broad- way to Tokio." "A Million Dollars." "After Office Hours," "The Hal) of Fame," ".Mlas Piintt," 'Hodge. Podge A Co.," "The New Yorkers." "The Wild Rose." "Sally In Our Alley," "The Darling of the Gallery aods," "The Girl from Spector's." "John Henry," "I^ifting the Cup," •'The Sleepy King," "Morning Olory." "The Military Maid." "Pcachc:," "Miss MnnhatUn." "The Jersey Lily," "The Wheel of Love," "The Boys and lictty," "When Sweet 16." "Over the River," "The Woman Haters' Club," "I.rf)yalty," "Come On, Ch.arley," "The Blue Flame" and several revue .skits for the "Ziegfeld Follies." GEORGE V. HOBART George Vere Holtart, 19. play- wright, author and former Balti- more newspaper man, died Jan. $1 In the Allegany Hospital. Cumber- land. Md., where he had been con- fined since Jan. SO. At his bedside when he died were his son, Donald Bayne Hobart, 21, and his brother- in-law, William DeVrles. Mr. Hobart suffered a severe heart attack last Thursday from which he never rallied. The remains were buried in Hose Hill Cemetery. Cumberland, along- side those of his wife, who died three years ago while ahe was visiting In AUantic City. For many years Mr. Hot>art made his home In New York. Last April be went back to Cumberland ill in health and did not return to New York until September. Mr. Hobart was bom In Cape Breton, N. S, Jan. IC, 1867, ajid was educated la the schools of Novia Scotia. For a time he was a telegraph operator and when he reached Cumberland he was in cliarge of a telegraph key for the United Press. l<>om telegraphy he became a reporter on the Cumber- land "Sclmltcr." In 1896 he went to Balllmore where he was engaged to write for the "Herald" at $10 a week. Soon after his "Daily News" con- nection he originated the famous Dinkelsplel sketches. For 16 years M*. Hohart made Dlnkel.«!piel s household phrase «nd also obtained tuiislc !.■< eun.->idere(l one of the finest and most complete collections in the midwest. EDITH BROWNING Ediih Urowninjf, 51. character' Cdincdionne and formerly In vaude- ville with her husband, K Brown- ing, died Jan. 26 In Baltimore at the home of her husband's mother. Mrs, Browning had been seriously ill for more than a year. Mrs. Browning and husband formed the Brownings, a sketch team that played throughout the country until 10 years ago when Mr. Browninf started as a monologlst. Mrs. Browning was on tho dra- matic stage, being character come- dienne for six seasons with A. H, Woods productions. When her husband quit vaudtvllle he became a character man and at present la with the "Mutt and Jeff Co., In burlesque. Mr. and Mra Browning had been married 35 years. The remains were interred In Baltimore.*^ JOHN P. HARRIS State Senator John P. Harris, 54. founder of the first picture theatre In Pittsburgh and head of the Harris Amusement Company, died Jan. 26 in Harrlsburg, from an attack of heart trouble, while attending a leg- islative hearing on election laws. Senator Harris had Just ended a verbal tilt with two of his colleagues over the proposed legislation when he collapsed and fell to the floor. He died shortly after. Senator Harris was a piofleer in the Pittsburgh picture field also ex- tended his theatre developments to Include vaudvllle and legitimate pro- ductions. . The Harris Amusement Company owns theatres In Pitts- burgh, Youngstown (O.). Wilming- ton (Del), and Detroit. He la also part owner of the Harris Davis E>i- terprises which conduct theatres in western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Vir- ginia, West Virginia and New York Among the other enterprises In which Senator Harris was interested is the Pittsburgh Baseball Club, owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Frank J. Harris, a brother, was also attending the Senate hearing. All Harris theatres were closed on the night of the Senator's death. FRIEDRICH SCHIRMER Fiiedrich Schirmer, 44. assistant musical director of "The Miracle," and composer of pert «f the score of the pantomime, died of scarlet fever at Isolation Hospital, St. Louis, Jan. 28. Schirmer, a native of Bonn. Ger- many, is perliaps best known for his incidental music for the "Sunken Bell," "l^llliam Tell," "Bridge of Distances" and "Frieixeit." ^ » He Is survived by his widow, Mrs.. Elizabeth Schirmer, his mother anft father, Mr^and Mrs. Reinhold Schir- mer; a brother and a sister. •ELIG (AJAX) WHITMAN Selig (AJax) Whitman, 68, for years professional strong man and who at «ne time toured the country with Weber and Fields, died Jan. 26 at his home, 64 W. 117tb street. New York City, of paralysis. About seven months ago Mr. Whitman, then assisting in carrying gold into the Irving National Bank where he was employed as a guard, fell and injured his knee. A series of paralytic strokes followed the injury. It was "AJax" Whitman who, for 26 years, was the strong man of the New York police force. Mr. Whitman waa born In England and won his first recognition as a strong man in 1886. In addition to his trouplng with Weber and Fields he traveled with John L. Sullivan when the famous heavy- weight champion toured the coun- try prior to his match with Jake Kilrain. He was awarded a gold medal for pushing a freight car weighing 27,000 pounds up an incline in St. John's Park, New York. The funeral was held Jan. 21 with Interment in Bay Side cemetery. Long Island. JACOB E. SCHMIDT Jacob E. Schmidt. 72. orchestra director and band leader, was (uurtd dead In bed at his studio in Cedar Kapids, la., Jan. 20. Schmidt, a Canadian by birth, ran away from home when a boy and at one time played clarinet in a Canadian army band. During the World war. Schmidt was rated as tho oldest bandm.Tsler In the U. S. .iriny, dliectliiK the 133fl Infantry band and also the massed bands of the 34th Division, lie also directed the Klr.Tt Iowa Infantry band (Nation.'il Guard) when It was on the Mexican border In 191(1. 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'■ wi t Ann i ■/*'.' :« & W HarlVy A Taur*' !■ H:Mf.in« to flin :d hair (11-14) Empire Comedy 4 Around the Globe (One to till) .I'M'ST'WN, N. T. Op«>ra House (K) 1st hatr (1-J) Three I.ondona Temple Four Cleveland A D Ann Gold Mitzl Royal Co 2d hair (4-7) Kitaro Trio Brent Hayes Cook A Oatman Kenny A Uollis Edna Torrance 1st hair (9-10) Sayre A Mack McCorm'k A WTce Hold Up L Davidson Orcn (One to fill) 2d half (11-14) Caaa A Lehn Nixon A Sana Lea Gellls (Two to (III) JKRS'T CITT, NJ. Stat* (K) 1st half (IS) Scheer A Rldridse Mack A Mann Dobson A Howard Bryon House Rev Purple Prince Atkins A Daniels 2d hair (4-T) King Bros Doy.o A McDonald Frank May Collins East West N A S Airred Farrell 1st hair (8-10) Martell A West Versatile S Whiting A Burt (Others to fill) Id half (11-14) ~~ Allen A Canfield (Others to fill) JOHN.9TOWN, PA. MajMtle (K) Ist half (1-2) Weadick A liaDue Francis A Iluma Dan Coleman 0> Roxy I.aRocca Claire Wilmot Rev 2d hair (4-T) E DeSoltl Co Mayo A Francla 4 QreRK Sis Harry Downing Co The Broken Mirror lat half (3-10) Owat A LInko Jones A Peet H Herbert Co Chas Dnrrickson Grace Edler Girls 2d half (11-14) Glided Cage Gilbert A Ma« Cruising Cliff Johnston Jaxx Cocktail KANS'S CITY. MO. Orpheum (31) Adel Hughes Co Bragdon A M'r's'y Deagon A Mack Bevan A Flint Etal Look Hoy A Raach Glrl« MaJnxtreet (O) (1) Broslus A Brown Stuart A Lash Don Tranger Bd (Two to SlI) Pnatagea (8) Bob Bobbie A Bob Harry Bolden Dave Schooler Thornton A "Sq'res (One to nil) LAN'CASTER, PA. 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(WV) (7) Stanley • Alfred lAt*U O* Bungle-Lov* Kean* A William* McOood* I^nsia Co (Two t« All) Paatace* (•) Clauda Alba Orace Dor* Mm* Dor** Rive* A Araold » Mazollo* IfOIfTBKAU CAN. Imparka (K) (1) Elklna Fay A ■ LottU Ath*rtom Ryaa SU Mellrlde A Redding Severn Dancora K*w«lt A Mo*t Imvwva (K) (1) Adel* Verne Rodara A Haley Fink's Mule* Roger* SI* Harry Ame* O* V Berger* Cn Lecw** (S) 'Ales Broa A ■ nbnno 81s A T Hart Wagnor A B Bob Nelson O N Brown Co (Ob* U nil) Prtar*** (K) (•) Loyal'* Dogs Senator Murphy 4 Ortona Ccrvo A Mor* DuCallon Craft* A Sheebaa Mollle Puller Co M'RBIST'WN. HJ. Ly*a* Park (K) 2d half (4-T) Ernie A Ernie Burt A Roscdal* Mai I en A (Tase Ilanlon Broa Co MT. VEKN'N, N.T. Proctor** (K) 1st hair (1-3) KImberly A Page Parialcnnes Nerritt A Coughlln Dippy Dicrs A B 2d hair (4-T) Dainty June Racin* A Kay Ray Samuels 1st hair (8-10) Angel Bro* Alien A Canfield (Others to fill) 2d hair (11-14) Whiting A Burt Remoa Midgets (Others to fill) MCTNCIK, IND. 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Capitol (K) 1st half (1-3) Eddie Bolder Ooetz A l>u(Iy Rosemont Co Carroll A Remont Flying Henrys 2d hair (4-T) A A J CorelU Shirley Sis Haven M'Quirro Co Demarest & Doll Namba Bros Jst half (8-10) Vanltorn A Inez Homer LInd Rev Amoros A Jeanet The Rlckards (One to nil) 2d half (11-14) Michon Bros Powell lievue (Three to fill) NEW ORLE.\NS Orphenm (It) (1) Ah San A Jo Jlrtlmy Lu^as Bezazain A. White Herman Timberg Rebellion Innovation Cmcent (L) (8) Diaz Monkeys Roy Conway A T Tracey A El wood I.*zar A Dale Kikuta Japs NIAO. T'tAJi, N.Y. Bellevlew (K) lat hair (1-3) Casa A I*lin Chamberlain A H Six Andcraon Sis Coakley A Dunlcvy The Hold-up 2d half (4-7) Chassine Orace Edler Co Joan John A B SIk iMt half (8-10) Kitaro Japs J Ber'd & Marc'lle Cook A flatman Ann Clofd Mitzl & Dnnrers 2d hair (11-14) Sayre A Mack Wilbur c,lrlle Kx-Wlves W II Wakefield (One to nil) N'C'RA F'LS. N.Y. Strand (P) (8) Cliff Jordon Marcell Sis Dancing Some Bert Gordon Madollne Berlo N'RRIST'WN, PA. 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Broadway (K) Altredo A J'nnett* Patrice A Sulllvaa Crystal A Anderson Cope* A Hutton Allena A J CorelU 2d half (4-T) DeLyona Duo Bddle Bolger Win Oclair C» Herbert Lleyd C* 2d hair (11-14) Nestor A Vincent (Other* to fill) OKLAHOMA CITT Orphean (It) 1st half (t-IO) Dewitt B Torrance Gertrude Baraa* (Others to fill) Rich A Adair Collin* A Peterson td hair (11-14) Royal Gascoyne* Marjorie Burton Anger A Fair Rltx Broa Ted A K Andrews OMAHA, NEB. 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J ij:j j ■'mKjf.,1 HH^-^ -^»- Le - nient with ai«» I hope you'll 'fdr • give an^*Tdf ' Who'd ev-er think. That I would t« cry - ing to rou. iCHORUP cn^j J j im- j i i j-.i- i i ^ f f ^ ' f f r ' f ' < f * f ' LLLP rf ^ What can | tayt dear^ al-ter f say Itn tor • ryi r^ J J J i PXJ. J Irl J' Whatcanl' do to prove it to you, In sor-ry, -» ^^ erf >r r ^T I dld-n't mean to j J. I 'ij»j 4k J=^UilJ,±j^ ev - er be mean to you. — ^^ If I did -n't care I would- n't feel like I do. T r r n ^ 1^-^ f=T=f^ I waa all wrong but, right orwrong,! dont blame you,.. S n J J JHrQ4-'i-^ r-i--J~^-^ • • • —^ ■ Whyshfjnld I take some -hod- y like you and ahame you? — I know that 3f^ f^ 'rf"? "p Mr? '> I m«d» you cr y, And I'm a J ^- j rrr ^ f ^^ F^fc^^ f n^T i" so »or-ry, dear, — So what can I say, deer, ^S i t=^Mr^r^^^ •f.ter I aay Im eor - ry? aor - ry? Copyright MCMXXVI by LEO. FEIST, Inc. Feist BalldIng,N.Y. Internutional Copj/rigAt Heeured pnti Reserved LoDdon-EngIaiid,Franci8,Day&H«nter, 138-140 Charing Cross Boal Toronto- Canada, L€0. Feist Ualted. 193 Yonge Street f wow/ wow/ tm &v LEWIS cjw YOUNG rf/fo-^ RAY'^^^HENDERSON'jriU^i <•' ■ f Joy V^■^^. "-.'•v m 711 sEVErrrHAYE LEO INC. NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA 1228 Market St. KANSAS CITY Gayoty Theatre BW^. 'CHICAGO •6'7 No Clark St;. LOS ANGELES MNNf ~ W^'^ 181 Trompnt St. 1020 Ranoolph &>. 417 West Fifth St JEAPOLIS 433 Loeta Arcade TORONTO 193 Yonge St.. LONDON. W. C. 2. ENGLAND 138 Chat-ing Crogg PD.irt AU3TR.ALIA, MELBOURNE 276 Colfina Sti. -^ Dance Orchestratioiis t from pur I)ealer .^1 F VARIETY Wednesday, Pebnurj S, IQStt VARim^S CHICAGO OFFICE HAL HALPERIN in Charge SUte-Lake Theatre Bf^g.. Suite 520 Phon-s. Ce.itr,'! 0644-4401 CHICAGO Protcsaionat* hava the fraa uaa of Vanety'a Chicago Offica for .nformation. Mail may ba addruaad cara Variaty. Stata-Laka i*h«- •tra Bldg,.Chicago. It will ba hald atibja«t to call, forwarded or advart'aed in Variaty'a I «t»er List. r I Th4 br rBA.VK CKAVK.N nir<>rt from all •►^iiii/n Ml v.i:ik«) oa Urbadw^y with trriH BUNN ANDERSON •If,' f , I : A M A IN WIl.'.Al'li MA'\';: "THE DOVE" LmiTKJi kn(;a<;k.\iknt 4 wkh mouk t* ■■' '• I'l-vvtl ■'■■■.■- '■r».l.wH,,p SELW YN KDOAR HKI.WYN Fr'amta Th» Beaiiciii'a I'lay Spnaatlon DANCING M Q T H F. R « «ir'-*»*<-^ a<*wlA> -.'' nsclf'.HH from the Borl'IoT chf-ap wit of Bob Hall. f>f coiir.sn. ll.ill makes the announce- ment aLout bopinif no one will take off»-nKe. That doe.Hnt le.^H-n the fact (hat frulividuals in th»; audionce are hild up to firil>arr;issini; attention such a« the old day.s of bur'e.sTii" wouM not have countenanced, and thf«e por.pic are rendered 8o!f-con- HclouH, allly, uncomfortable by a man a happy future, so her Orpheum con- tract ouc;ht to "maJco" her, for U'n only work that she needa >.o poUati her off. She sang four numbers to fair returhfl, and wisely did not at- tempt an encore. from a critical atandpoint It can't le »aid that Brooke Johns has much of an act, althougrh the audience liked it. Pep there la and a desire to plea.se, but hla act or his band cant s'.-'fk one-two-three with the Jack Chapman Band, which was at the I*alace last week making its flrat vaudeville appearance. Juhna has t'.oodee Montgomery, daughter of the funiou.s Dave of pleasant memory, with him. A cute Uttle ga.' and a trouner. - Wiston's "Models d'Art" closed, f-ntenalnlng what few had lasted out Bob Ha'.l. Ual. The entire circuit of Schoenstat houuee has placed ita vaudeville bookings with the Bert L^vey office. This emV>race8 the Lydla, Manor. Archer. Atlantic, Boulevard, Hof field and Brighton Park. Plua the hou.' r« o AS" O I TV C E N T R A L Irlfhteet Theatre In Chlmgo. VanBura at MlrhiKan AveiiuB FISKE O'HARA [ Pa^e NEW ORLEANS 58 OKLAHOMA 57 OMAHA 68 PITTSBURGH 58 GT. JOHN 62 , 60 ••••••••••••••• 00 an intricate aystem of time-clock deton.itors were found concealed in the lobby. MILWAUKEE By HERB ISRAEL Davidson — "New Brooms"; next, "What Price Glory." Palace— VauflevUle. Majestic — Vaudeville. Miller— Vaudeville. Pabat— German stock. Gayety— "Chick Chick," Mutual. . Em prase — "Merry Maldena." stock burlesque. Alhambra— "The FooL" .• . Garriok— "Otheilo." Garden — "BravehearL" Merrill— "Mike." Strand— "Clothca Make the Pi- rate." Wisconsin — "Infatuation.** June Warwick, recently charged by an alleged Ka.st India sheik with having begun breach of promise proceedings to gain publicltpr and given wide publicity in local news- papers was announced this week ea added attraction at the ""-dger Koom" cabaret. When you buy lota from anybody, located any place, you SPECULATE When you buy lots frotn Arthur T. Mcintosh, you INVEST FRANK GOULD 160 No. LaSalle SL CHICAGO Phone State 37t3 (Ads writtea by Dave risalirl The Miller, Saxe, la celebrating Its ninth year anniversary thla week with Loews Circus as the attrac- tlOTl. Paul Rohoson, Negro ^enor. h.-vs been booked to- appear at the Audi- torium here Feb. 12. Milwaukee Kllcs' Lodge No. 46 played to two audiences of more than r,500 when they presented their thirty-seventh anntial minstrel last week. MORRISON HOTEL CHICAGO World'a talleat. l»4t roeoM aad hatka SKETCH FcT Swedish "Sanf I have an exrelUnt thre«-p«opl« nott akatch callliis for Swedish leAfl. 20— Ye-^rs of Vaudeville Writin9--a* FRED J. BEAMAN »15 FIntt Htreel SEATTLE 53iTOPEKA .. LOS ANGELES 58 f^llLWAUKEE 52 TORONTO 57 WASHINGTON 63 "JACK OF HEARTS' A. H. WOODS' f HI Adelp WINTHBOP AMKS ITedenta CKORCK /ARLISS W la JOHN liAI^iWOKTHTfS "OLD ENGLISH" NO SUNDAY PERFORMANCES Sf UD E B A K E R MoRHrs. Shubert Trcn^nt Oay-flnlrl' n "BLOSSOM TIME" Foremoat musical suocp!i« in all stage history Cireat Singlnn O lat — Sjunpliony Orch. HSAM H. A R R I s MATINEES WED. AND SAT. THEATRF Richard A BENNETT ^ I.N Pauline LORD who has never been an actor in any real sense of the word. The .show wa.s great, barring thi.s minor irritation. There were two comedy wows— Frank Fay, fourth, and Harry J. Conley, fifth. Neither iiiontjon thoir supl);>rt, and It wouldn't hurt them any to do so, as in both act.s the inciilental talent la excellent. The two acts held the middle of the bill up Htrongly. A foreign act —Van T^eVekle and Co.— opened. This is the u't:matc reach of perfection in equilibrlsm, being 8eIl^,•ltillnal with a capital S. They very nearly stopped the show. Jack Lavler followed with his drol? biilTootiery on the trapeze. Always a good act. (Jot across nicely. The much-abused word "exotic" must be trotted out to serve as an adequate descriptive adjective for the Roye and Maye dance cycle, with ita wealth of color and cla.»3. which gave the show its flash. This act sliouki tind a ready market In the newer fleM of the moving picture I)re.setitatlon. It has great optical appeal. jeane Joysfin, young woman re- cently contracted on a lon'-j-term basis by the Ori)heurn ci.-cuit, wa.s Mixth. a'.thoiiorh her present atrenuth Is that of a No. 2 act. Miss Joyson is young, ha.s the rlTht idea and enough developed talent to presage noi.s Fair Association and Phil San- ford named aa director, to succeed K. W. Cleland, resigned. The I'air date for 1926 ts Aug. 30-Sept. 4. Lester Fontain, Los Angeles show- man, is in Chicago aombining n'^^i*^- ure with a business trip. Olive Meehan, sister of .lohn Mee- han, will have the leads In the new Horace Si.stare stock company at the Rialto, Sioux City. Kdwln E. Vickery, long stage director at the Palace theatre, Port Richmond, titaten Island, will put on the bills. Tito Schipa Is hilled aa special at- traction at the Pabst Feb. 21. Al- bert Spalding appears In the .same *^^'•:.••:,^.^-;'•>^■TrwitFl the'froiSrBir-T let the attraction, Feb. 18. ST. JOHN, N. B. By W. McNUL ■ . "Three Little Maids," a musical comedy with an entirely Eni^lish cast, G. P. Huntley featured, has been playing eastern Canadian ter- ritory. The tour of Canada is under the direction of M. W. PlunUett, sponsor of the "Dumbella" troupe of ex- Canadian soldiers. Dave Manley, for many years a monologist In vaudeville, has en- tered the Will Cunningham Agency ht re as a partner. THEY KNEW WHAT A Thc;.lrff r,uil• <.r. .tr-t rrrxluctimi "THE MIRACLE" KtagcO by Max Itplnhardt coMP.VNY OK one Eve. ttt 8; Mat. Wp.1. * Hat. n» S Kxtra MaU. IJnroln'a & Wuiliilu'.:ton's Itlrthdny PLAYHOUSE K""'"^"" I "30 " M:it». Wed 6, Sat. TKNTRAI., ruoni.4 TIONS, Inr. "THE HAUNTED HOUSE" Gripping Mystery Play By OWEN DAVIS langhs and ThriUs Galore' Sfll'nKItT PRINCESS riii: i:i:ai> ci iMionv hit OUNG BLOOD J.iinea Foibcs* Conifiily, with III.I>\ II.\YK.'». KDMI'M) IIKRKMR. r.ii.n.\ l.r,.4B¥. i;iuc ijRr,.'n>»i,rK H«asoa'H Beat VMai NKW 8m nEKT OLYMPIC Sent! Four Wc.-ka Ahead CASTLES in the AK VIVIKNNK SEGAL IK VINO B E E B E with nERNARD GRANVILLE THAIS L A WTON III AM> A fiMKAT r\ST OF tliK ISi-ht ,Mii>>li':il I'iuy on 10« Kurth x PROFRHSIONAI. PKOri.F,— W HKN IN CIIHAGO— -I1»KN'M \l. NORTH SHORE MANOR HOTEL Maaaremrnt nKi(N.\KI> (il.ATT Which Ih Only It MlnutiMi From Any I.i..,|, 'rKtialre RATES: Parlor, btdrxom and balh s, W. W. Hankln.s, Charles Hiser, OUIe Newcombe. N. l.'alfour, Florence t'hiUip.'i. The ret)ertoire waa "The Unwanted Child." "Sex Against sex," "Fair and Warmer," "The i'irst Year," "Twin Bed.n," "Is Marriage a Failure?" New Moana Hotd 712 No. D«arb««ra St. ~ CHfCACO^— Phone: HUrRRIOR MM rive Mlniitea to Loop TheaUM Modem and Cp-to-D*** ' Doable Rooma with TwlB-lls#i With or without Bathe ~DR. JOSEPH URKOV Practice Limited to PlastU Sm u w / Attending Plaatle SurKSon at An )r,-\n Theatrical Hoapltal, CMe WIrfhea to Announre His Baaawal M Suite 602, Woods Theatre Bt4«.. 56 WE8T RANDOLPH NT,. CStCAO^ Phone Dearbora 2931 Onice Hours: IX to S P. V. COLOSIMO'S America's Finest Italian Restawrant 2126 So. Wabash Av«. CHICAGO , « Say It with FlowertT Louis Moteff Floral U. 30 East Randolph St. CHICAGO, ILL. . ROOM 209 Phones: Central SgOd. Dearbora I4t4 Special Ratea to the Theatrlral Margaret Malone and Tom Delay of the "Pretty Nifty Kevue," e tab organization, were married recently in St. .Mary's cathedral. Halifax, N. S. The company Is playing east- ern Canadian territory. Special Professional Ratea Room for one — $10.00. $12. 0*. |I4.*0, $16.00, $18.00 and $21 00 per week. $1.0* nililltlonnl fur two pernona. Room for two. twin beds. $22. &0 wcuk. HOTEL CLA RIDGE Dearborn 8t., North of Ditlaioa. Chltiaga SCENERY DTE MKllKrRT, VELOL'R Cl'STAIUS R. WESTtOTT KING STUDIOS t«15 y. %am Doreo St.. Chleaga HOTEL WALTON New nuildlng. Fireproof. Walking Distance from all Ix>op Thaatra* 1019 No. Dearborn Street Phone Superior 5760 — Chiosgs Rooms without Bath, $12.50. Twin Beds, $18. With Bath. $20 par Vttkk A HOTEL FOR THE DISCRIMINATING PERFORMER What looks like the reojienlng of nnother cafe gang war among the cafes of the south side was demon - •strateU. the police believe, when a bomb w.as thrown Into the foyer of the Frolics Cafe last Saturday night. ^Ttilfl Is the second time the place hua been threatened with demolition l>y I'Oirids since Now Year's eve. when se\en sticks of dynamite iiul ATTENTION Producers and Dancing Acts The costumes worn by the Eraser Debutantes, new dancing at the Avalon Cafe, Chicago, were made by STODDARD, of the Detroit Radium Novelty Co. 150 WEST LARNED STREET, DETROIT, MICH. Put the Big Flash and Punch in Your Act With a Deradno Costume For particulars, write the above address. Prices to suit everybody. > Wednesday, February 8, 1986 VARIETY Eastwood Apartment Hotel 4646 Sheridan Road, Chicago, 111. rfaooe Banayride SSIS Pho„. ,^^ „^,,, ^,^^ MEMBERS OF THE PROFESSION CORDIALLY WELCOME CONVENIENT IN LOCATION, MODERATE IN PRICE 1 and 2-Roora Kitchenette Apartments MAID SERVICE RATES, $10 to $20 PER WEEK WRITE OR WIRE RESERVATIONS LEE & LEE, Proprietor. WHAT LONDON LOOKS LIKE (Continued from page 2) nearly cried In telling me about the little restaurant in Chatham Square Chinatown, where they started. The reporters were too overcome with Berlin's sudden appearance to tackle him, although he had been hiding for 24 hours in his suite at the Carltoi) Hotel, with guards outside. "There's no news in being happy," Irving said "But- your press is very different here from those at home." 42nd Street in London Tou" Americans have certainly Yankeefied London's night life It looked Just like 42nd street when the Sophie Tucker noise was all on The-^nly drawback of the farewell party seems to have been that Hal Sherman had a row with a doorkeeper at the Kit Cat Club He told me the story at half past four in the morning when It was all ever. It seems that American artists working at the Kit Cat Club have put •erviettes round their necks, before doubling at the Piccadilly Cabaret, run by the same management. One rtlght 17 Kit Cat serviettes were found in a Piccadilly hotel dress- ing roKv t rs arc ask« <1 to register at tho links. Eddy Santry, at the Orpheiirn la.«t week, plans to fiave a Icpit .vhnw next year. Wiille here he invitcil lui'al singers and bands to try out .mil appear In his act, this proving quite a novelty. The Charleston is still going sfron^' in Se.ttfle, with no restrictions or interferenee. Jn Wnlla Walla ami 'ifher cities in this state, offi' lals Jiav« curbed it somewhat. KANSAS CITY By WILL R. HUGHES Shubert — "RIosaom Time." Shubert-Miesouri — "Dost Battal- ion" (2d week). Orpheum — Vaudeville. Gayety— "Models and Thrills " (Co- lumbla). Empress — "Step Along" (Mutual) Newman — "His Secretiiry," film; Vincent Uose orchestra. Rftyal— "Ma.sked Bride." Liberty- 'The Kirst Year." Mainctreet — "Infatuation." Globe Ix)ie Bridge stock — pic- tures. had for months. A wonderful pub- licity campaign was put over by Ijawrcnc© Lehman, manager, and Kred Spear, press representative. Tho "Twins" return early in the fall to appear at the Mainstreet. Tlie latest revid'-ntial theatre un- der con.strtietlon is a l.OOO-seater. at 27lii and I'rospeet, four blocks from tho l.sls. The '"Sl.iniese Twins" (Dalwy and Violet Hilton) were a dr.iwlng act at thr ()i-)i!ieurn lu«t we«>k. SiMI-ouls were th«> rule and the matinee busi- ness by far the i)e«t the house has FREDRICK Costume* — Hat* — Goii^ns Rented or to Order 130 No. State St. 4»h Floor. Kranz niilir. rttoM NUte 7717, ClileaKn, III. MKITR KOB NKW C'ATAI.OO H and M rrolmlonal Trank* (IJnUin Made) BARNES LUGGAGE SHOP KirloalTc Acvntii 110 Norlh l»c«rt>orD Ht., micaso. III. The Wonder Spot of Cafedom — CLUB AVALON ' 519 Diversey Parkway Visit your theatrical friends who make this their rendexvoue "Whfn In rhirngo Wiifttd Yoar Tlnir" TIIK l{K.M(K/.\ llrnri t.^n.ironr'x MdnfTtiii'l rr Orrfimtra Thr Hr^t M nril In I imiiI nml '*0-3i01 -I«f y A K I * T T Wedae9d«7, Pcimary J, 1999 FR Now Located in the Strand Biulding, 47th Street and Broadway, New York City (3d Floor) Business Office, Romax Building, 47th St. Chicago, Lake Street Building Bostcm, 230 Tremont With a Staff Composed of MARTIN GOODMAN, EDDY ROSS, JACK MOONEY, BOB NELSON, GEO. HALL, BOB O'BRIEN, BOB SHAFER, BOB WARD, AL KOPPEL and FRED FISHER We're Starting Off with That Corking Song '7 WANT YOU TO WANT ME TO WANT YOU'' ^ BILLS NEXT WEEK (Continued fn.m page 60) Rrooka A Rom Tom Dugan C» Marlon Mills 2d half (4-T) Gordon & Marx M.iurlce Samuels Harr7 Meehan Violet A Tartners Osfor4 (K) lat half (8-10) .Vniazon & Nile rhll Cook Kainea A Avery (Others to nil) 2d half (11-14) Brown & peinont (Others to fill) ri.ATTSB'O. N, Y. Strand (K) 2d half (4-7) F & B Carmen O'Malley A Shapiro lat halt (t-lO) Alphonso Co Marion Qlbner (Others to All) PORTLAND, MB. Keith's (A) Jazzmanla Rcr Eddie Ross Gene Barn«a Cm C De Car Co Tories A Kins PORTLAND. ORR. PMitacea <•) Torcafj Roosters Fablano Phil Seed Co Clark ft Valllnl Norelda I'OKTHMOITH, O. Let«r (K) lat tMUt (1-1> Tendehen * Rei4 Corner Girls Fisher * Hurst La Kantaaio 2d half (4-T) Ford * Prie* S Little Maids Morrla 4 Townes The Little Cottage 1st kalf (1-10) Lefaver A. 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Palaoa (WT) 1st half (•-!•> Ward A Dooley Nervo A Knox Ed Lowry Arouad the OHoba (Oaa ta All) Sd hatf (11-14) Summats A Hnat Johnny Barry Oa Boddy Doyla Kelly LaTell Oa (Ono to All) BOCH'aVR. M. T. *«a»U (R) (•) Masa Hcnaaa Domar A L«star R Davis <3o Van A Vernoa Glenn A Jenktaa May Miller O'Donaell A Blair 8'CBVNTO. CAL. P a si ta a a a KRI. VTV Paatacaa (•) B«ab« A Haaaaa Colat A HaM BusilactaB's B4 Norton A Brower Coileano Family SAN DIBOO, CAU Pantaces (S> LttUa ToshI Howard A Rosa Leroy T Boscoa Fnatar A Ray RIbto A I^eotyaa Lambert! H'dsworth A DeH LAM WHwa Bandbox Rev SARATOGA SPXIS Congress (K) 2d half (4-T) Patsy Uoyle I Gllfoyle A Lanf Romas Bros td half (1I-1«> PAR Carmen Shirley Sis Hartley A PatcnTn pothers to fill.) SCH'N'CT-DT. N.T. Praetor's (K) Ist half (l-» Hurlo Nan Travellne Minstrel Momorlaa McCoy A WaltoB Mazcttl Lewis C^a 2d half (4-T) Jean Patterson Morris A Shaw Will Higgle Co 1st half («-ie) Roma Bros Marlon Olbncy Once Upon a Tims Harrington * Or'n B Pomeroy Key Id half (11-14) Bums Bros S MIdgley Ca Cooper A Kennedy Rosemont Rev (Oae to All) SBATTL1\ WASH. Pantagea (8) Ann Schiller DeMarlo S Dancing PIratea Smith A Sawyer Ishikawa Japs SCSANTON, PA. PoU (K) Ift half (1-1) AmMor Bros Hetea Morattl M'Cormlck A W Kramer A Boyla The Test > td half (4-T> Pat Hennlng Ca Marray Girls Sailor Boy Ifarray A Ch'lotto Fanr Fords . lat half (8-ia> Frank Reckleaa Blaney A Wood Douglas Charles Co Cecil Alexander Btia Brico Co SB'N'NDOAH, PA. Strand Osnaro Girls Two Sheiks Wm SIsto Dancing M'Donald( Ist half (8-10) Musical Hunters Helen MorettI Sampson A Pouglaa (Others to nil) td half (11-14) Rody Jordan (Others to All) sioiTX ornr, ia. Orphean* 1st half (t-It) Trado Twias J B Morgan Ca George Mack Siamesa Twina (Ons to All) 2d half (11-14) Rasao Trado Twlaa Masters A Graea Allan A Normaa SlaAteaa Twins SO. BKND, na>. Palaca (WV) 1st hair (1-10) Chrlsale A Daley Wlllard Nat Halnea C« Frank DeVoe Ca Dancing Capers 2d half (11-14) Lorraine A llow'rd Fred Lewis (Tbrea te AU) BlackstaM (Pa) 1st half (Jl-I) Howard A Hill Royal Hexicaa I (One to Ail) "Not Long Ago** td half (4-8) The Kruzos La Mora A BoslUo I Pstelya SPOKANR. WASH. 'Paatacea (S) C Vs^leska Wlntera Davto A Nelsoa Bomea A Dalla Jarvta A Harrlaaa 8 BeiUorda BPR'OnRU>. IIX. Majeatis (WV) 1st haft (t-l«> Oautter'* Dosa McGratk A Daada Alba Tlberio * Morris A Baldwia JarvtB Piahar BA (One to Alt) 2d half (11-14) ritck'a Ulnstrala (Ona ta All) 8PR'Or*LD. MASS. Palaea (K) 1st half (1-t) Bob A L aiUetts Hughes A MonU Marg Padula Krafts A Lamont Tbo Gown Shop 2d halt (4-T) Pswors Duo Murray A Irwla fift? Sycamore Donovan A Les A I Tucker Bd 1st halt (t-lt) Paul Brea Permaino A ShsUy Kartcr's Co Sylvia CTIark J DeSylvIa C0 td hatf (ll-14> Oraca Ayra A Br* Anthony A Marcel Let's Dance Pressier A Klalsa Bmeato Family STAifFORB, er. Strnad (K) 1st half (1-t) Zemater A D Kaowlas A Hurst Burns A Kane Dolly Davis Rev 2d half (4-7) Tan Horn A Inea Morley A Angor ' Bradna Co Ist half (8-18) MIchoB Bros A A L Barlow ' Burr A Klalna (Two to nu) 2d half (11-14) M Dvpree Show STRUBTfVT.LB. O. Capitol (H) 1st half (1-t) Valdo Mears A V JoJe Randall Walter Fenner Ca Fields A Johnson Lowls Sis A Co td half (4-T) Owsl A Link Bergman A McK Billy Kelly Co Ray A Dot Deaa CBriea Sextet tat haU (8-1*) Cycling Brunettea Woadiek A Ladua Dan COlanaaa Ca Staaley Chapmaa Rltx Sercnadars td half (11-14) Ford A Prlca Cotter A Bouldaa Vadia Dnnoem LwMn A Lawrla Brokan IClrror SVmACVSB. If. T. RsUh'a (K) la* haU (1-t) WUlla HaU A Bra Ana Francis A W John Regay Co Falter ^ Vaacs O'Malley A Shapiro Sun Fong Lin C» Id half (4-T) Alphaoao Co Emma O'Nell Rowland A Vhan Morin Sis Brema F A M Bros MaxetU Lewis Co Temple (K) 1st half (8-1*) Burns Bros Shirlay Sla Brtorra A Ktac Qoslsr A tiusbr Mathawa A Ayraa Hlnatral Memories td half (11-14) BalaaU I MoCoy A Waltoa B Pomeray WBuw (Others ta All) TACOMA. WASH. PMitacaa (•) Chandon I Maeoa A Hogaa Deiya Sla Dan Downins Agee's Horses TOLRDO, O. Keith's lot halt (8-1*) JAB Loator Htckey A Halt Krnast HIatt Jos B Stanley Ca Harry Burns Ca P Whiteaida Oa td halt (11-14) Clifford A Grar Irmanette NAG Verga Antlfiaa Shop Pasauail Bros O'Rourke A Koltr BlvaU (P) m Harry Lamoor Montana Anna Chaadlar Saaoa A Farratt n Shannon's Bd TOPKRA, BANS. Havolty (la) lat h»lf (1-8) Oiagar Rogers Rogera A OamMN Sold A Graea Orey A Byroa Mallta Bart Co M half (4-8> Brest MS A Browa Lord Hokum Maud Dunn Ca Monte A Lyons D Bamett Co TOBONTO. CAR. Taasa St. (L) (•) Kara Prank Ward Carlisle A LaUal Wllhens A Wllkeaa Chas Foy A Co Shea's (K) (•) Albert Powell Pablo Dcaarto Benny Robin Ca (TDtva A Seals Janet Adair SmlUatta Bros Margaret Tnunf Alma Nielsen Paatages (S) The Rarles Lewis A I^avarra The Campalgnera Frank P Jonea Fagaa's Bd TRRNTON. N. #« OaH*al (K> lat halt (l-t) Stanlsy Oallaie Ca Comfiw0xt0n MIIKE Hold9 the Centrm ei ih9 Sttigm '^ DOROTHYS CASEY MUST A WONDERFUL KUT Scores an Individual Hit in 'HELLO LOLA'* at the ELTINCE, NEW YORK Management Messrs. J. J. and LEE SHUBERT "Dorothy Caaey danced aellghtfully and waa mighty good to look at with thoM dimpled knees that were as beautiful aa ever was ANN PENNINGTON'S."— EVKG POST. "A pocket edition named Dorothy Caaey starred for a bright moment In an amaz- ing walk -around on her hands." — EVE'Q WOULD. ". . . experienced little dlfllculty In getting over. A cute thing, pretty, grace- ful and unassuming. Mother must have been so proud!"— EVEG GUArillC. "A bright little daisy did a lively danc- ing shindig amid a nutter of generaJ ax- cltement"— EVKG TELEGRAM. "A new youngster attracted attention. It was Dorothy Casey, Just about 1« . . .; she led a number in such good fashion lliat she should be heard from later. Tiny Mlsa Caaey la a well -trained lasa. She danc(« In several ways, and darned good, too. Her mother. Kitty Caaey, played a bit early in the show." — Ibee. VARIETY. J ^ a .. Wednesday, February S, 1826 VARIETY 95 ■"I I' Vt TWIN OAKS Newest and Most Alluring Night Club Right in the Heart of New York 46th Street at 7th Ave. Just a Step East of Broadway, New York Members of the profession will especially enjoy this quaint and re- freshing restaurant. Nocn-Day Luncheon, 6Sc to $1,25 Dinner, 5:30 to 8:30, $2,00 WITH A REVUE (NO COVER CHARGE) Supper Suggestion, $1.00 to $3.00 Open 'Till 4 A, M, Music, Entertainment and Dancing at All Tunes "ALWAYS SOMETHING DIFFERENT" TWIN OAKS 163 West 46th Street, N. Y. Phone Bryant 6510 B:"<8lp Wynn Walt Nownian Co Krrd SoBsmwj Vb'iIoH Dros :d hi)lf <4-T) The Heyna Wilson A Norton Country Utn Frank Bush Texas ChlcIvS ::)t hft|f (8-10) Cooper &\Anthony Cy Seymour v Leiiinas (Thr<^ to fill) TROT, N. Y. Prortor'g (K) 1st half K1.A. Orpheam (It) 1st half (S-10) Royal G-iscoynca Marjorie Burtoo Angor A Fair Rit7. Bros Ted A K Andrews Id half (11-14) Bclbinl A Albert Monte A I.yona Alecn Bronaon Wood A Francis Dance Mad / UNION CITY, N.J. Capitol Hyan Els Kan Travellne Friscoe Jd halt (11-14) Smiletta Sis Taylor A Lake Herbert Kay Ideals Will Higgle YANCOfVB. B.C. Pantasea I-.leut Thetion Nancy Fair Guy Boyer Co Chas Althbff Bellclair Bros WASH'OTON. D.C. Keith's (81) Odette Myrtle Roy Cumnilngs Co Bert Fltzglbbon Olga A MIshka Mercedes Powers A Wallace Stewart A Olive Chappelle A C (7) Worden Bros Potter A Gamble E. SASSA TAILOR 45 West 46th Street, N. Y. Prices From $65.00 up 10% Discount to Professionals JOHN BOYLE . Pt'PII.S Fred Stone. Frances White. Welllni?- lon CrosB, Gloria Foy. Fred Allen. Joe Brown, J. Harold Murray, Gus Shy, "ueenle Smith. Olln Howland. Chester Fredrlcks, Tom Patrlcola. Ida May Ch.-idwirk. Hnl SUelly. 884 Went 42nil Rtrect, New York Phone Pcnn. 4733 . •«»• Harriet Remple Co McLellan A S Co D'AppoIon A Orcn I.ola Bennett Co Jimmy Husaey Co Ueiffepbach Sis Co Earle (K) (1) Plaia Bros Sampson A Bougi's Burke Walsh A N Jack George Dcml-tasa Rev (7) Charlestons Novellet tes MInnettI A JuT^ Meehan'a Canine* "Steel Preferred" (One to All) Blalto 6tli Kt. and 7th Ave., New Yerk, ( irrl(« ill.'iO by iippuinlnient only, ha« had nliriionienal surretis witli his system ef Vr a few leeaons; she WvUkly priilfeen hlH metlion reiiuext). Creedom A Davis Saliy Irene A M WINDSOR, ONT. Oaoitol (KW) let half (8-10) Tellak A Dean Bobby A King 4 Rublnl 81s Winehlll A Briscoe (One to Sil) Id half (11-14) Morton Harvey Qoidle A Beatty R Jones Morgan A R IM Arleys WKSOCKEf. R. I. BUov (K) 1st half (1-1) Harmon A Sans Hal Nelman Tab Show td half (4-7) Williams A Perry Annette Dare Kelly A Pollock Chaa Ahearn Co WRCST'R. MASS. PoU (K) lat half (1-1) Powers Duo Murray A Irwin' ((• Sycamore Donovan A Lee Ai Tucker Bd Id half (4-7) Bob A Lucy Glll'tte Hughe* A Monti Marg Padula Krafts A I.«mont The Gown Shop 1st half (8-10) A A J Corelll Anthony A Marcel Let'a Dance Prnasler A Klaiss Brneato Family Id half (11-14) Paul Broa Permalne A Shelly Karter'a Co Sylvia Clark J DeSylvia Co YONKER.S, N. Y, Prertor'B (K) 1st half (1-S) Al A F Stedman Volga Singers Dainty Juno Gibson A Price Wm O'ClaIr 2d half (4-7) Foster Richie Dave Ferguson Klmberly A Pave Spanish Follies 1st half (8-10) Ruby Raymond Co Arthur Finn (Othera to (111) Sd half (11-14) Grant A Peeley M Samuels Co L'Art Noveau (Others to (111) YORK, PA. Opera llooNe (K) lat half (1-3) Zelor Bros East A Dumke Sally Irene A Mary Krugel A Rubles Tom Senna Rev 2d half (4 7) 1 Rounding Siillys Davia A McCoy Frozlnl YOlNtJSTOWN, O. Hipp (K> 1st half (1-3) Brent ilayis I.ew Rons (*o Cook A Oatmnn Billy Kelly Co Kenny A Hollls Walter Manthey Co 2d half (4-7) WaUo Meara A W Charlotte Worth Chamberlain A B Ben Light Co Fields & Johnson Walter Fenner Co lat half (8-10) Hughes A Wfici IiT Mayo A Francis tyifford A Marlcm LcwU Sla Co (One to nil) 3(1 half (11-14) Edna Torranco Co Temple 4 (Three to fill) ' RED HEELS (ContinueJ from p.aKC 43) nasty situ.atlons or em[ihuRi;;e buk- gcstivcncss. As a niattor of fart, there are no such thinK-s in the pic- ture. Llli Daniita, hl.s st.ir, who givi s a fine perforin.anco of the fjirl, strlp.s consi.stenly, but she wears her n.iliednes.s gracefully and without a alKn of 8o!f-(!onKclou.sne.ss. She ha:i ability which will rai.sc her hlph in the profession without the need for nudity. Ttie staging l.s good ,-tnd reallKllc. C.aliarctfi, liu-atre.s, li.ick.st.'i^'o, hou.se.s of the mi(.rhty, (ishin^; vill.i^;c sct- tifiBS and llie like aru ;tll included. The storm 8c<'no.9, which occupy much of the (.'oncludinK footage, are the be.st scon in some tlrnc. In no way Is thi.s :i I'rit.i.sh picture, but It is notable liiut iJric liarclay Htfinds out as a thoroughly unlnter- e.'rtlng personality. He la ■elf-con- scious, awltward and without Imagi- nation, although having a part far above that of the average screen hero. The old theatre mannger, the Vicomte and a host of other part* are admirably played by true artists, and, such being the case these days, their names are carefully withheld from screen billing. <7are. FOR MODERN 8EN3ATIONAL STAGE DANCINQ Etri'trhing and Limbering Exercises 14S-l4n Weat 484 St. NEW VOKK Phone Bryant SttS '; THEATRICAL OUTFIlTxJlS 1580 Broadway New York City COMPLETE RHINESTONE OUmT for $10.00 r I IIirIi-(, ■: Setting Maehlnr. rONSISTIMi OK ' 11) (irosH (Hid) No. '^0 llrHt ItiialUy Wlilte Stonre. ' 10 «.ro«« (1 1101 No. ?0 Long Prong Silvered Beltings. WOLFF, FORDING & CO. 40 STl Altr STRKKT BOSTON, MASS. KEITH-ALBEE HIITODROME, NEW YORK, THIS WEEK (FEB. 1) EN HASSEN TROUF^E In a Comedy Whirlwind Sensation Direction HARRY FITZGERALD. DANNY COLfJN.S, Associate V A » I BT T W«daMd«7, Ftbnury S. 1926 AND WINSLOW The Outstanding Hit of the Julian Wylie Pantomime OF HEARTS" PRODUCED AT THE PALACE, MANCHESTER, ENGLAND Manchester Guardian "A notable scene is the Tournament, in which two wizards on wheels, Messrs, Steele and Winslow, bring roars of laughter and gasps of terror with their antics on roller skates. This was a most robust aflfair, and looked finely spon- taneous. Yet every movement in it is carefully timed and the distance accu- rately gauged to prevent dire disaster." Manchester Football News "Steele and Winslow, two American invaders, are showing at the Palace what can be done on roller skates. "Except that they have appeared in revue at the Palladium and later at the Coliseum, in London, they are new to this country, but if all booking agents are as astute as Mr. Alan Young, it will be a long time before they return to their nativee country." Manchester Evening News "They literally shrieked with laughter at a comic roller skating act." Sporting Chroniclm "Steele and Winslow, the roller skat- ing miracles.- LOEW AND AFRICA (Continued from_ Pase 29) advei tisement wherein the news was broadcast that South Africa „ _ ; atter an in- will know all about 4«U >w >Tr' * • o' ■ the "yrcat 1 ""^^ ^^T....yer products* .H..ii^ A*» are expected to arrive In Johannes- burg, Soutli Africa this week. It Is the first Btrp in the M.-G.-M. In- vasion of South Africa. MeHP'"5> Kish and lier^nstj^ .•- **-**'fa. that w^i^ /^;j> :..„yer J'"*'' j' comlns" and which would ^^yjii' flash from South African screens. The advertisement .stated that among the super-productions listed for South Africa are "The Merry Widow," "Ken Hur." "The Big Parade," "Mare Nostrum" and "La- Boheme" (the latter two not yet shown In New York). A list of stars under the M.-G.-M. banner was included. Install olllce branches in Johannesburg, Capetown and one other S. A. P'^int. From those of- fires the M.-G.-M. will release all of Us pictures. For some time past the South African fi!irt fifld has been entirely ASS'N LOSES PROJf.. ^ I -~» v.< ntiitlir. AL MII.Mf'K Goldwyn-Mayer bookings will most, likely get a foothold through ex- j hlbitlng in town halls in the spots now completely theatred and to all extent controlled by the African Theatres I..td. Where the present belief now i.ccurs among South African ex- hibitors that the M.-G.-M. products will be too costly for them to show. It Is almost an.sured that M.-G.-M. i.snl talciiiK any proposed releasing .step In that country without having «ivon all th;it plia-se <.f distribution widely Ihouglif M.-O.-M. to get things started and in full working .shape tlicro. will arrange lioi. kings to the uiti- mate R iti.sf.iciion of all the men ileslrlnK lo liandle them accordingly. essary and certain. Formerly Thielen's The Great States was formerly known as ths Thtelen Circuit. It became a part of the fast-growing Great States chal» when the Great States began to sfc»w Its orogrea- slve hand an< aoquiro additional houses. Bestdss tho Great States houses. Sam TBIHkmmi also had on his books thrM «ad1U«uil Inderpen- dent house* at P ^s rt a. QuIncT and Decatur, lU. ttm me longer contracts than those doled out from the Association and which could offer stronger playing induce- ments to the acts than those of the Orpheum Junior. Conservative showmen who know every in and out of bookings believe there should bo no difficulty for Tishman alone or with Burt to operate a booking office that would be able to play acts 20 weeks against the 12 to 14 weeks by tho Orpheum Junior, the latter taking in long railroad Jumps afid cut saJarlcs. Long Acre Cold Cream Beat tor Makeup Bacauu of It* purity, and Its remark* abl* aoftening. cleanalng, heallns quail'. tlea, Long Acre Cold Cr«iam haa long been tho favorite with arttata of atage, ucrcen and rlns- Aa a foundation for makeup It Is unexcelled, since It protects the skin without clogf^ins the porea — and Is re- moved In a twinkling, leaving the skin ciran. frp«h and cool. Long Acre Cold Cream costs only BOo In half-pound tins and tllO In pound tins. At all drug or theatrical toilet counters — or direct by adding 10c for postage. I.ONO ACBE COI>l> CRKAM V.O., t}». K»,t i»5th Street, New Vork City. The GOODWIN COMEDY 4 in "A STRIKING AFFAIR," by WILLIAM K. WELLS OPENED ON DELMAR TIME MONDAY, FEB. 1 Back now better than ever — Thanks to Mr. JULES DE^MAR KEITH-ALBEE CIRCUIT Rspresentativot: ROSE A CURTIS HARRY GOODWIN n Wednesday. February S, 1989 VARIETY ^^ .m" M^'-l^ ANOTHER WALTZ SENSATION BY THE WRITERS OF .'\M EMORY LAN^%^^^^' I LAMBS' CLUB K. O.'S (Continued from papc 1) to ponnjt Catl»>tt an opportunity for rctailliitlon. Catlott took advantapc of the proffer, Boorlns a k.o. In his favor, making it a double knockout tor the evening. Both battlers were suspended by tlio dub for one year. Tills is the first fletlcuflt encounter In the lianib.s since the John J. Mr- Graw mess, with also a year's sus- * pension. Iviira Hannon, a Swedish Importa- tion by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, has ynH^i\ chosen to play the male load opposite Lillian Cish In "The Scar- let Ijetter." which Victor Scastrom will direct. Thia Wftk't Ortatatt Special: BRONZE OR GRAY CARACUL COAT, $135 Bekulifal neiT modrla. atet- orately fox Irtmmrd. M2 Blxth Ave. Above S8th 8t. (Ne oonncction with th« Hudson's flaj/ Co. of Canada.) Our V. S. A. Btores art tit New York and BronkJyn. Paris Branch, tl Hut St. nocht. ST. LOUIS COSTUME CO. Co.'tuntes and Wigs Plays and Mask Balls Theatrical Supplies 507 North Broadway ST. LOUIS. MO. By GORDON ALLAN Princess — Dunniiu^er, modern mystery. .Comedy — "Originals" In "ThumbM Up.' Uptown — "Up in Mabel's Room' (stock). Massey Hall— Mischa lOlman. Margaret Eaton — "She Stoopo to Conquer." Shea's — Keith vaudeville. Empire — Abe Reynold, Rounder (Columbia). Loew's— "The Calgary Stampede" and vaudeville. Pantaoes — "His People" and vaudeville. Hippodrome — "Hands Up" and re- vue. Regent — "The Merry Widpw" (3d week). Tivoli — "Just Suppose." Bloor — "The Phantom of tJie Opera." College — "The Freshman." ^■■-THE 6EST Otr--:^ ■'t-lV V" ACTJ:6RG)miSTS ' ■■*.*i' ■■■" fTHtATRes'' USE • " - iTANDARD SLIDE CORP 209 W 4eTHST..NY.C. Jack Arthur has put on a "Pep Week' at the Hippodrome, fe«tur- iniLf a rcvuo with a c.i.st of 25. This marks the premier© of "The Cincin- nati," suot-essor to the Cliarlcston, done by 16 girl.s. Mrs. Leonl Kenny was airesi.-d two weeks ;i>?o for d:tnrinf^ in the nude at a stag dinner givtii by a loial i>aKfljaIl leaKue. After niilc« of free space In the dailies she wus ac(iuitte.'(>r, a Toronto girl, l"t:t). 4. EMPIRE THEATRES, Ltd., SYDNEY CAPITAL $600,003 RUTE NAYLOR, MANAGING DIRECTOR 198 Pitt Street, Sydney, Australia WANTED Producer for First Class Musical Comedies to open in;<''""r' Australia's largest theatre, commencing January, 1927 State credentials, salary required Also Wanted — Mus-cal Comedies and Comic Operas. Aiistrali;.n rijihts Cables, Runaylor, Sydney OKLAHOMA By GEORGE NOBLE Til" ii'w Aiinkin tli".-itr.'. ("ii'-liinf, Okia . opt rf - frntly op. n< d. Tlio Itialt.t fit tho .sauio jilace is also a n-nv house. K. .M. Tull ha:4 puibaced the 'Carncri. Stilhvat.-r, Okla. W. '".. rii'i'rw.'Oil Ins takf^n ovt r th"' I'.-il- rire, .MuskoKce. Okla. Th" n]f \K d. .J. F.. r.'ilUy has ininhri.^vd 111.: Kl'" tri'', IJiackbuin. 0';la. The .\I;itiili>u, M.iiiitdU, f)kla , has been t:iK-;|)^traiid, W'a])a- nui'k.i, f)l;!a., ha.s been 'jimth.I by II. K. r.;iUaid. W. K. IIukIls in oixnintr lilx new hoiis.> .-it KIk ('l»v, (.)Ula., fni I'lilh.'im. lili.i Hali'Hman, HTm — I^niilyi' — I t i i i i v ii , — \ istr'il.iit<>r'.s t.'oip. from this i>oliit is belnK f()n;;ratuliit.'.l by film men ovf r the arriv.al of a baby girl at liiH home. AURORA ARRIAZA Spanish Dancing — ^ Studio IIkn |{<-nioviMl (a ;2I IIKO.tnU'AY — NKW VORK It.tv.iii 54lh »n.! Sr.lli Street* T. I C.luinl.U'" IMH4 I "-g^ ARE YOU GOING TO EUROPE? >triini«lii|> iiir<.iiiiiM.il;ill«iii>< iirrnfiKrd on uU lAarn ut M»ln Ofllf* Prices. Ilii:i(-. nrp icoliic ».r.v full; itrmnfi' rarlf F.ir.Imi M..ii.> tM.iicht mil xrl'l. I.lh"rt> lUiwI* txiorlit «nd "obl. I'.\l I- TM Mt«t lltti M., N--** V<»rk ^-^J,- 88 VARIETY Wednesday, February 8, 1920 VARIEH'S LOS ANGELES OFFICE ARTHUR UNGAR in Charge Chapman Bldg., Suite 61 J 766 So. Broadway; Phone 6005 Van Dyk LOS ANGELES Professionals hava the frea use of Variety • Los Angales Office for information Mail may be addressed eara Variety, Chapman Bldg., Los Angeles. Jt will be held subject to call or forwarded, or advertised in Va- riety's (.etter List. X Well-balanced entertainment at the Orpheum last week. A show which managed to hold Its own and t)ulld as it went along. It was a triple-headline affair, with Alice Lloyd, Ruth Roye and the Hackett and Delmar Revue as the stellar features. With a convention of Pa- cific coast butter and egg men in town the Monday night audience was a bit better than the averaKc. Only one holdover on the bill, with the rest of the show all new mate- rial. , ^ Three acts of the show worked as a unit, carrying an extra chorus of eight girls who worked in them. Opening were the Du Fonts, man and woman, aided by the girl en- semble. The girls faced the barrier first, doing a little song routine and dance, after which the main factors in the turn blossomed forth with dancing and Juggling. Du Pont Is one of those comedy Jugglers who talks as he tosses, and gets laughs from both endeavors. His partner is jTOod looking and a capable helpmate. Portunello and ClrlUlno, with their grotesque comedy acrobatics and tumbling feats, held over, filled In their time very nicely. After them came the Hackett and Delmar Re- vue, consisting of the stellar factors In the turn, a singer and the eight ladies of the chorus. The turn is a beautiful flash, lavishly mounted and exceptionally well presented. The major portion of the burden falls on Miss Hackett and Delmar, both acquitting themselves nobly. The girls of the ensemble are nearly all solo dancers, with one of them making an outstanding showing with Russian hock and eccentric steps. The girls work hard and add greatly to the value of the turn. Following was Alice Lloyd, who Is as well known here as that other >(KNKKV, >T.\(iK KIJIU'MKNT FLAGG I (»— '•AN KKANClStO Lloyd— Harold. Folks greeted her as they do any long-lost relative, and Miss Lloyd reimbursed them with her routine of original songa that went over in cyclonic style. Wilson P.ro3., with hoke routine and yoilllng, a pushover, and the mob ate up everything. Jerry and her Baby Grands, on next, brought the proceedings to a stop with their endeavors. This quartet of Ivory ticklers sell their catalog in real showmanlike fashion. They stopped the show, and stopped it cold, with the gallery calling "More! more! more" — something quite unusual. The eight ladies of chores were on declc^in this turn, and aided with song and song pic- ture settings. The girls have a pa-, triotic finish for the turn, which }s not necessary and should be dis- c.-\rded. A good, fast medley would suffice as well and bring as big re- turns. There Is a girl named Molly Klinger in the turn. She Is a con- tralto, with a voice that rings as clear a.s a bell and a sure-fire per- sonality. Ruth Roye, next to closing, was an out-and-out panic. This mimic .seems to be at hef very best, and Is an out-and-out show-stopper. Clos- ing was the Six Sarattos— five men and a girl— In a fast routine. Their gymnastic feats held the audience in their opera chairs to the finish. Vng. wrar a "plus-four" golf suit. A run- ning lire of comedy "gab" plus a likable personality put him safely in the "hit" class. The Four Madcaps, a dance four- some of three girls and a man, opened in "one" wUh a novelty "Huntitman" dance number, which scored, then going into the full stage for Individual soft-shoe solos and tap dancing, closing with a hard- shoe military drill finish by the four with a Yankee Doodle "Hip, Hip, Hoorah!" which ruined the cus- tomers. "Baron" Emerson and "Count' Baldwin, In the next to closing, "hoked" It up from "soup to nutJ" with a hodge-podge of burlesque magic and Jugg'.lng. which gave them the laugh hit of the show. Clo.«ing was Carroll Dikerson's "Charleston Revue," an aggregation of 14 chocolate and "high yellow- brothers with a single singing and dancing "Hot Mama.** Dlkerson, leading a 10-pieco red-hot synco- pating Jazz band, tooted the open- ing accompaniment for the "Hot Mama's" lead-off song, following which an "Ace of Spades" collected plenty with a comedy singing and talking number. Then a couple of single soft-shoe dance solos led Into a Charleston finish which nothing but the feature picture could have followed. Walt. CALL! CALL! For All Artists to Kat at MULLER'S COFFEE SHOP 724 S. Hill St., Los Angeles Between rantages and Hill St. Theatres Ron by Carl and UlUaa Mutter THE OLD-TIME HOOP ROLLERS 10 percent discount to the profession* Guerrini & Co ' Tk« Ln aittn The onl> Ftrton Uiai mikn tny in of SMdf — mtdr hi luiul Vl'tn C«tuiaka> Axao* Saa Franriiro Cal Pantages last week's bill had no headliner to "hog" the dough. As a consequence he assembled six acts of good, big small vaudeville. On paper not one of the six could be considered a draw, yet as a show they delivered 100 percent In amuse- ment value. "While shy the usual name-draw, the word-of-mouth stamping it a good show no doubt showed a healthy box-office week. In Eileen and Marjorle Pantages uncovered a sweet team of female acrobats. Ope'ning In "one" with a high-kicking dance routine, they showed enough as dancers to make the Hillstreet blase opening show mob sit up and pay attention, then into the full stage for eight minutes of acrobatic solo tumbling, which had every pair of hands of the S. O. R. house working overtime. The head "round-off" and head "flip" of the smaller of the duo .and the row of "Gainers" which the tall one flashed would shame 99 of 100 male tumblers. Rita Toniclll, Italian prima donna, proved In the two "slot" that even a pop vaudeville audience will go for the opera thing If an artist has something to substantiate the opera billing. Miss ToniolU landed solidly with three numbers — an operatic, semi-classical and closing with a Berlin ballad. Villa Gomez handled the "ivories" in workmanlike fash- ion. Raymond Wilbert opened In a special full-stage golf links setting After making bicycle hoops do everything but talk, manipulating them with throws Into a miniature prop tent opening, he proceeded to do several tricks with golf balls, which proved to the assembled guests he had perfect license to NEW ORLEANS By O. M. SAMUEL Tulane — "White Cargo." St. Charles — "Dancing Mothers" (Saenger Players). Strand — "The Wanderer." Liberty — "Tho Masked Bride." Tudor — "Mannequin." Raymond Hitchcock la featured with the Southern "Greenwich Vil- lage Follies," at the Tulane next week. Walker Whiteside Is doing quite well In the South with his revival of "Mr. Wu." Sidney Shields, a New Orleans girl. Is playing the feminine "lead." OMAHA By ARCHIE J. BAILEY Brandeis — "Loat Battalion" (road show picture). Empress — "DevH'a Claw," musical stock. Rialto — "Memory Lane." Sun— "Mike." Strand — "Splendid Crime." World — "Wedding Song" and vaudeville. Moon — "Blue Streak" and vaude- ville. Muse— "Go West." The World Realty Cephas been asked to combine the new $1,000,000 theatre it is planning with a hotel. If the plan is worked^ out a roof garden will be put in the top floors. Saxophonist Tom Brown and his band of ten, who quit the Orpheum circuit last week here, reopened with a new act at the World theatre, a Pantages house. They are return- ing east. While here Tom selected the amateur saxophone champion of the city. "Thank Tou," Fox picture with a great cast, given most favorable re- views here, flopped at the Sun the- atre in three days. "What Happened to Jones," a new Reginald Denny release, was substituted. branch the Associated Exhibitors, Inc., has been ti-ansferred to Ni'w Jersey, his home town. He will he succeeded here by Harry Brown, special representative for As;o- ciated Artists in the Michigan ter- ritory. JACKSONVILLE, FLA. By ARTHUR J. BUSCH Isham Jones, playing a 12 weeks* engagement at the Davis Islands Country Club, Davis Islands, Tampa, invested $100,000 in property in the Davis Shores development in St. Augustine. Anyway, that's the re- port here. But Isham isn't alone. Several miembers of his orchestra have bought in on the same development. Emma Haig is also an Investor. Ollbert Jaffy, violinist and tea- room orchestra leader here, is tak- ing his fling at vaudeville. He Is appearing at the World theatre (Pantages) this week, and has other booklnga The St. Charles currently presents "Dancli^g Mothers." and Is inviting all local matrons to enter a "Charleston" contest. 17 ^='- STRICTLY UNION MADE M LI Hartmann, Oshkosh & Mendel Trnnkai ALL MODELS— ALL SIZES ON HAND AT CBEATLY KEDl'CKll PIIICKS ALSO 1,000 USED TRUNKS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION WE DO BEPAIRINU. » RITK FOR CATALOG. SAMUEL NATHANS, Inc. 668 Seventh Avenue, between 40th and 4l8t Streets, New York Citv 80LB AGENTS FOR II ft M TKCNKS IN THE E.\8T riioni'ic l.nnKiirrr 9 run be bousht only at I THE UHLEJOHNS 254 West 46th St. NEW YORK ANYTHING IN BHINKSTONKS The New Grand inaugurated Its new policy Monday. Instead of booking films to fill in dates whea ro.ad shows are not listed, the Wad- dell slock will occupy tho house. So far only five traveling attrac- tions are booked in between now and spring. Jack Withers, manager Pittsburgh THE ONE-MAN I'l'.ODlCTION . BILLY CLAIR A Youthful Fountain of Mirth A Blues-Blowing, Laugh- Provoking Harmonicanist. A Singer, a Dancing Fool and ii JESTER. A Good Act In Any Man'» Theatre ALWAYS HLHY The ofllcial Tlpican Mexican band, auspices National Theatres Co., ap- peared here last week at popular prices for matinee and night at the City Auditorium. Business good, but nothing extra. ARTISTS CAN NOW DEVOTE SOME TIME TO THE WRITING OF Vaudeville ^^aterial WE WILL FOLLOW THE POLICY OF RETURNING MONEY IN CASES WHERE THE ARTIST IS NOT SATISFIED Fox Film Production of THE FAMILY UPSTAIRS' Released Shortly Phone: Endicott 4580 Spencer Arma Hotel 0»TU * BROADWAY, NEW YORK P DICKERSO AND HIS -^ I? CI^ARLESTON REVIEW F«aturing CARROLL DICKERSON'S ORCHESTRA anl CHARLESTON DANCERS New HeaAnwtg Pantages Circuit A REAL HEADLINE ATTRACTION W«ck of Jlan. 23, Pantages, Los Angeles i^SSLiHu^iittimMt* ■yLi^i' AFUR THREE YEARS' ABSENCE HERBERT CLIFTON RETURNED TO THE PALACE, NEW YORK LAST WEEK (JAN. 25) i ■ ' ■ ■ , On No, S at the matinee cmd scored bo emphatically was IMMEDIATELY PLACED NEXT ^TO-CLOSING V ^^V i^^'.-^v^gi /^ L Herbert Clifton was booked by Foster^ s Agency for I oar weeks in England, and tvas so successful he played S8 weeks and HEADLINED EVERY BILL; then stcnrred for 35 weeks in the English production of ^'The Gay Young Bride," playing on percentage in the following cities: NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE UVERPCMDL LEEDS NOTTINGHAM BOSCOMBE LONDON (EMPIRE, ISLINGTON) LONDON (OLYMPIA, SHOREDITCH) PORTSMOUTH . HIS SALARY AMOUNTED TO OVER $2,000 WEEKLY Liverpool "Echo" -Herbert Clifton carries the show on his broad shoulders, and from his first entrance to the last call the people were rocking in their seats." Daily "Chromde" Newcattle-ori'Tyne "Herbert Clifton as The Gay Young Bride' is the i most notc- worthy event since •Charley's | Aunt' sent the world wild with laughter." Yorkthire Eve, "Poet^ Leedt "What W. S. Pcnley was to •Charley's Aunt' Herbert Clifton is to The Gay Young Bride'." KQTH^ BOSTON, THIS WEEK (Feb. 1). DirectioB MARTY FORKINS (Jack Werner, Associate) JACK LAIT SAID: 'The Greatest Mixture of Comedy and Pathos I Know" n 9 m MT wrwm'wm =F A_4 4'4*««» •^'V* "mnA »« • •• »• • HOW evB Hlliiiil AVfJkV «v«>4^ %SHA, I.EE mo **K<**» tmji & mm mm. MARCO *i5iJ^** ******* v»»y MARESKI X"" r'j»*<««K RA¥ 4k mamoHO \»T*\ ^W l<»f *%x '*' »' L DEZSO RETTER PUYING ENGLAND SYRACUSE, N. Y. By CHESTER B. BAHN Wiating, 1-2— Boar'B Head Dra- matic Society of Syracuse presents "Beastley Beauty," original tiiree- ttct comedy-drama by Gertrude ^mitti Buckland of this city; 3. "The Htieger Trial," Yiddish; 4-6, Knights of Columbus annual musical rovue. Strand — First half, "Memory Lane"; last half, "Clothes." Empire — "Steel Preferred." Ecksl— "Too Much Money." Savoy — "Teasie." Ragtnt — "Ths Koad to Yestar- day." Rivoli— "Fighting the Flames." Swan — "The Iron Horse." Crescent— "The Call of Courage." JAMES MADISON Author of acts that please the artist, the booicer and the audi- ence. Also publisher of MADI- SON'S BUDGET. The latest issue Is No. 19. Prlco ONE DOLLAR. For the present send all communications to me at 544 Market St., San Francisco. Phone is Franklin 422. (Coast repre- Hentative of Alf. T. Wilton.) FOR SALE Genuine Beaver Auto Coat Perfect condition; large size Cost $550; will sell for $225 PHONE MORNINGSIDE 0083 Jeanne Alexandrea has been signed as soloist for the Syracuse Motor Car Exposition at the Armory next week. Dewitt Newing, stock impresario, has signed Mary LandcnberBcr, who graduates from the local university, for the Wilcox Stock, which opens at the Wletlng here March 22. Myron J. Kallett, former Syra- cause theatrical man, has been re- elected president of the Carroll The- atre Co., operating the Stnind, Star and Family theatres In Romo. An- tonio Greco has been named vice- president, Lewis Gardner, secre- tary, and J. S. Kallett, treasurer. The Rlvoll, operated by Mitchel and Joseph Fitzer, will hereafter offer a combination policy on Satur- THE SONG EVERY ACT IS LOOKING FOR "LET US WALTZ AS WE SAY GOOD-BYE" Beautiful lyrics and melody (also recitation) orchestrations in any keys — A song any act can use to advantage CHORUS HoM ta$ oluM (<* yo^ heart, and for • g*( that w« imut partj^ And l«t ae waits whiU waV* e«y-ing"Good - bye'.' J m I J J J Let a sweet tnel - o • dy lin - ^er ^^^^^1^ f^ II. W ^ ir r r i|tH^ Jl i d i J i\> ^n \t And re • m«m-ber, my friend, wear a sdnUa to the couldnt l| uU:j3=t^J- l >J ^^ m bear io sea teara in your eyes. Just for • get all -the reel Hold me oloa - er to your breast And let u«n waits as we •' \ Y I ^ ^T f" r 1^^ ^ iurold Roositer Musie Co.» "nJi^A . K„^f> 11 Chieam III. say "Good • bye HAROLD ROSSITER MUSIC CO. PublUhert of "LET ME CALL YOU SWEETHEART** 321 W. Madison Street CHICAGO, ILL. days. Three acts will augment the film program. With the Ogdensburg Opera House recently destroyed by fire, down state theatrical interests are reported dickering for the so-called Erwln sheds property there for the- atrical purposes. It is understood a 2,000-seat house Is projected. J. H. Gerner, new manager of the Ix>wvine Opera House, has named W. B. Roberta as treasurer. Dr. rercy J. Starnea. until re- cently orgunlflt at the New York Strand, has been named orgajilst of the local Strand, succeeding Carl- ton James, who Is now with B. P. Keith's. "Phantom Drums," original opera, recently completed by Dr. Ian Alex- ander of Binghamton, will be pro- duced with a local cast in Kalurah Temple Feb. lJ-1*. Donald Tower is directing;. More than 20 flre companies were called out to battle a $16,000 Are in the offices of the Advance Pictures Corporation here, the blaze for an hour thre.atenlng a million dollars' worth of adjacent realty. Former Mayor John H. Walrath of this city, new head of the state mo- tion picture commission, will take care of two "lame ducks" of his ad- ministration, It Is reported hero. It Is understood that P. Frank Uurkln, political mentor of Walrath, and former superintendent of the local water bureau, will be named deputy by Walrath and that Martin A, Han- lon, who was the mayor's secretary. will draw the secretarial assign- ment. Frank Stirling, dramatic coach and head of The Players, Utlca Little Theatre organiy.ation with 1,400 members, told the Zonta Club of Utica that Kupene O'Neill's "De- sire Under the Elms" ought to be "l)ut in a garbage can, taken out to the middle of the ocean and dropped overboard." Syracuse's largest neighborhood theatre, now under erection by Davidson & O'Brien in upper Haw- ley avenue, has been leased for 10 years to the recently incorporated Fitzer- Syracuse, Inc., and will be opened under the manarremcrtt of Bon Fitzer April 1. Tho house will seat 1.500 with 1,000 seaU on the ground Hoor. It is of Spanish de- sign, the first of its kind in this nocte of the woods. Fitzer- Syracuse has al.so taken over the Steele theatre in East Syracuse, and has deals on for two other houses, both outside of Syracuse. The officers of the new corporation are: I'residcnt, J. M. Schwartzwalder of Auburn; vlce- pre.sident, Leavenworth Steele of East Syracuse, and secretary-treas- urer, C. D. Blessing of Auburn. BOeZE DROPS (Continued from page 1) been hereabouts but was looked upon with suspicion. No change In the rye whiskey condition, holding at around $85 with any price asked for good or bad. Most of the rye is bad. "There is no good beer in New York," said a liquor man the other day. "This 'needle beer' is selling at $38 but I don't consider it good beer." Individual cordials are bulked at one price per case for all or either, $65. The cordials are Creme de Menthe, Crertre de Cocoa, Char- treuse, Benedictine, Curaco. M INERS MAKE UP Est. Henry C. Miner, inc. "CHUCKLES OF 1926" ' COLUMBIA. N. T. "WINE, WOMEN AND SONG" IlITRTla A MKAMON8, N. Y. STAGE SETTINGS DESIGNED and EXECUTED . DE FLESH FLETCHER SCENIC STUDIOS U1 HALSKT .STnERT a„d CASINO TUEATRB LAPAYETTB SB94-J BROOKLYN, N. T. JUST A LITTLE DOG, BUT A HOT ONE W H I T E Y With ED. FORD •«,. «7 1 ,. SEASON'S NOVELTY COMEDY ACT Th« Week (Jan. 31), KEITH-ALBEE HIPPODROME, NEW YORK, on Number 5 Direclnm ROSE A CURTIS ^ Material by HARRY W. CONN MANAGERS AND PRODUCERS, LOOK US OVERl liAiiit :\ i I .r.f Wtdnetday. February 8. 1926 VARIETY fl u THE INTERNATIONAL" ^^T=^,"r^| • TrmmmtMU^ Int* Knfliah: PHOirK ALUKKT ot HOUKNIX>IIK tMada rrvvlnce of Daviu-Uk) PreMot4Ml IWa BoT^I Tokrn of III* Eat««in to ALKX IIYDR Itarlnr the Anicrlcaji •■ l£iicnc«-iii<-n:N Abroad. u BERLIN vs. By Herman Timberg ^ A Meteoric Star in the Ascension PLAYING AMERICA'S GREATEST VAUDEVILLE THEATRE THIS WEEK (FEB. 1) " KEITH'S PALACE NEW YORK Management LEWIS & GORDON HEADLINING ABROAD THE PAST TWO SEASONS AT Read what Variety »ay»: "BERLIN VS. LISZT" (14) Alex. Hyda and Co. Band, Dance, Revue 19 Mine.; One and Full (Special) 5th Ave. (Vaudeville- Pete.) I'lenty of meat is crowded Into Alex. Hyde's 19 minutes with this Herman Timber^ authored and pro- duced vehicle. It la a novelty In band acta, more than a band propo- sition, with the latter really Inci- dental to the "decl.'^lon" regarding the njorlte of Berlin's Jazz compoBl- tlons compared to the ma.sterf\il creatiunn of Liszt. The act's title is "Herlin vs. Liszt,", with Alex. Hydp's name featured on the op- posite annunciiitor. It'si a eorlaral78la, Jan 26. Prior to entering the newspaper business, (Jreen was a physician of Pennsylvania. He is Survived by a wife, son and daugh- ter. Thoa. H. Noon, husband of Betty Noon, screen actress, died at his home In Hollywood, California, Jan. 2t. H« had been ill for moro than a. year. Kesides his wife, Noon is survived by a daughter. Interment at his former home in Peru, Ind. Frank Tuchfarber, 78, showcard manufacturer, founder of the Cin- cinnati Orchestra, the nucleus of the present Cincinnati Sylnphony Or- chestra, died Jan. 29 in St. Mary's hospital, Cincinnati. Taylor's Special Full Six* Prsfetsional Wardrobe Trunk $50.00 ■lIvwaiM-e nn your oM tronh Witto for N«w Catnlorae The mother of Heauvais Fox died Jan. 29, at her homo in San Antonio. Mr. Fox, formerly dramatic editor of the New York "Tribune" la now with George C. Tyler. TAYLOR'S 7n 1th Ave. NWRT TOKH M K. Randolph 8t. CHICACJO Mrs. Bessie Pierre, 73, mother of .lacfiue.s I'ierre, general manager of the Kdward D. Smith enterprises, (lied at her heme in Los Angeles, Ian. 27. DANCE STUDIO Tory •■«, hich-clan dame studio in •••• bvtldinx, faclDR on We»t 87th St Jfae ««a4«vfal adTcrtlfiinc dlaplay valur. SAMUEL LESSIN 47 W«a( »7th Street Plaza 5910 DEATHS ABROAD — ~ Paris, Jan. 28. Rene Boylesve, 59, well-known French novelist, died In Paris fol- lowing an oper.ition. M. Landolff, prominent Paris stape costumer, died in a local nurslnp home. Eugene Zak, Polish painter, died suddenly in I'aris where he has re- sided for a number of ye.'irs. Ernest Lambotte, 4 3. Belgian songwriter, died in "^'russels. The Only Orixlnal THE GREAT SIR JOSEPH GINZBURG Famous International Star and the King of the Radio. Prr«<»nnl IXrtrtion Mr. WIl.r.IK IIOUARn Mr. hlOKNK ll(»VAt:l» Universal have signed Kiner Han- son, a Swedish actor, to play the male lead opposite I.Aura La Plante in "Peauty and the Box." which will be her first starring vehicle for that organization. Phono Ctthlo Addreaa M84 Rndleott Harbarona 8Tn>IO OF GERALD F. BACON PLAY BROKER AND AUTHORS' AGENT— PRODUCTIONS AND PLAYERS MANAGED Want-rf— Plays by New Author* M WMt tHjfT-mrvfn'h Rtreo* NKW VOKK tITT NIGHT aui^PROFrrs '(Continued from page 1) the record pur« Income of a metro- politan night place. Others that have sold liquor within the past or permitted its sale have equalled that amount, if not netting more. One such resort, since padlocked, was reported to have made a net profit of $12,000 weekly while at high speed and before the Federal men reached it. New Operation A slowly inaugurated innovation of night club operation of late is | making itself appeu-ent and impor- tant, insurini; a much longer life for popularity. It consists of figuring the capacity, with the couvert and a water charge, irlving an average amount per person entering the plupc, with the management vir- tually assuming only the cost of en- tertainment, including orchestra. With the rent paid through the sale of the indoor concession.s such as the check room, cigars, etc., and the kitchen rented to a concession- aire who pays the management a percentage of the gross sale of food, the rabaret's management may fij;- urc almost to a dollar the net profit, according to the number of guests nl/rhtly. In the newer nt^ht clubs that do not "sell" (liquor), the couvert Is from $2 to |3, with Saturday nights {3 or $S. A bottle of water, usually pint, is an extra charge of 11 with the actual cost of the water not over 18 cents, while more water may e ordered by the party. It Is usunlly calculated that * $3 couvert will aver.ige $5 a person on the evenlnK- The Texas Oulnan Club can a :- commodate 270 people; the Cas.-t Lope/,, 400, with the Lopez couvert $1.50 on week nights and $2 Satur- days throuph Its larger rapacity. The Lopez operates Its own kit' hnt In number to Include aiimnK the general run of nowaday night places. New Style Preferred Restaurateurs see in, the new night club system a hitherto un- known ww Plajr *THE ENEMY' Hew Amsterdam '^S'tn.n'',,"'',?' Mats. Wed. A .Sat., -i-di) KUa«» l>llllnfhaiii A Zlrflfrld. Ml. Dtt CILtnLKS liII.LI.NOllAJI pri-^iit» MARILYN MILLER Ana btr Rur < Coapaay la ft All Uiiral of Munlcal Cotneille* ITIII TONTHEA.. W. 46 .St. Ev». 8:30 CHAULES DILLINtJHAM pr'-Bonta INA CLAIRE Ib a Comedy by Frederick I.onsflala The Last of Mrs. Cheyney* with Roland Tount and A. E. Matthew* Starad by WInchell Smith DUIIngljam '^J'ODe Mam \.fil. A hat.. 2;25 U. H. Fraaea'a Round-the-World Musical Scnuitlon «rtta LOl'ISK CKOODT Md Star Caat ^ODT Thea.. W. 48lh St. Eva. S:1U *»*"*' Mata. VVeU. & Sat.. 2:30 George Jessel in **The Jazz Singer" REPUBLIC ^^J,, *r..^\V.."' ANNE NICHOLS' Great Comedy "ABIE'S IRISH ROSE" ' ""''^" TMi i^v THAI *\nk -u FMPini7 Thea., n'y A 40 St. Bv. 1:10 ■-•"**'**- Mata. Wed & .Sal. at 2:30 "A whacklnc popular •ucceaa" — WORLD. JANE COWL in EASY VIRTUE By NOEL COWARD. Author of "The Voft«B" The MARX BROTHERS IN TUB "COCOANUTS'i: RKAT I^NICAI. IT TRVINO nERt.TNS OPEATEST MUSIC A GEO. a KAUFMANS Clcverett Book TYPTr Thea., W. 42 St. Evea at t:l«. ■*'*-'"^ Mata. Wed. A .«at.. 2:3« rftMflAPPP Thea.. W. 41 St. Bva I.IO The BUTTER and EGG MAN MUSIC BOX ■'ii,r,vj\'iir' CRADIE SNATCHERS A Sparklinc Clever. SclaiiUatins Comady with MARY BOLAND Ano a Wonderful Cast I VrPITM Thea.. W. 4» Bt B*a. 1:10 Bat.. 1:10 IRENE BORDOFfl in "Naughty Cinderella** AVERT nOPWOOD'S NEW SONG rAB EASY COME EASY GO A Delirium of fiaucha by Owen DaTia with OTTO KRCOEK and Victor r 41 n cui I iv""! VANITIES JOE COOK. rR\NK TINXKT. Jt'I.lfa TANNEN inmOTHT KNAPr. Wo«« Beautiful Girl In Wofld EARL CARROLL "^."^.r T.r'Avf' Matlneaa Thursday and Batjiday ARCH SELWYN preaenta RcvlHcd Kdltlon CHARIOT REVUE of 1926 irith nF.ATRicB lim.if;. jack Bl'CHANAN. UKRTRCUB LAWllKNCE Cn U/VM Thea , W. 42d St. Eva. 8:30 dE.L.W X n Matr Thurs. A .Sat. 2:30. Dlr. A. L. LIREDTY ^ **'' **" ****** ErlaPBer Wed. A SaL MUSICAL COMEDY TRIUMPH! TJP-TOES with QUEENIE SMITH, ALLEN KEARNS, ANDREW TOMBES. HARRY WATSON, JR. THEATRE 60ILD PnODUCTIONS flTTTTTl THEA., 62nd, West of Uway MUU.ll/ Eva 8.30. Mats. Thurs,, Sat. GOAT SOKG By Frani Werfel. with Alfred I.unt, l.ynn Fontnnne, George (Saul, Illanche Yurka, Frank Relcher, Helen Wostley, Iiwlght Frye, Herbert Yint, Edward O. RoblnBon, Albert UninlnB, William 'nfsersoll and Other.H HtlMay Mat— Llaeaia't Birthday. FrI.. Feb. 12 BERNARD BHAWa COMEDY ARMS ™^ MAN PAPDir^V Th.. «5 WJ.'Sth St. E». 8:3(1 0/\l\n.H^rw Mata Tliuri. A Sat.. 2:30 Hallday Mat— Llne*la-t Birthday, FrI.. Fab. 12 SiCTAX nci A Qf'O ^Vest 44th St. Evea. liJO liC.L,J^^\^\J Mata. Thurs. A Sat.. >:l( NANCE O'NEILL COULD NOT HAVX IIKE.N FINER."— Alan Dal*. N. T. An " "Stronger Than Love"I!fc^, MR. HOUSE MANAGER •TOUR VAUDEVEXE IS FLOPPING" "A TONIC" USICAL STOCK BERT SMITH-ATTRACTIONS Known Everywhere -' SUPPLYING MUSICAL ATTRACTIONS FOR LARGEST VAUDEVILLE CIRCUITS IN AMERICA notterfleld Clrralt — K. C. Ikiiatty, 0«a. Mvr.; repladnc Keith VaudevUlo— 2 sraaona. Kmpresa. Omaha. Nrb. — Harry Ualdb«ry, 0«n. Mgr.t replarlnir Western VtMidevllle— 89 werka. Colnnlrfl. Ddtrolt, Mirh. — Cohen Bron. ; replarlar vaodeville — two ser.aunH. HIppmlrome. PeorUa. III. — H. 8. Wrlobms h. Mar.; replarin k yuudovill^-^Zt we<-ka. \Yh nut. IxNil'-vllle, Ky. — Now playlnir 30th we^k — Joa Hten- rln, Msr. • ' Kn-preaa, Denver, Colo. — Loula I^vand, ftlrr. ; now playInT XUth week — rpplared Tantiirea VandevUIe. Wllmrr — Vineral Clrinlt — Joa. Evan. Gen. Mgr. ; replarlnir Keith Vaudrvllle — i>i'«» Hi-itHun. Sal>loaky, MrGarh Cirealt — Ab« SaltlOMky. Gen. Mitr.; repluivii); Kplth Vandevillr — one aoaaoB. Victory. BTanHTlllA. Ind. — Mr. Do Witt. Mgr.; replaced Hun Vnudevl.le — Now plajluc Producing All Royalty Playa by Special Arrangement Century Play Co. New York FARCER "Oettlnr GMlle'o Oartar" "Not Tooite Dearie" "Twin noila" "Stop ThlaT* MCHICAI. COMEDIES "LItUe .leHNle Jamea" "KIo-Flo'' "Time. Flare and Olri" "September Mom"' COMEDY DRAMAS "The Old .Souk" "Olri of the Goldrn Weeff "Way Down I';:»iit" "MfchtnlnK" Full Veraion or One Hour and Twenty Minutea — A HundfSd Othera — Latest Release*. —ATTRACTIONS— "SMILING EYE:^" w.., a^.-a^a^a "MANHATTANITES" U People— Serealj Foot Carload Soenory — Wardrobo— Electrleal Equipment — I'retcntloua Hand Painted l4>bby Srenlc ArtUt— I-^.l Crew "RAGTIME WONDERS" "OH, DADDY" Thla firm aa>w la Ita eleventh ooniecntlve year without ever clotting. Addreaa all communication* next ten week* t* Pantasea Kmpreu, Denver. Coloi. Permanent Address: 205 Delaware Bldg., 36 West Randolph Street, Chicago SOLE OWNER AND MANAGER, BERT SMITH (Conllnucd from pijf^e 1) fee for the use of copyrit,'l.te(l num- bers in their theatres. Previously the exliil.ltDrs have been Batlsfled to throw ihrir suiipori behind others muklng tlic 'on- Slaj^^ht," which In 'pr:icUr:i!l.v fvoi y instance has been the bro;i(lf;i!;tprs. This was changed when late Utst. week Sam O. Bratton (IJ) of Now Mexico introduced a bill into the Senate providingr for an ameiulinrni freeing the theatres from this tax. The Senator's bllJ provides first that compositions played uj^in a coin-operated machine shall not be a public performance for prolit "un- less a fee is charged for admission to the, place where such reproduc- tion or. rendition occurs." It Is evi- dent that those behind the Senator's propos.'il deem it fair to m;Uce pay- ment when a machine turns out the music, but the 'oill further provides that: "nor shall the reproduction or rendition of a musical composition during a motion picture exhibition as a means of entertainment in con- nection with the presentation of .such motion picture exhibition be deemed a public performance for profit, whether or not a foe Is charged for admission to the place where such reproduction or rendi- tion occurs.'' Senator Dratton states that In In- troducing the bill he did so solely at the request of the exhibitora of Now Mexico, adding that no national organization was concerned. The bill was referred to the Sen- ate I'atcnts Committee. Hcaringr on this bill and the Perkins' measure (Authors bill of the Inst session) are expected to commence the lat- ter i)art of this month. Word coming through hero Indi- c;\t('.s tliat the requested bill entirely iov:miping the pre.sent act will reach CongiX'Ma about Feb. 15. (.ilbert Swan Is now writing "In New Vi.rk," ."lyndlcatcd by the >m\ Service, siicceodlng James AV Dean. "In New York" Is along the line.s of O. O. Mclntyre's "New York Day Ily Day. " and l.s used by many mid -western and southern papers. AIR PICTURES (Continued from page 1) In executive session, la scheduled for Thursday, at which time It la ex- pected an unanimous report urging the adoption of the meaaure will be presented to the Hous* of Repre- sentatives. The obJectloiM of Congressman Sol Bloom (D.> of New York voiced during the earlier hearings against the application of the proposed con- trol of broadcasting to motion pic- tures brought divided support from the picture tntereata themselves. The congressman's objection was based on th* grou!nda that, as the development of sending motion pic- tures through the air waa still In an undeveloped stage. It would be un- fair to place regulatory powers over IL This was answered by Wallace H. White (R.) of Maine, author of the bill, when he stated that though the material broadcast waa visual, the same conditions effecting all broad- casting, aa appliel to the spoken word or musical composition, were equally applicable. Another phase that la said to have influenced the plctur* Interests to not press their objections was the fact that, should thla art develop to a highly proficient atat* and no cognizance be taken of the new method In thla bill, when the time came for the plcturea to take their place on the air It would be found that all of the ether had been allo- cated, with the result that no out- let for the new development would be available. Part-Tim* Commiaaion The White bill still contains the provision for a part-time commls- .sion to assist the secretary. This has been objected to by the broad- casters, through their Secretary, Pauj B. Klugh, on the basis that no group of men working for $2S a day and expenses could possibly hancVe |i situation involving millions of dol- lars, a condition that will be cre- ated when the law becomes effect- ive and cancels all existing licenses. .Mr. White, however, wants the real power In the Department of Com- merce and has further provided, as If in {tnswer to Mr. Klugh's objec- tion, that the part-time commission shall not be in session for a longer period "'an 90 days at any one time. The American Society of Com- posers. Authors and Publishers, though represented throughout the hearings by Silvio Hcln, voiced no objection to th© White bill, although exceptions were taken to several phases in the Dill bill, a somewhat similar measure, before the Senate^ hearings upotv which are shortly to be resumed. No date has yet been set by the. Senate committee. 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All room* mnnlnr water, telephone*, private batba and abowara. newly furnlsbed. the Cbicaso call and «wsumed the role with fre&t auccess. BALTIMORE By BRAWBROOK Mabel Gariison (.VIrfi. George Slemonn) got a hurry cull from the Chicago Opera Co. recently. The sudden lllne.ss of Florence McBeth, coloratura soprano, left the com- pany without a Rosina for Rossini's "Barber of Seville." Although Miss Garrison last sang the Itos.sini role in Germany in 1922, she accepted DANCINQ Mxrsic BT CRUSADERS AND MANT BROADWAY STABS II FAMOUS I I HOFBRAU l.yMCHEXDM Harry Van Hoven, publicity di- rector for the Whitehurst theatres h<>re, aprane a surpri.se by sierning UD h}i brother, Frank, for a "movie" propOflUtJft. Jack. Curley, the wres- tling masfiate, is head of the new film proposition. The afory was immediately flashed via the news services, headlines an- nouncing lir loc^l press that Van Hoven had gone to the hospital .with "Kleig eyes," contraoted during his movie testa. Fawn Gray (Gladys Brown), dancer, recently featured on Century Roof here, got into local headlines again when local counsel, naming her as "an infant resident of Mary- landr" filed suit for annulment of her marrluge to a rhiladelhia news- paper man. The suit claims that her marriage was the result of "fraud, durc-is and deceit" while Miss Gray was "in a weak mental and physical condi- tion." Mi.ss Gray attracted atten- tion through her association with Harry Thaw at Texas Gulnan's place In New York last year. Ouetav Klemm. Baltimore com- poser-musician, has resigned as di- rector of the Park band. Mr. Klemm declined reappointment for the ap- proaching season borau.sc of his new duties as director of WBAL concert orchestra and supervisor of pro- grams for the same radio station. ALBO ofw/^v AMC> 30* BT. Gilbert F. Kanour, dramatic critic, "Evening Sun." has been elected to the governing board of the Charcoal Club, local prean-artist club. DALLAS, TEX. By FRANK W. WOOD Majestic — Intereato vaude — "A Dog's Ufe." Circle— "The Flrat Year" (stock); Sunday, road show, "Ma Pettlngill" (May Robson). Hippodrome — Burlesque. Melba— "Soulflre." Palac»— "The Best People." Lyric — Musical Comedy. Pantaoea — Pan vaudeville. Rax— "The Merry Widow." Fair Park Auditerium — Fat). 1, John McCormack. WM. J. GALLAGHER'S MONTE CARLO ■roadway and 61i.t St., N. T. Telephooo Orde 9071-4019 The "LITTLE SWEETHEART REVUE" A Brilliant SclntlMatinK Girlie Show with a Typical Broadway Coat Beautiful Olria— tlorieous Costumes RILIJE SMITO. Prodaeer IIARRT WALKKK, BepreaeatAtlve Wsatfsrful DIsaer t2.2S • I* a P. M. He Cauvart ChtrK TkMtrt SuRpw a la Cart* Al All Hesn EARL RICHARD— MutM- »t C«r«m*slM KINNEY and ROPr R — Otnctn Eitruordlnary BUDDV KSNNEDY— JuvenlU DeHi Robblni Jel'say Dale Brmic* Furrew •eefervna ssd l*rl"« Deess TEN LITTLE SWEETHEARTS A NIftit s( Fas asd FHvsllty Ota els I All EvsaTsf Ran Caroaa't Orsk. 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HARPER "Mike" Glynne, Long Lsland'a the- atre magnate, has abandoned hia previously announced plans to re- build the Carlton Oiura House at Bayshoro, with the purchase of a plot on Merrlcii rcid tor the erec- tion of a largo theatre, ofllce build- ing with store front. The plot is 115 feet by 350 .feet and the theatre will have a seating capaf ity of 2,500. The house will hn\'o a combination pol- icy of vaudeville and pictures. The Carlton Opera House property was added to the Olyiine Long Island chain In n recent expansion of tliO infant circuit. This week Geo. M. Cohan Is at Werba's Brooklyn in "American Sorn" N«:xt week, Noel Coward In "The Vortex." -Ro«e-Marlo" at the Majestic. Next week, "Captain Jinks." "May Flowers " at Teller's. "Apple- sauce" next week. VARIETY BUREAU WASHINGTON, D. C •16 The ^rgonna Talephena Columbia By HARDIE MEAKIN Auditorium — Automobile show. Belasco — "Tho Gorilla"; next, "Alonia of the South SeAs." National "The Show Off" (John Bartels); next, 'Suzanne" (Helen Lowell). Wardman Park— "Knler Madame' (Thomas Herbert Stock). Keith's- K( 1th vaud^>ew vaudeville. Gayety— 'Lucky S«mho' (Colum- Motual— "Glgglef." rr:iiiie of the Lions' and pr's. nl.itlon; nr< s< Mtalioii. Fallur Huriiey and his .St. I'iit- rick's I'liiyrrs. the t 58th St. and 8th Atc., New Tork 1 and 1 ROOMS. PRIVATE BATH SPECIAL RATES TO PKOFESSION PHONE COLUMBUS 1000 FURNISHED ROOMS with Kitchon or Kitrheneft" 320 West 96th Street NKW YOHK CITY Bxpress Kubway Btatton at Comer Outside room with kitchen. .. .$16 00 Room with kitchenette cabinet t.60 Qas, electricity, Unaa fncl^'ded. stoam heat, awlfchbnird rhone Rlyrraldn asST " * ^ « J ■E arr RUANOAPARTKM 800 Eighth Ave. (49th SL) CBICKERINO S5S0 2-3 Rooms, Bath and Kitchenetta Accommodate 3-9 Persons Complete Hotel Service Professional Rates folk, Va., Saturday last. The trip was made by boat, which Father Hurney chartered. Several local dra- matic critics went along. For tho second attraction In tha newly remodeled President, the Co- lumbia Amusement Co. Is bringing In "The Lost Battalion." John (Jleniion. Rorlie.«iter, has been ap- pointed house manager, leaving Ira J. LaMotte to handle the Gayety «.lone. Lawrence Boatus, manager Locw'a Palace (pictures), and Mrs. Ueatua, aa well as their oldest boy have all been sick with the "flu." Milton Sills is the guest of honor at the American Pen Woiiieji's ban- quet here the latter part of the week. Mr. Sills is th<» first pictura player to be so honored at this an- nu.al «ffalr, which now only brings out tho writers, but practically all The Mayflower Washington, D. C HOTEL FOR Distinguished Professionals Conncrllcot A»e., near the tbeatrea of Wa.shlngton's society. The ban- quet ia to be held at tlie Maytbiwor. Rudolplt Valentino was In Wash- ington last week and proved very elusive. Tho newsjia'- r photogra- phers and Hi;rlbeH falling to catch up with him until the very last mlnuto, when he was run down at the ItiUiun Embassy. "The 8tu..ll. IfUI. at tit* Post Omc* at New Vork., N. T., under the Act of March S. IST* VOL. LXXXI. No. 13 NEW YORK CITY, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1926 56 PAGES ARRY THAWS 'YINDICATION" RADIO PAYING JOHN DREW; USING MUSICAL COMEDY STOCK Lining Up for Ether Competition to Theatre — Shakespeare on Friday Nights — WEAF Sending Through 13 Stations — Operettas on Air I Radio aa direct competition to the fheatr* seems to be the Idea of WEAF with Ita forthcoming regular features. Feb. 16, John Drew, mat- inee idol of yesteryear, who made Ills radio debut on behalf of the I^ear East Relief some weeks ago, Wili this time receive remunenition as part of the "Kveryready Hour," and will hook up with 13 other sta- {Contlnued on pnge 11) WILL F. P. AGREE WITH FEDERAL TRADE COIN? [Two Reports in Wash. Over Reopening Petition Variety Bureau, Washington, Feb. ». Though no order has yet been Ikanded down by the Federal Trade Commission to reopen the F. P. case It became known today that attorneys for the picture Interests kave been requested to prepare ■tlpulations on the theatres acquired Since the cloning of the testimony •n Sept. 1, 1924. The commission has Indicated to the picture interests and their own Counsel that It was their purpose to reopen on the Fuller petition, (Continued on page 9) Rhinelanders Together As certain aw the Stillmans have reunited, so is the colored sec- tion north of :iiifh stroet positive that l^onnrd Kip Illiinelander has rejoined his wife, the former Alice Jones, colored. The wise portion of the Black Belt say the couple nfver have been separated; that it was the hus- bands wish Innueiiclng his wife to reject the several pioiiosals to ap- pear upon the sta^o following the sensational marriage annulinent ac- tion, lost by young Kip. Tlie coiiptf- of la to have licon '••"■- niiontly Hpon in the shopping dis- trict of tlie uptown colored b'^c- tion. • Berlin and Mackay Irving Berlin's status in lh« Clarence H. Mackay home since the composer's marriage to Ellin Mackay appears to have been wholly defined In a ruling by Mackay pere to an orchestra lender at a social function given by the boss of the PostaL Mnckay's edict was that no Irving Berlin melodies were to be played that evening. MONEY IN PICTURES? Los Angeles. Feb. ». Cecil B. DeMille has received a 16 weeks* royalty from Famous Players-Lasky $310,514.63 on ac- count of his profits In "Ten Com- mandments." This accounting was made up to a period which expired 12 weeks ago. Up to that time the picture had grossed $3,260,000, with the ex- pectations it will get around $5,000,- 000. If that amount is realized DeMllIe's share of the profits will run around $700,000, as his share of the profits la based on a slidins scale. 'TRUTH ON THAW TITLE OF Statements from Witnesses Against Him, Photo- graphs, A£Fidayits, That Bribery Attempted Against Him — Never In- sane, Harry Will Claim — "Brainstorm" Only When Slaying Stanford White — $19,000 for Research Work by Detective Agency — 100,000 Copies First Edition— Chapter on Evelyn Nesbit 'RABBIT' STORY DENIED Law of 1803 Invoked by Memphis for 1926 Sundays Memphis, Feb. ». Newspaper publl.'- tor ro.'iilins. London. Feb. 9. Shuberts' "Student Prince ' at Ills Majesty's looks to be a certain ftop. All dailies but two have panned it. On top of the rest, including the publicity, a broadcaster slammed the show the other night There Is bu' one radio company In this country. Oscar Figman. who arrived a (Continued on page 3) HURLBUT NOW COOKING-NOT WRITING A Story of the Theatre That Speaks for Itself— Playwriting Chef — From playwright to chef. Tliat's not a plot for a new play, hut a fact, and it concerns a drama - tlst who formerly figured lu liroad« way successes — William I. Hurlbut. Ilurlbut is Interested in the res- taurant of Mrs. Wade iiarnpson, at 72 West 48th street, second floor. Ha In in charge of the kitchen, having been a student of cookery since school daya As he explained it (Continued on page 6) DAYTONA CANCELS— FORFEITS Dayton.a, Fla., Feb. 9. A cancellation is reported hav- Inif b(-t>n entered of the luopoacd "Homo" fireworks Hpc<;tafle for next wc»ik. It Is said that the oancellatloa canles with It a forfeit of the $5,00S~ deposit made on the $L'5.000 llre« Works c'intract with a Chicago concfrn. ripSTUMEC ^ <^ OOWNS "UNIFORMS \J9 ^ FOR EVERyBOCV WHO IS ANVBOO/ OH THE STA6E Ofi SCREEH..EXCLUSIVE - KSIGMS By HADING Siyii CREATORS , [BROOKS '4'v?'^ VARIETY'S LONDON OFFICE F H R F T O N 8 St Martin's Place, Trafalcar Souare ^ vriXI-.*X»i^ CABLE ADDRESS, VARIETY, LONDON 2096-3199 Regent Wednesday. February 10, 1926 REPUBLICANS BEHIND SMITH ON CENSORING? Picture Business Getting Break at Last Albany in y Albany. N. T.. Feb. t. That the motion picture Industry, Is Anally to get a "brcrak" from the Ropubllcan-controlled Legislature ir this State Is Indicated In the Intro- durtion of a joint blil by Senator J Griswold Webb, Republican, of Dutchess, and Assemblyman K. Trubee Davison, Republican, of Nas- sau. It in designed to eliminat<> news reels and Alms of current events from examination by the State Motion Picture Commission, the official name of the Censorship Board. According to the rumors, Will H. Hays, head of the fllm In- dustry, is responsible for th« Intro- duction of the measure. With General Haya behind the legislation, the Webb-Davlaon bill probably has caused more comment St the Capitol than any other meas- ure introduced at the present ses- sion of the State Legislature. Vet- eran legislative observers term the sction of the Republican Solons a complete reversal of their party's stand on motion picture censorship, ss it was during the regime of for- mer Governor Nathan Lk Miller, Re- publican, that the censorship Isw was passed. The bill may prove to be the first of a series of steps which ulti- mately will end with the scrapping of the commission. With Governor Smith's outspoken opposition to fllm eensorship, friends of the Chief Ex- 5«Butive see In the Joint measure a iig point In his favor In his flght to abolish the Censorship Board. The Webb - Davison bill pro- poses to eliminate censorship of films which show current events. tV'hile the wording of the bill Is meant expressly to abandon exami- nation of the weekly news reels of the various motion picture com- panies, some here are of the belief that pictures of an educational and Industrial sort also would be ex- cused from censorship under the measure. In presenting their bill. Senator Webb and Assemblyman Davison is- sued the following Joint statement: "The Slate should not exercise drastic power of censorship except In very extreme cases. There is no more reason to censor motion pic- ture fllma which portray exclusively current events than there is to cen- sor newspapers. "We underscore the fact that the bin does not in any way change the ceitsorshlp law in relation to any other type of fllm. Thus, it does not undermine the theory of fllm super- vision, which is the basic Idea of the •ensoreblp law." Hearings on Specht Bill Washington, Feb. 1>. Due to the protacted hearings be fore the Foreign Affairs Committo« of the House on the Embassy bili consideration of the Specht bill to open up the foreign countries tn American muslci.ins and performor.-^ has been delayed. A conference l^ scheduled for tomorrow (Wednes- day) morning between William N. Vallo ( K) of Colorado, who intro- duced the bill, and Stephen 3 Porter, chairman of the committee, at which time a definite date will be set for the hearing. Senator Frank II. Willis (R) of Ohio, brought the measure. In the form of a companion bill, before the Senate during the past week. Sen- ator Willis requested that the bill be referred to the Senate Immigra- tion Committee though In the House the Foreign ArCairs Committee has the bill for consideration. The Sen- ator has asked for an Immediate hearing which It Is expected will be arranged to fall upon the same day as that of the House. Senator Willis submitted the bill to the State Department before bringing It before the Senate and thotigh unwilling to discuss In de- tail the department's approval was forthcoming. That the proposed 60-60 arrange- ment, wherein those foreign pro- fessionals and musicians will be kept out of the United States when nationals of this country are de- nied admission to their respective countries, has appealed to the pro- fession In general Is evidenced by the numerous letters already re- ceived by Senator Willis and Con- gressmui Valle. LONDON AS IT LOOKS By HANNEN SWAPPER . COSSACK CIRCUS' PLIGHT Riders Stranded and FHendli Those Deported Got s "Break. London, Jan. 10. Despite that two representatives of the Cossack Circus are said to have left for America to arrange for the appearance of the show there, the position of the troupe here is almost a hopeless one. The show, which was running at the Holland Park Skating Rink, is closed down. The men have no money and have been unable to pay their board bills for some time — in several cases since their arrival here. Moreover, they know no English, are practically friendless and unable to legally protect them- selves. Their manager, an Armenian, ha.^ left them stranded. In fact the members of the troupe whom this man persuaded the home office were "Reds," to the extent that they were deported, are the lucky ones. At the time of their strike, when they demanded pay, the show re- ceived a good deal of publicity and a friend was found in Commander Kenworthy, M. P. Now, there ap- I>ears to be no one to take up their causob FRANK VAN HOVEN The man who made Ice famous is back again with his straw hat rite in the middle of winter and making them lafT at Proctor's, Newark, N.J., It a very late hour. EOW. 8. KELLER, here JOE 8HOEBRIDQE, over there 567 Theatres for Paris; 336 Cafes with Music Paris, Jan. SO. Ttaers were M6 theatres, music halls, concert halls, picture palaces and similar places of amusement In Paris during 19S4. This number In- creased tn S<7 during 1925. These ar< statistics Issued by the local police authorities. In addition there are 460 establishments where public dancing te authorized and 136 safes where ssuslc Is allowed nightly. 400,000 IN ENGLAND'S 9,000 AMATEUR GROUPS Form National Ass'n— Raised $1,070,000 for Charity— 1,000 Societies in London \ No Va. Tax Richmond, Va., Feb. ». The new Governor of Virginia, Harry F. Byrd, failea to follow the lead of his predeco.snor in urging the enactment of a Slate admission tax in addition to the tax already levlod by the Federal Government. Though outlining a comprehensive prot'ram to raise funds. Gov. Byrd omitted any nference to tho Trinkle propo3.'il voiced by the retiring ex- ecntive In his final address to the lawmalres«nt appoarlnp In the Mayol revue, have b«'< n { booked to open in .New i'orlt with a £hubert show in April. Luclen Boyer, the chansonnicr, is likewise engaged for New Tork. PA£IS BANS FASTING Paris, Jan. SO. The police have issued orders for- bidding "professional" fasting In any place of entertainment in this area. There have been many side shows of the kind during the past year The latest was WoUy, a Dutchman (naturalized British), who went 28 days without food In a glass cage at the Nouveau Cirque. Xjondon, Jan. SO. A compiler of statistics states there are over 9,000 amateur dra- matic societies In England, over 1,000 of them being In London. The membership of the lot ap- proaches 400.000. The amateurs have recently founded the National Association of Amateur Societies with 700 fed- erated members. During the year the amateurs have raised over $1,070,000 for charities. The Scala Is the recognized center of amateur work, while suburban and provin- cial socletiois often run a week at their local theatres. It should be a shock for Barry Jackson and his company to learn that the Birmingham Repertory is classlfled as "amateur." London, Feb. i. The Increasing tendency of unexpected people to go on the stage ]« exemplified in the case of Elisabeth Blake, daughter of the Governor «( Pcntonville Prison. "My first audiences were orlralnats and they were quite appreciative^ says Miss Blake. She does not add that, during the last few weeks, four prisoners have escaped from Pcntonville, and that, so fast did two of them run that those two have not yet been captured. "It would be a strange experience for many actresses to play with warders walking up and down the audience." says Miss Blake, "but U wouM be nothing new to me." I feel that only the presence of warders and barred doors could compel me to see, again, some of the plays I have seen recently. On the day a newspaper announced that Miss Blake was taking up % stage career, SO or 40 of the prisoners in Pentonville created a pandemo- nium. This was not t>ecause they had heard Governor Blake's daughter was going to do It regularly. Her father was away from the prison, and it seems that the prisoners did not like his understudy. Retorts Two stories have reached London about Noel Coward's life In New York. The first one says that, when asked what ho thought of Mae Murray's apartment In which he has t>een staying during the lilm star's absence in Europe, he replied, "The period Is Early Metro-Goldwyn." Coward does not know that the man who rented his London flat, while he was in the States said, "Even the garden Is trying to grow wllde." The other is that, when Lady Diana Manners said to Coward, "^ saw you in "The Vortex' the other night and did not laugh once," he an- swered. "I saw you In 'The Miracle*' recently, and I laughed all the tlme."^ I know you wouldn't endure such things, but the arrival of stage stars on the first night of a London play Is a scandal. Some of them hang t>ack deliberately, to go in Just before the curtain rises: at least half of them stand near the door, inside the auditorium, as long as they can. Meanwhile the people in the pit stand up and gaze; sometimes they even applaud. The pose of the actor or actress for whom the noise Is meant Is Invariably one of bashful surprise. It was so the other night when Irene Vanbrugh returned after tws (Continued on page 10) POLICY CHANGES Films St Ba-Ta-Clan and Apollo as Music HsII—Make Dance Hall sf Another House Paris. Jan. SO. The Theatre de L'Etolle, the new playhouse on the Champs Elysees, inaugurated by Sacha Guitry last winter, has not met with finan- cial succcES, and the owner will convert It into a dancing establish- ment. However, it Is possible the revue intended for the Theatre Michel may be tried out here be- fore the structural alterations are made. '^ The conversion of the Ba-Ta-Clan (music hall) Into a picture house has already been reported for March, while the Apollo, playing operetta, will probably become a music hall in the near future. GERMAN MGRS. TO am TAXED THEATRES Managers Allege Thci^ Houses Cannot Exist Under Present Tax COMEDT AS OPERETTA Paris, Jan. SO. Alfred Savolr's comedy. "Grand Dutchess and the Walter," ts be- ing converted into an operetta under the title of "The Queen." Oscar Strauss Is adapting in German. Pierre Veber is adapting the script of Franz Lehar's "Tango Queen," to •be created In French at the Grand theatre, Bordeaux, under the title of "La Iteine du Tango." Silvain at Music Hsil Paris, Jan. SO. SHvaln. recently withdrawn from tlie Cornodle Franralse at the ape limit, is noKotiatintj ti>r a forlniglifs engagement at tho Empire (vaude- ville), for 20 performances. TO ARTISTES: MR. A. J. CLARKE Cars of Variety, Now York WILL KKl'llKSKNT THE PICCADILLY HOTEL THE KIT-CAT CLUB ^ LONDON, ENGLAND Americans Abroad Paris, Jan. ^SO. Mme. Ganna Walska (Mrs. Harold McCormick); Mra Thelma Morgan Converse, fllm actress; J. A. McKay (editor of "The Spur"); Ilse Mar- venga. Allan Prior ("Student Prince"); E^arl Boothe; George White; Margaret Anglin; Fred and Adele Astaie; Nattle Harlan Davis (Illustrator); Ray Ooetz. "TEDDY" KOYCE DEAD AT 85 London, Jan. 30. Edward William Royce, known as "Teddy" Royce, died here, aged 85. Some years ago he boasted he wns the oldest worklnig actor in London. Royce was the last of the famous Gaiety "stars" who made history under the management of John Hol- llngshead. The ■ thers were Kato Vaughan, who died In 1903; Nellie Karren in 1904, and Iviward Terry in 1912. Royce was still acting at the age of 75 and his last appear- ance was at the Kingsway in "A Woman's Soul" In 1916. Court Action Over Casino de Paris Title Paris, Jan. SO. If tho first Judgment of the local court Is upheld Leon Volterra has no right to the use of the name of Casino de Paris at the theatre now directed by him. The title is the property of M. Rouge, former owner of this theatre, which he ceased to direct before the war. Several tenants have since had the house, including Volterra. who has brought back the famous music hall to Its success of 20 years ago. But Rougo retained the ownership of the title "Casino de Paris," a fact overlooked by the lessees and he has sued the present tenant. The lower court gave Judgment ordering Volterra to cease advertis- ing the house as "Casino de Paris." Moreover, Volterra and Carpentier are ordered to pay Rouge 180.000 frs. damages for past "unlcgal use" of the name. An appeal Is entered awaiting further development or settlement. Berlin. Jan. W. At the annual meeting of tbs International Variete Dlrectoren Verband with several thousand managers present, it was agreed according to the sense of the meet- ing that unlena the government gives relief on the heavy current amusement taxation, that the the- atres will close. Theatres operated by managers for pictures, vaudeville, cabarets, and parks, also dance halls, were represented. Owing to the heavy amusement taxes and restriction of dancing permits in the smaller towns and with taxes again lately increased, many establishments already have been obliged to discontinue. ■ The meeting called attention to the paymnt by its members oC 300.000,000 marks during 1925 for amusement, li(tuor and license taxes. SAILINGS De Cordo Has Comedy Paris, Jan. 30. When Pedro de Cordoba recently nailed for New York he took with him the script of the conifdy "Les Nouveaux Messieurs," still running nt the Athenee. The Spanish actor has been on a visit to Rome, and while h| Tiller t Wednesday, February 10, 1926 FOREIGN VARIETY BRITISH PICTURE CIRCUITS - ! BOOKING ACTS IN YANKEE STYLE Foster Agency Accumulating Considerable Strength . in Picture House Bookings — Expect to Give American Acts English Time Shortly London, Feb. •. Bookins ot turns Into picture theatres aa a sytttem is rapidly taking form through the Foster agency of London. The Foster agency is aliened for Intercliantje of booltings with the William Mor- ris Agency of New York. It is expected that before long the Foster people will have a suf- ficient number of film houses to of- fer American turns a considerable route on this side. In picture the- atres only. An exchange of American and English turns Is expected to com- mence in the near future. Morris Is doing a vast picture house book- ing in the states from accounts. It appears to be the aim of the Foster Agency to emulate tlielr American reprpsentive on this side. Harry Foster again has assumed charge of the bookings (acts) for the Kit-Cat and Piccadilly, gaharcts, London. Both restaurants have been playing many American turns of a high salary grade. Foster books through Morris aa well for the Cabarets. Wirths in Berlin Berlin, Feb. f. May Wirth and the Wlrth Family •re at the Wintergarton. It is the first appearance of the equestrienne ■tar in Germany. The act will re- main four weelca, sailing for New llTork March 6. The Wirths will rejoin the Ring- Ilng-Barnum-Bailey Circus due to open at the new Madison Square Garden March 27. Lauder's Big Pull London, Feb. •. Sir Harry Lauder opened at the Victoria Palace (vaudeville) l.-ist night to a caiiaclty house, the first ■uch audience he will play to dur- ing his engagement of a fortnight. The theatre Is entirely sold out for the two weeks the Scotch comedian •will stay. This is an unprecedented sale tor a vaudeville house hero. BERLINS IN SPAIN Paris, Feb. ». Irving Berlin and his wife, who came here following a brief stay In London, are now in Spain. II SCOFF AT tirebrand; BUT LIKE 'KID BOOTS' N V e 1 1 0-Collier Holding Up Former Show— Lynn Over- man Carrying "Hottentot" London, Feb. 9. J. A. B. Malone's London version of "Kid Boots" revealed an excel- lent production, well staged but lacking the dominant personalities of the American presentation, with [he exception of Leslie Henson. Its reception at the Winter Garden was enthusiastic. "The Hottentot" enjoyed a cor- dial welcome at the Queen's before a friendly audience drawn by Lynn Overman's popularity. Overman is giving an entirely different char- ncterlzatlon from that which Willie Collier gave to the piece, although the same defect In the play Is no- ticeable here, in that it lacks situa- tions. Overman will undoubtedly draw for several weeks, but the chances of the show becoming a real money success are doubtful. Only the personal popularity of Ivor Novello and Constance Collier saved "The Firebrand" from being ridlculd when it opened at Wynd- hani's last night (Mond.iy). Hysterical laughter In the wrong places was rampant during the second act after which the show V \s pulled together by the pe»-form- ance of the cast. However, the combination of Miss Collier and Mr. Novello ia certain to draw for soma weeks. INDEX Miscellaneous 1 Foreign 2-3-10 Vaudeville 4-9 , Vaudeville Reviews 16-17 Bills Next Week 18-19 Burlesque 11 Sports 15 Times Square 13 Women's Page 14 News from the Dailies... 12 Legitimate 21-26 Legitimate Reviews 25-26 Pictures 27-41 Editorials 20 Picture Reviews 40-41 Film House Reviews.... 38 Presentations 34 Literati 37 Music 42-43 Cabaret 43 Outdoors 45 Inside Stuff— VaudevilU. 9 — '— — =-LsBit ....^,__20 " " —Pictures .. 37-49 Obituary 45 Correspondonc* 45 Letter List 55 SHUBERTS IN LONDON (Continued from page 1) couple of days before "The Prince" opof.ed last Wednesday night, has already decided to return. John Humphries will take h's role next week. Hurculean oCforta to paper His Majesty's were not altogether suc- cessful. "The Student Prince" Is the first production by the Shuberis, them- selves, to appear here under their own direction since they entered Into the London deal to operate the string of six West Knd legit thea- tres. It has tended to make the name of Shubert well known in Great Britain. \ "Old Heidelberg" Besides Much publicity was given to the preliminaries of the premiere. They were under the direction of J. J. Shubert, who is on the ground. ."Vmong the innovations Insl.sted upr)n by J. J. was the revocation of a custom that has endured for cen- turies In London's legit theatres, allowing the rccrular gallery first n. filters to occupy it. Against ad- vice J. J. said the gallery could be i.nolced In advance and raised the s^alc up there. Some of the prosis matter that has ai)peared sounds much like propaganda directed against the Shuberts, their theatre control and shows. That "The Student Prince" Is a musical adaptation of the German 'Old Heidelberg" play never nas been In favor of its producers over here. LIKE FRANCES WHITE London, Keb. •. Frances WTiIte was cordi^illy re- ceived at both the Piccadilly Hotel (eaharet) and Kit Cat Club last ni^ht. Tlie .'ipplause was iiiterspersed uith calls for "MI.ssl.-jslppI." THE TILLER DANCING SCHOOLS Open for • Limited Number of Tuplla Prtvate liendon, Feb. 9. Lester Allen and Nelly Breen have been booked by Morrla and Foster to open at the Kit Cat Club. •March 29. IRIX "TRICKS" TOURING London, Feb. •. Trix sisters, Helen and Josephine, will leave their show, "Tricks," at the end of this week. The produc- tion will tour, Helen sending It out r.tarring Bert Coole. As an act the Trlx sisters will return to the halls, March 1. DAPHNE POLLARD FOI DcBEAR London, l-'eb. f. Archie do Be.ar h;u» signed Daphne Pollard for lils no* show which ;il.so has Phyllis Murikman and Lad- die Cliff In the ca. t. "LADY" OPENING MARCH 29 London, Feb. •. "I.ady, Be Good." with Fred and Adelo Astalre. Is scheduled to open :it Llvrpool on March 29. If you don't advertii VARIETY don't advertlia in $400,000 FOR PRINCES Ropert Piccadilly Site Can Be Bought at That Figure. London, Feb. $. Princ«« rrstaurant and cabaret, almost opposite the Piccadilly hotel, while not offlclally on the market, can be purchased. It Is un- derstood, for $400,000. This price Includes a long lease and the good wilL In addition, the property maintains hotel premises. French Fonowing The American Idea? MANAGER KLEIN IN TROUBLE- MISSING Parts. Feb. t. Joseph Bouden claims Jenny Colder to be his wife; consequently the announcement of her engage- ment to Henrt Varna seems prema- tura. It la possible the Varna-Oolder alliance was released as publicity for the autumn revue at the Pal- ace. In which Miss Oolder, Harry Pllcer and Sperd&ron, Italian come- dian, will be seen. The Palace management still an- ticipates that Little Tlch will re- place Crock In the present revue at that house, despite the recent death of Tlch's wife. Pilcer recently opened at the Bm- plre (vaudeville). He will sail for the States Feb. 17. Protest Film Critic's Attack Via Radio London, Feb. t. A recent radio talk by George At- kinson, dim critic for the British Broadcasting Company, as well as the Lord Beaverbrook dallies, has elicited protest from exhibitors who claim that Atkinson attacked Amer- ican nims generally during his ether discourse. The exhibitors have made a Joint complaint to the broadcasting con- corn. In reply. It asked If the pic- ture showmen would appoint one of tholr number to debate the matter via a mlcrophona. New Piccadilly Revels London. Jan. SO. To make up for the loss of Sophie Tucker, Harry Foster and K. O. Lcadlay have had 'their work cut out while devising the new revels of the Piccadilly HoteL As there Is no one who can replace Soph over here right now, their only hope was to present a show of as different a na- ture as possibla To this end they returned to their old scheme of a cabaret show with chorus girls in- stead of a program of Individual acta Up to a point the Idea has proved successful. Certainly the introduc- tion of Woodward and Morrlssey as "Hank," the mule, is a pleasing nov- elty for, however common such ani- mals may be In pantomime^ none has over been seen in a cabaret be- fore. "Hank's" way of walking right up to the tables, sitting In men's laps and ogling the women or trying to bite their arms, raises laughter that la almost hysterical. Vet, apart from the expressive use of his ears, the animal gets to work in the approved style, working all the tricks with eyes and mouth that have always been popular and al- ways will bo. Another happy no- tion was to bring Hal Sherman on in disguise. It may well be doubted whether he Is aa funny In cork as he was without It. but novelty al- ways has value. Fur the first few moments, Londoners had not heard Hal's voice before, the onlookers were wondering who this black- faced comedian might bo. Directly he revealed himself by the move- ments of his usual soft-shoe dance, there was a shout to express the Joy of recognition. Here are two points scored. There were others In a ballet arranged by .Max Kivers, called "From the Wine List." In this Gypsy Khoumaje made the most favorable Impression of her visit to London, while IJarrie Oliver offered a dance of very un- common merit. Put tjje glris, apart from a Dutch dance representing .Sthnappos, In which weight was In character, were too heavy. There were more of tliem ihnn in the former chorus shows of the Picca- dilly, and there was considerably more of each girl. All the dainti- ness of the former chorus w.as lack- ing 80 that Max Itivcrs' arrange- ment of the dances wiis seldom as effective as It should have been. Disappeared After War- rant Issued by Creditor*— Heavy Tax Burden Berlin, Feb. L James Klein, an Important Berlla theatrical manager, Is In dire trou- ble with creditors. He has been op- pressed as hare managers all over Germany through the heavy gor- ernment taxes. Klein Is the owner and manager of the "Komlsche Opera." He has disappeared. Creditors Issued a war- rant and caused him to mnUe a manifest as to his Inability to pay his debts through possession of n« assets. This he did. Klein was asked what he had dona with the proceeds of his sale of the Apollo theatre (Berlin). He an- swered that he had received but little cash In th transfer. Couldn't Pay Girls The Apollo's box office was at- tached for taxes. Chorus girls rs- celvcd no salary, given from thres to Ave Aarks one* In a while. Immediately after making ths affidavit Klein went Into hiding and cannot be located. He was ths president of the International Va- rlete Dlrectoren Verband. and his trouble came to light Just as ths association had met. re-electlns Klein president. Upon the publicity Klein's election was repudiated and another manager selected. Klein will lose his managerial license for Berlin aa a result of ths trouble. Meanwhile, the police ars permitting the actors In the Klela revue to play It on commonwesltk and look after the box offlos. 28 in Whiteman Band for London London. Feb. f. Ths report that Paul Whltemaa and bis orchestra would open hers early In March was erroneous. Whltemaa will not arrive untfl early in April to take up his dusl engagement at the Kit Cat Club and the Tlvoll (pictures). With 2» pieces behind him. it Is understood Whiteman will split his Instrumentation Into three sections for dance music at the Kit Cat — • string ^nd reed unit for the softer orchestrations, a "low down" com- bination of brasses for the Charles- ton tempo, and the entire compis- mont of 28 men at certain Intervals. Coliseum Openings London. Feb. t. Robins, ths walking music stors^ succeeded In rousing a cold audi- ence at the Coliseum (vaudevUls) yesterday (Monday). Iris Hocy and company also oa the same bill offered the best vaudeville vehicle a legit star has had In some time here^ wltb "Ars You Insured r* BARRYMORE'S "DOUBLING" I/inasure to spend one's days visit- ing the Vatican, the Catacornba, the delightful rlstorantes. the charming little hamlets and other points and p'aces of Interest In or the out- ■Idrts of the Eternal City. But for the night life— It uaually •tarts about midnight — the Bom- bonlerl. Imperial. Apollo and Bra- ga:;lia. Such hotela as the Excel- •lor, Grand and Russle have their iromcnts of night gayety, but these r-oments are of minor consequence. T'ley can well te cotnrarcd to vis- its to the bent of our American (Continued on pa^e 8) $1,C00 JOKE CHECK HELD BY SCIBILIA LSTFZ IN MM HOUSES §5,000-$6000 WEEKLY Vincent iKjpez starts a picture ho"-:e toi'r the second week In Jlay lir-'.or William Morris' direction The Lopez orchestra will receive t'S09 and $5,500 weekly in the fi'm theitres, this mnrkln«? the bniid leader's first exten'-Ive Itiner- ary outside of New York where he V'as hecn a fixture. The rasa Lopez, the bandman's rlTht club which h.as gone Into the b!:j money class In short order, anti Vint Is more astonishing 6an« "f^cKInp," may be left open over th<> summer while I.opcz, Is tour- If'!?. If a sultaljle "name" attrac- tion can be secured, a Lopez club b uul and the "name" will carr>' tiie room during the warm spell. o'.';'.cr\vise It will shut down for the season. rCoel Coward May Try Own Vaude Sketch No*»l Coward, one of the English vogLien and who his been and still 1h Well represented along the main play lane on New York this neasnn. mriy yet reach Broadway vaudc- Vll'e In one of his own sketches. Mr. Coward left the Miller with his "Vortex," taking to the Subway Chain, expecting to alisht with It In Chicago for a stay. Fol'.owinf; that en:;agement the Englishman may ta;k!e the twice dally. Agents — don't send wires collect. Alf WUton Gets $2,500 ) For Anglin Sketcli M.-irKaret Anglin will play two Wce.'ia of vaiilf'vll'.e. opening at the Pa'ace, New York, Feb. 15 and — playing the Albrp, I?rnoktyn, the fol'o'vlrip week. MI.S8 Anglin will appear In a ■ketch at a snli-ry of $2,500 w«;-- work as Humpty Is a great personal triumph." PALM BEACH By SAM KOPP "Palm Beach Niyhts" (Zlegf eld's) continues into tiie Ufih week of lt« icn-week run. While not making money. It h drawing as well as can be expecte.. It $10 for choice locutions and $0 for covers In the rear. Paris Slngei .md Anthony Drexel Piddle are tak- ing it on the chin for a nice slice of the overhead with(»ut a groan a' yet, all for the love of Palm Beach .and their real est-ite holdings. ■ "Nights" undoubtedly is about a: 'ilgh class a supper club show an .here Is anywhere. Several of the numbers will sure- y be spotted in the next "Follies," due in June. The overhead has been cut some- what by tlie withdrawals of Mortoi. Downey and Albertino Vltak. Neither has been replaced to date. Xorah Blaney .nnd (jwen Farrar '•]ni,'llRh comedy ."nd song teani have found favor with a host of th< elite, headed by Paris Singer, whi v. Inter here. Tley have had several TOod ofTera to mal;e appearances at •>rivate parties, but their contract vlth Zicirfeld lnterf(rcd. cuff "Uku'ele 1' :e" Edwards, who 'ook a cut In salary to come her<> Is the only m"ml> r of the oast wltb •u-rml.ssion to sliow outside th' 'viontmnrtre th*Titre. He appeared at a hotjse part- lvloyed, while Miss Ross has been Idle so it Is unlikely he would be indebted to her. FRANK VINCENT SHIFTING TO WEST COAST ..•;< Harry Singer Will Re- place Him in Orpheum's New York Office Frank Vincent, general booking manager of tho Orpheum Cir;uit. Is to make his future headtiuarters on the Pacific Coast and be rejilaced In the New York olfioe of the Or- pheum by Harry Singer, west coast Orpheum repi-e.'elv- Ing wide credence by people in touch with current vaudeville con- ditions. linck of the report is .said to t>e a tale of office politics which has to do with the machinations of the head of another circuit behind Vin- cent for the presidency of the Or- pheum. The mogul linked with the report is aald to have professed great friendship for the Orpheum's pres- ent president, Marcus Heirnan, and to h.ave won his trust and esteem. The friendship of Vincent with the mogul and his family Ins long been an open secret and was brought to a focus following the resignation of Martin Beck as pres- ident of the circuit. Frank Vincent is now on the Pa- cific Coast for the opening of the New Orpheum, Los Angeles. Harry Singer will move Into the Or- pheum's New York headquarter! during March, according to the same report. Henry Hummel Doesn't Want Freak Work Henry Hummel, who came down from Maine to claim a share In the estate of the late "Abe" Hummel, whose son he alleges to be, has re- fused offers of $500 weekly from Independent vaudeville sources lo play around New York. Though In moderate circumstances, he h:i» also rejected new8|>aper offers which are guaranteed to net him the expense of whatever litigation he undertakes. Senator Fred W. Hinckley, of Maine, is with Hummel as his legal .Tdvlsor and has refused all the of- fers on the basis that anything which might be said In a newspaper under Hummel's signature could be usook- Ing. The theory of the picture people Is that since Publlx and Loew's will book similar shows for their picture houses and can use the same acts for towns not in opposi- tion, an advantage in time and money saved would be gained through co-operation In bookings, besides the extra expense of the second booking organization. Different Styles Publlx Is going in for more stralglitaw.ay presentations, dlflfer- ing only In this respect from Loew's tliat the latter at present Is making more use of "names." The In-be- tween turns, however, could bo em- ployed by both. Together, Loew's and Publlx could offer an almost unlimited route to any person or act. At present they are Jointly booking over 8S weeks with but the surface of their pres- nntarion possllilliiles touched upon. J^hould they form a Joint booking office. It Is said, they would accept outsUlo bof>klnp8, selling their pres- entations to any picture exhibitor not In direct conflict with them or any exhibitor who wanted to play tiie well advertised presentation In t'le Publlx or Tyocw hou.';e as a sec- ond run In his own or as first run in .a nilirhborhood picture house. If neither of the larger circuits had a th<^atre In the vicinity. Mfanwhlle, both of the big pic- ture concerns are going about the oi-ganiiiritlon of their respective booking offices. Kach at present Is maintaining Its own ofTic*» staff, from the general ofllcea at each theatre department. BIRDIE CONRAD LOST IN ALIMONY REQUEST Application Decided in Favor of Eddie Conrad — Marion Mor- gan (Eddy>) Named Two Stril(es by Comedienne — Other, Front Page — Arrests Follow Boston, feb. 9. Winnie LIghtner, here with "Gay Paree," hit a cop and the front pages of local papers. At least that is the allegation by the local police .against a young woman claiming to bo the actress. I'atrolman Crowley of Division !• made response to a call from the Hotel Cliarlesg.ate where a party was making trouble for somebody. At Beacon street and Massachu- setts avenue Crowley bumped into a party which had the alleged Miss LIghtner as one of Its figures. Miss LIghtner. It is further alleged, told the cop what was what and he told her to go home. Crowl'-y went to the hotel and emerging later again encountered the alleged LIghtner party. More words and wham and wow on Crowley's Jaw. The alleged Miss Winnie Is said to have socked him. Boy friends of the alleged Miss Winnie also took a hand In the slamming and the wtndup was the alleged LIghtner crowd battlers, tn- iludlng one George J. Murray, were arrested and taken to the station. That made the story whicb re< suited in the alleged Miss Winnie's picture being printed along with the allegation that it was Miss LIght- ner and that she socked a BostOB cop. Because Birdie Gonrid, formerly her husband's vaudeville partner, failed to prove In her legal papers that Kddle Conrad's alleged aban- donment was without Jusilflcatlon. or with Intent not to return, her prayer for $200 weekly alimony and $2,500 coimsel fee was denied by Justice O'Malley In Supreme Court. Smart technical defense by Con- rad's lawyers saved him alimony obligation, although Marlon Morgan (also known .as M.arlon Eddy) was named as the cause of the es- trangement. MI.ss Morgan is In Conrad's act, although under salary to tho Shu- bert Theatrical Corp at $150 p week. Conrad Is with "(Jay P.ireo," a Shubert-I.,oMalre musical, at $400 a week on a three years' contract. He has received $500 in tho past in vaudeville. Conrad's defense set forth that he had to dismiss Misses JofTre and Nally from his act becau.se of Birdie Conrad's alleged objections, which the comedian sets forth were un- called for. Ha denies anything and everything involving tho Hotel Pas- adena or Miss Morgan. Kcndler & Goldstein representing Conrad, set forth that the details alleging cruelty and desertion were not Itemized or proved, which con- tention Justice O'Malley sustained. Ted Claire Is Being Sued for Divorce According to court records, Clara Neal White thinks Ted Claire's mis- behavior with May Alexander suf- ficient grounds for divorce, and pro- ceedings to sever their marriage re- lations have been started. Claire, who Is with "Artists and Models" at the Winter (Janlcn, Is being sued under his name In private life. Hurry White. Miss Alexander is Implicated, with the Hotel Emerson on West 75th street named covering a period of Oct. 9. 1925, to Dec. 18. 192C, and the Hotel Aberdeen on West 32nd street from Jan. 18, 1926, to Jan. 29, 1928. "Various other women" are also Implicated. The couple were married In 1921 and have no children. Several months ago Claire Insert- ed an ad in tiie New York "Times" absolving himself of any debts that might be Incurred by his wife. MABTHA GOODWIN KILLED San Francisco, Feb. ». Martha Goodwin, dancer, said to have hailed from T'lorlda, was killed and a professional basketball player, Don.ald Crews, seriously injured when an automobile In which thejr were riding left a curve on the Trinldad-Kureka highway a few miles from Eureka. BARCLAY AND MAY BOLEY Don Barclay and May Bolejr have formed a raude alliance^ PUBLICITY PLAN SERVICE In K/ETY is a j-implc and TnexpciisTve manner of \((io.pwg ycmr namr or hii-siiicss before the show business of the world each week. Gives di.splaycd or jjictorial piihhcity for 52 weeks each year. Amount may be regulated by the advertiser. Write or call at any \'.-ii icty (ftice: NEW YORK CHICAGO LOS ANGELES 154 W. 46th St. State-Lake Thea. Bldg. Chapman Bldg. LONDON, 8 St. Martin's PI., Trafalgar Square VARIETY VAUDEVILLE WcdiMsday, February 10, 1M$ ACTS NOW PLAY FOR KEITH AFTER SHUBERT WINTER GARDEN Palace and K-A Need "Names" and Material — Keith Held Out for Years Against Shubert Sun- day Concert Bookings — Syracuse Settlement Tl)«» oiipoeltJon ban pluocd on thi' ■\Vlntcr Garden, New Vork, Sunday comerts by tho Koilh-Albee Cir- cuit on account of the proximity of the I'lilace, New York, evidently has been raised. For a long time the Palace re- fused to book acts that had ap- neared at the Sunday shows in the Shubert bouau but several acts have been booked lately that are almost standard attractions at the Winter Garden. Tho latest was Jack Rose who played the Palace and Albee last week doublins from boili houses and plu^ginff the Shuberts In each stand. Rose was allowed n^ore lax- ity at the Palace than any act that has played the house this season. He used the words "hell" and "damn," mentioned he was working for the Shuberts and playing the Palace as a side line and took other liberties. The reasons back of the change by the K-A people are said to be the scarcity of "names" and "at- tractions" available for them In the Jace of outside encroachments. The b(K>ker8 are reported as forced to overlook previous inhibi- tions and acts who havo violated the Keith "opposition" edicts, to secure enough "names," comedy acts and attractions to make pre- sentable showing.^ against the pic- ture hoirees and cabarets. The. arrangement as arrived at likely Included tiie release by the Shuberts of their claims against Keiths, Syracuse. The Shuberts al- leged an intti-est in the Syracuse ,Taudeville house through having held the original Keith's franchise for the oMl Grand in Syi-acuse. When E. F. Albee built the Syra- cuse house, the Shuberts found themselves declared out. An action was started by them against the Keith people. It was tried witliout A Jury. No decision has ever been handed down la the casa Another probable discontinuance Is the action of the Shuberts against Keith's et aL under the Sherman Act. That suit was brouBTbt follow- ing the abandonment •t Shubert Vaudeville. MINISTEB IN BLACKFACE FORUM Indianapolis. Feb. t. Editor Variety: While playing PitUburgb with "Artists and Models," there ap- peared on the front page of the Pittsburgh "Gazette-Times" nn ar- ticle stating the censors objected to my song "Spanish Juanita" and claimed it was suggestive, and that they ordered It out of the show. Variety printed a similar article. I wrote to the "Gazette-Times" demanding a retraction. It wua ig- nored. I'm asking you to please deny the story as the song has never been objected to and has never been out of the show since I started with it. It is also the same song I used In vaudeville when I p;aycd with xny wife. Vera Miihelena, and It has never received an adverse crit- icism, Fred Billvbraml. Chicago, Feb. 9. Among the "new acts" around hero is Bud Varn, who up until three years ago was a Baptist evangelist. A Doc- tor of Theology from his Alma Mater, an honorary Doctor of Divinity from his church, Varn is now a blackface single. COO w. mth St. New York, Feb. 3. Editor Variety: Variety said Ethel Dale ls^ await- ing a divorce from her fourth hus- band. As my name Ir the same I have keen very annoyed by people think- ing we are the same It Is true 1 have been on the •tage but have never been in ▼audevllle and have had but one kusbJtnd. Ethel rtalr. Ralph Fsrnum Liked Fla. Ralph Farnum, Keith ngent and producer, returned to Now York this w»»ek after a month in Florida. Farnum Journeyed south on n Tacation but brcamc as-sociated with a real estate proposition that prolon^d hla stajr. Palace, Cleveland, Has One Week of Profit Cleveland,(l«"eb. 9. One week at least sbyce the Keith's Palace opened hereVwill be an as.sured proQtabie period tor the house, when ths Chicago opera lakes possession of the theatre. The Palace represents S4,5U0,000. It has played straiglit vaudeville since its premiere, with one change to pop vaudeville, when it made money. That policy ran through the summer, but switched back to sliait^iit vaudeville with Ule regular season. INCORPORATIONS i<««v t wrK Jones and Ciresn Productions, .^iaiinaitan, theutreu,- 2,UUU shareb pieierred stocu. >ivO each, 4,(^Uu ,...!..>,. I uo i/^.'. iv.rectois, iiidwaiii W. Bloomberg, Ida bnmuniu. Attor- ney VVuiiain ivauiiBun, itbi Broad - .'.ay. • bay 8hors Amusement Co., Fat- chogue, theatres, Z,^)0 Brooklyn, capital $100,000. Direc- tors, H. R. and W. Gross, 6S7 Cro- lona Park. N.. Bronx; H. H. Frled- er, Jersey City. Attorneys, Lery, Uutman A Goldberg. 277 Broad- way. Official Coach Schedules, Syra- cuse, advertising and pictures, 200 shares preferred $100 each, 600 com- mon no par. Directors, A. E. Mal- oomb, E. J. Castle. R. Jeffery. At- torney.«i, Dixson. Searl. Jeffery and Cole, Syracuse. The Beekman, Manhattan, the- r\tres. capital $1,000. Diroolor.s, La- vlnla Markham, Kannle Wald, Ara- belle Bernfeld. Attorneys, Shaine & Weinrib, :99 Broadway. Arthur Fisher Select Vaudeville Agency, Manhattan, 50 shares com- mon no par. Directors, Arthur 15. .Sannasardo, David M. Palley. Philip Zlerler. Attorneys, Palley A Zier- ler, 1440 Broadway. Mergers Sultan Comedies, with Gauntlett & Co., of Manhattan. Velox t^omedy Corporation, with Oauntlett & Co. of Manhattan. Dissolution A rertlflcate of voluntary dissolu- tion has been Hied with tho Secn;- tary of RUte by the P. and O. The- atres Company of Brooklyn. Massachusetts Boston Entertainers, Inc., Boston, entertainment agents; capital. $50,- 000. Incorporators, Daniel Klllson, Stanley Ellison. J. V. Ellison and '5. A. Irwin, all of Bo.ston. Wetterlow Musician Bursau, Inc., Boston; amus.nient agents; capital, $2.5.000. Incorporators, O. H. Wet- terlow, Maiden; C. P. Touchrtte, Cambridge: I... N. Wetterlow, Mnl- den, and Grace V. Hull, Lockport, N. Y. Colonial Photoplay Corporation, Boston, moving pictures; capital, $•'5,000, 250 shares $100 each, lii- corpor.ifor«, IT. Howard Powers, Harry Farn U and Louis liaUi, all of Boston. ESTELLE BRODY Soorlnir successfully la "THK BIAJE KITTEN," GAIETY, LON- DON, also being featured In New Edition of "MIDNIGHT FOLLIES," HOTEL METKOPOLE. Am still In time to wish you all A Happy New Year. $1,000 JOKE CHECK (Continued from page 4) about a little Joke. Sclbllia was In Winnipeg with the tab at the time and Gordon was Joshing with him about a hat he orwed the producer. The bet was a result of a w.ager when "Flashes" played the Premier, Brooklyn, N. Y., the week of Aug- 17, when Gordon estimated the show would exceed $5,000 on the week. He lost the bet and had to borrow $20 from M. L. Phillips, the company manager, to pay off the bet. the hat costing $8.50. While do- ing so, Gordon was kidding aruijnd with a check book, making out one to John D. Rockefeller for a gag. and another $1,000 payable to Scl- bllia. This the latter kept and seemingly, according to Davis & Davis, 1640 Broadway, attorney m for Gordon, Sclbilla only found It re- cently and decided to out It through. Check as "ProD** Gordon claims there vas no con- sideration for the check, and that had he Intended to pass a spurioud check be would certainly b« in hid- ing. When Gordon queried Sclbllia as to why he waited five months to put the check through the answer was that be (Sclbllia) didn't need tb« money. In answer to this, Oordon wanted to know that when the "Flashes" company was stranded in Davenport, la., on Tbanksgiving Sclbllia was wiring back be was "trying to raise funds'* when he had the $1,800 check to band if he thought It genuine. The basis of the Joke was a con- cocted tale to the effect Gordon had won $1,(00 at the races and was glTlns Mr. ScibUla $1,0«0 to take back with him to New York to bank. The check was flashed before the other people in the company as a boasting prop. Gordon says that in his subse- quent conversations with Sclbllia, the latter has expressed vexation at the publicity in "Variety" anent the stranding of "Flashes," and the embarrassment of the "World of Pleasure" company, which had to pool resources to come back to New York. The tabs have subsequently been sent out as vaudeville acts. JUDGMENTS Laura Wilck; M. Tuttle; $1S0.7S. John Meehan; H. S. Meehan; $1,160. Hilaire Mahieu; Greenwich Bank of N. Y.: $2,438.80. B. J. Palmer and Palmer School of Chiropractic; F. X. Sauchelll; costs, $23.50. Hudson Music Co., Inc.; N. T. TeL Co.; $61.20. Ridgewood Amus. Co. and Samuel Bedell; United Artists Corp.; $17<.M. Judgment Vacated Lionel Atwill; R. Genzburg; $778.10; Jan. 7, 192B. Satisfied Judgments Sigmund Romberg; M. Orange et al.; $218.27: Sept 16. 1916. Same and Jennie Romberg; F. Bokcr; $612.10; July 7. 1923. THEATRES IN CONSTRUCnON If you don't advej-rise in VARIETY don't advertise Bay City, Mich,r-(Caplto1; also stores), Waalilngton aveaua. Owner Bay City Theatre Co.. Battle Creek. Architect. J. BlMraon, til Bupertec street, Chicago. Value and policy not given. Chicsgo. — (Also stores, apartments), $2,000,0M. TSth and Kfngstoik Owner, South Shore Theatre Bldg. Corp.. $711 Btonoy Island avenusb Architect, Z. Erol Smith. Policy not given. Cicero, III. — (Also stores, apartments), $<00,90O. N. e. corner 26th and B3d street. Owner, S. J. Gregory, care of architect. B. P. Rupert. 123 W. 79tb street, Chicago. Policy not given. Clevslsnd Heights, O. — (Also stores), $500,000. 8. w. comer Euclid and Superior avenues. Owner, Phoenix Investment Co., Cleveland. Architect. Nicola Petti. Pictures. Detroit. — (Also dance hall, stores). Dexter boulevard, near Monterey, Owner, Saul Shaw, 1020 Lafayette building- Architects, Doerr, I.ind« quist A Doerr. Value not given. Detroit. — (8,000 seat), $350,000. Woodward avenue and < Mile road* Owner. D. T. Nederland. 15 Campus Martings. Architect, P. R. Pereira. Policy not given. Doylestown, Pa. — (2,600 seat). Ogonts avenue. Church lane and Lime* kiln Pike. Owner. Ogontx Church Lane Realty Co. Architect, UofTmas Uonon Co. Value and policy not given. Evanston, lll< — $650,009. Church and Sherman avenues. Owner. Clyd* B. Elliott. Architect. J. B. O. Pridmore. Policy not given. Highland Park, Mich. — (Also offices), n. w. corner Waverly and Wood« ward avenues. Owner, J. U. Kunsky. Architect withheld; value and policy not given. Knoxville, la. — Owner, Byron Watson, Grand theatre, Knoxvllle. Archl« tect, W. L. Perkins. Charlton, la. Value and policy not given. Lakewood, O. — (Also stores, offices). $250,000. 8. e. comer Hillard roa4 and Madison avenue. Owners, Harry Itobblns and Morris Kubio* Pictures. ..Lsroy, N. Y. — (Also stores), $100,009. Main street. Owner. Ralph EL Blouvet. Architect, Leon Lempert. Rochester, N. T. Policy not given* Lima, O. — (Remodehng and additions), $100,000. Owner. Limf, Amuse« ment Co. Architect, J. L Adams. Pictures. Exact location not given. Madison, III.— $50,000. Madison avenue. Owner, withheld, care of architects, C. Pauly(;& Sons, Granite City, IlL Pictures. Milwaukee.— (Also offices, stores), $5'00,000. N. Lisbon. 49th and 60th« Owner, Saxe Amusement Enterprise. Architects. C. W. & O. L. Rapp, Policy ijot given. Mt. Holly, N. J.— $150,000. Main, near Washington street. Owner^ Jacob Fox, Beverly, N. J. Architect not selected. Pictures. New Rochelle, N. Y.— (Also stores), $300,000. Main street. Owner* Marcus Locw, Inc. Architect. Thomas I^iamb. Policy not given. New York City.— (Also stores), $40,000. W. s. City Island avenue^ Owner, J. H. Norris, 568 Minniford road. Architect, Douglas P. Uali. Policy not giveu. Philadelphia. — (Seat 1,800). S. w. corner 31st and Diamond street. Owners, Green & Altman. Pictures. Value not given; architect-* not selected. Reading, Pa. — (Seat 2,024). 6th and Cherry streets. Owner. M. 0« Albert, Architect, E. Hickman. Value and policy not given. Richmond Hill, L. U N. Y^— (Also stores), $j75,000. Myrtle and HiU- side avenues. Owner, A. Markert, Jamaica, L. L Architect. It. Short* Brooklyn, N. Y. Pictures. Rochester, N. Y. — $:iOO,000. $00 Genesee street. Owners, Samuel Tisb- koCf and Aaron Mercbey. Architect, Frank Fey. Pictures. Washington, O. C. — (Also stores), $150,000. R. L avenue and 16th street, n. e. Owner, West Woodrldgo Theatre Co. Architect. W. & Plager. Pictures. Washington, N. J,— (Also stores, offices), $90,000. EL Washington ave* nue. Owner, Lyons Theatre Realty Co.. Morristown. Architect, Hyman Ilosensohn, Kewark. Policy not given. Youngstown, O. — (Also offices). Owner, National Tltoatres Corp., Chicago. Architect, John Ebersoa. Chicago. Elxact location, value and policy not given. HURLBUT AS CflEF (Continued from pa«e 1) himself: 1 can do two things tor public approval — write plays and cook. As my plays haven't gone wen lately, I thought I'd go Into the cafe bUBinefls." The author says he is not through writing plairs, but Intends sticking to the cooking racket in between times. Hurlbut decided to devote himself to the kitchen after the re- cent failure of his "Chivalry" at Wallack's. One producer, speaking highly of Hurlbut's' writing ability, discerns a strain of Barrle In his plays. Under the proper manage- ment and perhaps through collat>o- ration, this manager said Hurlbut might tiave been one of Broadway's greatest playwrights. Hurlbut was educated in St. Louis and was an art student beTore tak- ing to writing. He scored an early success In "The Fighting Hope." which Belasco produced. Olga Nethcrsole produced his "Writing on the Wall," and Klaw & Erlangcr presented Elsie Ferguson in "The Strange Woman," alPO a Hurlbut drama. About five years ago he entered an agreement with Joseph Shea, who produced several Hurlbut plays, Ihe most successful of which was "Lilies of the Field," which failed princi- pally through the squabbles of the backers. Shea was named as the producer of his "The Cup," "On the Stairs" and "Chivalry." Hurlbut also wrote "Trimmed In Scarlet" and the book for the musi- cal. "Little Miss Fix It" Hugged a Cop Norman Crltcbfield, 27, clerk, 70 Went 60th street, felt affectionate Thursday night with the result that when seeing Detective Harvey on the, platform of tho subway at 49th street and 7th avenuo, he hugged him. Harvey arrested hlra on a disor- derly conduct charge. Later when arraigned before Magl.strate Douras In West Side Court Critchfleld pleaded guilty and received a sus- ponded sentence. ENGAGEMENTS Marlon Coakley. Arthur Aibert« eon, "The Virgin." Robinson Newbold. Virginia Ktng^ "Cherry Blossoms." Eiise BarUett, Edith Shayne, Julia Barnard. Murray Bennett. Frances Sadtler, "Nirvana." Virginia Fairfax replaced Marga* ret Moreland in "The Cradl* Snatchers." George La Guerre. "Right to KllL"' Jack <4ulgley and Brtice De Lette, 'The Right to Kill." Jamea 8. Barrett. "Sweetheart Thne." Mabel Acker, Will Demlng and Roy Gordon, "Find Papa." Morgan Farley for "The Un- chastened Woman." Houses Opening The Idea of converting the l25th Street, New York (formerly tho Gotham) into a stock burlesque stand has been abandoned tempo- rarily at least with the stock deal having fallen tiirough last week and the house operating with a tab policy during the week and nix acts of vaudeville on Sundays. The lat- ter bills are booked by A. .'^ B. Dow. The Hempstead, Hempstead, L. I., swings its bookings from Kally Mar- kus to Arthur Fisher Agency this week. The Rnchraell A Rennsler Inter- ests, operating the Premier Circuit, yesterday (Feb. •) opened the seventh of their houses, the Am- bassador, at Lavonia and Rockaway, Brooklyn, N. Y. It seats 2,000. Tho new Carlcton, Flatbush avenue, seating 2,000, operated by William and Harry Brandt, opens today (Feb. 8). Among new housen • opening In New York is the Monroe, 76th street and First avenue, operated by the Salkln interest."*. Carlton, Brooklyn, pictures, open- ing Feb. 11. It's a Brandt house, at Seventh and Fintbush avenues. Tlie Woodrow, Brooklyn, N. T., which discontinued vaudeville sev- eral months ago, will resume vaude- ville next week pl.aying four acts on a split week booked through Jack LInder. Tho Tip Top, n smaller picture house In the san>« locality, will also play three actfi Saturdays and Sundays, booked through the same agency. Wednesday, February 10. 192S VAUDEVILLE VARIETY ORPHEUM LOSES OUT IN INTERSTATE DEAL; REJECTS FAMOUS PLAYERS PROPOSAL Instance Disclosing No Close Affiliation or Under- standing Between Big Picture and Vaudeville Interests — Orpheum Wanted 50% of Deal and Sole Operation of Hoblitzelle Circuit — Sam Katz Left New York Without Leaving Word — Karl Hoblitzelle Returns to Texas— Deal "Cold" No deal on at present for the acquisition of th« Interstate Circuit of Texas by Famous Players (Pub- llx). Negotiations on and off were declared cold some dajs ;o, when the Orpheum Circuit, an Interloper Into the deal, was quietly shut out without notification. A.s Sam Katz of Publlx left for Florida, Karl Hoblltzolle of the In- terstate departed for Texas. A couple of the Orpheum's men who had come on from Chicago, after hanging around the Palace building. New York, for a few days expecting a message, suddenly found there was no one left to send them any. It Is unlikely Hoblitzelle will con- sent to a renewal of any negotia- tions through Famous or the Or- pheum Just- now. It Is the second attempt within two years Famous has made, the other one starting before Katz became a part of the F. P. organization. Neither was the Orpheum Circuit considered In the previous deal. "Oprasition" While the different particles to the agreement were being tossed back and forward, someone dis- covered the Orpheum's booking franchise with nine years yet to Fox and HobEtielle Tie Up for 5 Years Karl Hoblitzelle, president of the Interstate Circuit of Texas, entered Into a five-year con- tract yesterday (Tuesday) for William Fox's flrst-run pic- tures in all of the Interstate theatres. Fox was represented in the contract making by Its general sales manager, Jimmy Grainger. Under the agreement box will give and Hoblitzelle takes 100 per cent of the Fox pic- tures for the Interstate terri- tory, with the contract expir- ing Dec. SI. 1926. The Interstate has been using Fox pictures for two seasons, now completing Its second season. Fox's new con- tract with It starts Jan. 1 next. run, Issued to the Interstate, held a provision that If the Interstate all.:;ned elsewhere, the Orpheum could go Into the Interstate towns in opposition. This was looked upon as impor- tant enough by Famous, according to the story, to talk to the Orpheum people about it. Marc Helman, president of the Orpheum, said his circuit wanted to be declared in otherwise It mlprht t » advantage of the clause, were Famous i.nd the Interstate to go through with It without the Orpheum. After this had been flno-combed for more additions and subtractions, the Orpheum people declared they intended to operate the -'it; e theatres, not requiring the Publlx's a.ssl3tnnce (the Orpheum people Apparently had not heard what Kata & Balaban said about the Orpheum's operation of the Dlver- sey in Chicago). Meanwhile Mr. Hoblitzelle pa- tiently waited, having grown luke- warm some time previously on the entire deal. He had given his word it is said that he would go throuRh with the deal with Famous Players under certain conditions and await- ed the outcome. Upon Katz' departure from New Tork Hoblitzelle accepted it as a release from his verbal promise. He immediately left for home, leav- ing the Orpheum bunch to figure out what ha4 happened as best they could. Besides making the dem.ind to operate th« Interstate the.->trrs, the Orpheum wanted SO percnt of any proflt derived from the theatres by Famous Players. Leader in Texas The Interstate Is the leading vaudeville circuit of the South, strongest In Texas. Under Us re- cent policy of a combination show of pictures and vaudeville (chang- ing from a straight vaudeville pol- icy a couple of seasons ago), the Interstate has worked Itself :nto t'»e strategical position In each of its Texas towns of leading the theat- rical end of the city, pictures or vaudeville. The Interstate's Ma- jestic at Dallas has been continu- ously reported this season doing a weekly and unprecedented average gross of $15,000 at a 50 cent top. Its other Majesties In the principal cities of the State have correspond- ingly Increased the weekly grosses since forsaking straight vaudeville. Last season the Interstate netted J500.000, the largest proflt by far the circuit ever had rolled up. This season it is estimated the circuit will hit over $800,000 net The sudden change from the "red" for the Interstate was said sometime ago to have attracted the attention of the vaudeville moguls In New York. From reports they had been waiting for the Interstate to come In and sit down on their laps. Or even better. It was said, they would grab It when ready. With negotia- tions started by F. P.. the moguls saw the southern plum sliding out on them, with the Orpheum making a last effort to get In and use the Interstate as an extension througli Texas for the Orpheum circuit by busting into the F. P.-Interstate deal. Failure of the deal to go through leaves the Interstate In a very se- cure position. It can build as It pleases, In or out of Texas, and fears no opposition In pictures or vaude- ville other than the Marcus Loew circuit. Loew's is very favorably inclined toward the south. It has been re- ported that Loew intended to Invade Texas, and It Is understood Marcus Loew has a site In Houston, also two other Texas cities. Metro-Goldwyn's franchise In Texas is held by Fa- mous Players for most of the state. First Big Deal Lost The muffing of the Interstate l-s the first big deal F. P. has gone after In some time that It has failed to close. The story says Famous pre- ferred losing the deal rather than permit any other circuit to operate a Publix-controllod theatre. The latter angle contradicts the common impression that Famou.s Players Is more than friendly dis- posed toward the Orpheum and Keith circuits. Keith's Is in with Famous in a few cities. Famous al- lowing Keith's to come in on a 'ij per cent interest, with Famoutr re- taining control and opera; ing thi theatre, such as the Metropolitan. Boston. In all of those deals where Keith's got 25 per cent or loss of a Publlx house the Keith peop'.e paid In cash, not getting Uie 25 per cen; In their usual way. A story reported In Variety last week was to the effect the Balaban & Katz Interests in the mid-west were not on overly sociable terms with the Western Vaudeville Asso- ciation of Chicago, an Orpheum cir- cuit subHldiary. What that connec- tion may have had to do with Sam Katz walking out on Orpheum and forgetting to tell them about it is not reported. Around Chicago there h is been an Imprc' 'i>n for f-ome riinntlis the Or- pheum people alt pped softly when a B. & K. man appeared, not wftntln« him to notice more than neccss.iry The Orpheum peoi-le have ie.irnt I t:ie R. A K. bunch ure^ f ■;■ ors and thlnkf-rs, both reasons contrib- uting to the n. A K. comment upon the weekly gro.'«s ($12,000) and the direction by the Orpheum of the Dlvors'-y In Chic.oso. k^yi^- MARGARET McKEE The World's Greatest Bird Whistler Week of Jan. 18 Working 3 places In London: — Piccadilly Hotel (Eighth Week). Kit Cat Club (Kighth Week). Also Holbom Empire. Coliseum and Alhambr«, London, to follow. European Agents: GEORGE and HARRY FOSTER American Agent: WILLIAM MORRIS Producers* Views Vaude producers, if produc- ing at all, are siJestepping productions entaiiing Invest- ments and are gradually re- sorting to the short cast house set turns that h&:d sway in the late Tony Pastor's hey- day. The producers explain their attitude, claiming that It is suicidal to put money behind an act when the best you can get Is eight or nine full salary stands with it. Dancing acts and team turns are b«»ing encouraged to expand to production propor- tions with the acts bo'.ding the bag for production invest- ments, also bridging the gap left vacant through inactivity of the regu'.ar producers. The latter's att tude is let them have It and learn. The much heralded produc- tion department of the K-A Circuit has shown little thus far. T.OJ.A., COLORED CHAIN IN FIRST CLASS SHAPE BLACKLIST TIIMTENED AGAINST ROSENBLAH E. F. Albee Took Hand in Cooking Matter — Roclies- ter House Offered $3,03D ''Names'' Demand >ot$'' Name acta signed for the inde- pendent houses are heckling over spots and demanding their posi- tions be Incorporated In contracts Issued for these houses by Inde- pendent bookers. This situation has arisen through several of the stands figuring that they could spot the acts at random and make them like It, figuring that as long as they were paying the price the act had no squawk. In most of the changes the acts were spotted at a disadvan- tage and aUhough getting over Just as well with the audiences, the acta were dissatisfied nevertheless. Holds 6i- Annual Meeting in Chattanooga — Milton Starr Re-elected President HIP, $23,000 LAST WEEK Stores In Building to Reduce Overhead Keith's Hippodrome, New York, In an effort to reduce the overhead said to be $27,000 weekly, will build stores on the side streets at 43rd .ind 44th stry of Wa.h- Ington, D. C, when he was unani- mously returned to the board of di- rectors for another two years. The T. O. B. A. olllcially recog- nized the Colored Actors' Union, represented personally by J. A. Jackson, dramatic editor of the Washington "Tribune," which pub- lication was chosen as official organ of the Circuit. The T. O. B. A. elected the fol- lowing ofllcors: Pre."ldent, • Milton Starr, Nashville; vice, Charles P. ISalley, Atlanta; manager-treasurer, Sam E. Keevin, Chattanooga; secre- tary, E. S. Stone, Indianapolis. The following directors were named for two years: S. II. Dudley. Washington; John B. Eruner, Cin- cinnati; A. Barrasso, Memphis; II. J. Hury, Birmingham; Martin Klein, Chicago; Charles H. Turpln. St. Louis; Dr. A. C. Lattimore, Louisville; President Starr and M.'inager Rcevin, from executive tlaff. The Eastman. Rochester, N. Y., was declared opi-ositlon by the Kelfh-Albee Circuit and the K-A route of Cantor Rosenblatt threat- ened with cancellation, then switched around considerably, fol- lowing an offer from the Eastman of $3,000 for tho Cantor'3 services for on open week. • ■''''' The Cantor Is playing vhe Kelth- Alboe eastern houses at $2,000 week- ly. D.'.spHe h<,' doesn't appear in the hou-'ics on the Jewish SabVath (l-'rl- d»y night and S.itiirJay matiiioe) of each week, he has proven to be a big drawing card. Following an ex- cellent gross at the Pu!ace, New York, Uosenblutt was headlined for future bookings. Following the offer and tenta- tive booUing at the Eastman it la reported E. K. Albee registered con- siderable di.sapproval, threatening to cancel the remainder of the C.'in- tor's K-A bookings If he accepted tho date prior to aipearlng at Keith's, Rochester. The route of the Cantor was also switched bring- ing him Into Keith's. Rochester, two weeks sooner tl ?,n origln.ally pl:iced. The Eastman, one of the most elaborate picture houses In this country and presented to the citi- zens of the city of his birth by the Kodak man. plays a vacillating policy. It Includes an occasional vaudeville name In - ' Mtlon to con- cert, operatic stars and picture . Acts Find Bookings On Columbia Wheel Indcs. Fiffhting Assn. Coast Booking Office Los Angeles, Feb. 9. I.,08 Angeles' independent vauile- vlUe agents are not too pleased with the tactics iisctl by the book- ers In the Western Vaudeville Man- nf^irn' Association's (Chicaj^'o) loca' odice h»>re. It seems ns tliouKli the ind'pendents had educated theatre;- booking acts for one night sland.s to p.iylng the minimum of $10 for singles and $ir. a night for double.s A bright young man suiblenly elevated from office boy to boolifi In the W, V. M. A. decided that he could sell acts to the theatres mu'b elie.Tper than other ngenfs. Ai-tfc getting a regular salary of $10 and $15 were not eonsiilted. They were booked to play hou.ses already I)l.-iyed at the old stindard salary, by the young m.-in, ancl were given Hllps for $7 OO for singles and $12 t>i a driy for doubles. •Several of the acts i)eg;in to pro lest, with the young man r"plying "If you want work t■nrou^;h this of- fli f, you take wb.'it voi r't or f'ay away. We know \*/iiit you are worth." The wholesale booking of vaude- ville acts as added attractions for the Columbia burlesque shows dur- ing the past two weeks and the an- nouncement that the Columbia has Instructed the Columbia Casting Agency, the olficlal Columbia book- ing olfice, to go after names, is causing concern to the big time vaudeville bookers. Joe Jack.«^on, Josefson'n Pioneers, Ml.arahua, Bernard and Ferris, 'Bohemian Nights" and "Chuck" Ilolt.sworth and Band have been added or hold over with Columbia attractions this week. Jack.^on, as an added attrai:tlon at the Columbia, New York, last week with "Chuckles," is reitorled as having boosted the gro.ss. He received $550 for the week and tlils week Is at the Oayety, Bo: ton, with the "Burlesque Carnival." Mlacahua, the wire walker, who r)layed four weeks at the Hippo- drome, Ne'.v York, this season, opens a three weeks' booking on the Co- lumbia wheel this week at Balti- more with Washington and Pitts- burgh to follow. Josef.'ion'a I'loneers, a bl«r lime novelty turn which i)laye(l all of the e.istern big time Keith liou^eM, open at the Columbia, New York, this week. Morocco's Vaude Dept. E. C. Colebrook in Charge Edward C. Colebrook, former le^lt director, has Joined the staff of the Leslie Morosco Casting ARen<;y hav- InKcntered upon his new duties last week. Colebrook will concentrate upon cast ins? vaudeville productions and hindllng of cabaret talent, & new adjunct to the .Morosco ollice wiileh has previously adhered to eastln;? only for legit productluiis. Colebrook HU needs Herbert Pratt, conneeted with .Morosco's olllce for several nionth.s, but who re.siKnid to eo en tour with "Kosher Kitty Kelly." Markus' Addition* Fally .\I rkin has ndd''d (ive new hou.ses to his iKjoks. T list In- . ludes tiiM I'alac*". Ilradley Beach, ."sj. J.; Llnroln, Brooklyn; Cumco, YonK-rrs; .Star, Amltyvllle. L. I.; and Strand, Fttrm!n;,'d,il . L. I. The foruier plays four acts on the last half with the latter four hnving vnidevllle one day a week. Ibirry I.orrnine H bundling books for these with .Marltus jiersonally book- Ing the Bradley P.euch house. VARIETY VAtJ'D'E'VI'LLE Wednesday. February 10, 1920 THE TROUPER By J. C. NUGENT To the actor who has passed the amateur stage there are two kinds Cf people. "Troupers" and "Outsiders." Or, more formally, professionals and the laity. The amateur staKe refers to no length of time In professional service. Many who have been on the platform for years are still professional ama- teurs In thought and viewpoint. Never do they catch the Illusion of heing part of the play. Of being the chnractors In the story. They never seem to escape from the actual world and melt naturally Into the picture. Principally because thoy lack the professional feeling. They are still outsiders In thought and viewpoint. They think and feel from the orchestra seat and not to the orchestra seat. Off stage they again Join the outsider in attituile, toward their own business, taking the traveling man's opinion (luite seriously on points of dramatic technique and Hushing with pleasure at a compliment from the patronizing horse dot tor. Tliey give alarmed consideration to the vaporlngs of theoretical writers on tinners theatrical and spend profound hours learning by rote Bophlsli- cntod gems of artistic comment written by professors who never set foot upon the actual stage. TliT?y love to be recognized as "artists" In public places. And to that end they act much better off the stage than on. And much oftener. And how they love to explain to unoflfensive groups of bridge and pool play- ers, the Inner urge and movement of their souls something. But the chief difference, as compared to a "Trouper," Is their attitude toward an actual audience for wlilch tliey always have a sort of personal feeling. To them the audience Is a ntimber of varying Individuals. "Rough necks," "wise ones," "best people," "giggling woman," "acquaint- ances," "critics," "friends" and "knockers." Praise and Criticism Buch an actor Is always wondering what they are thinking of him and how he looks and sounds to them. To him, tliey have the advantage and he is on trial every minute. In his heart he Is one of them — has just left thom, and Is dying to rejoin them after the show and hear their verdict. Praise to his face he swallows hook, line and sinker and criticism he has Invited sends him home sick. The "Trouper." be he artist or dub, has the professional feeling In re;:;ard to his own business and his own people. He may not take the trouble to resent the outsiders pandering "knocking" of his professional fellow workers but he does not enjoy It and does not encourage It. Any more than does the first grade physician, attorney, newspaper man or other craftsman. He docs not Intrude his professional character upon himself or the world at large after he takes the make up off and he realizes without resentment or surprise the latent contempt In which the superficial laity habitually holds him, delighting in his mishaps and admitting grudingly his sucess. If any. He likes publicity but for business reasons only and so realizes that the only publicity good for business Is that which arises honestly from the honest and meritorious playing of the part. But he certainly does not confuse that with public prancing and posing In public places, or toadying to social gatherings in professional character for the sake of being admired In the funny flesh. The True Trouper It Is before the audience, however, that he shows his mettle and after all that Is the Important place. ThS true "Trouper" knows his business practically. There is a touch of certitude to his work. He Is definite. He knows what he Is doing and what that which he does, means. To him, the audience Is not a number of Individuals, grouped and personal. It Is one Individual, one group, and Impersonal. On his first entrance he organizes his audience with one position, one pause, or one word, as the case may be. He takes in the range of the line of sound and vision and brings every eye and ear with him Into the room In which the scene li> being played. He knows that that great Individual, the audience. Is at once the most antagonistic, the most loving, the most suspicious, the most trusting, the most generous and the most cowardly animate thing on earth. And he knows, more than all. that Its response Is unconscious and not deliberately conscious. The well edited approval of an audience means nothing, the oncon- acious and involuntary response Is proof of the recognition of a master. And with his audience well In hand the seasoned actor holds thep, moves them, stops them and starts them. , At Rehearsal If you are Interested, follow him Into rehearsal. He knows his lines. He takes direction. He "sets" his performance and measures his. spaces end distances. When he Is not clear he goes over his definite lines and business until he Is clear. He knows the a b c's of his art. He did not etart In the middle, playing leads because he looked like the character, before he had learned how to come through the middle of a door, or to stand arm's length from people or furniture. He started by learning how to attack an entrance, how to walk, sit, stand, stoop, speak, with reference to key. rhythm, sympathy and tempo. lie learned to "Project." He learned to "feel," to "get under" what he gave forth. And he wastes no time with useless theorizing and explanations and Interruptions and objections. The greater the artist, the less trouble and the more ef- ficiency. And when the "trouper" Is not working or looltlng for work he Is Just, please God, a simple, sincere, unaffected person who does as he damn p'.eases, and each night asks God to make him a better actor. NIGHTLIFE Tax Hearing Wa.shington. Feb. 9. Tho IT. S. Senate Is scheduled to take up the admission tax tomor- row. Senator Smoot, chaidman of the Kinanco Committee, expresses his belief that this would l<» pos- sible now that the publicity has been disposed of. Tlic Senator also expresses be- lief that the Sonto will accept the commiitoo's amendment repealing the admission tax up to and Includ- ing 7J cents. A controversy Is expected from the various Senators. Indications are that no Seuator Will fight to retain tho ITouse" pro- vision exempting the lej;ltlriiatr apokcn drama. Senator Pat Har- rison would take the tax off up to $2.60 In an deavor to assist that phase of amusement. Lewis & Gordon on Coast Los Angeles, Feb. 9. Al Lewis and Max Gordon, who comprise the New York producing firm of Lewis * Gordon, arrived hero yesterday. They are looking over conditions for an Investment In either the legit or pictures, but shied oft when vaudeville was men- tioned. They will remain Indefinitely. In New York recently, rumor hn.s llnkvd Lewis & Gordon with Uni- versal, the Id. I being that the leclt men were going to tie up with th'" picture firm as a producing agency If you don't advertise in don't advertise (Continued from page 4) hotels and what they have to oflTer In the way of entertainment. Of the four night haunts, the nombonlerl offers the greatest in- ducement. After a visit to the Sala Margherlta, where one can see Rus- sian and FYench musical touring troupes for about fifteen lira top (about six-blts), the boys flock to the Bomhonlerl. And several hours later they stroll over to the Rrag- aglla — down Into the cavernous depths of a Roman bath. Good Tims for $1 The Bombonlerl Is a small caba- ret boasting a slx-ulece Jazz band. A good time can be had for as small a price as fl for two. There Is no couvert charge and. unlike the Parisian Montmartre, they do not force champagne the moment you are seated. The tables are small and dainty, just a trifle higher than your knees, and the chairs conform to this size. On each table Is a shaded lamp, and the lighting effect throughout produces a weird effect. There la Just enough room for about IS or 30 dancing couples, and that's a mob. Briefly, It presents the atmosphere of the glorlfled tea- rooms In the fifties Just off Fifth avenue. New York. Here one finds a number of Anna Christies mingling with the native youth — tho so-called better ele- ment — and what tourists are pres- ent. In plying their trade the dames put on a high-hat perform- ance. This Is to give the layman the Impression they are one of the elect present. But their highly rouged faces are an open-and-shut to men of the world. No finesse, none of that charm of the Parisian In their makeup. Among them was discovered a young girl from Pitts- burgh. She was known to tho crowd aa "Pittsburgh Red" because her hair was bleached that color. Despite this Anna Christie ele- ment, dozen or so. a visit to the Bombonlerl la always pleasant. You are certain of listening to the same music week In and week out. From the Bombonlerl the gay night rounders stroll over to the Bragaglla. about 2 a. m. Here one Is treated to the ser an of wal- lowing through a maze of futuristic paintings of nude women on cob- webbed walls, down some 40 feet below the street Into the Roman cavB. It la a tortuous walk, and to the uninitiated presents a Jaunt Into a house of horrors. The story In connection with the Bragaglla Is that at one time a printer. In at- tempting to Install a new printing machine tn his establishment, caused the floor to collapse. And. presto! the Roman bath vhlch has been turned into a cabaret. Anna Christie Rula In thlfl place the Anna Christies practically rule supreme. That Is to say, the majority are found here. A tousle-halred violinist and a bleary- eyed pianist furnish the music. You're supposed to dance on boards In a space accommodating not over four couples. The excuse to visit this place la that one gets a good glimpse of the riff-raff of Rome, from the yegg to the sallow-faced, dark-skinned sheik living on his Anna. Ono also glimpses rabid propagandists, either for or against the Mussolini regime. Those not In sympathy with the Fascists had better keep mum. At best, the Bragaglla furnishes another side of the night life. In contrast to the spic and span ap- pearance of the Bombonlerl. As for tho Imperial, it Is nothing more than a common cabaret. Nothing la there to hold the In- terest. The Apollo, however, compares favorably with some of our own cabarets. The music Is good, and so is the food; and they put on vaudeville for the patrons. Wise Nighthawks When about to etart for your hotel the night hackmen are to be closely watched. They do not put over the Jesse James stuff, but their glib tongues and roundabout methods of travel boost the tariff. Even after the writer had been tn the city several months and knew the lingo, he was tempted time and again to use his polished walking stick on the thick skull of a hack- man for bis Insolence and "gyp- ping" Insistence. On tho other hand. If one walks and has a smattering acquaintance with the city, early morning Rome sends a cold chill down the spine. The streeu are a crossword pux- zle. Aside from the main thorough- fares, the few there are. tho V'las. aro pracUeal)7 ^ark. The augges- Kiddies as "Midgets" Producers of "Kiddle Re- vues," which, because of stringent child labor laws tn most communities, have been operating In a limited fleld, have become desperate and are taking chances of routing the attractions as midgets. Ono Juvenile, attraction has braved appearance practically everywhere but New York and has gotten away with It thus far. The kiddie attrac- tions have also proved a box olllce winner, usually in Inde- pendent vaudeville houses. tlon would be to have someone who knows the language and the ropes as a guide. It's a trifling amount, and well worth It. Just oft the Piazza dl Spagna the prostles ply openly about midnight. They are a common lot, assembled In groui^. Every possible prospect, native or otherwise, is given the come-on talk. During the summer season an outdoor dancing palace with a marble floor, known as the Plnclo, Is thrown open. The place looks llJ^e a German beer garden. Gay rounders are found at the Plnclo, among them many youthful titled gentlemen with slim pocketbook-s. One glimpse of an American girl, and this dance hall royalty is beg- ging for an Introduction. Night life In Rome Is nothing to get excited about. PAIJVI BEACH (Continued from page 4) '^^ *^1n*^f.^ *^ **'*' n«w Alba Hotel ihe oincial opening Is sch.auled lor Feb. 18. A Meyer Davis Or- •liestra and Whiteman's Piccadilly .'layers are featured nightly in the A new movie house, the Flamingo .50-seater, opens in WcKt Palm' IJeach. It will bo the first neigh- borhood house and Is owned by .lames A. Donnelly and a northern syndicate. All the other houses In i aim lloach and West Palm Beach •ire controlled by Stanley Warrick who is lined un with Southern Amusements, In<*. a V. REFORM Frances Williams opened at May- fair atop the New Palm Beach Hotel Wednesday night. Slcei.y Hall and his orchestra play for lancing. Felix Young, producin* the show, tried to ritz those Lick- ing a tux. Later he allowed sev- eral In 8 ort clothes to be seated. Countess Salm. one of the best pa- trons of night clubs In Palm lie.ich. walked out on the house with her •>arty when sidetracked Into a rear location. Youn" doesn't know the night club racket down here, judij- ing by his Independent manner tha opening night. "The Rig Parade" Is booked Into he Garden theatre, one of the small houses here, for Feb. 8-10. George Kuh)ll.a's Hawallans hava replaced Martinez and Marion Itan- lall In the Venetian Gardens at the ;oyal D.anell, where Harry Rosen- thal and his orchestra are scoring the biggest success of Uie season, losenth.il, here for many seasons, knows everybody and In addition has gathered together a nine-man combination that turns real har- mony and rhythm. It Is tho be.st dance orchestra In Florida, accord- ing to those who have heard 'em all lown here. (Continued from page 1) employing more conservative meth- ods to keep newcomers Interested, such as waiving cover charges, ex- cepting on Saturdays and Sundays, also, dropping tariff on soft drinks 50 per cent, with the Idea of pro- moting more sales and getting It In the end. Prevallir g prices In the nor cover charge places are now 50 cents for any of the mixing fluids served In nip quotas. Many of the places have also dispensed with handling liquor, figuring those bringing It in will buy ginger ale and white rock, which win give them a suf- flcient profit "break" If the parties order often enough. Besides, which there is no "fixing" or other grief attendant to the handling of forbid- den beverages. The recent padlock crusade In the Village Is said to have scared the boys Into this new policy, and all claim to bo satisfied to date. So aro the former customers, many of whom were driven awnv t.v • uu,. linkable booze for which they ■ <• ri.ked $1 a dock, and another II to sit down and drink It. Even the larger places still re- taining a $2 cover charge (some more or less Justified because of entertainment) have also dispensed with the booze racket, but en- courage hip flask toters who can handle their stuff discreetly. Since the new arrangement has gone Into effect, there has not been a single liquor pinch In the down- town cabaret belt, either for pos- ses.sion or selling. Also police visi- tations have been qulot and orderly in contrast to former days when the "bulls" would ride In on horse- back. Credit Due Detectives Cabaret men figure that the cur- rent police attitude toward their business places should be encour- aged and arc attempting to co-oii- erate. Credit is due to the precinct de- tectives In ridding the Village of gangsters and stick up men that practically had cabaret men and patrons terrorized for several months, prior to tho incoming ad- ministration. Most of the "white collar" bandits, such as operated in tlm <;aJ»ait?tM, weit: not as familiar to the rookies of the Special Service dquad as they are to the precinct "dicks." Now, when any arc spot- ted In the resorts they are cuffed out by tho coppers and ordered to remain outside the precinct. This deadline has worked effectively so far, and the cabaret men are no longer terrorized by fear of nightly "shakedowns," The new boom in tho Village seems set for awhile at least. Just how long It win last seems up to the proprlctora. Joe Panl's LIdo-Venlce, a supper club, oi)ened Saturd.'.y night, fea- turing "The Masked Prince." a vio- linist of exceptional ability who doubles with Moneya In a dance specialty. Nat Bruce's orchestra la also featured. A group of theatrical folks sunny- Ing them.selves on tho spacious ve- randas of the Royal Polnclana t;i"acij«.-d theuitielves a llocK of laughs Saturday afternoon when two ladies up from Miami tried to make " the house detective. One of the girls gave the dick tho "come on" as he passed the pair seated in rocking chairs near the front entrance. He sniiled back like a live ono and walked over to a regular guest, giving him the low down on the racket. The two then ■Started toward the gold diggers, who had already determined to meet them half way, strutting up and Introducing themselves, saying they were Just from Mee-aml and quite lonely. The dick's companion sild: "Why, that's fine. Let's i:o and see things. Meet my friend, Mr. Jones." ■Vvhy. yes," siUd Mr. Jones, "im !;lad to meet you ladles. I'm the house detective here." Those girls haven't been seen around since, but several of the girls still here are wearing slava anklets. Freddy Goldsmith, the lawyer, still realestating hero. Max Hart Is here resting and fish* 'ng. Monroe Goldstein, barrister, of Kendler & Goldstein, has started a sumptuous theatrical colony on Seminole avenue. Sumptuous as used here means sleeping three In a room. Goldsmith and Goldstein have of- flces next to each other on Main street, I'aim Beach, Just as they have In the Loew Theatre building In the big to.vn. Irvlnfj "^-'csar hnving papscd the Suwance River on his way down here with the "Palm Ueach Nights," Is now writing a song about Broad- way. Before coming Caesar had never been south of Washington, but ho wrote "Suwanec" and Al J Ol- son sang it. Harry Rosenthal, whoso orchestra Is at tho Venetian Gardens Roval Hanell Hotel, Is tho hottest thing in this part of Florhla. He has uritton five songs since coming hero. La.st week Henry Waterson contracted for three of thom and Sunday I.«uis nernsteln fell for the other two. Rosentlial Is the best l;nown of tho orchestr.a lenders here, working this resort for nine soiisons. Ho Is a favorite with so- ""loty folks and so Is his brother, .Moe, drummer In the orchestra. "Tho nig Parade." playing tho Oardon, Palm Beacb, at $2 top first h.alf w;is a complete sell out throe dn\-s hoforf> t*ie ononlng. and Mar- cus Ix)ew didn't buy out the house either. Nod Wayhurn's "The Maiden Voyage," Is booked Into thf Kct- tler for three days, starting Feb. 18. Wcdnasday. February 10, 19Sf V AU'DE VI'LLB INSIDE STUFF 01 ▼AUDEVILLB VARIETY Jlm » novelty the Alliambra. liondon. enpaRed Joop List, Cutek boxer, who. after quiukljr knocking hia opponent out at the BlackfrUirs ring, treated the audience to an excerpt from grand opera. HU act for the mualc halls U dlHarmingly Ingenuoua. la a setting ropreaenting a bozhtg audience, he nhows his style In a bout with a sparring partner of about half his size. Then, with a dressing gown flung over his shoulders, he sings, "Motht-r, I'm Dreaming of You." At the opening perfomiance, his tearful expression and emotional voice caused the audience to howl with laughter., while from the gallery came a burst of ironical cheers. Joop, both ucetng und hearing such evi- dence of a triumph, was delighted. Despite protesUtlons of the Publlx Theatres officials that there Is no Intention of using featured "namej<" in connection with the Puhllx pre- sentations, Prital Scheff held the top line In the show last week at the Publlx Metropolitan. Roston, a straight picture house (Famous Players). The picture bouse booking agents are complaining of the Stanley Co. booking exchange of a salary check-back with the Keith ufflce. If a Keith act is booked for the Stanley picture houses, the latter checks up on salary with Keith's. If there is a difference, as there generally Is, the Stanley picture people often cancel indi-scrimiiiatcly. The agents allege that the picture houses with their four siiows a day forgot the extra shows are worth extra compensation. A former vaudeville producer now producing for the picture houses turned down two legit "name.s" for vaudeville sponsorship on the theory that after Investing in a production he would have no guarantee the act would be kept working. He hns had too many hcart-aclles in the past with the cuts In New York and is not Inclined to go through the same experience again. Paul Whiteman, during his engagement at the Civic AudKorium, San Francisco, with tlie Auto Show, wasn't too bu.sy — and tlicy kept him on tlie jump with matinee and night performances, luiieheonH and diiincrj? — to call on Uuby Adams, injured chorus girl in her aparement and with saxophone and violin stage for her a concert all her own. It ig almoHt two years Hiiice Uuby A.lains was injured when a sand bag fell on her from the fly-floor of the SlranJ theatre. .Since that day Ruby Adams has not moved from bed or chair. In the long ago and the happy days. Ruby Adams was one of the stars of the Odpon Cafe and Paul— well, Paul Whiteman the great leader, was Just a fiddler In the little orchestra. But 'Vlilteman didn't forget How far-vlalcned are the picture people In forming amilatlons with other theatrical circuits may be seen In Famous Player.s' association with Mik« Shea, of Buffalo,, and Mike Walsh, of Tonkers. N. T.; also In the ■ame picture concern's negotiations with Carl Hoblltzelle. Jake Wells and' Harry Davis, all vaudeville showmen, with picture asides. Negotia- tions with J)avls include Senator John P. Harris of Pennsylvania. Any one of these men besides becoming partners with Famous, gives the picture concern Important and dignified representation In their re- spective territories. Julius Tannen discovered a little shaver on the street* who is a Charlestonlan fiend. Tannen promoted the youngster Into a |>ankro 1. He then arranged so the boy's folks, not any too well off with their family of nine children, should have the benefit of the kids earnings. Now Mr. Tannen can not traverse any of the streets adjacent to the Carroll theatre whore he is appearing, without the kldlets of the neigh- torhood running after him. crying: "Eh, Mr. Tannen, put me on the sUg* too will yerr On the Kelth-Albee circuit It has been the custom now and then to bill a "Keith's Komedy Karnlval," in other words, an all-comedy bill. One of the house managers without thinking and to save Juice, placed the Initials on the marquee, with the complete sign then reading. "K. K. K. Vaudeville." Ed Randall, a caricaturist atUched to the "Dally Mirror." who has been running for several years a daily strip of tlie vaudeville bills around New York, together with estimated entertainment percentages, has tripped again. Last week he publiwhed a cartoon review of the River- side bill, running I-lonel Atwlll and Nina Pcnn In his strip. He gave them their ratings and it was passed off as this week's show. Ills only mistake was that Cantor Rosenblatt was heading the "how he drew and that Atwill and the rest of the people he drew were on the »>»» pj the week previous. Apparently the paper from which he read the bin was a week old. Randall pullrd n similar bull about a month ago when he had Al Her- man at the Broadway and rated him at 20 per rent. Herman wasn't on the bill. Ho sued Uundall but subsequently withdrew the suit. screen. Meyers had been an eccentric character well known tn Sacra- mento where he had lived for many years. While the Fred Karno Com- pany (English). Chapiln waa a member of, played the Sulltvan-Cun- sidlne Circuit in "A Night in an Knglish Music Hall,' Chaplin noted the shabby vagrant with the odd gait whil.i in .Sacramento. He la said to have Imitated the dress and walk with an adaption for the stage and screen. Twonty-four-sheet blUboard displays th.^ Keith offices have pasted In the "neighborhoods" are making an crfort to draw the regular patrons of the K-A controlled and K-A booked neighborhood houses downtown to Keith's Hippodrome. The 24-sheets call special attention to '3,000 orchestra seats at 50c." ;i.000 good seats at 30c" and Sidney IjuzaniB. erstwhile vaudeville author has quit the special ma- terial Held after having cinched a good contract with the ".Saturday Kve- nlng I'o.st" for a series of short stories on vaudeville. The latter will incorporate plenty of Inside stuff on .show business but will be woven as tlctlon. Lazarus's contract calls for L'S such stories within the year. Tlie contract was planted after lAzarus placf>d a show shop yarn with the publication some time ago. Max, the "and Partner" of the Crock act since its Inception, but who left him two years ago on account of a disaureement in salar>-, has once more been hit by Crock. As Grock does not look like coming to England for a long time, on account of the "jam" he got into with the booking managers, no one knew better than Max that there waa plenty of work in Rngland for an act on the type of Crock, For sometime Max had been looking around for a musical clown. He hit upon Louis of the French team, Ann.-i and Louis, well known In Eng- land, The act was to be known as Max and Louis, and IS weeks' work were already booked for the act before It wa.s even set. Then there was no Louis. He was not to be found. After a lengthy search he was located working In Paris as the "straight" to Grock. This latter partnership does not look like being of long duration. Ix)uis has always been accu.stomed to get lauglis himself, and a temper- mental Frenchman will not stand the part of feeding while the other gets the laughs. This makes the third- partner Crock has had In two years, the last being his brother-in-law Lole, who used to do an act with his (Crock's) sister as Lole and "Her." A standard single Just out of a musical and contemplating a return to vaudeville Is laughing off the Idea to playing a number of accommoda- tion dates for the K.-A. Circuit at $100 a week when doing the same act the booking office paid $350 for two se:\.s(.n3 ngo. The single Is just buck from the coast. Both he and the act ;ire known to the bookers and can't sec why he should fool around on these accommodation dates even to please the bookers which probably wouldn't get him anything anyway. F. P. AGREEING Doris Canflold, who walked out of a three-year Keith contract to open at the Fifth Avenue Club and subseauently returned to Keith's, opening "at Newark last with her former partner. Fred Allen, has been booked at the Palace, New York, for the first time. The Palace did not appear on any route l.ssueil to Allerrand Canfield but was added after the girl received the publicity ensuing from the walk out Incident. Allen and Canfield are booked at a graduated scale calling from $150 the first season. .Their contract guarantees them 20^cek8 a season but does not provide for full salary except where full salaried weeks appear upon It. According to report Mi.^s Canfield was ndvlfcd before the Keith In- junction proceedings were dropped that upon her return to the circuit ehe would be allowed to select her partner. She mentioned Bert Hanlon, a standard vaudeville comedian, as ficr choice. Hanlon has been on the Keith-Alhee blacklist since he played lx)ew'8, Cleveland, filling In an open week after playing several K( ith houses. Keith's worild not consent. Hanlon Is the principal comedian at the Fifth Avenue Club where Miss Canfield was appearing until last Sunday. The "Fiddlers Contests." which the K.-A. Circuit has hopped upon as a follow up to Mellle Dunham's appearance at the Hippodrome, New York, as a business builder for their neighborhood stands Is not panning out. Whatever fiddlers available they are not displaying much en- thusiasm in the contest or much attention to the supposition that many will get routes by participation In these contests. The "Charleston" marathon which opened mhlnlght at the Roseland ballroom. New York, and concluded 22% hours later with John Glola, 23, father of two children, living at 144 F^st 15th street, the winner, won considerable newspaper space. In addition to Glola's prize contract for a week's professional engage- ment at the RIvoll. the feminine runner-up, Winnie Dalton, 310 East S9th street, who lasted 7% hours, played In good luck through having Charles Purcell and Eddie Buzzell of "Sweetheart Time" as an audience. The latter were Instrumental In having Miss Dalton spotted In the I^eMalre's show's chorus. What strikes the few who know of It as quite the funniest thing In vaudeville Is of a most prominent big time executive making a practice twice weekly of consulting a fortune teller. It might not hit those who know as humorously were It an occasional visit or week. But this man makes It of seeing his seer not less than two times every week. The executive is so obsessed In the belief that the fortune teller knows what he Is talking about and can foretell that he follows the advice given. It's not uncommon for the executive to consult his supernaturally g4fted advisor as to the character, conduct and chances of business ac- quaintances or of deals of which the fortune teller knows nothing. This is gotten around through the executive descrlbhig the man to the seer, telling him how he looks, how he walks and what he wears. What he wears appears to be very Important The fortune telling feller In- sists upon details as to color of necktie or waistcoat etc.— then tells the executive all about him, also whether he should go through with the deal and If it Is going to be a prosperous deal for the executive. Just one bit of doubt enters into this most unusual thing in business, the executive's friends are not certain whether the far-visioned one Is outwardly a professional fortune teller or if he Is mnsfiiicrnding as a pschyo-analylst Whatever ho Is the vMUdevUlian has the ulniost re or l>y the opentntf of | quent.y about the all-nlK'ht Times next 3c;i3on. ■ ■•■ — fciquaic rtsoit.s, oilcn *ith women. THAW'S 'TRUTH" (Continued from page 1) murder of Stanford While, and a* attempt to draw from thein .signed affidavits to the effect that they were brll>ed circumstances that you never know. ADIE GERARD IN REVUE Paris, Jan. 30. Alme Simon Gerard, mainly do- ing picture work of late, is listed for the second rersion of the present Palace revue, "Paris- Voyeur," and will appear with Jenny Golder when Grock withdraws next month. Little Tich will unlikely be found In the cast due to the recent death of his wife. Geo. Loe Is no longer paKner of Grock In the Palace revue, being re- placed by an Ehigllsh musician tn- tag9^ la Parla. Cheap Knighthoods They are talking on this side about a threatened knighthood for Cyril Maude. I should not think he wants one now. His wife, Winifred Emery. Is dead — "I accepted it to please my wife," they all say— and thratrlcal knighthoods are 10 a penny, now-a-days. One which is long overdue, however, is that which should have made him "Sir Arthur Collins," years ago. Collins was retired by the changes of Drury lane; but he remains a man of *li<,in no one has ever said an unkind word. % He Invented half the stage trl^-liH that niade vast 8pe<'tacle8 possible on your side, and he maintained, for yearf, a National theatre tradition whl<;h, Ilk*; all the old staff, has now departed. About Abe Hummel 1 have thoiJKlit of Ab« Huniiml every time I have read one of those hrllliant 8t<.rithlTig more dangerous than sword.s. and tho human skeleton promised he wouldn't drink him- self any thinner. Wednesday, February 10, 1926 BURLESQUE VARIETY 11 BOOKING ACTS FROM RADIO Columbia Wheel Using More Extra Attractions The Columbia Burlesqua Circuit la using more added attractiona now than at any time during the icason. Last week AnderHon'a Diving Olrla appeared at the Oayety, Bos- ton, and Joe Jackson at the Colum- bia. New York. Mlachlau, wire walker, opened a flve-week engagement on the cir- cuit as an added attraction at the Palace, Baltluiore, this week. Jack- son jumped to the Gayety, Bo.ston, and Joselfsnn'.s "I'ionecr," the Ekat- ing act, opens at the Columbia. New York. All of the acts were booked by Ike ■XN'eber of the Columbia Casting Olflic. The casting otllce has been using an innovation in getting acts from KDKA, Pittsburgh. The acts wire in stating what time they will take the ether and also forward photos. If the aerial "showing" is satisfactory they are placed with Columbia shows. BURLESQUE REVIEWS Eddie Shubert's Walkout Eddie Shubert, featured with •Miss Tabasco." Columbia show, walked out Saturday at the Casino. Brooklyn, with Steve Mills replacing this week at Miner's IJronx, New York. According to officials of the cir- cuit, Shubert walktd without giving customary notice, and as a result his salary has been held up by Ed Daley, producer. Daley's wife is featured In the attraction. Minskys Buy Grand St. Mrs. A. IJ. Minsky, wife of one of the Minsky Brothers, will take titl* to the Grand Street theatre, at the corner of Chrystle street. Marcus Loew had the house, his first i>op vaudeville theatre, when built by Harry Flschel In 1900. Later Mr. Loew upon request of his aiisociates in the theatre com- pany assumed its sole operation. Within two years the Grand Street Was earning a net of $90,000 yearly, whereupon his former associates requested Mr. Loew and Joe Schenck to return the Grand Street to them. This they did. without accepting anything in return other than their original Investment, The Mlnskya probably will play burlesciue In the theatre. They also have the National Winter Garden on "nd avenue, playing stock burlesque, the same policy as prevailing at the Mlnsky's Apollo on West 125th street. Stock — Continuous -^ — . — Milwaukee, Feb. f. This city will have Its first con- tinuous policy burlesque with the Empress announcing a revision of schtidule efTective at once. The house will open with pictures at noon and run through until 11 daily with burlesque and pictures as the program. A regular two and one half hour show starting at 8:15 at night is the only new "wrinkle" In the continuous policy. Harry Keldman and Flo Owen bead the cast SAD NEWS BEFORE SHOW Merlden, Conn.. Feb. ». The old tradition that "the show must go on" was demonstrated here last Wednesday when David Lon- don, straight comedian of "Sliding," Billy Waf.-ion'a burlesque show .playing at Poll's, went through the evening performance after being Tiotined that his mother had Just died in Seattle. OVERHAULING "CHUCKLES" Phil Dalton's "Chuckles of 1926" Is to be overhauled when the at- traction plays Newark, N. J., week after next, ncconling to report. Several fhanges In cast will be made. Pert Matthews, Clark and band will be added to do their vaudeville specialty and also work as principals throughout the bhuw. CHUCKLES OF 1926 (COLUMBIA) SoubrMt* Nallle Nem >< 1 ngonu* .^ AUce Jaj Character Jack Rnld> StralBht EM Wallace I'rlncipal ctuia. o niuch merit it deserves .special dis- peuKatlon. B.Ily !• iclds does very well in Bobby (.Murk's former role, and Eii Qulgicy lui us in an acceptable com- edy oppo.site, the chiiracier being a nondescript tramp with variations to rube without change of maiie- up, however. The stiaiglit is Kd VVall;ite, satisfactory, Init shuu.d watch bis dicssing. An ali>aca tux- edo uniler an overcoat would con- fuse a railroad tralllc manager. I'he women are I^ellie .\iison, one of the cleverest and cutest soubrels on tlio circuit, and Alice Jay, a nice looking iui^enue. Miss Jay and \S'al- laco have a talking and Biui^ing spe- cialty that helped. She does a bit uf Charleston anra. He has a cork- ing singing voice, and tuins in two specialties that click. He is a good burlesque bet, and knows his stuff Nellie Nelson, the soubret. Is all over the show. She has appearance, youth and ability. Nellie is a thor- ough Lttle trouper with a plca.sing sini;ing voice and a tip top ward- robe. The twist in the boxing scene Is the turning out of the lights anJ the suppositious rapping on the head of Battling Bergdoll by Fields accomplice. In the dark a mistake occurs and at lights up Fields is stretched prone. The idea m.T.de one of the funniest comedy pictures of the late Fred Mace and was prob- ably called "One Round O'Brien." The weakne.s9 of "ChucAles" Is the repetition of the same old every- thing. The show even follows the original in having a ballet of six girls incorporated into the chorus. As far as this is concerned. It gave this show one of the best dancing choruses seen on the wheel this sea- son. In addition, the girls turned In a vorv worth while ballet specialty In the hotel room scene. Another pair of specialists who hit were un- programmed. save as the "Tumbling Clowns." Their ground tumb'fng and contortion work was away .'• m the usual. They should be fc'.ven more individualistic billing. Judged by this season's standards, "Chuckles of 1926" is a good bur- lesque show, but It is doubtful If there are enough new burlesque pa- trons created each season to alibi the sameness to the regulars. The added attractions at the Columbia. New York, would Indicate that the head of the circuit dldnt think so Con. PAPER WITH STRINGS Apollo's "season paP'^es" are again being broadcast promiscuously. The passes are come-ons, however, each carrying a 30 cent surcharge I)er admission. The Apollo Is Harlem.-* "hottest" burlesuue show, playing stoi'k. STATE-CONGRESS (STOCK BURLESQUE) Chicago. Feb. i. Plenty of dough has been made at this house, which gets enx>ugh wandering males of the streets at jUc. per to average between $5,U0t and $7,000 weekly. The overliead (vhen subtracted from the Intake .eaves In all probability a nice ne. for tlie Yankee Amusement Co. State street just south of the loop 3 honkcy-tonk. There are severa. little ten and flfteen-cent Joints where you stand up In front of i: platform on which a handful o; rou^^ed veterans go through their pathetic little dance routine ami ing feeble songs. In this nelghbor- lood the 50c. gate makes the State- Congress aristocratic. The formula which Stage Director Ctiarles LeUoy uses is: ' Shake i ■jp." Little time or attention 1 ■iven to the staging of the chorus numbers. Assumed that a gencrou-: r^xorcise of the torso constitutes all ho art needful in the environment 'n the sh.Tklng bu.smess ncaannc honors po to Mae Dix, a principal After a lllng in vaudeville last sea- ;:on with a ja/,z band, Miss Dix h:is returned to burlesque. A good iio'.ier, with figure and personality. she could do much betttr than S'onth State street if she tried. She ')crforms a Riiecially In a costume irridequatrly des-ribed by the word .•ibbrevinted. bun-? with pa:>ier lii.iche cherries. As she sings she Ml licks a cherry and tosses It to men in the audience. She winds up "very chorus with a manipulation ''f hip muscles that creates a de- mand for more from the stags. The "bea'.it.v chorus" of 24 con- *nins suc-h names as Rost'bud Love, flipsy Queene. Gwendol'n Montier and Gene IjiRurno. As a whole they !\re presentable, and when 'rossed riTht. as In the bnthin-x gir! scene, when they wore new and be- coming one-piece suits with blac' '■Ilk hose, they have some clnss But In the main they are garbed shabbily in a manner that may b"" the most practical for the shaking ^luslness, but is certainly not at- tractive. The audience Is a push-over for *'^(' two eomlcs, Frank O'Nei'l am' Rddfe Ollmore. The material Is of the familiar type, but It seems the quintessence of humor to the boys with the funny haircuts. ITaL Ste^'a Rose Sentenced To 2 Year*— Shoplifter A sentence of two years hi the State Prison for Women at Auburn was Imposed by Judge Max S. Levine In General Sessions on Stella Rose, alias Ruth Laeger, alias Ruth St. Clair, one time chorus girl at the Hippodrome, former burlesque ac- tress and more recently hostess of a padlocked night club. Miss Rose, who gave her address as 205 West 55th street, pleaded guilty to shop- lifting. This was her ninth convic- tion, having served terms in this city and Philadelphia. The young woman was arrested on the complaint of Charles Scheln- mann, manager of Lanson & Co., 55 West 34th street, who charged that she walked out of the store on Jan- uary 2 last with a fur coat worth $259 after neglecting to pay for It. A week later she was seen on Broadway by Schelnmann, who caused her arrest. She was wearing the ccat at the time. Another charge of shoplifting Is pending against the woman In Spe- ci;il Se.'--.'^lonH. also on the complaint of the Lanaon company. This will be held agaln."5t her until she serves her present term of two years. Stock in Jersey City The Majestic. Jersey City, discon- tinued Mutual shows and reverted to a dramatic stock policy this week. Charles E. Blarey Is handling the stock, said to be in on a 50-50 shar- ing arrangement. Columbia "Coochers** The Columbia Burlesque Circuit In addition to adding several vaude- ville acts and bathing girls turns to the attractions in the east, are leaning toward cooch dancers In several cities. The dancers are weekly attrac- tions at thf* Columbia hous<»*. In Clevcl.ind, Kins.i.-i City and Detroit Bube Bernstein's "Bathing Beau- ties" is carr.ving Its own dancer Aloha, a South Seas wlggb-r. BOZO TRYING ACT Bozo Snyder, with Barney Ger- ard slMdlies of the Day," will m'ke his v.nideville debut at the (nnclu- «ion ^'f ti'C f Jrrent Columlua lur- leSMIIO »e,iiiOn. The .M. S. Uentham offlco will han- dle the act for vtupitviHa, COLUMBIA CIRCUIT F«b. 15 Bathing Bsautiet — Gayety. Buf- falo Best Show in Towns — L'olumbta. Cleveland. Bringing Up Father — Kmpire, To- ronto. Burlesqua Carnival — £iupire. Providence. Chuckles — Orpheum, I'aterson Fashion Parads — 16-17, Lyric, Dayton. Flappers of 1«25— Gayety, Pitts- burgh. Follies of Day — Kmpire, Newark. Golden Crook — Gayety, St. Louis. Happy Hooligan — Lyceum. Co- lumbus. Happy Moments — Empire, Toledo. La Revuo Parisian — 16-17, Van Curler, Schenectady; 18-;,9, Capitol, Albany. Let's Go— 15, New London; 16, Stamford; 17, Merlden; 18-20, Lyric, Bridgeport. Look Us Ovsr — L. O. Lucky Sambo — 15, Wheeling, W. Va.; 16, Cambridge. C; 17, Zanesvllle, O.; 18-. 0. Canton, O. Miss Tabsseo — Hyperion, New Haven. Models and Thrills — Star and Garter, t^ilcago. Monkey Shinss — Empire, Brook- lyn. Mutt and Jeff— Orheum. Cincin- nati. Peek-a-Boo — Gayety, Detroit, Powder Puff Revus — Gayety, Kan»is City. Puss- Puss — Gayety, Washington. Rarin' to Go — Uurtig & Seamen's. New York. Reynolds, Abs, Rounders — Gayety llochester. Seven- Eleven — Gayety, Boston. Silk Stocking Revue — Miner's. Bronx, New York. Step On It — 15, Geneva; 16, Au- burn; 17, Oswego; 18-20. Colonial. Utica. Stepps, Harry — Columbia, New York. Talk of Town — Gayety, Montreal Watson, Sliding Billy — Casino, Philadelphia. White and Black Revus — L. O. Williams, Mollis— Palace, Balti- more. Wilton, Joa, Club — Casino, Brook- lyn. Wins, Womsn and Song— Casino, Boston. MUTUAL CIRCUIT Band Box Rsvus — Broadway. Indianapolis. Broadway Bsllso— Oayety, Balti- more. Chick-Chick— Cadillac, Detroit. Cunningham, C, and Girls— Hud- son, Union Hill. French Modols — Savoy, Atlantic City. Giggle*— Academy, Pittsburgh. Girlie Girls — U O. Happy Houra— 16-17. Grand O.K., Hamilton; 18-20, Grand O. H.. Lon- don. Hey Ho — Garrick. Des Moines. Hollywood Scandals — Gayety, Mil- waukee. Hotsy • Totsy — Mutual-Empress. Kansas City. Hurry Up— Gayety, Brooklyn. Innocent Maids — Lyric, Newark. Jackson, E., and Frionda— Oayety, Wllkes-Barre. Jazz Tims Rovus — ^H. Allentown; 16. Columbia; 17. Wllllam.sport; 18. Sunburv; 19-20, Reading, Pa. Kandy Kids— Mutual. Washing- ton. Kuddlin' Kutisa— Playhouse. Pas- saic. Laffin' Thru — Empress. Cincinnati La Mont, Jack — Star. Brooklyn. Make It Peppy— 15. York, Pa.; 16 Lancaster, Pa.; 17. Altoona, Pa.; 18, Cumberland, Md.; 19. Union- town. Pa.: 20. Washington. Pa. Moonlight Maids — Oarrick, St Louis. Naughty Nifties — Read's Palace. Trenton. Night Hawks— State, Springfield. Pleasure — Olympic. New York. Red Hot — Miles-Royal. Akron. Round ths Town— 15-17 Lyceum. Beaver Falls; IS-'O. Park. Erie. Smiles and Kisses — Gayety. Scr.inton. Speed Girls — Empire. Cleveland Speedy Steppers— Garden. Buffalo Step Along — Gayety. Minneapolis Step Lively Girls — Howard, Bos- ton. ,_^.. Stolen Sweets — Troc«dero, ITjIIs- delphla. Sugsr Babies— Majestic. Jersey City. , . Whix Bang Revus — Gayety. Louis- ville. Tempters — Corinthian. Rochester Whirl of Girls — Empress. St. Paul. Amy Clark as Prima Amy Clark has replaced Rose Ros.illa as prima donna wltJi "Pucs I'uss" (Columbia wheel). A Couple of Shimmies KanHiLS City, Feb. f. The Empress, .Mutual burlesque has been having fhlnijs pretty much IIS own way as far as featured daneers are roneerned. but tiie Gayety, ("oluinbia burlesque, got Into the d.TPcIng thing Inst week Mirk-le linle, fr-iitiire'l .'is an exIrH nUraction. anil I'rjinees I'.irk^. "The .Shlminyirig h'ool." were on the bll! As a Mpei'lal fei(;ir»« at the Em- press, T'jre«lna did a '•ra-iuim ditnco." CHORUS GIRL'S CHANCE; BROKE HOUSE RECORD Marion La Vera in Stock Also Stopped Show and Wore Out Orchestra at First how Milwaukee, Feb. 9. A little chorus girl with a basa voice and a smile that wouldn't rub off stepped from the ranks hero and st()i)peil a .show, broke a record for encores and wore out an or- chestra. When George Walsh, producer at the Empress, dlrcovered on Sunday his show was short and needed an- other number to bolster the time^ he picked a chorus girl at the elev- enth hour to lead a song. Walsh has been giving chorus girls a chance to show their stuff for sev- eral weeks and he wanted to sea what the girl could do on a minute's notice. Taking a number which the or- chestra leader happened to hava the orchestrations to, "Knee Deep In I")als;e\><." the girl went out and scored. She p'.ayed her audience and the audience liked It. The girl was cal'ed !ind recalled unt 1 the .itnge manager had chalked iip.neven encores. Then Walsh called the chorus off and ordered the girl to take ths last encore alone. But It wasn't the last; fhe took three, making a total of 10 and chalking up a house record for encores. Meantime H. E. Riel's orchestra wearied under the strain. The brass quit with Its lips bleeding and, though the audience clapped, the orche.'ftra left the pit and waited for tlie next bit. The chorister came back the fol- lowing night and again tore up tha houpe. After three encores Walsii again called the girls off and again she took three alone with a promise of a half dozen more bad the chorus worked with her. The chorister la Marlon LaVera, late of the Fox and Krause "Jacic LaMont and His Gang" show and of stock reputation here. Also scoring repeated successea In leading numbers are Rose Burns and Anna White, two other chor- isters given a "soubret tryo'it" by Walsh. The girls bavo proved. Walsh says, that they are of soubret calibre and will be given regular ro^es as soon as openings are aj>« parent RADIO PAYING DREW (Continued from page 1) tlons. Mr. Drew will again do ex- cerpts from his famous stage suc- cess, "Rose Mary." In addition to that, a permanent WEAF Musical Comedy Troupe has been established as a stock company to broadcast Saturday nights from the station. A series of tabloid miisl'-al comedies and operettas will be offered. Lehar's "Alone at Last" being slated for Feb. 20. On tha same evening, the ^rvlne I'layers will present two playlets, "Tha Flight of Herons" and "The First KL^s" with a professional ca.st. Shakespeare will have his innings Friday n'.ghts. For this purpose tha WKAF Shakespearian I'layers have been foundo■«', colori'd Hotu^HtreMS, now 111 L'ln'lon, who has bcpn iiuito ill, >>li'r.>d uw imiirovcment. 12 r i V.A(9J E T Y, , (iM Wednesday, February 10, 1028 NEWS FROM THE DAEIES This department contains rewritten theatrical news items as pub- lished during the week in the daily papers of New York, Chicago and the Pacific Coast. Variety takes no credit for these news items; each has been rewritten from a daily paper. NEW YORK Mabel Witheo, of "The Cocoa- But8," and Leon Sai-shik, wealthy real estate man, are engaRed and Will probably wed In March, It is announced. Joseph P. Kennedy, of Boston, purchased the BMm liooking Oflfloos of America ami the U-C Pictures Corporation and their subsidiaries from LIuyds, the bankers, and the Grahams, of London. Amount of money Involved not announced. Mr. Kennedy was formerly associated With Hayden, Stone & Co., bankers. Because of Marjorle Rambeau's ■ibsence on the road with a show, the trial of the divorce action of Mrs. Mabel Manton against Kevitt Manton, English actor. In which Miss Rambeau Is named as co-re- spondent, was postponed to Feb- ruary 16. As Georges Carpentler and Mary Mulhern, cabaret entertainer, are being seen together, tabloids rumor •f a love affair. Adam Cowie, who said he Is a •ongwriter, after being prunched In the eye by Naomi Goldie, of West 16th street, who said Adam, a ■tranger, had spoken to her in front of the Astor, was haled Into court by this same young lady and fined ten dollars. The National Film Arts Guild, sponsoring film revivals at the Cameo, will discontinue Its orig- inally Intended policy at that bouse this week. Following an exposal In the •Graphic" by HoudinI, Margaret Hammond, spiritual medium, has begun libel action against the paper for $50,000. The Lighthouse Players, a troupe composed of blind actors, pre- sented three one-act pla^s at their Lighthouse Little Theatre. Ill £. 19th street, Sunday. Henry Arthur Jones, 74, the Eng- lish dramatist. Is 111 of kidney trouble at his home in London. L.inian Lorma, singer, daughter of Isak Weinman, of New York, Is In Rome upon her engagement to a member of Mussolini's cabinet. His name Las not been made public Programs of station KDKA. Pitts- burgh, are reported to have been heard In Cairo. Egypt. F. Marlon Crawford's "The White Bister" has been musicalized by Clemente GIglio and will be pre- sented as an opera at the 14th fitreet Theatre tomorrow (Thurs- day) night. The charter of the Rochester, N. T. Lodge of Elks Is suspended for •ne month for alleged prohibition Violations. ' Hilton Chlsholm, who says he Is the son of a wealthy Charleston, 8. C. man, is under arrest for al- leged connection with the recent bold up of the Club Dilettante, Greenwich Village. John Cort and his son, Harry M. Cort filed an injunction application In connection with the suit of Milton Gosdorfer and Cecelia G. Kaempfer, the lattcr's sister. Justice O'Malley has signed an •rder granting an application stay- ing the defendants from disposing Of the stock pending the suit of the Corts to recover Us possession. Alleging that "Big Boy" was Ille- gally taken from hla play "In Old Kentucky," Chares T. Dazey, play- wr Kht, began suit for $1,000,000 In Federal Court against Al Jolson, Bhubort corporations and J. J. and Lee Shubert Individually. An In- junction is asked to prevent further production of "Big Boy" pending trial. Samuel R. Goldberg is coun- sel for the complainant. Joseph P. Wolff, vice-president; Adam J. Blake, secretary, and Ed- ward L€«r;czyn.ski, treasurer, all of Detroit. Executive offices will be in Detroit. All pictures made in De- troit are to be filmed at the David Harlfurd Productions studio, with which the new organization is affil- iated, but most of the pictures are to be Aimed In Hollywood. The former mansion of the late Henry M. Flagler at Mamaroneck, N. Y., was destroyed by fire, causing dam.ige of $100,000. After Mr. Flagler's death the home was pur- chase.sd for use as a studio by David W. Griffith, who sold it later to an- other film company. Jt was un- occupied at the time of the fire. The executive committee of the old Tremont Temple, Boston, used as a picture theatre and Baptist Church, has voted to discontinue the film policy "because members of the church believe use of the building as a film house has in- vited frequent misunderstandings and criticisms." A panic was created in the Pulton, picture house. In Hempstead, L. L, Saturday afternoon when a fir© In the projection room caused 400 children to rush out of the theatre. John Connors, fireman, threw open all the doors and averted a panic. •Tted" Grange has taken a five- year lease on the Yankee Stadium to conduct professional football games on Sundays from Oct. 16 to Dec. 31, beginning this year. Fol- lowing this. Grange's application for membership in the National Foot- ball League was denied. It Is thought that "Red" will now estab- lish an opposition league with a team of his own in New York to buck up against the New York Giants. Antonio Scotti. tenor, lost his wig while singing Scarpia In "Tos- ca" at the Metropolitan for the ben- efit of the New York Leaguo of Wo- men Voters. The fourth annual ball of the New York Newspaper Women's Club will be held March 12 at the Ritz-Carlton. A conference of all Ehiropean broadcasting stations will be held on March 25 by the International Radlophony Association In the hall of the League of Nations. Qenova. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Buck were In the party attacked by sharks In a 12-foot fishing boat off Miami. No one was injured. After an absence of nearly a year the names of James A. StUlman,- Mrs. StUlman and Flo Leeds, for- mer chorus girl, were again flashed across '.he front pages. This be- cause of a reconciliation between the banker and his wife, who left New York last Saturday on the same boat. "Black Waters." by Ralph Culll- nan, will soon be produced . . .Wln- throp Ames Is to produce PhiUp Barry's "White Wings," which Is said to deal with New York's street cleanors . . . Nobel, Ryan & Levy, which firm will present "Nirvana" on Feb. 22, ia to sponsor "Bel- Phoebe," by Amelie Rivers Trou- betzkoy. New York almost became Little . Old New York once again during i the recent severe snow storm. Erst- I while t-ixi drivers brought out the f old sleighs and were cabbing on Fifth avenue and In Central Park St $15 an hour— and they got it. Privately owned sleighs were fre- <|uent on Fifth avenue. .-— Alighting from a taxi at the stage door of the Orpheum, Easton. Pa., where she was to have sung "Otcllo," Inga O. Julievna, Norwegian so- prano, fell and fractured an ankle. The opera was called off. Miss Ju- lievna Is at Easton Hospital. The American Cinema Associa- tion, film producing and distributing organization, was formed by a group Of Independent fl!m producers, dis- tributors and exhibitors In Detroit. Officers are A. J. MoeiJer, president; Pola Negri, under the assumed name of Comtease Apolonja Dom- broska, arrived in Albiiquerque, N. M.. from Los Angeles, accompanied by her mother and secretary. Her visit there, she said, is to buy land. Dallies insisted on alleging that Pola la In Albuquerque awaiting the arrival of Rudolph Valentino, when they shall hiarry. Don Marquis, humorist, and Mrs. Marjorle Vonnegut, actress, were married In New York. The bride has two children from her previous marriage to Walter Vonnegut, the- atrical manager, from whom she was divfvrced a few weeks ago. Ma'rqui.s was the husband of Reina Melchcr, novelist, who died In 1923, leaving a daughter, now 7. The company issued a statement for six months ending Sept. 26. 1925, showing a net loss of $333,411. President CooUdge is said to be disinclined to recommend the House Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions for an appropriation of $4,186,500 for the Sesquicentennial Exposition to b« held at Phila- delphia. A report that Arturo Toscanlnl, Italian orchestra conductor, had signed a five-year contract with the Philharmonic Society is denied. In comment, following the de- nial, one dally Inferred that It is evident the directors of the Phil- harmonic really want Toscanlnl and that he. In turn, would gladly sign with them if he could be re- leased from his position as musical director of La Scala. Milan, the leading opera house of Europe. The estate, amounting to over a million dollars, of Abo Hummel, once famous New York criminal and divorce attorney, who died re- cently In London, Is willed to two sisters, Mrs. Bertha Hummel and Mrs. Abraham Kaffenberg, to go to Abe Kaffenberg, nephew, now in Paris, after their death. A resolution recommending that a fair portion of the films shown at British theatres should be of British origin and that, if neces- sary, legislation be Introduced to that effect, was adopted by the London County Council following a report of that body's theatres and music balls committee. The 44th annual benefit perform- ance of the Actors' Fund at Jolson's theatre was reported as drawing $26,000. Lya de Puttl, German (Ufa) film star, win shortly come to the United SUtes to appear in F. P. pictures. A benefit for families of the men lost In the rescue of the crew of the British freighter Antlnoe, is being planned by Jack Hulbert and Cicely Courtneidge, of "By the Way." EHderly Samuel McGovern re- fused to press charges against Viola Weller, 19, when called to YorkvlUe court to testify after she had knock- ed him down with her automobile. One dally referred to Miss Weller as a night club dancer while an- other gave her a Brooklyn address and said she 'Is the fiancee of Ana- tole Prledland. The names of Mr. and Mrs. Irving Berlin are included In the New York Social Register. Aji Injunction granted by Vice Chancellor Backes to restrain al- leged prying by the Radio Corpora- tion of America Into the affairs of the De Forrest Radio Company of Jersey City was affirmed by the Court of Brrors and Appeals In Trenton. The R. C. A. people admitted having employed agents but only to ascertain whether the De For- rest company was Infringing on R. C. A. patents. When at a charity ball at Sofia, Bulgaria, given by Princess Eu- doxla, sister of the King, the band was allowed to play only waltzes and national songs, the guests re- fused to dance, wanting Jazz. The Princess gave In and Jazz they got. Lillian Ford, a Gertrude Hoffmann girl In "A Night In Paris." was slightly Injured during a perform- ance when Catherine Sheeran. an- other of the Hoffmann girls, acci- dentally stabbed her In the left arm during the duel scene. Despite denials from Pola Negri and Rudolph Valentino, Eleanor Roarilmaji In.sl.sts the> p.nir really In- tend to marry. According to Elea- nor, she and Pola left the coast together, the Litter getting off at Albuquerque with tlie Intention of meeting Valentino. When the story drlftetl out, says Eleanor, the cere- mony was put off. Klennor said she Is to m.'.rry soon herself. The pros- pective groom's name she refused to mention but said he la not an actor. Payment of the quarterly dividend of 37H cents a share duo to be declared on the new Class A stock was passed off by directors of the Warner Brothers Picture Corp. Druoe A Streett will produce -You Can't Win." by Ralph Culli- nan. Carroll McComas will head the cast. The Australian rights to "Tip Toes h.ive been purchased by J. C. Williamson. Ltd. "The Right Age to Marry" opened In Atlantic City. (Continued on page 45) CHICAGO The Blue Goose Inn, notorious r;'- sort. owned by Harry and Aim , Cuslck. has been closed last weel: by a permanent Injunction. Th<' roadhouae has been padlocked foi :ilmo.st a year on a tempc^rary In- iimctlon. George Hlhbnrd, proprietor of tlif' Sh.tdy Rest Cottnge, rurulhouHc, was shot and seriously wounded and lil^ wife was severely beaten by three bandits who nilded the place late last week. The bandits got ver> little financial return. Benjamin Albln. doorman nt t' " Town Club, wns killed last week by a taxi 08 he stepped from the curb to hall a cab for a late customer. Fl<5 Lewis has filed suit against her husband-accompanist, Russcl Ilird, for complete and absolute di- vorce. "He drinks bathtub gin," said Miss Lewis, "and you know what happens. Then the war begins." The fifth anniversary of the B. & K. Tivoll was held last week. to escape a blaze that did $50,000 damage to the Hoosler theatre, Whiting, Ind. No one was seriously hurt. VIvlenne Segal, prima donna of "Castles in the Air," at the Olympic, who has been down under the inllu- enco of a Chicago throat. Is fit again and will resume her role once more. Ruth Donnelly will go with Joe I.Aurle Into Anthony .McOuire's new comedy. "A Great Little Guy." Marc Connelly's new comedy. "The Wisdom Tooth." one of the vei tures of John Golden, owner of "Pigs," Is being tentatively gazetted for an early engagement hero. Al Jolson has wired John Garrity that he will be ready to appear by Feb. 15 as a reopening date for "Big Boy" at the Apollo. The North Center theatre, newly opened picture house, has put Into use again one of the old-time "flash" publicity stunts. Two specl.al oper- ators spend the d^y at the theatre phoning people In the neighborhood and inviting them to come to the performance. The numbers are taken from a phone book. Fearful of a catastrophe from vi- bration caused by a very vicious "Charleston." the owner of a Lake Forest dance hall has announced that from now on said dance will be barred. Creditors of Mrs. William Mel- hulsh, better known as Luella Me- luls, opera star, have decided to gar- nishee her earnings from concert work In retaliation for. Insolvency proceedings Instituted by her before Frank Wean, referee In bankruptcy LOS ANGELES Pred King, who operated a so- called casting agency in Culver City, was arrested recently on a charge of attacking 17-year-old Rose Valencia, a screen extra. In his bungalow. He was held for trial In the Supreme Court by Justice Wood, after a preliminary hearing. Bail was fixed at $7,500. Cora Loulso Rice was granted a divorce by Supreme Judge Gates from Raymond Rice, picture stunt actor, whom she charges bombarded her with eggs at 3 in the morning. She testifies that he had a habit of kicking her around whenever she got In his way. also coming home intoxicated and beating her. Charles Rogers and Lois Moran have been added to the cast of "Padlocked." which Alan Dwan will direct for F. P. "Technique" Is the title of Mary Phllbin's next starring vehicle, which Lois Weber will direct. Francis X. Bushman will play oppo- site her. having been borrowed from Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer. Herbert l?rf"P"n h.-is returned to the Famous Players-Lasky studio here and Is arranging to make his next picture. "Beau Geste." adapted from the P. C. Wren story. Wallace Beery and Nell Hamilton returned with Brennon. Some 500 patrons ran to the street Malcolm St. Clair returned here from New York following the post- ponement of the making of "The Show-Off," In which Ford Sterling is to be featured by F. P. St. Clair's next assignment will be the produc- tion of a picture In which Pola Negri is to be starred. Miss Negri's current picture, which Dimltri Buchowetski is directing, will be entitled "The Kingdom of Love." by Ernest Vajdu. Granville Withers, professionally Grant Withers, obtained an annul- ment of his marriage to Inez Withers recently. Mrs. Withers charges that her husband has a contract for five years with a mini- mum wago of $150 per week and the amount of money she la receiv- ing. $ 1,500, filed In the Superior Court by Stephen J. Davis. Tho complaint states that Davis was ridia"< In the machine driven by r.illespie on Oct. 20 and that he was thrown about In the niachlne dur- ing this ride, and since that time he is compelled to wear a steel form on his body to protect his spine. Los Angeles was all bet up for a few days due to Reginald Denny being reported missing at sea on the yawl "Bahberlne" during a storm. After the papers had given the star iilon declares that root beer ■■ifid ft" ll/.er were ilie only stimulants u^^e(1 by Mcrjc-e, which also says that be waH «Ti^'aged by Harold Estabrook a fid Ibe First .Si ronglH'art ITnit, Inc., to tiiiriHport Miss Corbln and her mother Aug. H, 192.'i. The deposition further declares that .Mc(!ee had been engaged In the transportation buf^Incsa for some time, always earned about $3r)0 a week and had a good reputation for integrity and sobriety. McGee also slates that Mrs. Corbln w;is nervous and Irritable on tho day In que.''tl<>n, and at I'ation Mh's Corbln refused to proceed any farther, but tele-- phnned to Estabrook to send anotl.er car for th(>m. He also claims that Mrs. Corbln told Estabrook Uiat "the driver of the machin"! hero Is drunk or under the Influence of dope and we will not go any ffirthcr with him." Betty Arlen, Wampaa baby st.ar and the wife of Ixiuls (?oldcn. man- ager of the Boulevard here, was bruised and internally injured when an atrlrtmoblle In whl< h phe was rid- ing crashed Into another car nt Santa Marbara and Raymond ave- nue. She will he routined to her homo for about a W( ck. Wednesday, February 10, 1928 TIMES SQUARE •f VARIETY It OFFER BONUSES FOR NIGHT CLERK JOBS UNGRATEFUL GUEST Bcatrie* Kvlly Robbed Molli* Qano'* Rooms petk Boys Waxing Wealthy While Gypping in Side Street Hostelriet Night clerk Jobs ar« much In de- mand In the upper 40'a. Not that the regular stipjnd is particularly lucrative but because of chancea for boneat graft. The latter makes the regular salary look like cigarette money. Consequently, employment agencies who generally place the Clerks not only have a waiting list but also several applicants offering bonuses for a good spot. Side street hotels, supposedly in competition for both steady and transient trade, recentl} entered upon a supposed price slashing cam- paign with some dropping the night- ly tariff as low as 11.50, at least on the "come-on" siRn outside. Anyone who can enter one of these cubby boles for less than $3.50 Is more than Kood. Complaints regarding the gyp practices from performers unfamiliar With the hotel situation precipitated an investigation and with the In- vestigator finding himself getting even a worse break than those whose complaints he was investl- irating. He was nicked $4 for a room that is probably classified for $1.50 or )2, and with the clerk un- doubtedly pocketing the difference since no notation of price Is made npoD the register when the guest is (Continued on page 14) Never again will Molllc Gano. 19. telephone operator of the Murray Hill exchange, invite a stranger to her room. Recently MoUle was re- turning from a show when she 'met Beatrice Kelly, 20, formerly an usher in Loew's State theatre. Miss Kelly stopped Miss Gano and told ber she was a stranger and without funds. And that she had no place to sleep. Miss Gano took her to a restaurant and then to ber apartment. The following day Miss Gano left to go to work. When she returned that night Miss Kelly was gone and so were a dozen of Miss Gano's best dresses valued at several hun- dred dollars. Miss Gano then noti- fied the detectives. A few days ago Miss Gano was dining in a restaurant in Columbus Circle when she saw Miss Kelly. The latter had finished her meal and was about to leave. Miss Gano seized her by the arm and shouted for the police. In court Miss Kelly sobbed. Miss Gano was so affected she told the court that the dresses had been re- covered and she was disinclined to press the complaint. The assistant district attorney. Ix)uis Waaser. as- .sented and Miss Kelly was freed. She left with her mother for hor home. 124 Dewey avenue, Paterson. N. J. "Signals** by Girlt Wearing Goloshes During the snow of taint week girls' goloshes became pro- nounced in Times Square. Coincldentally It was re- marked that different girls wore their shos corerlngs la different ways. One confirmed flapper oaa- descended to explain: One button open m— at there is a sweetie. Two buttons open msaat that the girl's engaged. Three buttons opea meant the wearer is married. And the flapper added that with all of the buttons open, you can please yourself. KATH. BERKLEY'S MESS Arrested and Discharged Check Chargs Bad Katherlne Berkley. 20, dancer. 124 West 45th street, and WUUam Borches. salesman, of the same ad- dress, were discharged in West Side Court by MaKistrate Bernard J. Douras. Both were arrested by De- tectives O'Connor and Divver of the West 68th street station on the charge of passing a worthless check at the Hotel Embassy. Broadway and 70th street. In court the complainant, Joseph Tlenery, assistant manager of the Kmbassy, who caused the arrest of the pair, stated through an attor- ney that restitution had been made and that they were inclined not to prosecute. LOVED AND LOST DIAMOND RING Grocer Found Sweetio Was "Cheating" 2 DOGS CAUSE TROUBLE Charged with the theft of two Russian wolfhounds, James Russel. tS. supeHntcndeni of an apartment. 110 West 8&th street, was held for the action of the Grand Jury by Magistrate Bernard J. Douras in West Side Court. Bail of $2.5"0 was fixed by the Court. Russel was unable to furnish it and was taken to the Tombs prison to await trial. Russel was arrested by detec- tives McConarhle and McGovem of the West 6Sth street station on the complaint of Mrs. Hattle Del Pino, tormer opera singer and the wife of the tenor, Paola Del Pino, of the Chicago Opera. Mrs. Del Pino staled that she asked Russel to care for her ca- nines. Rex and Pipa, pedigreed dogs. The dogs, she said, came from the Royal family of Russia. 8he valued them at $2,500. AD MAN HELD George Hulbort, advertising man. Of 336 West 51st street, was held in $500 ball for a liearing by Mag- istrate CorrlKan in the Tombs Court. He was charged with grand Inrceny on the complaint of Thomas F. HarriKan, executive secretary of the New York Chapter of the Knights of Columbus, of 799 Sev- enth avenue. ^ It is charged by Ilarrlgan that Hulbert on Jan. 26 went to 147 Hudson street and solicited $10. falsely representing that he had been authorized to obtain it for the ball that Is to be given by the chapter on Feb. 10 at Madl.ion Square Garden. The complaint states that Hulbert obtained the $10 from H. P. Kisihgor and that Hul- bert has no official connection with tlte Knights of Columbus. Barney Picked Detective For Kiss in the Subway John Barney. 84. 428 West 68th street, formerly with the "Green- wich Village Follies" and known as an Irish tenor, was committed to the Workhouse for two days when arraigned before Magistrate Marsh in West Side Court on a dlsorJprly conduct charge. Barney pleaded guilty. According to Detective Giery. In- spector Lyons' staff, he was enter- ing the subway station at 60th street and 6th avenue when Barney ap- proached, threw his arms around him and tried to kiss him. Glery arrested him. The giHKer told the magistrate he had been drinking and did not real- ize what he was doing. He was fingerprinted and when it was found he had no previous record, sent away for two days. He told the magistrate he had studied voice culture in Italy, France and Ger- many and had spent some time in the Xey sell- ing druus through connections of their own." If you don't advertise in VARIETY don't advertise "JMMY McGUIRE" MAY BE MURDERED GIRL May Have "Known Too Much" — Life of Speakeasy Parties —"Charlie Mitcheir Held Mystery still surrounds the spy- ing of 24-year-old unidentlded girl known to the detectives in Times square as "Jimmy McGulre." also known as Genuvieve and "supercil- ious Jimmy McQuire." Captain Arthur Carey, In charge of the Homicide Bureau at Headquarters, have asked owners ol supper clubs to view the remains of the dead girl at the Bellevue morgue to see If they might possibly shed tui^her light on her identity. The girl's body was found Monday morning at 64th street near Avenue A. The body was riddled with bul- lets fired at close range. Under ar- rest in the prison ward at Bellevue is "Charlie MItchelL" 873 West 65th street Mitchell Is held on suspi- cion. ;aeveral detectives Identlfled the girl as "Jimmy McGulre." They had seen her, they said. In the company of Mitchell in "speakeasies" and 'supper clubs. She is said to have come from a small town in Connec- ticut above fltfe years ago. Mitchell has a criminal record. .A.bout two years ago he was sent to Sing Sing to finish an unexpired term after being arrested for rob- bing a "lush." During that time detectives averred she corresponded with MItchcIL While he was at Os- sining, she is said to have consorted with others in the side streets off Tin\CH Snuaro. She was the life of parties, the .sleuths -Stated. During the course of the gaieties she would use a pet expression. "Donf be supercilious." Hence the soubriquet. Where she stopped in this city has yet to be ascertained by the police. There has been no oRlcial identi- flcation. Carey has asked the news- papers to print her photo in the hope she might be Identilled. It Is believed that she left a "speakeasy" off Times Square, and was slain In a cab. Detectives flrmiy believed she knew too much about questlon- .able characters and feared she was about to release her Information. Louis Ligglo, 32. 169 Manhattan avenue, a dance hall manager, was hold in $.'00 ball for further exami- nation when he was arraigned be- fore Mngi.strate Marsh in West Side Court on a ch.arge of violating the Sullivan law. Detective Curry, west 100th street .station, told the Judge that he en- tered a restaurant at 194 Manhattan avenue where a holdup had been committed about a week ago. and after "frisking" some of the patrons found a fully loaded revolver In LU'- Kio's po.^sesslon. LIkkIo niimlttcd lie had no ixrinit, and was arrested. Ho said he carried the gun for I)rolerti()n, as he wore considerable jewelry and carried home quite a quantity of money In the early hours of the morning. Stranger in Fay Young's Apt.— Police Called In Pleading with Magistrate Bernard J. Douras to give him an adjourn- ment until he could bring his sweet- heart. Fay Yoimg. to court to clear him of an alleged felonious assault charge. Louis Foster. 26, clerk, 62 West 63rd street, was held In West Side Court for the action of the Grand Jury. Charles Sullivan. 26, Jeweler. 631 West 69th street, co-de- fendant, was also held. The court ] tlxed bail of $1,000 which the pair furnished. Foster and Sullivan were arrested by Detectives Divver and O'Connor of the West 68th street station. The complainant. Boris Nikforoff, elon- gated Russian mechanical engineer, over six feet tall, of 64 West 78th street, charged the pair with at- tacking him in Miss "Young's" apartment. NikforofTs head was swathed In bandages. He told of how he was .■(Timmoned to the apartment by Miss "Young." She telephoned him, he said, that the pair were in her flat and had feloniously assaulted her. Boris hurried to the house. When he arrived a free for all battle began. Boris* head stopped •a plaster cast book end that had been hurled, he said, by Foster. Sullivan camo at him with a knife. Furniture in the apartment was wrecked during the melee. It was then the sleuths d.ished In. Foster said Miss "Young" former- ly was of the "Follies." He said he and Sullivan had been Invited to the apartment. Foster declared that he found Boris in the flat He objected to his pre.sence as he said that he warned I^orls he was un- welcome. Then the fun began. MKss "Young" fled to the teIei)hone and called the police. When they arrived the apartment looked as If a "Big Bertha" had struck It Vincent Lenci, 35. 7212 13th ave- nue. Brooklyn, tvcalthy grocer, re- ceived a suspended sentence in West Side Court from Magistrate Bernard J. Douras on the charge of assault He was accused by Elsie Maser, 28, richly attired in furs, who told th* Court that Lend had slapped her face at Broadway and 44th street 1?he latter denied the charge. The Court warned him to remain away from Miss Maser. If he didn't the Court stated that the suspended sentence would be revo.ied and he would give him a jail sentence. Miss Maser told of how she had been courted by LencL She said he had given her a $3,600 diamond ring for a present One day, eh* said, he asked for the ring to have it reset and that was the last sh* saw of It Miss Maser averred he has caused her to lose several positions because of his actions. He would create a rumpus where she would be em- ployed as a phone operator. On several occasions threatened her life, she said. Lend served with the 84th Divi- sion in the world war la all ths major engagements. He denied the charge of assault told of how he spent $10,000 on Ml.ss Maser the first six weeks he courted her and said he bought her a Cadillac, furs and the $3,600 gem. He admitted he took the ring when he found out he was being "cheated." He said that he found out she had another beau although he was engaged to her. He added that she was the one who continually tele- phoned him. The Court wanted to know why he renewed her acquaintance after he found out he had been "gypped." He explained he had a kindly and warm feeling toward Miss Maser. At this point Archie Firestone, assistant district attorney, asked if Lend had been convicted of boot- legging. "Not yet." he replied. Magistrate Douras asked LencL "Do you love this woman?" "I cer- tainly do. your Honor," replied Lend. He asked the same question of Miss .Ma.'ier, "I do not," she roared. The Court then placed Lend under bond of $100 to keep the peace for on* ye.ar, then suspended sentence. Lend told newspapermen that Miss Maser was a dlvon^ee. He said that she had been married to Adolph Gumpert 'ROUND THE SQUARE Two Lawyers Disbarred Two Times square lawyers, more or less known In tlie show l.iislncss. have been dl.sbarred by the Appel- late Division of the Supr'-rne Court. Louis I. I.s(iuith. who, l)e.-^id"3 law- yering has dabl)lod In the theatre as a producer and encountered "jatiis" with actors and auth-irs, Is on" of the disl),irred duo. .S Ch.-irles Sngarman, of tho Locw building, is the other. "VAUIETY" IH PALM BEACH Palm Beach, Feb. 9. Variety irrlved In Palm Beach last Tliui.S'Uy night It w.-is the first lime this sea- son the i-aper h.id gotten In so oarly. Al lOdelsteIn, the champ licw.slioy of the town, went flyirig about yelling " 'Variety.* Just .ar- rived \>y airf)planA." He was sold out V itliin an hour. "Suicides" — Phoney and Otherwis* "Suicides" have been on the increase In the mId-Now York section the past month. Mostly "phoney," one or two tried with intent to pass out were as unsuccessful. Nothing reached the dailies. As In each In- stance there was a nli;ht club connection. Variety passed up the storiss as just that fool stuff. One of the girls, h'jv;ever, who did nearly pass out from Iodine, felt dreadfully upon recovering to find herself In a hospital and not a word In the papers about her. A cause for one of the attempts was upon a girl Informing her sweet- heart she had not married a vaiii>l >riicti i-t Asso- ciation. The Inslrill.itlon ceremonies oe-utred at the Hotel I'eini.-yl v:inla. Dr. Strauss was eleiicd last June. John Mill, another optot.ietrlst. of Times siiuare. was el -tted vlee-presldcnt Dr. Leo .M.i.ver of :,ih av(nu«i was elected prisldont. .Many an artor who has seen better days has bee« givon eyeglasses by "Doc" Strauss, gratis. The Ttiur.sday nlftht local dellv- <>ry Is expected to be a regular tliint' at Palm Beach. Officers at Escorts Oflbcrs on the Leal escortlnc nirht club employes to and from tha lanks Is not an iin'orrmion sii;hl to orio f.irnlliar with the cafe utiai.hes. The ^rirIs t'en.r.Tlly h.ink the previous nlKhfi r.f. I[.ts In the course ot the next busine!.s i!:iy and the e.ilmrots as ex'.ta piecaution iiave ar- Kiri^'d fur police OS' or'.lMg to iio.l fio. -^ • / 14 VARIETY WOMEN'S PAGE WediMtdiy, February 10, 1926 AMONG THE WOMEN BY THE SKIRT The Best Dressed Woman of tha W*«k MLLE. MARGUERITE Marguerite and Gill— Palare Theutre Flood of Clothes at Palace The one woak s^ot In the Palace bill this wfek is the headline act, Katcha I{aint>uva, otherwise Mrs. Rudnlph Valetitinu, ha« helped herself to Valpska Snratt'« "J'lirple Popyy" act. The sl-.ewh Is now called "The Purple Vial." Where Mi.'s.s Suralt stranKled the Uu8.'«ian (lenoml with a scarf, a poison draught is now administered. Miss Kamt>ova falls to put the coloring into the actinfi tliat Suratt did. The gown worn by the principal was badly chosen. Of a pold striped material the dre.sa was Just a long uffly tunic, reaching nearly to the ankles. A hand of leop.-ird 8k In was at the hem. No sleeves but cuffs ef the fur. The turban Miss Rambova must wear even to b«a was there of course and a feather fan was ctrried, A shawl was hardly dressy enough. Mile. MarKuerlte and Frank Oill were a nice yonns riot No. 3. Mile. Marguerite luus a lovely outfit. Her white danclnK frock Is the last word In smartne.ss. The boJice of while satin has one diamond ornament. The full .skirt of tulle had at the hem rosettes of the tulle with a diamond centre. Sliver ribbon with an orange background was profu.<ambert la Gabela, Florida. at Coral Dorothy McNulty is now a prin- cipal In "Sweetheart Time." NIGHT CLERK JOBS New dhow Unnecessary It was announced on the stage at the Columbia theatre Bozo Snyder Will have an entirely now show next season. Mr. Snyder doesn't need a new show; all he needs is a l)etter dressed production. Tho comedy as it stands today will always be a laugh. An outstanding voice wouldn't do any harm. Beatrice Tracy has a fair meszo soprano voice and Elsa May has a high soprano voice that Is rather unpleasant at times. Miss May has discarded her blonde wig and is appearing in her own brunet locks. Betty Burroughs, a petile bobbed blonde, is tho one dancer of ability In the troupe. It wouldn't be fair to criticise the clothes of "The Follies cf the Day," as they show the wear and tear of a long season on the road. Miss Burroughs and Miss May have a good looking wardrobe, ■ Beemingly now. Miss Burroiips has evidently a penchant for blue as this . color appeared in all her dancing frocks. One particularly good looking dress had a plain blue satin bodice and short full skirt of a silver and blue metallic cloth. A green and white striped dress as worn by Miss May was a good look- lug model. The diamond horseshoe from one of the Music Box shows Is the oulstandiiig feature of the Follies and showing at the finish of the show lieM the largo audience in until that hour. (Convlnued from pace IS) signing in or no bill rendered for the amount received. In some Ins.ances Uiis Investi- gator showed up at u hotel in the evening and was told nothing but room and bath at $4 was available. Reasonable enough in a regular hostlery, but not for these Joints which are little other than subli- mated lodging houses. After being nicked for whaat he knew to be double price for the room, the bell boy ushered him to his room with the Info that the bath was at the end of the hall. Gome racket, but great for the boy behind the desk. Similar conditions exist in most of thft side street places. Despite extortionate tariff the class per- mitted to lounge around the loboles are enough to prompt one to sleep with one eye open so that they'll be sure of their clothes when arising. This .aay be a great tip off to the hotel men having continual vacan- cies and trying to build up transient trade. The general opinion ih that the night clerks are responsible for the tilting and pocket tho difference. A Wireless Gag Years ago Olga I'etrova did an Imitation •f a parrot, and now Corlnne Sales Is also making it worth while. Apropos of the Ber- lin wedding Corinne and her part- ner tell their audience tliat she is a Jewess and he Is a Mick, but add: "Ours was a Western union." consistencies of Uinevra as th* Italian playwright imagined her It would be in her half-way Indiffer- ence to "Tho Madrigal of May" which the enamoured artist sang t^ her. It would be a strange woman. Indeed, who could withstand that old song. Old Stuff The film, "Now Brooms," la about as exciting as goldfish. It Is based on that hackneyed theme of a youni* man trying to show his father how to run the business. Bessie Love is the girl who "understands" both father and son. Josephine Crowell is the housekeeper who can no longer stand tbo father's grouchi- ness. Phyllis Haver, so the caption ex> plains. Is the girl "who never kisses a man unless she Is engaged to him." As the picture unwinds the audience suspects the young lady of having a full engagement book. Women in "Jest" The women In "The Jest" at the Plymouth are far from being the Important members of tho cast. Ginevra. the fishmonger's beautiful daughter, must be there to compli- cate things. ^Shc must also be there as part cause for the revenge which Is Cbe play's motif; but even Ginevra merges Into the background when the glowine passion of vengeance consumes the stage. Violet Homing as this Light-o'-Love gives con- viction to Glnevra's shallownesa At times she is a bit too elogant for a fishmonger's olTsprifig. In the fourth and last act. Miss Hemlng Is at her best when Ginovra is at her worst. Unless she. wishes to. become Identified wltfayeely, slink- ing roles. Miss Hemlng owes a debt of gratitudo to the expositor of Qiannetto who so sensitively and colorfully glorifies the play. Maude Durand is amusing and in- teresting. When Neri said Cintia had "shoulders as soft as unbaked dough" her expression of wounded vanity and pleljian craftiness was nothing short of a treat. The "three mildewed rags from the gutter" who were brought back Into Nerl's life to torment him were well chosen. Madeline Delmar as Liaabetta, the Innocent, Is a refreshing streak of sunlit;ht in this sordid tale of carnal revenges. Maria Ou.spenskaya, late- ly of the Moscow Art Theatre, plays the role of the blind Fiametta; and Martha MacGraw Is Lucrezla. Mustum Stuff Vhe dim, "Memory Lane," with a frustrated romance serving as foundation for a bit of human drama. Is reasonable enough ,but its developments belong in a mu- seum. Women audiences are Inclined to laugh at a heroine who loves and Is beloved of a young man, but who deliberately marries another be- cause she happens to be engaged to him. Not even the charming Eleanor Boardman can get this idea over in 19.6. Eugenia Ford is very well cast as the girl's mother, and something is said on the program about Kate Price being a "woman In a telephone booth," but Miss Price was not in the booth Tues- day afternoon. Joan Standing and Dot Farley do exceptionally well as comedy maids. GUN TOTERS ARRESTED 16 "Ingenues" "The Ingenues" are making friends at the 81st Street this week. This is an orchestra of 16 girls with Beth Bance directing and Helen Dobbin in several solo dances. Her gypsy dance is perhaps the most in« teresting. A quartet of the two vio- linists, cellis and a harpist, was es- pecially liked by the Monday night-* era. There wer^ trumpet, violin, harp, xylophone and accordion 8oIos< Two girls sang and one whistled. The personality of these "In- genues" may be rated higher than tho qualify of their music, for they» play nothing difficult or even nn-. usual. Florence Newton's caricature of a "senprita" dance and song number is especially funny. Elsie Clark, billed as a singing- comedian, makes a point of avoiding low and high notes. Her monotones, given to comedy lines, are entertain- ing enough but even th.at stunt can If one may find fault with the grow monotonous. PEGGY TO WINONA Billy Fields aa an Imitator "Chuckles of 19;:6." thanks to Billy Melds, is first rate entertainment. Mr. Fields Itas managed to Iniit;ite Bobby Clarko (Clarke and Mc- Cuilough) to perfection. But it is too obvious an imitation. Tho spontaneity of Mr. Clarke is mlsslnp. Only two women are given principal roles In this Columbia Wheel burlesque show. They are Alice Jay and Nellie Nelson. Neither one Is strong enouKh. The show has an admirably trained lot of girls who ^ can dance and do. ^k Miss l>ake dresses neatly. A black velvet soubrot dress had a rhlnc- W atone top. There was a blue cloth street dress with h-at to match. A p wedding dress was of plain chiffon simply made with a cord for a girdle. The veil wa.s bccomlnRly drnp.d. A sport outfit had a green Jumper Worn over an acconllon pl.iltcil white .skirt. Miss Nelson wore a black _ Siitin soubrct costume made with a white vest. All was smothered with crystal. A red fringe skin had a waist of gold clk; -^ If clothes can make a vaudeville act, Miss Bennett has an act. Making their rounds of alleged "speakeasies" to rid Broadway of the evil element and gun totcrs. )etectives Jotin Kennody and Pat- rick Maney of the West 47trt street station arrested John Connors, 25, mechanic, 57 Saratoga avenue. Yonkers. N. T., and Frank J. Col- lins, 24, cook, 300 Fulton stJ-oet. on the charge of suspicion of robbery and violation of tho Sullivan law. They wero arraigned in West Side Court before Mnclstrate Harry A. Gordon an^ held for ex- amination. Connors Is said to be out on parole In Westchester coun- ty for a almllar oft'ensn. No ball was set In his cnso. Collins' Iviil was fixed at 35.000. The two detectives entered the alleged "speakea.sy" at 343 West 5!iertlons from the l.,.w ],--i^l' «'>l',r«^ "Planta- tion" r«^vij0 Ml Mm cofe of that nam<' 'jJurn-, .,f iKn Ix-Hlie girls are snid i«< h(»*fc l»fi liiHi wo«k, through b«»liiK utiitii\n ii, itliinln nn increase from Ok It |>f«Ta«-iii %V) or $35 salary. t'iiii'm. |iiiiil|iK on u new colored necome noted for It.s slip- shod team-work, which would, nat- urally enough, enhance the apparent value of the opposing defense men. That is to say, practically every de- fense thrown tip by visiting teams has looked good against the New York club. They may h.ivo their faults when charged with stopping fiu 1 ofi'enslve play as Ottawa, Les Canadlens, Montreal and Pittsburgh wage, but against this town's rep- resentatives they've all lo'>ked pretty good, proved by New York having Stuart (Boston). The former, the only local man to b* chosen on either team, is named because of his hard but clean play and hia knack of advancing the disc Into enemy territory even though he may not be such a strong scoring tlgure. Stu&i-t. on the other band, has proven his versatility in the Garden. He Is apparently as at home at center or on a wing as when playing defense. However, Itis exhibitions In the sec- ond line have constantly stood out and being able to both skate and dribble has come from behind to score at not infrequent intervals. At Center Morenz (Canadiens) receives the cholco at center because of the havoc ho h;is caused within the Metropolitan arena. A flashy skater and a master of the stick, this boy has time and afr^Jn electrified the 0;irden patruns with his work. Not so spectacular but nearly as effect- ive Is Stewart (Montreal), who was not overly im))rosHive on his firsi visit here, but revealed liis true form on suhsiMiuent occasions. '**wo Olympic Captains Selections for the wing positlu. s are Drury (I'ittslturgh) and H. Hniith (Otiuwa), captainj, respect- ively, of the last American and Canadian 01yn>plc hockey teams. Drury, from this end of the circuit, seems to bo the dynamite of the league. Tittsburgh only uses this star as a "shock" unit, putting him In and taking him out frequently during a B.ime. He has never failed to scintillate when performing In this di.'itrict, and although It ."seems Impos.sllile that he could maintain the pace he has t!hown throughout an entire game he couM slow up plenty and still have an edge on tiie majority. "Hooley" Smith Is not scored less goals than any other jtlie dynamo Drury is, but rather is "ALL"-PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY TEAM Selected from the National Hockey League CONNELL (Ottawa) Goal (Toronto) ROACHE CONACHER (Pittsburgh).. Defense (Boston) STUART CLANCY (Ottawa) Defense (New York) LANGLOiS MORENZ (Canadiens) Centre (Montreal) STEWART DRURY (Pittsburgh) Wing (Toronto) DAY H. SMITH (Ottawa) Wing (Canadiens) JOLIAT team in the league. Therefore, tho a past master at nursing a puck. contention that the visiting defense men have ;.n advantage when Judged upon their games here'-ts worthy of consideration. The Defense Connell (Ottawa) is first choice for goal because of his Impregnable defense at the net, which has been nothing if not consistent In the Gar- den. Besides this, his forte of thwarting a would-be scorer when thnre Is only himself betwe<'n the man with the puck and the cage dls- tmctly stands out. Roach, (Toronto) Is but a step l)ehlntl In general per- formance, although enough to the rear to make him the second choice goalie. At the two defense positions are placed Clancy (Ottawa) and Cona- cher (Pittsburgh). While both are rugged men and hard players, they seemingly differ as to style. Clancy is of the brilliant type who drags a crowd to Its feet, while Conacher stands out less but la always where the fray is thickest In his territory. and must l>e a terrible annoyance to an opposing team. Each carries the puck well, with Clancy having a shade here, and both rate as a scor- ing power. On the second team I- placed Langlols (New York) and When playing here he has appeared to almost "ease" his way through the New York defense with the least apparent cfTort. Always daiigci-ous. he Is a continuous threat and a deadly rifle Ahen shooting, as is Drury. Day (Toronto) and Joliat (Cana- diens) are made secondary, but lift- ed above tile pack due to the value they have been to their teams when In town. Both can shpot, while there are few faster men In the Ice game than Joliat, who packs a world of aggre.ssivencss into his play, despite his medium size. Day Is a big boy, adept at handling his feet and stick, and made one of the liest Impres- sions among the forwards who have appeared In Klckard's arena. To sum up. It's difficult to flgu>-*- If anything Is lacKlng In thes^ * mythical teams. As a squad n* 'Jj men. It Is to presume that the" would ."?kate .iround any combina- tion that could be picked to face them from Eastern ranks. B.)th .sec- ondary lines are well schooled in breaking up nn offensive drive, be- sides carrying an abundance of •coring power, while the forwards are Individually capable of burning up the Ice. DELANEY BEATS RISKO IN UVEY FRACAS Garden ''Wolves" Again Boo Decisioiv— R. Goldstein, Best Prospect Since Leonard By Jack Conway Jack Delaney. th» handsome B'rench- Canuck now battlins light heavy-weights, copped • 10 round verdict over Johnny RIsko of Cleve- land, last Friday night at the Oar- den. However, he lost prestige to those fans who can't undei-stand why Delaney doesn't stop every one he hits with a right erosa. Rlsko was either too tough ©• Dolaney was ruminating on that trip he is going to take to the hinter- land shortly. Dolaney outboxed Uisko in all but two rounds and was only In trouble once. That was in •the ninth round when Rlsko copped him on the chin with a wild left swing that turned him around. Johnny piled In on top of the punch ■ind let both hands go but Delaney hot footed out of trouble. In the second round Klsko won on sheer aggressiveness, and as a matter of tact, forced the fighting. Delaney was content to box and seemed to be favoring his right hand. He crossed to the head but rarely and was content to sink It In- to Risko's body rather than shoot to the head. The crowd didn't like Delaney's lack of aggressiveness and hood him on' two occasions. Many of them yelled for a draw but he unquestionably won. R. Goldstein a Standout The best bout of the night was a six round sharp shooting exhibi- tion in which Ruby Goldstein, the best prospect since Benny Leoi^ard's prime, shellacked Johnny CeccoU, of Hcranton. Ceccoll entered the ring with a bathrobe that proclaimed him "The Wonder Boy." After soaking up nine million Jabs, several right crosses and a couple of hundred uppercuts, he was still wondering. Ceccolli's pan looked like a Saieve- IK>s add for red lead at the end of tho sixth. Goldstein weighed 134% pounds. As he is only 18 years of age he will probably outgrow the light-weight division before his ma- jority. Chick Suggs, the New Bedford colored bantam, won from Abe Gold- stein, the faint-hearted former ban- t.ain champ. The same timidity which has ruined Abe's career w;i8 much in evidence^ Suggs won but he will never be accused of taking any unnecessary cliances either. The bout didn't please the wolves. Eddie Anderson, of Wyoming, had to flght his hardest to win from Steve Smith of Bridgeport, in another 10. Anderson looked very tough In the first round, but Smith staged u comeback In the second and then fought stubbornly all the way. In the opening four rounder, Mike Ksposlto outslugged Gcorgie Cuneo. Both are bantams. Almost a capac- ity house attended. Chandler, 70, Has Divorce From 27-Year-Old Wife Davenport. la.. Feb. 9. The Thomas W. Ctxindlcr divorce case was abruptly settled by con- sent of both parties when Chaivdlnr. 70-ycar-old hotel owner and former middleweight champion, was gnmt- ed a divorce from his 27 -year-old wife, Kathryn Markham Ci»^ndler. on grounds of cruelty. ''^'~ — -^ The wife was given |400 In cash, attorney foes and valuable Jewelry. Mrs. Chandler retaliated with stories of threats against her life and with a detailed account of a threat to poison her. The husband sold his hotel hero shortly before the trial br^gan, and It was the con- tention of tho wife's attorneys that this w«a done to prevent a Judg- ment In her favor agaln.'^t tho prop- erty. INSIDE STUFF ON SPORTS Helen and Suzanne The active tennis contingent In the east doesn't hold out much hope for Helen Wills defeating Suzanne I.cnulcn when th-y m.-et 09 the logical finalists In the Carlton tournament on the Hlvlera this week. Some are even willing to wager that the American girl will not win jlx games In the two sets, and will glvo odds on that proposition. The active court game players point out th.at Miss Wills Is strictly a back court tactician while Mile. Lenglen has no feminine superior In the more offen.slve position at the net, and not no many masculine equals at this phase of the game. But while they admire the great Suzanne for lier aliility and will turn that admiration to a financial profit. If possible, there Is probably not a half dozen in the tennis r.anUs who hope tne French champion will win. There la little doubt that Mile. Lenglen'a esjirit de corps on the tennis court Is not liighly thought of in this country. Her lack of heart, gen- erally termed "temperament," has limited her retinue of moral sup- porters so that while she has become a good bettlncr prorK)sHlon there are many who would find no difnciilty In being good losers. Hence, the hojirt is with Helen hut tho he.ul dictates Suz.onne. with an extra stiueeze of the thumb.s for tlie forni'-r, and not because she • an Am. ricaii. Tlie>'rc b'-ttlig seven to one on Suzanne in France. Johannes, Negro, Given 7V^ Years by Judge Levine Daniel Johannes, Virgin Island negro and a potential prizoflghter, living at 25 East 109th street, was sentenced to Sing Sing prison by Judgo Max S. Levine In General Sessions to not less than seven and a half years nor more than 15 years. The negro pleaded guilty a week before to manslaughter In the tirst degree for stabbing to death Wil- liam ("Billy") Nolan, another negro and former sparrlriig partner of Jack Uempsey. Last D'jawrence, L<»well, Mass.; Manchester, N. H.; Portland and Lewlston, Mo. Two other clubs are to be added, the choice to be from Worcester, Fltchburg, Haverhill, Mass., or Nashua, N. H. // you don't advertise in VARIETY don't advertite $1,350,000 IN SALES Cleveland, Feb 9. Cleveland's 1926 Automobile Show, In tho spacious Public Auditorium, came to a close last week after the most successful exposition in the city's history. The total attendance during the week was above 145,000, or 8,000 more than the previous year's turn- out. Dealers sold |1,350.000 worth of cars, 16 per cent, greater than the businesH at last year's exposi- tion. (»VTS ORGANIST (Continued from pa«c 1) rnlttce considering appropriations for the War D<'partment. General Sladen and Colonel Tlm- berlnkp, of the Acndem3', testified to the valii.ible servloes of the mu- sician, W. Mayer, who, they fear losing, beestise of the opT'Ttunlf ie' offered In the motion pirture the- atres, where h«» Would receive "at least $ri,(iOO nniiiiiilly." as th^ inll- Itary witnes.ues |>ut It. Ar. effort Is lieing mad»« to fret the la.XOO ho H entitled to ap- propriated. When first goin^ to the Acadftny, I'l ye.ars ago, Mr. M.iy.r received but %'M)0 a year, m inl iiiion to f(ii.'irUTs and heat. Witnesses tpslllied that diiv li the organist's elfort.s, a fund hoi been created that would shortly give the A'iHleiov the l.iiKest org.ill In the v.oild. Tilt) in.iti mii' nl now li.is (;.>0!t pipes. Caused Hayes Trouble with His Real Wife^GIrl Arrested in Milwaukee — 'Snow Bird' Milwaukee, Feb. •. Posing as the wife of Teddy Hayes, former secretary to Jack Dempsey, and now associated with Jack Kearns, Rae Burton, alias May Morton, waa taken into custody fol- lowing complaint by Hayes and sentenced to 60 days In the Hou.se of Correction here. On the girl's plea that she is III and needs meillcAl attention the sentence was changed to six months' probation. Hayes arrived here to attend tho funeral of Uts mother, Mrs. Bertha Weinsteln, automobile accident victim. While at the cemetery Hayes obsnrved a girl nc.vt to him crying loud and loni;, and every now and then placing her arms about his shoulders. Thinking the girl was a friend of his sister, Hayea paid no further attention. Later at the Hayes home he again saw the girl, but paid no heed until a friend of the family came to him and rebuked him for not paying more attention to his wlfn. "My wife? What do you mean?" Hayes asked. "Why, that girl over there haa told all of the family she was your wife," the friend toW Teddy. Recently, while in New York, Hayea had picked up a paper tHlllngr that hla wife waa contemplating divorce because of love letters coming to the house from a girl who told Hayes In her letters that she loved him more tlian life Itself. Hayea being away, his wife, Flor- ence Lee, picture actress, handled the postage matter which came to Hollywood. The girl's letters she handed to her lawyer. Realizing that Uto girl held tho key to the mystery surrounding his wife's charges, Teddy took the girl to an attorney'a ofBce and had her swear to un affldavlt that she waa mistaken. The amdavit was sent to Florence I.>ee by air malL Then Teddy really became "aore." He went to police headquarters and reported tho case. The police looked up the record of one May Morton, sometimes called Rae Bur- ton. She waa well known here aa a panderor and also a "snow bird." Detectives spotted the girt In a rea- taurant In the downtown dlatrlct and questioned her. "Who aro you?" one detectlva asked. "I am Mrs. Charles Braun. My husband is the manager of Saxe'a Miller theatre," the girl answered. Tho Girl's Story Both detectives knew Mrs. Braun, and therefore Rlitiia. Mexlean mliMh* >%eit;!it lio.ver, aliliouiieen that tlllS wcel: he uill loaify Kleaiior Oleo, .^piiil'!li ilineer. who has be'^i work- ing 111 till- Los Angeles Spar.ish Theatres, .\fter the ceremony, Co- lima s.iys, he will t.iKe bis luide iii^ ni;ike llKir h^me In .Mexico City. 16 VARIETY NEW ACTS THIS WEEK Wednesday, February 10, 1926 (3) NATACHA RAMBOVA and Co •Th« Purple Vial" (Sketch) 18 Ming.; Full (Special) Palace (St. Vauda.) Whatever else a great setup for the vaiide lU'but of Its fi»a(ureU play- •r giving her unlimited opportuni- ties to jilant as an emotional actress despite the role being seeondary to that ensnyed by Paul McAllister, credited with having made the adap- tation from the original by Andrew De Lorde. The plot revolves about a Kussian generui noted for loitiious nieiliDil.-- in making suspects come through to his liking. A loyal chemist has concocted the purple vial, a draft of Which converts the quuffer into a dc.uinr.J Ixsli.il person. Tlie druj? has boon Inflicted upon a young Rus- ■lan. His sister attempts to balance affairs and beards the perpetrator to his lair in Paris. Said perpetra- tor has terrilied previous candidates for conquest with the terror of the Vial but meets his Waterloo In the attractive Russian girl with pick- pocket talents who pilfers the vial and drugs his champagne. The boomeiang effects send the former power helpless, withering at herifeet after being distorted gruesomely and a secret agent posing as a detective handcuffing her off to offset sus- picion of the general's butler with both making the grade above the border line and prosecution. Natacha liambova was surprlslniT- ly adequate as the girl outwitting the fiendish general. Playing with repression and running gamuts that Would have taxed some of our bet- ter known emotional actresses, she gave a performance that was a revelatiiTn for one coming out of si- lent drama for her first speaking role. Her interpretation was perfect at all times and despite the future •f the present vehicle Miss Rambova has demonstrated sparks of an emo- tional actress that may ride further tn either vaudeville or legit. Mr. McAllister, however, stole the thunder of the act through having allotted himself a trying dramatic I>art which he gave adequate inter- pretation. The remainder of the sup- port did well In minor roles. The act has suspense and other qualities that make it acceptable but It Is doubtful if itfl substance matter is patterned for vaudeville. At the Princess In days when that diminutive was trying to vio with the Grand Gulgol of Paris It would have been a greater bet than it will ever be for vaudeville. Despite this Natatha Rambova has demonstrated ability. Edba. HARRY COLEMAN CO. (3) Talk and Songs 17 MIns.; One (Special) State (V.-P.) If not a new act for Coleman, this current velilele may be an old one revived. The theme Is the prover- bial marital dlfferem ca hoked and emphasized for laugh resuUs througii Colenmn's voloe variations. Assisting are a woman and an- other man. The «!>€( ial drop Is supposedly ouCKlde a prominent Broadway cafe, the opening having Coleman In an argument with the hard boiled door attendant who grossly overplays. The latter doubles as the family friend whence the personal differ- ences between the husband and wife consume the latter portion of the act. It's Coleman all the w.ay and his handling of the script should see the act around the Intermediates, al- though, according to Variety's flies, he is capable of better things than this. Bkie. WALSH SISTERS (2) Songs 13 Mins.; One State (V.-P.) Two girls of nice appearance and voice harmonizing in tiie conven- tional manner for a semi -classical rong routine. The act Is both vaudeville and picture bouse ma- terial. It mostly being a question ot repertoire. The one currently in vogue could 8ta«d pruning. An entrancing recitation, deliv- ered simultaneously by both, failed to give the girls any the best of it while a telephone excuse for a ballad and an announced "Impres- sion" ef Galli-Curcl also seemed passe. Four songs totaled the se- lections offered. The less talking this pair does the better, for they're seemingly over their heads when not singing. A readjustment of schedule would help after which this feminine duet should And plenty of bills on which they can fill the No. 2 assignment, the spot they held here. Bklg. WOMEN'S SYMPHONY ORCHES- TRA (50) Music and Song 24 Mins.; Full Stag* Hippodrome (St. Vaude) This local symphony organisation numberint; 50 women Is an all string and br;u88 unit under the direction of Paul ilenneberg, that will com- pare favorably with any similar symphony of either sex, In the coun- try. Their program for the Hippo- drome engagement was an ideal one and was balanced. Lovers of heavy or light classical or pop music were all given consideration. Opening with tho overture "111 Guarany" they followed with "Ser- enata," then "Aragonaise Le Old" and "Divertissement," selections from "Mile. Modiste" which Included a vocal refrain by Margaret Hen- dricks, a clear sweet soprano and concluding with "March May Love" by Henneberg, dedicated to Mayor Jimmy Walker and including as Its principal motif Walker's composition "Will You Love Me In December As You Do in May?" The musicians dressed all In white and seated in tiers made a whole- some picture. The act was enthu- siastically received and will prob- ably hold over. Con. (8) ORIGINAL INDIANA FIVE Cinderella Ballroom, New York This Is one of the two or three ▼eteran Jazz quintets to survive the avalanche of symphonic syncopating organizations. That there must be an important reason for this sur- vival of the fittest becomes ap- parent following a dance session by this torrid quintet, which, for all their lack of numbers, have come back again and again to large tall- rooms of the Cinderella's type, meeting with popular acclaim on every return. Possibly the most striking tribute to this particular quintet's personal popularity Is the Indiana Thursday Night Frolic, whereon the band is the personal attraction, taking charge of all activities and person- ally falling or rising with the suc- cess of this evening, a notoriously *'off" session In ballrooms. That they draw 400 to 500 admls.«tons is •ufllclent proof of their stability. The jazz quintet Is one of the best known recording combinations, "canning" for practically every con- cern with the exceidion of the Vic- tor. Tommy Morton, at the drums, heads the five. Nick Vltalo. clar- inet; James Christie, trumpet, and Pete Pelezzl, trombone, are natur- ally the important trio in the Jazz- apation Instrumentally. il.-xrry Ford Is a corking keyboard manipulator and Rlihough an arninijer finds himself llmin^'d In scoring duties as ^tar as nn un.ndiilterated Jazz quln- ■ tet l3 concerned, tho recording con- ^ tracts finds Ford's hands full in that depariniPiu. Last week the Orlgln.il Indiana Five doubled with tho UIvoU thf- •tre as the featured Jazz presenta- tion and thus opened a new field for themselves since they are long since proven for dance engagements. Abet, MINER-DOYLE ORCHESTRA Roseland, New York This octet, a New England stand- ard (Miner's home being In I»well, Mass), is headed by Charles Miner, the pianist, and Steve Doyle, sax player. The sax section Is com- pleted by Arthur Bolduc and Wil- liam Delaney; Roy Carlson at banjo; Prank Bachelder, drums; Joe Danlele, trombpne, and Ted Gib- Un at trumpet. Lacking a bass and some more brass, the octet stacked up against the average 10 or 11 men combina- tion seems shy in volume, a nat- ural result, particularly In a spa- clous ballroom like Roseland. It more than balances, however, in rhythms, making for a satisfactory dance band. The reducing of the reeds from three to two, and In- creasing the trumpets to two Is sug- gested as a means to bolster the volume If needs be. The band when playing a special engagement at the Roseland, with Its tariir system of dancing, was also forced to regulate Its stuff to suit the limited dance periods, but on the whole the M-D combina- tion is a sure cure for fallen arches when It comes to stepping. AteU LUCILLE TALLCOTT and Col- legians (5) 20 Mins; Full (Spec) Orchestra, song and dance. Stratford, Chicago. (Pictures). This act sure makes a great pic- ture house presentation. With spe- cial set. its lighting effects and Its general character of material. Is Just the stuff that the movie patrons crave. The four boys, playing piano, sax. banjo and traps, are musicians. They execute all the popular stuff, and feature a banjo solo. L,acille Tallcott deserves lots of credit. A nifty little dancer and a hot number singer Just bubbling over with personality. If it were not that she announces that she will Imitate so and so. her dances would be great. Even at that her dances are fine, but they are not so good as Imitations. The Collegians render all the music and Miss Tallcott Is no mean sax player, playing one number with her boys. A fine act for any movie manager to watch. Loop. TAYLOR and HUSTON Dances 8 Mins.; Full (Special) Broadway (V. and P.) Two girls doing this turn and both dancers, although one also doubles at the piano. The usual drapes frame the act, which opens by an acrobatic Oriental routine by one of the duo. Excellently done, but too slowly paced to draw more than moderate returns. The pianist did a rather antique Imitation of a pianola, followed by a Spanish dance, then a corking rube dance, which brought returns, and topped by a neck swivel, which took lots of work, but which didn't have much pep. Both these girls try hard. With the whole business speeded up, they'd stand a chance of playing some of the smaller bills regularly. As now framed, the turn won't stay long in the better houses, and the probability is that Its Broadway date Is for show purposes only. 8iak. (2) RALPH WHITEHEAD and CO 18 Mins.; One Songs, Talk. Kedzie, Chicago (Vaude.- Pets.). Ralph Whitehead, with Miss Pen- nington at the piano, both from the "Big Boy" show, and only doing th's turn to fill their time until the re- opening, should stick to It. Starting with a vaudeville novelty, an illustrated comedy song called "No Gob Shall Sob Over Me," It takes the house for a hearty round A few comedy character Impres- sions In the Italian, Hebe, Cockney BngliHh and what have you; a beau- tiful piano solo by Miss Pennington, lots of plugging for the Jolson show and well worth seeing for a very enjoyable 18 minutes. Whitehead runs through a very complete repertoire of songs. "Sittin' on Top of the World" is bis forte. and It called for two legit encores on review night (Friday), BaL LESTER ALLEN (1) Comedy Songs, Dance and Mutio ' Hippodrome 12 Mins.; One Hippodrome (St. Vaude) Lester Allen, hue of productions^ assisted by Nellie Hreen, featured dancer from productions, are an ideal vaudcvlilo hook ui>. Allen handles the comedy and Miss Ureen Is a cute personable and dancing opposite. Opening with a comedy double song, "Our Little Family," Allen gets laughs through his comedy appearance, baggy clothes, big shoes, trick egg, etc. The pair follow with a neat dance. A quick change to rompers and kiddie costumes for another comedy double song and dance, "I Found a Four Leaf Clover," followed. Allen makes them laugh here with his coy manipulation of the miniature skils he wears for shoes. Miss Broen's solo eccentric baton dance next while Allen was chang> ing to another grotesque get up for his specialty, a travesty on an Italian love song followed by "Chae. K. Harris latest ballad 'Break the News to Mother,' " announced. Allen said he would sing It In Russian and did sing It in Yiddish. He followed with a ballad during which he walked out of his shoes for comedy and when muffing a top note pro- duced a throat spray which cleared bll the hurdles. Another quick change for Allen to a neat brown street suit and he ffoaled them with his solo eccentric acrobatic dance which still rales among the real hoofers of the racket. "Sweetheart Times" with Allen handling the banjo gave Miss Breen a chance to hop the buck a la Pen- nington. This pulled them back for a double Charleston that made everything copesettl. Any kind of vaudeville and any; spot is at the mercy of tliis pair. Coiw KATE SMITH Songs 11 Mins.; One Earle, Washington, D. C. (V.-P.) Give Kate Smith about six months' experience and she will blossom out as a blues singer who will grace any man's bill. The routining of her songs, with the exception of the final number, did not show to tho best advantage. Not only has this single a good voice but one of much volume. She switches from a sentimental bal- lad Into a "Madame Sophie Tucker" with ease and with a wallop be- hind It. Then, for good me;u!ure, does a dance handling about 200 pounds plus with such grace as to take her away to a great finish. Featured at the Earle, booking foHowc-d the rapid rise of Miss Sntith within but a very few weeks, she being so much In demand that local enpagfments are overlapping with her name worth money at the ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS (16) Singing 12 Mint.; Full stage Chicago, Chicago (P) This aggregation is composed of 14 masculine members of apparent Welsh breeding. Dressed in the height of fashion but still keeping with the country they represent, the vocal selections produced In the form of a singing choir place them as a unique attraction for picture houses. The turn ojjens with a group ren- dition of "Old Black Joe," disclos- ing a volume of harmony and voices. This Is followed by "Mother Machree," introduced as a solo by one of the tenors. A laughing song, a corking novelty number. Is es- pecially suited for a combination of this calibre. For an encore a "pop" number was employed which also clicked. This Is an out and out picture house and concert turn. It Is back- ed by a house eye, furnishing a good background for their red and white uniforms. The expense involved in transporting an organization of this size would have a tendency to hin- der its appearance In some of the smaller cities through being In a position to play the attraction for one week only. In this town It Is In for four weeks. Loop. NEAL and SHERMAN Songs and Piano 3 Mins.; One Audubon (Pet and Vaude) This combination is Jack Neal and Joe Sherman, who since Joining have done considerable radio work. They are not new at singing, each hav- ing made stage appearances under other "name" formations. The present combo seems to be a good one In every way for both men, with their main forte apparently har- mony. One man plays the piano, presum- ably Neal; each go In for solo with a double harmony finish on every number. Topical selections are used, perhaps the same stripe the men offer via radio and which for pop vaude hits a responsive chord where the folks keep close tab of the popular stuff from Tin Pan al- ley. For the finishing number a ballad was used, with one man using a fal- setto tenor In harmony with the other. Effective. Neal and Sherman could work picture houso.>) and get away with it nicely, their harmony standing them In stead, with a stronger arrange- ment of routine possible for the film places. At tho Audubon uptown the men were an emphatic hit and could have stayed on for several more nvimbers. Mark. boxofficy Ueakin. GIVE US A CALL '4t M— ' V ll Sax Sextet on Colum- bia records. Earl Carpenter otherwise plays banjo and guitar, besides the fam- ily of reeds; 11. Clay Baker, piano; Ted Bafchelder baritones and han- dles sax; Herbert J. BIschoff, trum- pet and violin; Kd Ir and physiognomy remindful of Jlnmiy Hiiv<», but that's all. lie ertters nhmc und sets him- self right Immediately, but lets down a few minutes thereafter, as his dialect begins to toll. It's an uncer- tain lingo, bordering on the YId at times, and hence neither here nor there. As a matter of fact, the dia- lect Isn't necessary. The girl sings well and foils bet- ter, alternating on the comedy through e.s.iaj ing a "lunatic" style of wandering and Imaginary dialog. She Is taller than he. but not plump, as are some mixed combinations where the man Is of small stature. He takes some effective falls, and withal the team fared well at the A. R. The woman might forget that Bome of the lities are funny and leave It to the audience to laugh. She seems tickled with the thought of her nifties, and Is constantly smirking In advance of the gag, or BO It secma. That, «f course, .:omes with experience. It's an okay pop hf»yfic turn. Aheh Wednesday, February 10, 1928 VAUDEVILLE REVIEWS VARIETY 17 Needs 3 Variety Men to Review Loew's State Bill, New Orleans New Orlpans, Fob. >. Jack Lalt and Hal llalperin, be- Inf: In this pIcturcHnue burg, having wired O. M. Kainuel, the only native of New Orleans who Isn't Known as "Colonel," were met as befit. Samuel, being a glutton for duty. Insisted that he must cover Loew's Crescent. Lalt and Hal. having never seen a J-ioew show before In New Orleans, thought It would be a novelty and crashed In with Samuel after certain acts of southern hos- pitality. After the show Samuel started to write his notice, whereupon Lalt and Hal put up a squawk. Lait claimed that, being from the home ofnce, he should write the notice. Hal. being regional manager in his own rights, set up the claim of Juris- diction. Samuel, standing on his privileges of home town stuff, swore be'd write notice or resign. Lait and Hal immediately accepted the offer. After a hot debate It was decided that as each claim had some merit, the notice would go three wa.vs. Lait, Hal and Samuel, sitting as a committee of three, would collab- orate on It, A stenographer was called in and the trio dictated. (Samuel was sober at that time.) Following is the verbatim report: Samuel — Now. Anita Diaz and her llonkcys. one of the oldest animal acts in tlie racket, opened the show. Hal — Crying out loud — Caught It on the Dig Time. Lait — Out where you live there Is BO Llg Time. When I was in Chi- cago, that act used to Samuel — Listen, Lozos. I live here and I have to come back again. Go •nsy, will you? Hal — Oh, everybody knows that aci. Let's get down to show busi- ness. Now that number two act. Key, Conway and Thomas. Lait — The gal has very "iite flg- nre. She's wasting her time so far trom Broadway. Samuel — What do you mean, Broadwr.y? Cana< street la twice as Wide. Hal — And three times a.i unim- portant. Lalt — Better write the rest of this notice on the American Hoof. Samuel — On the roof. How amus- ing. What would an act do on a roof? Hal — The man Is right. Where I live acts play downstairs, where the people are. On the roof, that's over their heads. Lalt — Listen, you, Sam. Just be- cause you opened up the town for us and drove ua to the races and everybody kowtows to you and you are one of the prominent citizens. that's no call to start teaching me show business. New Orleans Is quite a city. But so Is Newark. Now, let me tell you about this act. The throe of 'cm are a little nervous and new. The gal does a tatr Charleston and looks aces. Sam — On the number three. You're In up to your neck now. This Stella Tracy, of Tracy *and Elwood. Hal — Used to be McBrlde and Tracy. They did a sketch. Lalt— They're still working full stage. That's how they got number three. If they did business in one. as they should, they'd be number two and Samuel — Not a chance. The Loew offlce plays the acts and I guess th>; Loew's odlce knows what It's doing. Hal — Yes, I guess so. Lalt— Sure, 1 guess so, too. Samuel — She's a low comic and he's a comedy's straight. She's blonde and he's dark. A natural combination and a snappy act, don't you thlnkT Hal— No. Lalt — Maybe. Samuel— They didn't finish so ■trong, but . Hal — Yes, but v Lait— Rut — yea Samuel— Oh, let's go on to the next act Lazar and Dale, blackface Comedian and whitoface straight, a two-man team. Knock 'era dead down here always. Hal— They're dead down here, whether these birds knock 'cm or not. Lalt— Let's go back to the room and have a drink. Samuel— Nix. This may be clown- ing to you. but with me it's busl- ne."ia Now I want to revlt w that act In detalL Hal — I saw It and It hasn't any detail. Lalt — Oo on. I know Mnrcus I^oew personally, he won't mind. The act takes for a while, the blnckfacc ■tuttera, there's some Bmolly com- edy about a skunk, then ho plays a fiddle and the other guy tuxes up and Where's on a piano-accordlon. That's that Now those Japs. Samuel — Get In the name, Klkuta Japs. Hal— All I know la It Un't Long Tack Sam. Lait — I know they do human rls- ley. All Jap acts do. Samuel — But they do It pretty neat, don't they. Hal — These weren't glrla They wore boys made up as girls. Lait — You would be suspicious. Who knows what secrets all of us are hiding. As far as I'm concerned, and that goes for my average In the box score, they're girls. Samuel — Hal is right, Hal — You're right I'm right. Lait — Girls. Jap men and girls. Flipflops, Juggling, tossing, and a grandstand finale. Very good close. (Jood enough for the Delma*- 'ime. Wli.it more do you want from me? Let's go up to the room and get a ilrink. Samuel — All right, Hal — I suppose so. Lalt — I know Marcus Loew per- sonally, and ■ Sam— All right all right Up to the room. Hal (for crying out loud) — Take this Lait to the room and spray his tonsils. Sanniol — Southern hospitality de- mands it, but . Lait — Those girls were slrls. It hiis cost me a fortune to know girls when I see 'em. Let's go up to the room. Hal — Come on, Samuel — Let's go. Lait — Six, twco and even Slme don't print this notice. Samue' — I don't like those prices. You're looking for an edge. Lalt — Give you a better bet. Eight to one Sime's worse than we are right now and so's the dame who's with him. And here's a pipe — 100 to 1 she's a blonde. Hal — Oh, you boys! Come on, let's blow. We've covered this show. Lalt — Between the both of you I'll say I did. Let's go up to the room. Hal — Where's the room? We're In the wrong dump. Samuel — It's okay. Any room. 1 can fix it. Lait — That's me. kid. Always at home In a strange room. Laithalsam. (Dated New Orleans, 12.SI a. m.. Feb. 9— And how th.» stuff came In In copy, they must have had the telegraph operator with them.) PALACE Comedy bill for the most part this week. Also the metropolitan vaude debut of Natacha Itambova (Mrs. Kudolph Valentino), with the Val- entino name underlined on the reg- ular billing. Also plenty of dancing on the show, with yells and hoofing running neck and neck and both getting about an even break. The vacant sections slowly filled, which m.ay or may not have been indicative of cut-rating from above, since most of the late comers didn't look types In the habit of parting with $2 for a Palace show. Never- theless, they dressed the vacancies, at least from a physical standpoint if not sartorlally. As originally laid out the bill held several confllcters that was partially remedied by reroutining. Jim Mc- \Vi "i'ms. pinniitist invanned spots with Bert and Lew Fitzglbbon. send- ing the former Into No. 4 and the latter duo Into No. 7. Even this had two t)iano acts In a row, as Karyl Norman utilized a brace of Ivory ticklers for his contribution In the prccedor. With these few difflcul- t\ps ailjusted as best thoy could, the bill ran smoothly and long. Kismet .'Ulsters and Co.. the latter a male assistant, opened with a plcMsing routine of balancing and ennlllhristie feats that were above ordinary, nnd registered solidly. Dotson, colored dancer, followed and cleaned up creditably for an enrly spottor. v\li>' v/lae cracks and danc- iiitr, which, of course, had the hoof- ing contributions standing out. Dotson pave them plenty, and they secmlnp-Iy could have stood more wKlioiit lirliiK of tb«;,nlml>le Kt^iit>er More dnncing but of a distinctly illffcri-nt v.-iriety was contributed bv Mile. Marguerite and Fr.nnk '*I11 In the trev. nnd got over for one of thn otitsf in. liner bits of the hill. The mm rrt'istors doubly, first n stop- ping nbllity of its exponents and secondly on fl.nsh th;it Is aUvnys In -f 1 tiiute Tli'-Ir Interpret.Tflon" (if f.Tvorlte dances of forel - coun- tries and the latfer's Idoa how America dnnces were novel Incor- T>oration« In an excellent routine. !inr and others, there is little left to add, other than It \n the classiest of Its kind In vaudeville and rates 100 per cent entertainment ESba. must play follow master. The dog thereupuD mimics everything ilie male does, topping It oif with an Imitation of I'at Uuoney's waltz clog by the cop and a preiiy fair liuiLa- tlon by the dog. Newell and Most moved down from fourth, followed and got over nicely In a likeable routine of i ross- Hre, dancing and songs to tiie banjo. The pair have sjiiendid material, and give it a big league delivery. It's an act that will wear well and could also ditto In ihe large picture houses. And comedy talking and singing turn that can out-general the Hip acoustics is a candidate for the large deaf and dumb factories. Long Tack Sam In his elaborate novelty turn followed. Sam Is also a good bet for the picture house scouts to take a peek at. He has a novelty, splendidly pre.'»ented In sumptuous Oriental fashion, two girl singers and dancers and an as- sisting company of men that do all of the standard Chinese specialties In acrobatics and Juggling. Long Tack himself handles magic and comedy, and Is a corking good showman. Lester Allen and Nellie Breen (New Acts), late of "The Florida Cilrl" and "Vanities," and breaking a jump between Boston and the Kit Kat Club, London, mopped up In the next to closing spot. The Alberiina Kasch Bullet closed. The ballet features Jaciiues Carter and underlines Catherine Gray, a solo dancer who manages pleasing- ly. A HopI snake dance with Car- ter as a Hopl Indian wns given a lavish presentation. The eitrht bal- let girls In gold br.-tasiores and trunks prologod the dance with tne vaudeville conception of the Ameri- can Indian. Business fair -" over the cesHar>-. Drake's Dogs closed, cutting the'r routine nnd overworking the cbrtmr> high Jumper, who balked at the bard labor. "Mike," film featuro. AhfL BROADWAY A six-act Mil here with an after- piece, which r;in long and gave such good oiiterUilnment values that H was the main Item In the sliow, even though announced from the (tige as an Improvl.'^atiiin. (;coir' Le.'Vlalre, doing the old "O.'steoi.alh' turn with Joe I'hilliiis, ti.ima v>',t\\ the comic to furr.ish the l.-uiglis oi the afterpiece, and sevcnl women ,ilso work In It. Several of the acts do not work In the extra turn. Opening the show wore T.iylor .-md Hustcn (New Acts), who got things off to a poor Rt;irt de."!.!!-- apparent willlngne-is and hard work. Then came tliC familiar and surc- .re Walters and Walters, veiitrilo- lUial act, tliu saino in every detail la before and app.irently well liued I'y tiie Broadway resulara. After ilicm LeMuire and I'biiitps, who iiioppcd liit;h, wide, liandsutus and i'Kiity — nut to say copiously. Then a letdown in tlie I'errono .md Oliver act, a singing turn. It's too ritzy for vauUoville, and as neither of tiie couple delivers any- ihing to bring exceptioral np- Iilause, it was misplaced so far down on the bin. The Wallers and Wal- lers ai!t Could have gotten far mors here than In the deuce, although they did welL No. 6 held the Kim- berly and Page talking and shm'ing act. which did fairly, though noth- ing unusuaL "Cafe Madrid," the Spanish cab- aret turn, with a native orchestra of five, three dancers and a singer. Two of the dancers, man and wom- an, work together, while another male dancer does solo work and later combines for an Apache bit with special settings. The slugcr has one number and handles it ex- cellently, while the orchestra, sounding well all through, did a spe- cialty to keep appreciation. The afterpiece was called "Step- ping Out." Aside from Le.MaIre and Phillips it enlisted 12 people, several of whom were used for at- mosphere and scver.al who worked. One girl, who looked as though from the Taylor and Huston opening turn, did a tap danco of real merit which clicked better than anything n their regular act's routine. Feature picture was a cheap In- dependent proposition, "The Mid- night Express," and liolding a ca.st of "st.-irs" whose combined pulling power isn't worth phone money. It ■-■eemed below the standard for this combination house, which often flashes excellent all around bills, I'.uslncss, however, was tip- ton from the tip of the top to Ihe orchestra, and was nearly capacity by 8 30. when tho vaudeville began. Siik. STATE A little bit of everything, outsldo of dramatics, this week. Capacity downstairs and a three-quarter- filled balcony Monday night gavo every evidence of liking it. Walsh Si.sters (Now Acts) tended to retard the pace when showing No. 2, but Paul Mall, following, swept clean and went so f.ar as to halt the con- tinuity. After that the bill was pretty much "In the bag." with Frank Farnum and 11 people, in a more or less new act, closing. Mall, under cork, got to 'em early by his warbling. The chatter cur- rently being used Is open to argu- ment and It wouldn't be bad wero someone to persuade him that a consiMentlous search for better ma- terial would have its points. Be- tween the talk and five songs ren- dered Mall used up 20 minutes, un- doubtedly beyond his normal tlmo allottment They liked him hero and they'll like him there, but they'll also like him that much more if he'll Improve that conversation. The Takewas, two male Japs, gavo the evening a neat send-off with acrobatics before a special set. Harry Coleman and Co. (Now Acts), behind Mall, was forced to postpon* his start because of the applause^ although he struggled uphill to Im- press before leaving. Myers and Hanford, two men do- ing "rube," checked in on tho strength of tho dancing of tho smaller member and on the saw playing of his partner. The ballad delivered by the latter, which started out as if it must be a "gag," ulti- mately revealed Itself ns being a sin- cere effort, and could be given "air* In favor of something in a lighter vein. Frank Farnum, trailing ths bllL now opens with a reel surrounded by studio luminaries, to whom he la demonstrating the Charleston. Far- num also takes subtitle credit for having originated this dance In ono of the annual editions of the "Fol- lies." The act Is not a strange lay- out for this dancer, although tho people are probably new. 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Hsrrison Blale Whit* Boyal PeklB Cs 2d half (11-21) n Naurott A Royii Berdle Kraemer Jones A Hull Bodge A Lowell Clark A Croaby Jaok Wllaon Co Creeley g«. > 1st half (11-11) Takewa Japa Prlsch A Sadler DeHaven Hart A C W A M RoKrra Al LaVlne Bd ?d half (U-21) Be* A Starr Wills A Holmes Tod Teeman's Orch Jan* ft Whalen Boreo Revue 1st half (11-lT) Kramer A Bnyle Long Tack Bam (Other* to fl 1) 2d half (lS-21) 2 Are* (Other* to nil) ■tst St. (K) (t) Chas Kellogg The Ingenues Morton Jrwell Co Blste Clark Rice A Newton Kramer A Boy la Jadson Hoove Powers A Wallace Trahan A Wallace D'Apollon C* (On* to nil) ■Mh Mrset (■) 1st ha:f (11-17) 2 Cheer* Trim Kelly (Other* t* ail) 2d half (11-21) Hollgwh ft C'wr^ 1st half (I&-17) Cal Road Show (Others to Oil) 2d half (lt-21) llopl Indians Final Rehearsal Kramer A Boyl* (Olhar* to fll) rrnakna (K) Id half (11-M) H Winifred ft B Waru.-in A Mack Primrose Semoa Kerokparto Dooley ft Salas Allyn Mann 1st half (I(-IT) 2 Aces Cantar Roaenblait (Others ts Sll) 2d half (11-21) Lawla A Amea Cteant Bamivid (Other* t* Sll) Kiamet 81* Margu<>rlle A Olll Uert Fitxglbbona A A F Bieadmaa (Othara to SU) 24 half (IS-ll) Phil Cook A A U Havat Jimmy Save (Other* to Sll) BBOOBLTB Fnllsa (L) lat half Ruby Latham > Mabel Drew GAB Parka Raymond A Royce Keyhole Kameos CAM Hubar Ray Conlla MeVlckers (Ps) (•) raul Ash Milton Watsoa Owen Tilany Harris Barrla "Girl Montmartre" Srnata no A L'ndsuor JUrcas Sis A C Jaismanla Rev (Others to Oil) Mb Ave. (K) 1st half (lS-17) Orysoa A Jones Al!en A Canfleld The Parlslennes Jimmy Savo Co (Two to All) rardham (K) Id half Paul Gordon l^oyal's Doga Fleeson A Or'nw'y Tbos J Ryan Tracer A Hay (One to nil) Prsspect (■> 1st half (lt-17) A A L Barlow Healy A Cross Carney A Earl College Days Oiktss (L) 1st half (It-1T» Alvln A Kenny Barry A Rolla Jack Oo'dia Alio* la Toylaad 2d half (It-Sl) Herbert* Dot Berger* Oo Bobby O'Neill Ca Jennlnga A Mask GrllDn Twiaa Motrspslltaa (L) 2a( half (II-IT) Parry A Cevaa Bobby O-Nalll C* I^Vaa A Bolles (Two to Al> 2d half (It-tll Martin A MartJa Walsh 81s Jean Barrios Bella A Napiss Boyos A Bvaas R Albes (■) (•) Chappie A CarUfn Shuffle Along 4 Roberta Arnold Ann Codce Mellte nanham Jose rollirs Harry Delf Roslta Dunham'* Daaosrs (1.1) Allen A Brsea Alleen Stanley Spanish Dream* WADE Howard The Briant* Potter A Gamble (One to flIW nnshwick (S> Cantor Rosenblatt atep Along 2d half (111-21) Inter'nal Jass Rev (Tws to nil) Aasovtcaa (WT) 1st half 41&-17) Miller A Murphy Knox Comedy 4 fjing A Voelk Friscoe Harmonics (On* to nil) 2d half (11-21) Wright Douglas Co FItxgerald A Carr'l Ysnth A Beanty (Two to nil) Bsrwya (WV) Id half (lt-21) Kelly Latcll Troupe Billy Farrell Parts FasMons Lydla Harris "Ph'tora of Opera" State (WV) 1st half (15-17) George Moor* (Two to nil) 2d half San TIego t Bar** A Speck Too Gotta Dance r.ydell A Maaon Stanley Bribcck CIrfrare e* WHEN PHILADELPHIA TAILUR JACK L UPSHUTZ 903 Walnut SL ORDER MONDAY: FINISH SATURDAY (Two to Oil) 2d halt (lt-21) Carney ft Earl D Bush Co Healy A Cross Florida Folllas (Two to Oil) Begent (K) 2d half (11-14) Tm¥ Msud m HE IvEWTOM I WIH8 1 1 Mabelle M Maud jEWTON Mabelle Ommg Pisak Clab, St. Petersbarg, Mary Haynes I.'Art Noveax Geo Doraer Co (Other* to Sll) luth m. l|.21) It'im^T IJnd Co (Other* to Sll) Rl**r>ld« (K) (8) F'a* ramuel* (#*r.4 ('-•ckell* Bd Xt'k Mirlln 1\»rt Brrol l(»rry Hln»e fv.canny Trosp* nh«a A Saniora (•1) rooa'm Seeley Co S-wr I ft Mo*t Mel Rle* Roy Cummlng* .Marguerite A Olll Corelll Sis Gibson A Pries (One to Oil) Royal (K) Sd half (11-14) Angel Bros Field A Mann .Stan Stanley Ruth Sis 1st hsif (ie-17) Frank Haatsr C^e Mel Kle« Dormonde* Moron ft Wiser Chase A Collins Joy Bros A Rluom Herbert Warren Joe A Mary Cslls (15) Spirit of Tt W Clarke (» Joseph Grlffen Co Preralar A Klala* Mallnda A Dad* nilly Abbott Sliattuck A Waid (One to Oil) Flatbwth (K) (8) Gautler'* Toy Shop l.ytcll ft Fant Herbert Clifton Polly A Crawford Mary Haynes Snow Columb's A M (IS) BeM* Baker Taylor A Huston Walters A Walters J NItios (Others to Oil) Oresapslat (K) 1st half (lt-17) Dully Hterling Prank Ham I'.un Co Tim Marks Pitter Patter Julius Fisher O'Connor Sis (One to Oil) Harding (Pc) <8) Archie Faulk Gddle Hume Miller ft Capman John Ruff Bcoville Dancer* The Hon.-ymoon ■Ph'tom of Opera" •leffry (WV) 2d half (lt-21) Sealo McKay ft Ardlne Juggling Ne sons (On* to fill) Kedsle (WV) 1st half (lS-17) Bennett ft McDon'd Mabel Harper Co iSdwarda Juv Rev Milt Collins 4 Read.n^* (One to nil) 2d ha f (11-11) TransOcId SI* Morgan A Lake Annette Dare .Uiller A Mack R Rellly Co .\LLBNTOWN. PA. Colon'al (K) lat half (lS-17) Ouutier A Boy Howard A N'rwood R'imantle Toutb Frank Bush Co ATi.ANTA. «1A. Unuid (U (18) Portia 81* Calm A Galo B Kennedy Co Brlaco* A Raah Walter Fshi Co ArurBN, N. T. JefferssB (K> 1st half (lf-17) FAB Carmen Lev an A Doris Ones Upon a Time B.%LTIMORB. MO. Century (Pe) (8) Andre A De Val Arfrentln* Bd "Vanlah'g A'rie'a" BlvoU (Pc) (8) Jnek Smith "BItteb'd* 7 Wive*" New (Pe) (8) .Fensen A Romano "lLl*rry Widow- Maryland (IS) Fl.sher A Graham Runsoll A Marconi Herbert Warren Co Lang A Haley .Sally Irene A Mary Welch Cnolr Orth A Cody Sun Fung Lim Co Hippodrams (K)(8) Gordon's Doga Sargent A LawU 4 Cameron* Wilfred Clark Piula A>r*s Hal .Ske!ly i.anoff Sis Roy Cummlngs I'antheon Singers (IS) Wright A Dais Babcock A Dally Tulip TIma Wlncheat*r A Rose Novelette Rav B'VEB PXIA. PA. B««eat (K) lat half (It-t7) Ben Light Co (Others to 811) 2d half (It-tl) I..ewls 81* Cs (Other* t* 811) B'On'MTOM. B. T. BtaglMiBstni (K) l*t half (1»-1T) Hcrlo 4 Dancing Daranna Alia Axiom Creed on A Da via Powell t lat half (1t-2I) FAB Carmen Rcdy Jordaa Alia Axiom McCoy A Wa'ton The Gown Shop BLOOM 'Crjl, ILU Majestic (WV) lat half (li-17) Louisa A MKebell Claud's Coleman Carnival of Vanica ?d half (11-21) Fitch Minstrels BL'.VIINOT'N. IND. ilnnis (18) MEG IJme t U A B Coll Francis Renault Rogers A Donnelly Newhoft A P'ps Cto Shca'a Hipp (Pc) (7) Art Landry "81a From Paris" (14) Art l.M.ndTy • Irish Luck" Shea's (K) (8) Danny Dare Clara K. Touag Tom Smith Frank Wilbur CHTT«'OA, TKNN. Keith's (8) CIsrk Morrell M. Montgomery Hylan's Birds Sax* A LaPierre Maxwell Fields CHE8TEK, P.l. ■dgemont (K) 1st half (1SI7) Clark Morrell Jay Kay A Girls Fields A Johnson Heehan's Dors 2d half (Il-:i) Helen .Morattl Tcxaa Chlika Kaufman A K'fm'a CINCINNATI. O. Keith's (•) Joe Marks 4 Oovcll Girls Jos Marks Bva Clark BAB Wheeler Courtney A Keyes Flo Carroll A Ud Tom Patrkola Third Tear with 'GEORGE WHITE'S SCANDALS* Henry Regal Olcott A Mae Perrottes (15) C Schenek A Son Brooka I'hIIs'n A D Claire Vincent Co DeKereJario Corbet t ft Harry .Moaeonl Famllv Wilfred Dubola lAfnyette (Pc) (8) Gleradorf Sis Henry Cata ano William Hirllck Hararara 8 a Marr ft Evans Hilton ft Chesl'gh "W'm'n Who Llad" Colonal (K) 1st half (I5-17> Eunice M:ller Co Francis A Hume 2d half (11-21) Knghts A Day J* Jo Randall CAMDEN. N. i. Towers (K) l(t half (15-17) Stanley Galini Co I.ouise Wright Coogan ft Casey Golden Violin Komaa Troupe !d ha'f (18-Jl) Mu.Hi-al Hunter* 2 Orphans Cy Seymour (IS) Tamaki 2 Coacia A Verdi Bert Levy Tom .Swift Harry Sncdcrras* Haynes & Uerk IS Jackfon Girls Palace (K) (*) Gardiner's Maniacs Ros* ABB III Sampsel A Leonh t Once Upon • Tim* .Nell McKay Ssntell A Co Fisher * Hurnt (IS) I^mont 3 Gruet Kramer A <• Irmanette Chlsholm ft Breen Dnval ft T.ltlle Antique s:i"P NAG Ahearn CLEVELAND. O. Palace (K) («) Monroe A Grant Paul Klrkrand Borkoa A Terry Willie Solar Chinese ."^yncopafrs Frank F.ny Welr'a Elephants Charlotte Orecnw'd Hippodrome (KW) lat half (14-17) Princess Kadjah Tayor A Markley "BROADCASTING JOY" Direction LEE STEWART CLIFFORD and MARION Danny Dare A Co Ned Norworth Co CANTON. O. Lyceum (K) Joe Rich Pals 4 Ch.icolnte D'nd's Paul Kirkland HiiKh Herbert Co (One lo nil) :d half (18-21) II 'Khei" A Whe 'r ("hamberl'n A Ra*. W MantVev Co (Two to fl.l) Hyams A Evans Jones M' r;r3n ft R Tons'd Bold A Co (Two lo fill) 2d half (111-21) Arnold .t Florence nrrlne ft .lojephln* McCorn.leU A Irv'g (Four to flin Pnntages Cliff Jordon Mareel Sis Dancing Snm* Bert Gordon (IS) Wedncsdaf , February 10, 1988 VARIETY 19 AUc«'a Pet» nuiraa * M B4 Win Kb« f r*tl«7* Kf-Hh'a (K) (1») Cblrago Op«r» Co IMU »t. (K> (1» Tempi* 4 Tlaurlce Dlam'4 Co OleoB ft Jenkins Kiuro Jap* (Ona to flii) CLINTON. IIX. Orfbmam (WT> lit hn.\t (15-lT) lluslcal Shermans WlM * JaoM* CrulalnK I>ora Karl A C« (Una to nil) Zd half (ll-tl) Althea Lucaa A 0» Dallas Walker Trl. Winters & Soman (Two to flll) BUtU (Fo) (S) Wanda ft Seals RoCMit (D (U) Murand ft I>eo Ilarrott ft I''arnuni Jans Courthops Co Walters * Uowld Jarvls Ilev TempU (K> (•) Rebla ARTHUR SPIZZI Booking the Bettor Picture Theatroo NEW TOKK OmCB 1587 BROADWAY FT. OODOK, IND. KUIto (Pc) (IS) Cods* ft TriKt FT. 8MITH. ARK. JoU (It) (14) Galns's DoK itleb ft Adair Mabel McCans l>elro (Ons to flll> FT. WAYNB. IHD. I'mImto (KW) 1st half (14-1T> Jed Dooley A Cs Mildred LIvlnKstOB (Two to nil) 2d half (l«-tl) Crulalnr PabMT ft Walsa R. O ft R Players >4 hair (11-11) B ft Haxel Bkatsll* Small ft Mays Jimmie Ailard Cm OLKN.S rUl. N.T. RUIte (K) Id half (11-11) Ryan 81s Uan}olan4 OI/VBSVI.K. N.T. OloTO (K) 2d half (11-21) Marlon Oibney Tuck ft ClniM 4 Ortons HAMILTON, CAN. PantacM (IS) Ths Rfcrles IajwIs ft l.avafTO L'ampa.Kners Tannsr ft Palmsi Kartar's Komsd'i UoQovao ft Las A ft J CorelN (Ons to flit) FOUR MADCAPS WINNIE— MARGIE— WALLY and ZELLA MADCAP Wk Jan. 23, Pantagoo, Lot Angelo M N.iiarro B » B .Springtime Re» HARTFORD, CT. Capitol (K) 1st half (1S-1T> Manning ft Class Id half (ll-tt) The Reynofts Val* ft Craa* Vogues Webb ft Hall Bill Brioa Bd Dannr L>ugaa Co HAZI.RTON, PA. Feeley's (K) 1st half (li-lT) Patsy A. Doyl* (Others to flll) :d half (lS-21) Vic I..iiirla (Uthers to nil) HOHOKKN. N. J. I/OPW'S iBt half (15 IT) Martin Ik Martla P A M Collins Keno Keys t (Two to nil) !d half (mil) Roberta' n & P'nd'n Ilalasl I Roger Williams ("rioilon & Pavis Ideals IlOrsTON, TF.\. MaJeNtie (II) (111 T.lttle P.plfa« I.ibonatI .-:!i';>li('ns * llol ml r Jimmy I.'ifafi I.uriUe HiD.-iitlne lI'NT'JiT-N. W.VA. Orphrom (K) (I.M Joa K WalBon Hi>v INDIANAPOLIS Pnlaeo (KW) l-tt half (HIT) R sx * n H'ill Fanny Simpson C« Xsvu* Comlqu* 2d half (lt-21) Trl Stats 4 Xrma Ualmus Co COLIIUUI'S, O. Koltbs (K) (IS) Clifford ft Gray Frank Kichardsoa W Sbarpivs Co Hargtt ITegedoo Rome ft Oaut Schiilcl's Manikins DALIjAS. tbx. ]l»Jeotlc (It) (14) Th* Lumars Zoo TakI Yokl HIckcy Bros lien UIus Orch PanUBea (tS| Bellls Troups 21 ft J Ross Qlfford ft Ilolmso Hann A Strong McCarthy ft Moore Tom Brown's Ud DATENPOBT. lA. ColnBibte (WT> 1st half (It-IT) Three Uolfero Jack Lavler Bert Levy Correlll Sis Singer's Midgets Harry Ilelman Gorilun Piirra Ann Sutor (IS) Hector Singer Sis Jos B Stanley Oo Kruest Iliatt Charl'to (Ircenw'od BAB Wheeler Kradkin A Whoda niBlQIB, lA. Majostle (WV) lat half (18-lT) Rd Mulcahy Fargo ft Rlrhardi Kraemer ft M Band 2d half (1S-21> "Personalities" DVLUTH Oarrick (Pe) (IS) B Hensbaw ft Co K. UV'BPOOL, O. AmericiM (K) 2d half (It-Sl) J ft M Dove Mae Krancls HABRT MABT CARDIFF and WALES Mary WaI«o Is ono of the few tleyer oonelUeiuieo In show l>iiHhie«n and so we ttre always wforklhg E^us Bird Rev Henry ft Moore At Moore ft Band 3d iVilt (lt-11) S TVordons Mfelian A Newman etfa<-SnA Stevens Co Skelly Ililt Rovus (OAa to nil) Capitol (19) W Haney Keva* D.AYTON, O. Keith's (K) (National, LooU- ville split) 1st half (15-lT) Cloverly Qlrls Hlckey A Hart Mullen A Francis llamlllons A F'd'co Chas Chase P Sullivans Co DKCATVB, IIX. Bropresa (WV) 1st half (IS-IT) Fitch Minstrels 3d half (18-21) Loulss Mitchell Claudia Coiemaa Carnival of Venice liaoola So. Co) (IS) Born A llanlor Anderson Bros Florence Kenner DBNTEB, COLO. Kmpress (P) (IS) Petchings Frank Braldwood Ben Light Co (Two to nil) BT.MIRA, N. T. Hajestie (K) 1st half (IS-IT) Balasl 3 Rogers Wllllama Ideal McCoy A WaltoB Dixie 4 td half (1S-21) Hazel Colter DuCallion Powell 6 EV'iiVILLB. IND. Grand (WV) 1st half (15-17) Three Reddlngtons Jane DiHun The Meyakos Hollywood Revsls (One to flll) 2d half (1«-21> Palmern's Dogs Nat Ilalnca Co B Dunloy Boy* (Two to nil) ERIE. PA. Colonial (K) 1st half (15-lT) Traver Bros Murdock A K'n'dys Harry Holman Co Gordon ft Pierce Odiva 2d half (11-21) P Whiteside C!o Olibcrt ft May Senna ft Deaa Harry Breon Odlva OO TO THE Hotel Coolidge 131 Weet 47th St., N. T. >TIANK .lOYCK, Manager Bhadowland Watson Sis 4 Bradnas PBS MOINBB. lA. Orpheuo* (WT) 1st half (15-lT) Broaius A Brown Sully A Thomas Clay Crouch <3o U'Kay A Ardlne Co Juggling Nelsons 2d half (11-11) t Qolfers Blue Tllrd R«T«o Billy Purl Co (Two to mil) Capitol (Pe) (IB) Capt Kidd, Jr DETROIT, MICH. Orand Rlyiera (KW) (14) Bath Urns 4 RubinI SI* Billy HatrhoUir Adams A Urimtll (Ons to flll) Tia.Siille Cnrdeaa (KW) 1st half (14-lT) • ^ Arley* FAIHM'NT. W.VA. Fairtnnat (K) 1st half (15-17) Ford A Price Green A Duval R De Soltl Swarts A Clifford Monarchs Melody Sd half (K-ll) nianey A Woods Nelaon A P-xrlsh Roiy I,» Rocco Tower ft Darall Fashion Hinta (One to flll) FAB RO<:iO\WAV Coiambia (K) 2d half (11-14) Chong A Moey Oalla RIn. A Sis Wm A Joe MnnJell 2d half (lS-21) Long Tack Sara Frank Mulllns (Others to flii) F'D-I)C-L'C, WIS. ReUaw (L) (IS) DIlB Monkeys Roy Conway ft T Tiai '-y A Kiwood I*iZiir A Inile Kikula Japa CABARET BILLS Current Programa in Cabaret* and Cities at Below Liated NEW YORK Avalon Clab Beth Chains Waiy Louise Taylor Cliff O'Rourko Al Roth Lucille Joyce Katherine Adolphe Tony Shayne Ed Gallagher, Jr. B Lambert Band Backstage CInb Johnny Marvin Will Hollander Teddy King Andy Hamlltoa Harry Nadelt Beaas Arte Floor Show B Olaser Orek Cararaa Clab Arthur Qordonl Jennie Uarvla Marjorle Leet Virginia Rocoo Bstello Levello Rose Stone Marlon Sworda Flossy Cryoa Jane Oray J Fried maa Bd Casa Lopea V Lopes Orcb Fowler ft Tamara Radio Franlca * Verona Alaa Roger* Cbnmtea Alice Lawler Qeo Olsen Bd CbV* Tod Trfvor Dlna Harris M Fisher Orch Clob Alabaa Johnny Hudgln* Fowler's Orca Jean Starr Abbie Mitchell Clarence Robinson Al Moore Roscoe Simmon* Johnny Vigal Rulh Walker Freddie Wash'gton Lillian Powell Kllda We* Chas Kerr's Oroh Friars' Im Harry Res* Hasel Green Rondelln-Smlmo Octette Girls M Brunle's Bd Joha Laador Leon ft BeeM* J Johastoa Oroh OrlUoa Tomaoa Twia* Rsm* Lido Orch (B B'o'i) Tearmey'* 1*a Ctab Dort* Roblaa Jack Kats Vera Fontala* Nina MttchaU H Voes Orch Ch«a n*m Martha MortoU Shirley Buford Carolyn La Rtioa Tina Tweodio South Sea S'fa'd'i Dixie Fields B Hoffmaa Orcb Vaaity Vair JAM Jennlag* I^ula Swan Thelma Coomb* MAD Les Vanity Fair 4 Ruth Geibert lAdele Walker H Oaborna Oreb Jublle* Slngera (Mala) (from "Big Boy") R Williams Oreb Pershing Palaeo Prince Rajah Bud Whalaa Iran* Keary Flo Whltmaa Louise OranvlII* 1)1x18 f;< Id C Lorraine's Orch Tearneya T'n Club Eva Tanguay Terrace Gardeas ITenrI Th.>r>n Hreault A Degley Helen Malsox Uus EJwanIs Orch BALTIMORE Teat Irmanetta M Davis Band Easbaosy Chib Davl* Orch Polka Dot Belv'd're T W Murphy Orch Silver Rllppe* O Morris* Orch CLEVELAND, O. aab Madrid Adele Gould Harry Bloom Johnny Ryan Emerson Gills OroB CULVER CITY, CAL. Nlshtlagalo Harry Cook Harry Vsrnoa Ilrsae McKlnney Blackmaa Orch DETROIT, MICH. Addison Loo Morse Bddle Cox L Slllman Leilta Weatman Ray Mllirr Orch LOS ANGELES OrMin MiU Val Robert* Olady* Cook Addle Moran Snell Orch Cotton Clab Frisco Nick Will Mllchsll Sue How Cllir Ritchie BILL PARENT Booking ingk Claa* Supimr CInb* and Cafes Woode Theatre BIdx.. Chleac* Leslls Waltoa Biklna Orch Clab Alabaas C C Snowden Martha RUihle Ivy Anderson Marshall A Prrtle Lawrence Ford Sidney Reeve Suala Hoy P Howard A Ore* College Ina Rath Ettlng A Lyman's Orch Colosla**'* Swan Septette Johnny Herman CrandatI ft Wilson Harold Dean Bobble Gramm Bobble Dander* Pate DeQuarto Ore Del Estea Babe June Eina Wormia MlltoB Clifford Ernie Caldwell Or Valeatin* Lee Mansfleld Forro*t Lup*r Babe Shermaa Al Reynolda Devall 1 Hawaiian S Vera Welch Madeline McK'axIa Cbicagoan* Orch Bendesvea* Maurine Maraellle* Dorothy ft Anna Jay Mill* Babe Kane Eddie Clifford WIMIam* SI* C Strolgnt's Orch Baasova* OMv* O'Neill Harry Maxflcld Avaloa Bert Gilbert Madge Fraxer "Mis* Detroit" Myrtle Oordoa Sol Wagner'* Orch Hoalia Boaco Fawn Gray Rubin A Ar*a Smith A Durrell Little Carueo Quart International Trio Ray A Darnell McCune SI* Joha Wad*'* Oroh DCMVlll* Haal*y A Dilloa Coaler A Rich Harry Barbor Gladya Dialr Ross Wyna 8 Kahn's Oreb MoatoMrtra Hal Hlxoa Mabel Cedar* Herbis Vogsl Crandall Sis Edna Lindsay Alfredo A Gladys Murray A Wagner H Crendron's Orch BalatNiw Oatid*** Lolo Flatchsr Merle Smith Marie Poilitt Elenor Perry Grace Thayer Irene Oormaa Bdw Arthur Merrill Carder UtUo Clab Wells A Brady Wanda Gaul Guy McCormlck Hazel Verge* Al Piper Scranton's Sirens Bingeld* Geo McQuIaa Billy Pierce Bobble M'-QulBB Harold Fletcher MIAMI Arablaa Night* (Howard A Bennett Wood Sis |washt>urn Orch MILWAUKEE Badger Room I Sky Room Tune Warwick Jean Hammond Badger Syncop'frs 'Tune TInkero NEW ORLEANS Willie Jacksoa ncrrnadera Victory Ina B B B I>etty McKenste Rose Shaw Neyba Adams Charlotte Brand Twilight dive Libo So Serenader* PALM BEACH, FLA. Embasay Clab Marguerite Price Lee Arnold Mary Salisbury Miller A Karrell Mirador Orch Clab Hayfalr Frances Williams Sleepy Hall A Bd SALT LAKE I^Mivre Pat Cascv Bobble Orern Orchestra WASHINGTON 1« Paradis Meyer Davis Orch Mayflower Gardens rellx Solari Ward maa Park Baer Orchestra Wardman Girls Lew Bermaa Dorothy Dare Mayflower Gardaa TupiMsn On ■» Better 'Oie Boernatein Orch I)oro!hy Dsye Jo* Unn.brrkl l4k Java rete Ma< la's Orch Bpoalsh Vlliac* Tillman Orch L'Alglon rSoldman Orch Harry Burns ft O (Two to nil) FT. WtHlTH, TF.X. Majestic (It) (14) Brent Hayes Millard MarllB Henry Bergman Co <'hlef Caupollcaa Kenney ft HoUia Panfaceo (IS) Bob Bobble A Bob Harry Boidea Uave Schooler Thornfcn A Sq'res Spirit Vaudeville UALEHRITBO, ILL. Orphrvm (WV) 1st half (15-17) Ckiako ft k'fiaaa G'D B'PIDH, M'CU. Raroouo Park (U) (Kcith'^, Toledo al 1st half (15-17) Fraiey A Putnam laddie NflaoB lletrlbiitl'in WInehill A BrUeoe Frankle Heath ( Rnckete GBEKNK'D, MA.S0. Victoria Id half (1111) Sawyer A Eddy World A Towel Haven Mn^uarrle Harry Oei> Haw Night ia Uuenos A Juliette Dike Mathews A Ayr** 5 Mounters U'aHh A Clark The Teat 2d half (1(11) I'atrli-la Salmon HARKIHH'BU, PA. Majeotia (K) 1st half (15-11) Lucille Doner Friaroe Murray A (Th'rl'te FOR VAI DF.VILLE MATKBIAL AND STAGB DIKK.tTION FRED HEIDER .I\(K JORDAN OFFHB (Strand Theatre HUig), S. V. O. Let's Dance r R 4 I'icchlanI Tr (Two ts ail) Palare (K) 1st half (15-lf) DIgltanos (One to ail) 2d halt (11-11) F Reckless Co Juat Walts 4 Mercedes Frank Bush O* CiTtelll A Atiiins rniviio It'-autlful (One to nil) 2d half (It 21) Tr' ak *• l»i in i'rank Siii'IaIr Melville A Rule Virginia B.nrrett ((;ne to flll) Lyric (I-) C)5) 11 irry r.:\mf>iir .M Miiiana Anna <'hnn'll rrl.litin * RI'i'li Marult ll'tr.d'^ iitiMilton Bis A F \Va ler Brower (One to nil) LIMA, O. Fuarot (KW> let half (14-17) SUln Trio I'l^olak A noan ii v; or A Ornia MARDO and VVYNN Next to Closing MOW Pantages Circuit l^V/ VV • I'erKonKi Direction Al ICX PANTACF.S K\a f'^trk AnilrlolT S ITHACA. N. T. Strand (K) Id half (18-11) llurlo I.' van A Doris i>nee I'pon a Time I'lTle 4 .riiSONVLF,, FLA. Palaee (K) («). I'ny. Elli.itt A K Zo,i D.-liOiaine Haymoua A Nellson l.ahr ><■ .Mercedes Jai'k Hanley JKRSY CITY, N.J. State (K) 1st half (H.-17) r.«lla KinI A Sis l!'!(l,y ,t Kinu :d half (lS-21) .IS Ar'tys Tujli.r * Markley Hyama A Kvans .Nina A Co i.iNtoi.y Lyric (Pc) («) .''hwas-nce Sht'e-fC "Brave Heart " L'TLE R'K. ARK. Majt^tic (It) tst half (ir.l7) llashi A O.sat Riih A AtlHir Mabel Mcfano ■^ Ml iro I.loyd A Itrvce Id half (IK 21) 6 I. elands Marjoric Hurtnn MACY and SCOTT THE RADIO ACES Always Working Final Rilie.irsal Lytell A Fant (Othera to flll) Zd half (18-21) Pariaiennca Jana A Whalea (Othera to fill) JOHNSTOWN, PA. Majestic (K) lat half (16-17) Bollinger Dunham A O'M Little Cottage BAB Gorman D'Orsay A Stodm'n 2d half (lt-21) Paula Cotter A Bouldiai Billy Kelly Co Carroll A Gorman O Darling Co JOIJF.T, ILU Orpbenm (WV) lat half (15-17) sliclly A Helt O (To to fll') 2d half (11-21) Mack A Roaalter Al'a Here ((me to flll) KA.V8 CITY, MO. Newman (Pc) (7) Ruth Pryor Co Zasto A White Harry StuUiLird Bd Hnmllton A liarnea (One to flll) L'O BEACH, CAU Hoyt (F) (15) Little Vuahi Foster A Ray Howard A Rnsa L Talma Boacoe Norton A Brower 7 Bedouins L. BBANCH, yj, Broadway (K) 1st halt (1&-17> Old Homestead (Others to flll) :d half (ll-21> BAG Turner Kemper A Bayard (Others to flii) LONDON. CAW. I^ioew Ist half (IS-17> J O den A Girls Courtis A Lawr'nee Van A Reg'l<>n MorettI .Sai7i)i.Kin A D'glaa Iiunny Dare Co (One to flll) 2d half (It 21) (Jauil'-r A Itoy Fn-d Lindsay "Don Q" MelroiMtiilnn (Po) (7) Renoff A Renova H<:ier A R I. y Tremalne Dancer* Jack Bain "American Vcnii^ Blaito (Pr) (7) Rh> rman Van ft H •Royie Girl" State (Pr) (7) Wolf A Kel'y "Auction Block" FIgueroa (Pe) (7» Ja/z ve Claastc • Hia Jail Itrlde" Boulevard (Pc) O} "3rarl<>t Saint" Gens MnrKaa "ClaaslHed" (J<*no Mnrjcnn I-'anuhon A it Idea "Garden Gate" Fornm (Pe) (7) Ted Henkci Orch fJeorife A R Perry Warner A Mead Wind rm're'a Fan" Manning and Class This Week, Palace, Bridgeport and Palace, New Haven Dlrertlon HARRY t> KBKR Honianllc V-iuth (Two to fill) L'WRKNCE, MARS. Empire (K) l«l hiilf (15 1>) '.awrcnio A H'lc'b Till Wager i')thi-rs to flll) 24 half (18-:i) -Ian K.ivansuKh i.nni A Hu'lni lilail.fiice K ItoSS Klh-rs to flll) ik\im;ton, ky. Dm All (KW) 1,1 hi f (n-17) ■. r A Irvng I : , rlilns .~ila I • -1 iia.-d A Ki'IIar I'lin* 4 ' ' Mir. to flll) 2.1 hnir (IS 21) \: IT ne * llobliy V . rm H. vrtti (Cuntinued I'antagrs (IS) Melnotte 1 potty Lester R»a» Hawaiian 4 Hn>fil(s A .N'ac* Jiie Freed Co Itadd.ihlp LOri.SVILI.K, kt. National (KW) 2d half (11-14) Collt'arto j\.in A Litle Tom .Srtlft 12 Jiiikson Girls .stani' y cji.-iiimaa irn half (14-17) P.Tl'-rni(r« Cjnins* B'ndy A Mnhnnoy M.-;yUle * It'jle Virnlnla Bnrrett {(inn to nil) 2iul ha'f (11-21) R..ie A iMtiny BrtB R.-vui- Jt'-uinful on page 44) R- t ¥ VARIETY EDITORIAL Wednesday. February 10, 1926 vXniETY Trmt* Mark R««u««t«« bMalMitf Wwfclv M VAKIBTV ■IBM BIlvannMk. PrwMdaat 1(4 Wmi **tb Straat N«« fork CIti ■UB8CK1PTION AdduM 11 ararvlc* >* ■Ipgl* Cop»«« •• O**** Vol. LXXXl No. 13 SO YEARS AGO (From. "Clipper") The baseball teama of the day had formed a new leagrue, one called Union League, and eight cities par- ticipated In what was regarded aa a protest aaralnst two older organ* Izations. "Rose Michel" had baflt Itself Into a peat hit at A. M. Palmer's Union Square theatre. havin,t; passed Its tOth performance and still playing to ca|>acity....The San Francisco Minstrels were doing a burletta called "Julius and Snoozer" and the chorus was advertised aa *the funny old gals." Tony Pastor had Just put on a new show in his new theatre. Nat C. Goodwin headed the layout. Which included Harris and Carrtfll, Gus Williams, Maggie Weston, Charles Worley and others.... At Booth's theatre "Julius Caesar" was going strong into its seventh week with Lawrence Barrett, F. C. Bangs and E. L>. Davenport co-starred. The Academy of Music was nav- Ing its season of Italian opera and Mme. Titiens had sung with great success In "Lucreela Borgia." .... At (he Stadt theatre German opera was being given with Mile. Pappen- heim as the prima donna. "Faust" and "Merry Wives of Windsor" were the principal items of the rep- ertoire. Stuart Robson was preparing a Broadway appearance In a play written expressly for him by Bret Harte.... George Fawcett Rowe was also preparing for a starring season at the Park theatre. Two perfDrnera had ]«st married, and. overjoyed with their own hap- pinese, aent a bottle of fancy bham- l>agne to tiie old "CUpper" ataft. Mrs. C a. Howard waa playing I'opsy in TJticle Tom's Cabin" at the Bowery— making a big hit and gathering good groasea Samuel lazar. the most prominent of the Australian theatrical managers, had his picture on "Clipper's" front page. After the custom of the day. he sported a pair of fancy looking Dundreary whiskers. One of Alphonse Daudet'a atorles, called "Froment and Rlsler," was the Action feature of the paper .... The "Germanic" had made the voy- age from New York to Liverpool in •even days 19 hours and two mln- Btes. This was claimed as the quickest passage at the time across the Atlantic. Since then It Las been done in five days. Hon. Reverdy Johnson, famous lawyer and p.iirlot, died at Annapo- lis. Md.. aged 79. At the burial of Frederick Le Maitre in England, Victor Hugo de- livered an eulogy in which he called him the greatest of the actors and a comedian who stood unexcelled. J. K. E^mmett and family, who had John R. Rogers traveling with him, were in Italy. IS YEARS AGO (From -CUpper" mnd Variety) Mabel Hanilton (Clark and Ham- ilton — both deceased) was on Tariety'a green oover. RIGHT OFF THE DESK By NELLIE REVELL Tee, I've been sleigh riding— no. not that kind, but tn a real tfleigh drawn by two tine iiorses and driven by a real coachman with a two- (;allon hat. Last weelt after the bliscard I waa out for a hllie with my Iriend, Irv Coblj, and passing the Plaxa 1 saw this sleigh at the curb waiting for pas-songers. The charge my escort discovered was $10 for an hours spin around through Central park but he decided It waa worth that much to renew our touch with youth for wo hadn't been alelgh riding since our school days. The cabby— he was one of Uiose night-hawks who stand their open face, low neck cabs in front the Plaza year in and year out— told ua he had kept his sleigh stored for seven years in hopes tJiat some winter there would be enough .snow to use it. And that Justified the charge. Anyway we Ua.shed Into the park to the tune of "Jingle Bells" and it was a real heart thrill to hear the crunch of the runners in the snow and the soft plop-plop of tfce horses' hoofs. It waa still another thrill to see the way fine limousines and scurrying taxlcabs got out of our way and the occupants watched us in wonder as though we were some museum-piece stcpiied directly out of the romantic nineties. 1 enjoyed it. but 1 must confess this: That while it beats an ambulance all to pieces, if we have to have another storm like last week's before 1 can have another sleigh Hde, never again wUl be »oon enough and I'll be aatlsfled with taxlcabs ia the meantime. Tears ago at the hospital, Blanche Ring, Irene Franklin and Van and Schenck and other player friends of mine caaie down and gave concerts for me. And I promised them that some day I would be back in the theatre again, sitting in the front row and applauding them. It wasn't an Idle promise with me. I really felt that I was going to do It. Perhaps they did too. They didn't say. But last week at the Actors' Fund Benefit at the Jolson I did ait In the front row and applaud them. I had to reach out my hand to make sure the arm of the chair was not of wicker like that wheel chair arm; I had to look around at the people nearby to make aure they were not black-garbed nuns and nurses. It waa true. It was no dream. I knew it was true every time the house vociferated applause. I said to myself, "This is the sort of an audience an actor likes to work to It is a flne audience." But I knew no audience would ever be as appreciative as that "house of one" that these actors had once upon a time down at St. Vincent's hospital. One of the most affecting things that happened last week was the appearance on the stage of Sophie Tucker at the Jewish Actors' Guild benefit, xt waa the first time she had appeared before the footlights since her return from abroad when she was greeted at the pier by the news of her mother's death. The ovation she received as she stepped trom the wings sounded like the salute given only to admirals of the navy and the applause at the end of her turn was as deafening as sincere. But that is the characteristic of the good trouper— get the curtain up, let the jhow go on. The picture publicity pushers can now get back to their normal in- ventiveness. The Naked Truth BaU, given by the Associated Motion Picture Advertisers and at which they swear to tell the truth and nothing else but, is ovar for 1926. And for another 3B4 days they need not be hampered by facts when getting together their stories for the press. To say that I enjoyed last Saturday evening at the Astor hotel Is only another way of saying that I was In John C. Fllnn's party at the balL The evening passed swiftly even though I didn't dance— (only because I had on a pair of new shoes)— and 1 saved What I think was the best part of the faataetlc tripping. It ia the program which reads aa follows: 1. — Preliminary beat. 1— A dance with the girl X brought. t.— One with the prettj thing at the next table. 4. — Diplomacy danee. 6. — One with my favorite married woman. «.— Poor •xhlbitor'a wlfa geta m, break. 7. — Comedy relief. t. — One with the homf ateno- grapher. t. — Charleston. ' 10.— Dragging the wife of that trade paper solicitor. 11. — Merry Widow Walts (court- esy Gloria Gould). 1*. — Review of Reviewers. 13.— FHirUtlon Fox Trot. 14.— Chariot race from "Ben-Hur." 15.— Chariot race from "The Ten Commandments" ers going out e^icb year it would take three years to change a majority of members. The amendment is interpreted to be a safeguard against radicalism with- in the Council. At present 16 mem- bers are annually elected and a majority of the Council could undergo a majority change in two years. In the matter of nominations for officers, one-third of the nominat- ing committee shall be appointed by the Council and two-thirds by the members. This method has been used for the past two years but is made a part of the constitution. Teohni'cal Points There are a number of technical points incorporated in other amend- ments. The Council will have the power to define actors and speak- ing parts, a feature which would eliminate friction and disputes as to qualifications of an actor. The Council has the power to appoint committees and empower represen- tatives in various sections of the country. If an actor Is up on charges, present rules call for him coming to New York for a hearing. A by-law change provides for a committee to handle the matter if the locality In remote. ITnder the pre.<»ent rules on petition of 15 mem- bers a special meeting may be called. An amendment changes that to 30 members, because of the growth of the association and the expon.se involved. An entirely new amendment con- cerns F.qnity's renl estate or sur- plus. Being a voluntary associa- tion (not Incorporated) any gift or money or realty is suppo.scd to be divided pro rata amonj, the mem- bers. Such a division might result In each of the approximate 10.000 members receiving a few dollars. It is proposed that by special meet- ing such assets could be turned over to another association. As a safe- guard no individual In Equity can be given title to such pmperty. ex- cept as officers of the association. mU BELLE'S" BIG DEMAND Philly's Police Director Saw Final Performance Philadelphia, Feb. ». An angle on the "Lulu Belle" agi- tation developed in the flnal night of that Belasco production at the Broad Street Theatre. Director of Public Safety Eiliott (Butler's suc- cessor) attended the Saturday eve- ning performance, and came cut during the intermissions greatly ex- cited. "Why haven't I been told what kind of a play this was?" he demanded. "If I had known I would have cloned it the second night. Dr. Poole never told me It was as bad as this." Considerable objection to "Lulu Belle" developed during the run, and Dr. Poole, the censor, had sev- eral requests to tame it down. His only Important changes made the first week were to make Henty Hull wear a shirt in the third act (after the prize fight), and to cut the scene showing the Frenchman taking off Lulu Belle's dress in the final act. A number of bits of profanity were also cut, some of which, it Is said, were restored Saturday night which may have helped make Director Elliott perturbed. Meantime the greatest demand for a dramatic show uf this character in the history of the city developed, with enough turned away to pro- vide another week's healthy busi- ness. The management claimed the house record for the show (with eight performances) but "Lulu Belle" did not. as has been re- ported. l>eat the record of **The Ulvals" made here last season •with nine performances. How Belasco Selected Mattie Wilkes, Colored When David Belasco pre- pared to select the colored players for "Lulu Belle,' ths producer found quite an ag- gregation assembled. Among them was Mattie Wilkes, well known among colored players, umj with Miss Wilkes but little impressed with the importance of David Belasco, whom shs understood was l>cfore her. Seeing Mr. Belasco question tuo or three, and without iiu- ticing her. Miss Wilkes breezed right in. "Look here, man.** said Miss Wilkes, "you had better look me over or you're going to lose me." And Miss Wilkes was the first of the colored cast signed for the "Belle" show. N. WAYBURN REPLACED IN CHARGE OF SHOW CORTS VS. GOSDORFERS OVER STOCK CONTKOL OF 63D STREET Two Loans, $5,500 and $5,000, Lead to Bonuses and Legal Actions — Cort Borrowed from Gosdorfer's Sisters — Wants Stock Returned MOROSCO CASE SENTENCES 4 Defendants Convicted on Swindle Charge Maris Vaughn With "Nanette" Mario Vaughn has joined "No, No. Nanotte," replacing Jancarl John- son. Hyams and Mclntyra head this "Nanette" company. Loma Carroll's Hubby Cruel Enough for Divorce Boston. Feb. f. Mrs. Hildegard Challenger, know^n professionally as Loma Carroll, and playing the "Irish Rose" in "Abie's Irish Rose" at the Cost'e Square, appeared before Judge McCoole in the Probate Court here, asking for a divorce from her husband, a cap- tain in the United States Navy. now stationed at New London, Conn. She charged cruel and abu- sive treatment. During her testimony Miss Car- roll brought out she had taken up the stage career because of the ill treatment received from her hus- band made it necessary for her and son to leave hm. She described her experience as Challenger's wife and stated that on the night before "Abie's Irish Rose' opened In Boston, he had acted In such a manner she was forced to leave her bedroom at the Arlington Hotel . id take rofugo In the lobby where she spent the night. She and her husband were registered separately at the hotel, she under her stage name and he under his own. She also testified to having play- ed with the M.nck I'layors at Lynn and in stock at I-awren:e. Judge McCooIe roserved decision in the matter of the divorce pe- tition because of some uncertalntv as to Mrs. CI.ai:onKf>r having a legal rc'-idence in this state. Six months spent at Provincotown was the best she coi.Id offer In the way of a lepnl domicile althon-.Th sho testified she was born In IJoston and alwnys considered it h«M- home. "Maiden Voyage" Direction Cbanrjcs with Meeling of Honeymoon Cruise, Inc. A sudden and unexpected change in the directorate of the Honey- moon Cruise. Inc., operating the music of "Maiden Voyage." a Ned Wayburn production, when Joe Sul- livan was elected president to suc- ceed Wayburn. Leo Morrison was continued in the combined ofUce of treasurer- secretary. It is said the swift movement was brought about through the pooling of outstanding shares of the Honey- moon Cruise Corporation. , Ivlng the .Sullivan combination a total of TS percent, as against the 45 percent held by Wayburn personally. TMy was attained through SuHlvan vot- ing his own 30 shares, along with 15 shares held l)y Monroe Jacobs, and the 10 shares held by Morrison. Harold Gumm of Goldle & Gum. acted as the leial advisor of the parties taking control. 66 People in Pullmans "Maiden Voyage" with C6 people is traveling through Florida at present, living on 'wo Puliman.s and a diner. The show Jumped from Norfolk to Daytona at a transpor- tation cost of $3,100. This week hpsides Daytona It will play St. Petersburg and Tampa, two days to each stand. .Next week com- mencing Monday end for three days each the ehow wil! split between I'alm Beach and Mla.ni. Following It Is due to come to New York, breaking the Jump by a few stands. Inclusive of full weeks in Atlanta and Blrmlnpham. SuMIvan and Wayburn are said to have financed the production of "Maiden Voyage." first called the "Honeymoon Cruise. ' but later hav- ing its title changed through a pre- vious Wayburn vaudeville produc- tion act of the same name. Way- burn directed the show, which is arart from the Wayburn r hool corporation. After the production closed its Phllade'.phla engagement, it was routed south by Wayburn and against the wish of the part- ners, it Is alleged. Sulll/an, Mor- rison and Jacobs wanted the show to open on Broadway. They aver that Wayburn believed it good businpfi? ns publicity for his school to have the show hover in the stlckh. This brought about the .spp- olal meeting of the corporation and the change in the principal ofTiccr. Sullivan has boen with Wayburn as financier and booker of his stnf^e productions for some time. Mor- rison is an alert young man who ;ias established himself a» an en- teriirislni ngent. Jacobs has horn an attache of the Wa; horn staff since the Wnyburn school o: cncd. "Maiden VoyriRe" Is understood to be reasonably hooked up for road or city time and la said to h.)ve sliown a profit slne^ starting out. It can brcal< at under $13,000. SKYSCRAPZES' BALLET— MET "Skyscrapers." the ballet Simmy Lee will stage for the Metrorvdl- tan. Is pnrt of the Jomes Alden Carpenter opera. Four of the five defendants In the Oliver Morosco Indlctnibnt, convict- ed last week by a Jury in the Fed- eral District Court, will be sen- tenced today (Wednesday) by Judgs Augustus N. Hand. The four defendants convicted of using the mails to defraud are George R. Benlel, vice-president and senoral manager of the Morosco Holding Corp.; Benjamin Levan, president, and William C. Amos and George Derr, sa'esmen. A. DeW. Blum, the fifth co-defendant, was acquitted. Indictments against the other two of the seven original defen- dants, George H. I'lerce and George C. Hynson, were dlsml.ssed Jan. 21 in the course of the trial. Oliver Morosco, whose name was used in the alleged mail swindle was ths principal witness for the Government, te.«^tlfylng he had spent a fortune to bui^d up his name. August Janssen, reatauran- teur and realty man, a'so corrobor- ated this with a recounting of the many thousands he had contributed to ths Morosco enterprises. $2,000,000 In Stock The alleged fraudulent use of the mails revolved about the $2,- 000,000 in stock that Morofco re- ceived from the Morosco Holding Co., Inc., for his theatrical enter- prises. The holding corporation was organized by Levan and Bente; to dispose of the stock of which Morosco was to receive 90 percent of the proceeds, or $1,800,000 in cash for his $2,000,000 In stock. The Government's Indictment charged that Morosco never received any money for his stock: that after the first $1,000,000 of stock had been sold, the theatrical manager was "induced" to accept a $25,000 bank loan for which he put up the sec- ond $1,000,000 In stock as collateral security; that the defendants then paid the loan and secured posses- sion of the stock which they sold via a mail camriaign similar to the methods employed In the disposal of the first $1,000,000. The Morosco Holding Co., Inc. went into receivership July 23, 1923. I'p to the sentence today, the defendants were out on ball. An imposing array of counsel repre- sented them, with Wlili'im J. Fallon appearing for Lovnn and Blum; former Judge Leon;ird A. Snltkln for Bentel (who will appeal); H. Hoffman for Amos und A. Wolf for Derr. F. R. Coiidcrt. Jr., and J. Wolff of Kmory R. Rnckner's staff, repre.'^ented the Government in the prosecution. Harry I^ Cort, Ifargaretta Cort and John Cort on one s.de. and Mil- ton Gosdorfer, Cecelia Q. Kaempfer and Eugenie Gosdorfer as the de- fend.int family on the other side, are Involved in a ste.k suit con- cerning Daly's 6Srd Street theatre The Cosdorfers and Mrs. Kaemfer (Gosdorfer's sister) were sued to restrain their disposing of 460*. shares of stock In the B.lrd Street, the latter consenting to an Injunc- tion to prevent their selling the stock on the contention they have no intention so to do. The relations between the Cortt and Gosdorfer date back to the lean years of the 63rd Street theatre'r existence. Cort now alleKOS it is in a prosperotJS state. Cort at that time pledged 450 shares in the 63rd Street Theatres, Ltd., Inc., and 60 In the Karth Itealty Corp. for 8 $5,500 loan which Mrs. Kaempfei made. As a bonus to Gosdorfer, an- other 50 shares in the 63rd Stroel were given to him. After $2,000 had been paid off on the $5,500 loan, another $5,000 loai< was negotiated, for which Go.sdorfri received a 5 per cent interest in th< profits of ths 63rd Street theatn as an additional l)onus. Gosdorfer's Msjority Stock The Corts now set forth that aftei investing upwards of $110,000 ii' Improvements on the house, th» theatre has become f»'te valuable and they are anxious to p.ay off th< $4,032. C6 still due as a balance oi their loan, and want ths return of the collateral stock. John Cort's affidavit states that Gosdorfer up to Sept. 8. 19 5, re celved $5,S13.i:6 from his 5 per cent share of the profits; that $5,500 bui been returned for moneys borrowed from Mrs. Kaempfer. and that the $4,032.26 still due Is awaiting hei pleasure, plus the interest. Con also alleges that Gosdorfer reall.« made the loans and used Mrs Kaempfer as a dummy. Gosdorfer demanded a stockhold ers' meeting be called so that h< could vote his 32S shnres of stoch which Is the majority holding, and possibly oust the pre « t Cort ad ministration. It la a..eged. The meeting was not Called. Gosdorfei last month also petitioned for a re ceivershlp of the Cort cnterprissi. alleging fraud and mlsmanageuieol which petition was denied. The Corts' motion la;,t week t< halt Gosdorfer from selling the IJI shares of stock was an anticipator.' move, Cort states. The Gosdorfers through Harry A. Oair, their lawyei agreed not to sell or dispose of th< stock and consented to an injunc tlon restraining such move. Th- Gosdorfers reserved the right t' contest the ownership of tfis S2! shares of stock. Antoinette Perry and Arnold Daly "In Venice" "In Venice," to be produ't-d by Hrock Pemberton. will feature An- ion etto I'nrry and Arnold Daly, Ml.ss r»;rry appe.nred In sovtjr.il of the ChaileK Frohmnn plays of ye.nrs ago. She later retired from the st.ige. Broadcasting Complaint Carl Reed has filed a complaint with U(iu;ty ag ilnst Nance O'.Veli's bro.adcasting several scenes from '.he recent'y dosed "Stronger Than Love," which Reey ' figures to land, getting $I0>400 In its first seven perform- ances at the Ambassador; "Love •Em" at the Harris showed promis- ing signs too. So did ""Puppy Love." ♦fhich got $8,000 or better at the iith Slrojgt. ""Embers." at the Miller was rated but moderate, with around Is.CIJO for the first week. Revival of "The Jest" came with the ^torm, its status being somewhat IndeflftJte as vet. "Ci.i' ,'.-; Wile", dropped like most Ot'.ie)^s, but (jot $13 '0^; "Abie" was rf.-rlit t«hfnd that mark; "Green Hat" DISPUTE ON MOROSCO'S "ACROSS THE STREET" Equity Bars Revival of Piece — Cast Accepted Notes and Set- tled for 50c on Dollar with t $3.30 Bcale pl.^ced back on the rack w i Quoted at $1 1,700; "Easy Virtue" slipped to $11,500: "X: )Zt Song" claimed $14,500; ""t-z eingir" got $13.5le Box Thratre New York City "White Cargo," Eastern, Closed Tho Eastern company of "White Cargu" closed in Asbury Park, N. J., Saturday. Erlanger on Vacation A. L. Erlanger has gone to French Lick. SAM HEARN GREENWICH VILLAGE FOLLIES' Seventh Kditlon Chanla. Nrw York — Inilrflnltfly Maaiiceinmit JONKS * tiREKN peror Jones" will be revived at tho I'rovincetown; "Bunk of 192C," a little revue, opens at the Hcckslier; "Tho L'nchastcned Woman" will be revived at the Princess, following "The Master Builder;" closings In tho little the.'itrcs include "Shelter" at tho Cherry Lane and "Tho Dream Play," Provlpcetown. Subway "Rose-Marie." which played to two big weeks In Newark, is play- ing a two-week date at the Ma- (Continued on page 44) HARRY G. KEENAN -MY GIRL" DlrMttoa Lyia D. Andrewa EORENCE MOORE "Greenwich Village Follies" CHANIN'8. NEW YORK OSCAR O'SHEA HELYN EBY-ROCK Management CHA8. B. DILLINGHAM GLOBE. N. Y. MAX HOFFMAN, Jr. Producer of TWIN OAKS Floor Show WALTER BONN I.RAUINO M.\N Majestic Players MAJESTIC. WAUKEGAN, ILL. EDNA COVEY With Leon Errol in "LOUIE THE 14TH" Nixon, Pittsburgh RITA GOULD Oare CHAMnFRLAIN BROWN, 14S W<>rt 4.1th flt.. New York AsaoriATRn artisth tSth CoBKrrotlvo \V><-k MAJESTIC, WAUKEGAN, ILL. HARRY PUCK Leading Man and Producer of Dances -MERRY-MERRY" Vaad«rblU. New Tork LUTHER A. YANTIS nM T>ak«* Prinrn of WhImi In "MEET THE PRINCE" IMm-tlon, RARRT ROfiFUS, W«»da Dldc Chlengo CORINE MUER Prima Donna "ARTISTS AND MODELS" ON TOIR "MERRY MERRY" WITH MARIE SAXON Rates for Cards IS tlnip* *>«• llmin r>2 timri II tlmm 7S tImMt ^^ tlmm HALF I.Vtll CNR ixcn 9^^ 58 M •SI too na WILUE HOWARD MISS (Angie) NORTON AT LIBERTY PAUL NICHOLSON " ".Inlinnnn." First Nnllonnl HOMYwoon atiii.kth; ci.rB ir')i,i,Ywoui». CA\. BILLY E. STOUT rr.MiMNK I F-\ns. sincjino. hancino "ArtiKta anil Mddi-ln'' — On Tour Direction: HERMINE PHONE. ALFRED H. WHITE t.riidlnK rom«<11«n "ABIE'S IRISH ROSE" Republic, N. Y. MmiuicrmeDt. ANNS MICBOUI Wednesday, Febriury 10, 19M LEGITIMATE VARIETY MANAGERS CALL FORCONFERENCE ON DRAMATISTS NEW CONTRAQ J Showmen Object, Claiming Pact Was Framed With- out Consulting Them — Weber Asks M. P. A. Group to Lay OfF "ABIE" GFIS $2 FOR 2ND BALCONY SEATS First Non-Musical to Do It — Tariff on for Saturdays and Holidays Th« DntinfitlHta (Jiilld of the Authors Leasue of America, Inc., otherwlSB known as the iilaywrlghis. hav* Bubmltted what ia termed a mlnlmU'm baalc agreement, which Ih designed to protect the authors in the matter of picture, stock and for- eign rights. Abuses charged to cer- tain manaKors recently brought about a solldlflcatlon of the authors' asaoclatlon and the rcHultant new "agreement." When the printed form of tl»e new agreement was tendered the man- agers last Friday all playwrlshts wer« automatically forbidden to submit plays to any manager until be signed to abide by the new con- ditions. That ia the first stop in the authors' "closed shop." The order was not retroactive, however, and scripts now In the hands of managers are not Included, there- fore. As the spring try-out season ap- proaches there may result a scarcity of new plays lui^as the manaKers agree to abide by the dramatists" conditions. Kour producers were r«i)orted having accepted the new basic minimum agrieement, but none of the important managers haa ■ taken any action. Ona reason is that a number of the most prominent producers are on winter vacation, abroad or In Florida. Until their return,^ some time next manth. the authora'-man- agers matter will probably not reach a climax. Showmen Object Showmen to whom the agre.emenl Was submitted, liowever, raised ob- jection to a number of provisions of the agreement which was conceived Without conference with the pro- ducers. It was understood tliat when the agreement was written by the authors' committee and the guild's attorneys, Dudley Field Malono and Arthur Garfield Hays, that It would b« submitted to the managers for suggestion. That appears to have been Incorrect, since the guild in •In new agreement puts it up to the manager to accept the terms or quit producing. However, William A. Brady, chair- man of a committee appointed by the Managers' Protective Associa- tion to confer *with the authors some weeks ago, haa called for a confer- ence with the guild te discuss the terms of the new agreement I^. Lawrence Weber, sect try of the M. P. A., sent word to the mombor.v not to Hi ,.^ the aKreeiVrent without consultati. . with th „ ficl.ils of the M. P. A. While that body is re:>ro- sentative of only a percentage of producers, it is expected that as an o- anizalion it will o.ek adjuatment or change In the provisions already In dispute. It is quite likely, too, that rei>re80i atives of other man- agers will join euc)^' a conference r ojnfercnces. The agro<>ment provides that no author can do business with any manager unless he be in good stand- ing. In order to have such rating the manager must sign the agree- ment. The guild provides an open door for any author to Join, at 125 annually, with a |5 fee for associate members, but the chances of the . agreement not holding up in the courts and the possibility of the charge of "conspiracy" Is foreseen In the final clauses, one of which re.ads: "It it .shall hereafter appear by court decree that any sections here- of, or any section in part thereof, are illegal, or against public policy or unenforclbie by either of the par- — ties hereto, or if at any time eiilier ' or any of the parties siiall be law- fully restrained from enforcing or performing the agreetncnt as con- I tallied herein, or any part thereof, then and in that event the agree- ment shall apply in all tlie terms hereof except such p.arts as shall be so found to be illegal or jigairiHi public policy by court decree." Authors on Protection The nuthois, wlillw desiring the closo sho|i I'cature, are principally desirous of protecting themselves In the sale of picture and stock rights, also foiciun ilt.'hls. As repuitcU in Variety they also d'»niaiid a share in the weekly box otfico receipts fmin all sources whatsoever, Including any sums over and above the regular box office price of tickets received by the manager or "anyone In his employ," from ticket agencies or ad- ditional sums. 'J'he latter item In- cludes the "tax" on passes charged by some managers. All royalties must be paid within 10 days after the Saturday of each week and failure to do so insurer* the paytnent of an additional 10 per cent The Guild also asks the right to authenticate any and all box ofilce receipts. The manager must agree to pre- sent the play with a cast and pro- duction approved by the author. He must also pay the traveling and hotel expenses of the authors when the show is trying out No limita- tion Is set as to such expenses, a matter that is one vf the objected points. The manager must produce a play within six months after ac- ceptance, but may retain the rights for a longer period by paying the author advance royalty equal to the original amount advanced. What the manager buys when he accepts a script Is a lease to produce a play, ownership remaining with the author. All contracts for the sale of picture rights shall be made (Continued on page 48) "Abie's Irish Rose" haa the dis- tinction of being the first non- musical attraction on Broadway to get a $2 tariff for second balcony locations. The charge is made both Saturday nights and holiday eves and has been a sellout since the scale went in despite the attrac- tion is rounding out its fourth year at the Kepubllc, New York. "Abie's" highest scale for these Saturday and holiday eve sessions is $3.50, exclusive of tax. The $2 gallery scale Is doubly a record since most non- musicals are scaled at J3.30 for the ground floor, and many unable to get them In at that price resort to cut rate which makes the average profit on euch sales about 85 cents to be split be- tween the producer and house owner. 8 GOING OUT This week's closing Hat may num- ber flight Broadway attrtctiuns. Three are little theatre plays and three are revivals, only one success being counted in the group. On the outgoing list are two shows which were seeking new berths up to last (Tuesday) night. "Arms and the Man," revived by the Theatre (iuild, made a nice profit in its 22- week run. Meller*s $25 Premiere Although no theatre has been de- cided upon for the Baquel Mcller recitals, it was stated at the Ray (^oetz ofilce last week that her pre- mier performance In America would bring J25 per seat and that $10 top would be charged there- after. Meller will do 1« recitals in New York, beginning about April 16. Following* New York she will tour for 16 more recitals, one to a city, with Chicago probably scheduled to get four. Gootz is now In Europe arranging for her passage to America. ARMS AND THE MAN Opened Sept. 14. Majority of the first-line men did n->t like this Shavian revival. Wdoll- cott ("World"). Vreetand ("Telegram), Mantle ("News") and "The Times" reviewer called it bad. Hammond ("Her- ald Tribune") was favorably disDosed; likewise Anderson ("Post"). Variety was skeptical that the play would attain a real run. "Open House," produced by Sam- uel R. Guiding, who wrote It closes at the Criterion in the ninth week. It drew very little money. Guar- anteeing the house, the show was unprofitable. Kalich's Management Bertha Kalich, uiialflliated with any actor's organization. Joined Kquliy Monday. As a requirement of her appearance in "Magda" her Initiation and dues had been paid previously, the star's appUcatloa only being further required. Mme. Kallch took over the .man- agement of the reviral tLis week, the attraction having moved from Afaxlne Elliott's to the 49th Stret>U The actress- manager applied to Kquity for the privilege of laying oft ntrXt week after which "Magda" 'f due to tour, starting with the dub- way circuit 'I'he company was asked to take a cut but both matters were undecided up to yesterday (Tuesday) and the continuance of 'Magda" after tills week ia prob- lematic. OPEN HOUSE Opened Dec. 14. Universally pannkd. One favorable voice was an uns'gned review in "The Sun." Winchell ("Praphic") and Dal* ("American") among the few firat-line men who caught the show. Variety (Ibee) also unfavor- able, with indications are it is a cut- rater." 'Matinee Girl' CuU Third A one-third salary cut went In this week among principals of "The .Matinee Girl" at the Forrest. The cuts went In despite several players holding run of play contracts who acquiesced rather than throw other members out of employment ilnce the 'nanagement made plain that either cuts would have to b* taken or the show taken off. With the salary slicing the pre- vious cheaply hooked up show can turn a profit if It maintains its cur« rent pace of $8,500 on the week. "The Merchant of Venice" ran seven weeks at Hampden's, with the draw reported light The dual starring of PUhel Barrymore and Hampden had been counted on to attract much more attention. "Shelter," produced independently at the Cherry Lane, will close Sun- dpjr. SHELTER Opened Jan. 25. Osbom ("Eve. Woiid") sole firtt-liner to grab this one. and he ca'led it poor stuff. "Times" said it was good, "original and excit- ing," but every other paper in town gave it ■ panning. Aschers' Adelphi, Chi. Chicago. Feb. 9. The Ascher Brothers have taken over thte Adelphl under a six months' lease dated to start March 7. They will offer a stock policy slni!lar to that at Ascher** Chateau. The house Is owned by A. H. Woods. During the fall the 8hu- berts had booking control ander a leasing arrangement recently ter- minated. "The Dream Play" was produced Independently at the Provlncetown and Ilkewiae played briefly. THE DREAM PLAY Opened Jan. 20. All the eHt- Ics agreed Strindberg's drama was too heavy and pessimistic to be popular. Gabriel ("Sun") said the production was "hope- less miss'onary work on Strind- berg's behalf," and that ex- pressed general opinion. Variety (Sisk) said "this play means nothing of impoKsnce." New American Comedy Seattle. Feb. 9. "You Don't Understand." .billed as a new American comedy, wasT pro- duced here for the first time any- where Sunday at the President by th Duffy stock. Arthur Goodrich is the author. He wrote "So This ia London." Mr. Goodrich came on to direct the re- hearsals of his new play. Jolson Show All OiF Chicago, reK 9. "Big Boy" wlU not reo»ea this season. A] Jolson sent the word from .t-lorlda. stating he had auffetwd a relapse. Translated, it means Flor- ida is not so bad at this time of jear. "Big Boy" was te bare reopened. according to aixnouncement, next week. urday. The attraction drew on the lower floor and the management alma to move Into another house next week. A. De BERNARD!, Jr. Dramatic Editor, Denver "Post" A lot of talk m the motion picture world just now »to«"\t»'»^^";" "Post" which probably is the only dally newspaper In the country wnglng r vigorous and unce^lng light against IL R. 4094 now before Congress which would create a national board of censorship. A De Ben.ardI, Jr.. dramatic editor of the "Post" is th. "-an who ha- been wrtlng the antl-ccnsorshlp editorials which hare caused wWe^ spread comm.nt in film clrcies, and a flood of letters frt,m producers to the "I'oef commending its stand. ^_ In addition to handling amusement and dramatic news for the i ost Mr De Bernardl writes a weekly poem used each Sunday with an original painting pertaining to western life, by Paul Gregg. Bom in .Missouri, most of his newspaper experience was gained In Kansas, where ho "broke In" on the Coffeyvllle Journal lie also served the Little Ruck "Oazette." In Arkansas; the Atchison. Kan.. "Champion ; Denison.Tex.. "H.rald"; Colorado Springs "Kvenlng Telegraph"; Wichita. Kan "Kngle" as city editor; Wirl.Ua "American" (managing editor). and'pMMisli.-d the M.mltou .Springs, Colo, "Journal,- weekly, for U.ree ^'Jlr' De Brri.ardl has been eriga tor muaical attraction aa agamat dramatic piay 18 alao conaidarad •Abie's Irish Rose," Republic (195th wet'k). Heavy snow 8ti>im Wed- nesday and Thursday cut at- tendance, traffic conditions bein^ bad for balance of the weelt; "Able" affected like oihws but rated over $13,000. •Aliaa the Deacon." Hudson (12th weel;). Wavered for some weeks but is no.v roKuri'ed h.i\ing K<> '■ chance to stick through season; buslne^a climbed to profit after removal from Harris; last week est.mated we:i over $10,000. *A Lady'a Virtue," Bijou <12th week). Extra Thursday matinee Inserted starting last week, but performance drew bad break be- cause of storm; takings about same, around $9,000. "A Night in Parit," Century Roof (6.h week). Under name of Ca- alno de Paris not drawing smart crowds; claims to be bettering $22,000 weekly; easily possible at S5.50 scale. •A V/eak Woman," Ritz (3rd week). Has agency call and looks like lower i.oor draw; llrst two weeks about an even break with gross around $9,000. ''Arms and the Man," Garrick (22nd week). Final week; opened at the Guild and moved to Klaw; doing very well though slipped after moving here; however made ex- ceptionally good run for a re- vival; "The Right to Kill" next •A ..sta and Models," Winter Gar- den (31th week). House always did get strong play from vlsltO'rs and show is first rate revue which should run through season; around $30,000. •By the Way," Gaiety (7th week). Knglish show affected about $1,500 by storm; gross last week around $13,500; satisfactory. •Chariot's Revue," Selwyn (14th week). Another three or four weeks, then tours; last week be- tween $21,000 and $22,000; house may book new Douglas Fairbanks picture "The Black Pirate." •Cradle Snatchers," Music Box (23rd week). Money leaders protected against storm damage by advance sale; that was case here with little difference In gross; $20,500, capacity. • "Craig's Wife," Moroaco (18th week). Takings here between $12,000 and $13,000; ahould come b.ick to improved pace that mark- ed attendance after first of year. •Dearest Enemy," Knickerbocker (22nd week). Liable to remain for balance oi season; had been averaging '14,000 w< ekly for a small profit but lately Jumped; $16,000 V 3t weel.. •Easy Come, Easy Go," Blltmore (16th week). Another attraction that is indefinite after bobbing up and down; business has set- tled to between $11,000 and $12,- 000; okay; last week off. $9,500. •E-sy Virtue," ICmpire (lOlh week). J&ne Cowl has been making money and should last well into March; normal gait since New Year's not far from $15,000; last •week suffered a bigger drop than most others; $11,500. •Ember s," Henry Miller (2nd week). Henry Miller starring in new play from the French; fig- ures to be a draw for a time at least; light with first week ap- proximating $8,000. •Goat Song," Guild (Srd week). Most ambitious try by Theatre CJt'ild this Bea.son; is a production pplurge calling for more than or- d nary grosses to be profitable; started off ..t $14,000 weekly, which is regarded quite favorable. •Greenwich Village Follies," Cha- nins 46th Street (8th week). In actual grosses this edition of "Vil- la rjje Follies" la ahead of previous seasons; Is expensive troupe to operate but Is showing a profit; luHt week about $25,000. •Hedda Gabler," Comedy (3rd wreU). Actors Theatre drew fa- vorable comment with this Ibsen revival; business fair In this house at $6,500; expected to grow, •Kello, Lola," Maxine Elliot's (5th week). Moved here Monday from Kltinge; musical version of "Sev- enteen" is a moderate monty show as first Indicated; normal pace around $10,000; strong matinee business. •la Zat So?" Central (59th week). ~~ Bad weather dented trade for about $1,500 last week; Indicated gross around $9,000. •Laff That Off," Wallack's (IRth week). Never has drawn real money but is an attraction which can go along to moderate money; had been getting around $7,000, but less last wetk. •Lova 'Em and Leava 'Em," Sam H. Harris (2nd week). Opened Wednesday last week to fairly good promise; storm almost riiitvd second night, but business r'*r"h record for this sort of thing out- Mde of New York. The Guild man- agement Is planning a spring edi- tion. Meanwhile the house wil' stage dramatics, with a two- ncrformance rent-out this Thursdiv •o the Carolina Players from the TTnlverslty of North Carolina. Baltimore's other Intimate play- ^ouno, the Vngnbond, Is atacing a ''ouhle hMl of two plays from the Sp«pish. In for two weeks. Ford's poes dark next week, du" to the postponement hf the "Topay nnd Kv.-i" en»T.'<'-emont until t''" ""nd. Ford's hfid "Suzanne." a new nnislcal. Inst week, and hiis'ne<--s wfis Inst about average for nc.ir ♦ry-outs. Ac.ndemy, "The .Student Prince" Mth and final week; Auditorium. "Kosher Kitty Kelly"; Vag.ibond "No Smoking" and 'The Wife o' T FamouH Man"; Guild the.itre '''lie Carolina I'liners (Thursday); Ford s, "American Born." Chicago, Feb, ». Eight dramatic shows drew ap^ proximately $95,000 last week. "Tha Dove " again led the dramatic field, with "Old English" quite a con- tender, and "They Knew What They Wanted" looking good on the strength of a little less than $1C.OOO at the Harris. The spectacle of the week waa "The Miracle. " which baa turned the amusement portion of the town up- side dowu- "The Miraclo" reeled otC $70,000 for ita maiden week of a six- weeks' stay. Unexcelled publicity turned the trick, and it looks us if the newHpapers intend to keep up the barrage of "Miracle" stuff. In the musical play field the five attractions pulled out approximately $107,000. Not much help from tha auto show visitors in town either. "Dancing Mothers" finished up six weeks at the Solwyn with an aver- age gross that the premiere didn't predict. There's still middle-class money in town for "Mothers," and that's probably the figuring that transferred the piece to the La Salle. Cyril Maude opened at the Selwyn last night for two weeks only. Then comes "The Vortex," wltii a mention made of "Chariot's Revue" stopping for three weeks en route to Cali- fornia. "Scandals" encountered Its first luck in years here upon arriving at the Illinois. It escaped the stiff competition if Jolson and Ciintor hadn't siniultjincously closed. The box oflflce line yesterday and to- day was as of yore. "Castlea In the Air" la Just about "set" for an all-summer, making it possible for the fall opening In New York. "Blossom Time" is one of the sur- prise treats of the /eason at the Studebaker. where really splendid business exists. Down at the Great Northern "The Student Prince" goes into its 6 Ist week, with records all its own and the possibility of re- maining until Memorial Day. None of the "specs" arc loaded up. They are playing "Castles" safe and are getting what they want for "Scandals," which in some quarters went for «11 a seat at the opi-ning. The city fathers evidently have put it up squarely to the public in the matter of kicks about the "specs." "Leave the specs alone and there won't be specs" seems to be the slogan since tho city hall rumpus. Estimates for Laat "Week "Those Charming People" (Sel- wyn. 1st week). Opened last night for two weeks only. "Vortox" to follow; "Dancing Mothers" bet- tered $13,000 average for the six weeks' stay. "They Knew What They Wanted" (Harril. id week). Looks like run on, $18,000 for initial week; dialog somewhat censored after first per- formance. "Old English" (Adelphl, 5th week). Mgures $70,000 on first four weeks, giving average gross of bettor than $18,000. "The Dove" (Blackstone. I3th week). Still drawing at $20,000 gait: dramatic lead of town; now listed to go Feb. 27. "Young Blood" (rrinc<-ss, 4th week). Better than moderate pace; has spurts that may soon exceed present $12,000 mark. "The Haunted Houae" (I'layliouso, 3d week). Moderate gait but prob- ably profitable under system of or- ganization; between $6,000 and $7,000. "Piga" (Cort. 12th week). Clip- ping big profits for both ends and particularly for house on $13,000 draw; has displayed importfint strength in last month. "Tha Miracle" (Auditorium, 2d week). Tremendous publicity has town talking; reported around $70,- 000 for first week. "Scandals" (Illinois, 2d week). In great spof with closing ot Jolson and Cantor; figured $3o,000. "Castlea in the Air" H)lyroplc, 12th week). Another $31,000 week. "Bloaaom Time" (Stiidcb.-iker, 2d week). Company liked better than previous one, with call sens.itiimal; around $25,000; good enough to war- rant extra weeks. "The Student Prince" (Great Northern, 51st week). Has grasped local run record for musicait-; no end in sight for engagement; about $18,000, and big profit. "Dancing Mothers" (La Sall<", 7th week in town). Moved here from Se'uyn. If lower floor }u^^^^■^ i'S good here as It wa.s at Selwyn ch.iiice.s are cut rates in lia'cmiv ^nnf used at Selwyn) will benefit total. , "Jack o* Hearts" (Cenlial. fitli ar.d final week). Fniluro to hit hettcr nveiape tlinn $ri,r.00 caiise v^vn Lt I Wednesday, Ftbruary 10, 1928 t,E,qiJIM,A,TE; VARIETY 25 Has Come to the Front « * ^ ^ N LOUDLY PRAISED BY PRESS AND PUBLIC FOR HER PERFORMANCES AS ALOMA tM- THE rr, SEAS ^ ^ ^ ^ Thu week and next week, Pittsburgh; week Feb. 21, Cleveland; week Mar. 1, Toronto; week Mar. 8, Bu£Falo PLAYS OUT OF TOWN WAMPAS FROLIC Loa Angeles, Feb. 4. Wntnpas held their fifth annual froUc and ball at the Shrine Audi- torium, playing to a gross of around 933,000, and will net about $10,000 for an evening of entertainment. There were over •,000 people pres- ent who paid from $3 to $10 for the privilege of mingling with ihr Il^rhts that shine and sparkle in thr- picture Industry. Sid Grauman was director gen- eral and supervised the staging of the show, which ran about throe hours. He worked harder on this show than he did on any of his own. and was rewarded In having a fast niovini; performance. The expense Inc-uni'd this year by Wampas was the Inrgost In their history, due tf. t^e fact that the publicity men ffU they wanted to give the publ'r inore for their money than ever before. There were three masters of eeremony — Charlie Murray, Lew Cody and Bert Lytell— who alter- nated in Introducing the varlou.'-' act.s. Grauman staged a number of spectacular features, ineludin • e enes from "nen-Hur.'" "The Mid- niRht Sun." "The Volcra Boatman," the fashion show from "Irene." "Beverley of Graustark'* and "The %Vanderer." More than 200 peopk were used in these spectacles. A pretty slsht was 64 j-oungster? from the Belcher Dancing School going throuph toe and other terpsl- chorean evolutions. The act was a Bight worthy for any professional turn and served as a good show starter. Sid pulled a nifty in brlnKlng 2 cameramen to the front with theli machines and tripods and, after in- troducing them to the audience, hnd them ".ihoot" the mob. Bill Dooley came to the fore and did some rop*- spinning and gossiping a la Will JUigers, with apologies to the lat- ter. Doti;; Fairbanks then come forth and showed the folks how his Kame of "Dotig" is played with th( use of a tennis net. Doug proved to be real alert on his feet as he and Ills three aides played a few fast gHmea, with the Fairbanks sId' coming out the winners. Chnrlle Murray and Virglnln Pearson did a burlesque g.ng scene, a big Im ugh -getter; Clyde Cool- tumbled and danced a bit, while Walter Pidgeon did a few chant numbers. The 13 baby stars were Intro- duced, with Colleen Moore acting as hostess. Lynn Cowan wrote a special number for the future star.'i and sang it. He also wrote severa other numbers. Including one dedi- cated to Sid Grauman, "First Nighi in Holly wood." Grauman got over a great stunt in a scene where he had a replica of the courtyard of the Egyptian set and the stars arriving in their motors. Sid w;i8 realistic in hi^ work — had real curs on the stagi- and real people lined along tiic court to greet and applaud the stars. Jack Coogan puiled the hn stunt in this scene by arriving wliii ills little Jackie in ihcir Hulls Koyce. Practically every star who was in the lious^ participated in tiiia .•jccne. Leo Korbsteln, conductor at tli^ Metropolitan, was in the pit direct- ing an orchcstr.'i of 40 for the show. From the theatre portion of the auditorium the audience went inl Lhe ballroom, which holds about O.500. There Rube Wolf and hi.s orchestra furnished the major por- tion of the dance music. The en- lire chorus of "The Student I'llnce' appeared during the dancing inter- ludes and sang several nuinber.s fronv the show. Eleanor lioardman, of the class of 1924 baby stars, was awarded a silver cup for having achieved the most success as an actress during 19-5. Those whom the Wampas have to thank for making the affuir a .siic- ces.s, besides Grauman, are Itaj Leek, general man.-iger: Bill New- berry, technical director; Genrgi I.andy. director of publicity, and the .supervising committee headed h\ Pete Smith and including Ham Heall.. Harry Brand, Ivan St. J(^hn .nnd Joe Jackson. Smith, as a reward for his work, was elected president of the or^;in- izatlon for 19L'6. without oppn.sltI.»n at the anntial meeting h'-ld M'lndi.v Una- "CRUEL" SONG WRITER Chicago. Feb. 9. Cruelty Is the charge on whlih Mrs. Dolllo Thomas Malle was grnnted a divorce from Tomniie Malle, song writer, ills hits were "Jealous" jtnd "Because They All Love Vou," CRASHING THE GATES Stamford. Conn., Feb. 6. Philip Qoodman prewnts "Crajhins the Gate.." • new dranu la tlire. act* by Jamea M Cain. Syd ao<1y Charltta A. Blckford I.lnda Hicks........ Helen Fre<'in.'in Oakey HIrk* Anhley liuck tlux2 HIcka William Franklin Sully Jewell Ellz.it>eth Al>n F'rnnk Thurman..... K;irl Mayne UuJy Seymour Cll.'ton Self Ed Winter Wtlllam Cilmans Boaty Liuibtr Sam Coli If Philip Goodman wanted a Dog- town reaction on this play, he cer- tainly got It. This in the form, dur- ing the second act, of 10 minutes of healthy hissing, followed by about 30 paid customers stamping out of the theatre in outrage. "Crashing the Gates" holds a startling idea cast In crude, frank. ainio.st gawkish form. The author. James M. Cain, baa rushed In bravely, probably .sincerely and pf^n- etratingly. but not supplied with enough tinesse and technique, at least In Its break-in cJoihcs. to fully accomplish what the piece sets out to be — a hell-ralslng. naked, flnring evening ii the theatre that pulls you up by your re'igious boot- straps and sets you down feeling that riding clouds lo Heaven may not be the Sunday-school picnic te.icher told about. The play will probably be called sacrilegious. blasphemous, Irrev- erent or profane. It interestingly depicts bits of nude life and philos- c.j)hy which have refused to clothe themselves properly and be polie. The theme Is an e.xliIbition of how easy It Is for people to Inlieve in false Messiahs, that Christ com- IniT f^ the second time may be Ac- cepted by neurotic women as being any tramp preacher who conies along the road. I^inda Hicks Is the superstitious, hysterical. got-rellglon wife of Mii7,7. Hicks, a rat -like cow.-ird of the runt type. Linda, under the stre.ss of privations the coal-MtriUe ha.s In Id u;)on Buzz, who Is a min'-r. Is left with on'y one hotie and dc- sire--th!it Christ will come ntcaln nnd come to hT. HytX Gody, a trrowUntj. bed-haired hulk of aa niiner-preneher, comes down the rn.Hl, hiintrry for food nd a woman. Linda sees In him Christ cime i(/ e.-jrth ngain. Hor neurotic mind In- sists on tli:.i so passionately ijiat she gets Cody to half believe It lifmr^elf, so tli.it he falls under hor Influence enoi;i;h to p' rnnlt her physical cnnsiirjim.Ttion with hlra In the l.<'llef that he Is the .second .Messiah. This quickly leads to many com- pli' fitlnns. fiody »eti in tli*- sf.ate where he doesn't know If h^'s the Messiah or If he isn't, but continues his relations with Linda. Linda formulates the plan that if he can cure her crippled son, Oakey, he will know that he Is Christ coma again. Gody, against hi* better Judgment, tries the cure but fails. Oakey meantime learns of the re- lations between his mother and Gody and calls Gody some pretty strong names, including a frank statement of how he now sees his mother. With the repetition of this word three or four times came the hissing and the departures. In his helpless pnyslcal and men- tal desperation, made acute by Gody giving him a gun and offering to let him kill him, Oakey Instead shoots himself. The miners come and decide It's murder nnd tell Gody he'll be shot If he leaves his tent before the SherilT arrives. (Jody calmly gets ready to leave when Linda conies to piead with him, to convince her tliiil he is really Christ. Sally Jewell, adopted daugh- ter of the Hicks. al-ecause it deals with religion; It is, in reality not half as highly charged as Cj'Nclirs "Leslre l'nsted In tills play alor;g viilli' I'hilii> Goodman. •(.'r.ishing the Gates" '.vill cruise the liln'erkind for a w oflTera a nuw musical comedf arlapted from "Rollinc Homa" by Joha Hunter noolh. Book and lyrics by Wil- liam Cnry Duncan, music by Harold Orlob. Dtinres and ensemliles atased by Jullaa .Mitchell. Book staired by Jamea nurVla. .Vallonnl. Fob. T. *n.Irew T.owa Nlrk r»nr. Jr. TIenry OulU Frank I.alor .Inne n'l»r Ruth Wa-rem General Ws.1e Weaton. .Doda»n T. MIt'hell Ca'vln lx>we John fnn'.well ■MilKall Bnwen ' Rvelvn Bennftt S'tiranne Weston Phylls Clevf-Iand M-n. Marv Alden Adnra Andrews Philip Allien nay It.ivmond I>8n M.-»'.on Wllllnm Wa'na f'.eor»e W. flrubbla Frank Kin-don J W Havare Jonerh Selman ''tiloff ard ntnnJ ( Rnlertalner-' for Keon Van Mar J (Old Home Weak The local scribes will unduubtedljr set this one down as an outrlgat "turkey." Here Is a producer who brings a new one out to see what the Ktl l' 26 VARIETY LEOItTIM AT«E Wednesday, February 10, 192B who wasn't familiar with tl-.e show, and, SPcoiuI, the entire liiie-ii'> of tho orclicHtra behiK local, not a man to carry them along was on the Cort payroll. ArrionK the numbers can be men- tloneii "Mnyhe 1 Will," "Droadway Llpht.s," "Hluo Bird," "Only Hoy" and "Suzanne." All have decided posslbilltieH. Viewing "Suzanne' with a second- hand Bet, shoddy costumes and a shaky orche.slra, this reviewer still has the courage to tclUhe world this ©ne has a chance. J/cafcin. GAS Chicaew. Veh. 9. Trnpr^Bslorlstlc drama in four »cii>: tran»- bCel from the Gerni.m of GeorK Kalacr by Ui'iiFKn Hixter; prfuentod at Itie l5ooook of same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald; produced at the Ambassador by William A. Brady Feb. 1'; James Rvnnle feaiured. Nick Carraway Edward H. Wevcr Mrs. Morton Grace Heyer Jay Gatsby James Rennle Meyer Wolfshlem Charles Dickson Ryan Edward Butler Wilson Robert W. Craig Daisy Buchanan Florence Eldrldge Tom Buchanan Eillol Cal)Ot Jordan Baker Oathcrine Wlllard Myrtle Wilson .'Josephine Evans D..C CIvit William Clifford Milt Gay.. Porter Hall Tom Turner Richard Rawson Mrs. Gay Ellen Mason Catherine Rogers Carol Goodner Mrs. Turner .Gladys Fcldman Donovan Gordon Mullen Crosby William Lelth Ueut. Carson Ralph Sprague Mrs. Fay Margherlta Sargent Sally Virginia Hennlnga James Rennle has his best chance in yoars as Uatsby. He is liable to be quite a matinee draw, for his la a type that appeals to women. Florence Eldridge, as Daisy, gives another excellent performance. El- liot Cabot, as the philandering hus- band, is a most effective opposite to Konnle. Ent Mallory Mr. McOonlglo Thom.as Clulmers Aiken O. Albert Smith MIXED CAST FLAT •^lood" Is tho title of a new play Which David Sturgiess Is writing. it will r«4ulr« a mixed cast. This addition to Broadway's dra- matic ranks was accorded splendid notices. As good a set of reviews as has been issued in a long time for a book play. This F. Scott Fitz- gerald novel was a best seller. Wil- liam A. Brady, In preparing It for the stage, secured that expert craftsman, Owen Davis, to set forth the dramatization. Mr. Davis un- doubtedly has done a good Job. On paper, therefore, "The Great Gatsby" should be a success, and It will be voted so by those who read the book. But there Is quite a doubt whether the others, making up the majority of the audiences, will equally appreciate this drama. The story concerns the rise of an orphaned youth named Gatz who changes his name to Gatsby and wins the love of a belle of Louis- ville — a love that he holds to his heart because it was consummated. That Is Indicated in the prolog. Gatsby Is In khaki, a lieutenant about to sail overseas. Daisy Fay and he>r sweetness Is the last big thing he carries with him to the war. But the prolog does not sketch the social differences between the l»oy and girl. Slic is a giddy. Ir- responsible debutante; he Just a romantic lad — true in every sense to his high-born love. Returned from the war and mak- ing money as the head of a bootleg ring, fJatsipy has purchased a Long Isl.-j,nd show place. From his living ro'.m can be seen the lights in Daisy's home. She has married a m.Tn of her jwn station, a man who trifles without compunction but in- sists th-it h«> and Daisy are of the ."^.Tmo stook. Daisy and her hus- band attend oric of G.atshy's parties. Kho discovers her difsjlute mate m.iking love to tho chauffeur's young wife and returns to Gatsby, roridy to throw herself into his arms. Tho latter is cold to the advances and sends her home, as he wants her as a wife or not at all. Gatsby's laKting love for tho girl may seem strange to the average playgoer, but his failure to enfold Daisy In his arms seemed more strange In light of the earlier Intimacy. In the end tho world comes down around Gatsby's head. His gang Is trapped. Federal dry men are on his trail, and then, as he fights for Daisy's love, the maddened chauffeur shoots him, mistaking Gatsby for the man who despoiled his wife. Both the book and the play end the same way, Davis agreeing with Fitzgerald that a story of social dis- parity could hardly terminate dif- ferently. 'With a wow of a title as an as- set, George Abbott, author-actor and remembered for his collabora- tion on "The Fall Guy," with the very able assistance of John V. A. Weaver's Americanisms, has fash- ioned a spotty evening's entertain- ment. It starts mildly and slow, picks up In the second act, and goes Into high in third stanza with a "dresa rehearsal"' scene of a pageant on behalf of the Olnsbprg department store. That latter Is reminiscent of "The Torch Bearers," as Is Joseph Bell's addiction to the trombone remindful of Ralph Sip- perley'a saxophone In "The Fall Guy." But thafs neither here nor there. The play concern.s the devotion of an elder sister for her flapper kin. The kid gets Into a Jam by betting the store organization's funds on the nags, with the result the elder sister must use her skill with the galloping dominoes to retrieve the losses from a crooked bookie. The lines are brighter than the theme, but a flock of nifties do not quite make a pleasant evening. The performance also does much to Jack up the proceedings. Florence Johns Is PTcellent as Mame Walsh, and Katherlne Wilson, aa the kid sister, ai.so gave good account of herse'.f, while the balance of tho support was more than adequate. The title Is explained by Miss Johns' philosophy that there's no use running after a flcklo swain, the title forming a summ.ary of her theory anent auch beaux. It's a weak excuse to drag In a title that would make a pip moniker for a Hopwood farce. As regards Jed Harris, a young and Independent entrepeneur, he will yet pull a winner. This Is his second try, with "Weak Sisters" a predece-ssor. Harris has Leonard Blumberg, the Shuberts' Philadel- phia representative, affiliated on the production end. There's no heavy •^tit" on the cast. Miss Johns' probably being the only salary of Importance. But even with that consideration, "Love 'Em and Leave 'Em" la not of la.st- Ing quality. Abel. THE JAY WALKER Drama In three acta by Olga Printzlaa. Presented at Oie Klaw Feb. S by Benjamin F. Whitbeck; staged by ▲. H. Van Buren. Mrs. Hilda Bruce Jcnr.ct Adair John Bruce Reed Brown, Jr. Mary Mary Daniel Rergeant Jerry O'Day Curtis Coolisey Mrs. Phillips Margaret BloodKood Mrs. Smith Alma Blake Mrs. Brown Orolme Ncwcomb »^*<1 Kay Edmund Roberts Olga Prlntzlau wrote picture sce- narios for some time, making adap- tations in the main. Spare mom^its appeared to have been devote!enbium, Jr., presents this musical (for Edmund Knterprlsos, Inc); authored by McElberl Moore and Bide Dudley (book and lyrics), and score by Frank Grey. In two acts and six scenes. Directed by Oscar Eagle: dances staged by 8. Lee Rose. Opened at the Forrest. Feb. 1. Principals Include Juliette Day, Olga Steck. James Hamilton. Jack Squire, Kevitt Manlon. John Kearney. Ous Shy, Madeline Grey. Rodolf BadelonI, John Park, llelene Her- msn, Roee Lallarte. Choristers are B<'mie Goe. Ruth Farrar, Hester Bailey, Dorothy Proudlock, Berta Claire Hall. Ruth Penery. Dorothy Charles, Edith Shaw, Emily Verdl, Edna Hopper, Jerry Dryden, Helen Grey. .Male chorus are Stanley Bailey, Joseph F. Brown. L,ew Miller. Dick Gibbons, Frank McCormlck, Harry Love' (waltz song), and "Havanola Roll" are the out.standlng numbers, the last a corking dance number If the show ever happens. However, there Is doubt as to Its permanency on Broadway being lightweight on the "booH." With n stronger libretto, the score and cast would have carried this along. Ahch Wednesday, February 10, 1928 PICTURES VARIETY y-: «r p. D. C;S 40 HLMS NEXT SEASON F. C. Munroe's Announce- ment — $500,000 for Exploitation Loa Angeles, Feb. t. 7rank C. Munroe, president of I Producer*' Distributing Corpora- tton. announcea that next year'a product will consist of 40 pictures, that a schedule of exploitation un- der formation at the DeMilie and Metropolitan studios will be carried out, this to cost $500,000. DeMllle will personally direct sev- '^- crai big super productions for a program of 22 pictures to be made tm at his studio, where a new stage ^'100 by 150 feet is to be erected. At the Metropolitan studios, the remaining 18 pictures will be made and there several stages will be doubled in size. DeMllle will leave for New York next week to sign his contract. The annual P. D. C. sales conven- tloo will be held here In May. DESERTING SMALL Los Angeles, Feb. •. The Edward Small casting agency lost four of its principal act sell- ers when Jack Sherriil, Freddie Schuensler, William Friedman and Virginia Van Upp left. The sellers launched the Artists Representative Association, with offices on Sunset boulevard in Hollywood. Associated with them is Walter Leslie, formerly of Universal pub- licity department, who will handle apeclal exploitation. Another desertion from the Small ranks is Harry Spinglor. also out- side man for this concern, who left two weeks ngo to open his own Artists Representative organization. The leaving of these people, it Is ■aid, puts Small's office, so far as outside men are concerned, in rather bad shape. Aywon Says Bookkeeper Forged Checks for $7,000 Samuel Borten, a $40 a week bookkeeper, formerly In the em- ploy of the Aywon Film Corp.. Is alleged to have forged $7,000 in checks against the Aywon account. The latter has filed an attachment auit to recover same. Borten is allPKed to own a car and have a $j.000 bal.ance in the American ExchanRe-Paciflc Na- tional Bank at 49th street and 7th avenue, alleged transferred from the Aywon's account in the Chel- sea Exchange Bank. Making "Paris" Los Angeles. Feb. 9. Edward Goulding is to make "Paris" for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer under the supervision of Harry Rapf. This picture was "to have been orlglnafly made by Paul Bern, but due to some difficulty with Erte, the French dcsipner out at the studio, and which resulted in his resigna- tion, the picture was called off temporarily. Bern left the organiza- tion at the time. Rapf feels that he can give the touches which are necessary to the picture, which Goulding will inter- pret for the .screen. Production will be started about March 1. Tourneur*8 Water Picture Los Angeles, Feb. 9. Maurice Tourneur is to bcKln the flaming of Jules Verne's ".Mysteri- ous Island" for Wetro-Goldwyn- Mayer about March 1. All of the under-water .scrnes will be miule on the ocean bottom at Nassau, off the Bahama I.slands. where practic.nlly the entire cant will hf> taken to work. The rpi.'ion for thl.s is that the J. Wllllatnsdn laboratories and ap- paratus are located there. Accepts Vajda't Suggestion liOS Anffcles, F'eb. 9. Rrncst Vii.lda. plnywrlpht, has in- duced the Kiiniou.i I'lnyers to sign Iroma Korenlia, actress. THE /• FAffiYLAND FILM BUSINESS Fairyland! Just 12 years ago an exhlbi* tor of a single city then and today started his picture ex- hibitions in a shack. His shack grew Into the prin- cipal picture palacea of the town. Then came another cxliibtt- Ing concern. It wanted to buy him out or go into partnership with him. They agreed upon a figure. Papers were being drawn. Came another exhibitor (and distributor). Offered $500,000 more than the other fellow and didn't care what the other fellow might have offered. Refused, on the ground the other deal had been verbally settled. Papers still t)elng drawn. Back came the exhibitor- distributor. Offered $750,000 more than the other fellow. Refused, for the same rea- son. Papers drawn. Single city man received $2,- 800,000, retained a share in his business, permitted to continue the opera' !on of his houses and relieved of the strain of an obligation of $4,000,000 In mortgages against his proper- ties. Reasons for refusal of the $500,000 and $750,000 offers: Never expected to receive $2,800,000 for a part of his bus- iness, is fixed for life and pre- ferred the friendship of his first negotiators to more money. SELL OR OPPOSISH? Seattle, Feb. f. Sell or opposition is the reported ultimatum to the Jen-sen & Von Her- berg people on behalf of Famous Players. P. P. is reported having sent a representative to this sec- tion to look over the ground with a view of buying or building. The northwestern concern is said to have fortified Itself when the partners were lately east and is prepared to also build rather than to sell at any figure not its own. Meanwhile underground negotia- tions may be going on between Famous and the firm to have the latter either sell out or enter Into a partnership arrangement with Famous. Should either side build In any of the large northwestern cities, the theatres will be of the approved re- cent type of big capacity houses* Anderson's "Garden** Taken Off by Publix "The Garden of Kama," one of the John Murray Anderson presenta- tions designed for the Publix The- atre circuit, has been taken off fol- lowing its week at the Rlvoll, New York. The act had previously played the Metropolitan, Boston. This Is the first of the Anderson acts to be taken off after its second week. It apparently prc.iages the practice that the acts will be tried out In Boston, brought to New York for a real vcrdlof~ltnd then taken off if they prove unworthy. Loew-Jones-Houston Houston. Tex., Feb. •. Papers are belnir signed here to- day between Marcus Loew and Jesse Jones. They link the two concerns in this city and Dallas. Jones is an exhibitor, with the combination having a local site for a theatre. From reports there is an- other site located for a new Joncs- Loew house in Dallas. DeFOREST PHONOFILMS WITH NEW OFHCERS Office of President Open — Geo. Kleine Reported Behind New Movement "BETTER 'OLE" FOR SYD I,«.» AnKoles, I'eb. 9. Sydney Chaplin's next for Warner Brotliors will be "The Hcttfr 'Olo," which Chuck Rcl.sner will dir'-ct. Work .starts Jiext week. Bryant Washburn on F. P. Lot I,(ia Arif-'clc.s, I'cb. ''. Bryant Washburn, after an ab- sence cf five yr.irs from Famous I'layer.H-Lrisky. is bn'k on thit lot, plnylng a feat ircd role In "U'et Paint." It Is n-iyrnond fCrimth';! next star- ring vehicle. A chaners has occurred In the di- rection of the DeForest Phonofilms. While Dr. Lee DeForest may be holding over as president, the office of secretary has been turned over to Robert Welch, who is also a director. William K. Wright is In charge of production. The vacant presidential office Is expected to be filled this week, upon the return of Dr. DeForest from Cuba. George Kleine is reported behind the movement in the Phonofilms change. Also it is stated that Wil- liam Johnson, editor of the "Motion I'icture News," a trade weekly, is concerned. Additional information is that Famous Players is in the market to purchase the DeForest Phonofilms. without that being con- firmed nor the attitude of Dr. De- Forest known. Mr. Kleine is of Chicago ajid an active picture operator some years ago, as a renter. Mr. Welch is .'mother picture man of experience. Theatre Rental Campaign The Phonofilms are said to con- template a campaign of placing Us product in the picture theatres, also pop vaudeville houses, giving a reel of such length as may be requested The Phonofilms are made up along the line of a vaudeville bill, as to variety of turns presented. Phono- films themselves are scrynchonlzed voices with moving pictures of the subjects. Most of the Phonofilm's subjects are well known profession- al. It Is said that the DeForest Phono- films has a large cash balance. It sold stock by subscription to the public. According to estimate about 80,000 shares at varying prices were disposed of in that manner. An investigation of the stock sale by the Attorney General of New York State was reported and is said to have been gone through without the Attorney General's office making any farther announcement. Wis. Village Movieless for 10 Years, Now Getting 2 Milwaukee, Feb. 9. Shorewood, "Millionaire village of Wisconsin," with a population of 8.000 persons, nearly all wealthy Milwaukeeans. and movieless for Its entire existence, over 10 years, Is at last to havo two picture houses. Following repeated bickering be- tween financiers and the millionaire village board, consent has been ob- tained to build two theatres In the suburb with provisions that they be of the "million dollar" clas-s. The houses, operated by the Silliman chain and an unannounced corpo- ration, are to cost more than $300,000 and must conform to the rules of beauty laid down by the village fathers. Cortez' Remarry Los Angeles. Feb. 9. Ricardo Cortex and Alma Kube*iH have been remarried. That quashes all question of the legality of their first marriage, at Hiversldo. Jan. 30. or six days be- fore the divorce granted Miss Rubens from Dr. Daniel Carson Goodman became permanent. Immedintely after the ceremony District Attorney Ford, of ftiver- side, bcRan a hullabaloo about the IcRallty of the mirriagc. C.eneral opinion here was that P'ord was interested for the publicity. Willium K;inilolph Hcar.st is .said to have brought pressure to b'ar In the matter, as one of his attor- neys was a witness at the affair, which may be one reason now that Ford Ii;iH decided to drop the m.it- ler and reconsider al.nnt ch,arg!nK Mi.'is UubtnH with blt;'»my Virginia Valli FreeLancing I, OS Ang( Ic^. I'fb. 9. rnlv-rsal h.is n'leased Vlr»-:in!.i V;illl fr.>ir4 her lont;-f' rm cr.ntra't ;iH a .st.ir. N'o exriI'in:itlon is Bi\fn. .Mis.H Valll Mays that ."he will f.'fC- lante. Fred Humes at Western Star Lou Ar.^.-'!r3, !"(.!<. 9. T'nivcrsrtl hn00 a picture for the country, meaning 800 houses, giving Metro-C.oldwyn 62 Vac. a tlieatre. Marcus Loew himself doesn't know Just how M.-G. can break down the Trust In South Africa, but feels confident that some way will be found to show his films and that more than «2V4c. per film per showing will be realired for Metro-Goldwyn. FILMS FAVOR SATAN San Francisco. Feb. 1. Satan Is still the most popular guy in the scenarios. More scenarios are founded on the playfulness of Satan, more authors incorporate his name and residence. Into titles, than any other subject. Here's a few of 'em — "The Devil's Purse." "Hell's Highroad." "Satan In Sables." "Hell's Trail." "Satan's Sister." "Hell Bent fei rieaven." "Devil Horse." "Hell's 400" Character's Name Brings $25,000 Damage Action Los Angeles, Feb. •. Alleging that she has been "held up to public contempt" and that her reputation has been damaged as a result of her name and pictures bo- iag used in the photoplay. "The Midnight Girl." Nina Morgana, opera singer, has instituted suit for $25,000 damages, against the Chad- wick Pictures Corporation. The complaint also asks that the corporation be enjoined from using hre name or likeness for advertising purposes and that all films, cut and other advertising matter bearing her name or likeness for advertising possession. Its misrepresentation of her role pictures Miss Morgana with sparsely clad and even semi-nude men and women. As a result of the exhibi- tion, she claims, she has been sub- jected to taunts and gibes of ac- qu.aintances and of others and great- ly .annoyed, which has caused her to .suffer bodily and mental anguish. It seems as though advertising m.ilter is being used which reads "Hold her soul to become a prima at name existed. They have already Instructed their | laboratory to remove the name Nina Morgana from all film and substitute another name. Gilda Gray in Person for 7 Weeks— No F. P. House Ollda Gray will start on her tour of the picture theatres in the east the latter part of this month. There are now seven weeks laid out and they will break about the time her first Famous Players release, "Aloma of the South Seas," will have Its pre-release showing In New York- Ml.ss Gray, in person, is playing the film houses on the same terms as she did for F. P. last season— I RC 2-3 of the gross over the huus* \ overhead. None of the date set thus far is in Famous houses. There Is reported an arrangcmnet whereby Miss Gray will play for the Publix Theatres In New York and Boston— Rlvoll In the former city and the big Metropolitan in Boston — in conjunction with tho showing of her own picture in thos* theatres. Possibly a later arrange- ment may be made for Chicago, but there la nothing definite. The Gilda Gray dates in the east are kept under cover at present, aa the vaudeville Interests have in the past tried to build up shows of un- usual strength against her in tit* eastern territory whenever appear- ing. Although unsuccessful in hurt> Ing her drawing ability, it Is noir planned to make it a little mor* difficult for vaudeville. AU-CHINESE FILM Los Angeles, Feb. •. Anna May Wong and Jimmy Leong, Chinese performers, are be- ing co-starred In an all-Chlneso production, "The Dragon Horse." It is being produced by the China Educational Film Company and Is being financed by Chinese capital from San Francisco. Zeidman, Free Lance f.,os Angeles, Feb. •. Bonnie Zeldman, for some years aw.slst.int producer to J.ack Warner at the Warner Brothers' studio, has failed to have his contract renewed and departed Saturday. According to report, there has been considerable friction between Z('i(lm:in and the various directors and other studio employes. Leav- ing with Zeldman was Irving Asher, nn emr)loye for elKl't years and the .■is.sisstjint studio manager. He was also released. Zeldnifin I.s negothiting for a post with several Independent producers on i^nnset boulevard. NEW TAX IN BRAZIL W.T.'^y^ntrt'.n, K.-b. 9. Ti>o newly created consumption tuxes on picture cameras and films went Info effect yesterday (Feb. 1) In Urazll. 'I'liese t;ixes are paid by the Im- t>'.rter« in the case of Imported TilrMM und ' ;,rriern.<, arrnrding to a c.ii.ic to il.c I ii paitnient of Com- i/'«rr e. with films that were Im- P'lrfed prior to .Ian. 1 being exempt from this tax until June 1. l'J2«. Tie-Up with Marriage; No Tie-Up on Contract Los Angeles. Feb. 9. Dorothy Devore. recently m.irry- ing a Hawaiian theatrical man- ager, is not under contract any longer to Warner Brothers. In th« future she will free-lance. Miss Devore docs not want to bo tied down to a contract. She sim- ply wl.shes to work in pictures nm time will allow her away from mat- rimonial duties. Stars Secretly Wed Los Angeles, Feb. 9. Rosemary Thebe and Harry Myers, picture veterans, have re- vealed that they liad been 8*^'retly married for a j ear and a half, fol- lowing Myers 'divorce from his for- mer wife. The couf>Ic were married In San Francisco. They had been ongaKcd once befoio, nt the time of his first wedding, but Myers married the wotn.in he divorced InstoAd of Miss Tliet)e. Only Drunk — Divorce San I'Ytincisco, Feb. 9. Mrs. .Mildnd Walter I'ercy thinks her husband John C, Hollywood I)iclure producer, la cruel because he got so drunk two friends had to carry him. Mrs Perry Is r"lng to HHk tho Jud/re of Supi I |.ii- Court to sever the l.nnds betwcfii licr and .lolin C. WALLACE BEERY'S CONTRACT I. OS Anijclfs, Ke'o. 9. Wrillace pc^ ry h.is re'nirncd from hi'! trip to -N'ew York with a new two-year contract given him ly r:im'.iis Plri; ..rs-l-iisKy. flii fial.irj- in r:i\<] to be around $'.',7r.O a week. C O ; 5 X U IVI E S F'o R hire: pi;or«i;«"TioNii K.XJ'I.DITATIONS I PI^v^- f" "• ^ / i^ i V/ % •^''. m,^ ydu Can't Go Wron^ With Anij'FEIST'Soti^' 711 SEVENTH AVE;, 5AN FRANCISCO 995 Market Sc BOSTON 181 IremcvitSt CINC1NNATTI 707-8 Lyric Theatre Bldg. TO R.ONTO 193 YongeSt. PHILADELPHIA 1228 Market St. WednMdar* FdMiiary 10, IfM ▼ A X I E T T M :*^fVi'r'.^-r' '.i ' INC : ^♦'••-^"' WHS4I0REAM I ' i I I 7 . 1 I IM .1 FTHE UST --<-t-.^ ■ f' ■' T f i p^ wirou »"^i -.^ and m ■^' ^: / •••••• ikulu'li '«^^Vi i'^.'S;- .if i,'-V.AV PRETT LITTLI BABY vo'i'' ^^^" 'o- ■••;^.'■v^ '■ f isxv ^^>;'ic' ■V^ • • ■ «" •*■'••> '• VrST H t^ V I iffiliVPTTv ^V^AiiyFEIST^oig: :■(>: '\x ? iVvu ^ 1ST INC KANSAS CITY Gaycty 7heata« BI4^. LOS ANGEUES ^17 WeatFiahSt. NEW YORK N. V CHICAGO <67 No. Clark St. MINNEAPOUfS 433 Lpeb Arcade U)ND0N.WC2 ENGLANP I3B Charing Cross fioad. AUSTRALIA, M^LBOUWIE 27b Co\\\r\9 Sa. ^'....iii^s- H^^' (.^^ -'r I- ^if^Jtr-'-'- iiniin ^1 ■ I, // NNXvv >\\^ '!^''^^'^: "^NXv ?!h >-S,: /' ;m„ D ail c e OrcheszrcLTioifis , ' FROM YOUR. D&ALE.f< VARIETY PrCTU'RES ^eJnesHay, Peb'ruary 10, 1928 1;' f !, f' NEW UNIFORM CONTRACT IS AGREEDON STANDARD EXHIBITION CONTRACT Hayt and Exhibitors Get Together — 18 Changes Made cate thU day «C The leaders of the varloua fac- tions In tho exhibitor organizations and the Will H. Hays organization »ot together on a Standard Form of Contract after r 12-hour session on Saturday of lust week. Hays gave a luncheon, at which the various leaders were present, and as a result of the conference which followed there was an agreement aa to the new form. Those who were present included R. F. Woodhull. president; Joseph M. Seider, business man- ager: A. Julian Brylawskl, chair- man of the Administrative Com- mittee of the M. P. T. O. A.; Charles L. O'Reilly, president of the T. O. C. C; W. A^ Steffes, president of the M. P. T. O. of Minnesota; H- M. Richey, general manager of the M. P. T. O. of Michigan; R. R. Blechele, president of the M. P. T. O. of Kan.sas and Missouri; Frank Rembush, president (ft the M. P. T. O. of Indiana; Jules Michaels, pres- ident of the M. P. T. O. of New York State (Buffalo and Albany zone), and H. A. Cole, president of the M. P. T. O. of Texas. At the same time arrangements were made for the further consid- eration of the matter with an ad- visory committee, aided by an ad- 'riaory commission. If necessary. Text of Statement The following stalement was ■Igned by all of those present: "The andpraii^ned hav« today arproved a now itnnilanl ExhiLttlon Contract. Thit contract vhall be put Into us* Immediately. Concurrent with tlilj approval, arrange- inaot baa b«rn etTected for the appoint- ment of an Advisory Committee to consult with the Motion picture Prolucera and Distributors of .\merica relative to still further Improving the contract. If possible. This Advisory Committee consists of the followlnit: Charles I.. O'Kellly, R. F Woodhull, W. A. StelTes and B. V. Btchards. "In addition, there haa b«en deslgnater the Distributor shall in the manner specified in Sub- division 1 of this I'aragraph (c) designate the exhibition date or dates of such photopl.ay within the p'-riod of forty-five (45) days commencing with the date of availability specified in the notice provided for la para- graph (a) of this Article. (d) In case tho exhibition date or dates of any of the photoplays shall be designated by the Distributor pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Article the period of "protection," If any. specified in the Schedule shall begin upon the day after the expiration of the four weeks' period vpccl- lied in paragraph (b) of this Article. (e) Tho exhibit ion date or dates of any of the photoplav.s selected by the Kxhibltor (if available) or designated as above provided or other- wise at;reed upon between the Di.strlbutor and the Exhibitor shall be (or all purposes the exhibition date or dates of such photoplay as though d«!linili ly .spoi ilied in the said Schedule. (f) In ca.se tltis contract embraces a series of feature photoplays, five reels or more in length, and featuring a particular star or director, the Exhibitor ehall not be required hereunder to exhibit more than one photoplay of such series every five (6) weeka Return of Prints Tenth: The Exhibitor agn-es to return each positive print rewlvcd by tho Exhibitor hereunder, with the reeils and containers furnished there- with, to the exchange of the Distributor from which the Exhibitor Is served or as otherwise directed by the Distributor Immediately after the last exhibition of such positive print licensed hereunder. In the same 6ondItIofi oM when received by the Exhibitor, reasonable wear and tear dua to tha proper usa thareof excepted. Tha Exhibitor agrees to pay all coats of transportation of such iwsltiva prints, reels and containers from tha Distributor's exchange or tho lost previous exhibitor having possession of any such posltlvo print (aa the case may be) and return to the Distributor's exchange; or if directed by the Distributor, to bhlp such i)osltive prints elsewhera than to tho Distributor's exchange trans- portation charges collect. It ia agreed that tho delivery of a po.sitlvo print properly directed and packed In tho container furnished by the Distributor therefor, to a carrier designated or used by the Distributor and proper receipt therefor obtali»«d by tho Exhibitor, shall constlluta the return of such positive print by the Exhibitor. If the Exhibitor falls to or delays the return of any positive print to the Distributor or falls to forward or delays forwarding (as directed by the Distributor) any such print to any other Exhibitor the Exhibitor agrees In addition to paying tho Distributor the damage, If any, so caused tho Distributor to pay to such other Exhibitor the damage, if any, so caused such other Exhibitor as shall be determined by Arbitra- tion as provided for in Article Twentieth hereof. In case the Exhibitor shall be damaged by reason of the failure or e Distributor within sixty (60) days after the date when the same should have been returned hereunder. The Exhibitor shall Immediately notify the Distributor's exchange by te'.egram of tho loss, theft or destruction of .or damage or injury to any positive print. If any print shall bo received from the Exhibitor by the Distributor or any subsequent Exhibitor In a damaged or partially destroyed condition it shall be deemed to have been so'damaged or destroyed by the Exhibitor unless the latter, on the day of receipt of such print and prior to tho second public showing thereof, shall have tee- graphed the Distributor's exchange that such print was received by hra in a damaged or partially destroyed condition, and setting forth fully tha nature of such damage and tho amount of footage so damaged or de- stroyed. Titles of Photoplays: Reissues Twelfth: The Distributor reserves the right to change tho title of any of the photoplays specified in the said schedule but shall not substi- tute any other photoplay therefor without the consent of tho Exhibitor; and warrants that none of such photoplays are reissues from old nega- tives or are old negatives renamed excepting those specifically set forth as such In the said schedule. Assignment and Sale of Theatre Thirteenth: The contract shall not be assigned by either party without tho written acceptance of the assignee and the written consent of the other party; provided, that If the Exhibitor sells or disposes of his Interest In the theatre above specified, he may assign this contmct to the purchaser of such Interest without tho written consent of tho Distributor and such assignment shall become effective upon the written acceptance thereof by the assignee, such assignment, however, not to relieve the Exhibitor of his liability hereunder, unless the Distributor consents In writing to rcleapo the Exhibitor from siich liability. Exhibition ar>d Advertising Fourteenth: The Exhibitor agrees to run photoplays aa delivered without alteration, except with the written or telegraphic approval of the Distributor, subject to requirements of competent public authorities necessitating any change. The Exhibitor also agrees to advertise and announce each photoplay as a " •" In all news- paper advertising and publicity relating to said photoplays Issued by tha Exhibitor, the Exhibitor shall adhere to the form of announcement con- tained In the advertising matter issued by the Distributor. All advertising accessories used by the Exhibitor in connection with the exhibition of said photoplays must be leased from or through tha Distributor and must not be sold, leased or given away by the Exhibitor. Unless this contract expressly provides for the "first run" in the City or Town wherein the theatre hereinabove specified Is located, the Ex- hibitor agrees not to advertise any of the photoplays herein provided for by means of lithographs, slides, trailers, lobby displays, newspaper an- nouncements, advertising or otherwise prior to, and until after the com- pletion of. the exhibition of such photoplay by any other Exhibitor having the right to the "first run" thereof In said City or Town. The Distributor shall not In any wise be liable for any breach of tho provisions of the Immediately preceding paragraph contained In any other Standard Exhibition Contract with any other Exhibitor. Warranty aa to Advertising Fifteenth: The Distributor warrants that the photoplays herein pro- vided for will not contain any advertising matter for which compensation is received. Taxes Sixteenth: The Exhibitor agrees to pay to the Distributor upon de- mand any tax, fee or other like charge now and/or hereafter imposed or based upon the delivery and/or the exhibition of positive prints of the photoplays and/or upon the sums payable under this contract by the Exhibitor to the Distributor. If under any statute or ordinance any such ■ tax, fee or other like charge Is or shall be payable or paid by the Dis- tributor and the exact amount payable hereunder by the ICxhlbitor Is not therein definitely fixed or cannot be exactly determined then the Exhibitor agrees to pay such part of any such tax, fee or other like charge, paid or payable by the Distributor as shall be fixed In the manner determined by the then President of the Arbitration Society of America. t Minimum Admission Charge Seventeenth: The Exhibitor warrants and agrees that durlitg the period each of the photoplays herein provided for shall be exhibited in said theatre the Exhibitor will charge for admission to said theatre an actual admission fee which shall not be less than ten cents, unless a greater minimum admission charge Is herein elsewliere specified, for each exhibition; and that such photoplays shall not be exhibited unless such admission fee Is charged. Delay in or Prevention of Performance Eighteenth: In case the Exhiibtor shall be delayed In or prevented from tiio performance of this Contract with re.spect to any of the photo- plays herein specified by reason of censor rulings, the elements. aciMdents, strikes, (ire. Insurrection, acts of God, the public enemy, public calamity or order of any Court of competent jurisdiction, then such delay or failure of porform.ance with respect to such photoplay shall be excused and nil claims or causes of action for damages therefor, or arising therefrom, are heroliy expressly waived by the Distributor. In any such event, the litno of tho Kxliibltor to perform this Contract with respect to any such photo- piny shall be extended for a period equal to the lime of such delay, unless performance thereof because of the hani)cnlng of any such cause or con- tingency is rendered impossible. In which case performance by- the Ex- hibitor with r("si)oct to any such photo;)lay shall be waived. Tho resump- tion (if performance by the Kxhibltor shall begin promjitly after the re- moval or abntcitiont of the contini;onclcs or causes of such disability or prevention of performnnco, provic'ed, that If such delay and.'or prevention of performance, caused as aforesaid, shall continue for a period of three (3) months either party hereto may cancel this contract, but only with respoit to any such photoplay the exbiliitlon hereunder of which has been so delayed or j)rt-vented. by sending within ten (10) days after the expir.'i- lion of such three (3) months' period to the other party notice In writing to fiucli effect. In case the Di.strlbutor shall be delayed In or prevented from the per- formance of this Contract with respect to any of the photoplays horrin specified by reason of the elements, accidents, striUes, fire, insiirre-^tion, acts of God, tho public enemy, public calamity. Court orders, censer rulings, delays of any common carrier, delays In production or f.xilure of tho producers of any of such photoplays to make or deliver them to the Distributor or of any star or other performer to appear therein in time for delivery, as herein provided, or the failure or delay of .'.ny prior Exhibitor In returning any positive print to the Distiibutor or in for- warding any positive print to n fv^'-c u'^'t l^'Mbitor, then such delay in (Continued on page 36) ■j^--trfj;^<.\. ■ . .rvs.: Wednesday. February 10, 1926 PICTURES VARIETY 81 NAKED TRUTH'S QUIET FEED The ilxth annual Naked Truth dinner of the A. M. P. A, was held Saturday night at the Hotel Astor. There were about 1,000 preaent In- cluding picture and theatre execu- tives, screen luminaries, possibly a alar or two, Carl Laeninilo, Will Hays. Jtmmle Grainger, Harold Franklin and a few other really Important people, auch as Oscar Price, J. D. Williams, John RagLiiid. Colvln Brown, a few newspnper men and the "boys." It was a night of nights, however, yes Indeedy. an" wot a night! A couple of "flops" were recorded. The first that of Texas Gulnan's who Just about had the entire A.M. PA. (this might mean "An- other Morning's Pork Afterpiece." but It doesn't) sore on her and they ■aid so right out in meeting through the medium of Nat Roth.stcln who was the official announcer for the occasion. He re.id a wire from Tex In which ahe said that she was at the Flower Hospital with her mother who was decidedly 111. Rothsteln'a comment to this wire was that he thought It was "a lot of applesauce." Despite It the din- ner was a success and so van the dance. As much cannot be said for the entertainment as there wasn't any. A couple of gags were pulled dur- ing the night. They were amusing in the extreme, but the whole affair rather lacked the hand of show- manship to put It over. It could have been funnier and dirtier had It been a stag but the boys gave up that a couple of years ago. The laughs of the night were cen- tered In the following ditty, espe- cially written for tho affair, which are at least "the naked truth": Just Naked Truths Carl Laemml* Sailed Over The Ocean Carl LAemmle Sailed Over The Ocean Carl Laenunle Sailed Over The Ocean To See What He Could Se«. He Talked Things Over With U-Fa He Talked Things Over With U-Fa He Talked Things Over With U-Fa And Talked, and Talked, and Talked eid Kent 'Went Sailing With Fried- man eid Kent Went Sailing With Fried- man eid K'ent Want Sailing With Fried- man Right Over The Top In Berlin. It's All For The Oood of the Grand- son It's All For The Oood of the Grand- son It's All For The Good of the Grand- son The Grandson OeU It AIL 6am Katz Annexes a Theatre Sam Katz Annexes a Theatre Sam Katz Annexes a Theatre Three Cheers for Balaban. One Grandpa Is Down In Miami, One Grandpa la Resting In Palm Beach Meanwhile the Child is Growing Healthy and Big and Strong. 8e«« All; Knows Nothing 'Later the annual A.M.P.A. News Heel which "Sees All; Knows (Nothing," was shown. That con- tained a couple of pretty good laughs, but for the most part the boys didn't think that the young lady In the opening shot went far enough, or possibly the editor cut a little too close. A little after midnight the dining was over and the room parties be- gan. Joe Daly of the C. O. was on tho Job with a couple of men. After all over around 4 said that It was one of the nicest and quietest par- ties that the Astor has had— there were no flghts or rough etuIT. One of the enterprising bootleg- gers who Is always present with a private room when anything like this takes place, will testify to tne veracity of the detective's remark.-?. About S he was going along the halls looklnp for cuHtomers saying that he was "stuck" with three cases on his hand.inc was broken and skull fractured. Mrs. Prevo.st died before medical aid could reach her. Christie was badly cut on the head and arms, while .Miss l^'teadtnan suf- fered bruises and cuts. Both wore pinned under the car and rescued by motorists. Mrs. Prevos. was plan- ning to visit her daughter Pcjigy nt Palm Beach. Her body was brought here and the funeral was held yes- terday (Monday). Keimcth Harlan, husband of Marie Prevost, was on location at Bedding when the accident oc- curred, but returned Immediately to meet the remains. Hurley and Warner Los Angole.s, Feb. 9. Edward F. Hurley, a Times Square press agent, put It over In Hollywood, prior to departing for New York this week, when he en- tered Into a partnership with David Warner, one of the Warner broth- ers. They are to produce and re- lease pictures under the firm name of "A Warner Brother Production." David Warner In the fifth mem- ber of the family of Warner brothers. He has not been Inter- ested In any of the picture produc- ing activities of the family. He has been living at the home of his mother and father and has been In search of something to do In the Industry. Hurley hooked up with Warner and signed a contract with him which provides that the con- cern they establish must operate I'nrter the name of D.avid Warner Productions, or some name similar, using a part or all of the name of David Warner. This corporation. It Is said, will be operated under the laws of Dela- w.nre with a capital stock of $100,- 000. Harold J. O'Rourke, local real es- tate man, will be Interested with Hurley and Warner. SCHOONER BACK HOME SAFE Los Angeles, Feb. 9. The schooner "Indiana," reported lost In the storm early last week, came Into Los Angeles harbor after being out of communication with short for a full day. On board the boat were a party of 25 picture people working In the Metropolitan production, "Ship- wrecked," directed by Joseph Hen- naberry. There wcr.j no women on board, only male actors In the cast, headed by Joseph Schlldkraut, It seems as though tho achooner was being towed by a tug and the tug sprung a leak off Redondo Beach. It was necessary that the tug be cut loose, which left the schooner drifting for several hours, when It was picked up by another tug and brought back t port. 1,200-SEATER IN CHEYENNE Denver, Feb. 9. A theatre seating 1,200 Is to be Included In a $300,000 building proposition at Cheyenne. Wyo. Jack Eaton, manager of the State here, together with J. S. Homel, manager of the Denver Exchange of the Producers Distributors Corp., will have the new house. This deal, announced, will block, It Is believed, the Ian of the recently incorporated Theatre Investment Co., also announcing a new Chey- enne house. Otherwise It will be a race between the two. P. D. C, owners of the local State, Is reportel not Interested In the Eaton-Homcl Cheyenne propo.vltion. McCORMICK'S ASST., GUNNING Los Angele.9, Fob. 9. John McCormlek, general western manager for First National, has en- gaged Will flnnnlng to assist him In proiiuetlon work. Gunning has been, In addition to oper.iting a semi-monthly and monthly publication. Rilling In as advisor and filtn cutter for v.-irious organizauons. He will give up his publication work and devote his eriilre time to functioning for the M< Cormlck Interewt. PRESENTATION BATTLE AMONG L A. HOUSES Los Angele.'i, Feb. t. West Coast Theatres and PubMx are to have an entertainment battle here when J;u k Partington puts hi* presentation on at the three Publlx houses, bei;innlng Feb. 19. The b.utle probably will be be- tween Loew's State nnd the Metro- politan. West Coast has already laid Its Initial cables by bringing "Uube" Wolf and his orchestra from the Boulevard to the State and launching a big exploitation and advertising campaign to boost Wolf and the 'downtown house. By the time Partington Is ready to open up with Vern Buck at the Metro- politan, they figure they will hav* established a foothold for Wolf. Fanchon and Marco, wiio do the presentation work for the West Coast, have been given carte blanche, .so far as expenditure !• concerned In their presentations. The Publix people are at the pros« ent concentrating on the Metropol- itan. It win have Its opening day switched from Saturday to Friday. Exploitation and advertising baa been started on Vern Buck, who la being brought from the Granada to lead an orchestra of 25 men at the Metropolitan. Partington will also stage pre- sentations on his automatic stagey now being Installed In the Metro- politan at an expense of $76,000. Fairbanks' Studio Deal RELEASING ALL-COLOREDS OF.cnr Mli.liject.'< a.'< well ua others that he in ty ohnin. Los Angeles, Feb. 9. Douglas Fairbanks and Mary PIckford have leased their studio on Santa Monica boulevard to a new corporation. In which they and Joseph M. Schenck are stockhold- ers. This corporation will operate the studio, to be enlarged. This corporation has a lease «■ the property for ten years and wlU spend around one million dollars la Improvements, which will Include the erection of five additional stages, administration building, projection rooms, wardrobe department, car- penter shop, planing mills ahd bungalows for all of the stars, who are to work on the lot. Including Norma and Constanoe TalmadfO and Rudolph Valentino. There will be an Immediate ex- penditure of $400,000, for the erec- tion of the five stages, which win be 120 by 800 feet. J. W. Consl- dlnc, general manager of the Schenck orgtuilzatlon. will be la charge of the studio operations. Tho .Schenck organization will leave tho United Studios on February >•. when Norma Talmadge finishes her present vehicle, "KIkl." Two pro- ductions will he put Into work oa the new lot. They are Rudolph Val- entino's picture, "Son of the Sheik." which will bo produced by Consl- dlne, as was the last Valentino pic- ture, and "Silky Annie." which Is to he Constance Talmadgc's next pio- ture. InstaUing Efficiency Los Angeles. Feb. 9. C. L. Stoddard has arrived hero from Chicago to Install the Publlx'o ofllciency and personnel system la the Metropolitan. Million Dollar and Rlallo, controlled by that organiza- tion. Stoddard will work under Harry Marks, who Is the head of the personnel department for Pub- llx. The first change will be to replace the Jrlrl ushers with boys, who are to work In military fashion. Tho use of boys In local picture house* win establish a precedent. FORV M ' >.:VHEATRE BtAUTIPUL' V IV>«k ll«c. Vtb. « 3rd WEEK Ernst Lubitftch's "lady Wiodermere's Fan" AIho TKI) IIR^HK^ anil Ills Orclio^tra Other Events VARIETY PS.I ;C iT U R E S:i Wtdneadajr, February 10, 1929 MlflCKER'S, $35,000, TREMENDOUS; CHICAGO, WITH NEW SHOW, $40,090 Anderson's First Presentation Received Quietly — "Sea Beast** in "High Art Temple" to $5 Opening — Warners in U House Doubled U's Own Gross Chicago, Feb. 9. A glow of optiiui.-.n pci'vaiieit tlie managerial eanotums last wee.t. Business held strong. "The Iron Horse" concluded a piofltable tour- week run at the Monroe with %!,'iO0. "Ihe Kagle" was viiile in its sec- ond weeli, with the Kooscvelt regis- tcrnitf only $i'.UOU less titan tiie hiSt week. "Iho Big I'arade" again hit over J17,000, but may bo slo.vcd up With the |2 tllni tielJ having a new attraction In "Ben-iiur." Four extra matinees were crammed in on the week at Mc- Vk'ker's, OAfhlclj soared to $35.Oii0. The weather helped. It was consist- ently mild and the f.iniiliar tiueijue tn front ot the theatre was longer and wider than ever. A check- up reveals that almost every nifjiit a couple of hundred people park on the curbstone tor appro.iiinuLeiy a.i hour and a iialf of continuous wait- Inif for the 9 o clock show. The empty scats In thla house around 5 o'clock aro practically all taken by 6, with scores of oliice people grab- bing a quick bile after work and rushing here pell-mell. Such is the iame of this man, Ash. The Warners Brothers house, with a Universal picture, grabbed aver- age money with JIO.UOJ. Another Universal In the Universal house (Randolph), halved that figure. The Orpheum will house "The Cave Wan" ujitll liriday, when the War- ner special, "The Sea Beast," will begin a run. This lilm will get a ahlrtfront opening at %b a seat Wednesday night (Feb. 10) at the Goodman Memorial theatre, the first picture ever to exhibit In this "high art" temple. EstimatM for Last Weak Chicago — "Mike" (M-O-M). (4,100; 50-75.) Marshall Nellan fea- ture good at $40,000. First of the John Murray Anderson presentations to hit burg didn't stir up any par- ticular excitement. Garrick— "Big Parade" (M-G-M. »th week). (1,203: 60-$2.) Without much exploiting tilm landed solidly. $17,500. MeVicker's— "Girl From Mont- martie' (F. P.). (2.400; 60-75.) Tre- mendous at $35,000. with the Paul Ash angle. Monro* — "Iron Horse' '(Fox. 4th week). (973; 60) Finished heat at brisk clip and could probably have laster long:er. Program features as heretofore succeeding. Last week of "Horse," $7,200. Orpheum — "What Happened to Jones" (U.). (776; 50.) Universal feature. $10,000, In Warner Bros, house. Reginald Denny, while popu- lar locally and in neighborhoods can not top $5,000 when spotted in regu- lar Universal theatre. Randolph— "Stella Marls" (U.) (650; 35-45.) New version of old Mary Pickford melodrama drew well. $5,000, abova average foj- bouse. Roosevelt— "The Eagle" (V. P.) (1,400; 50-75.) Shaved bit off lirst week ni;irk, but strong at $22,000. Two more weeks likoly. "Barbary Coast** Broke Cameo*s Record at $4,800 San Francisco. Feb. 9. Too mucli rain for any bl. grosses, "the Kagle" got away to I good start bexore the rain set In. ihe others opened their new pro- n'rnms in the thick of it. Estimates for Last Week Granada — Adoljihe .Monjou in "Thi Grand Duchess and the Walter" (F. I'.) did very well opening and .naintiilncd good gait. Helped out with "Five Booms and Bath" and . <>rne Buck as stage entertainment $20,S0O. V.ariisld — Come b.nck of CharlK :ay in "Auction Bloclc" (M-G-M> :)lcasant one. If Ray can hit at sood a part In his next feature a^ tills one he need not worry. Fan- '• n r nd ViiTo''^ 'S cclalty Ideas' helped gross. $18,100. k^a<.fo. nij — t.»vn though thej ')ll'cd Mae Murray as "The Merr'. Vlf'nw" In "The r.'nsked Bride" (M- O-M) attraction did not click. $14,- 500. Imperial- -This town liices Valen- tino and "The Eagle" (U. A.). $9,- 100. Camao — San Francisco's own Bar- '>ary Coast of oti;cr days expli>itt:i. n "Camllle of the Barbary Coast' (A. E.) busted Saturday box offlcc ipcord with gro=s of $1,400 — no' ••^!<"h In flcrnrrn. but a lot fir th'.o little house (800 seats) for one day. Broke house record at $4,800. Capitol— l-'layinor "I'he Treasures- f the V:it can" ("nthe> nn to Sat- urday night. Pitiful. Under $2,000. *Wc Moderns* Did $30,000 At Shea*s New Bu£falo DufTalo. Feb. 9. Picture houses had no complaint last week "on their grosses, 't's the second week on the run for high receipts. "We Moderns." at Shea'a new Buffalo, wowed 'em In this place with Its figure of $30,000 at the finish. V.liile that was going on Shea's HI" with "Kiss Me Again," made them ""■■ $16,000, and at Loew's "The Black Bird" went above, to $17 000. At the Lafayettr with this house, also I.,opw'a, p'nylng acts on the stagp. "Morals for Men" slipped In to about $16,500. L A. WRITES A "CRY SONG"; WEATHER-EXHIBS COLLABORATE Skies Weep, Grosses Tumble, and "Red** Becomes Box Office Rage — Forum, Comparatively, Has Best Figure at $12,400— iState Down to $17,600 Pauline Frederick and Australian Admirer Los Angeles. Feb. •. Rumor here la that Pauline Frederick will shortly launch her fourth matrimonial voyage, this time with Charles Co'.eman. an Australian nctor who followed ter from that country. The other marriage rumor nrnk Ing the rounds is that Robert Z. Leonard, director and former hus- band of Mao Murray, will marry Gertrude Olmstead. the Metro- Goldwyn actress. TENUS' AT $7, NOT SO GOOD IN BALTO. Last Week Scrambled — Bad Storm Hurt — Monte Blue Held Up Met Mrs. Msnjou's Reply Los ngeles. . . t 7' Adolphe Menjou Is expected to file a cross divorce complaint against her husband, the screen actor, naming a picture actress as corespondent. Barbara La Marr's Estate Valued Under $10,000 Los Angeles. Feb. 9. Petition for letters of administra- tion for the estate of Barbara La Marr have been filed here at tlie county clerk's ofHres by William M. Watson, father of the de.ad screen star. Mr. Watson stated that the es- tate was valued at less than $10,000 It consisted of real estate, personal property and wearing apparel. Her hclrs-at-lnw are father, mother, brother and an adopted son, Ivan Carville La .Marr. three years old. Greta Nisscn at '.arge Lo<« Angeles, Feb. 9. Greta Nlasen recenl'.y walked out on her Famous Players con'ract and may r with Universal. She came Over here thr ^ years ago. unknown, to appear In "The Beggar on Horse- back." Miss N' sen was working on "The Poflal ""elobrity" with Adolphe Men- jou ns the star, wh^^n she abruptly left P. P. The studio gang ajiree she Is temperam"^ tal. She had a controversy with D. W. Griffith over her role In tl forthcoming "Sor- rows of Satan." RODEMICH LEAVING MISSOURI St. Louis. Feb. 9. Gene Rodemlch. musical diroc- . tor at the Missouri since Nov. 15. iwill return to tho Grand Central. ^another Skouras house, within the next few weok.s. H.'pl.Mcin;; him at the Missouri will hf fliarlos Trovin. conductor at the Municipal Opera for the past four seasons. Rodemlch's b.ind will be featured on the stog^ In weekly Jazz pro- arrams at the Central. Dave Silver- man will move his orchestra back from the Central to the West End Lyric. Rothttein Returns to U. Nat Rothsteln la back at the Unl- Tersal offices MB sperfal ezplolteer for U. He haa been with F. B. O. as adrertising dltr«ot«r «ad pub- licit/ kwuL Wampas Election Los Angeles. Feb. 9. The Wampas Ii 'I their annual election >fo ly niglif and chosf Pete Smith tV • president. " rrv Hamm- Ce.all a.. J Frnrop.i( '^-.p. ritt, vlce-i -^sld-nts; Hal Wallla, Ireanurer; .Sam W. B. Cohn. if tary. and B. A. Hoi way. sergeant - al-arm. On th-> board of (Mrectors were need Ray Cotnn, Harold Hurley, James Lo-^'i" "ough and J, LeRoy lo'.naton. Harry Bratid. retiring president. wan pros' ted with : gold watch. while the o "ler retiring officers re- ceived -nta pfr«». BENNETT'S 12 MORE Los Angeles. Feb 9. According to reports, anticipating the withdrawal of Hal P.oach. Pathe has arranged with Mack Sennett to add three new units to his organi- zation. These units will make 13 pic- ture* a year. Baltimore, Feb. 9. Mixed week for the run film houses. Several set for !)!< business when thfc snow and sleet storm hit town Into Wednesday afternoon and gave th3 b. OS. a ni' ht off. With the possible -exception of th3 up- town Warner-Metropolitan, where Monte Blue was rotrndiiig out a three day "in person" every house was greatly aitected by the weather. The week marked the beginning of a film shake-up in local first run circles. With the opening of the new Embassy set for Feb. 28. the Rlvoll prepared by signing up the United Artists. The Valentino film was the first of the new buy. This buy with the existing First National franchise assures the Rivoli strong program material. The Embassy pulled a surprise during the week by signing with Paramount. The rumor Is that It ij a two-year agree- ment. This apparently means the end of the Whitehurst- Paramount tie-up, the first break coming laat fall when Manager Depkln of the Warner- Metropolitan signed for 10 of the Paramount output. The turn- over of the Whitehurst theatres to Fox Is now In process. Apparently a holding company Is being Incorpo- rated and the Fox Interests are be- ing bonded against the suit pending against the C. & Whitehurst es- tate. The nnnouncemcnt of the "Big Parade" to come into tha legit audi- torium next adds to the list of big pictures that this town is to get after a long wait. Estimates for Last Week Rivoli— "The Eagle ' (2.300; 35-75). Business was up and headed for an outstanding week when storm Wednesday cut down receipts. Thousand better than previous week. $lj.OOO. Century— "Hands Up" (3.000; SO- TS). Kiiymond ('irlfTith disappoint- ed somewhat. Picture pleased, but failed to build. Week not outatand- InK at Sn.OUO. Warner- Met. — "Hogan's Alley" (l.3()0; 15-.'>0). Personal appearance of .Monte Blue first three days, plus cotnplftlon of Improvements to t-he- atre combined to increase the usual good draw. House fared better than competitors on Wednesday's gen- erally off night. About J8.600 In; excellent. New — "American Venus" (1,800; 26-50). Advance notices were ad- verse. Nel.>fon Uoljbina. critic no "Post." -50. Here the grors ran around $600 on the performance. Figueroa had a double bill, which proved to be a good one. The stel- lar attraction was a Fox product of a Curwood story. "When the Door Opened." with the additional fea- ture a Harry Langdon short sub- ject made for Bennett, entitled "Saturday Afternoon." This com- edy was a big factor so far as get- ting additional trade for the weelc Estimates for Last Week Metropolitan — "\Vomanhandled'* (F. P. L.). (3.700; 25-65.) Richard Dlx is always certain fur an amount of trade here and Just about drew it by his picture, grossing $24,000. Million Oollai^— "Don Q" (U. A.). (2,200; 25-85.) This Fairbanks product Is "sure fire." Second weelc ran up far better gross than any- thing preceding It in long time. Eight weeks pipe. Got $25,000. Grauman's Egyptian — "Big Pa- rade" (M-O-M). Jogging along at healthy gait and looks as thougli 26 weeks here cinch. Extra Saturday morning matinee at 35-50. Cross $22,000. Loew's State— "Unguarded Hour" (F. N.). (2.300; 25-85.) Milton S lis helped box office none at all nor did Doris Kenyon. with picture prac- tically depending on transient trade; $17,600. Criterion — "Too Much Money" (F. N.). (1.600; 15-35.) Too bad money-getting combination like Stone and Nilsson had to have their product wasted here, as this picture could have gotten real money in bigger houses. Here. $2,900. Ferum— "Lady Windermere's Fan (Warner). (1.800; 13-50.) Name of LubltHch box office magnet, re- sulting In previous house record be- ing broken on first week showing. Tliree weeks look sure for this; first week. $12,400. Rialto— "That Royle Girl" (U. A.). (900; 50-66 ) Third week bit off on account of weather. Gross very profitable at $6,000. F i g u e r o a — "When the Door Opened" (Fox). (1.650; 25-75.) With Harry Langdon short subject added, this Curwood opus had very good week at $5,500. JOS. FRIEDMAN WITH U Los Angeles, Feb. 9. Joseph Friedman, former manager of the Detroit Exchange for Uni- versal, has Joined the contracted exeoutlves at Universal. It Is a position .olmil.ir to the one held by Arthur Kane In the New York ofllco. LASKY'S RANCH TROUBLE _ Los Angeles. Feb. 9. Jesse Lasky'n ranch management has been served with notice to get off — to scoot — to vacate In favor of a real estate develoi)ment company. Which was according to the leg.al victory won by the Hollywood Land Company In their fight against the Hollingsworth Realty Company. The former concern was adjudged in the Supreme Court to hold title to the La.oky ranch, and they have announced on intention of imme- diately laying out a suburban home HccUon, feroii^wiTHlM DIFFERENCE IN 2 WEEKS^ GROSSES PICTURES VARIETY 33 160,450 at Capitol With "Black Bird" Held Over- Strand $32,200 Despite Weak Picture— Universal Leases Moss' Colony for Some Time stormy weather Sunday of last ^eek followed by a blizzard Wednes- 4ay which lasted over into Thurs- day certainly made it appear as though buslnoBS along Hroadway was going to be shot. Instead the reports were more or less In and •ut. Coup'.e of histanccs among the specials where the weather made but $2 difference in receipts as Ugainst the week before. This was ' true with "The Big Parade" and •The Sea Beast"; in the case of ••Ben-Hur," however, the business was oft over $2,000. Among the regular picture houses the Capitol with Ix>n Chaney in •The Black Bird" did $60,400, which caused the picture to be held over, while the Strand, with "Memory iLane," a weak feature, and Vincent Xx>pes as a draw, pulled $32,200, only f 1,100 under the previous week. The BivoU went oft to the extent of more than $5,000 with "The Song and Dance Man." the picture not hitting universally, although liked by many. The Hialto, on th«! other hand, held up with "The. Wanderer," getting around $18,000. Late last week Universal made a 4eal with B. S. Moss fi>r a straight lease on the Colony for the show- ing of its product in that house, and as a result Peggy Hopkins Joyce in her first feature picture, "The 8ky Rocket," was forced out to make room for Reginald Denny In "What Happened to Jones," which opened there this week. The sec- ond week of Peggy's picture was .116.800. The Embassy, with "The Merry Widow," fell off about $1,000 last week but got better than $5,500, while at the Apollo the business for "Stella Dallas" was also off about 12,000. At the llttl© Cameo there was an Interesting experiment with a rep- ertoire bill of the Film Guild's selec- tions of the best pictures made. In- cluding a complete bill with short comedies as well as tlie fe.atures. The weather, however, made the test a rather unfair one, with $4.45j showing at the box oUlce. Broadway is now awaiting the two new M-Q-M spocial releases. "Mare Nostrum" and "I>a Boheme," which are to come Into the Criterion and the Embassy, respectively, the former next Monday. Estimates for Last Week Apollo— "Stella Dallas' ((Joldwyn- U. A.) (1.180; $1.10-2.20.) (U'th week.) Naturally bumped by weather, as were all others. Mati- nee business, however, still strong. Lii le over #l-',5tl0. Astor— "Big Parade* (M-G-M). (1.120; $1.10-2.20). (12lh week.) Here's one weather didn't hurt. Business off exactly $2. as against previous week. $20,522. Cameo — "Film Guild Week" (mixed releases). (649; 50-85.) Rath- er unusual week of repertoire, with daily change of best in pictures for over period of years. Storm hurt. $4.:uo. Capitol— "The Black Bird" (M-G- Jd). (5,450; 50-85-$l.«5.) Despite weather, house pulled enough by W<'dnosday night to warrant hold- ing ov«»r this Ivon Chaney picture, remenihoring It's a Metro-Ooldwyn and this a M-G house. First three days went over $21,000, so that Wednesday, thn day blizzard started, needed but $;,>»00 to clneh the hold- over. The picture did $60,450 on the week. Cohan — "Ben-Hur' (M-G-M). (1.112; $1.10-2.20.) Weather hurt here, which shows the type of draw this picture is agaln.st in "Big Pa- rade." Men win come out no mat- ter what Uic weather and then duek Indoors to get away from the storm, but the appeal of "Ben-Hur" is not so strong with the hardier sex, therefore $i 8,400 w.an what box office showed. About $2,300 under the week before. Colony — "What Happened to Jones" (II). (1,980; 60-85.) Univer- sal has made leasing arrangement for this house with B. S. Moss. First picture under this arrangement. "The Skyrocket," the first IVggy Hopkins Joyce picture, llnl.'ihed two jvecks' run Saturday. Torc«d out, though the new arrangement with U. Second week ph^ture of much married star dnnv Slil.SdO. Embassy —'Merry Widow' (M-G- M). (GOO; $1.10-2.20.) Llttln drop for Mae Murray feature last week wheTi receipts fell to $;),500. Rialto -"The Wanderer" (F. P.). (1,9C0; 35-50-85-99.) The 10.30 a. m. openings at tlil.s hou.se and the Ui- voli have brought Soe. sralo Into force from that hour unlll I ]>. m . after that regular scale. L.n.qt week "The Wamlcrer" did rxei'ptlun.il business hero for str.Tlijht picture .showing, getting l.efter than $lS,O0fl. Rivoli- 'The .Sojig iin l »:a- STORM IN BOSTON All Picture Houses Felt Effect; "Big Parade" Got |17,000 Boston, Feb. 9. Despite the storm which swept over the district Thursday night "The Big Parade," at the Majestic, got through with a gross of $17,000. It was by far the biggest buslnes.s done by a picture showing at the legitimate theatres, $11,000 better than the gross turned in by "Stella Dallas" on finishing week at the Colonial last week. The storm, however, had its effect on the business In the picture houses generally, forcing the gross at the Fenway, where "Bobbed Hair" and "Fifth Avenue" were showing, down to $8,000. With the combination vaudeville and picture program Loew's State turned In another big week's busi- ness, although not as large as that of the week before, the storm having hit them, together with the other houses. Woman Directing: Shows In Balto's Film House Baltimore's newest picture house, Embassy, will open Feb. 29 instead of Washington's Birthday. The house, a reconstruction of the old Victoria, will debut with "The Phantom of the Opera," but it is understood that they have signed up with Paramount and will supercede the Century as the first Paramount bouse in Baltimore. Last week the Independent people engaged Olga Schapiro, artist in charge of the Whitehurst theatre studios, as assistant to Manager Hagerty and director of productions for the new house. « Unknown Soldier" Film Los Angeles. Feb. 9. J. J. Tjnan, author, filed suit for a permanent injunction against Renauld Hoffman, Dorothy Farnum and the Producers Distributing Corporation to restrain them from making or exhibiting a picture to be known as "The Unknown Sol- dier" which would bear any name other than the defendant's as the author. Tynan's complaint asserts that Ml.ss Farnum and Mr. Hoffman have no claim to authorship or co- authorship with him. He further states that the story is his own and was written at the request of Mr. Hoffman. Mr. Tynan asks $10,- 000 for the motion picture rights of the story. BEN JACKSON'S STOliACH Los Angeles, Feb. $. Matt Hogan Is officiating as gen- eral business manager at the Fox studios In the place of Ben Jack.son, who Is recovering from a stomacli operation at the Hollywood hospital. Jackson will not return until March 1. M. P. D. A. OFFICERS Los Angeles. Feb. 9. Motion Picture Directors' As.soi ia- tion have chosen the following ofli- cers for 1926: Reginald Barker, di- rector; Henry Otto, assistant di- rector; Rupert Jullen, technical di- rector; Francis Bower.s, secretary, and Frank Conley, treasurer. ture, though surrounded by unu.sual show, did not hoM up a.s ex))ect."d, receiiits dropping to $21,000, $j.000 under prcvi. (2.0IHI: .ir.-.'iO-S."!.) Vincent LofK'z ''i • tainly lii'l|>e-'.. Wa'-ners The Sea lieast" (War- ner Uros). (I.3t:0; $1.10-2.20) <4ili w.<-k ) Anotii^^r house wIktc tli'-re was >)iit t'2 diff'-renee Inst week over previous weel<. In this caS(\ how- rver, an Ineriase of tliat amount, statem. nt .■showing $20,552. Comedy Director Best Off Los Angeles. Feb. 9. Persons familiar with sal- aries paid picture directors may be surprised to learn that a man handling the megaphone' for two- reel comedies earned more money during 19'.'5, than did a director, who produced the biggest box office hit of the year. Eddie Cllne, making sure-flre two-reelers for Mack Sennett under his contract, has been getting $1,500 a week, while King VIdor, turning out sure- fire products for Metro-Gold- Mayer, including "The Big Pa- rade" and "La Boheme earned $800 less on the year than did Cllne. who ground out about 15 short reel comedies during the same time. Cllne, In addition to getting the $1,500, also re- ceived a substantial bonus on each picture be makes. The bonus was based on economy, quality and sales returns. Vidor is said to have held a percentage arrangement In the "Parade" picture besides his weekly salary. He is reported to have sold his prollt-lnterest back to M-Q-M- for $1'5,000 before tho picture had been finished. "MADNESS," $11,000; 1I0NS," $8,500-WASH. Nothing Exceptional Last Week— Raymond Griffith Off Somewhat STANLEY, $24,090, TEIi^ PHILLY'S UGHTWEEK 'Vanishing American' Has 2 Bad Weeks Washington, Feb. 9. (Estimated Population, 600,000; 120,500 Colored.) The out.sianding •'event" of the p.tst week was the brodle registered by "Lorraine of the Lions." at the Illalto. Estimates for the Past W««k Columbia — "Dance Madness" (M- G-) d.LML'; 35-50). One week. No name. Near $11,000. Fine. Metropolitan — "What Fools Men" (1st N.) (1,542; 35-50). Liked by regulars. About $8,500 average. Palace — Raymond Gr;f/lth in "Hands Up" (F. P.) (2,432; 35-50). DM not register as high as preced- ing pictures of this st;ir. Abou; $9,000. Poll's— "Big Par.ade" (M-G-M) (1.9S1; C0-$2). Third week. Slid back to about $13,500. Rialto — "Lorraine of the Lions" (U). (1,978; 35-50). Bad. Not over $6,500. This Week roliiinbla. "American Venus"; .Metropolitan, "Road to Yesterday"; Palace, "Black Bird"; Poll's "Big Parade" (4th and final week); President, "Lost Battalion"; Rialto. "First Year." Philadelphia, Feb. 9. Hedvy snow storm in middle of the week dented some very promis- ing film business. The come-back from the preceding w^ek, which ap- peared certain, was ruined. Pictures that sulTered most were: "The Vanishing American," at the Stanton; "The Merry Widow," third and flnal week at (he Arcadia, and "Hands Up," at the Karlton, al- though both the Stanley and Fox had their troubles, too. If not in so great a degree. The Stanley had an elaborate fifth anniversary bill, but the busi- ness clicked at about $24,000, under the winter aver.ige, and esi)ec;aily disappointing in view of the pre- tentious features on the program, which include Hans Kindler, v.oHn- celllst, and Albertina R.asch and her ballot. The picture, "I^lucbeard's Seven Wives," didn't mean so much. The Fox also had a weak film. "The Gilded Butterfly." but an elab- orate bill, comprls.ng a syncopation carnival. It pulled only about $17,- 000, under house's recent gait. "The Vanishing American" con- cluded a disastrous two weeks at the Stanton with a gross of about $8,000. Very low compared to the money other pictures drew there Ln the fall and early winter. The situation has arisen here that few of the big houses arc an- nouncing future attractions, the bookings being apparently uncer- tain, with no big ones in Kight. Rather suddenly, "The Splendid Road" was shoved Into the Stanton this week when "The Vanishing American" flopped and "Manne- quin," with little advance shouting, opened this Monday at the Arcadia. The Stanley has the third picture within six weeks that Is not a first showing, "The Wanderer," and, like •The Phantom of the Opera" and "The Merry Widow," It had Its tlrst run at the Aldlne In the fill, where it was not highly successful. The Fox has "The Palace of Pleasure," another picture of doubtful dr.iw that will be bolstered up by the lull called, this time, the Mldwint. i .Song Festival. Estimates for Last Week Stanley (4,000; 86- 50-7.'.) - "Hhie- bvards Seven Wlvs" d-'t N >. Filth anniversary wltl* elaborate stfig*- bill. Picture didn't mean nunh. Weather pulled gross down. $24,000; under winter average. Aldlne (1,500; $2)— "Big Par.'.fU" (M-G; 7lh week). Off another $500, with $17,000 claimed. Still very big Run apparently unlimited. Stanton (1,700: 35-r.0-7.'.>-"Van- isiiing American" (K-P; 2d w.ek). Final week of short and unsiici < ss- ful stay, with only $s,000: vry hnV, "The Splendid Road" this week. Arcadia (800; 50)— "Merry Wid- ow" (M-G, 8d week). Final weik of this picture's third dowtiKMsn o2-Acre Tract on Coast For 1st NatTs New Studio Los Angeles, Feb. 9. First National will erect a studio on a 62 -acre tract of land located on Dark Canyon Road in Burbank adjacent to the present Universal City site. The property cost First National around $350,000. Buildings and stages to cost around $900,000 will be put on the site. The loca- tion is less than three miles from Hollywood and was known as the Provldencla Rancho in the Scott Tract subdivision. It is bounded by the Los Angeles River, Cass Avenue, L.akeslde Gold course and EUso ave- nue. It was purchased from A. V. Handorf, vice-president of the Los Angeles Creamery Company. Two administration buildings, two stories In height, will be erected, one (or studio executives and the other for directors, writers and technical staff. There will be six stages as well as about 15 acres for outdoor stages. Bungalows will also be erected on the lot for the various stars who are under contract to the organization. It Is figured on making 40 pic- tures a year at the new studio. John McCormlck, western gen- eral manager for First National, has promoted CHIT P. Butler from au- ditor and general assistant to busi- ness manager. Butler will be in charge of the plans and new studio construction details^ Construction will begin Feb. 8 and it is expected to have the plant com- pleted about June 1. First National will have to vacate their quarters at the United Studios May 1. Unless there Is urgent i,roductlon to be made during May, companies will be laid off until the studio is ready. Should it be neces.''ary to make pic- tures f'irft National will rent space at one of the numerous independent studlo.s. Appeals on Initiation Los Angeles. Feb. 9. Attorneys for Chas. Amador filed an appeal In the State Supreme Court from the decision which for- bid.s the screen actor from imitat- ing Charlie Chaplin In make up or attire. The attorneys for Amador, known on the s<;reen as Chas. Alpine, at- tiicked the decision on the conten- tion that the make up was not Charlie Chaplin's but was created by Wi!i;.- Hitrlile. STAHl'S "FREE SOULS" r,os Ange;es, Feb. 9. John M. St.'ihl Is to make "Free ,Soii:.'i" for Metro-Gold wyn-Mayr iJorotliy Farnum will write the screen rontinulty. Production Will begin nl>^iuioMir-l'nir bill well lik<-d. How- ef< r, %viatliand METROPOLITAN B'way & 4(th St. Ilrooklyc OBO. M COHAN'S COMKDT THE SONG& DANCE MAM' At the State— MYKRS & HANFORD At MetropelllMi— Toylaail Mlilaet ■•*«• he met KUIn. But when Old Man Mackay broke into the budding ro- mance, Irv proceeded to "All Alone." The romance continued shuttered and the poor boy sent out "What'U I Do?" Heartuiek and forlorn (ac- cording to the film), he composed "Romeniber." Romance started attain. And to prove any man who can aay it with music geta results, he wrote "Don't Wait Too Long." To finish. Mendelssohn's March is apropos. And for a parting shot: What will be the name of Irving's next song? Louis K. Sidney, of Loew'a. ar- ranged and compiled' the overture. It waa carried out flneJy by Don Albert's orchestra. The rendition of the jazz numbers by that sym- phonic organization was done in fauUIe."»s style. The single thing the film forgot to remember waa that each of the Irving moody numbers was commercial, selling freely and helping Irving to aid Uncle Sam on Income day — plenty, kids, plenty! So that's writing two waya. to get what you go after and coin besides. It's the berries. K itihtiL BROADWAT AT 47TH ST.-* SMABK r\ tranL' ADOLPHE MENJOU in «n'HE GRAND DUCHESS AND THE WAITER- STRAND eyMPHONT ORCHESTRA JpflN bARRmORE m»Bvrt AUl iVtl^a I ^^A'"^'"^'"'^"'' imitix^. perfbrmtncet • TwiciOAitra'is tf e« JUNDAtMATINU Jf 3 PM. NlGHTSo iM.MM ISJf, 1M» *WI indfjUrnr iun SCo'ipa "THE BUGHOUSE CABARET" (22) Murray Anderson Revue 28 Minutea RivotI, New York (Pictures) Three vaudeville doublea. one a team of comedy acrobata, song and dance team, and a pair of contor- tionists and the six TlvoU Dancers are the outstanders of the John Murray Anderson revue "The Bug- house Cabaret," at the Rlvoll this week. In addition there is an up- side-down dancer also evidently from vaudeville and the mock ballad singer that Williams and Wolfus used for comedy a couple of seasons ago. In all there are about 14 principals and the six dancers. The scene Is laid in "The Bug- house Cabaret," an elaborate padded cell. A mad pianist, nutty drum- mer, who has all sorta of comedy effecta that undoubtedly will make their appearance shortly in the night cabarets where they go In for laughs. He has a couplu of gal- vanized wash-tubfl, a musical wringer, belis and other effects are huge with a wash on the line and everyone of the guests carries a huge alarm clock to wake them Im- mediately after anyone of the en- tertainment bits Is over. An introduction is "sung~ by a boy in sailor to^s, in "one," after which the padded cell is levealed. A couple of bunks of the Chinese hop joint type high up on either l^ide of the stage. As the guests arrive they are met by the hat check girl who takes their sky- pieces ^nd drives a hole through their crowns by checking them on a long spike. While they are coming in tho pianist and the drummer wrestle with an overture. Two of the late arrivals are contortionists vho begin with a sort of an Al- l>honse and Gaston routine getting |;i few laughs. I "All Right Bddto- of tha oM W. and W. act pulls a number for the arrival of ths prim& donna and the ,nlx dancers step down from the tables whers they ars sitting aa hoHtessea and chance before the audience from evening gowns to dancing costumes, atep.^ing right into a Tiller- Ilk* routine that wins a hand. A couple of boys puU another gag atop of this with a phony mus- ical act in which they utilize a li>;ht automobile t'-e and a hand pump. A burlesque ballet number follows with the girl doing eccentric terp- sichorenn stuff that la extremely funny, she getting laug* ^ and ap- plause. The up-slde-dancer with a trick wheeled -dancing-board he brings himself on the stage by means of hand power w' Ilo knock- ing out the taps on the dancing b >ard between a ooupls of >baby carriage wheels. An operatic singer witli an aria from "A Ida" killed them at the finish when he cut his classical song and went into his dance and acro- batics. Ths applause hit followed, the leading of a number by the song and dance team which had »lx girls working la ths background. Aa soon as the song waa over they stepped forward and swung into a routine that cleaned for the revue aa far as the audience waa con- cerned. The girla handed out a rotitine aa good as anything that the English steppers ever did In the "Follies- or la a Dillingham .Mhow. Then ths comedy bit of the show in a pair of acrobatic comedians who pinned on a routine along the lines of the old Collins And Hart act without the aid of wires. The top mounter of the pair, who ,ooks like E^ddie Cantor without bis cork, practically had the audience, fall- ing out of their seats with laughs. Their routine would be a wow in any musical comedy revue. From a laugh standpoint this is the best comedy act that has been pulled In the revue serlea thus far, and it seemed to click 10* per cent with an audience that Jammed the house for the early show Monday night. Fred. Ten Glorious Weeks With Balaban & Katz Theatres. And Going Strong I DONALVIN Featured Violin Soloist and Guest-Conductor WISHING EVERYBODY WELL "NEW MARK STRAND FROLIC (Feb. 7) Rsvus 25 mins., 5 scsnss (full) Strand, New York (Pictures) This is the fourth of the weekly stage "Frolics" for the Strand. In a short time they've made a nanio which is drawing mucb heavier business than ths bouse has ex- perienced befors and sven with me^ dlocre pictures occasionally, the grosses have been good. The cur- rent "Frolic" la no exception. FVom beginning to end it is solid and ab- solute entertainment with not ^ dull minute. The opening is "Idyll," one of the most beautiful and perfectly artistic scenes ever played in any the- atre around here. Following that opening, which enlisted the bal- let and ths Tamara Utgoff Harp I^tisenible (six women), John Quln- lan, musical comedy tenor, and Pauline Miller, of ths Strand ar- tists. Hinging Moya's "Song of Songs" in a gate setting placed be- fore a black drape. Light but nice. Fol.'owlng this, George Stlckney, the stilt walking Charleston dancer from "The Monkey Talks," Is framed In a short turn called "Bill- board Antics." The opening has a series of billboards painted on a drop, and Stlcknoy Is an Integra! part of the advertisement for fic- titious Longfellow Cigars. He steps from the ad and does his stilt Charleston, a riot In his other show and a riot here. He is doubling with permission from Arch .Selwyn, and as presented here, la an unqual- ified Fuccess In the picture theatre. The last and big scene is called "Bag of Tricks," and Is Introduced by Edward Albano, baritone, who works before ths portal curtains in a red clown suit. Okeh as an In- troducer, and then the curtains part to reveal a huge bandbox In the center of the stage. From a door, Leonard Workman comes out fo-r a comedy acrobatic dance and Betty Hale follows with another routine. Then ths top Is hoisted from the box and pulled up, making a great gold chaddeller for ths ast. while the box itself straightens out and reveals a scries of silk pancl.s against the backdrop. The Melody Saxoi)hone Sextette is revealed when the box opens and they play .several numbers and then work into a Charleston tinlsh 'which has the ballet corps working again, this time aa energetic little Charleston dan(rers who are followed in t'.eir every niovonient by Stlckney, who comes on for the finale to tower once more above everything. This is a great presentation and precl.sely the right Idea for the popular picture houses. It has some serious stuff, some downright jazz, and some light ballad stuff. The combination Is worked together so that It forms a harmonious whole and ths audiences go wild applaud- ing. BUh. "PIANOLOGUE IDEA" (1^ Singing, Dancing, Pianos 27 Mins.: Full (Special) Loaw's State, Los Angeles Fanchon and Marco's "Plano- logue Idea" had Just about a 50-50 break as far as the "I'ianologue Idea" was concerned. Fortunately tlio constniftlon waa such aa to have the good 50 per cent reveal- ing showmanship in the last half with the novelty and the flash of the late portion putting It over. The amateurish dialogue used as the Introduction of the Individual Hinging and dancing specialties would have sunk anything but a mighty strong closing portion. A review with due credit for in- dividual artistry of principals In- volved In presentations at this house is an utter impossibility. This Is due to the slipshod method of listing names with no running order or specialties given as a key to distinguish who's working in the bits. The early portion held a con- glomeration of piano and singing, whistling, step and buck dancing. This was almost an absolute wasto of talent due to the childish man- ner of Introduction. The costume department had its Inning with the dreas of the Floradora Sextet num- ber, the lavender creation bespeak- ing real taste in its color scheme. The "Floradora" Interlude gave way to a beautiful full stage black, lavender and gold brocaded eye, which framed a four- foot plat- formed balcony arrangement hold- ing six baby grands with six girls doing keyboard duty as accom- panists for a mixed sextette of noofers. The finale was a ; fast dance number with the tops of the Daby grands used as dance mats. Watt. WEST COAST STUDIOS Los Angeles, Feb. 4. Val Paul, former actor, la now production manager for the Harry Carey Ci>., which is making "Th« Frontier Trail," from a story by K Richard Schayer and Baail Dlekeyi George K. Arthur has been added to the cast of "Kikl," Norma Tal. niadge's next starring vehicle. Clar- ence Brown Is directing. Louis U. Mohner t\na made ar> rang«!mentH with Henry Devereoul, French producer, whereby ho will obtain (Jladys Larden, Annettt? De- pres and Henri Ma-scart. all French screen actors, whom he Is to feature in a series of comedy-drania.s. The films will bo made In Portland, Ore. Florence Reyson has been place 1 Wednesday. February 10, 1928 •3 'VA R I E T Y » •' • (INC.) Presented by ARTHUR J. LAMB No. 1- HER HRST NIGHT IN PHILADELPHIA" (in tieup with song of same title— Joe Morris Music Co., New York and Philadelphia, selling agents) NO.2 -"HER FIRST NIGHT ON BROADWAr No. 3 -"HE FIRST NIGHT IN THE JOLLIES" No. 4.-"HER FIRST NIGHT WITH THE BOOTLEGGERS" And 8 Others Featuring VIOLET MERSEREAU Direction JOSEPH LEVERING CRANFIED & CLARKE (Inc.), 1476 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY Distributors for the World THE (INC.) VARIETY PICTURES Wednesday. February 10, 1926 UNIFORH CONTRACT (Contlnud from Papre 30) STANDARD EXHIBITION CONTRACT •Ithor to sell or ontor a conihlnutlon with tlie exliibit r coutrolKnpr the previous run. This is particularly aiM»'''''i''J«i t** t''® more conJostPd neighhorhooils in the big cities. Exhibitor vs. Exhibitor The so-ond pnra.tfrarh of the tenth o'nu.'^e Is now and now makes It popsih'e for one exhibitor to brins an actiin before the arbitration loard directly agaln.st another ex- hibitor In the case of lost revenue from Iho delay in the tran.s-shippinff of a print where one exhibitor has received Instructions from the ex- chanj;:* to forward to another ex- hibitor and also in the case where a film Is received by one exhibitor from another in damaciid condition and causing a loss. Heretofore, It was the pian for an exhibitor to maUe cDiiipIalnt aKain.<; Boston 10; Buffalo 10: Charleston IB; Charlotte 15; Chicago 15; Cincinnati 15; Cleveland 15: Dallas 20; Denver 20; Des Moines 16; Detroit 15; El Paso »5- Indianapolis 15; Jacksonville 15; Kansas City 15; l.os Angeles 25; Little Uck 15; Loulsvil'e 15; Memphis 15; Milwaukee 15; Northern New Jersey 7; Minneapolis 20; Butte 30; New Haven 10; New Orleana 15- New York City 7; Oklahoma City 20; Omaha 15; Peoria 15; Phila- delphia 10; Pittsburgh 10; Portland, Ore., 30; St. LkjuIs 15; Salt Lak» City 20- San Francisco 20; Seattle 20; Washinsrton, D. C. 10. A copy of this application, signed by the Exhibitor, shall be left with the Exhibitor at the time of signing, and in the event of ncceptanc* thereof as above provided, a duplicate copy, signed by the Distributor, shall be forwarded to the Exhibitor. SCHEDULE In the schedule there shall be provided space in which shall be specified either the title of each photoplay, or the name of the star, director or author thereof, or the brand by which such photoplays are known. The schedule shall also contain the words "Protection Period" and the word "Run" with space to specify the protection period or run, If any, agreed upon. * Cancellation •Optional Cancellation Clause: If this contract designates certain photop'ays by title. It shall be non-canceilabic as to such photoplays. U Its embraces a series of photoplays not designated by title It may be cancelled as to such series by either party after two photoplays of such aeries have been played and paid for, by notico in writing to the other party after playing the second of said photoplays, such cancellation to take effect after { ) additional photoplaya shall have been exhibited and paid for. • It la optional with DUlributors to Incorporate or omit this cUum from th«lr Stand.ird LIxhibiiion Contract. Direction to Salesmen: While you have every right to trade among procpective cuslomert to obtain the best offer passib.e for your product, after you have selected a particular exhibitor whose offer you believe to be the best obtainable and take • wriLtsn application from such exhibitor, you are hereby directed to forward the application to the office of your company and make no further effort to sell the same service to any other exhibitor directly compel ng with such exhibitor until tho application so forwarded has been duly rejected, a:cepted or withdrawn in accordance with its terms. contract was all that anybody could ask for; and H. A. Cole, of Texas, stated at the meeting yesterday that the contract contained more than was necessary as tar as his state was concerned. Frank Item- bush, as the result of the agree- ment, stated that the meeting that be called for French Lick would be off, as far as being national in scope was concerned. A summary of the contract will be drawn within a few days by Gabriel iloss, of the Hays organi.,a- tlon, and all of the exhibitor or- ganizations, as wen as ine rloarus of Arbitration, will be provided with drafts of the same. When all the exhibitors become suniclently fa- miliar wilh the provisions of the contract Itself there will be a move to have the business under the con- tract transactci' on a memorandum on which It will be stated that the F.B.O. CHANGES HANDS; $2,000,000 THE PRICE Joseph Kennedy Financed by Hayden & Stone — No Organi- zation Changes The ownership of the Film Book- ing Olllces of America and the Rob- ertson-Cole Pictures Corp. changed hands last week. Joseph Kennedy, transaction Is subject to the tenets of the contract form, and thereby It will eliminate a lot of printing and also prevent any salesman or exhibitor writing in any clauses to be added to the instrument. a Boston banker, financed by Hay- den & Stone of that city, took over the holding of Graham & Co. and London Baniiers and the Lloyds Bank of London. The price was reported at $2.UOO,000, with an orig- inal payment of cash and a number of notes payable over a porlod of three years. Kennedy has been identified with the F. B. O. and the U-C organiza- tion in the pa.st, he having been the owner of the original U-C fran- chise in Boston and since has been interested In ilnanc.ng some of the units that were producing tor F. is. O. distribution. As far as can be ascertained there will be no changes in the personnel of the producing or the distributing organization, the present plan be- ing for M.ijor 11. C. S. Thompson, who represented the English In- terests, to remain active in the company, looking after their affair* until the final notes are taken up. Jii.seph Schnitzer, vice-president In charge of production, has been given a new contract for four yeara and win spend the biggest part of his time on the Coast. Colvln Brown Is to remain as general sales manager. Arch Smith, formerly western representative for the or- ganization, has been promoted to the post of studio manager In place of B. P. Fineman. who resigned and is now with First National at » salary of $75,000, according to re- port. Hyatt Daab, now head of studio publicity, goes to New York as advertising and publicity repre- sentative, vice Nat Uothatein. who returns to Famous. Kennedy is to make a trip to tho Coast in two weeks to make a gen- eral supervision of the producing plant. THIRD STRAND ENGAGEMENT Through courtesy of Mr. Joseph Plunkett VERSATILITY PLUS: DANCE MAKERS— SINGERS— ENTERTAINERS Under the Direction of EARL CARPENTER (Formerly Fred Blondell's Orchestra) THIS WEEK (FEB. 7) STRAND, NEW YORK We are pleased to announce our contract with the MELODY CLUB, New York's smartest after-theatre meeting place, has been extended indefinitely. To reopen on or about Feb. 22nd with SIDNEY CLARE and LEW BROWN and their Melody Club Gorgeous Things in a Brand New Revue Personal Representative: TAPS, 1607 Broadway, New York Wednctday, Fabniirx 10, IfM PICTURES VARIETY 37 LITERATI [' 91j000 for -8c»op» jt bonus o( tl.MO was gtTtai to (^ Kow Tork "American" reporter vbo turned In the "^coop" to that paper of the Btlllmana' reunitinc ^d aallins tor the other aide. r: Maokenaio With Hearot Vernon Mackenzie, managing edi- tor of "Maclean's Magazine," Tor- onto, will reaign April I to become Europear editorial representative of the International (Magazine) company. He will purchase feature articles and fiction by Ruropean irriters for publication in the Hearst group of magazines. Mackenzie irlU live In London. r Sinclair Lewis' World Tour Bernard Simon, who reviewed legit dramas and who also conducted a column for "The Telegraph" and was connected with the Province- town Playhouse group, will accom- pany Sinclair Lewis on a world tour. The author of "Babbitt" and *Main Street" plans two ^eara broad, mostly In the Orient. f Alan Rinohart, son of Mary Rob- erts Rinehtu*t, the novelist, has •ettled down In New York after marrying and will have charge Of the publicity for Doran, the book publisher. Toung Rlnehart may try •ome literary work on the side. Popular Newspaper Serials In New TArk, newspaper serials Itre proving popular and the dailies, with the "Journal" leading, are ad- vertising them heavily. While the "Evening World," among othem, baa been running the serials for years, these have been mostly of the "home" and "married life" va- riety, oftentimes dull, and never of groat pulling power. Starting with "Joanna," the •Journar* inaugurated a new type of serial story- along the tabloid papers' lines, daring and full of action. This type of story has caught on tremendously and other local sheets are following. Stark Young's play, "The Saint," Is to be published by Boiti A Liv- •right "Ella Cinders" for Collsen Moore 80 successful has the Willie Counselman and Charlie Plumb car- toon atrip, "Ella Cinders" become In the few months of its nation- wide syndication, that First Na- tional has purchased the idea of the little slavey's adventures for use for Colleen Moore. The Putnam Syndicate la Isaulng A new newspaper feature consist- ing of short stories written around current Broadway plays. Instead of dialog In the regulation proae fashion, that of the play form Is used. "Colliers,'' with Its recMitly Adopted policy of light fiction, al- most of the comedy sort, Is reported As forging ahead greatly on cir- culation. Grant Overton, not long ago added as fiction editor, Is re- sponsible for the new policy. Book Sales A lively demand for books is still existent, according to the records of the Bureau of the Census, where- in it Is disclosed that though a drop In number printed In this country the total new titles printed reached 630 in November, 1925. This is a decrease of 28.2 percent from No- vember of last year when the num- ber printed by title was 868. Though the number printed dropped the sales of books Jumped 12.7 percent in November. 1925. as against that month in 1924. Sales for November last totaled 12,172 books as against 10,799 sold during the month last year. The Novem- ber, 1926 total, however, was a drop from the preceding month of Octo- ber, with 12,«64 books sold, and Sep- tember, with its 12,973 books listed. A new authors' organization com- posed solely of women is the Writ- ers' Ouild, with headquarters In De- troit. Mrs. Charles Stlnchfield heads the group, which will endeavor to enlist every feminine author in the country. , INSIDE STUFF ON PICTURES About two months ago a picture producer ef special Short subject comedies with his general production manager and one of his actors, decided to go for a yachting trip. With them were three young women, rather well known in picture circles in Hollywood. The party is said to have become rather wild with two of the wbman "passing out" through ItQUid libations. The third woman, an actress under contract to the concern, seemed to draw the attention of all three men and it is understood experienced some very unpleasant things at their hands. A few days after the cruise a story was given out the woman had been hurt by an automobile and was suffering with what was supposed to be a broken back. It has been learned such was not the case. As a result of her experiences and the manner la which she was treated, the girl is said to have become hysterical and lost her mln<1, with the result she was taken to a private sanitarium where people of unbalanced minds are kept. She remained lo tt.e sanitarium for two months and is now, again returning to her normal sensea and according to reports will shortly be back on the lot where formerly employed. All three of the men are said to have been thoroughly frightened at their experience and left for the east. Despite the recent death of Barbara La Marr. tlio piofjram at the RIalto, New York, this week carry the announctnieiit of "The Olrl from Montmartre," featuring' the lato Miss I*-i Marr ami Lewin Stone, Is duo at that house the week of Feb. 21. Thin is a Sawyer-Lubin picture releasing through First National and was taken at Fort Lee, N. J., last year. Under the heading of "A Choap Trick." ••ITarrlson'a TUports" last week palled into the Hays ortrinl/.ntion. "H.triison's Hoiiorts," admittedly Indepemlont an^l ai'tivo in the liitiTestH of tho exhibitur, allofjos that the Hays organlz.ition had an article reprlniod from Variety, nL-niliii)< it out in bulk but haviiij; thfise for Buffalo exliil>itors anil prt'sumably those of cihe/ citici", mailed liually. Tho article I'oto Ilanisun reft'Trod to was one piiiitcd In Variety ad- sooatiner tho movement of nome of the up-New Vork utato oxhibitors In beconiiii),' alliKned with the Hays organization for prut-'ciivc purposes. Just whether '•Huril.son s Kfports" resented the ni'Mii.ul of distribution of tho loprints or the subje<'t matter, Pete's tirade doesn't disclos*!. His editorial sounds as if hist paper Is again.st exhibitors golnB with Hajs. In ihis particular matter Variety's story was to the effect that ex- hibitors had nothinK to lose and evojything to gain by trailing with the Hays organization for a year or so. If of no benefit by the -expiration of the llrst year they could withdraw without expense at any time during the period. The real benefit If practicable was lo induce the Hays organ- isation to act as a gom ral arbitration board; not for pure trade matters nor to supercede or displace the Film Boards but perhaps larger things (Continued on page 49) V. F^oi¥\eei\*s Royal Accordeon OrcHestra with NITA ROSSO (Danseuse) Touring with the -MELTING POT" Co., Publix Circuit c^ Theatre* WEEK FEB. 1. CHICAGO WEEK FEB. 8. TlVOLl WEEK FEB. IS , UPTOWN VARIETY PICTURES Wednesday, February 10, 1926 HOUSE REVIEWS • LOEWS STATE Boston, Feb. •. nciil showmanship bcBinnlns to appear at this house since it changed Us policy three wi-eka ago, and tho Metropolitan 1« beginning to feel it. . , . Both the early and late shows Monday evening wer© capacity. Philip Spitalny with his Victor re- cording orchestra proved himself a master showman, in the pit with four men and on the stage with his Jazj band group and the Kazoo chorus. . . Spiuilny on his third week here Is still being billed as a guest-con- ductor, but his personality so coni- Bletely Uomlnatea this huRe house that there Is no question he will be Indelinitely retained. Boston h;i3 fallen for him, hook, line and sinker, and the api>lause he received at the early show was a surprise even to Maiiusor Joe Brennan, a .<^easoned veteran, who thought it would take Spitalny at least a month to win real recognition. The show was heavily billed as "Jazz week," and Benny Davis, the song writer, was featured as the draw, using Jesse Greer at the piano and closing his song routine to a wow by a cleverly built introduction of his wife as being on her honey- moon. He brought her on from the wings. "When she sang a number and snapped Into a peppy "Charles- ton" she got th« house. The Kazoo chorus wa-s the other feature that woke up the usually stolid Back Bay audience, and when 4.000 tin kazoos began to follow Spltalny's magnetic conductorship It sounded like New Year's eve. The di.strlbu- tlon was lavish because of the Loew'H State theatre ad on each one. Spi- talny used his entire bag of tricks in thawing out the audience with effects and popular melodies. The orchestra feature was also popularized with the symphonic ''Bananas" overture, in which "Yes, We Have No Bananas," was played as various composers would have Written It. For his Jazx band spe- cialty Spitalny used the regular 10 men in his recording orchestra with three planU added, two being sing- ers and the third a limber, comedy dancer who stopped the show and haxl to give an encore. The orchestra rolled on, grouped on a double seashell platform, which Ihter ftplh to permit of an effect of a train bound for Alabama fading into a film panorama and closing W**n a mlnlnture lighted train cross- he stnge. ^ feature film was Metro-Gold- R's "Dance Madness," apparently .^k^prt because It.o title wa."* anpro- prtl5t« for Jazz week. The picture wILs \\&a.k for this house, and the 8U|>pf)rrihg films were also trivial, comprl.sing colored touring reel, one news reel and one tropical reel. It is apparent that the new policy at Loew's .State is going to aim for popularity rather than the high brow policy which handicapjwd the Metropolitan from Its openins; week. It Is also apparent that the Met Is cfvanlz.int of this and will be run- ning a more popular entertainment from row on, booking in the Six Brown Brothers this week after Inst week's successful experiment with ai='= that Elsie and Paulson do It a bit ilirrerent on ice skates, rollers in- serted. A pretty turn In this Midwinter I'estlval is offered by the Kay Sis- ters and Fischer. Ktliel Fischer at the piano pleases with a pleasant voice, while tlio rathetic Toe Oance by Mildred Kay grabs top honors. Alice Kay in legomania does some clever toe work. The act comes to a whirlwind llnlsh with the introduction of John Orlock, Wisconsin contestant for the na- tional Charleston honors, who got the house. Keginald Denny In "What Hap- pened to Jones" benefits by the publlilty of his having been thought lost at sea, and the house did a standing room business four shows the opening day. It's a whirlwind of a program. Israel, STRATFORD Chicago. Feb. ». If the Stratford could, or would, present a performance every week like the one they put forth last week, it would not only be a pleas- ure but a Joy to go all the way to 63d street and Halstead to review it. This house can always be de- pended upon for a fair show. Usu- ally, the productions are averagely amusing, but last week the man- agement discarded the cloak of bu.slness men and ffarb*d them- selves as showmen. Opening with a corking organ bit, Doris Gutow held the house. Her solos seem to differ from moat. They are well played but. best of all, they stop before the audience becontes bored. . Luciile Tallcott and her Four Col- legians were next. Working in full with special scenery, the bit was a wow. Not for one Instant did Miss Tallcott lose her grip on the watch- ers. Her songs were great and dancing as good. The only thing about the danclngr 1> that she in- sists upon announcing that she Is imitating someone. As dances they are okay, but thejr do not need the Imitation excuse. The Four Colleg- ians, piano, sax. banjo and traps, make nice music The picture was "Stella Marls," starring Mary Phllbln. Nelson's Mai'ionettes followed. If a sweeter manikin act has over been done, It is without the knowl- edge of this scribe. Eight or nine different scenes are Included, some of them with seven or eight dolls performing at the same time. The turn lasted about 20 minutes and was enjoyable throughout. A news reel and comedy topped off the bill. Attendance was not particularly heavy when reviewed, but the house depends more on the week-end mob for sustenance. The entire show ran about two hours and Sit min- utes. RIVOLI New York, Feb. 8. By the time Monday night had come around the show at the Rlvoli for the current week had been pared down so that it ran but two minutes over the usual two-hour limit striven for. At that, as far as the program betrayed, there was but one number that had been cut and that wa.'^ out of the repertoire of the Klklns portion of the show. From the looks of things, the pic- ture houses are going to take the place of Hammersteln's old "Corner" as far as occasional "freaks" are concerned. This week In the Rlvoli, In addition to the regular show, the three victorious contestants in the Charleston Endurance Race at Roseland last week are showing with the Elklns band. They are the win- ner. John Gloia, who danced the Charleston steadily for 22 4 hours. He does a solo Charleston, and Chappie Kay. his runner 4ip, who also went the same time, and his sister, who danced for three hours and 40 minutes, the latter pair do- ing a double Charleston. A six minutes' overture of "II Guarany" started the performance. This was followed by a Prizma color film of bird life entitled "The Love Nest** Harold Ramsey, at the oriraa with slides of "Paddlln' Martelii Home" went over rather solidly Then came Elkins with his boys, and slipped over "Wagnoriana" In goo4 shape, atop of this he went to a hot Charleston medley for the "hoofers" to do their stuff. Up to this point. 35 minutes. The next Ave minutes were Klveq over to the Ko-ko Sonj Car-Tun«L "Sailing," the old time number get- ting laughs and applause apprccia* tion. The Movlevents ran 10 minutes with eight subjects shown. Path* and International divided evenly. For local interest. Paths delivered the greatest wallop, having the scenes of the New York blizzard and aerial stunt, ladles on planes, against which the big game picture* of International were the nearest thrill. The John Murray Anderson revue for the week is "The Bug House Cabaret," running 28 minutes and having a cast of 22 as principals and chorus, with the Six Tivoll Dancers and a pair of comedy aero* bats cari-ying off the honors. (See Presentations.) Running Just over the hour was the fe^iture. "Behind the Front," which might Just as well be termed a burlesque on "The Big Parade." It is a wow of a picture for laughs and had the audience roaring from beginning to end. Fred. Irltzl Scheff. IJhhcy. Alhambra, Milwaukee Milwaukee, Feb. 5. For the first time in two years the Alhambra, oldest big-time picture house In Milwaukee, is paying its way. This was divulged by George Levine. director general of Unlver- nal's forces in the middle west. When U. took over the house several months ago it was a loser. With the Introduction of Harry R. Long (of the America, Denver) the hou.se started on the upgrade and Is now set. Long, as his first official step, be- gan hl.s own presentation work and hit the fancy of the public, bringing in big time vaudeville acts. The Alhambra Is now undergoing renovation, partially completed when V. took over the house. A new organ costing $50,000 Is being installed .along with a ventilating flv.stem. I>ong also has effected a tie-up with the Hear.st papers In Beverol clever stunts which have netted big results. I..aFt week's presentation drew throT.u's when Catherine Redfleld's opetaUiune was used in connection with "The Fool." The company e!ii)ab'y made up a prolog fitting to the theme of the picture which ' *♦* drew prrilso from the clergy and Iny peoyilf. The hou.'^e now hm'ts lil-. **-->^— f "sn-w t-^ * >r-^i »fl tmmwm . ^^^^ m ■■ *— -^ V wi wg» Wednesday, Febrixary 10, 1026 VARIETY 39 Announcing My Engagement as Guest Conductor at LOEW THEATRE, BOSTON, MASS. DIRECTING STATE CONCERT ORCHESTRA AUGMENTED BY MY FAMOUS VICTOR RECORDING BAND AT THIS TIME I WISH TO EXTEND MY HEARTIEST THANKS TO MR. ROBERT BUCKLEY MR. FRED DESBERG MR. ALBERT FRIEDMAN MR. EDWARD STRONG MR. GEORGE DAVIS • MR. EARL MARTIN ; „ ^__^ MR. EUGENE McLEAN MR. ARTHUR HOPKINS — MR. WARDE MARSCH MR. HARRY O'ROURKE MR. BEN SCHWARTZ And all other Cleveland friends who I cannot mention here because of limited space, for the marveloua FAREWELL given me on my leaving Cleveland. The event will long linger in my memory. For my new association at Loew's State Theatre, Boston, I am , __thankful to Messrs. Edward A. Schiller, Lionel H. Keene and Louis K, Sidney of the Loew organization PHILI SP 40 VARIETY FILM REVIEWS Wednesday, February 10, 1926 BEHIND THE FRONT Fumou» riaypra, with Wnllace lUn'ry. Rayiiiuiwl Uuiion and Mary Mrlan ft-iiiuril Dirariol by Kdwan) Su:herl.in(l. Aila tiM by Moiiiy llric* from Hugh Wlley'8 'ihe Spulls of War." nrrliit by lillid Dchirly. At Iho liivoM. New York, wctk fob. 7. 10-«. Uunnlng lime, 61 nilnuto.i. Rllt SiviinBon VVuUare Heory Shorty Moi.ico Itaymoml ll;UI.)n Betty r.urtliUt-Coopar Mary llrlan Percy Urown liUharJ Arlrn C«i>t. Itarllelt-Cooper Hay.len Steven on S<.'olllo Chester ConUlin SerKcaiit Tom Kennely Mrs. r.iirtlelt-Cooper FrunoCM Uaymond Mr. Dartlelt-Cooper... Melbourne McDonald afe Here's the great war with a laugh In It from Hlart to finish. And what a combination to put the laughs over! Eddie Sutherland, who di- rected the production; Hugrh Wiley, who wrote the original, and thai pair of Inlniiiable comics, Waiiacf Berry and llaymond Hatton. The former as the big Swcile detective and the latter as a "dio" whom the "flattie" has been chasing, both of whom enll.st because a classy girl asks them to, handing each one a photograph of herself unknown to the* other, a trick whereby she has gained 25 recruits for her brother's volunteer company, and they all go off to the front firm In the belief that he ia "her hero." That's only the beginning, but with a start like that you can wel Imagine what happens once the crowds get over to France. And fast! Well, the laughs come so fast that before the first one has rolled off your lap there is i.notlier gtirtrling right down through your throat and a third on the way to follow it. From a box ofilce stand- point this one looks as gooa a.*- Chaplln's "Shoulder Arms" from a war comedy angle. Brond burlesque of army etiquette right down the line from the high- est to the lowest as far as the of- ficers go, and then on Into the non- com division to a last buck in the rear ranks. The openlngr scenes show the troops going to camp. Swanson. a Swede "dlek" rBeery). Is said, to give you an example of the titles to have "water on the brain which freezes In winter so that everythinc Blips his mind." He is marching with the troops, loses his way, ant^ while trying to get straightened ou* has his watch lifted by Shorty the "dip" (Hatton). As Shorty takes It on a run the copper follows, and both get Into the home of the Bartlett-Coopers. where a recruiting drive Is on and the daughter pets them both into the army. Shorty and Swanson mate up and become "buddies" In cnmn but they are the sloppiest couple o' soldiers that ever slou"'h«»d through' I lie mud of Suhrty France. That's ;iiu»tlu'r latigii. A sub-title announo-s .Sunny I'lanee," wlu-ieiii on aliin^; iDtiicj a scene wltli it raining like Ilade.s and the mud knee deep u.s >he troop.s leave their train. The atUetituros of Shorty ntf' Swanson "behind the front" with he pirl.s of I-'ranoe, and then at the front w)ien they go over the top and •;et headed the wrong way are just one big lati;.h after another. The finish ilnds them back in the land of "free speooh and speak -easlea," and tliey slip the bride':rro()m of "their girl" a little present because he was tlie one who sent Brown's liiscuita overseas to the tro)ps. They also even things up with the hard-boiled sergeant that they had when they find him all togged out ;n new civvies. Tlien for the blowoT the picture seems to finish where It started, for the copper aslis his huddle the Ime, get.s a peek as his own watch, and the chase is on again. Beery and Hatton. t igethcr with Tom Kennedy, carry the ploture. The latter Is the hard-boiled ser- ■:refmf, and how! He makes the role a masterpiece, \fary Brian as ihe girl has little to do, but does it very well. None of the others shine 'inrtlcularly. although Chester Conk- 'In as "John Halg of the pre-war Scotch," is good for a laugh in a bit. Boery and Hatton. however, to- Tetlier with the titles, make "Behind the Front" a wow for laughs and box offices. Fred. What Happened to Jones Wm. Seller production, starrlnff Ttecilnald Denny. From the I'lay by George llroad- hurst artnpted by Mel Crown. A fnlvercal- Jewel. Shown at the Colony, New York, week Feb. 7, li)2fl. Kur.nlnf time, 60 'nut'S. Tom Jones Replnnld Penny Lucille ltl)!l)ee Marian Nixon Mr. BlRliee MeIlK>ume MacDowell Mr*. lllBbee Francos Kaymond Kbenezcr Goodly Otis Harlan Mrs. Goodly Kmily KItzroy Marjorle Goodly Margaret Qulmby Richard Ben Hendricks. Jr. Henry Fuller William Austin ■''iTi' rva Starlight Nina Romano Hilda Zazu Pitts The Bishop John r:illntt Smith Kdward Cecil Rector Broderlck O'Farrell Corking screen comedy that Just falls short of being another "Charley's Aunt." It Is similar In type to the former to a certain ex- tent It plays fast and the good old fashioned hoak laughs are plentiful throughout the action. One thing most noticeable Is that Otis Harlan almost takes the picture away from the star. For a box office bet, this one looks as though It was In, although the exhibitor will have to watch his step and not pay anything like "Charley's Aunt" prices for It for It won't stand up as strong as that picture dill at the box olfice. Tlie story in brief has to do with two men who are trying to dodge the complieatlon that ensue after a poker game, which Is raided by the l)olii.'e. from tlie hands of whom they escape by dodging into a woman's beauty parlor. They make a getaway Later In women's attire after they have raised havoc and again caused the police to be called. They are chased by the cops, and finally reach the home of the elder of the two where the wife is ex- peeted hubby to bring home his brother, a bishop. To cover himself, hubby has his gambling friend to po.se as the liishop with tlie suit that belongs to the churchman. From then on the fun speeds right along and f.tst. Denny works hard and with the aid of considerable "mugging' gets his role over, but at all times he has a terrific time to take a scene away from Harlan, who is with him 111 practically everyone of the laugh producing "moments. Marian Nixon i)lays the lead opposite, and gets away with it in good shape. But there is a girl in the cast by the name of Nina Romano who will bear wattliing. She Is going to blossoni as an Ideal "vamp" type. Zazu I'itts stands out cleverly in a comedy role as a Swede servant girl who is ahv.tys looking for a touch. The picture is well worth playing anywhere, and with Denny's nam«* to draw Is certain to pull business and in addition please. Ficd. might have become overly long and consequently tiresome. It Is Incident after Incldenu and every one funny. Thus when the clumsy waiter spills milk over the duchess, the laugh doesn't stop with that, for he tries to follow her and dry It off with a napkin, having no hlea that grand ducho.sses are high and mighty people and not to be touched by the hand of a servant. There Is also the mo- ment when the maid falls hard for hhn; there la the episode where he is bidden to enter the lady's bath- room, where he Is awakened by his own servant to get into the butler's uniform and begin his days of serv- ice for his adored lady. A nice light comedy and likely to get good money wherever shown. Menjou must be building, for F-P has been furnishing him with good stories and not treating him like a stepchild. With Florence Vldor as Ihe duchess and a fine cast support- ing, the acting part moves well and swiftly. Mai St. Clair's direction Is corking and his celebrated "light touch" is In evidence many timca As a first-run this Is a set-up. 8Uk. Grand Duchess and Waiter Famous Players' production of the .Mfre.l Rivorr legit comedy. Directed by Miilcolm SI, Clair, with Adolnhe Menjou starri-l and Flonnce Vldor featured. Revlpwed at the SI rand. New Yorlt, Feb. 7. Running time, ""> minutes. Albert Belfort Adolphe Menjou The Grand Duchess Zonl*. . .Florence Vldor The Grand Duke I'eter Lawrence Grant The Prince I'aul Andre de Beranger Prascovla, ladjr la waltlnc Dot Firley Honrlette Barbara Pierre Matard Brandon Hurst RUke WUllani Courtrlght Another good Menjou vehicle and. consequently, another step up the ladder for this comedian, whose screen vehicles all deal with his lady-kllllng abilities. Taken ' from the flop stage play, the premise has been slightly altered. The waiter here falls In love with a grand duchess is a rich Parisian who en- ters service to be near her. Menjou goes through the psu't like Sherman through Georgia. The plot Is slight, and unless Its many comic Incidents were so finely planted and executed, the picture THREE FACES EAST Rupert Julian Production presented by Cciil B. DoMllle, released through Pro- du ers Distributing Corp. Jotta Qoudal. Itobert Ames. Henry Walthall and Cllve Urook featured. From the play by An- thony Paul Kelly, adapted by C. Gard- ner .^ulllvan and Monte Katterjohn. Spe- cial showing at the Hotel Plaza, N. T., I'eb. 3, 11)26. Running time, 80 minutea. .Miss Hawtree I Fraulein Marks ) Jetta Qoudal Frank Bennett Rot>ert Ames (icorKe Bennett..... Henry Walthall \ aldar Cllve Urook .Mrs. Bennett •• Edythc Chapman .luhn .\mes Clarence Burton Flrl.ing Kd Urady "Three Faces Kast," the corking mystery play which Anthony Kelly wrote early In the war. has finally reached the screen. Yes, there are .1 couple of btittlo scones In It, but in the main the screen version of the play sticks to the mystery story, although there are a number of spots where the love interest Is brought to the foreground a little too mushlly, but those are scenes that easily can be cut, and with that the action of the picture will gather considerable more speed, which Is the thing that It needs. A mystery play should be played with speed, especially this one, a-- any one who saw the play must know, and the long, draggy love ncenes rather tend to slow up the entire story. At that, with almost nn hour and a half of running time the picture could stand pruning. But It looks as though when this Is accomplished It will be a corking mystery mcHer. The cast Is a sLron^ one, but for the greater part cannot count too much on Jetta GoudaJ In the lead. She doesn't seem quite to fit and la the type of woman who will not got a bit of sympathy from the womea in the Rudiv-nee. wlilch fact was par- ticularly noticeable at the Plaza, although they're a wise audlenesw Her supporting cast Is excellent, cspeclully Kobert Ames, who has the Juvenile lead. Cllve Brook t\M the master spy gives a particularly masterful performance and Is most ronvlnclng. while Henry B. Wal- thall shines in the pictqre. Misa Coudal is the only woman of note in the cast as far as the amount of work that Is entrusted to thosa of Ihe opposite sex. and she Is not finite siilficient to carry a whole pro- duction alone. Her type of beauty, call It that If you will, does not "Stand up when It comes to an hour and 30 minute dose of It, Of course. Rupert Julian had a chance to play Kjilser Wilhelni •igain and he didn't overlook that. He played It all over the lot. The i)lcture as a whole Is Just a program production and cannot ba taken out of that clasalflcntlon un- 'ess the speed of the playing la heightened bv ctittlng. Fred. MO ANA Famous Player* release of R. J. und V. It Flaherty's surer-trnvelog. At the RIalto. New fork, week of Feb. 7. Run- ning time. 69 minutes. ( A magnified travel film that will play to many walkouts In a theatre and will mildly entertain those who linger. In either case it's an acuta example of a picture that needs a strong show or presentation around it. It's Interesting and has been well done, but there's no story, and a travelog Is a travelog. Even "nrass" was that. The Flahertvs were responsible for "Nanook of the North." Here they have delved Into the southern climes for their subject matter. A subtitle states that the men lingered with the Sn moans for two years In order to win the confidence of tlio tribe and get the Inside native stufT. "Nanook" created quite a stir, both In and out of picture clrclea It doesn't seem likely that "Moana win achieve similar results. In regard to continuity, the film unwinds evenly In working up to the climax of "Moana." the youth of the film, paining hie manhood throngh undergoing the custom of a torturous tatooing siege. The Fla- hertys have pictured this so that closeups are seen of the boy with the perspiration pouring down hla face amidst the wincing from the •^nln of the eliborate bone neod'"- Fox Showmanship judgment proves right again ♦ ^ » The big money the Fox pic- turization of PETER B. KYNE'S story "The Golden Strain" is pulling in at the box-oflSces of the country proves that PETER B. K YNE stories are a great drawing card for any theatre. Now comes the second of this series— a thrilling, rac- ing drama of Erin's Isle and California— taken from "Corncob Kelley" and titled "The SHAMROCK HANDI- CAP." You'll ride in clover with this one. Wednesday, February 10, 1920 FILM REVIEWS VARIETY 41 irork being pricked Into his back I •nd knee. The action eontalno a couple or moiUfled laugh" and holds some ex- ceptionally eyo-lUUng lURRcd ihore llneB. with the surf pounding. Tho flpearlnR of flsh, tho capture of n •Innt turtle In the wnfor by two Swimmers and the riding of tho breakerB by a honie-mnde nklff pro- wide the major "action" scenes. A sldellRht is that the majority a( the young women screened are nude to the waist, while the men are simply covered by a waist cloth. At one point a girl picks up a live flsh, somewhat larger than a min- now. As It squirms In her hand she bites the head off and continues to munch it while conversing with ber boy friend. PIctorlally the fllm stands out and educationally It should be a treat; but when consi'lered as major hous- fare there la a doubt. However, one (uess Is that It la particularly adaptable to double-feature h"'"-eg. Skig, The Midnight Express Oerson proJuctlon (IniT). rf1eBi«tur»Hl. At the nroartway. Now York, shown In conjunction with the vaudeville bin werk Ff-b. 7. Hnl Reynolds ,-;"'';*"'r.' ","" g„,,.... Wanda Hnwloy Vntt FVjVti-r, her grandfather S'ln AIIfm The Stranger Guston Olaas Miss Hampton shows to unusual ad- vantage. Mr. KIrkwood looked as though he needed a good barber and played rather seriouRly, hut othiT- wlse sustained his fllm rep as "op- posite" the leading woman. Some word is due Miss Le Breton. This Is the youn^ woman who run out on Henry W. Savage as the re- sult of a tilt over certain stage lines. She not only played effcrtively, but registers well in most of her main scenes. She's a blonde and wears her clothes well. Miss Finch showed that she had lost none of her old screen skill and made a little rule stand up as part ant) parcel of the picture. Mr. Wolhelm was superb. He made his big dramatic climaxes as virile and impinging as possible. Ivan Llnow, another physical giant and wrestler, deserves credit for his work. He acted well. Looks one of the best program bets on A. E.'a list. Mark. SHOOTIN* ROMANCE J»dt ITnzle "western,"' produced by I'nl- veraal. Directed by Cliff Smith. Adapte I from jtory by Ruth Comfort Mitvh'll. Shown at the .Vew Yorli. N-w Yorli ell} Keb. 6. Running time, 66 minutes. l.lKhtnIn' Jack Ji...k Iluxlr l>oMaIdeen Travis Clllve ilaiilirimrk t'urrier King William A Steele Mra. King Carmen (■hi'.llps nickel t» Bob McK'-iiiiii' Mammy Mallie IVtMrR Muriel Travla VirKlnla Bradford Borne of these days somebody Is going to slip Jack Hoxie a story that will run hell-bent for continu- ity and even fool the bunch around the I'nlversal shop. This one in some sections is A-1; In others, in distress. At best Huxlo, a big, strapping, wholesome type of western ranch foreman and a riding fool, seems cut out for the kind of roles he plays, yet the scenario writers should keep blm doing the things that aro t-oniewhat in west- ern reason. A r"l<> game In thrust In to ex- tend the footago and lu-rliiips to Ki\o tiu> foreign s.i'i\siiian a j-ihkI selllnii talk th.-it nii^ht make tli.it Pdio in.'iertidii a ioriK-li'st sport rela- tive uf the I'rlnco of Wales. It just about Bliiwcd up tho plot but the next minute Haw the pulo plea.-iire seekers niid ball clia.sers Khooting men down. For a lliiah' t'ley have a pull for thrills witli Iloxlo quitting his mighty sweet acting hos.s for a luid-air light with the villain in a basket operated by cable. That made the tUm look foolish. Leaving out the foozle there are some corking shot.s of western life. The picture got away to a bully start and Introdiici'd the girl In a way that was a credit to the direc- tor. This girl Is Olive llasbrouek and she carried her role along to high «-rt»«llt. She has screi-u e.inlrol, lKind.es her.self in her big sc'eneR, ai:d .iiL,'r:iti.ite3 her.-elf on an audi- ence as the story runs aiong. Thit ficene wUh the wild steer wa.s aa good as they ni iIm* in tllins. 'ihat allele IS nio.lcrn and heJd both coinedy and thrills. The cast was additiaie. Special nicniion must be mude of .Miss Fhll- lips who made the vill.iin'a wife more than of second. iry importance once she came into view. As a "western" it will do, barring tho awful rinale. I'hotographlcally there is mtich to commend in thl» Hoxie "western" Mark. F.thel Shannon has been placed on a live year coutr.ict by Sam Saxe for (Jotham Productions. At present she la en route to New York to play the feminine lead la "The Cherry Tr€»e," which Al Licbt- I man Is making. A hokey-pokey this one, with a cast that don't mean anything. Rich- ard Holt, who plays now and then 'In the independents. Is the hero, but Gaston Glass has the big part of the crook who reformed when he fell In love with the station master's grand- daughter (Wanda Hawley). After her love had purified his dirty soul. the old station master recovered from his stroke of paralysis and laid on his blessing. The latter role was handled by Sam Allen, hitherto un- known to these eyes, but who made the rest of the cast look like ama- teurs. The story Is of a railroad system, and the owner's son works In the dispatcher's office. His parents are In a quandary about having him meet -the right kind of girl." Wanda is trotted In from the lonely statmn. which looks like the crossroads of a •and patch In the middle of Dela- ware, but which the subtitle de- scribes as tho nerve center of a i^reat railroad system. The excitement comes when the erook. trying his durndest to reform, outwits some robbers and lo.nds a ■h'nment of gold on a freight traln_ The robbers Jump the fre'ght :^vl'^ uncoup'e the last few cars, setting them on a downgrade, where they WHI collide with the oncoming ex- pr''"s and fast mail. The girl is on one of the trains and the crook who gets heroic blows up the brldtre and runs the frelTht cars Into a deep ravine, thereby snv- In^ many lives (subline) and mak- Ip" himself r.l^ Peonl-^ around tbe fo"-s who didn't like him so mucb before. The kick shows the cars tumbling. After thev've tun>b'ed p r'-e piece of toy track, bv scale about 40 feet or so lon• how It was all j^one. and not po care- ; ft'''v done at that. T'v^o picture doe^in't make tne , r^ade. even If Its choo-cVno tr-'ln^ An. Where there .ibou'd have b'-en exclte'V'fnt and n'-Hp<^ there H ef'ei a series of rid'cnlius momenta - c>»"«>ed by the lnmentatlor«» of ^^'^ . F'^'t. who doestn't peem to Int^mret gr"e' thrni'Th nnv otb"r me*'>id than bv 'he wrii'"'l"'r of the banc's. V">r the dTllv ohnnTe^ only, nnd hn-v It got Into'the B-o-.'iway. i'"'"'"- jrl-en awav. Is a mvstery. Other- ti7i«io tt would have been biK of n double hill In Ix>ew'R Vew YerV. ftlttk. LOVERS' ISLAND Carries produrlnjc Inbel of AnwrHled Fx- li'hltors. Actnal rrodurer Honrl Pl.Tinant- p,.-r-"r, wlio p\itn directed. Prom the Sm'T' Bef storv bv T. Howard K<-lIy. Scenar'o hv Ar'hur Hoerl. .)»nie« KIrkwood ""d Hon" P-mnton eo-t. ,Tr>»hua Dawson Lou's Wo'helm Sem .lohison Ivin Uiiow >nnni'-\ Dawaon. FIoth Fin'b Julia Daw Flora Lnn-eto- Rundy Phelps Jack llaymon.l This story ha,s a corking plot. It enables Its leading characters to carry along the theme in a grippUig way. Its cast Is exceptional. One scene will make the tired business man ait up and glue his op- tics to the screen. "Pliis conies where Hope Hampton as tli ward of the old sea captain goes to the famous Iwland of love nnd romanif. un- dresses and goes into the pool for a swim. Hot dog.' All roles handled excellently and COLLEEN MOORE IN 'IRENE'' HAS SENSATIONAL TRY-OUT {By Wire to Variety) MAMARONECR, WED. FEB. 10, (12:20 a. m.)-- Applause fop Colleen Moore has Just ended after the most enthusiastic pret view in the industry'^s history. The capacity audience at the Playhouse clamored to see the picture again and many refused to leave the theatre until the last two reels containing the fashion-parade in colors had been re-screened. Disinterestec| filpi-men present rate the comedy, drama and style-revue at 100% each at the box-office, and the combination of the three, greajl shows in one malces 'irene" the year's surest hit. Thanks ! First National thanks Variety for holding its presses to receive news of the "Irene'' premier at Mamaro* neck; and while accepts ing full responsibility for any delay in the delivery of Variety to its readers, First National believes that news of an event so important to exhibi- tors is well worth wait* tng fori SCOVELL Playing Balaban & Katz Theatres, Chicago Direction, Morris Silvers 4t VARIETY MUSIC Wednesday, February 10, 192« RADIO PAYING WHITEMAN $5,000 FOR HR. Conductor Agrees as Fare- well — Going Abroad March 31 Paul Whiti-nian and his orches- tr* win receive $5,000 for an hour's liro^ram on tho radio on a day to be decided on between March 24 and SI, when the Whitomanltes embark on the "Berensfirla" for a London concert tour. • Whlteman's conces- alon to radio, which the Jazz maes- tro deems a bane on the box-office. la because It will also serve in the nature of a furewell to America for several months. While on his concert tour, Whiteman turned down $8,000 for a two-hour program, but would not entertain It for any consideration. knowing that radio would eventual- ly react on hia concert engaRe- ments. Whiteman concludes a five weeks' contract at $15.(i00 a week in Coral Oables, March 24, and in the week intervening up to Railing date, will (five his radio recital and make r flock of Victor records for release during his absence abroad. Whiteman may also "can" for the British Victor Co., but because of bis prrference for American record- ing meuiods, he will make a host of new numbers from manuscript for spring and summer releasing. A Slam From Radio The unklndest cut of all from radio is the In test edict by WHPI thut KongH which have been "played to death" will not be bro.idca.Ht. ConsliIerinK that radio has been the Kreateat factor in the quick demise of certain songs, the ruling sounds like an exceptionally nasty slam. WBri Is the Warner Broth- ers' station in Warner's, New York, theatre building. ' Indoor Golf Tournament In Chicago Ballroom Chicago, Feb. ». A ballroom novelty Is Fred Mann's new stunt at the Rainbo (Room in the form of the first In- door golf tournament to be staged In a dance place. Jonas Perlberg originated the idea and a scries of preliminary matc-hes every Tuesday and Thursday for 10 weeks begin- ning Feb. 16 w^ill be hold to de- termine the indoor golf champion of Chicago. The tourney will be divided into mala and female competitions, with prizes. Frank Clark's Staff Like Ifenry Waterson, Inc.. whic' went after the radio plug from the start, the new m>isic publi.shlng firm of Frank Clark, Inc.. will fea tnre the radio exploitation. Clark, formerly professional manager for Waterson. Berlin & Snyder, hits his own company organized as a means to increase his .icope. Henry Water- son la backing the Clark, Inc., firm. Mack Stark is general manager for the new concern, and Rubey Co- wa 1 (Stark & Cowan, Inc.. before both members decided to Join the Clark enterpriso), will head the pro- fessional department. Tonimle Ma lie, who contributed a record of 60 songs to the Waterson catalog In 1925, has been shifted from Waterson'a to, Clark, Inc., to "handle the radio end. Jimmie Stelger-CJack Uose's pianist) being his assistant. Billy Thompson will head the Chicapro dffloe. Several numbers originally placed with Waterson, Berlin & Snyder will be featured by Frank Clark, Inc. Gilbert Moyle Dies San Francisco, Feb. T. Gilbert Moyle, California com- poser and poet, died at his home in Berkeley, Calif., on Feb. 1. Moyle was best known for his poem, "Sun- set Trails," set to music by Charles Wakefield Cadman. A wife and three children sur- vive hlra. ASCHER ORCH. TRAVELLINO Most of Harry Archer's orchestra will accompany "Merry Merry" on the road. Ernest Cutting, tho lead- er, will remain behind because of an expected family event. Archer, the compos rnt: ,lu« Friedman 180 hUtHt Mi-Mit!an Ht.. C:.i('lnnatl, O. WEARY, ROBT. STROCK LEAVES VERSE FOR WIFE Song Writer in Beltevue After Talcing Poison — Needed IMoney for Children A neatly dreued man of middle aere atacKered into the Woat 47th street police station last Friday evening ,said that be waa tired of life, had taken poison and collapsed In fnmt of the lieutenant's de^. An ambulance was summoned, rending Its arrival from Bellevue Home mlllc and raw eggrn were ad- miiil.stered The man partially re- covered and described himself as Robert Strock, song-writer. Aside from a package of verse and some short stories which he had evidently tried to sell to some publisher he had nothing but a couple of pages of verse and a letter which ex- plained his plight. The verses read: "To My Wife." Darling the Lord had his reason for calling. The Joy and pride of my life. No prayers, no aches can ever bring Back to me. the lost Joy, my wifa. Loved one, I will Join you perhaps today And may God protect the kiddies. So they will never know, I pray That their Daddy hatf chosen the shortest way. These verses were followed by a letter addressed "To Whom It May Concern," and dated Feb. 3. It read: "Life to me haa been an enigma. For the past two years it has been very dark. I have fought hard against great odds but to be lone- .sume in a great city is a handicap. I have three children, their board Is past due, there la no p^spect of raising the amount necessary to cover my requirements. "I have with me several short stories, and song poema If any- thing Is realized on them I trust it will go towards what I owe. I am In the true sense of the word, -A Failure." Later at Bellevue he .lald he had* Inst lived in a furnished room at 407 West 53d street. Inquiry at that address resulted in the Information that on Monday (Feb. 1.) he had rented s room from Mrs. Alice O'Brien. Two daya later he evi- dently determined to give up his fight against Fate and on Friday tried to take hia life and Join his wife. In hia room were found several touching letters from hia children, who are evidently in an Institution in Kings Park. U L, asking him not to forget them on Christmas. There were photographs of the children, two girls and a boy, aged about eight, 10 and l|. Radio Stations Washington. Feb. t. Thers are 27< broadcaatlny stations operating In foreign countries, according to the lat- est Information to reach the Department of Commerce. In the United SUtes are 636 stations. DETROIT JEAN GOLDKETTE! Orchestras VICTOR RRCORnS MAL HALLETT and his Versatile Entertaining Band NOW PLAYING ARCADIA BALLROOM FIFTH SEASON ON BROADWAY Original Indiana 5 Record and Radio Artists Now Playing Cinderella Ballroom 4«th fitrm aod nroodway N»i> Terfc TOMMY MORTON UaaafPt Phon* Rlrhmoiid Hilt 847t, 8t«rliiiK 8S2A VAN AND HIS COLLEGIANS ASTORIA 9S44-J JAMES F. WADES Moulin Rouge Orchestra (asa MrirrH) Radio Artists Best Colored Orchestra in the West MOULIN ROUGE CAFE, CHICAGO Pianiste Loses Hubby and Child in Divorce Court Milwaukee, Feb. 9. Screeching in dismay and then falling unconscious on the floor of the courtroom, Mrs. Olive Froellch, pianiNt in the orchestra of George Bat;h, concert-melster of this city, had to be carried from the building after her husband, Liouls, chauftour of the police chief's car, obtained a decree of divorce and custody of the nine-year-old daughter. The court ruled Froellch could keep all of his property and also denied the wife any alimony. Froelich led a raid on his home last May after spotting his wife and Bach for aeveral weeks. Bach, leader of the orchestra which haa a following among the elite of the city, waa paying too much attention to his pretty pianist. Froelich be- lieved. Bach and Mrs. Froellch were ar- rested on serious chargea. but re- leased on ball. FrooUch immediate- ly began suit for divorce. Tho charges against the pair are still pending. Bach, father of threo children, la being hotly defended by hia wife. The whole affair Is a "frams-up^- .Mra. Bach aaya New Ballroom at St Petersburg St Petersburg. Fla., Feb. 9. Ilartmaa ballroonu capacity for 3,500 couplca on the dancs floor, 2,600 in the balcony, which en- circles the 100 by 200-foot room, has opened. Ralph Cook and his orchet- tia furnish the music. The Palace Is on .«>'econd street and Second avo- nue. HERE AND THERE Parenti'a Liberty Syncupatora will represent the Columbia records in New Orleans, being local favorites, playing at the Liberty theatre.... On the Victor, the Silver- Masked Tenor, who has* donr some vocal choruses with th^ Silvertown Cord Orchestra, and la well known on his own on thr radio, makes his dink debut as a soloist. "Toot Toot, Dixie Bound in the Morning" is the latest number by Chris Smith anJ J. Tim Brymm. publlHhed by liandy. 2 'SONG SHARKS' ARE ON TRIAL Keller and Graff, Jr., Accused by Govt. Benjamin Schneider, formerly in the pit at tho Capitol, Montreal. Is now director of the orchestra at the Palace, Sydney, N. S., picture house. F. W. McKibben, of New York, organlot at the Imperial, St John. X. B., h.is been succeeded by M. C. Kwing. J. T. Nuttall, Jr., formerly of the Venetian Gardens Orchestra,; St. John, N. B., Is now at the traps In the Opera House orchestra. St. John. Introduction of supper dances at the Admiral Beatty Hotel. St John. N. R. with the Admiral Beatty orchestca supply the music, haa af- fected patronage of the dance halls there. The Rita, studio, Woodmero and Victoria, all d.ance halls, are operating nightly. Jack Yellen. songwriter-member of the music publishing house of Ager, Yellen A. Bomstein, Inc., is ono of a syndicate controlling Loew'a State, Buffalo. Hia brothers. Max and Maurice, are respectively pre.sldent and director of the now corporation owning the house. The U. S. O^veriimetit's prosecu- tion against two alleged ".snn;; sharks" for using the mails to do- fraud started Monday before Judj,'© Howe In tho U. S. District Court Albion S. Keller and (ieorpe 1annlng a coa.st revue with Bert and Betty Wheeler, Ann and Harry Seymour and himself r^r thla aprlng. Fast Ben— In K. C. Kansas City, Feb. 9. Ben Bernle arrived here last week to attend the opening of the new Hotel President where one of ht.s orchestras will be a permanent fea- ture. He was arrested for specdlnK a few minutes after his arrival. Bernle had been met at the sta- tion by Ben Natkln. of the hotel manaKcment The pair started "or the hotel. BernU asked to be allowed to drive. He was stepping along when stopped by a traffic cop and taken to a nearby police sta- tion, whore bond was arranjjed. MAXINE BROWN AND RECORDS "The Sweetheart of the Air." Maxlne Brown, has been in New York the past few days making test.s for the phonosraph concerns. Mi38 Brown, formerly in musical comedy, has acquired a rep for a perfect radio voice. Her WOH broadcasting was reported back from Moscow, Rus.sla. She Is known throughout the country as an ether artist and this Is considered a large as.set by the recording companies seeking her services. ABE LTMAN'S BAND BOOKED Harry Fitzgerald has signed Abo Lyman's Brunswick record orches- tra for vaudeville. The band Is at the College Inn, Chicago. Fitz- gerald and "Bugs" Baer are in Chi^ pago currently. lENTZ IN FILM HOUSES Al Lentz and That Band opened at the Colony, New York, thla week, on a picture house toflr. Lentz comes from tho Piccadilly restaurant. New York. FRED HAMM'S TOUR Fred Hamm and the Boss' Own Orchestra have started a national fiance tour In response to demands following their WLIB broadcast- ings. Hamm Is a Benson unit and a Victor recording artist. HALLET RECORDINO Mai Hallett and his orchestra are to record for Columbia records. Tho liallett band is the feature dance attraction at the Arcadia ballroom. New York, and is a wide New Eng- land favorite. Hallett will also "can" for the Okeh label. Gershwin Going to London George Gershwin Is going to Lon« ion, where "Tiptoes" and "Indies Bo Good" are to be produced. While abroad he will compose a new show. S H*ir-Tn«(mrllv» Ronkn on TI'K .^HT OF MODERN JAZZ PIANO PLAYING ny ART 8IIRPTK Now jron can learn to play Popular Mualc with all tha Plll-ln Triok* urraka, niii^- rtr . nn mcfl hjr leading RADIO ARTISTS FIrat Book foachra ISO Jaza Pr^aka. «« Snappr Nor.«lty Endlnga. Blufia Flll-ln Rmt>Fllffihm«-nta. etc. la worth hunclrvda of doll;ira to any planlat. amateur or prcifpaalonaL Prir* 9I.M. S<««nid Book — JazB Baaa. Tho harkbona of Jazi Piano Playlnc Thla book loarhpa the varlnua atylea of Jaia Baaa n^rcaaary In profeaalonal work. In all keys and chorda .PHr.. fl.Ofl Third llonk — Koyboard Harmony flitnvllflpd. The slinpleat and mi.at condenard methof! ever puMlahMl on thla auhtect Ho almpi' thit a child can underatand It. Prlrr fl.SO. From your dealer, or delivered C.O.D by mail If dealrrd SHEFTE PUBLISHING CO. (.Vot Incorporated) Pept B, 8!t T,yon A nealy TlMs . 64 B. Jnrkaon Plvd., rhli-arn. HI Wednesdny, February 10, 1626 CABARETS NIGHT CLUBS MAY BE REGULATED BY BLDG. DEPT. THROUGH POUCE VARIETY 4S [summonses Issued to Two Night Places — Melody [ Dub Had No License — Guinan's 300 Club Must Limit Capacity to 75 ► Without the aid of United States Pliitrlct Attorney Buckner, many ■upper clubs and "speakeialcs" ai4 slated to bo. This news \/a8 greeted with consternation in tlie Times Square lectlon. Many of the owners are serk^ng "sucktrB" to buy their places, fearins the worst. f?onje owners are satlslicd that tlie deatli knell has been sounded. This b'j«H-l«l two nrrkM' rnfngrmrnl Ht Kofi^lHnd Itallrnom, N*«w York, In back •!» TtnHMlnmy mm thr m*wt »t- trartlon of (lilii "»(1||; time" «!«««■»• piU- •cfl. It»riilirrirt>r, a Virlor rr-iH-d jtar. t« frntnrliiK and pIhtIiik ll;li and don't want to waste money on the side, have invented a gag to stop the women from sending np the check. Upon the girl opposite dodg- ing a drink question and men- tioning ale, the hound lifts either eyebrow, to gurgle: "Baby, I don't want to see you get ginger ale cancer." Durante- Jackson and Their Initialed Shirts BOUGHT STOLEN COAT Cijiarat Girl Goes to Court Against Darling Elizabeth Grey, 22, said to be the cigaret girl In the Cotton Club and living at 53 West 72nd street, was the complainant In West Side Court against Joseph Darling on the charga of grand larceny. Darling was held by Magistrate Bernard J. Douras In $6,000 bail for the grand Jury. He was taken to the Tombs. Miss Grey came to court, accom- panied by Margaret Howard, K3 West 72nd street, dancer at the Melody Club. Darling was arrested by Detectives McConncU and Mc- Conachle of tho West ISth street station. Accoring to Miss Grey's story she purchased a fur coat from Darling for $60. She had it only a few days when detectives notified her that Darling had no right to the gar- ment. She readily gave the coat to the pollco and Darling was arrested. Darling, It was learned, had the coat placed In bis care to repair by Viola Harris, 102 West 70th street. The latter went back to Darling, who Is a furrier, and wanted to see her caracul coat. Connie's Inn Revue Held Over in Theatre Upstairs The Connie's Inn revue. In the basement adjoining the Lafayette theatre In Harlem, was liooked into the house for a week. It was held over last week. Word passed that the girls wore aa few stage clothes as possible, and this helped to boom business, There is talk that the show may be sent out as a tab Bhow over the T. O. B. A. circuit, but it would have to go without the accompani- ment of Leroy Smith's orchestra. Tho Smith orchestra has been the big musical feature at the Inn so long that tho Connie crowd would be lo.st without It. At the Dover Club, New York. nif;htly are two young men. enter- t.'iiiiers, who slyly lift their coat sleeves to allow the mob to catch the etched initials on their sleeves of their Kllk shirts. K(Mlo Jackson utiirtcd tlie initial riot iijwin finding ho wa.s no lon-^er oppres.scd with liabilities and had a balance in tlie bank. Jimmy Du- rante had to follow suit, borrowing tho money to buy hl.s shirts from Lew Clayton, the third partner (which explains why Mr. Clayton is still wearing his old shirts). Messrs. Jackson nod Durante con- fess that up to tho Hllk shirt season they never wore inithils, not even in their hats. Kunning a Joint, how- ever, they claim hns Its adv.ont-ageH. Among these, Eildle J.ack.son as- serts, l.s meeting stylish people. Stylish people, claims Eddie, are those who not only can tell you what to wear but whero to buy It. "That's class," interjected Jimmy. A couple of stylish people were In the Joint one night, continued Mr. Jackson. They su:;geslcd allk shirts for a changa Eddie said he thought they meant a change that night, so he told tht-m ho had no silk shirts. The stylish man of the twosome gave him the address of a shirt maker, and, of cour.ie. Inter- jected Jimmy, what could they do when he al.so wanted to cash a check. Yes, continued Mr. Jackson, that was right — Jimmy's always right, and oven If the check did come back, they found he had not lied about the shirt maker. In rerrisal, added Eddie, and to gftt even on the check, Messrs Jackson and Durante have given up their spats (on the shoes) over Lent. Mr. Jackson wants it known that though he has no liabilities, neither has he any assets. "See tho kind of a busine.ss man this makes out of you," Joyously uttered Mr. Jackson. "Before we started splitting the first of every month I thought liability meant life insurance. Now I know the difference. No liability means you don't owe anything and no assets means you haven't anything. "Don't forget to get that In be- cause 1 know you're goins to say something about the.«ie silk shirts and I'm not going to be rushed to death by touches. Yon can have 'em, Jimmy." G. H. Cassebohm Dead Friends In Times Square wore shocked to learn of the death of George H. Ca.ssebohm, 75, for years manager of hotels In and arr)und Broadway. Cassebohm was a vic- tim of carbon monoxide in lila room at 63 West 83rd street. He was dis- covered bjfc his niece. Belle Endler, 530 West ll'Sth Klreet. The gas heater In tho room was turned on but the Lethal fumes had overcome her uncle. She summoned a patrolman. The latter called Dr. Klfdler of Knlckerbocked Hospital who pronounced Cassebohm dead. Dr. J'ledler declared that the gas had consumed the oxygen In the room. CaKsehohm had been retired for .several years. Ho w.is active until a tow year ago. Cassf'bohm was well known in tiie hotel busioesu. I>'or years he had either owned or mansKed many hotels uptown. Kit-Kat, N. Y., Opening The Kit-Kat Klub Is New York's newest night club entry, slatf'd for debut Feb. 15 at 51 st street and 7th aventie. Another n^w nlf^lit club Is .<^;itii J'aul'.^ Av.ilon, I'.roaclw.iy and C'.th. IJeth Chains Is tho prime at trac- tion with Waxy, Loutso Taylor, Cliff ()'RourV.e, Al R"tji, Katherine Adolph, Lucille Joy* e, Tony Hhayiie, jind K'Idie Laniberi's orcliestra fe^i- turing Kd Gallaphtr, Jr., as the en- lertalnnient. New Ship Cabaret A new ship cal>;ir. CARROLL AT PALM BEACH v.- liii I'.- a'li, K"t,. 9, Ht irting ThurMil.iy Haiiy C.irioll .Mill hi.4 revm- will ambert Band will be played. Bob arting as master of ceremonl«-s. He's in an a salary .and p<>rccntage.M. I>urlng th(! floor engagement Mr. Murj.hy will appear In a new vau- deville act in and around New York. Fay Not Advertising Larry Fay's name is not on any of the night riubH or r< Ntaiir.ints now lof-.Tlly advertisinc. CABARET BILLS will be found on page 19 "CREOLE FOLLIES" AT GIRO'S When Ciro'H, New York, re -opens, due about Feb 17, It will be with the "Creole Follies" revue and Jjti- Koy Hnilth's colored orch'-stra from Connie's Inn, Harlem. Iliikl'> .Srhwartz !s reported aa the sole owner of tlie itopenlng (,'tro'H. It la teuiponirily rlosed for .Tltcr.it)oii'» V.-, *Baco^'^.& Dav SILVER BELL BANJOS New Catalog— Just Out THt BACON BANJO CO. Inc GROTON, CONN V A K I KT t' Wednetdajr, February 10, 192( BILLS NEXT WEEK (Continued from pag« 19) L Aah * Hall (Tir« to ail) IX>WKI.I., M.\H8. Keith's (IS) Srooks A RoH* Oon* Uarneii (;o Lottl* Allitrtun Torke A KInK Rodgera Sla Oeneral PIbudo UACON, GA. Grand (K) (8) Chavaller Bros Murray A L.avflr« Hurst Si VoKt Va» A CranntoR Corradlnl's Aalinals MADIi^ON. WIS. Orplienm (\VV> tat half (I5-1T) Karl A Kovcln Harrjr Kahno (Pour to flU) 3d ha:x (1R-21) Cuvan & RufT-n Bunclfl Love (Four to nil) «I'NCH'.ST*B. N. H. Pulare (K) lut half (lO-lT) W A H Brown Burnum Stan Kavanaugh Rog^era A Uorkin Blackface B Rosa Barbler Slnims Co 2d half (lS-21) Dancinc Franks Lawrence A H'lc'b Ths Wager (Ons to nil) MeKBKSr'RT, FA. 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Sliirray tllrls • icii Yoeinun Co It. rt Krroi Ul Oublln 1 Merini'iil A June Hob I'liiijora Burns A Wilson Dance twcvels 2d ha f (18 11) The Holders >luriey ti .\iige| Follies Del.use Coosan A Casiey Carl Rosins A Ce Browdway (K) 1st half (U-17) Nill A Genevieve Miss Marcelie .Stan Stanley Fo'lies Del. use Id half (18-11) Dublin 1 Rome Troupe rorinane A Shelly Flo Oast A Oo Croaskays (K) 1st half (15-17) The Kneders Mme U NukI The Wise Cracker -Ned Norworth Ce Lopa Orientals Id half (18-21) Meehan's Dogs Mennettl A June Bob Fulgora Krugol A Rubles Lorraine Minto Co Farie (K) (IS) Mme Bradna Ce Wright A MnrloD Krval A Dell Quinn Binder A R Johnson's Cadets Carl MoCullougk J Bodini A Co Grand O. H. (K) 1st half (li-17) Cj Seymour Valarie Bergere Co I'ermane A Shelly Florence Gast 2d half (18-21) BUI A Genevieve Miss Marcoile The Wlas Cracker Slaa Stanley Lopa Orientals NlxoB (K) 1st half (15-17) Musical Hunters 2 Orpliaiia Texas Chicks Kast A Dumke Kuban Koasocka Id half (1S-11> Plasa Brothers Shirley Sisters Val Bt.rgere A Ce Fields A Johnson Ksndy Krooks Orpheam (K) ^ lat half (lS-17) Belts A Partner I»rralne Minto ACo Krugel A Rubles Carl Rosine A Ce td half (18-21) Stanley GalinleACo Roberts A Clark Golden Violin Chaa Boyden Kuban KoBNOcka Wm. Peiui (K) 1st half (I5-1T) Richard Wally Morley A Anger Kaufman A K'fman 2d half (1(-21) lyoulse Wright Cook A OatmaB Burns A Wilson riTTSItl'ROH, PA. Darla (K) (8) Hector Bdith ClifTord Kddle Brown Moaconl Bros Jed Dooley RIos lireiidcU A Burt TamakI Duo (16) Monroe A Grant Murdock A Mayo lioganny's Bakers Burns A Allen ItfrUea A Terry Sylvia Clark Clilncse Vyncopat'rs Harris (K) (IS) Alice DeOarino Leoniird A St. Jotin Milton Btrlo Kilna Torrance I.ubln A Lowrls Amao L McQulnlan 1 Mary Haynes PITTSKLI), MAH8. Palace (H) 1st half (l.")-17) Saeyer A Kilily Johnson 4 Johnson Fiedler Maim Co Harmon & Sands HAL Oilltlte 2d h.nlf (18-21) Mu!(>RTI.\NI>, ORE. Puiituges (1.1) I'liandon 1 Mieon A Hegns l'i'«i>S Sis l>nn Downing A»?. I s lion-."* POKTI.WIt, ME. Krltli's (IS) ][:i:ry V'nr'S Co ^^ 1 V' J » .1 StellOgS Fin'.'s Mil e< Ireni' Ui< :iri\n Rililn<' lay A IB SlUJ. I d Jo Jo Randall We Three Sampael A liiilisrt Ballot Troupe (One to All) 2d half (It-tl) Ray Pike Two Blosaoma Ray A Dot Deaa Kits Serenadera (One to All) POTT8VILLB. PA. Hippodrome (■) 1st half (II-IT) Plasa Brothers Guth Carmen A O Cook A Oatmaa Id half (11-11) Richard Wally Kast A Duraka Dance Revels PROVID'NCK, BJ. Kmery (L> (IS) Stanley A BIts Ubert Carletoa Orren A Drew Carson A Wlllard Clinton A R Bd Albes (■) (•) Will Mahoney l.«dy Odsn Pi Bert Baker Gibson A Pries Chaa Aheara (IS) Mellle Dunhaaa Rose A Thorns Marguerite Padola Johnny Murphy Botaiirourt A OS (One to All) QVINCT. ILU Orpheus (WT) 1st half (11-17) Bert A H Skatells Small A Maye Jlmmle AUard (3s. Id half (11-11) Chinks A Kaufman Faber A Wales R. O A R Players RACINK. WIS. BIsIt* (WT> td half (ll-tl) Ponzlnis Honks Lang A Voelk Ford A Glenn (Tws to All) BEADING, FA. Bajak (K) 1st hair (11-17) Brown A Wolttak'r (Others to All) 2d half (11-11) Howard A Norwood Henry Regal Cs (Others to All) BED BANK. If. #. Palnos (K) Ist half (lt-17) BAG Turner Froxlnl (Others to All) 2d half (lt->t) Joe Rankin Fred Weber Kmmet O'Mara (Others to All) R'UM'D HILL, LX 1st half (16-17) Francis A Wilson Dot Bergere Co Clark A Crosby Boyce A Evans R Jack Wilson Co 2d half (IS-ll) Luster Bros Tompkins A Lore Alice In Toyland (One to nil) RICHMOND, VA. Lyrle (K> (8) Frank Sinclair Cuby A SmHh Rari Hall A Ce Helen A Folka Soebacks KOCIII<>«TER. N.T Temple (K) (8) Mme. Herman Domarr A Lester Claire Vincent Kthol Davis Van A Vurnon Glenn A Jenkins O'Donnell A Blair Mae Miller (IS) G.-irdncr's Maniacs Kddy Brown \S cavi-r Bros Nan H.alpcrln Mr A Mrs Stamm (One to nil) BOCKFORD, ILL. Palace (WV) Ist half (15-17) Realo Around ths Globe (Three to All) 2d half (11-21) Karl A Rovein Harry Kahne (Three to nil) STRM'NTO, CAK Pantufea (IS) RIblo A Lacloyna I.ambertl HarilHworlh A DsM LAM Wilson Bandbox Rer ST. LOUU Mlsr Uaryld Collegians U Wolfe CHIbert Dorma Lee "Danes MadnsaS" DelBMirts (In) (•> Oeorgla Mlaslrels ■Another M's WUe' Gma4 (WT) (U) Jack Fitzgerald Stratford Comedy 4 Servany Twins Sylvestaer A Vanes Kay Uamlla A 1 (Three to All) ST. PAVD. lOMN. Pnlnes (Wr> 1st half (11-17) Three Melody Olrls Bungle Lore Cole A Snyder B McGoods Lensln Id half (11-11) The Zelglers Chabot A Tortlnt Al K Hall Ce Sully A Thoman (One ts All) Cnyitsl (Pc) 18) Johnnie Herman Joe Ross SALT L'KK. urn Orphsoas (In) (8) Audrey A Viola "Variety Revus" (}« people) Piaatncss (18) Les KsUors Lowa A Miira Torrano Sis Briscoe A DeLarto Irrlng'e MtdgeU S. AI«TOinO. TKX. Mnjeatis (U) (14) Kenaey McMon'S Psrry A Wagner Nash A O Donnell Carletoa A Ballew Broilte Paulo Ce SAN DIEGO. CAL. Pnntaces (IS) Schlckl's Manikins Bussey A t^ass Oypsyland Allman A Man (Two ts All) SAN FBANCI8CO Paatncas (IS) Fulton A Mack Baksr A Gray Bernardi Stanelll A D'nglas Revue de Laxe SAVANNAH. OA. BUe« (K) (8) Marietta Crmlg WilsOB 1 Dixie Hamilton Tom A D Ward Collins A Hart SCHENECTT, N.T. Proctor's (K) 1st half (16-17) 4 Ortons Francis A Wally Sailor Boy Brems F A M Bros B Hamden A Boys td half (18-21) DeMarr A Lester O'Donnell A Blair SCRANTON, PA. P«U (K) 1st half (16-17) Qalnes Bros Jack Merlin Co Artlsu Models Diamond A Brenan Broadway Whirl td halt (11-21) John Le Clair Lane A Ooldea Muoal't In Klllarney W J Kennedy Co Paramount I SEATTLE WASH. Pantncea (IS) C Valeska Winters Davis A Nelson Romeo A Dolls Jarvls A Harrison 4 Belfords an RN 'DO AH. PA. Strand (K) 1st half (15-17) Vic I.Aurla (Others to All) 2d half (18-21) I'atsy Doyle (Others to ttll) SIOCX CITY. lA. Orpheum (WV) 1st half (15-17) The Zc'Iglers Kl Cota A Byrne Frank Stafford Co Al K Hall Co Gretta Ardine Co 2d half (18-21) King A Bnatty Clay Crouch Co .Shone A Squires B McOoods A L Joe Howard Rev Harry Holman Co Gordon A Pierce Princeton A W'tson (ons to nil) TACOMA, WASn. Pantaircs (IS) Ethel Marine Co Frankiln A Vlnc't Coulter A Rose Joyce Lando Joe Roberts 5 AvalloQS TERRE H-TE, IND. Indlann (KW) Ist half (14-17) Gautlcr's Dogs Nat Haines A Co Walter Brewer F.stelle Dudley (One to nil) 2d half (18-21) Edith Ciasper A Co Summers A Hunt (Three to nil) TOLEDO, O. RiTOll Wanda A Seals Seymour A Cunard .stefenoff Co Marcus A Booth Evans A Peres Keith's (K) 2d half (11-14) N & O Versa Anliiiue Shop Pa.S'iuail Bros ClifTord A Grey (J'Mourko A Kelly (Romano P .rk, (I'd ItHpids Split) 1st half (I&-I7) Laurie A Rayne liore Sis Carr Lynn llinKham Girl Jon .Marlis Co Wier's Rlephants TOPKKA, KAN. Novelty (WV) Ist half (8-10) Gus Thaler A Co .Mills A Trevor Hilly I'url A Co Gieen A I,nfe'l Dalfy A Fred Rial 2d half (11-13) Hubert Dryer A Co Jack KuRlies Duo Knorr. Rella A Co Meehan A Newma# Ching Ling He Tr TORONTO. CAN. I'aiitages (II) Marry Seranlon Cook I.ainont A J .Society Soamlals lllbhert A H tman I'yt no Japs Voiiire St. (L) (IS) i'urner Bros Dora Maijphn Co • 'has Keating Co r,. W Cooptrr Karl Lindsay's R Shra's (K) (IS) .Mae Miller Co W A U Ahcitrn ■> WlTOS Turn Sinlth C K Tounc ■thel Davis TRENTON. W. J. Cnpltol (K> 1st half (ll-lT) Shirley Sisters Chas Ooyden 2d half (ll-tl) Clark Morrsll Outh Carmen A G A Ilea A CanAeld Betts A Partner TROT. N. T. Proetor's (K) 1st balf (16-17) WIIUs Hale A Bros Marlon GIbaey Miller A Mack Robt Rellly A Co 2d half (l«-ll) I Melvlns Ann Suter Mollle Fuller A Cs B Brewstsr Rev TVI,SA. OKLA. Orphenm (It) 2d half (11-21) A A ■ Frabelle Stanley Chapman Nathans A Sully Hawthorne A Cook In Bargravln UNION CITT. NJ. Capitol (K) 1st half (16-17) 30 Pink Toes Jans A Wha'en (Others to All) td bait (18-11) Burt A Lehman (Others to All) CTICA, N. T. Cnlety (K) 1st half (16-11) Hasel Cotter Burr A Klains HanloB Bros DuCallon Town Topics td half (ll-tl) Horie A Ce Grand A Feeley 4 Dancing D'mons B'ckrldge Casey Co Cooper A Kennedy M Wllkons A Band VANCOUVER. B.O. Pnntacea (1ft) Ann Scbuler DeMarlo t Dancing Pirates Smith A Sawyer Tshiluiwa Japs Aleke WASH'OTON. D. C. Bialto (Pe) (1) Macquarrle Harp Stella Hymson "The First Year" Metropolitan (Pc) (7) B Thornberry "Road to Tost'day" lioew's (U Selms BraaiZ Co Vale A Craiia Billy Taylor Cs Polly A Os Lockett A Page Keith's (8) Jimmy Huss«y Rolffenach Sis loiter A Gamble Worden Bros Harriet Remple McLeHan A Sarah D Appoloii L 'Is Bennett (18) 4 Caraerons Whiting A Bart W Mack Co Margaret Romalne Parlsicnne Art Pepito Sargent A Lewis (One to nil) WASH'OTON, PA. State (K) Ist half (IG-17) Weadick A LaDue Nielsen A Worden Thos A Fred 81s 2d half (18-11) Neapn'ltan I Art Stanley Low Ross Ce (One to nil) WAT'RH'Y, CONN. Palace (K) Ist half (16-17) I'oivors Dun G Xr M Moore Sydney Grant Let's Dance (One to nil) 2d half (18 :i) Manning A Class Carroll A Romant Mathews A Ayrso Krafts & Lamont The Test WATRRtX)0 Plain (WV) lat half (16-17) Vira A Strlga TrI State 4 Marjah Revue Comliius Mu.slcal Six rmans Fanny Simpson Co :d half (11-11) Revue Cnmiriue Musical Shermans .Marjah Strand (Pc) (8) Dexter Sisters WATF.RT'WN N.T. Avon (K) Varle'y SeTtette Grand A Feeley lllioda nroeholle Cooper A Kennedy Mori A Co ;d half (18 21) riinlon Bro» Manning A Hall MeyeiboS Orch WUCKL-O. W. ▼/ VIetarIn (K) 1st hair (ll-lT) Olidsd Cage Neapolitan I Clifford A Marion Lea Oellla (One te All) Id half (ll-tl) Short A Shorty Nielaoa A Worden Thos A Fred Qirla 7 Collegians (One to All) WICHITA. KAN. MnJesUs (U) 1st half (16-17) Al A ■ Frabelle BsaasalB A Whiu Meet the Prinos Fred Lewis D Trager Syncos 2d half (ll-tl) Dewitt Burns T'r'e Gertrude Barnes Allen Bronson Wood A Franots Silks A Satins W'HITA riA, TX. HaJesHa (It) (14) Malta Bart Oo Foley A Letour Anger A Fair Ritx Bros McKay A Ardino W'KRS-B'BB. PA. PsB (K) 1st half (16-17) John Lo Clair Lane A Oolden Moonl't In Klllarney W J Kennedy Oo Paramount i td half (11-11) Oainee Bros Jack Merlin Artists Models Diamond A Bren'n WINDSOR. ONT. Cnpttol (KW) 1st half (14-17) Dallas Walker Trio Wynters A Somers McCormack A Irv'g Ths Revoltein (One to All) Id half (U-H) Johnson A Baksr Wise A Janlas CIIITord Wayne Trl» Dora Early A Co J J Clifford A C» W'NSOCKET, R.I. nUon (K) 1st hair (16-17) MIchon Bros Bob White Gygl A Severn Otrto (One to All) 2d half (ll-Ji) Neater A VInreat Bert Ba'.ter Co Cardiff A Wales WORC'TR, MAS!. PoU'a (K) 1st half (lD-17) Frank Wilson Clinton A Cappel'n W A Kennedy Co Raymond A Cav'ly Earl Rial Rev 2d half (18-11) The Harleiiulna RzposltloB 4 Apples Rellly A Palmer Bohemian NIghtn YONKERB. N. T. Proctor's (K) Ist half (16-17) Lytell A Fant (Others to AH) 2d half (11-11) Louise Channins . Paul Kemos Co / (Others te All) | YORK. PA. ' Opera Hoosc (R) 1st half (16-17) F Rerkloas Co Just Walte 4 Mercedes Danny Uugan <^ (One to All) td half (ll-tl) Lucille Doner Friscoe (Others to All) BROADWAY STORY (Continued from page 22) Jeatic Brooklyn, starting oft with a grosa better than 127,000, the beat flgura on the subway circuit laat week: "Captain Jinka" got $17,000 at the Shubert, Newark, with "The Vortex" about $9,000 at the Broad In the same stand; "The Song and Dance Man" showed ita class by getting $15,000 at Werba'a Brook- lyn, and "Applesauce' 'about $6,600 at the Bronx Opera Houaa. Buy List Shrinks The list of buys held by the pre- mium brokers for the current week haa shrunk to 20 in number aa against 23 reported laat week when the attraction at the Henry Miller was reported aa a buy erroneously. Three buys ran out last week and were not renewed for "The Vaga- bond King" (Casino), "The Jaz« Singer" (Cort) and "Dearest En- emy" (Knickerbocker). As against that one new attraction. "Lulu Belle," which opened at the Belasco laat (Tuesday) night received a buy, tlie brokers taking 400 a night for an indefinite period. Cut rates showed 34 shows at bargain prices, three of which ara also represented in the buy list. Complete list of buys includea "Lulu Belle" (Belasco); "Young Woodley" (Belmont); "Vanities'* (Carroll); "A Night in Paris" (Ca- sino de Paris); "Easy Virtue" (Km- plre): "Puppy I»ve" (48th St.); "Song of the Flame" (41th St.); 'Greenwich Village Pt)llies" (46th St.); "Last of Mrs. Cheyney" (Ful- ton); "No, No, Nanette" (Globe); "Love "Em and Leave 'Em" (Har- ris); "Tip - Toes" (Liberty); "Naughty Ciiiderella" (Lyceum); "Cocoanuts" (I^yric); "The Shang- hai Gesture" (Berk); "Cradle Snatchcra" (Mu.a.lc Box); "Sunny" (AmHtordam); "A Weak Wom.in" (Ritz); "Chariot Bevue" (Selwyn); "Artists and Mocret" (Hop- kins); "Alias the I) •icon" (Hud- son); "Sweetheart Time" (Impe- rial): "Dearest Enomv" (Knicker- bocker); "Tlie Love Cily" (Little); "The Butter imd Ktu Mnn" (Long- arre): "NaiiKhty Cinderella" (I..V- ceum); "Knibeis" (Miller); "The "VTnnkey Talks" (National); "12 Allies Out" (Plavhouse): "The Dream Plav" (Provlncetown>: "Princess Flavin" (Shul)ert): "The Knomy" (Times .Sq): "Merrv M^r- rv" (Vanderbllt); ' LafC That Off" (Wallack'b), r- We^nesiay. FfebVuary 10. im' OUTDOORS VARIETY 45 f > PRE FREE ACTS BUT HIGHER GATE-TALK Consternation Among Di- I rectors Over Agitated i Increase |- Fairs In Now York and other gtatea during the coming Bcason will plunse heavier than In prc- tIous years on its free attractions. The change also may preclpitato admission boosts with the lattr.r matter at present a m.ittcr of con- gternatlon among fair directors and to be finally adjusted at forthcom- ing meets of the various fair asso- ciations. . Whether or not the tilt of gate fee would be a wise thing to do has ftroused much discussion among those In the know of outdoor en- tertainment conditions with a mn- Jority against It. They claimed the prevailing scales ranging from 75 cents for the smaller fairs and $1.50 for some of the larger ones Is suf- ficiently steep and feel that a boost would materially hurt the Intake through what would practically airount to a local boycott. The Brockton (Mass.) Fair Asso- ciation had considerable internal trouble last week over a similar sit- uation with many of its directors d'claring for a 50c increase over the usual tl admission, to counter- balance the tremendous expendi- tures for talent and fireworks spec- tacle. The Increase was later abro- gated and the $1 gate maintained. This year the Brockton fair has Obligated itself for $20,000 expendi- ture on free acts, considerable over Ikst year's appropriation, and the matter of scale tilting will come up •gain. Fairs In most parts last year took * considerable "nose dive." It is the consensus of opinion that tilting •cales would be suicidal to the box Office this year. Fair directors with A good sense of showmanship claim that if the free attractions arc •trong enough the fair will draw additional or repeat trade sunicient to offset the additional expenditures on entertainment features except In nnaller communities where they figure anything will go and that of- ficials In this town should mainly keep down the iexpense nut in order to wind up on the preferable side •( the ledger. I Judgment and Jobs ' Chicago, Feb. •. "Mike and Ike" Martina, twin inldgets of theatrical fame, found themselves $732.37 richer when Mu- nicipal Judge Padden awarded them •• Judgment for Uiat sum against Boyd and Llnderman, Richmond, Va., an outdoor amusement con- cern. The little fellows testified they loaned that amount to the defend* •nts In 1923. They gave their testi- mony standing, as their heads were on a level with the rail when they ■at. After the trial. Judlemcnts or instruments, fraudulently obtains from another person property of any description; any person pretending to remove spells, or to sell charms for pro- tection, or to unite the separated, sh.ill be considered a disorderly per- son." The penalty calls for a fine not to exceed $250 or by imprisonment not to exceed six months. Senator Copeland stated * that hearings would be held within the next two weeks with Houdlnl as the chief witness, who has offered to cancel any bookings neces.sary to return here to testify. Incidentally the Introduction of the bills forced the other dailies to pick up the story which had previ- ously been carried only by the "News" with whom the original tie-up was made prior to Iloudlnl's appearance at the Belasco. Pittsburgh Off Philly Pittsburgh, Feb. 9. County commissioners have de- cided not to contribute toward the Sesqui-Centennlal celebration in Philadelphia, scheduled to open on June 1. This was decided at a meeting of Commissioners Joseph O. Armstrong, E. V. Babcock and James Houlahen. A contribution of $200,000 from this county had been requested by the Philadelphia centennial com- mittee. Lloyd Staging Pageants Los Angeles, Feb. 9. Frank Lloyd, picture director, has been named as the director who will stage a pageant of American history on July 4 which will be en- acted by picture players and will be promoted by Los Angeles and Hollywood civic and commercial or- ganizations Jointly. It is to be held in the Coliseum. Mayor Cryer is at 'the head of the pageant move- ment and says Its idea Is to pro- mote good citizenship and advance the cause of Americanization. Most of the arrangements for the event will be made through the Two- thirty-three Club, which is a Ma- sonic society having about 1,400 members. The majority of whom are Inter^ ested In the motion picture Industry of Los Angeles. Wallace Beery as Bamum Los Angeles, Feb. 9. According to reports, Wallace Beery has been selected by Famous Players-Lasky to play P. T. Barnum In the screen production of "The Greatest Show on Earth." It Is the life story of the circus pioneer, prepared by Monte Katte- John. Indoor Circus in Philly Philadelphia, Feb. 9. A mid-winter circus Is being held In the Arena, 45th and Market streets this week, concluding Sat- urday night, with two performances daily. Marcellinc, clown, is one of the performer."?. There will be extra afternoon perform.anccs on Lin- coln's birthday and Saturday. Tho circus Is being arranged by the Women's Auxiliary hoards of six I'hiladelphia philanthropic In- stitutions. MUNICIPAL KIDDIES RIDE Municipal rix-reation committers in outlying districts aro In^talli. g miniature amusement park rides an local play- grounds. The munlclpalilips Interest in bo- CAllcd "kiddle rides" has opened a new market for those spcciallzin.^ in manufacture of these miniature fun devices If you don't advertise in VARIETY don't advertise World's Cheapest Show London, Jan. 30. Where Is the cheapest show In the world? As far as Lon- don is concerned. It is the cir- cus at Islington. Every afternoon, from Tues- day to Friday, admittance to the Agricultural Halls coats threepence (six cents). For this price the spectator not only gets a full view of the Fun Fair and the menagerie, but also a fair chance to see tho circus, which Is enclosed only on three sides by scats. Yet, this circus contains some of the special features of the Wembley three-ring exhibit. Poppy Glnnett rides her danc- ing horse, and Salt and Saucy, the elephants, perform their comic tricks. Many kinds of acrobats and animals are also Included. The Inhabitants of Islington know the show's value, but there Is not a big rush from the other parts of London. Big Show Billing N. Y. Heavily, with Own Billers According to plans under way, the RIngling-Barnum-nailey circus will spread paper over Greater New York early in March on a more extensive scale than the old town has ever known. It will be in cele- bration of the first showing of the show In the New Madison Square G.arden. The papering will be done by the show's regular billers. It was in 1917 the Ringlings used their hlllers for the last time In New York. Until then It was cus- tomary for the big show's daubers and tackers to organize and get In their first work for the Garden en- gagement. On account of snow and wintry blasts the original ranks were sadly depleted by desertions of those boys who preferred firesides at that season. In 1918 and there- after the Ringlings eng.aged New York billposters to paper the town for the Indoor date and had the trouping billposters report later at the first road stand, usually Phila- delphia, Besides the billing brigade, the Ringling Interests have three bill- ing crews, each numbering about 36 men, which means that more than 100 banner men, lithograph and bill posters win hang advertising mat- ter In the metropolitan area this season, unless changed develop- ments arise. FAIRS Independence, Ta., Feb. 2. The Buchanan County Fair has elected officers for the year es fol- lows: J. B. Lux. president; C. H. O'Nell, Tice-prcsldent; J. M. Gen- nell, treasurer. The secret.nry Is to be appointed at a meeting this week. Dates for the fair have been an- nounced as Aug. 17-20. South Florida fair will be held at Tampa, Feb. 2-13. The manager 1^ P. T. Strieder. NEWS OF DAILIES, N. Y. (Continued from page 12) In addressing a colored audience at a church meeting. Commissioner of Police McLaughlin declared that tho "black and tan" cabarets now existing are a menace and should be abolished. George Strickland, 26, film actor, unconscious in Miseracordia Hos- pital for 20 days, will recover, it is announced. , Tho Salvation Army obtained a temporary injunction to prevent tho erection of a picture theatre adjoin- ing the Catherine Booth Home for Girls in Cincinnati. The injunction was granted on complaint that music emanating from the theatre would imp'.ant "jazz emotions" in baldes at the homo. Qucin Mario of Roumanla has contracted with Meiro-Goldwyn- Maycr to write an orlKin.il sctn.-irio. With three men still going, the ma!icif:<'riictii of a d'lnco hall at Blst .street and IJroadway c.'ilUd a li.tH to the "lonK-di.'itanci" "Charl'sion" contest at tlie end of its 2.1d hour. John Gioii was declared wirimr for having given the best pci-ft.rm;inc<- and received a loving cup presented by IJi.ssio L')vc. Of the original field of K). five were girls. The last of the gir^s f" survive was Winnie D.ilton, who droppod out after Fevrn and a half hoiir.'». In fit. Prtersliurg. Kl.i . Johnny Smith "Charle.stoiied" for 17 hours, 56 iiiinutc). mmm NICHOLAS HYDE Nidiolas ll>de. father of Johnny, Viitor, Alex. Nettie, Marie and Ol^a ll.vde. ail in the sliow business, died Feb. 6 at his home in New York, a!;ed 63. from heart trouble. Mr. Hydo headed the tirst Russian troupe Imported Into America In 189s by William A. lirady, the net being then kii'pwn as the llaidaliura Imperial Trouiie, ciuiiing from Ger- many to the United State.s. His whlow, Mrs. Rosa Hy1'. '.t. Tho ■ Venice ATiiuseinent M' ii'.-- A.'.soej.'ition ch'ifc i>. J. Davis a.s pM siderit at Iho annual election. H. C. Vodden is viee-prt sident; J. D. Jones, treasurer; J. Oerely, .SI er, taiy, and (.Ir orge L. Geiger, re- cording .secretary. The riew bo.-ird of director.s cnni- ririse.s l:. II. ilender, Charles I. PI;. K.iipli Cli.indler, l-red T.er.le, Cnrle- lon Kir'iiev, ('h;irleK 'I'unian. l''r.itr; Prior, H. K. W<>od\vin;,'ed Knowles, Joe S' iniier, P.ainey K.il.sen, II. W. .MiCerry, L« Koy JCayniond, L' o Fieid, morning. Interment being In tha Actor.s' Fund plot, Kcnsico Cem- etery. FLORENCE SAUNDERS Florence Saunders, 55, died In Lontloii in a nursing home after several weeks' illness. She was a recognized ShaUospcarean actress and leailing lady at the "Old Vic." She began life as a typist and made her first professional appear- ance in a small part when C. B. Cochran produced "The Miracle" at Olympla in 1911. .Miss Saunders was the wife of aa actor, John Laurie. LEON EYCKE I.(Con Eycke, 26, photogr.apher of stills for F. B. O.. died in the Gen- er.-il Hospital, Los Angeles, Feb. •, following injuries received when an electric street car struck the auto- mobile In which he was driving with a woman companion, who was at the wheel and uninjured. Eycke had been with F. B. O. for two years and had previously been with the Thomas H. Ince organiza- tion. EMERY M'CARGER Emery McCarger, 35, the first stu- dio musician in pictures under Mar- shall Nellan. died Feb. • In Holly- wood of a brain tumor. He was a 'cellist of great reputation around the studios and headed the orches- tra for Mary Pickford and later for Rarbara LaMarr as well aa the Ta- rlous Nellan productions. lie had worked steadily with the latter for the pa.'^t three years. A widow and two children sur- vive. FRANK DORNER Frank Dorner, 73, former owner of theatres In San Diego and High- land Park, Cal., died Feb. «, after a lingering Illness at his home la Glendale. He w.is sent to Germany at one time by the late President Wilson to secure singers for a local Saengerfest. His widow survivea. Enrico Toselll, Italian composer, died recently In a hospital at Flor* ence. Toselll eloped with Louise, Crown Princess of Saxony, with her royal child after her divorce from tha German heir to the throne of Sax- ony. The couple were married ta 1907 but separated In 1912. The Princess Is now living in pov- erty In Brussels. Paul Lazar, 29, was killed tai' stantly February 1 when he waa struck by a door which had been torn from its hinges by an explosion in tho basement of the Ball Park theatre, community picture house at Lexington avenue and East 69tli street. Lazar, who lived at 1932 Bast 97th street, was taking tickets la the lobby of the theatre when tha blast occurred. A show was In progress and the house filled at tha time. Constance Beecroft, wife of Vic- tor R. Beecroft, stage manager Murray-Harlode Players, Columbus, O.. died Feb. 1 In that city. Mrs. Beecroft was a non- professional. Her husband's company Is at tha Broadway theatre, that city. The mother of Paul B. Davla, nuililor, Stanley - Crandall Co, Washington, D. C, died last week In that city. ■ Joseph Perry, 84, Coney Island cabaret owner, "lied In tho Harbor Hospital, New York, Feb. S. A. wi#ow and six children survive. The father, 63. of Joe FarreH (Joe and IClslc Parrel) died of pneu- monia Feb. 7 at tho Jefferson Park Hospital, Chicago. Rafaeia Franz, 45, contralto of the San C'irlo <;rand OtK.-ra Co., died in Los A'ig<'leH l-'eb. S of pneumonia. Carl Ehrich, 65, for 26 years pro. prietor Ehrich House, 229 W. 38th street, a theatrical hotel, dit oo Broadway with tru« N. Y. Caal BLACKSTONE h'. J. Powers, Mtfrs CUIOAQO 3 OUTSTANDING HIT! UAVIU UKLASCOS TItlUMl'Ii HOI.nROOK JUDITH, 6UNN ANDERSON IN WII.l.ARD MACK S ^; E'c )' "' AMA "THE DOVE" LIMITED KNCJAGKMriNT 4 U KS. MORE MIlItKKT G A R R I C K KING VIDOR'S IMcturliaHon of . LAURENCE 8TALLING8' THE BIG PARADE Kiariirg JOHN GILBERT With BENEE AUOKEK A Motro-l5ulil\Tyn-Maypr Productlof C E N T R A Lt BriKhtaat Thcatr* In Chleaco. Va.iBarao at Mlchlgaa Avenua FISKE O'HARA "JACK OF HEARTS" A A. B. WOODS' 1 DELPHI WDTTHBOr AHIC8 Preornto OBOBOK /ARLISS W la JOHN OALSWOBTHT'S "OLD ENGLISH" NO SUNDAY PERFORMANCES S T U D E B A K E R Maaara. Shubart Preacnt Oay-OoldcB "BLOSSOM TIME" Foramaat maalcal avooaaa !■ all ataca hlatory Oraat SiaKlm Vnut — Sjmpbomj Orcli. HSAM H. C MATINEES A R R 1'^ WED. AND SAT. THEATRF Richard A Pauline NNETT S LORD IN iijiY KNEW WHAT „V„-i. A Theatre Oulld Bucceaa AUDITORIUM w/-»«-^^^ r. RAT COM3TOCK A MORKIS UKST Have the Ureal Honor to I'resent The World'* l!m itntt Prothirtton "THE MIRACLE" StaKod by Mas Ilelnhardt <'w (•.)ine prevail upon a single one. She was forced to go on only with her two plants. Harry Gilbert followed. A single, at this point of tho performance, would have to be mighty good to hold that audience. Gilbert did well, considering. While his aongs and stories were not hilariously funny, they revived ttie cash customers for Keslsta. Resista, the girl who defies the force of gravity, waa pretty good until she attempted a toe dancing number. Why a pretty girl like lio- siata should try to step into an en- tirely different phase and which slie apparently knows nothing about, to ruin a perfectly good act by doing an awful toe dance is her own worry. Aside from this one little bit she was O. IC Like aQ angel from the spaces above came Ralph Whitehead and Co. (Now Acta). McVicker's Syncopators closed the bin. Novelty orchestra composed of two banjos, a violin and a kazoo — fair. A dancing team tliat cavorted to the harmonies of this mixture — also fair. A comedy and a Patho feature finished the program. Loop. DOES YOUR FUR COAT NEED REPAIRING? WE WILL Clean, Olaoe and Seline your Coat for only $20 Our •xiierteuca »U1 aoatl yuu lu Mfr youncl/ Ui« prira of t n«» <-<>•( br our lapert nirtho
  • ltrr»tlun Blumcnfietd's Fur Shop 204 State- Laka BIdg.. Chieag* rhane DBABBUUN i;aS WORK CALLED FOR Ow Htlm n m* Aayeae la Skea iMtawi LA SALLE EDOAR SKI-WVN Pn-wnta The Season's riay Hcnsatlua DANCING MOTHERS With Mary Young, John Halliday snrnmT PRINCESS THK ItKAU COMKDY HIT OUNG BLOOD Jnmr» Forb^a" Comedy, with IIF.IFN nAYF,S, EI>MITND IIRRP..1F. (ill.PA I.KABT, KRIC IIRF.H.SLRR Heaton'a Heat fast NEW 8HinEHT OLYMPIC ^***» '''""■ 1. T IVI r I U Weoka Ahead CASTLES in the AIR with VIVIKNNK HERNAKO SEGAL GRANVILLE IRVING THAIM BEEBE LAWTON AND A GREAT CAST OF 10* In Hie Host Musical Flay on Itertk be dispensed with, but other, better and stronger, acts were enough to make it worth wh.le. Opening were the Four Kimawas, a great Jap act. barrel Juggling and strong arm stuff. This act closes with a bit worth the price of ad- mission alone. One makes a back- slide down a rope, Ktrctched from the balcony to the stage' above the heads of the audience. This feat is sure to draw plenty and plenty of applause — if he doesn't falL If he falls ! Jim and Flo Bo^^rd batted sec- ond, and their chatter waa funny, singing swell. They feature a yodel number. Jack Fitzgerald, attempt- ing to imitate every known species of animal, followed. His act seems rather unfinished. For soma reason or other it makes one feel that he is trying to rush through aa faat as he can. Us la good, and interesting to watch. No legitimate reason for the next act. "May time," or "Vouthful Frol- ics," as it is called, is a mysterious conglomeration of talent, with the talent visible but so jumb'.ed It only turn.s into a very dry and boresome bit. The material was apparently taken from one of the old-time joke books. One boy has a lovely voice, a tenor. One of the girls has a re- markable personality and Is able to push a blues number right over the top. With such stuff in reserve, the straight man insists upon striking the fall guy over the head with a roiled newspaper at lea.«it 20 times during the 15 minutes. Trout and Huff followed in some good blackface stulT. Talk and song tho forte and a hot finish with a foolish jingle guitar accompaniment made tlie boys hit an encore call. They deserved it, too. Fargo and Kirluirds should be a musical act. Both man and woman are expert 8axo|)honists, but they limit their musical endeavor to one number and use the rest of their time for silliness. Still, the one number they do makes up for the absence of many more. The Serveny Twins with their slx- plece mixed orchestra, the Jazz Pirates, are good. Nothing spec- tacuUir or out of the ordinary, but good enough to make good. The Empire Four, while not bad as a H.nging quartet, made the mis- take of attempting low comedy. As a closing act. the Great Nic- ola, master magician and ijluslonist, did everything imaginable, from cutting a girl Into three pieces and throwing one piece away, to clamp- ing a woman in a box lined with spikes and taking her out un- scratched. The audience cannot help gasping at some of the "mir- acles" he perform)*. To finish knocking the house down, Af'sops Fables and a news reel close the show. Those able to walk out unassisted, left, but many stayed to see the next show, at least part way through. By the way, the reviewer stayed to see the "rope slide" again. With electrics and boards adver- tising that the house l.i now playing five Orph acts and a feature pic- ture, the Englewood drew a full hou.se by 7:30 p. m. Thursday. In- side the crowd found a tab musical comedy, Toby Williams & Co. In "I'cffgy," but showed no desire to yell that they had been rubed. In fart, they seemed very well satis- fied. Toby waa advertised outside, but the reviewer's Inquiries dis- closed that the majority considered it one of tha five advertised acta. There is no evident reason why this company couldn't click in any junior Orph house as a dlvertlse- ment from the regular flve-act rou- tine. Wilson scores heavy in laughs throughout the 48 minutes running, and his comiKiny of 23 Impress the audience aa a lot of people on the bin. Tha tab Is in two scenes, with a male quartet singing pop songs in tuxedos and then appearing in cos- tume and eight of the chorua in a Dutch song and danoe number, to fill the split. The quartet la worked Into tho tab with singing parta only. There are 12 glrla In the chorus, well matched Wilson, three men, and three wom- en tak« the apeaklng parta. The script is familiar, about before and after becoming rich, with the usual daughter-must - marry - the - count. Wilson sees to it that you don't no- tice the plot much. All speaking parta are handled well enough. One of tho poorest pictures, "The Passionate Adventure," starring Alice Joyce and relating the adven- tures of a husband whose wife wouldn't let him sleep with her. brought titters from a few wolklng goUs. It lasted 4S minutes. An Aesop Fable completed the bill. THE RENDEZVOUS OF AM. CKI.RIIRITIR.S MONTMARTRE CAFE HROAmVAT AT I.AWRRNrK, ( llirAOO DANNY COHEN and EDDIE CONNE PretenU Tha Greatest Floor Show of All Cafes 10 STARS 16 BEAUTIFUL CHORUS GIRLS Paaea ta Henri Oendronr'a Montmitrtrr Ortfiratnt The nnrt Word In Food an-l Service Fer Bascrratlooa, phone Sannyslde 8100-3401 . >.-..*.. : -^ To ascertain the why and where- fore of the bill at the Kedzle the last half of last week was one of the greatest problems ever placed before the eyes and mind of thl.s reviewer. Opening, the .Tack Hedlcy Trio did strong arm acrobatics dressed In winter attire. Hitting the second siK)t, Regal and O'Connor, a man and Woman, doing lota and lots of talk. supiMJsedly funny, some at- tempts at humor and plenty of bad singing. They work In the aiidl- "Rasputin." Victor Welnshan):. r. whose famous clowning has been worked to a frazzle by showmen, has given up the hokum game and established himself as a cafe press agent in Chicago with unusual suc- cess. Mike and Ik* Martina, two mid- gets with a feature novelty act, have established themselves as dr.awlng cards In cafe entertainment The act played the Moulin Rou<;e for 10 weeks and the boys were forced to reject numerous cabaret offers be- cause of a Shriner circus engage- ment at Detroit. Evanston is strutting around with Its chest out, and trying to put on the dog over Chicago,* because this little town now has a harmonica champ. Eddie Arransom, a 12-year- old lad. Is the honored member of the community. He plays every- thing from hot stuff to Mozart and Chopin on his six-bit Instrument. For the first time In Its history the Rlalto had to close its box oifire before the regular time on the first Discovery Night. It was siich a tre- mendous sucrose that from now on the Rlalto will have two Discovery performances every Monday night. One at 7 and the other at 10 p. m. Marlon Oerlng. producing director of the Chicago I'lay Producing Com- pany, has announced the acceptance, for Immediate production, of a three-act play by Sam Putnam, a rHEATRSCAL SHOES WORN AND FNDORSEO BY l-ORtMObT ARTmS Ererytliing for stage, balkt aaj circua wear made to ocdet a£.(i initock. Short vampacdnofia WRITB FOR JnJolyXlu CATALOG % »«./.-r» 17 N. State Rt.. Chirac* FREDRICK Costume* — Hata — GownB Rented or to Order 130 No. State St. 4th Floor. Krans Itlda. nieae 8tote 7717. Chleaaa. WL EUGENE COX SCENERY 1734 OsdM At«mm CHICAGO rkaM HKKLBV SMI ASK JKAN DEniNt New Moana Hotel 712 No. Dearborn St. CHICAGO riiona: SUFERIOR tUl Five Minutes to I.nop Theatraa Nedora and Vp-to-Date Deabia Rooma with Twla-Beda With ar wltboat Hatha DR. JOSEPH URKOV Practice Limited to Plastic Surgery Atteodina Plaatic SufKcnn at Amer- ican Theatrical HosultuI, Chlcaro WlWIiea ta Announce Ula Removal tm Suite 602, Woods Theatre BIdg., M WB8T RANUOI.FII 8T.. CIIICAOO Phone l>eur>>orB 'iltH OOca Hours: 12 to t P. M. SKETCH FcT Swedish "Slavey" I have an excellent three-people comadF sketch cnllinK for Swoet Juckson. Mle^ WRITE FOR NFW CATAT.0O H and M Professional Trnnfca (Union Ma. Is supporting and paying all expenses for Norman Llndgren, seven-year- chlld, run down some months ago by his automobile. The child, which at first was not expected to live. Is now restored to health. A settle- ment with the child's relatives if •lending. Harry Sloan has gone ahead of "Kid Boots," taking up his duties in fc>t. Louis, whence the show will TO after Its week In Indlanapulis. where, rejoined by Kddie Cantor, It opened Monday night. The Rockford theatre, Rockford, :il., which recently housed .another stock, will reopen with a company 'leaded by Alicia McNeill. The act of Otto and Hammer (man and wife comedy team) will henceforth be known as Regal and O'Counor. They ".show" at the Ked- ^le the last half of this week. A slight fire at the Great North- ern last week injured wardrobe he- longing to several members of "Tin Student Prince" company. Paul Powell, erstwhile booking ngcnt. Is now selling real cstat'^ having connected with the firm of A. A. Lewis & Co. Fir© reduced to ashes the old Wilson Beach Casino late last wcfk. Lo.ss estimated at $30,000. Police raided the St. Giles Hotel last week, and found almost every kind of gambling device known to man. Kd Slattery, all<'ged proprie- tor, and 8ev«'ral patrons In the rooms were taken to jail. Sp<'cial plain clothesmen "disguised as gen- tlemen" made the arrests. The Wonder Spot of Cafedom CLUO AVAL.ON 519 Diveraey Parkway Vitit your theatrical friends who make this their rendezvous i "^Vlim In «lil«i«K O Wprnd Tour Tlmo" CK E OF DISTINCTION OTTO E. SINOKU.S VANITY FAIR nAI.rn H. JAN.SEN S RKOADWAY AT <.KA( K KTItKI-rr. CIIIC A«iO. II.I.. Offering Brilliant, Spectacular and Delectable Presenta- tions by Artists of First Magnitude Abunliitrly No Vnxrr s the Colonial, IJtlca. on Feb. I.I-IO under auspi'-cs of Kiunnls Club as beriefll for tl)f club's fund for underprlvlle(,'ed i'lay- ers). Metropolitan --"Saint Joan." Columbia ---"His Secretary." Coliseum— "The Sphndid Crime." Liberty— "Clothes Wake the Pi- rate." Blue Mouse — "The Pleasure Buy- ers." Strand— "A Won. an of the World." Ben Hill, mayor of Walla Walla, has relented somewhat on his edict against the ('harleston; ho will al- low It as an "exhibition" dance, but not for dancers at public halls. So- <:lety ballroom Charleston dan<'Ing Is outside the Jurisdiction of the police, he admits. The public hearing on the Sunday The two weeks' run of "Thank You" at the I'resldent, with Norman Hackett starring, did capacity. .Mr. Hackett has returned to the Imffy company, San Francis 'o. Kdwin B. Rivers, former lioiiso manaf.rer of the old Heileif. Seattle, has organized the Tnl;ind Theatr<'il Co. and purchased the Arctjde thea- tre as a starter. HOTEL WALTON NVw I(ii!Mln«. rirepronf. Wiilking I>liif«nre from all T.nnp Theatres 1019 No. Dearborn Street. Phone Superior 5760— Chicago Rooms without Bath, $12.50. Twin Beds, $16. With Bath, |20 per Week.' A HOTEL FOR THE DISCRIMINATING PERFORMER <= I'KOrKS»i|ONAI. ri:oI'I.K— WIIKN IN I lll« A<.<> — COME TO THE ({I Il.T, KIMUKMI \I. NORTH SHORE MANOR HOTEL Miin;iB'mi'n» HMtVAUH *il,AT^ Will, h !■- ori'y ii. Miii'il.-~ I'r.iri, Any l.u')). Thr^tre HATfS Harlgr. bfrt.oom »nd bilh «uitn— J2j.03 (nd up. RooTn with connfcllnj bilh, jinji« 514 n,1, doublr. til 00. Stomt witli »r.va> bath -t I 5.011, Out* d roo-<', » 'li nr— IB? w«t— $l?SO. I(«;!,,ii..t,. r ItilK U.li Jlf Vour H' Ml.- Away Kiun. Ill'- N.ilne nrMl tjoiitcntlun <*' t>>* l<<'<'P ftllKKII>\N- AT KHC.yX.r. AI«I»M(»HK 20.JO = ^\ ri/ ^ 48 VA SICTT '■•' W»dmf»dft .Februaiy. ifX . 1H6 StJf- ■^x t r 1 Unusual Achievement for New Act BOB LEONA CARNEY AND EARL OPENED FOR A SHOWING AT KEITH'S GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN, IN THIRD POSITION ON BILL MOVED DOWN TO CLOSING IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE MATINEE HELD OVER FOR FULL WEEK AND BOOKED FOR FULL WEEKS AT THE CAPITOL, UNION CITY, " N. J., AND PROSPECT, BROOKLYN, BOTH SPLIT WEEK HOUSES » .Also Routed as Follows: V ^ " * Opened Feb. 1, Greenpoint, Brooklyn (Full Week) ; Feb. 8, Capitol, Union City (Full Week) ; Feb. 15, Prospect, Brooklyn (Full Week); Feb. 22, Keith's Royal, New York (First Half ) r Poughkeepsie (Last Half); March 1, Proctor's, Mount Vernon, and Proctor's Fifth Ave., New York; March 8, State, Jersey City, and Proctor's, Yonkers (Thanks to HE ALY and CROSS) w Direction CHAS. R ALLEN M. S. BENTHAM OFFICE TORONTO By GORDON ALLAN Royal Al«x«ndr« — "The Student l^»nc«." . ^. .. Uptown— "Th* HouM of Glaaa" (■tock). Comody— "TtH*mb« Up" (second we«k). ^ 8hoa'B— Kellh vaudeville; Benny Bubln, Marsaret Young. Empire— "Bathing Beauties" (Co- lumbia). . ^ :. Strand— 'Echoes of Broadway (stock burlesque). Pantages — "Sally. Ireno and TWIN GIRLS WANTED f&T Thurston, Magician Dancers preferred; long, steady, profitable engagement. Send photo, age, height, freight, ex- perience. Address Park Theatre, Youngstown, Ohio (Week Feb. 8); Hartman Theatre, Columbus, Ohio (Week Feb. 13). Mary" and vaudeville. Loew's — "His Secretary" and vaudeville. Regent— "Th« Merry Widow" (4th week). Hippodrome — "The EaKle." Tivofi— "A Woman of the World." Bleor — "The Phantom of the Opera" (second week). FOR SALE Lot of rontuiii*.^ «uttab!e fur bur- le»aue, musical come'ly and tablolH ■huwii. 12.00 ench and up. Also lot of drops for «alo iind lease, liiiuire MORRIS FROEHLICH 1210 South Michigan Ave., CHKAOO. Il.l.. ATTENTION, ACTS! This «i>ns Ib trolriK to be the bifrgrat toag hit of tin' >i:iir. "You Made Me Cry" An appcalinR lyrir with a hauntitiK melodr- (let your cnpr now. Vou will acree with uh. Thomas D. Caruso Music Pub. Co. i-iiii. \i>Ki.riiiA, i'.\. THEATDICM CI THE STANDARD ENCPAVING CO Ir 3 25 W.it 3 9 5f NEW VO"" "Moana of the South Seas," a Ca- nadian made picture of life la the tropics, has been "canned" by the Ontario^ censors. A row followed, and the decision may be reversed with box otnce demands sky high In consequence. Augustus Bridle, past president of Arts and Letters Club, critic for the Toronto Star, saw the picture in New York. He said It was wonderful, and managed to bring It up to show the club. They aRreed it was greaL The censors thought differently and gave It the air. Bridle rame out with three col- umns telling the censors what fools they were. They will now allow the picture if certain cuts are made. "No, No, Nanette," headed by Cecil Lean and Cleo May field, comes to the Princess Keb. 22. 'Laffn' Tbroash' Empire — (Mutual). Loew's Allen — Vaudeville "The Grand Duchess and Walter" (film). Loew's Stiilman— "The Vanlahlng American" (second week). and the "Greenwich Village Follies" moves Into the Hanna theatre next Sunday for a week's stand. ."Aloma of the South Seaa" will be next at this house. "Close Quarters," with Elsie Ferguson, is slated for the Ohio next Sunday. Shakespeare's "KIn« Lear," the seventh production in the regular series at the Playhouse, local ama- teur group, will open this week for 14 performancea "The Student Prince," l;i for two weeks. Is practically sold out for the run at |3 lop. Lorotta Francel, from the chorus of "All Set to Go" (Mutual Bur- lesque), left for her home Monday after being In hospital since Nov. 9, and undercolng two operations. Doctors warn her against dancing again. CLEVELAND By C. 8. GREGG Hanna— "The Gorilla." Ohio — "New Brooms." Keith's Palace— Vaudeville (Char- lotte (ir»'en wood). Keith's 105th St.— VatidevlUe and "The Golden Strain'' (film). Reade's Hippodrome — Vaudeville and 'Tito Ooklen Strain" r an offer for the right.s and the author must accept or pay ilie hiaiiatjer liLs proporlloiialo sliare. Punishment fur authors who may violate the provisions of the picture rrj;iil,-ilioii« are provlled (or, thouiLch no puarintees as to payment of (laniapos l.s sft forth. Matter of Rights Th" matter of stork rights! Iiroitjilit Immodlnte ohjectlon from] managers. The provision is that if within any 12 months period after the play Is released for stock, it is not presented at least 7S tlmea in the United States and Canada, all stock rights are to revert to the author. As In the sale of picture rights, authors and managers split 50-50 In stock revenues. Arbitration la provided for. So are changes In plays which cannot be made except by the consent of the author. Should any additions be made by the manager ,lt is to be- come the property of the author. All the provisions set forth In the agree- ment are regarded as mlivlmum terms, with the author having the privilege of securing better terms. The sale of foreign rights are cov- ered and In the case of Australia if the .production rights for that coun- try arc not disposed of by the man- ager within three y^ars. such rights are to revert to the author. The provision covering the closed shop prlncple reads: "The manager agrees to make no contract concerning any play or dra- matico-muslcal composition, for the United States and Canada, without the consent of the Council of the Guild, with any playwright, author writer or composer who la not a member In good standing of the Guild. The manager shall be en- titled at all times to be informed of the names of members of the Guild In good standing. "The Guild agrees that no member thereof shall have the right to make any contract concerning any play or dramatlco-muslcal composition for the United States and Canada with- out the consent of the Council of tlie Guild with any manager who shall not sign thia basic ngreement, or who, by reason of failure to ob- serve same, shall not b« in good standing with llic Guild. ".Managers who sign this basic agreement shall be in good stand- ing with the Guild. Thoir names .sliall be file Our V. M. A. Btorti art (n Keve York and Rroofclirs. Pari« Vrench, 15 Ru« St. R oeti*. Taylor's Special Full Size Frofessional Wardrobe Trank $50.00 ' Liberal allowojirr oa your old trunk Writ* for New Catalovn* TAYLOR'S 7t7 7th Ato. NKW YORK 311 K. Runriolph Ht. ('IIIC.%»«> COMPLETE RHINESTONE OUTRT for $10. r I Ilich-CiiKli- StfiiH> SrtlInK Miidilnp. rOVHISTINt; or ; in (Iromt (IIIO) ><>. in FIrM QunDtT «hltf Htonra. I 10 (IrOT* (HtO) No. ?0 Inau Vrnitg Sllvrrrd Settlnri. WOLFF, FORDING & CO. 16 9TlI<\ltT STREKT KOSTO.V, M A**-*. ' Vih^AtsAAji ^t^rvktf' I9i 1926 V kninrt "fi A amall, but newly fur- nlshed, comfortable room, $10.60 to 112.00 a week; others. $14.00. SIC. 00, $18.00, $21.00; for two persons in room, add $2.00. Rooms for two. with twin beds, $22.50 a week. SAMMY COHEN (Semi Colon) Master of the Ceremonies FRIVOUTYCLUB BROADWAY. NEW YORK Also screened with Pegrpy Joyce In "Sky I^ockets," of which the "Now York Mirror" says: "Doles out the only lauf^hs In the picture. He's a riot that boy." Dorothy Ilerzog, "American." particularly liked the performance of S. C> FAlecn Crccl- tnan. Variety: "Hit a huU's-eve." Fred, Variety: "Isn't that good?" LOEW CLOSING FOR MIAMI Miami. Feb. 9. Ed Schiller, In charge of the the- atre department of the Ix)ew circuit. Is shortly expected hero to make a closure for a new Locw picture house of large capacity. Banky Back with Valentino Los Angolas. I'Vb. 9. According to reports Vllma Banky Will again be leading woman for Rudoliih Valentino In "Son of the ehelk" which goes Into production about Fetr. 25. It Is said her work In "The Eagle" Was such that Valentino requcste'l that she be loaned from Sara Gold- Wyn for this picture. Hotel (IJlaridge Dearborn Street — North of Dhrision CHICAGO New. 14 stories high, built at a coat at $1.(00.000. Hotel ClaridKO Is dedicated to the theatrical profession. Special features are available for the profession's t>enent — rehearsal halls, gymnasium, swimming pool, h&ndball courts, etc Nearly all rooms have tub or shower. Under personal management of the Rices, 8enier and Junior. INSIDE STUFF ON PICTURES Dorothea Antel's Bedside Shoppe Mall four or(lpr now for rhrlstTnni eerd* welprtc.l hv the "fvjmphlnp Olrl" (l.t ANHOKTRO Ftltt SI.OO) Olfta for everybody •) popular prlre». Come and niRke your aelectlons or write for a booklet. If you read the •"Variety" or other macazlnea let me have your subacrlp- tlon. flmmnply, DOROTHEA ANTEL nOO TVp<( 18Ath mreet (Bllllnga 602G) New York City E, SASSA TAILOR 45 West 46th Street, N. Y. 10% Prices From $65.00 up Discount to PrAfesslonals FOR RENT UEAUTIFUL nnd P? AHORAnt STAGE SETTINGS FOR SELECT OCCASIONS AMELIA GRAIN PHILADELPHIA Bstabll-hed 1890 AbMoIately B«UabIe Serrtee AURORA ARRIAZA Spanish Dancing Studio nas Removed to I7tt BROADWAY — NEW YORK Between 64th and t5th Street* Tel. Colutnbu!! 2384 (Continued from page 17) In the industry. like protection to the exhibitor dlntct s^ratnst the big distributor in the matter of theatre building, invasion, buying or opposi- tion. Sale of the United Studios. Hollywood, to Famous Plajrers-L*sky gave M. C. Levee and Joseph M. Schenck around tl.Z60.000 for 24 acres of ground. The property will be turned over to the new owners on May 1. Famous Players Is also endeavoring to annex to this property the F.B.O. studio of 14 acres which adjoins. The asking price of F.B O. Is reported at around $1,000,000 while Famous Is reported offering around $700,000. If this deal goes throuKh It is said that Famous Players- L.asky will build stages and buildings costing around $750,000. giving it a studio similar to the one of 68 acres which Metro-Gold wyn- Mayer operate in Culver City. All ot the United Studio property with the exception of the property building and Its contsnts were Included in the deal. The properly build- ing Is one of the most complete in the country. lu contents are valued at around $500,000. It has been a lucrative Inveetment for Schenck and Levee, said to show over $100,000 yearly proflL "She Famous studios lying between Vine and Bl Centro streets and Sunset boulevard and Stlma streets, covering 10 acres will be dl.-^mantled and sold as business and investment property. It is estimated $2,000,000 will be realized frbm the sale of this property, taken over piece by piece during the last 12 years. The various producers housed at the United Studios will look for new locations. First National, making about 80 per cent of lt« product on the U. S. lot. is negotiating for several sites. Most of these sites are un- developed and it Is said that one will be decided upon when Richard A. Rowland arrives here. All of the producers alllgned with the Schenck Interests will move over to the Falrbankr>--r?!a:5orhood of Universal City and erect a new but smaller studio, costing around $TS0.OO0. Not since the good old days when Paths registered a $100,000 sale on Its Jack Dempsey serial, one made long before Universal pulled its serle."!, has a Pathe serial done as much advance Iwoklng as It has done on Its newest. "Casey of the Coast Guard." There was some high selling on "Fair Play" and the roconty Pathe serial. "The Oreen Archer." also has had a most eneouraslng demand, but the record- broaker. herring the Dempsey phenom. bids fair to be the "Casey" eel. 8. Rachmann left New York a perfectly oontonded man aa f&r as hl.s business Interests lie. He Is the German who arranged the UFA deal with Famous Players and Metro-Goldwyn. Through that deal Rachmann became the head of UFA. once again friendly with Adolph Zukor. with whom Rachmann disagreed when with tho United Plays, a long ago affair almost forgotten. _ ^ .^ . .4i»« With the UFA Rachmann slowly worked tn. But bo bad opposition. There were two factions. How Rachmann fell into what he did and how Famous as well as Metro got what they wanted, the protection of the^r German trade, happened through a very .light circumstance, but It marked the helghth of Rachmann's ambition. Shmann had picked up a bright little waiter out of a Berlin res- taurant and made the boy. 20. his Talet The boy wa. faithful bu Sd not hitch up with the other faction. On. evening Rachmann. valet was refu.sed adn.lsslon to the UFA theatre unle«i he paid. He paid. "^TheThe looked'^up his employer, telling Rachmann wbavh. h^ad over- heard and of a cable sent to a man named Then Rachmann sent a cable. Here Is What a Banker Said to An Artist Reported by G. E. ROBINSON This banker Is a self-made millionaire with a very artistic temperament. Ho was talking with an artist who had worked hard to win her first appearance with the Clilcngo Grand Opera Company. "You artists." said the banker, "should try thoroughly to realize that the nature of your profession Is such that you cannot employ other people to do any Import.ant part of your work. Because of this condition tho two outstanding methods by which you may attain linancial Independence arc (1) eminence In your profes.sion which commands a really worthwhile re- muneration and (2) the ability safely to Invest a part of your Mlary so It will pay you the largest possible Income with 100% safety. "The best way I know of for you to determine whether or not you have suJTlclent will-power and far-sightedness to profit by this late method Is for you to ask yourself this que^lon. 'Do I live on less than I make and Invest the rest.' If you do this you can hope to attain financial Independence in later life at which time It will be most valuable to you. Because the safety of money Invexted in sh.Tres of commercial and Industrl.il enterprises depends upon both the competency and integrity of the management I do not consider this to be the best form of Investment for professional people and. of course, the amount of Income derived from gilt-edge bonds Is too small to be attractive to small Invcstor.s, "On the other hand, large or small sums invested In care- fully selected real estate, located In a path where population la rapidly Increasing, is not only a 100% safe Investment but one which win pay the largest profit it is possible to get — with wifety." Particulars pertaining to current Investment opportunities in keeping with the tried and proven coun.sel given above, also b.ascd upon our 15 years succcssfal experience In Chicago real estate, will gladly be sent gratis. Call, write or wire, M». Carmo Romano, G(!heral Sales Mdnager, Lawrence P, Romano and Company Specialists in Chicago Real Estate 10 S. La Salle Street Chicago, IH. LAemmie la New York. STRICTLY UNION MADE LT Hartmann, Oshkosh & Mendel Trunks ALL MODELS— ALL SIZES ON HAND AT (.HKATI.T KKIlK K» I'HK i:S 1,000 USED TRUNKS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION l»0 RKPAIRINU. tVKlTK FOB CATAl.OO. SAMUEL NATHANS, Inc. 668 Seventh Avenue, between 40th and 4l8t Streets. New York Citv 80LB AOENTia FOR II * M TKfNKS IN THE EAST I'hoiiM l.i>nr>t«T»- ilOT-tt'tin WEST COAST STUDIOS (Continued from page 34) that Fllmcraft Studios, a new or- rjanlzatlon, will make. This con- cern is to turn out six pictures. Alyce .Mills, one of the players whom B. P. Schullerg had under contract as an Independent, and whom he took over to Famous Play- ers- Ld.sky. has been cast to play opposite Richard Dlx In "Romance a la Carte." The picture will be put Into production Feb. 23 under the direction of Gregory La Cava. feminine lead oppjjslto r)ouRla» Mac- Lean In "That n My Baby," whffh will bo the latter's second product to be released by Famous I'layers- Lasky. GarrQtt Fort l.s.coll.ahcratlng with Jeanle Macl'hersoij at the Ue MlHe Studio on an original story wlilqli Is to be used as the Initial fitarrin;; vehicle for Jctla Coudal. Adele Rogers St. John Is doing an original story. "The Silk Hat Cow- boy." In which Fox Is to star Tom Mix. It will be the first ot tho re- lea.se for the l926-:;7 program, and Is entirely different from his reggl.ii type of western stories. Pal. one of the best-known canln< stars, has been added to the cast of the Helen and Warr'm comedies, at the Fox Studio, In which Hallum Cooley and Kathcrlno Perry B.ri being starred. Harry J. Brown has completi. Jjloria Foy, Frod All<'n, Joe Urown, J. Hnrold Murray, Qus Sliy. '^iP'Mle Hrnilh. Olln Mnwlan'l, Jiiyre Whitp, Tr.tn I'.Ttrlroln, T<7a Mhy fha-l- wl'-k, K.Tl. Sk.lly, Ada Mnp. 8:>4 Wtwt 4Zncl KtrnH, Nrw Torh riiono Venn. 4733 BARNEY'S llim now iidilril to hlo tlii-alrlral :irt- nirnt, IIIIIKKT HI.NATItA, who ha* hud 33 ymrN of thratrU'iil kIiov making eiprrlf nrr. 304 West 42nd Street NEW YORK a two-year ooniraci ir.atioa. by that orgin- Mnrfirft M'Tfi'^ will plav th' *<^>^ Eyebrows Darkened Permanently Fvlr.wi iTi.l laslios pcrffiTcl ttj.l dtrkimi'i Willi i-til.i'im; iii.l ii(T.---l' I br w»i«Iilnf. |.ert Power baa been signed to play the male lead opposite Gladys i;ay. avlatrlx. is the tirst production THEATRICAL OUTFITTERS 1580 Broadw«y New York City EMPIRE THEATRES, Ltd., SYDNEY CAPITAL $600,003 ' " RUFE NAYLOR. MANAGING DIRECTOR 198 Pitt Strcc*, r,v((n(?y. Australia WANTED Producer for First Class Musical Comedies to open in Australia's largest theatre, 1927 Alto commencing January, State credentials, salary required Wanted— Musical Comedies and Comic Operas, Australian rights Cables, Runaylor, Sydney "W-T •H ..%^i I ! ^ V A R 1 K T Y Wednesday, February 10. 1928 t^ VARIETY'S LOS ANGELES OFHCE ARTHUR UNGAR in Charge Chapman Bldg., Suite 61 j 756 So. Broadway; Phoae 5005 Van Dyk LOS ANGELES Protcasionals hjivs th« fr«« uM «t Varistyt Lot Angalca Office for information Mail may bo addrooood oaro Vartoty, Chapman BIdg., Loa Angoloa. It will b« hold aubjoct to call or forwarded, or advortiaod in Va- riety's >_«tter Uiat. Too bad that Frank Vincent was still jaunting on the sea last week Inat'aJ of being present with Mar- cus Hriman at the Orpheum to wit- ness Just what kind of a show had boon sent on by his department, how It conflicted and was .aid out as we.l. Of course, the old Orpheum has juat another wt'ek to go so far as blg-tlmo vaudeville Is concorned. and the bookers probably figured that. However, If the cash buyers who slap that $1.65 a copy over at the gate every time they come get a lit- tle more of these silpshoJ shows It looks as though the Orpheum will have to use more than strenuou.s methods to get now trade for their now house. The Monday night mob on the lower floor was Uttle better than half capacity, and their enthusiasm and interest was about the same. They could not do blamed. One. however, cannot blame the ac:s. Had they been properly blended on dif- ferent bills the show would no doubt be much better and surely appeal. Top honors were conferrpd on Gus «< KSKKV. M \«iK KUlll-MKNT FLAGG l(i> Wt.KIK »\> KR.WtlSiO CALU CALL! For All ArtlHta to But at MULLER'S COFFEE SHOP 724 8. Hill St., Loa Angelea BntweeB Panta^es and Hill St. Theatres Rmi hy C%r% and IJHIan Muller THE OLD-TIME HOOP ROLLERS 10 percent discount to the profession Ouorrin A Co rs* ktssisi ass ksrSMt accoR.)ioa FACTOav ■S tSr Un.lw a S«M riM joi) *s<'ior) UMI aaktf *o> Id of ll«Ht> - iia.a joined the Llchtig & Bnglander casting force. Norman Trevor, under contract to Famous Players -Lasky, arrived here Sunday from New York, anO will be added to the cast of "Bean rieste," to be directed by Herber; Brenon. Robert Fairbanks haa left for New York en route to Europe, where he win remain for the next two years, establishing his headquarters at Paris, to look after the Interest of the Douglas Fairbanks Production; on the Continent. Eddie Lambert, who haa been do- ing his "Minnie Fish" act In vaude- ville for many years, has declde<* to produce a revue with eight peo- Shoes \ I. MILLER 6 SONS % Ttir World's larfeA maautsaunr < of thrstrieai iootwssr. Wc fit cntirs \ companies, also ia^lividual ordef* A ( m* toss rsKiMo 1554 bnMdway State Strset \ The Oaly Orlslaal THE GREAT SIR JOSEPH GINZBURG Fantous International Star and th« King of tho Radio. Trr^enal DIroetloB Mr. Wn.MB HOWARD Mr. EtGBNK HOWAKD ^ SELBINI AND GROVINI Road Show 53, W. V. M. A. Coast Tour By MILT WOOD, OF WOOD AND WHITE ^■h"i» nrtj-Ttimw "Thank -U." Wlncholl Smith and Tom Cushing's comedy, followed the six weeks' run of "Klki" at the Majestic Augustine Glassmtre staged the production. The cast in- cludes Charlotte Treadway. Gavin Cordon. Richard La Salle, J. Morris Foster. W. H. Gregory. Thomas Miller, Harry Hoyt. Glenda Farrell, Joseph Eggenton. Jane Morsan and Will H. Gregory. Tho Theatrical Mechanical Asso- ciation haa granted a charter for a local lodge which la to l>e known aa No. 35. Norman Whistler Is presi- dent of the organiaation. which has tlO membera. Manuel Envldo, EVJlth QrlfTlth. Arthur Buckley, Louella Leo and the alx Tremaino dancera. in the "Merry Widow" prolog for tho past eight weeks at tho Million- Dollar theatre, have t>oon re-engaged for Wt ssmcd In Dodg* (?1t7. Kaniu. Rn*>1 Rb rouls te Um CoMt uhI bsrk. s lot ot TImi thnir wti T«ry inappy >n'l fast. nistit throiish fron tl'« tint art to Ui« Uat R«ihtnl and (irorlnl wors Um flrtt art Ui apuctr, I ran hmr Wllllc'a ahoiita and yrlla now rlnitln( la as ssr. TbM did iucillni, armbata. bUTcIc ridlns too. In ra<^. thfrs Is oothinf little Willi* couldn't do. Then ram* Crnnln and Hart, a rtePnr. claAar pafr. With tlwlr ■ansa, rhattcr. piano playlDg and Frank's •tuMnm italt. RiiMo. T«la and Rmmo wrre next, with their niftj akipa and hnpa. Pretir airnerr. txautlful wanlri'be and Jlmmy'a wonderful knra dl«SB. Niimlwr four was WckkI and VVIilte, a misfll rli>wnlsh pair. Who fnoled and dftn<*fnl around drlTlnf away ilull ( nre. Th* Orlslnal Koiir I'hllllpa were th* rloa'ng nunilier on nur bill, I*olns club Jiisillnc. head to head balariring and olhrr Ihlnsi that thfllL All In all the whol* ahnw wrrr a bunrh that mm tried aiut tni^— WbMietsr there waa trouiiU thcj ituck Incettiet like (lus. January IS. 19*8, wai a wndirful daj to me. It waa Relhlni and 6 Now at Illinois Theatre, Chicago, 111. We26 with Ed. E. Daley's Black and White Sensation Comparer and Arranger — Arranger of "Milenberg Joys,*' "Deep Elm Blue^* Permanent Address, 4447 VINCENNES AVE., CHICAGO, ILL. PHONE ATLANTIC 3351 .Ian. 4 to t Casino Boston, Mass. •Ian. 11 to 16 Columbia New Y.>rk City .Ian. II to n Kmplre Brooklyn. N. T. .Ian. 25 lo .>u Orphcum I'aterson, N. J. Feb. 1 lo 6 Empire N«wark. N. J. Fol>. g to 13 Casino Brooklyn, N. T. B'eb. 1& to 20 HurtlK A Seamon's.'Now York City Feb. 22 to 27 ..Hyperion New Haven, Conn. .March 1 to < Oayc-ty Boston, Mass. March S to 13 Empire Provl<1ini;i.«h in llie way of *o Licking in in;Ueri:vl. It is a sliuw that runs only .■iboijt two hours, even with every- Itiuly oil th'' bill L,'lven i>lenly of op- portunity to tike encores and do whitevcr llioy wislicd In tlie w.iy of (xtra stuff. T..uUing a real name draw for v i iiLicville, the hou.se was rather sliiii. .\loniincr Macr.io an<\ Gertrude CleKS with a hicvilo rut in which the male jx rfoiiiKT dot .s .sn'.r for what If Is worth, ami li(>r work w.is ri'spunijibic fur mojal u( iho ciillm- KANSAS CITY By WILL R. HUGHES Shubert— "Follies." Orpheum — Vaudeville. Pantages — Vaudeville. Globe — Musical stock and pictures. Gayety— "White and Black Re- vue." Empress — "Hey Ho." Newman— "The American Venus." picture. Royal— "The Black Bird." picture Liberty — "His People," picture. Mainstreet — "Blue Beard's Seven Wives," picture. "Blos.som Time" drew heavily at the Shubert last week. Zleprfeld's "Follies" opened a week's cn'.rngement at tho Shubert Sunday with u $4 40 top. This is tho highest scale here this seasson. Charles Raymond, publicity man- .n;,'er for tho Newman and Uoynl (I'ublix Theatres) has resigned, nnd will go to the west coa.st. Ho h.nM hirn succeeded by William (nill) .I.icobs. formerly manager of the I'loyaL Willie hundreds of person': were on tlie street In the vicinity of the Nfjwinan Tuesday iiffernoon a young bandit robbed Paulino Englln, cashier, of i2i\i. He approached the Cupid Joined the hands and hearts of Mnnnle Steinberg, one of the owners of the S. & S Film and Sup- ply Co., and Miss Minnie Rosen- berg, booker at the exchange, re- cently. After ceremony the couplf departed for a month's honeymoon In Cuba. Announcement has been made of the erection of a new combination house at Parkeraburg, W. Va., by Ben Nathan, a clothier of that town and a group of New York capitalists. J. D. Folwell, architect, Is drawing the plans. The structure will cost in tho neighborhood of $70,000, it was announced, will contain 850 seats and have two balconies. OKLAHOMA CITY By GEORGE NOBLE W. O. O'Neil has purchased the Criterion theatre. Butler, Okla. The Empress theatre. Lone Wolfe, Okla., has been purchased by T. S. Whalcy, The Empress theatre, Roff, Okla., has closed. D. V. and Dan Terry have pur- cha.'^od tho Nuaho theatro. Wood- ward, Okla, Tho Kozy, Sugg and Riallo the- atres at Chickaslia, Okl.a., have been t.iken over by the Publlx Theatre Corporation. Be Sure and Read the Lawrence P. Romano and Company ADVERTISEMENT On Page 49 Phoiio 11884 Kndieott Cable Address Marbaeona STUDIO OF GERALD F. BACON PLAY BROKERS AND AUTHORS* AGENT— PRODUCTIONS AND PLAYERS MANAGED Wanted— Plays by New Authors 60 WMt Siitty-«, was the solo feature at Warner's Metropolitan last week, singing with great effect airs from "The Student Prince," Wilkenson was an added attraction Maryland Collegians, band act of local talent, that broke In vaudeville last fall at the Baltimore Hippo- drome, Is being restaged by B. A. Rolfe for a tour of the big picture houses. pened to Jones": Capitol, "Just Sup- pose"; Walnut, "A Woman of the World": Strand, "The Masked Bride"; Lyric, "The Phantom of the Opera" (second week). Frank Hetterick has been en- gaged by National Players as tech- nical director, succeeding Thomas Pawley. Th9 Guardian of a Good Complexion "STEINS' ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEED Holda the Centre of the Stage Frederick R. Huber, supervisor of radio station WBAL, announces ap- pointment of George M. Castelle as opera supervisor for the station. Mr. Castelle plans to broadcast an opera In tabloid form once a month. ST. LOUIS COSTUME CO. Coctumes and Wig§ FOR Plays and Mask Balls Theatrical Supplies 597 North Broadway ST. LOUIS, MO. Olpa Schapiro, director of the Whltt^hurst studios and head poster designer for all the Whitehurst the- atres, has been appointed asslst.nnt manager and director of production for the new Rnibassy theatre, sched- uled to open Feb. 28. CINCINNATI By MELVIN J. WAHL Shubert— "Charm." Grand — "Stepping Stones." Cox— "Up In Mabel's Room." Keith's— Vaudeville. Palace — Vaudeville and "The Teaser" (film). Olympic — "Fashion Parade." Empress— "Whiz Bang Revue." Photoplays— Family, "What Hap- Otto Reaplghl appeared In a triple role with the Cincinnati Symphony orchestra this week. He was piano soloist, director and composer in a program of his works. Francais — "Romola." Electra— "Old Clothes." Management of Symphony orches- tra announces the Mendelssohn choir of Toronto will be the soloists at the March concerts of the orches- tra. The Manhattan Opera Company of New York will play Cincinnati one night this week with the pres- entation of "Naklmo San" at th<' Kmcry auditorium. The Littlejohns New rri"Mloim For l»'!S Remnnher FnmoDH l.lttlr- John R h I ■ p- Htoof* run Ik bnnffht nnir at THE LITTLEJOHNS 254 West 46th St. NEW YORK AMTIIl.NU IN KHINKhTO.NIW Don Burroughs, leading man of the National Players at the Cox underwent an operation for blood poisoning. Emmett Vogan la sub- stituting. Norma Shearer was In the dty last week for a few days. Her latest vehicle, "ills Secretary," Is at the Palace this week. Mi;8 Shearer Is a Montreal girl. "The Keeper of the Bees" had Its first showing In this city Sunday at the Imperial. Montreal's newest theatre, "Thp -Amherst." opened Its Sunday with a bill of five vaudeville acts and feature pictures. The Brandon Opera Co., In short season at the Orpheuni, h.nd a very succfSHfiil first week with "The Bo- hemian fMrl." This week they nre giving "The Chimes of Normandy." Next week, "RnMn Hood." Winners In the I'nited Amtisemeni Co.'s beauty ron'est left Sunday nlp-ht for New York, where they will spend four days, all expenses p.nld. the government can b« persuaded to lift its padlock. Budar Is willing to have the church folk use the place rent free until the padlock goes out of effect next September. Recently Budar appealed to the government for aid, claiming that, though the place was padlocked, thieves had broken into It and taken out part of the $50,000 worth of fur- nishings, Including rugs, drapes, davenports and linens. 1» Ted Lewis and his Jazz orc^iestrn played a five-day engagement at Castle Farm last week. MONTREAL By R. CU8ACK Orphsum — Opera, "The Cblmea of Normandy. Gaysty — Burlesque, "7-11." Capitol— "The Eagle." Palace — "His Secretary." Strand— 'The Knchanied Hill." Regent — "The Merry Widow." Ria.to — "The Merry Widow." Papineau — "Tower of Lies." Belmont — "Cobra." Plaza — "The Pony Express." Mt. Royal— "Pace That Thrills. " Corona — "What Fools Men." Amherst — "Fine Clothes " Dominion — "Sporting Life." Lord Nelson— The Uanger' Sig- nal." Maisonnauva — "SmlUn' at Trouble." Midway — "Tha Arizona Sweep- stake." Church Taking Roadhouse If Padlock Is Lifted Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 9. The United States government has been asked to lift the padlock from Milwaukee's finest ro.idhouse, the Golden Pheasant, padlocked last fall In order that a newly or^anlaed church can use the place for Its sessions. .loe Budar, owner of the place, ha.«! given permission to a Catholic con- gregation to use the place, provided JAMES MADISON Author of acts that piea.-ie th«' artist, the booker and the audi- ence. Al.ifo piililisher of MADI- SON'S BUDGET. The latest Issue Is No 19. Price tJNK D'')T.,I,AH. For the present send .all communications to me at 544 -Market .St., San Francisco. Phone is Franklin 422. (Coast repre- Kentative of Alf. T Uilti.n ) ■■MHHHiiHaBSManai^M^ One night standi don't mean a thing in my life now — it'i the wash stands I'm after, sayi Billy B. Van NEW Rehearsal Halls Most Accessible Location 100 West 72nd St., N. Y. ( ote at Des Moines, la., against tlio Iowa winner for a prize Marcus Loeiv BOOKINCACENCY General Executive Offices LOEW BUILDING ANNEX leO Mr EST 4r6^"ST» BRYANT- 9850-'NEW YORK CITY MARVIN H. SCHENCK DOOI<,INO MANAGER, CHICAGO OFFICE 604 WOODS THEATRE D'LD'O JOHNNY JONES IIM CHAR.OE IVIIEN l> I.OS ANGLRi«- -SKV MEIKLEJOHN and DUNN EIGHTH FLOOR. MAJESTIC THEATRE BLOQ [WK CAN FII.I. OI»KN TI.ME FOB AI.I. STANUAItU AIT9 "THE OFFKF. OF PKR.SONAl COtKTESV ' ACKERMAN & HARRIS EXECUTIVE OFFICES: THIRD FLOOR, PHELAN BLDG. MARKET. GRANT and O'FARRELL STREETS SAN FRANCISCO ELLA HERBERT WESTON. Booking Managmr LOS ANOELBS— 8BTANT 1tt«-tt HOTEL FULTON I (la ihr HaMt at Nav tark> 8 and Up Singia k14 and Up Doubia ■howar Baini. 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Jarvls, R. SINGLE ROOM WITH BATH, $2.00, $2.50 AND $3.00 PER DAY Double rooms for 2 persons, $21.00 per week Twin Beds at $28 LORRAINE and Chicago GRANT HOTELS LEONARD HICKS, Managing Director YANDIS COURT 241-247 West 43d Street NEW YORK UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Newly renovated and decorated 1, 2, S and 4 room furnUtaed apartments; private shower bnthn: with and without kitchenette, also maid service (16.00 and up w««ekly. THE ADELAIDE MBS. I. LBTBY Propk NOW OffDEB NEW MAMAOEMJCNT 754.756 EIGHTH AVENUE MBS. RAMttn Msr. Bernean 4«th and 47ti> street* One Bloeb ffeat aif BroAdway Oae, Two, Three Fav aad Fiv*-Boam Paralehed Apartoianta, SH t>. Strictly ProfeaKloBul Phonea: rhlekrrlDt 8160-3181 Pbaaai LONOACBB 1»M« 64M>5 CIBO. P. SCHNEIDER Prov. THE BERTHA FURNISHED APARTMENTS OOMPLETfi FOR HOCSEKKKPINO 323-325 West 43rd Street CLBAN A.ND AlBV NEW YORK CITY Pvlvala Ualk. 4-4 Roams. CalvrlDa (o tke caaatart ai • kr profeaatoa. STEAM BRAl AND BI.BCTRU U 30* bt. HOTEL LAFAYETTE PHILADELPHIA. PA. Broad and Arcb Streets CsAtnU Theatre District Will serve and entertain you at a profes- sional rata. All rooms running water, telephones, prlrata batba and ahowers. newly furnished. Bryant Apartments (JU8T REMODELED) 118 West 4«th 8L, New York Apartaiants— Twa Booms and Bath Alao Rooms Running water and phone la every oom. Maid ans all night alavator rvloa. REASONABLE Rnhule, W. Rose, P. Rose, O. Rose, y. Roystc'r, W. Royal Sldaays Strumph, A. Stuart, B. Swade, B Thomaa, L, Thomas, W. Thompaun, C. Valentine, C. Veihyen, L. Weber A Flelda White, W: R WIlllnVharDk i. Wilson. M. Wilson Trio Wylle. R. Wray'n Manikins Wr'itht. J. CHICAGO LETTER LIST X^VIN OAKS NawcKt and Most Alluring Night CluJ>— lUglit In Uie Heart of >>* York 163 West 46th Street. Phone Bryant 6510 Just a Htep Biiat of Bro«dwa.v, Now Vork Members of the profoH.slon will espccl.illy enjoy thlB quaint and Rofreshinpr Rp< trmrrint NOON-DAY LUNCHEON, 65c. to ^1,25 DINNER, 5:30 to 8:30, $200 WITH A KKVtE (NO COVKll ( HARGK) Supper Suggestion, $1.00 to $3.00 OPEN 'TILL 4 A, M, Mnslr. Kntertulnment and Hanrlng i The -LITTLE SWEETHEART REVUE" A Brilliant ScJntlllAtlnK Olrlle Show with a Typical Broadway Cnst Uoaiitiful Girls — Qorgeoua f'xtmt "R Dn.I.IR RMITH, Pro«l?crr H \Kr.Y WAI.KI.H. Brpre«t«u Wesderful OInser 12. as • ts « p. M. He Coincrt Chirfa Tkaatr* Susser • Is CirtS At All Hsurs EARL RICK ARD— Muter of C#rem»ni'i KINNEY and ROPER— Dancer, tulraordinary BUDDY KENNEDY— JuvPinln Oerh RobblBi Jslsny Dale Bmlfa Furrew •esbrsnt aed P'lma Dosas TEN LITTLE SWEETHEARTS A NKht sf Fss a«< Frivallty Make Tour Reiaerratlone for New Tear's E>e Now Arllne, Lola Aubrey, A. B nurtoB, Blcbar4 Raldwin. Joe nrill. Rosa Buyer, Mabla Cantor A Duval Clark A Donnelly Conner, David T. Covan, Willie PetKarino. Bab.'x Duval A BImons Donnelly, H. B. De Recat, Himlle Rilaward, B Bskles, The Fox. Dave Fox. Maude Harris. Jean Hammond. AI Hi^Kl. Happy Halpin, Amy Jolly, Edw. Keno. r.111 Kceiian. Butty Knivht, OUa lA)ve A Wllbar I.,ee. Mildred I.,ee, Jono A Kath La Mrrts. Austral. LIndsey, Kred Lader. Marie Miller. B McWilllams. Harry Martin, Ralph M. Moorr. Billy McCrca. E. A J. Muhamed. H. B. Morette f^latrrn Mantrr, Ralph M. MauKhn, I><>ra MoCreas. The Monk Otto Nelson, Clyde Plnaka. Klarna rymm. P. * P. Peterson, Blily Reese. Lester Ramsoys Canaries Riley. Joe A Agn'>« Rogers, Kddic Reaves Ooldle Sharp. Billy Shrlner. Joscjih Stanley. Joe U. Sanger, Hnrry SlmjiBon. Faruiy .Smith. Ros" Stein-Bach. Bruno Vincent, Byd Wall. Alma Ward, I.,arry Walton, J. A J. 350 HOUSEKEEPING APARTMENTS ^ PORTLAND, ME. By HAL CRAM Strand— "LighlB of Old Broa.J- way." „ Ksith's- Vaudeville (Kddle RoRS. Rinjo Compptitlon). Empire— '■H:ivo'' " Jefferson .Stork ("TIk: CM Mg- gf-rs' ). Elm— "Mor.ils for Men." Portland— "Thi« Rockli-p Sex." Cisco— "Ki-s". M-' Asalii." "Hoso- Marie" played at the 3ft- fri.-i.)n three days la-st wotk to mi.- parity. The B'rei'n produrtlon of "Tlie MiTij Wld.iw" wal ov'T b!i,' 1 fl week at tho Stialid. M>i (.;tJOi it< Verier WilS S'.Ioi-t, •JI'I tl:-- I'lTimv U,im-pr« Intprpreted Ap.i''il, Chiirle.'^ton and "M»rry Widow ' waJtz, IRVINGTON HALL <66 West 61st street ««40 Circle HILDONA HENRI COURT S13 Went 48th Street 8930 Longacra COURT t41-S47 West 4&th Street. S660 Longacr*. 1-2-8-4-rootn apartments E^ch apartment wltb private bath, phone. Ititchen, kitchenette. $18.00 UP WEEKLY— $70.00 UP MONTHLY The largest maintuinei of housekeeping furnished apartmenta directly under the supervision of the owner Located in the center ot the the.ntrloal dinirirt All firrprouf buildinga. Address all commnincnilnns t< CHARLES TENENBAUM Principal ottire Hildona Court. 341 West 45th 8L. New York Apartmcntt can be $een eicninoi, Office in each buHdmu Mrs. JANE BLACK 18 BACK AT TUB HENRI COURT 312 West 48th Street, New York will be plfttaed to welcome her majiy profeHnJonal frien«Is BFECIAT. RATR8 TO TBK PROFESSION Cbortesy — Cleaollneaa— Cooafast Tke Most Modern One and Two Room Apartments with Private Batta and All Night Servlct Grencort Hotel Ith Are. and Btth St., NBW TORS American and Annex Hotels 7th and Market ST. LOUIS 6th and Market Raam and Bath for One and a Half CIrcutatInK lee Wafer In Every Room Rates %1J60 and U» tOS ROOMS too BATHS The Home of the Profesaion MARION ROE HOTEL Broadway and Pine BT. LOinS, MO. Laclede Cars at Rtatlcm Pass the Door severul sites in tho downtown dis- trict for tho ere<"tion of a lar^o mo- lion picture house. The Arpontine Scren.-tdors, with 1^0 Hiilkin.s, ni.'ide their llrst ap- pearan'-e htre Saturday evenlnB at Frye Hall, attracting a large house. VARIETY BUREAU WASHINGTON, D. C •16 The <^rgonna Talephona Columbia 4610 Warner Brothers are looking over By HARDIE MEAKIN Auditorium — ChlcaRO Or.-tnd Opera Co. Belasco -"Aloma of tho South SeaH", next, "Ko.shrr Kitty Kelly." National — "Suzanne"; next, not announced. Wardman Park— "The I>.ady Next Door" iThoin.iH Herbert .stock). Kcitirs — K'ltli v.iiidcville (.llnimy HuPKoy). Earle— Keith pop vaudeville (Clladyr? DarliiiK). Strand- Locw vaudeville Walt'r Fehl C' j flr.-t Ind'lK-ndr'it ji.ftiiie 10 gi-t info | ilio ,MrM 58th St and 8tb Ave., New York 1 and 1 RUOM.S PRIVATE BATQ SFKCIAL RATES TO PROFKt^SM'II PHONE COLUMBUS tOOO :^ FURNISHED ROOMS \\;tlh l''iulu'n (,r i; ilc'.y mtte 320 West 96th Street NEW YORK rtry ExDres^o^iway Station at Comer Outside rbom nith kitchen. .. .{Ifi. 00 Room with klfrhonntte cabinet l.iO Oas. eleotrl itv, linnn Included, eteam h^ i swllrhhr>nrd Phone Riverside KGIiT RDANOAPARTNfcNTS 800 Eighth Ave. (49th St.) CHirKERlNO 8S50 2-3 Rooms, Bath and Kitchenetta Accommodate 3-5 Persons Complete Hotel Service Professional Rates the members of the Natii.nnl Press t'lub on hand as gueHt.-i. The Eiglit Victor ArtlHtfi .-ire com- ing Into the Auditorium next Sun- day for two performance,"*. Nelson Hell, handling publicity for the Orand.ill picture bou.ses, has ;i. new one with his Crand.ill .Satur- day Nlghters. a regular weekly radio plug. The .Saturday night g.ithering The Mayflower Washington, 0. C H,iwrt n> f 0U> In fbo box office of the .V.itlonal wliiie "I'ats" \VI!!!.imH U Ol. Wii; Hick Ii!jt. Tiie Pilr..e Is ha\ irip a n w organ fn.vtal.'Mj. A Mcltlnic (l.KAN 1 the World .are In l.lve la -V** ^J i»c*fV^ O' r r- — or WAsniNOTow. n. e *• -.$ n Wednesday, Febnury 10, If ri *(•:». r*;'«wi*.^':' =->fi i<2ir v«" i'/i mi If 5 9««*'»^ ''7!r; comccfy songs. %e greatest of <^l^^^^^^^^^,r. 7?.e P«^'»^ ""^ .ituation,<^y net any ^tp"" fits any ° -Show /^« '"^ ...ional copV orc/i«s^^ r- trot i,?r*ifeft»- vf«SM«?.S-:!;iV';?.' ; '^iv^S' ii :-'^v:,!A**J--;^;'r'i- ^•^'•'•a \'-M:/\^:y^ ".~^i r?'yyW\'( ;-»VVV?«»B'-'?9^^'f..; Ifii>^: ■;-;^.ji;;if:;^:y :!!.;:.- ^%:r'*A -■^»)>:Si':y-vt ;.<-..- '■•,'■»■■ "'..'::''•''■■>''';' i-'s; . '..»•- ^ .v. >.?■.>.,'' ;,,■:; ^:;,,-- . ■..-»»• :f>^.v'- 4V.S' iAf^i^c ■::>'.:. ■ I ^-i^^.:;^ K'',,'-'j:%-!'iK-f-'i'3i^'.^ >^.7 r^ .-■^■v>:>';*;'.'v '■■■ ':r^i^:. / ..M.. m ill i| ,( I K OI »iU ,'v. ■v'VVl ia6i^'lt5i«^««f«^*fc*S«i3»iW5^^ ..Mh r»jatwaM g i i w,ia'Wife Bga ii4 »liW im« iiii i ' ii«Bgwii»a«tfa»f»ga>N»ig6^ ,, ^'^Jfi ^^*;' .,''T>^/--. AMUSEMEl^ifS TIMES SQUARE PubllRlied Wfokly at 164 We«t 4Stb St.. Naw York. N. X., by Varieljr, Inc. Annual aul>i)crl|>iico $7 SIdkIb coplaa SO cant*. Entered as aecond claju maitar December 21. It06. at tb* Post OOlca at New York, N. ;., under tb« Act of Unrch >. lITt L I I . , IJ VOL. LXXXII. No. 1 NEW YORK CITY, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1926 64 PAGES LOEW-ALBEE HGHT CERTAIN CANADIAN PIRACY OF "ABr BRINGS FINES FOR OFFENDERS Layne Stock at Regina Pirated Anne Nichols* Comedy Without Change — Claimed Bought Script for $50 in Frisco — Entire Company and Staff Arrested (Reported for Variety by Brock Smith of the "Morning Leader," Regina ) . ReKiim, S;usk., Can.. Feb. 16. Two nienihers of a stock cors- pany and th« U'ssce of Uie theatre In which they playi'd wero con- victed and fined here L'»st Friday for prescntinK a plnilpd version of "Ablo"s Irinh Ro.se." Thoso fined were Alf. T. l.jiyno, leading man of the Btock group, which bears Jil.s name; Ellis Goodman, general manager, and Major J. Oraham, lessee of th« Orand, In which the company is housed. The arrests were made after the troupe had played tho full week, but Annu Nichols had l->«<»n notified previously In New York that her "wonder play" was being pirated. She sent Harry Lambert, an agent, to Ue>;ina. He .sat tliroufjii two tierformances to a.ssuie him.solf that the play wan being followed word for Word. Uarnhett waited until tho Layno coiniiany had llni.shed their week to just as good business as any "Abie" original company could havo done. Saturday night the liousc w;is iiacked and pinched. In the ca.so of these arrest^-, the Canadian copyright law was in- volved for the first time. Bei^ause of the convictions it wax di.splayud that Atuerirati i)lay\vrights are .af- forded .strict protection in the Dominion. I•^^c.ll member of the cast, as well us thu mniia^^or and lessee, was presented with the blue papers wliicli beseeched an appeur- once In court. The case of the playing company, excepting Layne (Continued en page 14) Bobbed and Unbobbed In "Tug o' War" Itrocktoii. Mass., Feb. 16. A ocinteHt ili'iL' retiuiies re.source- lulnes.s In assembling is a tug of War betwfx'n bobbed and unbobl>ed girls. The lirotki'in Ibeatie la pulliuif *t on, expecting eight girlij to a side but uncertain if there are elghfc Unbobbed in Ujwn. As booster.4 the bi»bbed bunch have the l)nrbci-8 to the ia«t chlseller. SCHOLARSHIPS FREE FROM PICTURES New and Novel Tie-Up Between Rowland & Clark and Universities TIMIC BAniE OF PICTURES VS. VIIUDEVIILE Marcus Lo«w's EnTek>ping Interests Leading into Keith . Albee's Straight Vaudeville Cities — Local Conditions Around New York Entering Antici- pated Battle — Expected Fight Will Commence with Opening of K-A New House at Lex. Ave. and 86th Street — Believed Fa- mous Players Will Throw Weight with Loew SCORE OF SCARS MEXICAN BORDER'S HELL HOLE CREATED FROM PROHIBITION Reformers Attempting to Blame Tia Juana on Mot ing Pictures— New "Drive*' on '*Movie Morals" — Hollywood Hopes It Checks Screen Struck IMttKbm-gh. Feb. 16. Co-operating with the University of I'ittBburgh, the (Carnegie Insti- tute of Technology, Wai) GUILD'S AMERICAS PLAY The Theatro Cuild will produce * May hy an An\erl.-an autlior. "hats ,,n unusual thing for the "una hut the play is called "Crack O'DoonV wlih Victor Victor named «« th« nnkt'own author In New International Contest With Mexican Beauts Oalveston, Tex.. Feb. Ifi. With entries assured from the Ke- j)ubllc of Mexico, Canada, and a number of states, and cash prizes aggregating $4,150, tho Treasure Island is planning for tho biggest beauty pageant and bathing revue ever held in the Southwest May 16- 17. when the First International Pa- geant of Pulchrltuile and Seventh Annunl Datlung C.irl Kevae Is sched- uled. Contestiftits will appear on the boulevard In parade May IS in sports clothes or afternoon frocks; on May 10 In fancy bathln? cob- tumes; on May 17 in evening gowns, those remaining ftir the finals also to appear again In b.athlnfl: rostumes. An otieoiuing condition that has been breathed but Hllghtly here and there of Marcus Loew and E. F. Albee going forward to a certain fij-'ht In now thought to be woU upon itti way through ri'ports floating to Broadway from Florida. P'or two weeks or more Messrs. Ijoew and Albee have been beaching it at P.alm Beai'h. The reports say the <'hlllincss between them has been noticed. One story stated that they are not speaking as they pans but that is thought to be an ex- aggeration. It was rumored very much InaMc when Kellh-Alboe annonnced Its tiew theatre for I^exinglon avenue ous French dlseiis^, lia.s entered plc- turea in Germany, having been en- gag<»d to play the part of Martha in "Faust," which F. W. Murnau Is making for UFA. Emil Jannlngs plays .Mephlslo. Barrymore*8 Terms Ijos Angeles, Feb. 16. John Harrymore has been en- gaged by Jos. M. .Schenrk, .it $100,- 000 flat salary and 25 per ccn. of all net profit per pictiir*. for two plclure.s, to he released through United Artist*. Barrymore will start the Srhenok contract upon concluding hi* pres- ent film for N\'drner Urvther*. Miners Have Money; Wives Hung Onto It Reading. Pa., Fob. 16. With the announcement of the settlement of the coal strike, the- atres commejiced to report record breaking receipts. From now on the thealrlcnl situation Is expected to show an Immediate Improvement throughout the coal region. Thousand* of miners' families have money on hand, but owing to the uncertainty of the settlement, they hold tightly to tho purse strings. The pletnrn hon«<.« wt>rn hard hl« Jjam Angele«. Feb. IS. A new drive that may be launched agalnat "movie morale" and the picture Industry here made to etand as the goat by a prominent church organisation an a reault of the Ti« Juana scandals. The reform ele- ment alleges that girta out of the film colony have been lured acrois the line to the Mexican hell-bole by hangers-on about the studios. Tla Juana, say the cranks, wok given a coat of "respectability" by 'the motion piRture stars and directors who attended the race track and the gambling houses there, and because of this it was easy for the slavers to Induce the "extra" girls to cross the line. Tlie opinion here is that the new drive will go "democratic" as soon as It is launched, as not one picture notable in 00 has been to Tia Juana except on a sight-seeing visit, such as most people tourinc Sou (hem California do. As to the "extra" girls, every studio of standing is agreed on the fact that there are too many in Lom Angeles and Hollywood for safety's siike, and the whole colony has been heart and soul behind •» general movement created some ftme ago to keep girls from coming to thid part of tho country, speculating on ob- taining a picture Job. There is no doubt that a city flooded with pretty girls who havo been unable to obtain work either (Continued on page la) many of the sm.aller loc.alltles clos- ing entirely. Ford's Fiddlers Record The Henry For-d Old FaJihloncd Oance ')r<'liestr.'i rele.'iseH ai'c a se- ries of old-timo dunce numbers ■canned" for Colunibla. Instrumentation comprlscH dulci- mer, cymbniom, fiddle and tuba. This is the band organized »>y the l.ixsie inrtker In an erid toiDoe coerwMM te I VARIETY LEGISLATIVE Wednesday, February 17, 192$ RE-BROADCAST ONLY BYCONSENT; "TIME" BUYERS IN WHITE BILL Considerably Rechanged — Fairly Assured of Passage — Changes Affect General Public and Advertisers Belief That Bill Will Be Passed Variety Bureau, WashinKton, Feb. 16. The White Bill, aponsored by Wallace H. White, Jr. (U.) of liaine, has been reported out by thr; .Vlcrc-li:int Marine Committee, The measure was oonfeidcraoly re- TnJuj'Cd frum the original as flrst Introiluced during the last sesaloii ©f Congrtss and then again Deo. 15 Of iho present session. The "KaJlo Czar" In the person ©f th» Secretary of Goinmorce still elands, but the revision by the ■ coniiiiittet, following the recent hf.urlnss, not only brought changes In lhi> technical phases of the bill but in those .portions jifTecting the goricr:.l pub'.ic' and the buyers of "time" as well. One of the longest areuments lijcfvire the committee was tl e ob- jection to the original provision th'it the word "advt'rtislng" must be announced prior to the broad- casting of the niattor. The oppon- ents of this claimed that radio's Value in advertieing depended upon tlio manner In which it was sent out. These opponents won their f. ;lit a^ the word is omitted from the bill. In its present form when adver- tising la Dent out the bill reads "shall, at the time tJie same Is so btoadcaht, be announced as paid for or furnished, as the case may be. by Rucli person, tirm, company, or corporation." The complaints reglht^red by sev- eral of the WfStv'vp Sl^l^a to the effect that It was iihpoasible to get Ifcenses because all wave lengths ;Keru. held in the aastern seitton of tilt: coiintry brou;jhl another change eettliig forth that the locailoi by States of stations fhail be consld- •red. To cover this an entirely new •ecllon has been Inserted dividing tho country Into five zones, with these five zones not only caring for tho citizens dpflring to broadcast in every Slate but also rearhos out to propo.sed Federal Radio Commis- «,lo.i. No Set Prices An entire new section has l)een Inserted to make it impossible to Bet the prlte that th(» tubes or any other radio apparatus must be sold WILL IT STICK? 10%TAXALLOFF Chairmen of Committees Say it Won't Washington, Feb. 16. Amusements, as an industry, are awaiting the outcome of tho de- liberations of the conferees on the tax bill, and more particularly on the repeal of the 10 per cent, tax on admissions. , Its representatives have fought long and patiently to got the tax repealed and when, on Wednesday last. It was stricken from tho bill In an "upside-down parliamentary manner." as Senator James W. Wadsworth, Jr. (R.) of New York described it, It camo with such sud- denness as to create a decidedly dramatic climax. The question now la — will It stlckT Chairman William R. Green (R.) of Iowa of the House com- mittee, and Chairman Reed Smoot (R|) of Utah of the Senate com- mittee state It will not. But both of these legislators make the same statement In reference to many other sections of the bill that went "skyrocketing" when the adminis- tration "machine" got out of con- trol and left tho Senate to enact a "ripped up bill," as Senator Smoot termed It. Something has got to go back Into the bill, that la generally ponCeded. There are those who predict that due to the resentment felt through- out the entire country against this additional asscsstncnt on the pub- lic's recreation and the popular re- action the repeal would bave, that it might be granted In order to have other provisions restored that would produce more revenue. Show business had its battle fotight on the floor by Senator William H. King (D.) of Utah, whose amendment was adopted by a vote of 36 to J4. The closeness of this Vo.;.'. coupled with the fact that the strongest administration at rc'ail. It was this Qucatlon th.at | supporters were listed among those difference as *^ mere bagatelle" and not enough t« make a/iy differ- ence. Senator George W. Norrla (R) of Nebraska pointed out that the great "mass of the people" pay this tax In small amounts, while the admin- istration bill was freeing those with great Incomes from the payment of any tax, while Senator William E. liorah (R.) of Idaho pronounced the 7 5 -cent refieala "as good enough for me." As to when tb« final agreement will be reached on the bill Is doubt- ful, although It la the aim of the two groups to complete their con- ferences during the current week, if possible. In order to get the bill passed within the time limit. PICTURES VS. VAUDEVILLE Roadside Stands Object of Sunday Bill Lawrence, Uass., Feb. Ifi The roadside stand, hundreds of which have sprung into existence during the last few years, may be forced to close In Massachusetts on Sunday as the result of a bill now before the State Legislature. The bill Is favored by two clergymen- representatives in the House and opposed by many. Another clergy- man-representative opposes the bill. One of the proponents of the bill expressed himself thusly as reg ds his brother clergyman's opposition to It: "I am surprised that a preacher of the Gospel has gone so far as to ask that hia flock nrlght be traders on Sunday." This same clergyman avers that to allow the sale of food from tho stands on tho Sabbath would be a temptation to passersby to "break the spirit of the Sab- bath." The bill would force most of the stands to close an Sunday Is their busiest day during eight months of the year. caused a considerable controversy fluring tho copyright hearings last eeyslon whon the bro.adi'astcrs were Beeliing tho use of copyrighted music without payment. It was brought out ihon that the tubes were but licensed .Tud that the retail price was stanip'^d on thoni. The bill provides that no message recehea, except from amateurs, can bo divulged, published or In any manner made public, nor can any prognini be rebroadcfist without the exi>r('ss permission of the original eencKr of the program. The question of broadiMst motion pict ires and control is cxtende.d to all material seM throufrh the air in this as yet undeveloped art. Ob- jections were voleeil by not only Congro.sanian Sol Bloom (D.) of New "YorK but mhny of tho picture in- dustry.' This opposition subsided ■when It was pointed out that If the pictures were not t.iken caro of at this fltne when the develoTitntnt was completed it might bo found Im- possilile to alloeato Ji place for these- on the nir. A report Is yet to be flled with th<" llutisc on the White bill, this is b^irit; wrift'^n by tlio chairman of the commiltte, Fnink D. .Scott (H) Of MiehlKan. It Is oon repeal W(»uld lind the Oovernnient withtjut funds to luiy its expenses. Senjitor liirani Johnson (K.) of California, whi ii informed tliat but J.M.oOO.dou was the diaerence be- tween the coniniittee propos:il of 75 CPi U M a n d th t i K i ng ;tnn-ndm<-ut of Iho entire) repeal rel^ertcd to the TO ARTI3TES: MR, A, J. CLARKE Care of Variety, New York THE PICCADILiY HOTEL THE KIT-CAT CLUB LONDON, ENGLAND (Condnuod from page 1) and Sfllh street, which theatre Is now Hearing completion; that the open- ing of that house wit'. K-A vaude- ville would precipitate the long ex- pected battle between the K-A and Loew Interests. Along with Loew, should the bat- tle come oft as scheduled, will be. It Is claimed, the Famous Players' weight for such u.se as Loew may find for It. The report In Variety last week that eventually the act- booklng offlces of Loew'a and Fa- mous Players might bo combined was prodlcatcd upon the current Impression that when a battlo with the straight vaudeville people (which includes the Orpheum Cir- cuit) occurs, the forces will be lined up as Loew'a. with Famous Play- ers, and Keith -Albee's with Or- pheum. A Broken Prontise Ina|de It is rumored that Marcus Loew considers E. F. Albee broke a promise when erecting his theatre on 86th street That house could be said to be aimed to cut off pa- tronage on Loew'a Lexington the- atre at 60th street, and also Loew's 86th street theatre, but a short dis- tance away from the K-A new Chouse. Since tho Albee announcement of tho 8Cth street, Loew has gone Into Mt. Vernon, forcing Proctor's there (in Which the Albee Interests hold 25 per cent of the profits), to clip Its admbiSlon scale from 11.10 to 50 cents, and also Loew has a new houje In Yonkera, again opposing a Proctor theatre. In reprisal K-A h.is gone Into New Rochelle and White Plains, that exhausting the Westchester county embroglio between the two circuits at present. Farther away and but recently Loew has sent a Presentation show to the Allen, Cleveland, formerly a straight picture house (Loew's). That Is aimed to bump the K-A auaiBliL v.»udcvlUc bcunc, •■■WlIi'»c, in that city. The Palace Is reported not having been a money maker to any extent since opening, due to Its $4,500,000 investment. The Allen's gross has Jumped from $7,000 to $9,000 weekly since playing the Presentation. They are In reality big time vaudeville, pleasantly pre- sented with pictures In addition. 26 New Theatres Loew's has 26 theatres planned and In construction. The I^oew of- fices win not divulge cities or loca- tions of those upon which work has not started. It is believed that when this Information la given out several of tho now Loew houses will be found In close proximity to a Keith- Albee house or Orpheum house, much like Loew's State (Cleveland also), Inimediately adjoins the Pal- ace. Neither the Sl.ite nor StiU- mait (also Loew's) In Cleveland has been nffected by the big leap in the gross of the Allen. Iliat a titantic stru;;gh- Is ahead and the biggest light Keith-Albee li.as ever encountered in the show business is llrmly accepted by the best informed picture nnd vaude- ville men. It's going to be th<> gl- ;,'antir battlo of picture v.s. v.unle- ville, with a score of seirs bihln.l it. Mme, Flory as "Rose- Marie" Paris. Feb. 16. .Mine. UeiTino Flory has been en- ! i;;>ged b:,- the Isola brotliers for the lead of "HoKe-. Marie" here. The operetta Is due at tlie The;t- tre S;irnh Hemharilt, jirobably in Scj>teniber. CHO LABOR UW UNUKELY "Washington, Feb. 16. Of the 26 States reporting to the State Dep.'irtment on tho proposed amendmt>nt to the Constitution to regulate child labor through Con- gress, 17 States have rejected the proposal outright, .eavln.,, five yet In the doubtful class with action to be completed and but four States which have ratified tho amendment. This was made public In the re- port of the Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg just presented In re- sponse to the House Resolution adopted on Jan. 6 last. The Secretary's report discloses Arizona, Arkansas, California, and Wisconsin as the only States to date to have passed legislation in both houses ratifying the amendment. Georgia, Indiana, Kans.aa, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hamp- shire, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Ut.ah and Ver- mont voted outright to reject the amendment, while !n Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho and South D.tkota the resolution to ratify failed to pass. Action In five of the States Is yet to be completed. In Iowa the House Voted to postpone action Indefinite- ly. Tho House In T.,oulsiana rejected the proposal, while the Massaclui- setts Senate passed a resolution re- jecting It. Tho Senate failed to ratify In North Dakota. Tho Gen- eral As.seinhly In Pennsylvania like- wise passed a resolution disap- proving ratification. The amendment is being bitterly fought throughout the entire coun- try by numerous organizations. If ratified It would affect all children under 18 years of age In every vo- cation Inonirtlng those in me ine- atrical profession In all its various phases. ALL - APPROVED COPYRIGHT BILL DUE Introduction Expecte4 This Week — Result of Many Hearings Canada^s Copyright Biirs Amend. Affects Theatres Montreal, Feb. 16. All the theatres in the Province of Quebec ai-o to protest against a bill to bo pponsored in the House of Commons at Ottawa by L. J. Lad- ncr, ,M. P., Vancouver, whic^h in- tends to amend the present copy- rlglit act. At a meeting of the Tliealrc Man- agers' Association it was unani- mously decided to ( '.lat the amendment as the theatres would have to pay rovnlty to music pub- lishers in addition to buyin? their orchestrations or music Hhcel..\ tIkIiI cost of both composer nnd publisher. As the proposed bill does not mention the basis of royalty, the tliealie men are ot the ojjinion that largi> fees may he clKirced and a tax ItnpiiHiHl on the se.-iiinK capacity. "Washington, Feb. 1«. Tho all approved bill aiming to practically set up a new copyright law for the United States Is ext pected to be InToduced in the Sen- ate and House In the form of com- panion bills during the current week. Tl^e expected legislative measuro Is the result of the many lengthy and somewhat bitter hearings on the subject of lopyright during tho last session of Congress, with tho present olil drafted during the past sever.al months following confer- ences between the various factions. The question of changing tho present law first reached Congress with the now famed Dill bill. Intro- duced by Senator C. C. Dill (D.) of Washington. The Dill bill aimed to grant the free use of copyrighted material to the bro.-idcasters who claimed that broadcasting was not done for profit. This phase, though admittedly beaten early In tho hearings, opened up an avalanche oi' bills, each of tho several measures being sponsored by one of the factions affected. This left the committee, with Con- gress ready to adjourn. In the posi- tion of having conducted many hearings but still without a bill to be leported out. After a unanimous vote on tho part of the committee, at the sug- gestion of Mr. Perkins a special committee was appointed to bring before the present session the now expected universally approved measure. The bill expected to be launched this week la to be Introduced in tho House by Representative Albert H. Vestal (R.) of Indiana, chairman of the Patents Committee, while tho chairman of the 'ike committee In the Senate, Senator William M. Butler (R.) of Massachu.setts, wlH bring tho measure before the upper legislative body. Engages Former U. 8. Senator Tho American Society of Com- posers, Authors and Publishers has already, through Silvio Hcin. ex- pressed dlsa)>proval of the nfew Dill bill Introduced In the Senate early In tho present session and which alms to malie Congress a price- fixing body, inasmuch as the bill provides as to how much the broad- casters shall pay for the copy- righted numbers used. Tlie details of f^if" htn xi**»rA rweenflv r<*pnrtpd In Variety. The American .'^iocieiy has had Mr. Hein here severil times "sit- ting In" on tho various radio he.ai'- Ings and while here It wiis reported Mr. Hein secured the services of a former Senator, a copyright expert, to look out for the writers' interest. The Perkins bill. Introduced by Randolph i'erklns (R.) of New Jer- sey during the last session, ivas again brought before the House several weeks ago tor tho purpose, .iccording to the Congres.«man, o£ having a measure before the com- mittee to simplify the question o( hearings this sosiiion. The Perkins bill was drafted by the Register oC Copyri!:;ht.'', Thorvald Solberg, at tho request of the Autliors' l^oague. It is not known here what effect the new formation of dramatists In New York will have on the ex- pected "all ajiproved" bill. No Miss. Censoring Jatk.son, Mi.s.s., J-'eb. ifi. The .Suii.ite ediieallon comriiitlee of tho State Lej^lslature h;is turned down tlie proi'osed eeiisiiring of mo- tion pietiires. Willi but fseveii of the nine mem- bers of the committee present five voted ag.iinst the proposal while thr remit Ining two refused to vote. Eat. WILLIAM MORRIS Ar.FNCY. Inc. WM. .MORKI.S WM MORRIS. JV, 1560 Broadway, New York THE TILLER SCHOOLS OF DANCING 143 Charing Cross Road LONDON Director, Mrs. John Tiller 8 «. w _.. Y^'^*^* LONDON OFFICE p O R F I H N CABLE ADDRESS, VARIETY. St. Martin'* Place. Trafalgar Square F V IV C* 1 \j 1^ 2096-3199 Regent LONDON $6,500, TRINCE'S' ANDCUT-RATES IN LONDON Looks Like Large Loss for Shuberts' First London Show London, Feb. IC. Rehearsals for the revised ver- sion of "The Student Frlnre" have been suspended. Indications are that the Shubert operetta will close. This la despite that the libraries (ticket agencies) boosting s'rongly, probably because of having an 'it- tractive deal with the manage- ment, along the Leblang Idea of cut rate pasteboards. The "rst week's gross at >lis Majesty's was about $o,500. a de- plorable shcwiiig In the face of a 1,770 capacity and an increased price scale. Business la reporto>l as picking up with a price reduc- tion for galVry and pi- (orche.stra rear) locations The Shuberts are paying: (ixunt $3,500 weekly rent for the th.^at;e. They'll bo lucky if they get away with a loss equaling tiig profits o/ "The Co-Optlmlsts." and the latter organization rollei up a net proflt of t'GO.UOl) In nve months at this bouse. J. J. Shubert is due to return here from a Continental trip Thursday. It is understood the next lo il Shu- bert production will be "I'rincess Plavla" with Harry Welch man and lilllian Davies. There is iili.^ 'lAubt tha: In the future local Shubert pro-Iuctions will employ more Briti.sh artists. HEEN TRIX ASSURED OF ENGLISH POPULARTTY Gallery First-Nighters Tell Her So After Josephine's Mar- riage to Eddie Fields Liondon, Feb. tC. Following the marriage of Jose- phine Trlx to IMdie Fields (for- merly of the Three Rascals) and the announced cessation of the Trix Sisters as a professional partner- ship, there was a demonstration at the Apollo Saturday nl?ht when the girls' revue. "Tricks," closed. A deputation from the Gallery First Nightera waited upon Helen and assured her that If she formed another act they would accord her a hearty welcome. The sisters Intended to play vaudeville while sending their show on tour, but through the marriage the music hall dates have been can- colled and Helen will sail for the States March 9 to seek another partner. English in Cabaret Doing Business, But- NEW PLAYS-PARIS F. P.'S ADVANCE TACTICS London, Feb. 16. It remains to be seen whether American methods of booming will prove efficacious In London. Here- tofore it has been contended that the flamboyant tactics of America would serVe to prejudice rather than familiarize Londonejs when sen- sational methods are utilized for publicity. Famous Players' new Plaza the- atre is due to open Feb. 22, and for the past month thousands of motor buses, billboards and electric signs everywhere have been covered with announcements which read: "Start Saying Plaza." This will bo fol- lowed just before the opening by announcements giving the location and the attraction. INDEX Misctllaneoua 1 LsyiftUlIvo 2 Foreign 3-10 Vaudovills 4-9 Vaudeville Reviows 17 Bills Next Week 18-19-50 Burlesque 11 Sports 12 Times Square 13 Women's Page 14-15 Newt from the Dailies. ... 16 Legitimate 21-28 Legitimate Reviews 27-28 Pictures 29-45 Editorials 20 Picture Reviews 40-41 Film House Reviews 42-43 Presentations 38 Literati 34 Radio 46 Music 46-49 Cabaret 48-49 Ballroom Reviews 47 Disk Reviews 48 Outdoors 51 Inside Stuff— Vaudeville.. 9 Inside Stuff— Legit 24 Inside Stuff— Music 47 Inside Stuff— Pictures ...20-37 Obituary 51 Correspondence 52 Letter List 61 Paris, Feb. 18. The stage society known as La Grimace gave a public performance at the Theatre Michel presenting "Simone et Felicien," by Henri Bancel, and "Amilcar,'* a one-act T>lece credited to Fauro Fremlet. The latter work was the more fa- vorably received. The Guild-like patrons of this group but fairly received "Simone et Felicien," Inasmuch as the three acts concerned themselves with the distasteful psychological subject of an Inceste sLster In love with her brother. Greta Prozor impersonates the sister and Hubert Prelier does the weak-minded brother, "Amlloar" is the name of a phll- osphlcal husband who calmly dem- onstrates his pretty wife's trlvallties upon discovering her Infidelity, and thereby di.sllluslons her lover. Camllle Bcuve Is splendid as the husband, even equaling the late Gultry's acting. "School of Happiness" Another entrant Is "L'Kcole du Bonheur" ("The School of Happi- ness") at the Daunou. This is the work of P. Gavault, a romantic comedy In three acts. Its recep- tion was favorable if not enthusias- tic. It relates of a youthful millionaire who repudiates a family engage- ment In preference to a disinter- ested seamstress who believes him to be an impecunious secretary. However, the faithful fiancee even- tually weds the youth after proving the scheming seamstress knew his identity and only pretended her dis- interested affection. Bach, the vaudeville comedian, does extremely well In the principal male role. Other jjlayers are I'ierre I'radlor. Gaudin, Lurville, Andree Guise, Germaine Sergys, Y. Maurel and Jane Uenouardt, manageress of the theatre. The returil of Felix Hugenet was prevented by illness, Andre l)ul)osc replacing. Prom accounu. the Rendes- vous Nlffht Club. New York, Is not dolns Icfes than |2,C00 nightly, looked apon as very big business for a nl^Ut t''a>:e on Broadway. It is beln:; drawn or Jack Buchanan. Beatrice Lillle and Gertrude Lawrence, the stars of Chariot's Revua. E^ach of the players receives $1,000 weekly. with Andre Chariot ana Archie Selwyn, rest>ective managers, getting $750 each aa their share. The starV guarante* for the week la $4,300. Notwithstanding. It Is re- ported none of the EnxUsh trio is happy over the cabaret en- gagement. They see no pres- tige nor benefit besides the monetary reward, about which they are said to care little. Nevertheless. from reports, each of the three submitted to a renewal of the cabaret en- gagement, although that may not have been discretionary with them, but a part of the contr.icfs optional clause. The Rendezvous Is drawing a very smart trade, of a class that naturally would b« pa- trons of the show. There is no line as guide to detect If all of the guests at the Rendezvous have seen "Chariot's Revue" upon the stage or if any of the guests changed their minds about going to see It after see- ing its stars upon a cabaret floor. « LONDON AS IT LOOKS By HANNEN SWAPPER London, Feb. t. As I see it, the days of perfornilng animal turns are numbered In iMti- don. Being a dog lover, 1 have f> ught these turns for years, almost alone among London Journalists. William Pollock, writing in the "Dally Mall," modestly criticised a turn, engaged for the London Coliseum this week, in which "nine fully grown forest-bred lions" were said to be shown in one large cage. He stipgested that Hank the Mule was mora suitable for a public entertainment. A Rodeo and s Bull Fight The original Press notice, out by Archibald Haddon about this turn, said "The lions were sometimes disposed to be fractious, refusing to stir when ordered to do a Jumping trick, or racing furiously about the cage. So there Is always the possibility of an unexpected thrill." Three days later, the same Press manager announced, on behalf ot Sir Oswald Stoll. "The engagement of De Kok's lions is unavoidably post* poned, owing to transport difficulties." In place of this ferocious act. Hunk the Mule had been engaged! Quito recently, at the Culiseum, a Rodeo was hissed and I myself saw a Spanish turn that glorified buU-fightlng. In these days, silly things like this are quite unnecessary. Anti -American American Plays Why do you Americans so often send to Kurope plays which Insult your own country? "Lawful Larceny" made a New York Judge the friend of crooks. "Silence" made a district attorney so revengeful that, to com- promise his enemy, he put a fake Roman Catholic priest Into a con- demned man's cell. Now, "The Hou.se of Glas.s" makes a Governor of Now York State the chief party to a graft. And are your only Jokes about cocktails? I do not know whether such things are true about your country; but I don't l>€Ucve It. If such plays are to be written they should be acted at home, not exported to Europe to defame your good repute as much as so many American films do. • Betty Ross Clarke, whose hus>)and, GrevlUe Collins, stages "The Housa of Glass," plays the heroine. This Is the third or fourth part she has acted In London, but not until the new Marcln play did she attract much notice from the critics. Then they paid her very high compliments. Her good looks do your nation credit. And she has learned how to fall en the floor in a dra*natic scene without hurting herself, which I think Is the hardest part of acting. Your actresses may be soft, but our stages are hard. IS ZAT sor IN 'SMASir OPENER Broadway Hit Takes West End by Storm SCARE AT STUDIOS Los Angeles, Feb. 16. With over 300 reported to be in "the pest hou.'te" with black small- pox, a general vaccination order has started the round of the studios. Tlio first "lot" to feel the needle was Universal, where all employes liiipd up to be Innoculated yesterday. The remaining studios will be taken in order. Anita Elson in Berlin Show London, Feb. 16. When the now Frederick Lons- (lale-Trving B« of fl Children B Hp«rlaltf OF AMERICA, Inc. 226 West 72d Street NEW YORK i'hoari rndlrott •*l5-« MART RXAD ■•cratkrj London. Feb. II. "Is Zat Sof (American) looks like a "smash" hit at the Apollo. This American comedy gives ev- ery Indication of having taken the West End by storm. Roars of laughter greeted the premiere last night (M)unday) while both Gleason and Armstrong figuratively bowled the audience over. It appears "su'eflre.'* Edith Day's Strange Suitor quite upset the other day when they told me that a man hai (Continued on page 10) Ethel Levey's Trouble With Manager Sachs London, Feb. 16. Trouble between Fthel Levey and J. L. Sachs (producers) burst out in public last nigni wiieu Uiu two had a scene on the stage, following the performance of "The Blue Kit- ten." Piccadilly's Agents London, Feb. 16. It is officially stated that A. J. Clarke Is the solo American repre- sentative for the Piccadilly and Kit Cat clubs of London, with William Morris the sole American booking agent for tho .same clubs. It is announced by the clubs' management that the Harry Foster Ageticy (London) Is the general booking agent for the two clubs, with Foster working with Morris In New York and Howell & Baud In Paris. HARRY TATE'S "TEA" London, Feb. 16. Harry Tate's new act, "Tea," was tendered a nice reception at the Coliseum yesterday (Monday), mainly on the strength of the come- dlans per.sonal popularity. The skit actually impresses as an unrini.sh(!d work with great possibili- ties. ETHEL LYONS REMARRIES I, OS Angeles, Feb. 16. Kttiel Lyons, screen actress, mar- ried T. R.'iy I'almor at Sant.a Bar- bara V'h. 9. Tho bride Is the widow of Fred lislibeck. picture director who died last yr-tir. If rvi dnii t li^trOt* iJi T»rtM|r doD'l advertba. Revue at Elysees Wants Irene Delroy Negotiations are under way by Daven. Paris, to secure Irene Del- roy. currently appearing with the "Greenwich Village Follies" In New York, for a fnture revue at the Champa Elysees, Paris. Other than the Information that Miss Delroy is desired as a prin- cipal, this is tho first Intimation that tho Champa Elysees would revert to revuo. The house has. been playing a flexible vaudeville policy, retain- ing lU bill for two weeks at a time. The main opera house (and It's as large as that) has a small roof the- atre for which the revue may be aimed. ETHEL IRVING'S FORGETFUL RETURN Zangwiirs New Piece Hat Slim Chance — Same for Farcical "Abdullah" FEATURING 3 IN "LADY" Ijondon, Feb. 16. "Lady, Bo Good" will open at Liverpool March 29 with Fred and Adelo Astalre and William Kent featured. Tho show will open here at the Empire in April. Max Scheck is coming over to stag* It Hines-Royston Reports London, Feb. 16. Rumors of tho engagement of Elizabeth Hlnes and Hoy Itoyston received new Impetus hero when tho couple met lmmodl;itely after Miss Hlnes landed yesterday (Monday). The reports persist In the face of the couple's denials. Jane Auber in London Revue Paris, Feb. 16. Jane Auben, Parisian vaudeville comodienne, Is booked for the spring revue (French) by Salnt-Gr.anlor at the Midnight Follies, London. De Courville on Riviera Ijondnn, Feb. 16. Albert De Courville has left to sojourn on tho Itiviora folluwlng a serious Illness. SAILINGS yi-li. 20 (Now York to London), Alex A. Aarons, Buddy Lee (Afjul- tanln). Feb. 20 (New York to London), .I.'iriirs Carroll f Afiiiitanlu). I''ib. 20 (N'ew York to I'aii-i». Mary Head (Aquilanla). IV b. 20 rxcw Yf.rk to London). Virilon l^'refMlloy, f.corge fJershwin. William Kent, Max Krheck (A»iui- t inia;, ARRIVALS March 24 (London to S-w York), N.iUKhton and Gold ( .\Ia jr.sllc). Feb. 17 (London fo Ni-vv York). Frank flurk (A'tuitctnl^t). London, Feb. It. A brilliant cast on London's smallest stage delivering Israel Zangwill platitudes on Bolshevism about sums up the Impression which "The Forcing House" made at tbs Little. The show's chances ot running ars extremely unlikely. One sidelight was the reappear« ance In this piece on the rostrum of Ethel Irving, a great star of six years ago, who resumed her career unrecognized. At the Playhouse. "Mr. Abdullah" cvealed Itself as a farcical absurdity pns.sesslng a good basic idea but Innrlequately worked out This, also. Is doubtful of achieving a deflnits run. .>'. OIgs Lindo for "Best People" London, Feb. 16. Olga Lindo has been assigned ths feminine lead fo'r "The Best Peo- ple-," after attempts to secure I'liyllls Monkman or Tallulah Bank- head. This comedy will be housed at the I.it a vaudeville act called "Jungle Fe- ver," starring Carl Hackett, a stock actor. Hackett has ' played leads In stocks around thhi jiart of the coun- try BO long that Morgan flgiMcs he can keep the act working and give It a nice route Just by playing the vntideville houses in the towns where Hnckett has a stock follow- ing. It 1m Huld tlio actor is well known in about 20 towns In the MiiMIe "West. 500 Old Fiddlers Cleveland, Feb. 16. An old-time fiddlers' contest con- ducted this Week in Heade's llittpo- drome here brought out a Held of nearly ^00 conipctltors, among W'iiom Were s<' livtic tiida. Mr. h:ihH i» an enormously xrcallhit man, the maln.ttnff and girtler of the Metropolitan opera Company. With all ha artivitUa, fete alono liroadwiiy and throifyh the rralm of rhow bintincss have un- derstood that Kahn i» artual'y ritruistic without being foolish. He u-atrhca the provle to irhom he gives iiiourjy, and if thry don't handle it well, the auzmly U cut off. That has happrncd. lit an ein]thatid business m.in,' but you do havf to avolil dullnes, drabnesH. sernioiii/tng, stirile inlelleelualit>. Whit the the- atre-Koing public want.s — and riuhtly wants -Is to be moved, either to lau^;hti'r or to tears, to be lnte^■e.^ted, to have its thoughts and feelings quick- ened and stimtilnted " THREATS USED TO COMPEL ADVERTISING N. V. A. Program Solicitor on Coat with Quarters in Orpheum*s Main Offices X/os Angeles, Feb. 16. National VauJeville Artists are going to have their annual benelit here in April at the Philharmonic Auditorium and it is going to have a program, an addition to the an- nual book New York gets out. It will not mean so much, however, as the National te: timoniaj. Already a paid solicitor, who Is said to be getting 35 percent of the advertising has been around town to canvas the situation. His first play has been the hotels, telling them what N. V. A. is to the actor and how the actor appreciates any- thing done for the N. V. A., and that it woud be business suicide, so far as the performer is con- cerned, to neglect to show grati- tude to this organization by not advertising in the big annual num- ber. This solicitor has headqj»...rR in the Orpheum olTlces here. He is in a very advantageous position to get in contact with the fctors who might call at the Orpheum's general office on justness. He is a former showman and knows a great many people ir the profes- sion, having owned his own theat- rical company. He handled the program proi>o8ition before here and is r.^ported to have done fairly well. Before going to work this ye.ir he was told he had carte blanche to do anything he wanted to, just as long as he got the busi- ness. Chicken-Hsartscf It is said he received instruc- tions from New York not to be "chicken-hearted" and not to let actors down in case they made e:;- cuses of I 'ness in their family or obligations to meet. It is said the letter coming from the New York office told him tha^ as long as ac- tors were getting work they should be thankful to the N. V. A. and its sponsors, showing their apprecia- tion by a liberal donation to ; organi.-.ation's pro;, ram. As tho new N. V. A. headquar- ters have not been so popular up to date with the actors, tliere has not been a great Influx of the worli- ing actors there. However, this canvas.ser has made sure to vi.su the club rooms half a dozen times a day or more and spending the l.alo evening hours around it, so as to m.'ike cerlitin of missing no one. Many actors report that they have m.ide Ifgitlmate excuses as to why ihey cannot take space in th»> issue but a.'sert that the solicitor told them, "If they knew what was good for them they had be'.ter come through, otherwise they would hoar from headquarters." He is also said to havo told them, "You hal better do what I want you to or you might find out that headquarters will see that yotj take considerable more." FILM OPPOSITION REAPS BENEFITS Keith's is taking advantage of its 25 per cent Interest with Famous Players in the Metro- politan, Boston, a picture house, to make acts' salaries in vaudeville known. A $1,000 "name" single was practical- ly set for the Met- next week after playing a hold-over en- gagement In another picture house, when the Keith office notified F. P. that the single's vaudeville salary was 1800 and $900, with $1,100 the latest pro- posal which she had turned down, choosing a cabaret en- gagement. She played the other picture house, where she was held over a second week, at $1,500, which was her picture house salary. This parallels the Stanley Co. which bocks through the Acme Booking OfiTice, Inc., in the "little Palace" building at 15S2 Broadway. Because of Stanley-Keith's amiiatlons, an act booked by Stanley's has its K-A salary checked up with the Keith office. If the picture house asking is larger, regard- less of the four shows daily, the Keith salary Is reminded as a criterion, and again the opposition pays and plays. TOM RYAN AT 70 MAKES HIT OF PAUCE BILL Took Irish Comedian 53 Years to Do it-~Still Agile Dancer At 70, Thomas J. Ryan, is playing the Palace, New York, this week for the first time. He was the hit, of the show Monday, going over uo well at the matinee thai he wag switched to open intermission. What force of circumstances kept this grand old man of vaudcvlll» out of the Keith's Palace hereto- fore is one of those many Keith- ^ Albee mysteries. That he got his chance bee'ause of picture houses attracting standard turns is as good a guess as any. Tom Ryan was of the well-known vaudeville team, Ryan and Rlch- (leld. His 38 years of married life with the late Mary Richfield was a stage epic. Their stage partner- ship lasted for 35 years. They were Irish sketch artists but like the (Continued on page 8) .jj HOLDING UP ACTS BY SECRET SYSTEM FCR N. V. A. ADVERTISING Keith-Albee Office Employing Its Agents to Extorli Money for Benefit Program — Acts Rebelling—^ Much Leaner This Season from Accounts ':* Sophie Tucker Returning To London, After Rest Atlantic City. Feb. 18 ti^ophio Tucker, resting at the Attibaasndor here, expects to shortly sail for Ix>ndon to fulfill contracts. At present Miss Tucker does not Intend to accept any New York en- gagements. CAESAR'S SERIOUS SKETCH Arthtir Caesar, brother of Irving, has written a one-act play called ■'The Maker of Images.'' It will le part of the show at the Green Ueorn Club next Sunday night This sketch is peiious. If yon don't .idvcrtisr in VARIKTV doti't advertise Skect* Gallagher With Zieggy lti< hard (,-:kocts) tlaUagher has abaiKlohed hi." proposed return to vaudeville and may il;GING WIFE'S ALIMONY CLAIM Detectives Say He's Hiding- Mrs. Mary Carr's Accumu- lated Alimony $9,000 Luckman*8 Wife Says Husband Annoyed Her Moe Luckman. vaudevillo actor, was arraigned before Magistrate Gordon In West Side Court on a charge of dl.sorderly conduct pre- ferred by his wife Bessie, assistant treasurer at the Central theatre. The liuckmans have been separated a short time. According to Mrs. Luckman, her husband, who does not support her, haa been coming to the theatre where she is employed and annoy- ing her. She said she was walking on the street near Madison Square Garden a few nights ago when ho ap- proached with another man and be- gan to abu.se her. She then ob- tained .1 summons for him. Luckman said he had not gone to the theatre but admitted he had spoken to her in the street. He said he merely a.sked her where their cliild waa, she began to scream and created a scene. He also denied he hnd threatened her. On ills iH'dmi.se not to annoy her in the future and to seek recourse in the proper court if ho wanted to see his child, Luckman was al- lowed !o fjo. Alex Carr, because of his matri- monial difUcultles with Mrs. Mary Carr, his dIvorc6. •^'■t*'''Jr SpizzI offered the diva |S,000 a week, but found Miss Far- far sii.k, counteracting the impres- sion dating from the flop of the L»'har operetta, "Krasquita," thai the indispoHiiion waa just one of those tlunga. Carl Randall Out of Cafe Carl Randall, now playing a cafe cngagenu-nt at the Montmartre, New York, will leave the cafe Saturday and may re-enter vaudeville for a few weeks. The M. S. Bentham of- nce is offering the turn. Randall has Ix^en at the cafe for .several weeks (hinring with Mar- jorie Petenson. Miss Petei non will remain at the cafe. Pun in Names of Killam Divorce Action St. Johns, N. B., Feb. 1«. Did Nellie Tripp Killam Is the question in a divorce suit insti- tuted here by Mrs. Freddie Maud Campbell Killam, of this city, who is suing Clinton A. Killam. of Richmond, Va., for divorce? Mrs. Killam charges that Killam denerted her and names Nellie Tripp, an actress, as corespondent. She rites Brooklyn and elsewhere Jis the scenes of the Infidelity. Clinton has not as yet filed a re- ply to hi.-i wife's petition. Quite an unprlnted story, despite the eon.siderable publicity given. Is said to He behind the reported marriage of Wllda Bennett and Peppy de Albro before March 15 of last year. From accounts Miss Bennett and her husband were married under their proper names, this defying the scouts of the tabloid dallies In New York from obtaining confirmation of the ceremony. Since recently appearing at the "Hippodrome as a vaudeville act when Bennett and de Albro received $2,600 for ». week as a dancing team, they have been unable to pro- cure further vaudeville engage- ments. Miss Bennett Is said to have received $1,500 weekly when with the "Muslo Box Revue." She is at present realizing from rumors around that her legit stage value has been injured by the publicity concerning her. Frey Should Pay Miss Bennett Is said to have met de Albro In the Music Box show where he was In the chorus. It was about at that time, from re- ports, Mrs. Chafles Frey started an action against Miss Bennett for alienation of her husband's affec- tions, recovering a verdict of $37,000 agaliiat Ml.ss Bennett. From reports Charles Frey, the husband, had agreed to settle any Judgment ob- tained by his wife. So far the judgment stands and Is on appeal. If confirmed in the higher court it in nalvl Mlna Coiiixll iiuty be great- ly annoyed if the Judgment Is not settled. Should a new trial be ordered . It Is stated Miss Bennett is prepared to prove at the next trial she i>08slbly could not have been in love with or weaned away the affections of Frey. The entire Bennetl-Frey pub- licity Miss Bennett has endured is reported to have beeh caused by a harmlcRs auto ride, during which the Bennett car struck a small boy. Out of that arose all of the notoriety thrust upoq the prima donna. CLAIRE ULRICH WHITEHURSrS LEGAL WIFE^ Important Point in Man- ager's Estate Contest — $278,000 Involved Baltimore, Feb. 16. Claire T. Ulrich Wliitehurst woo the tir.st round <'f her legal liKht for a heritage of the Charles R. VVhitehurst estate. Judge Solter la the Circuit Court deciding that she was the late theatre magnate's leg.al wife. This overrules the defense's da« murrer to dismiss the complaint. Mrs. Anna L. Whitehurst, the dece- dent's mother and executrix of th« estate, will carry the caae to th« Court of Appeals The estate involves $278,000. Hit and Run Courtship Of J. Pinto, Vaudevillian Little Rock, Ark.'. Feb. 16. James Pinto, appearing at th* Majestic (vaudeville) last week, staged a "hit and run" courtship with Ruby Phillips, a waitress, It la charged, and finally Jilted the lady, Pinto, Instead of returning for th« ceremony, started for the Missouri Pacific station and never stopped. It commenced, from the account, when Miss Phillips sat next to Pinto, who does part of his act In the audience. Drifting Into th» lunch room later, the waitress and the actor began to convereation which resulted In I'Into calling upon the young lady, plus a guitar and a few Italian melodies. The following day was set for th« wedding, with the prospective brido resigning her position to begin her watch at a street corner as pro* scribed. An hour's wait convinced the girl her boy friend had gon« hence, whereupon she laUKlilngiy admitted the Idiom, "easy com% easy go," and she got her job back. UNDY'S NO LONGER ALL-NIGHT PLACE EDITH WILMA RECOVERED Chicago, Feb. 16. Edith Wilma. of Ketch and Wiima, has returned to work after fd Cburli* Morrison, the Keith vaudeville agent, whose name was useoiit six months sine* Attorney .\iler seeijied a doeratri- cal trade newspaper man. The "News" Ptory »aid: Death of the B!g Time Tho rape of vauih^villo continues and It now seems almost certain thai llie death of the big time, with its two shows daily, cannot be far off. Only a few weeks of such booking are still available In tho east — most of the proud Nrw York houses of the Krith-Albee circuit now play several riliows daily. 1 have heard It predicted that our own temple of tlio Keith ideal la nearlng Us end as a twice- daily affair, though thiH Is a matter of time and tide to determine. Vicious and llKhtning-liko attacks have been made upon the happy existence of big time variety during the laut few years by several other types of entertainment. The New York night clubs have ravished vaudeville for hostesses and entf'rtalners. They hold out a. well-baited hook. Tho vaude- villlan can sleep In his own New York apartment, safe from the rigors of the road, and can entertain half the night at a good salary. Among two-a-day friends now doing such work are Joe Fejer and band. Hyson and Harris, Cecil Cunningham, Ed Janis, Tvette Rugel. Carl Randall. Jackie Hurlbert, Harry Rose, Cox and McDermott and Frisco. Presentations Two great forces, however, will go down In theatrical history as the slayers of the big time. One Is the rapid spread of picture-house presentations and pro- logs—the other Is the type of show used by the Stanley Co. In such houses as the local Enrle. The growth of the movie- theatre presentation business is truly colossal. Famous Players films have organized a separate corpora- tion to handle the bookings and stagings for their mammoth string, and the big chains of film theatres that link coast to coast hold out golden lure to tho name acts of vaudeville. Van and Schcnck, the singers, have been doing It with success all season, and Gllda Gray, the wlggler, wrecked house records and filled her purse In a light- ning picture-house dosh not long ago. The Stanley type of entertainment (which is, and has been, com- mon currency all over the country for some years) seems to grow Increasingly popular. It presents five or six acts of Keith popular- priced vaudeville and a first-run movie for a very modest fee, and Is presented In the "grind" fashion — something going on all the time from 11 tp 11. While the-blg-tlme house staffs are dozing after dinner, the Stanley houses are milking tho obols from supper show patrons. Internal Woea Moreover, Kelth-Albee vaudeville has its Internal woes, even while It defends Itself as liest It can from the onslaughts from without its golden gates. It has become haughty, after years of puissance, and has become finicky and dictatorial about tryout weeks and cut salaries. Its performers, wearying of arguments over routes and remuneration, suddenly notice the movie man around the corner h61dlng out a sockful of yen. and lo! Vaudeville has lost another headllner or two. Sometimes Its admission prices are too high for value re- ceived. Very often the vaudeville public sickens at the number of repeats, and soes over in a body to the Hollywood camp. Chivvied from without and harassed by forces within its own stockade, Keith-Albee vaudeville faces a very clearly defined and dangerous crisis. The Huns are at the ga^es, and will very probably kick them down and sack the offices. E. F. Albee, its venerable and paternalistic overlord, has de- voted the last few years to erecting, in various cities, monumental vaudeville theatres costing millions of dollars. What a sad and ironical thing it would be to suddenly find them. In all their gilt and marble glory, hollow temples whence the gods had fled, and to see their ankle-deep plush carpets muddied and despoiled by the hoofs of the submerged tenth! ALF WILTOrrS WALKOUT? GEORGIE WOOD Homo address 44, Inglls Road, Baling Common, London, England. Other People's Opinions "News of the World" (London, Eng.). says: "Wee Georgle Wood ranges from pathos and drama to comedy and practical fun. His great song is •Chick, Chick, Chicken,' which is a sensation." FREEMAN BERNSTEIN MUFFED FLORIDA BOOM Doesn't Know Whether It's Pushover or Bust — Little Hard Luck While Money Was Around Dr. Leonidoff and Gest Sued by Arthur Lyons Dr. L. D. Leonldoff and Morris Gest are defendants respectively In two suits for $3,000 and $1,000 damages ' brought by Arthur S. Lyons who alleges to have produced the "Chocolate Kiddles" In Germany. The suits are based on contract whereby Dr. Leonidoff was to guarantee Lyons $450 a woe'.; royal- ty for the run of the "Chocolate Kiddles" abroad. Gest figures through Lyons' allegntlon the pro- ducer "guaranteed" Leonldoff as being respontnble. ITpon Lyons' return to New York he wrote Gest. Simeon Gest. his brother, came to confer with Lyons, Riving the latter a check for $290 which he conceded was due as his return fare but nothing else. Upon Leonidoff 's advent Into America In connection with the Moscow Art Theatre, Lyons and he conferred again and an agreement was drawn up, conceding he owed Lyons $1,200 up to February, 1926, and agreealnty Marie is apptarlng In a ^ew comedy production art wlili four people. It uas a novelty com- plex. 5th Mt. Vernon, N. Y., Theatre Now Open Mt Vernon, N. Y., Feb. 16. The new Embassy, Fulton avenue and Third street, has opened with excellent results. It is the fifth theatre in Mount Vernon. Another is due to open shortly. Mount Ver- non's population Is 52,000. The Embassy's opening show had "Sweet Adeline," "Morals for Men" and four acts. There Is a concert orchestra and $25,000 pipe organ. The house seats 1,500. Fleischman A Ooldreyer are the operators. It will be a picture policy with occa- sional stage turns. Other houses here are Loew's (pictures); Proctor's (pop vaude); Westchester (stock); Playhouse, (pictures). Scale at the now house, 15 cents matinees, 30 nights. I^ew's, 40; Proctor'.s, 60; Playhouse, 25; Westchester, 35c. to fl. FLASH-ACT THROUGH Dillon and Parker have shelved their rovue turn and will re-enter vaudeville In a new two-act. The Dlllon-I'nrkcr Kevue, an elaborate scenic fl.aah couldn't iron out salary differences with the vaudeville bookers. Syracuse. N. T.. Feb. 1«. Marcus Loew. bringing his Loew Syracuse company to life after more than Ave years, is purchasing the Jefferson Hotel, the lullan (joldnxan property and the Richards Building, all in South Sallna, West Jeftersdn and South Clinton streets, bers^ for theatrical purposes, acoordlng to RIalto report, substantiated bjr local reilty broker? handling t*ie deal*. All leases in the Goldman holdings expire on May 1. and tenants have been advlsod tbat they will not be renewed. Contracts for the purchase of the different properties were drawn up several weeks ago, and but few tech- nicalities remain to be ;jmoothed out, according to £>lward Eagan of the Eagan Real Estate Co., han- dling the negotiations. Loew, it is understood, will wreck the buildings now In the site and erect a combination theatre and business block. It Is possible that the Griffin Block, at Jefferson and Clinton streets, may also be annexed by Loew. Loew organized a Syracuse com- pany some years ago and at that time tried for the Gurney Building, In which is included the Empire theatre. That deal fell through and the Loew local company became dor- mant. The Loew site Is a stone's throw from B. P. Keith's, which Is mak- ing a small fortune weekly this season with the Loew combination policy of feature films and pop vaudeville. This may have been a factor In Ix)ew'8 decision to Invade the city. As reported In Variety months ago, the Eastern Keith houses, de- spairing of assembling enough "names" and "attractions" In the face of outside Inducements, are go- ing to play tho Orpheum Circuit unit shows. The first one will open in a New York City big time house at the Riverside, New York, next week (Feb. 22) for a "showing." The unit Includes Monroe and Grant. Berkes and Terry, the Chi- nese Syncopators and a chorus of eight. It will cost the house $4,000, according to report, although the Riverside Is a cut salary week. Other Orpheum units will be played upon concluding their Or- pheum routes, the bookers hoping In this way to stave oft the weekly shortage of "headllners." The units have been produced by Moore and Megley and Incorporate the "after- piece" idea which Is enjoying more or less favor among managers who are casting about for something different to offer their patrons In lieu of the better feature pictures which they cannot get. According to reports, the units have not been greeted enthusiastic- ally by the Orphcum's president, due to the cost of production and the salaries of the acts Incorporated. It was originally reckoned that be- cause the "afterpiece" was secured gratis from the acts, the units would be a cheap buy for the "ofllce." It was also thought that an ordinary type of act would do for this policy, but the producers early discovered that "names" were as necessary for the units as when the house played straight vaudeville, except In the Orpheum Juniors, where price and policy are considered the lure. According to students of current vaudeville conditions, the units will be tried out on the Eastern Keith houses, and, if successful, the Keith Circuit will produce several on its own hook, probably allotting a cer- tain number to the few producers who have remained in the fold. Should this occur, a movement will be started among vaudeviUlans to secure extra salary for the "afterpiece," considered the most important part of the performance and for which no additional com- pensation Is paid. Picture house agents In New York have commenced to rival In numbers the agents that are looked upon as belonging to vaudeville only. In addition to the countless agents of both llelds, it Is generally under- stood that the straight vaudevllls agents have "piceure connections." They are "working In" with other and outside agents who book for the innumer.able presentations or stags shows of the Him theatres. Almost any day now In a straight vaudeville theatre around New York may be seen many agents, usually hovering around the rear rail of th« orchestra, all w.atchlng the program run off for prospects as picture house or vaudeville acts. The rapidly Increasing picture hou.se act situation is responsible for the large crowd of picture house agents. This has been accentuated thus far this season through the picture house agents collecting 10 percent commission upon the salary of the acts they book. This sizeable commi.sslon is all their own, unless they are splitting it with a vaude< vllle agent or some-one else. In face of this the straight vaude- ville agent sees his 2Vi percent for vaudeville bof)klngs as quite potty alongside the picture agent's Income^ On top of that many picture the- atres will pay higher salaries for the same acts than will the straight vaudeville booking ofHcea Dseplte the horde of agents there Is yet no systematlsed picture house booking office, although two of the larger systems in picture house operation are striving to per- fect a booking organization of their own. Up to date film house book- ings are being wild-catted, without an authentic list anywhere of all the picture houses In the country, inde- pendent or attached to a circuit. playing stage attractlone, is addi- tion to the feature pictures. LEO SINGER'S FILMS Newark, N. J., Feb. 1«. Motro-Goldwyn filed suit in the Circuit Court against Leo Singer of 19 Brunswick street for loss of 69 rc«ls of films which tbft company states he destroyed while they were in his possession. The company asks $1,500 damages. Singer is said to have had seven Metro pictures and six Goldwyns In his possession In 1921 find 19:?2. They were burned while ho had them for sal^ It Is all'ged. Gruenbergs Guilty in Consolidated Realty Case Chicago, Feb. 16. Fred H. Orucnhcrg, his son, Fred Jr., and three others were found guilty of having used the malls to defraud. Two others of the original 13 de- fendants, all members of the Con- solidated Realty and Theatres Cor- poration, doing business throughout the middle west, were found not Rullty. "Puss Puss" Closing "Puss Puss," the Columbia Amusement Company's n'lded start- er, which was formi'd when the fJayety, Montrc.Tl, c;irne back on llio route, is to close In I'itt'tbur;,'h In three werks, nfter playing Haiti- more and W.nslilnifton. The .«how was s theilul'ii to close at Philadelphia twtt weeks nyj. N. V. A. RAZZ (Continued from page 1) i^ the show. No admission charged with George McKay (Mc- Kay and Ardlne) acting as mas- ter of ceremonies, after the theatre's regular night program had beea run off. Jules Garrison started the racket, first reciting one of those heart throb things that got a liberal re- 8pon.se. Seeing that he had the house In hand Mr. Garrison, for hie encore, faltttud he wanted to reclts "The Man That Was Misunder- stood" as It reminded him of that grand old man of vaudeville. R P. Albce, who had built up the vaude< vllle business, placing it on a basis of fraternity between the manager and the artist; the difference be- tween the old days and the present, all duo to the Influence and the al- truistic spirit of E. F. Albee. What It Means to Them Mr. Garrison went on to tell of the N. V. A. Club and the work that club Is doing for the artists and wh,at It means to them. Then Mr. Garrison paused for the appl.iu.se that never came. Not a aand. There was an atmosphere ot rmbarrassment upon the stage. Not a handclap from the audience. As the seconds passed In this peculiar situation a few "cat-calls" were heard from above, then a few "boos" on the lower floor. Not a handcuff was unlocked on the mitts of those out front. For about 45 seconds this en- dured when Mr. McKay, to break it up, jumped In saying, "We'll have no mora of that MtufI" and Intro- iluced the next act. The next act ilid not refor to what heights vaude- ville had been lifted to by anyone and got plenty of what the other turn had nil:^sed. U's not yet known what Mr. Mo- Kay rcftjrred to by "No more of that stuff," probably the omljarrass- tnent. Mr. Garrison is of Jules and El)» Cunlfon. old timers ni.d from the !e:r'f of years .T'.n, now doing a .>^h. kespeurcan burlesque in vaudo« 1 ville. VARIETY VAUDEVILLE Wednesday, February 17, 192« NIGHT LIFE (Continued from page 4) the river that m:il are many <'olored property owners In tb« section, still paying off but sali.slied. Several coloroerty. Still the mmunlty even among the better off is as yet a rent payer. Troni the records tho olorod folk of the Harlem grade are very moral people. Seldom is there a divnrce. 'i'liere may be in.nrital trouble but It doesn't end In the courts rhat. perhaps, is a prevent it ive, and if so. not a bad idea. All of this mny explain why on on ordinary week day lor blx hours after midnight, not a higli voice was heard on the .^trois from tl'fith northward betw-- i 7th and f>1h avenues, this covering scvcr.il side streets. Neither in the :w-veral places oalled upon was one drimk noticed, although drinl to the black and tans and pay — and they .•5hould pay heavy— for the colored folk who fre- quent those resorts are too smart to pay the menu car' rates. One right, years ago. when a Variety reporter walked Into Wil- kens' place downtown, a couple of colored performers in the place rec- ognized him. Those were the days when Jack Johnson had but shortly returned from Australia and was the freest wine buyer In New York, buy- ing nearly all of it at the Barron's. The performers Informed Wllkens as to the Identity of the Variety reporter and introduced both. The Barron took the Variety reporter aside, saying: "Wl;at are you here for, socially or a fitory?" For a story, he was told, and the reason. "You're wrong," said the Barron, "and I'll tell you why. Nothing can atop this; It must stop itself, and It will sooner or later." (He meant the mixing of races.) "If you w.int to remain here you are welcome but please leave. Y'ou are going to see some people you will be sorry to see. They will be sorry to see you. You will cause a lot of useless trouble .ind you will do no good to your paper, to me ir to the people you will see. Pleaso go away tonight. Come down again and be my guest, socially. Let's all of ua be hapi>y while we can." Variety's reporter left and lived to see Barron Wllkens' prediction come true, also to appreciate the good aenso of his better Judgment. The Variety reporter who went to Harlem had no wish to see the black and tans. His only belief or use for a black and fan is for the pro- prietor of it to got every dollar he can out of every white who goes into It. Thty deserve to pay and plenty — the more white women In the party the mjore they should be made to pay. Compelling Oanca Muaia Tho only place visited wliere whites were found was at Small's a cellar dance pl.ice, nicely and pleas- antly equipped, with a colored or- chestra (Charley Johnson's) that seemed to he the incentive for a number of whiles from downtown, all In evening clothes, to dance. It draws cou.xiderably from the soci.-il set, downtowners believe. Tlie place has a floor show of coloroe whites would not be too much for that band. I'robably it's the .same at Connie's Inn wliere I>eroy Sinitli's Orciii'str.i (another crack colored comblnallon) has been for aome time, though now moving to Ciro's. downtown. Not a ilrink to anyone lor any- llilng at Smalls, white or colored. There were few colored people there ktt 3 u. ni. 'About 90 per cent of the attotidance was white. At Sin.iH'x and at that hour ukin« c.iino a blind culorcd man of about ;15, led by one ofthe Mi;ile peiftirin- ers. He w.is siUing the morning p.'ipers. He has been doing that for many mornings, totally sightless. Vet though i)erhaps hearing 2P0 voices a niMht. he never forgete a voice. Th«» Variety rt porter was told to speak to him, with the in- lormatioii that if he returned to .•^nuill's in a jcar, the blind news- Tb« aman plctura theatres are playing the biggeat flash acta Xor preaentatlona. requir- ing a big attraction to ofiCset circuit houae competltlona and the weak alater fllms. It la aurprlslnff even tha bookers how much a hotiae will Inveat tor big acta. JUDGMENTS T. P. boy would recall the incident of that evening. In one of tha all-colored placea, a sort of amall room cabaret, waa a colored hoatesa, a pleasant girl who made heraelf Inoonaplcuoufily agree- able. But aha proffered the advice for anyone present, "Never Intro- duce your awoetle to your best friend." "Chittariinga" In a dellcateaaen atore conducted by a Jaw, attention waa called to a sign In the window announcing "Chitterlliflga." This la a delicates- sen delicacy for the colored people, with their fun out of It that the Jew dellcateasen man offering It for sale may not have known that chitter- lings come from the hog. In Times Square now the Impres- sion ta that "Lulu Belle" will send many a white alummlng party to ) Harlem. But they win be dlsap- ' pointed unless easily deceived Into believing that the Black Belt la a wild place after dark. It's not wild but It'a wide open in every sense for those who live within. That they don't apparently care to enter Into any wlldneaa la to be easily noticed. No Night Life aeries could be complete without a Black Belt chapter, but It seems to be the mildest of all, possibly excepting the black and tans. And this Variety reporter can show 20 white night clubs within the Times Square pre- cincts, any one of them wilder at four in the morning than all the combined cabarets or black and tans of Harlem. Shne. Champlain Studioa, Inc.; Kelley; $8,374.01. Sam Ehrlich; Jack MUla, Inc.; $286.15. ^ . East 8!de Baauty Amua. Co., Inc.; M. Silverman; $210.35. Edw. Margoliaa; State Indus. Comm'r.; $44. Associated Oist. Corp.; W. A. Wiliion; $1,777.68. Gertrude Marien (Marien's Music Shop); Bristol &. Barber, Inc.; $90.35. David 8. Rouss; Oliver D. Bailey; $27.46. Same; Same; $87.45. Three Star Amua. Corp. and Mor- ria Ginsbers; H. Moskowitz; $298.46. N. V. School of Musie A. Art; Buma Bros.; $652.71. HOUSES OPENING Another northern Wisconsin town win have a vaudeville house. G. K. Miner of RhlfteLander, says he will build an 800-seater at Rice Lake, Wis., the first In that secUon of the state. Vaude concerts will be resumed this week at the RIalto, Hoboken, N. J. It win play six acts and a featiM-e picture. The Do Witt, Eayonne, N. J.. changed from a three a day to two a day policy this week. The house which formerly booked out of the K-A Family Department Is now be- ing booked by Fally Markus. Inde- pendent booke.'. Two new stands were added to the books of Jack Linder this week. The Temple, Union City. N. J., playing five acts on the la«t half, and the Traco, Toms Ulver, N. J., playing four acts on the last half. FORUM Buffalo, K. Y, Feb. 1». E:dltor Variety: Beg to advise that yoiu- article In this week's Issue regarding Henry Santrey suing Walter Fehl is In error. Mr. .Santrey threatened suit, but has already withdrawn his threat. Mr. Fehl waa released by Mr. San- trey five months ago. having given hla two weeks' notice to Santrey while playing the Riverside, New York, last June. He played, instead, twelve weeks, under notice, during which time Santrey was on the look out for a suitable man to take his place. Santrey finally hired a man in Chicago at $26 less per week than he paid Mr. Fehl. which released Mr. Fehl and broke the contract — It w&« only after Santrey discovered Mr. Fehl had a route that he threatened suit. Mr. Fehl has placed his side ot the question with the V. M. P. A. and aLso filed all data with his at- torneys. Mr. Santrey's salary was not re- duced when he lost Mr. Fehl's serv- ices, neither did he lose his route, so In suing he is merely acting the hog — you can correct your statement with this. If you like, but I don't suppose you will, aa to date. San- trey Is a very heavy advertiser—* but right is right, and this time ho happens to be wrong. , Mrs. Walter FeM. TOM RYAN'S HIT (Continued from page 4) vaudev'.lle waa variety, Ryan wa« not only a "Tad" comedian of standing but a crack dancer and right now he is a stepping marvel for his age. Tickled Audience When he proved he waa there with the Charleston Monday night, after tickling the house with In- tricate clogging, he had the smiling audience in his hand. Then in a speech that would have done credit to any star, he said: "I'm glad you like me because this is my first time at the Palace. I've been 53 yeara trying to make the grade." Acta back stage are said to have expressed pleasure at Ryan's success, realizing it waa not his age but his personality and ability that really counted. Ryan left the stage to take care of his wife who p.issed away after a lingering illness In 1921. He re- turned to the boards and has been playing ever since. Mr. Ryan originally teamed with Dan Diamond in 1872. In 1876 he Joined with John T. Kelly, the team being a favorite In the old Harrignn and Hart theatre days. He married Miss Richfield In 1886 and they played together until 1921. Ryan explained his excellent Ithysical condition In that fact he I has lived a clean life— but he cheer- i fully added that beer In the good old days wan almost as important a factor and he wlahed he could get a couple of scuttles right now. Before "making" the straight vaudeville circuit Mr Ryan had to play haphazard with his present turn, although the hit of each bill he has appeared upon with it. ILL AJXD IFJITRED Maltha Pryor la convalescing at the Fifth Avenue hospital. Now York, from an operation for gall stones. Sam Lewis, Loew agent, who has been confined to his home for the past alx months after having Buf- fered a stroke of paralysis, has been removed to the Montefiore Sani- tarium, New York. His condition la reported slightly improved. Mrs. Milt Schuster Is 111 In Chi- cago, contined with a severe cold. Mr. Van de Velde, of Van de Velde and Co.. was taken 111 last week at the Palace. Chicago, and had to withdraw. The act. how- ever, expects to pick up Its route in Vancouver. New York. Feb. 11. Editor Variety: Variety said I walked out on tho "Mlsa Tabasco" show without tho customary notice. I have alwaya lived up to my obligations In every way In the show bualnesa. The fact la, I handed In a written notice aa required by my contract, on Jan. 24, while the show was play- ing at the Empire, Newark. Thia terminated my engagement with the show, and I was at liberty to leave at the end of the two weeks, which I did. Eddie Bhubrrt. IN AND OUT Herbert Byron (Herbert Byron and Co.) was compelled to cancel the first half at tho Woodrow, Brooklyn, this week on account of Injuries sustained last Sunday when a hunt- ing rifle backfired and severely In- jured his right hand with powder burns. Reilly and Dunn substi- tuted. The accident was encoun- tered while Byron and friends were duck hunting in New Jersey. The actor was ruehed to a nearby hos- pital where the wound was dressed and later left for home. Marie Sabbott left the bill at 105th street, Cleveland, Monday for Phila- delphia, due to the death of a rela- Uve. FAY BAINTEE BEATING PLAY Fay Balnter is reported readinp: the script of a playlet believed adaptable to the vaudeville stage for her. If Mi.sa Buinter concludes to ap- pear in the slietch, Alf T. Wilton, who has conducted the preK'mlnarr negotiations, may place her In straight vaudeville. MARRIAGES Nils T. Oranlund to Rose Wensel Feb. 11 In New York. The groom ia N. T. O. of WHN radio fame, and Miss Wenzel Is a principal with Earl Carroll's "Vanities." Marlon Harlan, screen actress, daughter of Otis Harlan, to W.-Uter Kennedy. Mineral Springs. lnd< (non-professional) In Hollywood, Cal., Feb. 4. Ethel Lyons (pictures) to T. Ray Palmer, Feb. 9 at Santa Barbara* Cal. Mias Mary B. Bartlett, profes- sional play director, of Owcnaboro, Ky., to Lorain C. Macpherson, a, student, of Norwich, Conn., at Wor- cester, Mass. Blanche Dorothy Morton to Hale Nicholas Byera, Feb. 1, In New York city. The newlyweds, neither of whom Is thought to be a profea- sional, are at home at 125 Washing- ton place, New York. Announce- ment sent out by the parents of the bride, Mr. and Mrs. James J. Mor- ton. NEW ACTS Bob Fisher In a new blackface single. Fisher was formerly a white face half of a two man vaudeville act, Fisher and Gordon. Singer and Edwards In "Stu- dents," by Andy Rice. Produced by Lewi.s & Gordon. Bob Dalley In his new act by Frank Orih will have Walter Van Dyke as pianist. Bo&sberg's Double Hit Los Angeles, Feb. 16. Al Boasberg, "gag-man," has re- turned from location with Buster Keaton, who Is making "Battling Buttler," and is now celebrating two big momenta in hia life. One is that .Tustice Cavarly In the Circuit Court of Chicago granted Boasberg a di- vorce from Hilda lyevy-Bonsbrrg. to whom he was married in 191H ot .Nl.igara Falls, and from whom he separated two years ago. And the other Is that his six weeks' pro- bation contract with Koaton has been made permanent. Boasberg is now working on some original ma- terial for Keaton'p next picture, to be released by Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer. PUBLICITY PLAN SERVICE In is a simple and inexpensive manner of keeping yuur name or business before the show business of the world each week. Gives displayed or pictorial publicity for 52 weeks each year. Amount may be regulated by the advertiser. Write or call at any Variety oflfice : NEW YORK CHICAGO LOS ANGELES 154 W. 46tk St. State-Lake Thea. Bldg. Chapman BIdg. LONDON, 8 St. Martin's PI., Trafalgar Square Wednesday. Febnxary 17, 1920 VAUDEVILLE VARIETY 1^ *■,;... ^ CONTRACTS By J. C. NUGENT A contract Is aa grood as the people who make It. Ni> contract creates a value. It simi.Iy reoogtiiz.-a values already In existence In 1»0« the late B. P Keith MHld: ,_^ , ,„ „ , ^ . ^ ^ '»»"1'1 like to know what the artist wants.' He asked to see them. A committee was sent to him I wrote a ines.sage which thoy were to submit to him. It told him what we wanted: Flr.st.— Mutual committees to a«ree upon an equitable form of con- tract. Second. — The aboUahincnt of the commluHion (entirely). Third.— The abolishment of any "KlackUst." The committee returned after sptndlng the op:.<.rtunity hr talk The proposition was never even submitted. The mer-tlng never got that far My dlssappointment was very bitter. 1 told the returning committee and the members of the council pre.sent that the neglect of that detail might amount to defeat. It was a rather vivid, hectic occasion Of the de.id George Fuller Golden, Jim Dolan, Paul Armstrong. Joseph Murphv (Kerry Gow Murphy, the then richest actor in America), Dan ORclIIy (Attorney), Jess Dandy. John World, were present Of the living. Jas. J. Corbett. De Wolf Hopper, Milton Royal Sam Bernard, Otis Harlan. Lew Fields, Bert Coote and A. Von Palm. In 1911 I carried on a 'Variety" campaign In favor of the same Idea An equitable contract, making both parties responsible and claiming that. "It was criminal to try to enforce a contract whi h of necessity could not be kept." and "the contract, once made should be kept at whatever loss to either party." 20 Years Wasted A year or two later these things were conceded voluntarily In vaude- ▼lUe, and in 1920 the Actors Equity gained recognition of an equitable contract by a strike. But it took 20 years of talk and agitation to ac- complish what ml^ht have been done in 10 minutes 20 years before. For that matter, the sense of the same thing had been agitated ever •ince, Mr. Hallem and his English troupe came over in "Laughing Nancy" and established the first American dramatic company at Charkstown. Va. I think that was the place. I think too, one of the Drews was a member. Anyhow, each generation of actors must be educated over again to the ffcct that contracts are forms. Very good and very necessary, but they contain no magic of themselves. They are Just as good as the individ- uals or organisations which enter into them. In most cases the advantages gained by organizations have been lost by their individuals, as the need of enforcement grew lax. and as new and unthinking membership, swayed by superflclal and immediate con- ■Ideratlona, drifted away from the meaning and spirit of the Founders. The enforcement of the letter becomes so technical that the spirit and meaning is lost. Cutting Salariea The vaudeville organizations asked everything and eventually were (ranted everything, but the one thing essential — Which was. after all. tne maintaining of a Base of Salaries. Of what use the moat ironclad contract if 8a!ar>s may be cut horizontally. Of what use to build up names and trademarks If they can be thrown away just when most valuable, in a misguided attempt to "cut expenses" and with it to cut everything of established value, and reduce circuits of heat] liners to the artistic calibre of honk tonks. "Btit are artists to have a scale of wages like hodcarrlersT* they said. Well, many of them have carried the hod since then. And as for the dramatic business, while conditlon.s have been inflnitoly bettered, who benefited so concrete:y as the chorus? And simply be- cause they established, at least, a minimum wage. To try to establish a compulsory minimum wage amongst actors Is •f course, impractical. To decree that actors shall not accept less than a certain salary neces- ■Itates an organization supporting them when they are unable to ob- tain their figure. That may be done with hod carriers, because their number Is limited and they must qualify by handling expertly something that can be counted, weighed or measured. Length of experience in the acting art means nothing necessarily. It fa only necessary to be able to act, or in most cases to have the nerve to try. As to entertainers, any yap may fall off a load of hay, break a leg, recover with a funny walk and make people laugh as loudly and quite an iinlntelllgently as the veteran artist. If every actor and artist in America were given tomorrow the part, billing, spot and salary he asks, the next day an equal number of aspirants from the farms, gyms, parlors, schools of drama and cabarets would be knocking at the gates, complaining of injustice and calling the professionals "Brothers " So the minimum wage cannot be compulsory. The actor with his room tent due must work where he can for what he can get. Soma Who Can But there are actors and artists, and plenty of them, who can demand a minimum wage, who can register it and who can stick to it. Until they do, and until salaries are graded up and down from such an estab- lished base, contracts are only a recognition of what the individual has accomplished individually. Organizations may decree that no one can produce a play with less than a reserve roil of twenty thousand but it cannot increase every five thousand roll into twenty thousand. It may prevent plays from being born but it will contract the volume of work, it may, in vaudeville, de- cree that houses may not give four shows a day but it cannot make them exist at a loss on two shows. It cannot give, out of three apples, an apple apiece to four people, but It can make applesauce. Therefore, one opines, anything for the good of show business Is not In the hands of the weak, but In the hands of the strong and patriotic- mind — for the weak. Such actors as have enough strength as to band together to not accept less than a certain well established and proved ■alary must not undercut their less fortunate fellows whenever they have an idle spell and hope that salaries will stay up through virtue of organization or contracts. Anything sold for a price must protect Ita price by organization and precedent and scale and usage. While It cannot create a ficticious value, it can prevent a real and proved value trom being destroyed. The responsible. Independent and established element of the business «an do that for the dependent element. It cannot force the rcsistcrlng of all contracts in an olflce but it can volunteer it nmongst its own cl.-iss. for the good of the others. And it can automatically bring in the others by guaranteeing the enforcement of only such contracts as have a rpgls- tcred copy of all contracts available to the attorney of the organization. By no other means can the faked and fal.se contracts which undermine individually, all collective strength, be weeded out. A New Young Era Meanwhile, it should he realized that we are enferinp a new, young rra. That the tyrannical managerial syndicated strength of the pa-st is fall- ing away. That the age of the small producer and small ro-operallvc as- aoclatlons of artists now have a chance to plant the seed of larger and ■ounder organizations in which the actor and artist and playwright will have a greater share In his own enterprises. And. In regulating them wid their beginnings. Organizations should be careful of crushing these budding possibilities that are Ju.st nndlng thoir feet and should not hamper them with greater burdens than the traffic will bear. INSIDE STUFF Oa VAUDEVILLE Vl the Strand, New York, this week as reported In Variety in the < view of that picture huu.-e program this week, six ads are playing in tlie 'KroUc" within 27 minutes, .loe Plunkett says the "Fro'.ic" runs iLSV, minutes. Variety's reviewer timed It ju!- is > The fcjeii.-;:itii)i)al Dancing Hurnv>n'sts THE O'BRIEN SISTERS Broadway's Cutest Duo Featured at the Club Everglades 48th St.. West of C'way, New Yor'.i Youthful and cute, so pretty, ver- satile dancers, not only is each a specialist but they also harmonize melodiously. Act Playing Beth Pictures and Vaude The Rojral Welsh FusUeers are one act playing both the picture houses and Kelth-Or- pheum vaudeville. The act's contracts are so laid out that it alternate* be- tween both fields, playing pic- tures and vaudeville In several week shlfta. PALM BEACH By SAM KOPP James Barton went into the Zlcgfeld "Palm Beach NlghU" Wed- nesday and scored an instantaneous hit with the fair sized crowd in on the premiere of the "Second Edition" of the show. Barton waa at his best and registered despite a heavy handicap. Paris Singer, one of the backers of the show, found it necessary to parade the als'es dressed in a pirate costume at each of Barton's entrances. The millionaire and his party had previously attended a masquerade ball and walked around as if he were part of the performance, his acticns could have led one to believe that he didn't approve of Barton's $1,500 weekly salary. New songs were Introduced by Cliff Edwards, among them was a comedy number. "Miami You Owe a Lot to Me." All the beat features of the original show are retained and all the principals Including Claire Luce, Mary Jane Edmonde Guy and Earnest Doren, Polly Walker and Kathleen Mnrtyn are being given billing with Barton and Art Hick- man and his orchestra featured. Business last week was better than any of the previous weeks. Harry Carroll opened with an In- timate revue at the Muleteer Grill In the new Alba hotel Thur.«!day night. He has been going big ever (Continued on page 44) Geo. Weedon Marries George Weedon of the Pat Casey Agency and Adelaide King, cousin of Pat Casey, head of the Vaude- ville Managers' Prottcllve Associa- tion, were married Monday at St. Gregory's, New York, by the Rev. Knfhor Walsh. The cour>le left immedi-tel/ for a honeymoon In the south and will be gone about one month, returning to make their home in New York City. Miss King's hom^ In at Sprln'?- fleld. Mass. The romance culmi- nated after a courtship of several years. Pat Casey wired congratulations in the couple from Florida, whirc they will Join lilm Geo. Lazo Dies lyos Angeles, Feb. H. Geo. I.AZO died Feb 15- (ycstf-r- day) while aw.iltlng dcrMirtatlon to .\'ew York on a narcotic '"iarge. His sodden denth c.ime from pnei)monla. La70 rcrentl' sii»d Fted Orange for 150,000, alleislng breu'.h •if contrai-t Last week Variety reported from Terlln the financial dilemma James Klein, the German manager, had found himself in. to the extent that he diHajipeared to avoid creditors. Klein owen on long distance frcm Lns Angeles to Inquire why Pegsry had not written to her. Planehe must have been In someone else's room that nltilit. l'c;.c;;y isn't through yet trying to ligure the cost. As long aa Ml.ancho stit-ks to the Uillmore and doesn't iiso Hollywood for her steady diet, slio prohaMy will retnalri on the CO.'lSt. Conscious But Hclp!ess; Drs. Almost Gave Up Conscious but mute and helpless the extraordinary experience fell to the lot of Harry Broen of hearing the doctors at the Polyclinic lio-s- pital. New York, mention to eacl' other that he was hopele.-.s for re- suscitation, and with tlie dread fear they might desert him with their pulinotor. IJrei n had been among tho.ne over- come by soft coal g.as fumea a I SUU 8th avenue. About 70 people on the upper floors of the house were afTected. SI:, were rushed to the linspital i\'\ emergency c.ines. The doctors had been working iiI)on Preen for about 40 minutes when they decided It would be us^e- less to proceed. lirecn c.-oiild nrit fn<liiil>ly due to po'.ceinan Daniel Keogh. who entered the building .and dl covered the? engineer un- conscious In the cellar. lie snm- mtmed Mrs. Connolly who conducts the house. The wom.in started ii!ing u p.iHH key to oj>en the rooms but that was so • low Keogh went •along the hnllwiiys nnrt klcl;ed open the doors. That was uftin" throe jieryoriH wvTt^ dl.'!<'n woman tiora r of Franco atid nlio Is In v.-nid-vltle with A |i!i>.si .il turn; 1 Iva and llillc .Sla.l- ton. Jack Glhson (.I.w!; .iik' .I.-.-sie fiibson). Daisy and Lilly liay, Mert and Ann.* Turner, Jo.i -^h KIrhwood. .lamos nr.nnan, Thomas IJitmian. Jack (Irecnwald. Jeaa HIsek, Mary Turner, Alvl French. If You Don't Adverlise in VARIETY Don't Advrerlise 19 VARIETY FOREIGN Wednesday, February 17, 1926 AFRICA By H. HANSON Cape Town, Jan. 1. Due to unexpected rains and cold muijm, the Bummer season, usually ■tarting about the besinnlng of No- ▼ember, was late In comlnji through, thereby holding up vlaltora. How- ever, the warm weather has set In and it does not help Indoor amuse- ments. Managers are fully aware that the Christmas and New Year ■eason la poor for shows. The African Theatres, Ltd., pro- pose to erect three new theatres in Cape Town. Additional ground ad- joining the Alhamhra (tho leading cinema) has been purchased, and it Is intended to build a theatre on the •ntire site devoted to bio-vnudevlUe. On the opposite side of the street another property has been acquired, on which a super-cinema will be built. Wolfram's Bio and adjoining property, owned by the African Theatres, Ltd., will be demolished and replaced by a fine cinema and shops. "No, No, Nanette." recently pjayed at the Opera House under direction of African Theatres, Ltd., drew eapaclty for three weeks with advance booking filling plans a fort- night before. Anna Pavlowa, supported by I>aurcnt Novlkoff and a ballot of 40 dancers, opens her South African tour at the Opera House Dec. 29. The advance booking has been a record, with assured success for the season of eleven nights and two matinees. Tho i;ape Musicians' Association dissatisfied with the rates of pay and conditions of service attached to local theatres and bios, has request- ed the Minister of Labor to appoint a conciliation board to adjust same. Pavilion (Claremont)— pictures. Lyceum (Observatory) — pictures. His Majesty's (Mulzenberg)— pic- tures. Several cinemas are catering for the colored pcopic, under control of African Theatres, Ltd. Pagel's Circus and Menagerie start a season In Cape Town. Dec 25. The show carries a decent stock of animals. "Helen of Troy" will be screened at the City Hall, Dec. J8-S0. The Muslcalolds, a party of va- riety artists, contribute the only outdoor show playing the piers. JOHANNESBURG Franklin Dyall, supported by Mary Merrall and company, opened their South African tour Nov. 16 at His Majesty's, under direction African Theatres, Ltd., in "Sacred and Pro- fane Love." A crowded house wel- comed. "At Mrs. Beam's" was staged Dec. 7 and "Smilln' Through" Dec. 14. The season finished De- cember 19. The company opened at the Grand, Bloemfonteln, Dec. 21 nd business here. Murray l.s doing pretty well with the Dunbar, which he has had for five years; he'n one of the colored pioneer lilin men here and at one time he was in on the Howard,- but severed connections when the break came the wrong way. Cooper, closing his house sud- denly last weok and cancelling a tab. "RhufflP. Along, Eliza," which had booked, announced the opening of the Valentino picture at 10c. Cooper* tenancy of the Howard has been uneventful. He opened with a 50c fop and raised It to 8Bc. He played colored musicals and featured many known colored ar- tists. Then he tried musical stock and along with this booked In added cards like Tiger Klowers, the col- ored fighter, and paid him regular money for the booking. Tiien came the complete darken- ing of the hou.se with the dime film policy expected to turn the attend- ance trick. MINER'S 8TH AVE. STOCK The Cliel.sca, 26th .street and 3th avenue, formerly Miners, will open Saturday night as a stock bur- le.^que house under the direction of Sol Fields. The cast Includes Billy Grogan Spencer, Harry Seymoiir, Connie St Clair, Frankle La Brack, Jerry Langton, Buater Duabar, Lloyd Pendrlck. Lou Freed and 21 chorus glrte. Montreal Managers Frolic "Hie Motitreal The.itro Man:igtrs' •econd aimual open-hon.so frolic was hold at the Vcn-tian Gardens, Montreal, I;i!»t wrt-k. Hundreds were turned away. The committee cred- ited with the ev^ninK's sucooss was composed of Geoige Nicholas. J|P"rgo Tlotsky. B. M. Garfleld. *'rank Norman i;ud Harry Dahn. CHINESE AND BURLESQUE The Olympic, the Mutual's 14th street stiind In New York, is getting a big pluy from the downtown Chinese element The runway stuiT goes big with the Celeetiala. The house conccu-siunalre Is ca.siiing in on tlie appeal throu'^jh giving away souvenir pe scliool days that tiie authorities in- vestigated her cliiim that sll(^ was married and often went out of tovsn with her husband. There w.-is no trace of a civil or religious cere- mony ever having been pcrfornjed. So a capias was Issued. She was discovered In the ba<'k row of a stock burlo3(iue troupe at the Kmpross, hut the oflicors soon put that show on a minus one girl basis, for Stella was hailed into court on a charge of rtrjury in the first instance, and witli tliat. Stella, her mother and sister did their own specialty. It was soil of an afterpiece to the Judge's turn, the main event of the proceedings. Stella played the jvart of a much set upon young lady: "Oh. My God, what arc they doing to me?" This was delivered dramatically after she and her mother liad clung together and sobbed for some time. The line was delivered so force- fully, however, that the girl reeled, whereupon her mother picked up lier cue and screamed: \ "She's fainting! She's fainting!" But a deputy laid a firm hand on Stella's wrist and led her to a cell, his part b'-ing merely a walkon with a single line: "Come on, Stella, you're not in the show now." And Stella followed to an upstairs cell for ladles. BURLESQUE REVIEWS Coal Towns Drop Off Two more Mutual stands will be dropped next week when the Gayety, Scranton, and G.ayety. Wilkes-Barre. Pa., will be droi>ped from the wheel. These houses, part of the Com- merford chain in Pennsylvania, may revert to a picture and vaude policy although a. continuing policy has not been deided upon. Both houses have been hard hit through industrial conditions pre- cipitated by the coal strike. The shows have carried along on a los- ing proposition for some weeks. With the coal situation bettering the shows may return. The State, Pawtucket, will begin playing the Mutual attractions March 1 for a full week between Springfleld, Mass., and Boston. To take care of the Wilkes-Barre and Scninton dates Lou Real's "Pleas- ure Seekers" will disband at the conclusion of next week's engage- ment at the Star, Brooklyn, the company having received their no- tice this week at the Olympic, New York. "Innocent Maids" will Jump onto the number two route of one nlght- ers from Scranton, and "Broadway Belles'' will Jump from Washington to Pawtucket, opening March 1. ROAD COLORED REVUE S. H. Dudley, Jr., Behind "Ebony Folliet" — One Nighters Washington, Feb. 1«. The "Ebony Follies," an all- colored revue staged by S. H. Dudley, Jr., is to open this weelc with a series of one-night stands Into Norfolk, Va., for the week of Feb. 22. The production Is being put out by Will Kllroy. of the old firm of Kllroy and Brltton, who sent out "The Kandy Kid" and many others over the Stair and HavUn circuit; and S. H. Dud- ley, the colored producer here. Dudley. Jr., is not only staging the production but will also do the Juvenile lead. Other principals in- clude Lonnle Fisher, as principal comedian; Onnle Jones, second comedian; 07.l«» MoPherson, a Paramoimt record blues singer; Madanio Toliver, prima donna, and Cash and Smith, dancing duo. The company will number :iT, with the music written by Tim Brymn and Chris Smith. Di:d!ey. Sr., supplied the book and lyrics. ED SHUBERT SUES Ed. Slmbert, principal funster with Ed K. Dalev'H "Miss Tabasco" (Ciiliimbia wh'ci .^how), denies he walked out of the show, .and lins ro- talnrd counsel to recover $i:2.'», rep- resenting his last week's salai-y, which Was withheld. Sliubert states he gavo !i!n two weoks' notice. The show'.s coun.sel, Jacob I. GoM- stcin, will sf ttlc the cl.iim. Interpos- ing (b'tiiiinds for some mini'i- sums duo from Slnibei t for lailroul taicM. etc., which offM'fs the $::'; claim for the full airiuunt MONKEY SHINES (COLUMBIA) J'Vatured Cuinchaii C'ie»:ic« sh-tton F«-iitur>-l CiiniivJlan M T> U r l'iliii.\ Uuiind M:ir^l<' iii^>ii .Siiulirti •'^1 :ii. I DincfnB T.-am. . . L.oi» am! T.ininiy l>.>nnr ly I'riticlpul Arlhur Van Sijke ".Monkey Shines" is the fornior Clark and .Mcl'uUough I'olumlita show now projected l)y Arthur liar ris. Several of the skits arc crcilitc to the lornuT duo, also 3upervi:^lon in st:igin'< of the entire ptoiluction , and at least two of the numhor. re^- ! ognized as having served t'lark and McCullough in a previous edition of "The Music Box Ilevue." The show Is patterned along re- vue Unoa such as has gradually re- placed the standard formula of two d'stlTM't parts and an oMo which ob- tained tor years In the burlesque tit- d but has been gradually dis- carded by both wheels. Burlesque proiUii'ora evidently figure that if the hich-priced revues <-an clean up stag jokes and illnsirate thorn under tlu' gui^!e of comedy Hcfn"s, so can they. This is probably responsililc for the strong revue Intluence now existing In burles'iue. This troupe js fortunate in h.'ivlng a li.'ird-worklng comic li!ect, to the indefati- gable Bobby Clark, and iiaturaTy handles Clark's erstwbl'e ri)I.>s in tb" several skits from the "."^Tuslc Box Uevue" and making a cr(Mlitab'e Job of. it at all times. Al Tyler makes a (!apable associate comic, glauming laughs through legitimate e'Torts and also making a great foil for Shelton. While pnrtirul.arly strong all along the line in the male contingent, the same cannot be said for the femi- nine group. The latter are there as lookers, but are not partlcu'arly heavy otherwise. Margie Car.son. prima, seamed handicai)peil with a cold at the performance caught. Cqnsequently her vocalizing was anything but an asset, although her assistance in the comedy scenes with Shelton and Tyler was sure click. May Meyers is a Kood-looking sou- bret. going in for exposure costumes and some nifty wiggling, but also weak as a songblid. As to the remaining male princi- pals Burt Uyan made a personable straight and also handled bis num- bers well. Lee and Tommy Donnelly spotted several dance contributions which were worthy assets In pep- ping up procee'llngs which otherwise were Inclined to lag. Their tough dance in conjunction with "Down by tlie Winegar Woiks" was one of the standouts of the performance. Ar- thur Van Slyke contributed several cha'-acter bits in a satisfactory m-inner. Above nil, the show has been prop- erly routined, with the C(m)edy equally divided between both parts and with Shelton and Tyler working like Trojans to get it over at top value. "L.ove'« Labor Lost," a boot- legger skit, and "The Fifth Degree," both spotted in the first part, han- dled by Shelton. Tyler and Uyan, were put over for liowls especially the first, which had Shclion at- tonnptlng to bore a keg througl) a park bench, with Margie Carson sup- planting the keg. Tiil.s on(' partlcu- 1.1 riy panicked them. Closing the first part was the travesty on "The Shooting of Dan McGrew," with Slielton as Dan, which was the out- and-out comedy smash of the show. The outstanders of the sci-ond stanza was the "House Hunting" skit, another l.M>rrowrd from the "Music Box," with Shelton and .'Vlar- gle Carson as the tlat seelcers com- pelled to bump off their kids wh»'n landlords refused to allow children In it. Althougli familiar to most through Us jirevlous us.-ige in "The Muflc Box Itevue" and vaudeville it clicked heavily here. .Tosephson's Pioneers also scored heavily as the week's added attrac- tion, helping lots to provide addi- tional strength to the .show, as did the Seven Syncopators, a hot col- ored combination that also clicked to good returns. The chorus also held up well as a hard-working bevy and rated .'ibout 50 -.'iO on looks. The oi)er;i has been given a good prodU(-tlon :ind many sets of nifty co.'-.tumes, thus making It one of the most attractive on tho Columbia whei-1. ■■.Monkey Shines" may not m.-xin- talri the iiace of several jireilei-es- sorH, but it has some genuinely <:Ti- tertaining moments that sbou'd get it .icroH-i rinvwheic on this wheel. ALL SET TO GO (MUTUAL)- .ri,ii'Uii^. . .S,,ul'r'** . . . lux .^<.(lt., .siia'Kht. . ''"•tmill.iri. (.'hlltiliy I')! I*I;.|(- I.*!- M.I..,iii.M til.-llii tn> IIUMI, It,- I*.. I Ti'iil fhll >i.jriK .Inn W< Ki J.K If I.i\ Mail principals that put the show over the top in all dep.utiiuMl.s. Tho oul.-ilan.liug fe.uure of tho show is spei' I. 'J'hcir isn't a iluU moment in tho two acts, no M.aliing and no steiling encores, i\ haML which has grown to be alinnst standard in luirlesjue. Jai k I.a .Mont is tho prineijial conieclian and de.servedly featured. lA Mont's lle'.now cijaraiii^rlz.i- tion is aw.iy from the stercntvped. lie has a peculiar dialect which .ac- counts for u slow start, but h>^ builds to solid proportions and finishes in high favor as the audi- ence solves his liii'-ro. Assisting him are Joe West, rt R>.>od eccentric comic, and Don Trent, hard working straight. Phil Young, the other principal male, turns in a couple of good specialties and is valuable in several scenes. Tho wonuji .ore tlireo star Hen- nessy, led by Jessie McDi)n;»ld. .les- sle made one api)earance In a skin tight union suit that nuide two truck drivers throw away their rac- coon coats. Sim also stopptnl iralHc on every appcaiance and turned iu A couple of shimmies that s'laok tho wlgwani next door. Blanche P.ur- liette cllciied witli simiic.r contribu- tions, and Chubby Drlsd.il » rounded out a .str>n lield. .\s far in lllh street was CM'.ccrned, thcry ail made the Ail Amt rlcan. The look, while faml'.l.r. Is given srmiewhat different treatment by this bunch, and as a result the com- edy scenes are bowls. Our old friend, "Irish Justice," was present, disguised as "His Honor the .ludge." In this scene Ijx M(»nt turned in a conception of the Judge that re- minded of Ben Jannsen iti the old Bowery Burlesquers. Don Trent was the vohinbie district attorney, while Jessie McDonald confoimded the or- dinary course of Justice with her distracting presence. Tho first act finale, with the en- tire company on roller sk.-ites. waj .t novel flash and "Winter Time" sUige dressed and costumed appioprlately was another. Trent and Young landed with a dancing specialty, and Yotmg also hit the mark with "Songs My Mother Used to Sing." Trent and Miss Burnctte also sold a "Mon- key Dance" for cocoanuts, and Jes- sie McDonald again registered as a Hula Baby In a grassy number. The chorus averaged belter than usual, working hard and willingly. Tlie Janes made several trl|>s out on Varicose Boulevard, making the runways creak with their grinding, but observing tho proi»fcr traffic rules and getting back safely, thanks to the patroiing specials in tlte aisles. "All Set to Go" frames up as a first rate burlesque show measured by any burlesque standards. They certainly ato it up at this house. Con, BURLESQUE ROUTES "All {Set to f!o," Messrs F-.X i rid Kraus"'.« .Mutual enti\, is one of tli' b''-it flows" on the cirr'ult fiopi /, II ririgli-K. ){ (has been gjveii roi'l'- pruriiietion than the usual .Miitit.il f.Tlls for. is io', Boston. Models and Thrills -Caytty, De- troit. Monkey Shines- Orphetuu, Puter- son. Mutt and Jeff-22-24. Lyric, Day- ton. Peek -a- Boo — Km pi re, Toronto. Powder Puff Revue— I. '> Puss-Puss - ( layetc, I'itt"l,T;ri:li Rarin' to Go llji' r ; . .%• vv Il.iveli. Reynolds, Abe, Rounders 12. Ge- ne\a; L'!t Aul'Uin: Jt, '.>^\l>-«')} 2'- 27. Ciiloni il. t'lie.i. Seven- Eleven — Coluinlii.i. N"W Yovi Silk Stocking R«vue— Caslti". I'lul;..!, IpKia. Step On It - 2.'--M. Vuii Curler, ,S. ;i. ri'i-fiily; •.'.',-27, Cardtol, Albany. Steppe, Harry llmoir*', Itmokl.v u. Tilk of Tojvn fl.'vely, l^isli>ii. Watron. Slidmo Billy— I., O. (C"uiinuea on p'ue i') fU } Jiwr.M'l n VARIETY SPORTS Wednesday, February 17, 1926 BOSTON BEATS KNICKS 4-1 IN FAST GAME MILWAUKEE'S WRESTLING 2d Place Tie Reduces Leaders to One-Point Advantage — St. Nicks Trounce N. Y. The standing in the Kastem Ama- teur Ilockoy League tightened up Sunday night as the result of tlic BoKtoii A. A. sextette upsetting tlie Kni«lierl)oi Uer elul> by a 4-1 score In the weconU gan.o of the usual Pahtiath double-header at the Gar- den. The defeat reduced the Knieks* leadership to a lone point and Hc'Mt the victors into a second plai'O tie with I'ere Alaniuette, tlie fitiicr r.ostoii team in tiie league. TIk- Iir.«l game wan a romp for llie liiwly St. Niiks wlio blasted the N.Y.A.C. hoekeyists off the ice to the tune of 8 to 1*. With "Spider" J''ynan on the dis- fibl<(l list tin.' Kiiirks appeared to Jack their usual teamwork although what Ihey may have lacked in co- herence they made up in aggressive- ness. At one time the Manhattan. tes only had three men skating while Boston had a quartet in front of the Rial keei)er, evidence enough of tlie energy expounded iuring this fray. The IJeanlown s!;aters presented a revised lineup with their ace, George Owen, at tenter instead of playing defen.se. And'the Uoston combina- tion surprised with it.s teamwork and the scoring power in its No. 1 front line. Koston was out front with a two goal lead at the end of the fir it period, the result of as many scores witliiu the initial five minutes of the game. Tho transients wasted no time in going into action and were threatening from the opening whis- tle. Taylor snaked down tho Ice to make a solo tally in 3:04 wl ich was followed less than a minute later by Owen taking a pass and driving the (li.sc oy Lewis, tho Kniclc goalie. tor the second score. The middle period was scoreless altl ough Cos- ton was continuously a menace \vhi!o tho Knieks couldn". seem to break through the Alas.sachu.setts defense. It was daring this stan-a that Owen .nissed an open shot for the cage with .no one in front of it, unusual inaccuracy for this former Harvard star. Upon the opening of tho last pe- riod lioator. g.ave every evidence of being satisfied to r^lay a defensive g.ime for the pro:eetion of their two goal lead hut this campaign was up- Bet hy the Knieks' lone score which was something of a fiuke. "Turk" Bmifh won olllelal credit for It but the man wi'h tho puck had .{one by the cage when ho eased a side shot In tho g.Mieral .lin-etior of the net Whence it sidled off someone's skate and slid weakly into the goal. Uos- ton then threw its defenSive policy overbdard to twice seoro- before the final whistle sounded. Marshall sla))ped tlie rubber homo from a pnl was the fruit of hi., 1) or. This gitmo brought the St. .N'icbs within one point of the J>.'.^ ..\.<'., Will i e.ieli having a long way to go bei"<>re threatening tlie leadeiH. .\. heavy and hieady rain held down Hi tendance to nrouiiil the «.0 suspended sen- tence In West Side Court from Magistrate Harry A. Gordon on the rh.'irge of aimp'.e assault. Mrs. Colby was arre.'ttca on the complaint of Nora Madson, plump trained nurse, 117 West -iSih street, who charged Mrs. Colby with assaulting her at 19 West 69th street. The ballet dancer told reparters that she had quit her husband's apartment, 19 Vv'ost 69th street, which la the Congress Hotel, about a week ago, when ordered to do so by her spouse, Carroll D. Colby, wealthy Interior decorator, with of- fices In the Hecksher Building, Fifth avenue and 57th street. Her husband, she to:d newspaper- men, has been on a prolonged "spree." Hla condition became so bad that he was compelled to have the attention of a physician and a nurse, his wlfw alleged. She averred that he summoned the nurse from a registry. Miss Madsen was assigned to his case. Mrs. Colby stated that .she went to her husband's apartment, and the latter cnme to the door scantily at- tired. At first he refused her admit- tance. She said she could see Miss Mad.sen in the room with fewer gar- ments on. She then burst Into the room. Colby, she declared, began to beat her. She was on the floor, and her hus- band, who Is much heavier than her. was on top of her. she .said, endeav- oring to choke her. She threw him off, she added, and seized a bottle of cologne and hurled It at him. It struck the wall and rebounded. Fragments flew about and a piece of the broken bottle struck Mlas Mad- sen on the shoulder. Nursa Yelled The nurse set up a yell that could be heard throughout the entire house. Tenants nurrled to the apartment. Mrs. Colby telephoned for the police. Patrolman Michael O'Hara of the West 6Sth street sta- tion arrested Mrs. Colby on the nurse's complaint. Mrs. Colby denied aho threw the bottle at the nurse. She declared she would have made It lively for the nurse If she hadn't been Inter- cepted by her husband. Miss Mad- send. she said, fled to the bedroom, where she placed Mr. Colby's bath- robe about her. Colby, she said. when she entered the room was in his running trunks. "I made him run," she said. The ballet dancer said she waa » divorcee. Her former husband was a Mr. Wagner. She haa an eight- year-old aon. She told the court • hat she waa n»fver married to GoU)y, hut had assumed his name. 'He told me to get out. He could get dozens of 'sweeties,'," she conrlufled "And I got out." She promised Judge Gordon she would remain away from Clby. and received the suspended sentence. Opium, Formerly $250 Can, Now $75— Greatly Lessened Demand on, CITY BROKER WITH NIGHT CLUB MEMORY Signal drops In the prices of nar- cotics of recent weeks have bruu^ht to the attention of the drug experts that there has been a greatly les- sened demand with a consequent de- crease of dope flends in New York. Opium that formerly sold "on the the strtet" (not to peddlers) at $250 a can is now held by the dealers at $75. Cocaine denotes the next larg- est declln*. from Its previous high of $80 an ounce to $30 at present. Morphine is $45 an ounce and heroin the same as cocaine, $30 an ounce. In the mid and southwest prices of drugs are higher through ship- ment from New York and so many more middle men to take a profit. "Decks ' to the number of 60 to 120 are made of an ounce of cocaine. These "decks" or a dose are sold by drug peddlers to the Improvident who must pay from $2 to $3 each, yielding an enormous profit on the surface, but becoming divided among a vast number of handlers, each of whom takes his profits In cash immediately upon sale. That drugs have so sharply dropped is accepted by the drus op- ponents as the most healthy sign of years. It Is said that If the same strict surveillance of the drug situ- ation In New York City Is continued, the good results wUl be bettered continuously. Dr. Simon's Work The present situation is attributed to the remarkably efllclcnt enforce- ment given by Dr. Carleton Simon to his administration of the Nar- cotic Bureau under the Enrlght police reign. Dr. Simon "threw a scare" Into the drug sellers, han- dlers, peddlers and addicts of New York that they have not yet re- covered from, notwithatanding the Dr. resigned from the Hylan official family in December. Drugs, especially opium, are said to have been cnched In New York. Opium la accounted aa prohibitive buy at wholesale at present. Whole- salers from reporta are selling at $8 an ounce; morphine, $11 and co- caine $9. An explanation of how 120 "decV.a" may be made of an ounce of cocaine Is that the powder Is diluted with sugar and milk. A can of opium la one-half of a Chinese tael, or about 3% ounces In American weight. William Ling, 38. duurmun at the Capital Club. 133 West 52nd srcet, was exonerated In Wf.st Side Court by Magistrate Harry A. Gordon on the charge of gi'and larceny, l.in:; waa arrested at the Club by Detect- ives O'Connor and Divver of tho | West 68th street .station. They ar- re.sted the doorman on the com- plaint of William Brundred. broker, of Oil City, Pa., who Is -said to be .stopping at the Yale Club. Ling was dlschar;;ed when Brun- dred asked the court if he could withdraw the complaint. Gordon permitted the broker to withdraw. Brundred rharged I>lng with the larceny of $.')00 tvorth of Jewelry and cash. The latter stated that Brundred asked him to hold the valuables, and he did. The property was recovered. According to the detectives. Brun- dred, with several friends, jnen and women, had visited many night clubs. First, the detectives declareil that they had gone to the Owl Club. 123 West 45th street. The party made other atops. including the Capitol Cub. Finally they wound up, the sleuths said, at ;tn apurt- ment at 44 Wtst Bfith street. When Brundred sobered up h<> found his Jewels and cash gone. He complolned to the sleuths and they arrested Ling. Ling explained the transaction and returned the prop- erty. "STANDUPS ' GET FRIGHT IN COURT NEW YEAR'S ROW BRINGS COURT'S CENSURE $10 for Slot Machine Otto MecUlrr, rest.nurant mvni r •'' 125 Wfst 4'Jth street, was tlned 10 'op operating a slot macnin in the 49th street hoiise. He was arrested Jan J8 j,y Ofllcer Foy of tho Second Division, and pleaded guilty to «n«lntf.inlni a room for ganibling. No Bookmaking Cases Harry Berman. salesman of 331 West B5th street, and George Beechcr. of 44 3rd avenue, restau- rant cashier, were acquitted in Spe- cial Sessions of a charge of main- taining a bookmaking establishment at 210 West 49th street. OIBcor William O'Connor of the 2nd Division told the Court he had arrested the two men on January » in the 49th street house after he had noticed several men pass slips of paper to the defendants. These slips the oflflcera claimed bore the names of several horses running that day at the New Orleans track. The'JustUes decided the evidence was insuincint '< nd discharged the defendants. George Zurkman. newsdealer, of 8 ,South 10th street, Brooklyn, was acquitted in .Special Sessions of a bookmaking charge. He was ar- rested Jan. 22 in tlie P.nnsylvania Terminal by Detective Oeorire True- b'^rt of the .Second Division. The ufTlcr testilliil that he had seen S'V- eral men apiirc-nch Zii(kiii:in and hand him slip.^ of p'>p^r wUh the names <'f hor.ses on th'-ni. He wa:; unible to .show that Zuckman h"d received any mon^ y from the vm- known men and tho Justices dis- mi.^,sr;J tho cw***. Phyllis Heron Didn't Like Writer's Party — Told Young Student Mrs. ''BENZOLINE"~BOOZE Winton of Freeport $21,000 Lost "Benzollne" is the new alias for bootleg booze, according to a com- plaint made in the Tombs Court Thursday by Mrs. Lillian Winton of I-Yeoport. L. I. She charged three men. Vincent Rus.so, and Louis and Anthony Favata, brothers, her fel- low townsmen, with swindling her out of $21,000. The men were held in $10.f)00 boll each by Magistrate Jean Norris for a further hearing. Mrs. Winton claims that on Feb. 7 she was Induced to turn over to the men the :r,oney in cash at an office at 100 Park Row after they had described to her in glowing terms tho profits to be made In "benzoline oil." She says she never received any profits the eafter and did not get even part of her inveat- ment bark. Through their counsel the three men pleaded not guilty, and de- clared that Instead of benzoline l>e- ing the sul)Ject of the deal it was really whi.vky and alcoliol and tlint .Virs. Winton knew she was engaging In a bootleg deal at the time Hhe in- vo.Mtf>d her rrmney. The l;»wyer rtnlms that the w«»H took or 'lisl'in to hciivt; tiie yuutli "f I'.d.iy. II"- hhirnci T\\ . 1 .^ ■ , . .- . .Sr. I'll.' fitfifr Kl:rtossil)!e for a parent. H<' said lie didn't want to be loo si v«'io nor did lie want to make a "molly- coddle" of the boy either. Twelve- tref'S, Hr., naM he gave his Sun rtbout $10 a w< ek to sp« nd. M'lgl.strate Ciordon said th'> i use w.as a splended ono for M<>roml- nent St. Louis physician who was murdered last May, were arraigned before Judge Nott In Special Ses- sions yesterday (Tuesday) and pleaded guilty In having taken part In the holdup of the Club Dilettante, 139 Macdougal street, on the night of Jan. 22, last. Armed with re- volvers, the two boys, with two others, rol»bed a waiter and the casU register of the restaurant of $39. Hilton Chisholm, charged with having been a third accomplice, was also arraigned. He pleaded not guilty and will .^and trial. Tha fourth man has not yet been found. Hardman and Dillon refuse to talk, saying that tb'-y would spend the rest of their lives In prison rather than be "siiueali'rs." They are in the Tombs awaiting sentenca on Ff b. 23 for robbery In the sec- ond degree, which v^'.^a for a term not cxccidii.g IS years. SHOPIirmi FINEl) $25 Wilriia W'ultiiV. 23. rnodrl. of 139 West 67 Ih street, was given tha chanre to p.iy a tine of $J.'> or srM-nd live «l.iys in the city prison nft'T rl'Mdlng guilty to shnprifting In S)>"rial .^^'-.-sloiiH. She paid tlie fino. .MI'S \V<'stfiiII was nrre.sted Dec. 1» >>y st'.re rt>tt.-ill\'fi in Mai y's when .-(lie Iri.J Lo leave wltli>)Ut t>ayins 'or tl'r,.., ,ukI pcrfunio w.irih $U3. J4 VARIETY WOMEN'S PAGE AMONG THE WOMEN BY THE SKIRT The Best Dressed Woman of the Week FLORENCE VIDOR The Grand Du:hess and the Waiter" Picture Bessie Hay, Palace Favorite The Palace showB seem to be growing better as the season advances. Bessie Hay with Sid Tracey found great favor with the large Monday audience. Appearing first In a coat and skirt of red and grey, the dani-er came baclt for a dance in a costume that covered only what ■oclety demands. And even that depends upon which society. A blue and silver frock was covered with rod feathors. This couple carry quite « pretentious stage setting for a No. 2 act. A little girl with Thos. J. Ryan really deserves her name on the pro- gram. With a Dutch bob the girl Is very pretty especially In knickers. A sweet little frock of pink ruffles net followed. The ruffles were pieced •With silver thread and the bodice was pink satin. Odette Myrtil Is still wearing her eccentric black velvet make-up. Jdlss Myrtil has been so long idontlfled with this costume It needs no describ- ing. Most fascinating is the pantomime she indulges in for her second number. The three characters In Colonial costume and the artistic stage Betting made such a good Impression at the Palace It was a plty Miss Myrtll stepped out of the picture to do "Remember." This song Is be- coming as bad a peat as "Dardanella" was. Hal Skelly has added an ermine wrap to his act. Which goes to prove It pays to keep working. Ann Greenway with Neville Feeson Is wearing some lovely clothes. A chartreuse green taffeta dress was made with a lull skirt having a chiffon hem. The bodice was tight fitting coming well down over the hip line. Rhinestones In a faint line were the trimming. A prey PrlsclIIa frock was merely a covering for a white chiffon dress made with a full skirt and cape effect In back. Petals were strewn about the skirt and there'' was a silver girdle. Margaret Anglin, In the days gone by was one of our best, is now matronly. Although time has laid its finger on her figure It hasn't touched her art. Miss Anglin can still emote and that Is all that may be said for the playlet Miss Anglin is entering vaudeville with, it permits her to do that. Miss Anglin appeared In a georgette street gown of cocoa shade. A wine colored straw hat and velvet trimming. Mary (with Van Cello) was in peacock blue tights and tunic. The Dressing of Lulu Belle Lenore Ulrlc Is dressing Lulu Belle as you would Imagine she would. The first street dress Is a short black tafetta affair no one but an Ulrlc would attempt. A bright red hat with purse and gloves matching added the touch required. In the cabaret scene a short dress fitting the wearer like a glove was of solid red sequins. In the third act over a white satin Jiightie Miss Ulrlc showed first a figured silk gown, then one of pink edged with feathers. In the last act a white satin evening gown was •*orn for a short while. Judith Anderson wore a white satin gown In "Cobra" which became the town talk but It couldn't compare to the sleekiness of Miss Ulric's. A green satin cloak had a trimming of fox fur dyed a bright magenta. The evening gown was discarded for a black lace neglige that boldly revealed a rose colored combination. The fourth act bedroom was typically a la Belasco. A four-poster bed was luxurious In Its appointment as was a chaise lounge. But the two chandeliers of 10 crystal globes each, hanging close together from the Celling strike the eye and fancy. "Mare Nostrum," Old Fashion The Rex Ingram "Mare Nostrum" picture (Metro- Gold wyn) was ad- vertised for 8:30 sharp but it was 9 when the leader raised his baton Monday. "Mare Nostrum" as a book might have been interesting but a6 a picture It is old-fashioned slush. Antonio Moreno is now In the middle aged class. And Alice Terry, although still a beautiful woman. Is but a frumpily dress frau in this picture. Miss Terry's clothes ran to ankle length dresses with high collars. In a long black gown and fur coat with a hat smothered In coke Xeatiiers and all the Jewelry In the world. Miss Terry faced a firing BQuad. It was a pity to kill so pretty a woman. The audience was far more entertaining than the picture. Girls Bwarmcd the aisles during intermission picking out their favorite screen Bt:trs. Several girls armed with fountain pens beseiged the actors for autographs. There would have been a stampede up the aisle If B^me one had shouted. "CASH!" .John Gilbert was an interesting spectator but what a pity he doesn't bob his hair. "ABIE" PIRACY Two Smashing Hits The so.nson of 25-26 is being brought to a glorious finish thanks to Al Woods and David Relasco. Two smashing hits, "The Shanghai Gesture" ami "Lulu Belle" are rounding out a season unusual for Its number of hits. Of the two latest successes, "The Shanghai Gesture" (Woods), Is the far more Interesting. Mr. Woods has given this melodrama of the Orient a worthy production. And most fortunate was he in obtaining Florence Reed. Miss Reed is the only actress on our stage today who could have p'.ayed the part of Mother Goddam. >Ccodles.i to pay how well Miss Reed dresses the part of the Chinese woman. In two acts she wore two mandarin costumes, both splendidly niiliroldered. One headdress was of cor.-ils and one of pearls. In the tliii'l act a kimono of green was p.Tintv.'d in colors half way up. The last act has Miss Reed dressed simply in a typical Chinese frock of grey. Frederick W. Jones credited with tho settings did the four acts in a mi st fascinating style. Kvldently Mr. Woods' heart and soul went Into this production; well does the producer deserve the shekels he Is going to reap from "Tho Shantjhnl Gesture." A young girl* named Mary IMmcan, with a role not too pleasant. Is going far on the theatrical stage. I'leasanlly good to look upon and an actress of merit in one so young. Miss Duncan is bound to be heard trom. In a dinner scene which will become famous, Mr. Woods has gathered four women of distinetivo types: Eva Leonard Boyne, Evelyn Wight, "X'era Tompltins and Margarita Orlova. Their four evening gowns arc the last word In smnrtnoss. Miss Orlova was exceptionally beautiful In a sleek gown of blue and Mack sequins. Kvcn the bobbed heads In the audience muat admit the long hair of these woman so admirably dressed — was a wtilcouic relief. ' age 1) and Goodman, was heard first. Their eounsel successfully argued that the rank and file of the actors could not be expected to know whether the play In which they were appearing bad or had not been pirated. Since the Copyright Act requires it to be proven that they "knowingly" performed a play without the owner's written per- mission, the case of the prosecution fell through on this minor point. Goodman was also let down easily when be testified to having bought the script In sood faith from a Sacramento broker for $50, believing that he had also purchased the full playing righta. He was fined |2S. Layne, leading man and stage director, was charged separately. He stated he bad nothing to do with the choice of plays and that this end of the business fell en- tirely on Goodman. Counsel for Miss Nichols Introduced evidence that Layne had received warning of the piracy In the middle of the week but bad disregarded it. His answer to this was that he did not regard the warning as bona fide but as an intimidation measure on the part of theatrical opposition in the city. The court said that after the warning, at least, Layne h.ad knowingly committed a piracy and be was fined $10. Theatre Owner Knew Major Graham was the last to be tried and bis defense was that he had nothing whatever to do with the company, that his interest in the troupe was solely as lessee of the theatre, and to prevent obscene productions. Further, Graham claimed, he told Goodman to drop the play In the middle of the week after the piracy warning had been received. His counsel argued that as the order was disregarded, no re- sponsibility fell upon the lessee. Magistrate Hefferman, before whom the case was tried in City Court, ruled that since Major Graham had not ceased to draw his 60-50 per- centage of the profits and since he must bav« some control over his own bouse, some of the respon- slbilitr was his. Thus a fine of $20 waa Imposed. Counsel for the defense an- nounced the decisions would be ap- pealed. Such a piracy case sets a prece- dent here. Feeling is that although the fines Imposed were not large, the legal and moral victory for Miss Nichols Is highly Important, In that she was upheld in the principal points of the case. A repetition of piracy in this section will probably send the next offender to Jail, as the court upheld the plaintiffs in their contention, even though the defendants offered alibis out of the ordinary. In Canada such a charge comes under the criminal code and the maximum fine is $250 with a Jail sentence. News of the arrests in Retina immediately Jumped to Ottawa where the copyright act was re- cently under fire in the House of Parliament and now a new attack is looked for. "Abie's Irish Rose" will probably invade the House of Com- mons as the irritant in the fac- tional fight on tlie copyright act. Wednesday, Feb: aary 17, 1926 THE DRESSY SIDE By SALLIE The Ballet of "La Juive" "La Julve" in music as well as production Is tremendous, Bcenlcally and artistically, with a plalntlf note of pathos, enchanting color back- grounds and costummg. The ballet seems Incomparable with a remark- able harmony of design and combination. It is always an inspiring hit of this opera. Much red and many blues are used everywhere and the Ballet ensemble in red velvet blouses over white fleshings, blue ana sliver coats over blue tights, boots of Bame color, make a splendid background for the Divertissement, led charmingly with Florence Rudolph. She is gowned in the style of the ICth century in silver and pearls, her small feet beautifully shod in silver low-heeled pumps and her nimble toes are electric. Madame Easton has a distinct style In costuming. Most becoming are her velvet gowns, one of black (as Rachelle) long cut seml-decollette Is lovely, and in a blue made very much the same style she looks both imposing and gracious. This season her voice seems more glorious than ever and this opera gives her rare opportunity. Queenie Mario, a lovely princess, in a gown of green velvet (IBth century) with Gainsborough picture hat looks fascinating and sings charmingly. A striking note of the Italian red is the Cardinal's robe of scarlet with ermine. Rothler in statue and voice lives "His Eminence." The Eleazer of Martlnelll Is correctly dressed to the smallest detail in gown, cap and l>eard (Rabbi) and his voice as well as action leave little to be desired. "Beaten Track" Possibilities "The Beaten Track" has much good material and with a bit of re» construction could be whipped into an excellent Problem Play of Destiny symbolizing life, faith, resistance and death. Perfectly characterized Is the work of Eleanor Daniels but the dress* Ing In the heart of Welch life is immaterial. One sees a thatched cottage on the hillside with Its old fashioned garden of hollyhocks and wild flowers set against a glory of blue and greens in sky and water. The stage craft of this play is color perfect and the distant singing of blended voices strike a keynote that appeals. Eleanor Gray's Unusual Talent Eleanor Gray's recital disclosed her as an artist of unusual talent and much intelligence. In a violet velvet cut simply, straight lines, worn with amber beads and a well marcelled bob, she looked the youthful artist she is. Lewis Emery's rich baritone was heard In a group of well sel^ted songs that he sang with good phrasing and finish. Eva Le Galienne After 20 Years Eva Le Galienne and her twin sister, .Helen Haye. after struggling through 20 years of difllculties are giving a finished performance as well as special on Tuesday afternoons and Friday mornings of "John Gabriel Borkman" one of Ibsen's most popular, at the Booth theatre. Miss Le Galienne's spinster sister is finely dressed In a black velvet, with trailing full skirt, tight basque with huge puffed sleeves, high neck finished with white ruche and long black Jet earrings. Her powdered gray hair and pale face give a haggard look which Invites little sympathy from her relations. Miss Haye's performance Is decidedly In a class with Miss L« Galienne's. A purple dress of the same period Is worn by Miss Haye with a shawl thrown about her shoulders. The modest living room is drcs.sed in mohair chairs, sofa, oil lamps with painted china bowla MM well as shades and red hangings. Laugh* In Denny Picture "What Happened to Jones" told with much speed on the film la ft good laugh. Marion Nixon is sweetly demure and what she does, while not startling, is okay. The best scene Is the wedding with the groom waiting at the altar and the guests looking their best dolled up In regular wedding clothes. Two tiny blonde curled heads and white simple frocks are the sweet flower girls and the bridesmaids add a refreshing touch to an odd situation in picture hats, flimsy soft gowns and huge bouquets. Miss Nixon, like most brides, is pretty, and in white chiffon worn short. Is swathed In a veil of much lace and tulle draped artistically. One other simple frock she wears as a daytime one-piece with long sleeves and Jenny neck. Francis Raymond Is a dignified mother, wearing a black lace decollette at the wedding with pearls for added touch. Her mass of gray hair is well dressed as well as marcelled. Zasu Pitts as the maid has an outfit of black and white, suiting her well. The ladles reducing parlor provokes the best laugh of this picture. The picture in spots sends over big laughs. Lon Chaney's Sense I>on Chaney dominates every one of his picturizatlons but never more so than in "The Black Bird." Every pose is an art study. A Lon Chaney picture is an event in the movie world. One blessed thing about this star, he stay.s put in Hollywood. One never reads about his "flying visit cast " to be piesenl at one of his premiers. Owen Moore is cast as an En(;llshman. All the monorlos in the world couldn't make Mr. Moore an Englishman. Reneo Adoree, as a vaudeville performer In a lowly music hall in the slums of London, has a wardrobe hardly appropriate for one so placed. S^hc looke^d too prosperous. Anne Nichols, through representa- tives at Regina of her attorneys, O'Brien, Malevinsky & Driscoll, has started civil suit for damages against the theatre management and tho company. The conviction in a criminal court paved tho way for the damage action. Attorneys stated that, since tho Canadian court in ruling the theatre equally guilty of piracy, is an im- portant step In stamping out the evil. Here.ifter suit for damag'^s in piracy actions will be collectable because of theatre property In- volved. The Canadian precedent is expected to be followed by similar rulings in this country. If you don't advertise in don't advertise Rae Schader*s Nerve Save 2 People and Her Dog Mrs. Rae Schader, wife of Fred- die Schader (Variety) put forward an exhibition of presence of mind and nerve last Friday night that won tho admiration of a platoon of firemen and policemen who were In and around her house at 214 West 50th street, to prevent a basement blaze spreading. Rae was in the parlor with her sister-in-law when smcllinq; smoke. Opening tho door of her first floor apartment, she saw the hallway in a cloud of smoke. Closing the door, Mrs. Schader awakened her sister-in-law, forced her to climb tho fire escape up two floors, with Rao following, holding her wired- hair terrier In one arm, making tlie Are escape climb with one hand only free. Upon reaching the top "of the four-story building, the girls clln)bed down into Beefstenk Ch.arlie's restaurant, when Rao re- called that there might h.ave been a baby left alone on the third floor of the house. Returning, she found the child, four years of age. and carted the baby back via fire escape to tlie restaurant. When Freddie arrived home In a rush, having heard his house was afire, he found Rae all serene, say- ing, "What's tho trouble, Freddie? Everything's all right." Temporarily the Schaders were homeless, though little fir© damage was done In their apartment. CLARA HOWARD, CUT-UP Attractive Blonde Frank Mayo's "Company" Lewis and Maxine are a couple of cute kids with pleasing voices. Max- ine first appears in a green taffeta dress with Lewis a dapper looking youncster, who plays the banjo. Maxine also wears a stunning green velvet coat with a silver turban. A pink dress with a touch of green that seems to be Maxlne's favorite color is adorable. Her boyish b( b is very patent leatlier In the spot- light. A harmony number finishea tho act. An attractive blonde, who proves to be the "and company" of Frank Mayo's act, wears a pretty green chiffon gown and a beautiful pink Spanish shawl. Her soft, sweet way is very charming. Clara Howard, a singing comedi- enne, has several changes of w^ard- . robe that she makes on the s • ! to prove how easy It Is ^.ono. She enters in a red dress and changes to a pretty black and gold r if many dainty skirts that she dis- plays. Next is a comedy dress of leopard skin and then a pretty pink with rhinestones. She ;n s sev- eral songs In good voice and 1* quite a cut- up. Wednesday, February 17, 192* WOMEN'S PAGE LADIES OF THE ENSEMBLE Winifred Duffy, recently with •"Castles In the Air," Chicago, has joined "The Grab Ba«." Florence Parker has rejoined tne latter show. Florence Frazier was married to William Ke'ly, a prominent Chloapo lawyer. Members of "The Grab Bag" company gave her a farewell party. She will make her home in Chicago. Eileen Adair is taking acrobatic lessons. Jane Daniels Is home In Tex.iH enjojing mother's good food, and has decided to stay there for awhile. May Clark is still In Atlantic City, bor home, recuperating from a se- rious attack of grippe. Mildred Kelly is at the •'34th Street Club." Zena Trctte and Maybello Swor have Joined "Vanities," and Shirley Doyle, of this comi)ariy, has acquired ft boyish bub. Loretta Kennedy 1h at the "Monte Carlo." _ , -.^. Agnes 0'Lou?rhlln has Joined the revue at the "Sliver Slipper." Sherry Pclham is with "Suzanno." Emily Burton, otherwise known as "Alabam," is also with this unit, itrhlch is a new mu.slcal. Some of our chorines who are doing specialty dances before the Camera are Irene Swor. May Page, Doreen Glover and Marlon DowUng. Peggy Shannon has a new brace- let On It is in.scrlbed "I love you," but Peggy won't tell who it's from. Isabel Graham la doing nothing but club work lately. Isabel likes tt, and why should't she? Cora and Nora Dooley have loft ••Vanities" for "The 300 Club." Olga Boroski Is otit with the No. 2 "Nanette." Olivette Florentine has been out Of "VanUlo-s" for some time with a severe cold. Isabelle Dwan and Bherry Pelham have left this revue. Edith Joyce married Richard Craig, Jr., now appearing at the 800 Club. Marion Dale l.s quite the Senorlta In her gorgeous new Spanish shawl. She al.so has a scarf of Spanish fleslgn. Marion led a couple of numbers from the show at a Hotel Astor benefit. Muriel Greer has announced her engagement to Jack Redman. Both are appearing in "Vanities." . Anita Eantom claims the world's record of not having mi.ssed a re- hearsal or performance in three Successive seasons. A diet and nn unuKual one. Doro- thy Gordon is on milk to gel fat. Hel»>n "Wakelleld jind Bonnie O'Dear are at Coral Gables, Florida. Kitty K.ane has recovered from her illness and la back In 'The Grab Bag" fullowing a vacation at her home in Nova Scotia. Beatrice Rei.ss is in "Hello Lola," Rubye Steven.i and Dorothy Slitp- Pard have left the "Everglades" and are now at the Club Anatole. Peggy OXrII "Caravan Club." ha.s joined the Agnes O'Louffhlin is at the "Back Stage Club." Peggy Kelthley and Blanch.; Old- mixon are in al.so at Corul Gables. Florida. Betty Wrltrbt hns a new dng col- lar. Ifg a new kind of neckl.ace. PIo AVatson is takijig acrobatic lessons. No one knows the anit>l- tion that girl has. RIGHT OFF THE DESK By NELLIE REVELL \Vheti I said Iicre last Week that I was sure the friends of Dorothea Alltel weren't going to let the lack of a few hundred dollars delay li.-i- move to a more central apartment. I was right in my pre.dlciloiis. The proceod.s of the recent ball at the Clovtr G.irdens were ihat mueh shy of the sum needed to move Dorothea to a new home. But within ihe week the det^cU was made uii. An apartment has been found and a.s Hoon as the weather ponuit.s Dorothea will, with the assLstanco of a doctor, a nurse and an amhul.ince be moved to 316 West 72d street, ninth rtoor. From the windows Doro- thea will have a view of tlie river and also of the drive. She has not seen the street in m.tny years and is highly deliglitcd with l!ie prospect. "As an addled feature tlie auilier.ce at llie Catholic Actors' OuiUl benellt participated in a drawing for a trip to Europe. In the absence of .Mayor Walker, the drawing was presided over bv Ncllio Revell"— New York "Times." Now Jimmy Walker is a nice boy. I like him and I'm willing to plneh- hlt for him— .IS far as picking out the winning number is concerned. But my resignation as assistant mayor is ready to go In as .soon as they pass the transit bill. I reru.se to help him build that promised suhway. Incidentally the trip to Europe ofTered by the Catholic Actors' Guild wa.s won by a member of the Jewlsii Actors' Guild; and I hear he is going to sail on ,a boat commanded by a Presbyterian and owned by an Episcopalian. ■''■*'•■ One of the features of the evening was the introduction from the stage by Oliver Moro.sco of his erstwhile star, Leo Carrillo. It wa.s Mr. Morosco'B first appearance before an audience in almost as many years as there were acts on the bill. Incidentally, Mr. Carrillo confided to several of us back-stago that he Is going to retire from the theatre after the run of his new show, iiow in preparation. It Is'nt named yet, but he said it would be produced by David Belasco and written by none other than our George M. Cohan. When Jimmy Hussey showed up at the ^Tanhattan opera house Sunday night he found William Morris and George Jessel in charge of the stage. There were a couple of Jewish comedians before the fooLlights. And Jimmy began to wonder if he hadn't made a mistake. He thought he was coming to work the Catholic Actor.s' Guild benefit. They couldn't reassure him until he spied Hal Skelly, Elizabeth Murray, Wilton Lack- aye and Edward Kelly. Every member of the Catholic Actors' Guild and everyone else in the theatre who knows Father Martin E. Fahey Is going to be sorry to hear this news. Father Fahey has worked without a rest for six years and now has to take an extended ono. If anything can be universal. It will be the hope that he won't be away from his White Light parl.sh for very long. Years ago one of the most talented and popular sister teams on the stage consisted of the McCoy sisters, Bessie and Nellie. One later be- came Mrs. 'Richard Harding Davis and after the lattcr'a death she re- turned to the stage, now our own Bessie McCoy. Many of us had wondered about the adored. I have just learned In a letter from their mother, Mrs. M. ilcCoy, that Nellie passed away three years ago. And the mother, whom we remember as traveling with the sisters. Is now living quietly In New Roehelle, N. Y., r.aising blooded Pekingese .-^nd Pomeranians. Her success with her kennels may be judged by the fact that five of the prize-winners at the Waldorf dog show were of her i-aising. ■ - , .../^i.'- ■ • ■'■ •;■•.■■■:.■• Anyone who has been a guest at the Hotel Somerset in the last four or five years knows "Johnny" liellinger, who has been desk clerk, assist- ant manager and finally manager of the hotel, and will be sorry to hear he is resigning. Regre^ Is tlncttn-ed with congratulations becau.se his resignation means another step up for him. Troupers playing H.artford will find his same handshake, understanding smile and quick wit there to welcome them if they go to the Bond hotel. And who would go else- where under those circumstances. His offlelal title will be "As.slstant Manager of the Bond chain of hotels." P.ut don't be afraid of a title. The only royal about him will be the royal welcome he gives the guests. Theatrical press agents who have Louisville on their Itinerary are hereby notified they have the right to give nine cheers and get out their best stories. R. Campbell Kennedy, whom every road agent knew as the southwestern passenger agent of the Big Four railroad, has walked out on the "Iron Horse" industry and is now general man.age.r of the Louis- ville "Herald-Post," the property of his brother-in-taw, James Brown. Cami>beirs friendship for the show business and show people Is mani- festing Itself in the best theatrical page in Kentucky and the space grabber who cant land a story for his production in the "Herald-Post" had better wire back for a succes.sor. Anyone doubting that there is something In a name Is Invited to read thks. Week before last the attendance at the Woman Pays Club hinehton numbered 28. Last week Mary Nash was guest of honor and the roll- call jumped to 75. Every member who could possibly lock her desk, did slam It shut and come, not only as a triliute to Florence Nash who is vice-president of the club, but also In honor of Mary, who doesn't chance to be a member. A "surprise" guest of honor was Juno Mathls, the scenarist. Among those who shared honf>rs with the honor guests were the past president. Rita Weimi.n, Melen Hoerle, Mildred Florence, Zelda Sears and Ada Tntterson. Lillliin I>iuftery, the president, ofTlclatcd.. Was any vaudeville devotee over so .sorely tried .as I was Monday afternoon? With two of my favorites opening at different theatres at the same matinee I didut sec how I was going to kcp pace with my de.sire to see them botli. One was Tom Ryan at the Palace and the nther was Frank Kecnan, nt the Riverside. Yet, I made them both and I didn't have anything to do with switching the schedules either. Anusiiiess. And delight! Rita GouM has come ba( k to New York after a season in out-of-town stock work. And she tells me slie is looking for a play. A good one. A vivid, vital not too virtuous vehicle. So, yoii dramatists who think you can write for virulent vamps, strtit your stuff. The b.sl news from Florida this week is not that my lot has gone up in value but tliat Will Cressy's hfultli curve has gone up. He is liblc to sit up and lake notice as well as nourlsl.ment. Every theatrical visitor to St. Petersburg, where Will lives, Is making It a point to call on him and obtain one of the laughs he can always supply. Ann Ecklund ha.s Charleston contests "ii Oaks. won t The t hroe Twin Marcia Reli went to see her brother appearing In McUls Dun- Marie Marcelline wants to bob •Tip Toi's" put up such a holl.-r her lengthy tresses, but the girls in .Marie B.iid ohe had better lot. Shrieks c-ame from nno of the atro the other night and Mr. Bit- ter, stage manager, hurried to tlie resr lie. AYhen he reached the room the gills woro Htandliig on chairs. Poor de;irs; You guessed it. VARIETY 19 Diana Hunt has been out of "Ti|> dressing rooms at the Lilierty lb"- *T(>out the plant tluy get a short shift. Tlioro are iiiuloubt.'dly some cooler heads amidst the nieniliership of tlio church organization who know some of tho facts, and also lli.'it if the pictures .are blaiiiod for Ti.a Juana '.he cru.'jade would Im- mediately act as a booinerung, for Tia .Tuana Is a creation In Mexico resultant of prohibition In "le I'liited States. It was tho church reformers who were responsible for prohibition so that Tia Juana must be laid ' n their own doorstep. Some of the more frenzied of the reformers are for going after the picture Industry hook, line and sinker, and It Is hard to tell what ■1 I'anatIc will do. Lf-cally, the ma- jority are truly frenzied over the Tia Jiian.i scandals. FREE SCHOURSHIPS (Continued from page 1) Ing the hl'Thest number of Vf-tej from Feb. 8 to Feb. 15. Tho Voting blanks are attached to the book of tickets sold ^t all Rowland and Clark theatres Each book has !\ voting power of from too to 225 votes, on a basis of 1 cent a vote of the book cost. The name and address of the party voted for Is filled In .at the time of the purchase, or tho bl.inks are to bo held by the purchaser and turned over to tho entrant, who will turn them In weekly at the nearest Itow-land and Clark theatre. There Is no age limit on the en- trant. Should the award be made to a child, the scholarship will bo held In trust at some bank. Interest accruing In favor of the child until he or she is ready for college. Un- der the plan votes from all theatres in this chain may be credited to one n.ame. Kita English Got Chance; Hit Front Pag:e in K. C. iC.i:.s;iij C'it>, Feb. 16. Rit;. IsiiKlish. one of Flo Ziecr- ftdd's gloriiii'd eliorines, crashed the front pages wlen she ti:iired in .1 niKht scene with a p.iUreman. She was on her way •from the Shu- bert when she c!;;i:iis shi> wa» roll^;llly grasped by an oillcer. She broke away and ran to her hotel nearby. The olhcer followed and it is cl.iimeil ng.iln seized lier. The clerk and g'lests interfer. 1 iid a crowd formed. The oiTending pollcfnian w.is re- moveil liy a brother ofVieer but the girl and lier friends took the m.Ttter to the Clilef of Pcdiee, whose ol^co they visited the next moining. It is claimed the policeman had been drinking and exceeded his author- ity. The papers played it up strong with pictures and everything, but gave all the best of It to Miss En- glish, even to a close-up of the jeweled slave anklet — a novelty out here. 260-LB. MAMMY Gold Du*t Twins With Her in New Acta BURLESQUE ROUTES {Continued from page 11) White and Black Revue— Star and Garter, Chicago. Williams, Mollie— Gayety. Wash- ington. Wilton, Joe, Club — Miner's Bronx, New ^'ork. Wine, Women and Song— Empire, Providence. ... • .. ■ Mammy and the Gidd Dust Twlna have quite a turn. Manini. has her 260 -pound fornn dressed In a red satin costume with a whi > apron. She sings some good blues and that ever ready smile Is good to look at. The Gold Dust Twins do some good step dancing in unison, .^ammy'a speech about her failure to lose weight goes over big. She panic* tho audience with a Chariest n finish. Loretta Grey h.as four .Iris In her act. They are dressed in cute short 'Russian costumes with attractive red boots for the opening. Misa Grey appears in a radiant white costume f play, hei,» if la at r>alys 63id Sfr»>et Tiie.itle. T« VARIETY VARIETY Wedncftday, February 17, 1926 NEWS FROrrHE DAILIES Thi« department contain* rewritten theatrical newa item* aa pub- lished durina the week in the daily papert of New York, Chicago and the Pacific Coast. Variety takes no credit for these n«wa items; each has been rewritten from a daily paper. NEW YORK %VilliHni Fox accepted the New York chairmanship of the United Jcwi.sh campaign and made a per- sonal donation of $200,000 to the fund. KpIIx M. Warburg is on the committee with Mr. Fox. March 20 the 98th anniversary of the lilrth of Ibsen will be ohaerved by scenes from hla dramas, the pro- ceeds to go to the Ibsen memoriaJ tund for iho erection of a monu- ment. On the Ibsen cominltle<» are Ethel Barrymore, Daniel Frohman, Eva Le CJalllenne and Lee Hhubert Donald Kerr, of the stage, is to take a hand at film actlnK in a Heries of comedies under the direc- tion of Bryan Foy. For the week of March 7 tlie In- ternational Film Arts GuiUI will continue its motion picture revival.s at the Cameo. That week will be rtev»ited to l.l;>y« to be used for screen scenarios, George Bernard Shaw confes-^ed tliat he once was offered $1,000,000 for them by Sam- uel Goldwyn and refused. Th.it making fllms of his plays would kill their stage value Is Mr. Shaw's rea- son for his refusal to sell. , Further developments In tlie Countess of Catbcart case are that the Countess Is atlll being held for deportation at Ellis Island, charged with "moral turpitude" by Commis- sioner of Immigration Curran, whose order net^ds only tho a.ssent of Secretary of LAbor Davis to make .it final; some unnamed few became '"angry at the barring of adtnittancu to the Countess upon learning that Karl Craven, the Countess' partner in her confessed Immorality, was admitted to the United States with- out question and has been reulding In New York with his wife. The issuing of a warrant to depory Craven followed by his "escape" to Canada; much space and editorial comment by dailies, tabloids espe- cially. One tabloid devoted three and onc-iialf pages to this case M«nday; one paper in an editorial stating that as tlie Countess la here to^'sell her play, "Ashes," her press agent de.serves a bonus; a unanl- nious press In severely "knocking" Commissioner Curran, meanwlille boosting the Countess witli the idea that Hhe should be allowed to re- main. Two hundred feet of feature, com- edy and educational illins were shipped by tho Motion Picture Pro- ducers and Distributors of America to the leper colony at Balboa. Canal Zone. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Puekett deny that their daughter, Elcanora Ambrose, and Maurice, the dancer, are wed. Maurice and the girl left recently for Europe, where they are dancing, and shortly after their ar- rival the marriage was reported. A paper containing a vivid de- scription of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, written by R. A. Emerson, actor, who was a meniber of tho "Our American Cousin" cast at Ford's theatre when the President was shot, was found in an old trunk In the home of one of Emerson's descendants in Alexandria, Va. The "'Orarihic" maneuvered il.'it^ir Into a libel suit for printing tho nicmoirs of the Countess t'athcjirt. he "Am<'rlr:in Weekly" h.-is \)c- gun suit against the paper to re- »:train it frton fui'ther publication of the memoirs. In the complaint it is alleged that In November, ia:;a. the niomolrs were copyrighted and pub- lished In a London paper. The American and Canadian rlglita wore purchased by the Star Company, Which later sold then\ to the "American Weekly." Attorney for the "Graphic" said his paper had taken the memoirs from u ScotclJ publlciition, but had paid nothing Tor them and agreed tiiat the •tinnphlc" will discontinue publish- ing them pending trial of the suit, set for Feb. 19. The Complainant asks $1 for each copy of the "Graphic" issued containing the memoirs. For tlie erection of a 3.000-seat theatre at a cost of $1,100,000. Boone D. Hite iiurchased a large plot at Jerome avenue and 176th street, Bronx, from the Jerome Ave- nue Exhibition Co., Inc. I'lans ;irc being drawn by Eugene De Rosa and Moore & Lanseidel, architects. The Romax building and property, 243-49 West 47»h street, was sold to the Trebuhs Realty Co.. a Shubert subsidiary, by Joseph O'Gara for the Merula Realty Corp. The building, which brings $70,000 in rent yearly, will not be torn down for the erec- tion of a theatre, as reported. waa named as purchaser for a con- sideration of $170,000. Included in the sale is the estate's right to pro- tect Itself from "Indiscriminate tMokings" in Its dealings under a "gentlemen's agreement" with the Shuberta. Marcus Loew announces the con- struction of three new theatres In Texas. They will be In San An- tonio, Houston and Dallas, and will seat about 3,000 each. Listed under "Securities at Auc- tion" In the "Times" were 100,000 shares of the Shubert Film Corp. and 50.000 of the William Brady Picture Plays. Inc.. at $8,606.50 the lot. According to the "Graphic," Flor- ence Mills, In denying that Belaa- co's "Lulu Belle" is based on her life, said that she had refused the title role, now being played by Le- nore Ulrlc, because it "degrades her race." Miss Mills Is 24 and married for the last seven years to U. 8. Thomp- son, the dancer. Boston, Mrs. Ponzi and two others are Indicted for having part^iken In illegal realty transactions In Florida. Suit. In which the plaintiff asks appointment of a receiver for tho theatre, was filed In Supreme Court by Charles L. Wagner, through his attorney, Joseph Sullivan, against the Wilkes Theatre Corp., lessee of the Sam H. Harrli^ theatre. Accord- ing to the complaint, the Wilkes Company failed to carry out an al- leged contract with Mr. Wagner. For this alleged breach, the plaintiff is also suing for $50,000 damages. Earling Mickelson, violinist, of Brooklyn, leaped from bis window in his bare feet and underwear, landing In a snowbank, after being extricated by three cops, broke away and was sub.tiequently hit and knocked unconscious by a passing tnxicab. Into which he ran. He is In a sexlous condition. "The Influ- ence of Jazz music" is attributed to having caused Earling's mad flight. As a plan to relieve traffic con- gestion. Cornniissioner of Police Mc- I.aughlin supge.sis, only, that taxi- cabs, buses and privately owned cars be barred from the theatre district during ct-rtain hours. I'Vank Farrell, 60. sportsman and onco owner of the New York Yan- kees, died Feb. 10 after a heart at- tack In an Atlantic City hotel. Following its revival of "Emperoj- Jones" this week, the Provinceiown Playhouse wMl present that old standby, 'East Lynnc." A bill to rai.se the automobile highway speed limit fr»)ni 30 to 35 miles an hour wais introduced in the State Legislature at Albany. Maijorie Brown, 17. and John Harvey, 21, were discharged by Magistrate Macreary after being hailed into Night Court by John Crauford, who charged them with "necking" in tho Chelsea theatre. West 60th street, of which he Is manager. The idea of the Shuberts in re- serving the pit eeat.s In His Maj- esty's theatre, London, where their "The Student Prince" Is playing, Is abandoned. Their attempted defy of English tradition severely aroused the ire of London's frequenters of the queue. According to the will of the lat© Abraham H. Hummel, made pub- lic at Portland, Me., the estate ot the one-time famous divorce attor- ney will go In equal shares to two sisters, Mrs. Sophie Kaffenberg and Bertha Hummel. The will falls to mention tho name of Henry D. Hummel, who claims ho was Hum- mel's son and legal heir and who will contest the will. CHICAGO Police are looking for the man who late one night turned in four Are alarms, calling the stations and saying that the Studebnker theatre was In flames. Mrs. Helen Mary Peterson, expert high diver, won a decree from her hsub.and after Informing the court that he left her because .she refusod to support him. Guy Massey, 27, composer of the "Prisoner's Song," which is just earning popularity, dleJ pt'nnilcs.s at a military ho.spllal in Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The will of the late Abraham H. Hummel Is filed for probate In Surrogate's Coifrt. James II. llornherger, Irish tenor, knovvn professionally as Colin O'More, is ordereium. The eighth annual dinner of the Grand Street Boys will be held Sun- day at tlK^Hotel Commodore. Humiliated by her expulsion from Berlin society circles because siie had married an Italian, Marchesxi Gabrielo DIsera, noted (Jciman actress, committed suicide. Slie was formerly the wife of a German banker. Seven men are being held In Tia Jll.Tna, >'eyl,o, for att ic -.s on Audrey and Clyde Petoet, American Klrl.% resulting in tho suicide of the i-ntlro Peteet family. Following the attack on his daughters, Thomas M. I'eteet gathered his faintly In a rouni .•111(1 tu'iied on t'l" iris. '!'>>' ■ Is sold to he an Instance of the rrlm» preralent at the Mexican race track. The seven accused men are Mexicans, one is a hotel owner, another a bartender and the others taxi drivers. As a result of this crime and many previous ones Gov- ernor Rodriguez of Lower California li.Ts ordered all women entertainers snd suspicious rh.iracterfl di'i>orted from Tla .Jiinn • !innceit tour to rejoin the Mctropf)lltan op,000 • t ft cost of $3,000,000. .lohn Aldiiii Cai'penter's jazz t>:illct. "Skyscraper," staged by Jiiiln>rt Edniimd .lon'a :ind Sammy Vera, the Countess of Cuthcart, was detained at Ellis Island by im- migrilTlon officers upon her arrival on tho Carmanla last Tuesday for no stated reason. The countess la In America to negotiate the sale of her play, "Ashes." John A. Weaver, pl.aywrlght. and Mia. Weaver, wlu> is I'eggy Wood are mourning the death of their baby girl, who died at birth last Wednesday. Mrs. Weaver is resting "t Lir>plncott's sanatorium, 667 Madlson avenue. Hugo W. Romberg is to produce ".Soft Co.il.' by Bernard S. Schu- bert "Hello, l»la" win be suc- ceeded by "The Virgin" at the Max- ine Elliott next week. .. .Helen Menken is now starred Instead of featured in "The MakropmUo^ Secret.' Poultney Bigelow, author, will sue H. C. Wells f(ir $50,000, charging the English novelist with having called him .a "boie." Tho body of the girl whoso bullet- plcrccd body was found In a snow heap in East 52nd street was identi- fied as th.at of Mrs. Elsie Regan, bur- lesque and cabaret chorus girl, the adopted daughter of Hugh McCor- mlck. of Ottawa, separated from her husband and mi>ther of a son, 3 years old. The body was identified by Eva Davis, with whom Mrs. Regan lived at 800 8th avenue, and Marjorie Whitney, friend of the dead wom- an, l>oth of whom were in a Colum- bia burlesque show with Mrs. Regan In 1924. According to Miss Davis, when the show stranded last June they came to New York to dance at the Fulton Gardens, Brooklyn. Mreu Regan, through drinking heav- ily, lost the Job. At tho Coolidge Hotel police learned that the mur- dered womnn had lived there until tw»> weeks ago when she checked otit, leaving llie .Sth avenue address. I'olice are now /icarching for the murderer, a, man about wliom tliey gleaned some information from Sam Fletcher, theatrical producer, of 901 Fox strepf, the Bronx. The identification of Mrs. Regan culminated a search ))y police throughout the city's cabaret and night resorts, the dead woman hav- ing been a well-known irequenter of theso. Supremo Court Justice Tierney reserved decision in tlio suit for separation of Mrs. Beatrice W. Bourne .against Arthur K. Bourne, Jr., heir to the Singer sewing ma- chine millions, In which Peggy Shannon is named as co-respond- ent. A bill asking that .a ro<^eiver bo appointed for the Flanders Hotel was filed In Federal Court last week. The bill alleged that the hotel com- pany had defaulted on principal and Interest on bonds of $36,550. Tha tof.al hond issue outstanding Is $1.- 350,000, and the action was taken to protect the bondholders, .so the law- yers said. Thirty-eight women mcmiiera of a burlesque show were forced Into the snow when fire destroyed the Grand Hotel, Newark, at which they were stojtping. Tlio engagement of Dorothy Flet- cher and Daniel Wolf, both of "Port O' London," Is announced. Luke O'Neil confesped to the stato police at Danville, O., that he was wanted In New York for tlie murder of Catherine Gore, whom he killed Sept. 13 last. O'Neii's face did not correspond with the pictures the po- lice had on their files, but his fin- gerprints did. In his signed con- fession O'Nein stated that, after the crime, he came to Chicago, where for $1,000 a plastic surgeon completely changed all his facial eharaiterlstlcs. Small scars not yet healed completely gave strength to his story. Beyond stating that ho had been arrested in several places since tlie itudc.'' likened tli.it cise to tliosc of l.s.Klor.i Duiicm. Lu's Kirpo, Countc<.s Anti.i Zarnekati and Tat Sonieiset. Marion Talley, 18, the youngest prima donna in the history of the Metropolitan, is to make her debut this evening (Wednesday) in "Rlgn- letto." Mi.ss Talley has a large followini: In her home town, Kan- sas City. S. L. Rothafel purchased a por- tion of the music library of tlie late Victor Herbert for installation in tJr^ now Roxy theatre. Josephine Trix, of the Trlx sisters, and Kddle Fields, of vaudeville, both Amei leans, wed in London. Fields described himself as Ed- ward Greenfiehl, of Philadelphia, and his brido as Josephine Y'eiser, of Newmanstown, Pa. As no rel.it Ives or friends ba\e ol, limed llie tiody of tho munlcred KIsle Ke>;,in, Dave Krnu.x.s. chairm.'(n (..f the Mutual Builcfuuc Boncvtilent The right to executors of the es- tate of the late Samuel P. Nlrd- iiuKor to dispose of the estate's in- terest in the l'orrc.«:t and Ciarrick tlie-ilres. I'liilailelpbin, llie V-'ord, Baltimore, and the Apolln, Atlanlic City, was gr.antcd by Judge <^Ht In Philadelphia. The reason given by the exrent'ifs in petition for the riiiht of .sale was that "to c two weeks be- ginning Feb. 27. ♦ .T.TMos A. Farley and William Mul- doon, who.se terms expired Jan. 1, are appointed by Gov. Smith to suc- ceed lhems;it "Seiyo, Charles Ponzi, the gyp wlz.ird of owned by Ha^.^slli. Wednesday, February 17, 1926 VAUDEVILLE REVIEWS VARIETY 17 MARGARET ANGLIN and CO. (3) "Natur* Varsua Art" (Sketch) 10 Mina.i Full Staga Palaca (Straight Vauda) Mlsa Analin la a familiar in tho legiUnjato drama, vaudeVUlo hera- tofora being quite foreign to her. That she should solect a playlet, giving her a chnnce for at least some mild emotional dramatics la natural, hut "Nature Versus Art," by Nlta Vaydon, la no more than that. Her role is that of an actress, re> tired for some years, hut roturiiing to the staKB, not without objections from her huslwind. The latter had been much annoyed that moriiInK because she awakened him nt 5 o'clock so that she could run over her part. Hubby had contended her stuff at the bis moment in the play waa rubbl.sh and that a woman would not act that vra.y naturally, Which stttTted the war. A rehearsal with the author pro- ceeds. She is supposed to attend an afternoon bridge session, and re- ceives word her hu.sband They don't do much, but what they do is cricket. This is a foreign act. featuring unieycle performance, Dormonde being in comedy costum- ing and getting beaucoup laughs from his manner of turning sharp corners, pirouetting smartly, etc. A form of cycle hockey is also played with two prop cages aa goals. The Partner is in formal evening attire, serving as "straight." Tho act reopened the second half. It's a corking dumb turn and great for .1 spot or opening. Abel. WEST, GATES and KANE Comedy 9 Mins.; One Hippodroma (Straight Vaude) This malo trio will got there shortly at their present rate of ma- terial. If they remain deucera it will i»rol)ably he because of self-sat- Isfnctlon and lack of pernonaf pro- gression. They are a male (rlo, one doing a hokum "dame" and the other two e.ssaying eccentric comedy, e.xrept- ing for a double tan (Vinco Intcrludr In natty street clotlies. Their stuff is otherwise novel and different, clicking for a heavy score in the No. 2 spot here. Abel. RUTH BREWER Musical 6 Mint.; Two (Special) Rialto (Pets) Miss Brewer Is l)illed as "a whole girl orchestra," derlvrd from her ^ versatility on all musical instru- ments. She plays banjo, clarinet, trombone, etc., none too well, but satisfactorily Cnr the idea. The numbers could be brightened up and rearr.anged for better effect. As an interlude in the picture houses. Miss Brewer Is probably not an expensive buy, but n good fla.sh. Abet. HELEN BOCH AND CO (3) Equilibrists 8 Mins.; Three (Special) State (Vaude. and Picts.) This one Is a good openef or closer for any bill. It offers a com- bination "of balancing and teeth grip feats handled in a manner above ordln.'iiy acts of Its kind. Miss Bnch bears tlio brunt of the herculean stutl" fir.st as underatander for her two rnule a.sslstants and Later propping an adju.stable ladder trapeeze liy teeth grip balancing on pedestal anil holding up both men who are doing their stuff on the bars. The .act has an attractive set and is ta.stefully dres.sed. Well liked in the opener on this bill and ^should, click as well in suc- ceeders. Kdba. GIVE US A CALL BirRRM fti W»ii^ irslCORROWATCO mei PIIILADKIJ'HIA: Baakrra Troat BuUaii ta,ipcd U''.«i « youngster in doing the "dancing tiilors," a bit out of the routine w fth ,Tohn T. Kelly that d ites l)ack lo Harrlgan and Hart's theatre in ISi'i. lixiX when the ch(ibt)y girl appealing in tlie present turn -steauicd lilm to dance the Charles- ton — which he did with trlmmlny-s - it was almost a young riot. Ryan was so good at the matinee when on No. S that he was moved to flixUi. In a neatly turned speech this grand old man stated that It Is his first appearance at the Palace and "I've teen 53 yrars trying to make the grade." There is a laugh in his talk, too, one crack bclnp: "some women of 60 look young enough to be Insulted." Frank Fay, with his brace of as- sistants "from the front," waa a wel- come boy next to closing, particu- larly following the tepid sketch of Margaret Anglln, "Nature Versus Art" (New Acts). Fay has been west with the act, which made the foolery more relished, while some firat-tlniers Laughed their heads off. The chatter about string savers and tin foil rollers Reemed particularly comic and there were plenty of laughs to the play bit. Fay may have recently added the "impres- sion" of John (Jaoob) Barrymore doing the Charleston. The Hal Skelly turn closed inter- mission. Eunice Sauvain looked ex- cellent as one of the girls who re- sembled an old flame in Harrisburg. while Peggy Hope was just made for Skelly's style. She is a cutle and quite a stepper. .Skelly throws her around plenty, but It's good stuff. A bit with their backs to the audience looked quite the same aa that u^ed by a stage dance couple for several seasons. However, they encored in one with such success that the house was loath to let them bow off. An early hit went to Sid Tracey and Bessie Hay, with Paul Huro- parey at the piano. They are danc- ers, too. and a clever young pair. At adagio work they impressed quite favorably, then Mias Hay landed strongly on her toes; in fact, this couple look right»for a revue and should have no troulde with picture house bookings. The punch of the act was at the close, an Apache, highly acrobatic. pdette Myrtll, back from musical comedy, was another high-scoring feature. Miss Myrtil still affects the black velvet i>antaloon costume, be- ing a smart girl and a clever one. She opened with ".lust a Message of Love." elaborating the second number consldei-ably. It Is "When Katinka Sh.akes Her Tambourine." Her principal number remains the pantomimic "Memoirs of a Dancing Master." Miss Myrtll was featured by the Shuberts In "The Love Song" lust season, but no mention was made In the program. Neville Fleeson and Ann Green- way, moved from sixth to third, per- formed well, with the "Rain" trav- estry ni'mber still best of the rou- tine. Thert may be a new number or two, but they were not detected. "Pri.scilla" pave .Miss Greenway quite a range and siie handles it ijrlilifly. Fleeson was best with the word-sjielllng lyrtcv all the "aani- ples" lacing of his own composition. Three Free hand.K opened with a ui-ique routine combining perch and eqtjilibrlstlcn. Not over six minures. but 'hey delivered. Another well- dresped acrobatic turn clewed — Van t'ello and Mary. The ji^'-n is a fasl worker, but It was past 11 when he went on. .';i:d so t.ie cjstoiners '.'ouN' not be p.'cvented aom airolllng. HIPPODROME .Tust before show time saw a Sell- out on the lower floor with only mezzanine, loges and boxes avail- able. Business was generally good excepting fr>r the top shelf on "paper" night. The show was sloppy in presenta- tion, despite the flash of "nanjos" on paper. A production repre.-jen- tatiun witli Giace Moore toplined on her H;p debut, wa.s evident. Jrielud- Ing I,ester Allen and Nellie Breen, hold-overs. I'aul Gordon, a wlx on the taut and sKack wire, opened. He is hlll«'d as "direct from Ut years in Kurope.'' and goes tiirough Morne extraordinai y l)alancing that would arrest att»'ti- tlon anywhere, in and out of pictnie hou.ses. West, Gates and Kane (New Acts). The A If Loyal dog act, the best of its kind extant In vaiKU-ville, is more th.an an ordinary "dutni*" turn. Lester Allen and the clever Mins Breen ch aned up. Allen disclosed an unMU|ip»'<'tfcd talent with some nice singing, AIN'n .ilways being familiar In productions for his gro- tesnue in«kt--ups and H'lnsenf i<' il com»»dy lilts. His comedy In his l.'i minutes here is more leglt than it was in production, resoillng to no prpps for etTects other th-in eccen- tric costnnilnir. Moden. > Fanta.xtio Revue, Pluro- j>ean ,imbas.>indor. Is a satisfai'tmy tla.sh act, slow but among tlie be;;t of its type of olYerlng. The co.-*- tumin»; and pres-intation Is colorful and it iu.iied down it would fare belter. This turn, too, is a good picture hou.se propositinn. Tlie Countess Modena is featured in a violin specialty, allien. k1» i:isi;oi> and Lynn, the dame te ini. run iiway with individual honorn. Ti-.ey cm step out on their own whenever in- clined. Frederick Kinsley '.s ori;an .special- ty with "Don't Wake Me i;p." and Julius LenztjerK's treiuh ja..7.ists Wore intermission hijjiil^Klit-s- lieeri^e Dormonde and Partner <.\ew .Vets). Miss Moore followed with a soji>,' recital, Joe Daly at the Kiaud ac- companying and whipping over a cond'-nsed vj-^r-sion of Gersliwin'.s "Rhapsodie in Blue" for his solo. Miss Mooie was a bit Inconsistent with her progrum, ranging from a Puccini aria through "Song of Songs" and "Remember," sulH- ciently light for contrast so as not to make "I Never Knew" compul- sory. It did not quite fit the gen- eral atmosphere, if Mi.ss Mooro is in.si.stent on giving Berlin. Inc., an- othw plug, why not Berlin's newest, ■'Always," more pedate and in keep- ing with the re.st of the program? The closing "Cherie" humber la a tuneful and ple.-vsant entry. Biendel and lien's "Just Gus," a Jack Lait vehicle, were muchly needed comedy relief. Kramer and Boyle subbed for Hil'y Gla.son, who was programe«*'"ted with. their minor roles. Klttv Clark was V<er whose room had been Invaded i>y .a forbidden niaHfiilln«> and .ilso rrglstered In the "Kl.ss" tiumb'T bundled bv the vonth with the girls forming an onsf-mMe. "The Wanderer" fflim) followed the v,aud<>ville and Be»-tnlnfj1y was flirured .a bar.ualn .it the fiO-r-cnl c.'ite f»>o fr,r many strolled in nflf-r 10: SI, the hour at which the vaude pro- gram ended. F.dha. Ing act th.it dl.splays fancy table- do. lis. That's probably due to tho woman part of it, "(ilrli*-" .acting a."i a stage assistant, Betancourt being tile .ict. Dritfin il Honey Boys' persi'nnel compri.s'.s T(>inni.\ llive, Irving Karo, Dan .Marshall, (iiorge Mullen and .N'at Talbot. Hive i.s ma.ster of ct lemonies. al- though Mullen, thrxugh his m.>l;e- up. (iil'ftreiit from the others but all in bl.n'kf.ice. appi'ar.s to i>e the ft-at- und comic. I'sual run of u.i:is, stories and sontrs. D.mcmi; is held up l)y Hive, who did a Charleston, which he announced as his tapiiing ImpiTsonation. also givlnv; Ned W;\> burn's school ;i lillH- puff. Some otT-day Hive ought to iret a load of Buddy Bradley's tapping Ciiarl ston; furtberniore he should muffle tho orchestra so that the audience could pay moie attention to the tapping. The act is best adapted for the pnj) houses. Following th>' minstrels came Sinclair and (Jasper with com- edy talk in "one." It went Just as big as ever. Al'yn Mann and Co., abio carded here as AUyn King and Co.. have undergone some changes since Mann first crashed into v'ariety's New Act files, but the big feature Is Mann's female Impersonation. The boy car- ries his feminine stuff right along to the finish, fooling about every- body in the house that had not seen him before. .Mary Ibiynes was one of the sure- fire comedy hits. At first It ap- l>e;ired as though Miss Havnes faced a tough assignment, and she had been at the house before. However. since that theatre section is being blown up hourly li may have blown out some of the old Broadway regu- lars. Miss ITaynea fs really the 1926 type of monologlst, working into her com- edy talk through a song Introduc- tion. She has some fast-moving, wlse-cr.acklng gagii, and they were shot over with unerring aim by Miss Haynes, who. withal, la some ahow- mnnly show-wonian. It sure runs credit to William and .Too Mande'l for the wav they steppel out of the old Jack Alfred Trio and made themselves a solid vaudeville comedy asAet. Tliese boys do not miss. After the Ernie Andrewa crowd Jazzed things up the house showed "That Royle Girl" on the screen. Mark. BROADWAY A'uudevilie .at the Broadway M'on- day iiight had a Cli;irlesfoti «<'ason- Ing — too much. ICrnie Andrews Band (New .Vets) closed till- kIiuw. Befsncourt snd 'Jlrlle, billed out- side as Itftanconrf ,inf| Co., stiirted proo'frtitifTH. At till' .start th' y oli- lalned favor thrciTifh flio dressln\', and IS about the oiily tabl" balanc- AMERICAN ROOF The Itoof was (uti>acity, all but the boxes, Monday night to witnesa one of the beat balanced bills of the season tupped by Frank Mayo and Co. (New Acts) who held the honor billing and the second after (pter- mission spot in the sketch, "The Unexpected," autliored by the late Aaron Huffman. Mayo, a picture and legit "name" undoubtedly pulled some businesM to the Koof, but the majority were Monday night regu- lars. Next in favor was Clara Howard, nutting as delightfully aa ever. Miaa Howard makea several coatume changes from behind a sofa, sings several songs differently and winda ap with her ventrlloqulal travesty. Her imitation of Chaplin, inter- l>oiatcd in a comedy sops in which .she burlesques iiistoricul characters by the use of prop hata, etc., re- mains as sure fire as ever. She waa 1 bit too fast for the Roof for the r:U t\v "nin'ors. but they fiii'iMv Bolveil her delivery, and from then ;iii slie lic'czd. iA.iva. neid me next tu closing spot. The first half was opened speed- ily and contortiunlstlcHlly by the Luster Brothers, a pair of boneless table workers, who bent tht»ir way uto the good graces o* the houso without any trouble. Lewia and .Maxine (New Acts), Juvenile! mixed double, deuced, and King and (Jreen (New Acts), b^ckface comics, iruyod. » Audrce and Del Val and a six- pieco Jazz n*;ile band closed the lirst half, walking off with the hit ■ if tho bill. The girl is an excellent I'.ancer and a looker. She is assisted in a tango and an Apache by Del VaJ, himself no mt-an stepper. The six youthful musicians handle the portions between the dances. The leader's idea of how *o deliver a pop aoiig would make a text book on how iKii to. The musicians are leaning to- w;ir«l a nonchalant I<>vity that de- iractH from the iH-incip.alH wlien they .ire on. Otherwise tlie.v are a clean cut and personable sextet. Tho Cli.irleston of the pi.uio-accordlonlst while carrying the banner deserved the round of applause it got. The dramatic Apaclie finale ke|>t the •■urtain up for several minutes be- fore intfrmission. Alton and Alb-n opened after tlio refrcsliiinril p< i iod iilid pickeii the liroi'Ctsliiujs right up. The pair are a two-man com<'(ly srngfng. Talking and dancing s. They are probably doluT a hidiinvay fr-im tli" may b«. For next wcpk (17) or (18), with split weeks also Indlrated by dates. An asturisk (*) heforo name pi-^nifies act Is new to city, doing a new turn, reappearing .ifffr abst-noe or appearing for first time. Initials listi-il after bouses for booking atflliatlon arc: Pictures (Pc) Pantagea (P) Orpheum (O^ Independent (In) Interstate (It) Bert Levey (BL) Keith's Western (KW) Loew's (L) Keith's (K) Association (WV) name of theatre, denotes house Is VVhiTe no Itiltials are used with Witiiout regular booking atnilatlon. Pictures include In rlassificatlon picture policy with vaudeville or presentation ap adjunct. Independent Includes those pop vaudeville ivaudeville and iilctur 's) theatres affiliated with no general booking ofllce. GERMANY ♦ BEEUN Nt\l..\ Fuji Family I,.*bs Mrnloyi Bobbins cyr'Hsts Clauilla ralcwa Ilanuda Sail S.s An Irfj F.iinily llnrrU'g I. Ions Aingon All<^grl» Rlv. 1« Trio Lin>fa Sl'iKh WlNTEROAnTEV Rev of T.lllpui lans Way VVir:h T'hil * F.imily Jackson's 12 n.rla Maria Valente r..i: Tibcrs's I3car» PAL. MilchiU Mci uii'Ti' » Williania B-r-: 1 Uroa 5 F. nlinis Leon & Harry HAMBUEG II ANSA (RunnlnK ordoj) Serlany Ticui>« Franco Piper D.Tunfcn Shn\v» ('.■ro'.in.i dc la lliva K'.nlbrandt Torino (Intorin'solon) Hn-ki r's B<'ar» Paula TheiBstn J«array-.'^tjf rna Bt ?ov(n Hassans ' Film-weekly NEW YORK CITV Amrrlran (L) 1st ha'f (2:1-24) Prpmo ft Wally Cray A Arlts!! F I,*r.eine ft C» Jadn 3 Nlei.son ft W.Tden Waltro & rtran.lt H Naurott & Hojs (One to nil) J<1 hr^lf (J5-2h) Connn?ly 3 Bprd r Krarmrr Ray ft rfarr .Hon PhoiU.f of Araby R>.« 4 Kdwardi P.tu: Drcliln ft Ci Rowld A Meehin Little Jim Avenue B (t.) iRl lu«lf (22-24) Oace^ttl & Jklillor Um:M (Crosby Co TatH') Tales Crofxhton ft I.ynn EtKMka of Araby 2'1 »>,uf i"r,-VR) To>>ikiiler« A Hcnnctt J A K Lee (22) Bryaon A Jones I.lli:an I. (tt) Armand A Perex Orrtn A I'rew Bartran A Sazton itln Betty Hale Robert Stickney Helen Suntry Andy ft I. Barlow Swegloa Sanotette 1st half (22-24) Argot II ft Herm'nn Romantic Youth Jiizzmanla Rev (Others to till) Palace (L) lat half (21-24) Toyland Follies (Four to fill) Grace Wilson Farrell Taylor I 4 Vuientcen RIva-Orr ft R P Uncolii (HV) 1st half (22-24) Frisco Harmonists Sylventar A Vance (One to fill) 3d half (21-28) Ford ft Cuim Kbam Youth ft B-auty (Three to All) atcVlrkent (PeXlS) Paul Ash Milton Wat.<:on Harry Harris Peggy Bemler 'Song ft Dance Man' Majeatic (WV) (22) Rose Kress 4 Knox Comedy 4 Sharon Stevens Co Morgan ft Sheldon Hollywood Revels Martha Farheld Co Otncers Hyman (Three to till) Midwest (Pc) 2d half (11-21) Bort Sloan The Rector 8 Horllck ft Bar Bis Kaufman ft Lillian We are doing effective work for • large majority of ths Independent Vaudeville Theatres in this section. Efficient, consistent service since 1913. THE FALLY HARKUS VAUDEVILLE AGENCY IS7B Broadway LACKAWANNA 7»n NEW YORK CITY OrphcDin (L) Ist half (22-24) Martin A Martin Birdie Kraemer Young A Gray Nolan I.eary Co Bob Ne'son Marcus Bis A C OFFICIAL DENTIST TO THE N. V. A. DR. JULIAN SIEGEL 1560 Broadway, New York Bet. 4(!tb and 4ith .'^ta. This week I am doing dentiil work for MN< K.NT I.OPF.'/, .lANK, und KATIIKRINK I,KE .lAY t. Fl.irVK.N AVIl M.\M MARKIS 4 I NMNGIIAM iinil CLli.MENT!* VIOI.KT HAKNKY NICK ADAMS IIARKV CL^\I(K V > o ^ fog! o jJ< K V Lu a, c <. D B E T A N C O u R T PI 7? and GIRUE '^' A J Mandell Mary Haynea Andrew's Cid'tflans Sinclair .*c (Jasper Al'yn M:inn liurns A Knne (22) Irene Rleardo I.ytell A Kant Rose Wyse Co (Others to nil) rnpltol (IV) (14) Wa.liirle Harruin l)orls Nlhs Louise Loring Hilda Ilutsova Chester H,il>- ••AuiliH llor.K" CollNenm (K). 2d half (IS 21) Mor:in it- WiH'T Ch:is ItUKKlcH Chus KiUK 2d half (25-28) MartoU A West .loe Diirrey (Others to fill) Kordhnm (K) 2d half (11-:'I) llo|d Indans Ho r's Wyse .lUHt a Pill Kramer A ftuylo Fln.Tl Relii.irs;il 1st half (2'.'-20 Gibson A Prleo Herbert Warren We.iver Hros (Olliers to nil) rmnklin (K) 2d half (18-21) Minslr' 1 .\lon;ir< h.'' Prar-on, N- wjitAP l.cwis A Aiiicis (•(itiiit Hott <(Jt)iirH to till) 2d hi.lf (111-28) ^ ■ .1 \' T Jiri.s (Otbr.rs to Oil) Kxpcslt i.'ii 4 Tlie lirliiiitx J Moi(T«ii lid (Oth'-rs to nil) 2d half (2.';-:8) K.ldi.' T.eiin.itd r'o A I li. rnlv.il I'o (oih'Ts to nil) Alf Loyal's Dogs Allen A Brein Counters Moilness f> Dorner A Partn'r Grace Moore Rrendell A Hurt Amelia Allen Rev Foster Oirls DIehl Sis (22) Taropl Troupe Sargent A Ijewls Loyal's Dogn 4 C'amerons Tnnlinl A Zardo A Allen Co Hcmo's Mldjrets Patrlrla Salmon Units rt.ier Foster Girls JefTcrHoa (K) 2d halt (18-21) 3 Aces Janet of France Vcr;'atllo S Paul Remos GUb't A Avery Rev Wanzer A I'liimer Ist half (22-24) D.' Vi.re ft Gracf Al P.enilvlrl Il.iliry A Gould (Others to .11.1) :'d h.-ilf (2.'.-28) nry.''on A Jones H< rli Wairen (i)iliers to nil) I.lneoln S<]. (I.) Ist half (22-24) Mil'onall 3 W. .1-,-e V.Ti) A W Dellaven IfMrt ft C Key .V \rihiir (one t.) nil) 21 h.ilf (25-28) Pciwi 11 Troui'O W.ili-Ji Sis Nlehon A Warden Hums A Kiss II Hiif I'i'i- of- Jo> \ i'iia National (I.) 1st hslf (23-21) n-'o Starr Harry A Roiio Golnt SiriLht An. Ire DelVal A Or 2d hilf Cfi-.'S) I.U''er llrc.s J.inf I Wliit.Ts Co «'j;il-li & Cl ,,;:liy ■ I'.-UUliion Slti;i> rs (One 10 nil) 12,'Mli Street (K) Isl half (''J-HI) Cheng .t Mo.'y Itn'e A O Hrlen W A Kennedy Co (■• A o W:il|.rs Jue Darcty 8d half (20-28) H Naurr.tt ft Boys Harry A Rollo Arnold A Dean Smith A Holden Andre DolVal Orc.T Palace (K) (15) Freehand Bros Tracey A Hay Fleeson A G'nway H.il Pkelly Co Warxaret Anglln Co Tom Ryan Co O.letto Myrtle Frank Fay Van Cello A Mary (2i) Charlotte Orcenw'd James Norton •'Partners Again" Victoria (I.) 1st half (22-24) Luster Bros Ulls ft Clark .Seminary Seandals Harry Thnrston N Arnaut A Bros 2d half (25-28) Martin A Martin Jada 8 Nolan Lcary Co Howard A Lind Loretta Gray Co BROOKLTN Albca (K) (IS) 6 Hassans Corelll Sis Brlants Frank Pay Spanish Dreams Aileen Stanley G CHoos Dance Rev W A E Howard Lob.-!o A Sterling (22) Blossom Seetcy Co M Anglln Co * Welch Choir Rciffenbach Sis The Dortfionds (One to fill) BuNhwirk (K) (16) Jos Grlfrin Wilfred Clark Spirit of '76 Nora Jane A Karl Billy Abbott ' D Rorhello A Bd Boyle A Delia Creole Fash Piste I'ri ssler A KlaSss Nayon's HIrds (22) Wesley Barry Co Hoy Cunimlngs Mary Haynes The Briants Frank Mullane (Others to nU) Flatbusli (K) (18) Taylor A Huston Mason A Cole Walters ft Waltera Bell.» Baker 3 NItos Pulton (L) Ist naif (22-24) Paul ft Louise Etz Ross A Edwards Tompkins A Love 2d half (25-28) GatclnettI A Miller Tattle Tales Andre DelVa! Orch (Two to nil) Prospect (K) let half (22-24) Mel Klee Count Bemlvlcl (Others tA nil) 3d half (25-28) Cervo A Moro Irene RIcardo (Others to fill) Rivera (K) >d half (18-:i) Wallace A Cappo Rosemary A MarJ Geo I.«Malre Jim McWiillams Stepping Out 2d half (25-28) W A J Mandcll Morris A Shaw Long Tack Sam (Others to nil) Mareno Trio RIalto (L) (tt) Gordon A Gordon J ft H Lal-earl Wedding Ring I«wis A Dody Margo Beth A Co Swotty Welch ft M (One to aU) Senate (Pc) (IS) Warlnga Penn's Geo Olvot Ruth Raectte Dan Holt Hank ft Lill Ben Paley's Orch "We Moderns" State (WV) 1st half c:2-34) R ft A Boy la a Saranofr Co (Two to fill) 2d halt (2S-28) Mack ft Rossltter rr^E are DOING NICELY 'EYE wiSHUE' TJie Same MARK J. LEDDY Grm«nwle)i Bank Balldtnr 227 West 47th St Sulto DOl CHUAUO, ILL. Amerimn (WV) 1st half (22-24) Villa A Strlga Ford A Cunn'gham Naihan..*on'n Ents (Two to fill) 2d half (25-28) J A K D-Maeo Tom Calloway (Three to fill) Capitol (Pc) (Hi) Billy Sharpe Rev Eddie Rasch 'Road to Yesterday' Chicago (Pc) (Ifi) The Gyp.sey Follies 'Sally, Irene ft M'y' Harding (Pc) (15) Lydla Harris Around the Globe (One to Oil) Stratford (Pe) 3d half (18-21) Stoddard Sherman A Brown Rose Rev Terminal (Pc) 2d half (18-21) Premier Trio Ruth Ran.bnvo Co Adams ft Elder TlToll (Pc) (18) The Dime Museum "We Moderns" rptown (Pc) (18) The Melting T'ot •Lights of Old By' ALlfANY, N. T. Proctor's (K) WHEN PHILADELPHIA TAILOR JACK L LIPSHUTZ ORDER MONDAY: 908 Wabut St. 8AT.%DA? The Canslnos Frank Keenan Venlta Gould Mel Kleo Frank Dohson RoRer Willlaiiis 3 Aoes (Olio to nil) Regent (K) 2d half (lS-21) Alberta Lee Fuiiiian A Evans Homer I.lnd Morris A SIi.tw C.insinos Itlvcrxidc (K) (IS) Itiiissom S- .-I* y <'o H (.'utnjnliiK.w Co Nev.-ell A Most M-l Kl.-o Gllison A Prlie Potter A Gamble Mareuiril." A GUI Friirk Ke.'nan Co Anu Bros Rlvcrilde (K) (12) .liii.'ny .^.ivo Itob'-y A tloud chini's'- R' V H er k 'M * IVery Van (;> llo ft .Mi.y ,\|..iiri>f. A (irat'i (Oil,, to nil) ItlloU (Pe) (It) V.irjorie Dodge Kliiier Clrve H.'u.'M lisnisftv tiMS Kdw .rd< Kev (I'.ir.l'-n .'f Cirls ••Daiuing .M.i: her^■' Royiil (K) M h.ilf (18-:1) I'bii Cook Clark A Crosby Vlp Yip Yaph'kers 2d half (25-28) McDonald < I'aul .Mall Pisano A T.Andau'r Nellie Arii-iut ft B (On<; to lill) Gates (I.) 1st halt (22-24) Powell Troupe I'bert Carletiin Syrell A K. luiy Burns A K1ss,.ti Barb, r of Joyvlllc 2d halt (»i 28) Dall-is 3 Wc-.i::e Van A W ' Fred I.i.U, lie C.> Art K..hn'8 Orch "We Mo.i.^rna" Chatcao (P) (22) Harry r>amour Montana Anna Chandler N.ioill. s Fai^an H Slianiion H lid Knglewnnd (WV) l-;' half (22-24) J A K IH'Maeo Cia.vt.in ti- l.ennlo Youth A Karjty (Two to nn 2d hlilf (2,-.-2S) Ross f May hello Syl-.-esl:.r A \arieo (Three In lill) BROADWAY'S BEST BET BEN ROCK 1632 B'way, at 50th St., N. Y. City Wills A Robblns (On-, to (1, ) (ireenimint (K) Is* l.,.'f (22 21) Mil>.. Ill llnr.'. rs .Imi .M. W;lll.-iim (OtllUK lo nii) 2d half (2r, 2S) F.nfil K. hearsal H,,^ .. A Delia (Others to bUi Kedile (WV) 1st h;iir (22-24) Kail U.iM in Cook A R..s,j\ere I'ordi) A lloblnson Port.r J Whit.; C.. M.kK a It'iysl'er G.ilclie A l;. ,itiy R 2d h.i'f (25 28) Swiidis It.its ,* C Moore A Milchell 1st half (23-24) Hazel Colter Demarr ft Leater Shapiro A O'Mol'y Town Topics 2.1 half (35-28) Rvan Sis Lady Oden Pearse Alijiles ALI.F.NTOWN. P.%. Colonlnl (K) lat half (22-24) Anthony A Rogers 2d halt (25-2S) Nixon A Sans Al.TOONA, PA. Mlschlcr (K) 2.1 h.ilf (2.'V-:8) It.l. n Carisin Co .Minstrel Memories Frank Hush Act H'suiiful .AMST'RD'.M, N. V. Kiullo (K) Isf half (22 24) Aiitli.iny A ,\tic'l.' .Ann Stit. r "" ■•■ T';...n a Time I . .1 : . .>; fchi-eli.iii 2.1 liiif (:.',-28) Siiill.tta liroa Annette i'are Harmon A .'J mi Banio l.nnil ASH! KV P'K, >.J. M»in St. (K) 1st half (22-24) Krriinett O'H.Tra 2d h'llf (25 28) Gnrn ,t- I.r.nden Franks t Towns ASHTABtLA, O. Palace (K) td half (25 38) 3 Little Maids Milton Berle The Hold Up ATI^%NTA, OA. Grand (K) (15) Palricola Medley A Duproe V Rucker Co (One to All) N. BostoB (K) («t) Dancing Franks Robt ReilJy ft Co Fields ft Johnson Night In Buenos A Gordon's Olympla (K) (82) (Scollay Sfi.) FOB VAIDEVILLK M.ATKRIAL AM» HT.\OE DIKM TIO.N FRED HEIDER JACK JORDAN OPPU'K (Strand Thcottrc illdir.). N. Y. O. Achillea A Newman May A Kllduff Murphy A Bradley (22) Sclma Braatz Co Vnle ft Crane Pllly Taylor Co I'olly A Or, Loekctt ft Pago Al'BI KN, N. Vr Jefferson ( K ) 1st half (22-24) Homer Itomalne 4 Chocolate D'nd'a Crecdon ft Davis 3d half (26-28) Taylor A l.,ahe Sailor Boy BAI.TI.UORB, MU. Hipp (K) (15) Firther ft Graham Russell ft Marconi Lang .t H.a'ey Sally, Irene A Mary Welch Choir Orth A Codee Sun Fun Ltn (22) Gcn»ro Girls Coogan & Casey Moonl'ht Klllarney Jack ^trauss Carl Roslne Co Garden (Pc) (15) ••Listen to Me" Roy Smcck Forest ft Crane Harvey ft Andi-rs'n ••Desert's Prince" Ccntnry (Pc) OS) Raymond S Baird Wood's Dogs Webb ft Hall A ft L Barlow Will H Ward Co Helen I.i«wls ft G St. Jame« (K) (22) Bruch ft Thurston Burnum Bert Baker ft Co Babcock ft Dolly Gordon's Olympla (K) (22) (Washington St.) DianI ft Kublnl His Uttle Rev Orpheum (I.) (2t) Maudo Ellct A Co Marion Clare 2.1 half (26-28) Darling Rov C.\.MDEN, N, J. Towers (K) 1st half (22-24) Richard Wally Mnio O'Nukl Orpheum 4 Erval A Dell .Stan Stanliy Co Flo Gant ft Co 2d half (26-28) Cecil A Van Gehun ft Garretron MincttI A June Daneo Revels Kaufman ft K'fm'ft Follies DeLuie CANTON, O. Lyceum (K) 2d half (25-28) Oalnea Bros Janet Chllds CIIITord A. Marlon Dan Coleman Co C'D'B R'PIDS, IA4 Majestic (WV) 1st haW (22-24) Strad A Legale Wllla H Wakefield Bully Purl Co Castleton ft Maeic Iriiia Balittus ft U 2d half (25-28) Musical Sherman Porter J White C» Skelly lUlt Co CALM and GALE Vormcrly Culm and Dale KEITH-ALBEE NOW Browning ft U'kcn Yates & Carson Wilkens A Wiik'ns '■■has Foy Co BRADFORD, PA. Bradford (K) 2d half (25-28) Country Club Girls Paul Kirkland Co June Horlck Co BRIOGKPOBT, GT. Palace (K> 1st half (22-24) C R 4 Tom Patricola Third year with • "GEORGE WHITE'S SCANDALS" Yurleva ft Swobda ••Dancing M'dhess" New (Pc) (18) Ruth Jensen Jobn Romano "Merry Widow" RIvoli (Pc) (15) Ann tjray '•Road Yesterday" Maryland (K) (22) I'aul Gordon Murray Girkt Geo Yeoman Margaret Romalnc Mellie Diipham Bert Rrryll Harry Hlnes Charlotte BKAVB F'LS, PA. Regent (R) 1st !]a11 (22-24) Gladys Darling Co 2d half (25-28) Amac BINtill'MT'N, N.Y. Binghaniton (K) , lat half (22-24) Roma Bros Goas ft Harrows Sailor Hoy Duealllon Marrono LaC'sta R 2d half (25-28) Ideals Carr Lynn 0'l>onnell ft Blair BIR.U'GH'M, ALA. lorrlc (K) (18) Collins ft Hart Tom A Dolly Ward Dixie Hamilton Wilson 3 Marietta Craig Temple (L) (23) Portia Sis Calm A Gale Eliz Kenneily Co Briscoe A Hanh Walter Fehl Co ni.OOltf'tiT'N, ILL. MaJcMtio (WV) 1st half (22-24) BAH Skalclle Small A Mays Huncle Love 2d half (25-28) Page A Class Spanish Dreams 2d half (25-28) Nelson ft Nelsou Frank Russ T..et's Dance Pressler ft Klaiss BUFFALO, N.Y. Sheae (K ) (15) Carl Schenck Brooks, PhilsonAD KOrckjarto Corbet t A Barry Moseonl Bros Wilfred DuBols Willie So^ar (22) Albert Lowell Weaver Bros Wlllard Mack Co Healy ft Cross Joe Marks Co Shea's Buffalo (Pc) (15) Paradise Isle < Drown Bros Local Act (Ono to fill) G'D RAPIDS, M'H. Romana Park (K> 1st half (22-24) Hector Wolford ft Stevens .Senn.a ft Dean Lillian Morton Singer's Midgets (One to fill) 2d half (25-28) Singer Sis Cosela A Verdi Singer's Midgets (Three to fill) CHAMPAIGN, ILU Orpheum (WV) 2d half (25-28) Frank Shields John R Gordon Ca Summers ft Huat Dancing Capers (Two to fill) CH'RLT'N, W.TA4 Ktwrae (K) let half (22-24) Green ft Duval Alice Degarnio Swart z ft C-tfford Moiiarolis Melody 2d half (25-2«>' J ft M Dovo Nelson * Parlslx Those 7 Girls CHESTER, PA. - Edgemont (K) 1st half (22-24) A ft J Correlll 2 Orphans Bob (iuUora Miss Marci.-lle Kuban Kossacks 2d half (25-28) Chappellp A C'ltoo Morlay ft Anger The Wise Cracker Stan Vitanley Co ARTHUR SPIZZI Booking the Better Picture Theatres NEW YORK OFFICE 1587 BROADWAY "Royle Girl" (22) J M Anderson Rev "His Secretary" Shea's Hipp (Pc) (14> Art Landry Bd "Hands ITp" (21) Art Tjandry "V'n'h'g Amerlc'n" Lafayette (Pc) (LI) Alberiina Rasch Chas Dciand San Jose Co Vera Wallers Co Boyle A D.'lla "Unwrif- - Law" (»3) 12 Miami (iirlfl F Kels.'y Co STAN VERNA HUGHES and BURKE Independent — Riley Bros. Keith-Albee — Lloyd H. Harrison Clinton Sis (One to mi) llarrlH (KW) (22) A.l.ims A T Sla O'Hrien A Jo^wph <• (Three to mil BOSTON, MASS. Keith's (16) NalH(ha Rambova Wilt.m SI.-^ I.antrford A Myra Will .Mah.iney Great Cuhill Itenlell ft Gould 4 FovH Cansln.i ft Juanlta Erfords (22) MrT.,ellan ft Sarah Chas King Brrndal ft Burt Co Fle.'son A Gr'nw'v Eddie Ross Elsie A Paulson "I>an<.e Mailnesa' State (L) (22) Alice's I'ets I..ester A Stewart II W.iiman A Lib.-. Will Kl.s 5 I', t leys Colonial (H) Ist half Ca-CO 2 BlosMnnis M^iek A Velmar Il.-n LiRht Co Haliot Troup" 2d half (25-28) W.) 3 Kay ft Dot Dean Broken Mirror BITLKR, PA. Majehtle (K) 1st half (22-24) Amao CINCINNATI. O. ' Keith's (15) Coaeia ft Verdi Bert T,<'vy Tom Swift Harry Snodgrass Haynes ft Beck Jackson Girls Taii.akl Duo (22) Haynes Marsh A fi Rebla llHiiiiltons ft F Mar>;lt Ilegcdus H J iMnley Co Rome ft Gaut . The Youngers PiUace (K) (15) L.lliiont 3 • Jruett. Krarn ft O Iriiian. ttp Duval A Little Antiyue .shop NAG Verga Chlsh.ilm A Broon (22) A Huston Co Hlaney ft Woods A Ash'ey Ci F.nrn.il A Florence Bezaziaii A White Mull'n A Fr'ncia C» (Two to fill) rL'RKSH'G, V.VA. RnhlnH«n (i'd (K) 1st half (22 24) Short ft Shorty Iliii;h-s A Wheeler Hilly Kelly A Co Hal N<-|iii:in Han'iu. t of S A D' 2d half (:r,-27) <.'lilf JiihiiHton Can. ill A Gorman .\nitH I'am A Co Samjis.) A L-nhart Lea Gel. is CLVVKLASn. O. lO.'^th S«. Tobey Wilson Co "Peggy" nETROIT, Micn. Temple (K) (IS) Iloclor Singer Sister* FOUR MADCAPS WINNIE— MARGIE— WALLY and the origln-'l ZELLA MADCAP Wk Jan. 23, Pantages, Los Angeles 2d half (2S-tl) Short A Shorty Hughes A Wheeler Hlly Kelly C« Hal Nelnian Danquet of Sons FARr BOCKAWAT Columbia (K) 2d half (18-21) Frank Mullane Herbert Clifton Long Tack Sara 2d half (2S-28) Pet'lto J Morgan Bd (Others to nil) PD-nc-t'C, WIS. Retlaw (I.) («t) Dillon A M'rg'rlte rr. WAVNE. IND. Palace (KW) l>t half (;2-:4) Taylor 3t Markley Billy Batchelor McCarthy * Moore Tom Brown'a Orch OAI.KSU'BO, ILI. Orpheum (WV) 1st half (22-24) Onoa Upoa a Time Shapiro * O'Mal'y GRAND R.\riDS Romuna Park (K) 2d half (ll-tl> HAMILTON. CAN. Paatave* («() Harry Scranton Cook Lain't Jones Mann's Syncos At the HLVUK strand. New Terk. THU WRBK (Feb. U) THE BANJO PHIENDS LR8TKH nRAl'TICOFKVR — JACK KINflSLET — CTRCH MI.VBO DtrtM-t ion— ROUT. MILL.S, £45 West 41th St.. New York. Chlckerin^ 3»1< Russian Cossacks (One to All) 2d half (2S-2I> ToKas Comedy 4 Tom Swift & Co (Two to fill) Als Here (Two to fill) 2d half (2»-M) M Livingston Ce (Two to Oil) Laurie * Rayne Carr Lynn aingham Olrl Joe Marks Weir's Blephaata Dore Sisters Hlbbert A Hartm'n Society Scandals HARBISB-RO, PA. Majeetio (K) 1st half (22-24) HAZLKTON. PA- Frelry'a (K) 2d half 2d half (25-21) Paraiiuiunt t HOIIOKBN, N. J. I.orw'e 1st >>air (22-24) n'anche & liobby Ford A Hosers C'ghlln & Holmes (Two to nil) 2d half (.j-2() Hi'uly P.t-yn'ds A S Kathburn !l Cath Sinrlalr (7e (Two to til!) HOl.YOKR. MASS. Victoria (K) 1st half (-i2-24) Anhl Onrl I Rublnl Sis (Two to All) State (I.) (S2> Circus Show Pantasee (It) The Dorani Mahon A ("holet Jlmmle Olldea Co Chappelle A Stin'te Caniile 3 Keith's (3S> Ernest HIatt Odiva Sylvia Clark B * H Wheeler Chas Withers Mahlingur A Wms COLUMBUS. O. Keith's (IB) f Richardson Clifford A Orey 'Wally Sharpies Margit lU'gcdus Rome A Uaut flchlctl'B Marlon'tes (22) Murdock & Uaye Joe Mendl Retribution Eddie Nelson Haynos A Bock IX Jackson Qlrls Jos B Stanley Krnest lUatt Charlotte Qreenw'd BAB Wheeler Fridkin A Ilhoda (22) Tamakl 2 Courtney * Keys Bogann'n Bakers Jed Dooley Co Joe Howard Co BUI Robinson WIer's Elepnants lASalle (KW) let half (22-24) Max Bloom Rev (Others to All) 2d half (26-21) Ann Vivian Rose & B Brill Cordon Eldrcd Virginia Barret (One to AH) Or'd Rivlrra (KW) (22) 6 Saxort Bondman A R'wl'd Little Cottage Ward Bros Bits of Qema Regent (P) (St) Cliff Jordan Stoddard & Brown Dancing Some llatirial ky ■as Ran Pantatw Taw EDDIE HILL DtrceHon— Rn.KT BROH. DALLAS, TEX. Majestie (It) (M) Brent Hayes Millard A Harlla Clark A Bergmaa Chief Caupollcan kenney A Hollls Pantasea (tS> •Will Morris Olyn Landick Mardo A Wyna • Capman Boys Ce (Two to All) DAVENPORT, lA. Capitol (PC) (IS) 1 F Haney Co ColombU (WY) 1st half (22-14> JDoreen Sis Pemarest A Col'te Webb's Ents O^sen A Johnsoa Surprise Party 2d half (25-21) DeWitt Burns A T Harry Kahne C^ Lang A Voelk Alabama Land (One to All) DAYTON, Ow Keith's Id half (18-tl) Jack Holly I Wolford A Sterena Arthur Ashley Bert Gordon Madeline Berlo Dl'DFQCK. ILU Majcstle (WV> 1st half (22-24) Musical Shermans Fanny Simpson Co Alabama Land 2d half (2S-2S) Strad A Ligate Sam Bevo Billy Pin Co DULCTH. MICH. Oarrick (Pc) (IS) Bobby Henshaw Ce. B. LIVERPOOL. O. Ameriraa (K) Ist half 22-24) Block A DuDlap Music Land 2d half (26-21) Stone A I>>ver ISlIz DeSoltl Ce ELMIBA. N. T. MaJestIo (K) lat half (22-24) FAB Carmen Taylor A Lake The Artlnt's Model Carr Lynn Brems Fits A M B > 2d half (26-11) 4 Ortons Harr'gton A Oreen t* "RADIOLOGY •^he Ether Wares with a HareeU" (Formerly — The Radio Robot) Direction. HARRY WEBER Joe Mendl Lillian MurtOB Chas Withers Ist half (22-24) Fraiey A Putnam Pasqualll Bros Dwyer A Orma Bert Levy Spencer A Wl'ms Antique Shop 2d half (2S-28) Ranazawa Japs Irmanette F Sinclair Co Oliver A Olsea ■Wlnehlll A Briscoe Princess Rajah Co DECATirB. ILL. Lincoln Sq. (Pe) (15) Born A Han'ey Anderson Bros. Florence Kinney "Monk" WatsoB Empress (WV) let half (22-24) Page A Class Paber A Wales Clinton Sis Co ERIE. P'V. Colonial (K) 2d half (18-21) Phoebe Whiteside Gilbert A Maye Senna A Dean Harry Breen Harry Breen O'Dlva let half (22-24) Mme Herman Temple 4 Gilfoyle A Lanr Duval A Little Ibach's Bnts (One to fill) 2d half (26-21) Lament 3 N A O Verge Chlsholm A Breen Glenn A Jenkins La Fantasy (One to Oil) EVANSV^E, IND. Grand (WV) 1st half (22-24) Frank Shields Summers A Hunt I'lllard A Hlillar iL\URY MARY CARDIFF and WALES All our business and material is Our own and original. Also fully protected. - 2d half (2S-2H) B A H Skatelle Small & Mays Jimnile Allard Co DKXVICR, COLO. PantiiifCH (2S) E J Mallefui .Oo^ii-t A Hall Kinerson A ll'dwtn Varian & Maher Charleston Iter 1»KS MOINK<«. lA. Capitol (Pr) (ir.) Brown's Mln<<;rels Rrvne Heniitiful (One to fill) Id half (23-28) M.ixne * B'ibby Wm Desmond Co Sluart A r,ash (Two li> nil) FAIRM'NT, W.VA. Fnirmont (K) 1st half (L':-24) f'iiff Johnstnn Carroll A (lormaa Anita I "am i.'o Sami^sil A I.^'nh'rt I.cs Oellis CABARET BILLS Current Program* in Cabarets and Citlss •• B«low Ll«ts4 NEW YORK Ambassador Grill Perot A Taylor Larry SIry Bd Avalon Clok Beth Chains' Waxy Louise Taylor Clirr Rourke Al Roth Lucille Joyce Bob Murphy Kathcrino Adolphe Ed Gallagher. Jr. B Lambert Band Backstace Clob Johnny Marvin Will Hollander Teddy King Andy HamlltoB Harry Nadell Eddie Thomas Beau Arts Floor Show B Glaser Orch Cararaa Clak Arthur Oordoni Jennie Marvia Marjoria Leet Virginia Rocne Biitelle Levelte Rose Stone Marlon Swords Flossy CryoB Jane Gray J Friedman Bd Casa Lopea V Lopez Orch Fowler A Tamara Radio Franks Vsrona Chantee Alice I^wler Arthur Browa Eddie Joyce Peggy Dougherty Geo Olsen Bd Chatean Shaaley Will Oakland Chateau Band CIro's Colored ReT Dot Rhodes L Smith Bd Clnh Alabaas Johnny Hudglns Fowler's OrcB Jean Srarr Abble Mitchell Clarence Robinson Al Moore Roscoe Simmons Johnny VIgal Ruth WnlUer Freddie Waah'gton Lillian PoweP Ei;da ■W-'bb Ethel Moses Vivian Harris Madeline Odium Gladys Bryson Renee Harris Gwendolyn Graham Hyaeinth Sears Club Anatol Grace Fisher Rosita A Ramon Muriel IieForrest Norma Oallo Helen Hendersoa Ruby Steevens Jerry Dryden Dorothy Sheppcrd Dorothy Charles Claire Davis May Clark H Rescr Bd Club Barney ITale Byers Bd Entertainers Club Kentaeky a Wanti's RsT Sid Clark Harry Harris D Ellington Orcb Chic Barrymore Ctab Lido Carl Hyson Peggy Harris Davis-Akst Orcb Clob Hans Gene Terryettes Rev Jerry Dane San Gene I Connie's Inn Co'ered Uevuo L .Smith a Orch Cottoa Clnh W Brooks Ray Eddie Rector Italpb Cooper Brown A McGraw Jonah Dlckina'n Bd Evelyn Shepard M:ilie Cook Hazel Coles Annie Bates I^rrlen Harris Pauline McDonald Minnie McDonald Dorer Clab (New show Feb. IS) Jimmy Durante Eddie Jackson Lew Cayton Ryan Slxlcrs Mme. FIfl Ethel' Cral^ Margaret Hellwl^ Doris Dickinson Brad Mitchell R Jordan's Orch ETercIadee B Lindsay Rer Al B White Olive McClure O'Brien Sis Joe Condulo Bd 54th St. Clak Mary Mulhera Dorothy Ramey Harriet Townee Mildred Kelly Dolores GrIfflB Peggy Hart ("Ripples" Covert Bernlce Petkere Frances Mallery Ruth Sato Nat Miller Ann Page Van Lowe M Speclale Bd Dolly Sterling Elaine Palmer Parisian* Tvonne George Louiou Hegoburu Maria Kleva Leo Dill Mile. NItta'Je Carlos Conte Nina Oordanl Michel Dalmatoir B Selvln Bd Parody Chik Van A Schenck Thelma Edwards Ignati Orch (iypsy Byrnes Broderlck A Leon Alice Lawlor Plantatio* Florence Mills Rev Will Vodery Bd RcndPSToas B Llllle O Lawrence J Buchanan M Goodman Oroh Rlrbman Clak Harry RIchmaa Yvctte Rugel B Coleman Orch SIlTcr Slipper D Bennett's Rct Dan Hsaly Dolores Farrls Ferrari A Bunny Rose A Carroll J Carr Orch Blgelow A Lee Texas Galiiaa's T Gulnan Rer Rubye Keeler Mary Lucas Kitty Rellly Jeannle Williams Kitty Banks Dolly Sterling Diana Hunt Starr Woodmaa Twin Oaks Arthur West Oypay Bums Ethel AIMS Lucltio Harmoa Jimmy Walsh Jockey Francisco Joey Benton Billy Burton Bd Waldorf-Astoria B A L Starbuek H I.,«onard Bd Cliff Rourke Barroa WUkaa's Colored Show Orch Rainbow Gardens Lolo Fletcher Merle Smith Marie Pollitt Blenor Perry Grace Thayer Irene Gormaa Bdw Arthur Merrill Carder Jubilee Singers (Male) (from "Big Boy") Jack Chapmans Bd Teat Davis Band Embassy Clab OsTls Orch CHICAGO Sth At*. Clnh Cecil Cunningham nert Hanlon Bobble cuff Elizabeth BrowB Dan McCarthy MIgnon Laird Mabel Olsen Albert Burke Adler Weil A H Tohnny Clare Hdlth BabsoB Ednor Frl'Ilng Maryland Jarboe Helen Sheperd Dorothy Deeder Richard Bennett n Archer Club Bd FrtToUty ;,aura Lee Buckley CAS J Denny Orch III Hat Ed Gallagher, Jr Hoff Braa Billy Adams Estclle Pennine Crusaders Kit Kat Komer Olmme Girls Rev Billy Olason V Godfn>y Rev "Scrambled I>>ks" D'Andrew A W'ters Rnbhy Da'e Ethel Wolfe Amy Atkinson I Bloom Bd Knight nab (Opened Feb. 11) Lester Bernard Frltxl Brown Monte Carle Bert Lewis Johnny Dale Ted Relly Re» Alia Walla Buddy Kennedy Bubble Adams Vio'et McKee Bernlce Turri>ws Ross Gorman Bd Montmartre Carl Randall Mary Wnshl-urn Jackie Hurllmrt Murray Smiih FroUes Bernard A Oarry .lulls Gerlty Kddle Rash Victor Capita Gladys Kern Marie Hub(>ard Natalie A Darnelle The Barstows Century Serenaders Alame 4 London Olrle Aden Walker Lew Fink F Blondell Orek John Mreban Jr LaMay A Tostna 'lolly Austin Virginia Cooper Bee A L.ee Chas Kerr's Orch Friars laa Harry Rose Bva Be'mont Harry Maxfleld Alma Hookey Oene Woodward Critlea TomsoB Twine Revue Lido Orch (B R's'l) Teamey*s T*a Chib Doris Robins Jack Kats Vera Foatalae Nina Mitchell H Voes Orch Bva Tanguay Chen Pt< Martha MortsH Shirley Baford Carolyn La Rues Tina Tweedle South Sea 8'r*a'd'rs Dixie Fields B Hoffmaa Orch B Crendron's Orch Persklnc Palaee Prince Rajah Bud Whalea Irene Feary Flo Whitman Louisa Granville Dixie Field C Lorraine's Orch Tearney's T'n Club Bva Tanguay Terrace Gardens Henri Therrlen Otto Deppors Trio Florence Schubert O C Edwards Orch BALTIMORE Polka Dot Delv'd're T W Murphy Orch Silver Slipper a Morris" Orch CLEVELAND, O. Clnb Madrid Adele Gould Harry Bloom Johnny Ryan Emerson GlUa Oreo CULVER CITY, CAL. NlKhtlngnte Harry Cook Harry Vernon Ilrsne McKlnney Blackman Orch DETROIT, MICH. Addison Lee Morse Eddie Cox L Slllman Lellta Westman Ray Miller Orch LOS ANGELES Green MIU Val Roberts Gladys (Took Addle Moran Saell Orch Cotton CInk Frisco Nick Will Mitchell Sua How CUB Ritchie Leslie Walton Blklns Orch Club Alabaas C C Snowden Martha Ritchie Ivy Anderson Marshall A PertI* Lawrence Ford Sidney Reeve Susie Hoy P Howard A Oreo MIAMI BILL PARENT Booking High Class Rnpper CInbe and Cafes Woods Theatre Rldg.. Chleage Arabia* NIghU Wood Sis lltoward A Bennett Iwashhurn Orch Milton Bronson Mlyn Reeca Ha7el Green Lew Fink Ann Cu'n r)etette from M Brunles Orch College Inn Ruth Btting A Lyman's Orch Collslmoe Isadora PratI Adclina Dnsseaa Tns Del.uels DcVal A Dorothy tose Wynn nobble Danders - lune Lloyd P DeQuarlo's Orch Valentlae Lee Mansfield Forrest Luper Babe Sherman Al Reynolds Devall 2 Hawaiian • Vera Welch Madeline McK'nxle Chiragoane Orch Rendexvens Maurine Marseilles Dorothy A Anna Jay Mills Babe Kane Eddie Clifford Williams Sis C Stralgnfs Orch Samovar Bud Murray Rev l''lo Lewis ..!lvi- ON'ell Wayne Allen .Mnry Mulbert Vanity rslr JAM Jennings T.ala Swan Thelma Coombs M A B T/ee Vanity Fair 4 Ruth Oelhert Adele Wslker H Oabnrne Orch Clob Avalea Bert Gilbert Madge Fraxer Myrtle Gordon June RIvldKO Nina SmMey Helen Savage .lanet Lehman Peart MeDougall "Cy" Sidell Sol Wagner's Orch Mealln Hence Mrs. Deo Pareons Ruhin A Areo Smith A Durrell Little rariisn Quart International Trio Day A Darnell MeCune Sis John Wsde's Orch Dene vine Hantey A Dillon Coster A Rich tlarry Barber Gladys nialr Rese Wynn 3 Kahn's Orch Mental artre Hal Hixoa Mabel Cedars Herbie Voxel r-randall Sis Edna I.lndsay Alfredo A Glsdya Murray A Wagner MILWAUKEE Tune Tinkers Monte Carle Badger Rooni June Warwick Badger Syncop'l'rs Sky BeooB Jeaa Hammond Billy WU'lams Phil Kestin Lucille Williams NEW ORLEANS UtUe Clah Wells A Brady Wanda Gaul Guy McCormIek Hazel Verges Al Piper Scranton's Strsns Blngslde Geo MeQulna Bllly«l'lerce Bobbie McQulBB Harold Fletcher Willie JacksoB Ssrenaders Victory Ian D B B I..etty McKensIs Boss Shaw Neyba Adams Charlotte Brand Twilight Cllvs LIbe So Serenaders PALM BEACH, FLA. MIrador Orch Embassy Clob Marguerite Price Lee Arnold Mary Salisbury Miller A Farretl Clab Mayfalr Frances Williams Sleepy Hail A Bd SALT LAKE Pat Loavre Casev I Bobbie Grten I Orchestra WASHINGTON I.e Paradls Meyer Davis Orch I.Donils T-vlns •■.NiKlit In Orient" Mayflower Gnnlen luiiriian Or Will Stanton Arthur Turre'Iy Moss A M.mn.ng Weston's Modi'iS Ki lly Dnnoern "Duihess A Wter* Malnstreet (WV) C-'L') Meehan A .N'euin'n Gaston Palmer Co FOUR out of FIVE go to the HOTE COOUDGE l$l West 47th St., New York FRASK JOYCh. Managtr Ray A Dot Dean Broknn Mirror 2d half (26-28) A'Ice DLCartno Oreen * Duval Neapolitan 2 Swartx A Clifford Monarchs Melody INDIANAPOLIS Keith's (15) Rabla Pasquatl Bros Courtney A Keyes Harry J. Conley Eva Clark Lew Shank Andrleff 3 (22) 4 Cloverly Olrls Frank Richardson Meet the Prince Masters A Grayce Servany Twins A P Pantagee (23) Reno Sis A Alton (Four to All) LANCASTKK. PA. ColonUil (K) 1st half (22-24) Cecil A Van Jinks A Ann Bway Whirl Brown A Whitt'k'r Id half (25-28) Frank Reck'ess S Jans A Whalen Arthur Ents MARDO and WYNN Next to Closing NOW Pantages Circuit *^^-'»» Personnl Direction ALRX PANTAOES W Sharpies Co Chas Chas.> Ed Clasper Co Harry B'lrns Co Traver Bros Palace (KW) Ist half (22-24) Mailne A Bobby Jones Morrran A R 4 Rubinl Sis McCormlck A I Mile Nina 2d half (25-21) I>U8 Gllcks Kamaley A Keat'i Billy Batchelor O' Rourke A Kelly Verna Heyw'rth Co Lyrio (P) («) Wanda A Seals Seymour A Cunard L.'VWB'CE. MASS. Empire (K) lat half (22-24) Iturke A LaMarr Hnaly A Garnella Demarest A Doll Billy Regay Rev td half (2&-28> Smith A Stronc York A King ( Mounters LEXINGTON, KT. Ben All (KW) 1st half (22-24) Hickey A Hart Ash A Hall Armand Maria A B (Two to All) 2d half (26-21) Cecil Gray (Four to All) MACY and SCOTT THE RADIO ACES Always Working heo Stepanoff Co arcus A Booth .vans A Peres ITHACA. N. T. Strand (K) 2d half (26-28) lori A Co lanning A Hall ';i>NN A Barrows 4 Chocolate D'nd's Artist's Model •rKSONVLE, FI^. Palace (K) (IB) >.'eIson A B Boys In Wrong I'oppyland Revue Norwood A Hall Marjorls Coates JAMEST'WN, N.T. Opera Uoose (K> 1st half (22-24) Paul Kirkland Co Country. Club Olrls LIMA. O. Fanro* (KW) Ist half (K-t«) HashI A Osal Leiand A St ClalV Anna Gold Clirrord Wayne I Id half (28-21) Julia Curtis Dallas Walker t Dora Early A M Stepchildren L'TLK K'K, ARK. MaJestIo (IT) lat half (22-24) Ah San A Jo Jimmy Lyons Herman Timbarg Rebellion 2d half (2S-28) Selblnl A Albert John Qelgcr I>ance Mad OertrudB liarnee Aleen Bronson BILLY GLASON Keith-AIbec GtaA John I Kisrhir Fulton A I'ark.r Lancaster A McA G A 1' Magley FT. SMITH, ARK. Jole (It) (22) Ah San A Jo Jimmy Lyons Put Da'ey A Co lliib A Tip Gordon A Rica VT. WORTH. TKX. Mftje'tic (IT) (22) Malla A T!^l»'0. PA. Strand (K) let half (22-24) Raymond I'ike Cdiler A Biiulden Ziihn A Drrls Fashloa lllnls 2d half (26-28) Mary Zneller Co l.ublo A Lowrie Cri's Kdler A O Tower A Darrei The Glided Case Rlc! A .Vcw'c.n 2d hffll' (■.i.'i-28) Burns t West II.\RTrORD. ex. Cupltol (K> Ist half (22-24) .Murray A Irwin Miller A Bradford Taniniy Itellly Co 2d half (25-28) Mui;lies A Moiili Spin -h liri.irns T.Tnn«'r A Pahfier .Mildred Anilie A G JAB Loster Lewis A .^llles 2d half (2u-28) K.ldi" H-r;;ew 1st half (22-24) Nelson's Cntland Frank Ward Koynl Venet'n t 2d halt (26-28) Burt A Jean Miller Rocker A Perria Beaucaire ( L-O BEACH. CAU Hoyt (P) («<> Sehlchll's Manlklaa Buy.tey A Case (lyspland Manning and Class KEITH-ALBEE CIRCUIT IMrerflon H^RRY IVFHKR I'OMetii.irv A M FlMher A Hurst O'ltriin « ?d ivi'f cr.-;«> Clifford « Gray "or.ili A lliirils I., w It.-.-:,.i A Co 7 <'>'liKiMns .lOI.IKT. ILT. Orphenni iWV) I,', ii.-i'r (::-:o Alliiinn * M.iy (T<*o to All) L'O nRANCII. yjL ilro:idway (K) 1st half (22-24) K'ny A Rose CreeO A LondoS 2d half (2S-JJ) Musl'-al Hunters (C'Tilltiuod on p.Tgc 50) VARIETY EDITORIAL Wednesday, February 17, 1926 yXniETY Trad* Mark lltsiaitrad rMblUhMl W«»lil^ M VAKirrT !■•■ 81dm 81l««nn«ii. PrcndcDi 114 W«»1 4ttb 81r»»t N«w T«rt CIM ■OBUCKil'TION Annual . *'i fortlCB. BiPSia Coplaa t« ... I» Osi* Vol. LXXXII No. 1 15 YEARS AGO • {From. "Clipper" and Variety) Edna Goodrich and Nat C. Good- Wln were Kolng through what Is technically known as a matrimonial upheaval and both were playing In ▼audevllle. Nat drew down $-',600 weekly and Miss Goodrich got J2,000 for a sketch. Valpaka Suratt was arranging for a production to be built around here, the title to be •Bouffe Va- riety," and 20 people were lined up for the cast. Harry B. Smith was the writer concerned. Julian Eltlnge In "The Fascinating Widow" was scheduled for the New Amsterdam an the opening gun of the 1911-1912 musical show season. Anna Pavlowa visited New Or- leans and drew $30,000 In one week at the Dauphlne. They still point to that figure when somebody sug- gests that show business Isn't so good at the mouth of the Missis- aippi. •Texas Tommy," one of the Frisco Earbary Coast's wild dances, was attempted on the sUige and flopped. There's a "Texas Tommy" In New York now — not the name of a dance but of a speak-easy. George Ledercr, of Lederer, Frazce and Woods, In the production of "Madam Sherry," purchased a large Riverside Drlv© apartment house for $370,000— derived from his share •f the show's profits. E. F. ALBEE— WITHOUT B. F. KEITH In the February Issue of a magazine is an Interview with E. P. Albee, head of the B. K. Keith circuit, and written by Mary Stewart Cutting. Jr. The caption topping the article states that "In his 40 years as a Bhowman, E. F. .\lbce tno mention of the late B. F. Keith) has rescued vaudeville from the cheap environment of the disreputable theatre In a side street." The article leaves the Impression that B. F. Keith was merely an Albee partner, and not that Albee was a Keith employe until the death of B F Keith. Later, upon the death of A. Paul Keith, his will gave Albee enough shares, added to those left him by B. F. Keith, to control the Keith circuit. During B. F. Keiths lifetime Albee was general manager of some in- terents. That his name Is now on the circuit theatres is because the Keiths made no mention in their respective wills that the name of KelLh was to be prrpotuated alone. Albee's addition of his own name to the circuit 1.1 his own doing. According to the magazine article. Albee's first assignment in the circus with which he started was to wear a frogs suit and ride a cameL Forgetting B. F. Keith Here, quoted verbatim, is a paragraph from the article which distinctly omit.-j reference to B. F. Keith: "There i.s a wide contrast between hit first small venture In Boston and the latest addition to his circuit, the huge E. F. Albee theatre In Brook- lyn, with Its auditorium seating over 3.000 people and Its wealth of art treasures displayed In spacious lobbies for the enjoyment of all who enter Us doors." Then follows this paragraph: "Mr. Albee's own story Is one of success gained single-handed through imagination, courage and wise Influence for good. ToJay the Kelth-Albee c'rcult owns 170 theatres, is affiliated with 42 others, books 30 more and emp:oys thousands of actors and actresses. The mon rt»pon$it>l» tor thxa began his life career xcith a circus." Keith and Albee started their careers together, ao Albee stated, when he (Albee) convinced Keith that exhibiting a baby weighing one pound in a Boston side street was small potatoes. So they produced "The Mikado" for 10 cents, in direct opposition to the company then present- ing It at the Hollis street. Boston, for the first time In America, Then the story continues: "For the two partners this was the beginning of a success which steadily Increased aa the years went by. The next Important atep came In due time. They decided to build a theatre of their own. One can Imagine the feelings of the young Mr. Albee at the thought of his first theatre. " 'I saw the need.' says he. 'of raising the standard of our business.' " The Interviewer then asked If the public taste In acts, etc., had changed much. Mr. Albee stated that It had not and added: "Has America's taste In favorite acts and music changed since my time? I can't see any change. . . . Today we are doing the very same thing with some of the very same artists, and In addition, a legion of new ones. The acrobatic and animal acts are as popular as ever. One kind of dancing has replaced another. Styles have changed in doing acrobatic acta. But otherwlae, to me. It aeema about the aame." It la recounted that the Original Corinne Is atlll playing the Keith cir- cuit, after 40 years. The Four Mortons are also mentioned as being standbya after being under Albee'a direction for 24 years. The Four Mortons left the Keith office when they could not secure auitable time at a auitable aalary. The article is of the milk and water kind, unlike a true appralaal of any man's life, and beara the Imprint of being filled with preaa agent stuff inspired by one of Albee's press men. In this connection, no piece of publicity with Albee'a name included leavea the office without hla i>erBona] stamp of approvaL Hollywood haa had a bad habit of giving people screen credit on pictures that they were not entitled ta For the paat six months it haa been a habit of this concern to have recognized scenario and continuity writers working on their scrlpU and getting them Into shape and after this waa done, bringing in some "white haired" boy or girl around the studio, letting them put a few touchea to the story and giving them full screen credit alone or have them divide the screen credit with the original authurs or writers. A Dumber of recognized scenario writers who have worked on this lot and turned out scripts are much perturbed about the matter. They have been trying to devise means whereby measures con be taken so that they will get the credit for what they have done, instead of having peo- ple not familiar with the story or not capable of turning out these stories getting the major honors. At this studio they have a new supervising editor, a de luxe tlt!e for the head film cutter This man has only been with iho organlzutlmi for a few months but he is seeing to it that he gets screen credit on work already done by his predecessor. When asked recently by an author why he was doing this, the supervising editor replied, "I must get a reputation and I cannot get It unless my name is on the screen wilii every picture that we turn out." The "Inside" on the Involuntary bankruptcy of the Vital Exchange, Inc., Is the failure to promote a huge Wall street stock Issue. Three em- ployes with claims of $500 each put the Vital, of 1819 Broadway, Into receivership, Matthew B. Sentner, 42 Broadway, being appointed the re- ceiver last week. David R. Hoehrelch is president of the bankrupt fllra distributing concern. In the construction of a building on leased ground wherein that con- struction was a condition of the lease, the United States Board of Tax Appeals haa ruled, expenditures covering Interest, ground rents, carry- ing charges and other expenses should be Included in the statutory In- vested capital for excess-proflts-tax purposes. This decision was handed down in connection with the appeal of the Columbia Theatre Co.. Mld- dleton Theatre Co.. Vaudeville Theatre Co., Mld-Clty Reality Co., and American Theatre Co., an affiliated group of theatrical corporations In St. Louis. The board also ruled that money expended to secure full possession of the premises In order to go ahead with the building should be included in the consolidated Invested capital of the affiliated group. A atlll further favorable ruling that assessments made by the corporation on the stoclc holders, which obligations were cancelled by these same stockholderaw waa also additional capital Investment. In each of these instancea the board overruled the commissioner. Metro-Goldwyn is planning on "The Myaterious Island" as their biggest production of 1926, to be released late in the year. This is a Jules Vern» Btory and Lon Chaney will be starred. A. J. Saxe is in New York with his "Movieland Puzzle." made of card- board blocks with three pictures to a box. They retail at &0c. to $1. Mr, Saxe will try to effect a tie up with some New York daily. In piecing the blocks together scenea of picturea and playera are procured. It's rather interesting for adults as the pictures formed are pleasing to look at while with children the Saxe Puzzles are very apt to becom» a household fad. No end of boxes of different formations. The com- mercial name of Mr. Saxe's business is KInema Art Studio of Hollywood. Louis N. Parker sailed for Lon- don, leaving "Pomander Walk" playing here at Wallack'a; "Dis- raeli" with George Arllas In Chicago, and Maude Adams playing his ver- sion of Rostand's "Cbantecler," Mayor Fitzgerald, mayor of Boston. "Sweet Adeline" as melody and took up the singing relinquished his favorite "My Hero" from "The Chocolate Soldier." the reason being that the mayor was often called on for a song and In aelf-dcfense had to pick one which was easy on the vocal cords. The last paragraph In the Interview la B. F. Albee's eoncspt of a practical life: "If you want loyalty, if you want consideration from ethers, first give them yourself. That is ths fundsmental principle of whatsvsp success I have had. Be Just, love kindnesa and walk humbly with your Ood. Thsre are not many bsttar precepts for peace and happiness," INSIDE STUFF ON PICTURES The picture houses, of which there are four, in Port Said. Egypt, are using two screens to show one picture. Alongside of the regular sized screen, according to a report to the Department of Commerce, is located a smaller one upon which is flashed the sulvtltlea in English "and some- times In GreeK and Aiablc as those on the film are French," states the report. Dolores Costello, daughter of Maurice Costello. Is an Important prin* clpal of Warners' "Sea Rest." It ma' ks also Miss Costello's main de" ut on the screen. From her performance she will go far In upholding th« name of Costello on the screen, which her father ao firmly established in the early days of picturea. Miss Costello is a sweetly compelling youns film actress and her performance in "The Sea Beast" as the heroine gives every evidence of swift advancement for her. "Shoulder Arms" if reissued by First National or Chaplin, and eap»> dally by Chaplin, may go out aa a more extended picture than in ths original. Aa exhibited "Shoulder Arma" waa in four reels. As made and cut It was in five. Chaplin never added the first real Introductory reel to hla film. An agreement with First National called for a aettlement on the basis of four reels at moat. When Chaplin found he would re- ceive no more for five than four reels, he withheld the opening reel. That tells of his troubles at home, a nagging wife and how ahe drove him to war to eacape her. That unseen reel ia resting in Chaplin's safe deposit for unexhlblted filma made by him. He is said to estimate the value of this depository at over $3,000,000. Frank Rogers, manager of the Grand, Knoxvllle. Teim., wua adver- tising "Hcrbst's DayllKht Motion Picturea," which claimed to give perfect projection with house lights up. The retirement of E. D. Stair from the Stair and HavUn Clrcyit resulted in the partnership of Hav- lln with George Nicolal to form a new pop priced circuit. It Is reported John S. Woody and Jay Gove, former executives with the Associated Exhibitors, are devoting considerable attention to promot- ing the Movie Contests which has gotten quite a play with New York newspapers. Variety last week published a review of a picture called "The Mid- night Limited" but by mistake called the film, "The Midnight Express." The latter title is one of the Columbia's picturea current releases while the "Limited" was made by Gerson and released through Rayart for the Independent market. Th<)se who keep files of. Variety's reviews should correct them In order not to confuse the two pictures. Vincent Astor and Robert Goelet are said to have originally bought the picture rights for "Ben-Hur" for the Erlanger Interests, paying th» estate of General Wallace $600,000. When this transaction was made ths estimated cost for pleturlzatlon was not to exceed $900,000. Astor and Goelet were to receive 25 per cent of the profits. Another arrangement ■lay have been made In light of the long process of production and ths greatly increased cost over tho first estimate. Charles Dillingham and Flo Ziegfeld are said to have bought In on Erlanger's end, each putting up $23,000. UTTLE THEATRES The Gamut Theatre. I»8 Angeles presented "PacHlons." a play by Alice Barney, which David G. Fischer staged. The cast Included Sfell.-i de I.rf>ntl, Carl Miller. Charles Stevons. Leo White, Mlrea Adoree. Kath'een Kirkham. Cllvo Morgan and Eileen Cnrlyne. Vlrginl.a Van ITpp. associated with the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer casting office, recently wan driving her Ford coupe to Culver City from Holly- wood. A youngster about 17 hailed her for a ride: she stopped and took him In her car. As they were going along the young fellow made several "wise cracks." Miss Van Upp told him that she was doing him a favor In carrying him over to his destination and would appreciate it if he would behave himself. The youngster kept it up and Anally Miss Van Upp slowed her car up and hooked a good right to hla Jaw, knock- ing him out of the car. The young fellow landed on his head, which had a deep Kash In it. After being attended to by passing motorists, who Ix-indaged his head up, he was taken to a physician's office In Culver City by Miss Van Upp, where his wounds were dressed. When the youngster recove.ed and seeing Miss Van Upp. he exclaimed, "Never again I" Sunset Canyon Country Club, Los -Jln??clca, presented "The I'rodijia! Father," a one-act play, written by tiidiiey Sprague. The east com- prLscd Vivian Oaldwell, Pan Free- rvm. .''tefren Denton and Diana d'Orville. The JewLsh ronmninlty Centre. dlncticin M.-iyrr U. Rtf«ne, has or- ganlzei th.- Yiddish Driinnllc Club Tho fitHt play will bo given In Harch. It is reported Thomas Melghan and Norma Talmad^e will not co-star in ".My Woman," whi.h It was expoctoJ they would appear in. as a rirst National release. Meighan, about a year ago made a contract with Joseph .M. Scheiick to co-star with Miss Talmadge. "My Woman" Is thp story selected. It was n'ven to half a dozen different writers for treatment. All In their handling of the story were unable to equalize ihe parts, as the story itself gave the major honors to the man. who was to be Mel^han. Recently Ulan, he Meirlll. anions othcr.s. completed a treatment of the story. Schetick, It Is said, decided to al.anassed ye.'-tcrday. The President, a Columbia bur- Icsfliio wheel theatre on Pennsyl- VMni.a avenue, has been renovated with a new lobby and entrance croctod. The Impression here is ili.at tills theatre will house tlie .Klmbt-rt attractions when Poli's is no more. Criticism as Personal Opinion Jiistii'e Craln's opinion on privlle.ti'd tlicatrli.il ii .liiisiji it» ron- tttiiioii with Dr. Abr.iliniu (Uil lUnopt suiiiu llif X-w Ynrk "World" is important as it is sound. Alihou.eh previou.-ily ruUd that criti- cism Is not open to libel. Dr. Goldknopf w-lio anthoreil tho fiop slu>w. "In the Near Future," Is prosecuting his suit, on belnlf of the Mutual Theatrh-al Society, iigalnst the Press l'ubl|.-ts's .show last pl;iy<(l C'hleaj,'0 It flopped, owing mostly to the absence of Jack Buchan.an and Gertrude Lawrence from the ca.ft during the Loop engagement. G. Marion Falls for Films I,o.-i Ang.Us, l-el,. 10. George F. Mailon, veteran st.ige at tor, has succurnbr'd to the lure of the sil'iit diania. He l.'i lij do X feature ride In "The Wise Guy," wbi-h I'rank Lloyd puts Into i>ro- ilu'tion this Week for First .\.'itii.>n.il At the I'nited Stu'lioa. ALLENGUSH STOCK CLOSED Sponsored by Smith Col- lege at Northampton, Mass. Northampton, Mass,. Feb. 16. The Northampton Repertory Conipany, a stock outfit eomposed entirely of Kngllsh actors and act- resses, closed Saturday as a result of back of patronage at the Aiademy of Music, which Is owned by the city. Announcement that the com- pany would be cl(4,sed was made by William Allan Nellson, president of Sn\lth College, and a member of the board of trustees of the Academy, Tho announcement came as a great surprise to a l.irgo Cijrps of workers, who had been obtaining subscriptions to Insure the eomiiany remaining for 10 more weeks. The comi)any was a.ssembled in Kngland by Paul Han.sell, who acted as di- recting manager. It opened early In October. Mr. Nellson, In his announcement, declared that antagonism of succes- sive city governments to a legiti- mate drnmn enterprise was one of tho reasons why the trustees of th« jif^ademy voted no further support to the repertof-y company. Other reasons given for tho closing by Mr. Nellson Were that there was a large deficit In the operation of tho •academy and Itisuffident promise of public support for the remainder of the year. Mr. .Vellson further staled: "Dur- ing my nine years us a trustee, I h.ivo met with six mayors. All of them, I believe, were favorably dis- posed to the legitimate dr.aiua and the other purposes contemplatetl when tho academy was given to the eily, but all reg.iriled themselves as having tbeir iirlm.'uy fuiietion on the board tli.it of guarding tlio linan- elal interests of the city. In other words av'oiding a deficit at the .-i.a (i.-.y. "This attitude, I believe, w.is due In turn to the fecUiig of the niem- txTB f)f tno my govc r n i npnt, wng W( re represented In general ns not iiittreptfd In the spoken drama .iiid opjirised to 11m b- Ing hi ,iiiy vvjijr siib.>-Idiy.'(l by the < liy." RaqucI Meller's Sailing Dat3 Kf'liii 1 M< I!, r ■•-: ilelinilely booked ti sail on li.o ' i.evi.Tthan" Mar«ii :'4. VARIETY LEGITIMATE Wednesday, February 17, 1926 IIRAOE,' $90, $7,500 WEEEY FOR THEATRE Morris Gest Falling Into Something at Auditorium, Chi — Scaled at $4 Top Chicago, Feb. 1«. MoitIs Gcst's "Miracle" did be- tween $90,000 and $95,000 laflt wcelt, its serund, at the Auditorium, at $4 top. It's a Shubert theatre. WJth the Siiuberta (J. J.) preferrinir not to play on sharing: teitna, Gest r celvec's hands some y«ara aso. Since then he has tried several comebacks as a producer without success. iota 2MASC0 C&JTICAL Mrs. David Belasco has been critically ill (or some weeks, fol- lowing a third stroke of appoplexy. Physlclana and nurses have been constantly In attendance, with the entire Belasco family around the sick room. On tho evv'niiig of the premiere of "Lulu Bello" at the Bdasco If.st week many of the first nighters knew of Mrs. Belaeco's condition and the svraln on her husband while p/eparlng Lis new produc- tion. PUBLICITY PLAN SERVICE In kie: is a simple and inexpensive manner of keoping^ your name or business before the show business of the world each week. ' Gives displayed or pirtorial publicity for 52 weeks each year. Amount may be regulated by the advertiser. Write or call at any Variety office : •< NEW YORK ^ CHICAGO LOS ANGELES 154 W. 46th St. State-Lake Thea. BIdg. Chapman BIdg. LONDON^ 8 St. Martin's PI., Trafalgar Square "LOVE CALL" TROUBLES; ROSA ROLANDO QUITS Grace LaRue, Roy Atweli and Lester Cole with Grievances Against Management Los Angeles. Feb. 16. Ro.sa Rolando, feature dancer with "The Lovo Call," after bclns paid off at the Saturday matinee, walked out of the theatre and has neglected to return. The manage- ment Rot very much worried and informed the local police as well as Equity. They have been trying to get in touch with Miss Rolando at her home in Hollywood but to no avail. According to friends she has not been satisfied in her relations with the management of the theatre. It is said that upon the opening night of the show, both the manager and his wife had several arguments with her regarding the music and her dances, and that she then con- sidered leaving. According to re- ports the breach opened wider from time to time and Miss Rolando, who is said to have been physically af- fected througli the arguments, walked out without notice. When this show opened about four weeks ago. the night of the dress rehearsal, Grace La Rue, prima donna, had quite a tilt with the wife of the manager at the formal dress rc.iearsal. The manager and his wife were endeavoring, it is said, to break into local society, and Invited 'a numl>er of the social lights here to attend the dress rehearsal. The wife of the manager (who has been sort of a producer as well) did not like the way Miss Ua, Rue wore her gown. She stopped a scene to criti- cize It in front of quite a number of people In the auditorium. Miss La Rue did not relish the tono in which the woman spoke to her and told her so. The argument grew a little heated, It Is said, when Miss La Rue stopped her talking and began to count 10. By the final count the wife of the manager was off the stage. It is reported that sereral of the principals who had run of the play contracts had visited the local Ekiui- ty representative here and inquired bow they cuold break their con- tracts, as they were not at all sat- isfied with the mannsr in which they were treated. Two of these, Roy Atweli and Lester Cole, are said to havs wired Frank H. GiU- more of Equity in New York, asking for a ruling which would allow them to abbreviate their run of the play contract without Tiolat- Ing any of the regulations. The show was scheduled to close Feb. 13, but at the last moment the management decided to ex- tend the run until Feb. ^0. Business baa been nothing to brag about. Rosa Rolando, after missing for four days appeared on the horlzen and stated that she did not take "French leave" from "The Love Call." She said she had given the proper two weeks' notice to Edward Woods, business manager and Walter Dolson, stage manager; that the two weeks had expired the day she left, therefore, she had lived up to her contract in every way and knew of no trouble with t^qulty or any reason for the police being anxious to find her. The management on the other hand slated that Miss Rolando, had loft before the expiration of two weeks' notice of dismissed which had been given her, and they had filed a claim with Rqulty for two weeks' salary amounting to 1357.- 76, phis the asserted unearned pay for one performance at which Miss Rolando failed to appear. Miss Rolando declares, however, that she was the one to give notice and not the mahagement Her rea- son for giving notice she said, was because she was not satisfied with conditions back stage. She further •ttated she did not like the dressing room she had been given, and said -she was compelled to go into the opening performance without a dK^ss rehearsal. DIPLOMATS IN CIOSINO OP •LOVE CITY' WITH JAP STAE The rapid closing at the Little of "The Ia>m City," which Introduced the film star- Se.ssue Ilayakawa to Broad- way, carried with It an inside report th;it Chinese diplomatic • offloiiils had registered an ob- jection to the play. The house management claimed to know nothing about that base of the matter. The alleged objectionable feature of the drama was bnsed on the fact that the ac- tion occurs within a Chinese brothel on the "hill of de- light," where wine, women and opium could be bought. The report is discounted be- cause no similar objection has concerned "The Shanghai Ges- ture" at the Beck, as far as knswn. That play pictures tho most elaborate of Chinese brothels. Hayakawa Is understood to have produced "The Love City" on his own. Some of the props and furniture used came from his own ap.artr>ent. The attraction was a small cast play, probably costing less to operate than any attraction regularly presented this sea- son. The Jap film star attempted to secure another theatre, be- ing willing to guarantee the Shuberts $4,000 for the Forrest. The deal hung fire until Satur- day, and It Is expected "The Love City" will shortly reopen. AUTHOR-PRODUCER SUIT CAN SET PRECEDENT Backer Taking Action Against Playwright for Witt1d^awal of Script — Not Member A.A.S. "Blondes" Via Selwyn •XJentlenien Prefer Blondes," the farce by John Emerson and Anila I..ooa whiih has been previously ;inTiouiKCd for production from several other sources, will roach :)ro.Inctlon via Kdg.ir Selwyn. Tlie pio(«. will he given an early spring tryoMt ami shelvta until autumn. _.f Eeared some time ago in Young's Magazine, and tho tilt is said to have occurred between Simon and Uoldsteln when the latter sensed certain defects In the early rehear- sals, and asked the author to make changes. FIRE VERDICT BEFORE U. S. COURT Insurance Co. Appeals Shuberts' $104,000 Claim "Square Crooks" Off "Square Crooks" came to a tem- porary halt at the conclusion of Its engagement at the Cort-Wlndsor. New York, last week. The piece was returned to rehearsal this week, with a possibility of reopening Ui two weeks. Russell Mack and Dorothy Ap- pleby are co-featured, while Ban- nister and Powell are tho pro- ducers. MUSIC TO "lOaCH BEARER" Rosalie Stowari's comedy, "the Torch IJearei" by George Kelly is bring res« t to words and musli", from reports, by Harlan Thompson and Harry Archer. Nothing lu Maid about time of production in the musical form. I Variety Bureau, Washington, Feb. U. The Globe and Rutgers Fire In- surance Company has carried the long-drawn-out court fight with the Shuberts, resulting from the loss of the production of the "Passing Show" (1921) while being trans- ported from Toronto to Montreal, to the United States Supreme Court. A petition for a writ of certiorari asking for a review of the Circuit Court of Appeals dlvrsion has been filed here. Due, however, to the court being In recess, the pe- tition will not come before It until March 1 next.. The questions involved, as set forth in the petition of the Insur- ance company, covers that of the common law liability of the rail- roads where properties are loaded by the owner's employees in cars attached to passenger trains; the statutory liability of the railroad under these same conditions, wItU this phase bringing In the Cummins Amendment in reference to the lim- iting or releasing of the statutory liability by other than special agreement, and If the transportation of theatrical properties constitute any exception to the rule that the validity of a special undervalua- tion agreement depends upon an op- tion granted the shipper to obtain full liability at a reasonable clause; whether or not the Cummins Amendment applies to the carrying of baggage on passenger trains when the corporate owner Is not and could not be a passenger, and in regard to such transiMrtation of theatrical properties la the railroad a common carrier (as held by tha Interstate Commerce Commission), or, as in the transportation of cir- cuses, is it a private carrier (aa held by the courts of New York). Several of the above j>oInt8 bara never been passed upon by the Bu- preme Court. The opinion of the Circuit Court, which is termed "^ most revolu- Uonary opinion" by, the attorney* for the Globe and Rutgers company, held that when the theatrical com- pany purchased enough tickets to entitle them, under an agreement, to use three baggage cars, the com- pany took their baggage with them, Inasmuch as It was k>aded into these cars by employees of the company and unloaded in the same manner. The case is the outcome of a fire on Oct 23, 1921, while the show was being moved from Toronto to Mont- real that destroyed the production, which the Shuberts vali.?d at $150,- 972.63. After adjustments were made the producers filed a claim with the Insurance company for $90,188 95, the sum being within the amount of the policy. The company refused to pay the claim on the grounds, as stated, that the Insured fShuberts' Winter Garden Com- pany) had violated their agreement under the policy when entering into a special agreement with the rail- road. Tho Shuberts filed suit la the Southern District Court of New York, with the trial ending In a vic- tory for the producers, Judge Learned Hand giving a verdict of $104,044.01 in their favor, this sura including accrued Interest. This Judgment was later eon- firmed by the Circuit Court of Ap- peals. West "Glory" Closed Los Angeles, Feb. 16. "what Price Glory" closed Feb. I and suddenly at Phoenix, Ariz. Thft closing cancelled Texas and Kansa.s bookings. It is said the management an- nounced the closing was brought about through tho lIlnesH of Eni- mott Corrlgan. Corrlgan denies tho Illness, saying tho one-nlghteisi were unprofltahle, with the rail- roads geiting nil of the money. Wednesday, February 17, 192« LEGITIMATE S part of the week and a lively ad- vance sale. This Golden show has surprise'l and should have no trou- ble In staying eight weeks. The management in.slsis it will stay to April 5, when "No, No, Nanette" returns. "White Cargo" at the Walnut nose dived again. It is hardly likely to fulfill predictions of lasting through till J. P. Beury's summer show is ready. "The Kiss in a Taxi" at the Lyric got most of it through an advance sale, as this house and the Adelphl Buffered particularly from the disastrous bliz2:ard. Wil- liam Hodge's "The Judge's Hus- band" was down. Another show which stayed too long, althougn with better weather tho Hodge draw might have pulled It through despite newspaper lukewarmness. Houdinl had an excellent but spotty week at the Chesmuu ca liaclty Wednesday night, when, as a special press stunt, well piannea, an attempt was made to expose the magician. His engagement, which ends this Saturday, hasi been high- ly successful. Big Opening Last week's only opening, 'TAdles of the Evening," had a big demand Monday night, when people stormed the Broad's box office, some ex- pecting another "Lulu Belle," and others remembering the sensation caused by this Belasco play In New York. The play wasn't liked. Dis- satisfaction was expressed on all sides. Whatever had not been cut in New York was scissored by the local censors, and "Ladles" proved to be a tame affair. The critics, with one exception, were unkind, some amounting to savage roasts. On the strength of tne aavance and opening furore the show did about $13,000 on the week, but will prob- ably drop $5,000 of that this week from present indications. This week's only opening was E. H. Sothern in 'Accused" at the Adel- phl. The syndicate houses are lined up pretty definitely for the rest of the season. Irene Bordoni's "Naughty Cinderella" will follow "Close Quar- ters" at the Broad, and then "The Show Off" will return for three weeks, taking the house up to April 17. The Forrest has two weeks un- booked after "The Music Box," then a fortnight's return of Ed Wynn, followed by two weeks of the Mask and Wig and then, starting April 19, "Bon-IIur," probably for the sum- mer. The Oarrick has nothing but "Seventh Heaven" and "Nanette" planned, tho latter staying as long as it ran. Estimates for Last Week "Ladies of the Evening" (Jiroad, 2d wtut hurt ber.'iuse of location of house by two wct-ks of bad weather; arriund JO f>00. "Accused" CAdelphl, 1st W(»ok>. i^otlicrn had fine opening and should irt1;o nice profit hi Iwo wlie being a n».w one, grabbed the huiiso record as a bu.'ilncas getter. "The Railroad Man" Colored niiislcal bcini: gi n'lmed for Broadway by Imiiirriuii T^ru'licrs. Joseph .Simtiis, author of tl'o pifie, will al^'0 be Its f i' :i!''l f.mic. Ii will carry 40 others in tin. ta.st. Chicago, Feb. 16. Trade slowed up from $1,500 to t2,500 in respective grosses over the previous week. The big exceptioa was "The Miracle." This one creates the belief that all other shows ar% actually suffering, particularly la the out-of-town reservations. "These Charming People" (th« premiere of the week), didn't regis* ter. Tributes were extended Cyril Maude, but sharp criticisms wera hurled toward tlie weakness of the third act. This piece Is in at the St'lwyn for only two weeks, being followed by "The Vortex." With "Chariot's Hevue" due at the Sel- wyn March 22, this will give this theatre three English productions la a row. I'auline Lord was out of the cast of "They Knew What They Want- ed" for throe performances, and tlie gross showed the big difference. However, "Wanted" came back Fri« day night and finished strong with Aliss Lord's return. With the Adelphl being contract- ed for local stock (Aschcr Ijros.) "Old English" will be limited to eight weeks in all, despite the suong pace tho piece is averaging. It's possible tho Adelphl Is protected for many weeks to come with the new stock company contract which, tlie first in a loop theatre for a long time. Tho Idea is being talked about In emphatic optimistic terms. The Apollo reopened Sunday with "Gay Paree," rushed In by the Shu- borts to fill the vacancy Imposed by Jolson's decision not to return. The loss of the $51,000 grosses is a severe blow to the heavily taxed Apollo. "Blossom Time" has had more weeks added to the engagement at the Studebaker, and "The Student Prince" rounds out the year's rua this week. The slump of last week continued Sunday night of this week, hitting hard in several unexpected spots. This check-up with what is antic- ipated with tho start of Lent to- morrow doesn't warrant expectao tlons of healthy grosses this week. Estimates for Last Week "Pigs" (Cort, 13th week). Keeps moving along to high profits both ends; $11,000 can be considered ex- ceptionally strong. "Scandals" (Illinois, 8d week). Punch of tho week was the early sell-out of Friday matinee; tendency to slip, as it always does, after first two weeks; forcible, however, at $29,000. "The Dove" (Blackstone^ 14th week). Caught with others In gen- eral slump, yet easily held town's lead for dramatics at $18,»00 or little better. "Student Prince" (Great Northern. 52d week). Completes year's run for local music record; off quite notice- ably, but can stIcK for many weeks via combined operating expenses, even if gross falls to around $14,000. "Miracle" (Auditorium, 3d week). Has the call everywhere. Doing tre- mendously, and with prices charged, with vast seating capacity, gross of $90,000 or l)etter is one slant of how spectacle is cutting Into everything; tremendous publicity continues. "Castles in the Air" (Olympic, 13th week). Fast pace of previous week slowed up, but $27,000 proves the big demand. "Haunted House" (Playhouse, 4th week). Drop-ins and cut-i%tes helped to $6,000. "Blossom Tims" (Studebaker, 4th week). Going stronger than origi- nally expected; no definite departure date now on tap; reported at $19,000. "Gay Pares" (Apollo, Ist week). Jumped from Boston to take up house's time left vacant by Jolson; opened moderately .Sunday. "Some Girl" (Central, Ist week). Musical attempt by daring manipu- lators at this house; opened Sun- day. "Dancing Mothers" (La Salle, 8th week). Away to unusually good start In transfer to this house, but went slow balance of week, check- ing around $10,500; three weeks more, then to Detroit en route t<» Boston. "Old English" (Adelphl. eth week). Because of theatre transferring to stock enterprises moves out in three weeks de.spito fast pace; checked around $16,000. ,r "Young Blood" (Princess, 5th week). Has held a moderate yet profit. I hie pnip .'it $11,000. "These Charming People" f.Sel- V vn 2d .'itid final wei'k). Town found nothing in piece to draw other than I'yrll Mamie's own f(jl-' lowin»:; slow pace or. eight perform- nncca r,,r fii.Oiio. "They Knew What They Wanted" CTTarris, ."I'l week). Pauline I.,ord's ah.'Hence fidrn cast ciused fall-off In per it)t'( hccaiiHo fjict was ndvir- •i: I: .Ml.KS Lord returned F'rld.iy >i'' ' ' and tia«lno»day night Coward was Idly flnj^ering a i-iano backstage ^\hrn the half hour was calWd, and a Ptngoh.ind asked him to stop playinu: j^iJiithc'r backstage attache ask. <1 hhn to »top. Finally the manager is -aid to have come back an.l hlanimod the cover down with a stage hand sittinK on top so that Coward could not open It. Words between th«- iwo followed. , Later one of the understudleH used the pass door to enter a box ana.'ede of offers, so It looks as though the band box will remain idle. The house was offered to outside interests at 115.000 yearly Antal •>ut has thus far been unable to Interest a lessee. When hiring out, as t has recently done, to outside interests a weekly rental of $800 waa ilemanded. Heralded as an incubator to assist worthy playwrights, the mam Idea didn't click and now the publisher la sour on show business in iceneral. Fred J. Beaman. postmaster of the city of Jackson, Mich.. U Fred Shows in Rehearsal (AND WHERE) "The Girl Friend" (Lew Fields). Leslie Hall. "Square Crooks" (Bannister & r..w. II). Unity Hall. "The Railroad Man" (Immer- m.ui IJios), IJryant Hall. "90 Horse- Power" (}^amHay Wall.ne). Bryant HalL •High Tide" (George Ford). Knickerbocker. "Still Waters" (Augustus Thomas), Hudson. "Black Waters" (Whitford Kane), Cherry Lane Playhouse. 4 SHOWS OUT Four attractions are off the list, only one registering a Broadway success. "Naughty Cinderella" (farce), produced by B. Ray Goetz and the Frohman office, leaves the Lyceum, New York, for the road Saturday after a run of IE weeks. It started off to better than $14,000 weekly and held to an average of $12,500, easing off recently but still protitable. Be- fore coming In the attraction drew strongly on tour and figures to make bigger money out of town. NAUGHTY CINDERELLA Opened Nov. 9. Not highly regarded by critics, but drew good notices from Mantle ("News"), and "Times." Variety (Ibec) liked it and said "should soon b« eatab- tishsd among the season's suc- cesses." "Hello Lola" (musical), produced by the Shuberts. will leave Mazine Elliott's. It opened at the Eltinge Beaman, who has been writing vaudeville sketches for the past 20 years. . ^j^^ moved here last week, the New Old timers will recall two of his better known sketches, "A Strenuous Daisy," in which Grace George, Charles Dickson and Gerald Griffin ap- peared around 1908-7. and "Suppressing the Press," which won the 11.000 prize offered by Mr. and Mrs. Gene Hughes. Beaman served as secretary to the late United States Senator Townsend. of Michigan, for 20 years, dividing his time between sending out govern- mt^^ seeds to the Wolverine farmers and writing sketches for vaude- ville. He now divides bib time between his postal duties and writing. ''Graphic's*' Coal Strike Mr. Macfadden doesn't claim to have discovered Amerlcta or he has not as yet. but his New York daily "Graphic" hasn't muffed muc^ else. Last week for one Issue there was a streamer front page headline. "Graphic Settles Coal Strike." That was a bigger laugh than anything Walter Wlnchell had had in his live column for four days. Around Times Square the wish was expressed that Mac- fadden had started "The Graphic" before the war com- menced or at least after it had gotten underway. "Matmee Girl" Closag; Paying Off $7,076 "The Matinee Girl" will close at • the Forrest, New York, Saturday, the backers refusing to go further ^ in the box. Edward Bosenbaum. .Tr^ produced the show, havinp the financial aid of Tlenry 1). Talbot. a member of the New York Stock Kxchange, and William lUms, n wealthy furniture man. A peculiar anelc cropped up be- . fore ICqulty. Rosenbaum lisked per- mission to .arrange a salarj* cvit for three weeks, which would expire Feb, 27. His agreement with the 'ompany did not specify the pc;- . riod. Equity ruled that the pl.iy- '•rs be gu.iranteed salarj' for at least 'hat period. SInco the show will ''lose at the end of the second cut week, full s.ilaries must be paid. Talbot has deposited $2,000 with E(|uity .tnd declared his willingness to pay his share to liquidate sal- aries up to Saturday. Pirns, who was out of the city. In said to h;ive T^Imllarly acted. On a full salary — iMtHls, thei'o will be $7,076 due the players Sat unlay. La.^sf w<>ek the oompany w;i« paid off after the ."rced to quit the Show. WARREN ASHE, UNDERSTUDY AVarren Ashe Iims been signed by Ia'wIs & (Jordon as understudy for Otto Kruger in 'i:;)Hy Come, Easy Go." at tlie Biltniore. Afho reslK-ned as a.ssistant to dus Kdwards In staffing of thc» revues wlilch F.ilw.irds Is prcwluriiig fi»r the PuMix TluMtres to accept the un- derstudy role. THE MATINEE GIRL Opened Feb. 1. Alan Dale ("American") sole first string man to catch this musical, and ha termed it good. "Times" review was pessimistic, while the other papers sent second and third string men, due to the press of other openings. Variety (Abel) felt that the show's book was weak and that this defect raised "doubt as to its permanency on Broadway." "The Love City" (drama), pre- sented by Sessue Hayakawa* closed last Saturday at the Little, having DRAMATISTS AND MANAGERS (Continued from page 21) THE LOVE CITY Opened Jan. 25. Rathbun of "The Sun" called it "bad— well- sexed rubbish." Hayakawa'e acting drew some praise, and Dale ("American") liked the play as a whole. Variety (Ibee) considered the play's moderate operating cost and said that it was improbable it would do more than moder- ate business. played two weeks. An attempt to secure another house failed, though the sliow could operate on n small gross. VICTOR MOORE NOT SIGNED UP A press 11.11. e recently sent out left the Imptes.xion Victor Moore Is iitiiler a Iohk tei m contriirt to Lewis n,il two weeks lieginnijig next M.-n.lay. The original cast will be retrained. No. 2 "12 Miles Out" A sec .)nd company of 'Twelve Miles Out" win be "organized for CblcAgo. This unit goes Into re- hearsal after William Anthony Mc- C.ulre has set his other piece, 'A Great Little Guy," starring Joe Laurie. Jr. agers have signed up and none of the important managers are In- cluded. Tho new proposed basic minimum aKreement has been digested le- 1,'ally at managerial request and a number of points will be the sub- ject of discussion if the factions get together. From the rfouth pro- ducers stated they would produce plays by unknowns, but the play- wrights feel themselvTS strongly entrenched and regarded such bath- ing suit chatter as unimportant. Joseph P. Bickerton, Jr., attorney and producer, has submitted a resume of clauses in the agree- ment at the request of clients who include several imiwrtant managers. Objection Is made to because of dictation to managers in the mat- ter of refusal to sign the new agreement. The agreement Is for three years which would tend to limit the freedom of contract be- tween managers and authors. Serious objection Is made to the clause whereby the author must approve the production. The mat- ter of author's expenses Is touched on because there is no limitation. It is known one author ran up a hotel bill of $1,800 in two weeks at Chicago. Suggestion is made that expenses be paid only when the manager invites the author to see out of town performances. The six months' period wherein production must be made after ac- ceptance Is raised as unreasonable, since should a contract be signed in January It must be put on by September (July and August are not counted), regardless of condi- tions. Royalty Monies It is further submitted that the agreement provides authors are to pay the manager his share of roy- alties from stock, moving picture rights, etc., and that should any- thing happen to such monies, the manjiger would only have the right to judgment which might be uncol- lectable. Should therefore the au- thor sell such rights, such money should be a trust fund or one-half be directly paid to the author and the other half to the manager. Ob- jection is made to the author con- trolling the sale of rights because he might be dilatory or might re- fuse a bid through sentimental ideas as to the value. What is regarded as unfair and so expressed by managers Individ- ually, is the clause that provides that In the event of sale to the manager he shall control the rights he purchased but should he re- sell such rights and made a profit, one -half of such amounts would go to the author — although the author has already sold and has no fur- ther interest In the matter. The question of changes in scripts according to the new agreement would give the author a dangerous weapon, since the author would have absolute right to realize profit on a manager's investment by re- fusing to rewrite or alter the lines and situations. But the author might thereafter produce the play with changes by himself or another manager. Richman's letter rejecting the Brady proposal was: Richman's Letter Feb. 10, 1926. Deal Mr. Brady: At a meeting on Feb. 9. 1&26, of tho board of directors of tlie Dram- atists' (Julld of the Authors' League of America. Inc., I was Instructed to reply to yoUr letter of Feb. 5 as fol- lows: Had an org.mizatioii of producing m.uiagtrs representing all of the pr<«ducing interests In the theatre existed, we should have been glad to confer with it. In as much, how- ever, as no such organlz.ition exist- ed when our contract was drawn up. nor exists at the present time, such a course was, and is, Impossible. Moreover, much as our board dis- likes a reference to any disagree- able episode, It must remind you that following a meeting on Dec. 8. 1!*::5. between itself and a commit- tee of which you were chairman, one of yotir cnmmlttoo committed a breach of faith and misrepresented the purport of the meeting. Your own letter to me, as well as the let- ter of one of your committee to me, and the steno.i^raphic notes of the meeting — all in our poss< ssion — prove that this occ uried. Tiio board feared tliat another meeting might lead to a repetition of this regrtt- :>ble incident. .^Should the Manaccrs' Pictertlve agreement as a body, we shall be pleased to meet their offlclals. As to the other managers, we sh.ill, of course, be glad to meet them Indi- vidually. No discourtesy Is Intended by anything herein contained and we feel sure that you aro fair-minded enough to understand this. Very sincerely yours, Arthur Richman, President. The allusion In the letter Is to a statement made by one of Uio man- agers' committee that tho drama- tists were trying to get 100 per cent of the picture rights for themselves. Brady, In reply to the Richman letter, declared that it had been agreed at one meeting for the au- thors and managers to confer again and discuss the new contract before It was drawn up. He also stated that while there was no entirely representative managerial associa- tion, the committee he named to confer with the Guild, represented 90 per cent of New York's produc- ers. His answering letter to Richman read: "I take note of your reference to the Managers' Protective Associa- tion, of which I am a member, and your statement that should that as- sociation 'wish to sign the new agreement as a body, we should ba pleased to meet their officials.* Speaking for them as well as all the other producers may I state that we do not wish to meet your committee and sign a contract prepared by you without consultation with us — a contract which In a few particulars we deem unfair and prejudicial to the proper conduct of our business? We are ready to sign any fair baslo agreement after a Joint conference of both sides. "My committee undertakes to bring yours in conference with one representing all of the Important producing interests In the United States for the purpose of remedying evils that unquestionably exist on both sides, and for the bringintr about of a bfuslc agreement satis- factory to all concerned and that will prevent any further misunder- standings fixable by arbitration. This, I take It, Is the esesnce of tho Joint resolution passed by our two committees on Dec. 8 last." Channing Pollock, in a speech on the situation, commented: "What the man.i^era propose Is to elimi- nate the hen and keep on selling eggs." Since sending out the contract tho Dramatists' Guild has met again and adopted a resolution which removes the necessity for having foreign au- thors Included in the membership of the local organization. The resolution reads that authors writing in a fofelgn tongue are ex- empted, but that the status of tho adapter Is unchanged. The word "foreign" apparently eliminates English playwrights from this class and still makes It necessary to Join the Guild before doing business with any American manager who has signed the compact. Gilbert Millar Not Signed Gilbert Miller, managln,;;; director of Charles Frohman, Inc., reported to have signed the contract more than a week ago, has not signed yet. He declares, however, that he will sign for his firm as soon as several small details of the present con- tract are cleared up and revised. These details are not Important, and Miller's hesitancy at sigt ing be- fore the slight changes are made is due to his unwillingness to sign something which binds the corpora- tion of which he Is director. I Aj'so iation with to sign the new tight key Phyllis Cleveland's Grit Washington, Feb. IB. Theatregoers were given a dem- onstration of real grit and deter- min.ation here last week nt the Na- tional. Phyllis Cleveland, singing the lead in "Suzanne," the new Cort production, worked right through the week in spite of an attack of the grip. Friday night, wh^n upon the proper cue for a stage faint. Miss Cleveland pulled a real one,'" but came back in time to finish the p«'rformanee. At tln< opening on Sunday night this .same player waa given tlie wrong key by the new musical di- rector. She. however, got off c^or- reclly Rnd sang the entire number without the orchestra, avoiding the necessity of beginning again. It got her three encores with tiie or- chestra on these getting off on the T*> Wednetdar* February 17, lOSt ADVERTISEMENT VARIETY U WARN IN G\ Recent events indicate that a play pirate is representing to stock man- agers and others that he is authorized to lease or sell for stock production the play "ABIE'S IRISH ROSE" On February 12, at the instigation of the undersigned, a theatre owner, the owner of a stock company and the business manager of the stock com- pany were convicted and fined for violation of the Canadian copyright law because of an unauthorized production of "Abie's Irish Rose'' in Regina, Saskatchewan. These convictions will be followed by civil suits to recover all moneys taken in by the theatre during the performances in question. We are determined to stop this piracy regardless of the cost. The public, and particularly stock managers are hereby warned that no producing rights of "Abie's Irish Rose" have been sold or trans- ferred. Nor has this play been released for stock production. Contracts for this play can be made only with the undersigned. No contracts made other than directly with the undersigned are valid. THE USE OF THE NAME OF "ABIE'S IRISH ROSE" IN THE ADVERTISING MATTER OF OTHER PLAYS OR MOTION PIC- TURES, WHETHER BY WAY OF COMPARISON OR OTHERWISE, IS MISLEADING AND UNLAWFUL, AND WE SHALL PROSE- CUTE SUCH USERS TO THE FULL EXTENT OF THE LAW. .- _ We shall appreciate information as to infringements . _ , .._ ^ New York, February 16, 1926. ANNE NICHOLS, ABIE'S IRISH ROSE OF NEW YORK, Inc., Fulton Theatre, 210 West 46th Street, New York City O'BRIEN, MALEVINSKY Cc DRISCOLL, Attorneys, 152 West 42d Street, New York M VARIETY LEGITIMATE Wednesday, February 17, 1928 SH OWS IN N. Y. AND COM M ENT Figure* ••tim«t«d and comment point to torn* attraetiona iMing ■uccastful, whilo tho camt grosa accraditad to othora might auggaat madiocrity or loaa^ The vananc* la oKOiamad in tha diHaranea in houaa capacitiaa. vwith tha /arymg overhead Alao the aixa of caat. with eoncaquart difference in necesaary groa* for profit Variance in buainaaa necaaaary tor muaical attraction aa againat dramatic play la alao oonaidered •Abie'a Irieh Roaa," Republic (196th, week). Another heavy snow made traffic conditions worse than in yearB; suburban points badly off and Ixing Island transportation paralyzed last Wednesday; extra matinee Lincoln's Birthday just about discounted storm; "Able" got $15,000. 'Alias the Deacon," Hudson (13th ■week). Sam Wallach KCttiriK back the investment and losses of first weeks when business for some reason was very weak; doing profitable business; last week $12,000. •A Lady'a Virtue," Bijou (13th week). Mary and Florence Nash successful as stars and Raohei Crothers' comedy figrurcs to more than last out winter; three mati- nees weekly now; $8,500 satisfue- tory here. "A Night in Paria," Century Roof (7th week). Got off to fa.st start and gettinK strong agency call; business somewhat affected by storms, but at approximately $;:;2,- 000 revue looks set. •A Weak Woman," Ritz (4th week). Three matinees last week for about same gross of $8,500; storm took away afternoon trade; no better than even break. •A '=sts rnd Models," Winter Gar- den (35th week). Started first \\ eek of February at a pace of $22,500; weather conditions count- ed in depression, but business away off from that up to first of the year; four matinees pushed gross above $25,000 last week. ■By the Way," Gaiety (8th week). Indications are for engagement to extend well Into spring; when "Chariot's Revue" leaves for road In three weeks going for this Eng- lish show should be easier; last \\cek $14,000. / "Chariot's Revue," Selwyn (15th week). Another three weeks be- fore going to road, tour including 12 weeks at Hollywood. Cal.; boo!:ing was for 18 weeks, which utlovr will complete; has made excellent profits; last week aga/n about $22,000. *Cradle Snatchers," Music Box (24th week). Went to $22,700 last week, playing extra matinee, with capacity the result; a laugh siiow that is cleaning up; should run through summer. •Craig's Wife," Morosco (19th week). Three matinees here also last week; attraction approxi- mates capacity in afternoons and faring very well at night also; last week's $14,000 in storm o. k. ■Cyrano Da Bergerac," Hampden's (Ist week). "Cyrano" gave Wal- ter Hampden real standing in Ni^w York two years ago, the re- vival running for a virtual season; he had given up Shakespeare for the time and again appearing In former success; opens Thursday ( tomorrow). •D'n-cst Enemy," Knickerbocker (23(1 week). This operett.a played Itself into success rating; made naiTow margin during fall, hut picked up and doing nicely; Jumped to $20,000 last week; ex- tra sho'^. •Esty Come, Easy Go," BlUniore (17th week). Not getting excep- tional grosses, but going along ma'.;ln'4 profit for show and house; last week count around $11,000, which Is .ittrantlon's aver.age pace. "Easy Virtue," Empire (11th week). Moved uiiward again last week, when takings went to $13,000 mark; ought to run through Miirdi: rates with the successes. •Embers," Henry Miller (3d week). Henry Miller starring; first week Hot n good break, though show liked: extra advertising last week around $S,ono. •G,oi»t Son«i" Guild (4th week). Subscriptions count In Guild's latest production's business, but It looks sure of playing beyond Biibscrlpflon period, having at- tra'ted plenty uttentlon; went to $1.'. 000. •Greenwich Village Follies." Chanin's 4nth Street (9th week). Getting f.ilrly pood share of l)U.«l- ness; with weekly taklnus aroimd $25,000 showing little prodt, though exi'cnslve show. •Hedda G.-.bler," Comedy (4lh week). Ibsen revival attractln'-r fairly good trade throu"h merit ' of presentation: held to about ■Tme paco of $6,500, which turn.s small profit. •Hello LoIp," Maxlno Elliott's (fitli week). Final week; musical that drew but moderate money: .nvc- ra««>d $10,000 at Eltinae but when Trovcd hrro list WCi'k, promritly dived; "The Virgin" follows next we' k. •Is Zat So?" Central (Snih week). Extra niat'nee last week did not mean imi'h here either; gross be- tween $10,000 and $11,000. Ap- pears satisfactory, however. •Lsff That Off," Wallack'fl (Ifitli week). I'layed nine perform- ances with gross abotit $6,000: moderate money ahow which probably makes a profit with house and show under same man- agement. "Love 'Em and Leave 'Em," Sam H. Harris (3rd week). Looks like live one. Second week's business hurt by storm but improving; quoted at $9,400. "Lulu Belle," Belasco (2nd week). Broadway regards Belasco's latest effort one of his best and sure big money show; scaled at $3.85 top and weekly gross $22,500; ca- pacity from jump with only •Shanghai Gesture" topping in gross in bigger house. "Merry Merry," Vanderbilt (22nd week). Leaving for road March 15; intimate musical comedy well regarded and profitable; did not get exceptional erosses, probably because of tough musical compe- tition. "Moscow Art Muaical Studio," Jol- son's (10th week). Another two weeks for Russian troupe, wind- ing up with "Carmencita and the Soldier." only offering in reper- toire that drew real money; slip- ped badly last week when gross was about $12,000. "Naughty Cinderella," Lyceum (15th we<'k). Final week for Irene Bor- doni show which drew smartly all along; averaged between $12,- 000 and $13,000 with gross going to $15,000 and more at times. "No, No, Nanette," Globe (23rd week). Strength of musicals on Broadway this season failed to hurt; reason lies In excellence of performance; half dozen road companies; no extra matinee but pace Improved with gross about $27,000. "One of the Family," Eltinge (9th week). Moved here last week and 42nd street location ought to give show best chance; guaranteeing; business best to date, $9,400. "Port o' London," Daly's 63rd Street 2nd week). A melodrama with English background; tried out under title of "The Maelstrom"; reviews moderate but o. k. for box office angle through cut rates. "Princess Flavia," Shubert (17th week). Came down from Century where operetta's business steadily declined; may get by down town; estimated at $18,000. "Puppy Love," 48th Street (4th week). Laugh show well regard- ed but figured to have been hurt by storms in last two weeks; with extra matinee Lincoln's Birthday, gross about $8,000 or a bit more; ought to matorlallv Improve. "Right Ao,» To Marry," 49th Street (1st week). English comedy which has Mr. and Mrs. Coburn as stars; opened Mond.ay. "Sono of the Flame," Shubert (8th week). Regarded one of the finest operetta productions yet sta^jed on this side; agencies doing very we'l and attraction rates among big money shows; extra matinee last week pus-hed gross up to over $33,000; best figure to date. "Student Prince," Century (64th weelc). Third house for Shuberts holdover which was moved to Century at popular prices when "Princess Flavia" f.aded out there: last week with added matinee the estimated gross was around $25,- 000. "Sunny," New Amsterdam (22iid week). No extra m.atinee, Broad- way's biggest gross getter stick- ing to Wednesday and Saturday afternoons; but takings held to better than $13,500. "Sweetheart "Time," Imperial (5th week). Has not fallen under stop limit and making money; no extra m.atinee last week but gross Im- proved, taklnrrs nearly $16,000. "The Beaten Track," Frolic (2.1 week). Opened quietly and doing that kind of trade; hooked up to play at moderate money, but In- dications not favorable. "The Cocoanuts," Lyric (11th week). Regular matinees for Marx Brothers show, which held to capacity desnlte storm; takings •"'mnst $37,000. "The Enemy," Times Square (IRlh week). Expcitod to run well Into STirliig; dram.a attracting patrons not re"n':ir playgoers; recent "ace $9, .'■.00. "The Great Gatsby," Ambassador <">\ week). Made .strong showiii'r in last weeli's bad weather; in nine performances gross nfiproxi- niated lltionO; looks like \V. A. Tradv wouM m>ke monev with It "The Green Hat," Broadhiirst (rSd weok). Han miule bl»j profits for A. H. Wofxis aril tltriircs to con- tinue until lOister, peihaps Liter, thonrrh pace is und''r scnsatinnil fifiTcs of first monihs; $14,000 to !«ir,.rno. "The Jan Singer," Cort f73d week). Another nioney-niaker that started at same time: switched theatres after it became e<ing regarded as dress rehearsals. Cut Rate's 100 Per Cent Lead Monday the effect of tho advent of the Lenten period, occurring today (Wednesday) was noticeable in ad- vance In the cut rates. They took a 100 per cent lead m the number of attractions on sale over what the premium brokers were holding In then* i.Pt of "buys." In the latter offices wrie 18 attractions on the "buy" list. One was on for a sinrle weik aiid then discontinued. In the cut rales were 36 shows available at bargain prices. The show that had tho single week's buy was "Love 'Em and Leave 'Em." at the Harris, the brokers and the muragement getf.r.g together and calling off the arrangement Sat- urday. The con'.plete ils» of buys does not disclose any of tho current week's new attractions, having "Lulu Belle" (Belasco), "Young Woodl«jy" (Bel- mont), "Vanities" (Carroll). "Tho Vagabond King" (Casino). "A Night in Paris" (Casino de Paris), "Easy Virtue" (Empire), "Puppy Love" (48th St.). "Song of Flame" (4Uh St.), "Greenwich Village Folies" (46th St.), "The I.Ast of Mrs. Chey- ney" (Fulton), "No, No. Nanette." (Globe), "Tip Toes" (Liberty), "Naughty Cinderella" (Lyceum), "The Cocoanuts" (Lyric), "The Shanghai Gesture" (Beck), "Cradle Snatchers" (Music Box), "Sunny" (Amsterdam), "Artists and Models" (Winter Garden. In Leblang's the 36 shows Included "The Great Gatsby" (Ambasasdor), "Repertoire" (American Labora- tory), "A Lady's Virtue" (Bi1ou), "Easy Come. Easy Go" (Biltmore), "The Patsy" (Booth). "Port o' Lon- don" (Daly's), "Hello Lola" (Elliott), "One of the Family" (Eltinge), "Not Herbert" (52d St.), "The Matlne© Girl" (Forrest), "Puppy Love" (-"Sth St.), "Greenwich Village Follies" (4fith St.). "The Beaten Track** (Frolic). "By the Way" (Gaiety), "The Right to Kill" (Garrick). "Th« Goat Song" (Guild). "Little Eyolf* (special mats Guild), "The Malro- pou1o% Secret" (Hopkins), "Alias the Deacon" (Hudson). "Sweetheart Time" (Tmperlal). "Carmencita ' "d the Soldl?r" (Jolson), "The ' Walker" (Klaw), "Dearest Enrmy" (Knickerbocker), "The Butter and Egg Man" (Tx)ngacre). "Naughty rinderela" (Lyceum). "The Nlirht Duel" (Marsf.e'd), "Embers" (H^nry Miller). "The Monkey Ta'ks" (N'a- tlnnal). "12 Mil?s C,\\*" (Playhou.se), "Emnoror .Tones" (Provincetown), "A Weak Woman" (RItz). "Chariot Revue" (Selwyn). "Princess Fla''-in" (S'hub^rt). "The Enemv" (Times ^q), "Merrv Merry" (Vanderbilt) and "Laff That OfT' (Wallack's). Houdini in Chi for Run Chicago, Feb. 16. In about a month Houdini will bo Into the local Princess for a run. PLAYERS DM THE LEGITIMATE BLANCHE BATES ManaKemrBt. OrrnniR MrCLINTIC NEW TORK CITY RAYMOND CUiON "CRADLE SNATCHERS" MokIo Itox Thratre New York City SAM HEARN GREENWICH VILLAGE FOLLIES' 8rvrntli Rdltlon rhanln. Nrw York — Indrflnltf'ly . Miinarement JONKS ft <>RiCF.N HARRY G. KEENAN "MY GIRL" Nnt Week— Alvln. l^itUhnrsh Direction Lyie D. Ajidrvws FLORENCE MOORE "Greenwich Villaqe Follies" CHANIN'S, NEW YORK JOHN BYAM "M Y 61 R L" Tint Week — .<\lvln. PIttsbarah Manaaement I.YLB ANDREWS MAX HOFFMAN, Jr. Producer of TWIN OAKS • Floor Show CORINE MUER Prima Donna "ARTISTS AND MODELS" ON TOLR WALTER BONN I.KADINO M.*N Majestic Players MAJESTIC, WAUKEGAN, ILL. E D N A - COVEY With Leon Errol in "LOUIE THE 14TH" Nixon, Pittsburgh OSCAR O'SHEA And A.SSOri.XTKn ARTISTS Mth t'onnoriitive Work MAJESTIC, WAUKEGAN, ILL. HARRY PUCK Leading Man and Producer of Dances "MERRY-MERRY" Tanilrrbllt. New York JOHN QUINLAN MARK STRAND, New York, NOW Permanent a^Idrens: Care of Arthur C. Mandel. 3(M> Madison Ave.. New York. "MERRY MERRY" WITH MARIE SAXON RITA GOULD Care CiiAMHERI.AIN BROWN, 145 Went 45(ih 8t., New York WILUE HOWARD MISS (An«ie) NORTON AT LIBERTY LUTHER A. Y'N'^iS The YnnVee Prinre of Wn)e« in"MPflTTH«^ PRINCE" Ittreellon, n\RKY I«><.FI18, Woada Bide., Chlc«f« BILLY E. STOUT rf:MIMNK I,KAI>.«*. «lN ATIII.KTIC CLUB HOI-L,Y\V(JOrj. CAL "ALFRED H. WHITE l.fiidlng Comedian "ABIE'S IRISH ROSE" Republic, N. Y. MaMCemcBt. ANNB NICHOLS :r n i\ ut r • .1 Wednesday, February 17, 1926 LEGITIMATE WHAT PITTSBURGH CRITICS SAID ABOUT VARIETY tr ■ '-■•■♦'■•r^ti -I. ilk';;.'. >,. ■'','.■ ''• * '•.'•' ■■,i-': 1 ^* ^ • 1 ■ . the South Seas'' Marguerite Risser haw the title role and nhe Is a vividly glorious Aloma. She will be heard in bigger and better rolos If she g«"ts the recognition her talent deserves. —FRANK MERCHANT, THK SUN. MarKuei-ite Rlsser, the Aloma of tiie evening, has a lithe body and daring oyea that make her more allur- ine than the other native girls. Knteriiig with guato and tom-tom music, she holds attention by every move and glance. Miss Uisser excels In mimicking the Mlaiig of wiiite visitors. — W. J. BAHMER. THE POST. Marguerite Rlsser, as the little brown girl, was very sweet and ciptlvating. She l.s a young woman who fits the role .'ihe acts. One can ea.sily picture her as "Aloma." a bewitching little creature. And her enun- ciation was perfect. — SIDNKY WKINSCIIENK, OAZliTTK TIMKS. Marguerite Rlsser carries the title role with a charming artistry that is delightful every minute and her acting Is 100 per cent competent. — C. F. GILMORE. THE PRESS. This week, Alvin, Pittsburgh Week Feb. 21, Hanna, Cleveland Week Mar. 1, Royal Alexandra, Toronto Week Mar. 8, Shubert-Teck, Buffalo Marguerite RiBser is cast In the role of Aloma, and Hhe Is charming as the native girl whose lov« for Bob Hidden, played by Roger Pryor, Is thf> basis for the plot. -' —ROBERT CHILTON. CHRONICLE TELBXIRAPH. PLAYS ON BROADWAY THE RIGHT TO KILL Drama In thrw acts adapted by Herinin Bemmeln from the Ruxslan of I.en Vrvant- «ov. Produced by Charles Hrymt, and ol- ^Kted by Bryant and Iert Connciis Judite Klchard Cailton Clyde Klllmore Bella Vtancog I'lt t Arthur rhllllpp Bartm A<\nrr.'< F:rBt Charltv Worker KalUo S;;iiforJ .S«cond Charity Worker Mmy Mursli "Walter James A. TVisli<>il Mrs. Kleanor Wolnwright.. Caroline l'ark'>r A kind Providence dated "The Right to Kill" for a premiere date of Feb. 15 — a date when three other important «howa were oponint; In New York and when the first Hue critics were certain to bo elsewhere. If this piece had opened before a typical flrfit night "tough" audipneo. it would have been laughed off the .•itage. As it was, the almost entirely foreign audience, (made up largeiy of friends of the loading w<>m.in, Anna Zascok, a Hungmian actrcs.s who formerly called herself Anna Grey) was kind on the curtain call.s, but even their enthusiasm couldn't drown nut the snlt^kers which, Con- tinued. One of the dailies last Sunday Stated that three separate adnpta- tlons h«d been made of this Rus- sian play and that of them all the Herman Bernstein one was taken for viroduction. How the others Could have been worse is hard to figure, for Bernstein's adapt.itlon has coiisi.stcd in transftrring the action from Ru.«s!a to modern New Vork. No attention h,Ts been paid to the details of making the con- tinuity run smoothly o-r of pitching tlio suspense to really suspend in- tly the show would have beon^ better If the cast had been 1 ir;y adeiiuali", Mi.ss Zasi.el<. wliilc Bhowliig certain emotion.Tl ability of an old-ffishtoneil order, is too for- ^•an and ».\i/ti(j jn api)earan( e to play the part of a purely American woman, while the others about her. with the exception of Edith Luckett (who does e..ceUeni.y with a had part and against other dilficulties) are miles below the Broadway standard. The one requisite to the presentation of any play dealing with society and society peojde Is that the stage characters at least bo versed In deportment — and this cast could have stood a lot of train- ing. Charles Bryant, until recently as- sociated with Alia Xazimova as hor manager and sui»posedIy her hus- band until his marriage to another woman revealed the facts in the case, has made the production and l;i also credited with part of the direction. Three sets are used, small and Inexpensive, but all ap- parently bui'.t to order. In expenses the show appears to be lightly geared, as there's not a real salary in the ca.st. The Oar- ricU, however, is guaranteed $3,000 weekly, the "rheatre Guild having turned the house over when, for the first time in seven years, it has iiad no attraction of its own with which to fill. "The Right to Kill" won't last long, and what trade it gets will be principally from LeB'.nng's highly successful Intitltutlon. Hisk. THE NIGHT DUEL ^feInrlraInft In three acts by Daniel llul.In ;inrt Eils«r MaitlreRor. Prt^ented by The t'layifoers. starring Mnrjorle RatnlKKU. Dlrerlod by Kljrar MatUroRor and Umon KillMiru. At the Maripflvia Iheaire. Vvh. 1.-., 1s I^arry Hamsey J(.hn Mar."liiri Mr. Hamlin Krnnk lUiil.e.k Hlvom rrcd'He J. Ox;.|i The Mansfield th'e.'itre was added to list of New York ;iniusonioiit places l»y Irwin S. and Harry I. Chaiiin Monday night with the pre- niieie perfuriu.ui'o ot "The Niirlit Duel." a rniloilraina. by Datiid Rubin and Kdyar MarfJrecror, with .Marjorio Uarnbcaii as tlie sbir. As a tlicatii; t li<> .Man.sli- 1.1 is named in honor of tlie late Itiihar I Maiisd.'Id. It i.'^ as i)retty a play- lKin.se as the town has. Ttut "The Niirlit iniel" as a tdny will liafllv remain on Its stji^e for m.iny weeks. There Is a ch.mce that the I.eblang patron.age inii;lit lielp ii to keep going for pos.'-ildy four weeks or no, but that will be about the limit. It is a meller of the tyi>« that the Leblang matinee audiences like, but to a regular Rroadwny audience Just so much applesauce. Had there bce(|, a regular first- night crowd presertt at the openmg the chances are that the piece would have gotten the laugh. In deference to the late Mr. Mansfield it may be s.ald that if he looked down on the r.tage of the theatre named In his honor he must have Just about turned over. The theme Is the question of faith :hat a ntan. should have In his wife and a wif > in her husband, llke- vvise Just how far a wife will go to nave her husband from Jail. In this l)articular case the wife makes a N'rt.'it light for 17 hours against o detective who loves her and who has "the goods" on her husband, who has "borrowed" $50,000 from the bank where he Is the cashier, for -4 hours, to save his father ana nis father's banker from being caught with a shortage in a small up-state bank where tlie examiners were on the job. Finally she is caught unawares.' llie revolver Is wrested Irom her liaiids and there the "cut-back" tnds with .an interrptlon. In tlie linal scene the audience is given to understand that "the worst" happened, but that the hus- band is never going to know and the detective if he tells has the |)romise of the wife that she will .;ill him. In all there are two sets utilized for the three acts, one sulllcing for ihe first act and the first scene of the second, and also for the final .scene of the play. The second scene of the .second act and the first of the third ^ro laid In the sleeping room of the home of the dete(!'tive. Hc»th scenes are pretty and nicely lighted. The three principal players are .Marjorle Kainly jonn .Marston, and Felix Krembs as the h<;ad nf a priv.ate detective agency and lilcewise the protector of the bank. Miss Ramboau gave a splendid tu 1 fnrni.'inco, going up In b'T lines i 111 iTM-e^ fxiMiH'ible on an ojienlnir nitrlit, SI ling tiiat she swung riglit b.aci: into tiiem .a;;ain wli'Mi the cue was thrown her, and on one oeca- 'liun site .slipped a nii.ssiiig iiiio to Ki'inli.s. Krembs as the heavy gave :\ coilme)rt«r Mo'i'-om \^ lllianis A W.pman I*fitlent <;eorg-la I'rentlee Her KYIen.l „ irilenor Keniie^lv A Man I'atient Wllll.im Wa'Iswiirlti A Secon'l Man I'atient Kolrrt t.a«ler Karraday Charles I.«llc Mra foole Kale Mayhew MiM. >*arraday Madelnum Han- .Sally rield "Unry r-hlllps Kaly nienor Kennedy Kello^ir I luirh (>' Connel: Kry lu>bert r,awler r.allia Pstrlcta Hareley Omndpa Mark Sullivan 1 1 rand ma Mirlon BhIIou A <.'irruH Owner J«aeri«in l.luyil Ills Partner William Wudwworth Porky Kdille QMlnri Kierett ,, ITui^h < i'''onnc1l First <^^■wn .Stuart Brown .Seuond Clown Itobert I.,awler .\nlm-il Trainer Willlim Koran A «'ircua lw«dy tJeerRla Premiers MiMreti I.eniira J'lilllps l fliid whl( h e\en the .skeptir-s Will I'.ive to notice. .Miry l'hilip!». .as Sally Field, wh'> .idtllits Stie has been a Sl)l)-S.^«te^ r.n .1 .\'ew Vnik paper for .sevfn v'lrs gives a (Ific, delicate pTfi.i-m- • ■ e Kate .MaylK-'.v, ua the Kir.dly, tie temal boarding-house keeper, could not be Improved, nor could Marlon Ballou as "grandma Bemls." Patri- cia Barclay represents the most sig- nificant of the femlninn roles, for as Lallta she la symbolic of Brfnis's ideas, of bis hidden and shrinking thoughts, of his indlvldualitv. He only sees her when he dreams. The pluy sUrts In a washroom adjacent to the office whers Bemla works. Here the Idea of the clerk's Inferiority is definitely planted. The next scene is a dentist's ofiice where Bemls, with others, waits hU turn. Kemls leaves because some- body laughs at him, although hla tooth is paining. His aching wis- dom tooth is suggestive throughout the play of his Inferiority complex. When he returns to his boarding house he encounters more ridicule but ho also finds sympathy. Tlie girl abto lives there. Before the fireplace In the living room Bemls h.as his dream. Ills grandparents, who are dead, return to him. His beautiful "Idea" comes back. Ills boyhood friends, the old town cir- cus, his early worthwhlleness. are all there. When he wakens he "does something about It." In one sense, he loner), but in another he gains. There could have been no other ending. The final curtain went down as he and Sally wore idaylng a game of crlhljage. Thl« Is not a particularly vigor* ous play, neither la it all wrong. LULU BELLE DaHJ Belanti production. Klarrinc I.eror« yirlc Mild fmiturlns Henry Mull. Melo- drama In four oris by Kdusrcl Sheldon ami < hsrlea MucArthiir Olrm^ted hv Mr »e- la«-«. Present"! F.jb. » at the Helaaou New York, f.r run ut $.1.8,'. tup. Hosier iind review of nlny Iq Varluty sf Feb. 3, while in PhilBhla. "Lulu Belle"! The perfect but not uncommon story of a Beautiful Bum. Odiie ill color by l;ivld Belaseo, which is uncommon, and Mr. Belns- co can count his net profit according to the Hca'o for two seasons at his Relasco theatre in New Yoik. Th.i fs ail there In to "Lulu Melle," a Bclasco trick, but it's enough, and. of course, his superb staging. At the Belabco the sliow ojieutd to a $' ."0 fop, with LI.-.O rejjui ir. It ishonlii be $1.10 top regular. Or $.'..50. j And that goes, too, for "The Sliang- hal rjesttire," I Plavs of this elio/acler will eitiier I (Ir.'iw or flop. If itioy draw they will do so at ,atiy price, .and if 11o|ii>ini< ' they (.in't !>»• gi'.f-n .iwav. N'o liair- I way II, enoi.ro wlieii the .npjM'al is via ' box (iffe'cs, I'iaj.s written strictly comiiK rdall.v .mil presented as such 1 sh'iiiM be iri.iile SO. ' .\s V.iri.iv has |>rinted two Issues , Ol ..:.' ITild Ukc Lulu Belle • vdl* S »l I CI 28 VARIETY LEGITIMATE Wednesday, February 17, 1926 tlonc. tliT'>'>» not much need to waatp eiiace ti*-ri' upon more than the In- side stuff. l-'or ili4' box odlco "Lulu Hollv" l- a plain pii>e. Transients en n't resist It, and even the wIh'T bunch will ■T^•allt to s«to It, although to the lat- ter ll's au old atory, fi>r in brief Lulu i-fcUe la but an ordinary hooker. This is the pliy tliit must have Rl.iildened the heart <>i Ld scenes. Lots of wis" talk and cracks, if you know tliem they sound funny. Some the opening night never got a snickt^r excepting from the gallery. There must have been some colored auditors. Their laughter at. times burst out. It was a humorous ide.a of Mr. Sheldon's to set his ••hero" in White Plaln.s as a coloi-ed barber, murriej for seven years and ripe to be taken by a dusky d;ime downtown. That was Mr. Hull as fieorge K.mdall. Lulu mttde Oeorge on the piibllc highway and In about 4S seconds. Later she got a l'"rencli count within 20 seconds. Wo li' you don't think that Is going, wait until some of the beautiful oiie.s In while get a loud of Lulu! In this underwf)i-ld story there Is synii'athy f — just stuck, .\nd when the bums get them stui'U they make th'in do sooiers.nills, black or white. Alter a l>lo\\ -ofi' in .a black aiul tan anulu ofTered to stake her old lover to 40il francs "for a couple of baths, so you can „'o back on Ihe cattle 8hii>," which was about the best descrip- tion .she could htive uttered of the man liefoie her. Later and for the finish the bar- ber killed her, but that was okay, bccau.-ie this Is that kind of play. During the flip talk, however, be- tween them in the bedroom, and while IvUlu was telling (leorge to f.ide out, she pulled what should bo hxiked upon as the darb of the play for slang, saying: "You dirty rat, five years ago I gave you the best bum's rush in the history of Harlem, and you don't know it yet." Tammany Young pl.ayed himself and well, even to the tilt of hi.s hat. All of the whites were in brown or high yellow. Butch Cooper, the pug, fitted the physique of .lohn Harring- ton, while Perclval Vivian did a fine bit as mute hunchback, the ftiithful attendant to Lulu. Mr. Vivian may not get much attention through his stage role, but if anyone in pict.ure8 wants a Lon Chaney who can out- chaney Chaney, here he is. "Lulu Belle" could have been In white and Just as strong as a p'ay but not for the box office. Belasco set it In that color. It isn't so nice, but there it Is. Nothing especially offensive in this show in dialog or situation. Nothing startling, noth- ing massive in scenery or action or acting, nothing to arouse enthusiasm or to gloat over or rebel ag.ainst — Just a straightforward tale of a crooked Jane. Sime. PORT O' LONDON Di-.imn In throe aoti by Oioigo W, Oliver, Pruilui:e«l by W. Iltrbrrl AaiiiiiB ul J)aly'» «3n with Henry Miller, who withdrew whllo the play ai un tour. Hanh't I'ook Alison .«kIpwort>i Krb I'ook Walter KiiiKsford Kitty i'utik itt'tty l.inloy Ofllfer Frank Morton -Mr 'llbliellH Alfred Helton Anthony I'ook llaxil Uathbone I'aplain Hmilhers James C. Carroll Mamie loan Lowell Mm. IllKKlns Allr.> John C'harlle Fix Paul I'urter Mnn Daniel Wolf May ...Suzanne Hennett Tedly C'asbourno Fr.ink Ilorton linisv t>orothv Fletcher Mill WIKshlre GeorKe Thorpe I'^irnt Jiiv.inese Sailor Kud.* Sliriff Set'oiid Ja\ane«»- S:»lU)r Abdul <'hOHen when recent memory recalls a star who stood before the lights and thankeil the audience for herself and "my company," With Rnthbone. Alison Sklpworth is co-featured, and this sterling grande dame of the stage Is cockney KnEli,sh for her role of a domineering wife whose husband (played finely by Walter Kingsford) Is a real gin stew. .Miss Skipworth gets plenty of laughs, and in a scene with Alice John, the fourth member of the acting quartet which heads the play, the pair carry on a delightful gossip match— Just two gals spreading the beans and doing the act with all the skill of their profession. Miss John Is prop- ably the best actress around here for the stolid housewife parts, and per- fectly cast In this Instance. On the debit side of the ledger may be counted Betty Linley, whose handling of a Cockney accent Is so bad that about one of every 20 words survives to pass the foot- lights In understandable form. Joan Lowell doesn't do anything with the native girl part, while James Car- roll bellows away with the tough captain's role. Not a badly directed show nor are the settings poor — adequate being the right word In both instances But the play Itself d esn't carry much of an appeal and it has mo- ments when ennui sets in the sticks around for a considerable lime. Not while the quartet of Rathbone, Skip- worth, Kingsford or John arc on the stage, but while some of the minor folks are trying to handle a dialect which Is absurdly theatrical and ridiculous in the hands of anyone unfamiliar with its intricacies. "Port O' London" Is a cut-rater, and although Adams had .a gang of society and seml-socloty folks out for the opening this isn't the kind of show they will patronize. Aside from the Rathbone and Sklpworth salaries, the cast is not expensive and the three sets are simple to handle. On this basis the show looks like one to operate on moderate money, but there is a doubt If really moderate business will send this one Into the list of successes. 8iak. PLAYS OUT OF TOWN A rather dowdy and Insufficient little play of no particular import- ance illumined by four corking and prtiisc'.vorlhy performances. That sums up "I'ort O' London." which W. Heriiert Adams, a the.-itrlcal at- torney whoso cllent«'le is the rrrm<' ilr la crcmc of show business, brought into Daly'.^ as the opposi- tion opening to "Lulu Belle" in Mr, Belasco's playhouse in •14th street. Once callel "The Matlstrom," this tday tiled out through some of the .New Kngland territory and drew good notices, but very littb' money. It then played Cort's Windsm- in t)ie Itronx and laid off for some i-ewril- ing. Thompson Buel\anan is crcditoK wilh this work, and Is also credited with bringing Joan Ia^wcII into the cast to play tlie Javanese half-breed girl about whom the action hinges. The plot tells of Anthony Pook. a bunch-backed dretimer whose living was m.'ide by drawing pictures in Piccadilly. Into the homo of' bis brother and wife comes a steamer captain, and his d.aughter, bcu-n of n, Javanese woman. The captain mistreats the girl and that arouses tlie jiity of the crippled Anthony, who immediately marries the girl, whose mind Is that of a child, due to a fall ;it Ihe age of 14, Kroin that point on the stoiy is appjirent — that when she sets an- other crack on the heai^nlng and he cotinlered after many demands, with a short speech In ■which he of- fered the company's thanks, A nice gesture ihirt, espcei.illy THE BEATEN TRACK Drsma tn four acta, by J, O. Franol!«, Produced and directed by Quatav Ulum. with •ettlngs by Nicholas Tellentl. Ol>cned at the Frolic. New York, Feb. 8. [>at7dd Kvana Y. Beddau..St. Clair Bayfield Mni, Reea .\ly& Reea Dr. Hughes Wallace Ersklne Shan Powell Eleanor Daniels Myfanwy Ree* Lucille Nikolas Owan I'oifell Gavin Muir VaUKhan Morgan John I,Jtel MaRgle Davis UoUe Gray "The SlnKem: Lydla MacQregor, aoprano; Gwyneth llughei". contralto; Gwllyn Anwyl, tanur, and Juatln WlUiama, baas. Tills play was held by the Theatre Guild for quite a while and the pro- gram at the Frolic contains .a fore- word of high praise by Courtenay Lemon, the Outld's play-reader. J, O. Francis, Its author, wrote a play called. "Ch.ange," produced at the Booth some years ago after win- ning some kind of a prize. Thus, at least, "The Beaten Track" has claim to an artistic value, whllo Blum's publicity department strengthens the belief that It is a "good play" with a paragraph which states "J. O. Francis . . . has by no means followed the beaten track in the wTltlng of the play." So much is assured. * It is a commendable play, and Bltnn has produced It beautifully, in so far as the .settings and direc- tions go. nlthou'^h its generally flow- pace Is made almost unendurable by Ihe listlessness of Cavin Mulr's act- ing — wlilch Is just like every piece of acting Mulr has c\er done. And inasmuch as he is the principal male figure, aside from a grave- digger, whoso i)hllosophy is counted upon a gr<'at deal, many scenes go smash when they should take a defi- nito effect upon the audience. 'i'lie theme deals with the fact that both tyiies of men— the home loving and the pioneers — are necess.ary for the holding of this earth for m.an. while these two types are laid out in the Vaughan (John LItel) and the Owen Powell (Mulr). I'owell is tlie grandson of an old Welsh woman, Shan Powell, who resenlH the gruve- dlgger continually sitting by her fence. With the coming of her grandson .and his romance with the daughter of a neighbor, tlie oli.. 1 . New ihree-act American play and prolog, by Arthur GoodrUh, author of "ao 'i his li* l.ondon," t'ie«ented by He,iry Dufly at l-res,deni theatre, manageni up, three months after they halicate th^ success of "So This Ik Ixtndon" on Broadway. That the piece will click at the box-nff,ce of the west coast Is like- ly. Clean comedy abounds, at times rising to brilliance. And the Duffy Players proved capable in develop- ing the strong < haracterlzations and the real speed action. Trepp. SOME GIRL Chicago, Feb. IC. Farce »lth miulc by tlru.-a llaywaul; at the t entral, Ftb. 14, with Tommy Ma. telle starred; etaged by Uarry Mlnturn and (.race Hay ward. Mary .Vnn • Itelty Urowit Richard White Aldi.s Uanlctt Mrs. White Florence LuCuur Josejih (Jrabber Edwin F. Hun.h.nm Sir Ileslnald l.lghtfoot Russell Dries Winnie White Dorothy Kslab.oolc Wally Warner Herbert UulTy Tom Lescol Tommy Martelle Princess Vivian Kll7.;ibeth Uu ay Pansy Summer.... Huz'l You' ^er Roue Winter Thelma Hay Violet Foster Lillian Uarnett IJlly Fos-ter Uetty G' rdon Daisy White Mlgnoune Keinova tly:ii\vnth White \nii Hay Or'hostra — Mary Adams, Mow Cole. Helen Murphy, Ida Wlcke, Helen Wloke. Police Oflker Jap LaCour ure. and why a ni.in as astute in puttlTig on sm.ill cast shows as Blum could have hltts. Vi'h 16 Hal Roach will be conflned sev- eral weeks according to his doctors as a result of a fall during a polo Kame nt Midwlck. The picture director sustained a woken coltsr bone. Making "Flaming Forest Los Angeles, Feb. 16. Rcpin.ild Barker will make James Oliver Curwood'ji, "Tho Flaming Forest," as his first product under his new contract for Mptro-Gold- wyn-Maycr. It Is tiie story ovrmd by William R. Tl.ar.st. who lia.l five IreatrnentM marie of It by different auUior.'?. Hearst flgure.<« It i.s one of the brst stories he owns and will be person- ally Interested In the production of the pictures which la to start March IS. DID MARY FICKFORD START F. P. CASE? Variety Bureau, Washington. Feb. 16. Throughout the Famous Players case before the Federal Trade Commis- sion the name of Huston Thompson, the senior member of the Democratic minority of the commission, has been extremely prominent. Com- missioner Thompson is known to have a more general knowl- edge of the motion picture in- dustry than any of his fellow commissioners. ^ The original complaint charging F. P. with the unlaw- ful restraint of trade as well as attempting to create a monopoly of the Industry was issued early In Mr. Thomp- son's term. The Issuance of the comp'.alnt followed very soon after William G. McAdoo, the Democratic Secretary of the Treasury under President Wilson, became the general counsel for Mary PIckford. Douglas Fairbanks and the others of United Artists. During the taking of testi- mony in the case and later when the F. P. brief was filed the statements of Miss Pick- ford were characterized as ut- terly unreliable and every ef- fort made to discredit the testimony of this partlcuar witness. This was commented upon here during tlie final arguments before the commis- sion and, though again, there may t>e no connection, one ob- server stated that it would ap- pear that the counsel for F. P. "knew something." The efforts of Mr. Thompson to forward the case and keep the commission free from any outside influence Is generally known. It was this commis- sioner who blocked the ap- I>olntment. as previously re- ported In Variety, of George Christian, former Secretary to President Harding. to a vacancy on the commission. Commissioner Thompson testified l>efore the Senate committee that Mr. Christian had attempted to intervene in the interests of F. P. while he was at the White House. The nomination of Christian for the vacancy was forwarded to the Senate by President Coolldge shortly after the death of President Harding. The coming September will complete Commissioner Thompson's term of office. Political Washington and the motion picture Industry are wondering if President Cool- ldge will nominate Mr. Thomp- son for another term. Meanwhile rumors that are constantly gaining Impetus here have the Commissioner entering the Senatorial race In Colorado for the seat In the upper house of Congress now held by Rice W. Means, a Re- publican, whose term expires March 3, 1027. KLEY OFF LOT POMMER QUITS UFA Berlin, Feb. 8. Ae prophe^lzed in Variety four weeks ago, Erich Pommer has re- :;igned as managing director of Ufa. His place will be taken by Director Orau, formerly head of the eiluca- tlonal department of tlie same com- pany. Pommer's resignation was easily to be foreseen as he had alway.« fought the entrance of Famous Players Into the firm. He undoubt- edly deserves a lot of credit, as un- der his regime many fine Hlnis were produced. His future plans are unknown. JUDGE LINDSEY STOLE' CHICAGO COPENTION ROXn TOUR $40,000 BEHIND Not Drawing for Repeti- tion of Radio Program Los Angeles, Feb. It. Fred Kley has resigned as gen- eral manager of the Cecil B. De Mille Studios and it Is understood will abandon the picture business. Some time ago the Producers Dis- tributing Corporation felt thnt they were not prc»p«rly represented at the De Mllle Studio. Wm. Slstrom took over the post which Kley held, leaving the latter a title with no duties to perform. Kley formerly had been with Fox and Famous Players-Lasky as stu- dio manager. It Is said he will de- vote himself actively with the West Coast Securities Company, of which he Is the vIce-presMent. Agent Claims Commission From Eleanor Boardman Murray I'hilllp.s, rnsting agfnt. claims he pave I-JIcanor Bo.irdnuin her start In pictures with Motro- Ooldwyn-.Muycr. and is suIhk f'>r accrued oonimissions throuijh Heligs- berg A T>"Wls. 43 Ced.Tr ftreet. Phillips h:\.n no Men of the amount due him. He has only served a .sum- mons .ind will ask for an a';couritlng of the M-O-M star's oarnln^'s to determine hl.i p<^rcenta.ge. Uplift Bunch Told Things — Attendants with - "Less Religion' .»» Roxy and Gang, now playing a concert tour, are rejHjrted to have dropped $40,000 since the tour started with the deficit being made up by the promoters of the new Koxy Theatre, New York. According to authentic sources, the promoters, after making up a weekly deflclt. took the bookings of the Gang away from the broad- casting station WEAF and will su- pervise the remainder of the Roxy tour. The failure of the Gang to draw money into the halls and theatres where they played was attributed as due to the reluctance of the pub- lic to pay admissions for a concert which they had heard over the air repeatedly for nothing. The new Gang, recruited as a broadcasting unit for the new Roxy, and who will be heard over station WEAF, are said to be costing the backer of the house $4,500 weekly. Part of this represented the weekly deficit, according to reiwrt. Buffalo. Feb. 16. A aide-light on the ••big-hearted" radio fans was unearthed here in conjunction with the appearance of Roxy and His Gang In Buffalo last Friday. Roxy was scheduled for an afternoon broadcasting program from WGR followed by an evening conr-ert at the Music Hall at $2 top Following the broadcast a scor. of fans showed up at the box olTlf c turned In their tickets and de- manded tijeir money back, one de- claring "we've heard It all free this afternoon — why pay money to- night?" Over $50 In ticket money was re- funded. The night concert played to about $350 gross with Roxy sarcastic. Chicago, Feb. 16. With the exception of the re- marks of Judge Ben B. Lindsey of Denver, the Fourth National Mo- tion Picture Council under the auspices of the Federal Motion Pic- ture Council in America, created not a ripple in the stream of publio life during Its three-day harangue in the Congress Hotel, Chicago. Vigorously against any govern- mental control of the picture indus- try. Judge Lindsey arrived in Chicago as a representative (unof- ficial) of the Colorado Parent- Teacher Association and the Colo- rado Mothers' Council. He found the conference heads weren't so en- thusiastic about having the Jnlga air his views in their "free and open" forum. Vereed in world lore, the judge called a conclave of newspapermen and told them Just what he had come all the way to Chicago to say and found himself in headlines much larger than those allotted to the conference Itself. With this un- favorable light upon it. the con- ference later allowed Judge Llndsejr to speak In the Forum. As a whole, the conference majr he said to be dcing two things: plugging for national censorship of motion pictures and e.xpre.ssing ita dissatisfaction with Will Hays in general. A booklet distributed In- ferred that a man hired by the in- dustry could not dictate to the in- dustry. Another booklet asks why Will Hays is allowing the distribution of such pictures as "Three Women," and describes the plot of the pic- ture in detail, adding that the re- view was deleted In order to make It decent enough to be sent through the mail. Typifying the crucifixion as tha first and finest example of censor- ship. Judge Lindsey decried tha governmental censorship of molloa pictures as an infringement of tha rights of the American peop!e. Maude Aldrlch of the W. C. T. U. declared, among other things, that "the reason motion picture housa managers wont show good pictures because the public can't be In- CRANDALL'S STOPS ALL BROADCASTING WaaJitngton, Feb. K. After 47 e^nReoii^ive Saturday nights of broadcasting the "Crandall Siiturdny NIghters," an ether p!uK put across by Ne'son B. Bell, pub- licity man for the local chain of Stanlpy-Crandall picture houses, 'iult Saturday. Bell, who did th« announcing and engaging of the entertainers, put out a statement that the cessation of activities was due to "certain limitations Imposed upon station WKC by the Radio Corporation of America with the operating time and operating personnel so curtailed thiit the decision to abandon broad- casting was reached." Beyond that Bell would not talk. Colored Cast Investors Complain on Coast Loa Angeles, Feb. 16. O. W. Whitman and A. W. Bar- reft who have been promoting the making of pictures with colorer) r-asts under the trade name of Mii- utal Film Co. were ordered to re- turn money oblxiined from four In- vistorH who omplalned to the Labor Comnils.sliinpr thut they had be«-n Inlluenced to contribute finaneialh throuKh false re|ir5-45.) Dog fanciers played this one to the tune of about $5,300. Strongheart l)€tter than many touted human stars that flop at this ci- nema. Roosevelt— "The Eagle" (F. P., 8d week). (1,400; BO-76.) Sheik and biillflghter slipped out at about $18.- 000; not bad, not good. "The "Wan- dorop" next. Woods — "Ben-Hur" (M-G-M). (1.073: 60-$2.) Off at $16,000. Ex- pected to climb and stick. BUILDING RUIE INTERFERES Milwaukee, Feb. 16. Because the zoning law prohibits. In the district In which it is to be built, structures with the first floor more than 23 feet above the grade, a building permit for the proposed $300,000 movie hou.se of the Colonial AmuBement Co. has been denied. OtTlcials of the company, who have purchased the site and let contracts for the building, have an- nounced they will appeal from the ruling Increasins Stage at U's Rialto WaBhington, Feb. 16. The Rialto (Universal) staging presentations In connection with its first run pictures Is to have its stage enlarged to care for any production. PORTLAND HAS GOOD WEEK IN GENERAL Stars of "Behave" Popular- "Secretary" Couldn't Hop Up 2nd Week Portland, Ore., Feb. 16. (Drawing Population, 300,000) Al Christie's "Madame Behave," at the A. & H. Hip, registered around $15,000, top money for the town that week. This house is hit- ting on all six with its new policy of vaudeville and producers' pic- tures. Second money went to the Liberty. Jensen & Von Herberg's ace playhouse, which pulled them In with "Mannequin." Estimates Hip— (2,200; 20-36). "Madame Be- have." Julian Eltlnge and Ann Pennington big favorites here. Around $15,000. Liberty— (1,000; 16-50), "Manne- quin" (F. P.) Good word-to-mouth publicity. Intake nearly $10,000; good for this house. Rivoli— (1.500; 35-50). "Lights of Old Broadway" (M.-G.). Fair week with returns approximately at $7,500. Majestic— (1,000; 26-36). "Ever- lasting Whisper" (Fox). Tom Mix great draw In this town, clicked at $6,500 for week. People's — (1,200; 80-45). "The Masked Bride" (M-G). Business brought In by Chuck Whitehead's band. Feature meant little. Around $6,500. Columbia— (850; 35-60). "His Sec- retary (M-G). Feature held over for second week, flopped. Falling to $3,500. Blue Mouse — (800: 25). "Pleasure Buyers" (Warners). This house playing to capacity with two-bit admission for every performance. Week showed near $6,000. GOLDWYN'S 3 FOR U. A. Los Angeles, Feb. 16. Samuel Goldwyn will only pro- duce three pictures for the 26-27 program of United Artists. The first will be Henry King's production of "The Winning of Barbara Worth," with Ronald Col- man and Vilma Banky. His second will be "Beauty and the Beast," which Frances Marlon Is adajiting from the Kathleen Nor- ris serial story. George Fitzmaurice will direct and feature Colman and Miss Banky. The third production is to be "The Garden of Allah," the Robert Hichena story, for which Frances Marion is writing the scenario, as she does for all the Goldwyn pro- ductions. Norma Talmadge will be the star with Ronald Colman. Henry King will direct. "Hearts and Fists" Made In Tacoma — Shown There Seattle. Feb. 16. "Hearts and Fists," the first pic- ture to be produced by the H. C. Weaver studios, Tacoma. had Its "world premiere" at Rialto, Tacoma. Stars are John Bowers, Mar- guerite de la Motto, Alan Hale and Dan Mason. The film is released through Associated Kxhibitors. TWO BILLS IN FILM "Big lUIl" Tilden and "Little Bill" Quinn. playing as co-stars In "That Smith Boy" (formerly "Don Q, Jr."), will also appear as stars In a pic- ture to be relca.sed independently In March. The film is called "The Highbind- ers" and marks Tllden's first ap- pearance as a screen actor, although he has appeared In hundreds < news rcoLs. Quinn, who is but 13. also makes his screen debut. UFA'S 14 for Rome Berlin, Feb. ». UFA has made an arrangement with the Cinoma Corso in Rome, whereby 14 of its films will appear at this house next sea.<»on. The Corso i.s one of the best houses in the Italian capital. Petty Graft by Booker One of the "roughesr petty larceny »ruftera In the picture house booking busines-i is an assistant to an Important ex- ecutive. The circuit has but a few Important theatres, and holds acta over aa a general thing. The grafter, upon effecting a booking, baldly asks tho agent of the act, "Can 1 buy myself anything?" and then, upon notifying the agent of a bold -over, works the same gag twice. The graft la nominal, such as a hat or ties, but annoying to the agenta. "BEHIND FRONT' TO $2im LEAD FRISCO Gross Only Limited by Capacity — "Three Faces East," $15,500 Ban Francisco, Feb. 16. The St Francis, with 'Behind the Front," ran away from the town. Not so much In actual money but in Interest, If the house had the ca- pacity of its opposition they would have played to 60 percent, more than the actual gross. The rest of the street was just so-so, and they took as the reason — tho weather. Estimates for Last Week 8t. Francis — "Behind the Fronf (F. P.). Opened with bang and kept it up. Easy top of $21,600. Granada — Popular star and author. Jack Holt in James Oliver Cur- wood's "Enchanted Hill" (F. P.). $20,100. "Insultin' the Sultan" as the stage attraction and the fare- well week of Verne Buck helped. Warfield— M-G-M's "Dance Mad- ness" didn't set the town on Are, although customers liked it fairly well. Fanchon and Marco act, "Ideas of Perfume," nicely tied up with local druggist for raft of pub- licity. $19,600. Walter Roesner and his Super-Soloists In pit. Kathleen Key, the Metro-Goldwyn girl who plays "Tirxah," Ben-Hur's sister, In for a personal appearance. California— "Three Faces Elast" (P- D-C), held up rather well. Pleasing program all through, with Max Do- lin's music as the added attraction. $16,500. Cameo — Not so much at the little house — Harry C^arey In "The Man from Red Gulch" and trick "Making the Movies" stunt for bally-hoo and stage attraction. $3,100. Wilkes— "The Big Parade" Is holding on mighty well. Eng.age- ment will continue for some time If the box office Is to be taken as a standard. $13,800 big money for $2 picture. $30,500 at New Buffalo; "Parade" Slumps at $1.50 Buffalo, Feb. 16. Pictures occupied practically all of tiie Bi:ffalo theatres last week an doffered about the only amuse- ment in town. Business ran strong for good grosses. Last Week's Estimates Teck— (1,700; $1.50). "I'.ig Pa- rade." Matinee business slim with practically no returns. Night busi- ness only fair. Neither heavy ncws- I)aper advertising nor favorable word of mouth reports seemed able to pick up takings. About $10,000. Buffalo — (3,600; 30-4o-6U). "I'Maii- tom of Ope'-a" continued excellent I'UsliH'Ss of house since opening. $30,500. Hipp— (2,400; 60). "Her Sister from Paris" and Art Landry band. This combination Knocked worm-n fatjs for goal with iea:uro widely talked of. Landry blackface act held up other end of card. $17,000. Loev/s— (3.400; 35-50). "Lazy- bones" and vaudeville. Dropped slightly by reason of getting away to poor start. Business picked up steadily. $15,600. Lafayette— (3.400; 35-60). "Wom- an Who Lied" and vaudeville. More evidence this house is feeling draw toward uptown theatres. Increased display advertising in newspapers. Estimated $15,000. NEW STANLEY, CAMDEN, N. J. rhlladelphta, Fib. 16. At Canulen, over the river, on Friday night (Feb. 13), the Stanley Company of America will open It." new Stanley theatre. DEALS' CONCERN BALTO; HIP m $13,500-BIG Last Week Held Snow and Opera— 'Merry Widow' Held Over, Doing $13,000 Baltimore, Feb. 16. The heavy snow storm Tuesday slowed up the box office trend. It was the heaviest fall of the season locally and within an inch of last year's demoralizing fall. This time there was no transportation break- down, however, and conditions re- turned to normal Thursday. The New came through with hon- ors among the Whltehurst group, "The Merry Widow" getting an outstanding week at this house. It is held over. "Vanishing American" was booked simultaneously at the Century and the uptown Parkvay. While business was fair to good the picture hit no high spots. The big news was the sale of the uptown Boulevard to the Stanley Interests. This house was the cen- ter of some notorious pre.ss pub- licity at the time of its erection some five or six years ago. The orieinal backers became involved in a scandal Into which prominent politicians were dragged. The house has an uptown location on a wide crosstown thoroughfare and on the fringe of the city's most fashionable suburb. It plays sec- ond runs. The Whltehurst-Fox deal Is still In process of the final ironing out. There have been several stockhold- ers' meetings to complete the deal but legal technicalities and counsel difflculties still retard the final rati- fication. According to late, but uncon- firmed reports, the sale Is confined to the Century and Parkway the- atres, the W^hitehursts retaining' control of the Garden and New. The legit Auditorium went over to the films temporarily Monday when "The Big Parade" came In for a limited run at $2 top. The recent re-alignment of first run film leases gives the Rivoli the United Artists' first showing, with the Hippodrome to follow. The Hart films, however, go straight to the Hipp. It looks like Metro- Goldwyn In the Century to replace Famous Players. The Warner-Metropolitan will furnish a surprise next week when "The Sea Beast" comes in at reg- ular house prices, establishing a box ofllce precedent for this super- picture. Estimates For Last Week Rivoli— "Bluebeard's Seven Wives" (2,300; 35-76). Film drew well from uptown. Jack Smith, Victor bari- tone, aided. Storm Tuesday crip- pled Wednesday night and perhaps affected Thursday to a lesser de- gree. House has select upto\vn draw. With all handicaps fairly satisfactory week at about $12,000. Century — "The Vanishing Ameri- can" (3,000; 80-75). Big western special got respectable draw but failed to stampede box ofllce. Length of film handicap. Likely better film for New. About $11,000. Liberal. New— "The Merry Widow" (1,800; 25-50). Critics' picture that caught on and drew heavily; getting rec- ord business for limited auditorium. Should have been In Century. Held over. First week around $13,000. Very good. Warner- Metropolitan — "Seven Sinners" (1,300; 15-50). This pop- ular uptown house felt reaction from previous week's outstanding box office demonstration. Manager Depkln reports business at that time exceeded Variety's estimate by at least $1,500. Show slowed up last week with business fair at about $6,000. Parkway — "Vanhshing American" (1,400; 25-50). At this uptown house concurrent with downtown screen- ing. Boosted business beyond houKc average for total arffund $4,000. Hippodrome — " Camille of the Barbary Coast" (A. E.), with Mae Busch and vaudeville (3,300; 25- 75). Vaudeville draw. Atlantic City Bathing Beauty act featuring "Miss America" was magnet and drew enough to establish season's record at about $13,500. Garden — "Sporting Life" and vau- deville 13,000; 25-50). Not usual western that is steady and accept- able diet of house patrons. Likely accounts for slowing up of busine.'odrome — "The Million Dollar Handicap"; Garden — "The Deserts Prince." PHULY'S HURT; STANLEY DOWN TO mm Fox Drops to $16,500 —"Splendid Road' Flopped i»» Philadelphia, Feb. 16. Just as the film bouses were be> ginning to recover from on© snovr storm and Its resultant slump, a sec- ond, and even more destructive storm, came along. The net result has been a fort- night of very disappointing busi- ness along film row, with few houses or pictures that have not felt tha blight. The best of the lot last week waa the Aldine, where "The Big Parade" was playing its eighth week and grossed around $15,000. The Stan- ley, with the third picture in flva weeks which had had an original showing at the Aldine, fared rather poorly. The film was "The Wan- derer." Hilda Ferguson, billed aa equally important, saved the day from being much worse than it waa, and the gross was about $23,000. The house might have dropped be- low $20,000 for the first time in sev- eral seasons if It had not been for Miss Ferguson's notoriety aa a "shimmy" artist. The Fox was off for the third consecutive week with "The Palace of Pleasure," the gross being under $16,500. The bill also included Lieutenant Gitz-Rice, Jan Rubin, Yvett*^ Rugel, and other.s. Estimates for Last Week Stanley (4,000; 35-50-75)— "The Wanderer." First showing here at Aldine last fall. Not much of a draw. Hilda Ferguson, billed with equal prominence, helped lot. Gross only about $23,000, considerably un- der normal. Aldine (1,500; $2)— "Big Parade** (M-G, 8th week.) Off another notch or so, due to weather. $16,000, sat- isfactory and more. Fox (3,000; 99)— "Palace of Pleas- ure" (Fox.) Off again last week, duo to weather. Reported at about $16,- 500. Picture panned, but stage bill helped. Stanton (1,700; 36-50-76)— "The Splendid Road" (1st N). Expected couple of weeks, but business so bad taken off Saturday. Gross only $7,000, way low for house. Karlton (1,100: 60) — "Infatua- tion" (Ist N). Flop, with weather making It worse. About $1,750. Arcadia (800; 60)— "Mannequin" (F. P., 1st week). Quite good no- tices. Business fair considering, about $2,500. « Sea Beast" in Figueroa Reserved Seat Run Film Los Angeles, Feb. 16. Figueroa, one of tho newer pic- ture houses located In an outlying district, has booked Warner Broth- ers "The Sea Beast" and will open with It at a $5 top Feb. 19. The house will operate with a re- served seat policy during the run of the picture. It ^fill be closed for one day prior to the opening. Emile De Recat who has been appointed producing director of the house will etage an atmospherlo prolog in conjunction with the pic- ture. VON STERNBEEG RETUILNS Los Angeles, Feb. 16. Joseph von Sternberg, who direct- ed "The Exquisite Sinner" for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. and hastily left the lot before the picture was cut for a European trip, has re- turned to the studio In Culver City. He Is now engaged In cutting the picture. When completing that task he will go over to the Charlie Chaplin Studio, where he is to pro- duce a picture starring Edna Pur- vlance. "Collusion" for Films "Collusion," an English play, has been sold to First National for pic- tures. Jay Packard representing the play owners. let Natl,'s "Westerns" Los Angeles, Feb. 16. Charles R. Rogers, who produced the Harry Carey Western subjects, h.a8 signed a contract with First National to make a series of West- erns. Harry J. Brown will supervise the series, for which Marion Jack- son will make the screen adapta- tions. If you don't advertise in VARIETY don't advertise Wednesday, February 17, 19a« i*l'CtlJRES VARIETY 31 BROADWAY'S BIZ CAME BAa LAST WEEK AFTER STORM PASSED >^-.- "Black Bird" Got $54,000 Second Week— Strand Next at $39,800— "Behind the Front" $32,500 and "Moana," $25,000— "Sea Beast" Leads Specials BuHineSB on Broadway pretty gen- erally recovered from the storm last week. Top money went to the Capi- tol with a holdover attraction, "ihe Black Bird," which yot almost $54,- OOO on the week and jiivlng the pic- ture nearly |1 14,600 oi» its two weeks' enBugenu'iit. The tstrand also had a tremendous week with "The Grand DuchoHS and the Waiter" with Jau.suo, while llio Kivoli and the Kialto- alHo went up in ligures. The former with "Be- hind the Front" i).ayed to ♦a2,5uj, the biggest the house has had in almost a year, and the latter with "Mouna" took $27,000. At the Colony 'What Happened to Jones" showed to $24,325, and the "Koyle Girl" at the Cameo pulled $4,550. A new special came on the street Monday with the opening of "Mare Nostrum" at the Criterion, Metro- Goldwyn having taken the house on a lease. The specials all along the lino picked up again, with "The Sea Beast" at Warner's getting $21,965, "The Big Parade ■ at the Astor hit- ting $.il,291, and 'lien-riur* at the Cohan getting $l'.t,970. "Stella Dallas" at the Apollo went just a little under $13,000, and "The Merry Widow" at the Kmbassy got better than $5,565. Estimates for Last Week Apollo— "Stella Dallas" (Goldwyn- U. A.) (1,180; $l.iu-$2.i.0) (lain week). Seems to be about holding own with business remaining tirm 1q neignborhood of $li,5oo. A8tor--"Blg Parade" (M-G-M) (1,120; $1.10-$2.20) (13th weeK). Jump of almost $700 last week, to 121,^91. Cameo— "That Koyle Girl' (F. P.- 1,) (549; 60-85). Little business here, but under average for little house, showinfj $4,550. Capitol— "'lae h.ack Bird" (M-G- M) (6,450; 60-$l.(>r>). Held over for Becond week after having drawn $60,450 the first. The Imal week was $53,988. which brought the total to $114,450 for the two weeks. Cohan — "i-ien - iiur" (Al - O - m> (1,112; $1.10.$2.10). After having dropped to $18,400 week before in Stormy weather, came right back and took almost $1,600 jump last tveek, getting $19,970. Colony — "What Happened to' Jones" (U) (l,9h0; 50-85). For tlrsi week of Universal's tenancy house got $24,325. picture taking greatest part of the credit for the pull at the box office. Criterion — "Mare Nostrum" (M- O-M) (608; $1.10-$2.20) (1st week). Opened Monday night. Not of $ road show typo of picture, but may hold on hero for possibly three months because of limited capacity and plugging tliut will be given pic- ture. Embassy — "Tho Merry Widow" (-',-Uo; ;).i-5o-s5-l»u). Cord- ing laugh i)rodu(in:j picture together with best revue presentation, "The Bughouse Cabaret," which Publix has as yet put on ra;i business up to best figure theatre ha* had since "Madame Sana Gene." Take, $32,- COO. Strand — "The Grand Duchess and the Walter'* (F. P.-L.) (2,900; 35- 60-85). Mcnjou's name draw and •n good picture together with cork- ing stage revuo business went right up, clicking to $39,800. Warner — "ihc* Se.i Beast" (War- ner Bro.s.) (1.380; $1.10-$2.20). Al- most lift of $1,100 here last week over storm ligures of week before. That means picture is doing capac- ity and standing them up on two-a- day policy. $21,965. "LOST BAnAUON" IN AT 50c FLAT, DID $3,800 Bert Ennis* Serial iWt ICnnis, former publi( ity di- rector for .'lawyer & Lubin, and personal press agent of the late Barbara 1*1 Marr, has signed to ■writ© 12 articles on the picture busi- ness for "I'holoplay Magazine." Ennis will deliver one article of 2,500 words monthly for one ye;ir under the title. "Them Were the Happy Days." The stories will be rcminl.-'cont and cover pictures since Otherwise Washington Held Up Well Last Week Consid- ering Bad Snow Storm JiVashinglon, Feb. 16. (Estimated Pcpnlation, 5(X),000; 120,500 Colored) Bather tou^h sicdd.ng for all of the houses last week. The town got tangled up in a lierce snowstorm that knocked every tiling in the amu.sement line completely out. "The Road to Yesterday." the first Independent film to cra.sh throiigli the "line" here, withstond the storm rather well. The gross recorded for the Metropolitan looks good, -when conditions are taken i'lto con.sid'^ra- tion. It outdrew "The American V cnus," with ail the latter .i puo- licity. Estimates for Last Week Columbia, "American Venus' (F. P.) (1,232; 35-50). Bad reviews plus bad weather ruined works. $7,500. Metropolitan, '^toad to Yesterday" (P. D. C.) (1,542; 35-50). Wash- ington demands names. This plus weather cut In considerably. $8,500. Palace, Lon Chaney in "Black Bird" (M.-G.) (2,432; 35-50). H.ad it maintained pace of opening, would liave broken house record. $14,500. Poll's, "Big Parade" (M.-G.-M.) (1,981; 50-$-'.0O). Started fourth and final week rather shaky; suf- fered from snow storm, but at.aged big comeback final two days. $8,900. President, "The Lost Battalion. At 50c. flat, with four shows daily, this one, i nder auspices of a vet- eran's organization, h.ad all of them guessing. Liberal estimate gives It $3,800. Two weeks' booking set prior to opening. Rialtoj "First Year" (Fox) (1,978; 36-50). Not so good — names, or rather lack of, again cutting in. About $5,500. This Week Columbia, "Mannequin"; Metro- politan, "Bluebeard's Seven Wives"; Palace, "Song and Dance Man": President, "Lost Battalion" (2d week); Kialto, "Palace of Pleasure." BOSTON REPEATS storm and Business Sam* Aa Pre- vious Week Boston, Feb. 16. Conditions in the picture business last week were about the same as the previous week with the bli7:'/.ard th.1t swept over the city on Wed- nesday creating a situation like the one the week before. Despite the storm, "The Big Pa- rade" at the M.ajestic did $17,000. This was on a par with the busi- ness of the week before. The pic- ture on Its fifth week has so far done as good a business as any fea- ture picture ever booked In here. With "The Danger Girl" and "The Golden Cocoon" the Fenway did about $8,000 last week. The house nurinaliy does about $10,000. Reports from the State are that business Is still hitting a liigh fig- ure under the new policy, which is in direct competition with the big "Met." Jazz OfF at Rivoli Kddlo Elkins and his orchestra clo.sed Saturday at the RlvoIl, Now York, and opened the next day at tiie .Metropolitan, Boston, for two weeks. Klklns has six more weeks with the Publix Theatres Corp., booked through William Morris, and he will probably rotate In the oUier Publix houses to play out his contract. The jaza policy at the Rivoli (lldnt click. It being decided that the pit orchestra and tho John Murray Atidfrson units were enough. lat N. Exch. in Sioux Falls I»M Anodes, l-'fb. 16. First N.'itlonal Is t< establish an exchange here within llie iic;ir fu- ture, It Is rumored. A lease for store rooms lias been j-."0). Bid made for .Jewish trade, extra publicity being used, printed in Yiddisli. Received good notice.'^. $7.fi(iO. Msinstreet, "Bluebeard's Seven Wives" (F. N.) (3. LOO; 25-60). The story of this one Is a slap ot rrt(;lli- ittlt* used by preKS aeeiits to put .Ml. lis over, but one i>t local re'.icw- ers thoutcht tliere was some truth, r.itli'r than bnr!eKf|ue. seen between the lines. l''ive acts im staci". i:u>«i- ni'.ss suffered some with the others. $i',r>oo. T) o Gl-.I.e had de.Mille'H "Ro.-id t. Ycstr-rd;iy" in connection witli a lab, coinrrly mu"'l'".ll ."^Jiow. liit failed to ere.'ite nnv unu-Jiinl in- terest. At the Panlages, "When Txive flriiw.'f Cold," on screen, with six acts. State's Capacity 2 300 as Against 3,700 for Met, Doing $21,500 Last Week with "Am. Venus"— ''Auction Block" and Rube Wolf at State "SEA BEAST," $8,500 IN PROVIDENCE; HED OVER Warners' Film Made Big Show- ing in Bad Week — Snow- storm Kicked Grosses Providence, Feb. 18. "The Sea Boast" held over by the Ulalto. where it played to $8,500, brejjking all records last week. Bn.siness elsewhere In t*)wn was below par. The stormy weather slowed It up, and the pictures lacked the right appeal, after weeks of similar stuff. Estimates For Last Week Majestic— (2.r>00; 10-40) "The Woman of the World" (F. P.); "The Unwritten Law" (Indep.). Week off to good start, but snowstorm kept down figure. $6,000. Rialto— (1,448; lC-40) "The Sea Beast" (Warners). $8,500. Excep- tionally good. Held over. Victory — (1.950; 15-40) "Palace of Pleasure" (Fox); "LIghtnin' " (Kox); "Amundsen's Polar Flight" (Pathe). Good, except for stormy days. $7,* 300. Strand— (2.200; 15-40) "The Road to Yesterday" (P. D. C). Manage- ment claimed picture over public's heads. $5,800. This Week Majestic, "Far Cry," "Cave Man"; Strand, "Braveheart." "Fifth Ave- nue"; Victory, "Sally, Irene and Mary," and "Stella Maris"; Rialto, "The Sea Beast" (holdover). Playing Ic Ante? Los Angeles, Feb. 16. Quite a few picture actors and studio employes at tho Fox lot, vis- ited a soft drink establishment on Western avenue and were playing poker. When tho police walked In they found $2.45 on the table. They took tho following Into cus- tody: .Joseph Planch, 29, director; Thomas Smith, 31, property man; Leo Collins, 22, film cutter; Jack Fox, 25; Fred Davis, 32; Richard Humphreys, 29, Rupert Narvll, 30, .lohn C. Weskey, 52; Billy Beauman. .Tohn Brown. All of them proved to be actors, as they had their make-up on and were in costume. Dog's Master Hurt; Picture Held Up Los Angeles, Feb. 16. Lee Duncan, owiter and director- of Bln-TIn-Tln, Warner Brothers canine star, broke his leg In Jump- ing from a cliff at JClysIan Park, which at the same time stopped production of the hero of the big snows. The accident took place when Itin-Tln-TIn and another dog were Having a supposed fake •fight. Duncan figured the animals were at It In earnest and made a leap to stop them. Without liia master, Uin-Tin-TIn will not work, so the picture must be held up until his bo.sa can get on the Job again. La Marr Name Off Title Los Angeles, Feb. 16. Due to the death of Barbara La .Marr, First National has decided to change the 'main title of "The Girl from Montniartre," the last pic- ture made prior to her fatal I'.lness. Miss La Marr's name will be eliminated from the title and from all billing, with the new n.ime title reading: First National I'resents "The Girl from Montmartre" with Lewis Lewis Denver Changes Denver, F(!b. 16. .Tack Katon luis t.ikcn charge as iiUiii.Tger of the local .State, succ(«eil. ing J. Q. Clenimer, who has gone to the Coast. Kiigeno Gerba.se, for several je.irs <'x<'h.'inge manager U>v I'lavor.sui filpis, has resigned to in.iri.i(;c 'li- Denver exchange of A.'i.xo.. lated IJx- luse>s. It Is hard to figure how long "The I'arade" will last here, as the profits each week at Grauman's arc way In excess of $5,000. "Don Q," In Its third week, ran along ut a good gait In the Million Dollar. The Rialto sort of began to lose hold with "That Royle Girl" last week, and it looks as though a change of attraction will take place on a day's notice most any time. "Lady Windermere's Fan," In its second week at the Forum, still kept up -at a remarkable gait, only run- ning about $1,000 le.ss than the Ini- tial week. It Is carded this week for its third and last stanza. "The Jazz Bride," at the FIgueroa. 9au8ed a bit of excitement with the cash buyers, who brought up the gross Just a bit above that of the week before. Criterion proved to be a profit- maker last week with the Kllnor Glyn product, "The Only Thing." This Is the first time in several months that the house got out of the "red" c« been called here to sub for Miss Newton. Miss MUl.ud opened In ".Silence." Another new WllUe.s ctmipany member Is Fana Whitney, ae.-ond lead. VARIETY Wednesday. February 17, 1926 ^^'^^ JOHN C. FLINNJ . presents tP J>* AVt»cef^''\i'«^ '^.^ tftP** V'*^ 'i'TtiOroupbre4s"' by W A.PRA5ER VERA REYNOLDS EDMUND BURNS tr RALPH LEWJS ^o ^o .cc< O IKE CTC D BY > SCOTT SIDNEY .S> Glfl''^ f^irmigu Dittributon Producer* tnt*mmtion*l Corpormtion 130 W*»t 46th Str—t N9W York. N. Y, RELEASE PKODUCEfi V\(ednesday, February 17. 1826 VARIETY 3S '^S' " Exhibitors DAILY REVIEW. MONDAY. FEBRUARY 8. 1926 mn R D^ C Rings the Bell FOR the benefit of a considerable number of Exhibitors who are still dealing in the prejudices of last year and the year before, it seems in order to say a word about the product P^ D. C. is releasing. Three pictures have been shown in the last few days, "Fifth Avenue,*' "The Million Dollar Handicap*' and "Three Faces East." Of these, the last- named is undoubtedly the greatest picture, but "The Million Dollar Hand- icap*' is top-notch entertainment, a racing picture that ought to go over anywhere, except, perhaps, at a camp-meeting; and "Fifth Avenue** is one that will have a very unusual appeal to women because of its gorgeous apparel, leaving out of consideration the fact that it deals with a story that has well demonstrated audience appeal, dressed in somewhat different terms. Now, the point is this: You Exhibitors who imagine that good pictures have to come from certain sources will do well to put P. D. C. on your list of probabilities. It was predicted here, a while back, that John Flinn*s outfit would go some, once it got under way, and its going. Here are three in a row, real box-office product, from a source that is genuinely friendly to the independent Exhibitor. If you don't buy such a product, from such a source, than you*d better quit talking about independence. And if you do buy it, give it the exploitation shove it deserves. Use the National Tie- ups on "Fifth Avenue,*' work every angle of the others and you will be rewarded with good business, with no boomerangs. — W. C.H* JOHN C. FLIMM presents FIFTH AVENUE' A Robert C.ViCNOLA v.itA SPECIAL MARCU ERITE De La MOTTE and ALLAN FORREST Screen Version, by Anthony Coldewey Suggested by Arthur. Strikcer's 5aturd?^y Evening Post Story Cecil B,DeMille presents CO BY A. H , SEBAST I AM ■for BELASCO PRODUCrtOf^S, /vc with J ETTA GO U DAL ROBERT AMES H EN RYB. WALTHALL and CLJVE BROOK -^dQpzea ^/C. Gardner Sullivan ^ Ofidi Monte Katterjohn . j^ FrorntKe play by v.* ^/inthony PdulKelly ^ \ED By "AGAIN P. D. C. RINGS THE BELL on the Box Office Target! And YOULL RING THE BELL ON YOUR CASH REGISTER. MR. EXHl- BrrOR, when you TRAIL WITH P. D. C. PRODUCT! iVS DISTI^IBUTINC COKPOBATION Member of Motion Picture Producers Mid Dtotributor* of America. Inc Will H. Hats, l^utdciu 84 VARIETY I*' I'c't U "R't ^' Wednesday, February 17, IWd i LITERATI "World" Sells Paper Mill* The New York "World," u|>ci utiii;,' Its own paper mllla for al-oui .si-vcii years, Mas sold thera lo tho Iiiler- haliona! Paper Comimiiy. Its os- tlniatfd tlie "World's" mills at Hl^h Falls and DeCrasse, N. Y., are worth about $4,000,000. At the time of the transfer the •World" signed ■ contract for its requirements with the International for 25 yearn for news:->rlnt at the I. P.'s price. For the first alx months of this year the Internation- al's newsprint figure is $3.i5 per 100 pounds. It is commonly believed In the paper trade that the "World" wa.s operating Us mills a well and as cheaply us any other paper maker. Just what brought about the sale ■with the dally affreDjiblo to buy at tho International's price and pi*oflt la not known. Owen Davis' Copyrights Owen Davis has written so many plays he seemingly forgot which he copyrighted ajid which were not. Accordingly when Davis complained that Harpld Lloyds "Why Woriy" (film) Infringed on his play. "Tho Mervous Wreck." the author sued In the state courts as a common law matter, contending his pla> Was not copyrighted. It developed last week that there Is a copyright issued Davis on "Tho Kervous Wreck." A new sui*. was •tarted in the Kederul courts against Lloyd, P''red Newmeyer, Sam Tay- lor, Harold Lloyd Corp., and the P^the Exchange, Inc., respectively ■tar, director, author and distrib- utors of the lilm comedy. Damages •xceeding 1^50.000 are alleged. two yarns In the samo Is.^uc un- knowinsly for tlie magazine carries no mention of the situation. 8tory Readers How different between the read- ers employed by the maijazines and thoso in tlie scenario dejiartments of the film concerns. The maga- zines employ college trained people, authors, in most instanres, and all thoroutrhly ground In requirements for pul>llcatlon by their re.i. ^btropolltan. Boston. ' the ai,r:V';^!r';:^r!^:'^'Vhe";:!p-;.;Z!::;V!:? r';;^?;..'\:v::^*!:':lz l",^^'^^.:{^^^K? ;:{:i^'^r:^^si;u^;:l<;'"i»^';:i^!^c^Vr;? :■'- 'rv^ ""^ "'•: "-"^^r -^-^ "-• -^ -'^'-t TINE WOUUD BE A WOW IN ANY MUSICAL COMEDY REVUE." w'lnoui pis corn, practically had the audience falling out of their seats with laughs. "^ THEIR ROU- Wednesday, February 17, lOM PICTURES ss FOREIGN TRADE DRAWS NEWS ATTENTION Report Requested by Dailies— C. J. North Furnishes Statistics Washington, Feb. 1«. Th« Bcwing up of the foreign Biarket by American produced mo- tion pictures has finally developed to the point where the dailies re- quested the Department of Com- merce for a special report. It was used extensively throushout the en- tire country on Saturday last. C. J. North, of the department, went back to 1913 when the de- clared exports of motion picture Dims totaled 32.000.000 feet, with a value of but $2,250,000. The war baited foreign production and gave a great Impetus to the American pictures until in 1921 the exports bad jumped to 140,000,000 feet, valued at $6,500,000. For these years the government reports included both negatives and positives, but In 1922 the reports were separated by classes with the negatives registering 8,400.000 feet and the positives 125,400,000 feet. In 1924 the positives totaled 170,000,- 000 feet, and as recently reported in Variety, this was Jumped to 225,- 000,000 feet for 1925. The foreign situation was cov- ered by the North report, wherein It Is also stated that the foreign trade In American films has been built np practically against no op- position, for th% "foreign producers, In the realization that they cannot compete Individually with the American "movie,* are endeavoring through their eovernments to se- cure legislation that will limit the number of American pictures •hown." The most recent of these is the provisional decree in Prance that after Jan. 1. 1928. the showing of Ulms printed on Inflammable stock Will be prohibited. This would •utomatlcally force American pic- tures to have special prints for the I'rench market. rrip to N. Y. to Settle F. P. Studio Status Los Angeles, Feb. 16. Ben P. Schulberg, producer for Famous Players-Lasky, and Walter Wanger, production manager at the Long Island Studio for that concern, are in New York, accompanied by Dimltri Buchowetski, director, and Charles Furlhman, chief of the scenario staff. When leaving they saJd they were going to New York to discuss pro- duction, but it la claimed they are going there to straighten out what is said to be chaos at the local stu- dio. It seems as though none of the executives here is able to define his exact status or authority. Wanger came here as a represen- tative of Jesse L. Lasky, to en- deavor to temporize and see if mat- ters could not be satisfactorily straightened out by him. It is un- derstood that Schulberg has been holding out on the premises that he is the sole head of the local stu- dio, even though he has an associate producer with him and under them there is a general studio manager — Milt Hoffman. It is said that Wanger as a rep- resentative of Lasky endeavored to gef Schulberg to do certain things Cor the organization with Schulberg reported to have said that he was a representative of Adolph Zukor and felt it would not be the proper thing handling the matters as Wanger wanted them without first consult- ing Zukor. The result was that the decision was made to take a trip to New York and there thresh out the entire situation. Second Hand Organs St. John, N. B., Feb. 16. Several picture house man- agements are contemplating the installation of used organs in their theatres to replace or- chestras. The move is ond of retrench- ment, orchesti ■ being consid- ered too expensive in view of decreased business throughout eastern Canada. U in Texas? Dallas, Feb. 16. Unlversal's representatives. A. R. J'alr and E. H. Goldstein, are ex- pected here this week, to further What is believed a contemplated fehaln of U theatres In this state. Ray Stinnett and Si Charniskey With the Capitol. Dallas, are to be the base of U's operations. There is no connection between this, it is said, and the new Pan- tages theatre reported for this town, to seat 2,500. It is to be built on a site owned by Commander Adol- phus Andrews, of the President's yacht, "Mayfiower." Schenck Moving In Los Angeles, Feb. 16. When the Joseph M. Schenck or- ganization moves to the Pickford- Fairbanks studio this week the of- fices and the dressing rooms for- merly occupied by Douglas Fair- banks win be turned over to Schenck. The bungalow used by Miss Pick- ford will be turned over to Norma and Constance Talmadge until their bungalows are erected, as well as others that will work on the lot. Practically all of the old stand- ing sets at the Plckford- Fairbanks studio are beiig razed with the ex- ception of the New York street. The administration building, used at the old Metro studios in Hollywood, has been purchased by Schenck and Is being brought on to the lot to be used for similar purposes. It is said that Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Plckford contemplate re- maining abroad for at least two years and during that period both will make two pictures each for United Artist program. 'BORROWED PLUMES" READY The Halperln Brothers. Victor Hugo and Edward, have completed "Borrowed Plumes," which the Hal- perins will release via Arrow. The cast Includes Marjorie Daw, Niles' Welch, Arnold Daly, Wheeler •XSrandma's Boy" and "A Sailor- made Man." STATE, DENVER, 15c Denver, Feb. 16. After spending around $.50,000 a few months ago in dressing up the old Strand, picture house, and changing its name to the State, with a top admission of 40 cents. Jack Eaton, the new manager, is going to let the house slide back to a 15c. basis soon, according to cur- rent rumors. Eaton, who came from New York to take charge of the house fur Producers Distributing Corporation recently, after the Far West The- atres corporation had relinquished the management In favor of its own- ers, is said to have been greatly put out because he could not cut the admission price immediately. He found the contract of Leon Vavara, featured attraction at the State, was of such proportions that the house could not get by on the 15c. policy. Vavara's contract expires in two weeks, and It is reported the price cut will become effective then. Eaton's New Deal Another theatre deal has been consummated by Eaton and J. S. Hommel. manager of Producer's Denver exchange — for the theatre in the new American Legion audito- rium at Alamosa, Col. It will be finished aboui March 1 and seats 800. Elaton and Hommel recently signed a two-year lease on a pro- posed new theatre in Cheyenne. Wyo., and it Is rumored In local film circles that the P. D. C. pre- viously had been dickering to take over both, houses. It Is understood they are dealing for the Sterling theatre in Qreeley, Col., another house under contemplation by Pro- ducers. It is said telegraph wires were kept hot with explanations by Eliiton and Hommel after the story of the Cheyenne deal appeared in Variety last week. Eaton Is de- nying that Hommrt was in any way connected with either deal. One of the incorporators of the Cheyenne building project— M. F. Oodbe— is Ilommel's brother-in-law. Rumors along Denver's "film row" indicate that both were working on the Cheyenne deal for some time be- fore it was perfected. The Alamosa theatre lease Is io Eaton's name. It Is understood. $6,220 Judgement on Low Gross of "Speed Spook" Because Johnny Hines' "Speed Spook" film comedy didn't gross as much as was expected, a verdlot for $6,2:;0.75 was directed by Jus- tice Glbbs in Supreme Court in favor of the Commonwoalth Film Corp., against the East Coast Films, Inc., John F. Ilincs and Charles C. Burr. The latter produced "Speed Si)ook," also two other Hines live- reel subjects, "The Early Bird" and "Crackerjack." The Common- wealth Film Corp. agreed to pay $22,500 per picture for the New York and suburban rights of each. Regarding "Speed Spook," the picture grossed $29,156.75, which was $5,843.26 shy of the $35,000 guarantee mark. The producers In selling the New York state's rights agreed to make good any differ- ence in gross bookings up to $6,250. MSS. HIGH TAX ON ROAD HLMS Senate Passes Bill — Local Exhibs Behind Ist Nat'l, West Los Angeles, Feb. 16. John McCornilck, western execu- tive of First National, announces that shortly his organUatlon will have several new units working on the coast. This month he completed the year's schedule of 40 pictures. Hal Barter, formerly with Famous Players, has joined the orgnnlz.ition to become assistant to Cliff P. But- ler, the business manager, while George Landy, former free lance press agent, has been appointed head of the new exploitation depart- ment, which has its headquarters In the local studio. Thrills on the Amazon Washington, Feb. 16. The first showing of a film "shot" in the Jungles of the Amazon and its tributaries along with the tribal life of the natives was before the National Geographica" Society Fri- day night. The pictures were taken last sum- mer by two naval ofllcers, Capt. A. W, Stevens and Lieut. Comdr. Wal- ter Hlnton, during an exploration trip In a hydroplane. Scenes depicting the skill of the natives In navigating turbulent waters would put to shame many of the so-called "thrillers." Jackson, Miss., Feb. 16. Road-showed pictures got a set* back here when the Mississippi State Senate passed a bill placing a heavy tax on traveling picture shows In the state. The bill provides a tax of $200 where the seating capacity is in ex- cess of 1,000; $160 with the ca- pacity from 750 and 1,000, while ca- pacities of less than 750 must pay $100. Population enters Into the place, ment of the tax, in towns between 1,000 and 2,600 tax is flat $25, in less than 1.000, $16. If the picture is shown in other than a theatre such as a dance hall or room the tax Is $10. Local exhibitors are said to have put this over in the State Senate, its purpose being to drive out the ever increasing number of outfits showing pictures through the south in the summer months. LEONARD BACK TO M.-G. Los Angeles, Feb. If. Robert G. Leonard upon com- pletion of "Mademoiselle Modiste," a Corlnne Griffith production being made at the Metropolitan Studios, will return to the Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer fold, and his first picture will be "The Waning Sex." He will begin work about March first. F. B. O. Sales Meet on Coast Los Angeles, Feb. 16. Film Booking Office will hold Its annual sales convention at their Hollywood studios, April S, Beck Directino One Los Angeles, Feb. 16. Arthur Beck, picture producer and husband of Leah Balrd, has been signed by Universal to direct one picture. It is said that Miss Balrd will aid her husband. Warners' Reunion The Warner Brothers, all four, will hold their first reunion in over two years about March 1, when Harry gets back from Europe and Jack comes In fropi the coast. At that time Harry, Jack, Abe and Sam will meet with the other executives of the firm for a general business discussion. Bernstein, Gen. Sales Mgr. Herman Bernstein bus been ap- pointed general sales manager of Red Seal Pictures, Inc., of which Max Fleischer recently became president, succeeding Edwin Miles Fadman. Bernstein had previously been head of the Red Seal New York ex- change. Shead at Loew's, Memphis Memphis, Feb. 16. Laurence A. Shead from the Chi- cago office of Balaban & Katz is here to manage Loew's State. He succeeds George E. Brown, who is managing the Famous Players' Strand at Birmingham. The Only "New** Thing in Picture House Entertainment THE PAUL ASH POUCY a« Presented at McVickers, Chicago By V. JmULu-^-j* PAUL ASH ►»> ^^ YOUTH? XALENX? Do You Want to Stay Forever in the Chorus? Or Have You Ambitions to Be Developed "THE STAR OF TOMORROW?' 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Harry Van Hoven, publicity man for the Whltehurst Theatres, brol:© Into headlines when the Baltimore "Sun" published a two-column head acoop story on his address be- fore the Council of Jewish Women at the Madison Avenue Temple. Van Hoven predicted the passing of the lepit stage as an important amusement factor witliin the next five years and prophesied the union of the picture and the radio to form a new scienlilic marvel that win brint? the arts of the drama and music to every fireside, doing away to a great extent with the physical theatre. Van Hoven pointed to the failure of the legitimate theatre to com- pete with the motion picture, ex- plaining that the inordinate and in- creasing coat of production was rapidly becoming prohibitive and could not be passed on to the pub- lic. He quoted figures to prove that the picture industry now commands hundreds of millions and is in a position to absorb and further the art of the draiia that the legitimate theatre must abandon. Van Hoven mentioned one picture venture In- volving millions and contrasted It *lth the Zlegfeld -Follies." costing a fraction of the picture expendi- ture, but requiring an entire year to recover the original investment. Aocordingr to Van Hoven. Balti- more's picture theatres are patron- ized by 100,000 dally, and approxi- mately 33.000.000 yearly. The speech has caused a stir in local amusement circles and is re- garded by the knowing as another adroit move by Van to maneuver the movies Into a headline position. The picture trade Is brisk. Normuu Clark, dramatic critic and dramaiic editor of the Baltimore "News," re- cently declared that he had It from the owner of a big string of picture hofses that bu«in«»s» for the first half of the current season estab- lished a record for attendance In cinema snnals. \'pn Moven dot's not tnmK that the picture houses are doomed. They win continue as competitors to the etherized theatre. Nor does he thl'-k that nuthors and actor* win suffer. On the contrary, he predicts that they will reap greater returr.s. line to the fTr-flung rad'o audlenc^ and the vast financial re-sources of the new industry, silence or art. The story was wired throughout the country. Yiddish Film Co. in Couri A Ylddl.ih fl!m enterprise need not CO Into receivership according to 'iistice Levy's ruling that Maurice "chwarts" Interests will not be Jeopardized If a receiver Is not ap- rtolntcd for WHllam O-Idherg, f^harles Ponser and Samuel Geyer, Inc.. who pro;luccd "Ylzkur" with .Schwartz as the star. Schwartz Is also head of the Ylddl.sh Art The- tre Co.. now holdlrg forth on the Bayes roof. New York. By agreement, Schwartz was to Tet 33 ptr cent of the profits and Sidney M. Goldln. Viennese director, another 17 per cent The remaining .SO per cent was to go to Pcnser and Goldl>erg. who were also to keep the first J15.000 proceeds, ■^chwartz was advanced $500 and Goldln $150 a week. Production oc- curred In Vienna. Schwartz sued because Penser and Goldberg sought to keep the first $20,000 of the profits and failed to account properly. The de- fendants countered that Schwartz neglected his film production In Vienna (where the film was "shot") by making personal appearances In theatres with his company so that the originally planned production cost mounted. In addition. Schwartz Is charged with contract breach in that "The Two KunI Leme'.s," another proposed film which was contracted for, was never started through Schwarti be- ing forced to return to America to start his New York season. Tbe Fatality of Time Los Angeles. Feb. It. There seems to be a po- litical uf.heaval at Universal City. Just because the people who live and do business out- side the gates of the studio want to change the name of the community from Universal City to Cahuenga. It seems that the Chamber of Commerce out there feels a change of name will give them opportunity to make the com- munity known to the world. The argument of the Unl- ver.'sai group Is that had no studio been built there, there would be no Universal City or no reason for changing Its name. AMUSEMENT STOCK QUOTATIONS Fencing Master Suing Blackton for $25,000 Los Angeles. Feb. 16. A suit for $25,000 damages has been started against J. Stuart Blackton by Gerard dc Merver -t, fencing instructor. The latter al- leges that Blackton horsewhipped him while he was in the r.lm man's house as a guest last April. Blackton, the instructor states, accused him of Insulting Mrs. Blackton. Fixing Up for Laemmle Los Angeles. Feb. 16. Carl I>aemml6 is expected this week at Universal City to celebrate his 20th anniversary In the picture business. The studio Is having a new coat of paint put on the various build- ings, with the landscape gardeners trimming the shrubbery and arrang- ing the flowers so that they will please the owner of ta? lot. Both last week's trading and that of yesterday developed little of a startling nature In the market as far aui the amusement stocks wer» concerned. Last week American Seating on the Curb showed the biggest turnover In the number of shares that it has had In a long time and finished th« week with a seven point gain. The statement Issued by Universal undoubtedly caused the shares oC that company both on the big board and curb to make small gains. The schedule of trading for last week showed: BalPi. HIsh. li»w. Close. Ch'K% Eaitmsn ICo<1ak 2.M» 110% lOOW 110% -fl KnmouB VlaytT-UUBkr M.IOO 120 110 IITH +14 rto ofd *™' '-'\ l-!0 120 —1 Plrat' National WW 1»7 lOrt lOT +1 ricw'.Im; ...... 7,S0O 40 38 3» - V^ M^trodoJdv^B Sao* 2414 23^4 23% + li Motton PlcTJr'e cap. Cbrp «.6;« '^ lOV* »»* " ^ Urnheum Circuit l-^OO *»* » 29 - ^ pafhe a^chanV^-A.*.-;;.";;:;:::::::;;: i:^ jt» 7.%^ jn i-.^ Shubert The itrcu l.aX' Ml* 6T\4 B8H + % •Universal Pictures, pfd .."/.i :;„ ii,, ii,, •,•,,, Warner Bros. Picturea A U •«» 1«% W^ »«* +114 CURB Sales. HiKh. Tx>w. Close. Ch'sa^ Amerleaa Seatlns Co 000 835 2»» 807 +7 •H&tatan ft Kati certincatea -^ •■ ■■ ■■ ■■ Film Inspection M 700 n% BJ4 BH -% Vox Theatres A 7.800 81Ji 29H 2»S — lj4 Tr^ns Lux Screen 10.7s. High. Iy>w. Cloae. Ch'r*. Kaatman Ko ... Pattie Excharse A 700 74 7S 74 + % •Shubert Theatres ... .•• ••• •• ITnlTprsal P (turea pfd 100 tt» »* »8 — 1 Warow Broa. Pictures A 700 15 15 1> — 14 CUKB Salea. High. Ivow. Cloa*. Ch'g«. •American Sentlnj Co ... ••. •.• •Ualaban & Kati. ccrtlflcates Film Inspection M 100 3% »H »% -f % Fox Theatres A 4.000 29!4 ?7% 29 +14 Trans-Lux Screen 3.10O 11^ 11 11% Universal Pictures 100 40% 40% 40% -% Warner Bros. Picturea 200 11 11 U +1 * No Bales or quotations. STAETING "OLD SOAK" "The Old Soak." which Universal announced some time ago and which was later withdrawn, la now under way with Edward Laemmle direct- ing at Universal City. Jean Hcrsholt Is playing the famous drunk. PUBLICITY PUN SERVICE In Leonard-Olmstead Wed Los Angeles. Feb. 16. Robert Z. Leonard and Gertrude Olmstead will be marrl-'c' ere next July. This was confirmed when Miss Olmstead left for the east to appear in a First National picture. Leonard will m her In New York after finishing his present Metro-Goldwyn film. Tough Newark Censors Newark. N. J.. Feb. 16. It Is useless here for an exhibitor to make any play with something sensationaL The • Rlalto played ! "The Bed Kimona" last week but I before It went on the censors had I made 16 deep cuts. About everything was cut out ex- cept the kimona. 13 a simple and inexpensive manner of keeping your name or business before the show business of the world each week. Gives displayed or pictorial publicity for 52 weeks each year. Amount may be regulated by the advertiser. Write or call at any Variety ofTice: NEW YORK CHICAGO LOS ANGELES 154 W. 46th St. State-Lake Thea. Bldg. Chapman Bldg. LONDON, 8 St. Martin's PI., Trafalgar Square M-G'S "OLD HEIDELBERG" Los Angeles. Feb. 18. Metro-Goldwyn-Maver has pur- chased the screen rights to "Old Heidelberg." and will star Ramon •Vovarro in the picture. It will be marie next January. Some years ago a screen version r)f this -Story was made with Wallace Held and Dorothy Qlsh as the featured players. Boost for "Sea Beast" Chicago, Feb. 16. The Orpheum. Warner Brothers theatre, showing the Chicago pre- miere of the "Sea Beast," has taken advantage of the popularity of John Barry more and boosted their ad- mission from 60 cents to 85 cents. These prices seem to have made no Mfference with the pubUc who are t ling the house at all performances, md the management will probably retain this scale throughout the picture's run. "Flaming FrontJVr" at Colony Universal is to place "The Flam- ing Frontier" at the Colony, New York, for a run within the next few weeks as one of the features of C.irl Laemmle's 20th anniversary celebration. The presontntlon of the picture will take place coincident with the 50th anniversary of the Custer inass.'icre. MOSaUE CHOPS OVEKHEAD Newark. Feb. 16. Irvln Talbot, orchestra leader at the Mosque, has been released and has gone to the Riaito, New York. Talbot's departure has caused much surprise In theatrical circles, here as his original orchestra at the new house was a striking success and he was considered one of tbe best draws the Mosque had. In the big houses' policy of re- trenchment his band was cut e^nA now he has been let go. Robert G. Griesenbeck, recently with Fabian's Riaito has succeeded Talbot, Mrs. Parrott Turns Table Los Angeles, Feb. 16. James Parrott. picture director, emerged from the divcroe action started against Clara P*arrott, with the wife obtaining a recree rri James ordered to pay her $25 weekly. Parrott had askej *or the divorce with his wife successfully counter^ claiming. B1TSTEB KEATON LAID UP Los Anseles, Feb. 16. Buster Keaton is confined to his home for several days, having: strained the ligaments In his leg and back. Keaton was working In a prize fight sequence in "Battling Buttler." It required him to leap back Into the ring after b'eing knocked out. He tripped and fell. PAMAHASIKA'S Bird and Animal Presentations Aa Attractloa of the Higher Class Director of Stod:* GEO. E. ROBERTS * t3Xt N. FAIKHI1.L STREET PhUadelphla, Pa. TeL Col. eiM LUELLA LEE PREMIERE DANSEUSE— PUBLIX THEATRES Featured in "DON Q" Prologue Grauman's Million Dollar, Los Angeles, Indefinitely HELD OVER AFTER SENSATIONAL WEEK ALJ-ENTZ^ And His COMEDY ENTERTAINERS B. S. MOSS' COLONY, BROADWAY, AT 53D ST„ NEW YORK Thanks to Messrs. BERNIE F0Y1*:R, HARRY SHAW, JERRY DE ROSA and HARRY GETTILSON ) 4 I Wednesday, February 17, 1926 PICTURES VARIETY 37 Office of BENJAMIN DAVID AuthoT'Producer to FANNIE BRICE YVETTE RUGEL TESSA KOSTA YVONNE GEORGE ED JAMS CO. ALEEN BRONSON & CO. JAMES DOYLE & CO. "TWIN BEDS" SARAH TRUAX RUSSIAN MASTER SINGERS MAURICE BARRETT & CO. PUBLIX THEATRE ATTRACTIONS . ROYAL ACCORDION ORCHESTRA • (Feature: Famous Players- John Murray Anderson Unit "Melting Pot") ' r . v / ROYAL GYPSY ENSEMBLE (With SALAI*IA, NIKOLINA, KOUZNETZOFF, GEORGUSKI) '" * ' ' , (Feature: Famous Players-John Murray Anderson Unit "Gypsy Follies") ; \t ; '■'.^,,:'' MONTE and CARMO ■ ^ -■ •;■'■ \v' '■!■••''' ''^'V^; :• (Feature: Famous Players- John Murray Anderson Unit "Dime Museum") / , ^ TAMARA UTGOFF HARP ENSEMBLE (Feature: Famous Players-John Murray Anderson Unit ''Nocturne") FASHION GIRLS (Feature: Famous Playert-John Murray Anderson Unit "American Venu» 1.' Fashion Show") ■■' SEAMON and HERMAN ■ • (Feature: Famous Players-John Murray Anderson Unit "Bug-House Cabaret") . GRACE WORTH and WORTHLESS BROTHERS (Feature: Famous Players-John Murray Anderson Unit "Bug-House Cabaret") MARGUERITE RINGO (Leading Dramatic Soprano : Famous Players-National Finiton Operatic Unit) FOR THE PICTURE HOUSES Mosconi Brothers, Yv«tte Rugel, Fay Lanphier (American Venus Girl), Ota Gygi & Maryon Vadie, Ota Gygi & Margaret Severn, Margaret Severn Dancers, Maryon Vadie Dancers, Margot Beth Revue, Norma Ciallo, Zez Confrey, Original Cansinos, Lee Morse, Fay Courtney & Madeline Randolph, Willie Creager S. His Entertainers, Ted Trevor and Dina Harris, Jacques Cartler, Ivan Dankoff and Beth Cannon, Joseph Wetzel, Jean Ribera, Krevoff, Arthur Turelly, Leonard Workman, Viola and Charlotte, Josephine Evans Mixed Quartet, Osborne Sisters, Capitol Saxophone Trio, Rosalie and Marie, Twenty Royal Hussars, Hector Carlton, Gregory Matusewitch, Shaw's Sporting Dogs Revue, Bentelt and Gould, Bruno Steinbach, Joseph Turin, Burt Shepherd, Renee and Lora, Wan Eyo, Helen Thomas; NEW YORK CITY 226 WEST 47TH ST. (Greenwich Bank Bldg.) INSIDE STUFF ON PICTURES (Continued from page 20) he felt ho could pet nny bettor tcrma to work under anywhere else he should not hesitate In accepting and that If necessary for him to quit In he middle of a picture It would be perfectly satisfactory, as It would be little trouble to have that portion of the picture in which he appeared remade. Since then the actor has had his tall between his legs; docs not mink so much of his own importance, and standing in the ranks of the many players and stars employed by the same company Exhibitors are squawking about the rental prices demanded for short - reeled subjects. Some producing channels are said to be demanding far more than thef are really worth according to the plafnt of the theatre men. Many exhlbitora in order to sidestep these alleged "out of pro- portion" prices .are picking up cheaper subjects in their program layouts The same exhibitors declare that it is bad enough to fork over an ap- parent exorbitant fee for features at times let alone dish out a lump sum for the shorter pictures. Makers of short-reeled subjects desired by the exhibitors have raised the argument that their one and two-rcelera of today cost far more than they did In the days when tliey were asking less money for rentals. They also argue th.at salaries for players make quite an Indent and that to meet the Increased cos* of productions It's necessary to raise the ex- tibiting ante. One big company that controls a series of film houses depending on the shorter subjects to lead up to the main feature without presentation otherwise is standing pat on refusal to buy certain short-reelcrs that have tilted the price to what they claim is "out of reason." A very dis- criminating "buyer" even passed up several very popular short subjects because he said they were not a box offlco attraction and that the raise over previous years had t*en a little too much for hlni to buy quickly •nd encourage an even greater boost for next year. Meanwhile this "buyer" has dug up 3ome short-fllmed stories that are a little old by the time they play his houses but the exhibitor saj-s they suffice In keeping his program intact. la also playing to capacity. "Bcn-IIur" is a window sale picture, with the lino being continuous and unbroken, while "The Big Parade" has developed Into a big agency call. Since September. William Fox's Philadelphia house has used Fox fea- tures exclusively, and the same policy will h* pursued until March, per- haps longer. Last season a Fox feature was used only every other wsek at the liouse. Famous Players* own short subjects will Include an Individual news reel service according to reports, an well as scenlcs, educatlonala, etc. Famous contemplates giving the short reels moro attention In their houses, with the Rialto New York, as the fulcrum of the experiment. NIckolas Consentlno, varsity graduated son of a Toronto Immigrant fruit merchant, went to Hollywood looking for a Job after sturrinK in a few amateur productl.ins. Ho was f;ik<'n on as an extra Iti "Irene," got a better part with Douglas Fairbanks in making 'TIn' l?lack Pirate," and now has been contract- signed by Faiilianks. FInkelstoIn and Ttubin are cornering the «>ntertainment market In their respective territories having completed an enormous fimounf of biiililing and purchasing in the pafrt two years. The last check up on tlielr holdings disclosed that the circuit now controls and operates approxlmatoly 100 hou!«es with several more under construction. The majority play straight i>Irtiires with tho^o holding a good seating capacity being augmented by vaudeville and presentations. William K. Howard is directing a picture said to be an Inside on boot- legging for Cecil B. UeMilie. It will reach the screen under the title of "Red Dice." The story is a screen adaptation of "The Iron Chalice," *n original by Octavius Roy Cohen, adapted by Duuglas E. Doty. Rod I* Rocquo is starred. I^oew, Inc., which has the Astor under rental at $130,000, one of the high theatrical rents of the town, is taking the weekly agency commis- sions on "The Big Parade." These commlsslon.s. It is said, run between 11.200 and 11,500 weekly and on this basis, if the picture goes its full year or more, it will mean that the firm will actually have had the house »t one of tho lowest net rentals on Broadway. The same policy la not being pursued at the Cohan, where "Ben-Hur" When Variety printed a story some time ago that a Junction agent In California was exhibiting dims sent by express, between trains in his little town, the Anjerican Express Comi)any put its secret service on the matter. Varh-ty received a letter from the Express company .otaling it would like to be informed of any similar instances known of or reported. The policy of the Rialto, New York, is now undergoing ono of those subtle changes. It is said that the I'ublix Theatre Corporation, handling the F.-P. houses, has realized that the house was run down with second runs and poor features, so that from now on the Rialto will get an even break with the Rlvoli in good pictures. I'roof of this was In the showing of "The Vanishing American" last week and in "The Wanderer," current. These pictures, both of which were run as specials at the Criterion, New York, on a two-a-day basis, are getting their first pop price showing at the Rialto, while Robert Flaherty's film, "Moana of the South Seas," will also go into tho Rialto shortly. Thin is being re- leased through Famous. That the change in policy Justified itself, as the "Vanishing Amer- ican's" week showed, as the receipts of over $22,000 were far above the house average for the past y<-ar, whl'.h has been ranging from $12,000 to $18.000.^~~ ■ : Vital Exchange Bankrupt; Receivership for Davis Co. The Vital Exchange, Inc., film distributors, of 1819 Broadway, has had an Involuntary bankruptcy pe- tition filed against it. E^nch of the three petitioners claims $500 duo. fiubse(iuent to tho Involuntary pe- tition in bankruptcy against tlio Vital ICxclianges, Inc., a receiverKlilp .action in Equity was Instituted by the Marilynn Mills Productions, Inc., atrain.st the Davis Distributing Divi- sion. Inc., asking that a receiver bo appointeouIs If. Ilowo was the appointed under $10,000 bond. Davis DiKtril)Ut- Ing Divisions, Inc., aciiule.s<«'d to tho receivership, concurriu',' with the allegations that it had $400,000 In debts and :ibout $I,0((0,i»oO in as- sets in tlie form of valuable ii-leasing and exhibiting contract*, whieh, if permitted to bo played out, would result in a satisfactory adjustment to ail concerned. Marilynn Mills Productions, Inc., sued on the allegation It had a $ri.l00 balance due it from the D.D.D. on a contract. The D.D.D. in turn releases through Vital Exchanges, In<;., tlio former company becoming ejniiarrasKcd through not receiving liirgi' sums due It on distributing ''ontiacts. It is set forth that the Davis Co., of wliich J Clarence Davis. 2d, is president. In Largely financed by lo.ans from tho Reulty I'-nctoriiig • 'orp., Associated Banking Corj)., .and I-co A. Price, wlio are creditor* to the extent of $200,000. ^^ Faulkner's Two in New Jersey I"Yed Faulkner, the New Jersey picture h')use operator, h.is tlie lOinltassy. ICast Oranre, N. J. His n»xt will bo his new Hackensack liuusv, iiprnlni? in Mnr eh. _ .!._ SCOVELL DANCERS Playing Balaban & Katz Theatres, Chicago Direction, Morris Silvers .^^ tl VARIETY PICTURES l?8f >f«tftl»1 . Mb^-tlfcf V/ Wednesday, February 17, 1926 1 PRESENTATIONS (Extra attraetioriM in picture theatres, when noi pictures, will be carried and described in this depart- ment for the general irJormation of the trade.) "GARDEN OF GIRLS" (24) Publix Theatre Revue 28 Min».; (Full— Special) Rivoli, New York First of thr (Uis Kdwards revues to play the Klvoll, the fornior ones under the ncvs Publlx^poUcy having been put on by John Murray Ander- son, who registered acme sour flops In two or three instances. Edwards ts contracted to do two more after this, while next week will see one called "Great Moments In fJrand Opera." credited to Nathaniel Kin- •ton, musio;>l director for the cir- cuit. Thi.-* EdwHrds revue opefis hefore a drop in "onn" witli six boy garden- - era in overalls, etc., BlugluK about cultivating a Karden of Kirl.^i. Scene then goe.s into "two," where several specialtle.i are done. Here Vincent O'Donnell. a kid lilsh tenor, rUHhea dn in cut up clothes and tlie farmer boys puy him. Baying "Whatcha doin". .Hi'lling paper.s or posies?" Tliey referred to some wliite carnations In his hand. Vincent rebukes tliem. hanging Ids Iivad in sorrow and aait- 1ns them if they ever heard of Moth- er's day. Not getting a satisfac- tory answer, he sings "Mother Ma- chree," while the boys keep {heir beads bowed. The first half of the presenta- tion ends with a representation of the Vas-i^ar Palsy Chain, sung by eight girls, who parody tlio "Ves. Sir, That's My Baby" song with "Yes. Sir. Were From Vassar." Tho second half Is titled "In the .Wtirld of Roses." and here various Bongs, "For You a Kose." "Mighty Lak a Kos<-." "Wild Irish Rose," "Rose of ANasiilngton Square" and "Rosy Posy." Fay Templeton's num- iJer. are given with varying effect The company presenting this re- vue Worked badly at the second Sunday show, and could have stood lots more rehearsing. After the first showing, orders went out to cut it heavily and some cuts were made, notably an Apache dance. The running time for the first show was over 28 ininutt s. An effort was made to get it around 20 or 18, but tho second .show still went the long route and plainly tirci the au'lienfo as the youngsters didn t lliislv aiiytlilu'r a sensa- tional nature, and all tho music numbor.s were old and sung In the usual way with no real voices show- ing up. Tiie running time of 28 minutes is -nurh too long for any show without exceptional members in tlie cast, and "(garden of CJirls." while proliahly satisfactory because of its flash in tlio out of New York hou.«es, is i)olo\v the Broadway cali- bre aiul a sorry contrast to the "BughouMo Cal>aret" of last week, an ideal picture house presentation, in which veal money w.-m spent to get some real specialty artists. It's a cinch liet that tho "Oar- den of Girls" pay roll ts small in comparison. fiisk. "THE HONEYMOON" (18) Revue \ 24 Mine.; Full (Special) Uptown, Chicago Conceive a honky-tonk tabloid suddenly blossoming out in sump- tious settings and costumes and you have a mental picture of this four- scene production. The "book" la credited to Will M. Hough. It is such a book as jnlglit have been written from* memory. There are two comics. Archie Foulk and Eddie Hume, bearing the names "Dultfe" and "Bo/.o." They are gunmen from Chicago wlio try In the first scene to get Jobs as interpreters and, falling, they stowaway aboard a .Tapan -bound vessel. Subsequently they are found running rickshaws In the Orient. .Messrs. Foulk and Hume are as funny as anyone could bo with the material. Without the magnificent produc- tion given it "The Honeymoon" (the INCORPORATIONS New York Bettery Amusement Corp., Man- hattan, pictures, capital. IIO.OOO. Di- rectors. Nathan Sugarman, I^eo Uothsrhild. SUnley BoskofT. Attor- ney, Jacob I. Wiener, 1482 Broad- way. British National Pioturea, Man- liattan; capital. $20,000. Directors, K. A, iMagulre. S. Frank, O. D. Mur- phv. Attorney, Albert H. T. Banz- haf, 130 West 42d street, Herab Amusement Corp., Bronx, l)liture8; capital, $1,000. Directors. Herman Savage, Abraham Shim- l.erg. Mary Wilson. Attorney. Louis K. Shimoerg, Bronx. Orpheum Circuit Booking Corp., Maidiattan, theatrical; 100 sh.ires common, no par. Directors, J. Mer- tens. .Ir., I^ M. Mabis, M. M. Bren- neman. Attorneys. Holmes, I..ynn. Paul & Havens. 16 William street. Cantor Comedies, Manhattan, pic- tures; 3.000 shares common, no par. Directors, Lew Cantor, William Brandell, Herman F. Spellman. 110 West 48th street. Attorney. Her- man P. Spellman. Native Theatre, Mamaroneck, \\'c.«itcliester coimty, tiieatrlcal. mu- sical; capital. $50,000. Directors. Richard and Elizabeth Barry, Fran- cis B. Wood. 233 Broadway. Attor- ney, Francis B. Wood. Stober Realty, Manhattan, pic- tures and vaudeville; capital, $10.- 000. Directors, Robert L. Noah, Oscar E. Hruning. Minnie Mae Daly. Attorney. Robert I* Noah. 5 Colum- bus Circle. Fulton Theatre Holding Corp., i Manhattan, manage theatres; )00 sharee common, no par. Direc-tors. L. A. Peyser. Irving Barry, Alfred Stoller. Attorney, Ab»-aham J. Hai- prln, 256 Broadway. Fulton Burlesque Operating Corp., Manhattan; similar to preceding corporation. Associated Ball Rooms, Manhat- tan; capital. $5,000. Directors, I..U- cille Braunsteln, Moe Gale. I. Jay Ferguson. Attorney. Joseph E. Oreenberg. 290 Broadway. Artists Booking Office, Manhattan: capital, $'2,000. Directors, Herschel Stewart, Frederick I^ Metslor, Jack title is meaningless) would be small time tab stuff. The Scovell Dancers Were pretty and graceful In the chorus numbers. Miller and Capman, male dancers, had hardly two minutes between them, while Floyd Jones and Marie Herron sang, both fairly. Loop. MansflehJ. Attorn«y. Ralph A. Kohn, 486 Fifth avenue. », ». * Rockpent Realty Corp., Manhat- tan, vaudeville, pictures; capital. $10,000. Directors, Sydney W. Stern, Jacob A. Wolt Samuel Marks. At- torney, S. W. Stern. 70 West 40th street. Dissolution A certificate of voluntary dis.solu- tlon has been filed with the Secre- tary of Stato by the Gala Park Amu-iement Company of Manhattan Maine Strand Recreation Co., Orono; $10,000, common par «50; president. Abraham L. Goodslde; treasurer and ilcrk. Edg.ar A. White. Northern Maine Fair, Presque Isle; $50,000; president. Cathen F. Perry: treasurer. Malcolm S. W. Dingwall; clerk. Clayton H. Steele. Penobscot and Piscataquis Fair Ass'n, Exeter; $10.00tt; president. Carroll J. Trickey; treasurer. Francis W. Hill; clerk, Charles U. Huswell. ■• Connecticut ^ White City Enterprises, New Haven; entert.iiTunent; $ri0.000; S. A. Dn Waltoff. White Cjty. West Haven and othei-a. Palace Theatre, New Britain; $25,000: Israel J. Hoffman, Ansoiiiu. and others. Scenic Theatre, New Britain; $25,000; John Coutaros. Now Brit- ain, and olhera. Capitol Theatre, New Britain: $50,000; Israel Hoffman. Ansonla, ami olher.S. State Theatre Realty Corp., Stam- ford; theatres; $''5,000; Albert .Strauss, ^'26 West 11 3th street. Now York, and others, all of New York. Roseland Amusement Co., Bridge- port; amusement enterprises; $50,- 000; Maryon L. Pryor, Fairfield, and others. Savin Rock Center, New H.iven; amusements; $42,000; Barnett Cohen .and others, all of New Haven. State Amusement Co., Hartford; amusements; $50,000; S:i..\uel E. Harris and others, all of Passaic, N. J. Roslin Corp., Middletown; amuse- ments; $50,000: Max Goldberg and others, all of ^IidllIctown. Stamford Amusement Corp., Hart- ford; amusements; $100,0'"C. F. H. l"?ut«^horn, S42 Park place, Brooklyn. N. Y. Massachusetts Vital Exchanges of New England, Inc., Boston; picture films, etc; $50,000; 500 shares at $100 each; president and treasurer, Henry O Segal; Lillian '"'acker. Worcester Capitol Co., Worcester; .imuscmenta; 100 shares, no par; president, Frank J. Howard; treas- urer. Charlea VT. Hodgdon. and Elmer R. Daniel. Liberty Theatre Co., Boston; $25. • 000; 250 shares at $108 each; presi- dent, Philip L. Markell; treasurer. Samuel M. Katxe, Lawrence, and Charles Morse. Coolidge Operating Co., Water* tctwn; amusements; $100,000; l,0m» shares at $100 each; president, Aaron Felnberg; treasurer, Mary E. Couner. and Lillian V. Green. Rivoli Theatre, Inc., Ho.sion; $100,000; 1,000 shares at $100 each; k^resldent, Jacob Lowrle; treasurer, Nathan Pinanski. and Fred Green. Colonial Casino Corp., Boston: amusement.s, parks; $260,000; 2,000 shares class A common at $25 each; 2,000 shares class B common, no j»ar; 2,000 shares preferred, $100 each; president. Frank H. Ander- son; treasurer. Martin A. Towlo, 9% State street, Boston, and Peter B. Bradley. CAPITOL AT Mfct STRKKT Kduard Bowen — Mnnagliie Director 'THE AUCTION BLOCK' rii.vur.E.s RAT KI.KAXOR HO A ROMAN O.WITOI. ORC'HKSTBA STATE andMEVROPOLITAN ICwuy Ac tii2(» WilWdudinf Sun. SCo'lpa FANCHON and MARCO'S Latert "IDEA" RUBE WOLF WITH HIS GREATER BAND AN OVERNIGHT SENSATION ON HIS DEBUT AT LOEWS STATE, LOS ANGELES V .<'.; .< This Is What the Los Angeles Dailies Said About Him! Ony Price, Kvrnlr.g "Hurald" niil>« Wolf, rnivnily criiwnf.ii citar of rhyilitii. kprp» tlio iiroRr.Tin up to ft hlRh pitch of vntArtalnniiMit. Whlls leading niM ori'li«>«lri> hn tl>'s hiiiiHPlf into 67 v.Trlrfli-s (if kniitn with Intrlrnte »tiil now ClmrIf»ton rtpfs. Hi \n undoubted- ly one i>C the Kr>'i>t> nt nltraotloiiH to np- l>rar on Hie atiiKe pruKfam for etinie til".-. Nell Kelly, "the orltrlnator of pop." lo rulled liack fur ko inuny enrures that Kube, who nn^^istn or la a-^i*iMt(iil hv her. _l!i wiirkeil by the pnthuiliiatic HUillencn ~"eInio3t to o^h:^^l^-M^•n, ttul't''.** ,1h7.z mriH't la the niOHl watlinpr Insfrumml In rxisi- eni'e. It will unilotjiitodly liecmiin aa fiiiijoiiN nn Tiiin .\ll\'." ptiilo. .\li h* IicihIn Io do l« to Kive It a ii.nma and It Tvtll ll»e .'la a uiiicnio »<> nri.p.ii Ini; inslrii- nunf. Th<" piiul of iIk- juini> 1* Im- b'-ddcil in I ho cni nil's (?iild. MonriMi Litthrop, "Cvealnir Expt. ss" "Rube Woira debut yestrr.luy skus hardly Icaa uuapicloua than R.iy'a struiiR coincliai'k. Tho .lasc orobcatra leadt^r tian a flue I ind. and aa for hiiMnelf he ia uriRlrii.l and brlnga a new comedy touch to hia ftpld. Terlerday'a audlonce win inanlfpntly raptured by ht« humoniua in- termpliona to Ills direction and to N^ 11 Kelly'n damltiR. and It w«« fvM nt that h e la y '\lti g t o be a por>ular factor at T.oo«'s .-JLile." finM-r Kliicoley, "Tlni»»" "Hutie W<,lf and hIa oroh"»li.i went i.vcr with a hane. I like I.iibe'H . lovn- ins In hi? diro. (Inn." '■.'':•:'. FEATURED IN FANCHON AND MARCO'S "IDEAS" FOR WEST INDEFINITELY llluxtratrtl, "Daily N'.iwh" Rube Wolf Steals Honors At Loew's by Jazz Artistry "AIlhouKh Rox Pcnrh's The Aii.-IUiH Block" would ordinarilly be the atelliif nltractlon at the T.orw's State thla wook, Riihf! Wolf und his greater t>.ind In tlvir triumili^nt debut take thb fvature hi ad. Una honoiv. '"I'hc vcrnaillo inuKlclan waa Rrecti-j with tl)uu-r<>UM Kt>vlB««i^ at each r»>nrtt» tloii na hi- dc!'iiii;s,r:(ted hla talrnto by drtnclnjt Ih" CharlciSton, pi xyinn cnriKt solna and ilir.-ctlnk' lila artUta all in ilie -lime bi-;ilh. WClfM ubiliiy us n ili.iw- ioK card wa» plainly evident by tho (hi..njtJi that filled tho nrnndvVny pLiJi- hi.unp 1.1 cdiiaouy at each ahnwinff y •(• liT.lay." ' . ; COAST THEATRES, INC. ■ ' r Wednesday, Febnary 17, 1926 VARIETY 39 VITEST COAST STUDIOS i> Loa Angeles, Feb. 12. o-»fv Coinpson has been addea to *K- cast of -'The Wise Guy." which 2l„nk Lloyd win make for First ^"iVnfll at the United Studios ^h'ortly Other members of the cast fncTude James Kirkwood. Mary ABtor. Mary Carr and George nnooer Kirkwood Is expected to ^ive here this week from the cast. tlon Tnrk DlUon has begun the produc- ,.nn of "Love's Blindness." from an F-lnor Glyn story, under the per- fnnal supervision of the author, at ?he Metro-Go:dwyn-Mayer Studios. Those appearing in the cast Include Pauline Starke. Douglas Gllmore, Kate Price. George Waggoner and Walter Tennyson. ■ Phil Rosen has completed making -n untitled picture for M-G-M. The ■tory Is said to have a smattering of the late war for a background. In the cast are Conrad Nagel. Kenee Adoree. Antonle d'Algy. Julia Bwayne Corden, Polly Moran. Mar- cla Manon, Bernard Slegel. Pat Hardigan. According to reports Feodox Chaliapln, basso, will become a screen actor and play the male lead opposite Pola Negri In a Famous players- picture. John McDermott Is to direct Nor- jnan Kerry In "The Love Thief." Production will begin March 16. PICTURE POSSIBILITIES OF CURRENT PLAYS ON BlAY "Don Q., Jr." — Favorabia •'Don Q., Jr." (Comedy. 49th St.): Jackie Coogan or some other Juvenile star could use this comedy. For the fllmles, the title Itself has some value because of the Fairbanks picture. As a story this rambles, but a facile scenarist could extract the meat as regards the protectory for juvenile delinquents, and feature that part of the yarn along propaganda lines to give the American youth of the slums a chance for existence. The romantic phase is also an a.^set. Abel. "The Great Gatsby"— Favorable "The Great Gateby" (Drama, William A. Brady, Ambassador): Brady'.s presentation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel in dramatic form offers good screen material. The book was a best seller, one factor that should en- hance Its value as a picture. . v Ibec. •Embere" — Favorable "Embers" (Henr>' Miller, Miller's theatre); This storj', frank In spots, could be toned down for pictures and would stand a chance If well handled and played by a serious male star of the Lewis Stone typei Worth looking over. Hisk. "Love 'Em and Leave 'Em"— Doubtful "Love 'Em and Leave 'tm" (Jed Munis. Comedy, Harris): Not much of a story, that of sisterly devotion. The title is too racy for the light- weight theme and thereloro questionable for the fllmles. If the p!ay were a Broadway smash, the title might mean something. Abel. "The Jay Walker-— Unfavorable "The Jay W«lker" (Drama, Bonj. F. Wiiitbe-k, Klaw): Domestic story, sordid for the most lart. If the lead (woman) could be given a sym- pathetic appeal, that might help for pictures but it Is doubtful If the camera will ever grind this one oi:t. Ibee. "Lulu Dellc' — Unfavorable "Lulu Belle" (David Belasco, Drama, Telasco): of story also Impossible for plcturizatlon. Mixed cast with type "Matinee Girl"— Unfavorable "The Matinee Girl" (Ed Rosenbauni, Jr., Musical, Forrest) : Musical comedies are generally thin on story and this one Is particularly light- weight. At best, a musical's chances for the screen depend on the show's run as with an "Irene" or "Sally, Irene and Mary." "The Matinee Girl" (not a bad title), is accordingly handicapped. Abel. Universal has assigned Kogell to direct Art Acord "Dude Ranch.'" Albert in the Hughie Fay is to direct a new series of 12 2-reel Andy Gump sub- jects for Samuel Van Ronkel, to be re'.eased by Universal. The cast of the Gump family wl'.l be the orig- inals, Joe Murphy, Fay Tincher and Jackie Morgan. » Those in the cast of "The Star Maker," put Into production by Lois Weber at Universal City, will in- clude Mary Philbin. Francis X. Bushman, Grace Darmond, Lola Todd and Roy Bloomer. Lynn Reynolds is to direct the •Quest of Joan," an adaptation of the novel by James O'.iver Curwood, for Universal. This will be a star- ring vehicle for House Peters. Imrl Fazekes, Hungarian /writer. Is at th© Famous Players-Lasky Studio, working on an original story, which is to be used for a screen vehicle U*r I'ola i>set;i" "A Weak Woman"— Unfavorable "A Weak WomaT*" (Henry Baron. Rltz); A dirty French farce, the crux of which has one woman loving two men equally, giving herself to one and then repenting and marrjing the other. Unless the curse can be taken oft its frankness, not for pictures. 8isk. JANE THOMAS GIVEN VERDICT Los Angeles, Feb. 16. Jane Thomas, film actress, was awarded $G,84o in a Judgment against Clifford Klfelt, picture pro- ducer, who Is now in Holland at- tempting to "shoot" the Kaiser. Superior Court Judge HoUzer handed down the decision. Miss Thomas had been engaged to appear in a picture and Ell'elt failed to live up to the contract through not even making the specllled film. ENLARGING MEMPHIS STAGE Memphis. Feb, 18. Since Balaban & Katz have in- stalled their own manager. Laurence Shead at Loew's Palace — Publlx — the stage has been enlarged so that the presentations of John Murray Anderson can be staged here start- ing with "The Melting Pot," March 22. Business at Loew's Palace has been only fair for several seasons so they are going to give the public presentations with the pictures. Warner Brothers have "farmed" out Willlard Louis and Heinle Conk- lin to Fox. Louis Is to appear In a special which Jack Ford will pro- duce, while Conkltn will do a com- edy in Tom Mix's next picture, "Hard-Boiled." The cast of "Brown of Harvard," which Jack Conway Is making for M-G-M, Culver City, Include Jack Pickford, William Haines, Francs X. Bushman, Jr., Mary Brian, Ernest GiUan, Edward Connelly and Gulnn Williams. Buck'.elgh Oxford has moved his tyie-.vriter from the story dep\rt- ment at Universal to the M-G-M Studio in Culver City, where he will Work on story adaptations. "Into Her Kingdom," a story by Ruth Comfort Mitche'.l, will be a screen vehicle for Corinne Griillth, which will be put into production March 15 at the Metropolitan Stu- dios, to be relea.=ed by First Na- tional. "Ashes" was t.o have been the story done next but Its produc- tion has been postponed indefinitely. Tom Foreman Is engaged to direct "Whispering Canyon," a western subject, which will be made for Banner productions release, to be made at the Fine Arts Studio. The cast of "Rustling for Cupid," Which Irving Cummings Is making tor Fox, includes George O'Brien, Anita Stewart, Russell Simpson, Edith Yorke, Herbert Prior, Sydney Jordan and PYank McGlinn, Jr. Those Included in the cast of "The De.'iert Healer," which Maurice Tourncur is directing for Marion Fairfax, are Lewis Stone, Barbara Bedford, Walter Pidgeon, Ann Rork, Katherine McDonald and Tully Marshall. Jack Ford has begun making "The Shamrock Handicap," an original Story by Peter B. Kyne, for Fox. Those selected for the cast are Les- lie Fenton. Jeanette Gaynor, J. F. MacDonald, Williard I.,(>uia, Louis Payne, Claire McDowell, Georgia Harris. After two wc-ks' Illness Allan ^wan has roturn'^l to the Famous Tlayors-I.askv an:^^* KenitH-r ef Motioa Picture Pro«Bcen and UI«trlbgtore of AmTlca. Inc. Will H. Ilay», Froldcat r>y^^^' t^\. 40 VARIETY FILM REVIEWS Wednesday^ February 17, 1926 MARE NOSTRUM Melni-riol'lwyn'a aduputlon of the Ulusco Ibancz novfl of thf" •:im>- nnme. fanturlns Alice Terry and Antmi.o Mori'no. Dl.ecteil by Uex In'tram. Sn'nnrlo hy WllUs GoM- beck, with Julin V Sfllz lOtotogmpbsr. At »he Cr.terlr,; top. o. vnlnie mlnuic' The Trlli'ii Unl Apollor Don F'TtBifUt Alex Nova HI-- .t"n. UlyfsiB Koda-jbJ-el-l'Uider Carnifi>l HiiKhle Mack Frey« Tn berg Allc? Terry tJly.Hso.n Ferragut Antonio M'>rono Dona ('In;* Mile. Klthnou Ent.'bi.n Mirhatl lirunt or J 1 enlta J'.nHlta Ramirez Tohl Fr .leilck MarloU Dr. Fcdclmnn Mnie. PaiiuerBtIc Count Kalen.il- e Fcniand M;iilly Submurlni' (Tommander Andre von Kngelman Kun Just liefore hts ship takes ilii linal plungr!. ProvloiiHly hia yoims son haa b<»pn drowntil as a result of another un- dersea attack, so it's one of those jubn F S.liz photdumpber. At : thinfcs where everyhody die.s. An J- F^r tl-Vnnl.r* 7lme'' l*f, ""V,'^ ""? •"'^l'*''-h'>ly /'nlsh Is made throuRh an underwater phan- "Mare Nostrum" ("Our Sea") in a war picture. That c.eans up any doubt as tu the nieunln^ of the title and the nature of the story. It's war stuff from a naval anglj n''^ not tasy to show the "leads" alive as a climax. That's the Ihanej! novel as it shapes up In scenario form, and the construction isn't stronn enoush to sustain It by Itself at %'i as a road sustain it by Itself as a $2 road siLllitles in limited capacity houses if the nim ia cut. Insram remained abroad a Ions time to make this one, and few wi.l deny that he has turned out a pic- turesque Rem. Barcelona, Pompeii, Naples, MarsoUles — they're all there • in the flesh," and it'a pretty work, liut land.soapea can't and don't make a picture which runs Just five min- utes short of two hours in actual reelage. Much can come out, and too potent in the tellins at this day and dale. As a $2 special-run pic- I it may then project itself aa a bet- ture it doesn't suffice, but as a pro- ! ter vehicle. However, as it stands gram Ipader It can be cut to ade- quately mf^et such an as;;lpnment There can be no doubt that of Aletro-Uoldwyn'8 quartet of "spe- cials" now on Broadway this one is by f u the weakest. Ibanez, the author and a Spaniard haa taken the late upiieaval of the world and woven a tale fro.n his country's viewpoint. Spain was a neutral nation. The picture may in- terest them on the native soil of tht writer, but there's been too much war stuff here and abroad, and what was left on these shores "The Big Parade" has used up. There's not ^ chance of "Mare Nostrum" ever be- Inff shown in Germany because of the manner in which is presented that country's submarine warfTre. And the torpedoing of two snips (miniatures and in "alow" photog- raphy) is this film's kick. "Mare Nostrum" wns a book, so there is always a possibility It wil! draw the readers; but those v'ew- InpT it with no memories and an open mind are liable to find In the story many uninteresting paa-.a.Q;es plus the handicap of not a single princip'il character either demand- ing or holding sympathy. Thus al- moet Immediately the "love interest" Is de'.).'i table, Imamuch ns the wom- an In the case, Freya (Miss Terry) la a German spy, and the man. Ulys es (J'r. Moreno), a Spanish set cnntain who deserts his home for her. Freya dies before a flrln? squad ert Here la a screen comedy that com* bines a measure of thrills at the flnliih certain to keep the average audience on the edge of their seats and at the same time have thera screaming with laughter. Inci- dentally, this is the combination of George Sidney and Alexander Carr In another of the series of "Potash and Perlmutter" stories, and George Sidney pretty much walks away with all the aympathy that there Is In the picture. The "P. & P." stories themselvea are too well known to need any synopsis of length. This one deals with the advent of th» partners In the automotive induatry and their operation of the Schenck* mann Six agency. The picture starts with a wow ot a laugh when the partners take out a prospect with his wife to give them a demonstration of their car and finishes with a scream when the two partners try to escape the country via aeroplane to get away from a mob of creditors who hav* invested in the stock for a new motor that they are going to plac» on the m*ket. That aeroplane stuff ia about the best double trick atufC that has been shot In a long while. George Sidney aa Abe Potash, the good -hearted egg, who Is even willing to help out his wife's rela- tives, scores heavily, while Alex Carr as his excitable partner is again In hl9 old role. Betty Jewel aa the Ingenue lead carries oft her acenes very well. Lillian Elliott a* Mrs. Potash, however, stands out. Lew Brice, In for a couple of comedy bits as a good-for-nothing nephew, slips by the barrier with a tricic mustache. The titling held any number of laughs for a wise audience at the Strand Sunday, and a couple of pieces of bualness with Abe havlnir a horse liniment rubdown at Rosie'S I hands waa another laugh wow. But "JOHNSTOWN FLOOD" A Thrilling Epic Drama GEORGE b^BRIEN FLORENCE CILDEnr — JANET GAYNOR ANDERS RANDOLF — PAUL NICHOLSON lly RUFItin IIIN4iIi,\M ami KOnEKT I.OKI> IRVING CUMMINGS Production "Siberia" Bartley Campbell's Soul-Stirring Drama of Love and Intrigue in Darkest Russia with ALMA EDMUND LOU RUBENS LOWE TELLEGEN LILYAN TOM HELENA TASHMAN SANTSCHI D'ALGY Scsnarlo by Eve Unsell VICTOR SCHERTZINGER Production 'SANDY' From Great Newspaper Serial Story by Elenore Meherin with MADGE BELLAMY LESLIE FENTON— HARRISON FORD DAVID TORRENCE— BARDSON BARD GLORIA HOPE— CHARLES FARREL HARRY BEAUMONT Production Tom Mix "MY OWN PAL" A 11)20 Typical Tom Mix Picture de Luxe with OLIVE BORDEN TOM SANT.SCUI— VinuiMA M-MUSIIAM, and TONY, the WONDER HORSE Story by GERALD B2AUMONT J. G. BLYSTONE Production "HELL'S FOUR HUNDRED" An Unusual Story of a "Gold Digger's" Search for Happiness with MARGARET LIVINGSTON HARRISON FORD Wallace McDonald, Henry Kolker From the Novel "The Just and the Unjust" by X'aughn Kester. Scenario l>y liradley Kini^. JOHN GRIFFITH WRAY Production _ "YELLOW FINGERS" GtMie Wright's Romantic Novel of Adven- ture in the South Sea Isles with OLIVE BORDEN the Screen's Newest Emotional St.ir RALPH INCE, Claire Adams, Armand Kaliz. ICdvvard Picl, May Foster, Nigel tie Firullicr, John Wallace, Otto Maticson, Josephine Crowell, C'harles Newton, Scenario by Eve Unscll EMMETT FLYNN Production JUST A FEW OF TITE MANY RHASONS WHY KARL MOHLITZELLH SIGNED A FirE^ -YK/IR-EXCrAJSIVR CONTRACT WITH FOX FOR THE HOBLllZELEE CFRCUIT. EVERYv..^t KEEN PICTURE MAN IS SAYING; "WATCH FOXI THEY HAVE THi: MONEY-iMAKERS." Fox Film Carp a rati oru -cr \ Wednesday, February 17, 1928 FILM REVIEWS VARIETY 41 It is the •tuntfl that he pulls while llenunnly walking on the upper Iw-ne of a flyinK machln«> whilo it ia high above the clouds that will make the audience howl loudest and loncpst. The tinal title after this terrlflf: luuKh scene secmH flat, and therefore the picture soems to end abruptly, but It looks almost as though there was a lauRh a second for tho hour that the picture runs. Henry KinK. who directed, is also responsible for "Stella Dallas" It would be hard to Ima trine that the two came from the hand.-? of the same director, so different in tempo and style are the two productions. but they ffo to prove that Kin^ can make 'em cry with one and lau^'h with the other, and that \a a pretty good Indication that he is a «iire(!tor of parts. Fred. THE AUCTION BLOCK Metro-Goldwyn-Maycr picture ami Ho- ^art Urnlpy prorluitlon, featurinc KI>>anor ttoarilmiin and Charlaa Kay. Directed by ilenlry: adui>tcd (rum Rex Heacbii nuvrl by Frederick and Fanny Ilntton. At the Capitol, New York, woflk of Feb. 14. Run- aing time, 72 minutes. Bob Wharton Charlea Ray Lory Knight ......Eleanor Boardman Bernlce l.,ane... ..'....• Hally O'Neill Carter I.ane Kment Gillen Homer Ijine Oharleg Clary Robert Wharton, 8r David Torrenre Ut. Knight James Currlgan Edward HIake Forrest Seabury Nat SlauKon Nfvl Sparke* A SO-SO comedy in which Charles Bay runs away with the honors. Co-featured Is Kleanor Boardman. but It's doubtful If this picture will do that young woman any good. Screened in a light vein, the situa- tion, roundly, is that Mis.s Board - man is limited to playing "straight" for Itay's frolicking. The film Is transparent fare, never tlireatens to make a serious impression, and is .lust on© of those things half the drop-ins expect to view when en- tering a cinema palace. How close this celluloid adheres to the Beach novel of the same name cannot be stated. But one Important item in the footage is a dLitinct resemblance of a "bit" character to Polly Moran. It's odds that it is Polly in the shoe-ntting scene. There's no program men- tion of her, but that face — it must te Pol's. Beyond that, this M.-G. effort concerns Itself with Bob Wharton (Mr. Ray), who outbids everyone for a dance with Lorry Knight (Miss Boardman), the winner of a beauty contest. A hasty marriage breaks up when she sees numerous feminine photos in hubby's flat and realizes his wealthy dad Is a good- natured financial source. Hence, back to mother, where the home folks are in ignorance of the mar- riage. Wharton follows, is refused rec- onciliation, but puts the town into a turmoil through buying in on the local shoe store to give it his per- sonal service as well as laeas. Financially, he makes good, al- though he can't make the grade with his wife. The bank president's daughter (Miss O'Neill) finally gets Wharton 'in a jam by intentionally breaking down her car, so that she and her idol have to stay out all night. The family demands a mar- riage, but the under-cover Mrs. Wharton wrings a confession from the flapper, and there's the happy finish. It's a Jaunt for Ray and he does extremely well. Doing a more or less wise-crack in' youngster under the Hatlon adaptation, the sub- titles are of more than ordinary as- sistance. Ray can take care of a number of these assignments to the benefit of both films and himself. On the other hand, the predica- ment of Miss Boardman puzzles. About a year ago this girl carrb-d a neat quota, of prestige along "the street" and was one of the out- standing "comers" in the feminine film contingent. At that time she ^^as hitting the Capitol screen about once a month and building Up a substantial following. How- ever, since then Mls.^ Boardnian's prominence has dwindled. Her lati- picted. Always a good- looking girl, Mi.ss }{oardman hasn't appeared to her full advantage in this manner for some time. As her personal situation now Btands, It Jvill take a couple of corking re- leases to ag-aln approach the jiace at which she was traveling about 12 months ago. Sally O'N'eill, as the flapper *n(lary role and revcnl.o wlint she hiny possibly be — a future brilliant. The loss responsibility this vouni; lady carries right now In a picture, the more she stands out. .She'll probably rise to shoulder a full bur- .Ir 11 son,,, day, but not yet. Others In the ca.st are capable If not so im- Portnnt. Henl.y in directing, his given all 'hp punch of tho srenario to Ray. ir\1v ""^ latter reaps nocordlnKlv. "iner than thut, the director has ovprseered creditably and evidently II the desired vein. Productionallv. \ 1 P''"'"""* 1" above board, and ■'ohn Arnold has photographed ""•ely. r,n,eit the lack of makeup "'hind the ears of some of the play- "'" is Plastically prominent. Skiv. PLEASURE BUYERS PrtMluceJ by Warner Uro«. From Ih" novel by Arthur .Sumeni )[.«-he. Aiiapteil li> Hope I,urli)K uiij IxjuU I,ij:lilijn. Ijii.it- oj by Chct Wllhpy, ansHl.'.l by Wllil.im Mi'Uann. Ireim Hich unl flUe I!nH..k lo- "larrrd. At New Vurk th.»uln', New York. Feb. 4. Itunnini; imif, about (Ui mlnuttv. Joan WiHwell Ir.iie KUh Th.1 Workman Clho Itro./k Gent' Cas.senas i;avm» Whitmm Hel.-n Ripley June Marlows "'""'»' Ill inle I'onklin Toiiimy Wlswell Don Alvaniilu Klld ire ICilward }'. i) Qul'itard Frank Ciimpeau n.iieral Riplty Wint.'r Hall Tfrry Frank l^'iKh "The I'leasurc Buyer.s " may have read like a million dollars. As a picture it didn't turn out so laiuy. Picture pretty well staged and has capital photopraiihy. There are times that Chet Withey shows his master hand and the picture lives up to Its title; yet the nece.s.sity of shuffling all the characters so that nearly everybody in the picture with the exception of the man th.it is killed is accused of murder makes too much mystery. This took hi the principal fem- inine character, splendidly enacted by Irene Rich. She got mixed up in the thing through a desire to shield her brother. Tommy. It looked like a real picture the first part, but when the murder aiiKl<' niesseMt Hiiach featured. At L'l»ln* Kirld Uni'le Nat a adopted child Helen H<><;o This Is one of the few Metro's that wasn't shown at either the Capitol or Loew's St.ate before going into tho I..oew vaudeville and pic- ture houses Around town. The first New York showing was given at the American (vaudeville and pictures) the last half last week, and It also showed at the New York Saturday. Till' reason is probably twofold. 'I'lie .sii>;i,'i>Mion lure Is tliat Sally (»'\'<>ll. recemly tt'atured ami be.ivily (■.vploited lit tlic Cai>itol in ".Mike." proli.ibly waMi'l of the i-alilMO to it|'<;it so .-ioini In eiihir lli.it bouse or t)n> .* iiioi«' loirioal) is tb.it "Don't" !s our of iliai lypo wliiili iiitiis pan in the lir.«t line houso---, wlicnas the .lUdiintes in flie siiuill>r tli.;.liis will roar o\er its low coiniily. It isn't a bad picture, and al- tboui,'h the story doesn't iiumh a great deal and its production liasn't i-ost imicb, it is funny In ii loud and lioistiToiis wa.v. Thus wlieii Sally Moffatt begins a flirtation in board- ing school and continues it at lionie, iiiiuh to tlie chagrin of a stern parent who had her future husband already picked, the real sweetheart is up UKainst the necessity of prov- ing himself to be the high man. This opportunity presents Itself when a ganc; of lunatic's runs wild ami kif a car and puttins^ Sally on the front seat as the partner of the maniacal driver. Silly O Neil and John Patrick are the loviM's and do nicely, although .Miss O'Nell's "culeiiess" is over- done In many spots. A stew uncle is funnily played by Bert Roach, and bis ;i.biptcd child, a Bcbci.m war urpliaii, i.s jilayod by ll>'len ures. but so funny l'cu^;y look like a 'I'liis kid is a tiny :illhotij;l\ rou^'bly s nianv tliinus for Hoije. new to pic siie makes Bal>\ question III. irk. proposition, and h.indled here, do !aui:bs. anil jiistllies a good p.ui iti sonic tiituie piodii- I ioii. lie Witt .lennintis and KUul Wales ure the parents .'liid also niwl) I.iiik'iis. One iiiystiry, Ik'ivi v« r, is> ih.it a uoni:iu like .Miss W.ibs, wlio has woil\ed in a lluoisanl lilin.s. Is uii- credltcd by a name line or similar mark of recoi^nition while .another girl, who appe.irs fi^r a iniiuitc flash and has nothing to do with the plot, is given an introductory .sub-title with her name. The reference is to •Madeleine Kield, as the boy's brother. "Don't" isn't any feather in the cap of Rujiert Hughes, but Metro has made It into a. slapstick comedy which we.irs wi-ll and Is certainly good stuff for the second runs and tho neighborhoods. ttiak. If you don't advertise in VARIETY (k)irt advertise — fe>R THC LOVE Oh Boy! Oh Joy! The Comedy Hit of Years! \LetSfu^ MARSHALL NEILAN*S big comedy hit Sally O'Ncil . Charles Murray, William Haines, Ford Sterling fiy Don H, rrc/rf ^^./!^^^ 'T^'^t'^^^ious cartoonist of the New York ^3^-^ I A World-Will B.Johnstone-now joins ^ the comic artists and writers who hail )(^ \ "Mike" as the laughing hit of a lifetime/ ETRO - GOLDWYN - IVI AVER 42 VARIETY PICTURES Wednesday, February 17, 1926 HOUSE REVIEWS Loew's State, Boston Boston, Feb. 16. De.iplte the stalled tratflc, due to the double storm, last night was ca- pacity, due mainly to the usual draw of & Lon Chaney release. The plctwe Itself was a disapt>o<*itment, not throuKh any inferiority but be- cause of lack of the expected su- periority of & healthy advertised Chaney-Moore-Adoree fllm, billed as having scored in New York. The bill as a whole was again put 4cros9 successfully through the showmanship of Philip Spitalny, who Is this week announced as no longer a guest conductor with his Victor Recording Band but a per- manent production supervisor. Spitalny is using his Jazz band in the pit to augment the house or- chestra to 40 pieces, and plays it alone on the stage as a ftature for the featur» units. In addition a trumpeter and a saxophonist, billed aa Gordon and Sansdowne, were singled to support a sad illustrated ballad. To the general surprise of everybody, particularly Spitalny, tliey almost stopped the show. The real stop was Roy Bolger, held over from last week and planted at the grand piano. Thi, boy, with his eccentric and comedy acrobatic routine, proved to be a.s big a wow on his second week as the first. Kita Owln did her first comedy dance ahead of Bolger and then had to follow him. What little chance She had of topping him was killed by a stage black-out for a rather weak novelty flash, consisting of the revolving prismatic globe on which wa« concentrated all the wattage in the balcony battery of spots. The transparent back drops were illu- minated by multi-colored flame ro- tary floods, giving a fair effect but absolutely ruining Miss Owln. Tyler Mason, In blackface, also had trouble in getting across. The other feature of the bill was Craig Campbell as an operatic tenor. The house was a little large and a trifle restless, handicapping a per- formance that would have gone much better In vaudeville or con- cert. The supporting fllma were minor end weak, comedy being woefully missing, especially In view of the Chaney feature being laughle.ss. In Its entirety this week's bill Is admittedly below the alms of Ix)ew'8 under its present policy of going up against the Metropolitan, as it had neither a pretentious spectacle nor an outstanding novelty, either of which would have turned the trick. Chaney and Spitalny as a combi- nation will keep the house Jammed evenings duripc the week, but can- not do enough to keep the tide com- ing In for the following week. Libbey, Qulnlan and Miss MlUor again carrying the vocal end, a trick en- velope effect being used, in which the ensemble girls are shown when the pages open it. Helen Santry and James Norton are on here for their tough dance specialty, which practically stopi>ed the proceeding.s, and atop of that an unprogrammed male dancer In a fast stepping rou- tine led right into the finale. For speed and showmanship this revue would be mighty hard to beat. Fred. TIVOLI, CHICAGO Chicago, Feb. 12. For a movie house, the Tivoll last week was the last word In good performances. Having done a tre- mendous business for the past few months, often grossing over $30.- 000, the management found it not only possible but advisable to pre- sent more spectacular and bolter .stuff. As a result, last week's show was far above the average run of even the higher class of house presentations. Opening the three-hour program. pW-t:.- vrT^-?^/VrJ!'''X<(^iwjw»gr<. the Tivoll orchestra, under the di- rection of Adolphe Dumont, did an overture, "Popular Fantasy." A mix solo, vocal chorus by one of the musicians and a cornet trio livened the bit up and made It seem more like an act than an overture. Very enjoyable and rather novel for an overture. As a special feature^ celebrating the fifth anniversary of the house, a special little production, featur- ing Boyd Senter, was displayed. Boyd Senter needs no comment. His work with a sax and clarinet p evening. is too wiell known, and his perform- ances are always well worth seeing or hearing. The TlvoU Ballet, a chorus of six and a principal dancer, cavorted around to the har- monies executed by Mr. Senter, supposed to register Joy and happi- ness because Balaban and Katz made lots of money In the past Ave years. Even with this fact being brought up every step the ballet did, It was thoroughly plea.sant. A fast-stepping Charleston team helped close the tit. Edward K. House, the "Singing Organist," rendered "A Cottage Small by a WaterfaH," singing the chorus several times. O.K. The mainstay of the week's bill was John Murray Anderson's ver- sion of America, called "The Melt- ing Pot." It Is of interest to note that this production is the first presentation used by B. & K.. In i Chicago, that was staged and con- ceived by someone other than the B. & K.'s own production staff. V. Fomeen's Royal Accordion Band, six accordions, upheld the musical end of the production very well. It seems that they should have done much more — only doing one specialty — as their single bit went over nicely. "Lights of Old Broadway" was the feature, and a comedy, news reel and a memorial Lincoln fllm filled in and made, truly, a great Loop. LOEWS STATE, L. A. Los Angeles, Feb. 12. The show at Loew's State means the West Coast Theatres have stripped for action, laid down their opening barrage In the contem- plated battle between tholr feature stand, Loew's State and local Met- ropolitan -PublLx house, as f.ir as first run feature picture embellish- ments are concerned. In the role of range-finders, Fan- ohon and Marco have enlisted as their "Big Bertha" the locally titled "Czar of Rhythm," Rube Wolf and His Greater Band. If Jack Parting- ton as range finder for the opposi- tion has a broadside to unload on the 19th, his announced date of swinging his forces into action, which can offset this "Big Bertha" of the West Coast forces, this lop^ warfare is going to develop niightT sweet entertainment for local nic.' ture fan fare. Charles Ray. the male name of the week's screen feature, the M O M. Hobart Henley production of Rex Beach's "The Auction Block " made a personal appearance to con- fer the mythical title, "The Los An- geles Czar of Rhythm" on Rube Wolf, with the mythical title stuff going for the "end book ' with no fear of dispute after one listens to this Wolf "baby" conduct his io- piece band through a diversified program, which includes about every known form of music that a con- ductor could possibly fall heir to from the Jazz variety accompani- ment for several singing and danc- ing specialties to a beautiful sym- phonious orchestration of the stand- ard overture "Zampa," which held spellbound during its rendition. Wolf has recruited a regiment of soloists and announced a policy of introduction of a different one each week during his tenure. He uncovered a "sweetie" in Salvadore Sanatolli, one of his two doing duty over the "ivories," and if SanatelU is a sample of the Wolf regiment soloists he must be faced with a nasty total as salary list, Judging from this baby's ability to whip the ivories and assayed accordingly to a pay envelope. He tied the pro- ^T^T^?y^y^V.*'w«y■yy ■^^w>A H.; .w ^^:■: II I I the LEADING MONEY ..rliSSSSlS and LYRIC STRAND Joe Plunkett has another one of those corking fast Frolics Presenta- tions at the Strand this week. On < Sunday his first show was late in getting started, but by the time that ' the second show came along things were running so smoothly that the bin ran through in 10 minutes less . than two hours. The feature ran an hour. In the ' balance of the time Plunkett , squeezed Into 27 minutes the fastest i combination of revue and vaudeville that has been seen around in a long time. Six acts, two of them en- semble revue numbers, and all in less than half an hour, certainly Is going some. ' The First Hungarian Rhapsody served as the overture, running seven minutes. The Frolic started Immediately after, and then the Topical Review with eight subjects , In 11 minutes. International fur- nished four. Fox two and Pathe two. ' Following the feature a Prizma short, "The Glorious Goodbye," an outdoor eductitional showing the passing of the seasons, seemed very effective. In a beautiful garden sot, show- ing a high wall up stage with two sets of st.iirs, one on each side of the stage, John Qulnlan and Pauline Miller are Introduced for a duet of "You and I" dressed in Colonial costume, with the dozen members of the ensemble on as boys and girls for a minuet, they dressing the stairs after the number while the huge garden wall parts disclosing a very pretty fountain effect worked ■ out in brilliants, the singers return- ing for a second chorus! A complete blackout and then an- other full etagn number for the B.anJoflendB and Betty Hale with her — high kicking specialty, Miss Hnlc coming In for a hearty appl.-uise re- turn at the end of lior numlier. Gene Austin, a Victor artist, on *6r three numbers, playing his own accompaniment at a grand piano, wa.s another wholesale nppl.nisc winner. Both of tho latter niiinber.M ■were of four minutes' duration each. Robert Stlckney, he who Charles- tons on stiy«. slipped over liia si)e- Clolty In two inlnutes. and ai;ain that npidauae was very much In evidence. This Is StIcknoy's second week at tho house. For the finale Is a corking flnsl- lo a "Vak'tilino" numlier with i 1^ Cincintilitl " ~ ;. Lieber*! Ircle iHiinapoUs:, USE . ■ :;:;|: , STRANG, \ ' ;f 11::; New Orleans' ' 1;, WARNERS Famoul Playw! '^^^ l>f I ST. Fi|N<|s .»,:.»» «.^.^^., San Fiinciilo OPERAHplJSE Des libiiiiis PANT^iiiis BIl^WAT^iMille^vilONiROA "^'WP^m q^ES: StiPaul MOS sW^ HPenTeii PTR. ;;! Hartfi M h''^-^^<\ I ^ •.. - .'•'>■' •' *A.,(j •• >^-*-.,: ■*■■•'. r. •..'•1*:^ , i^A .^oii.^aBiaiiji£iaL;.^:fc»«^ -T ri«ai ^o«fc.it-.iii»-~».'4'*» -■ ^^m^^^^^^^M imuauimiiim&iiti!^ Wednesday, February 17, 1928 PICTURES VARIETY 43 ceedliiKB up cw'*'. begging oft aft^onieiliing else, unrecognized, was played to small returns. A scenic overture, programed as "Ijand of Dreams" and al.so listed as pliofo- graphed in n.itural colors followed for above five minutes with the or- che.stra ai-companying this very dull scenic, which wasn't in natural col- ors, despite the statement on the title flash. Then Kl Cleve, a corking xylophonist from vaudeville, who took the spot where Kddie Elkins and his Melody Mixers held forth before they left for otiier houses of the Publix ch;iln. Cleve gave a rous- ing medley which ran swiftly and which he sold for plenty of applause at the flnale. News reel next, with International getting five out of seven clips — Path© having the other two. Col. William Mitchell, who recently re- signed from the army after telling tho boys what was wrong with the air furce, came in for a shot which drew him a heavy reception. Tlils same shot was caught by the re- viewer Saturday at I.oew's New York, and Mitchell al.<;o drew a heavy ovation tiiere — rertninly Indi- cative of how he stands. Then the weekly organ number, this lime an eftorl to get some sing- ing with the old songs. Illustrated slides were used, and alttioiigh their message lield a strong plea, Harold Itamsay's organ playing wns a<-- conii>anied by a «m;ill choir of vidces whlcli rejirosentt'd about 1 pel- cent of tiie ainHonce. Revuf next, "Garden of Oirls," ami the first of three which (;u Kd- wards is doing for I'ubllx. It was a series of semi-amateur and small time vaudeville numbers set off be- fore exiellent Reltinga. Haji 28 min- utes, much too long, and registered faintly (under Presentations). Feature, "Dancing Mi)ther8," next, and ran for about 70 minutes. Sun- day matinee business was capacity by 2:30, something novel for this house, while the speeding minutes saw the standing room space up- stairs and down becoming more and more Jammed. Lots of show for the mon^-y is ap- parently drawing, and tho huge nd- vertlsInK campaign Is also a con- tributory factor. It Is a feeling about the place tliat the new policy 1.1 "over' and that with f.iir re\u<'8 and good pictiir*.*, it will niaiutain the excellent buslix-ss wliich reached Its peak last wetk when "Itcliind the I'roiit" beat everything the house has d"'n<', «'Xce|it the lirst « eek of "Mnie. Sans Oene." fisk. NORfH~CENTER >."h!C \L'1>. I'l o. IL". Another peal I for Cliicaim's neek- l.ice of do luxe mii\ io lioii:irtgn,t;es It Is dif- ficult to see where I'eleis and Horo- witB are going to make any money on the reputed rental paid ihem by Kar/as, namely $75,000 per yendeiitly lK>okcd is cuinbined with ilashes staged by l-M;,- ir Schoide.v-. A pick- aninny- r-'vue of rcTiviitlonal aspect wiiH given u L'0"d prudiicliuii with tl» ensemL'Ie r< nilr.isceni of the Kendez-\oiis t'alo v\i;'ii ttttiitrii rumi itiiiiiiiitiiliifiiiiiiimitiitiiii Chicago, Feb. 11. The ffroBses at this house have taken an upward trend In recent weeks. The matinees have become something of a minor social event with the housewives In the uptown neigliborhood. Halaban and Katz conceived pink teas with the mezza- nine foyer converted into a draw- ing room for the afternoon- TJie hand-out has made a powerful ap- peal. This pink tea racket makes a good flash and probably doesn't cost aa much as, for Instance, the souvenirs given away In ball rooms. It locka like a great Investment Strictly a feminine draw with female attend- ants to pour the beverage. Lots of cool^lea will be needed to offset shows such as this week. This reviewer overheard two different comments from the ladles, which, boiled down, were to tho effect that the program was "punk." First the picture, "We Moderns," extremely weak. The overture only pleasing, winding Up with a 'cello solo by Ew.ild (Irani, "Berceuse Du Jocilyn" flashily backgrounded with a rhinc- stono s'^t-piece. The best thing on the bill was .fesse Crawford's comic didoes on tho organ. Kntitled "Ain't It a Grand and tllorious Feeling" with apologies to Briggs. To the aecoinpanlment of screen drawings and captions, Crawford interprets tho averago man's feelings when his wife drags him to tho concert, the lecture and the opera. Then into a pop number that doesn't strain tiie Int<.llei;t. An elaborate presentation in four scenes, "The Honeymoon," meant little or nothing, although done on the gorgeous scale of scenic effects In wlilch the B A K production de- partment Is so proficient. Reviewed In detail under Presentations. Loop, NEWMAN, K. C. Kansas City, Feb. J 2. "American lieuutieH' was the name of. the prcsenifttlon at the Newman thi.s week, but the titles "Fads and iTancles" or "FrlPs and_ Featiiers" would have been just oJ appropriate. (jlven in connection with the screen feature, "Tlio American Venus," one of thp flash pb-tni-es of the ye.ir, tho .vi.-ige showing wae most appr<»prlal> a big shijw for the money, srtti' g a ) .»;h st.iudard for tli-< ."'iMIr- n i'f<-, d-M- •■liiirtlv. .Mir'-fiev o'l'l ,-jis N< .\-ii;an Syrr>- phdtiy (n-flicMi-a cfiened the bill (Continued en page 45> 44 VARIETY PICTURES Wednesday, February 17, 1928 Broadway Simply Won't Let It Go! HELD OVER FOR 2ND WEEK BY POPULAR DEMAND! "A*Wow'!" Say* The Telegrram 'Comedy that brings tlio laii^ihs. Replete with Kap;s. Makes the audience laugh often •itid loudly. A 'wow'.'* — N. Y. Evening Telegram. "Denny haa made himself constantly entertaining. A rol- licking bit of foolery. Donny has something aJ>out him that makoM him enjoyable." — N. Y. Evening World. "One simply elts back and shouts with amusement. If you like an hour and fifteen minutes of merriment, don't fall to go to the Colony." — N. Y. Daily Mirror. "A fast firing farce tliat should riddle any audience with a rain of hearty laughs. A sure euro for all aches, pains and ailments. Madly merr>-." — N. Y. Tolegraph. "A wild, uproarious narrative. . S^kcs ono feel as if one wero fti happy company." — N. Y. Times. "Kven wo did not realize how tremendously popular he was until wo tried to force our way into the Colony. We cheerfully recommend It." — N. Y. Herald Tribune. "Gloriously Funny!" Says The World "A rollicking farce. There'.s snap to tills. Something doing every minute. The newei^t and one of the funniest Denny farces." — N. Y. American. "A mirth bomb. You're a crab indeed If you aren't nmuBcd by it. Rxtremely comi- cal. A sure cure for the dumps. Audience hilarious." — N. Y. Daily News. "Considerable liilarity is evi- dent around the Colony. It is all very mad, but It Is funny and moves .along fast." — N. Y. Evening Pott. 'T>enny has scraped a place for himself high among the meager band of comedians who are gloriously funny. The comic moments dash high upon one another." — N. Y. World. "Serves to provoke consider- able laughter. Spontaneously funny. You'll like the extreme- ly good-looking star." — N. Y. Evening Graphic. "A success. The audience laughed. Every bit aa funny OS 'Charley's Aunt.' Mr. Denny carries It off well." •^N. Y. Evening Sun. DENNY IN WHAT HAPPENED TO JONES A Universal Jewel Presented by CARL LAEMMLE A WILLIAM A. SEITER PRODUCTION From George Broadhurst's Broadway Stage Success t B. S. MOSS' COLONY THEATRE BROADWAY NEW YORK PALM BEACH (Continued from page »> .sinf". Jnck Waldron and four slrlH cnniix'se the group presented hy the s.ing writer, r.illard Mac- Donald also makes an appearance ttliine a mther "blue" story with a Florida angle that gets polite laiiKh-M The show Is presented in all Spanish atmosphere with the room :ii(hea like a monastery with high iilling and dtcoratlons that are liistinctive. Carroll is at the plana most of the time, assisted by Paul Whitiunan's ricadllly players, play- inif and .sinwlng his own numbers. Tlio best is "KloriJa Shores" witli a lyric that reRisters big hero and calls for repeats with a ,lot of locals. Drena Busrh Is an acrobatic (laircor of no little ability while Vora Marsh scores with her Charlestoning. The show presented in two parts is good as Is, but Miller and Far- roil, big favorites here, may join It i^aturday. Koy IMaik's "Palm Beach Frolic" got better than an even break its llrat week at the Royal Garden Supper Club, which Is good con- sidering the many night clubs that have suddenly burst out at the re- wort. Tne biggest opposition the night clubs here have to contend with is Bradley's, the Montmartre fooling it the most. Al Jolson pulled a lot of gags when told reports from tb« north last week had him dead, "I know tiow that got out," he nald, "I was handed my bill at the Polnclana tills morning and fell unconscious at the desk." t'id)er wa.s full of pep and started the feet patting. Next was a vocal offering popular, followed by a banjo solo, which caused the customers to cry for more. Buster LaMonte, appearing with the orchestra, proved to be a harmonica soloist, and hit it up for a warm reception. A medley of "hits" written by Mr. Rose proved to the liking of the patrons who demanded more and got a red hot band number for an encore. The finale brought the dancers, vocalists and musicians from the first number out, as well as the little colored Charleston dancer, and the flni.'ih was a rousing one. with the strains of "Song of Love" used for the second curtain. The bill, as a unit, was the best and MrTKCst seen In this house since it his been under the banner of the Publix Theatres. Hughes. ELTINGE'S NEXT PICTURE l.DS Angeles, Feb. 16. Julian EltltiKC has returned from his eastern trip and is ne ;otl.it- a great favorite i '""^ regarding future picture pro- durtUms. It Is uiider.'^tood the Chri.stie people will profiabiy make another one with JCltlnpe as the featured playiT. Following all this show came the screen feature. "His Secretary." with j Norma Shearer here. Theatre in Sanford, M«. Sanford, Me.. Feb. 16, This town is all agog over the pros- pects of the construction of a new theatre estimated to cost in the vi- cinity of $185,000. Names of those Interested have not been dlscloijed, but they are said to have been in town arnin^ing the details. Gade Directinrj Corinne Griff th Los Angeles, Feb. 1<1. Svend Gade has been oLtained from Universal to diiect Corinne OrlHlth in her next vehicle, "Inio Her Kingdom," which will i;'> Into production early in April. This U a fttfry adapted from the novel bv Ruth Comfort Mitchell. Henkel Renews at Forum Los Angeles, Feb. U. Ted llcnkel at the Forum (pic- tures) for six months, his si:rneil .mother three-months' contract to d publish- ers formed to collect royalties from those using their copyriKh* works for public performances. In a special report from the American Trade Comml.saloner, E. G. Babbitt, at Sydney, to the Depart- ment of Commerce, the Australa- sian Performing Right Association, Ltd., was registered In Sydney In January last. The objects of the association quotes Mr. Babbitt, Is "to enter into an agreement made between the company and the Performing Right Society, Ltd., and to protect the rights of authors, composers, pub- lishers, etc." The first directors of the associa- tion are Messrs. E. Lagmar, repre- senting the Performing Rights' As- sociation; F. Albert, publisher; G. Sutherland, Allan & Co. Proprie- tary, Ltd.; W. Bassett. R. Nathan and C. S. Darling. The combination Is one of the principal music sellcr.s throughout Australia and others who hold copy- rights, or their agents. The primary object, quotes Mr. Babbitt, Is to "collect performing fees as from the first day of July, 1925, from theatres, cabarets, mu- sic halls, picture theatres, dancing halls, restaurants, and all places of amusement or otherwise where mu- sic is publicly performed." The first announcement brought much heated opposition from those effected by the new order with the owners of the vaudeville theatres and dance halls being particularly adverse to the proposaL Making Mackay Pay A telegram via Postal Tele- graph was recently delivered at a Broadway theatre box office. 78 cents, collect. The treasurer assured the messen- ger bojr it would be o. k. to charge the item to Irving Ber- lin's account. A few minutes later the tele- graph office phoned the treas- urer for an explanation. The box office boy said: "Just charge it to Berlin; Mackay will o. k. it.- "Say, you," came the reply, "stop that kidding and give the kid the dough." BILLY ORGAN Drummer with James Q. Dimmick's Sunnybrook Orchestra at Cinderella Ballroom, New York One of the youngest and most precocious Jazz artists in the busi- ness is energetic Billy Organ of the Pleasing Personality. His scrye of rhythm and tempo is the keynote of the Dimmlck Sunnybrook Orches- tra's fine conception of dance music. HERE .'inD THERE Frank Clark Is slated to arrive to- day (Wednesday) from a European jaunt on the Aquitania. Clark has his own music firm now. Harvey Marburger opened a r'- turn engagement with his band at Roseland ballroom. New York, last week, this being his second return within a month. After a fortnight's stay Marburger was offered Feb. 7 and will stay at Roseland into May. The Fletcher Henderson band is touring out of town and visiting bands will play opposite Marburger V 385 AnpMcations for "Any" Wave Length Washington, Feb. 1«. There are now 385 applications on file at the Department of Com- merce for "any kind of a wave length" that can be secured. With the shutting down on all licenses, following the Fourth National Radio Conference here, the number desiring to get on the air increased rather than diminished as the de- partment expected and hoped. Pending the legislation, as pro- posed in the White and Dill Bills, and. as the department explains it, every one who has ever thought of having a broadcasting station has reached the conclusion that now is the time to make applica- tion. When either of the bills becomes a law all existing licenses will be cancelled, and, as one broadcaster put it during the recent hearings, "then the fun commences." BERLIN RADIO CONCERN RENTS 4,000-SEATER Gov't Is Sharing Expense— 700,000 Radio Subscribers, at 50c Each in Berlin Roger Wolfe Kahn will head a 31- plece band at the Ivy Ball, at the Penn Athletic Club. Philadelphia, April 16, this being the society event of the Quaker City season. Hudson Motors on Air The Hudson Motors Co. is nego- tiating for radio publicity which will give them one hour a week over 15 broadcasting stations. Tho com- pany manufactures the Hudson and Essex cars and just experienced one of the most successful years in Its history. The ndvent of Hudson on the air will be the second event of its kind where auto manufacturers are con- cerned. Packard Motors is broad- casting regularly weekly from WEAI'' and 12 other stations, where George Elliot CoUey etherizes a travelog, "Touring In a Packard." The Hudson factory l.s nniler.Mtood to have gone on a-C.OOO cars a day production scliedule Feb. 1. After 19 Months San Antonio, Feb. 16. JImmIe Joy and his orchestra close a 19-month engagement at the St. Anthony Hotel here Feb. 20 and open at the new Baker Hotel, Dallas, March 1. succeeding Don Bestor's Victor orchestra. The Dallas contract calls for 10 months. Joy, who is an exclusive Okeh recording artist, will carry 10 men to the Baker. The open week of Feb. 21 will be spent In a dance tour throughout the principal cities of Texas. The Sundlalers Orchestra broad- casting B'rlday nights via WJZ through the courtesy of Morse & Rogers Shoe Co. is the Paul Specht band which submerges its name for the advertising radio contracts that night. Radio Franks Apart Frank Wrifiht and l''rank B(>Hsln- ger, better known as tho Radio Franks on the radio and pnono- graph records, have aKreed to dis- agree and spilt profe.sslonal rela- tionships. Wright Is writing songs prolifl- cally and Is inclined to pursue tli.at career for tlie main, using his en- tertaining ability as a song exploi- tatioti asset. CLEVELAND'S RADIO FROLIC ClevclMii.l, Feb. 16. Cleveland's first radio dance nnd frolic was given here last week In I)anceland, one of Euclid avenue's palatial dance halLs. R.adlo artists from all local broad- casting studios and from other cities appeared and entertained. The stunt went over and undt^ubt- •dly will bo repeated. MUSIC DIRECTORS SWITCH San Francisco. B'eb. 16. A switch In musical directors for the West Coast Theatres, inc., takes Glno Severl back to the Senator theatre In Sacramento; puts "Rube" Wolff, brother of Fanchon and Marco, Into Loew's State In Ix)s Angeles In Gino's place; and trans- fers E. Max Brartrield from tho Senator In Sacramento to the new West Coast-Grand I,ake in Oakland which Is scheduled to open on March 6. Str.'ilglit pictures, two changes a week, is to be the policy with Uradfield In tho pit and on the stage. Karski and Kaliskl are the partners of the West Coast people In this one. Ballroom Attachment A J.'i.'-'SO attachment filed against the Quaker City Leasing Co., ope- rators of the Arcadia ballroom. New York, was covered by a $.'>,700 bal- ance In the Pacific P.ank. The at- tachment in favor of John Jc.skl In- volves a note for that amount given I. Jay I'aKKcn, former n>an;iging di- rcrtor of Arcadia, a year ago Feb. 3 ;is p.'irt of tho consideration for his interest in the ballroom he erect<'(I. Fag^'on (liscDUntod tlio note at the Cliel.sea* Exchange Bank, JeskI be- ing a clerk there nnd ostensible assignee of the Clielsea, which Is suing to recover on the note. Tho Arcadl.a under its present rnnnagem.nt has developed into a money mnkor after an InaifCeront fitarU Don Bestor and his Victor Record- ing Orchestra, who will finish a four weeks' engagement at tho Castle Farms, Cincinnati. Feb. 20, have been routed for theatres and ballrooms in the east by the Music Corporation of America. Ben Polllck and his Califomlans, direct from two successful seasons at the Venice Ballroom, Venice, Cal., are going to open Castle Farms for a three weeks' engagement starting Feb. 21. As the orchestra is follow- ing Don Bestor and Ted Lewis, their success should be some crite- rion of their value. They will broadcast from station WLW nightly. This orchestra h.os just been taken over by the Music Corporation of America. Chicago. Editor in Charge Chicago, Feb. II. Forbes W. Falrbaln, formerly of the editorial staff of the Chicago "Herald-Examiner" has been ap- pointed director of radio, associated with the production department of B. and K. The latter organizations programs are broadcasted through stations WEBH. WMAQ and WON. V Berlin, Feb. 8. The radio company which has th» government's exclusive rights for broadcasting in Berlin, plans to rent the enormous Grosse SchauspieU haus theatre this spring to give dra- matic and musical productions, changing the bill weekly. At each Monday night premiere the produc> tlon will be sent out on the air, thl» advertising being figured as sufll- clent to put the show over for th« week. In Germany every one with a radio must register and pay 50 cents monthly to the government, ot which sum half goes to the govern* ment and the other to the broad* casting company. All radio sub- scribers, and there are over 700,009 In Berlin, will receive scats in this theatre (capacity 4,000) at an aver, age price of 60 cents. The government thinks well of the idea and has agreed to boar half of the expense. . Miami's New Station Miami. Feb. 1«. A new municipal broadcasting station is about to open here. It will be known aa station WIOD and have 1,000 watt power. Carl Fisher promoted the station. It will tie up with all the large hotels and night clubs of Miami and Miami Beach. The Music Corporation of Amer- ica, Chicago, had three of Its own or- chestras In direct competition at Co- lumbus, O., Feb. 7. Jack Craw- ford's Slaves of Music, The Egyp- tian Sorenaders, and Ross Reynolds played dance engagementa on that date. Joe Tarto, bass player with Vin- cent Lopez, Is author of the "Black Horso Stomp" which Triangle Music Co. will publish. Following the conclusion of their Castle Farms, Cincinnati, engage- ment. Don r.estor and his Victor recording band open Feb. 22 at tho Aldino, Pittsburgh, with other pic- ture houses to follow. While nt .r Camden, N. J., the Victor's home grounds, P.estor will record exten- sively. RADIO'S cm RATES The latest of the commercial gags In radio Is to advertise certain dramatic attractions nightly on the air. WRNY Is now doing this at the rate of $5 per night per show, mak- ing a weekly rate of J30 to the at- tractions. For this they are given a nightly spiel of about five min- utes. At the present, three shows are using this system. Maurice Schwartz's company of "The Dyb- buk." "The Deacon" and "Laft That Oft." "THAT'S LULU BELLE" "Lulu Belle" will be glorified in song as well as In drama by Walter W'lnchell. the Broadway bard, Henry Myers, of the Shubert press department, and J. Fred Coots, mus- ical comedy composer. "That's Lulu Belle" Is the title of their lay dedicated to Lenore Ulrlc. Bob Sliafcr. songwriter and popu- lar radio entertainer, has joined Jack Mill.s, Inc., in charge of the band and orchestra and radio broadcjisting departments. Shafer will ;\lso contribute to the Mills cat- alog. Sam Coslow la another new exclusive staff writer. Sara Martin III Sara Martin, colored "l>lucs" singer, also record star. Is reported as ill at her home, 2313 W. Walnut street, Louisville. Her condition is not regarded as serious, although Miss Martin i.s unable to continue her stage and record work. Lotus Garden'a Marshal Sal* The Lotus Gardens ballroom, on tho first floor of 1607 Broadway (former Churchin's), experienced a marshal's sale Feb. 15 on the com- plaint of the Kalt Lumber Co., as one of the creditors against Albert F. Slnuelle and others, operators of tho new dance hall. Harman Back in Home Town Williamsport, Feb. 16. The Dave Harman orchestra has opened the new Kilz Ballriom here. .V Charleston contest was the added attraction of the evening. Harman and his orchestra returned to their home town after a tour of the West. Anna Goldberg Marrying Anna Goldberg, secretary to Mose Gunible, professional manager of Remlck's Musio Publishers, has an- nounced her engagement to Jos. Ackerson, non-professlonaL Beaucoup Bands in K. C« Kansas City, Feb. 16. Never In the history of the town has there been so many well-knowa bands and orchestras here at tha same time as this week. Ben Bernl* and his orchestra are at the new Hotel President, and will be a per- manent feature. Vincent Rose and his Montmartre orchestra are at tha Newman theatre; Ted Weems and his V^lctor recording orchestra arc playing in the Plantation grill o( the Hotel Muehlebach; Bennia Moten's O-Keh orchestra is featured at the Hotel Baltimore; Blllla Adair's orchestra Is playing at tha Kansas City Club; Eddie Kuhn's orchestra is at the Kansas City Athletic Club and Johnnie Camp- bell's orchestra Is the special fea- ture at the Aladdin hoteL All of the orchestras are belnf used by the Kansas City "Stai^ WDAF broadcasting station and th» listeners are certainly getting • wide variety of popular music. RACE RECORD NIGHT Chicago. Feb. 16. What has been termed Okeh Rac« Record Artists' Night will be cele- brated Feb. 27 in the Collscuni North Annex, under auspices of th« Fort Dearborn Lodge No. 44. Inter- national Benevolent Protective Or- der of Elks. The sponsors are banking on the following Okeh artists to appear In person: Richard M. Jones, Bennle Moten, Slpple Wallace, Hershcll Thomas, Blanche Calloway. Hogiel Thomas. Robinson and Mack, Bertha Hill, Alberta Hunter, Klnj Oliver. Billy King, Louis Arm- strong, Sarah Martin, Butterbean* and Susie and Clarence Wllliama. A. 8. A. 0. P. Western Suits Oklahoma City. Feb. 16. The American Society of Authors^ Composers and Publishers have ar- bitrated and settled with the fol- lowing theatres on the basis of 10 cents per .seat nnd attorneys' fees: Keen, Fort Worth, Tex.: Strand, Houston, Tex.; Palace, Wortham, Tex.; Duncam Cafeteria and Thomas Confectionery, Dallas, Tex. Suits are .also pending again.st Rialto, Fort Worth; Rlalto, Mid- land, Tex., and Custer at Slayton, Tex. Suits win also be brought against a number of Oklahoma and other Texas theatres in the near future. ROYSMECK WIZARD of the STRINGS fSKS BANJOS .S«nd tor 1»20 IIIii*(nit<^d Catalaf Tbe Bacon Banjo Co., Inc. GROTON, Conn. I Wednesday, February 17, 1929 MUSIC VARIETY 47 INSIDE STUFF On Music t About "The Prisoner's Sono" Ouy Massey's "The Trlsoner'a Sons' fignrod prominently hi the dailies Bunday, Klllott Shapiro of Shapiro, Bornat.ln A Co., Inc., the publlahers. being mlaquotcd generally. Maasey's death at 27 from a lingering lIlncKs gt the time when his first song hit was just coming Into Its own, made for a human Interest story for the dallies. Maflsey !« a cousin of Vernon Dalhart, th« Victor Talking Machine Co. singer who is directly n^spon.siWe for the song coming to light. If it weren't for Dalharfs Interest In recording the number which Masscy first published and copyrighted In Texas, It ml^lit never have boon known. With iti vogue on the talking machines which really "started " the song, Shapiro-Bernstein acciufred the copyright and contracted di- f^t with Massey. The dallies had It that a mysterious third party was receiving the major portion of the song's earnings, hinting at Dalhart who Is known to have some interest in the royalties as often happens when a prominent orchestra leader or singer like Al'Jolson la given a ^'cut" on the royalties for his Interest. "The Prisoner's Song" became a hit with little or no effort by any- body, being a "natural" and really starting the hilly-billy and old- tashioned song voguo. It has gone 800,000 copies so far and over 1,000,000 In records whii^h at moderate estimates of two cents per sheet music royalty and 33 percent of the "mechanicals" would net the author 123,000. Elliott Shapiro estimates the song will reach 3,000,000 copies In total sales. An ironic sidelight on this, situation as regard.*) tin pan alley is that Irving Berlin had to marry to make "llcmember" a big hit and Massey had to die to come into fame. "Kaddieh" and Ed Marks "Kaddiah" (Of My Ancestry) mentioned in last week's review of the ■Slddi.sh-Amerlcan jazz concert in Chicago, marks liJdward B. Marks' first lyric writing effort in a great many years. The publihlier some 30 years ago had two of the biggest hits in "Llttlo I^ost Child " and "My Mother Was a Lady." He has since been devoting his energies to the busines.s end of music. The "Kaddlsh" number, destined as a successor to "Kll EH," is composed. by Joseph, Chernlavsky Mhose Yiddish-American jazz concert was noticed recently. "Sweet Papa Charley" Wrote Hit Looks aa though "Shake That Thing" is coming along since written by "Sweet Papa Charley ' Jackson, the colored guitar-banjo soloist and iiiaker of Paramount records. Nobody around New York seems to know much about this Charley Jackson but "down behind the sun" as the colored players put it, he's some pumpkins on the T. O. B. A. circuit. ".Shake That Thing" Is an old bunch of jazz melodies which aeems to have caught on with both the blacks and whites. Ethel Waters was the first to sing It on the records, making a Columbia "special'' of it. Tlie Shapiro-Bcrnsteln scouts got it for their catalog. New Machines Boom Disk Sales An indication of the boom conditions in the record situation Is the Victor company's "Saturday Evening Post" advertising. A double page spread ran in last laniie after Victor had decided there wasn't enough In 1-ecord sales to warrant national periodical advertising as In the past. They curtailed such exploitation for a time but the new Orthophonlc, Whk-h has been heavily exploited via periodical advertising, has created A booth condition for the mechanicals and full page newspaper ads, as well as the Satevepost Kprcads, have come Into their own again. LEADING ORCHESTRAS \ IRVING AAR ONSON I AND HIS COMMANDERS l^OKWH AI.I.KN, ri.KVKI.AM). O. Irving Aaront»on'« t'niwuifrg now In tlim- 2il gnason at JaiiHsin'H Kiiinuus Mid- town, H<)f))r:iu, N.^w York. DON BESTOR And His Orchestra Victor Records Management: Music Corp. of Amer- ica, Chicago, III. DAN GREGORY AND HIS Victor Recording Orchestra En lldute to Coast Dance Toura HeacJquartera 1101 North 16th Street HARRISBURG, PA. i CHARLEY STRAlGlff I AND HIS Rendezvous Orchestra RrndrtTooa Cafe, Chicago, III. Also Jack Jobnatone anil Ilia Samovar OrilitHtra. (A Cliarley straight L'nlt). I'aliis Coon Inatromrnta ExclualTely ARTHUR SIZEMOR E I And His SERENADERS MADRID BALL ROOM, WAUKEGAN, ILL. Conn Instruments Exclusively ACE BRIGODE and His 14 Virginians Swiss Gardens, Bond Hill I'lnrinnatl, O. Pfirnonal MunuKrmrnt: Joe Frirdnian 18!> tMHt MrMillan 8t.. ( IdrlnnutI, O. DETROIT JEAN GOLDKETTE! Orchestras VHTOB RECORDS MAL HALLETT | and his Versatile Entertaining Band NOW PLAYING ARCADIA BALLROOM FIFTH SEASON ON BROADWAY Original Indiana 5 Record and Radio Artists Now Playing Cinderella Ballroom 4Mli 8lrr«t and Itroadnay New Torh TOMMY MORTON Hanasfir rhome Rlrhniond Hill M79, Strrllnc Mtt VAN AND HIS COLLEGIANS ASTORIA 9644-J [MR. AL TUCKER ■ml hia SOCIETY ORCHESTRA Keith-Orpheum Circuits DIrrctlon Bernard Durke JAMES F. WADES Moulin Rouge Orchestra Radio Artists WIJllAf. Best Colored Orchestra in the West MOULIN ROUGE CAFE. CHICAGO A Broadway Sensation Koturn PnKaKPmoiii of HARVEY MARBURGER Director of His Orchestra at the Roseland Ballroom, New York Mr. Mai'biirger pl.ayej Kost'l.-ind In January, was immejdlc.a- tion for a license gr.anting it a lart'cr capacity. The first license tak'n out mentioned 76 as the club's capacity. It can scat 275. MIDWAY GARDENS Chic,l^'0, Kob. It?. In tlio tt'ftli of a laj-ing xn^'W- Mtmnj iind in ciiiui"'tUion witli a na- llini-wide CliarlcflDM contist a Mo.;; and a hull' away at Tnation, Uiis ball room drew a nmb of bo\ s and girls so numorous they came very no.-ir getting in one aiuiiliern way The oxpresiiion "bi>ys aTid giiia' is to lie taken lilorally. TliCro i.n not a mature person to be foiin.l on the MKlway ciardens dance Hour. Tlie youths, In their lnevital>le high- rtaisted ilaik suits and with long. I'linny liair uiul glos.sy with vasohne. .ire pcrli'c't protot.v i)es types of tlie hall room shr ik. Tlie girls, most ot ilicm pi.ity and .ill of tlieni endur- aiiif d.-iiiccrs, are dressed dashingly. In Uie ilay \\iu>' thci.- occupati.'ns prolj.il.ly range finni ilipping choco- lates to taking dictation. The lianciiit? starts about 8:30. The attendance i.s not largo when th<» iiarni^less hoii.-^c firchCHtra st.irts I to tire up. By 9 the floor is fairly Cfowde.l; by O;30 it is on the verge of bcitig over-crowded and the coat rooms are still giving out chocks. As the evening progresses the musi- cians start liurning up, en^ ores grow more numerous and llio diinters grow more insistent. Watching the Midway ocliestra at close ram;e and loiitrastiug tlio way tliey work and sweat with the stinginess oi cert.iln "rlt/,ey" name orchestras in v.-iuilevIHe and caba- rets gives an insi.nlit into the value of a good pi'css agent and lirst-chiss bunk. The usual latlludo in the matter of "getting nciiiiaintcd" prevails. Many of the couples evidently are old frlend.s. At le.ist they act that way. Between dances standing about on the floor a girl 'will have her arms around a bny. This might le.'id a person strange to the ways of ballrooms to think she was either love-sick, engaged, newly married or stewed. B\it when the music starts she is off dancing with some- one else. A ballroom like Midway Qarden.s Is a direct result of tho rise In re- cent times of a distinct type of young nian and young woman. It caters to tills cl.iss exclusively. These boys ;ind girls are unI(tuo unto tlu-insclves. They think, talk, act and dress along certain accepted lines. Midw.iy Is in solid with the gang. Architecturally, the plan Is that of a Japanese garden done In mis- sion brick. In summer an outdoor dancing surface of immense size can pro)>ably accommmlato 4,000 or ."ipOOO. The indoor pavilion's cai)acity Is Jud?Tcd at about 2 500. A lower and upper balcony elrcle.q the Hoor. Tiic refreshment fountain seemingly docs llttlo sundaes ;in.l such not being provide •. r. Tho ticket win- dow is dirertl.- oj nosite the younf? man and the door to the floor itself ; a pace to -ft ri'-'ht. Undesirables Excluded Here's the tip-oft o^ the undcslr- •^ble eharactir exclusion. Anions: those not w.infed an Oriental Is foreno.st. When a Chink enters ho Is told to wait. \V«ird is sent in to ,the in->n.T?rer, wlio i.s either Mr. Mrown or .Mr. Barnett. He comes out with a book n hand, asking the iin.Ies TiMe if he Is n 'n.eni!)or of i'l.e Academy." Upon the .'ot-want- ■d'.s ne/rativi .•nswt.r he is .■•s''ed if he wants to Join. If is u cinder is isinlly "ves." but 1J..I.I." turns to "no" when the price of membership Is qnoted at about iAO. In that manner the management keeps its clientele on an even and prober hnl.-ince. The dance floor Is heavily draped, with the national colors most promi- nent. From tho celling, eoverinp the entire radius of the dance floor, are snsp'-nded cardboard.'', each with a dIfTerent numl)er. Monday nlghtB, I at Intervals, the dancing Is stooped and a wheel of the Coney Island va- riety Is spun. The men and girls each step under a separate number and at the wheel's halt a prize Is given to the one under tho count. Monday night three of the prizes given were a coffee pereulator. a thermos bottle and an electric toast- er, all excentlonal merchnndlse for this style of promotion. Kt'en a girl under the emp'ovment of th« house is given a prize |f .she wins. Wlwjil»*r she returns It was not noted. If not, a girl cou'd ni.eiy furnish a Jiojne with a little luck. But thej«j ffi«y be shlMing In New York pr/»pw as an'-where elsoi Thl« danco plaee \h now In U« fourth month. It euecetdod the Standard Ballroom, a "rou'j;h" pkue, which flopiied after floating for a ye,ar. BeCrtu-^-p of Ps offensive qunli- rtlcs the Standard drove the HO-c-»]led "refined" patronage away. It will be awhile yet before tho Milody cau dispel tho olUi.U: ho took her to tho Hatloii house fc.r safe keeping, ^\hi;o tiying to :ia\;gate sh'; had f;iili;n and severely iiijiii'.'d her left leg which re'iuind medical attention. . In court bhe said It was her Ini- ti.il appearance and promised to refeim. After Ic' 'ured «b"ut poi- son hooze hv the niat-' iMr.i'r she was rrietorshlp In the .Melody Gardens Dan 'ii g Aca'l. my. Inc. Not unlike ll.s cousins in trade In the price of admission— $1 for eight d.in<;e tickets, with the 10-cent chocking g.ig ta,iddvlilluiiis, hotsy- totry." .\Tid fn.ldyhllunis did. Colored Orchestra Tl:e Kills, tl.' ir attejid.arice man ' \i:<■■• will rtttr of irvMiK A)iroiis4,ri*H Ou- rs lit •hiiiH'.i'CiS Mirl<. lit aii'itkicr lliinnl- .s)..|.I.- V.I.U I...-],., t.> ih<- (u:. nill\ I (lari'c niu"i<-. .Mr «'irnrt"II, bo li" |>l<'H^-iriir i;-r:lulf ^. ■< . |■^^ ^| ^|^ — f^ — wiihict. P. lilic K.iiir: 'DREAMING OF TOMORROW" "LONESOME" "LOOK WHO'S HERE" "WHO'S WHO ARE YOU?" ruMiDhtd br Robbins-Engel, Inc. IK'I •.<-\rnfti ,\»c.. New V.i.-k « ify VARIETY MUSIC Wednesday, Pebruaiy 17, IMtf > DISK REVIEWS By ABEL No. 2996 new WHO (Fox TpoO— Harry Archer and Hi« Orchestra •UNNY — Same — Brunswick 2997 LANTERN OF LOVE— Same BABY — Same — Brunswick No AUhouRh a conip^ii'^'tively Brunswick reconling artist. Hurry Archer lias quicklj taheti his place amung the front rank record makers. Starting mfnlestly in the Vocallon llata (a ISrunswiok sub- sidiary), the Ari'h«-?r orchestra prow- H.sa soon nswerted itself oi« iiuantity sales and a traiisft-r to the UruiiH- wlck Ust«, in addition to Vocal. on. followed. The Anher method of dance music purveying la alto- gether fetcliiiiK- ills arraii;;einenta are jntere.stinK hut not overscored with the re.siili notliinK ia lo.si in tempo and ilanv i- c(jnu>> -ijn-; Tiiyilini To sunplemcnt the in.strumentitioii. male trio and vocal .solo clioruse ; are Interpolated. All the numbers above arc from productions, the first and secor.d courdets from "Suijny" and * CaatU.s In the Air." respectively. The lat- ter show must be a "wow" accord- ing to the catchy Peck-Wenrlch score. Archo)-, as need not be men- tioned. Is himself a production notable as i-ompo.^er of "Merry Merry" and otht-r musical hit.s. His orchestra l.s with tlie pioductipn and h.ns icr^n with "I.itUe .Jesse .J'tnos and "My Girl" in past seasons. Because of the production con- nection, the Ar 'her band will be as- signed production numbor.i for the main, having already the choicest hits from the operettas lined up for "canning." LANTERN OF LOVE (Fox Trot) — Roger Wolfe Kahn and Or- chestra "iA^ .—. .me— Victor No. 19342. LOOKING FOR A BOY— Same THE ROAD OF DREAMS (1-ox)— International Novelty Orch. — Victor No. 19939 A CUP OF COIFEE— Roaer Wolfe Kahn SONG OF THE FLAME— Same- Victor No. 19935 KxceptinK for "The Road of . rvun.s' wnlch Is from "Mayflow- rs," Roger Wolfe Kalm has made :he hit songs from fotir hit niu- slcal comedies ;iiid operettas. Young Kahn is being assigned considerable production music, the leader also being featured sans any tie-up with the Hotel Hiltmore name as for- merly. For n youngster, Kahn's rise to prominence Ims been extraordinary although only the result of pains- taking building up with choice ma- terial. The Kahn instrumentation is as ever tip- top. NO MAN'S MAMMA (Fox Trot)— Paul Whiteman and His Or- chastra MONKEY DOODLE-DOO (Fox)— Busse's Buzzards — Victor No. 19934 POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL — Whiteman Orch. WHAT DO I CARE7— Intarnatlonat Novelty Orch. — Victor No. 19929 THAT CERTAIN FEELING — Whiteman SWEET AND LOWDOWN — Same —Victor No. 19?20 A number of I'aul VVhlteman's ad- yance records of production song hits are coming through now with Whiteman trekking across country from Cnllfornia to Florida In con- cert. Of the sextet above, four are Whiteman recordings, the fifth be- ing a Busse effort and the other a medley from "Princess Flavla" by the International Novelty Orchestra. Qus.ie'tf Buzzards are really the Whiteman band, doing the "hot" "Monkey Dooama THAT CERTAIN PARTY— Same- Brunswick No. 2904 MY CASTLE IN SPAIN— Same I LOVE MY BABY— Same— Bruns- wick No. 3015 Apparently Isham Jones has been diligently applying himnelf to the Lirunswick recording laboratory. He has turned out a flock of hit numbers In his usual superb style, the "Castle In Spain" number, an original composition, impressing In- dividually a.s a composition. For dance purposes, the Jones band Is batting 1000 on deiivery. DON'T WAKE ME UP (Fox Trot) — Fred Rich and Orchestra SOMEONE'S STOLEN MY SWEET, SWEET BABY — Same— Har- mony No. iiO Fred Rich Is the Hotel Astor's Jaza in.aestro and very good, too. His delivery Is certain and ornate. This couplet displays musical aua|>tne8s with melody fox trot and "hot" numbers. turned out "Collegiat*," which W'aring'a Pennaylvanlana brougtit to light, and la another daooe novelty. Wil- DINAH (Fox Trot)— CI liams' 8tomper« SPANISH SHAWL— §■!«• — Okah No. 40641 This colored band throwB a imural with Jta dance delivery. In • Oinah" and "Spanish Shawl" the WlUlama Stomperi, ha»« corking material for syncopation, and they take full advantage thereoC YOU TOLD ME TO QO— Charles Kaley (Vocal) HOLD ME IN YOUR ARMS— Same — Brunswick No. 2971 Kuley l« Abe Lyman's violinist and tenor, ordinarily contributing vocal choruses in dance renditions, hut to such good effect he has been made a vocal aolofsL "You Told .Me to Oo" Is a Lymaa-authored and Lyman-raade song hit and fittingly Kaliya Initial ofterlng, performing same in a sympathetic and pathetic tenor that is altogether appealing for sentimental song renditions. "Hold Me in Tour Arras" is in like nature. SHE WAS JUST A SAILOR'S SWEETHEART (Fox Trot)— George Olsen and His Music THE DAY THAT I MET YOU (Fox Trot) — Ted Weoms and Orchestra— Victor No. 19938 A corking dance disk. George Olsen'a rendition of the novelty, "Sailor's Sweetheart," is a classic. Boh Rice of the band does a vocal chorus that's a wow and the Instru- mentation Itself is ultra. On the reverse an appealing fox trot ballad soni? by Ted Weema' Jaza makers with Dusty Rhoades doing vocal choruses Is a fitting companion piece. Anaj Annually Pnys $23,280 for Hostesses Washington, Feb. 1«. Th« War Department pays out the sum of f23,2«t annually for hostesses. There are 13 of these hostesses on the regular payroll with an av- erage salary of 1 1,860 annually and 11 temi>orary hostesses averaging $690 a year. The New Tork cabaret hostess can compare her duties with those of her Bister in the Army by "ab- sorbing" the testimony of MaJ. Gen. Robert C. Davis, Adjutant General of the Army, who said, in part: "The hostess I had was very helpfiiL We were snowed In for the winter. There were few amuse- ments and this hostes.s succeeded in securing a very nice lot of young ladies to come to our dances. She would chaperon them and we would send veteran noncommissioned offi- cers to escort the young ladies." Padlocking The Bronx fN. Y.) Theatrical, So- cial and Athletic Club, Inc., 378 Kast 148th street, Is alleged to be a speak- easy and a supper club. An Injunc- tion for prohibition law violation is asked by the government. Peter Anselmo's Blue Hour, a Times square supper club at 167 West 49th street. New York, is an- other alleged offender. I NEVER KNEW HOW WONDER- FUL YOU WERE (Fox Trot)— Ernie Golden's Orchestra MYSTERIOUS EYES (Fox)— Carl- ton Terrace Orch. — Harmony No. 100 WHO? (Fox)— Ernie Golden SWEET AND LO /DOWN (Fox) — Lou Gold's Orch. — Harmony No. 98 "^ WHO? (Fox) — Ernie Golden SONG OF THE VAGABONDS— Same — Edison No. 51672 A CUP OF COFFEE, A SAND- WICH AND YOU— Golden FOND OF YOU— Same— Edison No. 51673 LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO MY ROSIE— (Fox)— Lou Golf' KEEP YOUR SKIRTS DOWN— Gold — Harmony No. 96 Fec.iuse ol" Kriiio (Joldcn's Hotel Mc.Mpln or<-hostr!i and l.ou (loliV-s JazzistH being bucked up, both units are dealt witli jo.ntly. Coldcn is a inu«'h in ilemiind recorder, bcin?: noticed h«TO on the H.iruioiiy ;lt;?H'd i>y Pfiinswlclr. Tlio Harmony Is a ;<9-c<'nt record btit an excei)tiona!ly good one l)ecau.^o of its Coliiiiil)ia tie-np. However, n cheap record wonlcl geiier;illy count against a reci)i0 Weekly for Fokine Ballet at Mirador A contract for the Fokine ballot, opening next week at the Mirador, night club, sets 14.000 as the Foklna salary. Fokine will supply the peo- ple and costumes. Moss and Fontana, dancing at the MlradoiC have been on a perccntags arrangement. They aro going to Florida. Foklna, Foklne's wife, will appear In concert Feb. 27 at Carnegie Hall, DON'T WAKE ME UP (Fox Trot) —Louis Katzman's Orchestra YOU FLEW AWAY FROM THE NEST — Same — Brunswick No. 3016 Louis Katzman has for long been a- Vocallon artist, this marking his Brunswick debut in addition. A past master at the art of "canning" for tho wax, Katzman more than delivers with this coupleL Cabaret Acts Retaliate An upper Broadway cabaret whose management has displayed Uttle qualms In closing entertain- ers despite length of run without the customary notice is due for a dose of its own medicine this week whon three of Its major floor attractions will depart to Join a musIcaL The agent booking the show has lost considerable comnil.iHiohs bo- cause of the eleventh-hour closing notices to entertainers, with the lat- ter using the shabby treatment as an excuse to withhold the final week's commission fee. The cabaret maintained Justiflcsi^ Hon of the short closlnc notlcs through claiming that they had con- tinued the turns b*yond the stipu- lated contract period and therefor* didn't need to give a week's notice. Even the agent could not argue the inanager out of such an opinion. "^ The Knight Club at US West Slst street Is new, with Lester Bernard as master of ceremonies and Frltxl Brown entertaining. It had a three- day opening, Feb. 11-13. THEN I'LL BE HAPPY— Richard B. Gilbert (Vocal) IF I FIND THE KIND OF GIRL I DREAM ABOUT-rSame — Okeh No. 40536 Kii^hard B. liilbert, with Kuth Wimp, h.'i-s been around In the p.cv ture houses, first coming to at- tention via f.-idio and then tho Okeli records. He is a ukulele vocalist, featuring th« taro-patch uke. Gil- bert features u crooning tenor and sells himwolf qnitn well. HOW A FAMOUS BAND "KILLED" AN AUTO SHOW I'aui Whiteman and his orohestra received $25,000 for one week to alfnict prospects to the San Francisco Automobile Show cent gate, the tanious m.iestro of .«iyniphonic syiicop.ition certainly drew them, \>\\t not In the mnntier antidprited. Try and sell a cai to those jazz hounds! Tlicy crowded and milled about the platform so that movement around the motor cars impossllde. and any aticiiipt to uttr.ict prospects' attention was nullified by Whiiomau's jazz. It would have been chfiiper for the .Auto Show to U.we paid White man off after the tlilr'l d.iy nnd to" to get down to business in hand for the remainder of the week, because the lure of the Whltrmanltes' syncopation wa^ Um> much even for the olly-tongucd salc^mrn who ju>«t couldn't get .Kf.irted. '''*^?..I''7' *"' 1'">''"P Whiteman 25 "grand" was to attract a hug« crowd no that the Hale.smen could got their stuff In Whiteman mor« th.m nuallfl.Hj ns :in aitr.icnon, but too much so. with the sales force in comi)lete idleneM whil* WhItemRn was performing. At H 75-- wa« Wednesday, February 17, IWW CABARETS VARIETY 49 WAITER HELD ON POLICE COURT UQUOR CHARGE Magistrate Gordon In- tends Making Test Case •^Federal Charge, Too "Maglstmte Gordon calls It dis- orderly conduct and Ute Federal court calls U violating the 18fh amendment. Which is it?" said the assemblyman. Lawyers intM-viewed after the complaint had been drawn stated that they believe MaRistrate Gordon's decision would not hold. They spoke of the double Jeopardy clause that GalRuno ruiswl. Mag- istrate Gordon was appointed to the bench by Mayor John P. Hylan. He has an unexpired term to fill. Ho represented Police Conunissioner Enrlght in the latter's libel suit ligainst Magistrate Corrigan anil also reprebeiited the Mayor at the time of the McAvoy tran.oit com- niissiun hearing. Magistrate Harry A. Gordon In West Side Court has created a pre- cedent in holding a waiter on the charge of disorderly conduct who testlfled that he served a drink of Uquor to Detective John I.Naflferty, of Inspector Michael Lyon's staff. Recently Gordon stated that he had intended to hold the first per- son who te.stilled he served or sold a drink. Contending it was a breach of the peace a few days ago, David Wade, waiter In the Turf Club, 44 West 55th street, who la waiting trial in tlie Federal Court for an al- leged violation of the Volstead law, was impolitic enough to admit he served a drink to a "copper." The court halted the proceedings and had Wade repeat he had served a drink to an offlcer. It was then ix9 annou iced ho would have a charge of disorderly conduct lodged against Wade. The latter was be- ing examined in West Side Court on a vagrancy charge. He was found guilty on this complaint and remanded for investigation. Detectives LafTerty, Joe William - Bon and Herbert Faust, of the In- spector's staff, raided the Turf Club. They arrested Wade, Joseph Pom- per, and two women. Pomper was charged with violation of the Vol- stead act. So was Wade, When tho raid was made Wade was charged with being a vagrant and violating the Volstead law. He and Poinper were arraigned In the Federal building and asked for an adjournment until March 5. They U'ere represented by Assemblyman Frank K. Galgano. He bitterly ob- jected to the court questioning Wade about the liquor, stating that he Was to answer in the Federal build- ing on that charge. Over Galgano's objection the court made Wade re- peat the answer that he served liquor. When the vagrancy charge Was heard the court then directed tho disorderly conduct charge fcgainst Wade. Tho magistrate drew lip the complaint himself. No Adjournment Galgano asked for an adjourn- fcient in the disorderly conduct charge, stating that Pomper was an Important witness. The court re- fused, stating that Galgano was acting In bad faith. Galgano took exception to the Judge's remark. Gordon proceeded with tho disor- derly conduct charge. He heard virtually the same testimony from the patrolman. The Assemblyman refused to place Wade on the stand and Mag- istrate Gordon adjourned the ca.'se until a future date In the Homi- cide Court. The court stated that this was a test case and he had given It much consideration beffvre he acted upon It. Galgano stated that the charge placed his Client In double jeopardy. "That was Just one of tl>« reasons wo legislators In 1923 repealed the Mullan-Oage law becau.ie of the double jeopardy," said Galgano. CHINESE PLACE IN CHI SENT INTO BANKRUPTCY '^zyz* FRANZ LEHAR SAYS AYS: I lest' I ! "'My UtUe Nest !(of Heavenly Blue) I la More Beautiful Than My ( Famous 'Merry Widovi^' Waltr." i, Thi.i rxquisitf! hrlinr mclodv f . D'Andre and Walters, Bobby Dale, Amy Atkinsim and the Irving Bloom band will complete the show. $135 for Firing Dance Hail New Bedford, Mass.. Feb. 1«. Charged with having burned Dreamhurst dance hall at Acush- net, owned by Charles H. Porter, a prominent lumber dealer, Felix N. Chartlr confessed that he set Are to the building after ha\^ng been paid $135 for doing tho job. He tes- tified that Porter and Louis Her- man, a lawyer, both of whom are charged with conspiracy in con- nection with the burning of the danco hall, engaged him to set flre to the building. Chartlr and Andrew N. Atkins, also charged with arson, siirang a surprise when they pleaded guilty and took the stand for the State. Chartlr testified to having been approached by Herman on the sub- ject of setting fire to Dreamhurst, for which he alleges Herman told him he would get 11,000. He told of going with Atkins one night to the dance hall and setting flre to some oil-soaked burlap, but the flre failed to spread to the dance hall. They returned the next night, Chartlr testified, and succeeded In burning the hall. When he called upon Herman the next day for the balance of tho money due him, he said, the lawyer refused to givo him only the |i;)5. New Colored Show Vexing Competitors Tomorrow night (Thursday) when CIro'e on West 56lh street open.-* with a new colored revue. Leroy Smith's band from Connie's Inn, Dot Rhodes, the pretty Creole whom George White tutored was taken from the Club Alabam, and other colored stars were conned from the various black and tan night clubs for the new Clro show, with the re- sult the competitive cafe manage- ments have become more than pa.s- sively vexed. Giro's Is now being run by Bel- mont and Herbert Gottlieb and Arkle Schwartz with Harry Rich- man conflninp himself solely to his own club which also has the Schwart* Brothers financially Inter- <>Hted. The GottlieTis are furriers atid were originally interested CIro's ; with Felix Young before the latter fold out rA'^ntly to Rl'hrnan- fi h wa rtzi ■ ■ FLO LEWIS IN FLOOR SHOW CliicapTO, I">1>. Irt. Flo lA'wis fr.iin "Big Boy" h.i.- goni- into the .4th Street Club's "ai)ple" number with its undi-aped Kves as the chorus. Miss McClure's slave. shac4^ed dance clicked. The opening number with the cast and the waiters, busses, etc., going on strike, was a novelty and set things right. The finale Is a Spanish ensemble with White singing the lyrics of a popular dance nnmber, "Spanish Sh.iwl," which hails from the west and is only known Instrumentally In these parts, hence the enhanced ap- peal of tho familiar tune with un- known words. Joe Candullo's orchestr.a dishes ftut beaucoiip good dance music (further noticed under New Acts), handling both the show nnd the dance stuff well. The Everglades is oi)erate>el. Gingham Inn, Chicago Chicago, Feb. 12. With the Gingham Inn in the process of reconstruction the man- agement has seen lit to keep open house, despite the imattractlvencss of the Interior. During the evening the reviewer was present one couple tripped off the raised dance floor a»id broke a ehair, and eever.-il others stumbled because of the re- construction work. Tho few patrons didn't seem to mind the appearance of the place so much, being absorbed in female companions, if any, or liquur, or lioth. As far as could bo seen, evei-jbody brought hl^ ow^ flre- water. " A table work*r, Lillian Burns, warbled to an audlenco too Inter- ested! in other things to applaud. The reviewer started to give Lillian a hand but she stopped him with: "Don't do (hat; it'll go to my head." Del Kstes nnd B,'ibe Juno sang and dan<-ed for the same imlnter- estee aecnrnmo- • l.ifions for 4'jl}, and hitjh-cluKs mtn will be booked regularly. The for- mal opening Is set for April 1. At present and in the past tho Gin^Iiam Inn has not been drawing any of the bett«'r cl.i.ss of patrons. The younger generation In the nci^'hborhood speak of it as a v>;aio to have a hot t.me without wor- rying about anyone who counta cati liing you at It. The employees, with the exception of the orchestra, seem to havo taken the same utti- tU(U\ and use off-side language without any regard to the sensibili- ties of the patrons. At one time M sounded like friendly ribaldry among some Jolly section hands. It remains to be seen what the larger Gingham Inn will be. LE PARADIS Washington, Feb. 13. Never letting his place stand still, Meyer Davis Is luiw staging a pre- tentious floor show every "Tuesday night and holding the st.ar feature over for nightly appearances throughout the entire week. The second of the Tuesday night series, "A Night in llsrlem," was a wcll-lald-out proa;ram with the dainty child artists, who have yet to bo seen In New York. Vlrglnl.a nnd Maxine Loomls, as the star fea- ture. These youngsters landed strongly with the capacity gathering. Their naturalness Is their »-hlef asset. With most children performers their numbers are Just so many words with gestures to fit. Not here though, for both Individually and together they put the numbers ncioss worthy of the rating of old- timers. Davis has been gradually building through the past siveral weeks for the.so events. Ho has taken the or- chestra and switched It around until the boys, themselves, are a decided hit. Harry Albert, violin director; Kellx Soiarl. banjo; Jack Golden, piano; Jack Powers, sax, nnd Wal- ter Kolk have each a sjiei laity that, couplfd with their dance music. Is making them a hig altraeiion for Davis. The show was wound up by the corrnlling of every worthwhile cid- ored pi'rformer In town, from llttlo Robert Wheeler, the original Davis discovery, to York and Newman. Blllle GrifTln, Sam T.#e and "Agnes." Tills bunch worked like Trojans with their Charlestons and song numbers and had tho customers up on their toes. "In the Orient" nnd "A Night In Hades" are schcdukd to follow. Afcakin. Pierrots in Cabarets Opening Feb. 28 at the Mont- martre cabaret. New York, will be .rack Hulbert's Pierrots— four girls and three boys. Mr. Hulbert of "By the Way" will stage the turn but not appear in It. It will bo a reproduction of a similar English entertaining scheme. It goes In a cabaret for an er'perlment. ENDOR'S BUNCH COMING BACK Chick Endor and his band of en- tertainers, fo.-merly at the Y.acht Club, are slated for the Club Lido, New York, succeeding Hyson and Harris when the latter le.ave the night club. BORGO AT 5TH AVE, CLUB Borgo Is going Into the ."ith Ave. Club, the new Billy Rose-Keymour Felix place. In charge of the floor. Borgo formerly had his own night club on West B5th street. DANCE WINNERS TEACHING Jonn Olola and Chappie Kay, winners of Itoseland's Charleston marathon two weeks ago, are play- ing a special engagement at the Hofbrau, New York. The diners will receive Instruction In the Charleston from tho dance experts. S 8elf-liv«trurtlv^ Rookii mi THK ART OF MODERN JAZZ PIANO PLAYING ny ART ^iiKrrp, No* jrou c«n I^urn to play Pnualar Mu«le with all the Pill-In Trlck». Urckk*. Hlii^« rfr., a^ imrd by Icdllnc RADIO ARTISTS TtrHt-IVsuK^inrh-H ICO Jaxi llrrmka, 10 Rri»[,i)y >^,v.;Uy KnrlinK», Hlue«. Flll-ln Kiiilx IHnhinpntfi. ctr. !• w^rth hunilrriln of r..(iiaiix f'uino I'layinK. Tkla lior>k tf'ArliPa fhr vuridua fftylfa of .Ui/.i nn.'>» n<>r, unary In iirefcmioti.'il work. In all krlrr SI .00. Tlilril Iit ,, I'bil'l rati uiidirstrina It. I'rtr^ fliftO, Krijtti y.Hir .1. ;' r. er ,:.■««.., 111. Variety »■ /• Wednesday, Febnury 17, 1926 BELLS NEXT WEEK (CoiitinuiMj I.OH A\(>KI.I':.S mUiun Uollur (Pc) nnil'f > B.lltli (irilM'.)i AfUiur ]tur< kief M.inul & VIda Col I' I.lii.l!=ay Co Tf^nialui,' Daiicern •■Don Q" MMropnlltan (Pe) Ht>iler and lUlcy lllrhurd TwlriH ll'illywu.ia Trio Lurlla I. on 'Sonu & J>uiic . Man' Riullo (Ind.-f.) flicrman Van /k H "i Olrl' Forum (l>c) (13) Tfd }l.nik.-l Orch Arnold 'J':iniun JiiS'^ldiino l^nrbee F'oyd U.ithlmrn 2 IVarncr & M.-ftd "Steel ITcferied" SUle (IV) (IS) r-inrhdii /i Muroo •The Di. im Souk" Rube \\ olf. & Ud *'Just SlllilMiso" riKiiproH (IV) (13) l>ii:iHn I'owill "liofu of Uur)ir* Houlerard (Pc) Ist liiilf (14-16) Viid-nitH Pprolal's >f'Kan * Gnipn Hat "Th.! Whop!" 2d halt (17-JO) Fnn<-h<)n & Murco "Caridlo I,l;.'lit" Poyce Combo Kose Valyva Jlihlrtd Ciislpllo •The Ulailibird" riuitagrs (P) (it) KIblo A I.aployne Lanibertl HardHW'h * FipM'n 1. & M W 1 1. son Ban.lb(vx l'..;v Orphenm (S3) Nora Uayi s Henry Santry Bd The Seyirioura Dr. Rockwell Toney & Norman Nervo A Knox The Merediths Art & Arti>> Hill St. (O) (et) Kitty Doner Allcu L'oyd Valtfl & Uawlcjr Keno * (ireon Vim ISraek Fortunulla & Co LOI ISVI.K, KT. Nittlunul (K) 2d half (18-21) 4 CUivelly CJIrla Hiekr-y * TIart Wull.;n & Francis Hamilton Sis & F C'liHH (;iia>io r Sullivan's Ent Int half (22-24) Xaiiazawa Japs Irmanetir, F Slnilalr Co Oliver ft OlHnn ■Wluehill * Hrixcoe , I'rinre.MR Kalah Co 2d half (25-28) Fralcy * I'litnam Tasquali Itros. lawyer ft Orina B< rt I.cvy Antlc|Uo Shop Bponci r & WUrma IMWKl.U nXHH. Krltli'f) (15) Brook.H & Kuss Gene llarnes LiOttle Atherton York ft King KoK" r Sisttrs Gen I'isano (22) "Wilton SIh RcKlero A Maley FInk'fl Mub .1 Itosn & Tlioinn Johnny Muridiy Horry Anii'.s Co MACON. (i,\. «nin-2S) Conn-ll I,o,,na & 7. llratly A M ihon.y Go'die & H, atiy U Biyaii * KUnt Thr? Roon-ys (••lie to nil) |fAN<'irTKK. N. H. I'uliirit (K) Isl half (22 21) Mario Corolll K- Co 11 & (} Kllsworth Bnillli ft Stroll); Klkiiis. I-'ay ft U Rellly & T'alno r Yorkn & King Id half (2r.-2S) Wilbur ft I.vUe llurke ft l.n.Vtarr Hortly * (JHrtnMla John Hnrton ft Co ■^ni-mar'Hl ft Doll Sti'ppiiiK Soiiio M'KKKSPDKT, PA. IlarriH' lii|>|> (K) iHt half (:.'J-2t) The (ilbt»>d Caitn M Zo'ller ft Co McCijriTiack & W Iin A T.owrlo •'■'■ liJdler ft Oirl-i 2d haf (2-.-:S) Raymond I'ilie Zuhn it Dreifl l*sahion llliiia from p;ige 19) MKADVIl.l.l':, PA. Park (K) Sd half (2B-?») Murdoik A K .li.i Ch'berlain A Karl 4 (iriKK ;^is MK.UPUIS, TFNN. Stale (1.) (it) Reck A Jl-rior Walsh n^'iy & W Krank Pinon Co H.rt Walton Wtlder aiB ReT PnntacM (ii) Hob nobble ft Bob Harry Boldcn I>avc Schooler Co Thornton A Sq'rcs Spirit Vaudeville HIIAVAIKKR HuJoatIc (WV) (221 3 RediliiKlons Milkr A Cniiman J Burke Mortj'n Co Neil MnKinb y Od KIddli r>i C Alfred I.air-Il Co (Oil'! to nil) Alhamhr* (Pc) Breault A Besle Silver Clly 4 "Havoc" WUconnln (Pc) (22) Ileli^n Axtell Demp.sey ft I.'v'ex ■'Too Much Money" JklUler** (I.) (22) Diaz Monkeys Roy Conway & T Tracey A Elwood Lazar A Dale Kikuta Japa Suo Skuyler «INNBAPOI.I» Tth 8t. (22) Apolon Co (OtherH lu !i:i) Hlal« Francis A Wilson Mary Duncan Co W A M Ito.Tcrs Al I.a\ ino .iCr Knt Jack Wilson A Co N'rnark (P) (»i!) AUHsle A Cz.i h Melva Sis Just the Type Co l>en SmiMi Mizette I.ivvis Co .\KW UKIT'X. t'T. Capitol (K) iMt half (22-24) Jobn.siin A John.Mon IMccMnl Trour'o Fleliler Mann A Co Roy Roffii.s /i Co 2d half (2!;-2g) Stewart i^lH WliTKinsviilo Stan Kavanouijh NEW ( ASTI.K, PA. Capitol (K) lat half (25-28) 6 Anderson Sis NEW HAVEN. CT. Palace (K) 1st half (22-24) J Furst A Co Hughes A .Monti Let's Dance Prcs.'iler A KIal.'niery Jack Dang'^r Powi'll C OODRN, ITAII. Pantages ('iS) Les Kellers Lowa A Mura Turiuuu oia Briscoe A DoLorto Irving'* Mlds- ta OKLAHOMA CITY Oryhcum (IT) 1st half (:2-'.l) Al A K Frab.:io .Nathane A Sul'y Stanley Chapman Ilavvtliorne A c'Ook In Bargravla OMAHA. NKIl. Kiuliu (I><) (15) Mack ft Long Hazel Kbn (22) B'-rnard A If 'iirl 'Behind the Fiont" Orphcnm (O) (31) Kob. rl A Valle Co Kilw'ds' 'Scli'l D'y.s' Lulu McConin II Co Krarirt D. voe (Jr.'Ca AriUne I'antjige* (32) S. r.na'H t 'ircu.=i Wbeiler A Francis MicldlPton A S'Im'r Keiiard A AVest Countess .Snnla Moon (ni.) (Pc) (21) Moran A f^nljert Tory l>.?osto The Dobas Uuo illri.u S's A Mack (One to fil'> 'Man Four Sfjunre' 8un (Pc) (19) Harvey fjatchett "Sally, Irene A M" Strand (Pc) (30) Prologue "Reckless I/Ody" World (Pe) (1») K A F Watson Frank Braldwood Mr A Mrs P.->tchlng Supermania Orcli Four Bradnas "Rod Hot Tirea" PASADENA, C.\L. Pantuges (22) Little Yoshl Foster ft Ray Howard A Ross Leroy Talma ft B Norton A Browor 7 Bedouins PASSAIC. N. t. New Montauk ann>' Dtii^an Co Slutz A Binham I'lilversUy Pa Orch Ben Wlliiiilc Toes Fus (Pc) (1.1) Yvelle RuKel Home ft Dunn "Flrsl Y an ft Jack Deere Girls Xaufmun A K'fmao M Diamond Co 2d half (2R-M) A A J Corelll M'ss Ma reel le .Goid.n Violin Cy Seymour i'oinpadour Ballet Orpheum (K) iMt half (22-24) Meehan's Dogs Gehan A Garretson Tulip Time Carl McCullough The Hoedi-rs 2d half (25-28) Flying Henrys Cook A Oat man D'ArnioiulA llunt'g Orpheum 4 Mine. Bradna Stanley (Pc) (15) naseh Pallet White's ("llsns "Grand Dutchess" Wni. Prnn (K) Ist half (22-24) Roberts A Clark Wiso Cracker Jans A Whalen 2d half (25-28) 2 Orphans Hushes A Pam Jean Bedlnl Co PITTRBl ROH. PA. Davis (K) (IS) Monroe ft Grant Murdock ft Mayo Boganny Troupe Berkes A Terry Sylvia Clark Chinese Syncopaters Burns and Allen (22) Douglas Chas C* Suyre & Mack Eva C ark Co Benny Rubin Co Harry Snograss Wells Va A West The Parlslennes (Two to fill) Harris (K) (St) Owsl A Llnko Patsy Doyle Morris ft Townea Roxy La Rocca H Claire Rot Sheridan Sq (K) 1st half (22-24) Clifford A Grey MoratI ft Harrla Lew Ross Co 7 Collegians (One to fill) 2d half (25-28) Cycling Brunettes Dcwltt ft Qunther Rosemary ft MarJ Fisher ft Hurst O'Brkn 6 Aldine (Pc) (2t) Loew's Circus "Don't" Grand (Pe) r Ixirner Girls (Throe to nil) PORTLAND. MK. Kelth'a (IS) Harry Amos Wives vs Stenoga Fink's Mules Irene Ricardo Elklns. Fay ft B atuart Sis (22) Win Mahoney Gen Plaano Lottie Atnerton Haven Macquarrle Ri)dgers Sis Hartley A I'afcrson PORTLAND, ORE. Puntugp.ln.y Grant The Test .STAMFORD, CI Keith's 1st half (;.'2 M) A.lonis A Dog W i:!;iisvill« 2d half (:r.-yi» M.-. han A Shannon (One to (ill) STKIII'NV'I.E, O. Cnpltol (K) l.Ht half (22-2 4) Rich A I'alH Dunham A OM Slop.! A Lever Fl.i Carrol Bsnd 2.1 half (25-2S) f,eFavor ft Pierce Shdton Hi;nt:cy Clev. I'd A Dourey •> Rockets SYRACI SB Keith's 2d half I1II-2I) J Howard's Rev Harry Holman Princeton A Wats'n c-or.Ion A Pierce D\i|iree A Merrill Isl half (22-24) p. bio DftSarlo Co .Miller A Mack (Others to fill) 2d half (25-28) Richard Kean Eddy Bromi DuCallon Gllfoyle ft Lango Ibacfa'a Enter (One to fill) Temple (K) lat half (I2-t4> llorl Co Ideals .^nnette Dare Harrington A Or'n (One to fill) 2d half (25-21) Homer Honialne Town TjplcB Creadon A Davis 4 Dance Demons (Onu to fill) TACO.MA, WASH. Pantages (22) Llout Thetlon .Nancy P'alr Guy Voyer (3o Clias Althoir B.'Uclalr Bros T'RE H'L'TE, IND. Indiana (KW) lat half (22-24) A.lams ft T Sis Wm Desmond ft Co (Three to fill) 2d half (25-28) Rath Bros Taylor ft Markley Maxwell & Fda Co Freda ft Palace .Vlex ft Nolseon TOLEDO Keith's 2d half (18-21) Fraley ft Putnam Eddie Nelson Retribution Winehill ft Briscoe Frankle Heath G Rockets Ist half (22-24) Jack Hedloy t .Singer Sis Edwards Follies Tom Swift Co Cuscia ft Verdi " LnFantasy (One to fill) 2d half (25-28) Hector Wolford A Stevens .Senna ft Dean a Edwards Follies Lillian Morton E Torrcnce Co RIvoU (P) (22) Murand ft Leo Tock A Toy Jane Courthope Mahon A Cholet Jarvis Rev TOPEKA. KAN. Novelty (In) lat half (15-17) Maxim A Morris Grace Moy Indan Revue Dunley ft Merrill Captain Mclntyre 2d half (18-20) Booth ft Nina Velma Lyons "Meet the Prince" Tho Crelghtons Rasso ft Co TORONTO, CAN. Shea's (K) (IS) Mao Miller Tom Smith Clara K. Young W ft Q Ahcarn Ex-Wives Ethel Davis Perrotys (22) C Schcnck ft Son Brooks Phllson ft D Claire Vincent Co DeKereJarto Corbet t A Barry Mr A Mrs Stamm WIlUo Solar Wilfred Dubola Yonge St. (L) (22) MEG Lime t Bud A Ellnore Coll Francis Renault Rogers A D.mnelly Charlotte ft Gang Pantages (22) Ladora Beckman .Melroy Sis Eldrldge Barlow E Barrett A Corenne 4 Jansleys TRENTON, N. J. Capitol (K) 1st half (22-24) Chappell A Carlton Hushes A Pam The Old Homestead (Two to fill) 2d half (25-28) Dublin trio (Otliirs to fill) TROY, N. Y. Proctor's (K) 1st ha f (22-24) Smilctta Bros P.yan Sis Lady (Jden Pearse Apples (On.- to fill) 2d half (25-28) Ilerberta Beeson Demar A Lester H;i;,-h Herb. it Co R.na Arnold Co (One to mil TI LSA, OK1..A. Orpheum (IT) 2d half (25-28) B'loth ft Nina 11 A J Cr.ighton Wilfred Clark Harry Jolson 6 Lelanda 1 NION CITY. N. .L Cnpltol (K) lat half (22-24) A A F Sl.-adman Jaz7.manla Rev (Others to fill) INIONTOWN, PA. Stale (Pc) (15-17) I.opa'a Band "The Wanderer" II-nCA. N. T. Gaiety (K) 1st hair (22-J4) 4 Ortons Manning ft Hall I Cheers O'Donnel ft Blair Harraans ft Sands John Regy Co 2d half (25-21) Chasalno Holllngsworth A C Ann Clifton Miller ft Mack O Hanneford Co (One to nil) VANCOUA'ER, B.C. Pantages (22) Carl V Wlntcm Davis ft NelNon Romeo ft Dolls Jarvia ft Harriaon 6 Belfurda WASU'CrN, D. C. Btalto (Pc) (14) "Carmen" Dorothy Pllzer Nlcholaa Vasllleir Romeo Guaraldl Guterson Overture 'I'alace of Pleasure' Earia (K) (32) Betta ft Partner Bardo & Muck Winchester ft Ross Kandy Krooka Klalsa ft Brilliant Loraine Minto Co Keith's (IS) 4 Camerons Wlllard Mack Ct. Whlling A Burt Margaret Rnmalne I'epito Gordon's Dogs Sargent ft Lewis Parisian Art (22) Jose Collins Edith Clifford Solly Ward Co Allen A Cunfield Wardman Park Bd Chaa Kellogg Henry Ite'.Tal Co (One to fill) Loew^s (32) 7 Rainbow Girls Debee ft Wcldon Butler ft Parker Al Abbott Pekin Troupe WASH'GTON, PA. SUte (K) 1st half (22-24) Shelton Bentley Davis A McCoy Lrt-ach La Quinlan t 2d half (25-28) Ford ft Price B ft K Gorman Leonard ft St John WATERBCRY. CT. Palace (K) 1st half ('.:2-24) Nelson & Nelson Francis Rusa A D Karter's Komed Julia Kelety Major Revue 2d half (26-28) Julius Furst Co Miller A Bradford C K Four Earl-Rlbl Rev (One to fill) WATERT'N, N. Y. .Avon (K) lat half (22-24) Chassino Hol!lr?sworth ft C .Ann Clifton 4 Dancing Demana Q Hanneford Co 2d half (25-28) Pablo DeSarto Co 3 Cheers John Reguy Co (Two to fill) AVHEEL'O, W. VA. Victoria (K) lat half (22-24) LoFavor A Pierce Leonard ft .St JoAn Cleveland A D B ft K Gorman 6 Rockets 2d half (25-28) J Rich A Pals Dorsay Sledmnn Co Davis ft McCoy (Two to fill) WICHITA, KAN. Majestle (IT) 1st half (22-24) Booth ft Nina B ft J Crolghto* Pat Daley ' Pinto Binnet F * liC lands 2d half (25-28) Tho Rial, Stanley i Hawthorne ft Cook Stanley Chapman In Bargravia WICHITA FAI.1.8 UaJeMlo (IT) at} Carl Emmy's pi-t, Claudia Col. man Billy Farreii Co Shone ft Siiulres Visions of 1S24 WiLKES-BARRB Poll's (K) lat half (22-24) Bill ft Genevieve Dick Ryan Ex-Wives East A Dutnke Frlecoo Oarid 2d half (25-28) Merrltt ft CouKhl'a Whiting ft Burt Al Tu Christie A Daley R ft B Brill .Stopthildn n Althra Lucaa Co (One to nil) 2d half (25-28) J4ax Bloom Rev W'NSOCKET, R I, IIIJou lat half (22-24) Stuart Sla The Wager (Three lo fill) 2d half (25-28) Sawyer ft Eddy Elklna Fay A B (Three to fill) W'CE.STCK, MASSt Poll's (K) lat half (22-24) Manning ft Class Carroll ft Bcmant Mttthcwa ft Ayreg Sydney Gran' The Test 2d half (25-28) The Heynoffs Gene ft M Moore Langfurd & Myra MeCooI ft Dooln Night Club YONKERS, N. T. Proctor'H (K) 1st half (22-24) Burt A Lrle 4 Gregg Sis Tower & Darrel D'Oisay Sted'n 0» The Hold U Lamont 2 2d half (25-28) Leach La Quinlin t Dunham ft O'M I,a I'alva Block ft Dunlap Flo Carrol Bund (Two to fill) 3 A. M. CLOSING (Continued from pase 1) town are .satl.sfied to put up the shutters at tlie pre.snribfd hour If lato runnors also abiii(? by the or- der. The ^'lllaKe places welooni© the nc-w edlf^t in tliat it gives most of them adiHllonal hours of patron- ase since they will be jicrmitted to run two hours beyond the former one o'clock closing time. Just what effect the new closing order will have upon tlie chartered club.s which run until all hours Is not known. It is expected, how- ever, that the Police Commis.sioner will Ret after those on the building re^'Ulation anple such as ho has Rot- ten after several of the Broadway places recently. 12-People Flash. Off "Indian llomanco," a 12-peor>Ie nash act which has been rotating over the independent hi lea way? has been disbanded with Arthur .Sulli- van, producer, said to be out $8,000 on production cost.. Sullivan claims to have pl.iyed It around at a lo.ss weekly In oriler to keep his company together. II© claim.s he Is cured with vaude- ville production activities. If you don't acJvertise in VARIETY don't advertise Wednesday, February 17, 192« OUTDOORS VARIETY 51 Unr MONEr-PEANUT POLITICS OVER SHEESLEY'S AGENTS Investigation Started on Cracraft's Toward Campaign Fund — Ohio Original Source — Money Returned Contribution State Fair Columbus, C, Feb. 16. Peanut politics is at the bottom of the so-called Investigation which iprung up the past weok over al- leged irregularities in the letting of concessions at the 1925 Ohio State Fair, with the Gooding Brothcr.s, operators of riding devices, and C. W. Cracraft, general agent for the Greater Sheesley Shows, drawn Into the muddle, according to persons on the side lines who keep a close watch on things in the State house. Governor Vic Donahey is a Demo- erat, while State Auditor Joseph T. Tracy, who Instituted the investiga- tion, is a Republican. This gives color to the Impression that the in- vestigation Is a little political play. For many years up to 1925 the Goodings had the exclusive rights on privileges for riding devices at the State Fair. Last season, how- ever, Cracraft managed to squeeze In some of Captain Sheesley's rides, although no individual shows were contracted, it being against the pol- icy of the Ohio State Fair to book other carnival attractions which feature the midways of most large (airs. The Greater Sheesley Shows, one of the biggest of carnivals, enjoys a reputation for cleanliness, and the Goodings likewise have earned a same for themselves as being hon- est and efficient ride operators. When Charles V. Truax, State Director of Agriculture, sent to State Auditor Tracy a voucher for $800. payable to O. B. Gooding, Tracy became curious and demanded to know why the refund was being made. This move on the part of the Auditor brought out he had been conducting a quiet Investigation of the contract lettlngs for concessions at the State Fair last year. It appears that G. R. Lewis, fair manager and an employee of the State, informed the Auditor that a $200 "campaign contribution" had been offered to State officials by Cracraft. Lewis said that the $200 had been left on his desk at the close of the 1925 fair. He claims he took the matter up with Governor Donahey, and the latter soon there- after summoned Cracraft, Lewis and Truax to the executive offices. The Governor, Lewis dec'.ared. personally returned the money to Cracraft and told him that contri- butions of this kind were not solic- ited and could not be accepted. Money for Campaign Cracraft was in Duluth on a busi- ness trip when he received a cum- mons to appear before the Governor of Ohio within three days. The car- nival agent's home Is In Clncinn-Ul. He te.stined before the State Exam- Itier in that city last week that he "volunteered the contribution to Mr. Truax," and added that "In our business we frequently contribute to campaign funds, and I saw nothin.ins, slio ran nw;iy to po on the nVir,''- She J'lined th<' Black Patti show, and her name Cortland City Band, George Evans* Honey Boy minstrels, RInglIng cir- cus band. Pep Barnard's orchestra, and last season with Vincent Lopez's b.'ind In Syracuse. He was also chauffeur 11 years ago for forroer Governor Nathan L. Miller. His widow, Mrs. Elizabeth E. Bar- ney, and a cousin survive. WILLIAM J. CAHILL William J. Cabin, 62, long known In vaudeville as "The Man from Ire- land," died In Kings County Hos- pital, Brooklyn, Feb. 9, from tho effects of a fall on a slippery side- walk. Mr. Cahill suffered a frac- tured skull and lived but a half hour after being taken to the hospital. The deceased vaudevilllan resided at 6)6 Ovington Avenue and was a member of the Brooklyn lodge of ICIks (No. 22), under whose auspices tho funeral was held Feb. 13. A widow and two children survive. ECHLIN GAYER Echlin Gayer, 48, legitimate actor, died Feb. 14 at his home, 205 W. 57lh street. New York, of pneu- monia. Mr. Gayer wrts most prominent In dr.amutic work. Among some of bis more important connections wera with the MiH. Samuel Inaull "School for Scandal" revival; the original- "Cnpfain Jinks" i)roduction, headed" by ICthel Barrymore; "The Enchan- tre.ss"; RU|(port of Cyril M.iudo la "If U'irifer Comes"; "As Vou Were," .■ind two ficasons with William llo'hre. Hi"? list nroytdway engage- ment was wlih Nance O'Neli im "yl^on^■er Than Love." (Continued on page 12) ' 63 VARIETY Wednesday, February 17, 1929 VARIEH'S CHICAGO OFFICE HAL HALPERIN in Charge State-Lake Theatre B"g., Suite 520 Pho«-n'. C»v.»r-I OK44.4401 CHICAGO Protcsaionala havt tha fr9» us* of Variety'* Chicago Offic* for .nformation. Mail may b* addrn** Um-ASCO'S TKIUMI'H HOI.mtOOK JUI>ITH. Not ~ tort.. .1.. bin .. the Ma- , .verylhlns Ihat .hoo.a^te th.r. Is of ?""«• '"J '"''"•'"•'"^I'f;;;''"™' BUNN ANDERSON IN WII.I.APn MAPK-.S K' 0'>-AMA "THE DOVE" LtMITKD KNUAGKMKNT 4 VVK.S. MORE SIILIIKUT G A R R I C K KING VIDOR'8 I'lcturliallon of LAURENCE 8TALLING8' THE BIG PARADE .siirru.g JOHN GILBERT WItb ItKNKK ADOKRK A Metri>-L}oldwyniI»yer I'roductloB C E N T R A L Bilctatut Theatre In Chleaso, VaaBaraii At Mlchlgao Avauu* Tommy Martelle in "SOME GIRL" Wnappy. H|»«rklli»^ Mnalcal r*^r A. H. WOODH' « H 1 DELP WINTHBUP AMKS IVoKroU OKORG£ A IBUP /ARLISS W In JOHN UAI.SWORTHT'S "OLD ENGLISH" NO SUNDAY PERFORMANCES the eight acts are stuff, but the Oilers— terrible. Opening with Carl Kmmy'a Mad Was Revue, the bill shows consider- able promise In the serond slot. Harry Gilbert, doing talk and song. Is nothing to write home about. He IS supposed to be a alnger, and the lad has a good voice but he doesn't use the voice his Maker endowed him with. His material, too. is not of the best. If, instead of a lot of attempted character imitations and supposed old fashioned tunes, he would use some of the modern stuff floating around, he might some duy manage to get over. Krnet Evans" Protegees, five of them, are not particularly hot either. A young chap that pbiys the xylo- phone is so so. A girl at the piano and another that warbles are al.so BO 80. Two charming Httle nrlsses lestic this week. Two or three of i there, and anything that shuuldnt jesuc in« wtc*. ^^^^^^ ^.^^ the 1 be there, isn't. Therefore, the act is greaL Could the reviewer's fail- ing for the dark eyed Spanish type have anything to do with UT William Desmond and company follow and are K*>f>d. (Now Acts.) Bender and Armstrong, with ac- rolKTttc foolishness, are fair. The DeLuxe Opera Company are all rlKht, for an opera house, but not so great in the Majestic. They do .some dandy stuff, from Carmen, II to be tntertaining. Joe iMorrls, too, with his famous box work, is a wow. A feature of this act is a lobster- scope Charleston, executed by Miss Ikildwln. It is a novelty and a pleas- ant one. The complete act, without the little encore speech, ran about 23 minutes. As we have said before, the clos- ing act was not so hot. Al Sweet's Hu.s.sars. a nine-piece slnRlng band, is a failure. Al 8weet seems to have sunk plenty of money into the act Trovatore and other classics, but the with a special set and so forth, but house fails to appreciate it. There are eight singers In the company. A news reel and a Fables finish the day. IjOOp. Miss Ward, of the circus family of that nawe, opened on the rings at the Palace. She now work.s full stage instead of In "one" aa when caught and reviewed under New STUDEBAKER M(iRsr& Bbubert Pr'-«ent Oay-Oolden "BLOSSOM TIME" Foremoat mnalcal auccaaa In all ata*a history C>r«»t Mnclna C:iBt — f^yanplioay Orrh. H8AM H. .. A R R I "J THEATRE Richard BENNETT MATINEES WED. AND SAT. CORRESPONDENCE All matter in CORRESPONDFNCE r*far» t« currant wa*k unUss otherwise indicated . Th* citie* under Correapondenoa In thia iaeu* of Variaty are a* follows and on paga*: Pag* ^ P»9e MILWAUKEE «0 NEWARK 62 ALBANY 66 BALTIMORE 56 BRONX 62'PITTSBURGH the appearance of the orchestra Is not BO forte. Then, too, they at- tempt to play Jazz in a march tem- po. The audience fall to grasp the idea, and refuse to grant much ap- plause. Their singing is nothing to brag about. Using a selection of old numbers, taken we deducL to show off the voices of certain members of the group, haven't got the bang and punch needed to put this kind of a bit across. Dollars Down, starring Ruth Ro- land, was the picture, and the cus- tomary news reel and comedy com- plete the bin. I,oop. MORRISON HOTEL CHICAGO World'a talleat, 1*44 rooma and battia BUFFALO 60 CHICAGO 52 CLEVELAND 59 DETROIT 60 KANSAS CITY 59 LOS ANGCLES 58 62 CT. JOHN 59 GT. LOUIS 60 OAN ANTONIO 56 SYRACUSE 59 TORONTO M WASHINGTON «1 A N D Paulin* LORD IN THEY KNEW WHAT They Wanted A Th«atr« Oiilld Succnss AUDITORIUM li-OR srx WKKKS UNI.T F. RAT COM3TOCK & MORRIH GE3T Have thd (lrp.it Iloniir to Prfsent Tlia World A (irn-tr«t I>rodart!on "THE MIRACLE" Btairrd by Mnz Rplnhnrdt COMPANY or 000 Eva. at I: Mat. Wud. & Bat. at t X>tr« Mata. Unroln'a A WadtUactOB's Blrlhitaj PLAYHOUSE K^*^M~«t' « 30. " ^^ ■ *"'^^''*' Mala. Wed & (Sat. CFNTKAL FBODl CTIONS, Inc. THE HAONTED HOUSF Gripping Mystery Play By OWEN DAVIS laughs and ThriOs Galore' are lovely dancei^, only thoy haven't the material to work with. This Hcpmlng lack of material was the cau.se for the failure of most of the acts on the bill. Gadle and Kamsden failed to do much of anything. Their comedy is that restrained style of slapstick stuff. Slapstick would be great, but !in this one bit it is so restrained that the house falls to sleep and half of the audience sleep through a beautiful song rendered by thi plrl In the act. She has a remarkable voice, but only does this one piece. Melva Talma came on Just in time. She sure was worth staying for. Ml.ss Talma has been knocking about In the movie houses for the past few months and this week marks her return to vaudeville. How this lady can do a blues number 1» nobody's business. Even the men in the pit seem to pep up when she sings Flamln' Mamie, and for her exit Louisville Ju. Biir,K«";. BI.8HI.RR 8ni«>a'* Beat Caat SELW Y N FAREWELL ENGAGEMENT CYRIL MAUDE In MICHABT. ARLBN'S New Cotnady These Charmmg People By tha Author of "THK ORBKN HAT" Sr.XV HHinERT OLYMPIC ^" ",?»: Weak* Ah*art CASTLES m tbe AIR TIVIKNNK SEGAL IKV1NO BEEB E with np.BNARn GRANVILLE THAIS LA WTON AND A ORKAT CAST OF lO* In (ha Drat Mnslral F.ny on Kartk Acts some months ago. This is an improvement. Iter specialty and also the body of hrr act la the ovcr- ihe-shoulder somersaulting. She accompILshed about 75 consecutive somersaults Sunday afternoon. Harry Webb and Co., sometimes known as Webb's EtJlertainers, deuced with their "tone pictures." The program lines about it being re- stricted and copyrighted takes no account of Vincent Lope* and some other bands who have employed practically the same Idea. Ed Lowry came along third and smiled and nutted his way Into the good graces of the audience. When at the conclusion of his toomfoolery he took back the cigars he had giveji the musicians at tlie start Eddie was a 8ucce.ss. WiUle West and McGinty. "the House Builders," created six o.- seven minutes of continuous guf- fawing and also, in all probabiiity, a great deal of vexation for the that I stage crew. The amount and ch.-j.r- fact. aoter of props requiring setting for __ this act must be .something titanic 1 aa viewed by the grips. The current headUncr, Irene Franklin, was sixth. Her material, all new, is as brilliant as ever and delivered with that exquisite unc- tion for which the famous carrot- top is noted. After five numbers she ducked out, leaving the custom- ers still hungry for more. Adelaide Hughes, dainty and dim- inutive, has a revue which Is a re- vue. Benny and Western, the two snappy hooters who were formerly with the Doc l!alvai ta Suit* 602, Woods Theatre BIdg.. M \VK8T KANDOLFU HT.. CUICAQO FhtHia UearlKira H-il Office Houra: IZ to t P. 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Opening and closing acts are both just fit for their resptctlve posts. In the opening act. Samaroff and Sonia do a combination acrobatic, dance and dog act. The acrobatics are not so acrobatic. The dancing is not so elfin. The dogs are good, but Just dogs. In second. Norma Leslie and Morty Vandergrlft are great. As a piano and song act, this little bit would be pretty hard to beat. Miss Leslie seems to have that something that makes an audience feel "like one of the folks." Vanderglrft. too. has something, we shall call It per- sonality, that hns a tendency to mnke the house foel more at homo. "Th© Ora.ss Is Always Greener in the Other Ke'Iows Yard," a rather he.Trtronding little number, is tlieir forte. Later, "Why Dont You Mar- ry tlie rilrl?" is u.sed to advanLi^e. on rev low niKhi (h'ridav) they diil two encores aft<'r ttieir 14 minutes of ri'u-ul.-ir running time. In the third spot. Wlllirim Des- (n«>nd, the Dirllllng serial cowboy, does very well. (.Vew Acts.) 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FrI. & Sat.. 2-iO VANDERBILT "^.f^V ".'k Tka N*« Mavlwl 0*m«dy RCT-RY MERRY with MARIE SAXON »ad Notable Cast Harry Archer'* OreK»tr» TIMES SQUARE THBATRB Mata. Thura * Sat. Croaby 0»l«a preaeaU Fay Bainter tn CHANNINO POLLOCK 8 New Play *THE ENEMY' New Amiterdam '^S::;;.:!;..".^!' Mats. Wed. A Sat. 2 30 bUactr. miltiifhaiB A Ztt«f*l«. Ua DU CHABLSS DILLINOHAM »»M*nt» MARILYN MILLER And brr Star Coapaai la 'SUNNY' Arl tocral of Musical Comedlee VI II TON THBA.. W. 4( St. B»a I ;S» rUL.llin j,a,g Wed. * sat.. X:S» CHARLES DILLINGHAM preaeata INA CLAIRE In a Comadjr by rrederick Lonadala The Last of Mrs. Cheynejr* with Iteland Toung and A. B. Matthewa Starad by WIncbell Smitb SKlnSu. ^'0b« Mit.. FrI. A .Sat.. 2 .i& H. H. fVaiee'a Round-th«-Warld Musical Senaetlon l| I1W| with LOtJUB OBOOD* > ad Wtar Caat coRT -^ii-i ^.d**'i!rt"v ^r.s%r George Jessel in 'The Jazz Singer" DCDI'ni If Th»». W «nd W. K a » *0 KE.« t>lJUlL Mata Wed.. KrI. & Sat. ANNE NICHOLS' Great Comedy Mnnnvn Thea., W. 4tth8t. B*a 8:30 JILVAVOVV j,^,, ^^,^,, ^„j g,j 2:30 fThy la She the Talk of the TowaT THE DKAMATH' l«'T CllAIGS WIFE By nKo'-nir I'Ki • v with CHRYSTAL HERNE nil Tunpr ♦Tth. w. of bt bt* • m. DILI mUnC Mnta Wed. A Sat., !:J0 EASY COME EASY GU A Dallrlum of Uiuvha by Owea Davta with OTTO KBCOBB and Ttctar Haar a Keith-AIbee Hippodrome, New York, ThU Week (Feb. 15) ART MI IRVING WEST, GATES i KANE ^'DISPENSERS OF HILARITY** CirMtion:— K*ith-Orpfieum, ROSE A CURTIS; Loew and Independent, QU8 AOAM8 Keitk-AIbee Riverside, New York, Next Week (Feb. 22) DIr. A. L. I inrDTV ^ *" ■' Mata Erlangcr l-IOCn 1 ¥ WpU. A Sat. MUSICAL COMEDY TRIUMPHI TiP-TOES wl^h QUEENIE SMITH, ALLEN KEARNS, ANDREW TOMBES. HARRY WATSON. JR. nCI ACrTk^hea.. W. 44 8t. Bra. I:t* I>HL.ASV^\^ MaU. Thur. A Sat. 1:1* DAVID BKLASCO PreaonU LENORE ULR16 as LULU BELLE the First National first runs. First Nationals now get a acreenlnf at the Palace and Rialto, and the man- uKers of these have put some money into the Azetc. Should Loew'a plans materialize more than likely the Metro-Oo'.d- wyn- Mayer output will be featured along with the vaudeville. ANNE NICHOLS Presents Puppy Love A Comedy Dedicated to Laughter AtlTU «ST THEATr.B. Mata Wed. ••*» I ri O I . and Saturday Telephone Bryant 01 7t In the last two or three years the Interstate Amusement Co., con- trolling the chain of Majestic the- atres In Texas has had the vaude- ville field to itselL The Majestic theatres are playing Orpheum and Keith acts and last season went into the vaudeville-picture policy. From a box ofUce standpoint this policy has been a knoclcout. vir- tually from the start, and with prices as low as the picture houses. The success of Karl Hoblitzelle in getting across with this spurred on Pantajjes and LiO»w, allhouK;h both voluntarily withdrew from the state a few years ago. assume the role on a few hours' no- | tice. The curtain was held IS min- utes In hope of RulTo's arrival, but this failed to materialize. RufTo, suffering from a cold, left the com- pany in Boston and went to Atlan- tic City. He was scheduled to re- join the company in Baltimore. A special delivery letter, read to the Baltimore audience between acts, diacloHed that the baritone was In yew York under a doctor's ca^e. This letter arrived just prior to th*» rising of the act one curtain. Boles have taken over the Plaza (pictures), Chestertown, from How* ard Richardson. Henry Miller's'"''" "* "* *" ** M 'ABIE'S IRISH ROSE" FOURTH YEAR THI 'LA* rNAI »UTS "U" !■ NUMOS NEW 4TH EDITION EARL CARROLL Eveninsa 1:30 Mata. Thurs. A Sat., !:>• HENRY MILLER In "EMBERS" ^^^J'o^ ¥S:,»ir'' " VANITIES JOE rOOK. FBANK TIX.NET. JITl.IfS TANNEN DOROTHY KNAPP. UoM Ilctutlful Girl tai World EARL CARROLL ^a";.? 7t'h"avr.' Matlnrea Thunday anil Saturday ARCH 8BLWYN preaenu Rcvlned Kdltlon CHARIOT REVUE of 1926 K/l..»:. R<>^L- Thea.. 4( St. A »th At. Martin Ueck jj^t, wed. a sat. A. H. WOODS Pre.-enta FLORENCE REED in THE SHANGHAI GESTURE by JOHN COLTON nith nR>%TRI< R MI.I.IE. JACK Bl'CllANAN. UKHTKIUK LAWUEKCK Thea.. W. 4!d St. Eva. I:3« Mate. Thura. A Sat.. 2:10 SELWYN FMPIRF Thoa. U y A 40 Ht Ev l:SO •^'"'^■■**^ ft.ata. Wed. A Sat., 2:30 "A whacking popular auccea*." — WORI<0 JANE COWL in EASY VIRTUE •y NOKL COWARD. Authoi «r "Tilt Vort«a" The MARX BROTHERS Dearest Enemy Tha Exquisite Musical Success with HELEN FORD and CHARLES PURCELL KNICKEnnOCKER THEATRE, Bway and 3«lh 8t. (Dlr, A. U BrlanKer). Matlnc«a Wpdneiwlay and Saturday MUSIC BOX 'I,L,r i'.r*"St" CRADLE SNATCHERS A ■parkllnc Clavar. Sclatlllatinc Conitdy with MARY BOLAND And a Wonderful Cast ■ ri^NnAfTRT. Thea.. W. 41 St. Bvs. 1.10 LUnUAl^lU!. j^,^,, Wad. A Sat.. 2:30 The BUTTER and EGG MAN Materially complicating the al- ready complex situation here will be the opening of the new Municipal auditorium, with almost <,000 seats. This is scheduled for April and it is understood a bid will be made by the Auditorium management for the concert and legitimate attrac- tions finding their way down here. Heretofore some of the concert and legitimate folk have broken into the Majestic where John McCormack last week set a house record. Bee- thoven Halt away from the busi- ness section, has been housing a number of the road shows ot late. All apparently lost money in the latter places however. May Robson with her new show "Ma Petten- gil'.," a breezy comedy, and inter- preted by an unusually fine cast, was the last of the shows there. Broadway la to get acquainted with "Ma Pettenglll' at a later day. If the White Way denizens pass up this show It will be due to their provincialism. At least, that will be the western view. BALTIMORE Adolphe Komspan, conductor of the Fox orchestra in Phiiadelirfila. Is to come to Baltimore next week to reconstruct the orchestras In the four Whitehurst houses. Leslie Frick. prominent in local society, and a contralto of prom- ise, sang "Annapolia Lullaby" at the Hotel MayJlower in Washington last week. This is Gustav Klemm's niuHlcal setting of verse by Robert Garland, dramatic critic of the American. Both composer and lyric- ist arc Baltimorcans. ALBANY, N. Y. "Find Papa," a farce by Tadema Bossiere, had its premiere at the Capitol Monday night. It was pre- sented by the Perclval Productions. Inc., and staged by Rollo Lloyd. In the cast are Horace Braham, Will Deming, Roy Gordon. Peggy Allen - by. Enid Markey, Louis Kimball. Mabel Acker and Dorothy Peterson. It la acaled to |3.S0, plus tax. The farce, which la at the Capitol for the first half, la due in New York In two weeka. "La Revue Parisienne" (Colum- bia) Is at the Capitol the last half. At tlie Strand. PlatUburgh, George Stratton, sta^e electrician, resigned to go with the Standard Oil Co., and Eklward Lang succeeds Stratton. rM« Waafc'a Oraataat Spaatal; I BRONZE OR GRAY CARACUL COAT, $135 ■MBtlfal Mw *t»*» k t. ail •ratalv '•■ I rlMl ii Mt Msttl A**. Ab««« nik M. Untion^Alihirtfo. (M» oonaatKioa «oitfc tha ITiiiaaa'a Bair Co. of Canada. > Our U. *. X. Btor— sra 4« N«v> York and Broaielva. Porta Brmmoh. It Rua Bt. Kocfca. "The Big Parade." booked at the Capitol Feb. 22-:S-24. la scaled to tl.BO. E:mil Delches. retired Albany the- atrical man, has been appointed by Cyprus Temple, Nobles of the Mys- tic Shrine, as a representative to the session of the Imperial Council at Philadelphia next June. Mr. Delches built and managed the Ma- jestic for many -ears. Dr. Howard B. Swan and Roy Taylor's Special Full 8izs Frofesfional Wardrobe Trunk $50.00 Ltberal aKawanee on your aid tmak Writ* for Mew Catalovaa TAYLOR'S 1Z7 Ith Are. NEW YORK tS B. Randofph St. CHICAGO Stage . Shoes I. MILLER b SONS • ■icotraaataa Ttir World's UffcA manulaaunr of thratncai iootwcar. We (it eotir* companiea, aU« iadividual orders A NEW roaa f 1554 bruadway f atlMfcaaM call am SUte Str««l [ia. iK »*Jh «-' DANCE STUDIO Very flne, high-claaa danca audio la offlca bulldtnr. faclni oa Weat t7th St. Haa wonderful advertlalnir diaplay ralua. SAMUEL LESSIN 47 West 57th Street Plaxa 5910 TUB "COCOANUTS""!; EAT HK'AL HIT IRVINO DERI. INS ORKATE.'»T MUSIC A GEO. S. KAUFMANS CIrverrat Book LYRIC Thea., W. 42 St. Evea at 1:30 Miil» Wp.I &■ ;.ii 2 .in SAN ANTONIO Marcus Loew'a tivi'sraplilc an- nouncement out of New York City that he would shortly begin bulld- InK a million dollar theatre in San Antonio is a now nnj;'e In what looks like a vaii(Io\ lUe iind picture battle to be .stapod hore. l'";tmou8 ri:i.vor.s, through Its Puh- lix Corpoialion, lias liroUen urouml for the Tf.V'is Tlifitre. w>ilrh will coat over a nii"lion atid l)e re:i(ly for occupancy al out Novonilior 1 next. Mc.intime I'nmmount Pic- tures may bo seen a' both the Km- iHwAlRE GUILD PROUUCTION.= fiTrrfTi THBA.. 52nir Interest, the other p;irt- ner holnjr W. J. Lytic, who long ha« 1-oen Idcnlilied witli large and umall tlie.Ttros hore. .Inst a block away the new Aztec Theatre, lie ng oon.siructed by the CoinniiTcr Corpor.Ulon, lonal money, i.s no.'iriiiK ronii>'etion and will be opened In April. It is Keno.rnlly un- (loiFtooil ratU:\Kes V:ui(lev!ll«! wi'l break Into this house along with A rumor gained ground late last week thnt Fsrnmoiint had bought out the Berman lea.se on the new ICmba.ssy theatre here. The Embassy ib liie rebuilt Vic- toria, and is scheduled to open as a high class first run super-feature house with "Phantom of the Opera" as the opening attraction. Several weeka sko an Identical rumor was iioing the rounds of the local rialto. but was later replaced by a seml- olfielal report the Umbassy people had signed a two-year agreement with tlie Independent people, who projected the new enterprise. The staff for the new house has already been assembled and Jules Cncozza. late of the Fox house In 1'hll.Tdf Iphla. has been appointed conductor of the house orchestra. Olga Schapiro la assistant manager director of presentations, and head of the art department. Whether tlie Paramount proposi- tion connects In any way with the Boulevard theatre de.il Is conjecture. The Boiilevnrd, a prominent second run uptown house, pas.scd to the Stanley Company last week: TItta RufTo, scheduled to sing Scarpla in the Chicago Opera Com- pany's production of "Toaca" at the I.yrlc. failed to appear, and Himlnl wa.s summoned from New York to WANTED A STUNT MAN Must have numerous original ideas for staging various business-getting Contests and Novelties in theatres. Must be able to make good stage announcements and have good personal appearance. EXCEPTIONAL OPPORTUNin FOR THE RIGHT MAN Steady potitlon. State experience, salary expected and give references. Address Box 189, Viiiely, Slate lake B!dg., Chicago TORRANO SISTERS AMERICA'S YOUNGEST INSTRUMENTALISTS NOW PLAYING PANTAGES CIRCUIT WEEK FEB. 8— PANTAGES, LOS ANGELES ur Wednesday, February 17, 1086 VARIETY 57 SPECIAL NOTICE TO PRODUCING MANAGERS .-'■'■ Concerning the Affairs of THE JOHN TILLER TROUPES To our many friends In America, Europe and all parts of the world w« wish to announce that the work started by Mr. Tiller over forty years ago is still to be carried on and has never been interrupted since his demise. New Tiller Troupes are constantly being trained and organized in the usual groups of twelve, sixteen, thirty-two and fifty girls. For quite a few years Mr. Tiller's enterprises, such as the training of girls, arranging of dance numbers, booking, etc., have been conducted by assistants to whom he had entrusted his methods, so that the new troupes we will turn over to managers from time to time will be the same big asset to Musical Productions that they have been for many years and which has made the term "Tiller Girls" a household word wherever Musical Comedies are known. Please Note Our New York and London Addresses We respectfully request that all correspondence be directed to these offices. They are the only official offices conducting John Tiller business matters. The London office is in charge of Mrs. John Tiller, director. In New York Mary Read, presi- dent of The John Tiller Dancing Schools of America, Inc., handles all American affairs. The Titles and Addresses of Both the New York and London Offices Remain as Before: LONDON: The Tiller Schools of Dancing ' MR8. JOHN TILLER. DirMtor 143 Charing Cross Road PKon« Gfrrmrd 1881 CABLE ADDRESS: Tiptoe*. Wettcent. London, Enfiand JOHN TILLER TROUPES Now playing in various parts of tha world. Thit !^ but a partial list of th* bottar known "Tillar Girlt." •MARII.VN CO<'KTAII»- vy time for a tour to the coast. SCENERY DIE SCENRRT. TBIXICB CURTAINS R. WE8TCOTT KINQ STUDIOS ZtlS W. Taa Bwrtm St., Chlca^ Wilson Bryce will shortly open a season of dramatic stock at the Marshall, Maplcwood, Mo., suburb of St. Louis. Among the players booked by the Milo Bennett agency arc William Hancock, Richard Simson and Craig Roylston. Spike Hamilton's Barbary Coaat orchestra has replaced Katz and His Kittens at Hie Opera Club. Jonas Perlberg, who managed Cinderella ballroom prior to its flop- 624 So. Michigan Are,, Chicago 8. W. KLEIN, Prep. PBEHKNT8 Rl FLO LEWIS And Her ,ED Heads ^' •'-'-•^'Ibig boy- RITZY REVUE Staged by and Under Personal Direction BUD MURRAY INCLUDING OLIVE 0*NEIL HARRY MAXFIELD WAYNE ALLEN ALMA HOOKEY MARY MULHERN EVE BELMONT GENE WOODWARD Nightly at Midnight Dance Until Closing MUSIC BY JACK JOHNSON'S SAMOVAR SYNCOPATORS Jean Carey, associated with the bankrupt and missing Andy Wright in the production of a couple of acts ^me montba ago. has now set him- self up as a producer. Ned Alvord. Chicagoan, is ahead for "Gay Paree," Which reopens the Apollo, closed by Al Jolson's indis- position. Alvord is the snappy press agent who toured this part of the country last season ahead of a harmless show called "The Gay White Way." which he represented to the scandalized small towners as the com belt edition of the "Folles Bergere." So\'eral reformers had time of their lives suppressing lAr. Alvord's 24 sheets. Col. J. L. Davis win install the Billy Main Musical tabloid company In the Oarrlok, Milwaukee, startinp Feb. 27, prei^enting a different bill each week. put out on lease as the estate Is put in OTder. George Peck, former Chicago the- atre manager, is in Tampa, manag- ing the Strand. Phil Davis has decided to retire from the contest for a municipal court Judgeship. Phil, a first nighter, recently wrote a play. He has already published a volume of poems called "Purple Plectron." The Calumet, South Chicago, which has tried every known policy to bring 'em in is now a weelf stand for road shows. James Wingfleld is supplying the attractions. Haray Gaurfatn. who has the lease, has also taken over the Temple, Ham- hiond, Ind. "Bliufnin' Sam from Alabam." put out the first of the season by the Lite Jack Hoskins, Dalhis and Kan- sax City showman, haa been rcor- gajiized under the direction of Doc Gardner and George I* Barton, the letter known in Kansas City (so he says) as the "Sheik of Broadway." Several other showTi of Hoskins are now In the storehouse but will be DOES YOUR FUR COAT NEED REPAIRING? WE WILL Clean, Olace and Reline your Coat for oaly $20 Our •zc)«nw« «1U Mutli rnu k> saw youfvatr Um prlre 9t ft new ro.it bf our vt mMhixU of tllrraUoQ. Blumenfieid's Fur Shop 204 Stata-Lake Bldg-. Chicage I WOnK CAL.LBD FOH i tar ll«»»r«a«t*-A»if««« •• •*•• ••»»•*• 125,000 New People Every Year Make Chicago their permanent home. Ten miles of new develo^)ments are required to house these people. Property located close to transportation is becoming very scarce. In fact it is already held at a large premium. We were fortunate in acquiring at low prices in the last few years a few stragctic locations which we are now placing on the m.irket at prices which practically assure a handsome prof.t. Many of your friends — well-known to all the profession have already tak(n advantage of our offerings. Watch for a \'\M of them. Tor particuUirti, call, write or wire. Carme Romano General Sales Manager LAWRENCE P. ROMANO and CO. Specialists in Chicago Real Estate 10 S. La Salle Street, Chicago, 111. MKMBKR8: — ChlcaKO Real Katate Eoerd, National Assonuiion of Real V>late Deiileri", <'hiea»fn Ahkoi i.itinri of Comm«T« e etc. VARIETY Wednesday, February 17, 1926 VARIEH'S LOS ANGELES OmCE ARTHUR UNGAR in Charg« Chapman Bldg., Suite 61 J 756 So. Broadway; Phone 5005 Van Dyk LOS ANGELES ProfcBsionala have tha fraa uaa of Variaty't Loe Angalea Offica for information. Mail may ba addreaaad cara Variaty. Chapman Bldg., Loa Angalea. It will ba hald aubjact to call or forwardad. or advartiaad in Va* riety'a uattar List. If th« opening bill at the new Or- pheum this week supplies as much entertainment as the final bill at the old house did last week the new house will get off to a successful atart The show at the old Orpheum was the best that house has bad as a composite unit in months. It was typical vaudeville, off to a fast start and kept building as It went along until it reached the next- to-closing spot, where Adele Row- land, who Is a sort of coast guard, had rather a hard time holding her own with her song stories. She. was aided by Jules Buftano, master pianist. It seems Miss Rowland has been seen here too often, which no doubt mitigated her headline ef- forts. Ben Meroff and High Hatters copped top applause honors Monday evening. They just gave them everything they had and the cus- tomers responded accordingly. These boys worked like Trojans for 30 minutes and when they got throuRh had scored the biggest hit of any band combination this house has had during Its entire career. A lot of picture men on this Coast look- JIMIE KESSE Fonn«ri7 with Wstnrsoa-BerUn and Snyder Now Rapressnting Sam Fox Music Publishers Exploitation M»nj>y*r Bnttrc Pacl ll C«ii LniiKarr^ « 1 97 -93 1 • HELD OVER FOR A SECOND WEEK (FEB, 14) AFTER A SENSATIONAL HIT at the HIPPODROME, NEW YORK LESTER ALJI-JEIN and NELLIE lata Star comedian of George White's "Scandals" for 8 yara mnd al»o Star Comadian of Earl Carroll'a "VanJtiaa" Then joint engagement at KIT KAT CLUB and PICCADILLY HOTEL Lata Feature of "Mercenary Mary* \ London for 4 weeks starting March 29 And also to make in London, England, 5 red feature comedies for the Columbia Motion Picture Co. of America Vaudeville Direction Mr. LEO FITZGERALD M^*:-. o- » r- rn^ut.KALL» Motion Picture Engagement for Mr. JOS. BRANDT Wedneftday, February 17, 1926 THIS WEEK (FEB. 15) KEITHALBEE PALACE, NEW YORK SID BESSIE. VARIETY 59 TRACEY-HAY MASTER OF ALL DANCES DANCE JEWELS IN A TIFFANY SETTING FEATURE DANCERS Of Original GINGHAM GIRL and PASSING SHOW OF 1924-1925 PAUL HUMPHREY at the Piano READ Toledo Blade September 21, 1925 READ Crand Rapldt Herald September 26, 1925 READ Syracuse Evening Telegram YOUTHFUL DANCE STARS WHERE KEITH PATRONS ARE THE HIT AT KEITH'S TAKE A STRAW VOTE BOOKERS MIGHT NOTE •T!« a couple of youngsters who dance off with what la commonly referred to as "the top honors" at Keith's the first half of this week. Sid Tracey and Bessie Hay are their names and we hasten to add thiit they manipulate four of the cleverest dancing feet seen on the Keith's platform in many a day. Miss Hay is a little de- light on her toes and does not one but five or Biz stunts in her solo number. Tracey Is an agile stepper himself and his trick.s of foot all by his lonesome are en- joyable. Their apache is excellent and is a splendid AnlBh to the alwaj-s likeable act. The bookers picked eccentric comics as a headllner. The audience dlfTcrcd in so far aa it expressed a preference: its plaudits picked Sid Tracey and Bessie Hay. AVo are inclined to stand with tlie audience. Sid is lively on his pedals and Bessie is a darling bit of cuteneias, who does some fine work and is as light as thistle-down on her toes and is graceful and graclouely smiling. Their act is th0 one bit of class. TRACEY & HAY WIN KEITH HONORS By E. R. Vadehancover In case you didn't Know It the act you liked so well at Keith's la.9t night wus Tract-y and Hay. Thnt remarkable clever pair of dancers were substituting for another act. Miss Hay does some toe dancing that was marvelous. She la a bundle of highly trained muscles and her work was positively amazing. Bursts of applause in the midst of the mest difficult number showed tlie warmth of tbo audi- ence's appreciation. Residence: Sll SACKMAN STREET, Direction: LEWIS & GORDON BROOia.YN LES CANADA Montreal— DEC. 29, 1925 (translated from the French) BESSIE HAY AND SID TRACEY REVEAL THEMSELVES AS EC- CENTRIC DANCERS UNIQUE At the occabion of the New Year, The Princess Jheatre presents a program of unusual mtxlt comprising 8 acts of which all are undoubtedly looked upon as some of the best ariists the Keith Albee Cir- cuit have ever had. The best suci-rss of this program Is certainly Bessio Way and SIcl Tracey, dancers extraordinary. Miss Hay who is cliannlng, so to sre.'ik, Intcrpret.s the moderu dance us well as the dances ccrcntric In which slie In- dulges with skill and grace to the dcllRht of the audience seeing by the thunder- ous applnuso which greeted them at their performance. . . • They have called with reason these two dancers, "The Gems of Dance," and we have seen last night in their act "A TlfTany Betting" that fully Justiflee this truthful appellation. It is an act that deserves all the success that attends it Phone Glenmore 6773 KANSAS CITY By WILL R. HUQHES Shubert— "What Price Oloir.'* Orpheum — Vaudevine. Qayety — "Powder Puft Rerae" (Columbia). Empreea— "Hotay Totay" (lln- tual). Newman — "XlranA Ducheea and the Walter .- Royal — "Vanishinc American" earance at the Shnbert, was the subject for a two-page feature story in the Star's ma«axi«e section Sun- day. "Kid Boots," "Art lata and Models," "Stepping Stones" and "Accused" are underlined at the Bhubert. Thm Guardian of a Good Complmxion, 'STEINS' ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEED tlUKf HoUb the Centre of the Stage B. N. Mirskey, musical director at the Newman, has resigned, and will go to the west coast. J. Blumberg, assistant director, will succeed. V — JAMES MADISON Author of acts that please the artist, the booker and the audi- ence. Also publisher of MADI- SON'S BUDGET. The latest iH.'^ue Is No. 19. Price ONE DOLIxAR. For Uie present send all communications to me at 544 Market St., San Francisco. Phone Im Franklin 422. (Coast reprc- Sf-ntatlve of Alf. T. Wilton ) CLEVELAND By C. 8. GREGG Hanns— "Village Follies." Ohio — "Close Quarters" (Klsle Ferguson). Palace— Chicago Opera. Columbia — "Best Show In Town" (Columbia). Empire— "Speed Girls" (Mutual). Loaw's Allen — Irving Aaxonson and Commanders, and "The Black Bird" lilm. Emerson Gill's Okeh orchestra, which has been playing In the Castle, Euclid avenue supper club, Is to leave the local establishment Feb. 22 for two weeks in the Silver Slipper cafe. Detroit Gill will be succeeded here by Texas Gulnan's club orchpstra. Adcle Kerkoff and Adele Gould are at the Castle. hide had its first showing on any screen here Saturday. Empire — "Seven Sinners." Eckel — "Mannequin." Rivoli — "The Tough Guy." Savoy— "Ship of Souls." Swan — "Spook Ranch." Regent — "Stage Struck." Creecent — "The Everlasting Whis- per." _____ Utica's newest little theatre or- ganization, the Westminster Play- ers, made its debut last week with two one-act plays, "The Loan of a Lover" and "Heart of a Clown." Frank Stirling directed, with Mar- guerite Bteber assisting. The Strand, Ogdensburg, will hereafter have road shows arid vaudeville for the last half, pictures playing the first half. The Star. Ogdensburg, will reopen for the last half of the week with a film policy. This new arrangemerrt follows the defltruction by fire of the City Opera House. SYRACUSE, N, Y. By CHESTER B. BAHN Wietina— Last half, 'Tind Papa," new farce. Strand— "The Far Cry." This Blanche Sweet-Jack Mulhall Te- The Oa>7 Or full; «rr»n(te »url.v rorrtca Money boesht aad sold. IJbertj- Ili.ndx hoiicht aiid iolJ. TAW TAl'SIC ft SON, W« »>»t IKh 5t., >'ew y«rk The Schine Theatre Company will erect a 1,500-Heat house ir> Salamanca to replace the Strand, recently destroyed by fire. The same site will be utilizea. Joseph R. Rosenbloom, acting for others, has purclinsed the Dellinger theatre property. liatavia, for $60,- 000. The house wa.s built 45 years ago, and la.st sumriuT was operated with a legit and picture policy. The theatre has been closed for several months at the direction of state ofllclala, who declared the playhouse did not comply with the code. ing permanent the injunction he had previously granted restraining the holding of a special election in the village of Canastota, Madison county, to determine the sentimeni as regards Sunday movies. There was evidence to the effeot that the proprietor of the town's movie house had agreed to stand the expense of the election and some one had offered the clerk of the village boar*. $15 to use his fa- vorable influence. This alleged at- tempt at corruption, aa Judge Kel- logg terms it, appears to be the sole basis upon which he enjoins the permanent writ. The writ was sought and secured by George Rus- sell, Canastota lawyer and reformer. were liberated and Zarfus went t* the hoosegow as a sub. Some changes have been made la the personnel of the "Pretty Nifty Revue," now touring the provinces. The roster now is: Frank Boper, manager, producer and straight man; Joe Doran and Happy McNaJ- ly^ comedians: Lillian Leslie, prima donna; Betty Webber, soubret; Mcl- ba Harlngton, ingenue: Henry Sul- livan, musical director; Alice Hen- nessy. specialty dancer; Ed Hanson, George Campbell, characters; Bob McCharles, musical specialty: Peggy White, Hazel Bright, Theda Clarke. Margie Malone, Dolly Demuth, Mar- guerite Merrill, Viola^ Stoneham, chorines. The Players Workshop of Utlca staged two one-act plays Tue.sday night, "Tho Valiant" and "A Mat- ter of Husbands." The next legit production by the amateurs is "The Pas.Hlng of tho Third Floor Back," schediilwl for April 7 snd 8. "Three Wise Fools,* presented in December, will be repeated on saturcay night beforo the I^ake Placid Club at Lake I'tachl. Declaring that "disregard of the law has lifcoine nltoprther too prev- alent," Supreme Court Justice Abra- ham I... KolUiKC of Onc>;nia t.ixi ■WV-It hn'^drd tlnwn n fU. l"-!'.!! in -It FOR SALE I,o» of OHfum'-n •ullibl^ for J.iir- lowtnj*. mustrwl coin'-dy ■H'l labli'l.•><•( Ir'iulro MORRIS FROEHLICH 1210 South Michigan Ave., CliK \(><>, II.I.. ST. JOHN. N. B. By WM. 8. McNULTY An api>enl of Ray Rogers of New Glasgow, N. S., from coi|Viction In a county court when cliarged with maintaining a game styled "ntngo," similar to "llousle, Housic," In an indoor fair at Windsor, N. S., has been disallowed. Robers had per- ml.'^nlon from the town authorities to operate the game, but the Judges declared this did not relieve him of rpsponKiblllty for violating an anti- g.anihllng law. Althou>;h the fine was but nomi- nal, $5, Rogers fought the case in three courts, losing In all. The police of Halifax. N. S., have been making a drive against dritili- iriR in thoatres. Two men who left their seats to take an injection of hooch from bottles they were carry- ing, were hooked by a policeman doing special duty in on« theatre. After they hat disclosed the source of the ll(|Uor supply as one Andreas Zarfus. a bootleg merchant, the men FOR MODERN SENSATIONAL STAGE DANCING Ptftrhlnc and Lliiiljerliitf Uxi'iclsep 143-14.^ \\>>t 4»d Hi NKW YORK rtion<> Brjrant 8»t.% i THEITDICAL CUTS THE STANDARD ENORAVINC CO Inc J25W.^I 39 »f New TOPK COMPLETE RHINESTONE OUTFIT for $10.00 r I iUgU-l.imir htniio Srldiir Mnrliliic. C'ONMI(«TIN« OF 10 <;r«.i.(4 (1140) >«. V> Hr«« (IuhIMv MJill' StimM. i 10 «,ro«". (1110) Ni>. •-•" I oiiB I'ronv Sllv^rril SoUInf*, WOLFF, FORDING & CO. 4« STV.^RT STREtX BOSTON, 3tASS. VARIETY Wednesday, Pebruary 17, 1»M MABELLE SHERMAN Preeentt LUCILLE JARViS CARL FISHER and the DICKER'S SYNCOPATORS FEATURING JACK HOWE, "KING OF THE KAZOO" Now Touring Keith, Orpheum and Western Circuits West— MAX RICHARDS and JESSE FREEMAN and hi« InUrnational Paramount Orchestra Pioneers of American Dance Musia in London Everolades, Broadway, New York Indefinitely ■BUAjY southard, drums NICK KAKRARA, tuba FRANK DeCARLO. piano JERRY SAiaSBURY, sax JOHN MONTKSANO, banjo HARRY SUSNOW, cornet of the music at the Missouri begin- ning Feb. 27. "The Moltlnpr Pot." first of tlje Anderson -Publlx pr«>- nentatlons, opens at the Skouras houHCM that week. TORONTO By GORDON ALLAN Royal Alexandra — "Student Prince" (2d week). Princess— (Dark); "No, No, Nan- ette." next. Uptown — "45 Minutes B'rom Broadway" (stock). Empire — "Bringing Up Father" (Columbia). Regent — "Merry Widow" (Bth week). Hippodrome — "Lady Windermere's Fan" and presentation. Tivoli — "Bluebeard's Seven Wives." Bloor— "IILs People." Massey Hall — Edward ohnston. M INERS MAKE UP For the first week this season all Toronto's "Little Theatres" are dark this week. The Dickens Fellowship, however, are doing "The Cricket on the Hearth." MILWAUKEE By HERB. ISRAEL Davidson — "Tho Student Prince." Garrick — Sarg's Marionettes. Pabst— Oerman stock. Palace-Orpheum — V^audevilla. Maiestic— Vaudevillo. Mrller— Vaudeville. Gayety — "Hollywood Scandals" (Mutual). Emprest— Continuous stock bur- leaciue. Alhambra— "Havoc." Garden — "Rocking Moon." Merrill— "The Masked Bride." Strand — "Why Women Love." Wisconsin — "Too Much Money." reported negotiating for tho Main- Central market site, formerly con- templated by Fox. U. is said to be offering $90,000 a year for 10 years for the four walls of tho defunct market. It Is proposed to install 2,200 seats and a stage at a cost of iUOOMO, to be Shared equally by U. >and Oie owner*. The Main-Central adjoins Shea's new Buffalo and is three doors from tlio Fox theatre, now under con- struction. So The Palace, most prosperous of the Famous Players neighborhood houses in Toronto, ol>.serve8 its fifth anniversary tliis week with a spe- cial program headed by "The Phan- tom of the Opera." Charlie Querrlo, director of the Toronto St. Pats in the National Hockey Leacjue, Is manager. Thoy h.avo the only wom- an's orchestra in Toronto. > Est. Henry C Miner, Inc. THE BEST OF AaS ORGANiSTi The Wisconsin Players, amateurs, repeated "l^ie Beggar on Horse- back" a thii'd time at the Garrick Saturday to another sell-out. Tho .Vlhambra Is giving a. comedy, "Hot Doe;," equal play with the fea- ture, "Havoc," because the cast in- cludes Florence Uiric, Milwaukee conte.st winner and sister of I^enore Ulric. The Kenmore, the new nelghbi hood house at Kennioro, a Buffa suburb under lease by Maurice Fit- zer. is using extensive space in the Buffalo newspapers. Saturday night the "Evening News" cairled more display adverti.'iing for tho house than for Shea's Buffalo and Hip combined. DETROIT By GEORGE WINTER Garrick — Ann Harding In "Stolen I'Yuit ' (2d week). New Detrtit— Ed Wynn In "The Grab Bag" (2d week). Lafayette — "Rose - Marie" (2d Bonstells Playhouse— "The Man Who Came Back ' (stock). Temple — Charlotte Greenwood and Kelth-Albee vaudeville. Adams — Colleen Moore In "Irene."* Broadway- Strand— "His People." Capitol — "Too Much Money." Colonial— >"The Jazz Bride." Fox-Washinglan— "The Outsider." Madison— "Mike. - 8 h u b e r t • Detroit — "The Bic Parade" (7th, week). State— "The Kpchanted Hill." Gayety — "Peek-a-Boo" (Colum.< bla). Clidillac— "Chick Chick" (Mutual). Carrie Finnoll, dancer, Is booked for an Indefinite engagement at the Gayety, opening Feb. 22. She ap- peared for eight weeks early In tho season. Billy Walsh, manager of the Em- pire, Columbia wheel, has Installed a tea room for lady patrons. Busi- ness good. Fred Jacob, dramatic editor of the "Mail and Empire," has j> and Cold Water and TalepDon* in Barb Ronm. 102 WEST 44th STREET NEW VORK CITY Phoa<-- ORTAM 7««a-» HOTEL FULTON !. . (In ev torhl 8 .ind Up Singi* ^14 and Up Ooubia Showei Uatns. Hoi ann Col4 Waiei and Telephone Blertrte fan In meh rasoi 264-268 WEST 48th STREET NEW VORH CITV Pliane: Ijickawaana KtM I Oppoalt* N V A THE DUPLEX Boasclccepina Purnlsbed Apartments SM Wea* 43rd Htreet. Nmt Torh Longacre 7132 Threa and four rooms with bath, com- eletc kitrhan Modern In every particu- lar Wtii accommodate four or mart adulta $t<.M rr nrBBKLT LETTERS When Mrml'nB tot Unll ta ▼ARIRTT. addrea* Mail Clerk. rOSTTAKDH. %l»VERTI»I>0 ar ciRrri.AR i.RTTrR^ niLi not HE ADVKRTIOED IJETTBR^ ADVRRTINRO IM ONE IBSl'E ONLT Adete, Roae Aleko. Prancaa Bailer. BenJ. Barrett, Edna Bath, Elsa Bernardo. MurlaJ B rryle, Bobby Brecn, Harry Buckley, W. Budden. Chaa Busch, Mrs. Carbry, J. Carroll St Remont Clinton * Cap'lano Connoll. Grace Cormlcan. J. Cotter, Haxel CralK, W. CuUen, J. Cuthbert, R. D&ichwey, Bmnia Dnaiy. J. DeVon, Marg Don. Grace Donsanf, K. X UumJtrcRcu, M. Dunham, Wm. Dunn, Jim BMIa. J. P. Evera, Frank Frank. May Franc, Aloia George, Bob Ouaa, Fred Harrli, Joa. Honcya, Jean* Ilarter. Kath Howard, Harry Howard, Paul Howells. J. U. Irwin, Fred SINGLE ROOM WITH BATH, $2.00, $2.50 AND $3.00 PER DAY Double rooms for 2 persons, $21.00 per week Twin Beds at $28 LORRAINE and Chicago GRANT HOTELS LEONARD HICKS, Manaa'"a Director YANDIS COURT 241-247 West 43d Street NEW YORK UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Newly renovated and dc-corated i, 2, 3 and 4 roum rurnished apartments, private ahower baihs: with and without kitchenette, also muid service $15. Ou and up weekly THE ADELAIDE URb. i. LKVn Prop. NOW t'NUKU NEH MANAOEMEMI 754-756 EIGHTH AVENUE Mar lief ween tSlh and *'>*»> nireet. iin* llloeli Went «| Broadway Oae, T>TO, Three foar aad PI«e-R«om FkraUhed Apartmcata, SM t p. 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All rooma running water, telephones, private baths and showers, newty iurnlsbeU. CHICAGO Baldwin, Jno Dartna'b, Dave Bush. Jewel F. neebee A Hassaa Burton. Richard Chemlavsky, Joa DeRecat, Bmlle Uoucette, Cnaa Delgarino, Baba Duval A Blmona Donnel y. H. R Fox. Maude Fltzt-rgald, Jack Harris, Jeaa Hayes A Tats Hammond, Al Knight, Otia Keno, Billy Kecnan. Betty Lamcrta, Austral'n l..ee, Mlldrso A CHOP HOUSE OF EXCEPTIONAL MERIT 1S64 WEST 48TH STREF1 ■ Eaat o* Broadway ■ CARBONDALE, PA HOTEL ANTHRACITE 8INOI.B ROOM 8 $1.84 DODBLE UOOiaM 9Z-M Wire Reservations at Our Expense 350 HOUSEKEEPING APARTMENTS IRVINGTON HALL HENRI COURT 166 West 5lbt Slreat «640 Circle 311' West 4Sth Street 3S30 Longacra HILDONA COURT S4I-347 Wrsi 45th JStreel 3660 Longaore. 1.2.S.4.room aparimcnta E^ach apartment with prlvata batn, phone kltcheri. Kitchenette $1800 UP WEEKLY— $70.00 UP MONTHLY The largest mnintainci of housckefping furnished apartinenta directly undei the supervision of the owner LK>cated in the center of the theatrical dismci All llreproof buildinsa. Addrese all communi'^at lona t« CHARLES TENENBAUM Prlnclpil olhce Hildona Court. 341 Wast 45th St.. Naw York Apartmrnit con be teen etentngb Offtrf %n each buildinu Mrs. JANE BLACK IH BACK AT THE HENRI COURT 312 West 48th Street, New York WUIbe pirated lo welcome her many pruteiwi oiuU frlei»da_ SPECIAL RATEH TO THE PROFE.SPION Cawrtesy— CleauilDcaM — Comfort Tfce Most Modem One snd Two Room Apsrtments with Private Balk and All NIgbl Service Grencort Hotel 7tk Ave. and SMh St.. NEW TORH HOTEL SIDNEY — Right In the llf-^rt of New York 163 West 46th Street. Phone Bryant 6510 Jost a Step E:»at of Broadway, N€»* York Membera of the profession will eRiieclally enjoy this quaint and Kefreshins Restaurant NOON-DAY LUNCHEON, 65c. to $1-25 DINNER, 6:-0 to 8:30. $2.00 WITH A RKVIK plione Circle »07l-4ai8 Tha -LITTLE SWEETHEART REVUE" A Urilliani Bolntlllatlnn fllrlle Bhow with a Typical Uroa BUDDY KENNEDY— Juvenile Derit Robbint Je nny Dale B mi'* Furrew TEN LITTLE !;WEETHEA"T8 A N:gM s( Fits and FrivtIity •I :i g p. M. a» C«u»;rt Charts Th-atre Suppar * ;« Carte At All Mean Dinclnl Alt Evfnlni R«M Garman't OreK IMrstt fro"" Farl C*fro'l'< van WM MiM B tty Re«« Hoilesa Miko Your Retorinli^tis for :.>w Y-.-r's Kie Now By HARDIE MEAKiN Belaaco — "Kosher Kitty Kelly"; next, "Charm"; March 1, Eva Le Ual.ionne in '"iha Master Builder" and "John Gabriel liorkman." National — "The Creaking Chair"; nom Apartments UUsppeiarlng beds, private bath HOLLYWOOD APTS. Apply 0«o«. 128 West 07th 84.. N. T. Phone Trafalgar SttOO his own," having gone into buaincst: -xlong commercial llne.s. 'ihe bhlp- man reKi^cn.'ition ni.'il.e» the appoani- .nent of clarence Harris, forinerlj manager, I'oH'b, permannnt In thi. National box oHk e. IncislentaHi , Harris' son, Earl, la presiding ov e, is rio^v oiii "ot, The Tivoll, an uptown Crandal. :iouse, which oinntd with a lirst- run policy plus iin elnborate pre- iiuntution, but which fjiiltd to mil; ii:<' grade, due to V.'ailiington'K llie- fi-.igoers not yet etob Fabrli*. Cretnnnr*. etc. DlMlnrtlreljr "(IKTeretit" xnd prodund tt pnny opinion. Miss Hopper is the greatest box ofhce draw in America today. We originally had planned to give but one morning matinee, which fortunately was changed to two matinees in plenty of time to secure ca- pacity business Very truly yours, (signed) Louis K. Sidney, Division Manager Loew's Theatres Stanley Company of America Dear Miss Hopper: — ' I certainly am gratified to notify you that your appear- ance at the Karle Theatre, rhiladcl[.hia, and also the Earle Theatre, in Washington, were a pleasure and a financial suc- cess. The receipts of the houses were almost a record for these two theatres - \'ery tally yours. (signed) A. Sablosky. SIXTH BIG ENGAGEMENT DETROIT! Direction: WILLIAM MORRIS 1560 BROADWAY, N. Y. i I *"^i /^USEMENTS TIMES SQUARE PRICE 1 if- Publibhed Weekly ut 164 Wcj( 46cb St.. New Vorli. N. T„ bjr Variety. Irto. Annual ■ubccrlpncn tl S>ln(l« cupiei :iu cvnta Entered as second class mailer December ti. ISUfc. at tbc Post OtBue at New York, N. T., under ill* Act of Marcb I. I>7* VOL. JJCXXII. No. 2 NEW YORK CITY. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24. 1926 64 PAGES "FOLLIES" BEAUTIES BARRED STATE DEPT. TAKES COGNIZANCE OF FOREIGN MENACE TO U.S.HLMS legislating Against Competition'* Becoming World- I wide — Germany Set Example — 52 Dept. Repre- V sentatrves Instructed to Forward Report Waahington. Fob. 23. The ToreiKn method of meetiiiK winpetition from the American [iroduoed motion pictures by eniict- Ing leRitjlatlon aimed to drive theso Blnia from the thcutrea of their re- ■pectlve countries has now reac)ied the point where It is causing s<)m«» concern within tho American iii- tfustiy. "Legislating against ootnpetitinn" jB being resorlwl to in every sec- Jlon of th« world. It has gained great linpetua .since tho first Oer- Bian move of one local production for each one imported. , The Hitiiatton is developing so • (Continued on i>age 8) ROAD SHOW OUT .OF"BLACKUSr' Vaudeville Acts Hit Upon Uftique Scheme for Com- jT mo n wealth Billed and advertl.'»«d as ''blaiik- llsted" acts, a few artists nre lig- Vting upon that upp^fai as an Idtui to ,roa«i sh.iw ilicmsolveH under a ,fOinniiinwi';tlil) nrrangi-UH-nt. ffj^' *'" ""* '"' mentioned on tlit •lling or In tho press ,vork by *hom they luive Ix-en blacklisted. 'T^o promoters depend for thi.-* IHibilriiy up(in tile curiosity <>t the ^o*al new.spapers. ft 1m g^ner.illy known that the JJsMh-Albee Circuit is the only one jP>au(l(vilie mainlainlng a ' black- W'..of actors' names, to which the Syrpheum L'ircuit lias free a.-c^ss. 1 SONGIuDK BACK *ne old song slide and screen P|«torlaI popular wb. n the niovl.s " nT-\ introduced are again "O'liig iru„ general use among the 'Rnborh. 11.(1 houses. LiUuI"^'*' v"'^'" '"•"•'*i"'^ »«♦'<» «he song •^''l-^e letiiined indefinllelv. BORDER PERMIT TO aOSE UP TIAJUANA U. S. and Mexico Getting Together Against World's Worst Resort Variety Bureau, Washington, Feb. 23. lj'n<:!e Sam Is he:'ouiing rather tired of being damned by wire, letter and petition every time a scandal bursts forth In the world's worst resort. Tia Juana. It In to ef- fectively put ttiH lid on th» whole business, both the church v,-g.i.iiza- tions and their fellow workers (Continued on page 17) 1 ..- Deti L ^""il b rx Detroit, 1,242,044 VVasMlngti-n. Keh. 23. ■^ H population ot 1,24^, Schumann-Heink at 67, At Met, After 40 Years Marion Talley, 19, made her debut an n. jnember of the Metropolitan Opera last weelf. March 22 Mine. Krnestine S<;hu- maiiu-Heink, ji queen of the world's concert stage, .■md one of tlie most pofiular musical artists of this coun- try, will make her operatic debut on that a.Tlne great .stage. Mnie. Si'hum.-inn-lleiiik Is 67 years oM and has spent over 40 years as n great artist In the wot Id of music before romlng to the Metropolitan. Her Met appear.'ince will be as Krd.-i (the Karth Mothf-rl in "DaH Uheingold," one of the King of the Nibc-lting. II ciper.is l(V her conntry- man, UU h.ird Wagner. Krd.i is not llie bl^- lole of the y'.-i'. 'n.t Mme. Si_^niin;iiin-IIeInk Ii.i^- ivir' •'"il the wish that slie sing the pari for which she Is suiu-d, DIED FROM CnARLESTONING K:mi-^;is City, V>U. 'i'A. Kv»lyn M>eis, 17. Iiinh .•■•cbool gii I of Seneca, Kans.. died this we l>. ;'3 County .Vttorney Wayward of Wy- fiiidoilo eoiinty, Kirisas, hfis (lied an Injuneiicti In the DHtrlct Court of Kansas City, Kans., to prevent the .'Jalt.' and distribution of \3 mng- R/.ine.y, wbieli h<» elaliiis contain im- moral rending matter. The pnli- C<'»iiilniied on pu.g« )^i ANn-AMERICAN FEEUNG STRONG IN ENGLAND AGAINST OUR SHOWS $2,000,000 Alleged Paid by English in Annual Royalty Without Reciprocity in Income Tax Pay- ments — Future American Shows May Be Affected OEY 8 WEEKS FOR $» ACT ON BIG TIME IC-A. Bookers Admit It — Sophie Tucker Offered $2,500 Weekly The Keith-Albee Circuit bookers are admitting they cannot play a high-priced act more than eight weeks unless they rep«ja.t the act or hold it two weeks In each house. Sophie Tucker was uffereii 1<( we(hyslcal charm Bnd facial beauty. Cecil li. l)e Mllle, vIeo-r>resldent of the corpor. tlon. said he tried to pon ve y thin Inforrmtinn — tn — MtFir Ayres "in a delicate way." How- ever, he said. "I did not ^:ay, 'I.ady. vou nih fat.' " Newark, N, J., Feb. 23. Ollda Oray Is at tlie Mosque here this Week, haying opened S"*urday and to dnto has smashed tiiree records. Yesterday she broke the single day recoid with $7.aoi> ut the box ofllce. The previous two d.iys were Saturday, $3,HuO, and .Siiiiil:iy, $.'i,»i()0, wlii'h gives th<} screen aiid dance star a gross o' $lt!,'>00 on (Continned f>n p!'ge II) Quiet Old New York In one of the TImM S.j ; ire night clubs Is .1 lay out for any.ini, from l»iiij;c to Iiacear.it.. On one floor is a bar, on the next a grill and on the next a cornple'.o gambling outfit from roulette tit b;u carat. Lowest bet uccepte,!, 50 cents. 1?? $3,500 for Mad. Sq. Xlghtly r» nl for Madison S'liuire Oard.ni f. .r any event l.s Jli.r.'jo. Formerly at the old Madl-ton fl.-iriJeii It was $1,000 aiP! ran up to $l.»0o .1 iiiuht just before the (iar- dc-n wiiA abindoned. GOWNS --UNIFORMS FOR FVF.RyBODV WHO IS AHVWXr/ 0.'( THE 3T,"-,f Ofl SCRfyJ.. OCCLUSIVE OtSIWS By LEA0W6 STAi CWATOfiS ^-- — *t»o igyooo corruMS* 10 mva ■ «■ VARIETY 8 St. Martin's Place r?„';?,rs':u.T'"F O R E I G N CABLE ADDRESS, VARIETY, LONDON 2096-3199 Regent Wednesday, February 24, 1926 CANADIAN EXHIBITORS AND THE MUSIC TAX Montreal. Feb 23. At a apodal mcptlntr of the Mov- Idk Picture Theatre Ownt-rs' Asso- ciation held here llie members unan- imously Voted to ecnil the Federal Parliament a letter tcllln? th<'ra to "Keep out of the niiiPlc Interests." The nssoolatfon Is bent on war it ri!l No. 3, apnnsored by I^enn J I-adner, M. P., for Vancouver, l.s al'owed to pass another reading be- fore the IIoiiso of Commons. Ac- cordlnt; to the M. P T. O. A., the copyright act, as eatabll.shed «Inoo 1'' '1, nr-c'ls no amondmrnt In ao far as a mupl?al reproduetlon Is eon- cerr.cd. Further. If the authors, composers or mu.sic puldishers f'-el tli;it ihey are not palil enough It l.f up to them to rniKO the pri'O on sheet mutic rather than force « iri'Miiral tri:.st through the govern- IJ'ient, with no benefit whatever to tho country or the piilllc. Tlie amendment to the bill now ■W."lting Its secimd reailing, accord- ing? to rcllnble Information supplied the M. P. T. O. A., Is nothing more than the re.sult of the activities of a email group of authors and editors «f music, with a. view to forming a tnu;ic combine detrimental to the community In general. Tlieatre.s are buying their muHlc now the Baine a.s cabarets, hotels, churches, broadcasting stations and other bodies; and In the sale of euch music. It Is dechired. all rights should b« covered by the purchase price. DANCES WITH THAW Lady Cathcart Attends Party Carroll's Hearing on Child Theatre Attendance Albany. N. T., Feb. 28. A public hearing will be held be- fore the A.-^sembly Cities' Commit- tee Feb. 23, on the bin lntroducei'<)ren. This proposed new law does not apply to New York City. Sunday Bill Hearing Washington, Feb. 23. . Those sponsoring the Idea of Shutting Washington np tight Sun- Jays and using It an an example to do likewise throughout the en- tire country, will not be downed. A hearing on the Lankford bill, aiming for the Sunday closing h, XjCO lOpliraim ( .Majistlc). Feb. 17 (Fx)n th« bill. ■ The measure Introduced by Albert H. Vestal (U.) of Indiana, chairman of the Patents Committee, has been under discussion before the commit- tee for several days. Among its many technical provisions It Is set forth that "any person, entitled thereto, shall have the exclusive right to reproduce the said copy- righted design." Mr. Weil stated that he feared the makers of motion pictures would face numerous charges of Infringe- ment, as the bin, should It become a law, "would copyright the design of the shoes, dress, stockings, hat. gloves, and other accessories of a picture player's costume." It was stated that It would be an impossibility for every producer to send each Individual dress or cos- tume to Washington for an official akay. He added that the oh3eetlons voiced from this angle were equally as applicable to the sets used in the pictures, as any one or many of the designs used In the creation of a set would be subject to individual copy- rights. Mr. Well's amendment proposes to make the bill clear in Its exemption of the reproduction of any of the copyrighted designs protographed in the motion picture, as well as any protographs used In the advertising of the motion picture. Congressman Sol Bloom (D) of New York questioned Mr. Well on protection for those creating the sets and gowns used In the pictures, to which the witness replied that they were already protected under the now existant Copyright Law. Avoiding any discussion of the de- Uils of the bill. William Hamilton Osborne, counsel for the Authors' Ijeague, appeared before the com- mittee also. He voiced his approval of the bill In principle, and in an- swer to questions begged to be ex- cused from any discussion due to his Instructions. Mr. Well was accompanied to Washington by Louis E. Swartx, ioopyrlcht counsel for Famous Players, and chairman of the Hays organization copyright committee, while Louise M. Slllcox, secretary of tho Authors' League, appeared ^vltli Mr. Osborne. World War Veterans And U. S. Insurance Washington, Feb. 23. I'rofessiona'.s who fought In the world war h.'ive only until July 2 of this year to renew or convert their wartime insurance, the Veterans' Bureau points out. The veteran has the prlvllego of t:\king ui) as much insurance as he e.-irrU'd during the' service up to $10,000, the limit of any one Indi- vidual In.sured. This Insurance will bo granted In multiples of $500, with a minimum of $1,000 Insurance. Frank A. Connolly, a former newspaper man. now with tho bu- reau, will personally h.nndle any ap- plicHlon pi ofe.ssionals- vfterans di- rect to him. PICCADILLY HOTEL and THE KIT-CAT CLUB FIRST-CLASS FLOOR ACTS WANTED R«l« AmerloBn Ropmwnlullve Sole Am^rirnn IliM.UiiiK Aitfiit A. J. CLARKE WM. MORRIS m Hlrund Tlionlrr lllitil»ny 1(MW IlrtwdwHl, N. \. >.» York Sir John Galsworthy Gave Interview Anyway 1.<0B Angeles, Feb. 23. Darryl Francis Zanuck, scen- arist for Warner Brothers, stirred up a hornet's nest at Palm Springs, CaL, when he introduced Louella Parsons of the Hearst net^spapers to Sir John Gal8370rthy, th> Kng;b)h dramatist. Zanuck was working in Palm Springs with Sydney Chaplin and Chuck Reisner on a story. Miss Parson? has been there for sonre tin e and w.i.s en- deavoring to interview ii.r John. The latt.-r did not want to make the aco.ualntance of any newspaper person; he wanted to be le*. alone. Pressure from friends of the English dramatist was brought from various parts of the country for him to talk to Ml.ss Parsons. He was obdurate. Finally she told Zanuck, and tho young scenarist, himself a newspaper man, decided he would usher Miss Parsons into tho presence of the Engli.sh author. Zanuck had never met him but walked Into the bui>gaIow which Sir John was 'Occupying and Introduced himself us a writer and dramatist, und In- cidentally said, his companion was Miss Parsjns, a reporter for Hearst newspaperw. Sir John coolly acknowledged the Introduction but did not pay any attention to Miss Par- sons. He wouldn t talk to or answer any of her questions. That did not deter Zanuck. He had the Intorvie-v. Sir John told Zanuck that he did not like American news- papers or the Journalistic methods, also that he had lost faith In the London "Times," becauso that paper Is now oc- casionally printing pictures in its columns. Galsworthy, for the benefit of Miss Parsons, who was stand- ing up, let It be known that he did not like newspaper pub- licity and wanted to be let alone. He stated that his ar- rival, direct from London, was unheralded and that he had come to Palm Springs to work on a new manuscript and be did not wish to be annoyed. As Zanuck was working for Warner Brothers, he defended pictures and suggested that Sir John take a look at "Lady Windermere's Fan." The an- swer given by Sir John was that he did not care very much for Oscar Wilde; that the latter was not a dramatist, knew nothing of the stage and anyway be did not like the original stage play. In concluding the Interview Galsworthy made It distinctly plain that he would never write a story direct for the screen, and If ao, it would be becauso of a commercial necessity. At the present time, said Sir John, that Is far distant, as he feels he has enough money to exist upon for the rest of his natural life. LONDON AS IT LOOKS By HANNEN SWAPPER Australia Has Its Film Theatre Building Rumors Sydney, Jan. 20. Rumors here are that there Is a possibility of American film com- panies with exchange." In this coun- try, building their own theatres in each of the princli>al states. It Is known that several quotes for ap- proprlato sites have been submitted to the United States. Publicity will not be given unless a favorable de- cision is granted from the home of- fice. Union Theatres are going to build a big house In the heart of the city to be run In conjunction with other theatres owned by that organization. It la known that one AmcrliMn film exchange Is anxious to own it« tiieatres here Yvette Guilbert With UFA Berlin. Feb. 12. Midame Yvette Guilbvit, cele- brated Frencli di.xcut^e. Is pla.sing her first plcturn role here. She has been «ngagwhai similar to mine in the world of drama, has caused much IndignatloB among those British exhibitors who llv« by showing American fllmi. Speaking on tho wireless to several mlinon bearers a few weeiiy jg* be accused American films of Elevating drinking by young girls to the dignity of a religion. Turning marriage into a game of musical chairs. Making law-breaking a national sport. . Thinking that democratic principles are established by buylnj Engl.sh standards of refinement and good taste.- ^ There was a lot more of this; so the exhibitors Complained ottleiallr to the British Broadcasting Company. The B. B. C'«, reply was merely a statement that if a representative, chosen by 4|le exhibitors. wouM debate the subject with Atkinson, the wireless pubUe aould li.st>;ii in. I agree with Atkinson that no British exhibitor would dare to argue this matter In pu'blic. As a friend of D. W. Orifnt& and oth that it won't be like her in the end. .'^lu Is the lady of whom Tutankhamen, awakened from his recent long sleep. Is said to have remarked. "Is still about?" When 1 last saw the Earl he was cutting nine "damns" out of on* (Cimtlnued or) page 10) ADAPTING "L'mSOUMISE" Paris, Feb. n. Percy Burton, who holds the Eng- lish speaking and picture rights of Pierre Frondal.s' drama-comedy "L'lnsounii.>-'e, ' Is arranging with Hi^nry Aitiley for the production of the English version of the i)lay. The name of tratislator Is not re- leased. Burton 1« Inttrtsted with Robt. Atkins of the old Vic In a series of playa being presented at the Kew theatre (Kngl.ind). where "Confliet," hy Miles Afalleson. was rermtly pro- diir<(l .nnd which AKn-d Butt has Fccured for England and Ameri''a. Est ISM WILLIii^M MORRIS AGENCY Inc. fVM HORRIB WU. MORHH. /^ 1560 Broadway, New York THE TULER SCHOOLS OF DANCING 143 Charing Cross Road LONDON Director, Mrs. John Tiller ♦ , »..j. 4« % . ; J- > .Li ::)•:« > ;..! it pressure has been brought to bear to suppress a permit for the piece. In this connection a tracer is made of the I.«rd's con- nections. It Is reported that even King George himself lent an ear against the granting of the license. Any of the three acts of "Wet Paint" is equal to the final act of Coward's "Vortex," to give the Americans an Idea. Lathom's play Is a frank exposure of the life the modern courtesans lead. Its reception Sunday at the pri- vate performance, which means a ■elected audience, was splendid. King George, Rigid Puritan It i.s pointed out that Chamber- Iain Lord Cromer's grandfather was also the Lord Chamberlain to. Queen Victoria. One of his aunts is now mistress of the bedchamber to Queon Mary. Through Lord Lathom being an offspring of such an ultra respect- able branch of the nobility his rela- tive^ regret his liking for the smart Bohemian clique, and it is sug- gested tliat even King George him- self has brought pressure to bear. In this respect It is known that Queen Mary's taste in the modern drama has broadened In recent years, especially since Princess Mary's marriage, and she has twjct attended "Bluebeard's Kighth Wife." However, King George is a rigid Puritan, viewing with almost dis- may the trend of the current Lon- don stage. On the other hand, it is generally thniijjht that any attempt to pre- vent Lord Lathom from kicking over the artistic traces will fall, as he detests the so-called "society" of today, much preferring the com- pany of the artistic. If eccentric, Bohemians. V rou don't ailvertlse In Verlity don't »ilrerUM. • I INDEX Miscellaneous 1 Foreign 2-3-10 Vaudeville 4-9 Vaudevilla Reviews ..17-.18-19 Bills Next Month 20-21 Burlesque 11 Sports , 12 Times Square 13 Women's Pago 14-15 News from the Dailies .. 16 Legitimate 23-31 Legitimate Reviews 3i1 Pictures 34-46 Editorials 22 Picture Reviews .^ 42-43 Film House Reviews ....44-45 Presentations 38 Literati 40 Radio 47 Music 47-49 Cabaret 49 Ballroom Reviews 49 Disk Reviews 48 Outdoors 50 Inside Stuff — Legit!.!!!! 22 Inside Stuff— Music 48 Inside Stuff— Pictures ... 41 Obituary 5^1 Corrospondenca — 63 Letter List 63 Free Lunch Music A rehearsal gag that has lit- erally been going on for days and days and may still be in progress when this sees print, is being worked by a niffht club. The cafe also has luncheon and dinner sessions. A flock of bands have been asked to try out during the noonday hour, giving the pa- tronage a succession of free lunch music, with new bands daily rendering free dance pro- grams. This is the same restaurant which has been staging noon- day "rehearsals," the prop routines -by the girls in romp- ers accounting for the sudden spurt in midday business. $8,100 BIG IN LONDON London, Feb. 23. "Is Zat So?" did |8,100 at the Apollo on its firPt week. If that doesn't sound like big money to Broadway It means a "smash" here No doubt that this "slang" show will have a long West End run. It's well "over." Shuberts' French Dancers Paris. Feb. 23. Roserny and Capello, dancers In the Ca.sino de Paris revue (Dolly Sisters) have been engaged by the Shuberts for New York in April at what is reported a record salary for a dancing couple. This same management has also signed Germaine Llx, French vocal- ist. It Is understood all three per- formers have the Century theatre building as their destination, either playing in the roof revue or in the basement cabaret. Prince Likes Fay? London, Feb. 23. Fay Marbe Is doubling between the Casino de Paris and the Am- bassadors' Club. The Prince of Wales visited the former cafe three times last week, which .ihould help both Mi.ss Marbe and "the house." "Napoleon" Choice I'aria, Feb. 23. Abel Gances' film special, "Napo- leon," has been chosen as the ex- hibit for the Paris Opera House next October as the annual proi)a<:;anda leader of the local film industry WHITE STAGING FLOOR SHOW London, P'eb. 23. Harry White (White and Man- ning) opened at the Kit Cat Club last night (Monday). He has also signed with Harry Foster to stage the dances for the new Piccrtdilly (Hotel) Bevels, due Feb. 28. with Lester Allen and Nellie Breen fea- tured. BAUD OVER WITH MF.T.LER Pari.s. Fvb,'-'3. Georiie Baud will a<'('omp:iny Ka- quol Meller to New York, when she sails March 30 on the "Leviathan." Mr. Hand is of Howell & Baud, the local agency rfpre.sctif Ing Miss M.'IIcr. CECIL SOREL POSTPONES I'.iri.s. Fc!.. 2S. Tl In ({UltP pro^'ahli! that Cfcll Sorel's Amorloan tour will be po.it- pon'il until Ortobrr. THE HLLER DANCING SCHOOLS Niimhcr of I'uplln Private I m^ona OF AMERICA, inc. 226 West 72d Street NEW YORK riinne: Kndii'ott S.!l5-< MATT t:RAD CON DE^RIBES lULU BELLF By JACK CONWAY New York. Feb. 23. Dear Chick r Drag your lily white around to the Belasco and stake yourself to a load of "Lulu Belle" and if you don't agree with me that Lenore Ulrlc would get past the doorman at Con- nie's Inn, I'll pay oft. What that guy Belasco don't know about giving the peasants what they cry for is nobody's business and how he can cast. Henry Hull's spade could pass a Wasserman and his jig dialect would make a blackface comic throw away his cork. The only boot in the whole works is a guy who is playing a colored heavyweight. He's white and under cork and not the type. He looks like he did his road work in a telephone booth and when he puts up his hands in a cabaret scene he's poi.son. But the play will kill you for it's all about this brownskin vamp who gets a j'en for this good-looking colored boy who Is married and has a couple of kids. The minute this baby stops in the box she's got two strikes on him and before he knows it he's in the bag. Lulu is on the make but the chump don't get hep until well into the second act and by that time he's so stuck ho would stand for the Ar- my arKl Navy. Lulu gives him plen- ty of loving but when he begins crabbing her style with jealousy she decides to slip him the ozone. This pug is making a play and introduces Lulu to a fat sucker from Scranton. Lulu gives him both barrels finally sticking him with a needle full of morph and rolling him for everything including his gold tooth. Her sweetie walks in on it and is ready to beef and holler copper, but she overcomes that with some Ilarlrm wooing that would take the kink out of your Aunt Min's sofa. Third Act in ■ Slab Lulu Is working In a cabaret and the third act Is laid in this slab. It's a classic. About 85 colored and the rest while, but split out, so there couldn't be a squawk from a pro- fessional southerner. She's washed up with her little playmate, but he ain't hep until she publicly slips him the chill. The pug has knocked off some bologna and arrives at the joint in a suit of clothes that proves an allhl for Belasco, .is far as know- ing what the m'"n will wear along caulitlower alley is concerned. A slumming party of wliites ar- rive and someone suggests the fif^'hter do his stuff. Lulu steams her ex ui) to take a chance and he falls. He goes into the next room to take bis shellacking. Meijnwhlle a frog count in the party, left alone wltli Lulu, goes like a top. H^r ex reports back after losing a decision to the r"'K- News that his wl.'e wants him back and that their kid has crooked hadn't moved him before, but his hatred of the hit- ter gets him and ho sticks a shlve tn him. Lulu blows with tlie Count as the gendarmes lead her boy away to the jug. The lawt act Is laid in Paris where slic is living with the Count, who Is a disflple of Burbank. Ifvr ex pan- handles his way across the drink on a cattle boat after serving bis seven ye;ir stretch. !.,ulu hears he's linnfring around fr<»m the iiug and T.'iriimany Viiuni;, hU manager. She lots him In, thinking she had some feeling Ii'ft. but one feek and one whiff and she paid otf. She offered to stake liim to enoufrh jack to take HVtt trrthw. «4d m*» back on the steer boudoir. He nn'iUv ijii/-/I(«i li.r 'for gnod Darb Cabaret Scene Horatio Alger would have loved Tammany Young tn "From G;ite Crasher to B»la.«co." Tarn did the leatiier pii.-ihera proud and was .'is realistic as the CSarden guessers. Butch Cooper, the knuckler who winds up rh.miplon of the world, d('"s as v.' II 'is can i>e cxp*" tol, b'lt BROD£RICK and FELSEN Palace, Chicago, This Week Jack Broderick and Betty Felsen. recently appearing with the .fud Hill Syncopators in Vaudeville and as the feature of the Colony, New York, joined the latest Orpheum unit show and start their route this week at the Palace, t'hicago, as the feature of Kmil Boreos revue, "Mirage of Paris." Direction RALPH G. FARNUM (Edw. S. Keller Office) Gertie Minus 2 Teeth Gertrude Lawrence lost two teeth and several performances through toboggannlng at Ar- rowhead Inn. uptown. New York. Going down the chute the sled carrying Miss Lawrence and a companion turned over, with the companion carelessly al- lowing a foot to unset Miss Lawrence's two l>est teeth. "Chariot's Bevue" also suffered by the English girl's enforced absence. Eddie Chitds, of "By the Way," the other all-Engl'sh re- vue at the Gaiety, also had a toboggan accident, at Briar- cliff Manor. He lost a couple of performances through a sprained ankle or something like that. "M" NEW; HAS CHANCE Paris, Feb. 23. A new comedy originally titled "Zizl" but recaptloned "Chlpee" ("Love Smitten") and produced by .Jacques Baumer Is current at the Theatre de I'Avenue. This work, by Alex Madls, was moderately received. It revolves around Masson, wealthy young owner of a dry goods store who would And a girl ignorant of his money. To this end Chabrat, his partner, wishing to outwit Zutder- zee, a business rival, and also as a means to stabilizing Masson, pays Zlzl, an actress, a monthly allow- .ance on the condition that she pre- tend to love M»8son. When Chabrat becomes jealous and suspends payment, Zlzl con- tinues her sincere affection for Mas- son, even selling her jewels rather than confess the plot. Masson is Informed of the combination against him but realizing Zlzl's de- votion thereafter richly supports tho actress. Charles Lamy Is splendid as Zuy- derzee, while Jean Dax and the Mmcs. Maud Loty and Marguerite .Mf)reno are also in the cast. L>,'on Bellieres and (tildes did not open in the show. Key* Replacing Merson I..on(ioii, Fel». 2,1. .N't>lscin Keys js replacing Billy .■Vlerson in "Kose-Mnrit;" as the lat- ter is Joining the new Palladium revue. ho mu.'it liavo carrli;d a sap and bi.'iss knuckles. The f a1)arot scnric ts the darb, and ;i perfect reproduction of what the lieusarit.H think Is a ''black anA.* abroad caniirt comrarc v.th It. Tho:e i.s r.o .stre'.ch of Le.ich front U'.ic It on this .':i:e. And yet Atlantic City Is an an- Rmo:y. To the wlr? it Jl'juica to be th3 KicatOot of nl:,ht U.'e reaorts. Tut it roa"y i.in't. True cnoiirrh. a generation a"/) the L!oarJv.alk ap- p o.nchoj hr.d ni ni:iny c.ibarota ns Er:r.dway ItEc'f. Thay were the irec.a of sumnior s n:; p'u,r:;;rs and a roiivcr (:li?.r:;e wat unknown. n-.it the funny part of At'antic C;ty Is that a n-ajo-.lty of ita visitors n vor do rco tha n ft'it 11>, which tcom.'s strictly for the lo-ais or th-j \vis3 transients uscJ to it. That, of course, takea in i rofciiElona'.s. for rcoplo cf the atzs-i have always fa- vored Jonoy's ijrcat strand. Cuatcero' llo'.sia Atlanti; City's ch::ln of beach front hotels were f!tr:ct:y dry whrn they opened or at Icart that Is true c. a majority of the major hostolrlea for tho rcanon that they nra con- ducted ty Quakers. The Whl'.? and the i:c"l faml.lcs, p'.onccr.s in tho buildins of big shore hote'.s are of tl-.nt c'a:n. v/lth liT-tor tab o oven in the pre-days c::cept at the Marl- (Conti.nucd on ra""? S) SPIRITUALISTS MEET IN CHICAGO ON HOUDINI John Slater Chef Speaker — Geo. Lait, Prcssnt on Behalf of Houdini, C.'.okcd Off PALM BEACH Dy SAM KOPP Dusincsa pUi;cd up consideraUly lit tho I.Ionlmartro, p'.a; In.-j Ilicn.'cldo "ra'.m reach Nlijhts." Tho proi^ir, l;\:!t wcpk v.as $:C,,50O. B:at week tlia chow has ha J oin:o th? o:)cn:n;T tl.: v.ceUa a;To and tii? outlook for UiJ rcmalnini? ihrr-e wo. Uh of tho run la proniisiiiK. However, I aii.i tinijer and Tony i;;d..:e are holc.ins the bag for a rat lo:;3 on the ensa::cmc:it. Tlio fj.nicr has squawked a bit and at- ttmp-cd tj run things about the sup- per club, gsttins little co-opcra- tlan from the real showmen who are In ihar.To hero for l^lisfcld. Men like Dan Curry, manager of tha show, Llcrr.la Sobcl, press usent, nn.l others are too cmart to toach tl.o Ins and outs of show businos.« to a wcalvhy En.';'.ishman who haj built himself a small sized kinRdom In I'alm Baach. Tony Ciddle, soclaty sportsman, on the other hand has not bothered the Llesfeld forces and has alied ninterially in toasting the night club. Ajt Hickman and his orchestra deserve a great deal of credit for the dance compelling music they (Continued on pace 9) ChtcaiiO. Feb. 23. •'God Kave John blater his gift and Houdini can't take it away from him." Ihis statement was made by one of the speakers at Orcae^tr.a hall Friday nipht before approximately 2,000 s;ilrltuali:jtj who hud as:-emblod lor the purpose of inakin.'j a show of bravery and callins iiouulni names. Ihe John Slater referred to is a medium v.ho:Ti the maslcian has branded a fakir. Croat cr.p.tal was made of the ."act that Houdini w."s n-t there in prrcon. Tho epiriturUista chose "to .ntcrprct thlj aa cov/artlice and they also cho.<;o to i:;nore Hou.lIni's rcp- re:;cntatlve, George Ijait, who, after b in'T rcfurcJ formal permission to .vpeak, attempted to get permls';ion Trom the audience to verbally chal- lenge olater on behalf of the Magi- cian. in spite of numcrou.s shouts of "let him tall/' from unbiased per- sons in the audience the moderator of the mcctlnij gave the platform to an old man of 73 who gave a ' testimonial.-" Lalt thereupon wrote a series of notea challcnsins the medium. Willi tho exception of the first, all of these notea v.-rre torn up unread. B:II Co.-.no.t'3 Cplol Amon:; the c; c.^.kcra :-:;ain3t Hou- dini was one Hill Eennctt claiming vO bo a Eho.vman, but not a spi. i- tualist. He v.\as there, he told tho audlrncc, to apslo^lzs en behalf ol tho sliow world for Houdini. This: Honnett, wl-.o tald he was also a ncwrpaper man, although not rcc- o.'Tnlzcd aa sjch by any of tho re- porters present, lalJ much stress on Houdinl'a Jrwl h oxt"actl:n anJ the fact that hl3 father had been a rattl. Uennott'a Ingratiating man- ner is su;,'KC.'-.tlve of the "ilxcr" with a carnival. He is reported to have threatrned one of Houuini's fol- lowers with a. "Hey, Uube" call. An e.Vori at humor was frequent- ly made by tlie variou.s speakers by mi.sprnnouneln:j Houdini's name. Clater's "d rmonctration" con- sisted of reading mrsE::ges taken from a box in the lobby. He read in all perhaps 33 with the great number being general answers, yes or no, or "yoj'll be more successful In the future." His performance did not Etack up In the opinion of tha theatrical press na worthy of tho small time and odds were freely available that he would be out of town when Houd'nl opens his local ensasemcnt at the rrlncess. Hi'Udlnl's advanee exploitation manarer. Joe Lee, framed for Ocorge Lalt to be present and stir up stufi. Before concluding his remarks Slater reminded the faithful that he was devoting his life to doing thrm good and he «ould be reached It the LaSalie Hotel. ACT DEJERTS HIP Bill; NOTHING SAID OR DONE Kramer and Do'h Workin:? This V'e-k in K-^ Hous^— "" Refu32d to Appear •«r 4 4^. '~^- The Cherry Sisters, both of them. are .rylng to be press ng nts, with ir.ore luclt at hon.e than ahroad. i:(lle Cherry Is In politics once yearly. To make mat known to tho e.ow b.Jslne.s-;, of whirh the Cherrys at c;no lime we:'e a part, the follow- ing Ktt;r was sent by the Klr.'i: Cedar HapM.", Iowa, Feb. 19. Editor of Varl.'tv: My «ii;Uer, K.Ile Cherry, Is candi- date for .Ma.\itrr at tho Ma,;:.;:e h li- on I'e'). 25-i;7. Now if you will p'.ili- li;;h th;- phtiiro With her plaf irm kindly let us know and wo will semi you the pleture aloirc with lif^r plat- form. Cherry S.stirs. FAY GEITING MONEY C3cil Oe Miilo East .(^♦^ ^ I.iOS .\iigele!'. Feb. 23. ' • CecU B. He Mile is en route to N:w York, where he will remain for »l-out a month. Vh''e t^?ro ho will look around lot liiM next story. Fay I..anphier at $1,5C0 a week on her tftl'room tour is getting almost twice her j:i'ture hou.se salary. "Miss America" is beinc; handled by National Attractions, Inc.. to do an I'Xhil itlan v.-alt7, one-step and fox trot, h"r partner bein.T selected from the local stand by a system of elimination, a dan-e contest the week precedlnK. The advance eon- "est iA good pr ns a ;entry for Mln:; Luniihlcr. wi'.o srleeta the local Valentino as her partner for the en- srlnj,' week. I.,. O. Beck, the Ohio ballroom man, is p■a^l<« ".Ml.i.et'..'d. " Foir otherH will appear In the siijiport. MCSCONIS. $m IN PICTURES; VAK. $1,700 Opening at Fox's, Phila, — K-A Standard Act for Years The Mosconl Bros, with Bister Vcrna o;).^n for Fox In Phi! ;(Ir l;)hla March 1, boakcd by B.njamin David, at $3 000. 'i.io Moseonis' vaudeville sa'ary was $1,7C0. The Moseonis have been ap< preached for the picture hourca on sovrral orcsslans, having turned down $2,5C0 before, until the $3,000 contract was forthcoming. The famous Mosconl dancing fam« lly have been a Keith- Albee stand- ard turn for many seasons. Il-crn;- ly in Plinadel-^hla a promise to hold them over a week was not i:e-)t by the vaudevUe end, but that differ- ence was soon smoothed over. FREE LUNCH AT XM1S; $5AFLATEN0W Chirago. Feb. 23. Plenty of s-zuawks are beini regijtercd ly house man-^gers and Independent theatrical cTices over a form letter sent out by James Wehb. manager of tho local N. V. A. Club, asl-.irg them to klek in for scats to the N. \. A. ball and free feed held last Christmas at the Sherman Hotel. As nothirg w.^.s laid at the time the m.nagcrs and others were askeJ to distribute the tickets to actors about esp-n3« the innpros- slon left at the time wca that the Orpheum Circuit was footing the bill. There Is resentment .that Webb should try to "nl^k" them at this late date. Tho as.^essment is $3 a plate for the free feed. It sounds p.ctty big for a buffet lunch, the marks say. ARTISTS ROECT "AFifEPJ>iECE" ORDER; CHARGE UlT UFTB ACT I>oreo Unit Opening at Palace, Chicago, Excused in Speech by Manager — Johnny Burke Protests to . Audience — Lorraine and Hall Stand with Him American Oancert at Nice .Nice, F'eb. 8. Bernard and Rich, American daiieirs who came to the Hlvlcra from London, opened at the Hotel Negre.-.co here and successfully. If you tlon't advertise in VARIETY don't advertise Chicago, Feb. 23. The afterpiece advertised to con- clude the Emil Boreo llevue, Or- pheum road show unit, which opened at the Palace here Sunday, was called off owing to the refusal of Johnny Burke, Oscar Lorraine and AI K. Hall to work in it after doing their speelaltles. Manager John Nash was forced to go on the stage at the conclusion of tho povfarmance and explain that the afterpiece would not be given. It had been advertised extensively and the audience had remained I sea.ed waiting for It. The rcfi;sal followed charges of p!agiari;m by Burke, who alleged the trench scene In the revue was com- posed almost wholly of gags lifted from his (Burke's) soldier monolog, which he w.-.a doing on the same bill. According to report, Lorraine and Hall agreed with him and were Indignant a' out the matter, refus- ing to appear In the afterpleee. r.urke, in addiiiin to informing th" management of Ills eharg:-, told the .nudlcnee about It at the cjnelu- «!on of hi.s motio'iig in .a s:>:';'rh, in wl»:«'Ii he is Haid to have prt)te«>ted against the ethics of a circuit that fail.s to prdteet it;< own standard a-ta nn;ley are the producers of the other Crpheum units or road showt that have previously appeared In the Junior and Senior Orpheum houses. The Palace booking of the Boreo revue was the opening for the unit on the Crpheum Circuit. A peculiar angle to the contro- versy will be the action taken by the Joint complaint bureau of tha Vaudeville Managers' Protective -' s- soclatlon and the National Vaule- vllle Artists' Club when the matter automatlca'ly comes before It. Tho bureau will be forced to di cide el. her fjr or agr.lnet the Crpheum road show, and on Its decision may re.ot the future of the suit, as the eontrover:lal matter Is the crux of the entire entertainment. Burlie has been a standard blg- tlme character single for yer.rs. Boreo is a comparative nowcor.ier, h.avlrg brcn Imported by Morris Cest for the orlglnjxl "Chauve Sourls." Miss Greenwood Objects, Her Biliinj Changed Charlotte Uivi nwood. h adl'iiinC at the Paaee, N. w York, this wi ek. Is r< ported to have threaten-. ■! to walk out Monday afternoon, o'l.ect- Ing to tJie time-tab'o billing on the sidewalk enunclators. The managemi nt ehan.geu the l;li:ing followi-^R ti.o alterr.ation :.ii, 1926. U<-ar Friends: Wc are just trying to ■traiKhten up the books for last year's N. V. A. benefit advertis- ing and tickets, and we Tind among the few names of thoeo who haven't paid for their ad- vertising and tickets your name. Attached to this letter is a , statement of the account to date. I I regret very much that it haa become necessary for me to write you, but I am Informed by ' tlio.se who have the benefit In , charge that they have written I you .several times, and al.'io your agent haa made efforts to make collections and neither of them have received a reply, and I am writing you based upon their r«- ( Continued on page 8) "The Furnace" Club Following "The Wind Up" looked upon a nifty for a night club's name, comes along an- other title supposed to apex tho warmth of tho midnight atmo- sphere. It is "Tlie Furnace." SIR JOS. SQUAWKING OVER POSITION OF Ai) HELEN GARDNER'S FALL Rochester, N. Y., Feb. 2J. Hazel Oardner, 27. with Fred and ITazel Oardner'i Maniacs, at the Temple, is at the Park Avenue Hos- pital with a fractured shoulder suf- fered when she fell from a flying trapeze. Miss Gardner had been raised 14 feet above the 8tag« and was just beginning her performance when one of the support ropes gave way. She fell heavily to the floor. It was f I iired for a timo that she had severe head injuries. The act will be out for several weeks. JUST A STORY Steamed Up by Willie Howard Threatens to Take Ad Out and Place It in "Clipper" GEO. MIDDLETON LEFT OVER $2,000,000 IjOS Angeles, Feb. 23. The will of (Jeorgo Middleton, vet- eran Khowman, has been filed here and shows that he left over $2,- 000.000. Under the terms of the ^ill, he left his hou.sehold effects of his Pasadena home ;ind h.ilf of his estate in trust with the income for life to his widow, Mrs. Ruth K. Middleton. After her death, the principal i.s to he divided among Louis Sciiofif^Id and Miiryan.-^ iind Frances Schoneld. the former a grand-Tipphew and the latter pair Rr.-ind -nieces. A tni.^t fund of $12.0ii0 was cre- ated to provide $fiOO yearly for Cath- erine K. Middleton, a former wife How liviiit; in I'ortsmoulh. O., and tliat fund at her death will be dl- — VIdf>.i nmonp thfi Schotleld children. Katlierin.! Middlet<.n Mabry. daugh- ter, wa.-^ left $in,noo, and Mrs. Belle Carmen of New York was remem- bered with $1,000. Tho children and descendants of O'-orgr. Middleton. .Tr, his dead son, W'TM *llsinherlt<»d. In addition to other provisions, !"'■ will Ntates that the residue of the exf.dft j,hMll ),o added to the tfnst fund for th'- benefit of his wid.,vx. Sir Joseph Olnzburg came visiting after Willie Howard had spent some time steaming him up on the idea that Variety was not giving him a SQuare deal on his inch ad, which Sir Jos. has been carrying for sev- eral weeks. Willie told Joe that the ad should be In the vaudeville news section, -while "Variety has been carrying It In tho back of the paper. Joe got all bawled up and thought Willie told him the ad should be cacivied In his pocket. When Sir Jos. took the ad he paid $50 of the $51 it was to cost. So when he walked in Wednesday eomebody in the business office made a stab for the $1 due. "Leeslen" — this came from Ginz- bur^; — "I ain't asking you for de commissions when you sell lots of extra papers on account of inter- views with me." He still owes the $1. Phoney Wires On his rounds Wednesday, Sir Jos. carried a flock of telesrrams from l>ig people in show busini^ss. all begfeing him to consider their offer. One was from Flo Zicgfeld, who asked Sir Jos. to join a show called "Glorifying th© American Girl." Someone around the office told Joe it was a phoney telegram, and he shouldn't have accepted it, as It was sent over the Mackay- Postal wires. Joe said it wasn't phoney and then told the interrogator that he was jealous. "I'm waiting to see how much .salary he gives me" — states the Ginzburg. His other telegrams were also prop, and ho may have known it, but that didn't cut any ice with his denials, for he was indignant when anybody cracked that they weren't on the level. But It was putting the ad In the back of the paper that burned Gin- zle. He stated he didn't want to be on the Chicago or I^os Angeles p.ages, )>hat he was playing in New York — didn't mention where, but said ho was pla.ving In New York and that one e a month, he talked to cotuulc.-ng. Willie Howard had steamed him up too Wf 11 and .ifter sTuavvking generally for half an hour, the One and Only walked (.lit— still .sore about the i>0- altlon of Ills ad and threatening to tike it out of Variety and put it In "The Clipper." Bronners Leave Vaude for Picture-House Showings Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland Bronner have Wound up with tiie K-A cir- cuit. They will stage and appear In a scries of ballet dlvertisement presentations for the i'ublix The- atres. The Mronners imported for vaude- villo finally found better breaks in legit musicals but returned to vaudeville this season with "Fan- tastic Realm" which played 10 weeks of K-A time. The act was a pretentious affair from all angles and carried eight girl dancers. After the Palace date Cleveland Bronner wanted a show down and salary set for additional time. When forwarding his payroll and Itemiz- ing other operating expenses It Is reported the booking office sug- gested he dispense with the eight dancers and do the turn as a two- act with his wife. Bronner was not enthusiastic about the proposal and swung over to the picture house contract Instead. Tho Bronners have been noted (or their sumptuous productions. Chicago. Feb. 2J. A story Is )oid of an actor who died. Upon informing SL I'eter he had played on the Orpheum Circuit, the actor wa.e^ told he could not enter he.aven. Going to Hades the actor ap- plied to Satan and again say- ing he had played the Orpheum Circuit, the devil said he could not enter hell. "Good Lord!" exoUiimed the actor, "must I go back on the Orpheum?" GLEN CONDON GOING BACK TO OKLAHOMA Former State Senator and Crack Newspaper Man Left Home Town for N. Y. Ernest Kessner Drops Dead While on Stage Milwaukee, Feb. 33. Many times Krnest Kessner played the role of the knockabout clown with Loow's circus, featuring at the Miller here and while the au- dience howltnl with laughtc^r he took his "bumps." Kessner took his last "bump" last week on the Miller stage. The audience applauded as he was knocked down by another comic, but to the actors It was no laughing matter. Kessner was car- ried from the stage — dead. A weak heart, superinduced by pneumonia, caused his death. He worked thotigh ill and died "with his boots on." Since no address of rel.-vtlves for Kessner could be found, the remains were taken to the county morgue. Wilton Books Lars* and Smill Aett Billy Glason Passed Up K.-A. for Cafe Another standard big time com- edy act was lost to vaudeville when Billy Gla.son opened at the Kit Kat Korner, formerly Bob Murphy's Cel- l.ar. New York, for an Indefinite en- gagement at tho cafe. Glason was penciled In at the Hip- podrome, New York. When the Keith salary offer di'ln't suit he took tho night chib booking. Gl.ason Is also reported to have turned down a K-A route for next season, objecting to the salary offered as considerably bs-s than ho can get In cafes, Inde- pi ndent vaudeville houses or picture houses. Glen Condon is leaving New Viirk, March 10. to return to his home stale. Oklahoma. Out there he will direct the three William Smith theatres at Tulsa. In i\'ew York Mr. Condon has been the i)erson.»l publicity repre- sentative for E. F. Albee. has also promoted press work for the N. V. A. and Its tributaries. Including a hou.se organ which he has edited. Besides his press work and other labors, Mr. Condon has done much to get together the several N. V. A. programs. He has virtually for a couple of years handled the house organ single handed. Stood Well at Honns Mr. Condon came east about six years ago. He had been a State Senator of Oklahoma and was known as one of the crack news- paper men of the state. Newspaper work Is his natural bent According to the story around when Condon reached New York, lie had been Induced to officiate as Albeo's press agent at a fat sSlar- on the promise of every advance- ment. In Oklahoma Mr. Condon rfiould have had anything he wanted ■but he left evt.Tything he had out ■there. He had plenty of prospects and also a sister or sirter-ln-Iaw, Cora Youngblood Corson. Cora Youngblood Cor.son Is a vaudevlllian, having traveled a,s tho Cora Youngblood Corson Sex- tet act. Miss Corson can talk loud and fast artd she can write. This brings the Condon matter back to the days of tho White Rats, their trouhles and their defeat. The Rats may have seen their clubhouse dis- apiiear and as an org,'inization they were crushed, but only in the physi- cal, not In the spirit. A few were left with plenty of spirit. Among them was Miss Corson. Kept Right On While the Wlilto Rats troubles were on Miss Corson had written .and talked. She easily wrote and talked herself onto the Keith's "blacklist" and Miss Corson liked It — slm kept on working and kept on talking. Mr. Condon never has admitted If he ever wondered whether his offer to come to New York meant taking Glen Condon into camp or Cora Youngblood Cor.son. Mr. Condon, upon reaching New York with Mrs. Condon, made him- self agreeable and has grown to be very well liked. He was advised by friends in tho past to go back to Oklahoma, to leave New York, that he was too good a newspaper man to be wa.iting his time in vaudeville. It was only this week that It became reporti.-d Condon had ci>riclude(i to leave. The chances are that within two years Glen Ccmdon will he running the l.esi daily in the Kt.ite of Okla- homa and tliat's his desire. KAUFMAN SENT AWAY TO FACE DEPORTATION Wrestler as "Breitbart" Committed Forgery — Given 5 to 10 Years Julius Kaufman. Qrofes.sionaJ wrestler and strong man of O'J West 90th street, was sentenced to a term of not less than five years nor more than 10 years by .ludge Alien in General Sessions la.'^t Wed- nesd.iy following his conviction of torgery in the first degree. At the I'ompletlon of tho sentence Kauf- man will be deported. Kaufman arrived in this coiintry In 192.'!. Because of hia immense l>u!k was employed by the late Signiund Breitbart, champion wrest- ler and strongman, as a i)artner in a wrestling act on Uie vaudeville stage. When Breitbart died sev- eral months ago K.iufman assumed his name and has been traveling tho ■sticks" giving exhlblttons la wrestling. Tlie specific cliargo on which h* was convicted was that under th« name of Breitbart he had obtained a lease on a building at 219 West 53rd street and furnished it up aa a night club. To pay for the elab- orate furnishings he forged the name of Breitbart to certified drafts on the Bank of England an4 using thcs« drafts swindled th« Central Mercantile Bank of Ne«r York out of $2,000. At the time ot his arrest the police found sis other forged notes aggregating $10,000 In a package. There wera also fals* certification stamp* found In the package. WhcK Kaufman's huge bulk stood up be- fore Judge Allen a picture of de- jection, the Court lit t^onouncihf sentence said. "You are too clever to be at liberty In this country. Thene is no telling what might happen to tho bulk of our citizens If you re- mained here at liberty. You 04© a fast worker, despite your h«MK<|iesa and nppnrantly nothing is sarefrom your manipulations." LAUB CALLED ON WIFE; FOUND DETECTIVES Held in Newark on Charge of Desertion — Bail of $1,000 Given Mrs. Mike Doody Saved Davenport, la., Feb. 23. Mrs. Miko Poody. an actress, whose liu.Hhand heads a company of players nt a local theatre, ut- t''mpte(J to end her life by leaping in the riv'or iirencc Fee, non- prufeaaional, haa Just reecivrcl from an attack of double pneunionla that threatened her life for several weeks Memory Expert's Chance David Both, .alias Adilisoii .Slmfl of Seattle, tho famous memory ex- pert, has be'.-n approached fo» vaudi'ville. .Mr. Kith gave .'i d» monsti atlO« l.efiire the «:heese <;iub Friday. VARIETY VAUDEVILLE Wednesday, Febmary 24, 1026 WEST COAST REPORTED GIVING "NOTICE" TO ORPHEUM CIRCUIT Playing Association and Orpheum Bookings on Dif- ferent Halves — Not Finding Plan Profitable — Association's Scheme Looked Upon as "Bust ■^. ■ I.os Aiit;t!le«, Feb. 23. ■\V.>sl C'^ist Theai;-c.s, J no., Ik re- ported to have given the Oriiiieuin Circuit and the Western Vaudeville JManagers' Association formal notice of their inteiitiun to discontinue the use of both t>rphriiin and Associa- tion vaudeville in West Coast the- atres. This notice from thn agree- ment cannot take effect until after six months foilowinK Its service. The date when West Coast tiled the notice is nut known. West Coast hou.-ies In this section to the number of about 10 have been playing alternately on either half Orpheum or Association vaudeville, two different types of bills. West Coast houses formerly turninK In a profit of from $1,500 to $2,000 weekly are said to be present losers at around $1,000 weekly each with the Orpheum-Assodation vaiKlevillft. Theatres Leaving The Association protrrams sent out this way to build up a coast-to- coast circuit are looked upon as a "bust." with many theatres with- drawing from Association bookings. It Is said that acts booked by the Association In Chicago have such a hard time of It in travel, playing the one-nlghters through the south- west that they are worn out when reaching the coast. Oiiiheom vaudeville of the better Ijrand has been handed to the West Coast theatres as the Orpheum cared to. without the West Coast people believing that they have been taken care of in any special way at any time. Previously West Coast houses were booked through Ackennan & Jlurris. That guvu tlie theatres a consistent brand of vaudeville with- out the wide variation of the Or- pheum's systewi. With the West Coast llnlnK up with Orpheum they were advised that it was an error to believe that Orpheum would pro- tect competing theatres or that Or- pheum would build up an outside house in cities that Orpheum might want to Invade itself. It is known that slnoe Orpheum has been booking with West Coast It has been considering the feasibil- ity of erecting Its own California circuit and at one period was In negotiation with Charles E. Bray to have the latter go through Califor- nia to promote local capital for Or- pheum theatres. Morris' All-Strand Wk. William Morris booked the entire stage show i>- fWnlng tho terms of llie (ieal. Evelyn Nesbit in A. C. Atlantic City, Feb. 23. Evelyn Nesbit Is back here, fea- tured at the Folies Bergerc, the saino niglit club In which she ap- peared last season. Her contract extends through next summer. A sliding salary scale Is under- stood to have been agreed on. While the ligure Is now moderate, during the height of the season Miss Nes- bit Is to receive $1,000 weekly. Miss Newbit broke Into the front p;igo« of the dallii's rciontly when slio attempted suloido by drinking ly.sol while In Chicago. She ad- nUitcd having been drinking hea.vily prior to the lysol eiii.sode, a fact which doctors said saved her life. A revived demand on small time for mixed team bench acts "In one," quite the thing 10 years ago, since been sup- planted by piano acts and other musical features aa deuce spotter of the small time bills. Tho waning demand years ago sent those doing thia kind of act Into other endeavors. Now that there are plenty of spots for them such acts are not available. The bench flirtation singing and dancing turn Is again being embraced to relieve the monotony of sameness of deuce spotters, practically remained unchanged for years. Agents have been requested to watch out for the mixed teams and submit them regu- larly. ALLEGED LOW TRICK Acts are complaining of a new stunt being used by an Independ- ent booking agency which la using an obsolete form of contract with a one show cancellation clause. The agency to Induce standard acts to play a certain house on its books gives the act a contract for a full week's engagement and then cancels by wire on Wednesday night, usually Informing the act the house has booked a tab for the last half of the week. The agency involved Is one- against whom several complaints have been filed. The agency used to Issue a pay or play contract, but has dis- continued it, according to tho com- plaints. Pat Rooney Reproducing Former Acts for Pictures Pat Rooney will produce revues for the Publlx Theatres (Famous Players) sometime this spring, affttr the closing of his legit vehicle, "The Daughter of Rosle O'Grady." It Is expected his former vaude- ville vehicles, "Rings of Smoke" and "Shamrocks" will be the pieces used for the first presentations. Rooney himself will not appear In them, but young Pat Rooney may. Jim Thornton Denies Reconciliation with Wife Jim Thornton, veteran monologist, denies the report that he and Josle Palmer, former proprietress of "The Little Green Room," on West 48th street, had become reconciled and that Thornton had withdrawn an- nulment proceedings. According to the story Thornton and the former Josie Palmer were reported as having been seen to- gether and were about to announce a reconciliation. Thornton married Joslo Palmer several years ago about one year after Ihu death of I>oiiriIe Thorn- ton, his wife and vaudeville partner of the early variety days. Various versions of the alliance were current along Broadway at the time. It was reported on several occa- sions that the Thorntons had sepa- rated shortly after the marriage and that Thornton alleged he wati In- toxicated at the time of the nuji- tial.s. Thornton Is said to have af- flrnitd and denied the above story at different limes. Tho Thorntons scpar.-iled some time ago. He denies the latest re- port iui manufactured out of whole cloth. Ed Girard'* Come-Back Inspired by Thomas J. Ryan's hit at the Palace, New York, last week, Eddie Olrard, another old-timer around the 70 mark who has t»een under George M. Cohans wing for some time, will essay a come-back. Andy Rice, who authored Ryan's vehicle, has supplied Olrard with "The Benefit," a two people skit In "one." Alf T. Wilton from Wednesday ot last week up until yesteiday (Tuea» day) at least was booking unmo- lested Inside and outside of the Keith-Albee agency. As far as could be learned nothing had been said to Wilton nor any of his stafC by anyone of authority In tho K.-A. offices. Through Wilton's daring action in deserting the K.-A. agency and the failure of the K.-A. people to re- spond with Its usual ref,"\llator7 measures or "dUclpllne," reports cropped up on Broadway that Wil- ton's removal as well as his adver- tisement In last week's Variety was a part of a "frame" by the Kelth- Albee office for use or effect In ths pending case now on appeal started by Max Hart In the V. 8. Court against Kelth-Albee and others. Insiders knew that report to b« unfounded, with no more basis than another which said K. P. Albee had a "piece" of the Wilton agency af- ter Its removal. In su^stantlatlon of his advertise- ment that he Intended going Into the booking business wide open and to all branches, Wilton this week added to his staff Jack Horn. Horn has become well known through his handling of musical attractions, mostly orchestras. He will take care of that portion of the Wilton business. No "Easing Out" Yet Neither did the K.-A. office adopt Its customary "easlnsr out" practice when wishing to punish an agent without expelling. The "easing out" process is to pass word around that none of the Indicated agent's nets shall be booked. This eventually forces the acts to other agents. Frequently In the past when this third degree punishment has been meted out, favored agents have been tipped off Just what acts they might iro after with a surety of securing them. Mr. Wilton said he had nothing to say sf'er becoming settled In hia new offices In the Bond building at Broadway and 4«th street, nor wou'd he discuss any of the several reports concerning him. "Let 'em talk," said "Wilton. *! pay enough to advertise and I Ilka It free, too." Alhambra, Harlem, May Be for Colored Stock A rumor has It that a group of colored theatre operators are after Keith's Alhambra In Harlem, once a big time stand, but now given over to a cheap picture grind, for a colored stock burlesque. The house Is particularly well lo- cated for this purpose, on 7th ave- nue. Just off 126th street, which Is rapidly becoming the chief artery of the Harlem Black Belt. If the playhouse goes to burlesque It will be the fourth on that street playing that type of attraction, truly a record. Fla. and Millinery Florida and the millinery bunlttes.x In the co!nc-on state is not pnnnln;,' out .'"O wr]\ so 1>MV0 .Toiiea Js jilatl- nliig a vaudeville cnie-back. Jones is Sam HcriiarJ's nejihew md retired to ess.ny commerc'al biislnt.-^s In Floiitla where be did \V( 11 until the reoetil Fl.-ick. O'Hara in Film Houses Flske O'Hara, who ret;ently wound up III his legit vehicle, "Jacit o' Hearts," has abandoned a previously announced concert tour and will piay a numlier of liidependvnt dates In i)lcture houses In the west offer- ing II iifw .sonfr ryi-lo and carrying piano accompanist, PUBLICITY PLAN SERVICE In is a simi)lo and inexpensive manner of keeping your name or biisine.'i.'i btforc the show business of the world each week. Gives displayed or pictorial publicity for 52 weeks each year. Amount may be regulated by the advertiser. Write or call at any Variety oftlce: NEW YORK CHICAGO LOS ANGELES 154 W. 46th St. State-Lake Thea. Bldg. Chapman Bldg. LONDON, 8 St. Martin's PI., Trafalgar Square Wednesday, February 24, 192« VAUDEVILLE VARIETY NEW COAST CIRCUIT FORMING THROUGH CHICAGO BOOKINGS Ackerman & Harris Circuit Working Toward East — Connection Through Finklestein &. Rubin Houses Also Booked Out of Sun-Diamond Agency Chicago, Feb. 23. Flnkelsteln & Rubin will open their new State at Sioux Falls, S. D., March 7. At the same time the firm will turn over to the Gus Sun-Billy Dia- mond booking agency the bookinga for their Metropolitan, Mitchell, 8. D..; Lyric, Colonial, Watertownt 8. D., and Grand, Fairbault, Minn. r'eb. 27 the first Ackerman & Har- ris bill will appear at the Orpheum, Salt Lake, on the return trip from the coast. It is understood A. & H. intend moving eastward and will have the advantage of the F. & R. tonnection with the Sun-Diamond agency. That agency also books the A. & H. bills westward. The F. & R. houses were former- ly booked by the Western Vaude- ville Managers' Association. One time A. & H. had its bills booked out of the Association. "DUN" LETTERS (Continued from page 5) port. However, 1 trust this letter ■will be given immediate atten- Uon. As you well know this benefit Is given for a wonderful cause and while you personally are in a position where you do not re- ■ quire any aid, atill we never know in this world what changes the future may bring forth, and while I do sincerely hop» that you may be always prosperous yet should we not give a thought to those less fortunate than you and 1? "While every one of us should point with pride to the amount ' eubscril>«d at the last benefit, . which is far in excess of any amount raised by any other or- ganizatic*, yet with all that, the ' amount Is insufficient to cope , with the demands of the needy, the sick, the aged and those who tare less fortunate than you and ■I are, unable to help themselves. How unfair It would be for you to get the benefits and credit for the ad and then find that you . have not paid for It. Sincerely yours, J. J. Murdock. Rates for rr. V. A. Ads According to the '•ate list for ad- vertising in the forthcoming annual N. V. A. Benefit program, headliners and class A acta will b« "tapped" 1192.60 for a two-tone process full- page advertisement; class B, $185 for a full -page cartoon in colors; a full page in the colored program sec- tion, $178.75; half page. $101.75; full page display type or half-tone cuts (not in colors) $96.25. For lesser space the prices grade down to $22 for card space. It Is significant that no vaudeville acts classified to date have been alloted space less than one quarter of a page or $55. The full-page rates are plus the cost of cuts and art work. In addition to this the acts are to be cla.ssifled simlllarly and "ex- pected" to buy tickets. Class A acts Will be alloted $100 worth of tickets and the others in proportion. The house managers will be elected to handle the ticket sale to acts play- ing in K-A houses. $1^50,000 In; $100,000 Out All agents have been notified by the Keith Circuit to turn in a list of their acts with the home ad- dresses of the acts, stressing the point the addresses must be authen- tic. As this is the first time the booking office has asked for home »00-)>eater will be erected. Tho new Orpheum will adjoin tho entrance to the Curran. lUilIding is expected to start in the spring. Albes Party Back March 1 Palm B(wch. Feb. 23. The members of the E. F. Albec party now hfpo t-xpect to return to New York n round March 1. Harry Jordan will return to Phll.'idflplila this w-ek. Authors and Pictures Vaudeville authors who have found vaudeville a me.igre out- let for their efforts, forced to turn to the films and revues for their market, are finding the picture houses a new avenue for their talents. The presen- tations with their necessity for miniature mu.sical comedy lay- out and songs have enlisted sev- eral writers on the creativo end. SINGER EAST IN JULY; VINCENT DUE ON COAST '' Los Angeles, Feb. 24. Harry Singer, connected with tho Orpheum Interests here, leaves In July for New York, and Frank Vin- cent will replace him here for the circuit Vincent is now In New York clos- ing up various business affairs. Additional evidence of the straits of big-time vaudeville in regard to "names" and "attractions" wore visible this week when Nick Lucas, the Brunswick artist, who has played all of the large picture liouses, including Fox's, Philadel- phia, opened at the Palace, New York, and James J. Corbett and Robby Parry were taken out oC Shea's, Toronto, for the Hippo- drome, New York. Aci»rding to informed vaudevlUo agents, the booking of Lucas means that while the famine of "nameu" lasts the booking office will forget about Fox's, I'hiladelpbia, bein^ "poison." Lucas played the house last season and was held over a sec- ond week, later repeating. The switching of Corbett and Barry to the Hippodrome was most unusual, for Shea's, Buffalo and To- ronto, are always booked conjunc- tively. It was done only when the Hippodrome bookers had canvassed the agents to discover no comedy acts were available for the spot. "Lombardi" in Short Leo Carrlllo has shelved "Images" and will shortly return to vaude- ville under direction of tho Blan- chards In an abbreviated version of "Lombardi, Ltd.", by Frederic and Fanny Hatton. The latter will make the tabloid adaptation out of def- erence to Carillo who starred In the original play under direction of Oliver Morosco some years ago. Carillo's support will Include Jean Green, Marie Hunt, Dorothy Dud- geon, John Saunders and Mollis Richards. 23d St. Needs Help Sol Schwartz, manager of Keith's, Jersey City, has been called In to apply the pulmotor to Proctor's 23d Street, which has been affected by neighborhood oppbsltlon. Schwartz is credited with putting Jersey City over. He formerly man- aged the Orpheum, Yonkers, N. Y., when that house was cutting Into Proctor's, Yonkers, ■with an Inde- pendent vaudeville and picture pol- icy. MANAGERS BOOKING OYER THE COUNTER 7 Years for Grunebergt Indianapolis, Feb. 29. Frederick Gruneberg, father and son, were each sentenced to seven years at the federal prison at Leavenworth. It followed their conviction In the criminal prosecution through the Consolidated Theatre Co. PANTAGES AND PORTLAND Portland, Ore., Feb. SS. Announcement is-made public here that Alex Pantages will come into po.ssesslon of the present Hippo- drome theatre, which is now leased by Ackerman & Harris, on March 4. At the present time It looks like Ackerman & Harris will either have to build or vacate the town, owing to not having any affiliation with any other house here. It was at first thought tiiat they were in on a partnership deal with North American Theatres, Inc., who are erecting a big picture house here, but this is denied. "THE WRECK" DISBANDED "The Wreck," vaudo version of "Shipwrecked," wound up Its vaude- ville tour last week and disbanded. Henry and Seymour Dissolve Henry and Seymour have dis- .''olved as a v.-iudc team aft'-r a p.-irt- nr-rship lasting eight years. Bert Henry will hereafter do a single, while Emma Seymour will also do a new act with Tommy Taylor as partner. Booking: shows over the counter attain has become popular In sev- eral New York Independent agenclef willing to stand for anything rather than lose houses from their books. The managers make seml-wcekly trips to New York and engage their entire show, figuring they ars smarter than their bookers and caA buy cheaper, as welL This arrangement practically makes the booker little more than • sublimated landlord for the man- agers, but he gets bis percentage both ways and Is not complaining Several previous attempts to es- tablish the direct booking angle turned out disastrously and wa* forgotten for awhile. But the newer bookers, striving to please, havS given the managers their own wa^ again. Jack LInder tried the direct boo1»a lag Idea for several weeks last s«a« son. He obligated himself for ad* ditlonal space by taking over two adjoining ofllces to his suite In th« Publicity building and installed desks for each of his managers. ▲ few weeks of experimenting cured Llnder's group, who willingly went back to the former routine of having the booker Instead of themselves book the shows. Gallo's Operettas? .. Tabloid operettas are destined for a new vogue In vaudeville with the general Idea to have them supplant the current list of flash and dancing acts with which vaudeville Is seeni>- ingly overrun. Fortune Gallo, opera Impresark^ is listed among the producers who will stage a number of abbreviated operettas for vaudeville. Miss Welford'Schwartz Nancy Welford, musical comedy prima donna, and Jean Schwartz composer, have formed a vaude al- liance, and will shortly o]>cn on the K-A Circuit In a new song cycle by Schwartz. LITTLE BILLY ON CONTRACT Los Angeles, Feb. 23. Little Billy has been placed under contract by Al Llchtman to appear In two pictures that the latter wtU m.ike. Billy has appeared In ■vaudeville and production work. He m^ver has had any previous screen experiences Wilton Covert Acts Anywhere May Never Dance Again Chicago, I'fh. 23. Vera Wll.'K)n. dancr, wa."* striH'k by a street crir liere ;tnd pn vi-verr !y injured th.at she may ncV'.-r be able to dance ugaln. Larrimore Act Off Pranclne Larrlmoro's proposed ln« vft.slon of vaudeville undt-r (.irectloo of Ltl8-n; Main St. Owners. ,I..s.-pli A: D. II. Ci)i)lon. Arolutpct. l-f'on Tifmport, 1174 Mercantile builditiK', Kocliestpr. I'ictiiro.s. Carlisle, Pa. — W. llis;ti au'l (.'liur< »i alley. Owner, (!. O. CJoojter. nian- a.Kei- Orpheum thfatre, CarliHle. Anhitwt, B. F. Starr. Vaudeville. Value not given. Chicaao. — (al.so apartment hotel) 9t>3-69 N. Dearborn street. Owner, Juliu.s Strasa, 14.13 Dayt.in. Archlteet not selected; value and policy not Klven. Cleveland. — (open air) $75,000. Euclid avenue and Kast boulevard. Owner, Citv of Cleveland, W. S. Fergu.son. t'ity Hall. Detroit. — (1.600 seat.s; also BU.ris) fL'2.'J.000. Chalmers and Mack ave- nued. Owner withheld. Architects, Kohiier & l^ayne. Policy not given. Detroit. — (1,500 seats: also hotel) I^T.'i.tiOO. Shaffer road and Osborne avenue. Owner withheld. Architeets, Kohner & Payne. Policy not giv«n. Dufuth, Minn.— (also offlceB) $80,OaO. 207 K. Superior St. Owner, O. G. Hartley estate. Architects, Ulliunon, EIIInK8Pn A KrlcltKon. Policy not given. Hammond, Ind. — (al.so offlcen) $250.00<1. Columbia and Morton avenues. Owners, Norman Kristofr and Stanley Kolan. Archlfecta, Broughton & Phillip. Policy not Kiven. Homewood, III. — $i).iO,000. S. K. corner Main ntreet and Dixie highway. Owner, Irons-ClamaKe Aniu.Menient Co. Architects, Ix)ewenberg & LoewenberK. Policy not Klvcn. Irondequoit, N. Y. — $30,000. Woodman road. Owner. Helen Bacbman, Sea Iirteze, X. Y. Architects, Leander & McCord. I'ictures. Madieon, Wis. — (also Htore.s) $3">0,<(00. Atwood avenue. Owner, T. S. Mifhalsoii, Sr. Ari^liiteci not selected; policy not given. New York City.— (also hotel, atudio) $1,000,000. 244-64 W. 62d atreet. Owner, I.«banon Hullding Corp., A. Caron, president. Architect, P. B. IrfiVelle. Policy not given. New York City. — $1,000,000. Broadway, 170th street and Mitchell square. Owner, tapper W«8t Side Developing Corp., A. Lewison, president. Archi- tect, Kugene Derosa. Policy not given. Philadelphia. — (Exhibition building) $750,000. gesqui- Centennial ground.s. Owner. State of I'ennsylvanla, I*. Cret, chairman of committee, Oti.M building. 112 S. 16th street. Architect, Ralph Bencker. Wayne, Mich. — (800 seats) Michigan avenue.* Owner, Mrs. Mabel Jones, care of Mutual Investment Co., Dime Itank building, l>etroit. Architects, Stahl, Klnsey & Hartwlck. I'icture.s. Value not given. Weetbury, N. Y. — (also stores, aparttnents) $250,000. Post avenue. Owner, Westbury Theatre Corp., J. Hill, president. Architect, Kllwood WiUlamn. Policy not given. FORUM New York, Feb. «. Kditor Variety:— I will celebrate my 50th birthday Wednesday, Feb. 24. I am beginning to realize now that the first 50 y*ars are the hard- ef>t. Victor Moore. New York. *>b. Jl. Editor Variety: In laat week's review of the Pal ace, covered by Ibee it was etateil tlio dance I do with the small girl with our backs to the au^liencc is the same as done by another dance couple for several seasons. I announced in a Variety ad. some time ago to the effect that this "liusine.sH" wat> originated by me, •.nd I have since done it In both vaudeville and shows for over Ave years with the following ladies: Midglo Miller, Ina Williams, Mary liay and Nellie Brcen, and that it was being used by Clifton Webb and Mary Hay without my permia- eion. Variety also had an article in the ■anio issue In which the "ad" ap- I)earen)ised to do »»o, but of <>our«e did not. Hal akeUy. Hou»e» Opening The> circle. Manchester, Conn., end the Kristol, Conn., last week switched their vauile bookings from John Itobblns to the A. *■ H. TViw Agency. Both play five acts on a spilt week. I-^xlIy Marku.s has added two new liouses to hl.s lioiiks, Duniont, Du- mont, N. J., an4 Surf, Key port. N. J. The former pla.va four acts Satur- days and Sunilays, and th** latter four acts Saturdays. The Capitol, l,'.'00-seatcr erected at the Arcadia Atnuscinent Co. at ."^hamokln, I'a., will oin-n March 15 with a combination pli'turo nni vaudeville policy playing four act« ©n a fipilt week hooked by Doc Hre. .1 out of the K.-A. Circuit. Hoy <}. Leitael will manage It. The Wilson, Brooklyn. Is pla.\ing three act.s of vatidevlllc S.itiirdays d .Sundays l>o(>k(>d by yidney T!belng"Id. Tho De Wilt, Miyonne, N. ,T l^^ bein^r t>i.olvfd by Arthur Kisher atul not Kally -Markus, as hnd been ro- )>ort<'d. 'I'iw name of Poll's, XN'ilkes- Parre, will Ive chantred to tho Pa'- a<<'. The house pla\s poji vaude- ville and pictures. It wn.s acquired by .M. S. Comerford from tho Poll Interests .some time ,Hpo. BEAUTIES BARRED (Continued from p««e 1) their objections to the show girls al.so being there. It's unusual for a gambling place that deals to the wealthy as Brad- ley's does to bar good-looking girls who dress better than they look. As a rule they are accepted as an attraction, and while possibly not gambling themselves might bring a new element and "new money" to the place. Notwithstanding Mr. Zlegfeld's prise beaut.s are out of Bradley's, and will remain out while classified as working girls by the gambling management. "Palm Beach Nights" Is playing at the Montmartre, a sort of night club or cabaret, with the Ziegfeld show given there In Its entirety. Ziegfeld Is said to have been finan- cially backed for this production on Us local run through a weekly guar- antee by Paris Singer and Tony Blddle, l)oth prominent and influen- tial. Paris Singer, though not as well known It appears as some of lesser wealth. Is of tho Singer sew- ing machine family. Tony Blddle Is of the Philadelphia Biddies. Put Out and Kept Out Some of tho Ziegfeld girls are de- jected through the barring. They say that up North there are gam- bling place.s that have offered them 25 percent of any loss by anyone they "Bteere!on Hinunel- farbe. Sarah Levin. Attorney, Sam- uel Kahan, 358 Fifth avenue, Man- hattan. The Tom Cat, Manhattan, thcat- rU'al and pictures, 250 shares pre- ferred stock, $100 each; 260 common, no par. r)lrectors, W. O. Lindsey, Samuel Rosenoan. William M. (Jor- ham. Attorney, J. W. Fuller Thomp- son, 366 Madison avenue. Tribute Theatre Corp., Albany, picture theatre, 100 shares common, no par. Directors, H. W. Burmaster. M. M. Pediow, M. E. Leonard. At- torney. S. F. Harxnaan, 120 Broad- way, Manhattan. Fifty-firat Street Securities C«rp„ .Manhattan, hotels, theatres, 200 shares common, no par. Directors, A. P. Anderson, Fred W. Oberkirch, John Bramwell. Attorneys, Davl.s, Wagner, Heater and Holton, 120 Broadway. Dartmouth Club Rsal Estate Corp., Manhattan, club, 500 shares common, no par. Directors, Benja- min F. Crowley, Raymond H. Taylor, Egbert H. Womack. Attorneys, Roosevelt & O'Connor, 120 Broad- way. Franhild Theatrs Corp., Manhat- tan, 100 shares common, no par. Directors, Susan K. Mecca, P. S. Goodman. Attorney, Solomon Good- man, 1560 Broadway. Schine Enterprises, Gloversvllle, picture theatres, 60 shares common, no par. Directors, Elizabeth M. Barnes, Anna Radeloff, Adolph Schimel. Attorney, Siegfried F. Hartman, 120 Broadway. George Olsen Music, Manhattan, booking office; capital, $5,000. Di- rectors, George Olsen. Eddie Kll- feather, Frank Frey. Attorney, Ju- lian T. Al>eles, 1457 Broadway. General Film Renovating Corp., Manhattan, picture machinery for renovating flima; 250 shares pre- ferred stock $100 each, 10,000 com- mon $1 each, active capital, $25,000. Directors, Lieslie Lester, Eva Fri- berg, Cecelia Goldsmith. Attorneys, Schechter & Lotsch, 34 Wall street. W. and 8. Amusement Corp., Queens county, pictures; capital, $10,000. Directors, Carl and Lillian Wolkowltz, Robert H. Aarons. At- torneys, Aarons * Herbst, 291 Broadway. W. H. Bumpus, Manhattan, dra- peries and curtains; capital, $10,000. Directors, John T. C. Lowe. Henry J. I<>ank, C. M. Langwith. Attorneys, Butcher. "Rinner & Foster. 1 Madi- son avenue. Woodford Riding Club, Ogdens- burg, amusement park riding club; capital, $500. Directors, Robert H. McEwen, Roy Q. Vilaa, EUirl D. Briggs. Attorney, J. D. Van Ken- nen, Ogdensburg. Workers Theatrical Allisnce, Man- hattan, theatre managers; 10,000 shares preferred stock, $5 each; 100 common, no par. Directors, Morris Holtman, N. Buchwald, Carl Mar- mor. Attorney, Max Levin, 1 Madi- son avenue, Henwilhen Co., Manhattan, picture theatres; capital, $50,000. Directors, Henry R. and William Grossman. Attorney, Henry H. Frieder, 90 Nas- sau street. Regent Theatre, Inc., Boston; $100,000; 1.000 shares at $100 each; president. Harris Ellenberg; treas- urer. Fred Green, and Samuel Pinanskl. Winchester Amusement Co., Springfield; $25,000; 250 shares at $100 each; president, Louis Cohen; treasurer. Harry Cohen, and Anna Cohen. NIGHT LIFE Sidney and Murray May Tour in Pcr«on George Sidney and Charles Mur- ray -from pictures may tour the pic- ture houses in a m>ries of personal ajipearances. Tliere has been a consistent de- m.'ind for both Slilney ano.>!e flic Morton family act In v.'index liie under the name of the 3 Mortons. Wlieti the 4 Mortons, Sam and KItt.i'H Ron .lof. wa.'s ot the turn. Hefoie resuming enirripements, Mr. Morton, pere. is groven by the periods of light business the glambling rooms have undergone. These did not depend entirely upon the seasons fur the Boardwalk, but that the gamblers had to pick their spots without l>eing able to enlist tho time or money of the city's visi- tors. Atlantic City should be the rival of the Riviera In every way but it's not. In night life It's not compar- able to Miami. And Miami just now means so little other than for its gambling and Joints that it ig not to be Included In this serial. FOREIGN MENACE (Continued front page 1) ' '■ rapidly abroad the State Depart." ment has been appealed to, it ia learned. Acting promptly the de- partment has forwarded Instruc- tions to the American embassies, legations, 'high commissions, and consulate ofllcers at 62 such oflices throughout the world to report on the agitation against American films. The instructions sent out I'tKiueat the dli)lomatic and consular ollicers to give their particular attention to all developments aimed against American motion pictures. They are asked to report on any evidence ot unfavorable agitation, whether from the government or otherwl.se, re- counting, at the same time, ths probable effect of any such pro- posals and as to any evidence of discrimination against American films as compared with other Im- ported plcture.s. The American rep- resentatives are also asked to set forth any suggestions they may have as to counteracting or over- coming the discriminatory pro- posals. • Situation Grave That the situation is one of grave import is also Indicated in the fur- ther instructions given to the effect that If the American official notes a contemplated action prejudicial to the American pictures, and he has not time to seek Instructions, he Is to Informally take appropriate steps to protect the Interests in question, particularly if the pro- posed action is clearly discrimina- tory. The communication was for- warded by the State Department, It is understood, as the direct result of representati(ms made by Will H. Hays, personally. ILL AND INJUBED Ned Royster. press agent and showman, after recovering from malaria In Miami, was stricken with neuritis. Minetta (Heer and MInetta). who suffered two fractured ribs in an au- tomobile accident. Jan. 81. Is slowly recovering at her home In Newark, N. J. She is Mrs. Barney Heer In private life. Jackie Silver (Mrs. J. Sill) Is a patient at the Polyclinic Hospital, New York. News has been received In Corn- ing. N. Y. that John Higgin.s, play- ing stock. Is confined to the Warner Brown Hospital at Kl Dor.ado. Ark., following an automobile accident in which he suffered a fracttire of the skull and had his left ear nearly severed. Zclma O'Neal had to withdraw from the presentation at tho Gran- ada. San BVancisco, last week, due to illness and Is resting at a local hospital there. Eual Guy, appearing In "Gas," Ooodn\an theatre, CJhIcago. Is etit of the C.St with a laceration over her eye, received In an automobile smash last week. (Write to the ill and injured! ENGAGEMENTS ' Arti'*ia Daly. Kenneth Mc)Kenna and Antoinette Perry, "The .Masqus of Venice." Lucille Watson, Jose Kiii'en, "Ghosts." Jc^'irle Larimore, 'Nirvana.' Wednesday, February 24. 1926 V AUDE VI LLE VARIETY 9 INSIDE STUFF Oa VAUDEVILLE Leo 5;aI would have gone throu':h under any coislder:\tlon. However, he did mr'I-e It despite the "Inside" report that Miss Wills and he are D0R9 too friendly. Tnc!dont"l!y, Richards Is married to the d-iufhter of R. A. Ou?hee. owner of C.arcmont and Longue View, the well known New York (road) dln'ng establishments. j ' - . The Old time fiddlers must have their troubles judging from this ad which arpeared In a St. Paul, Minn., daily, Inserted by W. B. Rclnlck, «hT) states: "I will pay JSO reward to the first person wh9 can furnish authentic Information and name of person or persons known to have tampered with or sraned the vlo'.in b::!W of Tob Watson, contestant at old fldilcrs' contest at the theatre Friday night." A new kind of American flag stuff is the routine ad lib stuff used by one act. A stxaight man chides the comedian for his roi'shness with the tag, "How do you e::port to pet into a production?" and ICramer comes bfck: "Why a production? I made mine In vaudeville. In a show you rehe-'.rse 10 wee'.ts for not'.ilng, open for one week ar.d c'ose the next. A Keith contract Is o'.:ay for mc." The wise rallblrds got a greit laugh cut of that nirty when it was pulled at the 81 st Street. The (lock of pic- ture house scouts In the house got an even greater kick out of It Percy Grainger, the concert pianist, wIM appear for one week at the Keith's Hippodrome, New Yotk. at a salary of $3,500, booked ly Al* T. Wr.ton. Grainger ranks well up on the concert p'atform. It was thought that he Intended to retire after recelvlrj a bequest of over a mlllon dollars upon the death of h's mother In Chlcaga a couple of ytars ago. The vaudeville engagement If conaummated may surprise some of Grainger's concert friends. Far out Independent stands that previously have abused credit with boo::ers are now finding it dl.Tleult to book shows slnco most bockcrs In- sist upon cash on the table or bonds guaranteeing the weekly shows. The bookers won't take chances with this group whom they have classlHed as of doubtful finances. Several previous bookers have claims against these houses wherein talent was forwarded and unpaid returned to the bookers to collect. Bert Levey, of the Coast, Is booking a number of houses In Oklahoma. He added a new one at Lawton to tho list recently. Its manager Is a woman. When the first show played the house It was so good and the woman was ao elated with the results that she gave each act |( bonus above their salary for the one day's performance. A strong brotherly resemblance between Harry and Bert Gordon ac- counted for Abel In reviewing Harry Gordon and Co. on tho American Roof venturing that the Harry billing was erroneous and It should be Bert Gordon. The confusion la further explained through both brothers oolng the same vehicle by arrangement. Bert Is on the Pantages circuit and Harry Gordon with Loew's. The act belongs to both brothers. Harry Gordon writes that "other people have made this same mistake, such as managers and performers." Robert Milton, who suffered a fractured leg during the rehearsals of "Tho Unseen," since closed, has removed the cast. Ho wlil contl.iuo his Indoor slay until physicians allow him to undertake tho direction o. his next production, "Bride of the Liimb," by William Huribut, the dramatist-chef. It is claimed that a number of acts, now playing the Kelth-Albce houses, have been s.ippln;.; in gags .n their roullne which they know have be;n banned. The ac.s in quesJon have teen care;ul in eliminating the gags on the oi ening days whether Monday or Thursday and then slip- ping thjm In for subsequent shows. Within the past few v\ce:;s there were flagrant cases of this In some •f thv> p.^p houses pla; ing K.-A. acts. The actij In most instances have gotten lau,?hs on pulling the gags and thty can't figure why they should keep out any laughs. Aci.s appearing at Ihe T. M. A. of New Haven benefit last week were *ll p;il'l, although the or-anl.ation, original. y the Tliealrlcal Mechanics' A.s.s,/tia;ion, Is one of tho oldc.'fl in tho show buslnr.s.s. The aff:iir when all pxp;n.;c3 had been paid showed a profit of $5,0UU. The payinj of the ta ont by an or^Mni...■Ulon no « losoly allied with vauleville and one in a pu.sl.ion to sivure talent free, has aroufcd consiJcrable comment from the bcnent-weiiry arlLsts who are being constantly s()u:,'ht for bonefitH for orsani atlons and Individual.-! with whom tlie flraight vaudeville moguls are seeking to curry favor. A roail producer that has found the road a real producer of weekly Prolit ami In moal ca-:(s hou;;es caterin;; cxclu.slvoly to colored .-ludience.s is Irwiii C. .Miller, colored musical tai> showman. Mr. Millers record of s(\-.n :.:\rs without a lay-oT 1h a r.'cord that even while i.roducers •Won (1 b,. v(i-y i.roud to own. It l.^ the .Miller slu.-.an Ij keep worl^in ; ^i'U.T and summer and ho alrfa.ly has plans for a very busy .summer f"llowing the pr.sent .season when he haK two nhows on the road AtuI.v itirt-, uiilhor of Thomas .T. Ryan's act at tlie Palace last Wft^k. ^eiiij.i Uiat this it. ihe VLhiclo Ryan ha.s been •lloun.UTlii;,' ar-.nnd in" for wXinany yc'rs aecorJin:? to Varif!t:"s crit rism. Uyati did a sl:ech •"id iipver sot anywhere until IU,:e thi.i .sea.son authonJ tills n-w act ^n 'one' for Ryan whl;h acroun'oii for Kyan gctliir? in'o the Paa-e. •New York, for tho firnt time in his career and in< identally scoring' the "'' vf the bill upon his Palace del.ut. - . Frnnk Goiii,! In.s Kcnt VaHety a coiiy of a s: eech ninde by hint at the '^ V. A Cl-hroom in Chic-go.ln whlrh he .i :.scrts Varl-'y i-— -)•••»'•• lU'Ji..i ai-.,Uicr luid previous spe.^' I. ni.nde by him In the ^irre i>la-.<;. l-Yom the letter head upon Mr. Gould's letter he (s In the real estate buslnc.<-s, "Real Kslate Investment," it .says That usually means a liriu has .some- Ihinor to sell. Just why Mr. (Jowld'Sjifavorite locturo pla'.fofnt s;hoiild b" the floor of an N. V. A. clubroom hf'ili.l not talie lime to e::pl lin. The GuulJ plaint Is that Variety in its sLory su .•;:e.stej It was not risht for Ihe N. V. A. oJTlcers an.l "dlrectora" to force 1 cnefit tl.itets upon It.s attors — members. Mr. Oould says he didn't ci-y 1,.. Va:ie'y didn't eay he said it. If Mr. Could doe-^n't unleralaiid real oslats u!iy bettor than he does 9S rT cent of t'le actor-mcmb ^rolilp cf tlie N. V. A.. no wonder as a real eaUile invei'tnicnt seller he's in tho clubroom so oTtcn. He nientloned In his second spec'.h, the explanatory on? at the X. V. A., Chicago, how unjust Variety's article had been to him, the N. V. A. and the rest of the inside crew. "If wo arc not to ask the actors to buy tickets for our fund, who are we to ask?" he blandly askeJ in hij speech. Ano'.her hot statement by Mr. Could .s the following: "It was not just to tho ofilelals of the circuits v/ho so generouslj donated the N. V. A. Club to tho v.'.uilevillo profcsiilon." If Mr. Gould la trying to sell anything to the vaudovillo actor, he should not try to sell them that kind of stuff. If they think nothing else about It, they will at least think he's on the payroll, loo. If therc'a any actor-friend left of Mr. Gould's in Chicago won't he tell him what Ihe re:;ular bunch thinks of the .N. V. A. n.i any k nd of a club for the vaudeville actor, and ask Mr. Gould as ita tlefcmJer, siiic3 the ofilcials of the circuits have been so generous, why the vaudeville actor must Pay dues? , . % Pay for ads for benefits? Pay for tickets for tcneflts? Donate rervices for benefiLs? And have to die to get $1,000 of it back? t " : An actor well known in vaudeville and the le;;ltltnate recently rcnulred a loan. Family matters had t>een a steady dr.iiu on his incom.'. A well known out of town showman la an old friend of the nelor and the latter requested |500 In the emergency, instead the showman passed over 51.C00. "That's more than I asked for," said the actor, "and I don't know when I can repay you." "Never 'nd." replied the showman, "I'm not worrying about It; be- oldes I've placed bets on a lot worse horses than you." Henry Santrey received a shift In route from the Orrheum circuit which would have set him in I.os Angeles for four consecutive weeks. Cantrcy a:pcared at tho new Orpheum, Los Anr;o>.'J, last week. Tills eel: he is In Gan Francisco and next week goes to the llillstreet, Lo:3 Angeles, for a week, only. In New York when it became known S.inlrey (appearing with Ilarry and Anna Seymour as three acts) had re'u!;eil to permit the shift that would have held him in L. A. for a month, it w.'is commented upon that the move laolccd like an atten'pt to "kill off" Santrey In advance of the show he Intends starring; in with the Se; mours at the Playhouse. L. A. In the late spring. There Is nothing to surely bring out that the.t was the Intent of th« Orpheum but it was unusu.al and the Santrey-Seymour contemplated show Is no secret. Fally Markus denies ever having any Intention of consolldutlng with Jack Linder or any other afniintion, malcln? it emphatic that he Intends to go It alone as a booker of Independent vaudeville, Llnder and Markus are practically uron the pame status as individual bookers, having the cream stands of the Independent field and several luncheon conferences recently gave Impetus to the Idea that the bookers were planning a combine. The ofBce or president of the DeForest Phonortlin Corp. still remains vacant from reports. Under date of Feb. 18, a circular letter was sent to stockholders slijncd by the treasurer. Dr. Lee Deli'oreat has returned to New York but the circular mentions he has retired frr>m the business menarrement of the company, becoming second vice-president and techni- cal director. It la not reported where the stock control lies. PALM BEACH (Continued from page 4) dispense, holding them In on many occasions until nearly dayl'rcak. HIckrrnn roes to New York with the niegfeld show when It closes here. Harry Carroll's Revue closed sud- den'y Wednesday at the Muleteer Grill. Alba Hotel, following Car- roll's run In with Jack Waldron. Waldron quit the show, claiming Carroll was rather lax about allow- ing the well known ghost to walk when due. . Miller and Farrell. who were to open In the Carroll Revue ''aturday. have Instead replaced the Carroll troupe. Wa'dron left here for New York with an offer to open at the Twin Oaks. Evan Burrows Fontaine opened In he Venetian Gardens, Royal Danrli Hotel, Saturday, to good returns 'rom a crowdei house. Miss Fon- t;iIno does a few dances, proving Ihe.t she Is possessed of a fair share of that elu.rlve and hard to define (;uallty, showmanship. Her gyra- tions are not difficult, but her p'r- Torinance is so finished that she nial-.eH H Hawaiian coooh look re- lined. Drcna l^usch, a hot Charleston stepper, with Hurry Carroll at the Alba, was also ppotted In the Hhow. Harry Rosenthal and bis orches- tra Btlll are the most popular coni- Mniiflon in town, despite the ad- vents of slue: y hall at the palm i:taeh hr.tel roof. Pill llnllli'an, commodore of the G.h !"treet Yncht Clnb, nnd writer of "Walking Home From Brad- 'oy's, Ta'klng to Myself," Is now ^.oing a Texas Gulnan at the Oar- dens, asking the folks to give the "litt'e girls" and Rosenthal a "great big hand." Mr. and Mrs. Gene Buck "threw a party" at the Montmartre Theatre T^riday nl:;ht prior to departure for Great Neck, where Gene hangs his hat, besides writing tunes and com- edy bits for tlie "Follies." Gene had as his guests mo.st of tho theatrical celebrities wintering here, Includin;; Adolph Zukor, Jesse Lasky. Harry Frareo, Arthur Hoi kins, Marcus Loew, Sam Ilarri.'i, Joseph Urban, Flo Zleg.dd. Blllle Burke and Krnest Truex. 'TUTTING UP A FRONT" FOR COIN m^ FREEMAN Crand now !c':a Evcl.-ed by Gage of Tm?-; Gq — Mak:s Monsy Traveling The local musician's tmlon has licen making things tough for the orchestras playing here that have Jmo for house p.arty enf,'a,';ements. The Meyer Davi.i organization Is getting by and nat-liing some of tho parties, having eatalllshed hcad- (luartirs In Delray, whlf^h Is out- ■ide the jurisdiction of tho union. Most of the private party music this Reason has of ncce:;3ity been furnished by colored musicians. Albee avenue, named after the Keith vaudeville head, was dedi- cated last week. Freddy Gold- :;mlth, noted theutriral lawyer, 1;; l)resldont of the Hubdivision, In the noithern part of the resort In whl-^h Alhce avenue may some clay be the ir.uin drag with lights and a Keith house. Rillie Adams, prima donna from ■Chicnga, has Joined "Palm Bench Frolics" nt the Royal Gardens. The "(fond eilltlon of the revue opens V/ednesflay. If you dcn't advertise in don't advertise "Xow don't wa'k out on me or ro 'nto a ;• ml — fliis Is no t'^U'b." ;'".;cl "r.-'oiiKin IV rnrtrlM when aisked wl'.Tt he was dnInT In Tlines Square and how he g;)t tho-e. "You mu.'-.t Ihilcn to this. kid. It's •I bcarc.Tt end co good you'll know I couldn't have tbouTht It out my- i;elf. Just an acel,''ent and like most of my accidri's that m'Tht have bumped nio off at any other time, a money nr.i!:er. "You re down there In MlLiml you've got to put up a fr.ont. Al- \v.".y3 a front. That's all they go by. Hither you're in or brolte. If yoa han;T around too much It'-s a eln h you're l,roI;o or yoj woiilJn't b« liai'lng arounl. Simple, ain't it? "Well, if you're 1 rolie what chince hive you git? Mot a chance. Th''y don't even see you. Put I* you se.y, 'piKss I'll gt up r.orlh for a few days and take cere of thlnjrs,' then go, that's the coin slnn, for you can't ti'nvi'l without n'oney. And boy, how tliey have found that out In the stranded .state. Cuy Came Across "I nicked that much at the take )ff, hut it's true, bo, you've gat to h.ave mont-y to travel. So in I start, telling a fellow I had to go north and re'dcd come mcncy. I meant to auk him for enough to get to At- lanta, but the guy comes across for the full fare to New York. "Not 5:0 bad, I say.s, and with the Idea I stop off In Atlanta, making anotlier touch to go nort'.t, ineaniijg Che.rhston, and again I get the full fare to New York. 'Freeman,' I says to myself, 'you're just a l-um. Here's something that's ready made, never worked before and you only fell into It." "I just couldn't wait. No more stops on the up trip. Now I'm h:re and I'm going back. Co this la why I said don't be afraid that this is putting the gyp on you. I wouldn't tell you atout It would I If I wanted to do that If I could and you know and I know that you are hard- boiled. "You're the toughest guy I ever knew, yet you fall for George Davis. J can't understand that. What George Davis has on you he should tell the Keith ofllce and got staked for life. "This Is the lay out. I'm going south In three stops. First, here In Now York. They know I should be in Miami, but as I'm here I should be able to get the full faro twice I y Haying 'south' and meaning Washington. I'll take the fare to Washington, too. If I cnn't get more. By my new sys'.em I can use the fare to any intermediate point. Ain't that tho nuts? Installment Traveling "Well, in Washington I'm going to glvo Harry Crandall a fast one for coin south, and after that ' I'm going to stop over a train In Richmond and take Jake Wells for another. "Uo you see this system only needs railro.nds and actiualntanees. "But that's what got me. Coming Up I tried to figure It out. I must keep traveling, that's a pipe. With- out travelling this system can't got you a nickel. How often can I travel! Who do you know In Can- ada? I must get a flocli of letters. How many stops between here and Los An^oleH? The ocean Is out, that's terrible and the longest Jump, too. ^ Needs Bookkeeper "What's going to happen to me when I have to stop traveling? !.,et'8 see. If the fare to Los An- ';eles In $141 and I can get It seven full times and three splits, how much will I have when I get to Los Angeles? I Tioi d a lookkeeper. "Don't tip this new gag. please, for me. Lo;^n me your hat? That looks pretty good. Is it newT .N'cvcr mind then, but I must get a pair of shoes. Ill declare you in on every trip for the flrut 5C0 miles it you will fif.'ike mc to my faro sr>uth. V»'hat a crab you are. "Look, there's Frank Kei-neyt Watch me take him. V/hat a great father he picked. The best I could Jo was to get a brother who claims every time I hit town that he's stone (leaf. ".S>> lung, lad. I II wire you oQ roul'v' S.mc. Use Wilton for Wor'.c " 10 VARIETY k •> «» .i Hi bi FOREIGN } i K » i ' 1 1 ( - M r i J J I ! » Wednesday, February 24, 1926 LONDON London, Feb. 13. Few American poifornicrs are gonulnrly frightened of jualiinj; a hit in London, but tills is the case with Will Mahoney. He will break his European trip in June to open at the VictDria I'alace for a week— but not a day longer. He has re- fused any extension of the i-nsaRe- mcnt on the Krounds thai lie does net want success to epoU his holi- day. Havinp won golden opinions by her daniinK in "Mercenary Mary" at the London Hiiipodronii-, Ardalh de Sales (Americati) has been booked by Ciayton and Waller. The production of "The Student Prince" has roused memories of the OriBJn.tl production at the St. James, with S;r UcorRo Alexander as the Prince. This was produced In 1903, revived the following year, and re- vived arain In 19U9. Henry Ainley played the part on tour and another provinalal tour ^^as responsible for one of the tlrst appearances as a le.ndlns man of Owen Nares. On this occasion the heroine was played by Kitty Iticimer. The creditor."! of Donald Clayton Ciilthrop met Feb. 4 at the I^ndon Uankruptcy Courts to consider the failure of the bankrupt who was de- Bcribcd as an actor and tlieatrlcal m:inar,er. The OhTcIal Receiver re- ported debtor had lodged accounts showing liabilities of $13,170 and no a^.sets of value. He showed that for the pa.'t three years his income had been $15,125, and he had been ad- vanced $75,000 for purpose of pro- duction. "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney," with Zena Dare, played to $12,000 at Golders Green on the first week of Its tour, this figure being con.sider- ably more than the St. Jame.s' (where the No. 1 company Is play- inj:) can hold. Following the run of "No. 17" at the Duke of Vorks, which mu.st end Feb. 13, Leon M. Lion will 8t.-rt a proviiuial tour at Goldcrs (Jre*'n, a muKif, hall rarely used for vauile- ville but generally as a jumping-off date for West Knd Ktars going int.. the provinces. On his return to London Lion will produce a new play by Michael Orme adapted fioni "La Fonimo Falalo," by Karen liramson. In addition to Lion him- RfU Kthel Irving and Malcolm Keen will bo in the cast. Robert Courtncidge will produce "La Soxe Injuste," the French ver- sion of "The Unfair Sex," at the Savoy, Feb. 19. The parts will be played by French-speaking British players. Another crusade against animal turns is threatened, and the honor for this Is falling on the shoulders of a typical "lay" press music hall critic who took exceptiim to the engagement of a Belgian lion act at the Coliseum. The Stoll manage- ment cut the act out but declare the announcements of its appear- ance were through an error in its pub'.iclty "dope," which Issued the news before negotiations were com- plete. The scribe is now publishing letters from women congratulating him on his stand, and some are from the Lyceum Club. It was members from the Lyceum Club that Sir Oswald Stoll received the letter protesting against the "brutalizing" of a noble horse by the Grimths Bros. The said steed being "Pogo," the head and front legs of which happen to be Fred Griinths. a veteran of over 70, while Fred, Jr., provided the rest of the animal. iJ^termlned to make the public realize the beauties of "The Im- mortal Hour" when he produced It at the Regent, Sir Barry Jackson Is said to have cheerfully sacrificed $55,000 on running it until Its beau- ties were known. He has now re- vived It at the Kingsway, where the advance bookings are already said to be heavy. The next production tie hap In mind is his own play, *Saint Bernard." The profits on the working of the Victoria Palace up to Nov. 5, 1925, were $121,800. as against $120,820 for the same period the previous year. The usual dividend of 20 per cent win be paid. The reserve fund amounts to $150,000, while the real- izable assets are over $250,000. Louis Cowan, veteran dramatic N. Y. SHOWS IN LONDON London, Feb. 13. February usually sees the start of London's theatrical spring, but this year the early blossoming of shows is remarkably plentiful. So far, however, no new dramatic talent has been discovered. The Haymar- ket, whose prestige ranks highest in the West End, has fallen back on a revival of "Mary r.oso" and Henry Ainley has thought of noth- ing more striking than "Much Ado About Nothing." The new British plays are a poor lot. For these reasons American shows are attracting most attention. "Kid Boots" at the Winter Garden is. In fart, ine outstanding s-jccess of the do/.f>n productions of the past fort- nlt,'ht. Leslie Henson Qnda such good material in the name part that his nerformance is acclaimed the tri- umph of his career. ' • The Winter Garden U as large i house as the Winter Garden of New York, but, Grossmlt-i iiid Ma- lone have not put so m.anv people on the stage as an Arierican pn- ducer would, though thoy have staged the show well as far as cos- tumes are concerned. On tlie whole, comparison between the London and New York versions of "Kid Boots" is unfavorable to London's; never- theless, the Winter Garden has a success which should last many months. "Th« Student Prince" The Shuberts have staged "The Student Prince" at His Majesty's in a manner that strikes London playgoers as 100 per cent American. It Is, as a leading music critic said in the foyer, "chucked at you." The volume of sound produced by or- chestra, chorus and practically all the principals (except Wateroua, whose restraint has been praised In a spirit of gratitude) is altogether unprecedented in a Brltl.sh theatre, and the fact that the music can be heard outside in the street has caused not a little comment. The conversation of the hard seats of the AUSTRALIA Sydney, Jan. 20. The honor of tho first premiere of tho 1926 season belongs to the American comedy "Give and Take." presented by Williamson-Tait at the Criterion last week. ' This produc- tion has had a good run in Mel- bourne, but Is making its first ap- pearance in this city. Harry Green Is starred and em- phatically scored. Roy Rene, a He- brew comedian from burlesque, is making his debut here. Known as "Mo," he will do better when he tones down. However, this per- former is a good bet for America with a big burlesque show. Lou Vernon, Eddie De Tlsne and Lorna Helms, the only woman in the cast, did nicely. From the enthusiasm displayed on opening night it looks very much like a good run for the show. The pantos are commencing to pack now that the holidays are over. "Robinson Crusoe" finishes this week and "Cinderella" follows. Both shows have done remarkable business at matinees with the nights payable. > "Katja" has bepn transferred from the Royal to Her Majesty's. In this show Wiliiamson-Talt have the biggest success they have handled for some time. Tlie show should boat "Wildflower's" run of over one solid year in this country. Mari§ Burko and Barrett Lennard .<-oure hugely. Capoor piece of work, and only the cross-talk keeps the audience Interested. Lynne gets all his laughs easily enough, but however friendly his first audiences may be, they will hardly spend the next day recommending others to see the show. uel Sugranes show at the Comlco theatre. Barcelona (Spain), and the pected In October at the Porte St girls will probably Join Wyiies | Martin. A musical has not been mounted at this legit house for many ye.irs. The Irvin Sisters have quit the Mlstlnguett revue at the Moulin Rouge for London. (England) after the Spanish en gagement. The booking of 16 Rasch girls for the new revue at the Folies Bergere next December, to remain a year, was confirmed by Leo de Valery, »-ho has been truring Europe on be- half of the Rasch school of dancing. It Is calculated there are fully 400 British girls in various Paris show-s at the present time. The Flying Hartwella have been signed up by the Rlnglings for two years. Sydney Blow's new play, "The Unseemly Adventure," will have to (Continued on page 50) LONDON IS NOT NEW YORK London, Feb. 13. Onco again It Is necessary to point out that I.,ondon is not New York. This time tho ml.stake has been made at the Kit-Cat Club in arranging the return of Frances While. To begin with, eulogistic sub -titles cre.ite prejudice here. Wlio- ever is responsible for describing Frances as "America's (Jreatest Comedienne" on tlie program, made a fatal mistake. However skillful she may be. however delightful her personality, the mem- bers of the Kit-Cat Club are tho last people In tiie world to forget the existence of Sophie Tucker, and the first people to dislike any attempt to pretend she docs not exl.'st. In the .second place, an American performer of any kind should never forget to mention their previous visK.s to this country, whether successful or unsuccessful. The Briti.sh public, and the BritL-^h press, always prefers old friends to new. While an America- audi- ence Judges an act entirely on its merits, an Engll.sh aud'snce Is Influenced by sentimental reasons. There are two lessons to be drawn from this event. One is that modesty Is very profitable on the London stage. The other Is that subtlety is wasted over here, especially when it leads a star to keep silent about previous visits to England. PARIS' "HOLLYWOOD CXUB" Paris, Feb. 13. Arthur Capcllanl and Richard Garrlck. Ameri. picture pro- ducers, have assumed management of tho Daunou cab.arct, over the tlieatre by that name. This fa.shionable night rescrt will be renamed the "Hollywood Club." Capcllanl has tut recently returned to France after elglit years In Cali- fornia. Earl of Craven Explains "Bally Mess" Expression Montreal. Feb. 23. In an exclusive interview to Va- riety's correspondent in Montreal, William Georgo Bradley, fifth Earl of Craven, who came here to escape persecution of the United States Immigration authorities and deten- tion on Ellis Island, stated yester- day that tho "yellow" press of the United States was largely responsi- ble for his present undesirable notoriety. Reading clippings from a string of American newspapers he scorn- fully pointed to one wliere he was quoted as saying "bally mesa." Lord Craven declared that "baily mess" and similar expressions were usually associated with caricatures of English lords In the old-time movies 'way back in 1900. The ex- pression is now obsolete and typi- cal of the American's misunder- Ing of English nobility. GRANTLEY'S BREAKDOWN Author, Producer and Comic Went Mad at Curtain Time London, Feb. 13. On the first night of a new pro- vincial revue, "Cheerio Charlie,"* Charles Grantley, leading comedian and also author and producer, sud- denly went mad Just before curtain rise. The audience thought the uproar was part of the show. Grantley had to be dragged off the stage singing, "There'll be no show tonight, ' and was later certified as in.sane and taken to the local asylum. The com- pany had to put on an impromptu show. It was said Grantley's col- lapse was due to worry and over- work. ■ y Two Pari* Weddings Paris, Feb. 13. Mile. Simono Judic, grand-daugh- ter of the famoiis French comedi- enne, Judlc, was recently married to Luitz Morat, picture producer. Ludo Levy and Mile. Marie Gu;so, the latter rehearsing In "L'Ecole du Bonheur," at the Theatre Daunou, also married. LONDON AS IT LOOKS (Continued from page 2) speech, being as drastic as Arthur Hopkins was, in London, witli the "bloodys" In "Anna Christie." , If You Don't Advertise in VARIETY Don't Advertise ANTI-AMERICAN FEEUNG (Continued from page 1) member of Parliament, who Is a Protectionist as regards the manu- facturers, an interesting situation has been created. Local managers already fear the result of this anti-American agita- tion with six more musical plays from the U. S. scheduled for West Hiid presentation in the near future These are "Sunny," "Song of the Flame," "Castles in the Air," "Vaga- bond King," "Princess Fin via" and "Lady, Be Good." Three "home-made" musicals .arc now being considered wltii the en- tire trio by well known English composers and librettists, hut the managers frankly admit they are afraid of them as production risks. Jokes of the Day Tho great Joke of modern British drama is tliat Howard Carr, musical director of "The Blue Kitten," produced by J. L. Sacks, left after lieing accused of being a highbrow! Another real- life Jest is that, wlien they acted some Benavente plays at tho Ne • Century a few nights ago, they tried to pay homa.?e to the King of Spain by performing the Spanish National Anthem; Instead, they pLiyed the "Himno de Relgo," a revolutionary song. A third scream of the year Is that Jake Shubert, after reading th« notices Qf "The .Student Prince," remarked, "They don't play 'cricket in Eivgland. They play football." The Shuberts, they say, are changing the name of His Majesty's to Their Majesties". Rule Britannial To give an idea of the desperata condition of London revue, over- whelmed by Americans, 1 need only say that Charles Gulliver's official description of "Palladium Pleasures," his new show, is that it is "an nll- Itritlsh revue, produced, staged and written by Britons, with even dress designing nd scene painting by British artists." "The cast Is entirely composed of British subjects," lie says. . • • 'It is a change, nowadays, to find a big revue without an artist from across the Channel, or from the other side of the herring pond." T siippo.'se Gulliver has finishe^l his travel*. Wednesday, Febriwry 84. 192« BURLESQUE VARIETY 11 COPS' PUBLICITY I SENDS UP BIZ 100 PER CENT. TCandy Kids' People For- feit Bail After Dailies* Spread Over Arrests Washington, Feb. 23. With the case continued on three Beparate occasions, the trial of the Mutual burlestiuors was delinitely set for Friday morning. A« a r-^sult the local police court was packed to capacity— and then some. Having pinched Opal Taylor, Bammy Spears and Charle.s Frltch- er, three of the principals as well as Margaret Murray, a chorine, and Jake Potar, owner of the show, the "Kandy Kids," on the charge of giving an indecent performance; the dailies pIcUt!d It up to the very evi- dent Lienetit of the Mutual, as busl- ncsH Jumped 100 per cent. The crowd at the court room had to be handled by a dozen odd blue- coats, while the Jam outside of those fighting to got in made it im- possible for the police Judse to hold court until some were chased en- tirely out of the building. With the stage all set— the five (Jecided to forfeit the $45 collateral eacli had posted. n an endeavor to stop the Wom- an's lUireau of the local police force, ^vhich Manager Jack Garrison claims Is responsible for all of his troubles, an agreement has been made with the corporation counsel barring "women and minors," to quote the advertising of the house, from the theatre. A previous arrest involving the manager of the house brought a dis- missal, but with an opinion from the Judge that the ehowa were indecent and that In the future members of the company and the manager or owner thereof should be arreste o Kt-dow frlnclial V'gHf l*<- rnn.tpiil Solly Hl'.a Hrln Ipal Rutw Walina.i .Si'e.liilty Cleortc* MrClnnnoi. Phani.ter Vic fKmme Spet-tallr Hilja Ilvoiieri •Struiuht Uwen Murtiri .'^penalty Geo. Mc<"l'Mini'n 0<>m« Cain ana Davenport's Columbia burlesque attraction at the Colum- bia New York last week was with- out any visible change the B;in»e show that played a short Humnier riia at the hoti.se last season. Owen Martin, who replaced Ifarry O'Neal oppo.site Steppo shortly after the summer run opene(l and after O'Neal" hud walked out on ac- count of billing, remains with the .sliow and has worked ii\to a smooth Toil for the Hebrew comedian. Steppe is one of the best comic: in burle.so has stuck to his origin il charact*;rization and mellowed il .•icrordingly. The character work of Vic Cas- more continues to be as high class ns anything in burlesque and the work of the women principals la xlso above tho ordinary. Jacques Wilsfin, the prima donna. Is a good- !'">oking girl who can sing, danco and wear clothes, but she should sliun tiglits. In ordinary .nttire she :il)pears s'ondcr, but In the form- lltling out.tis, otherwise. A now comer who clicks, said to be .1 recruit from tho chorus, was liilja Ilvonen. She accounted for an Hcrob.atic specialty and another (lance that were bright spots in the proceedings. Rube Walman's whis- tling specialty also landed and vieorge McClennon, the colored mu- sician and comedy dancer, likewise. McClennon'a dancing specialty ia a hit drawn out but different. The only new touch was the sub- stitution of "An Ace in the Whole" as a poem travesty for "The Shoot- ing of Dan McGrew," which is now Ijcing used by several other opera.s on both tho Columbia and Mutual circuits. The scene was Just as funny as the briginal and a wel- come novelty from the ordinary bit .md number sequence. The rest of the book remains as was and includes "The Interprater"; '"The Fortune Hunters," the scene in which Steppe does somo sloppy but funny table work; "The Hyp- notizer," which may be new to this show, bat If) a familiar bit; "The Hold Up," in which Steppe ag.'xin rings the bell with his comedy con- ception; "The Fool There Was"; "The Gamblers" in which Martin In.serts his well-known "tout" char- acter with the rack track lingo; and "The Artists Studio," with the com- edy duel between Steppe and Cas- more. ;>lartln and Steppe are a smooth combination, the former being an experienced light comedian and straight. Incidentally the lemon three shell game was transferred by O'Neal to the Century Roof, where he and Jack Pearl are selling It at ?.S.r)0 a copy to the aviators. It's one of the funniest bits in burlesque .ind therefore eligible for musical c"oniedy or anything else. Ordin;irily this show should be up among the first ten in grosses, but the two shows .ihead haven't helped It and It has considerable overhead Including one of the high- est i>rlced comedians In burlesque. It's one of the best operas on the wheel, however, and deeerves all the brcAks. 0lv.«iila affectod by Industrial depression and will disband. Billy Wells Writing "Scandals" William K. AVells has b«N'n com- missioned by Ge<)rge White to write the litcetto for the next "i^oandal.""." Wells has contributed comedy skits for the revue since its con- ception AUSTRALIA (Continued from pago 10> ing new; Melsah Trio, concert type, nice hit: Donald Sturt. mock magi- cian; Manteli's Mannikius closed, and held, d.'splte thlre house. The indications are that on the week Mi.ss Gray will play to .so'.ne- iliing like $:;S,000 which will give li-r anywhere between $8,00') .md $U),iUHi for her sh;irc here. Mb.; play- ing tho house on a percentage and getting her usual terms of ftl '2-t over the house overhead. The former hon.se '"ecord w.is held by the Harold L.oyd picture "The t'reshman," uchie-.'cd the sec- ond wei'k of the h.iujo opcraunK when 'he theatre was still a nov- elty and a gre it m.iny were at- Iracted by the hous>,>! alone as a mat- ter of curiosity. Following the engigen«tjnt hore Miss Gray will go to Montreal foe an nppearnnce therj next week. Tlvoll has Ella Shields, Four Karreys, Corlnne Arbucklo. Flem- mlngs and Noyro Minstrel first part. All acts playing to big success. Playlngf the Bijou are Veterans Variety, and the Gayle Wyer revue. Picture theatres report good busl- neas at all sessions. Wilton Books Everywhere Notes "White Cargo " will be the next big production by Wllliamson-Talt. A complete cast is coming from I,on- don for tho drama. E. J. Tait, Wllllamson-Talt, ha.s left for a six months' holiday tour of the world. During his slay abroad Mr. Talt will book Kcveral attractions for his firm. Hugh J. Ward is expected back in March with many new shows for Fuller- Ward. This firms new St James theatre is expected to open by them. "No, No, Nanette" will be the opening production. The Negro minstrel show at Mel- bourne's Tlvoll is proving a tre- mendous attraction. Show will come into the Tlvoll, Sydney, In the near future for a run. Fullers will revert to their vaude- ville pi)llcy next week when panto goes out of their Sydney iiouse. A 10 act bill comes in for week. Fol- lowing, a five act policy and revue is due. Bob Albriglit has been l>ooked for a tour f>f this country by Wllliam- son-Talt. He will be assisted by Jean King .and Edna Fischer. All theatres did remarkable liusl- ness during tho holidiiy season. Pantomimes turned hundreds away. Gayle Wyer, American revuo pro- ducer for I'ullers, married an Aus- tralian girl from his show during the run in New Zealand. The cou- ple have a little baby now. The mother is working as tho second lead in shows produced. "Peter Pan" (film) has been a big hit here. I'icture Is now being re- leased in suburbs and is drawing caimcity rigiit along. "Scara- njouche" is still playing trt capacity at Prince Kdwaid, Sjdney, and •will be followed by "Th« Iron Horse." Gladys M'lUcrleff, a former Wil- Il.'imson-T'iit star, hns gone to Lon- "don. Another actress to n.avlgate lyondonward is Josle .Meivlllo who made sucti a hit here in "Sally." Kmil Shaiier Is at present in Mel- lM>urne where he is looking (f flltnv. Tliin fact has cause.! mu'-h pIiMS'in- to the bho\^rii<:n and i>ubMi.- g'-n'rallj. Sam Katx of Publlx theatres has been making overtures to Gildu Gr;iy for her appearance at the new Metropolitan, Boston. He ofTcre I her a flat figure of $10,000 for a single week tliere. This the star has declined r.->fusing to work on nny other terms then a percentage. It is figured that If Miss Gray I)lays the Boston hou.se under her regular terms her share will bo Honiewheio between $15,0(>0 and $1S,000 for the week. The Publix executives however ha\e not as yet given up hope of getting her for the Mctroper attitude of insisting for a pcccnt- age arrangement. K-A Angle Tho peculiar phase In regard to tlio Metropolitan, Boston, la that the Kelth-Albee interests own part ot the house (25 per cent.) .and they drovo Miss Gray Into the pic- ture housea a little over a year ago by refusing to pay her $2,500 a week for herself and an act comprlsini; six girls after she had broken all records fur them the previous sea- son ut the N. Y. Hippodrome where she was held over for six weeka In succession. The K-A people offered her $:i.2S3 and for the matter of $250 weekly lost her. Had the K.-A. poople paid the ad« ditional $260 that Gllda Gray waa f.ghting fa will I loso within the next few weeks. 'I'u.sM Puss" <-loses this week at Pittsburgh and the "Silk Stockln/ itevuo" will close at the same stand Tifter i)laying Washington next week. The closing of Uie shows "will f^lose up the oi)en week in the east between I'iiiladelplila ;-nd BiilUtnore, "Puss Puss" waa an emergency attraction put on when the Gayety, M'mtreal, returnwl to the circuit. The "Hllk Sto<;king Rovue," operated by the widow of tho lalo Harry Hastings, is dosing after a losing season. The .show w.as offered to the circuit, but the terms dldu'l suiL Mrs. Hastings. Trying: to Please Sweetie Ijouise Massart l^ses Hair .MUvNauUee, Feb. :'.1. Louise Massart, 20, brunet, appear- ing at tho Ma jf .Stic is under a doc- tor's care because slu; waiitei.itli llm girl n:. ni in -i ilriir;. .store and ;u;k(!d for hair \r.imc ciiuMtrt have gone .1 eouiile of ni.ir<' periods on the .po^sibnity an ambulance would have Fhown up. Incide"l!il'y, fittendance was very irood with it beliia; niiined around tho "priner" list hiid been dr.istlc- ally cut down. The i)romeiiade sc'its, r;n!i-si(le, were absent due to a S:^ti'rday n'-ht dance which ran f;ir i'!«o Sun 'av morn'ng and pre- Vnt' d the nl.iclM'r of the seats in time for the nlirhl's games. Pe- tv.'een games Pat M ■Cullouirh and I'lll Sniall aii!)eared on the Ice. Jioth are comedy skaters. III. TOWNS ON BOXING Quiiiey, Fell. 23. The Illinois lerlslature, at Its "t1»*.'1-"5 Ke"!siiin, ndipted a statute Wli:li makes boxing a legnlizicl eport after a favorable refereiHlinn vote in jny municljjtillty which de- sires to promote or stipport the game. A.S a result, scores of cities th" >••"'- !>iU tlie state are preparing to sf.bmit the question on special l)a''ots at their city clctions tlii.; Sfuing. Quincy has already or- der' vl tlic iiuestion on a ballot. MILLIGAN WINS RETURN Sloppy 10 Rounds with Jack Zivic at Garden By JACK CONWAY Tommy Mllllgan won a sloppy 10- roimd bout in a return engagement with Jyck iJlvle at Madison Square Garden l''ri;".ay nljht. T>,mmy is the welter and middle weight ch.impicwi of Kng:and. Tlie house was with Miliigan and cheered his every hit, and for that matter his every miss. Tommy used rough tacti -s, slip- ping the barrel rabldt punch, back hanil, shnmroek and heeling Into his routine. lie also showed much rt- Uictance in hrc.iking at the com- mand of the referee and sneaked over many a poke on lt>e break- away. However, Mil'.igan carried the fight to Jiivic and deserved to win. The latter has gone back several mil<'s. His right hand was useless, and he showed very little defense against Milli;;an's infighting. Zivic as a rule wins his return engage- ment bouts, but Friday night he was clearly outpointed by the Irishman. Lightweight Sensation The best fight of the evening was a 10-round thriller between Billy Petrolle, the new lightweight sen- sation from Fargo, N. D., and Sammy Vogel, the class local boy. Vogel, one of the best boxers in hie division, was going along swim- mingly until Petrolle spilled him in the second for a nine count with a right cross. From then until tho 10th round Vogel won every round, boxing beautifully at long-range jabbing and crossing at will. It looked like a one-man finish when Petrolle shot over a left hook following a mix-up, and again dumped Samuel for a limit count. Vogel arose a very weak boy, but had enough left to stab Billy off un- til the final bell. The crowd booed the decision for Vogel, but Vogel won eight cut of 10 rounds, clearly despite the two knockdowns, and in addition dealt out plenty of punishment. In another 10, Tommy Freeman gave Joe Simovich a shell-lacking. Joe has a chil like Tom Sharkey, but he can't fight much. He looks dangerous and tough, but the arrows in his flstlc quiver are not many. Freeman made the best fight possi- ble against an opponent who want- ed to push and hold. A few weeks ago Joe Dundee gave Simvich a pasting, and more recently Sailor l-'redman went over him. Unless Simovich learns to box he will be Joining the paper roll league before many moons, despite his impreg- nable appearance. The only bad decision of the night was in a six-round prelim, when the Judges "guessed" that Davy \b.ad, the Panamanian, had lost. They were wrong, but no one seemed to resent it. Mickey Walker's New Nose Petrolle will be kept busy around these parts and will spill many an aspiritig lightweight on the floor — providing the boys will care to min- gle with him after seeing him al- most goal Vogel. Ho Is a fighter, pure and simple, with a kayo In cither hand. Petrolic Jumped into the limelight by stopping Kddie Kid Wagner, of Philadelphia. Micky Walker need have no fear for his new nose if Milligan is be- ing grooiaed as his next opponent. The Mick should take all the Milli- gans and Zivics in the racket wifh- otit much trouble. "" BEN SMITH'S "BREAK" BENEFIT BOUIS MONDAY Monday night's card jit the Garden will consist of four 10-rouiid bouts, which will be staged as a benefit for the Bronx Hosiiital, Fulton avenue and IGOth street. The star bout will be between Stanislaus I..oayza, Chi- li'an liglitwelght. and I'hilly MifJraw of Detroit. Carl Duane and Joe Malone. both froni the I'.ronx, will meet, while Joe l>undee. naltimore contender for th(> welterweight ttilo. will mix with Tommy Freeman of Cleveland. The fourth contest will ."see Mushy Call.ihan, coast welterweight, tack- ling Archie Walker. Tlio match- making committee on hiha'f uf the hospital consisted of Jess .Mc.Mahun. Andy Nelderreiier and I>ew Kay- mond. I'rioes will be scaled from $10 ringside to $1. Pmceeds will go Into the campaign funds of the hospitnl. Indoor Golf a Draw Chicago. Feb. 23. Th«> liidiior golf tournament at .Mann's .Million n.dlar IJalnbo Boon) hits stnrt(>d wiih a nine-hole minia- ture golf course erected on the cafe floor. Tho oi>enlni: nliht had l.fino people nt $1.10 eouvevt In altend- ani'c, all In «>iv>if (lithes. Bon Smith, 49, 113 West 4';tn street, who de8 Angeles. Feb. 23. Appearances are that John Barry- more Intends making this Coa.st his future home. lie lia.«i just pui-chased the two-niasfepeared to be a most amazing f.-\ct wad the absnnce of whites. There were few of them there. The ball is annually pUvnned as the bi^ social affair of the year foi the colored folks of New York. Kvcry Negro celebrity w.as there, from the popular Commis.sioner P'crdiiiand Q. Morton to I tarry Wills, the fighter. The stage was (Continued on page 18) CAR IN REVERSE RUNS WILD ON WEST 48TH ST. JACK KENNEDY HELD ON MURPHY'S CHARGE Musician and Heroin Harold Miller. 28, musician, of 108 West 141st street, was sentenced to the Workhouse for six months In Special Sessions. He had pleaded guilty to possessing heroin. He w<»8 arrested Feb. 6 last by Detective William Cruger of the No-cotlc Squad who claimed he found the •tuff In Miller's pockets while the latter was standing at the corner of 134th street and Lenox avenue. Miller told probation officers tl^at be had played the saxophone in sev- eral night club orchestras until re- cently. Ills police reco/ir libnws he has .d- way, was sentenced in the Court of Special Sessions to four months in ^« "orlchouse. Detective Fred BuokI..y of the narcotic sout a year, broke Into print soon after his arrival here by applying for a license to operate a taxicab. Ho in at present connected wlih th» Muscow Inn cabaret at 161 West 4'lth street. When seen at the Inn on Monday evening by a Variety reporter the prince reluctantly ad- mitted the story is true, but deplored that the news had come out bcfora lie w.ts ready to make it pub'ic. When qutstioned as to whether ho did luit think it strange that a Kus- .sl:in prince should marry a waitress of Irish e.xtr.action, he said he did not think so, as by forming such an alliance he was practically follow- ing in the foot.'jteps of his f.ither, the prince's mother also being an Irish Woman, his parents having be- come acquainted in ICngland about 30 years ago. , , Going Some Back Questioned as to the history of his family, he went back to the time when his antecedents rued Russia about 1,200 years ago. Me said they were in power thore for over 300 years, when the Romanoffs gained a foothold and finally took over the i.>!e He said his uncle, Princ* Peter, was Prime Minister of Russia in 1901. He said that while the story of the engagement la true, the date of the wedding wii: have to wait for rome time until h<> feels that he Is in good tinanclal condition. He met liiK wife-to-be, he said, while on a recent v»sU to Newark with som* friends. They wanted some coffee^ dropped Into the Thompson restau* rant on Broad street for the coffeew and It was a case of love at first sight. He said he had seen her many times since. 15 YEARS FOR SHEIKS IN VniAGE HOLD UP Hazy B'way with Broadway maklnt; the Krigllsh fcl at home tliry in around with a real comphiint. One of the Capitol's silken s».'tH beeame ^»o blick»Ti"d from tlie srrioke it Is costing the the- atn: Jl.'OO to- replace It Thfl r 'W i-t will hi! h'lTif; fVis w.k. The spectacular career of two Orecnwich Village "sheiks" will land them In state's prison for tiie pos- sihle maximum term of 15 years each as a result of their plea of guilty to an indictment charr^Inj; them with robbery In the second de- gree. The two yoiitlis — John Hard- man. 21. of 311 West 72d street, ami fieorge Dillon, 21, of 129 West 70th stree!, b"th stud' nts- ai)pejred be- fi.ru Judge .N'ott in flenerul Sessions and ndnilflllli.ti th'.' I'lri ol th«' UiU> l>r. IC'-'i'lnued Ol. pai,",- IKJ "Hospital" Hotsy-Totsy I^Docked Off" in ChL Chicago, Feb. 21. The Ellis Park nospilal, fur iKist three or four year* having n basfo permit to dispose of ali-o'iollc bev- erages, wino a-id *hlik'y, to min- ister to about 4,000 ai'ing souls a year, was "knixkcd oft" last week on charges of being a hotsy-totsy booze oasis. The pinch w.m made after a stool tlpptd off. "Dr." Nelson, who ran the e»- tablislimcnt. nir,is taken Into cus- tody charged with violation of ths Volstead Act. Investigation ruveHled that th« place was being used as a render.- vous of the Cook County r>uHinaus ' Men's Wolfare Afsociatlon. the membetship roil of which was taken into custody uiong with the prac- titioner. Aciordliig to the by-laws seized with Ihe loll, eaeh niember paid $10 a y-par "for roen he took Fevernl heiUhy" Hwit-H from a bottlo ntul when scartliir to h-ve the th 1MI< vue HospU, fal wUero ho r.-m ilncd t'li-ec days. AT'i^Ntrate ^■orr:s felt ho had \i'—rt punished suffi. Inilly and •if t'r •>v:irnin>,' l.lm to abit.aln from l.';o/e s'L^jieiifl.-l 5;«in«<'nc« on iii'ii. u VARIETY WOMEN'S PAGE •g Wednesday, February 24, 192Q AMONG THE WOMEN BY THE SKIRT The Best Dressed Woman of tha Week ADELAIDE HUGHES Hippodrome \ At the Hip A holiday crowd packed tho Hippodrome Monday (holiday) afternoon. The lenRthly bl;i was still eoing at 5:15. The Colleano B'umlly had the female contingent In short white dresses, made with full chiffon skirts edgeil with marebeau. Amelia Allen did her contortions In a silver half tunic. In the background were the Hip girls in red harem costumes. The Four Camerons ended by being seven. One girl changed her ward- robe three times. Her first dress wa.s a pale blue taffeta trimmed with pink roses. She showed a dancing frock of wisteria chiffon and ended In a blue velvet. Mnie. Trentinl did her famous Butterfly number In an at- tractive Japanese setting. Her klmona wa.s blue and sliver. Adelaide Hughes wore a great looking wardrobe. Her first appearance •was In a blue velvet coat trimmed at the hem and cuffs with white fox. A large poke-like bonnet adorned her short bob. Following was a gold ret dress. The skirt made In several layers had a rather long waist trimmed profusely with gems. Miss Hughes was a cute flapper In a plaid Jumper and yellow skirt. A white net skirt bad a brassiere of brilliants. Blue velvet formed an ostrich trimmed dress for the finale. Mme. Alf Loyal was trim in a tailored suit of beige colored cloth. Bugs Baer was a Westener in trousers tucked Into his boots. A woman close by explained that Mr. Baer Is a cartoonist. Patrica Salmon billed as the newspaper mans friend appeared as a cowgirl In white leather. "Song of Flame" la Best In Numbers The "Song of the Flame" is much ado about nothing. Some of the music is enchanting and Jack Haskell has done wonders with the num- ber staging. It seems to be two distinct shows, one Russian and one American, with America in the IcatJ. Te«sa Kosta Is a lovely Flame, al- though hardly the type depicted. Miss Kosta, In a red coat, grey krlmmer trimmed, and hat to match, looked a cute little Russian girl. The peasant costume was less becoming. In an evening frock consisting of a chartruese green tulle combined with satin and elaborately embroidered In rhinestones she was at her best. One number stood out. It is "Tartar," with Phobe Brune leading. Forty-eight girls are dressed In Rus.slan costumes of a model used ex- clusively for years by skating acts. They were of velvet and fur. The coloring was striking. In sets of 12 they were black, coral and blue. The men were In lemon color. The different colors and high cornucopia shaped hats made a stage picture well worth seeing. But where was the wardrobe mistress, as most of the girls' costumes were ripped In sev- eral places? A Vodka number was well dressed with the girls In short velvet jackets and pleated skirts of mauve silver and rose. Ambateador's Incline If any one has a grudge against the Shuberts the best punishment for them would be to have to sit the rest of their lives in a seat at the Ambassador theatre. The theatre has a decided Incline and the seats Incline with it, the result being you have to brace yourself with your feet against tho seat in front of you. The best show In the world can not be enjoyed under those circumstances. "The Great Gatsby" deserves a better theatre. James Rennle is the ideal Gatsby. Here Is a play that will one day make a splendid picture, especially with Cllve Brooke as Gatsby. Florence lEIdrldge Is cast rightly as Daisy Buchanan. In the prolog Miss Eldrldge wore a simple white tulle frock. A yellow chiffon mudo with a small cape and uneven skirt with a decoration of coral sash and flower was worn In the first act. For the party scene a gold frock was fashioned with a two-tier skirt. There was a touch of green in the long waist. The last act found the young actress in white ■atln and a chiffon Jumper. Catherine Willard appeared first In a pink flannel ensemble suit with hat to match. An evening dress was of rose taffeta made with a buffant skirt having huge gold dots painted on It. A white sport dress followed. Bcveral good looking party dresses were in the second act. Marghcrita Sargent was most amateurish in a yellow neglige. Good Show Marred by One Scene Eliminating the dining room scone from Harry Steppe's "Big Show," the Columbia last week could have laid claim to one of the best burlesque shows of many seasons. Mr. Steppe is the least offensive Hebrew come- dian seen In many a day. Mable Reflow is a hard working ml^s and very much like tho Etta Plllard of a few seasons ago. Marie Hart adds much to this show as an entertainment and very pleasing also was Jacqufs Wilson. M'ss Reflow wore several good looking costumes, among which were a pnle blue coatee made with a high Medici collar and blue tights, a hooped dress of blue with sliver ruffl'i! and a street dress of purple velvet with pipings of red; also a tango costume of white and silver with rhinestone trimming, a grey lace dinner gown and a brown georg- et coat and skirt. Tho little Hart girl's costumes ran to the soubret style mostly, nlthough in long trousers she made a cute boy. Jacques Wilson, with a severe halrcomb, was quite an unusual type for burlesque. In a tunic of solid Jet Miss Wilson appeared In the open- Ir.t? scene. A cor'Por colored cape fashioned with a gold trlmmln.^ cov- ered a gown of the sm.ill shades. A gold lace dress was worn with no foundation. A sort of a white coat made basque fashion was worn over short pants of pink and white bands. The chorus showed nothing tiniisual In the way of costumes. They were tho stereotyped stylo of burlesque co.stumo. A Handsome Woman Who Knows How to Dress Adolphe Menjou never looked better than at present; or at least during the Aiming of "The Grand Duchess an^i the Walter." He looks years yoiinnor. "Tlie Grrind Du fhoss and the Walter" Is a picture de luxe. Surprising It proved such a bad play. And Elsie Ferguson on the st.ngo In It, too. In Florence Vidor Mr. Menjou has a real Duchess. Miss Vldor dressed the picture exquisitely. Her dark hair Is cut In a fascinating bob. She Is one typo who show.s tho ears to advantage. In a theatre box Miss Vidor wore a chinchilla and fox wrap over a gown of crystal embroidery. In her hotel suite creation followed crea- tion. Among thoso were negliges of satin and fur, one particularly h.ind- ■ome. of black satin with collars and cuffs of ermine. Her evenlniT gown, bound to bo widely cojiied, was of rufflrn of not attached to an elonpnted waist. A h!ack velvet dress had no trimming. The neck was cut pquaro and the skirt extended at the sides. Innumer- able chnlns of pearls were the sohp ornaments. Miss Vidor Is a han;^^" »♦ VARIETY 19 RIGHr OFF THE DESK By NELLIE REVELL "Sunny" waa my yieoc do re.si3tan('o V.mt *oek and it .st-tius that T picked out the proper wook to i*e>- it. Clouds, laiii, minw, Iiail and hll/.- iard» outside but anyone who was in the New Aiiisteid:ini had th.' irorld'3 be.st imitation of suuahina to make uj) for the lirand of woatht-r the weaihcrnmn was trying to foruf on us. Kvi-n rycloneB wonl.lri i mar the liappiness of a person wlio iiad just «f»'n that siiow. Yearn aso the Five Columbians, the Three Kfltons ami mynolf (as a glnglti) played the small time — the very small time— and sometimes com- prised the entire bill. That was in the days when three acts of vaude- ville—then variety — would often compt'se an entire evening's diversion for the theatre-soing population of Mansfield. 111., and points west. When we were playing the "opery house," pink-soaii-ingrain-carpcted circuit then, I don't believe any of us ever thought that .■!ome day rcprc- aentatlves of all three acts would foregather in N'(w York's proudest theatre. But that is just what happened last week at "Sunny.'' On tlie stage were Marilyn Miller, the last of the Five Columbi.tns, and I'ert Kelton, who was not even born in the d;iyS when I played on the bill with her parents and sister. And I was in the auilience, and Ma and Pi Kelton were in the wings. I don't know what went through the minds of those others. Hut all I had to do was close my eyes and the red-plush interiors of a dozen littlo "opery hou.sea," now gone or masquerading as picture theatres, recreated themselves in my mind. It aeemcd to me that here waa the vindication of the "small time." One of the biggest thrilla I got out of "Sunny wum to see Pert Kelton come on at ten minutes after 11 — not with a regular brass-band entrance but just slipping out of a curtain — mug a little bit — do a few imitatiosis — atay on the stage only five m'.nutes. convulse an audience and put the whole show In her pocket and walk away with it. Her perft)rmance was the most compelling comedy bit I have seen in year.s, many years. And It proves that you have the Htuff that the box-offlc« customers like it doesn't matter what place you draw on the bilL This contention waa proved Monday at the Palace where Adele Verne was spotted No. 2 and won instantaneous favor, several legitimate l>ows and an encore. ■What was that story about the stage coach drIvorT Oh, yes, on his iay off ho hung around the stable until he could take the trip with his •ubstltute! But what's that got to do with Marilyn Miller? Just wait and find out. Miss Miller goes through eight performances a week with Olsen's •rchestra delivering the harmonic strains of "Sunny." It might seem that three hours of music eight times a week might sutllce hor as far as melodic strains were concerned. liut after the performance I attended last week, I went back stage to M:irilyn's dressing room. As 1 entered I heard strains of saxophone and violin and diums. The source was a radio that she had installed In her room. And she had tuned it In to receive the broadcasting of the night club where the Olsen orchestra was turning out another ream of sharps and flats. The Ijesert Inn, Palm Springs, Calif., Is again in my addres.s book. This time the name before it is Louella Parsons, the picture editress of the "American," She has gone out there for a rest. But Louell'i. like some other persons I'm acquainted vyith, doesn't know how to rest. Kvery day there come instructions from her or suggestions to the Now York Newsnaper Women's Club, of which she is president. In regard to their annual ball which is tO' be held March 12. And if it isn't a huge success it won't be the fault of cither Louella or the Western Union. If this column is duller than usual please forgive it. Or rather blame It on the New York Newspaper Women's Club. Being a life member of the organl.-iation, I am excited at the prospect of their coming ball and so thrilled with the idea of once more being active on a committee. But it would be a success without my help, I'm sure. B"'or Theodora Bean is managing it and nothing she handles coujd possibly be a failure. As for those who attend, the ball can hardly be anj thing but a thrill. The Governor will b© there. The Mayor will b© there. Everybody's favorite author, favorite actor or actress, favorite movie star will be there. In fact everyone will be there but Buckner and the immigration oflicials. And rubbing elbows with them would be cheap at half the price, which will be too reasonable for reason anyhow. Not that all favors will be to the side of the attendee at the ball. It is a promise of our'government that a man's home Is his castle. But the only castle the newspaper women here own so far Is a castle in their air. And the proceeds of this ball will go toward making that royal edifice a reality in plaster and brick. In other words the receipts will go Into the building fund of the club to the end that some day the Women who supply Gotham newspapers with a great many of Its feature win have a place where they can take off their golashes. hang up their corona and borrow a camel from a fellow writer. It's a wise father that knows the plans of his own daughters these days, and the father of the Dolly Sisters happens to be one of the wise people. At any rate I have It on his authority that the Dollys are going to forsake the Casino de Paris (that's really in Paris, not on Broadway) return to this country In June and fulllH a contract for the flicker enter- tainment. For the benefit of tho.se who are wondering when Fred Stone and the Pebbles, niollier and daughter, will be back in New York, I have word that their show will dose in Albany, May 1. Kn^land has been sending us Tiller d.incing girls for so long that it is only fair play for America to send Kuroiie some of the same. Mary Reid, who was Tiller's American reiiresentative and who since his death h.is had cliarjjo of hla professional affairs here, left yesterday for Paris where .she is to put on the numbers for the I'ldies l!or,Tere. And with h^r she took quite a few American-born but Tiller-trained exponents of the b.'illet. Amelia Bingham must have confidence in lior ability as a sailor. I'li- deterred by the stories of mountainous waves .iml wlilstlin™ winds, she Went ul)i)ard a transatlantic ferry-bo.it last Saturday with noihlnij nmre serious on her mind than a two-month vacation in I^^urope. And. thi>ui,'h her main objective is a pleasure trip, the word is that some Kn^ll.'^h jnanrt^er may want to t.ttU business with her d«»rl»iK th* i4M>jre moments she f5..,st 't devote to recreation. Girls Must Be Pretty to Work at Carroll Theatre ! By ROSE AOAIRE \']>vn ''iitiTing th© Earl Cairol theatre where "Vanities" is playing one is gr< eted by a number of girls who nui.st be pretty to stand the close inspection of th© audience. Mr. Carrol has looked out for that. l>ressed in attractive black and white costumes with a sauty, tri- cornered hat tilted to one side, they very courteously guide you to yuur seat. A bugle call brings the irlrls to the stage. They Indulga in a short song and dance. T!ie show girW I parade and display their lovely gowns. Saying all the girls are pretty allows for a few exceptions. Th© next number U a good Charleston done with excessive pep by six of "Vanities' " best The Chow Mein Girls do a number led by Marion Dale. Doreen Glover and Nellie Pvoberts toe the mark with specialties. The girls are all wear- ing a great big smile. Look terribly happy. They wear cut© Chinese costumes and Miss Dale makes a charming maiden of the Orient. The silhouette tells a story In Itself done by two girls and boys. The show girls appear In dresses with sparkling bodices. A scene In Miami is an opportunity for tlie chorines to wear bathing -suits and red wigs. They do a soft shoe rou- tlti© and walk through the audience. Th© number finishes with the girls' silhouettes marching across the stage. Kinky Kid on Parade has nothing to do with kinky kid. You might expect a colored make-up but the choristers have flapper outtlts In blue and yellow. It is an excellent number in which the girls one might say descended from the sky. They work remarkably well in unison. A little Charleston Is done, but the number was spoiled by a too abrupt finish. In "Dorothy," the last number in th© first act, the show girls have gorgeous costumes and whit© wigs. Lillian Thomas looks especially well in an electric blue. The final scene shows ropes of roses with six large revolving balls in which six nude girls are concealed until a .second before the curtain falls. Fr«« Ginger Ala The usherettes serve ginger ale during intermission. As in th© first act, tho second opens with a song and dance. "At the Gate of Koses" is a good number. Tho girls wear pink costumes with smart rhlne- stone headdresses. A kicking rou- tine is don© lying down on a plat- form while a g.ite descends adorned with 10 nud© girls. "Ponies on Parade," a drill, is in military cos- tumes. Just the legs of the girls may be seen making their entrance, very effective. The radium gloves form a snake-like cflfecL "Shake Yourself Out of Here" is the grand finale done with lots of pep. Tho majority of girls are good dancers and' all are hard workers. Minona Shannon's tltlan hair is a treat, and Marlon Dale's sweetness is conspicuous. Marion Dowling does hor baby bit in th© "Christmas Night" scene, real cute. The numbers are exceptionally well staged with the honors going to David Bennct. Th© girls are Ethel Dale, Margaret Dodds, Dorothy Gordon, Lilian Thomas, Florence Darling, Bobby Moridith. Jewel LaKota. Olivette Florentine, Marion Dowling, Sybil Bursk, Anita Bantam, Gertrude Crouch, Grace Norman, I'eaches Chelfount, Irene French, Peg»f> Dodge, Doreen Glover, Marlon 1 >ale, Xullle Roberts, Rose Mary Haynes, Mae Paige, Minona Shannon, Muriel Greer. Nina Sorel, Shlrleen Do>le, and Frances Norton. Also ."v few more not programed. THE DRESSY SIDE By SALLIE HANDSOME FLYING HAIR The naternity of this story is iiatd to trace but It Is worth repnatinf. A visitor to Florida was IiMtiting i room. Yes. it was Miami. i{e "p- Proarhf.,! ^ hotel proi>rl.-f<,r at ten o'clock at nlcht. y''«"t a ro(nn?" he askod. "•Vol just now," said the caravan.sary owner. "Rut I can let yuu have "no In th ■ tnornlng over there." and he poi'i^*^'! t'^ a v.-ic.int I'.t ncro«<« In© w IV. jVMiaf.s tliH ide.'i?" as!<.er there to- althl." Nellie Brcen and I/estcr Allen are a cute iiuir with lots of personality. Nellie first ai)pear8 in a collegiate suit like Ij«'ster's and they do some good e<'centric dancing. They botii wear kid costumes of red gingham with red socks and a hair ritibon. Nellie looks adorable with her long braids lianKlltig about her shoulders. Nellie does some lovely b;ill»-t turns In a solo dan< e, grai:«'fully waving a batfiD. In .a short Idiie dress with her handsome hair flying she d.ic.s a bU'.k d.ince wlille Lester [day.*? fhf m.'indol.'t. .Mr. -Mien has some good areo- iialic stunts that are put into .». wIano and wears a canary \ civet house gown, straight lines, euibroldired in silver with flowing ihiffon sleeves anil puiiii'S of bame sha'le. Her long tltlan looks make this color scheino ferfect. The original Canstnos h.ave staged an aet that carries one into Spain, K'.&A Cansino's dancing costumes are really clothes and show mueh thought in designing, contrasting Spanish colors are used in a rufflfil llowered worn with a king blue fringe small .shawl drap.^d to on© s.de and tied, a huge rose worn In hair and tan pumps complete It. A gold, out square is seen with an overdrape of llack fringe In truly Spanish fashion anresslon of Tondelayo c'Whito Cargo") she wears tha blue scant silk drape with small bodice and proves her dramatic talent. The Zcllias Slaters, dressing In gold and white, did aerial stunts and wound up a bill of good entertainment About the Strand Revue Joseph Plunkeft's Uevue at the Strand In varied, dressy and entertain- ing as well as artistically put on. The Wooden .Shoe D.Tnre Is typical of Holland and r.'lle. Klenova's Dutch pcnsjint costume of blue and red worn with the regulation hat as well as th© tulip sottlnr with girls In native costume is good. The Ball.-t Girls wear tulle with small whit* satin bodices and do the too dance gracefully. Chaplin's "Nurse" Laugh Sidney Chardin Is the picture's humor nnd nil tha? goes to make "Oh What a Nurse" a laugh FnllUe Charlie, he's versatile and If put to the lest can do scr'ous a.s well as comedy stuff, as the veiled revenue masquerader In black and white with idonde wIt na well as In his nurse's rig of white with ci\p nnd bl.ick wig. bii's a scream. Patsy Ruth Miller wears a gray velvet pajama coat nnd pants embroidered In rnld with Jenny neck and a simple daytime frock on"-"'""e on b'>->»-'^ •»•<« boat, th© situations In the picture are complicated nnd tbe Mg seen* is whr'^ happens at .""ea and the getaways are the picture's best. FOR WOMEN ONLY By DOROTHY PADDACK A Serious "Testie" Mary McAvoy, M>rlle Stoudman, Gertrude Short and Mary Gordon are in tho picture, "Tessle." It Is not a radically exciting story. The really good things about it are tlie ending and a few slangy captions here and there. Miss McAvoy as Tesaie, the hotel cigar counter girl, has been mis- cast She neither looks nor acts like a wise cracker. Miss Short, as Mamie, th© cigar counter assistant, fits perfectly. Miss Gordon, as Aunt Maggie, whose corned beef banquets are a weekly event with TessI© and her mechanic-beau. Is exactly where ^he belongs. Miss Steadman, the w(!althy Mrs. Welles who takes Tossle's greenhorn away from her, is also good. Th? captions have Tessle saying a lot of fresh things that the audience doesn't see her say. Mi.ss McAvoy is too serious and naive to b« an adequate Tessle. Women of "Partners" Lillian Klllolt m.akcs a splendid Roslo Potash In "I*artn, to .\Iai Ion lieiij.iiitia, iiun-profi.;it>iuaaL Herliert Mays, ni.anager, Ro«i» Uc.»orii dance hall, Los Angeles, to Alice Smith (non-professionaij at I -OS Arii{ele,s, Feb. If. Kvelyn Hughes, screen uctte.^H and cotihin to (.'hailes Evans Hughes, former .Secretary of Sfa'c lo !■ red- eriek .Steiiben I;.iln of I'iila : iidila, .It I. OS Aff-'eUs, Feb. \'J. The Wilton Way Win. 16 VARIETY Wednesday, February 24, 1028 »=»^ NEWS FROM THE DAILIES This department contain* rewritten theatrical new* items a* pub- lished during the week in the daily papers of New York, Chicago and the Pacific Coast. Variety takes no credit for .these news items; each has been rewritten from ■ daily paper. NEW YORK One, two and three columns on front pages; duub'.e trucks, pictures and special atonies over nearly every page but the sport pag(;s; a packed theatre; near riots by the uuilienoe to obtain tickets; special trains to and from Kansas City, and favor- able comment and pralae in revjews and otherwise greeted the debut at the Metropolitan opera house of Marion Talley, the 19-year-old Kan- oas City songbird. Musical critics Hounded reserved In their notices, •with Miss Talley's age considered. In her first appearance In legit In three ye.ira Francos Starr will be Been in "Wound Strlpee," to be pro- duced by Horace Llveright. Julius Kaufman, profesDional strong man and rvrestling partner of the late Slgmund Ureltbart, was sentenced In General Sessions to five to 1ft years in Sing Sing on a charge of forging certified drafts on the Bank of Kng'.and and defraud- ing the Mercantile Bank of New York of $2,000 to furnish "a night club on West 53d street." Kaufniun •was also alleged to have imper- sonated Breltbait. as i)opular In Germany as elsewhere was shown in replies to a question- naire sent to 8ou German theatre owners, asking for a list of the jijist years "most profitublo films. Only three American pictures ap- peared in a list of 21, one placed second, one fourth and t*e other eighth. United States District, Judge Bu- dine in Trenton, N. J., (luaahed one of three counUt against "Dapper Dan" Collins on an indictment charging conspiracy to Import liq- uor from the West InUica The court was adjourned before the remaining two counts were presented. th* Oreaowicta TUli«* to tk« Cku-- rick Feb. M. It U the re|)ort«d Idea of New Jersey police that a show girl, de- scribed as a blonde, 23, and known on Broadway, la the slayer of Charles E. Ulrich, state trooper, who was shot and killed while among raiders of the notorious French UiU hotel. Mountain View, N. J. Prohibition officers smelled and grabbed champagne valued at 140,- 000 from a railroad car in the Bronx train yards. Vivian Martin, of "Puppy Love," and Artluir Samuels, composer, are engaged to wed, It is announced. Mme. Lla Rosen, of "The Dybbuk." at the Baycs theatre, collapsed on the stage during a performance. She is replaced until her recovery by Mme. Bella Bellarine. Helen Macfadden, dancer and daui^hter of Bernarr Macfadden, the publisher, and Alexander Markey, erk. She is asking for ali- mony, claiminj; that her e.stwhile hubby is the possessor of about $25,000 per annum. The craae for old-time fiddlers has struck Bloomlngton, 111., a ter- rible wallop. Fiddelers, ranging from 42 to 78 are now tuning up to get going on a contest. Millie Freeman, who plays the old housekeeper in "Blos.som Time," reached her HOth year on the stage L-x.st week. She has played over 800 different roles. The i-ecent death of Evelyn Myers, 17->-eBr old Kansas City school girl, was duo, physicians claim, to over exertion from dancing the Charleston. ~~ Charlie Chaplin's "Gold Rush" bad its Berlin premiere at a spe- cial show under the auspices of the Berlin Press Association at the New Capitol theatre. The picture was highly praised. Among marriage licenses issued were those to E. A. Breen, 25, of 351* W. 47th street and Elizabeth Camp- bell, 23, of the same address; W. A. Bryant, 27, of 325 W. 45th and Eveta MacQuarrie, 27, of 57 W. 46th. For an unnatural amount of af- fection displayed for William Boyd, of "Wliat Price Glory?" Lora Son- derson fs being held in Kansas City under observation by Col. J. C. Creneman, investigator of the In- sane In that city. Miss Sonderson was grabbed by detectives In the act of calling Boyd into her hotel room. Boyd assisted the police in escorting Lora to the station house. H. Gordon Duval, millionaire head ©f the Park Avenue Association, and Hilda von Herrlich, singer, are married. Duval was recently the defendant in a $100,000 breach of promise suit of Ivy St. Claire. The Shuberts will award three ■cholarsblps of $2,000 each for orig- inal aausical compositions submitted by May 15. Rose Wensick, 20, of 272 Dean street, cashier of Keeney's theatre, 300 Livingston street, Brooklyn, confessed to the takins of $1,000 from the box office. Miss Wensick told the manager that a man reached through the window and grabbed the money. To the police she said she had passed the money through the window to a man whose name she refused to divulge. Because James H. Hornberger, concert singer known as Colin O'More, failed to pay $600 alimony due her at $30 a week, Mrs. Made- line E. Hornberger petitioned Jus- tice Proskaucr In New York Su- preme Court to punish her husband for contempt of court. After hear- ing Hornborger's attorney that Mm. Hornberger Is running a restaurant in Port Lauderdale, Fla., that brings in $200 a day the court reserved decision. Death Intervened last week to prevent the marriage in the spring of Abner Bereznaik, principal heir to the estate of Leon Bereznaik, his father, who died here recently. Leon Bereznaik was a prominent theatrical attorney and left an estate of $300,000. Assuming that the Woods will soon be restored as a refugee for the artlcul.'ite .shows, Chicago will have 17 legit theatres when the Palace shall have been taken over by Erlancer, and the new Powers Is open. The count does not include the Playhouse and the Central. suit for divorce against Frank Oarri- pcau, screen actor, on a chai|.i of habitual intemperance. AcK^nijn^ to the complaint filed In the .Su))e. rior Court, Mrs. Campeuu as-iria that during the last year hti hus. band's intonjperance causeil Uti^ great menial an;.;uish. Tho louuiy neiJHrated three inunth.s ago. ;^q alimony asked. Jack Warner announces Uiat Warner Brothers will oxpenil .ilonf $6,000,000 In malcing their ]9_'6-27 program. There will be 26 pictures, of which' eight are to be super- specials: Vhree to be made by Syd. ney Chaiilin, two Ktarring John r;jirrym«)re and two to be made by ICmest Lnbttech, and also mn «tlU ftar special. The Austin Company of Califor. nia has been awarded the contract to erect about 40 new studio build.. Ings at Burbank for First Nuiionat. According to contracts the buildlnaa- will cost $70,000. Eunice G. Well has filed suit for a divorce in tho Supreme Court fi-om Harry J. Wt.«l, former produc- tion manager for Frank Lloyd. JOra. Well charges that her husband's love grew cold shortly after iQey were married. She aays that he regarded her aa a. housekeeper and that he would rather get one on a salary than be bothered with a wife.. The complaint also say.s he was: dl.scharged from his position with Lloyd on account of becoming in- volved In a scandal with a studio employee. The couple were mar* ried in 1922. She asks for $85 a week alimony. Ivan W. Unger, a parachute jumper, was granted a divorce from Georgia J. linger by Supreme Court Judge Gates on grounds of deser- tion. Ungtr testified he was mar- ried two week.<» when his wife left lilm without cauKO. Tho conple' were married April 15, 1924. Slgmund Moos, head of the Uni- versal leasing department, who went to Europe recently with Carl Laemmle on the U. F. A. deal, has returntd to Universal City and taken up his old job. Henry King, upon returning from New York to his beach home at Santa. Monica, found the front porch of his residence with 200 feet of ■anded beach missing. The Pacific Ocean was the thief. Edward Childes Carpenter, presi- dent of the Dramatists' Theatre, Inc., which la presenting "Young Blood" at- the Princess, cables from London that he has Just succeeded In getting the signature of Owen Nares, Briti.sh mutinee idol, onto a contract to appear next season under the Dramatists' The.atre's banner. Isabel Adams Well, former show girl, filed suit for divorce against Thomas Bucklin Wells, son of a wealthy Minneapolis grain dealer. Mrs. Wells' original suit for separa- tion on a charge of desertion was dropped for one of divorce when she learned of her husband's alleged misconduct with women In Cali- fornia. Wells, according to a tabloid, was known as "Tommy of Many Loves" on Broadway, and at one time or another had been In love with Con- stance Talmadge. Leonora Hughes, Jacqueline Hunter and Ann Luther. A. L. Erlanger announces the erection of a theatre on 44th street at an approximate cost of $1,000,000, to be called the Erlanger. The property at 350 W. 46th street was purchased for a client by New- mark & Miller from Sarah Slepack. Because of reported dissatisfac- tion over his contract, George Brook Tucker resigned as treasurer of the Mizner Development Corporation, Palm Beach. Tucker was formerly assistant treasurer of the Guaranty Trust Company, New York. Lillian AVilson, 21. of Portland. Ore., who s.ays sVie Is .a novelist, was held In $5,000 bond In Jeffe /son Market Court on a charge of having passed 15 bad checks in dep;xrt- inent stores. Because of acute ptomaine poison- ing suffered by Mabel Acker, "Find I'npa" did not have \t» scheduled premiere in Albany lust Mondny. Helen Baxter was called In from New York to play Miss Acker's role and tlio show opened on W^ednes- day. T}iat American pictures are not Edward Johnson aan« Romeo In his la.st appearance at the Metropol- itan this season. Four women, alleged to have danced in the nude at a smoker of the Dramatic Order of Oze at 197 East 6Sth street, were arrested in a raid on the place and were locked up when they failed to fur- ni.sh bail. Arthur Katz, alleged pro- moter of the "smoker." was released In hall. Detectives watched the dancing exhibition from the fire es- cape. The women are Hazel Cruls, 24, and Anna Harrison, 22, both of 223 West 52d street; Alice Leon, 21, of 145 West 45th street, and Elsie Dunn, 19, of 246 West 87th street. Mrs. Birdie Conrad filed suit in Supreme Court for separation from Eddie Conrad, actor, asking $200 weekly support for herself and two children, naming Marion Morgan, known professionally as Marian Eddy, aa co-respondent. A son was born to Mrs. Carlos Oritz Basualdo, the former Leonora Hughes, at the Villa Del Sol, Cap d'All, France. Marlon Talley made her radio de- but through WJZ Friday. Katherine Poillon is freed of the charge of grand larceny lodged against her by Godfrey Utzlngei-. Ill of a nervous breakdown caused by overwork, Joseph M. Seider. gen- eral m.anager of the Motion Picture Theatre Owners of America, is con- fined to his home in Brooklyn. Carlotta Monterey, actress, filed suit for divorce from Ralph Barton, the nrtl.st. charging misconduct with a t>Iond woman. Brock I'emberton. Dwlght Wiman ami WlUinni A. Brady, Jr.. will place "The Masque of Venice" In rehearsal. Ralph Culllnan will pro- duce "BLick Waters" during Easter week.— The Fred Stones will next at'ir in 'ChrlH-Cros.'". " by Otto llarhach and Anne Caldwell, to be producd by Charles DilUngham.— "The Great God Brown" will be re- plaroke In and arrested 22, who gave their occupation u» picture actors and studio em- ployees. They were all released on' nominal ball so It would not Inter- fere with their working day. Lillian Mackay, 25, dancer, -who specializes in the nude, an a" elght-Rtory htiilding and play* vaudeville .and pifturr?. Wednesday. February 24, \9i9 VAUDEVILLE REVIEWS VARIETY 17 PALACE A eood line up for holiday at the Palace. A smooth running bhow -fter some readjustment Jind spot "iangiiiK nfter the matinee, which «.nt It along at pleaaurable pace of the nlf,'ht session. Three name turns carded also with Charlotte rreenwood and Frank Keennn. both with Individual offerlnRS. divldl.iB ton line and the Canslnos roundliv,- out the trio of heavy card turns BuslnesB? Sell out. Miss Greenwood romped away with legitimate bit honors, with an admixture of songs mostly from the "Kltz Revue." In which she was featured before returnlnK to vaude- ville and also Its sure i)anlc coni- edv sltlt, "Her Morning Hath." Miss Oreenwood'.s reception was of the rousing variety dinned only )»y the more voluminous applause that was hers at the completion of the act (New Acts). Three Aces opened with a ra«t routine of roller skatjng and danc- ing on skates. whUOi kept the male trio contributors constantly on their toes, thus niaklnK for a snappy and classy Introductory. Adela Verne, Knglish concert pianlste, held up nicely in the deuce with a repertoire leaning to classics and seemingly a good crowd of music lovers In that ' helpid Immeasurably on results for this one . ^ • rank Dobson In "The Love Doc- tor" held the follow-up and also finished well. The piece Is a musi- cal adaptation of John B. Hymer's skit, "Petticoats," which has been adapted to musical requirements by Herman Timbers and projected by ^ Lewis and GoMon. The comedy Is gleaned through the attempt of a flapper heart breaker (played by Nina Penn) to ensnare a woman • hater physician. She succeeds and then attempts to jilt him, but is fooled when he reverts to the cave- niannish type eho has always wanted for a prime charming. Dob- son handles the doc with hla usual flippant delivery. Nina Is a cute trick that dances well. Three other girls round out th« ensemble. The act went over with a bang. Xlck Lucas, "crooning trouba- dour," was sent up to next »I>ot from next to shut by way of ohang- livs places with Venita (}ould. I^iichs Is the recording artist wIid haa been playing picture house dates, and Some caliarets before coming to vaudeville (New Acts). Frank Keenan In "Th«» War With- in," a dramatic episode laid back of the lines In France duci'iK the world war, closed the lirst spctioii with the .star getting a groat ovation (New Acts). The Canslnos, Ellsa and Edouur- do, on after Intermission, were tlielr usual hit with a routine of dancing of Spanish variety that gave their terpsichorean abilities full sway at all times and also demonstrated much originality in tiea indent. Tht;ir list included a cape tliitation dance, "Th« Whip." and Kpanl.sh Charlcs- ti)n, which, used for a wlndup, brought down the hoiiso. S^norita Alon.so. Argentian prirna donna with a quality vcdce, bridged the dance routine with two Spanish songs, both of them di»v«-tailing neatly In the scheme of things. Charlotte Greenwood came next, and bowled them over with her songs and clowning (New Acts). Venita Gould held her own In next to shut with "impressions," doing a list of clever take-offs as solos and then a scene from "White Cartro" for a finish. 'The latter was set for her interpretation of Betty Pierce as Tondelayo and replaces the for- mer Lcnoie Ulric impression as Klkl, otherwise the routines remain practically the same and .got as big results for the mimic who was one of the oiitstandcrs of the show. The Zelllas Sisters closed with a f.Tst routine of aerial gymnastics, embracing thrill spins and balanc- ing upon horizontal bars. The act Is there, but flnlshed well to a slim crowd through this late si>ottlng and a long show. Edha, aOSING TIA JUANA (Continued from page 1) doing the complaining and the re- etort Itself. An official familiar with the Inner workings of the State De- partment, states that the depart- znent la rather incensed at those •who "with their eyes wide open and seeking a thrill" deliberately visit this Mexican "amusement center," aa It was termed, and then «quawk when one of their number gets In bad. Tho Mexican officials are oper- ating what the Americans want; what tho railroads plug in their advertising at one of the attrac- tions of southern California and which la the biggest money getter for the hotels of San Diego and other nearby pla/ies. Result of Prohibition The flies of '.h© Department, It was stated, will disclose that not only is the rao« track American - owned but also the greater major- ity of saloons, gambling halls and houses of Ill-repute. "It Is truly as Variety reported It last week." stated this official, "a creation that is the result of our own prohibi- tion laws." Visitors to Tla Juana can readily see. pointed out the speaker, that no legitlmats business exists In the place. The only trade between the two countries that can possibly be considered of any importance Is the foodstuffs crossing tho border for the restaurants, etc.. In the town. . The plan Is now to revert. If Mexii-o approver, to the border per- mit system that went out two years ago when passports were done away Tvlth. If this method Is adopted the place can be very effectively closed. Indicntlons here are that the two Governments will get to- « Sethor on the proposition. ONLY 8 WEEKS (Continued from p,'ig;e 1) only that numl)er could afford to Pl'Tv a t2.50O act. Big time as a result may lo.se an- other headlinor to the Independent -vantlcvllie, motion plrturc honses or cibartt unless they raise the ante 11.01)0 for the Tucker engagement. Her former big-time salary was *2..^0o. The difference between the a.skiiig i)rice for picture hou.'^o en- gagements Is said to be becausu of the necessity for four appearances 'l.'iilv. For Quick Action— Wilton HIPPODROME Starved for something new In the way of "names," the Hip took a 'rvt" ohince this wee'c wlf'i P- trlcla Salmon (New Acts), the girl discovered singing In a tent show in Shelby, Mont., by those two literary Columbuses, Heywood Broun and Bide Dudley. Patricia was heavily "augmented" at the Hippodrome, appearing in an act In which Bug* Baer did a ringmaster announcing stunt, Paul Remo's Midgets did their specialty, ditto Dippy Dlers. ditto the Wyoming Duo In rope spinning and bull-whip cracking, with the Hippodrome Girls on In cowboy out- fits and the Colleano Family, who opened the show, back for ground tumbling. For "atmosphere" a rodeo bleachers with good N. V. A.'s seat- ed arrtund In cowpuncher outflts. Bugs also did tho announcing for several other acts, and turned in a routine of original material that will probably form the basLs of several good singles when he elects to re- turn to his column and the Friars grill. MIs.s Salmon's opening num- ber was sung sitting' astride a pony, which gave Bugs an opportunity to inform th.it in her next number she would be standing on her own feet, to prove that the horse wasn't a ventriloquist. Baer has been an- nouncing along the line and making quite a job of It at a grand per week. In Chicago It Is reported his agent, who was along for the ride, put the bee on Bups so often Bugs suggest- ed the agent dr.aw his salary and give him the comml.'sslon. The bill, one of the most colorful In weeks but full of repeats and with two holdover acts from last week, pleased an almost capacity crowd Monday night, but ran far too long. Lillian Leitzel In the aerial fantasy. "Tlie Spider and the Butterfly," closed the show, getting on after 11 P. m. It Is doubtful If another act could have held them as did the splendidly trained Alnn Foster Glr's working on the web. Tlie turn is also a repeat, having scored sensa- tlijnally at the house In November, fncldentally the Foster Girls ac- counted for plenty of stage dressing during the rest of the bill, being on In four different acts. With Amelia Allen, the acrobatic-contortion dan- cer, they augmented nnd padiled the act as the surrounding fringe of "The Persian Cu.shion," an elaborate flash presentation. In which Miss Allen opened. The girls did a rou- tine of contortlon/ng on their own Account, setting off the excellent and ununuaj dancing of Miss Stone. That act closed the first half of the hill. It wns originally spotted third, hut a switch placed Alf Loyal's Dogs In that position. Both nets held over from last week. The Ix>ynl act has reached Itf« peak and Is one of the smootho.st and Interesting turns of Its kind in Vaudeville. Th<- sr>eciiilty work of the i)olice dog Is unique. His wall sca'lng topped off a corking turn. The Four Camerons were fourth, nnd adiled a comedv punch to the first half .luat where it woiilil do the rrnst good. Tx'Uls r.imeroii. the son of the family turn. Is one of remain- ing few vaudeville comedl.^Tl.^ of versatility and t.nlent. He can sitic. dance nnd clown and his ?» sfnse of comedy lliat Is lnir)€rvious to con- ditions nnd cut Falary weeks. They bolted him hrre. S.'irgcnt nnd Lewis fN'ew Acts) deucod ahe.Td In a p.issnble two-man .oinglng .liid musical turn. They are okay recording .Trtist.s. which sounds Imporfant but Isn't vrhnr vnudevllln specifications ar« ooncemed. Later they Uuul>led into the Cameron turn tor a c.inu'Uy quartet number. Knima Trentinl accounted for two numbers, probably due to a cut In tlie running time of the bii;, whicli this early showt:d signs of endur- ance. The tiny singer and her mu- t'lcal partner wer>.' their u.-.ual suc- cess. They were fifth. Adelaide Iluvhen, assistetl by her eight boys, «>peued the second half The Foster Girls wero on at the finish, hut until then Miss Hughes depended upon her own twinkling toes j>lus the excellent d.anclng of Benny and We.siern and the not so exi illent playing of a. six-piece jazz band. The musicians previously qualified as a malt- chorus. Despite the brassiness of the accompanying music, they slammed over a comedy song, "Go.ssip of the States," for one of the high lights of the act. The turn is elaborately produced and Would be a pipe in large picture hou.scs. James J. Corbett, the Ponce De rx?on of the ex-hftavywelght cham- pions, and Bobby Barry, late of Barry and Lancaster, took the semi- final shot and walked away with the comedy honors of the evening. Cor- bett has had several partners, but none ever got any more out of the boxing lesson routine than Barry Is getting, ably as3l.>.ted by Corbett's smooth, undertandlng, likeable and efficient foiling. The act went like a nominating speech and Is Ideally suited to the best of the bills or, If not, then again we have "those large picture houses." Bugs Baer ddn't get an opportuni- ty to stags "The Knockers' Club," an afterpiece whkh has been goal- ing them around the circuit. The Bugs' style was a bit cramped when he found himself up to his knees In acrobats and he was forced to con- fine his efforts to n bit of announc- ing. His Introductions in "one" be- fore Miss Salmon's specialty were original and funny. Con. WINTERGARTEN Berlin, Feb. 3. It looks as If this establishment Is on Its way to return to Its old pres- tige. The quality of performances Increase from month to month. The second part of this month's bill especially can be called lirst-class In every way. Several acts share In the honors of the evening, but In first place Is the Wlrth Family. The act is too well known hn the States to write about, but Is mostly known as a cir- cus unit. The way It Is laid out for the stage it could headline any bill. The stase setting with the piano, the singing of the two ladies, Phil's comedy, the four well-trained horses, and May Wlrth's tri<:k8 brought applause never before ob- tained by an equestrian act at this house. Alf Jackson, 12 Violet Girls and One Rose, In an English song and dance hit, was also a very big suc- ce.ss. The girls or© full of ginger, originally nnd tastefully dressed, while one girl, called the Rose. Is very funny. The act followed tho Wirths and well held the spot. Schaefer's Liliputians has about lli to 15 well-pcoportioned and good- looking midgets made up in ballet style. The scene is a toy store of simple but pretty design. The midgets iuro artistic, tastefully dr^s.-ied, and show adequate nbiilty. There is a splendid xylophonlst, a couple of classic dancers, who are very good, a pony act, a bicyclist not more than two and a half feet tall, etc, T.he act w.-is highly appreci- ated. Maria Valente had to follow these big acts, but did splendidly. A slender girl, dressed in male attire, she plays musical instruments. A world of personality is Hupi>leniented by composure as she plays the vari- ous instruments. Nothing new but wHl don© and a big success. For an encore she does a refined parody on a Spanish and Russian dance, well dune. Leon and Harry, eccentrics, had to work hard to hold the audience, while the Five Ferdinis, Jugglers, In a hat store, who opened, gave a good display, although they did not have all their paraphenalla, lost In a stage fire at the Royal Orfeum, Budapest, a few days previously. Pallenborg's Bears and Pearl and Liiia Mitchell, violin and pl.ino, have been here before; Borelll Bros., b.Tl- ancing act, and llerinanos Williams, dancing acrobats, mad« up a good and above average first part. All In all the show Is well bal- anced and lirst-class, with attend- ance good. gre.it amount of whooping and yell- ing, even going to tlie e.\ient ot" al- teinpung iiarnumy on "liiawaiiia'. Melody of Kove." 'iiiey used l.iro. ur.is for tlie set and good dropr. but the act dliin't clicl;. 'i'lie rid- ing was titui and tiio imiiro.'^sioii i.s that If tlie hocus-pocus Indian s.iiu Wire cut out and a hi:rai>;nt rin!4 at- niosplieio arhievcd, ri'sulis wouul In niiuh b('tier. Ro.sB Wyse, Jr., and Co. (New Acts) clicked No. I', and were fol- lowed by the Newho;"f and I'liclj) act, which carries a snuiil y..-/.^ baiul. .sonio good comedy and wa.s a;i- parently a Broadway favorue, u^ tlu' ter.m drew a rcct'P'.ion. Fourtli were I..ytell and Fant. comedy s.uii;- slers in blackf.'vce. wlio clcnne>l u; pletity. Their two-man orchestr;. was a comedy howl. Although tlie phoney magician bit got a few iauBhs, it was so far I'otchcd that it nilghi well be omitted, as It 1-s l»elow the standards of theii» pre- ceding si)n;;s and by-play. For :i linish they brought a freak dancei on, who helped nicely. Tho "Step Along ' dance act pro- duced by George Choos and fea- turing I'.efekl and Barsha, carrying three men .md three women, wjis n Kood flash .-ind sight turn on fifth, tl»e setting of lighted cloth column being effective against .a dark back- ground. The various routines were familiar, but all well executed, anu the turn registered a success. Kdlth Clifford, comedienne an.::r,. The Bldin-,' Lloyds njji ned. doUiL- a rinit net with two hor.xes. In- stead of regular riding cn-Jtjtne ttif three men and two wonieti of the ■let wore Tiiili.in Milts and did a STATE There's an old saying about a holiday crowd being a push-over for any kind of a show, but that big crowd In the State Monday night w.TJBu't such an easy one to cnter- taip. The bill was of the usual vaude type seen in the variety houses hers- abouts, with novelty apparently sac- rilled to give th© show music and comedy. What seemed unusually strange for th© holidayera was that the au- dience h.id apparently applauded Ilk© mad for tho double yodeling stuff that Bertram nnd Saxton haJ given them, when, lo and beh(dd, th© men bowed off when their en- core failed to get started to the liking of the folks In th© rear. Tho blond singer couldn't bo heard on his talk leading up to the encore song. When tho men Anally got started the hand-clapping con- tinued and the duo then went off- stage. Up to this point the team had scored most effectively, but that effort to talk at th© flnish was their fini.sh. Two thln.gs stood out perhaps more than anything else In point of quick stickers; the doublo back somersault from a springboard made by the snialler of the Armand and Perez team in tho opening spot to a chair 'ipportod on the shoulders of the other man. nnd a back fall done by tho woman In the closing dance of th© "Caf© Madrid" act. closing the bill. Armand and Perez worked about six minutes, but fla.shed two tricks that showed the stuff they are made of. Bertram and Saxton did nicely up to tho encore and even the "Prisoner's Song" w.*s accepted fa- vorably as a solo. James C. Morton nnd Family breezed along to a hit The act seems cut for Us State engagement, Jim not going Into his measuring bit and also eliminating som© of his comedy. How«'ver, Jim and the family dished up their other stage "bits" to laughing results. Jim's danc^e got th© most. Cl.aia Howard was effective all the way. Miss Howard not only displ.iys seiiuiiio voisatliity ua a coni»"i1Ieiine. hut has a world of per- sonality and pep. Mi.«s Howard never laK(;ed a mo- ment; she injected all htown Bro idwayltes turne- lillcd, made it li^htnim; fast •nier- iainmeiit o\iir that pai tUular .l uiinutvs. Tli« Wallers and thfir ventriloquism were No. 4. Trailing this, in the I'loising spot, was Modena's I'^intastic Kevu© (New Acts) which hi-ld in spots but dwindled. A pretty addition lo a vaudeville show minus a tinale kick to seo it through beyond doubt. The Three Nitos, Bryson and Jones and the Lamys, comprlsad tlie show's djnamite. Huniiing in that order, It was eyefllling and Inter- esting presentation, "rhe three-act got to them almost immediately through comedy acrobatics. Two men and a somewhat portly woman routine with the diminutive male member extracting laughs by means of a deft sense of showmanship in supplying a comedy twist to stand- ard tumbling. The act has evidently hoen little changed, as the strength continues to be In the mid-scction and the outright bid for, laughter (comic vloliniug and |)rop troin- boning) falls short. B-ryson and Jones (New Acts), colored hoofers, crammed all kinds of legmanla Into the deuce spot, while the Lamya brought gasps with their casting. Th© latter act, four men. Is now augmented by a woman at the harp who strums continuously during the time tho athletic members are at work. The men being in white flannels, some of which were not so white, th© ^urn has every chance for appearance, inasmuch as a special set is also thrown In. The casting remains top notch, the double somersaults and as many midair spins between hand-to-hand catches drawing more thati the usual "rt.se" here. Comedy Is also attempted but follows the general rule within such surroundings. Walter and Emily Walters were conventional in their ventriloquism. The Modcna revue of nine people closed. Attractively set, the act Is allowing th© six singers to close, and this failed to hoM. Placed just ahead of intermission, th© boys started up the aisles to smoke as the singers began to sing, although the dancing of Bishop and Lynn found no difllculty In holding 'em ;uid might better have been held l>Hck for some other kind of a flnish than th© on© now in use. tikiff. AMERICAN ROOF Not much of moment at the American tho first half exceptlnR Walton and Brant, mixed teams In th© next-to-shut, who make on© wonder why this 100-proof laugh turn Is still on the smallies. If tho big time Is complaining about th© lack of material, or If the big time is prone to give a big time pos.ilhillty an opportunity, why doean't It em- ploy scouts who know an act when they see one? Or must material }>n brought to their attention only after somebody else wants to grab It and Injunctive papers become iiecessary with thidr stereotyped allegations anent "imlque and extraordinary."* Here's a perfect (ronibo of dili- gent straight man and a new Idea In a female " Palace any week. It's a Moss and Fry© Idea, but funnier and even more plausible for all tho stupid twisting of th© lines, a stujildlty which makes for the laughs. Outside of that, a flock of New Acts In Prlno and Velly; Gray and Arliss; Nellson nnd Warden; Har- lett Nawrott and Boys. In tho deuce are Gsmondo and Grant, a coupl© limited to tha smallies by their material, Tho boy Is a likeable chap with a blond© thatch that pets tho frails. He sIcjim well, which Is the act's backboiK.-. The gill Is In sport costume (and as Harold, who was our pest crltli-, remarl:e iiM'ilences, thf "wtiyfrtrt* td" ■ihf k«** -K»*-''i|'>i bx. comes an Inferrogjitioii, alth<>iurh j one iriay be .'issnmimj too inii'-h that the small time aiidience.H .strip to i:>;iire out sv.ch dotiills as costiini- Irr, eti . As'sonf.; salesmen, tlovro Tl'dtv, nnd in total sm.iM time in speerl. l;U''lll«":s eapaeily .ill da.v at th" .^noie.in beeaijue of h'llida.v Mon- 'liv; 'Auetien Block ||lm featur.j. 18 VARIETY NEW ACTS THIS WEEK Wednesday, February 24, 192C CHARLESTON WINNERS' REVUE 16 Mins.; One Orpheum, New Orleans (Vaude- Pcta.) Titli> is parlieularly explanatory In this in.siance, tlip turn h.iliMn,- the various winners of the "Char.'cs- ton" contests hold In Houston, Fort Worth, Dallas, Fan Antonio ani Kew Or'cans. Four lio.'s and onn Rlrl comprise the oomp'.cmfnt. thr single fennlnlne trophy ma'.a-r bpins rule little Audrey Lipscomb, from Houston. The (lancers went through the fa- miliar maneuvers singly at first disclosing their cholccnt twists and turns, and each had somcthinsr in- dividual to display. Later, thoy dout.Ud. and for a finl.sh Indulrrcd In an ensemble "Charleston" that sent thorn off on a tumultous wavo of Applause. The ensemble "Charleston" Is the Bweotest morsel ever thrown Into the lap of a sta':cr of musicals. With those five youn.T.sters It was a panic. As a finish f jr an act wi:h the entire company "Charlestoning" Jt'll "ruin 'em"! 'The Cliarlcfton Winners' R'vue" Is a nifty idea for tlio Interstate and Its booker, and srenis sur.'^-firo for any other circuit to emul.ite. The quintet is proving a hn.-i-omce stim- ulator and a corking vaudeville act as well. Samurl. HAIER, LIEBER AND CO. (4) D'ts 15 Mina.; One, two, and full (Spec.) The Vic, Chicago, Vaude-Pcts,) One scone is supposed to b« In Coriiiany, another In Mexico. Keiilicr moans aii} thing. The only Bcene that might mean something is purloined from "Chariot's Hovue." It's the wife, the husl^and and the wife's lover. . At each climax the audience la appealed to for a de- cision for or against. No one con- nected with Haior, I^iober and Com- pany la cai-able of putting this over With the necessary smartness. Act concludes with scene In "one." The two men have lost their watches and wallets and to give the girls chance to return It the llg^its are put out. When they go up the girls are gone and the pants from the nearest man. Very poor from start to finish. No need for "Charloi'a Hevue" nian.'Jgcinent to get excited. Won't affer.t ihclr three wocka In the Loop. ORVCON and JONES Dancing 3 Mm:.: On* 31tt ;t. (Vaude.-Pcta.) More than tlie usual hoofing on dl.-pplng. evidently aimed for comedy. It means nothin;,' .ind could be passeoys and all strutting their stuff. The act is nicely costumed, with appropriate settings and effects and is set for any kind of time. As a program number for v.audeville it Is surefire, and for the picture houses that can afford the price, a real one. Hughes. NEILSON and WARDEN Talk and Songs 10 Wins.: One American Roof (Vaude.-Pcts.) Eliti.lnatc the songs and stLk to the cro:bStalk and this turn will ell ipe up even bttt'T. As It Is, It did well on the roof, the sonars let- ting down In mi^'scjllon and finale be< ausc of tho weak numbers and Weaker vocal taknt.s. The talk Is othcrw^;e crisp and fly. The act vamps oft b!g Icngue With a tangled telephone conversa- tian, each trying to got a number and each "sa.-ising'' the other. It develops the couple are oiv^aged. A disclosure of the fresh gab causes a break and tlicn a make-up through his smart alibi. With a little building, the people and material can Interest in faster company. Abel. PRINO VELLY Acrobatic and Dog 6 Mins.: Three and One American Roof (Vaude-Pcts.) Act is ,'il.so billed as Hremo nnd Velly and I'rlno and Volly. above accepted from tho Ihree-Blieets. It Is a single man act, performing Bomo average acrobnlics in tho porch and equilihrlsm line. Tlie dofj Is the main appeal. Witliout tho anitnal there would be little or no act. For tho specialty in "one," the canine does a "singing" bit thu Bends the turn off well. Fair three- a-day opener. Ahrl. MR. KEACHIE Pantomime » Mins.; Full (Parlor) Vic, Chicago (Vaude.-Pcts). At first this looks as If It might be an Imitation of Leon Errol, but It soon develops along other lines. The drunk siaggors about, finally •jotting to bed, where he finds he has four lega. The seeing double of Inebriation and the snakes, dragons, crocoililes and fantastic animals of the U.T's, Is the basis of the hoke. The act protably carries a carpenter to work all the props. Rates as a possible opener for the small bills but "has neither the finesse nor the production to ad- vance above the leaser split weeks. IJevelops an amount of childish hy.steria among the juveniles In audience and mildly amuses the adults. Looks as If Mr. Keachlo may hall irom the minor music halls of the Continent or London. WILLIAM pESMOND and CO. (4) 22 Mins.; Full (Special) Lincoln, Chicago (Pcts-Vauds) A few screen flashes, titled "The Serial King in a Few Quiet Mo- ments," showing William Desmond fighting eight and ten men at a time, or leaping from a cliff a mile high, opens this act. Tho whole business Is great. It teams up the women and children for the act Itself. The Working part Is of a city coui>le in Arizona where sonie fa- mous bandit is terrorizing Uie local- ity. Desmond impersonates this character to please his friend, the city chap, and be Is fine. Fast, rough and ready comedy and a cast that tils well with the book. The set Is that of a cabin in the desert. VVhIlo not over expensive, it fits. As a comedy sketch, this act does very well Indeed. Loop. WESTERN QUARTET 5 Mins.; One Rialto (Pets) The malo four are in artists' smocks and toques. They do two numbers, one of them the familiar "Road to Mandalay," which even In tlie picture houses has become passe. Their voices blend well and a ch.aYigc of numbers should find them gen- erally pleaalng. Abel HARRY PILCER and BAND Empirs, Paris Parle, Feb. 1. The American partner of the lute Gaby Doslys remains a favorite here and Is often featured In revues and vaudeville. He has now a new terp.'ilchorean . act In combination with hl.s sister, Klsle, and brother- in-law, Dudley Douglas. This act wan headlined at this house. Pllcer hae built a gorgeous set with his favorite staircase and his dancing Is bolstered by Tom Wal- tham's (drummer) band. Harry and Elsbi constitute a clever, charming couple, in modern ball room dress and elaborate Mexican costume for the tango. Douglas is heard above (In English) and forms part of a trio number. Tho general verdict of the patrons was most complimentary, rilcer has a new act highly uaitable for local consumption. Kendreui. 15 YEARSlOR SHEIKS (Continued from page 13) William Dillon, prominent, physician of St. Louis, whose murdered body was found on the campus of the Wa.-'hlngton University In the west- ern city la.st May. A third man, HUto Chlsholm, 2S. a clerk, of 13.i .Macdougal street, pleaded not guilty to tho Indictment and will be placed on trial. In an effort to locate, the fourth parlh'i- pant in the robbery the police made efforts to gf't Hardman and Dillon to tell the unknown's Identity, but the youth.s refused to "squeal." No "Squealers" "We will not tell who was with us. We would rather spend the rest of our lives In prison than to be classed as 'squealers,' " they replied to their questioners. The two young men, well supplied with money, Hardman receiving an Income of $150 a week and Dillon $50 a week, appeared In court dressed Immaculately, although they had been In the Tombs since their arrest. Their appearance was great- ly in contrast to the dozen other prisoners who were lined up with them. No relatives of either of the youths were in court. Thfly were represented by laivyers engaged by their mothers. A bench warrant Is lodged in the Tombs for a burglary committed In Mllford, Pa., a week after the Greenwich Village holdup. Tho home of Hardmar.'s uncle. Auu'ust Kell, was looted of stuff worth $20,- 000, and thry were subsequently In- dicted m rik© county. Pa., for the burglary. MUDbNA'S t-ANTASIIC KhVUii <») Songs and Dancing 20 Mins.; One and Full (Special) 81st St. (Vaude-Picts.) A KPml-classlcal cxtravag.'inza including a mixed sextette <»f sing, ers. a pair of ad.iglo d-incer.-; and Modena, the violinist. The latter in hardly new to vaudeville, llsti-d in Variety's files as far bai-k ii« 1&13, This currciit vehicle Is rather pre- tentious in that It possesses .% heavy 'set and attempts to set Itself through the singing. It Is one of those acta tluit looks as If tho dancers might have been added as fillers and hav« outdistanced the voc.allzers a.s ap- plauso getters. Countess Mordena (so billed) re- stricts herself tc the violin, «olc,in(r once and accompanying tho remain- der of the time. Ulsliop and Lynn are the dancers, the girl especii'Uy standing out through a lithe and boyish figure and the knowledge of how to deport same. Feven sonijs and four dances list the evcnt.s In the act, most of tho singing coming In tho last three minutes and proving an InsufiUlent inducement to keep the boys In tlieir seats with intermission due as tho following program item. It's all likeable and plea.sing, need- ing but to be trimmed down on the vocal end to make It stand the gaff. They won't go out talking about it but it will entertain if the salary question can be str.-iightened ouU One such act as this, a better ex- ample, to be truthful. Is now play- ing the Ls on the bridc'.= train nnd the red bustle Is exposed. lUiilt for the small time and ob- viously Intended to ftitictlon no othe r place, this act sho uld never lay oTFI " ' Con. GIVE US A CALL F^»ritBw ftL^WEim* IMCORfSOFJATCO PIIII Mi; I l-IIIA: Ilanhpn Tront llnlUIInc fenarpnrkrt 3RS0 Oil 6M U>«4 4Sril Htrrrt Chltkprlnc tOM ADVERTI8INQ CURTAIN*— DROPS— «CENERV IMMORAL MQMm (Continued from page 1) Ushers of the publications and the proprietors of 65 stores and news- stands are named as defendants. The suit was filed under a Kansa.s law which prevents the circulation of publications of a "scandalous or lecherous nature," or which deals with "Intrigue between the sexes." The magazines named In the .ac- tion and their publishers arc: "llijinks," Guy F. Humphreys, St. Paul. "Hot Dog," Merit Publishing Co.. Cleveland. "Artists and Models" magazine R.anier Reviews, Inc., Now Vork. "Art Lovers' Magazine." Art Pub- lic.'itions, Inc., New York. "True Marrla.ccs and My Story' magazine, Dell Publishing Co., Inc., .Vew York. "I Confess" magazine, I Confes.s Publications, Inc., New York. "Pmart Sot," Magus Magazine Corpornllon, New York. ".'^n.nppy Stories," True Fiction Publishing Co., N.w Y'ork. "C'Ucnry Eyo OT'en^^r," Rob Ed- wards Publishing Co., Mlnncajiolis. "Rreezy Stories," C. H. Yount Publishing Co., Inc., New York. "La Vie Parisienne," diatrlb\ited by Fuwoeffs PubllcTftonR, .\ov\ York. "Parl.s Nights," Fuwcells l'uliH(;.. tlons, New York, 16,000 AT EKS' BALL (Continued from page 13) duly rep"esented. Everywhere coubl be seen professionals. Perhaps the biggest feature ojtlde from the phenomenal attendaneo was tne music. With Lieut. Fred- erick Simpson and his mighty .Monarch Band standing out like a house afire. The men, some 70 strong, were massed on a raised pl.it form In the center of tho floor space. The Simpson band, the pride of Harlem and the colored people of the east "(specially, had a hard but happy ♦a.sk. Roxes vere all sold long before tho affair. Some were spocially dec- orated, with banners signifying their occupants. The folks begun to arrive as early as 9 o'clock and were still coming in to the "HoT»e Sweet Home" at 3 a. m. The ball was given by the New York Improved Benevolent Pro- tective Order of Elks of the World, No, 45, and the funds will be turned over to a. new building fund. KENNEDY HELD tContinucd from page 13) testified he .law Kennedy shoot Murphy. I'ayne miUl the trouble started over two bottles of cham- pagne. He fj.ild some ch.amp.igne had b.en sent to McDonaUrs Uible and the cost, $40, was placed against Kennedy's account. L,ator, bo said, two bottles of wine were f;iven to Kennedy .apparently by McDonald and when Kennedy ap- peared ho directed tho checkroom cashier to ehar:;o It on McDonald'.s oliok. Tt was while he was giving ;liis ordoi- that the trouble arose b.'twecn .Muri>hy and Kenner examination. Magistrate Norrls then fixed ball at $'-',500 vhli'h K<'pno «* $18 a night in ftps alone for run- ning booze, this not counting what their rake oft Is from the logger. After 20 years In San Kran^ifsCO theatres Ciiarles Newman of the Curr.an theatre lin.s left that hoUfO to peck new fields of endeavor In Lo.s Angeles. If yon don't advertise in VAKIKTY dc">n't ndvcrtisc .^i. Wednesday, February 24, 1920 NEW ACTS THIS WEEK VARIETY 19 FRANK KEENAN and Co. (3) "Th* War Within" (Sketch) 18 Mint.; Full (Special) Palace (St. Vaude) Frank Keenan'a return to vaude- ville Is far more auspicious than the vehicle which brouRht him back. "The War Within," credited to Willard Mack, falls short of worthi- ness to a star like Keenan. Ills name may hold It in for awhile but nothing else. Keenan has his mo- ments In the playlet but not cnouBh to satisfy those who remember the veteran's previous contributions to vaudeville among which could be mentioned "Vengeance" and "Man to Man" some years back. The present playlet has a war getting behind the French battle front and a triangle theme. The elderly Col. Laroux has befriended a young officer, groomed him to the rank of lieutenant with the latter expressing gratitude by coveting his benefactor's young wife. A waxed disc placed purposely In a recording machine to record a piano selection by the young wife also records a clandestine conversation between the younger couple. L.aroux testing the pair out tells them ho Is going to follow the younger officer's advice to advance upon the enemy. The wife won't let him go which satisflcs him that it is he she loves and not the young- er man. The latter is unmasked In a plot to send the Col. to certain death through his having falsified the enemy's strength In the sector recommended for attack. He Is de- nounced and sent on his way at the curtain. ICeenan gives an excellent per- formance of the Colonel playing mostly with repression and handling the crucial moments with all the artistry at his command. Margaret Keenan was adequate as the young wife, while Hartley Power and Jack Bennett were also acceptable. The playlet wastes no time In getting into Its story and has cer- tain moments of real suspense. Also a surprise tag when the elder does not carry out his planted threat to kill the Intruder. Closing the first half they liked It here. The star was mainly re- sponsible for the response. Perhaps the combination can work again on the follow-ups. Regardless It l.s not the gripping typo of drama Keenan fans have been educated to expect Edba. SHANNON and COLEMAN 15 Mins.; One (Spec.) American, Chicago (Vaude.- Picts.) Ray Shannon and Ralp!. Coleman •showed" for Mr. Kahl and left no doubt In anyone's mind but what there will be a consistent demand for their wares. The act la In front of a drop representing the gates of an asylum. Shannon is a great comic with one of the funniest make-ups Chicago hai laughed at this season. He Is a cross between a nut, a wise-cracker, a .lance and a large-sized infant. Ho sucks a huge lollipop all during the act and his gestures, eje-wlggllng and gin- eral technique will wow i.ny audi- ence; the better the house the stronger the wow. The ^okea and Ipuns are taken by the large pretty good as vaudeville material goes these days. There are comedy acts on the Orpheum Circuit with less Intrinsic value to their stuff. Ralph Coleman makej a neat straight. They finish with a bit of harmonizing which reveals a nifty pair of pipes possessed by Shannon. Dandy hokum act and fairly po- lite at that. ERbllE ANDREWS and ColUgiana (11) Muse, Songa and Dane** 22 Mint.; Full Stage Broadway (Vauda. and Picta,) "Collegians" as billing seems to be working overtime. Ernie An- drews' outfit may be all of the col- legiate cla.s8 but still he has a band that will get by in vaudeville. At the Rroadway thtro were 11 men. Amlrewa rounds out an even dozen. He's th? loader and at tinicis' .show- ing vcr.satl'.lty through playing a cornet and also warbling. Its the type of band that one hears now on the radio and the rocord.s. Their routine run.s mainly to the topical numbers, given "hot" interpretation throUKh some of the men doubling Instruments. Andrews Is a modest young direc- tor in action. Ho swings Into each number riuiokly. His organization Is Messed with a ba.sa tul)a playi-r that gives first aid to the b.ind all the way. Andrews and outfit arc oaiiable of nlftin? picture houHe.s. nml in the nfk'hhorhoods would be a good •I'Ttalnlng bet. Mark. NICK LUCAS Songa 15 Mina.; On* Palace (St. Vaude.) Nick Lucas is probably best known through his recording for IJrunswlck. He played picture houses before embarking on the K-A Circuit and carries his recording billing "The Crooning Troubadour" with him into vaudeville. Lucas is a personable chap with pleasant baritone voice, also handles his own accompaniment on guitar. The repertoire consists of four pop numbers handled as vocals with a production instrumental spotted be- tween. All of the vocals are handled in the same croony manner which made him a good bet for the rocordii and should set him also as well for vaudeville. Went over to good returns In No. 4 on this bill. Can easily dupli- cate elsewhere and also in picture houses. Edba. "CAFE MADRID" (9) Dances ana Mutic 14 Mint.; Three (Special) State (Vaude-Pictt.) If one doesn't care for the Spanish stringed musical outfit with this act or any of the singing or dancing he must admit that the back fall from a table that the principal dancing woman does Is certainly a corker. If that male partner ever falls to catch her It's dollars to doughnuts that the fall will be done with a net thereafter. "Cafe Madrid" Is typical Spanish in routine, stage embellishment and musical numbers. It has a most attractive stage layout and the prin- cipals are costumed in keeping with the castlilan atmosphere typified In songs and dances. The band Itself do<»^n't go In for any musical acrobatics but does Its work effectively and accordingly. Outside the featured principals are John DuVal and Louise Elye, with the other two persons not In the band evidently John Puerta and Jean Plconl. One woman Is a prima donna and her voice fits in admirably in the routine which runs largely and mainly to dances by a man and woman. There's a tango but the big num- ber is the Apache staged at the fln- !fih and which is given typical Spanish cafe setting. To stringed music the dancers go through an effective routine, but it's that back fall by the woman that staggered the audience. The woman has .stabbed her lover and tries to escape. The door Is locked. She does a run and Jump to the table for a getaway via the window. Then her Apache lover fires. She straightens, stiffens like a rod and falls straight back, no turn or arch of the head to see if her partner was there to catch her. Ho was, although the audience gasped and wondered what might happen If . The act could work film houses advantageously. Mark. COLLINS and SHELDON Singing, Dancing 13 Mina.; One American, Chicago (Vauda.-Picta.) Two tan boys, one corked up Jet black and both attired in wide trousers and collegiate tucked-ln sweaters. Neither has a voice and one sounds as if ho were a mono- tone and could only register one note and that note not true. The dancing never threatens to become hot or difficult or impressive and the turn winds up extremely weak. . Inasmuch as the present routine of the boys at no time provides any real entertainment or gets up any speed anything like consecutive bookings for them la Impossible to visualize. The Association might spot them here and there in some of their small houses but the act is legitimately destined for the daily changes only. SMITH AND HOLDEN Talk and Musio 15 Mint.; On* State (Vaude. and Picta.) These boys seem capable of bet- ter things than their present ma- terial. The sap comic shows pos- sibilities from the start, and his partner makes a great feeder, but the act lets down arpearanee in gray suits ami display passably pleasing voices whleh they u.se in a routine of four popular songs the while they aceonipuny themselves with uke and banjo. The solo at- tempt at comedy, an luiprouiptu re- hearsal on the instruments, failed to start anythlnjT. The turn qualifies as a conven- tional two-man singing and musical turn for an early spot on what is left of the big time. The recording reps may entitle them to a mon. substantial position on the inter- mediate bills. Con, CHAS. DORNBERGER and Orchettra (11) Rotaland Ballroom, Naw York Dornberger la a Victor record dance maker, hence It'a to b« only to be expected that his dance ntuslc prove adequate. And such it proves although Dornberger cornea into the ballroom after an extended tour of the picture houses which sometimes proves a handicap for atralght dance music. Dornberger aa ever saxes at the head. His band goes in for a more than ordinary amount of "arrange- ments" but the fine orchestrating does not aa often happena, make the dance music suffer. Dornberger'a la a high grade or- ganization aa ever before^ He la the guest attraction for a fortnight at Roscland with Harvey Mar- burger's bunch on the opposite stand making for aa all ligbt dance marathon at Roa eland. AbeL "PARISIAN ART" (2) Posing 8 mint.: Full (Special) Broadway (Vaude.- Pctt.) Here is the nearest thing to bare breasts the vaudeville stage has seen yet While the chances are the girls' breasts are not actually striking the atmosphere, the illusion In the balconies was perfect and the almost uniformly stag audience In the upper reaches went for it plenty. In the center of a special drape arrangement la a revolving stage with a panel across the center. Before this two girls pose, one do- ing straight white union suit stuff while the other did all the naughty Paris revue poses. While It Is probable the real bare breasted stuff would be censored, the lighting on the girl was fixed so (r->d above and blue below) the shadows de- feated any real eye-searching at- tempts at detection. This doubt put the turn over big. For vaudeville the poses were the most daring (a silly word but true here) that the intermediate time has yet seen. Possibly If one for- gets the time when the Hghtlng went wrong on Edna French one afternoon In the Palaoe and re- vealed her In lots of nothing, the big time hasn't seen anything like this. Therefore. If the Puritans will come down from their perch. It Is great for the houses where the women won't be offended. BUk, JOE CAN DU LLC and Orchettra (7) Evargladea, Naw York (Cabaret) Candullo is a personality violin- ist, heading this smart septet Small combinations complaining of the lack of progress might cue from a leader like Candullo who possesses the knack of "selling" his stuff. There may be better bands of equal or larger number in the cabarets who do not get anywhere for the rea- son that despite their musical pro- ficiency, they lack the showman's knowledge of properly whipping it across. The six men behind him produce satisfactory dance music but Can- dullo magnified the impression in the manner he stands out person- ally. On top of which be fiddles exceptionally welL AbeL GEORGE HALL'S ARCADIANS (12) Arcadia Ballroom, New York Thla band plays straightaway danqo music, without any frills, at Arcadia, holding up its end In con- trast to the novelty dance effusions by Mai ILallott's merry makers on the opposite stand. HaH'a is not a hokum band, producing syncopation of finer texture. .Somo of their arrangements are extraordinary. An old-time aong hit medley ia impressive as nro their waltzes. Hall himself con- ducts for the main and holps "sell" his band via the baton. Th'-y are .>iet for the s«-as'>n at Arcadia which speaks for l\s«lL AbcL THREE McLEODS Songt, Dances and Funny Sayings 15 Mint.; One Ths Vic, Chicago (Vaude.-Pcta). Family act. Father corks up and dresses like Al Herman with over- large hammerclaw and fez. Jokes, not very funny. Sister about 17 and brother, 18. Sister rather good as flancer and neat. Brother has the mechanical way characteristic of so many theatre-bred children. He does not smile and is as cool and matter-of-fact as a cucumber. He needs to take on a little more zest Kids are nice looking and ought to develop. The prospects of the pres- ent act are fair within limited fielda LEWIS and MAXINE Songa, Talk, Dance, Mutio 13 Mina.; One American Roof (Vauds- Picta.) A youthful boy and girl, probably brother and sister. In an act aimed for a smart routine but only aitc- cecded in an over-precoclouanest that detracted considerably from the considerable talents of the two. The girl la a nice looking young- ster with a badger bob and the boy makea an equally pleasing appear- ance. He aims at a sophistication which Is unfunny and uses material 100 percent released. A burlesque drama, which has been done to death, didn't get them much and followed a monolog by the boy in which ho describes tho "plot." His rendition of "Farmer Gray" to banjo accomp.anUnent held up through the sure fire reactions to two blue verses. The girl picked up the act with an excellent delivery of a pop song followed by a bit of Charleston. A double "Somebody roise" gave her a chance to nvin- ii.amlle him, another released piece of stngo property, for some l;.ughs. For a finisii he receives a phone fall and announces "they can't firilsh tiic act aa they have to go ri.'xiit home." This cue.s for thf'ir (.onrlud- ing song, a parody on a pop which fits tlio getaway. The kl'ls will never get anywhere Willi the iircsent vehi'le. After tli'-y pet material they cm st.ind plenty of st;!ge . •"(•ti -n !i!ho. Iloth lack: ri-pose and a I tDwI- ''^r; of values. J'ist a light tl<;uccr for t».». Kn^'Ilieflb Con. PATRICIA SALMON Congt 10 Mint.: Full Stage Hippodrome (St Vauda.) Miss Salmon, billed as "the singer, dancer and entertainer" dis- covered l)y I Icy wood Broun and Uiile Dudley in a tent show at yiielb.v, Mont., "i.s debuting in vaudeville at the llippodrome in an act heavily auj^mented after tha "circus" f.ishion. A short jiicture reel prolog show- ing Miss Salmon in her wostern tent llsfonliig to the sirenlsh voice of Dudley advl.^ing her to cross Ilor.ico (Jreeley and go east. Sjnie short flashes of the crowd that aa'V the Denipsey-Cibbons bout with .a bit of the champ himself, also helped. Miss Salmon's arr val In New York and » canter through the Park on her j-potted pony In west- ern attire. Miss Salmon's contribution to th« act followed. She made aa en- trance astride her pony to sing "Cinderella From the West" In x thin voice that was decisively out- pointed by the Hippodrome acous- tics. Her roxt appjar.ince wai In an ante-bellum costume for a song and yodellng number that may have stopped trtffic in S'lelby but was rated mild hire. Despite the frantic ballyhoo of the management and the presence of nearly half of the bill In the act Miss Salmon is not for vaudeville, either for the box office or enter- tainment She lacks ability and talent, despite the astigmatism of the home- sick scribes who fooled her. Con. ROSS WYSE, JR., and CO. (2) Talk and Acrobatica 11 Mint.: One Broadway (Vaude.- Pctt.) This boy, a thin and personablo youngster, works with his mother and father, who have exceptional- ly young appearance* from the stage. They open and work In "one" all the way through, the kid first doing a walk-acrosa to drop a banana peeling upon which his father slips and begins a conversa- tion with a woman (the boy's mother). The premise Is that papa is trying to "make" a gal on tho street, but the boy stands around, refuses presents and then pulls that one about "I wanna watch." All the gags and crossfire between the boy and his father are so old they're liable to topple over with senility any minute, but nonethe- leaa they were pulled to no rs* sponse. Prlmarly. the boy ' acrobatic partner for hit fathe, d though both work In regular aulta, the ef- fect of their stuff la undiminished. The father pulla the boy up from a prone position on the floor whils the lad later does some excellent headsplnn. These and other feats of a similar nature put the act away solid, playing the deuce hers. HUk. JANET WINTERS AND CO. (1) Songs 15 Mina.; Pisno, in On* Ststs (Vauda. and Piots.) Janet Winters is a personabt* prima with a pleasing soprano, de- livering a song cycle consisting o( pop numbers and getting results with all. A male accompanist offl- clates at the pjano and also glvea a good account of himself In a vocal solo while Janet la making a cos- tume change, displaying a rich bari- tone that could be neatly blended in a double with Miss Winters should occasion arise. But It don't In the present act, yet ths vocal la Indeed a welcome relief from ths inevitable planologue generally In- corporated in acts of this type, and which generally serve no other pur- pose than as time killer while ths featured vocalist Is getting second wind or making a change. The act is class and Mits Win- tcirs' numbers have been wisely cho.oen as to voice qualifications and for diversity. A neat turn for ths deuce for any of the three-a-days. Edba. GRAY and ARLI8S Talk, Songt, Dance 14 Mint.: One American Roof (Vaude.- Pctt.) 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HowarrJ The Ini;enues (Oth' rs 'o nil» Rrgcnt CM 2d half (26-18) Melody t (1> C Greenwood Adrle Verne II Hoctor Co 4 Camerons Newc I A Most W Catlelt Co (Others to All) Itaahwl k (K) (tt) Hoy Cumm'nga Frank Mullane WriRht A Dale The Dorinonds KEITH-ALBEE N. Y. HIPPODROME THIS WEEK MARVELOUS r COLLEANO FAMILY U« THBIB WORLD-FAMOUS ACROBATIC MELANGE ALF T. WILTON KBPBKSK:«T.k A i > i£ Jazzomanla Rev lat halt (1-t) McI>onald Trio Chert Carleton Reaard A W^aat Howard A LJnd Ytp Ysphaakara td half (4-71 Undaay A Saltan Jada Trio Goaalpa Spar-ing A Rose Prim Seamon A Co Proarect (K) lat hat (1-3) Rosa Wyae Co O'Urlen Sextette Ray A Harr aon A A F Steadmaa (Two to flll) 2d half (4-7) Lytell A Fant Uentell A Gould (Othera to nil) Palace (L) 1st half (1-t) 3 Orettos i^emlnnry Scandala Clark A Crosby Little Jim lOne to n I) td half (4-7) Uarry A Rollo A Del Val * Orch (Three to nil) Boyd Senter Jack Ruasell Ben Pa ey Orch -What Hap'd Jonas' JtMarj {W\) td ha f (2i-Si) Chrtasla A Daley Authora A Comp'ra Lea Klicka (One to flll) Kedsle (WV) td half (:8-:i> Swalna Cata A Rata Grace W.lson Parrel Taylor Trio 4 Volunteers RIva-Orr A R O Unooln (WV) (tt) Selbtnl A Grovlnl J W'liltehead Co Ford A Cunningh'm Youth A Beauty .UaJestIc (WV) (tl) Roae Kresa 4 Knox Comedy 4 Sharon Slephena Co Morgan A She don Hollywood Revels Martha Farheid Co Officer Hynian Delmar I.liins Hall A OBrlcn Kennedy A Nelson McOrrith A Deeds Estt'lle Dudley Co Klein Bros Clalrs A Atwood Stinate (Pc) (tt) Harry Roae N Nazzaro, Jr. Art Kahn Orch "What Hap'd Jonea' Stratford (Pe) (tt) College Four Dream Dance Walter Bal-er Co Horllk A Barampa 'Behind the Front' Stato (WV) td half (25-28) Mack A Rosslter Ulossom Heath Co State Lake (0)(tl) Itenny Leonard BroKdsn A Morrl.i Olga A MIshka Q Alex A Santos Co 3 Aus:ra Ian Boya O'Connor Uls Karle A Revlen P Rydoll A Spotty Reed A I.rfivere Termtnal (Pe) {tt) Variety Ploncera C Darden Rev Franz Me'sel Co 2d half House of David Bd L Mazzart A Boya Ketuh A Wi:ma TiToli (Pc) (St) Gypacy Fo'lles ' S'g A Dance Man" t'ptown (Pc) {It) The d'tne Museum 'Behind the Front' Vie (WV td half (26-21) Carroll A Baxter Chas Ollroy Co Normrn A Carr ALBAKT, N. Y, Proctor (K) lat halt (1-3) '~'arr Lynn Hen.nhaw A A»ery Crafts A Ehechan Ibachs Entertainers 2d halt (4-7) Raymond Pike Morin A Wiser Thompsen A Kemp ATon Comedy Pour ALr.BNTOWN, PA. Celontol (K> lat half (1-3) Joseph Ortiren Welch A Nortoa Al Tucker 2d ha't (4-7) O'Donne'l A Blair (Others to nil) AI,TOONA. PA. Mishler (K) 2d half (4-7) The Ro-dera Roger Wllltmma Nix n A Sana (Others to nil) '\M8TRRDAM, N.V. R'n:to (K) lat half (1-3) I MeKrnnas Rnily Jordan Hoi ;n~8worth A C Crecdon A Davis KoBcmint Troub'r." 2d halt (4-7) Manning A Hall Apples *SDVRV P'K. S. .1. Main Ktreeit (K) 1st half (1-3) WHEN PHILADELPHIA TAILOR JACK L UPSHUTZ ORDER MONDAY: 908 Walnnt Si. ...I'^T." Mary llaynea Wcs ey liarry Versa I lie 3 Ro'ier InihofT Itolaala 3 (1) Caney * Warren Vnn H'lVen I'litter » Csmble Golden Violin Blvrra (K) td half (22) .Marlon Willa W A J Mandell Morrla A Shaw Long Tark Sam td half (4-7) Wa ters A Walters Nan Halprrln (Othera to flll) NrVlokers (Pr)(tt) Paul Aah Mlltnn Wataon Lydla Harris Steve Savage Harry Barr a Peggy Bemler ".Sea Horses" Mlitweirt (Pe) (tt) Mack A Forreat Joe Darcy 2d half (4-7) Dale A Fuller ASIITABLUt. O. Palace (K) 2d hat (4-7) Le.'\ch I. a Qulnlnn Mnhoniy * Talbert June Hovtck Co ATLANTA, «A. Croad (L) (1) 7 Rainbow Olrla Debee A Weldon Butkr A Parker Al Abbott Royal Pekin Tr AUBL'BN. I*. T. Jetfcrssa (K) 1st halt (l-t) Ideals llarman A Sands 2d half (4-7) Bernard A Mack Powell Sextette DALTIMOnE. MD. Hipp (22) M'nllght In KU'B'y' Carl RosinI Coogan and Caaey Genero Sistera Jack Strouse "Wedding Song" Oardca (tt) N Vernlle A Co Three Blanks Preston A Tsobel KIrby A Doval Lorraine Evon 'The Yankee Seaor* Centary (tt) Raymond Baird "The F.rst Vear" Mew (tt) Dolan A Gale "Oo Weat" Mary toad (K) {tt) Paul Gordon Murray Girls Margaret Rumalna VIcllie Dunham Oert Br.-oll Charlotio Geo Ycoinan Harry II nea • Dunham'a Daneera (1) BAB Wheeler Fanny Dare Co Cervo A Mora Angel Droa Roger Imhoir Sybil Vane D'.-lle Daker Rome t (One to flll) BlToll {tty Specht A Orch Blaoa City « A lyn Mann Co Spirit of 7( Plchlaonl Rot Oard:>n's Olyaspla (Ji) (1) (Srolly Square) Wm Edmunds Co Ann Clirion Minstrel Monarchs F'ielder Mann Co Jazzomanla Rev Oordon'a Olympla (K) (1) (WaalilnsUa M.) Pagana Kartn«ra Komed'as Barks Walah A N Nuban KoKiucka Jack Siracaa U Pomeroy Co CANTON, O. Lyccaiia (li) (|) Two l!lor;acini» Dnnham A O'UuH. Rozy La Rocco Vadle Danccra RAD Dean liallot Troupe C'DAB U'l-np. t.\, mnuMl (Pc) cj) Anna Shandkowa CITLBSTN, W. VA. Kearae (:;) BROADWAY'S BEST BET BEN ROCK 1632 e'way. at 63th CL. N. V. C ty Le Miao A Touns (One to flll) M. Janes (K) (1) Pinal Rehearsal Burna A Kane Tay'or A Huaton (One to nil) BRADFORD, PA. DraUford (K) 2d halt (4-7) Le Favor A Pierce Ernest HIatt H Catalano Co BRIDGEPOBT. CT. Palace (U) lat halt (1-S> Hughea A Monti Miller A Brad.'ord Herbert C.illoa D Appolon Co (One to flr>) 2d half (4-7) Ernie A Ernie Fielda A Johnaoa Vardeil B.oa (One to flll) PoU (U) lat half (1-3) IF AVAILABLE for DOOKINCS in tha NEAR FUTURE WHYNOT SEEMEE? MARK J. LEDDY Greeaw:ch n.iak Du'ld'ng ttd West 47th St., Ku'te SOI The Georgians "Juat Suppose" BEAVER VVS, PA. Resent (K) 2d half (4-7) Brema Fitz A M ItlNGH'MT'N, N.V. Dlnghamton (K) 1st halt (1-3) Herberta Dceson Ann Suter Tom Senna Co Ea.1t A Dumke Bobby Heath Co id half (4-7) Van Horn A Izez 3 Cheers llarman A Sands Qua Edwards Rev lURM'GlL^M. ALA. BUoo (L) (1) Selma Braats A Co Vale A Crane B Taylor A Co Polly A Os Lot^ett A Page BLOOM'OrN, ILL. Barrts O'd (K) (I) Cecil Grey Bobby A King (Three to flll) BLL-EFnLD, W. VA. Cotealal (K) lat halt (1-3) Wilbur A Qlrllo Casson Bros A M M'narcha ot Melody Icrtrude Bamaa •CItaro Trio Id half (4-7) Sayre A Mack Gmen A DaVal Anita Pam Co J Furst Co Murray A Irwin A Sullivan Co Gom'ey A Cafferty Bobt nei:iy Co 2d half (4-7) Ryan Sis (Othera to nil) niFFAI.O, N. T. Shea's (Pc) (32) nughou.se (Cabaret' "Ynuih. Pep and Harmony" "His Secretary" (1) J M And.raon Rev "Grand Duoheas and Walter" Shea's IIIpp (Pc) (21) Art Landry lat hat (1-3) Cliff Jt.hnaton Billy Kelly A Co Banquet of S'b A D Carroll A Gorman 2d hn:f (4-7) Hughes A Whec er Francis A Hume Retribution Lea Gcllla CniE.STKR, P.t^ Bdcement (K) lat hat (1-3) Cecil A Van Mme. O'Nulte NIlea A Manr^lold Qulnn Binder A Ri FolUca De Lux 2d halt (4-7) Prank Rerklcss Roberts A Clark D'Armond A Hunt'f Carl McCullough CINXINNATI, O. Palace (K) CSt) nianey A Wood Arthar Ashley Farnell A Flo R.tz SerenaUera Mullen A Franr-ls Arthur Huaton Oezazlan & White (1) Helen Bach 3 F.-aley A Putnam Dwyer A Orma F SInclnIr Co Horry Colcnftin Ix>la Adlne Co Harry Breen Keith's (tt) Hayea Marsh & II Ucbla Hamilton Sis A P Mar^lt Kegedua Harry J Con ey Rome A Gaut Younger a CLARKSn'G W.VA, Rob'nsoa GranJ(K) 1st half (1-3) Ailce DcGarmo We TJireo Valerie Bergere Ca Davis A McCoy D onVa:erio Co 2d ha f (1-7) Cycling n.'inctli'S Carmen A Poso MoratI A Harris Fisher & Hurst ( Anderson S'.t rLEVELAT.'l), O. tOSth St. (K) (tt) Van A Ver.T n THE WIIITB HODSB OFF B'WAT HOTEL COOLIDGE 131 West 47th St., New York FRANK JOYCE. Maaagcr 'Vanlah'g Amertc'n' (tl) Art I.Andry 'Little Ann Rooney' Lafayette (Pc) (tt) 11 Miami Glrla Frankle Kelaey E ale A Paulson Volga singers Hall A Gray "Dance Madness" State (L) (1) Circus Show Bhca's (K) (tt) Albert Povcll ■i -"THE WOMAN-HATERS' CLCB' Nelson A Parish Gladys Darling Co. BOSTON, MASS. Keith's (tt) Chas King llrendell A Burl MrLal en A Sarah Fleeson A Or'nw'y Gardiner's Maniacs Jack Merlin Virginia Rucker Eddie Rnss Freehand 3 (1» Wes'ey Marry Co Harrington Sisters Itomns Troupe Tom Smith pi nni> * lloehclle Creole Fash Plate (Others to nil) Leew'a (I) 4 Acea A A Queen Walsh ttiatera CrelKhton A Lynn C Krating A Co Wiiia A r.obbina K Lindsay Rev New Doatoa (K)(l) Mi'sloBl H'mlera Torakona A Love Weaver Uroa Wlllard Mack Healy A Cross Joe Marl;a Sranlon Denno A 8 Bil y Fynan (1) Texas 4 Harry Holmaa Ethel Davia Con Colleano Harry Dolt RoRlta BtTLER, PA. MaJcsMc Ci) lat half (1-3) B A E Gorman (Othera to (111) 2d half (4-7) D'Orfay A Strdm'n (Othera to flll) CAMDEN. N. J. To were (K) 1st ha f (1-3) Shirley Sis Mechnn's Doea Roberts A Clark Henry Re^ral Co SIgmr Frlscoe 2d half (4-7) A A J Correlll Crulalng Harry Breen 4 Fords Tom Davlea I (1) Mullen A Francis Parlalenaea Romo A Oaut Mme. Herman Co Palace (B) (tt) Emeat Hlatt Spotlight Rer O'Dlva Sylvia Clark Joa D Stanley BAB Wliecler MehllnTer A Wms Chaa Withers Dig tanoa Pantages (1) The Ear ea t.«wla A Lavarro The Campaigners Nat Nazarro Enoa Frazere Co Bead's Hipp (K) lat half (1-3) Max Bloom Rev 2d half (4-7) 8 Sazea Morgan A Lake Chase A LaTour Loul.se Massart Cd (One to n 1) State (L) (1) Ruby I>atham Duo Mabel Drew Keyhole Knmoos Raymond A Royra Uombardo's Oro COLt'MBi;S, o. Keith's (22) MurUnck A Idayo Joe Mendl Retributli n , lOild e Nelaon It Jackson Girls Hnynen A Berk DALI,Ag, TEX. Majestic (H) (I) Malla A Hart Foley A 1 etour Anger A Fair Rl'.m Bros McKry A Ard'ne Pratsses (1) MlddletoB AS Wednesday, February 24, 1926 VARIETY fl Oilv* * M»<:1» Rtnard 4 We«t Countess Sonia B»llna'8 CMrcu* pAVKNrOBT. lA. c»p«toi (re) (t«) Cody * Trigf DAYTON, O. Keith's (22) Kanazawa J»P" Kranlt Sinclair Bender ft Kuapp Larry Stoutfiiberc Flo Carroll HJ Zd bair (4-T> Utile Cottagt) Tom I>avl« Tuck A ('Inns Eva Clark FAIBM'T, W. JTA. Falmioiit (K) laC hair (1-1) Elks Mlnstrpla 2d half (4-T) ARTHUR SPIZZI Booking tho Bottor Picture Theatres NKW TOBK OFFICK 1587 BROADWAY Novelette ReT HAMILTON, CAN. PantacM (27) LnDora A Becktn'a M Iroy Bis Horrpnllno 4 (Urrett A Corlnoe Mann's Syncos nABIUuoia lOna to (IM) Zd half (4-7) Cii.niley & CafTerly Kobt. Reiily Co (Others to till) nAZRLTON. PA. Froley's (K) 1st half (1-1) Rowis A Jerry Hunter Randall Co Fohnova Dancers ii>ne lu llli) HOLYOKK. MA88. Victory (H) 1st half (1-1) I'mik Work C^ 4 1, GIrard Haknr 4 Kry CncU AUxaiider Novelette KeT 2d half (4-T) Narnba Hros M.t. k 4 I.ea Whlt.-fd 4 Irel'd Wm SIsto John llcgay Co Hl'NT'OT'N, W.ITA. HaaUoBt'B (H) (1) Leland 4 St Clair Savoy 4 Abbla Sis OfThetUB (K) lat half (1-1) Sayre 4 Uauk HuKhxs 4 Wbeetar Anita l\iN> Co Neison 4 I'artsb I.es Qt^lles 2d halt (4-T) M:iry Zoeller Co LtuFranoe 4 Garnet nilly Kelly Cv Carroll 4 Qarman Itanijuct of a'c 4 D I.yrie (P) (1) Muranil 4 l.se Tuck A Toy Jane (.'ourllin|>* KlaRler liros Kuth Jitrvis Itiy Polare f (IS) Bobby KInK Taylur 4 Markley Chaso 4 l.:\Tour Spencer 4 Wlirnis Arriiand Marie ltd 2d half (4-7) chriaaV A lialey C. A K I'arks Clinton Sis Co JAMKSTOWN, N.Y. Opens House (k> 1st half (1-U> Marico n.'th Co (iXhcr.t (o nil) 2d half («-7> •r.-niKh.a » Held W lUer Fi-nrnT Co Klo Curioll Co C^nu to r.l) ,IEK.H¥ riTY. >».J. Mate (K) Id ha'f (:r-;6> Wall.T latUon Co A 4 K .stfdiKiiii 1st half (l-J» MirK'.iri r.ulula Princess Bajah Winthlll 4 Briscoe Oliver 4 Olson DErATt'B. ILI.. Lincoln (Pe) (3t) "Monk" Watson l,ee Evans Cbas. Oberle Collins 4 Saelton DE KAL,B, ILI. DeKolb (Pc) (22) Codec 4 Trigg J K Haney Rev DENVER, COLO. Pantaces (1) Leu Keliors lK>wa 4 Mura Knierston 4 B'dwin Buziilngton's Bd Briscoe 4 DeLarto 4 Madcaps VKH MOINES. lA. Capitol (Pc) (22) Capt. KIdd, Jr DKTBOIl, MICH. Regent (P) (1) The Dorans Frank Peggy Jones Alice DeGarmo We Three Valerie B.rgere Co Davis 4 McCoy Don Valerlo Co FAB BOCKAWAY ColambU (K) (22) ShufTlo Along 4 i'eiiito Trahan 4 Wallace Jimmy Morgan iJd 2d half (4-7) Mari« Sa.bbott Ki.^hi'r & Glliuore (Cnht-rs to nil) FT. DODGE Blalto (Pr) (22) Mary Jane FT. .SMITH, ABK. Jole (It) (1) Meredith & Snooier I. aura Orinsbce Earl Hampton Zulaya 6 Kelands F*n-UU-UAC, WIS. BetUw (L) (1) Aerial Clarka i»hll Davis MttMial ky Bsa Rsm Paataats Teat EDDIE HILL DlreetlOB — RILEY BROS. JImmIe Glldea Co Chappelle Stlnnette Catiillle 3 Temple (K) (22) Tamakt 2 Courtney 4 Keres Jed Dooley Joe Howard's Rer Bill Roblnsnn Weir's Elephants Traps Boganny Troupe (1) The DIgetanpea Frank Kichnrdsoe Tula Swift Co Oiacla 4 VcrdI SJ^^^a ClarJi Ohaa Withers Co MoM'j^er 4 Wlll'ms I^elly l/etall Troupe Iji8'Ie Gardens nasi 4 (>sal Ann Gold S Stepchildren G 4 E J'arks (One to nil) 2d half (4-T) t>anclng Kennedys McCornilck A I Pager 4 MIdley Cto Hyatns 4 Evans I Rcddingtons O'd Blv'ria (K) (I) Embs 4 Alton Brown 4 Rogers HaM 4 Dexter Spanish Follies FT. WAYNE. IND. Palace (K) Ist half (l-») Clinton Sis Co Kva Clark Co Nicola (One to nil) 2d half (4-T) Max Bloom Tab Mont* Lyons (Two to nil) FT. WOBTH. TKX. Majestic (It) (1) C Kmmys Pots Claudia Coleman B Farrell 4 Co Shone 4 Squires Visions of 192* Pantares (1) Win M.irrls 0!yn Landlck Maurice Barrett Mardo 4 Wynn Capman Boys Co OLENS FA'LH.N.Y. Blaito (K) Id half (4-T) Harry Watklns Holllngsworth 4 C Furman 4 Evans Once Upon a Timo FOUR MADCAPS WINNIE— MARGIE— WALLY and the uriiciniil ZELLA MADCAP Wk Jan. 23, Pantages, Los Angeles B Dudley & Boys Rico 4 Cndy Glfoylc 4 Lange Tho Gingham Girl DL'LL'TH, MICH. Oarrlrk (Pc) (22) Joe Riley Co E. I.IVEBPOOL. O. Cupitol (K> lilt half (1-3) ■Weodlck A Ladue Tnw (1) Frank Work Co Betty Washington B^ll A C'lair.i Stan Kavanaugh CABARET BILLS Current Programa in Cabareta and CitiM ■• Balow Liate4 NEW YORK Ambassador OriU I'crot 4 Taylor Larry SIry Bd Avalon Club Beth Chains Waxy I-oul5e Taylor Cliff Rourk* Ai Roth Lucille Joycs Bob Murphy Kathcrino Adolphe EJ GalliiKlier. Jr. E Lambert Band Backstage Club Johnny Marvin Win Hollander Teddy King Andy Hamilton Harry Nadell Eddlo Thomas Beaux Arts Floor Show B Qlaser Orch Caravan Cleb Arthur Gordon! Jennie Marvin Marjorle Leei Virginia Rocne Eutelle Levelte Rose Stone Marlon Swords Flossy Cryon Jane Gray J Friedman Bd Case Lopes V Lopez Orch Fowler 4 Tamara Radio Franks Verona Chantee Alice Lawler Arthur HrowB Eddie Joyce Peggy Dougherty Geo Olscn Bd Chateau Shanler Will Oakland Chateau Band CIre's Colored ReT Dot Rhodes L Smith Bd CInb Alabaos Johnny Hudglns Fowler's Orcn Jean S'arr Abbie Mitchell Clarence Robinson At Moors Roscoe Simmons Johnny Vlgal Ruth Walker Freddie Wash'gton Lillian Power Eilda Wnbb Ethel Moses Vivian Harris Madeline Odluna Gladys Bryson Renee Harris Gwendolyn Graham Hyacinth Sears Club Anatol Grace Fisher Roalta A Ramon Muriel DeForrest Norma Gallo Helen Henderson Ruby Steevens .Terry l/ryden Dorothy Shepperd Dorothy Charles Claire Davis - May Clark H Reser Bd Club Barney Hale Byers Bd Knterlalners Clob Kentackf O Wantz's Rer Sid Clark Harry Harris D Ellington Orch Chic Barrymoro riob Lido Carl Hyion I'eggy Harris Davls-Akst Orch riob Sons Gene Jerryctres Rev Jerry Dans San Gene t Connie's Ina Colored Revun L .Smiths Orch Cotton Clak W Brooks Rev Eddie Rector Ralph Cooper Brown 4 McGraw Jonah Dicklns'n Bd Evelyn Shepard Millie Cook Hazel Coles Annie Bates iMTrien Harris Pauline McDonald Minnie McDonald Dover Club (New show Keb.lS) Jimmy Durante Eddie Jacknun Lew C'ayton Hyan Slstcis Mmo. Fin Ethel Crai? Margaret Hellwig Doris Dickinson Brad Mitchell R Jordan's Orch Eversladee a Lindsay RsT AI B White Olive McCluro O'Brien Sis Joe Condulo Bd Mth St. Clab Mary Mulhera Dorothy Ramey Harriet Townee Mildred Kelly Dolores Griffla Peggy Hsrt "Ripples" Covert Oernlce Petkere Prances Mallsrjr Ruth Sato Sat Miller Ana Page Van Lowe M Specials Bd Dolly Sterling Elaine Palmer Sth Ave. anb Cecil Cunningham Bert Hanlon Bobble Cliff Elizabeth Browa Dan McCarthy Mignon Laird Mabel Olaen Albert Burke Adier Well 4 U Johnny Clare Edith Babaon Kdnor FrUimr Maryland Jarboe Helen Sheperd Dorothy Deedcr Richard Bennett H Archer Club Bd FrlvoUty Laura Lee Buckley C 4 8 J Denny Orcli Hoff Rraa Billy Adams Estelle I'cnMing Frank Cornwell (Jruaadt'rs Ktt Kat Komer rnmme Girls Rev Billy GUtfon V Godfrey Rev ".';rreVal A Dorothy RoRS Wynn Bobble Danders June Lloyd P DeQuarto's Orrh IJtUe Club Marlon Eddy Alice Buuldcn Mart:ue A Marq'ttf D'.IIy Austin Gl.idyce Harvey Valeatiae r^e Mansfleld Forrest Luper itabn .Slicrmaa Al Reynolds Dcvall 2 Hawaiian I Vera Welch Madeline McK'nzle Chlcagoans Orcb Rendesreas Maurine Marnelllrs Dorothy A Anna Jay Mills Bale Kane Eddie C;ilfrord Williams SIS C SlralgD's Orch Tina Tweedle South Sea 3'r'a'd'rs Dixie Fle'ds B Hoftmaa Orcb Tanlty Vair JAM Jennings Lula Swan Thelma Coombs M 4 B Lee Vanity Fair « Ruth Gslbert Adele Walker H Osborne Oreh Clob Avalea Bert Gilbert I^nnrtte Ball Crle r>avla Sol Wagners Orch MooUd Bonce Mrs. Deo Parsons Kubln 4 Areu .Smith 4 Durrell Little CarUHc Quart International Trio Kay A Darnell McCuna Sis John Wade's Orch Deaaville Sylvia Hanley (Nister A Itleh Maybeile Dillon I lava (juixano Helen Doyls Hellc While Nan niackstone Mentssattf* Hal HlxoB Mabel Cedars Herble Vugel r'ranilall Sis Edna Llndiiay Alfredo A Gladys Murr.^y 4 Wagner' Tent K Davis Band Easbassy Clab Davis Orch Polka Dot Belv'd're T W Murphy Orch Silver Sllppee O Morris* Orcb CLEVELAND, O. Clah Madrid Adele Gould Harry Bloom Johnny Ryan Emerson Gills Ores CULVER CITY. CAL. NlghtlDtale Harry Cook Harry Vernoa Iraas McKlnrisy Blackman Orob DETROIT, MICH. Addis Lee Horse Bddls Cos f L Slllninn Leilta AVestman Kay MIll'T Oich LOS ANGELES Oreca MIU Val Roberts aiadys Oook Addle Moraa Sneti Orch Cottoa Clab Frisco Nick Will HItchsll Sue How Cliff Ritchie Leslie Walton Blklns Orch Clab AlabaM C C flnowden Martha Ritchie Ivy Anilerson .Marshall 4 Pertle Lawrence Ford Sidney Reevs .'^usle Hoy P Howard 4 Orch MIAMI .irabtaa Nights Wood Sis IHoward 4 Tlennstt Iwaahburn Orch MILWAUKEE Tune Tinkers Monte t'arie Billy Winams Badger Room June Warwick Badger Pyncop't'rs Sky Booas iphu Kislln Jean Hammond 'LuclIM William NEW ORLEANS UtUe Clab Wells 4 Brady Wanda Goll Guy McCormIek Hazel Verges Al Piper Scranton's Sirens Ringside Geo McQulna Billy Pierce Bobbie McQulna Harold Fletcher Willie Jackson flerenaders Victory las B B B I^etty McKenats Rose Shaw Neyba Adams Charlotte Brand Twilight Cllvs Mbe So Serenaders PALM BEACH, FLA. Embassy Club Marguerite Price I*e Arnold Mary Salisbury Miller 4 Farrell MIrador Orch rinb May fair Frances Williams Sleepy Hall A lid SALT LAKE liouvre Pfct (unit B.bble Olten (JreheMlrr: WASHINGTON Le I'aniills Meyer I'.i vli Oi I h l.o .nils T Vina •Mglit In Orient" Hayilowrr Ganlea lut/inan I 'ri h Wardnian I'ark Rner ( tr'h t,'-m Herrnan D'To'liy Dnye Itett«r 'OIn B'Tri.-ttein Or< b I»orothy Iiiiye Joe Uoinlrest l.a JavA Pile M-.'ian' firrh Spanish Village Tillriianri fireh Welch A Norton (Otie to till) HARTFORD. CT. Capitol (K) 1st ha;f (1-3) .N'uison 4 .Notion Carroll A Remnant Ernie 4 Ernie nillle Reitay Co Kleiils A Johnson Vardiil Bros 2d haf (4 7) Sawyer 4 Eddy .Stuart Sjs A Sullivan Co Herb"rt 'llfton Murray * Charlotte Chamherrn 4 Earl Princess Hajah (fine to fl'l) 2d li ilf (4 T) W 4 M Austin Rogers A Dorkia (oilii rs to nil) HOBOKKV, V. ». Loew's 1st half (1-3) Three Merottys .Savoy 4 Marn Malley 4 L'lrey Woodland Revue 2d haf (1-7) Jean Miller Trli> Kitty CiMilian IIOHNKLL, N. Y. Shatturk (K) 2d half (4-7) Boss 4 Barrows Glenn 4 Jenkins Tom Senna Co 'On* to All> II018T0N, T«3I. Majestic (It) (I) Brent Hayes M.lUrd 4 Marlln H Bergman 4 Co Chief Caiipo eon Keaney 4 Moll's INDIANAPOLIS Keith's («2) 4 ("lovelly Olrls .Frank RIchar'Json Wally :-'hariles Chas Chase Edith Cla.per Harry Burns Traver Bros (1) Raoasawa Japs Murdo>k 4 Maya R»rt Levy Henny Kubln Ri's Serenaders Ua't^'r Br'iw*ir Rnlph Whitthead Ra'h Bros ITH\<:A, N. T. Htnsnd (K) (22) .loe llrownlng Hh.ttiiiik 4 War« KdKSr Ilerfen Helen Hlg;;lni ilanie/ 4 Wallers Janet Clillds Ilarrin Claire Co « levi 1(1 ,v Dowrcy Kailuon Hints K \Ns'S < ITV. .MO. I'antages (I) Pi u-;i.n»;i Flank Hraulwood Shadow;. mil 4 Kri-kilnav (Two :.-> rtU) lANt a>ti:k. p.l. 4 oluniul (K) Isl half (1-3) Bill A <;eii' v'e\* \>^^ Mont A (l.trela Bryhon A Joii'm Wm Seat.ury Co (f)lli"rs to III!) 2d half (4-7) WMlnti A Kills- I lie Bnaij's (')'her.i to nil) JOIINsTOWN, P.*. .Mitje'itlr (K) 1»l half (13) I'' I'll ' uriU'.n Co i.ubln A Lowrt* .Sailor il CT) .Spanish Kr.<;ival l''reil I.indiay "Don Q" Metropnllljui (P«> t.6) V. rn« Muck In •n.i:.> i.os AoKelcj^ '■(.irsnd Du< li 'HS and Waiter" Pnntage* (I) Tor> a! a Umv.' era St.uiel;i iMiuias ' Phil Se. .1 l-e V.' ark ,v V i . I I hi CALM and GALE Formerly (uim and Dnie KEITH-ALBEE NOW OlMiinell & Blu.r Nixon A Sans Id h!.lf (4-7) C lets 4 DufTy iliiie Du Barry i o Harry Down iig Co Al Tucker Co I.AWR'X E. MASS. Kmpiro (K> 1st half (1-3) illivcr A Crangl* M C I'oward I'o Itabcoek A l>olly Tommy Rellly 2d halt (4-7) P DeSaito Cu Bert Baker Co Elkliia Fay 4 K LF-XIN4iTON, KV. lion All (Kl iHt hair ll-:0 Miner A Brown I'lifford Wayiio 3 WalniMley A Keal'g Kiiiiiwa .laps (One to mil 2d half (r7) Jones Morgan 4 R Eilille Foyer (Tliree to ml) LIMA. O. Fanrot O. B. (K) (1) O'Br'n 4 Josep/ilne Ilanilsw'rtli A DeM lUalto (Pc) (JTI .st'.eriuaii Van A R "That HoyI- Girl" I.oew's State (Pr) CSi Wolf 4 Band Ne!! Kell.y F 4 M -Veil n Idea' Wynne Bullock Hadja Tri.ui>« Lewis 4 Kellogg l.anora Delaro "The Torrent" I.OI I.SVILLF. KT. Nationitl (K) 2d half (25 -Jt) Craley A I'u' nam l'aaqua:l Ilroa |iw> er A ornia Hett Levy .Spencer 4 Will'ina Aiitliiue Shr>p LOW FLU M\H»4. Keith's lit) Wllion Sis Rodero A Mall* Fiuk's Mules Hose 4 Thome ' Johtiny Murphy Harry Ames MARDO and WYNN Next to Closing NOAV Pantagea Circuit *^V-r »▼ Personal Dlreetioa ALEX PANTA<»E» Morgan A Lake Helen Staples S Saxxos LINCOLN. NKD. Princess (P<') ('^2) Mildred Melroso "Steel Profcrrtd" LITTLE K'K, ARK. Majestic (It) l.it half (13) Meredith 4 Snoozer I. aura Ormahe* Earl Tampton '/elaya G Hehreck 4 Ce 2d half (4-7) HJlans Birds Stanley Chapman Cavannaiigb 4 (^ Hawthorne 4 C^ok In Bargravla LOCK PORT, N. Y. Pala4-e (U) 2d half (4 T) O'ATsl 4 I Inko Country Club Girls C Vincent (..'o Elna Torrenc* Co U UKACn, CAL. Iluyt (P) (I) Weslerhold's Ship Baker 4 (Jray Ijimbertl BernardI Brooks 4 Nse* (1) H McQuarrie Ce M Montgomery Will Mahoney Hartley 4 Paterae* Joanne La Crosse Wilbur 4 Lyke MACON, UA. Grand (K) (22) T 4 A Waldiiiaa Hherwln Kelly Al's HTO Ml tlao 4 Mutt CaMmell 4 Harria M'HKHTEB. N. ■. Palace (K) Ist half (l-t> Musical Zylos Hunter 4 Bailer Jlnkj 4 Ann Bert Hakor Co P De Sarto Co La Hall* HassonAM 2d half (4 T) T 4 B Waters M C Coward i'» Walsh A Tay Oliver 4 Craiigle T Rellly Co McKF.KSP'KT, PA. Hippodrome (K) 1st h.ilf (1 3) K Do.Molyl Co Morall A Harris Low Roso Co Wallace A M»* Manning and Class KEITH-ALBEE CIRCUIT Direction HARRY nRKFR lluiidboz Kev L. BRANCH, N. t. Broadway (K) 1st hair (1-3) Arlle Pierce Brown 4 Welch LONDON, CAN. lioew's Ist half (II) Frazler Bros Calvin 4 HU(rar H Walrnan 4 Debs 2d half (4-7) Baby D Johnson Ry.in A Moorn Oddities of 1!>2( LOS ANGELF..1 Houlevurd (Pc) Ut lialf (il-23) r!en.j .MoTKan Fanehon A M.irco 'Ni w Ciirnrn'dm' f 2d half (2« 27) Gene Morgan Fitfieliori A Marco ■I lo'h. 1 .Mki) Palo' Joe Mendl 2d half (4-T) BollliiKer Rosemary 4 K .N A (1 Verga 7 Collegians MF.MPHIS. TRN1V. Pantaves (I) Bellls Troupe Marlon Jerty Rosa .'.'ann 4 .Strong MeCarlhy 4 MoOfS Ireland's Rev Ht«te (L) (I) Portia ."-'H'ers Calm A Gale K Kennedy 4 Ce Bristo* 4 Rauh Walter Felil 4 Ce MF.RIDF..\, rO.NX. PoU (K) 2d half (4 7) Tho irari<-r|Uins Jaiklii & Blllle .1 Pair Cnle rs to fill MACY and SCOTT THE RADIO ACES A Iws VI W'orkInK luaro* (Pc> (, ' ll, !■ Iliil'') "I. I'liK Whal- r" A l^fioMi.h- re Prol' g ij p'.'i;.|. . Joyrell •Jh" .Sea BeasC* Forum (Pr) T-d llenKei Oreh 'i A R P"rry Warn'T A M'Sd VV'ndertnere'. Kan' MILHM I ItKB Ailiainbr.t I I'l > c:) B--iia.llf Di; O'va .'■''• rsl oH S p'ra 'It'aullfo; Clieit" MUler (L) (I) DlHon A Marir J Irving ri-i h'f (( ■ ■lUilHJe'I ori pafC oj) VARIETY EDITORIAL Wednesday, February 24, 1929 KIETY Ti«4e Mark R*«iM*r«d mbllshf^ OTcrkiT n VARim !■•■ 61m* SIlTarmaa. PrMl«cot 114 W«at 4«• Caata Vol. LXXXII No. 2 50 YEARS AGO (From "Clipper") Tom Taylor, popular playwrlglit ftnd journalist, who had lonp: •whisk- ers and thln-rlmmcd gla.'iseB, was on the first page of "Clipper" for Feb. 2«, 187«. Taylor was editor ot "Punch." Frank Vanderbilt, nianaprer of the Centennial Olft Show. Rrew In- censed over treatment he received at the h.ands of a blUposting c m- pany In Springfield, IlL, and tblnk- Ine: to save some brother mananers aimilar trouble, printed this ad- ' CHEEK Ebowmrn who wish to do thair own bill diHtrlbutlnr and avoUI impoaltlon bid bel- ter jump 8i>rin*rnell« time vatidevlUe sot some cuts into them. That It bad to be Alf T. Wilton, a man who didn't have to do what he did, speaka all the more. Alf Wilton walked out of the Keith office and he Is still out aHhough he's In. It looks as though the Kelth-Albee olRcc doesn't dare to bar him, after be haa defied th4m In every way they t>elicved an agent never would. A pupil In a Moorestown, N. J , public school turned the tables on a teacher, Ida Jones. She was whip- ping him and he got sore and clubbed her so badly that she was severely Injured. "Clipper" com- mented on the "rising generation." Harrigtui and Hart had started on a tour through the south and at their first stand. New Orleans, turned away hundreds. They were playing week stands and the gen- eral prediction was that the tour would be a financial cleanup. Charlotte Cushman had but re- cently died and sincere grief was manifested throughout the the- atrical world. Miss Cushman was rated as the greatest of the Amer- ican tragediennes. Tony Pastor was engaging new people for his company. La Belle Victoria being among them. . . . "Julius Caesar" burlesqued as be- ing done by the Olympic. . . . "Rose Michel" had reached the great run of 100 nights In New York, a rare happening fiO years ago. Charlotta LeQuercq was shortly to begin a tour of provincial Britain. . . . Jobs were so scarce an ong the advance agents that Gus Freeman, one of that clan, was offering a bonus for an engagement. . . . "Brass," the new play by George Fawcett Rowe, had just opened at the Park with Rowe himself In the leading part. It's w^orth stealing, too. There should be about $2,000,000 In the N. V. A. tre.asury by this time. Maybe more. Who can tellT Only those that keep the flinn'ial statement a secret. Any member of the N. V. A. could go Into court and m-curc an order to examine the books of the National Vaudeville Artist.s to d»fterin»ne if the Immense surplus fund of the ".>^ori<'ty" Is being administered for the b«.st good of the organiza- tion. And nmre! Never since the N. V. A. was organlzcKl about 18 years ago has it issued a finanrliil statement. Never since the N. V. A. was organized U&a there been an election of officers by the full membership of the club. Never since the N. V. A. was organized has any member of it not okayed by the Master had anything to say In Its dlr«;tlon or management. And not one of the members who are outsiders knows where any of the N. V. A. money has gone to or who haa It. And they say that the N. V. A. Is for the actor. And It Is, all for him— to stay In It. for while he's in the Master figures he won't be out— beside.^ that $2,000,000 Is enough to build any theatre. And there are other plUes. too many for one iasae of Variety. But one other Is how the N. V. A. has gotten and gets its millions In surplus From the actors-Its own membera Oh, boy! That Master Is a ba-by! For the privileas of belonging to the N. V. A. the »«t«'-"l«^„»>^'; P^Jf' $10 in dues, about $30 a year for "benefit" tickets; around $160 for ad- vert "ing^ one kind or another, and besides all the benefits anyone "!,[ the office" can locate for him to play " »• P'^^- »>" "^y/':^^ rtiows for nothing and his club salary is .ay |100 (low), thats »60u worth of service he has added on to that. And the benefits for the actor ? The re ain't nona. There's no use saying that a fine dressing "°°» ,"^" ."f ^^^ V A ference for ,v>u dont know If that theatre was built by the N. V. A. surplua ; , . ■ , The death benefitl Tes, Sir, there's that Ba-by agalnl Never mind the fWe free benefits, let's figure «p the cash each year, and the ca.sh estimate as given here is small for • j^'f « ""'"^*'^he sTck $10; tickets. $30; ads, $160— total, $200— and gone for nothing. The sick funil at $20 a week? We'll get to that later. For $200 a year the actor-member of the N. V. A- ta going to have his rekttiveTrecelve $1,000 after be dies. He's got to die to get It. That he must do But m five years he has paid the N. V. A. at the rate of $200 " yir il.OOO. and who gets wh at he p ays after the five years? And how much straight life Insurance could anyone got for $200 as a yearly premium? Even if tha member dies he may not get all of the $1.0««. There's system at tho N. V. A. Yes. Sir. that Ba-by put la a aystem and Its working. •.. -• , ' Supposing the member went broke while he was living or had to go away And needed money. Badly, -^ur organization gives It to him. Tes. Indeedy. The organization gives It to him and charges It up jwalnst him; against that $1,600 he'll have coming to him after he la dead. There s a system and It's Ba-by's. No one ever saw an N. V. A. death benefit check for $J47 f^'*'^'^ No. indeedly. Those go right out of the <='«bhousc.UV. when the mem- De; dies who doesn't owo anything and gets *»>• »1'«»« *»^ »»** y**" hear about It. It's called getting publicity through the dead. It's unbelievsble but It's true and there's something else truer. That if ther* Is an examination of the books of the N. V. A. tomorrow or any other day they will reveal that all of the charitable deeds, donations and actions that needed money, which have been made for Ave y*ars and claimed as personal contribuUons. will be charged up against ""e N^ V. A., whether It's for a person, a h ome o r a church. There's a system! And the $20 a week for the poor devil who can't live on it! At $60 a week charity you are apt to be advertised by the N. V. A. as the N. V. A. did when It advertised a married couple In the Adlrondacks were re- ceiving $60 weekly from its charily fund, the most despicable advantage of charity ever taken— and It was advertised In Variety. And the ad- vertisement was paid for by the N. V. A., out of Its Inexhaustible "Spe- cial Fund." That's the Fund to locate on the books; there's the dusky lad. What has the Kelth-Albee agency been doing all these years— four- flushing? They have made office and messenger boys of their full-sized men agents; tthed them, suspended them, ridiculed them and told them where to and where not to get shaved. And now the first agent who ever had the nerve to leave them flat they say nothing, do nothing, appearing to be helpless. ,, ■ Maybe waiting for tho outoome of the Hart case? That's possible. But even so, one more suit or less? If Hart wins his caso there will be 10,000. Alf Wilton deserves a pat on the back. Whether he's barred or not from the Keith office, he will book everywhere Just the same. And hu left the Kelth-Albee office because he grew tired of making a mutt of himself In it; because be didn't want to fret ever^ time the phone rang — because he worked^ up a business and he's an agent, not an overnight one who could have his "franchise" taken away in the morning to find himself with only a desk left Mr. Wilton did not tell ua this -be didn't have to. And this Isn't to Wilton's liking, either, we presume — and don't care. He walked out so what's the difference whether the Kelth-Albee booking office throws him out or not; In reality he's not in there to be thrown out. What we wanted to say that either way. It comes pretty close to appearing that Wilton is the Emancipator of big time vaudeville; he has shown something and* his example is going to be a great and strong one for all oppressed agents and actors. You will see the result of It very shortly; It's already at work. Protecting "Abie" — and Others In protecting "Abie's Irish Rose" from pirates, Anne Nichols pro- tected all of the show business. It's a stern lesson to the Canadiaa pirates. They have been fattening upon stolen plays for years, those Canadians stocks. Quite a trick to locate piracy at Regina, That's a long way off. It's a miracle to catch and fine them too. And spend money besides, not only to protect "Abie" but every other producer. It's costing the Nichola officeto prosecute this case; and it's all helping others. 15 YEARS AGO (From "Clipper^ and Variety) Hammeiatein offered his Victoria Manhattan opera house to Alex Pantuges for $2,000,000. At the lime Oscar Hammerstein was engaged in disposing of all his American the- atrical properties. The bare fact that negotiations were on with Pan- tages upset the vaudeville world, as Loew had but recently bought In on tho Morris Circuit. But Miss Nichols will receive nothing In return from the show busi- ness or the legit producers, not even thanks, the same as Al Woods got when he spent $25,000 on "The Demi- Virgin" to get a court decision that the license commissioner can not put a theatrical producer out of business at bis pleasure. The managers had an association then and what did Al 'get In return? He got the boot. About the only thing that may be done when someone In tho business does something for all of tho business Is to give them credit. And ^redlt, especially In a trade paper like this Is the bunk. No head, no tail, nothing along organization lines In the leglt; Just letting It run wild without even intelligence to direct It Small wonder the picture people are pushing you legits out of the way — you most an- noy them, you're so soft. INSIDE STUFF Twenty dollars a week to keep a mar. or woman who broke down In vaudeville, who receive It from their fellow artists but their fellow artists have nothing to say about what they shall receive. That's be- yond them for the N. V. A. Is the slave pool of a man who Is not even a member of the N. V. A.! You read It, your Master Is not even a mem- ber of tho N. V. A. Demand a full meeting. Elect your own officers. Run your own or- I ganl/ntlon. Bee where the money is going. Take full charge. It's a gap, this N. V. A.; has been a gag for 13 years, since the day the N. V. A was started as a gag. ON LEOFi Since Benny Uolzman took charge of theatrical advertising for tha New York "Evening Journal" about a year ago the number of theatrea and attractions has steadily increased. When Holzman started, the puo- licatlon's amusement columns were at low ebb following that daily's boost In rate of $1.60 per line for amusements with a minimum Insertion ot 10 lines. Most of the managers promptly withdrew all "Journal" ad- vertising. Last week the "Journal" sent out reprints of a page office adv. calling attention to the success of "Dearest Enemy" at the Knickerbocker. Copy for the adv. was based on a letter to the "Journal" from Capt. George H. Malnes. the letter crediting the paper with having "made" the show. Maines spent $3,600 In extra "Journal" space (one page) and he stated In the letter that that investment saved the show which represents a production property costing $123,000, be says. Recent stories ancnt Owen Davis's accomplishment of having written 200 produced plays made no mention of his start In Rochester 30 yeara ago. He not only wrote plays for the Davis stock company there but sold tickets at show time.- with J. J. Shubert his assistant In the box office. One of the earliest of the Davis popular successes was "Reaping the WMrlwlnd." first presented at Rochester, then sent over tho Stair and Havlin, 10-20-30 circuit. Kdward Laska, now a well known playwright, was suing Charle.s K. Harris, music publisher, because Harris tried to drop him from thr payroll of the Trebuhs (Bhulurt ppelled backward) musical com- pany, which Harris had taken over. I.aska w.as rt>)W u undiT a. con- tract for $50 weekly. Henri Bernstein, famous dnuna- tlst, turned out one in I'.iris called "After Mo" so pour thfl aiiUii>t vrlthdrcw It alino.st lniinodlat< ly from the Coined i»> rnincalso. Grab the N. V. A. Stop being slaves to the Ba-by — and how! Garden was making tho experiment of trying to "fict away" with a $2.50 top on nil orclii-Htra s<'iitH. [That seemH even longer than 16 years ago.] William Morris was elected Juflire of VnrW'ty's "Meal Vaudeville Bill Contest," havlnK received 12,134 votes to the 11.792 of Pat Casey, the runiior-up. Blanche Ring w.is picparlTif; -Tin Wall Street Olrl." The Wind- Tho MuhIo Ifousc of I.a<»nmile, headed by Carl Laomnile, now pr»'.ildunt of the Universal Films Corporation, purcliri.srd the pt-rsonal lalalog of Victor Krcmcr. Kid McCoy, now In Jail In Cali- fornia after facing a charge con- nected with the death of Mrs. Theresa Mors, was returning to the ring 15 years ago. booked to meet William Berger. A special printing of "The Green Hat" in play form Is limited to 17» copies, sold to subscribers for $25 a copy. Doran Is the publisher, the volume being regarded as an excellent example of the printer's art. tho press of Bruce Ross having handled the edition. The book was printed from hand-selected type which has been dissembled. It Is stated there was no profit so far as Ross Is concerned. Michael Arlen author of tho origrlnal book and play was paid $4 royalty on each book. George M. Cohan stepped In to "rfed winning $100,000 on the Lcnglen- WlUa tennis match. Tlie yarn was suiipcsed to have been cabled hert>. Tt Is reported, however, that the manager also cabled his office on the following day, reauesting $5,000 to bo placed In bank In his personal account. Duncan Girls dlsigreo TFlth Varl<:ty's reports on their grosses in Piiil- aili Iphia for tho final two weeks of their elx-weck ent;a'.,'e;nont, whl<'h was extended to the seventh week. The show lift I'liilly la.-eneflt played a scene from their tormer hit and with so much suc- cess the revival has been decided upon, for March 22 as the opening date in a Broadway house. Last week it looked as though Bernard and Mann might be booked as the headline for this week at the Hippodrome, New York. Keith's ofTered the team in a skit $3,000. Mann and Bernard could not agree upon a division of the salary. An- other combination also proposed for this week's Hip show held Bernard and Willie Collier, with the figure tor that tcarh set at $3, GOO. Nego- tiations likewise fell through. The Hip did not secure its cur- rent headllner until last Thursday morning. RECEIVERSHIP ASKED FOR WUJKES GIGU LEAVES DFTROIT AFTER THREAT OF LIFE Italian Tenor Did Not Sing Last Night — "True Friends of Italy'* Sent Warning Chas. L. Wagner in Dis- pute Over Harris Theatre — Suit by Wilkes First POUCE ORDER GIRI^ TO DRESS Chicago Chief Lays Down Nudity Law to Shuberts ; Chicago, Feb. 23. "Cover up or close up." Sure harsh words, but that's what Chief of Police Collins told the manager at the Apollo. "Gay Pareo" (Shuberts) is at the house. "Nudity may or may not be an art," but ther3 is an ordinance against It, so it's going to be en- forced. Dress your girls," went on the chief. These orders were issued on com- plaint of two policewomen. Either their matronly dijjnity was shocked by the nudity or they were jealous. COAST "DESIRE'S" JAM 13 of Cast Arrested for "Morally Objectionable" Performance— To A»k Jury Trial Los Angeles, Feb. 23. Thirteen members of the cast of "Desire Under the Elm," including Frank McGlynn, were arrested after the 10th performance of the show at the Orange Grove on a charge of giving a morally objectionable per- formance. Three members of the Board of Education, several min- isters and members of the police vice squad witnessod the play and on their complaint the change was OiAde. The principal objection was that the bedroom scenes in the play were fnorally unfit for public presenta- tion. All were released on $500 ball each and when arraigned before -Judge Georgia Bullock in the Morals Court, the City Prosecutor said he was not prepared to go ahead. An adjournment was granted until today (Tuesday) ^lion a plea of not guilty will be entered and a jury trial In the »nunlrpal court n.skcd. In the meantime regardless of '■hat action may be taken, Tom "•'ilkes directed that the play pro- ceed in its original form until a «l«rosition of the case has been ob- tained. Disputes between Tom Wilkes and Charles It. Wagner over finan- cial matters and the management of the Sam H. Harris theatre, which is under lease to the Wilkes Theatre Corporation, have resulted in court actions by both principals. Wag- ner through his counsel, Joseph Sullivan (kin of the late "Big Tim" Sullivan), asked for an accounting from Wilkes and a receivership for the corporation. Wilkes leased the Harris for 10 years at $90,000 annual rent, form- ing the operating corporation at the time. It was understood that the Wilkes affairs in connection with the theatre have been Involved for some time and last summer when Wag- ner bought a third Interest in the lease for $30,000 it was no surprise to thos«) in the know. Wagner was installed as maganer of the corpora- tion, but was ousted by Wilkes on a recent visit from the coast. The receivership action followed a suit by Wilkes against Wagner, alleging mismanagement and ask- ing for $100,000 damages. Wil- kes contends that Wagner could have secured more profitable attrac- tions for the house. Probably In back of that is the booking at the Harris of "The Carolinian," produced by Wagner, starring Sidney Black- mer, who has been under Wagner's management for some years. Wilkes claims Wagner passed up three at- tractions available for booking into the Harris which in other houses were successes. The show was a failure, the house being said to have lost money also. The suit is questioned because Wilkes sued per- sonally and not in the name of the corporation. Matter of Service The action of Wagner for re- ceivership is questioned on the mat- ter of service. Joseph Tierney was served papers as an official of the Wilkes corporation, but it is con- tended he has not such connection, being merely a salaried manager in charge of the Harris theatre. That may hold off a hearing until such time as Wilkes or Tom Donovan are served. The latter Is In Florida and, although he was supposed to with- draw when Wagner bought in, is still the vice-president of the cor- poration. Wilkes was reported to be in New York last week, but did not appear at the theatre nor his office. Wagner started another action, it being for tack salary of $1,200. In addition to his original investment Wagner also paid out of his own funds about $13,000, used for back rent and other obligations, which makes the total of his claims amount to $44,200. Bryant Digs Coin Chlciigo, Feb. 23. Lester Bryant, lessee of the Play- house, has provided himself with Philadelphia capital and will pro- duce a musical comedy M.irch 14. It is called "Top of the Hole." Detroit. Feb. W. Beniamino Glgli, Italian tenor, of the Metropolitan Opera, did not sing at Orchestra Hall in Detroit tonight, as advertised. Instead, be fled the city early this morning n the face of a black hand threat of death in the event that he walked out on the stage to fulfill his concert engage- ment. , The threat was received In the mail by Mrs. Isobel Hurst, Detroit impresario, who had booked the Gigli engagement The note read as follows: "If Gigll wants a slab In the morgue, let him try to sing In Detroit. We will cut this canary's throat." This was signed "The True Friends of Italy." This letter was turned over to the police soon after it was received, and when Gigli stepped from a Chi- cago train Monday afternoon he was met by a strong guard of detectives who remained with him until he checked out of the Hotel Statler at 1 a. m. today, when he entrained for New York. His entire party, consisting of Vito Carnevall, his ac- conipanist; Rosa Lowe, assisting soprano; Dr. Patrick RelUy, his per- sonal physician, and Antonio Gross!, his secretary, left with him. Glgli's secretary left the following note with the night manager of the hotel: "According to the statement made to my secretary by Mrs. Isobel Hurst, my local secretary, that an anonymous letter threatening me with personal injury if I fill my con- cert appearance Tuesday night, I have decided to cancel same, with sorrow to disappoint my beloved Detroit public The nervous reactlou would prevent my doing a really artistic performance." Gigli would make no further com- ment on the situation, but his secre- tary said that political disorders in Italy are assumed to U« at tb* bot- tom of the threat. "Mr. Gigli knows lltti* of the present state of politics is Italy." he said, "and has taken no part la them at any time." Leaders among' Detroit Italians said that Gigll had not been active in politics and that the death threat must have been sent by someone who is jealous of the singer. TWO ORPHANS' IN REVIVAL S h u b e r t-Brady All-Star Production MAEY READ IN PARIS Mary Head sailed .Saturday for Paris, where she will produce at tho Folles Ber«ere. When John Tiller died Ml.'is Read as.sumed charge of the Tiller school of dancing in New York. Hw Paris engagement calls for the .staijing of dances with feminine ensemble?. She will bo gone a month. Lee Shubert and William A. Brady have concluded a deal for a revival of "The Two Orphans" for this spring. The production is to be on a lavish scale, with an all-star ca.st. Those now engaged are Alice Brady and Fay Bainter as the orphans, Luclello I.ia Verne for -Mother Fouchard, John Drew, Lowell Sher- man and Lionel Atwlll. The production looks so blf it may be placed at the Century. Chaimiflg Pollock's Intelligent Talk And Work for "Clean Theatre" Get Results Channlng Pollock, whose llf<» has been one round of speech mak- ing since the opening of "The Knomy," has secured some excellent results in reaiMjnsos from variou.s orf,'ani-.;:itions. Perhaps the most valuable work came after an address before the Staten Island Teachers* Association, the author's topic being "The Clean Theatre." The speech was aimed to reroughout America. A long step in tliat direction was accomplished. Judging from the request to I'oUock that the speech be printed, so that it could be sent to each of the 30,000 teachers in New York. The letter read: STATEN ISI^AND TEACHERS' ASaOCIATION IJorough of Richmond Now York City 137 Bentley .St.. Tottenvllle, S. I.. Febru.ary 7, 192«. Mr. Channlng Pollock, 229 West 42d Street. - ; ' " ' New York City. . ', ' ■' " % ,' My dear Mr. Pollock: • ■■ First I must thank you again for your kindness in coming to our luncheon yesterday and giving us tiiat wonderful inspirational talk. Never before has our as.sociation been priviiosed to have such a worth-while discussion of a truly broad educational nature at our annual luncheons. All four of the superintendents and the commisKioner present were unanimous in the declaration that It surpassed all the pedantic pedagogical efforts in its vital, essential lessons in real education. It placed before us, in a clear manner, the ideals and purposes of our dally striving andigave us construc- tive criticism in .iddition. And bec.iuse of the value and clearness of your message, I have been asked by tho superintendents to make a request for an additional favor from you. Can you not give me a copy of your talk for publication by the Board of Education, that a copy of It may be given to each of the thirty thousand teache-s of our New York City schools? The superintendents made arranj^jements with Commissioner McKee to have the necessary autliorization by the Board of Education for the printing upon receipt of your manuscript. Of course ,the personality of the speaker will be lacking, but tho message will still be there. Sincerely yours, E, Chaffee 8aunder», President. "GLORY" IN STOCK AT CHATEAU, CHL Chicago, Feb. 23. "What Price Glory" will have its flrst presentation by a Western stock company the vf'k of March 7 at the Chateau theatre. Ascher Brothers also gavo the first stock presentation of "A Kiss In the Taxi." The present cast of the Ascher Brothers stock at the Chateau is: Harry Mlnturn, Charlotte Wyn- ters, Marie Nelson, Vincent Dennis, Valerie Valire, Willis Hall, Verltza Wynn, Benedict McQuarrie, Baker Moore, Walter Wilson. 2 GAS SUICIDES Los Angeles, Feb. 2S. Two old time actors committed suicide here last week by the gas route. They were Michael Clark, 67. who retired from tho stage sev- eral years ago, and Hay ward J. Ginn, 48, suffering from 111 health. Clark was the father of George Clark, an actor. He turned on the gas In the bathroom of his home. Besides his son, a widow, Delia Clark, survives. Ginn turned on the gas at his home In Rawtell, with tho body being found a day later. He was well known as a member of the Burhank stock company when Dick Ferris operated this Main street playhouse. He w;is tho husband of Maude Gilbert, actress. TENT SHOW COS. TOMEETWrra EQUin March 12 in Chicag Piracy of ScripU WiU Come Up GETCHELL RETIRES John A. Gotchell of Elbert A. Oet- chell, veteran theatrical men of Des Moines, has withdrawn from the amusement business and will sell life Insurance. Elbert & Getchell for a quarter of a century controlled legitimate theatres In the city and provided the first picture house as well as the first permanent stock Princess Play- ers. The picture house business was sold years ago and later the Prin- cess went over to the Qordlnlera and this season to Morgan Wallace. The Berchel has been dark all sea- son because of labor difficulties, and now the Garrick Is going into that field. Wilton for Productions Bonding Co. Makes Good 2 Bad Checks Chicago, Feb. 23. Tho bonding company has been forced to pay J3S2 92 owed by Lester Bryant to John Hayden, actor, after the impresario of the local I'lay- house had given the actor two checks which came back with the unpopular N. S. F. The money was unpaid salary for .services in "Nobody's Wife," the flop farce of a couple of months ago. Texas Guinan May Do Play, Starring in and Backing It Texas Guinan may d6 a play. Be- sides producing the piece. Miss Gui- nan will star In It. The Hhow will be a rewritten "One of l.'fl," the comedy-drama with Us strong first (cab.iref) acts l>i.'if J;ick Lalt wrote. .Mr. Lalt will t.l.e ihe cabaret scene and rewriio around it for this nice lillle girl. . Chicago, Feb. it. A meetios Is to bo held hers March' 12 under tho auspices of Equity for the purpose of effecting an organization of tent show man* agers. Discriminating legislatures, state and local, will be talked of. AC I>re8ent many communities will not license a tent show or compel them to pitch outside tho city limits. Tho opposition of the movie Interests h:is sometimes accomplished these commijnlty taboos, but more fre- quently it has ;> en because Irre- Hj-r'nslble tent shows have created enemies. With the tent managers organized and backed by Equity, the cheating shows will be, it is expected, practically run out of business or compelled to turn over a new leaf. 76 Percent Pirates In addition organization will do away with piracy of scripts. Tho number of .shows whi u now pirate their bills In whole or In part is placed at 75 percent of the total number of shows wit'.» only 26 per- cent really paying royalty. Equity at the March 12 meeting will Hugge.st the creation of a sink- ing fund which will be available to help tent show managers over pe- riods of depression. A workable plan for dividing territory In such m.inncr as to prevent congestion ;ind cut-throat opposition will also be brought forward. Conveniences in tho matter of transportation Is another expected outcome of • •solidified tent showman's organlzai* tlon. Tho meeting will b«i held In Co- rinthian H.ill on tho 17th floor of tho C.'ipllol building. In which ths local i:iwen- lli.il, lO'iuity luwycru, will assist in ifif dr.iv.jtig U|> <»f ,1 con.'stitiitloa ;jtiil byluws for tue new organiza- tioii. ,- - - . VARIETY LEGITIMATE Wednesday, February 24, 192f DRAMA CENSORSHIP By JOHN WILSTACH 4- The tlotiinR of "I><»sire UniU-r the •'Ims" In Los Angeles and thu ar- eat of the players for appearing in an indecent pluy" brlngii to the ore the muddled question of drama onsorshlp. After soft-soaping the ensors for five montha as advance gent of O'Neill's profane tragedy, I think I have the lowdown on this larticular curtailment ot artistic iberty. As might be expecteil In a country vvhero roal arti.sls are linked with he manly girls and the l.oys in lame only who Inff.sf Crtcnwich village censorbhip has no iu1-n;h is laughable if it were not so stupid. The chief of police sends a couple •f sturdy plainclothes men to the ..pening night. If the play is high- 'row they don't know what It Is all ibout. A cooch dance is their Idea 'f something immoral. On the .rlnciple of "yeggs and thups may >rcak my bones, but words will •lever hurt me" language, even If it ore off-color, sails right over their >lomes without touching a splinter. Coppers and Art In various .qitles. such as the Twin 'Hties, Kansas City and Detroit, onsorshlp Is entirely up to the po- Ice force, men who know nothinK ibout the drama or art. How can lycops, brought up In the atmos- phere of station houses and police ourts, be expected to pass upon the Inest artistic offerings of experi- mental dramatists of the day? It's ike asking a farmer to go to an art ,'allory and give hts opmiou on the vork of well-known painters, or ^ending a sailor to the Metropolitan ' >pera to give hta views on trained dingers. Instead of the mayor in each large rity appointing a group of Intelli- ,'ent oitizenes of both sexes to .,'uard the morals of the community 'if guaiding they need)— though inly a half-wit, easily influenced '•ccause without will-power, would have his or her actions determined 'ty a dramatic performance — we have the spectacle of policemen de- riding the hairline that divides itagrant immorality from iieci^ssary .itmosphcrc. It would be funny if it weren't ho sad. The Statue of Liberty Is In the haHx)r- surrounded by water. WOODS AND CRITICS A. H. Woods took a flash at the dramatic sections of the Sunday papers. He perceived tho columns of stuff anent "Lulu Belle" but very little about "The Shanghai r.esture," both smashes of recent entry. Then ho bethought himself of tho fact that tho critics panned both the "fJesture" and "The Green Hat," and sweetheart, they are two of the sweetest momy makers of the sca.son. Wood.s thereupon roused Sam Hoffenateln from his Suti- day retreat and lashed out a week-end letter to the critics. It was to the effect that he (Woods) offered to produce any play the critics selected and if it be succeKsful he would give them a club house. "Tho way I figured it out," explained the manager, "if these birds can pick me a box oflice success, it would prob- ably be one that I passed up. So they would be entitled to be cut in. It would cost about 176,000 to equip such a club and I'd be wilMng to do that little thing with pleasure. But they've got to pick the play. If their seleiUions only made $40,' 000, well for mine they csould have all that. A real success would make more than tho cost of the club, but I'd be entitled to that gravy because I'd give the show the best kind of a production." Woods Stops Producing A. II. Woods has temporarily sus- •endcd fur'.hrr product'on ecliedu'.e intil lato 8i>rlng, content to rest 'or the present on his current box .ilflce bonunziis, "The Green ilal" •tnd "Shanghai Gesture." The decision has set back several promised product k)n."«, among them "A Woman Disputed Among Men," in which it was reported Wllletto Kershaw would be starred. Revising "Up the Line" "Up the I.,Ino," the Ulchnrd Hern- don prl«e play, has closed for rr- v<«ion and will be sent out later. FUTURE OPENINCS "Black Water*" •' 'Tls a Pity" moved from the Lenox Hill Playhouso to the Cherry Lane, Greenwich Village last week, where It will continue until "Black Waters," now in rehearsal, is ready. The latter attraction is Jointly sponsored by Whitford Kane and William S. Italney, the latter man- aging director of the Cherry Lane. "Hush Money* "No Questions Asked" baa been recaptloned "Hush Money." The piece is due at the Cort-Windsor, New York, next week and may fol- low into Daly's the following week unless a better downtown location is secured meanwhile. "Kittie't Kissea" "Kiltie's Kisses," musical v«rsIon of "Little Miss Brown," will reach production shortly under the Joint auspices of the Shuberta and Wil- liam A. Brady. The piece is due to go into reheau-sal in two weeks. "Fez" Paul Oerad Smith and Frank Grey are collaborating on this new musical which Ned Wayburn will sponsor next summer. "White Madness" Comedy by Paul Dickey being cast by author, also figuring as producer for out of town showing c-arly in April with New York to follow. "Bed and Board" Next on list of Druce & Stroett'fi proiluctlon program. Casting be- gins In two weeks with out of town opening schedtiled for April. "Soft Coal" Initial production effort of Hugo Romberg, brother of Sigmund Romberg, musical comedy com- poser. Due for early spring try- out. Shows in Rehearsal (AND WHERE) "Girl Friends" (T;ew >^eld«) Leslie Hall. "East Lynn*' ( Pi o\ incelown Proiluctionw) I'rovincetown I'laylioiise. "Black Waters" (Whitford Kane) chcnv l.,jino Playhouse. "Mask of Venice" (i'ember- ton. Hardy & W'lninii) M.ms- field. "Loos* Ladi**" (B. Morgen- stern) Br>.ant Hall. AUTHORS-PRODUCERS MAY GET TOGETHER Dramatists Lessening on Re- sistance — Modifications and New Clauses Expected 6 SHOWS OUT It is certain now the DruinaliHt.s' Guild will abandon its stand-offish attitude, adopted when they re- fused point blank to consult with the managers regarding tho new basic contract, and that shortly a committee representing tho man- agers will meet with the writers to go over point by point the clauses of the contracts with which tho managers find fault. Their reason for this is that the Important managers are not and have no Intention of signing the contract as it now stands. Fur- thermore, several who have signed aro regarded merely as "plants" for the bigger managers, the idea being that the plants can secure the plays, turn them over to a manager outside the palo and let that man- ager produce the show under the terms of the contract, but without necessitating that the manager be- comes u. party to the i>ermanent agreement. That is the big k)ophole. William A. Brady, chairman of the committee representing the pro- ducers, told Arthur Richman, presi- dent of the Dramatists' Guild In a letter that "we do not wish to meet your committee and sign a contract prepared by you without consultation with lis — a contract which In a few particulars we deem unfair and prejudicial to tho proper conduct of our business." Blow for Play Brokers It is also likely that one of the clauses to be Introduced in the revised contract (taking It for granted that it will be revised) Is a clause to forbid any author nam- ing one man as his exclusive agent for the sale of picture rights. This will bo a blow to the agents, who had looked forward fo the new con- tract as nn Instrument to create an agent's paradise, as the various business angles would necessitate most of the authors retaining an agent to look after their business. Another thing that must go into the contract, according to some of the m&iagers, is the resolution adopted by the authors by which the writers In foreign tongues are not obligated to join the organiza- tion before their plays can be put on over here by managers who have signed. Notice in the form of a resolution that this would not be necessary was sent out two weeks ago, but the managers paid no at- tention to it, saying that there Is nothing to hinder the repeal of the resolution, which has no value bo long as It Is not embodied within the contract itself. Anne Nichols repudiated Mr. Brady's right to name her on the committee representing the pro- ducers, her attitude being that she will probably produce plays of her own in the future and that in any event, she Is not interested at all in tho situation. There are other managers who havo taken the atti- tude that while they will serve on Brady's committee, they do not in- tend to sign any binding agree- ment, preferring to go along as they havo in the past, picking up a play here and there. Among the latter Is Brock Pcmberton. 'Duchess of Elba* and Nap FVancine I^rrimore has been signed by the Charles Frohman Co., to star in "The Duchess of Klba," a play by Rudolf l.otliun. It goes into rehearsal next week. The play is concerned with Na- poleon's exile on the island, but Nap doesn't appoar in the action. a Bride of Lamb," New Alice I^nidy has signed with Rob- ert Milton, Inc., to star In "The Pride of the I/anib," by William J. Hurll.ut. Milton will produce and direct this play in a.s.soclatlon with Konnt th Mac(}owan, Kiigene O'Neill and Robert F.dmond Jones, and it will open at {he Greenwich Village theatre In about a month. "Bride of the Lamb" is twseU on the theme of a religlon-ciaae*! wo- nuui. BELASCO'S MACK PLAY David Rolasco will produce a new play by Wlllard Mack next season, the title tentative Is, "Just You, !^ne." It Is a Western melodrama. Msck- will probably be in ih«> cast. Six more shows are off Broad- ways list. Ail aro failures and oi)etied this month. "Embers," produced by Henry Miller, will do.se at the Miller Sat- urday, which concludes the fourth week. Business averaged abo.'t $8,000 and the actor -manager made a prompt decision to withdraw. EMBERS Opened Feb. 1. "Shanghai Gesture" premier* took fir*t- ■trlng men. Rathbun ("Sun") •tat*d "will not cr*at* any warming glow among the sea- son's sansations," whil* Col*- man ("Mirror") statad "iU run will b* bp!*f." Variety (Sisk) liked the play, but said "illegitimacy angle against its chances for r*al auc- cesa." "Port o' London," presented inde- pendently at Daly's 63rd Street, will stop after two weeks. Though the players were understod to be on a commonwealth basis. re- sumption date. Two days after re- hearsals started the show waa called off. The players were T>ald two-eights of a week's 8alar>' (ex- penses of the chorus and ilayers getting less than $100 weekly were paid for the first lay-off week). The players contended they were entitled to a week's salary because there never had been any notice of closing. The decision In that c.ise rested on tho Illness of the Htar. That is fully In compliance with the .standard contracts, however. The "Big Boy" company further felt .aggrieved because the ."(bow was brought back to New York on a 36 iiour train. The tran.Mporta- tlon was evidently ordered by the Shubert ofllce but the players felt that since the show played to such enormous receipts, they were en- titled to a first class journey to New York. Joison's weekly earning in Chi- cago wore estimated between $10,- 000 and $15,000. But as in the past he reftised to consider reappearing unless able to do bis best. Feeling among the "Big Boy" comi>any is that actors who lav off as tho result of a star's Hint =;' 'lo not receive the same protection as the musicians and stage hinids. liurlng the Chicago lay-off the or- chestra and crew received full salaries. It was intimated from players in the Jolson show thot .agi- tation for a similar clause l«i standard contracts would be st.irted. REICHER. FILM DIRECTOR l-'rank Ueicher, legit stajre direc- tor and actor, has left New Yoik lO' direct some pictures for Cecil B. De Mille at the Culver City studio;". Wednesday, February 24, 1026 LEGITIMATE VARIETY 29 ^ BlAY SHOWS IN CUT RATES; NEW RECORD FOR BARGAIN UST 41 Monday Night, After Record Matinees — Shanghai" and "Lulu Qelle" in Lead of Dramas — Hardly Anything Approaching Hit in New Flocic n Jjnai week's business was ma- terially dL-nted by bad weather. Grosses for a number of attractiona wou'.d have been shoved down further but for cut rate sunport. On three successive evenlnRs 46 attractions were In the bargain tl:ket mart That Is a new Broad- way re:ord for cut rates. The list of course Includes "dumps" from premium aprenclo* and perhaps eight < r nine little theatre shows Wee'.: -end trade was e.":ceptlonal. Saturday night was blrppr than New Year's eve In some theatres. WashlnRton's Blrthd.ny Monday (this week) accounts for the Satur- day crush. Monday afternoon's matinees were capacity p'us In virtua'.ly every house that played the holiday afternoon. At nlph* however there were 41 shows listed in cut rates. liant week's new crop of attrac- tions found IItt> Indlc.itl-n of any ne* successes. Two of the entrants will stop this week. "The night to Kill" and "The Ni.iiht Duel." "The Wisdom Tooth" at the Little won some cxcpPent notl?ca but thore was a division of opinion. "The Right Ase to Marry* at the 49th Street loo':a like a cut rater. Big 4 Nrn-Mis'cala No change In the standing of the non-niu;;lcals which h-ive a -"big four" of their own. "The Shanghai Ocs'ure" tops Its flelJ with over 126.000. This week with the extra performance It wl"! establish a new dramatic record for the scale, over $28,000 being Indicated. "Lulu Ee'.le" Is the runner up, only through difference in house ca- pnoity. It got 122,500 last week. "The Last of Mrs. Chcynoy" was in third s.iot last week with over $21,000 and "Cradle Snatchers" rU''it behind at $20,500. There was a distinct gap between the rest of the group, "The Oreen Hat," "Goat Song" and "The Great Oataby" r;itcd around $14,000; "AMh's Iri.sh Uose" keops well np, With over $13,030 last week; "Kasy Virtue" got $1''.600; "Alias the Deacon." "The Jazx Sln?;er" and "The Monkey Talks." $11,000: "Love 'Em and Leave 'Em," a bit over $9,000; "Cral-'s Wife" about $11,500; "Tlio Jest," $10,500; "Puppy Love," a bit over $3,000; "One of the Fam- ily" slightly under that figure: "A Lady's Virtue" strong at nearly $9,500; "Young Woodley" over $10,- 000, but virtual capacity. Musicals "Sunny" and "The Cocoanuts' hit capacity despite weather. Tne first named grofs;>d nearly ;4l.<00 and the Marx Brothers show $3&..'iOO; "The Vagabond King" ho.ds third place among the musicals witb $3 ,000; "Song of the Klame' over $3D,000; "Vanities" approxln'atca $9,000; "Tip Toes" $10,000; "Xan- etfe' $ 5, COO; "A NiTht in Paris' at $2:',000: "Greenwich Village FolUef," about $:4,000, about comp'et^s the list of musical leaders. "Chariot's Revue" claimed over SH.f'OO last week and will leave for the road after another week: *.\.-M /.s and Models" about $"r.OOO; "Ociirc't Enemy" over $16,000; • Stud'^nt Prince" reported )Vor ^'.l.'JOn; "Sweetheart Time" \ip ?i,n,)3 to $16,000; • f!y the U'jy" prolitiible ot $15,000. The Mo.scow Art Muslc.il Stuilki. which slippy I of hite, pocs out after another week, v.hllo "Merry Merry" tato.* to th« ro.id after three weeks m re. Pour shows will close Saturday, ono was ta'.con oft last Saturday and aiiotlier Monday. All six pro- (luctlon.'i are failures and all were presented during the month of Pebniiiy. "Kmhors" will be fol- lowed at the Henry Miller by "Still Waters": "The NMr^ht Duel" •will stop 'U the new MansfleM, whirh gets "Tlie Masjue of Venl o"; "Port o" Lonaon" stops .it Daly's and "Sqii.Tr.^ CrooU.s" follows; "The Right to Kill" stops at the Gar- "•kk. With "The Great God Brown" "loving there from the Greenwich VlllarTe; the latter houso will oITer nirvana'; "The Jay Walker" rioRP,) .s.Tturday at the Klnw and fh" l.nve City," which was forced •Ut of the Little, took po.saession (Continued on pag** 51) m&. MANSFIELD EXALTS HUSBAND AND THEATRE New Mansfield Open — Seats 1,125 — Chanins Buildjrs — Harry D. Klne, Manager Harry D. Kline is manager of the new Mansfield theatre which the Chanins opened on West 47th street The new Mansfleld has two floors with 1,125 scats In all. There are 5-B on the lower floor with the upper tier divided In two sections — a mezzanine and balcony, which has 6:o seats. In the rear of the balcony Is a spacious and pretty lounge which runs the full width of the house. It is used for smoklns purposes between the acts with special exhaust fans to carry off the smoke. The color scheme of the theatre is in li.Tht blue and old rose, the latter utilized for the drapes and the seats. In the special souvenir program Issued for the opening by the Chanin brothers Is a note from Mrs. Beatrice Mansllcid, widow of tht> great actor, who was present at the openltig. It is Interesting to note the attitude of those prominent In the theatre of the last decade in regard to naming theatres after themselves. In her nolo to Mr. Chanin, Mrs. Mansfleld said: Mrs. Mansfield's Lettsr New London, Conn. My dear ..ir. Chanin: When one sees a dream suddenly coma true — a vision no longer a vision but a rcbza.ion — one Is dazed for an Instant and bereft of word^. 1 have seen so many new theatres erected In New York — many simply for the street upon which they were built — and I would wondar if the man who stood a'wa/S for rn: flnrst things In ih« thcatr? and the drama would ever receive rec- ognition. You know when Mr. Mansfleld took the old Harrlgan theatre, re- modeled It and called It the Oarrick, everyone advised him to call It the Mansfleld theatre. But he said: "No. If some time a theatre may be named for me I fhould esteem It an honor but I will not name It for myself but for the man whosp scholar I have been In spirit and whore work I have tried to follow." I am very happy that a theatre la now named for Illrhard Mansfle'd. I hope that in ma';ing It beautiful for the pu' lie you will not for.fjet the comfort of th» artists who give to that pub'i? their time, their thought, their spirit and somettmea their lives. Again my thanks for your under- standing and tho appreciation of art and the man whose stand-.rd of that art was r.ever lowered. I am Most sin"ere'y yours, Ucatricc Manafleld. Jan. 8, 192«. 3-Star Revival Gilbert Miller Joined tho theatri- cal contingent at Palm Beach last week, having gone south for a two weeks' vacation, llpor. his return It Is expected that he wlH place a play in Im iio<'i'it » productloi to sue- 'ed "Easy Virtue" at the Em- pire. Rumors are that the new one will be a three star revival of 'Julius Caesar" with Godfrey Tearle, Bapll Rathhone and Philip Merlvali' as the stars. McEvcy for "Follies" J. P, M<'Evo>. ii>n\ic strip and Verse wrilt-r, has been <•■.lmmi~.^lf>ned to write the boiik of the next "I-'ol- lles." according to reports. McEioy wrote "Tlie Cotnlc Sup- plement," which never c ime to Broadway, but tho comcjdy slietfhcs from that show were In.serted In tlie last edition of the "Follies ' and k>'i)l the show In New Y''ork longer than ever before. Ethel Barrymore Sailing Ethel Bnrrymore h.is coneluded to t:ile a v.ae'Ion on tho other side, wl'h Miss Barrymor*; cjn«e"iiontly (l^f-llnlng all proffiTrd engagements TWO NICE (MS There may be any number of nice girls around Broadway, but Variety is crrtain two are; Lenore Ulric and Sascha Beau- niont. Bi)th of the girls are reading the back ra.q;e advertisement in Variety eight times weekly, probably the only thing in tlie paper they do read and It's just as likely they don't caie much about the back page ad. Each of the girls In their re- spective show.s. Miss Ulric with "Lulu Belle" at the Belasco, and Miss Beaumont wllh "Mer- ry Merry," at the Vanderbilt, hold Variety In the scenes where it Is employed with the front pase toward the audience showing up the title and oblig- ing the t'.ir'.n to lock at the back page if they can't find some- thing better to look at. Miss Beaumont talked herself onto Variety's free list through exposing Variety, threatening at one time to put an opposi- tion pai^er Into tho show. Miss Beaumont said that when rehearsing she spoke to Harlan Thompson, who wrote the book: "This sce^e calls for a week-- ly I)" per. What one?" "Oh, any paper; but get a dirt phect." "An' so," says Miss Beau- mont, "since I knew 'Broadway Brevities' had gone cut of ex- istence, I got 'Variety.'" 15 UTTLE THEATRES IN TEXAS TOURNEY Several Competing Groups to Enter New York Belasco Cup Tournament Dallas, Feb. 23. The first annal Uexas Llitle The- atre tournament will be held in Dallas, April 5-12, auspices of the Dallas Little Theatre. Fifteen Lit- tle Theatres in the state, including Curtain Cub of Texas University, the pioneer Little Theatre club of Texas, have registered tor the Dal- las tournament. The one-act plays are to be pre- sented in the Dallas Little Th?atre for Ave successive ni,?hts, three groups belnff presented each nlsht. The Dallas Little Theatre added a third prize of $50 cash and Increased to the third prize to $75 last week. The first prize is a sliver loving cup and $75 cash, the first two prizes being given by local newspapers. Several of the groups entered in the Texas tournament plan to take their pays to New York for the nationwide Belasco cup tournament. Little Theatres entered in tho Texas tourney: Red Lantern Players, Houston: Little Theatre. Dcnison; Baylor Little Theatre, Baylor University, Waro; Dramatic Club of Tox.ts. Christian University, Fort Worth; Little Theatre. Lubbock; Little Theatre, Brown wood; Curtain Club of Texas University, Austin; Com- munity Theatre of Commerce. Texas; Little Theatre of Nacog- doches; LItLle Theatre, Abilone; Little Theatre, Waco; Little The- atre Wor'.c Shop, San Antonio; Lit- tle Theatre of Sherman; Tea-hers' Dramatic Club, Huntsville; Little Theatre, Fort Worih. Stagers' Double Bill Tho Stagers, the art theatre group headed by P'dward Goodman, plays a double bill as their next production at the Princess, the bill to he comppsed of "Easter" by Autjust Strlndhcrg and "One Day More'" by Joseph Conrad. It Is also probable that a new play by K. Lauren, called "Night and Cay" will also bo done this .season. A revival of Louis K. An.spacher's "The T.'nchastened Woman" la now occupy Irit; the Prlnoes.i' stage. Aschers' $1.50 Stock; No Guest-Stars ChL-nuo, Feb. 2H. When A. H. Wools Ad.-lphi goes into Ascher rrothers' stock com- pany, Lou IIuu.-li Ket- ■-ering, the man ro. ponsiMe for the success of the Aschers' ' to..''k at the Chateau on tho north siilo. The e-s- tabll.-hnjent of the loou company will In no way interfere with the ClirUe.Hu where the present com- pany will continue until Se;ilember, when the house go?s over to the Mutual Wheel for jurlcsque. Tho plan o( havInT t aeries of guest stars at the Adel|ihi has b ro- ductlon here. Mr. Bohnier attracted attention by bis Chitiiwe stories. He autbor'-d severnl jhows presented at the I,.on- don Ilijipolrome. Sunday Shows Out Sunday perfonnaneeH of "Tangle'l Llvrs," a bloomer at tho Hramhall I'liiyhouse, have been discontliiU'-d. Butler n.'ivenfiort lnvok<'d tb" Sunday performanee schedule thi-ee weeks ago. arranginij aml-^ably with his cast through (ll.'ipr>n»ilrig wltli .Monday nl rli' shows whUe the Sund;iys were In. After three S'-sslons the house Intake was slimmer than what the attraction had been pjP.Ing Mon- day nlrrhts and Davenport r'-vvrtel to f'.>rtn' r S'.hodule. ANDERSON-MILTON START WITH 90 PUPILS New School Has 12 Class and Lcclure Rooms — Heads of Cources The John Murray An(h^r.son-Kob- crt Milton School of the Thoiitre and Dance, whu'h opened ot;iei:illy two weeks ago. has already enrolled 9e pupils. It i.s claimed apiillention.- are being received from out of town as well as New Vork. The school building, on east 5Stb street, was formerly tho .Now York Conservatory of Music, It has leer completely renovated and decorated the Interior being most attractive There are 12 class and Icctur,^ rwom> and an auditorium with a capacity cf 300. Six m.ajor departments In ihe school are: dramatic, mnsica' comedy, dancing, playwrlghtlng scenic and costume (lesIgnlnT. stagt direction and st.nTe niaiia".;emont .lol'.n Murray Andr>rson Is president Uobert Milton vlc-prcslilent. HU3I1 A. Andcr.-on S'jcrelary, treasurer and general manager. The board of directors Includes Sam Katz, head of the Publlx Thr-atres (Famous Players and Balaban & Katx thea- tres), and Harold B, Franklin of Famous Players-Lasky Corp. J. M. Anderson Is In charge of thi musical comedy and dan -In-; drpart- mon'.s. Under him in the dance de- partment are Alexanlcr fJavrllov. Boris PotrolT and Lenora for acro- batic and specialty work. C'ai.'es will a'Ko he conducted by >Tarthn Graham, Mlehlo Itow and Aurora Arrliza. Anderson will teach mu- sical comedy dancing in all branches. Mi'ton Hsac** Milton will head the dramatic d*- "artnients. and n'ds are Blanch* Bates, David Burton. Frcd"rlc'( Ptanhope, PI'ar-Morin, Jar^-es Ll-'ht Frank L.'^n Short. Kmma Dunn and nol>crt Be'l. Special fn^irtl-s for rrofesslona's are offered for d.inc'nrt. diction, pantomime, etc. In .oddltlon there will be a horles of lectures starting ^^arch 12. The schedule In- cludes Fenne'h M."cGownn. "H's- fof-y of the Thei'rc"; ?^lchio I♦'^w. "The Danee": Troy Klnn»y. "The Dignity of the Dnnoe"; ?fme. Pllar- Morln, "Tho Art of ."ll^nt D'amn and Its Apnilcaflon to D-ama. Slnt- li'T ,tnd Kxnrofl«|on": I^e!en Dryd''n, "Contume Design"; Dorothv Le"?, "Indlvlf'ual Oyn^n 'stl'^s": Ch'ls'o- nhcr Mor'ey. "Tho Fifty Co'^^n Fl^r'ns: or. How to B-<''ave /ft«r Midnight; nNo a humorous talk by Don Marquis. 2 NEW ROAD SHOWS GO OUT OF CHICAGO Chlca-o. Feb. 21. A couple of new road shTvs have just put out. Norm in Frlelonwnld opened a Su-people mcslcal at the .Majestic. LaF^anf-, HI. It wns writ- ten by Uobert J. Sherman, author of ",Srofiks," and is call?d "Anftimn D;iys." reported as an ambitious undertaking for a show golni out of CMcago. It carries four stage hands. A combination minstrel show and mu.slcal comedy has taken to the road under the man.a'jemrnt of Frank J. Lee. The llr.st half is under cork, the second half In wMte face with a female chorus and prin- cipals. In Wisconsin, ever-fruitful for rerertolre companies, the Four Le Grand Sisters, after an apprentice- ship of several years with the Win- nl-^er Brothe- s who seldom go out of tho state, are opening a corrpiny of their o^n under U. F. Tatroe's management. Helsn Gshagan's Play Accsptcd Jlelen Gaha.'j.an has written a new play. "Sliadows of the Moon," which KI< hard Herndon h.'i.>< accepted for production next season. "Crashing" Withdrawn "Crasliing the Gafi" was wlth- dr.'iwn In Wor e.-iter. Mas.'*, iiTter el-rht perforniancf s. The comp-iny rerfivrd two weel;s* silary and re- turned to New York. Af r nrdltig to oul-o.*-town reports, the pl.iy Is sadly In ne:d of a new tlilrd aet. I'hl Ip Goodm;in, who vf,on'"ir'' time ago following the re- ceivership an appeal wa.s sent out on behalf of the Morosco cmnpany to the .stockholders for enough con- tribution.s for the production of an- other play or two. About $50,00u was a.sked for in any sized contri- butions. What result was not made known. Oliver Morosro when on. the Coast became tlio biggest showman of the wetit country. He b:id climb<> the Peggy and call her.self Kathleen O'Nell. SHU6ERTS FOE BRIEF IN INSURANCE CASE Washington. Feb. 23. The Shuberts, through their at- torneys, William Klein and William J. Hughes. In filing their brief in opposition to the petition for a writ of certiorari by the Globe and Rut- gers Fire Insurance Company in the United States Supreme Court, are endeavoring to uphold an established practice within the theatrical pro- fession. This practice Is the trans- portation of baggage cars on pas- senger trains due to tho necessity of both company and production ar- riving at the same time. The Globe and Rutgers Company Is endeavoring to have the decision of the lower court reviewed, as re- ported in Variety last week, wherein a Judgment for $104,044.01 was given the Shuberts to cover the loss by fire of the production of "The Pass- ing Show" (1921) when being trans- ported from Toronto to Montreal. The Insurance company refused to pay the loss claiming the Shuberts had violated the policy when enter- ing into the customary agreement with the carrier when purchasing 25 tickets to secure a baggage car. The Shubert brief, on which Otto A. Schlobohm, a local Shubert at- torney (who won the recent tltle- Itftlng case of the "Brown Skinned Artists and Models") conferred states that there Is no question of public importance Involved and adds that as the movement was entirely within the confines of Canada that the Cummins Amendment was not applicable, a phase that the fire in- surance company particularly stressed. The two favorable decisions of the courts below are cited as is the ac- ceptance o,f tho general practice of signing an agreement covering the 25 tickets and baggage car arrange- ment. It Is set forth that not only do the tariffs of the Interstate Com- merce Commission recognize the practice, but that it Is also covered In the regulations governing Bag- gage Car Traffic In Canada. The Shubert attorneys contend that the lnsi:rance company had had previous like policies with the theatrical producers and, it is stated in the brief, that "if It desired to prevent the assured from making the customary release the Insurer could have so provided in the policy which It prepared." Should the petition be granted and tho decision of the lower courts overruled it Is stated here that It would necessitate an entire new method of transportation with a re- sultant higher cost to those com- panies carrying fire Insurance. Berlin Reduces Tax for Mgrs. Operating at Deficit Berlin. Feb. 13. After a long strugple on the part of the managers the city has agreed to reduce the anuisement tax from 10 to five percent fur man- agers working under a deficit. Thlfs reduction also will be taken to in- clude all returns beginning Nov. 15 of last year. Those responsible for accomplish- ing this Include Manager Jcssner, of the State theatre, and the man- agers Max Relnhardt, Victor P.ar- nowsky and Dr. Zlckel. Now an attempt will be made to have this reduction applied to all managers whether r'ayiuB to a deficit or not. WILKES' NEW DUO Los Angeles, l''eli. 2?,. Two nes? plays which Thomas Wllkes^cont^platcfi putting on '»t the (3<;anRe jGrovo are "Kanake lione," by EHwnrd Sheldon, an.l "The New Immorality," by Aim Dale, dramatic critic of the New York "American." INSIDE STUFF ON LEGIT (Continued from page 22) F. Ray Comstock Is known as an under cover practical jo;v. i- unirh is a reason why ho is bcng I'r.imi'cl for a done of his own fitufi:. Uny u on a trip around tho world. When Diik Greiner, of Chicago, heard about it he Immediately wrote certain American ofilc als quartered in Oriental ports requesting that they "pick ui> Com.stock ' wlien ho walks off tha gang plank. Ray may be "pinchedK* once or many times. Grelners "comeback" conc<'rn3 his honeymoon. Tho Chicagoan married "Cap" Storer, formerly a ch.anip "Follies" girl but delayed the honey, moon abroad for several years. When they did sail, Comstock had It all framed to have Greiner arrested on the dock and later placed aboard the liner via a tiig. However, Greiner heard about it and got aboard secretly. Augustus Thomas Is one of the prominent authors sponsoring the pro. posed Minimum Basic Agreement submitted to the managers by the Dramatl-its Guild. Peculiarly enough Thomas was executive secretary of the Producing Man.aeers* Association when the latter sought to frus- trate "Equity Shop." The authors' agreement which wili likely be modi- fied Is a much stricter and sterner measure than the Equity agreement with the Managers' Protective Association. The authors have not at- tempted to disguise the fact the proposed agreement Is a real closed shop. Authors who violate the agreement are subject to expulsion. That is a proceedure not pursued by Equity, whose policy Is that of d cipllna for offenders but not to deny members the means of earning a livelihood. Wood Sisters, dancers, doubling with John Cort's "Suzanne" and tha uptown Hofbrau, quit the musical In Brooklyn last week after a con- troversy with the management because of having missed the Wednesday show due to the Illness of one of the slaters. The girls amicably ar. ranged for the well sister to do the act singly at the Hofbrau and mads the same offer to the Cort show but this was not accepted. When the girls notified the show management they would be ablo to go bacic Friday they were Informed their presence was not necessary despite a two weeks contract with the attraction. The girls said they would take no legal redress against the attraction but would continue at the Hofbrau. Several weeks ago the Australian rights for "Castles in The Air" were disposed of and now the English rights have been secured by Charles B. Cochran. It Is unusual for foreign rights to be disposed of prior to Broadvray presentation but the success of "Castles" In Chicago leaves no doubt as to Its rating. "No, No Nanette" was a Loop sensation long before a New York booking was arranged for. The English deal Is ex- ceptional In that Cochran Is to pay 10 per cent of tho gross for- ths rights and has made an advance royalty payment of $10,000 to the pro* ducers, Meehan & Elliott What appears as a tough break has been the loss of voice suffered for several months past by MItzl. While she has been ablj to speak her vocal chords have not responded as of yore. MItzl is one of tha stars who has done a lot of road traveling. Rigors of the rides and changes of climate, food and water may have boen too much for her. Where she has appeared and has "spoken" her songs it was explained to those who made sollcitlous inquiry that a severe cold was proving the handicap. Peter Mason, colored and one of the trusted employes at the Empira, New York, under Charles Frohman and Its present management, cele- brated Its 30th anniversary in that theatre a week ago Monday. During that time, he has read every play produced by the firm and Is d*walklng encyclopedia of Information on the stars of show buslnes.s, accurate In every detail of their careers and himself still a persistent attendant at certain productions. An Instance of how runs are some time attained on Broadway wu given when an actress called up her manager to seek release from her part. Her contract was such that she could not give notice, but she did want to get a line on the show's chances of sticking around. Calling ths ball, she was told that the piece would be forced for a long time and would then tour— on the strength of its New York run. Alex A. Aarons likes ocean voyaging In tho winter. After arranging from the London presentation of "Lady. Be Good," ho sailed back and arrived in New York Wednesday. Hearing that his partner, Vinton l-recdley, and a party would sail on the "Aqultanla" Saturday, Alex arranged to sail right back with them. 'Nlrvanna," a new and revolutionary play by John Howard Lawson, who wrote "Processional" and "Roger Bloomer." lost the chance for tha Lyceum because one line was deemed unfit. That lino was "To hell with God" and was shouted, being followed by another line, "Up with tha Devil." Meantime, "The Creaking Chair" has been booked. George G. Holland is in Florida, In New Port Rlchcy, handling a land development. George says New Port Rlchcy looks like a Florldlan Grsat Neck. — — — II ■ ' On the Shubert time Is a house manager who advises hia requirements for paper are six three-sheet.s. Nothing else will be handled In the town he sajs. On the statement at tho finish of the engagement is a cliarge for "Tacks and Paste, $25." PUBLICITY PLAN SERVICE In is a simple and inexpensive manner of keeping your name or bu.sincss before the show business of the world each week. Gives displayed or pictorial publicity for 52 weeks cnch year. Amount may be regulated by the advertiser. Write or call at any Variety office: "" NEW YORK CHICAGO LOS ANGELES 154 W. 46th St. State-Lake Thea. Bldg. Chapman Bldg. LONDON, 8 St. Martin'. PL, Trafalgar Square Wednesday, February 24. 1926 ADVERTISEMENT VARIETY 97 One Thousand Dollars Reward . The undersigned will pay $1,000 reward to any person bringing about the arrest and conviction, under the Canadian copyright law or the copyright law of the United States, of any one unlawfully using the play, ABIE'S IRISH ROSE," or any part thereof.- '^ /" '■■■■•-^■' '.■ -.a' '■':>, -;.■,;' ' ■''''^^->'''r "''''' ■,yV,'''\,.r\";.:." '^'/.r ' Recent events indicate that a play pirate is representing to stock managers and others that he is authorized to lease or sell for stock production the play ; "ABIE'S IRISH ROSE" On February 12, at the instigation of the undersigned, a theatre owner, the owner of a stock company and the business manager of the stock company, were convicted and fined for violation of the Canadian copyright law because of an unauthorized pro- duction of "Abie*» Irish Rose" in Regina, Saskatchewan. These convictions will be followed by civil suits to recover all moneys taken in by the theatre during the performances in question. We are determined to stop this puracy. The public, moving picture theatre owners and producers and particularly stock managers are hereby warned that no moving picture nor producing rights of ^'Abie's Irish Rose'' have been sold or transferred. THE USE OF THE NAME OF "ABIE'S IRISH ROSE" IN THE ADVERTISING MATTER OF OTHER PLAYS OR MOTION PIC TURES, WHETHER BY WAY OF COMPARISON OR OTHERWISE, IS MISLEADING AND UNLAWFUL, AND WE SHALL PROSE- CUTE SUCH USERS TO THE FULL EXTENT OF THE LAW. The said reward will be paid through O'Brien, Malevinsky & Drlscoll, attorneys, 152 West 42d Street, New York City. All communications should be addressed to them. ANNE NICHOLS, ABIE'S IRISH ROSE OF NEW YORK, Inc. Fulton Theatre, 210 We«t 46th Street, New York City ■' « .f. . £8 VARIETY LEGITIMATE Wednesday, February 24, 192^ 'ACCUSED' MADE PHILLY SIT UP WITH $17, Weather Helped Offset Lent — 'Cargo's* Dive to $9,000 Ends Stay Philadelphia, F.b. 23. A fair stretch of weather pave tho tlicatros a tnurh bef.t r bri;.k last Week, althouKh the aflvent of Lent utuloubtedly had Its usual effect. Most of the holdovers Inijiroved their gro.ssr-M by at li'a.st Jl.OUO to $2, COO and some even more than that. The sensation of tin? week Wa.s the total turned In by K. H. Sothern In "Accu-'ed," at tiio Adel- phl. The Bolasco show made it.s pile from the blK niaP. order sale and the theatre parties, j-lubs and socie- ties which nightly orciipled a good pnrt of the orrhestr.n. "Seventh Heaven," In it.x fifth Week at the Oarrii-k, Just about hold lt<3 own, although Indications are that this show will be hit by Lent more than some of the others. The Ciolden roni.ance hit has a two weeks' stop clau.se of $12,000, and will pos- Bli>Iy run ri^ht up to "Xanette-b" return, Ajirll 5. ••I.ndlcs of the Evc- n!nK" did rot tumble as a result of the pcneral panning it received. The two musical shows — "Topsy ant Eva" and "Rfriuetto"— ho'h did Comebacks In their llnal weeks. "White OarKo" dbl a sudden and unexpected nose dive at the M'alnut. The result was that Its stay was BUddon'y cut and it goes out S.-itur- day. 'The Ki.ss in a Taxi" was about the same at the Lyric. The Last- named show, runnInK into two of the winter's worst weeks, had as touprh a break ns any attraction here this season. Iloudlnl wound up a hlsrhly successful eii^'asement at the Che.stnnt. getting plenty of good publicity In the news columns on his fl^ht with the mediums. This week started out the biggest of any this season, outside of Thanksgiving and New Year's wcflca. The crowds downtown to celebrate Washlntjton's birthday Were unprecedented and cai)acitj ruled at most of the houses. "Cap- tain .links," on a return and at the Shubert, had a complete sell- out, and a great many standees. The only show not giving a holld.ay iii.illnce wtis, the "^luslc Hox," and that revue would lindoubtediy have cU'iim'd up. Tlio town is hungry for new nmsical shows and "Jinlnt Aililrmitt 14,^ ^rit 7Atli Rt.. Nf-w Yurk J'MERRY MERRY" WITH MARIE SAXON WALTER BONN I.E\DING MAN Majestic Players MAJESTIC, WAUKEGAN, ILL. EDNA COVEY With Leon Errol In "LOUIE THE 14TH" Grand O. H., Cincinnati RITA GOULD Oar« CIIAMHKRI.AIN BROWN, 145 Went 4Stli St., Nfw York '^Si'^'^ri LENTANDSTORM WILUE HOWARD ALFRED H. WHITE l.»«(1'.nR roinANrIN«j "ArtlktH ami Mmlrlii ' — Oil Tilur Direction: HERMINE SHONE. RatcM for Cards IS tlmm 2S iltnrn M Utnrm II tlmm 2fl ttmnt nt (imra n%i.r INCH ONK INCH •0 |M 100 Baltimore, Feb. 23. The Academy had the local legit fleld to Itself last week but the grazing: was only fair. The occasion was Ueorge Macl^'arlane's musical, "Rainbow Rose," en route from Boston to Chicago. Local critics were divided and business was not outstanding. However, a fair aver- age at about $12,000. The Auditorium is out of the legit for some weeks with "The Big Parade," and Ford's was dark wailing for the delayed arrival of the Duncan Slaters, who opened yesterday. The advance was re- ported unusually good. For the second time this season the Academy departs from its wise musical comedy policy and goes In for the dramatic. Eva L>eGallienne and a week of Ibsen opened at this big playhouse Monday. The "Big Parade" at the more intimate Auditorium precluded the Ibsen showing in that house. The Vagabond, one of Baltimore's two leading smaller playhouses, has In rehearsal an Important revival of Oorky's "The Lower Depths," for a March run. BUMPED CHI GROSSES PANS "K. K. K.** Washington Criti'-.s Slip It to This One Plenty Washington, Feb. 23. 'The Student Prince" has settled at Poll's for a run, openln;? with one of the blsgest adv.ance sales re- corded" here In many a moon. Cast not particularly effective. "The Creaking Chair" at the Na- tional drew considerable more than most new oies ond was ll!;cd. w'ile "Kosher Kitty Kelly" at the Be- lasco got the graniie.st panning evei from most of the reviewers. Estimates for Last Week "The Student Prince" (Poll's). Con.servative estimate on eight per- form.Tnces, $i;6,C00. "The Creakina Chair" (National). Unusual for new one to do so well. .May have gotten $9,000. "Kosher Kitty Kelly" (Belasco). Some few Qnly knew the piece was in town. Possibly $8,500 or leSs. This Week "The Student Prince" < Poll's, 2d week); "The Rivals," with all-star cast. National; "Charm," Belasco. "GLORY" $14,000 IN K. C. 'Boots," at H40, Has Meagre Ad- vance Sale Kansas City, Feb. 23. "What Price Glory" reached here last week and drew around $14,000 with a $2.50 top at the Shubert This is good business considering the heavy opposition (automobile show), two days of terrible weather and three days of Lent. The critics gave it lengthy, complimentary re- views and It was -the talk of the town. Eddie Cantor in "Kid Boots" opened last night after a most dis- appointing advance sale. It looks like the local amusement buyers are off the $1.10 Idea. Another reason for the poor sale was the sting- ing the tOAn got from the "Follies" week before last at the same scale. License Officials Looking Over 'Band Box' Houses Bandbox theatres, mostly un- licensed ones, having qualms against public sales at their own boxodlces, are not as timid about placing their ducats In cut-rates, probably figuring the latter more safe In avoiding detectloiv that would closo their playhouses and also result In prosecution. Most of the type houses referred to have c.ipaoltlcs of 200 or less and are physlc.illy unablo to pass the requlremrnts of a licensed theatre. Presumably operating on strictly a suhsrrlption basis they are Immune from Interference by either po'.lce or Ucenso d< partment regul.itlon. Some of the.«!o hou.'cs run legiti- mately hut mn.'^t do not. It Is the latter class which Is currently oc- cupying the attention of license in- spectors. "Ma" Shaw 111 Mrs. known L Shaw, ono of the best wardrobe njistresses on Broadway, has been confined to her home since early la.st week. Acute Indigestion caused pressure upon the he.'irt and doctors ordered com- Iilete rest for the patient. Tu«. cutting Tyrell pavl, PhlllD Speed Brandon I'etera Oliver Hart ailb< rt Dougl.-a S,n?ey Stanley Harriw.n ilm BalM Robert Bennett This mystery drama i« a work In blue, the blue of Epyptlan scarabs, idol* and what not. It waa orlK- Inally presented In England, al- though understood to be of Amer- ican writing. I'erhaps when It first went the rounds of managerial of- fices mystery plays had run n then current vo?rue. 'T^he Creaking Cljalr" isn't a wallop, but It has a chance because It Is the only mys- tery play that has been offered on Broadway this season. "The Creaking Chair" liaa Its mysterious handa, shots in the dark, hands protruding from drapes tci switch on Ushts, Scotland Yard de- tectives and others. Also Its for- mulas of shunting suspicion to each member of the cast as the possible murderer Is present ann there is a moderate supply of comedy for a change of pace. Missing jewels, the headdress of an Kgyptlan Queen, filched from her tomb, is the crux of the play. Edwin Latter, an explorer, is ini recipient of the Jewels, handed him by the wife of a partner who had knifed him In Port Said. As the result he Is a wheel chair paiier.il in his Knglish home. Latter learns of a plot to steal the headdress from him, but that la prevented by a crafty servant. The wife of his partner Is mur- dered in the belief that she pos- sesses the Jewels. The murderer turns out to be of Egyptian blood, and when caught turns on I^ttor as a despoller of the ancient tombs of his forcfuthors and demanas tn know if the English government win permit him to din up the re- mains of famous people. The iden- tity of the guilty party is fully con- cealed until the finale, whljh is the true intent of a my.sterj- play. K. E. Clive, Interested In the pro- duction financially. Is the lead, play- ing the part of Latter's butler. A;, Angus Holly he is easily the most valiiat>le jjlayer in the cast. Eng- lish butlers arc commonplace, but a Scotch butler is a novelty, and Ciivc holds the dialect with fidelity. Through Holly the explanations come .and from him is delivered most o[ the comedy. Clive In addi- tion directed the play. .Mary Carroll is the young wife cf the explorer, a woman tormented with fear. Oriihjined In Port Said, he had snatched from an Impendln* life In the "blue houses of the c.a.st." She hated anything blue. That In- volved her as a suspect, since a blue Idol had been taken from the vic- tim's house. Miss Carroll made an Impression by registering alinof?! continuous terror, no easy assign- ment. Reginald Mason looked the part of the explorer and played Intelli- gently as always. The part of the Scotland Yard Inspector fell to Gil- bert Douglas. It's probably the longest part In the play and his continual cross-questioning grew tiresome because too many thln^.'' happened while he was on the spot. Stanley Harrison amused as a de- tective, but they do not have them that thick in England. Eleanor Griffith was the explorer's daughter who went into debt via bridge. Brandon Peters w.as on the staf^ but little, but came througli rt the finish. Other small parts were han- dled by Beatrice Milltr and Leonorc HurrLs. "The Creaking Chair" Is a one- Bet show, but substantially ninuntod nnd well designed. Tho first night opinion was that It needs u faster pace. Mystery plays have a cer- tain appeal, Imt must be exi)tional to oonmiMiul 1)1',' business. This oiii Jnay mnkts the grade l)ut more like'.y Will draw moderate money for two months or so. Ibn: The Right Age to Marry " "niely ii, tlu-i Pr..4u,,.j at ,he hnul/-.-;. will, 14, »t.aifi.,| by <;. H. n H.ser. ^ll»n Marljury. . < lara S'ei.hrt, i«a'rt;i'ri.' «fli Mn«. Toburn T.llhin IU~,tli Aletnnder KLULiiKl ...... Charlua lluN.iuutiam T>>wd* n Adamn Walter IMnKhaiii Charle.v *:>>hurn IJiMa -"^punic MarjTirot Mi.Hler ..<^3inrl<>« K»la|e '.W. C. .M.iswiTi ».„ , *^'"*'"rns were starred In .a |;omeUy „f i.^ni^Hph rural life crill.-d »ne I .irrner's AVif'" last .season. '^^n IMillIix.is wrote it "The Kight ARO to M,,rry," by H. F. Maltby. is -,,,? *"'} ''-"Kli^h rustlp types, and pc- liu. -^ *""*'"^'1» '»-« ^« "■■<"'? theme weft- the .st.rn master of the hous"- loves and eventually nuurieB Ms housekeeper. " It's tho story of love on the doorstep undetected. In Eng- land "The Farmer's Wife" made a run of It, but tho Broadway engage- ment was moderate. It is doubtful if "The Kight Age to Marry" will bettor that r.ating. The first two acts are amusing in spotH, mild entertainment to be exact, t)ut the last act measures up. It's a question whether the good Hnlsli can jilace the show .imong the winners. Lomas Uaihsden, played by Charles Coburn, is a thrifty mill owner of Lancashire. He started in the mill at 14 and woiked until he became the principal stockholder. He did not play when a boy and now, at the age of 4.5, ha believes himself an old man. He decides to retire, retaining his stock and ap- pointing his young nephew to take charge of the mill. Having pur- chased a hou.se in tho fa.shionablo section of Brighton, he has pur- chased golf Clubs, hunting guns and appropriate togs for a sporting life. Thus i)rimed, Lomas becomes am- bitious to enter society. Lom.as has never married, his creed being that a man cannot do good work with a woman hanging around his neck. When the nej)liew Introduces his affianced, tho old boy burns up and declares he will not permit the m.arriage. The age of 40 is about right for a man to marry, ho decrees. Lomas, however. Is at- tracted by the girl's aunt, a widow on tho "make." She directs his social activities at Brighton. He swears off of golf, horseback and other sporting pastimes. He admits to a friend, who also is trying the retired life, that the happiest years were at the mill. But he Is en- snared by tho widow and there Is a proposal. Through her he has been host to many parties, but has never been invited to other affairs. Lomas seems to realize tho society people are attracted by his bank roll, al- luded to as "brass." Comes a fire at the mill with a loss of half a million. The Insurance premium Is uni)ald through an oversight on the I>art of the nephew and so Lomas '-joes back to the village at Bradley to sUirt all over again. When Lomas went to Brighton his new house was equipped witli a new housekeeper, Ellen, who had taken care of his house at Bradley for many years, being left behind. She burst into tears as he an- nounced he would live at Brighton and that was something he could not understand. Tlie widow arrives to verify the loss of money and to declare the engagement off. It comes out that the young people had mar- ried quietly In Paris. The old boy is angered and about to turn them out, then changes his mind because the widow disowns the nieee. It la from the girl that Lomas learns about love on the doorstep. His home Is unkempt, his socks un- darned and his food Improperly cooked — Ellen Is not there. And then she comes. Her gentle atten- tions make Lomas finally realize that he loves her and that she had loved him a long time. Mr. Coburn sketches a clear pic- ture of the head-strong Lomas. The dialect is authentic and It is as fru- gal as the people who use it. "The" Isn't used. These Lancasterahire folk "go to house' or "go to mill." He gets in some good comedy points late in the show and dominates the i>lay. Mrs. Coburn Is a demure Ellen, quito as the author penned her. Hilda Spong looked better than In years. Hers is an excellent per- formance as the connivin^.^ widow. Charles McKaughton stood out among the les.=er roles. This new play has some humorous moments, and though It probably does not coat much to operate. Indi- cations are that its engagement will be limited as a small gross sliow. Ibrc. The Unchastened Woman Revival by Tbn .'itnt.'ers nt Pr. I/HuIs Ans- pnrhcrB piny. S'.njed by WarKartt Wychi r- ly aiiil Kdwar.l (jmiltnin. with rpltl.ifa by Albert Ill.sa. At the I'rlncww. Ni-'W Vorlc, Feb. 1.-.. Hubert KnoIIys Ifenry Mortimer .Mr.M. Munba r^>'j Uiplcy .■ ujI.iH., '■.iniline Kiiil'.y- Vlnlet ICciiilile I'imiiPi- r.Hwrcme .-i.iiibury Morifiii l"arioy fllMejtnr.le .'^.irbury Kii i llnniilly Kmily Madilen Jncephltie Hutrhln.si.M NtlohaM Kre'liii Ar.lnir IIii(;Im>s The Stagers have given up the :/J(X street tlionti-c antl are now playing In fiie tiny Princess on V.Hh street. Cl;irc Tree Major seems to be the ni.iin Iesri the tliird pro'luction of The St:ii;erN' s.-ioiid .sulisii i)ro- ceded it Is simi>ly silly. ."The Pnchastened Woman" is as excellent a character study of a vain woman as our stage will ever want to see; it combines its study of Mrs. KnoIIys and her attempt to take Lawrence Sanbury, young architect, from his scrlmi>ing wife, with shrewd observations upon many classes of society. Violet Kemble-Cooper gives an actressy performance of Mrs KnoIIys; Henry Mortimer Is excel- lent as the husband who has stood for a lot, but finally outsm.trteil the old g.al; Morgan Farley clicks every minute as young Sanbury, while .Miss Homllly a« the wife is ad- mirable. The Stagers won't get a lot of money witli "The Unchastened Woman," but they would probably have stood a chance If some of tho dally reviewers hadn't contracted dyspepsia before the performance began. Or It may be that on the opening things were sour— but they weren't on the second night and not even the few funny looking guys with swallow-tailed coats — scattered through the audience either as come-ons or atmosphere, could spoil the evident relish with which the small .audience enjoyed things. Sisk. A Fine Suburban Lot • Comedy In tbre* acta bjr I.awteneo I.angncr. Pioduicd aa a tryout at a mat- inee rerfornirinoe by the Students ef the Amorlean Aiai'.emy of Pramatlc Aria (Sar- re:,t Si'hool) at the L,yceuni, Fib. lU. Henry Wilton Roy H.'Ims Kate Wilton Florenre M.inn- lny Alexander Manuol Tei hncr Kranlt Adair John RKh.iri* Oraldlne Tus^ant Alyse I.iw Ccorse John l''r.inklin .^■ii.'::in Mar/{aipt Watson rollcenian charl>a QuUley This play by Lawrence Langner, proinlnent ntlorney and a dir^ctoi of the Iheatre (Julld was oTfered by ilie Sargent Scliool students iia on. of their winter matinee periorm- ances last Friday at the Lyceum. i''or Mr. Langner It was in tho n.i- Lure of a tryout with several com- mercial managers on the sidelines Of course, Langner was hoping that iliey'd bile and they were hojiing to see something worth biting. L-'hances are that both tnu author :.nd the several producers wore sat- isfied, for "A Fim? Suburb.an Lot' .imells like a commercial comedy ,ood for money if cast with a mid- dle-aged comedian of the John Cumberland, Crant Mitchell. Franl; Lalor or maybe rotund Tom Lewis type. In plot it concerns a real estate dealer in a Lung Island communiiy ivho is as hidebound as they come — puritanical, hyjiocritical, generalli .il.sagreeable and tyrannical wltli . he family. iJ.'iUgliter and son In the family and their tendenc' • tow.ard cut- iinir up w.th the rest of the AI'jU- crn Children is oiic of the thing.s which annoys papa terribly. Thing.s lako a turn when the old boy get: iiumiierl over tlie head by a taxi and loses his memory. Ho reverts .o the stages of his own youth uiien ho monkeyed around sl.ago loors, dr.'ink booze and raised Cain. Having lost hi;; memory, he exiioscs all this. One night at the cotn- iiiunity dull he becomes slewed and icts so disgr.ieefully a eop boiineea a fast one off his dome- wiii<'h , .rings him ."xround to that state of ixislence wliieh he had before 'he .•ieed up they de- parted with a week's notice and the manager waa sent scurrying to make replace- ment. The newer element of stock producers are the greatest vioKitors in this respect. Seasoned stock men know that permanent retention of players with a few changes as neces- sary is the amy successful manner in which a resident company can be established. The newcomers with their false idea of economy have queered their own raeket through their penny wise and dollar foolish policies. Dallas Stock Closed The Circle stock at Dallas closed Saturday. The house has used a stock policy on and off for years, but It reverting to productions. Other houses In tho territory are re- ported primed to receive road at- tractions and have applied to New York bookers to that purpose. STOCKS Ceoree Patton h.as gone to Brockton, Maps., to sta^rc t!io num- bers for Uie "Pitter P:-.fter" stock production at the City theatre. Alecia MfN'cill stock c>'rnpan3r wiU t)pen at the Rorkford, Uock- ford. 111 r. b. H. "iMappi r.V Ke- vlew" will be the opening bill. The Irving, Wilkes- B.irre, Pa., switilu'd from a road phow policy to stock last week. The atoek la headed by Ann Wln.^low and In- cludes Alden Chase, Charles Dingle, Everett Claverin.g, Arthur .Vllon, fJcoffrey Bryant, ll.lward D.iviJson, Margaret P.ird, Orace Fox, Edna Leslie and Sally Nyo. . ' Henry L;iwrence has been added to the personnel of tho RIalto Play- ers. Hoboken, N. J., playing tho Dwlght Frye role in "A Man's Man " Robert Hyman replaced Dwight Meade as male lead with the Bain- bridge I'layers, Minneapolis, last week. Madeline Hunt has succeeded Kitty Clark as Ingenue with the Kialto Players, Hoboken, N. J. Miss Clark opened In vaudeville this week In "Scmtnary Scandals." STOCK IN WINDSOR T There appears possibility dramatic stock will occupy Cort's new Wind- sor theatre In the Bronx In April. It is under.'dood that Augustus Pitou is quietly working this pro- posed Windsor stock project and that Sammy Taylor, who operatcu a stock In another part of the Bronx, is Interested. UntU that time the Windsor will continue to book legits, taking them indeptjndcnlly as the house Is etlll ronsldered opposition to the subway circuit. The Dollar Princess (IN GERMAN) Revival. In Uertnan. of "The DtilJar Prin- ciia." l.fK) Fal '« operetta. Libretto by A. M. winner and F. Onienbaum, baned on Caftl T.-oha'a comedy. Han* Oolle In pro- ducer-star of the company, holding forth TburiHlay nlchts at tti« Jrvlnr Plac« Thea- tre, New York, o;>enluc Feb. IW. John Couder, Pi caldent einea Knhlen- fu" » Kdniund I»ewe Alice aeine Torhter Viola (irahara Dlfk, nein N-ffe FVanx lalenter Dalay Oreen. peine NIchte Erna (;:«bor Fredy Wehrburit Hant tlolle Hana Freihew von ; clilli.k Hana Helns Fredhoven 0!)n an prpheum Circuit tour and has several more weeks to go. Present plans are to sive ths piece an early spring trial and then put It away until next autumn. "GLORY'S" STOCK RECORD An expurgated edition of "What Price Glory" was given a stock showing at the RIalto, Hoboken, N. J., last week, and despite deletion of most of tho cuss words the show broke the house records. Leventhnl, who has been eminent- ly successful with stock at this st.and, is reported as h.ivlng made enough profits lust season to pur- i^hase the theatre property outrlg!it and Is doing even better this year. Berkeli Players to Movs Cllnion, la., Feb. 23. Charles Berkcll, who opened the Berkell Players In the Clinton here recently, announces the company will move to Terre Haute, Ind., March 7, opening there at the Hii>- podroine. Later tho Berkcll Players go to Indianapolis for their fourth sea- son in the IJimlish theatre. Waddell Players Doing "Glory" Tojicka, l'"el). 23. The Wadibll Player.-? ar& rehears- ing "What Price Glory" at tho Grand, the Her-ond stock organiza- tion In the country to get the seript. The deal w.as made by Clyde M. Waildell, who announced It soon after tl:e fjrand m ade kno wn the e.irii ' I ii '.ti of the Los Angelei c<)tri' my di.te.s. "(ilory's" locil picsenlailon la ex- pected within two vveck.M. Duffy's Pl.iyhouse J...S Aoiiele.-, Feb. £3. ft is likely th.it Hcniy I'liiYv will not t I'.e iiV'T tiie California for his local ]•!• cluction liou;se. Instoad, ho may take lease of the I'layhouse, own' I by th<» Friday Morning Club. 82 VARIETY Wednesday, February 24, 1928 ^^^V'^ mwWOBLD'S SONG m ' /// - '^••^•••#ft«****9^< rvrif.r*^: miVIE^ •.V.1A..I.VV, ilK ^*»> bt the ■'. V."'", »>•[■:, .■-' rrtf:: ,.ii' ^:^-.,;^ i MEUR / V- ■ V // k w mSMMmm // 7 -^ . .v^:^>H^ ' • " ; . i 1 l'" v,^ !*/>.> •i-:-,L. . ' ..• ■'■-|.\. /.'^^l'^ • "<- You Can^t Go Wron^ ....^. '\ • r -X.';:\U-A,J^'; 7fl SEVENTH AVE., SAN FRANCISCO 935 Market St. BOSTON 181 Tromont St. -CINCINNATTI" 707-8 Lyric TTieatre Bldj. TO R-ONTO 193 YongeSb. LEO PHILADELPHIA 1228 Market Sfc. D E T R-OlT 1020 Hondolph St. Wednesday, February W. 19M 1 . \-'r \ w / .^^iH':S\\n K\Vi| nl^SiniSi^^ '4^'y//A\V/; : mC:.v ..i'^^i"^*: VARIETY S3 T''^^^r^'^5?, f. , ,.\ S^A- \V\^-YKr /'-^ i , f / ( t I ,1 '*:! • f. L (I V f r »-« AdZWdlltOU .... J v.";'. '- f I- . I •'','' ' ■-''■ !■''■'■. f ^ .,), ^<' .'-^T:; T s^^■ N(M7»^\VV/'o\\ PRETT' rtlTTll f.V ^>^^N Nxs. \NN :N^v< 1ST INC, ^'i KANSAS CITY Gayety Theatre Bld^. LOS ANGELES ^17 West Fifth St, NEW YORK N. V ~ CHICAGO 167 No. Clark St. MINNEAPOLIS 433 Loeb Arcade LONDON. WC 2 ENGLAND 138 Charing Cross l&ad. AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE 27e Collins St5. • D cii% c e Orchestrctrions ' FROM YOUR. DEALER.: ORL. dir:ect/ ->;>? ^^ 34 VARIETY PICTURES Wednesday, February 2i, 1926 WARNERS' FAIRNESS IN NEW DEALj WITH EXHIBITORS CN 'SEA BEASfl Let in on Legit Local Run with Exhib's Own House to Follow — "Sea Beast" Sold Before Shown — Another $2 Picture to Follow at Weu-ners' The Warner Bros, have evolved a plan rather unique in the i>ii'tiire Industry covering a deal bet\vo>'ii the producer-distributor and tliL- exhiM- tor in connection uith their "Sea Beast." This r'cture with .Ti.lin Bariymore as the siar was sold to the exTii'. iii»r :r; r to the jiirture be- ing made and '.herofore before the producers had aiiy line on its box ofHce rotrr.ti'';i';es. ^'.'hen t!io jjictiirc was finally shown on Broadway as a S2 feature and proved to be a knockout, the Warners knew that they really had soniethine; unusual in the line of a box office attraction. Instead of following the usual method of emj^ioying some subter- fuge or another to get out of the original contract with the exhibi- tors they had their representative Ko to them and make a deal. The deal calls for a certain percentage 01 the •a/.r-irre' that the exhibitor j may get through going in with the j Warners on a run for the picture in a legitimate house in his teiritory at advanced box ofl'iCe prices and then taking the picture for his own house at a later date, thereby being In on "the cream" and llkowi.se en- hancing the box office value of the picture throrgh a run In the legiti- mate theatre. A report from one of their sMes executives is that to date they have beeri abTe to work out a mo.st satis- factory arrangement with exhibitors In prullcally all of the larger cities on this basis for the picture. "The Sea Beast' is to remain at Warners' on Broadway for about ■ix weeks additional and la then to be followed by another John Barry- more starring? vehicle entitled "Don Juan," which Is to come in for a run with the policy to remain two- a-day at tlie house and $1.10 and $2.20 scale to be charged. SENDING IN "THE WORKS" Jensen & Von Herberg Objective LCf EW ADDS ON L(K:AL HOUSES Inspecting Newly Built Theatres Around N. Y. ' Rather quietly of late emissaries Of the I..OCW Circuit have been giv- ing the ncwly-built film houses of New York and adjacent territory Close Inspection. It develops the 1k>cw Circuit 14 acquiring some of the houses cither through lease or purchase. One of the latest added to the liocw hoKlinccs Is the new 3,000 ■eater being bui'.t at Sutphin Boule- vard olT Jamaica avenue on Liong Island. Another I.oew acqul.stion Is the theatre Ik in.^ built at Bedford ave- nue and I.,inii>'.n I'lace, IJroolc'yn. Loew has taken a 3J-year Rase on the City Hall at 31-32 Furk row, a COO-scatcr and one of the oldest In the city. All the new Loew additions are •xi)cctcd to be operating under Loew programs by May 1. Seattle, Feb. 24. It seem.s certain that there l» an- other deal on £.»r the Jensen and Von Herberg chain of theatres and their First National holdings by the I'ub.ix Tlieatifes Corp. Famous Players- Balaban & Katz). A scout for the latter organization has been going through the territory for the past three weeks or more, and if not actually framing a deal with Jensen and Von Herberg he 1b un- doubtedly on the ground to worry that organization into making a deal through the i)ossible fear that they may get Pub'.ix opposition In this part of the country. In all J. & H. control 32 theatres in three northern Pacific States hav- ing 22 in Washington, eight in Ore- gon and four In Montana, including a 3,500-seat house which thoy are now building. An effort in locate the represen- tative of Put Ilx in this city has been tmavailiiig. but it is a known fact that he is on the ground and that the executives of Jensen and Von Herberg 'know that he is although ho may not have been in direct com- munication with them. "WAKG" AS FILM "Wang," comic oi)cra, may be- come a l)i(< screen production If pre.'ipnt plans to place the ono time favorite show with film-makers goes through. The pl'^ce, now owned by Mrs. Agnes Woolson, is also being brought before Charles B. Dilling- ham ■with the Idea being to have Marilyn Miller, now under C. B.'s contract, to .ai)pcar in the picture In the former Mataya role played by the late Delia Fox. Mrs. Wojlson has had several chances to sell the rights but con- sidered the applicants unworthy to the extent that the old musical might be given a mediocre and un- satisfactory presentnjent. aTi ^HEATtlE.BEAUTlFaL ^ W nofk »f«. Tfb. 27 I WM. S. HART III Tumbleweeds' Play's and Stars; Schencks Due East Los Angeles, Feb. 23. Joseph M. Schenck and Norma Talmadgo will leave hero next week for six weeks in New York. Miss Talmadge will se'.ect cos- tumes for "PiOmance," the Kdward She'.don stage play, which Ttianche .Merrill is adapting for the screen. This Is the p'.ay in whii.'h Doris lieane st.arred in on the stage. It Is ^ike'.y John I'arrymore, un- d' r I'lilted Artists* contract, will have a provision, that may call for Ilia scrvicis to ajiprar as a co-star with Miss Talmailge in one picture. It is iinderstool Tom Moighaii, who was to have co-starred' with Miss Taim.-nlge in ".M.v Woman," will be starred in that picture n^one. Ace "Gag Man" Moves lA>H AllKil'S, leb. 23. Murray Both, the "acv" .at the Fox lot of the pag-nian for the i)ast four years, has been adilcd to the cast of Harry Lan^ilon's s^-cnario staff at the I'nlted srtidtos. SCHENECTADY "SEWED UP" Schenectady, N. Y., Peb. 23. By purchasing the lease of the .'Strand theatre from Harry and Benjamin Berinstcin, W. W. Far- ley, head of the Farash Theatre Kn- terprises, has gained comi'Ii'te con- trol of this city's movie enterprises. .The Strand w;'-» taken over by the dodge Construction Co., of Albany, of which Fiirlty Is presldenL Royalty for 'La Boheme* "La Boheme," the forthcom- ing Metro-Ooldwyn-Mayer pro- duction, will have a special score composed by Dr. William Axt of the Capitol, New York. Not a note of the opera's score will t»e employent'.ji)mor.\. picture director. It Is understood Uie charge will be desertion. Clown in Comedy Films A new series of comedy pictures Is being made by th* Caaslo Film Corp, starring Dedlc Velde, pan- tomlmlst. who headed the original Velde troupe of clowns which came to this country to Join the RlngUng circus In 1909. Jack O'Nell will direct. In Velde's support will be Alice Powers and Pierre Callouse, the latter the for- mer champion European wrestler; .Margery Evans), Mitzi Grin, Seton Jevons and Rlna LaRay. The Casslo Co. has rented the Warners Bros.' Vltagraph studio, Brooklyn. JACK WARNER CUTTING DOWN m THEATRES ON CHAIN FOR U. S. PICTURES H. L. Gates Heading Chinese Syndicate Staff, Stock Company and Players in Sweep Los Angelea, Feb. 2S. With the departure of Bennie Zeld- man from the Warner Brothers' fold, as assistant executive to Jack L. Warner, the latter has made practically a clean sweep of the executive staff, leaving himself and William Koenig, production man- ager, as the bulwark of the organ - I.:atIon. Among those affected by the clean" out was Fred Beers, cast- ing director. It is the Intention of Wanier In the future to per.sonally supervise all production and not to have any assistants. In the elimination of Beers as casting director, all of the principals in the future will bo per- sonally engaged by either Warner or ICoenIg, with Bob Mayo, now in the casting department, to handle the atmosphere crowds. At the present time there is no production going on at the Warner ytudio on Sunset boulevard, but Commodore Stuart Blackton la mak- ing one picture' at thQ Vilagruph for tlie organization. Warner has cut away down the large stock company, keeping on the payroll only the stars and feature players wiio have proven to be money-getters for AV'arners. A num- ber of feature players under contract to the firm at the present time have been and will be farmed out to other companies until their contracts ex- pire, when they will not be renewed. Jack Warner declares that In the future he will depend mostly upon the free lance players for supporting roles. Churches Maneouver to Steal Sunday Night Trade Urb.ana, III., Feb. 23. The Urbana city council last week took another legislative attempt to close picture shows on Sunday, passing, at first reading, an ordi- nance prohibiting- theatres, skating rinks, pool halls, etc., from operat- ing on the Sabbath, fixing a $25 penalty for first offenders and not less than flOO for sub.soquent of- fenses. A clause In the ordinance allows free pictures of an educational na- ture, the churches planning to grab off the Sunday night trade with that proposition. Sunday movies have been hotly contested here for over a year, tin council recently adopting nn ordi- nance that was knocked out in th.> circuit court. Grauman's, San Diego Los Angeles, Feb. 2.1. Sid Grauman has been in .S;in Diesjo and is reported to liiivw pur- ch.ised an oi)tioii on a site at Second and A streets, to build a theatre .similar to liis Honyvn.Hl lv;yptk>ii. The house. It is .said, will be along the de luxe policy of lines, and will seat around 2,000. Jn.seph M. Schenck Is reported In this ent* r- pri.«e with him. Uoport.i reach here say the C)r- pheuin rircDil, ;,re negotiating for j, site at Kiuirth )uid B str"ets, to build a Junior iiou.se seating about 2. 2300. ARCHIE GUNN BACK Art hie CJunn, oiii>-tinie celebrated artist, wiioso frontispiei-es couM be seen at any turn, ha.f done a come- ba I;>\ p.',-.'. 1 •■, ,. i'.,,! „n 1: 1. e liking to Mr. (iunn and his work. n. L. Gates, novell.st, editor and general newspaperman, will be ex- ecutive director, beginning soon, of a Chinese film combine which plana to operate 2,500 theatres in the Celestial republic Independent of American motion picture backing. The plan Is to buy American films* suitable for China and give them in twice weekly tihowlngs in many small towns and cities throughout the entire nation — even in that In- land country about which so llttla is known. Chinese capitalists, according to reports reaching New York, ar» backing the i)roposition, with tho wealthy Tutchum Kung To of Tsientsin as the financial director. The other capit.ilists Interesteil tui from the provinces of Shensi and Honan and their pooled resources are to be put In back of the scheme. An exchangw system which will make use of coolies will go Into ef- fect while the many waterways of interior China will make it possible to reach the various cities, through which the Alms will be relayed. The programs will consist of a full com- plement of subjects for a two hour show, While tho theatres, which will be improvised from buildings al- ready up, will seat from 600 to l,f>00 as present plana go. A remarkable feature of the whole thing is that CJhlnese capital Is backing the whole thing, no Ameri- can or British money being inter- ested. The films supplied by the American companies will be sent over protected by a bank guarantee. J. F. Thomstorlt, formerly located in Vladivostok, Siberia, arrived in New York recently to bring Ciate.<» the prolter of the control of tho company from the Chinese interests and also to close for the films. G.'ites accepted and will go to China shortly to begin work on the plan. Ho wrote the book, "Joanna," re- cently released as a film by Firnt National. HOLIDAY'S MAT RECORD Record matinee attendance for a holiday was counted up Monday tm Broadway. The afternoon business largely exccecled the night trade. In the picture houses the. variance reached around 30 per cent. Tlie example appears to be the Capitol. In the .afternoon it did $9,200 and at night $6,600, almost $16,000 on the day. At the Strand although it had to stop selling tickets at 8, the same gross condition was encountered. The picture men say the loss for the night came through a light supper show trade. At the Strand this was caused through a hold- over attendance from the final afternoon perforznance. Legit houses open Monday after- noon, also the vaudeville and bur- lesque houses, played to Ptandiiig room. * Louis Cohen, Fire Victim Ilurleyville. N. Y., Feb. 2'i. Louis Cohen, wiio was one of the 10 victims of the hotel fire at rrair|e Inn here early yesterda.v, was a director in the .SinalUStrass- b'.'rg Circuit wiiii-h operates t<^ theatres showing pictures in New VhTnan, Inc. The pri •(• p:iid was uiiderstooil to be aroiind $4i>.00'>. Tile presmiiption i.s that Bebc Daniel.s will be staiicl in the plC-' tiire version. It vini (Inii't ;i»1vcrtisi> iti VARIETY (I'Mi't advertise Wednesday, February 24, 192* PICTURES TAX OFF ON VARIETY 35 CONVENTICN'S 5-DAY STAY IN LA LAID OUT AND ARRANGED FOR $500,000 for Entertainment — Hotel Giving Special Rates for Rooms and Food — Royal Welcome — Studios Plan Special "Nights'* for Delegates L.08 Angeles, Feb. 23. Motion Picture Theatre Owners of America who will hold their 7th national convention at the Hotel Ambassador, June 1-5, will have more than $500,000 expended upon them for entertainment thiough the efforts of the local committee in charge of the convention. • The program Is being Di.ido out In such a way whereby business sessions will be held only In the afternoon with the delegates and those attending having the foranoon and evening to themsclveo. .1 is expected that about 5.000 or more will attend from the east, ir addition to those from the west. Already six different special trains have been chartered from various parts of the country; with one train, a New Tork delegation com- ing to the coast on a 30 day tour This delegation, it Is said, will number between four and 600. They are due to arrive hero Mny 29, according 'o Glenn Harper, chairman of the committee In charge of the convention here. They will receive a royal wel- come before they arrive here. They &ru to be met at San Bernardino end given a California reception after which they will be taltcn by automobile to Riverside, where they will be shown through tho orange groves and entertained for dinner at the Mission Inn. After dinner they will board the trains and be brought to Los Angeles that night. On the following day they will be taken to Catallna Island, as a guest of the local ex- hibitors, where they will spend a day sight seeing. All other delegates who are here or will arrive here on that day ■will be Included in the party. Different Studio Nightly Every evening a different studio Will provide entertainment for the ■visitors. During convention week all of the entertainment Is to be free with transportation and other facilities being provided at all times by the local committee. Each of the mornings will be taken up by visitors to the studios, to see pictures In the making, as Well as other sight seeing trip*. The local Chamber of Commerce and business men have Informed the convention committee that they Want the visiting delegates to be tho guests of Los Angeles and not Under any circumstances are they to he permitted to pay for any- thing In amusement and entertain- ment. The Ambassador will be the head- quarters of the convention. As many of the visitors who can be handled will be housed there with the overflow going to the Alexan- dria Hotel, operated by the same management. Special rates at the Ambassador have been provided by the management. $7 single. $9 double and $U for three in the room. May 31 there will be a meeting ■with the first business session for all delegates to Uiko place Tuesday afternoon, June 1. The general busines.s sessions will be held In ^he main dining room of the Am- bassador, which has a eeating rapacity for 2,000. So that none of the delegates will be g...uge. 23. Tho Association of Motion I'icturo Producer.^ held tholr seml-annu.'.il meeting last week and re-e'ectcd Charles Christie, prcsiilont. for an- other six months. Irving Thalliertr and M. C. Levcc were elc'ti'd vici- presi.leiits, and Fred I'.' • '• r. sii - retary and trasurer. The org-inizatliin at this mi eting discussed the matter of co-operat- ing with the Independent i)roducerH, suggesting the latter organize If they want to afT'illate. ganization, as well ns ch.ilrnian of the ento, l.ilnmfut corniiiilti<\ In- cludes \N'. J. Quinn, president, and 15. N. nerlrip'eln. ;r"i«iir«r. Principal Picture Theatres in New York Reach Un- derstanding — Giving Pub- lic Benefit Admission Tax Change — Capitol, Rivoli, Rialto and Strand Join — Not Wholly Settled as Yet— All 75c at Night; All 50c at Matinee ROXY»S POSITIO>4 Broadway leads in giving the public the benefit of tho admission tax. Managements of the Capitol, Rivoli, Rialto and Strand have reached an understanding that with the acceptance of the present re- vised Income tax measure that places the exempt admission tax off up to 75c, that the present night scale at the houses will be 75c, re- duced from 85t;, and that the mat- inee top is to be 50c, immediately upon the new tax bill going into effect. Exceptions will be made for the loge seats. It is likely the Capitol (Metro-Goldwyn) with Its 141 loge seat!! at $1.65. will reduce the price to $1.50. The Strand (Mark-Strand) may ask Its conferees for an adjustment on its part through having an un- wleldly balcony for the flat 60c. matinee rate. At the Rivoli (Publlx) are also some loge seats now being held at 99c. Previously there has been some variation In the matinee and night scales with 85c. top the general ad- mission downstairs. The new scales when ?n effect will be flat for all parts of the house. Each theatre has been paying an So admission tax on the 85c top. A loss of 2c to the house In the re- duction will follow. This is ex- pected to be taken up through the flat matinee scale of 60c all over the house. At present a couple of the theatres have a 35c matinee ad- mi.sslon for the balcony. That the move Is under contem- plation and has a good chance of going through was admitted by one of the managers yesterday. It comes right upon top of the revised bill's passage and will act as an assur- ance to the legislators that the bet- ter picture houses of the country do not wish to take advantage of tax removal. Includes Paramount In tt>e present setting of the ad- mission top at 75c and through Publix going to It with Its Klvoli and Rialto, It likewise sets the scale for the new Paramount (Publlx) now building in Times Square. That is to be a theatre of 3,700 capa<:ity. It's not as largo as the Capitol with over 5,000 scats about equally di- vided between down and upstairs. Through the admission price move the matter of the new Roxy theatre now under construction becomes prominent. With over 11.000 seats at 75c against Jt in the Times Square lane, and the Roxy of an announced capacity of 6,200, the picture men are wondering If the Roxy management will be able to maintain its announced general ad- ' mission of $1 with $2 for loge scat.s. Should the Roxy decide It must meet Its competitors' scale, there apparently will be a difference of 25 per cent, in the estimated gro-^s business the Roxy can do and upon which its prospectus for sto<-k .«alfc« was based. THE "BREAKS!" San Francisco, Feb. 23. Some screen stars have pub- licity thrust upon them. Jane Novak, traveling In a drawing room on a Southern Pacific train, with her com- pany. The only drawing room on tho train. Middle of the night — conduc- tor raps on tho door and says, "Sorry to disturb you. Ma'am, but a woman is about to be- come a mother. May we use your room?" All tho dallies break the story with the name of tho star — mother and child doing well — but their names forgot- ten. CABARET-PLAYS ON PHONOHLM Finishing "Retribution" — Alabam*s Colored Floor Show Next The De Forest Pbonofilm has ar- ranged to make a phonofllm of a New York night club show (Club Alabam) to be taken In its entirety. It gives a colu-red floor show. Rights have been obtained on the play "Gas," produced at the Trl angle theatre in Greenwich Village, for the phonofilm. The dramatic phonofllm, "Retri- bution," with Arthur Donaldson as the star, supported by four players, was finished by the DeForest lab- oratories last week. 2 "CHARLESTON" FILMS A couple of rival film Charlestons on the market. One made under the direction of Ned Wayburn la in four reels, the other Is known as "The Charleston In Six Lessons," a scries of six single reels produced by J. S. Grauman. Tho latter pro- duction was sconariolsed and titled by Morrlo Rysklnd, who Inserted a number of humorous Chiirleston In- cidents. The Grauman Charleston had the advantage of the instructions by Arthur Murray, the New York dancing teacher, and It has Stella Doyle, the English actress. Robert Stlckney of "The Monkey Talks," who Charlestons on stilts, and Jo- sephine Quest of "By the Way," ap- pearing with Murray In the dance. Mack D. Weinberger Is handling the sales for the Grauman product. Wayburn's picture was made In conjunction with tho Spargo Studios In New York, and has a number of stage celebrities In It also. The latest report on the Wayburn fea- ture Is that It will be released by one of tho larger distributing or- ganizations, possibly Universal. Ross McCutchcon, Now 25, Returning to Screen Ix)s Angeks, Feb. 23. HuKti M'Cwtclicon, known us t he original "iliogiuph tiiiby" and uow 25, will return to the screen. He has been en^Mi;e(l by i'ox to play In "Karly to Wed." He is lilt- Hon of Wall.ace Mi;- Cutclieon, who was general manager of tlie old American Muto.scope- Hlograpli; his • older brother, W.al- lace, Jr., was at one time the hu.<- band of Pearl White. L A. U65,307 I>03 Angeles, Feb. 23. Jmh Angele.s' City Ijlreclory for 1926 has been Is.sued. Calculations based on tho estimate have 2.25 peo- pl»> for every name In the directory, tory. The population of Ix)h Angeles for this year should bo 1,265,307, as against 1,1<»5,341 for 1925. For Picture Theatret See Wilton Stunt Aviators Hurt 1.0H Angeles, Feb. 2.1. Harry Crandell, 28-ycar-oId stunt aviator in i)i( lutes, and a pass( n^fr, T..CO Shamroy, are unconscious In tho fJkndalo Sanitarium following a no.^e dive In tli( Ir ji'.nuo. from a 12.'>-foot height to the pioljiid. The men were doing stunls for an Inderxndent picture concern nt th' time of the accident. TURKEY PIRATE STOPPED BY KEMALBEY Native Exhibitor Organ- izes for Protection — French Firm Rents Washington, Feb. 23. K: liibltors in Turkey h&T* formed an association to protect themselves from the plratlnff of American motion pictures, and though their organization Is yet la Its Infancy, they have scored the first victory yet to be recorded In a piracy case In that country, states a report to tho Department of Com« merco from James R. Mood, Assist- ant Trade Commissioner at Con- stantinople. The pirating of films in Turkey has been the cause of much con- cern for several years to the American Industry. A good market haa been practically ruined due to the lack of control over the sit- uation. * The leading exhibiting concMTts are tied up with this new associ- ation with Kemal Bey, native pro- ducer, as well as exhibitor, one of the organizers. It was through tha, efforts of Kemal Bey that the re- ' cent victory was scored wherein the authorized version was pur- chased advertised and ready for showing when a pirated Tersion, with nothing but the nam* changed, was billed as appearing at an opposition house. As tho authorized film in ques- tion was secured through a French Arm, though an American produc- tion, the angle assisted In the court fight which resulted in the issuance of an order stopping the showing of the pirated version. The Turkish Government has re- cently adhered to the Commercial Convention of the Treaty eC Lausanne, under which 160 indus- trial articles are listed for protec- tion. It la believed within the in- dustry in Turkey that under this arrangement some protection may be secured. Case in Japan Still another report to the depart- ment covers the sfluatlon In Japan, whK'h following tho suit over an American film that dragged through the Japanese courts for a period of three years finally ending in com- promise; states that agreement* have now been reached giving pro- tection to American companies and their productions. Under present conditions an to- Junction can be obtained anywhere In Japan without tedious formalltlea with It possible to have the pirated film seized without the necessity of a civil suit. Though the first case carried through tho courts was an expen- sive undertaking for the American Intere.sts with the result finally be- ing nothing more than a com- promise with both sides standing for tho legal expenses Incurred, tta moral effect has been of value t9 all cf»nipanic8. SPEEDY SWEDISH ACTRESS l-os Angeles, Feb. 23. Gret.'i Garbo, tlie recently-arrived young Hwedi.sli actrcs.s for Metro- (ioldwyn, was arrested at 6kln. $18,000. one more week, then "The Vanishing Ameri- can." "Wanderer" something of bust. Wood's— "Ben-Hur" (M-G-M, 2d week). (1,073; 60-$2.) Up smartly on second week, and Indications of increasing velocity. $19,500. DESPnE RAIN-LENT, $8,500 IN PROVIDENCE All Houses Held Up In Business —Good B Us— "S. I. & M." Very Big WEATHER BEnER, BUT NOT FILMS IN PHILLY Stanley's $25,009 Not as Good as Fox's $20,000 Last Week — No Draw in Pictures Starring Dolores CosteOo Los AnK'elea. Feb. 23. Warner Brothers announce that they ).;ive elevated Dolores Coatello. daughti-r of Maurice Costelk). to stardom. They fli^ure her work In the "S<'a Beast" warranted the pro- motion. Work is to shortly start at their local studio on a number of new productions. They Include "The Society Highwayman" from a novel by E!lzat)eth P. Train, which Boy Del Uuth will direct; "Broken Hearts of Hollywood," an all star cast under the direction of James Flood, and "The Tavern Knight," to be the next John Barrymore pic- ture. Also "The Better Ole." star- ring Syd Chaplin under the direc- tion of Chuck Reisner. Daryl ll« InLloors last week. Strong bills, nevertheless, pulled good grosses. "The .Son Hen. si ' drew $4.?00 as n holdover, making a total of $12,700 for the two W( eUs. M<»n, as well as women, talked the picture all over town. "Sally. Irene and Mary" made a big hit wit a thre<>-girl toe- dancing act ns a prolog. Estimates for Last Week Victory— (l.'JuO: 15-40). "Sally. Irene and Mary" (M-G.) "Stella Maria" U'.) Kxt: a big week; packed YiiiX-^ -^s; $8. .100. Tffalto- (1.14S: 13-40). "Sea Reast" (Warners.) fceoond w.-ek, holdover Good week; $4,200. Strand — (2,200; iri-40). "Fifth Aveiuie" (P D. C.) "Braveheart" -(P. D. C) Very Bi>od w .k; $7,600 Majestic -d'. 500: ia-40). "The Far Cry" (iHt N.) "The Cave Man' (Warners.) Good \ve( k. licKlniilng of Lent and raliisti)i"in cut in on what would otlierwi.se hrve been extra good run; $5,500. Receivers for Forum;' House Money-Maker Ix)8 Angeles. Feb. 23. By mutual agreement the United States District Court appointed two receivers to supervise the operation of the Forum theatre. One of the receivers is Earl M. Daniels, representing the Mortgage Investment Company, that has a $500,000 mortgage on the property, besides holding trust deeds. The other receiver represents the stockholders of the theatre inter- ested in the project before John P. Goring wa.s made managing direc- tor by the Creditors' committee. Goring Is to continue operating the house in the Joint receivership. The house Is not Insolvent. It has been a money-maker for the last eight montli.**, showing a week- ly profit of from $1,500 to $4,000. The receivership app'Icatlon was mnde by mutual oppllcatlon for the Intor- e.st of the two parties who made the application. Portland, Ore.. Feb. 2S. Business week before last in the Portland houses, was compara- tively way off, due to the bad weather. Hipp (2.200-20-35) "Danger Girl" (P. L). C.) with vaudeville. Fair program release, failed to connect, and with bad break In weather, brought Intake down to about $S.0OO. Liberty (1,800-35-50) "Bluebeard's Seven Wives" (Ist Nafl). Averaged around $7,000, fair for this house. Rivoli (1,500-33-50) "iinrhanted Hill" (F. P.). Did not hit expected gross. About $6,000. Peop!es (1, 200.30-15) "Hands Up" (F. P.). This Raymond Grlflith picture well liked. Chuck White- head's band scored usual hit. Ap- proximately $5,500. Columbia (830-33-50) "Black Bird" (M.-G.). Lon Chancy goes over big In this town. Business jumped to over $5.fOO. Held over. Majostio (1.000-35-50) "The Sky Rocket" (A. E.). I'eggy Joyce pro- duction created good publicity, pulled around $3,000. Held over. Blue Mouse (SOO-25) "Steppln" Out" (Ind.) At two-bit grind, got $3,000. Below average. Plans for the erection of a the- atre with a seating cap.aclty of 5.000. a 14-story ofllce and loft building at Flatbush avenue extension, near DeKalb avenue, Brooklyn, have been announced. It followed a realty deal by which Harold E. Wlt- teman, Brooklyn theatre builder and operator, obtained about 40,000 square feet of property. The plans will cause an outlay of about $12,- coo.ooo. The new theatre will be near Werba's Brooklyn, which Wittcman owned and reconily sold to the Brooklyn Strand Theatre Corpora- tion. Amos Lamphler, Frank Cullen and Albert Lehman, brokers In the deal, are said to be ne.gotiating with a "rromincnt Manhattan theatrical firm" for a long lease on the new theatre. $23,100 HIGH DOlHai AND $1,000 FRISCO LOW Chinese Propaganda Film At- tracted No Attendance on Week Grata Nissen Opposite Kerry Los Angeles, Fi b. '.13. Greta Nissen will l>« oi)posite Norman Kerry In the M.irgarei Mayo story of "The Love Thief." Jr)hn McDerraott will direct Ma Pickford's Operation Los Angeles. Feb. 23. Mrs. Charlotte I'lcKford Smith, mother of Mary Pic'rcford, was op- erated in>on for tumorous growth on the br»aut at the Osteopathic Hospital. It Is reported her condi- tion Is favorable and she may make the Fiiropcan trip with Douglas Fairbanks and I.lary I'icliford, leav- ing hero about Mar^-h 15. Fairbanks was at the side of Mrs. Smith during the operation, per- formed by l>r. Norman F. i^prague. Rock Takes 30 Los Angeles, Feb. 23. Joe Rock has signed a contract whereby he obtains the entire out- ptit of the Van Pelt Productions which are to be ilistrlhuted by Ches- terfield I'lctures o{ Now York. The deal Involves .'50 pictures for 1926. Three have been delivc red. All of the pictures! arc to be made lit the Wolcott Stiirtlofl, recently upciied on S'lnset hou1e\'ard. San Francisco. F'eb. 28. Loew's Warlield climbed back Into Its own last week, aided and abetted v\ith the Hearst publicity with "The Torrent." "The Big Parade" and Its comedy running mate. "Behind the Front," were the other high lights with the other houRCs falling into their accustomed places. Estimates for Last Week Loew's Warfield-"The Torrent." Cosmopolitan production for M-G- M. With Fanchon and Marco "Ideas of Syncopation" and Walt Itoosner's nni.sis added attractions. Got $23,100 St. Francis — "IJehind the Front" (F. p.). Swinging along into sec- ond place with very little drop from oponin;;; $L'0.10l. Granada— After run of the "Song and Dance .Man" with ordinary suc- cess by Terry Duffy at the Alca- zar, wasn't expected picture made by Paramount would do much. Only fair for this house at $ls,ti00. California — "The Gilded Butter- fly." good at $15,200. Imperial — Final week of Valentino in "The Fagle." and got $7.1iiO. Wilkes— -The Ulg Parade. ' At $" this one went close to capacity at $1G.S00. Capitol — "The Silk Routiuct," .<n week. If you doti't advertise in VARIKTY dor/t advertise J. C. Irwin Asks Damages For Daughter's Death Los Angeleir Feb. 23. J. C. Irwin has filed a damage ac- tion for $50,000, through the death of his flve-year-old daughter. Frances, against Andrew and Mrs. Grace Rasmuasen. Irwin, director with Universal. charges the Pnsmussens with the loRs of his chl'd and her services, when she was run down and killed .''an. 12 In front of her home by their automnMle. Mrs. Ttasmussen. the driver of the ear at the time, was found guilty by the coroner of Incompetent driving and she was held for trial. The little Trwin girl had appeared In four pictures for Universal In 1925. Baltimore. Feb. 22. The legit Auditorium went over to the muvlcs for a spell, beginning last week. "The Big Parade" opened for a run. Opening during Ash Wednesday week It was one of the few attractions to come through without a mid-week letdown. The critical reception was practically unanimous In rating it 100 per cen^ The combination Hippodrome had a L^th anniversary week, and was one of the few regulars to coma through without a letdown. The uptown Mctrorolltan also picked up ' with the sure-fire RIn-Tln-Tin, while the Whltehurafs Garden with Buck Jones and a strong tab. vaudeville act came throu-jh nlce'.y. "The Merry Widow" hsld up well nt the New. The popular HivoU cased off slightly with "The Road' to Yesterday," while the Century with "Dane Mailnotis" started well but s'.owcd up after mld-weck. The extensive Improvements to the Wariier-Mctropolitan are fin'il'.y completed, Including the erection of , the largest theatre electric slga siouth of New York. The scaffolding is down at the Embassy and this house is shaping up for the oi)cniMg with "The Phantom of the Opera" for a run. Estimates for Last Week Rivoli — "The Road to Yesterday* (2,3'JO; 35-75). While gencrr.Uy liked, failed to develop any out- standing box ofTlce potentlallik'.s. Business up to theatre's usual high average imtll mld-wcck when ad- vent of Lent was reflected at th» ■ box ofllccs. Fair week at $10,500. Auditorium— "The Big Parade." First week for the big war special to big business at this legit stand. In for a run nt $2 top with daily matinees. If rlrst week criterion picture is out for a record. About $:o,ooo. Century — "Dance Madness* (3,000; 30-75). Week started big but cased off with Lent. Several rainy nights al.so Interfered. Stage act surpassed picture In local in- terest. Raymond Balrd. billed as •'The Boy Sousa." vaudeville, and went over big. He is being held over this week. Gross about $11,500. Metropolitan — "The Clash of the Wolves" (1,300; 15-50). Popular Warner house has steady patronage for Rin-Tln-Tln films. Lent and weather mitigated against overflow. However, gross was up nicely with total of about $7,500. New — "The Merry Widow," 2nd week (1,800; L5-50). Gelatinized operetta held up exceptionally well for a second week, startoff being very big. Ash Wednesday and weather slowed up business about' mid-way. but countup satisfactory at about $10,000. Hippodrome — "The Million Dollar Handicap" and vaudeville (3,300; C5-75). House celebrated ICth an- niversary. Public turned out to make It successful. Location of theatre In center of raring belt made race film of exceptional interest. Week out.standlng with returns around $13,000. Garden — "The Desert's Prince" and vaudeville (3.000; L5-50). lUe.il bill and came through without box office damage in spite of season and weather. On contrary, bu.sine.ss up sharply. Road show. "Listen to Me" down fo a FiO-min. tab. vauiie* topper. Buck Jones on screen nl- wa\H suro fire In this house. About $1 ,000. Good. Parkway— "The Gilded Butterfly" (1.400; 25-50). House got its usual patronage, and reflected the aver- age reaction to Lent and the weather. About $3,000. This Week Auditorium— "The Big Parade" (L'nd week); Century, "The )< Ir'-t Appropriation Cut Washington. Feb. 23. Unless the unexpected happens the a; proprlatlon bill for the De- partment of Commerce when re- ported out tomorrow (Wednesday) to the House will disclose that the sub-commlttce has cut the recjuest- ed $:t;.000 for the establishment of a i)Icture section In the department to but $15,000. This $11,000 cut will mean that the foreign representative of the H.ction will undoubtedly have to be done away with, but it should not i Year"; Rivoli. "Just Suppose"; New, curtail the activities here, it Is "(Jo Weat"; Parkway, 'The Fool'; stated. Nothing, as yet, has been learned as to the Senate committee's atti- tude on the proposed special appro- priation for the benefit of the foreign s.iles of American pictures. MARION DA VIES IN N. Y. Los Angeleij. Fob. 23. Marlon Davles la en route to New York where she will remain for bov- eral weeks purchnsing costumes for her next production "The Red Mill." Tt Is to bo directed by Mnrsb.ill Nellan for relose. Garden. "Tlie Yankee Seiior"'; Met- ropolitan. "The Sea Beast"; Hippo* drome, "The Wedding Song."' Importing Swedish Danco For Picture House Tour Wllllnm Morris Is bringing over Jean Borline. Swedish dancer, for a tour of picture houses In a d.inee divertis.srnient, n.^^slstej by six glr!«. The d.inccr had been previously approached by stralr;ht vniiilevt'!« f^couls for an American tour, b"f M"tro-Goldwyn-Mayer| the sni.iry offered wa.s inaulflcleiit to Interest him. Wednesday, February 24, 1926 PICTURES VARIETY 37 -3 FACES EASr WITH NO OTHER AID SURPRISED STREET WITH $23,850 Last Week In and Outer — Capitol and Strand Off — Strand Had to Depend on Stage Show — "Sea Beast" Again Led Specials The 12 theatres In the Tlnu-rt gquaro section, including the IckUI- niate houses showing fllm attrac- tions as well as the regular picture theatres, turned In business last %eek that almost touched $240,000. That would make It an average of almost $20,000 a house. The cur- rent week la going to knock those figures all to pieces. Sunday the week started off like a house afire, and Monday, the holiday, followed It up with records broken In almost all of the theatres. iSven with the $240,000 gross there were no real startling figures along the street. The ("apltol, showing "The Auction Block," got $46,700, with the Rlvoll running to second money with "Dancing Mothers," and the Giis Edw.nrds "harden of Girls" getting $29,000. The Strand dropped Into third place with "Partners Again" at $25,100, decidedly off for that house. The nianatjoment blames the "Potash and PerUnutter" billing it used the first few days, but afterward dis- carded, the public thinking that it was the old "P. & P." picture. A surprise on the street was the business that "Three Faces East" pulled at the Rialto without the aid of any outside attractions, just grinding along by itself the flsfures tu-ncd $23,850. The second and final week of "What Happened to Jones" at the Colony drew $19,32.5, which gave the picture over $48,500 for the two weeks, while at the little Cameo "The Vanishing American" rather disappointed with a little over $4,800. For the final week of "The Merry ■Widow" at the Embassy a few dollars over $5,900 was shown, the picture running through until last night, with "La Boheme" opening th^^re tonight (Wednesday). Of the pictures In for a run "The Sea Beast" at Warner's again led the bunch by a few hundred dollars, getting almost $21,000, while "The Big Parade" at the Astor came right along with Its usual flKUre of $20,250, as against $19,000 for "l?en- Hur" at the Cohan. "Stella Dallas" at the Apollo did around $12,000. "Mare Nostrum," which came Into the Criterion for a run Monday night, turned in $10,440 for 13 per- formances and started the current . Week by playing to standing room. Estimates For Last Week Apollo — 'Stella Dalas" (Goldwyn- "U. A.) (I.ISO; $1.10-$2.20) (14th week). Going along at fair'.y even clip and getting a particularly strong matinee play. Little over $12,000. Astor — "The Rig Parade" (M.-O.- M.) (1,120; $1.10-$2.20) (14th week). This looks like It is going to be the picture to take $1,000,000 out of New York In a years run. The aver.ige Is always above $20,000 a week and there is no stopping the plctur<;'8 draw, no matter the Weather. La.st week $20,231. Cameo — "The Vanishing Ameri- can" (K. P.-L.) (519; 50-85). Came in for single week although better run was expected for little house. Finished with $i,825 with "The American Venus" in current week. Capitol— "The Auction Block" tM.- O.-M.) (5,450; 50-$1.65). Did very fair week all things considered. The take was $45,705 for week. Cohan— "Ben Hur " (M.-G.-M.) (1,112; $1.10-$2.20) (9th week). Dropped off almost $1,000 last week, but biiHiiiesa was just over the $1'J,- 000 ni;irk, which makes the eiiKaf,'C- men^ Hhow a profit at the end of the week. Something rather pe- cui:;ir in the manner in which tlic Weather affects the p.itron.-ii^e here As sdon as the elements start nct- Incr up businos.'i falls off. Colony — "What Ilappenrd To Jones" (U.) (1,980; 5!)-S.-.). I'or two wcoV-.s the Resinald Dt-nny starring feature .at this house ave- raged better than $20,000 wcelUy, getting $ •3,650. Last week business showed $19,325. "The Cohens and Ke^ly.s' started Sunday. Criterion — "Mare No.strom" < M.- G.-M . (60S; $1.10-$2.20) (2nd week), t'or \3 jierfornian'es List wtek Hex Ingrtm directed Ibanez story drew $10.4-10. Embassy — "The Merrv Widow" ♦ M.-G.-M.) (COO; $1.10-J2.nn). L.ist ^■pek Just over $5,900. Picture v- mained for first two days of th.' curr.Mt week with "La Boheniry coniiiiK in tonight. R alto— "Threo Faces F.ast" (P. "•<^ I n,0r,O; 35-50-S5-99). This pic- I'lre .'otning In on Its merits nian- agi(l to ,i,;iw ..xceedingly w»-ll wlth- ojit any oiit.side a.sslsfance. Week •"in\v,.,| $23.,S50. Rivoli— -iianring Mothers" (F. *•!-> (.2,200; 30-5«.S5-;'9^ This! APPROVAL OF ALL FILMS LAST WEEKINK.C. But That Could Not Stand 0£F Auto Show or Bad Weather Kansas City. Feb. 21. (Drawing Population, 6C0,000) The Parent Teacher.s' Council of this city has a Better Pictures com- mittee the members of which view the .'Urns to be shown In the lead- ing houses, first run and suburban, each_ week. A report is made and ihe jtictures favoretl announced in a public statement. I*ist week's list Included every picture on the downtown screens. That ouglit to have helped some, iiusiness was on and off. The nr.-:; four days the weather was inaoe i<. order, but the automobile show, dr.awlng thousands dally, cut m. Then cumo the worst snowstorm of the season, wrecking business. The Newman, with another of its big stage shows, "Valentino Vani- ties," together with the comedy film, "Grand Duchess and Waiter," were credited with being the best value on the street. "Vanishing American" at the other Publix house. Royal, opened strong and held up nicely. Is In for the second week and should build. Estimates for Last Week Royal — "Vanishing American" (F. P.) (91:0; 35-50). Set for two week.s .and given considerable extra pub- licity. Opened strong. $8,200. Newman — "Grand Duchess and Waiter" (F. P.) (1.890; 35-50J. Coui>led with "Valentine Vanities," elaborate stage presentation. Bill worth much more than 50c. top ad- mission. Also served as introduc- tory for Jules Blumberg, director of Newman symphony orchostr.a. $11, .100. Liberty — "Morals for Men" (1,000; 35-50). Nothing to ravo about. Spe- cial rendition of Bolllnl's '"Norm.a" by Fritz Gumb's orchestra, only of- fering off screen. $5,100. Mainstrect — "Just Suppose" (V. N.) (3,200; 25-50). Richard Barthel- niess good draw. Five-acts. $12,- 000. Globe h.-id "The Gold Rusli" ..n the screen; "Red Hot Tires" at I'antages. Tatmadge Girls Coming East Los Angeles, Feb. 16. I'roduction of "Silky Aime," Con- stance Talmadge's next release for First National, has been set back for at least six weeks. The st.ar with her sister. Norma, contempl.'ites t.aklng a trip east as soon .na the latter completes "KIki." It was originally intended to make this picture starting Feb. 15 at the United Studios. Bri'Hon dirtH'ted feature was coupled witli the first of the (Vjs ICduards producf'd Publix revues, ".\ tJardin of Giil.s," both cashing very strong on Ihi' week with $29,000 .-showing at tlie box olllc.-. Strand — 'Partners Air.iin" (Gold- wyn-r. A.) (2.900; 3.">-.''.0-S.'.). Strand nianaccineiit after liist eoiiple of days compelled to take down "J'ot- ash find Perlniutter" title th.at goes with tiiis series :is they bclieveil it was hurting the business as j)ub;ic failed to reeognl/.e that "I', and P." were In a new picture. Leaving just the title "Partners Again," th« y fini.shed uji the w« ek w.lh $25,l.2a >. Bu;;iness here during the week not rapacity but week end found house j.imn •■'I. "The S<'n Beast" Is to re- main for another six weeks, fol- lowed by another John Barrytnnre starring feature entitled "Don Ju.m.' La.it wccl. $20,9CO. Tommy Do'wd's Chance Tommy Dowd of the Cap- itol, New lork, In going to get his chance. The first will Vie next fiunday, when Tommy will take to the air as an- nouncer for tho "Hopeless Opera Company," as the Cap- itol's aggregation of ether en- tertainers la known "to the WEAK fane. Major Bowes has been doing the announcing but he wants to sec Florida while it's still there. With the Major away Tommy steps In, strutting his stuff Feb. 28 and March 7, be- tween 7:20 and 9:15. Mr. Dowd says it's the first time he will be playing really safe, "for no matter what I .say to 'em," claims Tommy, "they can't answer back." 2 BOSTON SPECIALS "Ben Hur" Opens at %Z — Fenway Did $0,000 Last Week. Boston, Feb. 23. With the opening of "Ben-IIur" at tho Colonial this city again has two big picture features. "The Big Parade" continues at the Majestic to business which keeps up despite the length of Its stay. "Ben-Hur" followed a period when the picture was exploited in advance by blllinK and advertising and publicity, a large program be- ing carried out In advance of the opening. The picture Is scaled at $J top for the nights, the same as The Big Parade." This last pic- ture did $16,000 last week, within $1,000 of tho business turned In the week before. It seems to have good drawing power with a big play com- ing from tho oltles and towns within a radius of 25 miles on the state- ment that the picture will not be seen any place else In Now England this season. With the showing of the latest Mrs. Rudolph Valentino picture, "When Love Grows Cold" and "The Million Dollar Handicap," the Fen- way did $9,000 last week. This business is good for this bouse at the price scale. That Mrs. Valen- tino was appearing at the local Keith house helped the picture. $29,000 AT BUFFALO IN BADLY HIT WEEK Ash Wednesday Started Box Office Panic— State Dropped to $12,000 Buffalo, Feb. 23. Business at picture box ofllces cracked sharply In the middle of last week with the last half sinking. The week started strong but the advent of Lent on Wednesday laid business as low. All of the downtown housese are vicing with each other In the matter of newspaper advertising with the dallies getting a great break by rea- son of tho competition. Last Week's Estimates: Buffalo -(,^,600; 30-40-66). "Royle (Jirl," "Paradi.so Isle," and Six Brown Brothers. This card was In- dicative of the Publix good show- manship. To save the show from me.llocrity a third feature act (Brown Brothers), was ru.shed In .Tnd the same Is being done during tli(» current week. The fans are getting a great play for their money. l.,iist week's receipts, during one of Ihe worst periods of tlie yciir, showed the effect when thf' t.akings dropjied only about $1,000 over the preeeillng period. $ !9,noo. Loew's 8tate-(3,400; 35-50). "Tuinlileweeds" and vaudevillf. Good pI<'tiiro with tojinotcli vaude- vi;ie Ktaitcil week stront,', but could not hold up. From \\ edncday lo Sunday the house c-xiierienced Its wor.st five days in many months. I'lid.r $12,000. Hip--(:',400; BO). "Hand.^i Tp" and Art Landry. iLin well with t)i«^ picture, l^andry developing Into re.il draw, rapidly shaping \ii> not .IS an or'hestra one, but ;is a local In.Mltution. About $14,000. Lafayette — (3,400; 35-50). "Kn- wrltten Law" and vauos Aiigcle.s, Feb. 23. W.irner Brothers have cli'in.'.'ed their releasing tItJe of "Tlie Grift - er," a story fe.Ttnring DoIoT'-m Com- trllo, to "The Irish Girl." n.Ji Del P.ufh dlrccfeU. 'MANNEQUIN' OUTDREW *AM. VENUS' BY $6,000 "Just Another Week'' Last Week in Wash.— "Lost Bat- talion" Losing Out Washington, Feb. 2:1. (Estimated Population 500,000; 120,500 Colored) Notliing b\it just another week. ■•Mannequin" outdrew "The Ameri- can \'enuR" shown at the same houso (Columbia) tho week pre- viously, by close to $6,000, while "The Song and Dance Man" at the Palace wa.s dropping alxiut half that amount ( J.I 000) behind the taking of the previous week at the other Loew house (I'alacel. "lUuelie.Trd's Sev<>n Wives" ap- pealed at the Metropolitan, but failed to pull many moro than the regulars. Estimates for Last Week Columbia - "Manneijuin" ( F. P.). (1.232; 30-50.) Steady business, with ladies predominating. $13,000. Metropolitan- "liluebeiird's Seven Wives" (1st N.). (1,512; 35-50.) Nothing startling, though highly praised. $9,500. Palace — -"Song and Dance Man" (F. P.). (2.432; 35-50.) About usual for house. Inside stuff on vauJe- ville went over many of their heads. .\bout $10,000. President -"The Lost Battalion" In under au.si)iees of a veterans' as- sociation, with tickets m.ailed to everybody, along with .i rcqut'st for their return or the ra.'Jh — still fallid to get anything. At 50 cents flat on four shows daily, second week liber- ally estimated at $2,600. Rialto — "I'alacc of Pleasure" (Fox). (1,978; 35-50 ) Another flop for house. About $5,500. This Week "Torrent," Columbia; "Juht Sup- pose," Metropolitan; "The Auction Block," palace; "What Happened to Jones," Rialto. $21,000 HIGH IN L A. LAST WEEK; 2 REASONS Bubonic Plague in Foreign Quarter of Town — Rube Wolf a "Natural" Cullen Landis Owes Wife Alimony — Cited to Court Los Angeles, Feb. 23. CuUon Liindls, featured man In nima, must appear before Superior Court Judge Stephens Mareh 16 to answer a summons for contempt of a court order specifying that he p.iy his former wife, Mlgnon LeBrun I.hindls, $100 alimony monthly. Landis is seven months In arrears. It was expected at the time of their divorce that Landis wotild marry the former wife of Rdward •Sllton, the producer. Mary Philbin's Choice Los Angeles, l''eb. 28. Mary i'hllbin is not going to star In "The Star Maker" for Universal. In her stead In the leading role of this opus, which Lois Weber Is di- recting, will be Blllie Dove. Miss Philbin did not enthuse much over the story she had to appear In or the director. She told the Uni- versal officials so. She was qui<-kly withdrawn from the cast and another story la now being obtained. .Miss Philbin, one of the best box ofllce bets for Unl- ver.'ial, h;is about two ye.nrs to go on her present contract. Proper Valuation Los Angeles, Feb. 23. Mr.i. Kdward Miller has a little daughter, Mary Tyiulse, about two years old. Tho youngster was taken to the Plckford- Fairbanks studio recently to work In a pic- ture with M.iry Plckford. Tho latter admired the child very mucli, and Is reported to have of- ferred to adopt her and giving the parents a coiislder.ahle sum of money. .Mrs. .Miller .i«isf;rts, how- ever, that she would not take a million dollars for the kid. • Frank LIoyd'« 4 F. P.'s Los Angeles, Feb. 23. Frank Lloyil will join Famous I'layc rs-L.'isky alioiit July I, after he completes making "Tho Wise Guy," hl.v last picture for First Na- tion.'il. IJoyd h.is signed a four-picture contr.iet witli F. P., and 1m to m.ike two super-features of that num- ber. His plctur<-s .iro to be p;-o- pramnied as a "i'"rafik Lloyd Pro- du'tioii,"' under his new con tpaet . — Cortez and Bride's Honeymoon l.uA Angeies, Fob. 23. Ricardo Cr)rtez .ond his brhle, Alm.a Rubens, arc en route to New Vork for their honeymoon. Cortez while east will play In ".borrows of S.cl.i'i. ' wbi h It. W. Griffith Is mahlnir for Fainoie Pl.iy- ' rh-I^'i,-.ki. •> Lay up the Kal.iriis of brlckl.iyers .and plastrrers. Rapb Criveu (« the latest. Tliq Kennett ciime<|i,in b.as purch.'fed Die pirjperty at Sixth and A streets, » San Klego, for $150,000, and will erect a large the.afre. If yoti don't advertise in V.^RIETY don't afK'crtise VARIETY PICTURES .Wednesday, February S4, 1826 PRESENTATIONS (Extra attractions in picture theatre$, when not pictures, will be carried and described in thi-i depart' ment for the general information of the trade.) T^y GU8 EDWARDS' "GARDEN OF GIRLS" (24) Publix Theatre Revu* 21 Mint.; (Full Stage; Special) Rivoli. New York (Second Review) Gu.s KdwiirilH d.-ihued an Injustioe In the first r.;viow given his "C.rTclen of Uirls" Ififit wf>ek at thi« Rlvoll. because the nttriu-tlon hail had in- sufnclfut dross i-fhearsals juior to opening. This U Ml. ICdwaid.s' lii.st ven- ture in a new l\rU\. He l.s showman enough to know that the fault l.iy entirely with himself and not ihf reviewer, for in playinj? picture houses th(Te Is no "I'ioal! In" pe- riod and no <'ut ssil.irli's for "lireak In" wef^lople pay In full and they should receive a finished pniiluct delivered on their atage for tht first performance. U\\ AV CAPITOL rr^Ki^T Kdward ltu»e» — Manatsing Dirtctor IBANEZ' TORRENT CAi'iTOi. «;n\M» OKCiirsTR\ STATE and METROPOLITAN LON CHANEY in "THE BLACKBIRD" At the s'trtte— .IAS C. MOllTOS & Family At the MPtropulllan — Myera & ilanford BROAOWAT AT 4TTH ST. ^ MARK rv i3*r R A N L' SYD CHAPLIN in ''OH! WHAT A NURSE" STRAND aYMl'HONT ORCHESTRA jpnN brnmoRE mWlMY ALL SCAT iTl JlekeH stlUna frt a^/tnct SJ for III penhrmancta . fTHtAJ^,^ r tMMU TWia CAIIY !« (f «.« )UNMYMATIH[lK3r.K NIGHTS b SAT MAT l5(r„tlPD The above, however, Is but a pl»<:« of advice to Mr. Edwards, who rank.s hi^'h as a producer of vamle- vlll<; .'ind tnuslcal comedies with juvenile lalent. He has a record of perhaps turning out more stars for the sta,~e and screen fmin hia ranks of juvenile pl:i\-er.s than any other sIukI'' persiin in the history of show business. Re-revlewiriK his "tTarden of Girls" at the Kivoii Saturday after- noon, he had Improved the attrac- tion loo i>er (;ent from what it was on ilK first day shown. He cut the running- time and likewise Intro- diiceil a boy danr.«r toward the end of the ^.eek that put •his offerlnK over. Xothin? else In the act stood out .'IS did thi.s boy. In fact, without him ther» w-uld be no great kick to the offering. E\en as it now staiida. it Is sli»;ht- ly spotty. lac::i!:^ a smootli continu- ity thu would ser^m to make the number"! mn?e alon? in their »e- qu-noo witi'.out a.ny semblance of jarrinp. The piMiiruu ciedica Gus Edwards with conceiving:, composing and staijiiiB the i^fferin?. The reviewer ha-s Seen Mr. Edv.-ards do better things with m.Tterlal not one whit better than ho now has in hand, iiut. undoubtedly, he will shape this oft'erins up BO that it will be ri^ht by the tinii' it has tinished out an- other week. In the iiuit there Is mentioned a list of principals including; Uosita, Vincent O'DonnoU, Kvelyn Martin, Helen Maicox, Sonia and Arlen, Stetson and Newbegin. Edward El- lis, LoiiU Luzarin. Dorothy James and Harriet Marned. The numbers were rearranged by Saturday so that the programmed running order did not fit and a num- ber or two has been cut here and there. The time had been reduced from 28 to 21 minutes. Incidentally, where the program states "Rosy Posy" as the Fay Templeton num- ber, it might be called to the at- tention of Mr. Edwards that the title was and is "Ma Blushln' Rose." The underlying idea of the "Gar- den of C.irls" is good and the youth- fulnes.H of the Edwards performers is something that will prove itself an innovation in the picture houses giving the house press agents some- thing out of the ordinary to work on. The opening with the "Daisy Chain" in pretty and the "Rose" sequence which embraces all of the rose songs of pjpular appeal In the past is f — ~'l thought out Idea, fol- lowing that which Fred Stono utl- lired in "Stepping Stones," but when it Is set rlsht It win fit nicely for the type of bouues for which it la designed. Fred. fA CASTILIAN FANTASY* (5) 6 Mint.; Two (Special) Rivoli, New York. Jack Holland and Jean Barry, two dancers who know their steps and also appreciate the idea of working hard while they're on, are the lead- ers In this presentation. It has a Spanish backdrop to go with the costumes of the participants. The first number is a fast routine, with the Ailrienne Troubadour.i with mandolins and guitars accompany- ing. Following, the Troubadours do a specialty with banjos, which has its best moment when two of the boys scat themselves and the third picks at one instrument with one hand and lingers the other. A t;mart and dlfTlcult trick which the audience didn't seem to get but which should be built up into more prominence, as it rates a real hand. The dance team did a modern routine for their second effort. In this Hol'nnd was called uiion to handle his partner a great deal. This he did well, and Miss Barry did a long series of whirls, with the dreaa Hying In perfect circles, to plenty of applause. A fine dance team, a fine set of accompani.sts framed Into a presen- tation which pleasos — that summar- izes the merits of this one. Hi»k. PICTURE POSSIBIUHES OF CURR ENT PLAY S ON B'WAY **Th0 Right Ags to Marry"— Fsir "The Right Age to Marry" (Comedy, Lee .Shubert, 49th Street): New pUy of Enilish rustic life may make a fair program releaso. Con- tains types that might be made more amusing on the screen than on the stage. ib««. "The Creaking Chair"— Favorable "The Creaking Chair" (AI;stery Play, Carl ,Reed, Lyceum): As a comedy mystery drama this one rates fairly well and llgures to have a picture value for program pin-roaes. The Egyptian atmosphere conveyed by dialog on the stage would afford material for special scenes fr.»- the screen. ilet. "MOMENTS FROM GRAND OPERA" (25) Three Scenes from Oper* 14 Mins.; Full and One (Special) Rivoli, New York. This Idea has been worked enough times to Bour most anyone on the proposition. Suffice to say, it Is here staged so competently and nUcd with such excellent singers that it not only gets the enthusiasm of the opera lovers Init hearty ap- plause of everyone else. George Dayton, whose diction Ih excellent, appears to explain the idea and Introduces the first scene, that one from "Cavallerla Rustl- cana" where the peasants pray be- fore the church. A drape Instead of painted drop was used for this, which was Just as well, as the large chorus was dressed in colorful Sicilian costumes. This lmpre.<»sed, and at its conclusion Dayton intro- duced the "Miserere" scene from "II Trovatore," which used a tenor in a caged window singing to Leonora, the soprano, on the ground. Light- ing was soft here and the backdrop. which was well done, made the scene excellent. The chorus accom- panied In certain passages of this s and Marsue- rito shoots a joker on the works, so that she Is borne to heaven, whTe Mephisto and his boy friend, Faust, hop a trap door elevator to hell amid the cuRtom.nry puffs of smoke. Mar- guerite's ascension to heaven Is framed in revue style, for the back- drop of the prison scene is a. scrim, and with the lights behind up a set of ani;el3, wings and all, is revealed, and they slowly rise on an elevator device. Staged on a big scale, this is a wallop In itself. l-'rank Cambria, from Chicago, put this on, and it looks like Cambria knows more about what the picture houses want than Murray Anderson, whose revues so far haven't clicked — "Hughouse Cabaret"' excepted. The singers used this week are Georges DuFranne, formerly in vaudeville; Ceasar Nesl, Artruro Imperato and others. But they are all good enough singers, and to save their voices alternate in the various roles. Lots of credit to somebody here for taking a wornout presentation idea and bringing it to life by the simple device of staging it competently. Bisk. MABELLE SHERMAN presents LUCILLE JARVIS-CARL RSHER AND THE McVICKER'S SYNCOPATORS JACK HOWE King of ths Kaxoo JOE KRONENBERG Director-Violinist JACK STALEY and FONSE VALENTINE Expert Banjoistt BOOKED SOLID UNTIL MAY 1, 1926 SHORTLY TO APPEAR IN THE LEADING CINEMA THEATRES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY Addreas all communications to MABELLE SHERMAN, 1413 Capitol Building, Chicago, IH. De Mille in New York Figures in Film Suit Cecil B. De Mille arrived In town yesterday and will remain In the east for several weeks. While here he will possibly select an eastern representative and likewise make certain other arrangements in re- gard to the releasing of his pro- ductions through the Producers Distributing Corp. Likewise while he is hero the action against Famous Playera- Lasky, brought In behalf of William Harris, Jr., the producer, and Sutton Vane, the playwright of "Outward Bound" by Joseph Bickerton, whose clients allege that the DeMllle pro- duction "Feet of Clay" was a lift from their play. Nathan Burkan is appearing for Famous and will de- fend the action. Wertheim Loses in Peekskill Theatre Case A decision handed down by Judge Tierney In the Supreme Court spelled defeat for Samuel Wertheim in his notion against Joseph R. and Louis Singer, operators of the Peek- skill theatre, in which he sought to recover 25 per<'ent of what they ob- tained from the Loew interests in their suit against that or!,'.inl:;allon for conspiracy. Wertheim, together with a local builder named I'helan, origina'ly promoted the I'oeksklll theatre, but because of lack of funds was unable to go through with completion. The Singer Bros, wcro called In and they paid off a mechanic's lien of $45,- 000 and likewise a mortgage of J30,- 000, took over Pholan's stock fop $8,000 cash and spent $20,000 addi- tional to comi)lete the thentre and $35,000 to equip It. After a period of operation, dur- ing which the loss was $35,000. they brought suit .-.gainst Loew and when thoy were defeated in the lower courts Wertheim, who retained a 25 percent Interest In the profits In ad- dition to 'obtaining $100 weekly for managing the house, sold his inter- est in the theatre profits. When the Court of Appeals reversed the de- cision of the lower courts and the lAjew peoi)le effected a settlement with the Singers, Wertheim sought to again declare himself In and when he could not connect he brought suit to recover 25 percent of what the Singers got in their Loew settlement. Judge Tierney in his opinion stated he did not believe the testi- mony of either Wertheim or his wife, and that If he did believe the testimony there would be nothing for Wertheim to recover as there was no monetary consideration passed when th© Loew settlement was eTected. Nathan Burkan, who originally represented the Singers in the Loew action, appeared for them In the Wertheim matter. 3 Hurt in Wreck St. Louis. Feb. 23. H. JI. Maloney, man.iger of the local Missouri, had his arm broken late Saturday night when his car was cra.shed into ny another, driven by the brother of Don Albert, musi- cal director at Loew's State. It was Albert'.s car also. Besides Mr. Maloney, Mrs. Ma- loney and L. H. Schelslnger, .assist- ant manager of the Mis.sourl, were cut and bruised. SCHENCK RETUHNS EAST I>o8 Angelwj, Feb. 23. Joseph M. Schonck Is leaving the Coast on Friday for New York. He would have left at an earlier date except for the necessity of a num- ber of retakes on "Kiki," which has Just been comp'.etcd. LOEW'S HAVANA HOUSE Havana, Cuba, Feb. 23. The Loew-Metro interests take over the Compasmor Theatre hero March 1. The house seats 1,400. Howard McCoy, southern manager for Loew, will assume management of the house tmtil a permanent manager Is selected. In addition to operating tiie the- atre the Loew interests will also Immediately open their own ex- change here and will operate throughout the Central American territory from this point. Ed. Schiller repreeentod Loew- Metro-ttoMwyn in closing the deal. He has returned to New York. Wolf's Sunday A. M. Concerts Los Angeles, Feb. 23. Beginning Sunday, Ix>ew'3 State inaugurated Sunday morning sym- jihonic coticirts, given by Rube Wolf us conductor. He will bo uiig- inented by 20 other musUlans added, making ;i 40-pii-ce combina- tion In the pit. Bowes' First Vacation Major E. J. Bowes, vice-president Metro-Goldwyn-Mnyer and man- aging director of the Capitol The- atre, leaves for Florida tomorrow morning on th© S. S. Alexandria. He will remain south about three weeks. This Is the first vacation which the motion picture and the- atre executive has taken in three years. PAMAHASIKA'S Bird and Animal Presentations, An Atlr.irtion of the Higlur <"las» IHrector of Ktiul'.o GEO. E. ROBERTS •i:f.M N. rAIKIIII.I, .STKKKT riiilaib-lphlA, Pa. TpI. < oI. fi19<» r ^ F". W. B U I C K AN INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE Desires Association With Some PRODUCER or ARTIST Who Can MaKc Uss of Ability in a Secretarial or Business Association Address VAUIETY, 610 Chapman Bldg.. Los Angeles. Cal. 6 '*••*••• ii H i •' m^0^t^^ I pen 'VetiAeWay, tfteaJ7'24, 1926 •= •' '* 'va'rIb/tV '!« i U? 39 1 PRODUCER OF THE MARK STRAND FROUC AT THE MARK STRAND. NEW YORK THIS WEEK (FEBRUARY 21 ) ENDORSES THESE ACTS " RITA OWIN BERNARD DE PACE EACH ONE OF THESE ACTS AN OUTSTANDING HIT IN MY NEW FROLIC (NEW EVERY WEEK) JOHN QUINLAN MARYLAND COLLEGIANS And I take this opportunity to thank the WILLIAM MORRIS OFFICE for iU splen- did co-operation. Settings by HENRY DREYFUSS J. P. Ballets by ANATOLE BOURMAN J-zii..^^ -iU. -i^i, -r;s* 40 VAEIETY PICTURES Wednesday, February 24, 1920 LITERATI Kicking— at Oc a Word This siiuulJ by on ll.e fror.t P'''.^<'. but. rather hero, slnco but few will un'lrrbt;ind U. Haiincn S arrcr la an liri,'l;i"h writer of < .\ton?lvo repu- tation and regularly ccntrlbutl"! to Variety in a vrci-'.i\y c-olunin of his own that in InlerL-ntii::; on bath aiJos of the ocean. After a few Is.TUes with Swaffer'a stuff wcelt'.y over comes a cable at 9c a wonl, Tiress rato collect, from Joe Lowe of Va- riety's London ofT.ce saying that SwafTer comp'.alna a;j.\!nrtt proof reudJnK on hi< ttuiff. At Dc a word Swaffcr thir.Ics ho his a Ui'':, does he? How about the kick. bark over the 0? Later came alons n marked IsHue of Variety deriotln;; ju3t wliat LAvaf- fer had kli!;cd out. Why Jolo, the champ squawker ( f the vvo:ld on hl.^ own stuff couldn't ki.l iiwaffor out of hl.i kick, Nc-.v Yorlco.s can't un- derstand. It looked and Hjundcd as thouprh Joo v.'as yc.<:.sla:i Swaffer ■with that cab'.e. Joe knov.'s no kicks" ever ro vcive any attention in Xew York. Now York sifrors, too. P,ut that marked co:)y v.IU have to stand for a repeat story. "When the lato Harry H. Tam- meii owned the fells-Moto Circus and was part owner of the Denver "Post." Mr. Tammcn was very tauchy about the clrcu.<) end of h!s cnter- prlsrs. Ho had clctrrmincd to "ro after" the r-hifdinf circus and had commcntct^ to tl-?R bite the UinKling show, ahead and back. Variety pr;nteJ a story one week about Se'.ls-r'.oto and it burned up Mr. Tammen, highly re^ardad by all nowBpai)or men v/ho knew him. Tammen rot his star pruof reader on ono issue of VaiiDty with In- structions to red ink and rlns every errfcr 'lie cau?ht. Then Tammen sent the marked copy to Variety in New York. Grammatical, typographical, phrasing and other errors to the number of 110 were counted. Va- riety was smaller in size in those day.<" and rerha;-s of SI paf;ea A letter was written to Mr Tammen thanking him for his trou'ole, but telling him to f.re his star proof reader, as the actual number of er- rors on a recount was 187. Whlle> Mr. Ewaffer'a kick Is over About six errors and at 9n. a word! Th« New Jstin Anderson Recently a Hebrew woman's as- ■oelatlon requested Gilbert Gabriel, critic of "The Sun" (New York). to deliver an address before them and Gabriel, tied down by a clas:. in the New York Univeralty, wai; fom-d to pasj.'i the re(;uo:,l alo:ij to John Aiuk^rson, dran^atic criUo on "The I'o.il." Andjruon uccc;)tcd and on the day appointed put on his leat bi!) and lUi^;:cr anu journ "yod t'j the srj:ech-ma'.:ing place. Out- side v.-.as a poster: 'Loiti.ra on the Drama by JOHN MUriRAY ANDEflCON Critic of "Tiie Gvcning Post" and produ;?r of Many Broaciway Guccesies" Ncjdiess to say, tlio dramatic critic corrected their mistaken vrr- siun of hi;< i lentiiy, for the two nun bear no reseinlilanae, eiilior in ap- pearance or in their line of work. Tho Niglit L:f3 Coriot V.arioty'a Ni;:lit LiTc of the WorK' series is concluding with tills issue. Ilj3 LXth inatulhncnt. All of the principal caplto'.s and resorts have been Ii;cii:dcd. about 31 p'.aoes in all. Th? detached serial and the first forles A'aricry ever piiblishi;d has proven so successful it may be .Slated tiiat tlio eatiro idea was wlially necl loutal. arrived at upon a moment's tliou.;Iu after it had been otherw;.'-.3 planned. For a sjj^cial num'.-er of Variety last summer two or three of the staff were asked to contribute bi icdy for a composite story of about five of the lar."jeat cities on their nliht life, the sp^ciai number to carry the entire story As one of the boya a.3kod just what was wanted it was decided to abandon the comiiorito story and to take them singly then a^aln to ex- tend It to other cities and finally arotmd the world. on "Leading the Hand " for the "Sat- evepost." "Momolrs at 18" Is another forth- loming Roger Kahn article. Rights to "Barnunft" Una^ie to lllm the UN- story of P. T. Uarnum without u.s ng some of the ejj .-odes in VV. L. Werner'.s Mo-rapi'.y of the great showman entitled "I'.arnum." Kainous Players has been forced to purchase tlie him rluhts to the boo'.v. althouf.h it will only use part of It for Incor- poration Into the original story be- ing written by Monte KattCM-John. Kattorjohn's story will bear the title of "The Greatest Siiow on narth." 'Werner la a former film publicity man. Samuel Cliotzinoff. musical critic of "The Worid." at the premiere of Marlon Talloy. the 19-year-old coloratura soprano. In "RiBolctto" iast week at the Metropolitan, had an excellent story on the evening's proceedings. The tag paragraphs were cxpresslona of opinion from the town's various music critics on the merits of Miss Talloy's voice. Thus the evening paper reviewers were quoted and their opinions appeared ;u hours In advance cf ihel- own no- tlcer? In their respect ive papers. Nevin New President John Edwin Ncvin, of the Wash- ington "Post," 1.3 the new president ;)f the White House correspondents asaceiatlon. Paul F. Hampert, A. P., was elected vice-president, while John T. Lambert, of Univer- sal (News), was named the secre- tary-treasurer. George Durno, International New:: Service, the retiring r resident, head.i the board of governors. Charics H. Michael, New York "Times"; Graf- ton Wilcox, New York "Herald- Tribune," and J. Russell Youns, Washington "Star," complete the line-up of the board. Young Kahn as Author Roger Wolfe Kahn, the l!j-year- old Jazz maestro-son of Otto iL Kahn, Is going In for periodical au- thoring extensively. On top of the recent "Liberty" weekly story on jazz, young Kahn is to do a story A Cartoon in "Telegram" Frank A. Munsey, during his life- time, w.as sour on the Idea of hav- ing cartoons appear In any of the newHiapers which he owned. That is the statement made by Walt Mc- Dougall, veteran cartoonist In his book, ' This Is the Life." Observa- li(m ha3 borne out McDougail's statement, for the Munsey sheets, whether In or out of New York hav.> never run cartoons. That Ironclad rule was broken last week. The "Telegram" (New York), Is now carrying a dally car- toon on its editorial page. Which ^.howa that the men now running the Mnnsey papers plainly disagreed with some of the Ideas laid down by the dead publisher. Alan Dale, dramatic critic of the New York "American," is writing a new p.j.y, said to be a modern com- edy. Irvln Cobb, after rather lengthy absence from the book njart, is about to re-appear wltii a book of new stories bearing the title of "On an Island that Cost $24." EIti* Jania' Naw Book There's no stopping Elsie Janla as an authoress. Already the author of a book of peraonal plecea, en- titled "If I Know What I Mean," as well as collaborator on a comic ROYAL MOORISH TROUPE CLOSING SECOND TOUR PANTAGE8 CIRCUIT Booked by FANCHON & MARCO for 20 CONSECUTIVE WEEKS - -^ ' West Coast Theatres in California THIS WEEK, FEB. 20, LOEWS STATE, LOS ANGEES ■ WHIRLWIND TUMBLERS AND PYRAMID BUILDERS The Mo»l Marvelous and Fastest Troupe of Its Kind on the Vaudeville Stage Personal Representative H. DEN ACDUL KRIM strip, the comedienne, with Margue- rite Asplnal, a well-known writer, has turned out a novel, "Counter Currents," published by O. P. Put- nam's Sons. It Is a atory of Western ranch life, with Ita entire locale laid In the great open spaces. Short Ctory "Schoola" The gradual extermination of the quack Bchoola rrofeesing to tench • hotoplay wriUng and song writing has brought a new game In Ita place, that of short atory writing. In tha writers' ma^azlnea. the number of advertisements of this aort are growing by leaps and bounds. The ma:;a'lnas themselves carry a'.l the helpful articles and hints aa to the making of a writer that the victim could ever get for more money. Tall, "Homa News" D. E. Plncus Wiillam Tell, handling lo- cal theatres for the New York "Home News" (Bronx), has as- sumed charge of the entire dramatic department following I'Jdgar Per- kins' removal to the "Evenlnc World," as assistant to Bide Dud- hy. Tell has been the critic for the "Home Nowj" alnie the resig- nation of Joseph Cooiiman about six months ago. In his new capacity. Tell will not only cov( r the Broad- way and local attractions, but als: nupervl.^e the dramatic desk. The "Home Ncwo," with a carrier clr- cuiutlon of 130,000, Is one of the biggest comm\inlty paper successes In the country. Harry Durant Applies For Reinstatement to Bar Waterbury, Conn., Feb. l'3. Harry Durant, father of the nc;^ Connecticut law that Imposes a tax and censorship on motion pLturcs has applied for reinstatement in tha Connecticut bar. He Is a former prosecuting attorney In the city court here. Durant waa di.;barrcd aa a lawyer In 1907 as tha result f^r his alleged encouragement to a wit. ncsa to rorjura. A hearing on his application will be heard March ... News of his attempt to re-engag» In the practice of law reveals that be apparently has been engaged in motion picture since his bill, that was so strenuously opr-osed by tha film Interests, became a law. It was reported that Durant has b?en engaged recently wlih the Famous Players-Lasky Company aa managV ng editor of Its scenario dep.irt* ment The Hattons. Frederic and Fanny, continuities, will fro>* lance upon the expiration of their Metro-Gold- wyn- Mayer contract. The play- wrights want to do a number of plays, but eun't find the time be- cause of their film duties. Miss Loos' Best Sallara "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" Is now among the beat sellers, though It Is but the first of Anita Loos' storle.i between cavers. Miss Loos' second, "Why Girls Go South." sacms likely to equal It, from favor- able comment from readers. MISS L^D MAHRTINa \.a:;hingion, hcl-. :;3. Kathryn Ladd, for three years ■:ecret:'.ry to Jack Connolly, Wa.sii- ington's representative of ti;o Will Hays organl. allon, la to marry Ir. ^'aghl da Gl::ra"'ozlace, Pe:slan ')hy.slciun, who£:e Either was once Minister to Switzeriand. After a honeynrxoon in Kuropc tha jouole will reside In Persia. About a year a^o Miss La'^d left -ho Connolly ofTlco to open, wiih lie? n'ster, a book shop, "The Best Cellar." nCHTMAKS THROUGH U Al Lichtnian, formerly connected on the coast doing adaptations and '^^"^ Universal In an executive ca- pacity, wi 1 rtl-'ase through that firm upon his return to the picture business. Thalberg's Suggestion At a performance of 'The Shanghl Gesture," Irving Thalberg. the young executive of Goldwyn-Metro- Mayer, here for a short stay from the coast, met John B. Colton, au- thor of the play. Thalberg ex- pressed himself as liking the play Immensely, and asked Colton why he couldn't write something as fine for the screen. The author asked who for, and Thalberg answered for Metro-Ooldwyn- Mayer, for In- stance. That started con.ldentlal talk with the result that Colton la to do an original story for Lillian Glsh, with p-rhaps a number of others to follow. Incidentally, al- though liking "The Bhanghl Ges- ture," Thalberg couldn't see It for pictures. G. Napier Moore, manager of the Montreal ".Star" News Bureau, will become editor of "Maclean's Maga- zine" April 1, when Vernon Mac- ken le le.ivcH for I'Hurope to be Hearst representative. Agitation Is on foot to bar Anita Looii' "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" from Canada. Every time activities slow down among the j icture writers out In Hollywood, some of the boys get to- gether and decide to publish a mag- azine. Headed by Jimmy Starr, a new group has taken ofnccs out there and will shortly l;;.iue a new publication devoted to fiction, art work and other subjects of univer- sal appeal. A book of remlni.seences by the groat Nollle Melba Is to be i.sKUed .shortly by the Doran Co. Its title will be "Melodies and Memories." Bijou Fernanc'ez Agenting r.i^oii Fernnnciez has npparemiy :iuU the casting dejiarimcnt of F.i- mous Players. She has bee;i ap- .nniied iii:ina-in.:,' director in Amer- ica for the P.ritlah play agency of James B. I'Inkcr & .Son A.ss,„.i..i,.,i with Ml.ss Fernandez is Adrienne Morrison, actre.ss and playwright. Lichiman will produce "Charley's Niece," a feature comedy. In wlilch Madge Kennedy 'and Little Billy, the vaudeville and legit player, will be featured. This marks Little Billy's first .screen appearance. VON STROffPIM NATURALIZED Los Angeles, Feb. ;;;1. Von Strohelra, after 17 years In America and five jears after his first application for citizenship papers, swore ajleglance to the United States in Federal court and re- nounced his rights in the Austrian aristocracy. The name was officially set down as being Erich Oswald Hans Karl Marie Von Strohelm. AL ROGELL'S TOR 1ST NAT'L Lo3 Angeles, Feb. 2,1. Al Ilogell, the champ "Wpstcrn"* director for Universal, has been placed under contract by Charles R. Rogers, to direct a series of foul* pictures featuring Ken Maynard. They are to be released through First National. MINTER TRIAL FAR AWAY Los Angeles, Feb. 23. Trial of the Mary Miles Mlnter accounting suit against her mother, Mra. Charlotte Shelby, has been postponed until March 21 of next year. White Making Own Featurea Los Angeles, Fob. 23. Jack White, making half a do en dl.Teront brands of comcdlo.i for Educational release, has decided to produce feature.^ during the com'ng year. Ho contemplates making about six of this style pictures a year. White has been with Educational and in the short subject field for a number of years. He has gained a reputa" T on the ins'de as being one of the most valuable production he.ids en tV.e Coast. IIOOKINU RNTIRIC COirNTOV SEND US YOUR DATEa rilRCRNTAGE OM.V flace available. Within the past few weeks one of Mew York's big distributing channels listed In a number of pictures which had the territorial salesmen selling without having seen the' product themselves. Not that a salesman doesn't see what he considers a "bad boy" and Is forced to sell It regardless of his Individual opinion yet ho doesn't burn up time In selling It to ex- hibitors he classes as his friends. One releasing corporation has Its shelves filled with what has been tailed "Junk" by both the exhibitors and the distributors. Some were npt only out-and-out flops but not regarded as worth shooting among the tery small rental exhlbs. I. B. Graver, of the south, has disposed of » portion of his First Na- tional franchise for that section, to State (N. C.) Senator Sams. The Senator. Is also an exhibitor. Craver is developing a tract of 1,900 acres he recently purchased In Florida. While It has been known that Famous Players has been interested with the Saenger Amusement Company of New Orleans, It doesn't aeem to have been common knowledge that the Saenger Company Is also inter- ested with Famous In several nouthcrn theatrical propositions. This takes In some Texan houses, besides the La. theatres. Saenger's again is Interested with the Interstate circuit (Texas), without the Interstate at present lined up with Famous. A writer of slang stories published in newspapers and magazines who seems to take himself seriously, had been attending gay Hollywood oartles. at which he met many persons desirous of obtaining employment «n the screen. His general procedure was to Impress them with his own Importance and Influence at the studio where his stories were converted to the screen. Of course the only thing that his newly found friends FANCHON & MARCO Submit a couple of IDEAS GENE MORGAN ii ff and his JOLLY III ZEN Boulevard, Los Angeles, Indefinitely and CHARLIE MELSON and his PLAY BOYS Uptown, Los Angeles, Indefinitely FANCHON & MARCO Production Managers WEST COAST THEATRES, Inc. were IntereistPd in was employment. He Informed them It waa a clneh to K' t them work, that all ho had to do was to s.-nd them to the studio manager. DuriFiR: the past fen d.iy.s about 35 women have visited the ("tudio man- ager and said Mr Writer had sent them to po Ui work. As things at the Ftudlo were slack the studio mann^'or not wanlinj,' to offend the writer or his friond.s, had thorn leave their photogrnphH for attention Intf r. The numerous friends of the writer include puplllsts, race cai* drivers and even men who h.id dogs that they wanted to k> t In pictures. Thi> , studio managPF was slttlnR on tho anxious scat waiting to so.< what ' would happen next Ho is quoted as saying that "It would not surprise him to see some one lending In an elephant by tho trunk, looking for work." The rush for tho Globt , New York, for pictures may abate. It Is said that the Warner Brothers have an understanding with Charles Dilling- ham that when "Nanette" (stage) leave, the Globe, the Warners' picture of "Don Juan" with John Darrymore, will take to that house as a special St IS top. "N'anette" may remain through May or longer. ^ Creole Carolynne Snowden. San Francisco caoaret entertainer, seems to have hit on all six so far as scretn work Is concerned. Of late, she has appeared In several of the pictures turned out by Fox with reports being that sh© stole the acting honors In "The First Year." in the rolo Of an ignorant servant. Out at Universal they have written special scenes in "The Star Maker " for the croole, which picture will be the first starring vehicle for Mary Phllbln. Miss Snowden, who la a Ull, blithe, good looking Negress, Insisted In her contract that sh© bo not compelled to go on location with th*' company, which would prevent her doing her caVmret work at niglit. As she claims that Inactivity on location would cause her to put on weight, which she figures is not In keeping for "hot stepping." As a result of this clause Universal cut out thre© sequences in which sh© was to appear out on location. This girl was appearing at the Nightlng.xle, a Culver City cabaret when Mike Lyman, came along recently and tied her up for a three-month contract at his Cafe Alabam, where she Is the star of a colored revue. Three different factions of the picture business are Hghtlng to get possession of certain subjects formerly made by the World Film Co., ao that they can be remade by the major producers on their forthcoming programs. The first faction comprises four big producing firms, all after certain •tories already filmed, because they will suit certain stars whose measure they must meet. The second faction is a prominent playbroklng flrnk, so anxious to corner the market on these stories and resell them. It has offered a bonus of 111,000 to the bondholders' committee of tke World Film if the sale is made to them. Lee Ehubert comprises the third faction. Shubert's idea is to actxulre certain pieces of property and market them himself. He has had good luck with several other films he bought back from World Film, In which bs was interested at one time. At present the World Film bondholders' committee has S7S subjects. Bo tar the big producing firms are bidding for specific films, while the play brokerage concern wants to take a bunch at once. Shubert also wants them in a lot. All this activity Is due to the selection of R. M. AJwater Jr. of Ladenburg Thalmar & Co. as the chalrmun of the 'Bond- holders Committee. Nothing is recalled as to the printing of the lnsl him busy until around June, when Warners have another story that they w.Tnt him to go to work on Immediately. Figuring Publicity Lo.-i .\n};cles, Fob. 23. PoU Negri still has a penchant to ha\e her name merit loned with that ot Kuiliil))l» V.denlino. .siie (i!;urts it is iiMlilii'lty for International cir- culation. Slie is r« porteil to Iiavo ill', I ii,')i( .1 iiit> Slieik int.i n trip to Del .Monte I'^^r n. brief var.it ion, ^vliere tliey were tlie nuesis tif ilouv- erneur .Morri". Tlie trip was niaOo in Miss NcKria .automohlle, with Valentino ueting U.H chauft'our, something railier un- usual for him. !i8 lie alwrt^^^ lilies to ride in .state with a chauffeur doing the driving, while he does the ro- mancing. However, If Valentino lives up to his vow there ia no pos.sibility of an- other matrimonial adventure for him. Fined for Minors Operators of two picture houses were found guilty of permitting minors into their places witliout Kuardlans in Sj)ecLal Se.sslon. .\'«w York. They were August Valton. manaR:i>r of tiie Ootliam theatn- at 3410 Hroailway, fined $i;.5, and Flor- ence S( hlesinger, his <'ashier, of 1067 Manhattan avenue, suspended sen- tence. Louis SciUItan, a special olfi- cer of the Verona theatre at 2094 Second avenue was also fined $25 while tho cashjer of the place, Helen Perry, was givrn a suspended sen- tence. Tlie four were arrested by officers of the Children's Society Feb. 1. The Only "New" Thing in Picture Houae Entertainment THE PAUL ASH POUCY aa Presented at McVickers, Chicago By V. ■fa,ident It e P. D. C. ill for tho Ust 10 days ;it his Yonkers home, may be able to return to the office for a short time the latter part of the week, ninn was stricken about two weeks Tsro w i'h pI'iT'iy. PUBLICITY PLAN SERVICE is a simple and iiicxptMisivc niaimtr oi ktcj^iiig your name or biKsiness before the sliow business of the world each week. — — (Jive!? di.splayed nr pictorial pitblicity iTor .*!2 week? each year. AttKMtnt may be regulated by tlit; advertiser. Write or call at any Variety oflicc: NEW YORK CHICAGO LOS ANGELES 154 W. 46th St. State-Lake Tfaea. Bldf. Chapman Bldg. LONDON, 8 St. Martin's PI., Trafalgar Square 42 VARIETY FILM REVIEWS Wednesday, February 24, 1996 SEA HORSES Finiou»-Play«T8 prortuction mad* by At- Uuk l'w>in anil directed by hliii. Aila|)teit by B«i ky 0«rdlnpr Iri)in tlie novel ty Fran- cis llrett YounK. ('■•ntlnuily by J.iiiies Hamilton. Ja»k Holt. Florenc-e Vidor, George Bancroft and William I'oweU fea- tured. Reviewed at the Ulvoll, New York, Feb. '^2. Kiinnlnif time. 72 nilns. Captain George GlanviUe Jack Holt Helen Salvia Florence Vidor Lorenzo Salvia William Powell Cochran George Bancr'>ft Bimbo-Homba Maik Swain Senor Cordoza Frank Cami>«au Harvey Allan Simpson Msrx ("JeorBe Nichols GIna Salvia Little Mary IJow Hendry ^ Dirk I.eReno OtteaUle I'Yank Austin An excellent melodrama which Will be a whole lot better when the film Is — if ever — re-eillted to make the fore part run more tiulckly Into the exciting last half. The title, tpo, la bad and means little or nothing. In Its present usago "Sea Horses" refers to a dangerous reef men- tioned twice In the film and shown for one brief moment in a sea storm Staged In miniature — an F. P. economy measure. The miniature scenes are excel- lent in several spots, but one, show- ing the vessel of the story anchored tn the Kast African harbor of Panda, la so crude it would be out Of place In a $10,000 independent production. The bonus system for speedy pro- duction may be okeh but modern audiences read too much about movies not to spot these lamentably crude deceptions. On the other hand, the faked typhoon is so well handled audiences will accept and CQthuse over it, although the model ship used In this li.sts so badly that it could never return to an even bal- ance — as no ship minus a keel can KO over to nearly !*U degrees and then come back. And this ship takes punishment in the miniature Htorrn wiiich Is all out of propor- tion. To the public it may be all riKht, as the whole business is a melodrama and at this point things are pretty exciting anyway. A Mrs. Silvia, deserted by her husband, is cast out by her in-laws and is against the necessity of re- taining custody of her child when they make accusations against her character. A friend prevails upon the captain of a freighter going to Panda, in Portugese Kast Africa, to take her along, for the husband is there. On the way the captain falls In love with him. Arrived, they find the husband is a drunk living with a native woman, but the wife still makes an attempt to bring him around, lie attacks hor, however, and she flees, which brings the .chip's crew to find the woman, while .some of them locate her hu.sband and in a good gun fight kill him. Then comes the excitement. The native village, through its un- scrupulous white rulers, attempts to hold the ship. One officer holds them back and kills off most until he is at last shot just as the woman and others reach the ship In safety. Tlien the storm, but a great wave washes the ship over the Sea Horses reef and out into the open water for safety and the long voy- age home. Jack Holt, Florence Vidor and Oeorge Kancroft, particularly Ban- croft, take the acting honors. Dwan's direction Is all right Al- though the first of the film Is laden with incidents to "set" the charac- ter of the ship'a crew, it seems that this might readily be cut to shorten matters, as these men all "set" their own characters later la the crises which follow. Becky Gardiner, one of the few women writers attached to the F.-P. staff, has made an excellent adapta- tion of the novel in that she has cleaved tightly to the main story and kept the mind so focused on the theme that what extraneous matter does appear is of little moment, as the spectator is wrapped in the im- pending romance between the cap- tain and his passenger. "Sea Horses" passes nicely and from the F.-P. point of view, prob- ably better than that, as it looks to have been cheaply produced. As an item of interest to the trade, B. P. Schulberg and Hector TumbuU are listed as associate producers at the "West Coast Studio," a phrase which hasn't previously appeared on the F.-P. titles. BUk. The Cohens ami Kelly* TJnlver!!aI-Jew»l frotB t1i« idar, "Two Blocks Away," by Aaron Holtman. AdatH- fd by Harry Pollard, also direntor. At the Colony, N. T., week of Fal>. 21. Banning time, 85 minutes. Jacob Cohen. ................ .George Sidney Mrs. Cohen .Vera (i>v>rdon Patrick Kelly ..........Charlie Hurray Mrs. Kelly .Kate Pprtce Tim Kelly Jaaon Kobatds Nannie Cohen.. — Anyone who ever saw "Two Blocks Away" would never recognize the play, except for one idea that is era- ployed In the picture adaptation of that piece under the title of "The Cohens and the Kellys." It looks as though Universal thought that they could practically lift Anne Nichols' "Abie's Irish Rose," with "Two Blocks Away" as tJie excuee. The chances are that. they won't — at least not without a fight on their hands — for tl>e entire idea Is the conflict be- tween the races over the question of inter-marriage because of the love affairs between tlie son of the Kelly clan and the daughter of the Cohens. That was not part of "Two Blocks Away"; it is "Abie's Irish Rose" and it is "Tlie Cohens and Kellys." At the early Sunday evening show sev- eral audible references to the simi- larity of the two were overheard In the audience. There is no question as to "The Cohens and Kellys" as a box-office bet from a picture standpoint. It is as filled with laugh': as "Abie's Irish Rose." It Is funny as to action and it is funny as to titles, and both George Sidney and Charlie Murray are comedy wows. Vera Gordon supplies the necessary need of pa- thos as the wholesorae Jewish mom- mer, while Kate Price is the comedy Irish mother. The reviewer "caught" the Charles Dillingham production of "Two Blocks Away" in 1921, when it was produced at the Cohan theatre, New York. He has seen "Abie's Irish Rose." Sunday night he saw "The Cohens and Kellys." If Univer.sal gets away with this, then anybody can come along and lift anything that they want from the stage and DAY in and day^ out, with clock-like regularity. Paramount delivers V the HITS! For instance, take the last eight releases: "THE WANDERER," ''GRAND DUCHESS AND THE WAITER," "SONG AND DANCE MAN," "VANISHING AMERICAN," "MOANA," "BEHIND THE FRONT," "DANCING MOTHERS" and "SEA HORSES." Every one of them is hanging up records at box-offices all over the country! / Not for Just a day, not for Just a week, not for just a year, but ALAVAYS— the Daddy of them aU is produce it as a picture and never pay a cent for IL That's just how much "The Cohens and Keilys" foU lows the original "Two Blocks Away." In "Two Blocks Away" the central character was an old cobbler with an adopted daughter. In "The Co. hens and Kellys" there have been i^ number of characters added until two factions have been built up. Cohen, the character corresponding to the old Cobbler, had a wife, a daughter and a son. The Kellys consist of the fainer, mother and two sons. Likewise each family has a dog, and the picture starts wltt^ the feud between the two because ot their racial differences. They are neighbors in the same building. Co- hen runs a furnishing store and lives over it with nis family. Kelly is a cop and his Coy is likewise on the force. The opening of the picture has Cohen receiving a letter from the credit association to the effect that he has to pay up. Tho Cohen dog and the Kelly dog start a fight in the hallway between the two apart- ments. First two young sons ot about 10 or 12 years become in- volved, then the mothers of the two,* and finally the fathers, while the daughter of the Cohens remains in the background, as does the older son of the Kellys, the two pantu- miming a date for the back of the house. Then comes a legacy to Cohen, and ho moves "two blocks away." But before he gets away his daughter has married young Kelly, and when the baby arrives thofe is another quarrel between the Cohens and Kellys all over again. Cohen re- stricts his daughter to his home and refuses to let her husband or any ot his clan see the baby. Finally the elder Kelly walks in with his brood and the girl decides to leave witb her husband, the Cohens following hor to the Kelly home, where a rec- onciliation Is effected, Cohen and Kelly, with their arms about each other, declaring themselvea partners. There is no exact out-and-out lift- ing of "Abie" as to dialog or sltua* tions, but Harry Pollard, In adapt- ing "Two Blocks Away" certainly has got about as close as he could to the Anne Nichols piece. No matter what the outcome ot a legal consideration, this film is a darn good laugh pictur« that will get a lot ot dough. Fred, TORRENT Coamopolltan production presented by Melro-lioldwyn-Mayer. KVom the novel by Blasco Ibanes, adapted by Dorothy F^- num. Featuring Greta Garbo and Kicardo Cortes. Directed by Monta BeU. At th« Ca;pltoI, New Tork, week of Feb. SI. Run- ning time, (>8 min. Don Rafael Brull............Rlcardo Cortra Leonora Greta Oarto nemedloB Gertrude Olmstoad Pedro Boreno .I-Mward Connelly Cupldo ,. .Luolen LIttlefleld Dona Bemarda BniU. ...... .Martha Mattoz Dona Pepa ..Lucy Beaumont Don. Andreas , Tully Marsltall l>on MatUoa Mack Swaia SalvattI Arthur Kdraund Carew« Isabella Ulllan L«lghtoB King of Spain Mario Carlllo Greta Garbo, making her Ameri- can debut as a screen star, might just as well be hallod right here a» the find of the year. This girl has everything with looks, acting ability and personality. When one Is a Scandinavidn and can put over a Latin characterization with suffi- cient power to make It moat con- vincing ,need there be any more said regarding her ability? She makes "Torrent" worth while. Louis Mayer can hand himself a few pats on the back for having brought this girl over from the other side. He certainly has something well worth while in her. "Torrent" is a plcturization of the Ibanez novel of the same name, and has been directed by Monta Bell. It Is evident that the great scene of the rush of waters was counted on to carry the picture, but at this late date a bursting dam doesn't mean anything in a picture except as an incident. It is the story it- self that carries here. The tale of the unrequited love of the little Spanish peasant girl, who develops into a great operatic star will hold because of its love twist. The Ibanez name may pull some money, and while "Torrent" is well played and capably directed there is noUiing about the picture that is [going to make the public crazy about it. The money that it gets will have to bo attracted, and pos- sibly the angle of giving the public a chance to discover a new star of the future may be the point of at- tack. Rlcardo Cortez. in the earlier scenes, looks as handsome as ever, biH also shows that he has possi- bilities as a character man in the closing action. Thore are other "names" In the cast, and although veteran.") they could not overshadow Greta Garbo. Hail this girl, fof she'll get over. Fred. - MARRIED Ttprman F. Jane pro-luction. Story by Marjorle Henfon l?ooke. Director uncr'd- Itfid. Feature* Owen Moore and ronitar.ce H<>nnett. At iho Stanley. N. T. f2.'^c. dailf change grind houee), Feb. 17. 1028. Kun* ning llmr. »M» ralnutea. I'fnnig Shawn Owen Moor* Marola Livilignton Conjitanre Honn.'tt Kate I'Into Kvangellne Kuescll .Mme. D>jront Julia Hurley J»o I'into Ni,.i4 Th'>mJii Cliuck Engliab Antrim Short This feature Is somewhat belter P' 9^ Wednesday, February «4, ISSt FILM REVIEWS VARIETY 4S .h.n the average of the atate rtght *^„eg, at least as to the cast an.l r!« direction, althonsh the story Is vnl«il of the state right field. It la aid out BO that there are as many Tterlor B0<>ne8 as possible. From fh« box office standpoint the picture .111 do well enough In the small Trlnd houses, although In the blKKer houses It fits for the average double (eature bill- The Owen Moore and Const.ince OMinett names coupled with the JltuT "Married" should pull a little The story Is one of those combina- tion society and lumber camp tales that the state right producers seem to eat up. The hero Is the manager of lumber holdings of an estate, the sole surviving heir of wliich ia a iuzy llapper. The lumber trust wants the tract. To compel its sale they t^y ^ purchase the adjoining tract, he:d by an aged woman. She refuses to sell, but demands the right to pick the husband of the flapper as well as the wife of the camp manager. Natumlly she de- cides that tho two are to wed each They are married over the tele- phone, but the wise old lady, figur- ing that the kids might want to make It a marriage of convenience, includes a clause that unless they hve together for three months she win dispose of her property to the trust. Then the troubles begin. Neither wiiC nor husband cares to see the other. Finally the groom makes a call, deciding to go through with the provisions of tho contract to B;ive the property. The bride turns him down. He kldnups her. tiiklng her back to the lumber camp far from the Jax« of Park avenue. There she eventually learns to love him, but not until there is a clash between her and a half-breed Indian girl for his affections. Moore is the hei-o and just about ai snappy a one as the fans could ask for, while Connie liennett does well enough in her flapiier mo- ments, only to fall down when .some- thing a little more is called for in the later scenes of the picture. Evangeline Russell steals the pic- ture away from her whenever the two have a scene tosether, and al- together Miss Russell has far the best of it in the fltial analysis. Why the director was not cred- ited is something of a mystery, for he surely did the best ho could with the m.iterlal at hand. Fred. Girl from Montmartre First National ratease produced by Ar- •octatad Holillnir Corporation (Sawyer- J.ubln), witU Lrwia Stone featured. Waa denUned an atarring vehicle for Darba-a Ui.Marr, but atar'a death ahlfted billing. At the Rlalto. .Vew Tork. Feb. 21-week. Runniuc time, 73 minutea. ..Barbara I^Marr L«w1k StoriC Robert Ellis ...William Eugene K. L,. <:alvert Mario Carrlllo ..Uathllde Cv>mont , Edward PI*-! ..Nicbolaa de Ruiz Bobby Mack Emilia Jerome Hautriz Bwing ,... Rodney Brown ,,. Rohrrt Itautrlvs. . /... Lawrence Faneaux... Carmenata Mesvacer Don Ani^el Cab Driver T.iis picture was made befor\. Bari.'ara i..aMarr's death and marked her return to West Coast produc- tion after having made a series in the east — most of them flops. The presenting company is here listed as Associate Holding Corporation, the new corporation formed by lawyer and Lubln of the old Asso- ciated Pictures Corporation under *hich name they formerly produced. Ihe new name, however, inciuue« their activities tn the construction of the iCoxy theatre. New \ ork. i'o■• *s Mls« LaMarr while d ' . , *"« never an tnit.slandlng m.v . '''"■*'• «t'^»»ie'B popularity "I'lftrabr '^° ^-Tccted to help con- OH! WHAT A NURSE Wamar Broa.' picture, ■tarrlns 8yd Chap- lin. Baaed on an "oriidnai' and directed by C^a*. F. ("Churk") Reiannr. At the «rand. N. T.. week oC Fab. a. Ruunlnx time. 73 mlnutaa. Jerry Clark Syd Chaplin June IlarriFon Palsy Ruth Miller fllve Hurst Uayne Whitman Capt. I.adye KIrby I'at HurtiKun Mra. Clark Edith Yorke • Mlir Tiro" Harrtaon Dave Torrenoe I'Jric Jobnaon Kd Kennedy Mute Raymond Well.i Editor Henry Barrowub A follow- U!> for Syd Chaplin on his "Charley'.-s Aunt." In that he again Is doliiK a '•dime." It's not another •'Aunt.'' if there must be a comparison, but they laughed at the Strand and they'll laugh at It In other house.s. Tho situations arc "naturals." Chaplin probes them for full worth, and he la favored with excellent cast support for good measure. Chaplin, equally m» good a pan- tomlinlst a.> his brother Charlie, Is swamped with opportunity when In skirts as regards displaying this art, and that he can do It haa long been an acknowledgitd tact. How long he c.in continue to do these comedy female Impernonationa Is something else again; but there'* no doubt that this one can romp Into any house and fulfill Its mission despite the similar predecessor. It's rather a wild yarn when all 1« said and done, dtawlng hea\i'.y on the Imagln.'ition and the Ingtedii'nt of coincidence to make the se.jut nci plausible; but. on the other hand. It's one of those things where they sit there. Uiugh plenty and don't care about the story. The "gag" stuff Jams It through. As an outline, Chaplin opens as a cub rejH)rter having to t.-ike over thi- lovesick column of his paper. A flighty girl (Mi»s Miller), who wor- ships at the foot of tills column, writes for advlc, and the cnmpli- catioiia ensue tlirougli an unile who would marry her off so as to gain the inheritance. Chaplin get.s mixed up in a bootlegging ring as the false feminine le.ider and tini.^^hoa .tn u nurse pioteciiiig tne girl on ship- boai'il. Rei.sner, dirt .ting, has cratnn»e.l all kinds of acUon into th»- telling. Thiie's nothing n' w about Rolsiier's connection with the Chaplin family, and that ihey should stick toccthcr is obvious. Motli Syd and Cliarlio are in the habit of doim^ nioPt of their own diroctliic, luit Kc\>it, and Mathcw Rett.*, l">avi Toircnco and Kd Kennedy ar^ of no little as.slsl- ance. Patsy Ruth Miller Is son»r- wliat oonniud to tho background, the love Interest being more of an excuse than a paramount It'suo. Chaplin ia practically on the (Continued on i)ago 4t>) He's the HARDEST BOILED of the :::::::::SSS owed Jrtm Vitiety with acknovy>> ledgement but,\^iat he ymed aPter see** ing'^yheJarCtifctaaes thewlux^ that dKnvmeii ^vboop \dien a W '^"'"''•'^'Htiieiir hands ^ ^^ dtpps X- AM \m national PictureA ^ imiSrEEH T«H« 8« STOP ^loroBB smOS »W(0!U« Tirst Nfational Pi'ctJi'e5. Inc a CRT Jdopfed from ■ Aithur Richman's plaij by Kdtherinc Kavanau^h 5'^W/V iLANGHfe SWEET. jAGK MULHAlxlf :/.:' (MYRTLE STEDMAN and HOBART BOSWORTH •^^f-^^fr':,^'^r^;:nir0e^^ jyJSTE MATHIS, VditorinI Direcfof, 44 VARIETY PICTURES Wednesday, February 24, 192f HOUSE REVIEWS GRAND CENTRAL St. Louis, h'ch. 20. A sunshiny day combined with Colleen Moore brought out one of the biggest Saturday mat crowda this house has had in Komc time. A pprfoct show for the mob. The Btage show comports nicely with the picture, being "Bits of Irene." comprising song and dance numbers from that muHical conn-dy. The 16 Ml.>5.sourl Rockets, who took this town by storm during their three months' incumbency at the Missouri and established them- selves as an integral part of the revues staged there, have left that Louse sinee the I'ubllx presenta- tloiia start nejtt week, and are play- ing a short engagement at the Grand Central prior to touring as a unit. In "Hits of Irene." the principals are .'is unu> fo!Ks went goofy over this liliUii., par- tially because anything suirring Miss Moore seems to panic ilieni I in this town, and partially because "Irene" Is her best role sini-e t>>at of "The Perfect Flapper." Itiichcl. STRAND New York, Feb. 21. Another of the "Strand Frolic" .series this week aa the iffaln pres- entation filature and registering at each point. Rita 0*in, on a return date at this house within six weeks, was the individual receiving main 1«illing while the MarylaiKl Collegians, ii i;;-piece band, and the house b.-illet corps of a dozen girls, are also in- cluded. There were twenty-tive p*-*)- ple on the stage at the Unale, but "bit" performers lifted the personnel total to around thirty during tlic 33 miiujtes this "Frolic" consumed. Oufsido of this interlude the pro- gram .'tilhered to form with the lilni leader being Syd Cliaplin's "Oh. What a Nurso," preceded by the usual weely. Despite that those were the only films shown, the pro- gram eonsunicd a full two hours. Paulino Miller opened the "Frolic" singing "Tulip Time," an old num- ber, before a drop which lifted to reveal a tulip bed and a quartet of w.ndmills before which Mile. Klem- ova and M. I>rake routined a wood- en shoe dance. The ballet corps followed this up with additional wooden shoe matter, prettily dressed in Dutch costumes and working smoothly and easily. A blackout led to Bernard De Pace sitting on a sparkling new moon and strumming a mandolin to obvious iippreciaflon. Da Puce Is not new at the 8trand and has be- conio a decided favorite. Following this Miss Owin romped on after a brief ballet hit by four girls to "plant" the atmosphere. Starting with a comedy lyric about ballet dances in general, Miss Owln sidetracked Info her burlesque on toe work and made little bones about having lifted a couple of steps from Jack Donohue. However, the patrons could hardly be said to have been wrought up over it and the dance got over If the lyric didn't. This bit was trailed by John Qulnlan s(doing "IKjn't You Remember," evi- dently a special lyric having to do with college days. This introduced the Maryland Col- legians. Tn wide trousers, above which were Mack and orange sweat- ers, the 12 youths pushed off by a col'.ege yell. "Collegiate," another yell and tlienf;o Into their Instru- mentalizlng. Three numbers by this outfit convinced that the boys arc suitable film hou.so fare, although a bit more detail in their orchestra- tions wotild aid the general total. The outfit features a double sax player, u nuidified "like" Edwards imitator of a not too strong falsi^t- NOW at the New York STRAND Bigger and Funnier Than ''The Man on the Box'' t^utse . with PATSY RUTH MILLER Storif by ' Robert £.Sherv/ood «iid B«ttrani.Bloch Scenario by Dauryl Francis Zstnuck Directed by Charles Chuck Reisner n to voice and a cornetlst who hops on a French horn to Jazz It up. jj there's room for Improvement in th* orchestrations it's equally true that the band easily fitted Into tliis lay- out and co-operated pleasantly fof bi\st results. In this respect It la undi-rstood tliat Miss Owin hopped on from Hoston to make the Sunday morning and things wcsnt ra rehearsal lU go smoothly that after the Initial Sun- day performance only one ininutft was dropped from the entire sched- ule. The band had its own set, a schoolroom at the rear of whlcli was a tremendous black scrim writ- ten upon for the effe<-t of a black- board. For one number by the Col- legians this scrim lighted from l«« hind to reveal six of the ballet girls doing a- Tiller routine which they went through mechanically perfect. Miss Owin came back, minus the comedy makeup, for the f.ast finale and while not exactly offering a Charleston, was fairly close to It ta mixing up kicks with the fast temiK).. It was a strong finish, the scrim again lighting up to show the entire 12 girls working to the combined music of the Collegians and the house orchestra. The weekly ran but eight min- utes. International drew the audi* ence's main Interest with "shots" of Helen W'ills and Suzanne Lenglen in action during their recent mixed doubles match. The lone focusing of America's girl champ drew thun- derous applause. "Mignon" was the overture after the national anthem V)eeause of the holiday. Hkig It's a WARNER BROS. PRODUCTION CAPITOL, CHICAGO Chicago, Feb. 19. In reviewing the presentation at this south side house one thing I4 evident: the Capitol- Abbott Pallet, formerly giving the audience a pain, Is now displaying some real talent. The girls are regular fixtures here, and this week are treating the au« dience to several good dances along classical-Jazz linss. The program opened with an over- ture by the Capitol Grand Orchestra, with Albert E. Short, conductor, playing "William Tell." Short haa jSi. returned to the theatre ;in.e. a brief absence. He and the orchestra combined drew an unusual hand tor an overture. This was followed bjr a claaaical Jazz orchestration of "Someone to Love," after the man- ner of Hugo Relsenfeld of the Ri* alto. New York. Leo Terry at the organ played ft composite of the Berlin love songi, Alfiiough sounding like Berlin musio plugging, the audience cjiught tfie romance angle. The "Mardl Gras" prcsenta*k>a opened with Billy Sharpe artQ ub;, late of vaudeville, working in lUl* on the picture house idea. Sharpt had an orchestra and a girl danc«r. He uses the same routine as in vaudeville. Opening with fast or- chestra selections, not so harmon- ious but full of pep, Sharpe follows with dance numbers done snappy and well. He is followed by the girl who has become a little too weighty to got over as she should. The orchestra has a singing fid- dler with a good voice. Sharpe did some imitations of old minstrel stars and drew well on it, although practically no one In the audlenc* knew the men he was imitating. Gddie Rasch, singing comedian, scored heaviest with his "The Farm- er Took Another Load Away" num- ber. In this he sings the pop num- ber as It might be sung in different nations. The reviewer saw Rasch the previous week at the Rialto and noticed that he worked better in the picture house. Rasch sings two other popular comic songs, closing with "Roll 'Em Girls." A good pic- ture house act. 'the tapiol-Abbott ballet followed with a specialty by each of the girls. It proved the girls arc as limber as .so many snakes, although the re- semblance ends there. In the Charleston finale, which for some reason was combined with the supposed opening number, the Mardl Gras parade, a young colored boy was featured. Hal lllxon claims discovery of the kid, and used him in the opening of the new show at the Montmartre Cafe a few weeks ago. For that reason, the boy has no name and Is billed as "Hal lllx- on's Protege." Aided by his youth and his color the kid should do well with orchestras in picture houses as long as the CharUiston holds up. A feature picture, "Tho Ro.id to Ye.xferday," and a news reel closd the program. RIVOLI New York, Feb. 22. Rig show again this week, al* though that is getting to be th« thing at the RIvoli these oays- From the looks of the Jam business is getting to that point wlier.' tbe Ri\oIl is becoming one of the "de- mand" houses of Broadway. Opening the orchestra plays llo.''- nier's "Southern Rhapsody," which fades into an accompaniment for one of the Fitrpatrick Musio Mas- ter series, the stibject being St-p''*'* Foster and his American folk songs. •Vice stuff Tind a quartet back stage brings out all the values by sinpinP In certain parts of the film. Holland and Barrv, an ace drinct Wednesday, February 24, lOITS PICTURES VARIETY 45 «^m next in "A OaatiUan Fan- i^'- In whlih the Adrlenni Trou- Smiours give ir.ateriai ussisiancc iTresen tat Ions). Ihen the new. lili which had four from Pathe. ITne from Fox or Kinosrami an two from International. Harolc namsays organ solo stuff fo:io-.vea. ihs 8i-reen sides this week hcin «rl-loU8 and funny caricatures am, done for laughs. ••SaUor's S.veot- heart" was the eons an J cllc.ied. 'Iain presentation fo'Iowed, "(Jreat Moments from Grand Opera" (Pres- •ntatlons). and scored a b's hit frhe spectacle of the '•.•'auif Prlsor gcene done up brown here, wa- «. ough punch If the other stuIT hart been dead, but the mus!c pis- counted for plenty, and Frank Cam- brUi who put this on. picked musi. which the people knew. Feature was "Sea Horses." llttr jor^ but excel'.ent In Its mo!odra- iPtitlc moments, of which thera wore plenty. Monday afternoon was r holiday, but the crowds were 8' p'entiful that the house could havr •a.'lly pone to double capacity from 4 o'clock on. Si$k. McVICKER'S Chicago. Feb. 19. Maestro Ash and his merry-mad (ang are supposed to be "In Flor- ida" this v>ce'A. Co.logiate sweat- ers and go'.f trousers supplied the ■uggestlon of tropical cllmos. Out- «lde of tnat there wasn t much abput the boom state. They sans a song about a cottage In Miami and built one right on the stage but It might as easily have repra- ■ented Main street looking north in Findlay. O. :t was a light week. The gag men took things lelsiiiely and the production department rested on Us laurels. It wasn't so hot "In Flor- ida." The numbers were listless as a whole and the participants In the 40 odd minutes consumed by the Ash didoes seemed to sense that it was an off week. The great one entered in a roll- In? chair propelled by Lew Fln't. Whenever Paul Ash comes upon the stage at McVlcker's there la a rlppic of whispering followed by a demon- stration as if the customers nudged one another and said, "there he Is — let's applaud." After that Mr. Fink was called upon to open the proceedings with a danre. , Then Betty Cernlere, formerly of musi- cal comedy and the cabarets, de- livered a couple of numbers. De- livered Is the proper word. She can hardly be called a singer. But that need not worry her. Betty has personality. the potential strengtli to maku and keep her a presentation figure and she Is young. Followed Milton Watson In white flannels to Blng about never know- ing what love was until he met the only one. Mitt's name Is Incar.des- oent in front of the house and the >vomrn In the audience seem to go for him strong. Later in the pro- ,?ram the great one ducked out anJ never told anyone he didn't Intend to come back even for bows. That left Mllt more or loss In charge of the Bf)lnKs-on and In hi.s own way he Ash-od almost as well as peer- loss Paul himself. Everything Is Jake so far as Milt goe.^, at Mc- Vlcker's. A young chap named Harry Bar- rls, a new favorl:e in the Ash en- tertainments monkeyed with a -iano and sang songs. Harry is small and dapper. With Paul nanked by the manly tenor of Mllt and the cutie stUiT of Harry more and mure stenographers will prob- ably scuff their pumps hurrying from work to catch the supper show. Business as reported In Variety's weeltly box office comment has been tremendous of late at this house with the gross touching $3!,- 000 and even better with erttra shows saucer.ed In. That's from five to six thousand a week better than good. An always welcome Interlude at McVlcker's Is the comedy or;,'an re- cital of Honrl Kcatcs. Ha Is get- •Inrr to be a Mg fav. The screen stuff synchronized with the music frequently is funny and clever. Last week It was called "The Auto- biography of Henri Keates" and dealt humorously with hi.g career. Aesop's Fables, a Pathe Review, the news reel and the Famoun Players picture. "The Song and Dance Man" filled between the ap- pearances of the merry-mad gang. The rds In the dnilles bealdp"i ask- ing the public to see Ash in Florida requested them to pay attention to the genuine Hollywood Charleston of Bessie Love In "The Song and Dance Man." This much vaunted accomplishment of Jilts Love's wasn't so bright to Chicago eyes. Ijoop. lifted, dlticldslng a levee scene with a mixed octet of negroes. The com- bination Is fairly much the same a.s were the Clef Club boys with Al Jolsoti In "Big Uoy." The numbers are all siiirituals and southern melo- dies. The octet is known as "The Dixie Jubilee Singers." and their program of four numbers, cominis- ing "I-Jeep Klver" (arrangement by BurUinh); "Levee Tune," "1 Go: Lhoes" and "V.a Boat Am nou:id to Go," brought healthy appl.ausa. In all, there is 11 minutes devoted to the I'onihinatlon of dim and song. This feature followed alter an ar- rangenient of excerpts from the Vic- tor Herbert Indian opera, "Natoma." had been played. There was U' minutes of this with the usual Ii,';ht effects and the usual applause. Celi^i Turrill, mezzo-soprano, sang "Elc- gle" and was rewarded by the audi- ence. After the negro octet Lasha Bun- chuk, cellist of the Capitol orclios- tra, offered "Traum >rel ' as a solo, and the Capitol Magazine ran for nine minutes, showing eight sub- jects. Fox and Pathe divided the honors with three each, which In- ternational contributed two. As a prelude to the featuro Ibanez' "Torreni.' 'a four part dance dl- vertlsemcnt entitled ".^ponl.^li Rhythms" was presented with Doris Xiles as the featured member. The latter's two solo numbers were heartily appreciated. cs:>ecially the "Valso." The Mlssca Da'lct and £outhgate. In a number with caste- nets, proved delightful. The show ran slightly less than two hours and for the final show on Sunday nlpht was going like clock- work, which bespeaks corking stn-je handlin,s. Fred. B«ek Hat Pauline Frederick Los Anijeleti, Feb. iS, Arthur Beck, who has been leKas- Ing his Kmb.Tssy brand pictures through nn Independent lonci-rn, has signed with First National for the relcaso of a Pauline Frederick series of four. Miss Frederick has not ap|)eared on the screen I.t recent yonn, hav- ing been p'aying lerrit on the road in America and Austrn'ia TOUHQ JOSS FAIEBAHKS IN Los Angeles, Feb. 23. Flo Belle Fairbanks, daugliter of John Fairbanks and niect of Dou;;- laa. Is guUig to launch on a picture career. Her Uncle Doug saw to Jt that she had a Kcreen ti st the other day. After lool.liig at It he said Elie br>ro a romarltable resemblance to Co- rinne Grimth on tlie screen. Thousands are laughing their heads off THE COHENS and CAPITOL New York, Feb. 21. The Capi'ol this week Is again combining a short reel subject with a song offering. It Is the showing of the A. B. Carrick film, "D2ep River." a scenic running about three I minutes with the voices chanting In I back of the screen. At the conclu- I sion of the picture the screen Is •PIRATE' AT SSLWYH MARCH C The latest Douglas Fairbanks production, "The Black Pirate," la now set for Ita New York premiere at the Selwyn, March 9. The pres- entation will be under the personal direction of Harry D. Buckley, Fairbanks' general production di- rector, with the press work handled by Lawrence Zelnar. At this time nothing definite has been decided about roadshowins the nim, this depending perhaps upon its New York showing. If you don't advertise in VARIETY don't advertise KELLYS A HARRY POLLARD Production "The theatre was overHowing — storms of applau.se burst forth frequently from the tickled throng I' — Mordaunt Hall. N. Y. TIME.S CEORCE SIDNEY, CHARLEY MURRAY and BERA GORDON Presented by CARL LAEMMLE in aMociation with FAULTLESS PICTURES CORP., E. M. Asher. Pre*. Now Playing at B. S. Moss* CrW r>MV THEATRE, Broadway ar.d 53rd Street, V^V-»JL.V^1^ I N.vw York City. Ck Universal Miles and Miles Ahead of All! ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A FEW WORDS! We want a title for the 12th and Ia«t picture of the Molly May Series (Inc.) such as 'ou Tellegcn B«»il Owen Walter PIdgeon Sir Jasper Sturdee Charles Lane Pritchard Joan Standing Shadow Uibroo Gowland I>r. Todd Crauford Kent "The Outsider" la a sort of a "Miracle Man" picture, having as Uh principal character a faith healer, played by Lou Tellegen, vhile Jac- queline Logan has the role of the daughter of a famous London sur- geon, severely injured while danc- ing at the Gypsy Camp of the healer, where she has gone to secure at- mosphere for her next season's stage dances. She has no faith In his power of heuUn? her and returns home to I..ondon, but once there learns from her father and his eminent a.avl«l .Mullee of the Wtst MXh .'^tr. ct .'Sta- tion arrested Burton. The peciilat'on.s I.pk m la.st July, according to the poltre. Sitioo that lime various piims r'liiTin:,' from $■-'00 and upw.-.rd have bi'in ta! f* by the bookkoeper. ace >r.!iiv:: to the ritdice. Burton h"". be. n in their, employ for yenrs and w.ih r;msld- erod a model emi)luyi^r'. He re- fu.sed (i-> mnUf any o.intivnt t.> tli« delicti \e«« or report hvm. Wedn«sdajr, February 24, 1926 MUSIC VARIETY 47 'GOn NO NURSE FOR idiots; SAYS JUDGE "Song Shark" Indictment Case Di»mU»cd — Pants Pretser Satisfied The "Bonff shark" Iridiolinents against Albion S. KvUcr as prf.sl- 4ent, and George Graff, Jr., as chief composer of the New York Me'.ody Studios and the World aiusic Publishing Co., were dis- missed by Judge Howe in Uie Fed- eral Court, the case never reaching the jury nor did the defense have to take the stmd in the Govern- nj.'^nt pro.sccutlon. JudKrt Howe displayed some emart l;iwycring in deciding that technically the N. Y. Melody Stu- dios, whenever it set a tune to an amateur'* lyrics, did not employ subterfuge when it "guaranteed" publication and used the World Music Co. as tho publishing ally. It was speclHfiilly stated on all contracts that "the publication of this Bong was no guarantee of llnanclal success." Keller and Graff, Jr., operated both concerns, the amateurs paying from $00 down for a "melody," for which ■ fee publication also was assured, plus 200 copies to the amateur 8onp;wrlter. Silvio Heln, executive ttecretary ol" the American Society of Com- poser.'?, Authors and Publishers, had Jerome Kern, Slgmund Romberg and George Gershwin in court with him to testify for the Government, but as Judge Howe opined, the melodies were not intended to suit these notables but the^ chumps who paid for the tunes. Judge Howe told Heln In his rhanibers that "the Government cannot be a nurse for every Idiot." or thu witnesses, a S:'ranton, Pa., pants prcti^er testified that he was s.itl«fled with the Job done for him; tli.'it he made no money out of the eong, but secured satisfaction in eeeing his namd in print and his song played at jj.artios and by local bands. A coal miner, a steel wx)rk- er ami a 60-year old woman who paid for the publication of five numbers were among the witnesses. It wart shown that some 4,000 tunes had been sold and published by the defendants. George Graff, Jr., was an esuib- lishcd lyricist, co-author with Kr- nest U. Ball of "Till the Sands of the Desert Grow Cold" and writer ©f other hits. Vaile Bill This Week Washington, Feb. 28. Bandsmen and professlon.-ils aiming to appear before the House Affairs Committee should hold themselves in reailiness for a hurried call to- ward tho end of tho week to testify In connection with tho Valle bill which r'-strlcts the issuance of passports to na- tionals of other countries when restrictions are placed upon Americans wishing to go abroad. Representative Vallo states he is positive tho two measures that the committto h.ave had under consideration will be out of the way by Thursday, whieh will leave Friday open for those spon.soring Paul Specht's bill. Duo to Chairman Portor of tho committee b%lng called away from Washington nothing definite, however, could be stated. He Is expected to return to- morrow (Wednesday). A'ariety's Washington corre- spondent will advise the New York office as to any action Mr. Porter takes in regard to the hearing. Those interested will b<> Informed of the date. If set, by calling the New York office. HERE AND THERE RADIO PLAY FOR "BLIND Nance O'Neil Will Broad- cast "Night Herd" Chicago, Feb. 23. Levi Ballou, of Buffalo, N. Y, won the $500 offered by WlJj (Sears-Roebuck) for the best "radio play." Some 600 scripts were sub- mitted to the tliree judges, James O'Donnell Bennett, George Arlisa and Stuart Walker. The presentation ceremonies oc- curred at the Sherman Hotel, with Mr. Arliss making a speech. The play was broadcast by Nan<-e O'Ncll. Holbrook Blinn and a minor cliaracter. It is called "The Night Herd." Miss O'Neil will broadcast it in Philadelphia, Washington, Atlanta, i Cincinnati, Loulsvillrt and Now York city. The rule in writing a "radio play" was defined as writing as If your audience were blind. Entrances and exits, crosses and action of any sort must bo described clearly In the dialog. Boomerang Voice Chicago, Feb. 23. Plans of ll.u-ry Oeiae, ra.ll<> aiuioiituer. to evai'i- a Jail sentence for non-|.ayment of alimony w« re spoi'.v d l.Tst week when Mrs. Ro;:'.!inl Geise recogni/.eil his voiec> over thi> air and traced him to station W\VA1>, I'l.i infield, 111. Geise had gone to con.sider- able pains to make M;s. Geise believe he was in Florivla and out of the jurisdiction of the Cook Cr)unty courts. He Is being held In Jail on an order issued by Judge Lewl.s and there he Will remain 'till he pays tho $37.'> back ali- mony. 2 'lULU BELLE" SONGS ANNOUNCERS IN DEMAND FOR CLUBS McNamee and Carlin Na- tionally Popular — Mas- ter of Ceremonies Ted Weems, playing at the Muejl- bach Hotel In Kan.sas City, Mo., has ren<^wed his engagement with an indefinite contract. Jack Crawford and his Slaves of Music, formerly tho famous Paul Biese outfit, have been signed by radio station WBBM, Chicago, to broadcast as tho studio orchestra, starting Feb. 28. They will broad- cast nightly, except Monday, under the advertising name of the Alemitc High l're.sure Orchestra. Following Ross Reynolds and his Palais Garden Orchestra the Egyp- tian Serenaders are opening at In- dlanola Park, Columbus, O., for four we('lt.«;. Specht Due for Moulin Rouge Reopening in Mar. Paul Specht and his orchestra re- turn to the Moulin Rouge, New Y'ork, the end of March when the cafe will be reopened following al- terations made necessary because of fire. Specht is filling in with pic- ture house dates and March 2, while at the (^rand. Pittsburgh, will be the feature of an international radio stunt via the Pittsburgh "Post"- Westlnghouso Electric Co. station, KDKA, which will broadcast over the international relay system to be phked up by 2LO London, for Brit- ish rebroadcasting. The broadcasting will be made from tho theatre stage. Two "I.iUlu Helle" songs are In the flelu, one publis)ied liy Shapiro. lIiTMstein & Co., Inc., and the iliier by Harms, Inc.. tho latter tho 'oiii- j cial"' nuriilier. throi!;-!! a (ic-up with David l^lasco and I..CIK.10 LKie. The \Valtpr Wlnchc'.l - Henry Myera-J. Fred Coots. "I.,ulu lU-l'.e" song has boon e'a;ui,,'ed to "Tiiats Lovey I,et^" and some live or Hi.\ other applications for r>ri"lratIon of the title were rejected by tho Mu.sic Publisliers' Proii'ctivo Associ.ition aft<'r Shapii'O-nern.stein secured first re.s'istry. Harms, Inc., can u.-^^e a duplicate title because of nop song, tho longer title being deemed a distinction from Robbins- Engels title. Cluirles Fulcher and his orchestra from the south are newcomers to the Columbia records. They have "canned" two original Fulcher com- positions, "My I'retty Girl' and "Blue For Y'ou." Marion Talley Recording Success comes in leaps and bounds to the talented. On top of her sensational Metropolitan opi-ra house debut. Thursday night, Ma- rion Talley, the 19-year-oId Kansas City songbird, has been signed to record exclusively for tho Victor. Outside of tho usual nervou.sness of singing Into an Inanimate horn, Miss Talley deported herself well in > the Victor studios and registered agreeably. WIEDOFT PICKS UP BIZ Los Angeles, Feb. 23. Herb Wledoft Is fulfilling a flouble task at the Cinderella Hoof Eallroom. Bes'des holding his Brunswick Orchestra, he provides . the daneo music for the establlsh- »nent. Wledoft is a'.so acting as hian.-iglng direc;tor. After Wledoft took charge, two weeks ago, the business, whioh h.ad fallen off durin'-r the past six months, began to pick up immediately. Wiedoft rei>laees George .M< Carthy. Abel Baer, Feist staff songwriter, was tendered a bachelor diitner at the Casa Lopez (upst*jrs private room) Feb. 17. Ho marries Lillian Suhlffreen, a Dorchester, Mass., girl this week. Nat M.artln has himself and five pieces for the winter at the Marigold on the I'elham road. MAL HALLETT niriTtor of IiIh cnirk orihrxtra at tUf .irriKilii IktKrooin. Nfw York. I.t an- "111. r fif ih.' Hro:i.lxv:iy (■# l.-liril j.'h VrHtnrini; Hit. IM>llltlNS-KNl.v. .Mr. ll-il- l"t. f.,r 111 I Initial ^l•<•..nlill^' (oniiaclM. Ills ^<-|et■ted "iVhu-N Ufiu ,\r« Vou? ' •iM hi.) .'.t. liar iiuiiilHT. 'I hp Iliillrtt orKatii/,:iij,,n at.'^o I'tijoys an ••nvli'ir- '"tiiiwiiliin cm Its il.-i ni'> li.ur-i ihrnuph out \, »v KiKTlan.I. Arr, yi.u 1:1.. Ni:ill(t», ff'.iluijnit our lllc 4; "DREAMING OF TOMORROW "LONESOME" "LOOK WHO'S HERE" "WHOS WHO ARE YOU?" Pxibllibed br Robbins-Engel, Inc. 'ft s.i.-iill. \\r.. New >»rk «»> Harry Wilkes, former assistant general manager of the Columbi.a I'honograpli Co., Is now general manager of the Walter Ford Agency. Charles Agnl, cornctlst in Del Lampe"s orchestra, at the TrLanon IJallroom, Chicago, is to head an orchestra now being orgaillzed and to be known aa the Trianon Synco- pators. This outfit may open the Patio Ballroom, now under construc- tion by the Woodlawn Amu.sement Co. A band -Is being organized by Walter Ford for IHm Alvln, Holly- wood violinist. "SO'S YOUR OLD MAN" SON& Perry Rradi"oid, the colored mu- sic puhlisher-comr>os- r the plaiinf-d rci"..n-nduiii ,it the .X.'cii.vt prtmary nrnpcr-^^ary. Mauro, Murderer, Hanged Monlrtal. Feb. 23. .Sharp on the stroke of eight. Just as tiie smiling sun, cheerful but cold, came streaming through the Iron bars of his c<'ll at Rordeaux jail Friday, Joseph Mauro. who shot and killed Donald Oarragher, a mu- sician in tho Dreamland Club, a lo<'al cabaret, July 22 lust, was led to tho scaffold to "be hangod by the neck until dead." Only Thursday after- noon Mauro was Informed that the appeal for reprieve of the death penally had failed. Tho murder for which Mauro , atoned occurred early on the morn- ing of July 22 In the Dreamland on St. Lawrence l>oulevard near On- tario street. There were a large number of persons in the club when two armed men entered and ordered everyone to hold up their hands. A waiter was preesvd Into service and forced to go through the pockets of the guests. Some of the gue.sts re- sisted and the shooting followed. Donald Garragher, a drummer, of this city, and Charles Arthur Duffy, Malone, N. Y., were struck. Gar- ragher was wounded In tho abdomen and died at the Montreal General Hosidtal. July 29. Several weeks later Mauro was ar- rested in Vancouver by Sergeant Dctertivo Broducr, of the Montreal |K)lIce, who had trailed him there. His trial was one of the shortest on record. Kvldencu showed that Duffy had thrown a i.inlste of WKAF, also make per- sonal appearances. On a larger scale, the Il.ippinoss Roys, <;oMy and Dust>-, alias tho Gold Dust Twins, tho Si.vertown Cord Orchestra and tho Sllver- .Matked Tenor, and other radio favorites, ore constantly in demand for clubs and private funclir.ns. I'ro- fcssional touring is deii;o Is allig-d to be using » opyi l;,'ht( d rnusi'' without license anil the Aii.erlcan Society of Compos. tk. .\uthors and I'ui:ish« r.s will i-rocerd this wci I; for a t'nipornty injunc- tion .a^;.iill.-i ttic \1-'- fit if" rolls'-'. Th«- son;<\vritvrs .-isk f'lr one, tou- voi'i cha^^,•^• p'^r day for the uae of tli''ir mu.iic, whl' li In the Guinan jn con\'Tt jilace Is flS a week. Tl)'> \. S. C. A. P. Is faking th' lnjur.'' which is expected to provt' a big Heiii'r on the Victor hecousf; of the dual appeal. Tlio Universal film conu-dy of that same In. aino counted on ow riii>luir III»1T « lii'M ( nti«. r wi'-i rf llfifl \ (iil r<-rMH!nl llirr'lliiii WILLIE &. EUGENE HOWARD S Kplf-'n«fnirt'»« Rnok* on TIIK AKT OF MODERN JAZZ PIANO PLAYING Xy ART MiriTK Now ymi <-«n l<"nin ('• oUjr Populnr ?tUM|.' wtth nil thi- Flll-ln TrI'-ki. llrfea);i*. (<''•"". r*.- . rt -< ^ p- .1 t.y I'^ii^lli'i;. RADIO ARTISTS •' nr«t n-i.ili t.nrhis I'l) l.izz nr'-iili», f'^ SriuT'r'y Ktn.-Ity J-Jri«ll[iK'<. UluPi. I lll-ln KrnlKlIlMtiin. r.t(«. et' . I" wnlh hnn'1r'-'l.^ *»f «l»in - 1 .^ to a'^v |.!iMili'. iirrntitir or pr' f- ; "l-nnl. I'rlrr fl.Hrt. Hrroful rtnok — .1»/./. Hi- 1 hi ri\k — Ki r: .t..lti*.'n lu.-.i. ililr«KO, 111 VARIETY MUSIC Wednesday, February 24, l^g INSIDE STUFF On Music Wanted to Radio Reviews Variety waa vlHitok up the idea. At the nMne time he picked up '\ia hat and feet. Record Royalty Picks Up The mechanical situation, from the laxt statemeiitii, has picked up surprisingly. The royalty returnsi to the music publishers a-e a vast ln»provement and Victor once ajraln tops the li.st. The major companies all have sold their product to huge returns wherever "hit" sonKs were ooncorned. Columbia, which has been making a strong bid for a oome- baok, evidences renewed sfrensth and standlnR. "HillyBilly" Records GrewinB The "hllly-bllly" records, which have been such big sellers throughout the southern mountain territory, are coming Into vogue now in urban territory. Vp through New England and around Boston, the Columbia records of the old-fashioned numbers are being sold In large quantities in a manner surprising the dealers themselves. Even in England this type of song is beginning to boom although over there they tak« the ■obby heart-throb lyrics as a broad sample of Yankee humor. Bob Nelson's "Let's Grow Old Tosether" Bob NelHon is publishing his own song, "Let's Grow Old Together." After the question of the title had been cleared up with the American Society of Comi>o3ors, Authors and Publishers, It was decided Nelson has a clear title. James Brockman (Kendis & Brockman) sought to register the title as his exclusive property although Nelson had had his song previously copyrighted. Another Community Tie-Up Milt Ha^en, publicUt for Jack Mills. Inc., put over a community tie- up with tlio Valley of Perkiomen Association on behalf of the Mills' 4*^;: publication. "Watera of the Perkiomen" that Inspired an entire week's festivities In that Pen/isylvania territory last week. Al Dubin, author of the song, attended the Perkiomen Academy at Pennsburg. Pa., and Paul Specht, who halls from Sinking Springs, Pa., lent the celebra- tion further dignity through featuring the waltz song instrumentallv This parallels the "AValla Walla" song published by R. B. »!"»•''«! which was officially endorsed by the Walla Walla Chamber of Com- merce, and the current "Heafling for Louisville" (Shapiro-Bernstein) which, like all other local song titles, receives wide exploitation and co-operation in that territory. LEADING ORCHESTRAS I IRVINC AARONSON AND HIS COMMANDERS liOKW'S AM.KN. iD, O. Irvine Anruniion'K Criiaudrm now In their 2(1 aeaBon lit .iBnasrn'H K»nir>UH Mid- town, lliittirftu. New York. DON BESTOR And His Orchestra Victor Record* Management: Music Corp. of Amer- ica, Chisago, III. I DAN GR EGORY | AND Hill Victor Recording Orchestra En I'.'iute to Coast I'>ani'« Tour* HoaJgu«rt«r« 1101 North 16th Strest HARRISBURG, PA. rCHARLEY STRAIGHT ! AND lllt> Rmndezvout Orchestra Rendeivoua Cafe, Chicane, UL Alio Jack Jiibnntons and HIa Samovar Orctieatra. (A C'li.Trley tjtraigtit llnli) ITslag Cona Instrnmenta CirloalTrly ARTHUR SIZEMORE And His SERENADERS MADRID BALL ROOM, WAUKEGAN. ILL. v$.nn Instruments Exclusively I MR. AL TUCKER - SOCIETY ORCHESTRA Keith-Orpheum Circuits ntrrrtion ilrrniird llurk* ACE BRIGODE and His 14 Virginians Swiss Gardens, Bond Hill rlnrlnnatl, O. PrviHiiutl MaiiUKfiiirut : Jo«i Frltidma 1K» l-:ttMt McMillan St.. <':.irlniiaU, O. DETROIT IJEAN GOLDKETTE! Orchestras VIPTOK KKrOROtt I MALHALLETT | and his Versatile Entertaining Band NOW PLAYING ARCADIA BALLROOM FIFTH SEASON ON BROADWAY Original Indiana 5 Record and Radio Artists Now Playing CindersMa Ballroom 4Rth Htrrn and Uroadway N>w Torb rOMMT MOnrON Una«cn rhona Rlrhmnnd Illll S479, Stirling SflU VAN AND HIS COLLEGIANS ASTORIA 9644-J JAMES F. WADES RAY WALKER'S RADIOLIANS PLAYING CLUBS Representative, Harry Peavl 1607 B'WAY. NEW YORK CITY Moulin Rouge Orchestra TV.II.1I.M. D J* Ax'. (sxrt Hftfr»> Kadio Artists Best Colored Orchestra in the West MOULIN ROUGE CAFE, CHICAGO Max Fisher at Coral G.iblos Ijitn Anyli's, l>'fti. i;3. M.ix FlHli<-r is ^;i«in« to Coral Gables. Minnil. w-h'^-ro h.- Ik tji .s«c- f'-fd .Ian Oiirht-r atil hlx hind. Fivhf>r h.T« a ♦^Ix tni-nthn" conlr.iot. COMMON SENSE Probably because of a da- .lire to eliminate litigation and itH unpleasant publicity, an oili>-r\vl.se open-and-shut copy- riKlit iiifriiitieiiient case Is bo- int; kept nub ro»a by two of the bih'gest music pubUaiiera. Botb involve waltz songs, the later publication being: » muchly- disi'u.'i.sprt ballad. This num- ber, presumably and most llkf-ly, uncoiiHcioUHly la alnio.Mt note for note the same aa the rival publisher's number, also a waltz ballad of no small popularity. Both miMlc flrnia hav* the same legal advinors. It ia gen- erally assumed a royalty ar- ranKein«nt has been made to coinpenaate the infringed flm» which Is still explQltin? their soiiK, although over a year old. If the aesumption anent sidestepping notoriety is cor- rect. It la the wi.«ur for which J^pecht was to receive 10 per cent. t)f the $2, SCO cr>mminions due, •Sprcht acknowicdsics receipt of $1,564.25 and Is suing for the bal- ance. KRUEGER'S IN B. & K. HOUSES XUiituie Kruegor and his Bruns- wick recording orchestra have been signed to tour the Baluban & Ktitz pictwie houses in and around i'M- i.iiKO. Krueu-T U .'lUo ,a famous saxo- pliiiiu' soloist .ind v\ IT be featured a.s a .-^olo artist In conjunclioo. If you don't advertise in VARIETY don't advertise DISK REVIEWS By ABEL SWEET CHILD (Fox Trot)— Paul Whiteman and Orchestra. I NEVER KNEW HOW WONDER- FUL YOU WERE— Same— Vic- tor No. 19946. That ever certain "beat" which has been the why fore and wherofore of Whlleniun's original dance tiuc- cesa Is a marked distinction in this Victor couplet. Despite the fancy orchestral trimmings, the rbytlitn and the tempo arc maintained and not for a second marred. The reeds and strings are orches- trated interestingly, which in "I Never Knew," a snatch of the orig- inal "I Nev»vr Knew," which White- man brought with him from the coast six or seven years ago, is in- cluded. TRUMPET BLUES— Donald Ulnd- / ley. SWEbT STUFF— Same— Columbia No. $46. Don Lindley is a crack trumpet player, having been around wi'.li some of the beat dance bands, last with Ross Gorman. This mark.s I.iindiey'a debut as a trumpet soloist with a brace of numbers of his com- position. They are clever solos and show off the I^indley Instrumental technlqao to the fullest. HONEYMOON W A L TZ— Castle- wood Marimba Band. CAROLINA SWbtTHtART— Same — Brunswick No. 2986. Corking waltzes played with the usual Castlewood Marimba Ban«j distinction. This Brunswick "hou.se" organization, which has the Oreen brothers a|i the groundwork of the Instrumentation, renders a waltz in unique style. Vocal chornseu are included In both. I LOVE MY BABY— Sally Freeman. POOR PAPA — Same— Harmony No. 107. Sully Freeman sounds like a nom- de-dlsk for a better known bongs- tretts. At any rate. Miss Freeman listens quite well with novelty rag numbers and should increase her vogue. Judging from this delivery. OH. HOW I'VE WAITED FOR YOU (Fox Trot)— George Olsen and His Music. NO ONE'S EVER KISSED ME (Fox) — International Novelty Orch.— Victor No. 19948. The same vocal trio who distin- guished themselves so well In "Who," which Ol.son recorded, are now accorded individual niention by Olsen on the dance label. Kdward Joyce, Frank Frey and Bob Rice of the Olsen band (from "Sunny") vocalize Interestingly in "Oh, How I've Waited for You" (Harry Carl- ton-Nat D. Ayer), which is from "By tlie Way," the English revue now in New York. The companion piece, by Ronald Jeans and Phillip Brahanj, Is also from the same ixro- duction and equally distinguished instrumen tally but lacking a vocal interpolation. The Olsenitea' piano stuff and that trombone solo are worthy of mention, the latter being a pip. The xylo- phone steps out in the Interna- tionals' offering. I AIN'T IN LOVE NO MORE— Johnny Marvin. IN MY GONDOLA— Same— Colum- bia No. 547. CLAP HANDSI HERE COMES CHARLIE— Same. IN YOUR GREEN HAT— Same— Okeh No. 40568. Johnny Marvin is a uke song salesman, cmiting vocal modulations akin to Cliff P^dwards. Marvin Is an assurM lyric vocalist, his uke being employed for solo snatches. He Is given to novelty numbers as the above and delivers well on all counts. SMILE A LITTLE BIT (Fox Trot) — California Ramblers. DREAMING OF A CASTLE IN THE AIR^Same — Columbia No. 527. TOMORROW MORNIN' (Fox)— Little Ramblers. FALLIN' DOWN— Same— Columbia No. 535. The California Ramblers and the "hot" integral unit, the Little Ramblers, deliver per tisual with their dance music. The "Dream- ing of a Castle" number, which Chief Endor popuiarhzcd during his stay at the Yacht Club, ia an in- triguing melody fox trot. The Little Ramblers in th|et being a sample of their specially. SHOW ME ThT~WAY TO GO HOME (Fox Trot)— The Volun- teer Firemen. WHY AREN'T YE2 EATING MORE ORANGES?— Same— Brunswick No. 3025. The Volunteer Kirpmon are nfw Brunswick dance makers, prul.aM* another "houae" ol•,^anizatlon given a new name becau.s.»of the knr.un effect of a new recording name .m sales. The numbers are n.ivRltv fox trots with vocal choruseH. Hy PRETTY LITTLE BABY (Fo« Trot)— Melody Sheili>s« who remember tho Mont- marlre for what it was probalily art cabbing homeward In the iiiaomnlac boura In a bleary-eyed daro. itu' management has at last real- iied just who and wliat It is tuitur- jjjg Jo — the crowd that Is denioiratlc enough to break Into the Charleston now and then — and has spelled p-E-H all over the place. The min- ute the checK girl relieves you of your hat and coat you sense that things are moving Inside. Credit for the reJTivenation goes to Uanny Cohen, popular local boy, and Bddie Conne, nationally known in si)ort.ng circles. These partners gave Brule Young a chance to come back to Chicago and stage a revue with vengeanoek Which he did, with the able assistance of Floyd Pupont, who handled tiie staging. At the same time tho partners wlseiy In- vested quite a isum of coin in Im- proving the appointments and In- creaaing the service facilities. There are dreselng rooms now for all, and Uttle things like bottling works and shower baths and what you have scattered about the place, while the kitchen puts out food which Is food at a price which is right. The management has an Idea wiial's what in cafe entertainment and has taken a siuM-ting chance on being right. It believes that Ifi chorus gals at $40 per have a greater drawing power than one star at 1750. 1 he capacity crowd sewjied to get qu.to a kick out of th« policy, and di.shed out no mean applau.se to the Klrls. Other cabarets are keeping u weather eye on the reception of the policy. Quite a bit of pro and «on talk. One thins Is certain. If the ehorus can continue in costumes of tho quality used In the present revue, the idea can't help but get over. Daring, you might call them. They are designed by Ha-go and executed by Mile. Ignore, so the program says, and are as brief and ii.s light as anyone could desire. The chorus does five numbers: JTazz, Palm Beach, Fencing, Charles- ton, and Spanish. In the Jazz num- ber the girls alternate with beauti- ful little orange and green affairs. "Affairs'* Is a rather vague word but •o are the costumes. The Palm Beach number calls for flImKy sum- mer dresses and parasols with lights in them. Lights from the back instead of the front make the dresses transparent, much to the uatlsfactlon of the reviewer. Fenc- ing brings forth tho girls In black tights with a red heart over the left breast, and gilt helmets and swords. Very good. The Charleston calls for light one- piece bathing suits, which draw a hearty male hand. And for lack of anything else, you might call the Sp;inl;ih number a riot of color. Thf girls work hard and sincerely in their number.^, and are aided by the very evident fact that they are protty and have figures. The featured entertainers live up to standard. Hal Hlxon, as master of ceremonies, dances well and in- troduces everyone, taking caro of everything In general. His large following ia evident. Murray and Wagner, hamionizers, garner their Bh:ire of applause. Kdna Lindsay, a poppy little girl. ■Works in fine with the chorus. She draws on personality rather than beauty, and acts as quite a stim- ulant. Horblf Vogel sings and glad hands in a pleasing manner. Mabelle Cedars, prima, Is cos- tumed well and shows ability. A good rafft girl. The Crandall Sis- ters supply the enthusiastic danc- ing, with the chorus and without. Alfredo and Gladys, billed as terpsiohorean artists, are Just that. One number In which the skin is covered with silver gets over well. Dudley Meeum is at the piano throughiiut the program. The Bronze Mclbo, a chubbr mystery girl as to nante, has wonderful blues talent and draws o powtrful hand. Ilixon Inirdduccsi three ydun^ Charleston stepjiers, who dance to the tune of clinking silver and crinkling bills being to.ssed upon the floor. Two of the trio are colored. One, a six-year-old mite called Esther, creates a furore. Hal an- nounces big booking for the pair. The managers aren't a bit back- ward about tho program. It is plainly a l«?g sliow and a wow as such. All for $1 cover charge. The patrons w«'je enthus:a.stic about the show. They Included most of Chi- cago's well known loop hounds, with quite an array of visiting stage celebrities to boot. Henry (Tondron and his orchestra continue their popular run at tho north side cabaret. This is a won- derful dance orchestra, and it alter- nates its hot and mild numbers witli commendable foresight. It's a Montmartre institution, as far as the patrons arf concerned. Three chm^rs for the big show. Hal. PERSHING PALACE Chicago, Feb. 19. For a south side house this caft draws an unusual nunilicr ot tux- edoed gents and gowned ladict among its p.iirons, wliich classiiio^ Its clientele very nccunitely. Tlu jOUnj,i'r bloods with not so much money to spend resort to the nu- merous chop houses and buUroom.s in the immeUiate vicinity. The cafe is said to have a seatliig c^pjicjty i>f 1,400. It seldom nee(l.« such a capacity, although i> iavorilc for south side convenlili('d the di- vertl.Mement. Flo Whitman, hard shoe dancer, did some nice stepping oacked by the six girls in her num- bers. She opened with a boy and Rirl number, using the regulation black short panties for the "boys' and scant shorts for the girla. The chorus showed fair. Dixie Fields, prima, followed with a waltz ballad. Dixie looks as fresh and sweet as a daisy and doesn't need half the voice she has Anita day proved her ability to kick higli and wide and drew a hand from the gentlemen who ))refer brunets. Hoy King, feeling happy on liis birthday, sang pop songs with a '.jood voice. He was billey as Buddy Whelan, but showed he might do just as well under his own name. Besides the boy and girl number Miss Whitman worked witli the girls in a pink and blue costunje (lance to the theme of "Fivo I'ooi Two," a "Winter" white costume number, and the "Gyp.sie" ensemnio. Carl Lorraine and his orchestra (seven pieces) supply the dance music and work with all numbers. Lorralno was at one time clown drummer for the" Century Sere- naders at the Frolics, but decided that ho could do bettor with an or- chestra of his own. He was right. The boys stand In well with the patrons and are showing Improve- ment right along. 'That*. My Baby" In the Twin Oaks restaurant, New York. .Vrihur West, m-is- ter of ceremonies. Is announc- ing during the perfor.iiance: I would like to tell you of my latest aong, about tlio Stlllmans. "It is called, 'Yes, Sir, That's My Baby.'" NAMES NEEDED IN CABARETS Sophie Tucker Sidesteps $5,000 Weekly— Elsie Janis, Also The sliortagc of cabaret 'names,' or attifictions of any sort, ia becom- ing a problem to the cabaret agents. The offer of important money with no talent available is perplexing the Wife managers as well. The Frivolity Club, through its representative, Walter Meyer.s, of- fered to place four weeks' sal.-iry at $:i,600 In the bank for Sophie Tucker, this to be the guarantee. An addi- tional 25 per cent, of the couvcrts would have netted Soph over $5,000 on the week. It was refused. Elsie Janis also turned down the Frivolity at $,1,000 a week, l^t Rooney was available for one 'week while his show was playing the Bronx Opera hou.ie, but that was not enough. BALLROOM REVIEWS Benny Davi$ H... ."REACHING FOR THE MOON" WIU b< kit klitrit »U)f«4 In* durlif I9I« I'rof. (opt,.?. I'r*,. *'ox Tirt Orr^ . 3 v. W I L t "BANJO- MORRIS' l'r.gip.. «l»« Xrn'ir U«iuu n^k It uw t>* V.46 SI. NIW yORK Kimball Wrecked Flat; Wife Wouldn^t See Him Ralph Kimball, 29, said to toe part owner in tho night qlub, Oliver Twl.st, 136 West 72nd street, was freed in West Side Court by Magis- trate Gordon on the charge of as- sault. Kimball was arrested by Patrolman John HIgglns of the West 68th street station, on the complaint of Muriel Boughton, 30, i:.'2 West 72nd street, who charged Kimball with wrecking her "flat" and generally as.Siiultlng her. After the battle word wms sent to the police station a riot was in prog- ress. The entire studio apartment house was awakened. Kimball was taken into custody by Higgins. After he was p.Mlrlgreed friends bailed him out. The next day Miss Houghton failed to press the com- plaint. According to Illggins, Mi.ss Houghton told him that Kimball, who has been living apnrt from his v.ifc, came to the apartins of operating an "outl.iw" brewery at Warsaw, ill. On pleas of guilty the m'^n were jtlvcn sen- tences of six months In Jail and fines of $2,600. Yaeht Club Boya Back The Tacht Club Kntertalner.v (Chick Endor, et al.), are -returning to New York to open at the Club Lido Ttie*i4ay nl^ht i March 2). EL PATIO Los Angeles, Feb. 16. Los Angeles can bo.ast of the finest and moat be;«utlful ball rooms, as well as the largest w»'St of Chi- cago, In this editice. The Kl I'atio Is located at I-'lrst and Vermont and was erected by an lOastern syndi- cate of bankers at a cost of around $700,000. It opened liisl October. It Is located on the brink of tl* lower edge of the exclusive Wllshlre dis- trict and Is operated on a high class plane. Servlco and courtesy are outstanding features. The tax for the male is $1 and that for his partner 50 cents. This Includes hat chei;klng prlvll.iril' ular danceb.all for violation of rules, that they be denied •>ntrance prlvi!»'ge Into the others .as well. > The Kl Patio, catering to tb ■ gen- eral family and younger clement, us 4 PADS n^ CHI Chicago, Feb. 2.1. Prohibition agents In Chicago have had one grand and glorlou* week. They sue 'eeilcd In clamp- ing padlocks on four of tho bright- est pl.'ices. Colo.simo's is shut. Commissioner Tellowley himself supervised tho padlocking of this famous cluh which will remain shut for tho duration of one year. As a rea.'jon for closing Colosiroo'a the auUiorltles told of wild parties staged there by college students who Imbibe their own liquor and finished by starting boisterous par- ties. Also that several shootings have taken place In this cafe since Big Jim Coloslmo himself was shot and killed there. Besides (^oloslmo's, tho foUowlngr were closed by the same Injunc- tion; 'Valentino Inn, Palais de la Rue and The I'layground. Federal Judge Cliff Issuea tho Injunction for padlocks after pres- entation of the State's evidence by M.iry Itradky, assistant States At- torney. Miss Bradley has b / Instrumental In Issuing most of the little "Joy killers" this ptutt season. Montreal Daily Crusadifig On Night Chbs and Di^ Montreal, Feb. 23. The Montreal "Dally Herald" ba« Imported a newspaperman from New York to conduct its campaign against the night clubs and cabarets of the Canadian metropolis. Stories In the dally tell In detail of night clubs where liquor and wines ar<» sold quite openly In d^-flance of the Quebec IJfiuor Commission laws. In addition, drugs are being ped- dled and white slavery Is alleged to be going on rtgbt under the eyes of the police. "The Herald" daily serves up in- terviews with young girls who have been abducted or led astray follow- ing their appearance at the local night clubs. Tho paper gives their nnmes, their former and present ad* • dresses, and ral.'ses a loud cry be- cause the chief of police of Montreal doea not stop "this wholesale orgy of crime and debauchery." rX^ "EVERY. THING for tho BAND and ORCHESTRA" CONN BAND Inatninirnt* SELMER RUED Inatnimvata MASTER FLUTES Paramount Banjos Martin String Instruments Leedy & Ludwig Drums ALT. ArCKHMMtlCM SELMER-CONN Richt In th«i HphH of Ni^w Yark'* Thrttrifkl IMntrlrt MrniKl Tlirnlrr HMir. A< th« Minn of Itir SHXu|>lioa« VARIETY OUTDOORS Wednesday, February 24, iWg ^ Nothing Much New Outdoors This Year Amux^nient parks In and nn^unU New York apparently will <»i>er;iie thin sdinnir-r along t'ustomary ri>ri- diilons, having little new in the way of novelty to offer. "Freak" iittractlona which have been tried from lime to time hiivt- fallen dow an a gate proposition. The T lanasers would jump at one proposition that would mean nn In- creased Intake, Init one that must hold good most of the se.'iHon. The dancini? pavllion.s and awlm- minp pools will be ex; ectfd to prove an attraction. A nnnibt-r of parkt- are booking band.s vith "n.'iine.s" Starlight Park. Bronx, will have a number of dance orchestras, al- though there !■ litt!u likelihood there will be any big invfHtment. In musical revues along the tabloid form. PalLsades Park, tho Schenck out- door enterprise on the Palisadoa op- posite Riverside drive, will open at tlie usual time. Announcement U already made that Charles titrick- land'.i band will be back. TENT MGRS; CO?JVENTION Due in Chicago March 12 — Frank Gilmore to Attend for Equity FAIRS The dates of the Uock I.sLand (III) county fair at JohIId, a village near Rock Island, have been advanced nearly a month in an effort to over- come the weather jinx that has clung to the fair for years. The 1926 dates are Aug. 24-27. The Rock Inland fair will open the western Illinois circuit this year. Towa State fair dates are Auf. 2S- Sept. 3 at Ues Moines. Chicago. Feb 23 Tent show managers ot the country will convene here March 12 for the i)urpo.se of e'fectinif an organization Bimilar to the p. M. A. Frank fJilmure, executive .secretary of K'lnity, will attend, and It Is understood ho w!l! s.ck to perfect an extension of good wi!l between the tent ni.Tna'.'ers aiii Kqulty whcril.y the latter organization will lend its power to the tent Phow- mi'ii. Tlu'.se include cheaper royal- tie.", protection from |)lracy, pro- tection froni the co'iKCstlon of any one terriliTy, unfair legislation and di.f crimination in general. The only outstanding tent show- men not employing 100 per cent. K'lUlty casts Is \V. I. Swain, de- clared "unfair" by Equity eome years ago. Ofllcera of the Monee district fair association, Jollet, 111., were re- elected last week at the annual meeting and fair dates set Sept. 22- 24. Harry J. Conrad is secreL^ry. "The Clinton County, Dewltt, la,. Agricultural Society was reorgan- ised last week. Now offlctirs were elected and $10,000 raised to ad- vance the current fair. Mayor W. E. Lambertson, UeWltt, was clecttMl president; Jacob Bcrman, vice- president; L. W. Morton, secretary; George Meyer, treasurer, and Elmer Saltmarch, fair manager. Outdoor Devices Drop in Exports Washington, Feb. 23. The exports' of amusement and playground devices took a decided drop during the 12 months of 1925 as compared with 1924, according to the records of the Department of Commerce. In 1925 the exports totaled but 1,176,3£6 pounds in weight with a declared value of $237,084 while in 1924 the exports totaled 1,450,252 pounds with a declared value of $315,264. A corespondent drop is noted in the exports of mechanical toys. However, rubber toys, balls and balloons took a jump upwards, the figures here for 1925 totaling 1,035,- 630 pounds, valued at $1,289,229 as against 933,343 pounds in the 12 months of 1924 valued at $980,578. GIRL SHOWS MAY TRAVa WITH CARNIVAI^ Built Along Burlesque Lines — Girls Needed for Midway Liveliness REW SALTAIR OPENS MAY 29 Salt Lake Feb. 23. Saltair, Utah's famous resort of the Oroat Salt Lake, destroyed by fire lust April, is now being re- ■tored along grander scales. The structures will be rushed to completion, with May 29 the ten- tative reopening date. TightS Silk Opera Hose and Stockings At* Our Specialtiea QUALITY the BEST and PRICES the LOWEST iuld tina Siivai Brocsda* rneaincai Icwelry Mpan*l«a, nc Ooid and Sil- ver TrlmmlnKa. WIk«. Orarda and all looda Theaini-ai -^amnl^f* upon r« luaat. J. J. WYLE & BROS., inc. (Succenaura to Sifgman a Whi|| m-tO r««« t7»h Sfre^t •<«« Tnrk New Sec. of 111. Ass*n Mt. Vernon, 111., Feb. 23. Governor I.,en Small was unani- mously re-elected, president of the IHinols Association of County and District Fairs at the annual meet- ing here. S. J. Stunard, Springfield, as sec- retary, succeeds B. M. Davison. The latter served many years. Danville was awarded the 1927 meeting. Girl shows will be carried with most of the carnivals routed next season, despite previous opposition, with promoters flgurlng that the girfy angle Is much needed in the outdoor field. Present requirements call for tabloid burlesques. Carnival men figure that if the burle.Hque circuita can successfully manipulate the girl and music ex- travaganzas there Is no reason why the town officials should object to similar features in visiting car- nivals. Most are prepared to give the girl shows a trial but shall at- tempt to abrogate mixing and other practices which has made the girl shows objectionable in tlie p.ast. Carnival men say they need tho girl shows to pep up their midways. Since rigid opposition cropped up against the regulation girl shows some of the carnivals have at- tempted diving girls and other off- shoots ns a substitute. Also tabloid colored revues with the latter com- ing up on top_ from a draw angle. Tho renewed' vogue for the girls shows next season has proven a boom for producers of tabloids and has opened a new market for the producers who figure their break on carnival dates will bo even more lucrative than their present per- centage dates in independent vaude- ville houses. EDUCATIONAL CENTEE Chicago, Feb. 23. Construction of a $10,000,000 edu- cational center on the Kivervlew park site is almost a certainty fol- lowing a decision reached at a meeting of tho building and grounds committee of the Board of Educa- tion. The educational center when completed will include everything from a kindergarten to advanced special high school coursea Midway Park Leased Jamestown, N. Y., Feb. 21. Midway park, located on the east side of Chautauqua Lake, has been leased by A. E. Llndstrom and F. T. Meyer, from the Jamestown, West- field, and Northwestern Railroad Co. Extensive improvements are being matle to the grounds. Anti-Tent Texas Town I'^stland, Tex., Feb. 23. The Lions' Club of this city has passed resolutions condemning street and tent shows and asking the city council to cooperate by passing iinti-tent show ordinance. Canada to Exhibit At Italy's Trade Fair Montreal, Feb. 23. Canadian merchants plan to have exhibits at the annual trade fair of Italy to be held in Milan during April. This big international fair has the support of the Italian government and all the commercial and Indus- trial associations of the country. It Is reported that th« number of applications for International rep- resentation is unusually Large. S. A. NOT GOOD J. Bernheim Back — Low Price* an Sugar and Cocoa According to the story brought b.ack by J. Bernheim, who spent three and one-half months in Soutli America, the traveling circus con- ditions down there are not as profit- able as anticipated. Bernheim was at Port o'. Spain and British Guiana with an amuse- ment enterprise known as "Coney Island." It is his opinion the lack of bi^ business for the outdoors is due to the low prices on sugar and cocoa. In that country there were three .shows besides Bernhelm's with none registering heavy at the gates. Harry Witt, another New York showman. Is uKso in that part, hav- ing his own show playing in Para, Brazil. Luna Park, Berlin, for Ringlings at $1,750,000 John and Charles Ringllng have been offered Luna Park, Berlin, for $1,750,000. This proposal came through a Russian who ho'.ds 90 percent of the park's stock. It Is said that the value of the land covered by the park exceeds the asking price, and that Luna Park In 1924 netted over a million gold marks, equal to $250,000, Amer- ican. The Ringlings have never made a practice of operating anything they could not give their personal attention to. LONDON NOTES (Continued from page 10) bear the strain of a three months' provincial trial before It is brought to London. The leading people will be Nora Swinburne and Frederick Cooper. Jones' Canadian Fairs; Morris & Castle Lose Oat Chicago, Feb 16. Johnny J. Jones again has secured the Canadian fairs for his }':\i..,Mi. tlon Show.s, the seventh time thw Jones exposition will have pl.iyod the Canadian time. Last season Morris & Castle g«t the over the border dates, tiuj firtt time the M. & C. shows had been able to edge in. From all r.-ports the Morris & Castle shows were not mentioned for a return date with Jones unanimously returned by the Canadians to his former prestige. The Jones .standing in Canada is said to have reaehid a very high peak while the Morris and Castle shows wore working ih.at territory. The western Canadian falr.s In- cluded in the routes are Brandon, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon. Ko- gina. Port Arthur. The Jones show will make their annual visit to the Toronto e.vhibi. tlon (Canadian National), .and also for the 15th consecutive time haa the South Florida Fair for 1927. PARIS CIRCUS BILLS Detroit's Auditorium Detroit. Feb. 28. The Masonic Auditorium has just been completed as an adjunct to Detroit's new Ma.sonlc Temple. It will be dedicated Monday night (Feb. 22). This new hall provides Detroit with its largest theatre dedicated to legitimate purposes. The stage has been built to ac- commodate the most pretentious undertakings and the auditorium seats 5,000 persona. Morris Gest may produce "The Miracle" in the Auditorium later In the year. Paul Gordon, American wire walker, who has been touring Eu' rope ^nd Africa for the last 10 years, is returning to the States. Among the stars booked for the forthcoming grand opeia season at Covent Garden are Cha'lapln. Ma- riano, Stabile (a new baritone as far as London Is concerned) and Mme. Jerltza. Gladys Cooper has acquired a play by Somerset .Maugham, entitled 'The Letter." This Is an adaptation of one of his own stories by him- self. .Marie Lloyd's daughter, Marie Courtney, who for some years lias been running a milliner's and costu- mier's shop. Is to go into vaudeville as Marie Lloyd. Jr., and work her mother's old sopgs. 1 CALL CALL. RINGUNG BROTHERS AND BARNUM AND BAILEY COMBINED SHOWS I'eoplo engaged for the following (Icpartnitiits will repiirt at the NEW MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK CITY for the opening of the SEASON ()!■ 1026 at 9:00 o'clock A. M., of the day de.'^lgnaii'd: Aerial Performers, witK riggings Monday, March 22 Statue Ladies Wednesday, March 24 All Other Performers Saturday, March 27 Musicians, Big Show Band ......Saturday, March 27 Ticket Sellers, Doormen and Ushers Saturday, T'arch 27 Freaks and Side Show Performers Tuesday, March 30 All others, not mentioned in this call, will lie notllnd liy mall. Musicians answer this c.ill to Merle Evans, Room 905, Palace The- atre I'ldg., New York City. Side Show I'eople to Clyde Ingalls, Room 905, Pa1:»c(^ Theatre, nidg.. aVcw York City. RINaiNG BROTHERS AND BARNUM AND BAILEY BRIDGEPC/TT, CONN. — — — ■— — ■^— '■ *» Monarch Band in Parks Negotiations are on between park managers at Richmond, Va., and Fred Simpson, director of the Mon- arch Band, the pride of Harlem and regarded as one of the best of the big colored bands in the coun- try, for the Simpson outfit to play thero this sunmier. Tho Monarch band each y(r four consecutive years. * The band Is an all-year round prc>p()sitlon and has spent most of the time filling New York engage- mcnta. TIES UP ONTAKIO BEACH Rochester, N. Y., Feb. 23. Announcement of the leasing of all concessions at Ontario Peach Park by Hiram Marks and Joseph R. Malone. local newspaper men. was made here this week. 1,'nder provisions of an agreement approved by the Common Council. Marks and Malono will wreck the present Ont.arlo P.each Hotel and erect a $400,000 restaurant .nnd park rffectury before Sept. 1. "Rlquette" will go on tour for at least three months before It la seen at Daly's, where it will follow "Kat- ja." Despite big pantomime oppo- sition and the touring "Rose-Marie," It has averaged $15,000 weekly. Maurice Moscovltch, just back from his Colonial trip, does not con- template a long stay In London. He Is due to return to Australia in April. Befoi'fe doing so, however, he will probably do a short West End sea- son with a new play. Pantomime Is going strong at the Lyceum and the. Palladium and at the Palace. Manchectcr, is six shillings, and on a recent Saturday night "Tho Queen of Hearts" played to a few pence under $3,115. Agnes Marie Jacobina Zimmer- man, once a well known concert artist and composer, left $199,125. Sho bequeathed valuable paintings to the National Gallery, tf> the Roval Academy of Music and $7,500. To tho Royal Society of Musicians .she l(ft $5,000. The rest of her estate went In private beduests. Sydn(>y Plow and Douglas Hoare have "lonverted" the aired "Lord Richard In the Pantry." This will be seen la Glasgow under the title of "Lady Letty." Later. It will come to the West End. Paris, Feb. 13. Medrano; Miss Mamie (equtstri« enne); Leonsly and geese; Mme, Concetta, trapeze; Fannl and Stur- la, jockey act; Cesarlo Duo, equili- brists; Chocolat - Lonlou - AtoS; clowns; Henri Rancy, 12 horses en liberie; Franklin Troupe; Parnola Astl; Fraed, ventriloquist; O'Caps, equilibrists; Little Robert, musi« clan; Schlax Trio, cyclists; Lea Ruby, gymnasts; Gautler and Eddy wed, equestrian. Cirque d« Paris: Rlbas, billiard act; Wolford's pigeons; MacNorton, human aquarium; Les Mazzolas, ring act; Paco Ruscart, pole act; Crockett, juggler; Harry Rancy. 20 horses en liberie; Pompoff, Spanish eccentrics; Manet tl-Charley- Coco, clowns. Cirque d'Hiver: Tarzan (monker act); Codonas Troupe, (trapeze); Andre Rancy's horses; Fralenelll Trio; Madrlgall D o, jockey act; Averlng and Tony, eccentrics; Let Poppescos; Seven Parkers, acro- bats; Six Braceys, ladder act; FVank Horn Duo, contortionists; Four Leers-Avcrloss; Hies and An« gelo; Delco and partner, juggler.s. Nouveau Cirque: Les Menara; Sisters Maiss; Durow's Dogs; Truz- zl. juggler; Grossl and horses; An- tonet and Rahy; Bjacco's monkeys; Eight Edmondos. Charles E. Putnam Dies Pittsburgh, Feb. 23. Charles K. Putnam, 68. publlcltr manager for the Conneaut Lake Park Company since Us organiza- tion in 1890, died last week at his home at Conneaut I..ake, Pa. Ha was prominently identified In park circles. Mr. Putnam studied law In his youth although he never practiced. He was justice of tha peace In Llnesville for 30 years and at one time served as postmaster there. He leaves his widow, two brothers and a sister. '■ Expo in Dubuque Dubuque, la., Feb. 23. Dubuque will have an Exposition of Progress again this year. It will be held during the week of Aug. 19 to 21. ■ H. B. Marks furni.shed the vau- deville entertainments for the 102$ festival, was present at the meet- ing and after a discussion, It was decided that tlie .s;ane plan of enter- tainment would be used this year. SCENERY and DRAPERIES ritllKI.I. SC'E.MC 8TLDIO. Colnnibait O. If you don't advertise in VARIETY don't advertise For Sale, Amusement Park and Reel of Boats AT BEAUTIFUL LAKE ORION, MICHIGAN six-acre island Park with beautiful new Dance Hall, Roller Coaster, Shooting Gallery. Roller Rink and other up-to-date Park Attractions. Passenger Boats. Row Boats and Canoes, with exclusive right of passenger and livery business on entire lake. Lake Orion Summer Hemes Company 828 Detroit Sr.vr.-s ^ Datroit. Michigan Wednesday, February 24, 1S2S VARIETY 81 OBITUARY ARTHUR PEARSON Arthur Pearson, 44, Columbia Circuit burlostpie proilurer, died as result of cerebral homorrhai^e jn Chli^apo Feb. 19. Remains were ehlpped to New York City, where funeral services were heW at the pacific Lodge Masonic Temple Teb. «? A Masonic service was read. Mr. Pear.son had gone to Chicago a week previou.s to fix up several scenes in his Columbia attraction, •Towder Tuft Frolic." Thursday night he had been chatting with Harry Jarboe, when all of a sud- den he was stricken with pain and claimed his head hurt. A few mo- ments later he keeled over into the arms of Jarboe. He died at 1:30 the morning following. neatly and Jarboe took charge of the remains and notified Hube Bernstein, brother-in-law of the deceased, who went on to Chicago from Detroit. Mr. Pearson had been identified with burlesque producing for a number of years, getting his start on the Columbia Circuit, and later Bwinging over to the Alllliated The- atres Circuit, which operated the Shubert unit shows, where Pearson, like many others, Is reported to have dropped plenty. The unit rotating as "The Spice of Life" was later taken over by Jones and Green and revamped for a road show for Raymond Hitch- SJ^ in *"«^ ^lUmortam n^ bear totfe jEbitblUarpIuelni Mfc bleb /eb. 25* 1023 fffA i Oh, nay not she Is ur.nl, Thn d l. MKMOKY of My Uarlinu Hu«banrns listed in the cut rates tho.se shows that aren't even a semlilance of a hit are having a hard time of It. It .•-eoms that the cut r.'itcs won't be able to help them to stay in because of the public having too great a choice. Two Added to Buy List Two of the new attractions of last week being added to the list of buys in the premium ugoncle^ brought the n ber there to 20. "The Creaking C i,Ir," which opened at the Lyceum this week, got a buy of 250 a night for four weeks, while "The Wisdom Tooth" at the Little has a buy of 150 a night for a like period. The complete list of buys Includes "Lulu Belle" (Belasco), "Young Woodlcy" (Belmont), "Vanities" (Carroll), "A Night In Paris" (Ca- sino de Paris), "Easy Virtue" (Em- pire), "Puppy Love" (48th St.), "Song of Flame" (44th St.). "The Right Age to Marry" (49th St.), "Grooijwich VilLage Follies" (46th St.), "The Liist of Mrs. Cheyney" (Fulton), "No. No. Nanette" (Globe). "Tip-Toes" (Liberty). "The Wisdom Tooth" (Little), "The Creaking Chair" (Lyceum). "The Coconnuts" (Lyric), "Shanghai Gesture" (Beck), "Cradle Snatchcrs" (Music Box), "Sunny" (New Amsterdam), "A Weak Woman" (Rltz) and "Artists and Models" (Winter Garden). Cut Rates Have 41 In the cut rates the list looks al- most as thought they had every- thing In town on sale. There wore 41 attractions that the buyers could pick from; this Included the number of Little Theatre groups about town, of which there weie three. The complete Monday night list Included "The Great Gatsby" (Am- bassador), repertoire (American Laboratory), "A Lady's Virtue" (Bijou), "Easy Come, Easy Go" (BUtmore), "The Patsy" (Booth), "The Student Prince" (Century), "Hedda Gabler" (Comedy). "Port o* London" (Daly's). "The Virgin" (Elliott), "One of the Family" (El- tlnge), "Easy Virtue" (Empire). "Not Herbert" (52d St.), "Mama Loves Papa" (Forrest), "Puppy Love" (48th St.). "The Right Age to Marry" (49th St.). "Greenwich Village Follies" (46th St.). "The Beaten Track" (Frolic), "By the Way" (Gaiety). "The Right to Kill" (Garrlck). "Goat Song" (Guild), "Love 'Em and Leave "Em" (Har- ris), "Bunk of 1926" (Heckscher), "Tlie Makropoulos Secret" (Hop- kins), "Alias the Deacon" (Hudson), "Sweetheart Time" (Imperial). "Car- menclta and the Soldier" (Jo'son), "The Ix)ve City" (Klaw), "Dearest Enemy" (Knickerbocker), "The But- ter and Egg Man" iLongacrc). "The Night Duel" (Mansfield). "That Smith Boy" (Mayfair), "Embers" (Miller), "The Monltey Talks" (Na- tional), "12 Miles Out" (Playhouse). "The Unchastened Woman" (Prin- cess), "The lOmperor Jones" (Prov- incetown), "A Weak Woman" (Rltz). "Chariot Revue" (Selwyn), "Prin- cess Flavia" (Shubert), "The En- emy" (Times Sq.>, "Merry Merry" (Vanderldit) and "I^ft That Off" (Wallack's). •SUZANNE'S' SECOND CLOSINO John Cort's musical, "Suzanne," will not venture Into Philadelphia as scheduled next week but will fold up at the end of this week in Atlantic City. This will mark the second closing of tlie show which previously stopped for eight weeks to abrogate Boveral run of the play contracts under Equity's contrac- tural regulations which requires such a lapse before reopening after an oiriclal closing. At the Cort of- fices It w.os said the show would be revised and sent out again the latter part of April. • AGAIN TRYING 'MATINEE GIEL' There Is talk that "The Matinee Girl," wliich recently closed at the l''i)ire.st, where the musical had a short entr.agenient, will be repro- duced, but under new backing. "The Matlneo Girl" was sponsored by the ICdmund Knterprl.ies. Inc., headed l>y lOd 1 toscnbtium, Jr. The Bliow rn.iy go on tour, playing week stands now avall.'ililo In the ( .ist, with Chicago likely tried for a run. ■:V:A R I R* T wMtttMS^, Tduiurjr Sf, 192S X' BHU NEXT WEEK (Continued from page ::i> f Pulton ft I'urker Lancaster A MrA * H Maitl.y R«» Oeorg.a liuwarj nUroDsIa (rcXZZ) MINM'.XPOI.IS rnnlRKes (->> Hurry I. amour Alimlana (One to flin Anna Cliandler U Shannon's Dd sute (Pc) (::> nobby ilon.shaw Co MOUII.B, AL.\. l-TTlc (U> (23> Midler &. Dupree 1 alrlcola Achillea A Newm'n Mar A KIldufT MurpV.y A Hradley MONTBEAU CAN. (Ix>ew'a (1) M 'B O I.lme Trio B * K Co:i Wingncld A Jea» Franc!* Rcn»'-1t Rog<-r« A DuiineMy Charlulte & Uang ImiMrial (H) <2S) Mary Kav»? Ivan KanUotr Uroailway Bit» Lady ricTCi* McCoy A WaltOB M Hrrbort Trio Pr^arcM (K) (1> %Viirred Duboi* Sax A I.aPlcrr* Richard Keane r>o Kcr>'Ujarto Nan Travelino B Heath Kev C Sehcnrli Son« »IOBBIM"N. N. J. Ijoiu Park (!{) lat half (1-1) Paula Fr€d WctM>r - C ark A ONell MT. VI'.RNON, N.T. Proctor's (U) 1st half (1-1) l.'Art Noveau The Briants (Others to All) 2d hair (4-7) V VasUa Duo Wm St-abury Co l.a Veen A Cros« Bjrt A Lehman (Others to fill) MfNCIK, IND. Wrw>r Crand (K) 1st half (!■}) .- JvUa Curtis 'Wise A Janse Maxwell Ple'ds Co (One to nil) 2d half (4-T) Trout A Kelt Dcjreen S's > (Two to flU) M'KOGEr, OKUt. Pklnee (It) (1) The Rials Pinto Ben Kletrher Hawthorne A Cook la Baritravla NASHVXK. TKNN. PrlnreM (K) (S2> runl'» A (>"rrna AustraUan Waltes Rod (Irpcn A Y UcUniond A Weils EQna Bennett KVWABK. N. J. Newark (P> (I) The llMlNlons Heras A 'Wallae* Just the Type I.ane A Harper MItzl A Dancers Proetor's (K) («) Primrose 4 Thos J Kyan Ann C( die Creole Kash Plats Krairer A Poyl* Dave AppnIlOD (1) nprkes A Terry Chinese 9ynenpatera Monroe A Orant So ly Ward Co Jimmy 8avo Co (Others to nil) Htnte (L> (1) Maximo Wcdte Van A W Smith A HuUlen A)i xand»r Pis Rev F D'Armo A Co Moaqua {10} (P«> (JIUlii Clray "Moana" Urunfunl (Pr) (SO) Ru Int half (1-S) Chns:ilno (Others to All) 2d half (4-7) ExposllUin 4 (Others to nil) N. IIIIITAIN, CT. t'ap:tol (K> I Ist half (1-J) Naiiiba Bros Mack A I.eo Paramount i Nick Hufford 2d half (4-7) Adonla A I'oB (Others til nil) X'W CASTIX, FA. rnpltol (K> ; iBt half (I-J) June Hovick (Otlu'ra to nil) Jd half (4-7) Tlreiiis Fits A M (Others to fll) N'W IIAVKV. CT Palar« (K) l»t half (!•»> The Heynoffa Roy Rjger* Co Murray A Charl'ts tipanlsh Dreanos '^d half (4-7) Uirile A Dandies Carroll A Remnant Miller A Bradford .McCi.ol A Dooln Bi:iiu Keitay Co N. LONDON. CT. Ca4»itu^ (^) 1st half (1-1) Adual:* A Dos Bill A Calirs Leo (7arr.llo Webb g Hall UAL Ui.k'tta 2J ha;r (4-7) Phil Co. k Paramount t (Oliieru to nil) NEW OBL'N8, LA. Cr«se«ot (L> (1) r.iMjk A hector Walsh Day A W Frank Dix.>n A Co Bert Walton Welder Sis Rev Keith's (fZ) Collins A Hart T A D Ward Dixie Hamilton Wl Kun a Marietia Cralf Orp'irum (It) (1) Kenny M Scholl Carielon A Baliew Nash A O'Donnell Perry A Wagner Jack La\niT Uroi.ld I'aullo Rov N'G'RA rva, N.Y. Uollovne (K) lat half (1-J) Owal A LinVo Country Club Glrla Claire Vincent Co Urnest Hia; t Cdna Torrance Co 2d half (4-7) Roma Bruu H Ooft A Bobby Dan Coleman Co Htrand (P) (C8) Margie Clifton Zode I A Bndwell Society .Scandals Hibbart A Ilartm'n Little Elly NOBFOLK. VA. Colonial (K) (32) Permalne A Shelly Doolcy A Sales Wh.ley A Ed Ford Barber A Jackson Noel Lester NORBIST'WN. PA. Carrick (K) 1st half (1-J) Cook A Oatman (Others to 1) 2d half (4-7) 2 Orphans Coosa n A Caser The Weaterners (Others to nil) N. AUAMH. MASS. EBip:r« (K) 2d halt (4-7) Rudy S Turner Bros WlKKlnsvlUo Nick llufgord N-ITMPT'N, MASS. Calvin (K) lit half (1-1) Phil Cook Whltellpld A Irel'd Turner Bros 2d ha f (4-7) ArchI A Onrl C A L Oerard (Others to nil) NOBWICn. CONN. Unuulwar (K) 2d half (4-7) Baker A Fry Johnson A Johnson Terley A Anger UAL OlUetie OCDRN. ITTAH. Piuitaaws (1) Melnolle 2 Norton A Brower Raymond' Wilbert E:ik'cn A Marjorle OKLAHOMA CT Orplimm (It) let half (1-J) Booth A Nina B J Crcleiifon Wilfred Clark ll'irry Jolnon S I.elniids 4>MAIIA, NEIL Orpheam (O) (i») Bio.iUe Johns Or Kildle NclHon A Co Al K Hall Co Alex Snntoa A Co 2 Cihcii^H (Two to nil) World (P) (36) Baelien A llri»sen O'.ive A Mack JAB Pa»t» National S Almun A May I'harlcHt'in Uev Arthur Hays "Bravohearl" 8nn (Pr) (26) ■ Ills Secretary" Ilaivey Catchctt Supermanlac Orch .Tack Knee'and |.:atipn Slo BIslto (Pc) (tl) Victor Bernard A Henri Klnlto (Pe> (27) "PMnclnir Mother^' St>le Hcv SIrand (Pc) (<7) "Far Cry" <'rane SM Moon (IIL) (ill) Al Daniels Newell A Kane Kilgar Bixloy Co Thelma Melts Tr (<>tie to nil) "Tamklawftrds" OTTAWA. CAN. Keith's (K) (1) W.lUe Soar Iklar'ne I«a I'.osta Cu I'.rown A Lavelle Francis A Wallcy Caiiiiun A Lte Mar. on tilbncy PAHADRNA. CAL. Pantases (1) Toriano .'■;is Uusai y A i 'uho Srhii'ht's M«r:ianny Dugan Co Broadway (K) 1st half (1-1) A A J Corollt 2 Orphans Burns A Wilson Kays Bohemians (One to nil) 2d halt (4-7) Mcehan's DoKS Those Dore (Jlrls Stutz A li ngham (One to fill) Crosaker* (K) lat ha f (1-J) F Reckless Co Force A Williams Tulip Time Danny I)u;an Co 2il half (4-7) De MIchon Co Miss Marcullc Nlles A MunsHeld Ben Welch Tracey A Hay Korls (K) (1) Carl Rostne Co Billy Baker Co Klaaa A Brilliant EdwardH* Juv'le Co Joy Broa A doom Chaa Ahearn Co Fos (Pr) (C2) 9 Jacobsen Rome A Duna Dolly Kay "Outsider ' Grand O. H. (K) Ist half (1-J) Richard Wally Stutz & Bin^lkam Those Dere Olrls Winchester & Ross Zd ha f (4-7) Oenaro (llrls Civic Comedy 4 (Others tu nil) Krith's (Z3) Natacha Rambova Frank Fay Sun Fun l.ln Bramlnos Mills A Shea Margaret Padula Walsh A F. lis Courtney A Rand'h (1> Paul Gdrdon Mar^aiet Stewart Bobby Kolaom Tom Ryan Co The T.-st Mrs L C'arter Vn'go Singer Raymond A Cav'ly (One to nil) Mxon (K) Ist half (1-S) Eric Phllllos Co Charlotte Worth U'Armond A H'l'K Minstrel Meiiiiiiies :il half (4-7) Violet A Partner H B.niiMl Coiik * Oatman U of 1' Drih Urplieum (K) l.st ha f (1 3) T>eMii hiiti Bros Sliss .Marcelle llurke WalHh A N r.eii Welch Traeey A ITay 2d half (4 7) Cecil A Van Mme O'Nuke Kor<« A Williams Quinn Hinder A R Sig FrJEciiH Stanley (Pc) (M) » Bfimn llro"! Davenny A l^ing llaHih Bullet •.Mike" Wni. Prnn (K) (I) i'ollles De Lux .. rti^ A West Mmr Itrndtin t (l)l)ier:t Id till) PITTSRl K«ill. PA. Davis (K) (tZ> Hiyre A M:»ck K*-'a C'arU Benny Kuli'n Hurry SnoilKra*.« Wells V'Kinia A W I'arislenneM j Douglas ('harles (I) .Scbllchtl s U r'tt'tr.i Demar * laaater Duration Clifford A Marion Power.i A Wallace Treilni A Zardo Frank Kay CharoUe llanis (K) (I) O.lded Case Waller Newman Co Cruising tVtler A BoulJen J A M I love Ga.ni s Bjus ghrKdiin 84|. (K) 1st half (1 J) The K.i 1. arils Janet c:illd.« Uni 1 Is Cla re R Cleveinnd A D'wr'y Fashion Hints 2d h.ilf (4 7) Helen Car'aon Co L'jbin A Lowrle Sailor lijy Louise Wright riTtaflJi. MA88. Palitce (U) 1st half (1-J) Wm S:. 2d half (4-7) Anthony A Marc'le Rody Jordon Arthur DeVoy A Co PUBTLANU. MR. Keltli's Cii} Will Mahoney (■en riaaiio Lottie Al'.ierton Haven McQuarrls Ro:;cr Sis Hartley A Paterson (U Wilton Si.-iters Waltor James Roiiu A 'Ihorne Rodero A Maley Chocolate Dandles Johnny Murphy PORTI..\ND. ORE. Pantases (1) Lieut T:-.etlon Nancy Fair Ouy Voyer A Co Chas Altho Bellciair Bros PORTSMOlXn, o. Laroy (K) 1st ha f (1-3) Mary Zucller Co Oreen A Duval LaFrance A Garn't Oladys Darling Co 2d half (4 7) Cliff Jo'.inston Wlnehill A Briscoe Monarcha Melody POTTSYltXE. PA. Hipp (R) 1st half (1-J) Violet A Partner Jack S.rau.ss Brewster Pom'y Co (One to nil) 2d half (4-7) Bric Phillips Charl'te 'Worth Co Winchester A' Ross Minstrel Memories PROVIDENCE. B.I. Emery (R) (tt) Spiiil of 'Tt Mack A Manus - 4 Foys W Morris A Fare Alleen Stan ey (1) M Bllett A Co Marion C aire Vates A Carson Wllkens A 'Wilkens Local READING. PA. Rnjah (U) (1) Jos K Watson Co BED DANK. N. J. Pitlace (K) 1st half (!-•> Arco Itro.s Clark A ONell 2d ha f (4-7) Brown A Welch Barr A Le Marr RICIIM'D II'L. L.I. Willard (L) 1st half (1-3) H Nauroll A Boys H Cro.sby A Co Nolnn Lcary A Co Jones A Jones Clinton A R Orch 2d half (4-7) K Sinclair A Co Kliie White A Co Pinkerton .l.tnes Ml ycrs A- Ilanford l<: ilia Ballet RICHMOND, VA. Lyrle (K) (SZ) Paula .^y^l'^ Cmrdon's Dogs l.aiig A Haley '.'oiilin A Glass Hathaway A Co Mumty (K> 2d half (4-7) The Rli>4 .lulla V'>"'-l« Maxwell Fields Co Crwa to nil) U'CifSTFR. N. T. Temple (K) (22) Tui k A Ciiuis Old Time Kldillfrs I»!van A Dtirls Princeton A W'ts'n Vouiig 3 Mclvina Alma Nelisua (1) 4 Ortons Clin tor Rnsonblatt Mil'er *■ Mack Duralliin >i.T LAKE < rrv i'untnges (1> I.ltllu Vimhl Petty 1,'^iter Rent FoMter A Jl.iy I^Roy Talnaa B'soo Howard A Roaa Fulton A Mark S. A.STONIO. TEX. HiUertIc (»> (U The Lumars Ni d Haverly )»e.i TaUl Yokl IlicUey Bros Ben Blue Orch SAN DIKiJO. CAL. PaBtaees (1) Rlhlo A Laetyna 1. <* U Wilion Kevue l'" I.uxo (Two to nil) SAN FB.XNCI.SCO I'antasr* (1) t:haiidiiii 3 Macon A Hogu'e Deslys .Sis Dan Downing Ages s Ilorsua ST. LOUIS. HO. SUssoarl (Pc) (tl) Charleoton Champs Gene Rodemlch Bd ' Dancing Mothers" State (Pc) (M) Frank Farnum Calif Rcvuo Irv Young Bd Dorma Lee "Soul Mates" «. Crntral (Pc)(SO) Charlotte Woodruff Paul Smith Ocnle Wiiick Kcrcnoff A Mareo IS Mo Rockets "Irene" Kings (Pc) (21) Clarence House "First Year" Pelmonte (In) (20) Kva Tansuay "Lost Chord" ST. PALL. MINN. Astor (Pc) (Z2) Silver Tongue SARATOGA, N. T. Consress (K) ' 1st half (1-J) 3 McKcnnas SAVANN.^II, OA. Bijoti (K) (22) Emery Gir'8 Goodwin Com 4 O'Neill A Plunkett Downey A tJlaridgs Ltbby A Sparrow SCH'N'T'DV. N. T. Proctor (R) Ist half (1-1) Stubl-lenelds Anthony A Marc'le Apples 2d half 4-7) Frank Bush J Joyce's Horses SCR.\NTON, PA. Poll (U) 1st half (1-3) Dancing Demons Annette Dare Gown Shop Dance Revela 2d ha'f (4-T) Bario A Mack Dainty Maria Night Club (One to nil) SEATTLE. WASH. Pantages (I) Summers 1 Uoyne A Leonard Dnnee Carnival S.d Lewis Gibson's Navlg't'rs SIIEN.AND'II. PA. Strand (K) 1st half (1-S) W A M Austin Rogers A Dorkia (Othnrn to fill) 2d half (4-7) Row.e A Jerry Chambrn'n A Earl Prin(o.ss Ra.iah 8PORANB, WASH. Pantogea (1) Medina 4 McDonald * Cakes In China Trovato Rodeo ReT Ut kair (1-1) Van Horn A laaa J Cheers Bernard A Marc'le Jack Powell Zd half (4-T) Aenul DeGroffs Ashley A Sliarpe Bobby Heath Rev Keith's 1st half (1-S) Juvenile Follies 2d half (4 7) Manning A Clu.ss I'.szazinn A Wblts A Ashley t'o TACOM.A, WVSH. Panta^ra Ann Schuler DeMarlo 3 Aleko Dancing Plratea Smith A Sawyer Ishlkawa Japs nn HATE. IND. Indiana (K) Ist half (1-S) The RIns • Jones Morgan A R Ml N.na ('o Chas Seamon Authors A (^ompa Zd half (4-1) Irnia Ward Carnival of Venice Clayton A Lennie (Two to nil) TOLEDO, O. Keith's Zd ha f (25-28) Hector A Pals Wilford A Stevens Senna A Dean O Edwards' Frolic (.•lllian Morton Edna Torrance l8t ha f (1-3) M Hedegua Baynes A Berk Hay«-» Marsh A H (Juplds Closeupa Siiigcr'a Mtdgets (One to n.l) 2d half (4 7) Chlsholm A Brcen Sin~er's Midgets Jed Dooiey Chas Chaso (Others to nil) RUoU (P) (1) Cl.ff Jordon Marcel! Sis Dancing Some Bert Gordon Ucrlo Diving Olrls TOPEKA, KANS. NoTclty 1st half (:2-24) Tranger A G.^org'te Bon John Girls George Armst'rong The Le Rays 2d half (2S-27) Van A'stlne 3 Al Garbelle Girls Fred Lewis McGoode Co SPR OF-I.n, M.\SS. Paliu-e (K) 1st half (1-3) Dupree A Dupree Wille Smith Hugli Herbert C R 4 Bro.ldway Whirl 2d half (4,7) Nelson A Nelson Ri-ynoldr A Wnlts .Munliuk A K Sis Alleen S'anley Lewis Sis STAMFORD. CT. Strand (K) iHt half (1-J) .1 Silvers Betty WasMniTion Romulne A Castle (One to nil) 2d half (4-7) Eilllh ClilToid (Others to nil) STKt BEVVLK, O Capitol (K) 1st half ()-S) Kara J Austr.allan Boys 4 tiregg SiK Fisher A Hurst Gosler A Lusby 2d half (4-7) Ford A Prtce Tiiwer A Darrell , XI' Hie Fuller Co Ini^lis A Wllsoa Aiiiaa SVRACrSE. N. T. Temple (K) Sd half CiS-tl) nil liiril Keaiis r>u Calilon Ollfoyls A Langs Ihach's Enters ii..ri MelroBO TORONTO. CAN, Keith's (1) Lamont J Levon A Doris Irmanette Joe Mar'ua Willard Mack C^ Healy A Cross Billy Funan Co Pantases (27) Florence Seeley O'Donnell A McK losle Heather Sidney Styno A Co Nellie Jay A Orch Shea's (K> (22) Carl Schenk Br'ks Philson A D Claire Vincent D de Kerckparto Mr A Mrs Stamm Wille Solnr Wlfred DuBolse Dalton A Craig Tonga St. (L) (1) l.4idy Alice Pets Lester A Stewart H Howard A 0> Wm Ebs 5 Petleys TBENTON. N. J. Capitol (K) Ist half (1-S) Coogan A Casey Kuban KosKoclia (Others to nil) 2d half (4-7) Bill A Genevlevs Margaret Padula Burrs A Wilson (Others to nil) TROY, N. T. Proctor (K) 1st half (1-3) Psymond Pike M.innlng A Hall Moran A Wiser Thomp.son A Kemp Avon Comedy 4 2d half (4-7) Carr Lynn Ilenshaw A Avery Crafts A sUeehan TFUSA, OKIA. Orpheum (It) 2d half (4-7) Rials .Mabel Harper Meet (he Prinea Jerry Omera Thaleras Circna UNIONTOWN, PA. Stote (Pc) 22-24) Beaucairs Sextette IJTICA, N. T. tiaiety (K) 1st hilf (1-S) Mae .Mi'.ler V-7|ftrr» Aitisis Models Donovan /i I.ci Cosmopolitan Itov 2d half (4-7) W Hale A Bms S nger Sis llro.iks Phllsin A D Shatiiro A o M O Slamm Co VANCOl'VR, B.C. Panta«es (I) Klr Dunbar A Turner Talberl's Rev WASn'GTON, D.C. Loew's (I) Vlsoer Trio Frank Whitman Tony Gray A Co Great Leon A Co (One tu nil) Earle (S) (t) Flying Henrys Wrltfht A Marlon Moonl'ht Klllarney Hughes A Pam Kaufman A l<'fm'n Pompadour Ballet Kolth's (22) Solly WarJ Jose Collins Ward man P'k Orch Edith ClifTurd An;rel Bros Henry Regal Chaa Kellogg (1) Stan Stanley Pood'es Hanneford Cannino A Juanlta Alice Gentle Mellle Dunham (Two to nil) Blalla (Pc) (21) a W Unlv Girls Kstelle Wentworth Guterson Overture 'What Hap'd Ji nca' HetropoIUan (Pc) (21> Nell Paxton Milton Davis "Just Suppose" W.\TEBiJ'n¥, CT. Palace (li) 2d half (4-7) The Heynoffs' Muri-ay A Irwin Hoy Rogeis i.lo Hughes A Monti Spanish Dreams WATERT'N. N. 1. Avon (K) 1st halt (1-J) Wille Hale A Bro S nser Sis A Ashley Co Shapiro A O'M Br'ks Philson A D 2d half (1-7) Artop Dance Revels ' WINDSOR. ONT. Cnpltoi (K) 1st half (1-2) P Savty A Aublu S I.«Iand A St Clair Sager Mldley Co Hymans A Kvans J R 'ddingtons 2d ha'f 4-7) Hash! A Oral Mannlkin Cabaret Ann Gold Adams A Orimth Frolics of 1928 W'RC'ST'R. PA. PoU (K) 1st half (13) Sawyer A Eddy Reynolds A While Murd'k A Ken'dy Alleen Stanley Lewis Sis 2d half (1-7) Dupree A Dupree Wirie Smith Hugh Herbert Co C R 4 Broadway Whirl TONKURS. N. T. Proctor's (K) lat half (1-3) Frank Mullane Co (Ot'icrs to nil) 2d ha'f (4-7) O'Ur.en Revue Irene RIcardo (Others to fill) TORKK. PA. Opera Uonse (K) Ist half (1-3) Gocti A Duffy Burns A West (Others to nil) YOCNGSTOWN, O. Hippodrome (K) 1st half (1-3) Evelyn A Daisy Mahoney A Talbert Henry Calalano l^o Inglls A Wilson S Rockets 2d ha'f (4-T) The Bam Bams J Australian Boys Cup d's Closeups Jans A Wtaelan LINDY'S SHOOTING (Continued from page 13) formed that Miss Phillips had taken the gun and sold it to Charles Morrison, racetrack clerk, who Is charged with the actual shooting, for $20. The detectives went to the hotel and arrested Miss Phillips on a charge of felonious a-ssaulL They contend that In view of the fact that she is supposed to have handled the gun and either given or sold It to Morrison she Is guilty of acting in con-'erL Embarrassed because of the pres- ence at her bedside 24 hours daily of a uniformed policeman, the un- identified woman in Polyclinic Hos- pital, victim of the shooting and who was arrested as a material witness after she had steadfastly declined to reveal her identity, had an attorney appear before Magis- trate Brodsky in West Side Court and obtain ball for her. A bond of $1,000 was accepted and the court directed the removal of the cop. When the I'hillips woman was arraigned before .Magistrate Ober- wager «he pleaded not guilty and was held in $1,500 bail for furt' er examination. She to!d the police she had appeared as an entertainer in various cabarets. BALLROOM REVIEWS (Continued from page i\t) 18 bankers of Cedar Rapids. I.i., n^d Chlctigo, who won the pI;ico u- Is acting as mana^-lng din-.-tor and rccms to have a fairly B(»od conceD- tlon of wh.-it Is eusential to ojieratA a "class" ball room. Thou;,'h the place haw In-i-i, op,^ since last October, with very lUn^ agressivo adverli.^iing and exiiloita. tlon undertaken. It total^-il .i p-oflt of around $L'5,00{) on ILs first three months. It Is the outstandiiif,- ball. room of the city and word of mouth advertising seems to ha\e made it possible for tho establishnu iii to handle an average of 10,000 inople a week. It caters to large private parties and balht and has huil iiuI'la a few of them each week. Patron- age is such as to ii\clude people of mature age beiiv? about 30 per cen of the nightly crowd, an unusuai percentage. Occasionally sj)eeial vaudeville features and dancers from the downtown theatres .-iro ob- tained and about once a month a "name" band is enpraged to work for one night in conjunction with thi regular Stevenson group of mu- siclani. Jack Conner, who formerly man- aged a Venice ballroom, is in charge of the floor while Carlyle Steven- .son and an orchestra of 12 provide the dance music. On Saturday night two additional men are added to the outlit. It's a corking band playinf mostly "brass" stuCt. The Interior of the place is in Moorish style, Uecorutions on the walls including paintings. Tho or- chestra is seated on it 8lai;e be- tween two arches. The accousties are so perfect that none of the inusio ia l<).'ed an important part In tho opcraliDn. lict>cc, the structure's Interior is en- tirely of wood with a mixture of calcium carbide and accoustic plas- ter be.ng used Instead of the legu- lar plaster between the lathes. Thia combination is very porous and was shot into place \. hile hot and by Iiand either on ceilings or wa'.ls. This, It is said, gives more perfect .iccoustics than wires or other ap- paratus. Musicians who have visited the place assert it is ilie most mar- velous accoustic layout in the coun- try. The lighting system is probably the finest In any ballroom. It was devi.sed and Installed by Leo Gel.sland, the ballroom electrician. Using the regular colors he has fig- ured out a plan where he can get different light shades and blends from them. A special switchboard, 30 feet in length and drawing a 2,200 voltage off a specltil trans- former. Is used for this purpose. The lights are flooded from baby spots located in niches in tlie ceiling and large inverted globes in the center of the room. All of the lighting regulation aiTd changes are made from a miniature switchboard locat- ed on the bandstand which Ooisland liimself operates. By tlie moving of one switch on the bandstand from six to 30 switches ore operatcil oa the main board In the basement. Another feature Is the reservation system of logcs. Peoplo who have dinner parties call for their luga reservation. Whether the party is 10 or 250 a space is provided for their exclusive use and in addi- tion a waitress with a tea cart ia on duty to bring the refreshmenta from the soda fountain minus extra charge. Should private parties car* to be away from the main dance Iloor, the balcony Is so laid out that ISO can be Accomodate and need not even mix with the others as their own special rest rooms ara available without going to the ball- room floor. Quite a place. Ung. 5 MEN CONVICTED (Continued from page 13) restaurant keeper, 945 Kast 163(1 street, and Louis Ti.sh, broker, 748 Myrtle avenue. Brooklyn. Policemnn Arthur Manes and sev- eral other officers attached to hcnj- quarters testined they had received Information th.tt the second floor of the Chambers street iiddress was being run as a poolroom. On the afternoon of Dec. 8 the police sur- roundeil the place, broke open the doors and surprl.sed .ibout 60 men In the place. Kaclng uharts and tele- phone and t<'lcgraph instruments were eonllsiated and the five men in charge were pl.iced tindf-r arrest The others found In the place wtrr alio arrested as common gamblers but were Liter discharged in the Tombs court. 500 Present at Cabaret Entertainers* First Affair About GOO friends and well-wish- ers of the Professional Entertaincra of New York were present last l'"ri« day (Feb. 19) to make the first annual costume ball of this organ- ization a suecess. The affair waa held at the Palm Garden on 1-ex- Inston avenue. A number of corking acts from the loading revues of the city, to- uitlier with members oi the Profes- sional Entertainers of New Yorfe contributed and entertained be- tween dances. The Costume ball will be nn an- nual affair and plans are being i>r«»- pared for a larger and more elab- orate setting next year. Robbed L. A. Ballroom Matt l.,os Angeles, Feb. 23. Mandits Saturday night kidnapped Manager Pcbasco of the El Patt«^ ballroom here. He w;is taken on an automobile ride through the city, this process consuming an hour. The bandits, four, and masked, then made him open tho ballroom safe and hand o\er $1,200, (he d.i>'s :•- celpts. 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Mail may bo atidrMaod cmrm Variaty. StaU-Lako rh*. atro Bldo.. Chicago. It will bo hold aubJaet to eall. forwardad 9r advart^aad in Variatv^ Lattar Liat. -r.«y« When in Chieago Vuit Th€— Hits "I OLAC^dl ViPIJC ji. J. piiwcm. Mgrs. CmCAiioS OUTSTANDINO HIT' l>AVTn MKI.ASCO'8 TKHTMI'K HOMjnooK JUDITH BUNN ANDERSON IN WII.l.Aim MAPKS MKMil.KAMA "THE DOVE" LIMITBI) KMiAi^KMUNT 4 W'Kd. MOKB MIIBKKT G A R R I C K KING ViDOR'S I'Icturi/iailDn of LAURENCE STALLINGS* THE BIG PARADE JOHN GILBERT IVith RENKK Al>OKEE Mi>tr»-i.;ol(lwyn-Mii>er Productloa L» E N T R A Li irlghUat Th<»atie In Chicago. VanBurtn al Mirh'unn Avenu* Tomiriy Marfcelle in "SOME GIRL" Snappy ■ h|>arkllnT Mnnlrnl Play A branil of entertainment far bet- ter thnn the neighborhooU net-Us Is distributed at Ajscher'a Midwest ThU is a spill woek hou^e. playing u feuturo picture and flva vaude acta booked in(lepenmo))iliiig and the girl slamming his methods, looks, self- opinion, etc. Can't get very far with what they have now. Whatever the material weaknesaes of the second act they at least haven't lifted their stuff, lialer, Lleber and Co. (New Acts) have Ifited a scene from the current "Chariot'a Revue," wherein the audtenc e i.s called upon to choose between two alternatives of action t\n the skit reacliea crucial moments. Tills didn't do them any good, as A. H. WOUD.S' f H I OKOIMiK Adelp iriNTHKOI* AMKS PrtHw-ntu /ARLISS W In J.>I1N (JAI.snOItTHVW "OLD ENGLISH" NO SUNDAY PERFORMANCES S~T U dT B A K E R MeHiira. Hhuliert I'ri'»<>nt (lay-lJolJi'n BLOSSOM TIME" t^oremoat musical succeva la all staga hlstorjr V nrrat .Sinirin* Caat — Symphony Orch. AUDITORIUM wcTil's "-^^i T r. RAY (■O.M.'lnhard. & Hut, at » MTAYHOUSE .MatB. Wed a Bat. CRNTRAl, rHOItUtmONS. liM-. THE HAuMd HOUSE" Gripping Mystery Play By OWEN DAVIS Laughs and Thrills Galore' WOODS BEN HUR Twice Daily, 2:30-8:30 Sunday and Holidays at 3 P. M. All (4fa(H Krai>rv<-(l Hiici Oo Hnin at i;ot (tSTtff NEW .SHI IIKKT OLYMPIC Srati Four \Vpn!.3 Alwad CASTLES in the AIR SEGAL BEEBE AND A In lh<« Ko ItKKNAKIt GRANVILLE THAIS LAW TON JiKF.AT t'AHT OF I ^lii:^\ \ICI> hi lllii Own riay THE- VORTEX with LILIAN BRAITHWAITE jVpnt at t li« H«nry Mllltr Thealrn SAM H. C A R R I'-' H THEATRE Richard BENNETT MATINEES WED. AND SAT. Puuline LORD IN THEY KNEW WHAT They Wanted A Tluvitr.; (iuild SU('«»» SIIMIKKT "CRT Malin<')'< Wpdaeoilay and Saturduy, !OHN (K>I.I'KNS .Sure KIro (.au^fi Mit ti PIGS" Nta|c«-d by FUA.N'K tKA\l-,N l>Ii<><'t ttDrii all M. :moii (41 Wirk.'t^ on Mroaaw.«y with tiu« N. Y. faot PRINCESS ■niK UKAr. I'o.MKIiY HIT OUNG BLOOD Jikiiit'H Korlu'a" Ciiiiwdy. with HRI.KN IIAYKS, RltMCNI) HRKK.>:K, 4iII.IIA IF.AKY, i;IKF,.S,SL.KIi HrKHon'a Bn»t <'a«l KKMODKI Kn THE F^OL^CS KRPKt ORtTKD "AMERICA'S MOST BEAUTIFUL CAFE" IS Raat Tilt Strrrt (oppii^tlo "I." NlHllonl t'liirncu, lU Tlir Kpnrii'XvnuK of the Thrnlrirul Mti)r-< CIVIC AND POI.ITIIAI, rKlK.niUTlB:! ItAI I'll UAI.I.KT. Maiiaeer llB.SreRVATIONB ACfEI'TEU I»hoBa CAI.lfitCT llll they are incapable of tho artistry neceH.sary to make something out of the bit. A family act, the Three McLeods (New Act.i), introduced son and daughter with papa working black- face. Probably acceptable for some of the time without being a strong act. Another new act (making five out of Qve) closed. This wa.s an all-girl dunce revue labeled -l-Ya- zer'a ilebutantes." 'iiiK, 1{i:M)i:/\oi s ui \i i, 4 KiKitunii's MONTMARTRE CAFE nilOAMM AT AT I, ^WltKNCE. fllK'XiiO DANNY COHEN and EDDIE CONNE Presents Tha Gicateat Floor Show of All Cafes 10 STARS 16 BEAUTIFUL CHORUS GIRL^ Hiiiirr to Mi-nrl Cr'nilroiir'N MrnlnmHrr Or(4io«le were a.vking one another whai It was all about. Xlie clioru.s girls made their (Irsi. appt iraiicc in VVnis and llulnics setting, tills represents a .«;Ium ami IS very like the Monroe and Uram setting Mijcd for a proviwua roa<, show, 'the similarity Is bound U> be noticed in the western viJIagcH. U ill.s jtnil Holni'.'H cliores include o Spani.sh dan<.e ami some .superniitn- trary work in the ••.Uiraso" he^^ideN 4 I lieir nut acrobatif.s in the opener. The strength r. the ro.i.d bhow Ls Tad Tleinan and ills 'i'uncHmiths. ( iie l';J.ice went siran;i for th-sc b'^.vs. Tliuy typify the new voguf 111 j.izz bands with 9o percent nov- elty and 10 percent music. Nut numbers, pieces of bu.sines.s, hoof- .ng and vocal solos pad out the time allotment. Tho >.'ir:s work In Ilii.s act, loo, but hardly can be said to add anything iv the eiit'rt.iiii- ment. In fact, tho glrL^i are noLhlnj,- to enthuse about at any time. A tall (hin pi.rly named i'ini.ie I>eei with a yen to recite aU'Ut the darl' and glootiiy night iIoch n crfiod slnrf of tho clowiiluy in Ihc l..ii\,i and ap- pearing lator in the linalc of the ^\\l Ira ;■,»•■• irot the rurlalu latifh with iii.s .slock -.hiMse just a.s ;i nicanitiK- li stj .scene intciideil to be byniboUt was llririlly eiidiii);. It i.s li.ird to liu'iire where tlic.>-c road sliow firoilu^tiuns have iiii.v box olliio value. They arc Inva"- 1 i.ibly liiillt oil tile s.iiiK! laotb'l ;iiul iinoiiiit to no more tliiiii a buTeh 01' speci. lilies loosely strtltii; to!;eUi mien 11 few haii-;iiii; ple.cs bell|5;!imetit and wlinop' d up ;i.-- .sonielliing big aiid Iniiiort.uU. I'lib- licity can't make tbeni .lO} :j,:ii„ lait sicond-rutc entert.iinnietii. and *lien they do employ real talent, n> ■ with ItroileiieU .Ttid l'"elsen, the pr-r- •nallty i.'i subiuorgrd in tlie pro- ■ ei :OIl, M irioii Jf.irri.s lieadlineil but dM o| eli<'k as Ji star of lier Htandiie; • exi)e.| to iMlik. .Sbi! has oiie I tho weakest re-jerloli.'.s a blf; ■ Ime .singing comedienne has eve- i tried to ovrroomc. There i.s not a ler. e 1 1 1 - kick number or a hot aong among the lot. and Misa Ilarrla will be wiaa to chucl( the batch and conault the muaic publlshera pronto. She la Jeopardiaing her atandins and rep. At K. Hall finished good after a weak start with a scene in "one." This was the old stock burleaquc bit with the straight man showing the sap comic how to Htrlke up an acquaintance with the fair passers- by. Jack Ro.se's wlieexe about "the woman I don't want don't live," is used in this scene. Morrla Lloyd, the straight, danced strenuously but without much returns. One of the boys with the Tunesmlths suffered a similar fate In tne trey assign- ment. The whyfor wan two col- ored lada, Willie Co van and Leon- ard Ruffln, who established dancing standards on number two that made It tough for every one who later tried to gain a hand via tho foot route. Oscar Loraln« before and Johnny r?urke afrer Marhm Harris each did well, but didn't start any riots Hurke is repeated too often to bt as effective as he would be golnr into a new house. There was an afterpiece called "On the Air" which ^'ni.shcd. Pallen'.s Bears, op>Mi!ng the last half of the week at the Diver.'^oy, are knockout."'. Three bears, better trained animals than any that have ever been seen before by this re- viewer, are marvelous. These bears ride bicycles, walk arotmd on stiUs, roller sk.ite and do all kinds of un- believable tricks. For about 20 minutes the trainers run the.se ani- mals through a rapid-fire routine of stunts and turn out a dandy little bit. The audience fell hard for this act. Miller and Capman, second, are typical song and dan(>e men. An opening song, breaking Into a com- edy dance, a so'.o straight ilance and a comedy solo and an exit ntimber. The boys did very pood 'n this spot. The third spot wa.s held down by Mildred Livingston and Co. A de- lightful dancing bit, with a cast of Mix. running over 2d minutes. The Cinderella «tory is worked out In live Bcenefl. The only unfavorable comment to offer is the attempted use of Fanny Brice's dialect and mannerisms' by Miss Livingston. She has a charming personality, and Ih a very good dancer, atlll she Insists on aping Mi.ss Brice. Two girls, apparently sisters, who do the dancing, are clever. Both of them art! very easy to gaze upon, and both .are mean Hteppers. It w.is very noticeable during this Jiforementioned act that the acous- tics of thla house are nothing to write home about. The reviewer was seated In about the middle of the house and had the darndest time hearing what was said or aung on the rostrum. Other teams follow, and It was evident the blame rested entirely with the con.structltm of the theatre. Collins and Peterson, songs, talk and dance, are O. K. Very funny (^hatter, both good entertainers, anil one of the boys has a great voice which he uscij to adv.intago while his partner accompanies with the cornet. Clinton Sl.sters, closing, with a company of six, are all there. An orchestra of three pieces, namely sax. traps and banjo, are great. Tlie.se three boys seem to get mort^ out of til in fool con'-lomeration of instruments than many orchestra.s do with many more pieces. "Tlje Beautitnl City" completed the porforinance. DOES YOUR FUR COAT NEED REPAIRING? WE WILL Clean, Olace and Eelin* yonr Coat for only $20 Ow axpwlaoea wUl auabu 70a to (an rouneU th* price of a n«w nut bj our iip«rt niflhodf of altermioa. Blumenficld's Fur Shop 204 State- Laka BIdg., Chicago Phone nRARnOHM 125S WOltK CALLED FOR Oar R*rarMM>— Aaytaa la Ska* Ba«ia«( Tha Talk of tha Wast HENRY G. CLARKE And HORACE SISTARE OSCARO'SHEA And Associate Artists Onr 40tli W erk Majestic Tlinitra \Vaak«>aK NKW CATAI.OO H and M Profeaalonal Tranka (ITnlim Ma Double Itoomit with Tnln-Ileda With or trithoat Uutli* SCENERY DVK SVr.sr.RV. VEI.OtR CI KTAINS R. WE8TC0TT KING STUDIOS 22la W. Van Baran St., t hlcago HOTEL WALTON .^■"w luiiMiiii; into »T ^ '''"■'•l'r«„f. W.-,lklnK Mstanoe fro.n alt Loop Thoatrea 1019 No. Dearborn Street. Phone Superior 5760— Chicago Room, without Bath, $12.50. Twin Bed., $16. With Bath, $20 per^Week. A HOTEL FOR THE DISCRIMINATING PERFORMER PKorESSIONAI. ''''•u/Ti^^'s./K^vi'^r''^"-''""' -^^ ^"-^ '^ NORTH SHORE MANOR HOTEL Whi.h I- RATE8 .Mun.i.ement ItF.KNARn ni.,ATT J"»y ir. ..liiiui.s From Any l,„.,i> Tlwiitia Boomi with i»nn.eun( bath. ,in bath— 51 '-..Oj ite.„e,nh..-Thi;:^ ^vi^rT;:; vi:.;";;'^.*- ■^-»'' ='■ *!>/».■ .''J."' ^'""ti-'''on Kit ihrd wU! hend the c:ih; — LIJO COOI'ER—for 40 yeirs a li«lt- imate actor — played with them all — Downey, James, Ward, Katheryn Kidder — one of the original cast of the Alcazar stock company — charter members of the Frisco lodge of E'ks — now dramatic Instructor in the San Francisco HIsh Schools — splendid "tag" for a useful career. Ralph Bell, well-known stock ac- tor, married Louise Brownell. Had a circuit stock company outside of Los Ange'cs — now in San Francisco trying to frame the same thing. Ben Giroux, brother of the famous "Bull" Giroux — and himself famous —used to be at the old Criterion theatre — on the west side of Chi- cago — Lincoln J. Carters old produc- ing center — now the manager of tho State in Stockton — in sunny Cali- fornia — vaudevll'e and picture house. Another old-timer — ""Tike Coyna — an advance agent for 30 years — mana- ger of tho San Francisco office for United ArtL-^Us. Jack Brehany— J. J. McCarthy's west-ot-thc-nockks side kick—with West Coast Theatres, Inc., In San A-1 MANAGER AT LIBERTY it Tears' Exporlpnre; Vaurlovllle, Pic- tures, Road Shows, .stork Sob(>r. ri'liah'.c. en furnl.ih boat of Tft- pronres. Write or wire. Porm;inentIy address W. E. DeCnOTEAU S3 Kate* Street, Lyn.-i. Haaa. ^a Sive 25 7p to 50% on "Drops" and Stage Seta -.toiKnril l)y an fxper;. S "ii. Uiy^in lalrlr^. Cr. r. niim. etc. I) tlmtUilj il:tTrrir\t" j'i,.| |i.(„lii- ,1 a) d., iilie sai irm. BkrtfhtM mid prirm iiippllr,! Imme- illiii "y. Proiiiii ilellv.ry STOEHR & FISTER S ran ten. Penna. l?"ranelsco — "Executive Secretary to the General Manager" — In gold let- ters on his office door — and that's that. Joseph C. Richards, who Is report* ed to be acting for the GoMen Gate Theatre Company, has purchased the ground now occupied by the First Methodist Church in Hnnjord for a reported price of $35,000. A new theatre, seating about l.GCO, will be erected and devoted to a policy of motion pictures. Wilt Gunzendorfer and his band, for over a year at the Hotel Whit- comb, have taken to the road and For Coloring E}}ebro}»s, Moustache, Etc JlairCoIov A Stein's Make -Up Product Pries Fifty Cants nLACK - DROWN - LIGHT BROWN OUARANTBISD BY Stein Cosmclic Company 430 Broome St., New York [HEIIDiaL THE STANDARD EMCPAVIHG CO. InV*, aM\»/*tt 3 9 ir NEW Y CO" -I FLE,URE,TTE JEOFFRIE AMERICAN COLORATURA SOPRANO BOOKED FOR PANT AGES CIRCUIT ' Opening New PantAges WEEK JANUARY 21, SAN FRANCISCO r*er50ni?il Direction ALEX. PAMTAG^-S Wednesday, February 24, 192S R I E T Y NEW YORK THEATRES «»«m-B'Tn»TTT Thea., 411 St. B of Hy The New MoaioiU ^'omedr MERRY MERRY vvith MARIE SAXON •Dd Notmble Cast Harry Archer'* Orch««tr« TIMES SQUARE THBATRB Mat*. Thnra. 4k S«t. Crosby Gal** proaania Fay Baiirter In CHANNINO POI>LOCK'8 Naw Play •THE ENEMY' lew Amiterdam "^^til.r..":."- Mat*. Wed. * Sat., J:30 »laDlUI8« OBOODT and BUr C^t CORT •^rai.^WeTU"sSt':r'2:So" George Jessel in ''The Jazz Singer" T>CI>1TU1 TTTh- W. 41 St. Evs. 8 SO. Kitr UDl-.l^- Mats. Wed. and Sat. ANNE NICHOLS' Great Comedy "ABIE'S IRISH FOURTH YEAR TNI PLAV TMAT PUTS "U" til HUMOR NEW4TH EDITION EARL CARROLL ROSE" VANITIES JOK COOK. FRANK TINTOJY. JTJUITS TANNEN DOROTHT KN.«rP. MoM BctutUul Qlrl la Warld EARL CARROLL ^„'d' Ttrir.^ Matineea Thursday and Saturday rMPIRP Thea., B'y * 40 St. CITirilXC Mats. Wed. A Bat.. 2.30 Bv. a:JO t., 2.30 "A whaclclnc popular aucceaa." — WORL.D. JANE COWL in EASY VIRTUE Bf NOBL COWARD, Author of "The Yortsa" Tk MARX BROTHERS IN THE "COCOANUTS" GRKAT Mrnit'AL HIT IRVTNO BERLIN'S aRBATBBT MUSIC * GKO. 8. KAUFMANS Clevereat Book LYRIC Thea., W. 42 St. Eves, at I .JO, Mats. Wed. A .Sat.. J 30 B =:=THEATRC QUILD PROOUCTION== RTirni'THEA.. r.2nd. West of Bway MVLIM ^.^^, g jj J^J^g Tliur.s.. Bat. GOAT SOKG By Fr,»n« Werfel, with Alfred Lunf I..vnii rontanne, (iporno O.-iul, Hlam 1p^ Yurka, Fr;ink Rrichor, lIcNn Wtatley. I>wIk1iI Frye, Hoitjprt Yowt. Kdward •;. KoliliiHiin, Albeit llruiiiuK, William TiiKcrsdll and olhcrH. ▼Riideville; replaced at th« hotel •■nd, Incidentally, ^ro«dc!nstlnK■ over K. P. H. C, by Jimmy Bacheldor and his (."ollepiate Orcnpstra, who hav«> recently landed here from a tour ol Austral i.T. MOBOSGO "Tlifa . W. 4Bih .St. Eva. «:3ii ^~" M its. Wc.l. aji.l Sat.. L'lO Why Is She the Talk nf the TownT TilK ItUAMATK' M'T CRAIG'S WIFE Hy CEOKOK I.-iCI.i V with CHRYSTAL HERNE Rll TMHRP *'^^- '^ of B-y. Eva. t;t«. DlUimUnC Vats. Wed. * 8«t.. 2:30 EASY COME EASY GO A Dcitrlam of Laurha. by Owen Davla with OTTO KmCOCB and Roy C. Mason of Hollywood and Alliin Trrdbruokc of Burbank have pur city. The Nntloniil Theatres Pyndloat*» - wHl try tabloid musical comedy In DIr. A. L. I IRPDTV W. 42d Bt. Mats BrIanKer t-IOCr* I I -w^ * g^t. MUSICAL COMEDY TRIUMPHI TIP-TOES with QUEENIE SMITH, ALLEN KEARNS. ANDREW TOMBES, HARRY WATSON, JR. RFI A Q^Tl ''"^'•'a- ^'- <* St. Eve. t :tO DCl^Al^V^Vr val.'f. Thur. & .Sat.. 2:!0 DAVID BKLAflPO Presents LENORE ULRIG as LULU BELLE ANNE NICHOLS PreaenU Puppy Love A Comedy Dedicated to Laughter ^ATI4 QT THEATftB. Mata. Wed. ^*'*" •**• and Saturday Telephone Bryant 017S MillerV""^' '" ^ "*» "• Evenlnga S:30 Henry Mats. Tburn. & Sat. t:ia HENRY MILLER In «|7MRFR^" Adapted from the (Tunch tr M.v«:« Ro«.L- Thea , 46 St. ft 8th Av. Martin UeCK ^ata. Wed. * sat. A. H. WCK3US Prosents FLORENCE REED in THE SHANGHAI GESTURE by JOHN rOLTON 'if^W<^'^^^^^ DEAREST ENEMY The Exquisite Musical Succesa with HELEN FORD and CHARLES PURCELL KNICKRHROCKKR THKATRB, Bway and SDlh St. (DIr. A. U BrlanRer). Matlnoea Wedneaclay and Saturday MUSIC BOX ^1.:: ^i"- i'i!." CRADLE SNATCHERS A Sparkllnit, Clever, Srlntlllattat C«ma4r with MARY BOLAND And a Wonderful Cast mWnArPT. Thea., W. 48 St. Bt». I. so The BUTTER and EGG MAN their Liberty, Kan Jo.s<>, and the Na- tional, Stockton, the same c mpany alttruatinK and playinK a throe and four-day enpagement hi each house. Motion plcturc.t In conjunrtlon with the tabs. The rompruiy will be or- ganized by Wilbur Cushman, who f^nined local fame by 8taprin< the "Topsy and Kva" fsliow for the Dun- can Sisters when they first opene<.I at the Alcazar Theatre. The roster of the company is not announced. NEW ORLEANS By O. M. SAMUEL Tulane — "Artists and Model*.'* St. Charle*-- "The Family Up- stairs" (S;i<>nKfr Tiayers). Strand - "The Vani.shing Ameri- can." Liberty-'The rnKuardtd Hour."' Tudor— "IvitUe Annie Hooney." .••because. liked so called the*"- m © '© Mcybe e iWop cflippepi It is the Qreen l^idskin Oxjbrd With Sprou^ of r ^ «C!ZPi^d6l<:in andlaper ' iag Papier Meel/- ">< -M N< So-^cKarmin^ a member of Earl Carroll's Vanities is inevitably well-shod and we must admit that tKis dainty oxford of emerald green is a selection of the. smartest taste. I. MIttER Showfolk^s Shoeshop "1554 BROADWAY Fifth Avenue mt 46th Street 15 West 42nd Street 498 Fulton Street hitar Fi/tA i^t«nM O. of Bond, BnMyn Rather ni»^ »how st the Orpbeuiu laat week, with the Interstate's "Charleston" winners (New Acts) headlined. Business was capacity nights, with a healthy sprinklinK in attendance for the afternoon ses- sions. The Mardl Oran festivities were a (actor in aiding th«^ gross. Meredith and "Snoozer" proved ideal for the op«ninK spot, the un- canny canine easily flndlng rcspon.se from a i-apt. interested crowd, who "warmed" to ©very feat of the dog with a high show of appreciation. Meredith has developed a poise and assurance that abets and augments hifl presentment. Laura Ormsbee did her best, but her best was not quite good enousfh to place her in the "win column." Kven with the untoward attitude of those in front she remained gracious and strove her mightiest to please and entertain, but aUis, and also alack, her efforts were in vain. Hal B^indlay waa at the piano. Karl Hampton sent his weak- kneed vehicle, styled "Meet Dad," across all by his lonesome. He wise-cracked its many gag.s Into guffaws, and In making the sketch, such as it Is, lively, de.«ierves tht» Nobel prize for vaudeville. Zelaya was among those present, this time with a black derby. It wa.s quite evident from tho resound- ing laughter a great many of the mob had not heard his hokumlsttn dissertation on the Inanities of jazz. The boy from the tropicji was grow- ing cold "at the bell." QeofKc Pchrcy li.id a lot to "shoot" with but misaed flrv throughout. "Oh, Oh, Nurse" ts undeiiUved fo the T«I«ne next week. Kurl Iriewaid In manat;.ng Uh- Cliailcs as his tir.st ii.ssiKament with the Saengem. Steward la backing Clarence Bennett In tho operation of the "Charleston," this burg'e latest Ethlopic aiuu.somont parlor. Judge Tyouis H. Bums placed a neat little padlock on the "Ring- side," Pete Herman's night club, la«t week. New Orlean.s has a "Maxlmi's." Tt's a nifty little rendezvous, fitted to the mode with v.Tri-hued drapes and bedimmwl lights. Orrte Holland is aguln disporting with the Sa'^nger players at the 8t. Charles. Holland is also a horse- man. He owns "Little Alfred, " the quickest starter and slowest finisher around the American ov-als. • Walker Whiteside got >ll,0(>n at the Tulane last week with "Mr. JAMES MADISON Author of acts that plea^ the artist, the booker and the audi- ence. Also piibliHher r.f MADI- SON'S HUD4H: 800 WVM l.'ISrd Klre«(, New Viirh. J1ion« K WIS. j^^jJjjSbjl^.. 4 ^gr J 1 WBFt%4 JOHNNY COSTER and AMELIA RICH AMERICA'S GREATEST "APACHE DANCERS" , NOW PLAYING DEAUVILLE CAFE, CHICAGO, Indefinitely 68 VARIETY Wednesday, February 24, 1926 VARIETY'S LOS ANGELES OFFICE ARTHUR UNGAR in Charge Chapman BIdg., Suite 61J 756 So. Broadway ; Phone 5005 Van Dyk LOS ANGELES Profeaaionals have the fre« us« of Variety • Loa Angalei Offica for information Mail may ba addrettad cara Variaty, Chapman BIdg., Loa Angelac. It >Mill ba held subject to call or forwardad, or advartised in Va- riety's Letter List. Orpheum Circuit brought Into operation last week the fourth house to bear the name of Orpheum In Loa Angeles. It waa a most auspici- ous occasion, the Inauguration of this circuit's policy In this new house. The audience was possibly the most representative that could be turned out. That wa.s due to the fact that Marco HcUman, banker. and Joseph Toplitzky, building promoter, with a dozen or more of their associates built the structure. These magnates and associates were real proud of their latest effort and naturally so, and their powerful financial friends as well as social friends. Including the elite of Los Angeles society, were present to see the house dedicated to vaudeville. The theatre la a two-floor affair, the last word in practical construc- tion, with 1,200 seats on the lower floor and 1,150 on the second floor. It has a large and roomy stage so far as the showing portion of it la concerned, but when it comes to the portion on the sides thoy are very narrow and caused the per- fo^rmers on the opening night con- siderable inconvenience on account of its shallowness and cramped con- dition. The front of the house, or outer lobby, is very beautiful with a color scheme of white and gold. In the. center of It Is located one of thoae showcase box offices that aro used in the grind or picture houses. Probably the builders had a future business perspective in this direc- tion. The Interior of the lobby or promenade, as It is called, is quite reminiscent of the foyer of the Cap- X KNKKV.. ST\(iK KQtII'MKNT FLAGG I O^ \N<.KI.K.' — SAN FRANCISrO CALLt CALL! For AU ArtUU to ICot at MULLER'S COFFEE SHOP 724 S. Hill St., Loa Angelas Between PantaKes and IIIIl St. Theatrea KuB b7 Cari and Ulllaa MoUer THE OLD-TIME HOOP ROLLERS IS percent discount to the profaaslon Guarrini A Co The t-wila* um« LarHel ACCOROIOH FACTORV la tke U«it«« Ststaa m* only f^rtoo that mahci any ••• of Reeds — made te band X77.27t Celaakai Aveaoi •a* Franeliee Cat Itol, New York, though laid out on a much smaller scale. It is a rather magniflcent one for a vaudeville house, and, of course, again shows the foresight of the builders, in case a change of policy is necessary. \Vith most of the seats being do- nated to the select, a very few of them were on hand when A. F. lroductlons. Cotten Allen, who formerly pr©, duced and worked In reviews at Marquards and El Trovatore, San Francisco, with Carl Mlllor, haa opened a producing office. When the First National organl. zatlon will be com|)elled to niova from the United Studios lot on May 1 to allow i'amous Players-Lasky to take possession. It la not expect- ed their new studio In Burbanlj will be completed. As a certain scliedula has to be filled. It Is expected that the various units will work at ditt ferent studios, which Include Met- ropolitan and Film Booking Ortlca studios. Leo Forbstcln evacuated the post of musical director and conductor at the Metropolitan here and left for a month's vacation in Southern California. Upon his return Forb- stein will be musical director for Sid Grauman at the Egyptian in Holly- wood. He will assume hia position J. Bray, bead of Bray Productions, and L.^J. Darmour of the Stand- ard Cinema Corporation, are In Hollywood. The latter la here to Pantages had one of those shows which played In fits and starts last week; a bill which seema easy to spot as to running order, yet in the playing never did get a real start. The opener, European novelty, Westerhold's Radio Ship, was wel- come surcease from the usual bill starter and held undivided Interest of a packed house of rain dodgers. Westerhold sported the uniform of an American naval ofllcer, but his foreign dialect compelled the talk a.sslgnment to a street comer type of orator, who makes a strictly tech- nical opening, explaining the tie-up of radio control (a series of com- plicated-looking sputtering electric flashing "thing-ama-bobs") down in "one," and the miniature ship which Westerhold guided through a series of gyrations in the full stage. The exploding of several miniature deep se.a mines, siren and search light control by radio and a picturesque effective dark stage flnish of ship gun salute, which gathered all the I applause a house full of converts to M INERS MAKEUP Est. Henry C. Miner, Inc. Thto Wtak't Ortatett BftcMl BRONZE OR GRAY CARACUL COAT, $135 Beautlfnl new model*, elak- •rateU fez trimmed. e«t Staik At*. Above Sath M. ^ftiimm9s«iVwr^ (Ifo connection with the Hud*on'i tat Co. of Canada. > Our V. 8. A. fitorra on in JVeio York and BrookJ^n. Parit Braiuh, 15 Rue Bt. Rooh: FOR SALE Lot of coBtumee aultable for bnr- lesque, musical comedy and tabloid Rhowa. t2.00 each and up. Aleo lot of dropa for aale and leaae. Inquire MORRIS FROEHLICH 1210 South Michigan Ava^ CHICAGO, ILL. FOR MODERN SENSATIONAL STAGE DANCING Strctchlnif and LlmberinK Bzerclsea 143-14.1 Went 43d St. NEW YORK Phone Bryant SIMS STRICTLY UNION MADE L H^l^ IWI Hartmann, Oshkosh & Mendel Tmnks IVl ALL MODELS— ALL SIZES ON HAND 111 AT CiRRATf.T REDtCKD PRICEB ALSO 1,000 USED TRUNKS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION WE DO BEFAtRINO. WBITB FOB CATAIX>0. SAMUEL NATHANS, Inc. 568 Seventh Avenue, between 40th and 4l8t Streets, New York Citv^ 80LB AGENTS FOB H * M TBirNKS IN THE EAST Pbonra: Lnnpnrre ni07-»31t BILLY BRADFORD The Dancing Sensation of 'The Blue Kitten'^ at the Gayety, London **The acrobatic stepping of Billy Bradford scored sensationally.** — VARIETY Alto opened at Giro's Club with MISS MARION HAMILTON December 9th for four weekt Engagement extended to eight weeks, returning to Giro's in June ~" MR. GOSSIP of the "DAILY SKETCH" Dme, IS, 192S, »ayM: i "NEW KXIIIIUTIOM DAXCKRS.— Kxlilbltlon ballroom d.ancora seem to come and ; ., go In their hundreds, and one Is constantly amazed at their skill and agility. ■ , ; - ■ ^ "nut the pair now performing nightly at Giro's, called Hamilton and Bradford (I don't , -^ ' know which the girl la, or which the man), are something out of th*" common. , "They are both very young, about 17 I should hazard, and they certainly succeed ,-' ' 'r ^ In proving that It l.^ possible to combine acrobatic feats with grace; in fact, they malt* ' ' the most alarming things look ridiculously eaay." Opening as Juvenile in C. B. Cochran's New London Pavilion Rewe, ""SAY IT WITH GIRLS/' Be^^Nimng March 17 Wedntflday, Febroafy H 1W6 VARIETY WANTED! MANAGERS BY A LEADING MOTION PICTURE THEATRE CIRCUIT WE NEED IMMEDIATELY Theatre managers — snappy live wires, who understand and have had experience in man- aging theatres — ^who know production — ^publicity — exploitation and have excellent executive ability — and character. , HERE IS AN UNUSUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR MEN WHO ARE DESIROUS OF A SPLENDID FUTURE Write immediately giving your complete experience — salary and past connections which will be treated in strict confidence. ADDRESS, BOX 600, VARIETY NEW YORK CITY upon the opening of "Ben-Hur" at that houne. Meantime, he is work- ing on the musical score (or this picture. Nancy Welford. recently featured In "No, No, Nanette" here, is going to launch upon a vaudeville tour of the west coast houses of the Or- pheum circuit. Thfe toi.r will be for about six weeks. Miss Welford la under contract to Tom Wilkes, who is to feature her in a musical show be expects to produce early in May. L. B. Bohymer has been re- BARNEY'S UKkrrn nf Rtreet Shoe, and Ballet SItppvr. Theatrical Shoes Bend for Catalosue ttS WMt 4«d BtrMt. New Tark elected president of the Gamut Club, an office which he ha^ held for a great many years. Other oHlcers of this Little Theatre movement or- ganization are W. R. Berry, vice president, and C. K. Pemberton, sec retary. Mrs. Harriett BlBchoff, wife of Samuel BIschoflt, head of the Cali- fornia Studios, was injured when an automobile in which she was riding was struck by an interurban car on Santa Monica boulevard . Harold Roberts, director of Rob- erts' Golden State Band, of the Uni- versity of Southern California, is to marry Alice N. Healy March 1 at the Ambas.sador Hotel, Los Angeles. Dustin Farnum Is negotiating with the Orpheiim circuit to mako a tour of their houses In "The Lit- tlest Rebel," which Is being shaped up for a 30-mlnute sketch. After changing his mind for the third time in less than two months. Mass Production Never Turned Out ■ Masterpiece. There Is Only One ENGLAND'S FAMOUS COMEDIAN At Liberty for Vaudeville, Pictures or Production in September. See WM. MORRIS Wm. Russell, screen actor, has de- cided not to go to France, where he was to have appeared in a picture of the French Revolutionary period, which the Concordia Film Co. of Paris was to make with him as the featured player. standard of publicity and exploita- tion locally. Erich von Stroheim Is having a bungalow erected for him at the As- sociated Studios (formerly known as Selig Studio). Stroheim Is ex- pected at bis new studio some time this week to prepiire for shooting •The Wedding March," a story which he Is writing and will pltxy the leading role In. Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer's trackless train which arrived hero from New Vork three months ago and made its headquarters at Grauman's Egyptian in Hollywood, has de- parted for New Orleans to remain there during the engagement of "The Big Parade." Hal Roach says his contract with Pathe has still 18 montiis to run and that he is to turn over 40 pictures to that orgnnlzation for lease dur- ing that time. Wm. Hollander, general press cicpresentative of Bataban & Katz and Publix houses, is here on a comblnatioji vacation and inspec- tion tour of the Publix theatre."?. He and James LouKfcborough, general press ret>re8entatlve for the I'ul))ix bouscb. have been conferring on his Verne Buck, who made his debut at the Metropolitan this week as entertainer general, tendered a dinner to the press at the Htltmore Hotel. There were about 60 preeyit, with Frank L. Newman acting as m.'iBter of ceremonies. Holding over of the "Student I'rlnce" at the Davidson gives this production Its third week in Mil- waukee in a month, setting a record here. MILWAUKEE Davidson — "Student Prince," 2d week; next, "Kid Boot.s." Pabst — Ocrm.an stock. Garrick — Overseas Revue. Palace — Vaudeville. Majestic— V'audcvillo. Miller—Vaudeville. Geyety— "Whirl of Girls" (Mu- tual). Empresa — Continuous stock bur- lesque. Alhambra — "Beautiful Cheat." Garden — "When Love Grows Cold." Merrill— "Soul Mates." Strand — "Beautiful City." Wisconsin — "Irene." "From Soup to Nuts" was the title of the Drama Week pl.iy given by the Wiscon.sin Players. Bciiunter's I>epartment Store dramatic society proficnted "The liitonuTHog" tot four nights at the Pabst 8axe interests have switched th«'lr Loew road bIiowh from Osh- kosh to the new Retlaw at Fond du Lac. "Happy" Mcl<>ninger, for- merly with Ascher, Chicago, is man- ager. Saxe hns aljio taken over a new house in Beloit. NEW Rehearsal Halls Most Accestibia Location 100 We«t 72nd St., N. Y. Cur. Colnnibu* Ave. PAPAE A CO.. Tel. Trafalgar 2297 ARE YOU GOING TO EUROPE? HCflemiihlp •rcemnwMlaUoiw ■rimace^ en ell LIimm at Mala Ofllce rrlc«e. lloatA ere seine vrry fall; errance rarljr Verelaa Mf>iiey liouKht ani eold. LIbrrty llooda boaskt and sold. PAt'L, TAUSIU * 80N. It4 Eeiit 14th St.. New York 00 VARIETY Wednesday. February 84, IMM ROSS GORMAN Takes great pleasure in announcing the opening of his offices in the Publicity Building at 1576 Broadway (corner 47th Street). ROSS GORMAN ORCHESTRAS are available for Hotels, Cafes, Vaudeville, Picture Houses, Clubs, Social Functions and all other occasions. / ' Each ROSS GORMAN ORCHESTRA is under die personal supervision of ROSS GORMAN. Telephone Lackawanna 0357 — 1576 Broadway (at 47th Street), New York City. »' ' '. ' JACK B. SHEA, Representative SYRACUSE, N. Y. By CHESTER B. BAHN Wietlng— Dark; next woek, "Tho Bl.:r Va.rp.lie." B, F. Keith't — Vaudeville and films Temple — Pop vaudeville and com- edy lUms. Strand— "Sally of the Sawdust." -^ Empire— 1 lie a. ill-.,, ibai." Eckel— "The Beautiful City." Rivoli— "The I*rlnco of Pep." 8avoy^"The Wild Girl.' Crescent — 'The Girl Who Wouldn't Work." Swan— "The Mystic." Regent — "The Ancient Highway." Taylor's Special Full Size Frofetsional Wardrobe Trunk $50.00 wan<« »■ 7oa for New Cati TAYLOR'S IJhrral •ll*wan<« »■ yoar old trank Writ* for New CaUlorne 7t7 :tJi Ave. NEW YOKK t« K. lUndolph 8t. rmcAoo otto Gunther, one of the Three GuiUhers, clown tumblers and aero-- bats, playing at Keith's, was pain- fully hurt at tho oiienlng: matlnco Sunday when he tell hedlong to the stage at the finish of the turn. Striking on ills head, the athlete was rendered unconscious. Upon being revived he insisted upon doing his niKht show. theatre building to cost $2,000,000. The theatre will have a 3,500 seating capacity. AURORA ARRIAZA Spanish Dancing Studio lla* KrmoTril to 1721 OROAOWAT — NEW VOBK Detween E4th ami Kr>th Strocta Tel. Columljus :384 Tho Jefferson Hotel and adjoining property on South Sallna, West Jef- ferson and South C'inton streets has been acrjulrod oy Loews, Inc. tiround will bo broken on May 1 for a 12-8tory combination office and The Littlejohns New Cro'Nflon* I'or I9!« RcmenibiT l-'imukii-4 I.UIle- Juhn K h I n e- s«i>iii'* ran l>» l>ouicht only at THE LiTTLEJOHNS 254 West 46th St. NEW YORK ANYTIIINO IN BHINfXTONKS COMPLETE RHINESTONE OUTHT for $10.00 CON.SISTINO OP r 1 lllKh- Slonmt. I 10 tiTa^w (1140) No. -iO I oiik I'riinR StUrrr«l St-ttlnfU. WOLFF, FORDING & CO. 46 STtJAKT STRKKT IIOSTON, MASS. KiU-1 Weber, night superintendent of the Keith Theatre Building, frus- trated a daring attempt to break Into the building early Saturday, battling two men posing as doctors with offices In the structure-. They escaped after Weber had fought with them in the lobby for several minutes. An outbreak of scarlet fever ha."* resulted In a strict quanantlne at Wellsboro, near Elmlra. Theatres have been closed by health depart- ment order and the home-talent pro- duction of "The 192« Follies," an American Legion show, has been postponed. The Halle.sboro Dramatic Club has rechrlstened Itself "The Northern Troubadours." On Wednesday olght the club will broadcast "The Go- rilla" from WCAD at St. Lawrence University. The Rlchneld Springs fair will give up the ghost. The auto has made other attractions too accessi- ble, the Ulchfield Springs Agricul- tural Socletv feels, and as a result it will dlsl-and. Ijine" (film), with Kleanore Board- man. Circle — Panlages' vaudeville and "The Love Toy" (tllm), with Lowell Sherman. Columbia — "Lucky Sambo" (Co- lumbia). Empire — "Red Hot" (Mutual). Loew'e Allen — Vaudeville, headed by Irving Aaronsons band (second week), and "The Song and Dance Man" (fllm). with Tom Moore. Loew'a Stillman— "The Sea Beast" (film); with John Barryraore. For the next three weeks the Playhouse, leading amateur group here, will present "Icebound," "The it CLEVELAND By C. 8. GREGG Hanna — ".^loma of the Roulh Sc'.'is." Ohio — "These Charming People," with Cyril Maun, and "Memory The Silk Stockings That Wear" Perfect Fitting SILK Full-Fathioned Optra Length T...M.. Stockings "Sold at tha Better Storeii" Lehigh Silk Hosiery Mills Co. 294 Fifth Avraur, New York Lit/ THEATfilCAL OUTFITTERS 1580 Broadway New York City Wild Dil(-k." 'Tu.j .\l.i-!; ;itul t*l» Face" and "Henry the Fouitli." This win be farewfU week for Earl Moore's Virginians at the Clalrmount Tent, local supper club, •Moore, it is understood. Is going to lake his troupe Into vaudoville. No orchestra has as yet been n.-irtud :is his successor hero. Dorothea AnteFs Bedside Shoppe Mall your order now for Chrl«tma» cards solectc-l by the -Sunslilnp Olrl" (15 ANSORTRD FOR fl.O«) Olffs for ererybody at popular prtces. Coma and make your aelectlona or write for a booklet If you read the "Vartaty" or other ma^asinna let me have your aubecrlp- tlOB. .SnilllnBly, DOROTHEA ANTEL AOO We«t 18nth street tnilllnea r.O^r.^ .V^w Vnrli city BU^ Eyebrows Darkened Permanently Ey«lirow« and lubn p*rf(>'ted tnd il«rki-ntrt •tiUi Ci'Inura; not affi^'tiil by wishing, licniplrttlnn, creanis, etc.: last* for weoto, l« illively lunnlms, Kiverti at l'""' tlusft. Treatnirnt SOc. Box with Inslturtl'-nn. |11» lH)JtIHll|. Sulro'i. 26 W. 38th St L 34 W. 46th St.. N.Y. EMPIRE THEATRES, Ltd., SYDNEY CAPITAL $600,000 RUFE NAYLOR, MANAGING DIRECTOR 198 Pitt Street, Sydney, Australia WANTED Producer for First Class Musical Comedies to open hi Australia's largest theatre, commencing January, 1927 State credentials, salary required Aleo Wanted — Musical Comedies and Comic Operas, Australian rights Cables, Runaylor, Sydney D OTS "LIGHTNING STEPS AND LAUGHTER" BOOKED SOUD KEITH-ALBEE CIRCUIT BY JACK FLYNN « *^ Jk ««i»«M'^ «•.«.«. . Wednesday. February 24, 1W6 VARIETY ffl Meet One of the Most Sensational ^^ Debut Catalogs ^\ in t Music History Frank Qark, "The Hitmaker," Makes His Bow With THE POWERFUL, HEART-STIRRING TRUE GTORY CALLAD (And Still Be a Good Little Girl") Obtained by U» at a Record-Breaking Advance. The F.''ost Masterly "Show-Stopper" Ever Offered the American Pcrrcrmcr " YOD CANT BE A GOOD LHTLE FELLOW T.MELY! U>J:QUE! A COAL MINER'S DREAM A r;ov;iLTY that will de the DRIGHTE3T SPOT IN ANY ACT. By CHERMAfJ nnd TOQIAS HARRY RICHMAI^G HiT "BURGUNDY' A MELODIOUS ArJD CAPTIVATING REFRAIN By RICHMAN-GTEICER-MALIE A SUREFIRE ENCORE CETTER "WHERE ARE YCU?" A CONG OF REAL HEART APPwAL ty TOOIA^ a.-.d ;^;._.;..'iAN KOa THAT "BLUiIG' LHOi" You've Got 'ihose Wanna Gd Back Ajaln Blues A HANDMAN-TURK MASTERPIECE THE BALLAD DEAUTIFUL "ROSES" THERE'S A SPOT IN EVERY ACT FO:^ THIS. PUT IT irj. A CAVIRE OA A C-;RR JNT PHilACC "DONT-A EO-A THAi'-A" A HOWL PROVOKER. A HUNDRED 'WOW" LINES OTHER "CANT I..U3 CONGO" "The Retcue of tae Antinoe" 'Never fv^nd" "On an Island r«lac!e for Two" 'THAT FLORIDA LOW-DBWN " Red Hat and Successor to the Charleston ^ FRANK CLARK, Inc. 1587 Broadway ^::z. New York, N. Y. CHICACO OFFICE, Woods Theatre Bldg. Jimmy Eggerl, Mjr. ./' MACK STARK, General Manager RUBEY COV/AN, ProfsasJo.-al Manaacr Prorscsional Dcp*.— MARY MURRAY, JIMMY CTtlGER, TOr.'.MY MALIE, C0D3Y r4ACH, AL CHERMAN, CHARLES T0CIA3, HERB WALTERS and HARRY KIRSCH IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT You ore tno-t cordially invilcJ to altend our formal opening — all day 'l huro:Iay, February 2Sth. Cc present at the birlli of a (irm tha^ will m:ike music history. COME!!! NEW ENGLAND William Brown of WiMmantle Corn., has loft to ho?om3 asriid'nnt iranas?r of the Regent theatre, New Yor'.t City. yop the boncnt of Dorothy Antcll form^T vauOevllle actress, wl'.o l3 permanently crlpplcfl as the result of a fall In the r.ilace thoatre, Hart- ford, Conn., six years n.TO, a Valen- tine brldsc and tea party was Klvcn by the Aetna Life Girla' Club at Hartford. Lakewood Park at Waterbury, Conn., has been purchased by a New Jcnjcy syndicate for approriimately 0250, ceo, it was announced by Attor- ney PhlKp N. Ecrnateln, counsel for tho I. akewood Park Amu.T?meiit Co The Jersey eynJIratc conducts p.irks in Jcreey City, Newark and other Jersey cities. An international old- time flddllng contest will be conducted In the ntate Armory at Lewlston, Me., April 6-10. li. was In that city that the mussic battle was stnpcd that revealed the talents of Mellie Dunham. The city buildln? Inspector has stopped construction worlc on the new Garde at New London, Conn., dcclarinsr that he found that part of the wall was only 12 Inches thick. He said that the p'ans and :.cal A small, but newly fur- nished, comfortable room, $10.50 to $12.00 a week; others. $14.00, $10.00, $18.00, $21.00; for two persons In room, add $2.03. Rooms for two. with twin beda, $22.60 % week. Hotel builJlnfT ordinances provide that the walls should be 16 Inc'.co thick. Ofll- cial3 of the construction com"any In cberpe cf the worlc replird that an unintentional mistalie had been made jind that they v.-ou'd prepare Immediately to mnka t'^e wall con- form to the requirements. James Waldon, employ of the Kijou, Bridgeport. Conn., is un Vr arrest on a serious statutory chnrro. It is alleged by the police that W'a!- don kept a K-year-old girl In h:s i room. The girl's parents complained ' to the police. Samuel Katze Is announced as tho owner of the theatre to be built on Merrimack street. Lowell, Mass. and 57 votes ,T:;a!'!S' I^jrallzin:^ S^un- I H. B Adams, manaTPr. Is the only cay shows. Tho Community theatre. | theatre at East Haven. The Massachusetts State Orange, town of Hadley and several brother- hood of railway employes have per- j fected plans to appeal to the U. S Supreme Court to pass on the right of Massachusetts to enforce a day- lirrht paving law. Exhibitors of tho state have aided financially in the nght against the summer time. The new Needham at Needham. | Mass., opened Feb. II by David Murdoch, owner. The structure, which scats more than 1,400, cost about $200,000. Soccerman Bros., real estate brok- ers of 1500 Broadway. Ntw York city, are seeking options on tho Grand and Middlesex theatres at MldJletown. Conn. The.v a ready have secured an option on the new Capitol theatre, now in process of conFtructlon in Middletown. The board of selectmen at East Haven, Conn., sulurb of New Haven, has siTnrd an order permlttinf,' i,"un- day motion pictures. This action followed u special vote of the rcsl- deniH. which resulted in 79 votes for (Dlarid fie Dearborn Sireet — NorLh of Division CHICAGO fw, 14 stories hl^'h, built at .1 co.st of $l.5i)(t000. Hotel t'larld.Te Ih dtdiatod to I'e tlioatrleal jirofs-ion. f^pecial f aturoH nro n\allablo for the prufcLslnti'M Ijencli' rehear al haMs, gyrnna.sium. swimminT pool, handball couriH, etc. Nearly all room.s have tub or rhowcr. Unt'er pergonal manaaomcnt cf the Rices, Senior and Junior. INCOME TAX RETURNS "^R^PARFD BY ACCOUNTANT? Spccialista in theatrical acccur.tirg AImo books opened and closed Audita and invzstigationa Address Box 101, Variety NcvJ York The little machine that is changing the worUTs writing habits You mutt own • Remington Portable in order to realize what • wonderful helper and time saver it i«, and how it take* the drudgery out d every writing task. The New Remington Portable has every quality the persona] user needs and every feature commoo to the big typewriters. Jt has the longest writing line of any portable, It takes the standard long envelope, the writing is completely visible, and for ease and lightness of action and beauty of work it has never b« ,n sur* passed by any typewriter. The lightest ana snudlest portable with standard keyboard. Call in and let us give you a demonstration which will convince you of its surpassing qualities. Price, complete with case, $60 Symington Typewriter C^mTiany 374 Crosdway, New York CRANCHE3 AND DCALCm ""/-RYV/HERE Remington Portable VARIETY Wednesday, February 24, 1928 r ITS READY NOW BOB MURPHY'S CLUB AVALON 1721 Broadway, between 54 and 55 Sts., New York BOB MURPHY HIMSEF IS PRESE NTiNG THE WOW SHOW OF BROADWAY BETH CHALUS THE PINT SIZE MISTRESS OF SONG RECENTLY WITH CHAS. OLCOTT IN VAUDEVILLE EDDIE LAMBERT and HIS BAND Featuring ED GALLAGHER, Jr. MAY and MORRIS THE DANCING HUMPHRIES Nothing Serious THANK YOU CHARLEY CALVERT JACK OF ALL ARTS AND HOW YUCONA CAMERON HIGH NOTES A LA CARTE FRANKIE MORRIS HEATED 30NG8 ENTIRE SHOW BOOKED BY TONY SHANE DOBRA THE RUSSIAN DEMON Oh, yes! We have good food! And a Chinese Chef — if you go in for that. We're Show Folks, So Our Folks Are Welcome. X : BUFFALO By SIDNEY BURTON •Crab Majestic— "High Tide." Bag," next. Teck— "Student Prince." "Rain- bow Rose," next. Buffalo — "Ills Secretary." Hip — "Vanishing: American." Loew's — "Partners Again." Lafayatt* — "Pance Madness." Gayaty — "Bringing Up Father" (Columbia). Acts Goin^ East or West Write or Wire Gus Sun Booking Exchange Co. COLONIAL THEATRE BLDG. DETROIT, MICH. Jack Ilnbb. Mrr. Can offer nine weela's Buffalo (I'ubllx) last month. ROCHESTER, N. Y. By H. D. SANDERSON Lyceum — "The %iv:\b Bag." Keith'Albee Temple — V'aude. ACKERMAN & HARRIS EXECUTIVE OFFICES: THIRD FLOOR, PHELAN BLDG. MARKET. GRANT and O'FARRELL STREETS SAN FRANCISCO ELLA HERBERT WESTON, Booking Managmr LOS ANdEI.ES— «SI CONSOLIDATKO DLUO. BERT LEVEY CIRCUIT M BRTAM 7«tt-n hotelIulton (In ihf Hasrt nl Nrv tarki 8 Jind Up Single \14 and t)p Double ■bowar Baina. Hot ann CoM Watcf and Telrphona tarrtrte tmn Id micIi r«ciii 264-268 WEST 46th STREET NEW YORK CITY Pbaae: LuckawaBna ntM-I Oppoait» N V A t. THE DUPLEX BouHCkeepins Furnisfted Apartmenta S30 Wea* 4Srd Htrrct. New Tork Lontacre 7132 Tbrec acd four rooms with bath, com- plett kitchen. Modern in every particu- lar Will accommodate four or morf •dulta (12.00 tr IVEGKLV KANSAS CITY By WILL R. HUGHES Shubei^— "Kid Boots." Orpheum — Vaudeville. Pantages — Vaudeville. Globe — Musical stock and pic- tures. Mainstreet — "Irene." film and \aiulpville. Liberty — "Ilavoc," picture. Royal — "The Vanishing Ameri- can." picture, second week, Newman — "Behind the Front," picture, and Bon Berftie's orchestra. Gayety — "Golden Crook," Colum- bia burlesque. Empress — "Moonlight Maida," Mu- tual burlesque . The automobile show drew thou- sands to the American Royal build- ing this week, and hurt the uptown amusement places. The Itoyal build- ing' is a couple of miles from the theatrical di«trict, and even the out- of-towners in for the show never re.'iched the uptown district. Ben Boinle's Hotel Pre.sldent or- chestra will be featured at the New- TAVERN A CHOP HOUSE OF EXCEPTIONAL MERH 156^ WEST 48TH STREET East of Broadway SINGLE RCMDM WITH BATH, $2.00, $2.50 AND $3.00 PER DAY Double rooms for 2 persons, $21.00 per week Twin Beds «t $28 LORRAINE and Chicago GRANT HOTELS LEONARD HICKS, Managing Director YANDIS COURT 241.247 W«st 43d Street . NEW YORK UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Newly renovated and decorated i, 2, 3 and 4 room furnished apartments, private shower baths: with and without kitchenette, also maid service $15.00 and up weekly THE ADELAIDE MKfe. i. LBVBY Prep. .SOW L'NUEU .N'EH UANAUEM1CK1 754.756 EIGHTH AVENUE tier 350 HOUSEKEEPING APARTMENTS '^ Rvlwern 46lh and 4r>t nf Broadway Oae. Two, Tlirrr Knar and Fl*e-Koona PurnlHlird ApartmcDtn, %» I p. Strict. 7 ITorrKHluoal ehonrn: Chirkrrins 8IM)-3iai Phonat LONUACRB 10341 OSOS GEO. r. 8CUNEIURH Prop THE BERTHA COMPLETE FOR HUl HEKEKPI.NU FURNISHED APARTMENTS CLEAN AMI AIRl 323-325 West 43rd Street NEW YORK CITY l*rlTale Uatb. 3-4 Houiua. Calrrinu to the cuuitort and roiiveoicaee •> tbr prurraalon HTEAM IIEAl A.ND ELE( TKU LUilll • ■ •15.00 I'F SPECIAL RATES TO PROFESSION! Single Rooms, $10 weekly Double Rooms, $12 weekly Full Hotel Service NORMANDIE HOTEL 38th St. and Broadway, New York man next week, appearing at two shows daily. ST. LOUIS By LOU RUEBEL Shubert- Rialto— "A r t i s t 8 and Models." American — "S t e p p 1 n g Stones" (Fred Stone). Empress — "The Song and Dance Man" (stock). Orpheum — Vaudeville. St. Louis —Vaude., "Rose of the World" (film). Delmonte— Vaude., "The Lost Chord' (film). Grand Opera House — Vaude., "Flaming Waters" (lllm). Gayety — "Fashion Par.ide" (Co- lumbia). Liberty — Burlesque stock. Pictures Missouri- — "Dancing Mothers." DANCING MrSIC IIT CRUSADERS A>'D UANV BRO.ADnAT STARS I 1 FAMOUS I 1 HOFBRAU B'V/?W ^a-^«53*Sts 1.UNICHEX5M SUPPEf AlJeo Bfv/y V A»n> 30* BT. HOTEL LAFAYETTE PHILADELPHIA, PA. Broad and Arch Streeta Crntral Theatre DIatitct Will serve and entertain you at a profea- alonal rate. All rouma running water, telephones, private baths and showers, newiy furnished. CARBONDALE, PA. HOTEL ANTHRACITE SINOI.K ROOMS $1..'M) DOl'HLE ROOMS S^.SO Wire ncservatlona at Our Expense Loew's state — "Soul Mates." Kings and Rivoli— "The First Ye.ir." Grand Central, West End Lyric and Capitol — "Irene." "Stepping Stones" Is In for two weeks at the American. "Whit Prlre Olory"- follows "Artists Jind Models" next Sunday at the Shii- bert. Dave Silverman, conductor at the Grand Central, leaves next week on a vacation trip to sunny California. A National Charleston Champion- ship meet Is being h«ld this wcol; at the Missouri, with the champs of eight cities contesting for the so- called national champion.thip. LETTERS IThen Hrnil'nK for M-ill to V.AKIKTY nddrr«« MnH rierk. rOSTfAKI>»l. \»>VF.KTI<<|NO or CIRC'MAR I FTTFK* WIM NOT HE AOVEHTISFI* LETTERS APVEKTISFO IN ONE ISKIE ONI.V •T^VIN OAKS Newfxit and Mowt Allurin* Mulit Cloh — RIsht In th^ Ilrnrt of New York 163 West 46th Street. Phone Bryant 6510 Jost a Step Eoat of Bro«du-a.v, Notw York Members of the profes.sion will especially enjoy this quaint and Refreshing Reslniirant NOONDAY LUNCHEON, 65c. to $1.25 DINNER. 5:30 to 8:30, $2.00 MITil A KEVt F, (NO fOVKR tHAR(iK> Supper Suggestion, $1.00 to $3.00 OPEN TILL 4 A. M. MuhIc. EnterliilnnienI and I>«nrlnir nt .All Time* ■__ "ALWAYS SOMETHING DIFFERENT" . WM. J. GALLAGHER'S j - M O N T E C A R L O Broadway and Slkt St., N. Y. Ti«n»lf« KINNEY and rOPEn — Ointfrt Eilraordlnary BUDDY KENNEDY— Juv««>l' Osrtt Rskkisi iohspy Dstt B^sice Futrew Ssubre^it snd Pfl-"* Dosss TEN IITTL, SWEETHEARTS A NIflit af Fu* asd Fnvolity OsKchif All E>tnid« Rxt Gsrmss'l Orch Dirrtt twin fsri C«rroll'» VSSitIss Mii« Bftfy Rssd Hstlsu Make Towr RfNtmatlona fnr Nrw V ear's F^^ Vow Allison. VlrRlnla Anger, Addon Bcnway, IIapp7 UernarJ, Vera Jirachard, P. Hrooks & Ross Brown, Art E. Buckli'y, Walter Carilon. F. , Ca8<'y. tiforge C'ynp. lnc» CurUy, Jos. M. Cuthl.rrt, J. A. r>clmore. A DcMiirtr, Lucille Krbel.llnif. Blsti<-ho Esterbrook, Fred'k Fay, Anna Eva I,fcbrricil. Itiiih Lopez, K(jt)crt McAulifT. Jack Mci. Jiinnos O. Roletta Uoya Stephen. Murray Oarflc Id & Smith Thomas, Jack Gibson A Bfsby flore, Sam Uraham, lieulak Ilayaa, T Frank Kasnlno, Joe LawTf.n'-* . It.'iy Thornton, n.stella Travers, Amy Vnnftty, Eva Waisn' r, Pfrry Walton. W. W. Wllli.'iiiix. Hay L. Wrii> « .M.-itlklnn Wl^K.'.t .1 lUrn...! VARIETY BUREAU WASHINGTON, D. C •18 The ^rgenne Telephone Columbia 44M IRVINGTON HALL 166 West SIM Street M«0 Circle HENRI COURT 112 West 4Sth Street 3830 Longmcre HILDONA COURT I 341-347 West 4otb Streiu t5<\) Uongaore. l-2-S-4-room apartmenta. E^ach apartment wliti private bath, phone kitcheii, Kitchenette S18 00 UP WEEKLY— 470.00 UP MONTHLY The largot maintainei of nouseiceepiiig furnished apartmenta directly undei the eupervision of the owner Located In the center of the tlifntrical disirirt All tirtproof t>ulldinga Address all ci'iiimunii atioiis it CHARLES TENENBAUM Priiiiipil ollue Hildona Court, 341 West 45th St., New York Apiirtoirnf* can be tern eirntnga Offict tn eacti butlditio Mrs. JANE BLACK IS RACK AT THE HENRI COURT 312 West 48th Street, New York \v ul itf pleased to welcome her aaany profe^sMional fri«n«iji SPECIAL RATES TO THE Pr{OFE>->-10N Court eM — Cleaulln ess— Comfort Tbe Mont Modern One and Two Room Apartments with Private Batb and All Night Service Grencort Hotel 7tb Ave. and Mth St.. NEW YORK American and Annex Hotels 7»h and CX •*** ■"•* Market '^ * • Market LOUIS Room and Hath for One and a Ualf Clrculatlne Ice Water In Every Roonn Rates $1.50 and Up :00 BOOMS too DATHS The Home of the Profession MARIGN ROE HOm Broadway and Pine 8T. LOL'IN. tlO. Laclede Cars at .Station Pass the Door Hotel Thomas Jefferson PHILADELPHIA, PA. 1816 Arch Street NEWLY FITRNISHED Professional Rates for Professional People All Modern ImprovementH Poll's— "The etudP'nt Prince" (In for run, now on second week). Wardman Park— "The IJsht That Failed' (Till mas Herbert Stock). Keith's— Keith vaudeville (Job<> CoilinH-SoIly Ward). Earle — Keith pop vaudeville, pic- tures (Sally, Irene and Mary," "jjrave Heart," etc.). Strand — I^oew v;iudovllle and pic- tures (Royal Pckln Troupe, "Don't." picture). Gayety— Molllc WiUlamB (Coluni- bl.T). Mutual — Droadway Belles (Mu- tual). Pictures Columbia~"Torrent" (In tor two week.s). , Metropolitan — Richard B.arthel- nicsH in "Just SuppoHc"; next, Col- leen Moore In "Irene." Palace— "The Auction Rlock" (may be In for two weeks). Rialto- -l{«'!;in.ild Denny In "What Ilniipenod to Joni's" and pr«'senta- tioti; next, Mnry I'hllliin In "Stella Marl.H." J. E. F. KiriHclln, haSHO, wuk the fo-aturcd arti.st for I.'ihI Sunday nifht's Concert in the M.iylMwer (linlntf room. Speneer Tupnian'K concert orchestra continues a hlK feature. M<'yer Divis will nliortly join MrH. D.tvis nt I'mIiii I'.e.ieh, where, they I will reiii.tlji for the r<.«.st of the ma- I 111 v.iih l»j\i.s peiHonaily dircct- t r" I ■ rrrrhT^tm thrrrtrrhT'tt th e sojniirn. By HARDIE MEAKIN BclaicO' Cii.iim': Ii' xt, ICwm L* r;:ilUenr.e in "The Mn- ter liiiilder' and ".Inliri 'I'lbriel l'.orkiii:in." National All ^t.ar .•..st in "Th. Rival.s , rejil. "The Poor Nut" fV.l- liott NiJ«riil); Marr h K, ('yi il .M "ide in "Tli'he Ch.irni.iiK I'e'jjile." HOTEL SIDNEY (RKN r>W()ltK.TT, W»fr ) 59 W. 65th Street (.N. K. for If way) NEW YORK In the ceiiiir of trannportatlun- nuwly dei'iirated — all inud 00 Room with kitchenette cabinet t.iO Gas. electricity, linen included. • te.-ini heat swltcbb ard Phone Itiversldn &.'>67 RUANUAPARTNt^dlTS 800 Eighth Ave. (49th Si) rHICKEBINO S5S0 2-3 Rooms, Bath and Kitch^notto Accommodate 3-5 Persons Complete Hotel Service Professional Rates HOTEL ELK nSrd Rt. (JuNt Ea«t of B'way) NEW YORK t'lTV All Modern Improvi-menta Convenient to All Trannpo.'tBtloa $11 PER WEEK WITH BATH |14 Bion charge. The orchestra is scheduled to be a permanent Sun- day feature at this Universal houen. The Wardman Park Hotel orches- tra, With Moo liaer dlreotlne, la at Keith's thin week. Nell Paxton, at the or^an, and Milton Davis, at the piano, are be- The Mayflower Washington. D. C HOTEL Fon Distinguished Professionals I'red .Sl:iilii', vio.itli^ I -Ulrei;tor, i".:l^' joined the coiieeit orchiMia hL the .Metro|»o!it;f n,' where* 1 >;iTiiel P.r<»H' kin rondii'tH. St.'irke rorne.M he.e fcolii ItieiinioliiJ. Sundny, Miireh 11. Afi«ieha Outer- •;ori will direct a ;ii ji.eee k> i/if.hoii.\ or<'heptt.'i as rin fid'lefl attraei.on .'it th''- HI.;llo Tht cun'ort will run for an hour with no hooNt in Uie admis- Conneedcat Ave., near the Ibealrre Ins featured in a aeries of duet niimberH thi.s week at the Metro- liuiil.iii. Kate Sinillp, ix. "blues" .«ioKfr vilic hap appi.iifd in both vaudeville anfl' litcliire hoiiH(-.M here , is iilnyini-' tliO .Sl.iiiby-f'i.indall hoUMC in Kii-ers- »oi\II, Md., thiH we. k Mahlnir the WnrM A CUr.AS Pirtce to U»e In T WAffHirrOTON, 9. C. ^' 64 VARIETY Wednesday , February 24, 1929 . i . \ - ■ • ^vnwt Can I Say II I 'V. And make no mistake. sweep the country/ A ballad lyric that's MARVELOUS/ A dance rhythm that's laaiMkiiiinii Yb*^ I ARTIST'S COPY! What Can I Say After I Say lin Sorry? FOX- TROT SONO Moderate By WALTER DONALDSON and ABE LYMAN ^^^^^^m^ nrrTu t -M=lM4l. I -dont know why, - }. dirJc you cryi - You made me f^lmt^ - I mad e tou sad, — I'm sor - ry sweet-heart und yut, ___— 1 made you lone - acme and blue, »f» t ^rrf Tho* you should- nt be - And who ev - er kn«w. Le - nient with in«, I hope you'll fdr - give and for - f(et. Wh?^^*"*' thihk, That I^would be cry - Ing to you. ^ rrr tn-T f What can I say, dear^ &f-ter I say Im $or « ry> ^S r—rr-r^ What can I do to prove it to you, Im sor-ry. ^^^^^ I did-nt mean to ev - er be mean to youT'!!! ' l-"^ __ ir I did-n't care I would-n't feel like I T r r UiM2iL,i^ } — h-f-f P=p*p: I was all wrong buti right or wrong,! don't blame you,-_ A- r r r ^'~ S ^m tu-rt T — r-rr 4: J|, hi ii£ h^r=r\ Whyshoitld 1 t;tkc some -bod- y like ynu and shame you? 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