Variety 1924-09-24: Vol 76 Iss 6

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24 (AMUSEMENTS . WESTERN NUMBER PRICE 20c Published Weekly at 154 West 46th St., New York, N. ¥., by Variety, Inc. Annual subscription §7. Single coples 20 centa Entered as second class matter December 22, 1906, at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the Act of March 8, 1879. VOL. LXXVI. No. 6 NEW YORK CITY, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1924 100 PAGES —-. ester Yau i State Lake Building —_ Chicago, Jil “aro onieeeenl . erences sores - Os

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Allow me to extend to you my heartiest greetings and congratulations on the first Chicago-to-the-Coast tour. My first vaudeville engagement was made through the Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association office, and I have akways received that kind, ever ready encouragement which is so typical of the fine men whose work has brought the association to its pinnacle of success. It was the help and encouragement of those splendid leaders which has made the Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association so dear to the hearts of its artists. I owe the association much. It was the fine assistance given me at the start which encouraged me to go to New York, and which has always made # a pleasure to be identified with such an organization. May I also extend at this time my heartfelt congratulations to the National Vaudeville Artists on the opening of their magnificent new clubrooms in Chicago. This achievement is a glorious chapter in the history of the N. V. A., just as the success of the Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association is a glorious chapter in the history of vaudeville. Most sincerely yours, NAN HALPERIN

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VOL. LXXVI. No. 6 NEW YORK CITY, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1924 '108 PAGES

al DETROIT “SUCKERS” SQUAWK WHEN $350,000 ROLL FADES AWAY

Detroit, Sept. 23. ‘About 400 stockholders of the De- troit Motion Picture Co. gathered at the Grosse Pointe studio of the or- | ganization and demanded to know from the officers and directors what had become of the more than $360,- 000 they had invested in stock. ‘The meeting wrote what is ex- pected to be one of the final chap- ters in the hectic career of this stock selling scheme, promoted prin- cipally by Frank L. Talbot, who engineered the same sort of an or- ganization in Buffalo several years ago. The net results of the meeting were the resignation of Talbot from (Continued on page 77) “VANITIES” CAST - ANGERED BY CARROLL

Carroll Razzes People of Show at Music Box A general shake-up in the per- sennel of Ear! Carroll's “Vanities” will take place this week and next Carroll, anything but pleased with the reception accorded his annual by the reviewers, has been holding daily reHearsals, also midnight rehearsa!s at the M Box with too (Continued on page 77) usic grea HOMELIEST WOMAN Side Show Attraction—7 Feet Tall, Weighs 130 The Zeidman & Pollie shows played Asheville, N. C., under the auspices of the Modern Woodmen of America last week. They were situated right opposite MciIntyre’s Soctety circus, playing day and date, with them. The presence of the society cir- cus did not interfere with the busi- ness. of the Ziedman & Pollie shows. The world’s homeliest woman, known as Lillie Long, seven feet taH and weighing but 130 pounds, has joined the Kelly side show. Her chief “charm” is her. total lack of >eauty in any form ‘whatever. She has already become the center of attraction in the side show. Pa Studio Swamped by 400 Stockholders Who Call Officers and Directors of Detroit M. P. Co. to! Account—Was a Frank Talbot Promotion

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“Quaint” Jack Lewis “Names” mean rothing in the life of Jack Lewis, the big time agent. Lewik had been offering Mrs. Leslie Carter to the bookers when one requested definite information about when Miss Carter could open. Lewis put in a ‘phone call for Miss Carter from the booker's desk and recited the follewing: “Hello, Lestie. This is Jack Lewis talking.” “Listen Les, get your gang together and rehearse ‘em 80 when the bell rings they’li be ready to step on it. Get me kid?” . It is reported that Miss Car- ter thinks Lewis is quaint. £95 ONLY A WEEK MADE WIFE WEEP _— Wouldn’t Pay Hotel Bill —“Find Another Hotel,” Answered Court

Los Angeles, Sept. 23. Mrs. Gladys E. Frank was at the weeping point when Judge Guerin awarded her $25 weekly alimony, pending the trial of her actien for (Continued on page 77)

BEHIND 2 NEW SHOWS ! the funds for “The Great Music.’ and Julius Fleischman, the .yeast king, is naiaed as the money man behind “Judy O'Grady.” “The Great Music” is a Martin Brown drama and requires a large orchestra and when the show suc- ceeds “Keep Kool” at the Mari Car- rol! there will be 28 men in the pit. (Continued on page $1) JAP “BLUES” SINGER Kono Kanazawa, the Japanese “blues” singer, will be featured in a new vaudeville called the Kanazawa Four. act

| WEALTHY “ANGELS” ARE; Two new productions due fo Broadway aPe backed by wealthy | outsiders, George backer, Jr., son of the iate weaithy builder, supplying

QUITY ACTORS “UNFAIR”

COAST LABOR ORGAN AFTER EQUITY Equity Actors Operating Casino Theatre, San Fran- cisco, with Non-Union Stage Hands and Musi- cians-—-““Organized Labor” Savagely Attacked, Edito- rially—Calls Attention to Prediction What Equity Would Do— Equity’s Home Office Complained to in Vain “TESTING TIME” San Francisco, Sept. 23. “Organized Labor,” the weekly official organ of the building trades for California, publishes the follow- ing editorial, savagely attacking the Actors’ Equity Association. The Casino Theatre, at Mason and Ellis streets, and its com- pany of Equity Actors, have been placed on the “Unfair List” by the San Francisce Labor Council, and the same action -svill be asked from the Building) Trades Council. When, a couple of years ago, the Actors’ Equity had its troubles with the Eastefn man- agers, the Theatrical Federation of San Francisco, composed of the unions of Musicians, Stage Employes, Moving Picture Oper- ators. Bill Posters, Outside Ad- vertises, and Janitors, held spe- (Continued on page 94) HOPWOOD THROUGH WITH “BEDROOM” PLAYS Avery Hopwood is through with farce The author of the greatest farce successes of the bedroom ilk is authority for the statement per- sonally Hopwood has made up his (Continued on page 96) REALTY JUMPS UP A plot 100 x 100 on West 49th street, between 6th and 7th avenues, has been purchased from _ several holders by Max Nathanson for $325 - 000. It is not known if the plot is for theatre purposes. At the price the buyer paid $3.250 a square foot. A year ago the frontage was held at $2,000 a foot. On this same block is the Punch and Judy theatre, with two others building. One of the new houses is for the Dramatists’ Guild and the other is being projected by George Backus, Jr. io SHOW PEOPLE IN POLITICS THROUGH REPUBLICAN DRIVE

National Committee’s S pecial Department—Stage and Screen Stars Sounded Out—Wilton Lackaye Heading Davis Theatrical League

Denver “Post”? Earns $2,000,000 Yearly Denver, Sept. 23. Through the recent death of Harry H. Tamimen, of Bonfils & Tammen, owners of the Den- ver “Post,” it is claimed that “The Post” fer the past few years has been making a net profit of $2,000,000 annually. It costs about $6,000 a day to operate the daily. Mrs. Tammen was left 49 per cent. of the etock of the “Post.” Her husband was an equal owner, but his death gave one share to his partner, Fred Bon- fils, in order that the latter should be in complete control. Tammen left an estate of $6,000,000. Bonfils is estimated to be worth $30,000,000. VODE’S PART IN THIS CAMPAIGN

Washington Politicians Explain Its Im- portance

Washington, Sept. 23. Vaudeville is playing a big part in the present campaign, state the politicians here, especially those around the respective headquarters of the three men whe would “gather in” the biggest job the nation has to (Continued on page 96) WALES’ DANCE PARTNER ONCE IN BURLESQUE Ieonora Cahill, the girl the Prince of Wales picked out of the entire passenger lst of the “Berenzgaria” to dance with, was a member of Kahn’s ourlesque stock company, (Continued on page 75) $9,000 Tog Stczen Los Angeles, Sept. 23. the Great Dane dog be- longing to the Warner Brothers’ studio and valued at $9,000, enticed into an automobile strangere and driven away. The animal has been usec number of Warner pictures.

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A. . « The Republican National Commit- tee is making a drive to line up as many screen and stage stars as pos- sible to assist in the Coolidge cam- paign. It has started a special de- partment in connection with the publicity department to get indorse- ments of the President and to ascer- tain just how many will be willing to come forward and assist the cam- paign with actual campaigning. Al Jolson is said to have been lined up to make a flying trip around the country in behalf of Coolidge. He is to head a special organization of theatrical folk who faver the Re- publicaas, it is claimed. During the past few days inquiries have been made as to the political affiliations or leanning on the part (Continued on page 91) $500,000 LIFE INS. FOR JAZZ BAND MUSICIANS Lopez and Business Part- ner Protect Corporation

Vincent Lopez and Bitty Hamil- ton, hig business associate, have in- sured emselves for $500,000 for ‘| the benefit of Vincent Lopez, Inc., (Continued on page 90) A STANLEY’S ADDED ACTS Philadelphia, Sept. 23. There are two unusual added fea- tutes on this week’s program at the Stanley (pictures). One is the ap- pearance of Hans Kindler, famous cellist, and the other, the banjo playing of levis Huhn, local society man, member of the Triangle Club at Princeton; Rhodes Scholar, track Star at Oxford, and now announced as abcut to join Ziegfeld’s “Follies.” His full name is William H. T. Huhn. Kindler has played at the Stanley once before. The two are being given a great play in the ads, and _ received splendid notices.

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Due to Cheeni Admission Seale and Géneral Trade + Depression—Legit and Vaude. Theatres Suffering Through Unsettled Political Situation

! Cape Town, Aug. 22. Thurston Hall and Co., under di- rection of African Theatres, Ltd., finished a three weeks’ season atthe Opera House Aug. 16, staging “The Broken Wing,” “So This Is London” and..“Paid in. Full.”. .The produc- tions were excellently staged, with, clever performances from Thurston Hall, Gladys Webster, Arthur Baw- | tree and othets. Business was fair, pn ‘the show deserved better sup- ur. Hall and: Miss. Webster are taking a holiday trip, but may pro- duce “Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife” be- fore. leaving. for their Aer Tahas, tour in September. ‘

George Relph and Co, are due early in September at the Opera House to stage “The Green God- dess.’ ;

Business at the Tivoli clearly shows that-the. public have-a grip]; on their spare cash due“to trade depression and the unsettled. politi- cal. situation, k, commencing. Aug. 6: Syd Burl, comedian, poor, with” medioére © ‘material; Tom O’Brien and Leo Harris, sketch; Alice Pollard, formerly with J. C. Williamson's: Austratiah lee cian noshiatanens Mun ce voice; er; on Black, Scotelr comedian, scored; Renda Rudd won; ve Lee, come- dian, ‘good ‘style;' Rupert Ingalese, juggling, interesting. Week of Aug. 13: Gregorio Halevy, Russo-Italian vocalist; Tom Fuiglass;.Otago Bill and assistant, clever, with assistant. putting. over sensational cycle act on top of high frame-work; Alice’ Pollard, come- diene; O’Brien’ and Harris, com- edy act; Elton Black*’' Reuda Rudd. » Week of Aug. 20: Rich and Gal- vin, camedy act} Videau and Kirby, comedy act;..Kitty. and Eddie O’Shea,. dancers; Dolce Cariello, vo- calist; ‘Vernon Watson, mimic, opens Aug. 27:

Leridon; Sent 13. waged with words. The Stage Guild has been roundly denounced by Robert Courtneidge, who resigns his miémbership*’ beéause he considers adalusly “urfair” to actors: But the Actors’ Association, the rival force; cannot afford to*be jubi- Tant:” Its’ attempts to. boycott. Sir John Martiff- Harvey: and Eva ‘Moore because their companies contain ac- tors who are not members of the association have failed.’ Instead of keeping audiences’ away, ‘the ap- peal to trade unions not to visit the theatres where these companies are éngage@ has caused widespread in- dignation.

It is said Nelson. Keys is return- ing here from New York to‘appear in a “Greenwich Follies” revue.

A new play by Louis N. Parker, “The Lost Duchess,” Will be. pro- duced early in October by W..Jack- son ‘Houliston. The piece fis a com- edy. i

Plays that were banned, 26 or 30 years ago are now. being passed by the Lord Chamberlain. First, “Ghosts” and “Monna Van- na” were released in 1914. Then Shaw’s “Showing up of Blanco Pos- net” was seen to be unobjectionable. Now “Mrs. Warren's Profession,” refused a license on several occa- sions; is to be publicly performed at the..Everyman theatre towards, the end ef October,

As “The G yreen Goddess” has end- ed, George Arliss has gone to the

continent for a holiday. D. Hay Petrie, the comedian whose performances. as Shake- spearean clowns at the “Old Vic” made critics wild with enthusiasm, is to make his debut in revue. He will appear under Albert de Cour- ville and Charles Gulliver at thé Vaudeville in “The Looking Glass.” Connie Ediss and Mark Lester will also be in the cast. Incidentally, de Courville’s long- cherished scheme for a _ looking- glass curtain is to materialize. At least, he thinks it will.

The. next venture at. the Lyric, Hammersmith, will be Sheridan’s comic opera, “The Duenna:”. This was first-produced at Covent Garden in 1775. It has not been played in London for over a century.

B. A. Meyer is presenting “The Lonely House,” by Mrs. Belloc Lowndes and Charles Randolph, based upon the novel of the same name by Mrs. Lowndes. In the cast are Barbara Gott, Olwen Reose, Marie Ault,. Martin, Lewis, Herman de Lange, Spencer Trevor and Ernest Milton.

The actors’ war continues to be} their’ @raft- agreement to be’ “scan- |

VAN HOVEN AGAIN -- : Cleveland, Sept.” 23, Daylight is dawning as it dawried upor us in Charlie Olcott's room at the Hotel Winton, that we must, get this “adj in + Variety today;. . Boyce Coonibe's friend said his happy. days are over and just long-distanced he would write-.the ad, but Little Freddie Weepér said, “P)) write the ad,” so weitried to get Jack Elliott in Youngstown, but Freddie, who will be weeping four weeks from now, is monopolizing Olcott’s phone and charging it to Van Hoven’ s room. Just borrowed Olcott's golf breeches and. sox, left an . eight own room‘ within two minutes: later. “Hello, operator—don' t disturb me before two p. m., even for Jean Middieton or Dave Chasen.” rete VAN HOVEN.

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London, Sept. 13. Crysta] Falace has already begun its plang for Christmas entertain- ment and,a contract has just been signed between the management of that concern and a: company called Rodeo, Litd., to present rodeo con- tests there for six “weeks, com- mencing Boxing Day, Dec. 26. It is stated some agréemient will be entered into with the officials of the R, 5S. P. Cc. A: te insure the show will Be' Gonducted without cruelty to the animals involved. EVA MAY, 23, A SUICIDE -_—_——_—

German Actress Shoots Herself ‘Because of Love Affair

Vienna, Sept. 15. Eva May, German screen actress and daughter of Maria May, well- known film star in Austria, mitted suicide here by shooting her- self at the Hotel Baden. The reason for the’ tragedy is said to have beén because the . wealthy family of Miss May’s betrothed, com- Fritz Mandel, opposed their mar- riage. { ; The family afterwards . stated there. hadi been. a misunderstanding relative to their refusal of consent to the union but the local press ex- plains the cause as the prejudice of the upper set against actresses. Miss May, 23;'made an unsuccess- ful attempt “upon her life ‘some weeks ago when ghe cut her arteries.

DANCER RE-ENTERS PARIS Paris, Sept. 15. Vera Mackinton, dancer, after an absence of two yeare from the Paris stage, is now appearing in the Ca- sino de Paris revue. Miss Mackinton is British, but is reported to have had a cold recep- tion at her former appearance here due to her nudity. FRENCH LIKE “THIEF” Paris, Sept. 15. “The Thief of Bagdad’ has been released to the French public at the Marivaux and is being well received. “Scaramouche,” showing three times daily at the Madeleine (cinema), is drawing consistently

and a run is expected. o'clock call and “Van Hoven in “his :

CHILD LABOR AMENDMENT WOULD AFFECT STAGE KIDS

New Bill at Washington, Listed +

English Critic Visiting A. D, Peters, English news- paper critic, will shortly be an American visitor, coming. to New York for the purpose of viewing the current produc- tions. A.A-GUILD TILT WAXING WARM Eva Moore’ Proceeds Against A. A.—Jack Buchanan. Resigns

. London, Sept. 15. The Actors’ Association-Stage Guild fight is developing rapidly and there seems signs of something very like a theatrical strike, “with - the A. A. and its communist allies on one side and the Guild ‘on the other. The A. A. is apparently gaining ground and members ‘of the Guild are seceding. During the next week or two the older organization has arranged an extensive publicity campaign and is recruiting journal- ists for the purpose of getting its story over to'the public. Eva Moore,“ who was threatened with a boycott when she produted “Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary,”: in the country, has declared ‘war of her own and ” s‘ issued ‘writs against prominent A. A. officials, in- cluding Alfred Lugg, the A. A: sec: retary; Gilbert’ Hall, the assistant secrétary;’ A.C: Crosby,° Victor Knight and J. Fisher*White for libel and conspiracy. ‘Jack Buchanan has résigried his membership ofthe A. A. becausé he does ‘not approve of the body’ 8 pres- ent methods.’ COINCIDENCE OF PLAYS London, Sept. 11. Coincidences between the ideas of playwrights are’ not uncommon. Nevertheless, the case of. Matheson Lang’s new play by Frank Stayton is hard:to beat. The title is “The Hour and the Man.” The hero is a self-made man who goes into politics and: bécomes the leader of the labor party. The heroine is a titled woman who loves him but seeks to work the undoing of his party. In the spring of 1921 Marie. Lohr: produced a play called “The ‘Hour and the Man,” with a similar hero and heroine. This gave rise to the belief Frank Stayton’s play was a thoroughly revised version of the other. But the author, declares he had not even heard of Miss Lohr’s production. This Is not at all remarkable con- sidering ‘that Stayton lives in the country, and the earlier play ran Only a week or two, PLAYING ON RIVIERA Nice, Sept. 15. The increasingly large .colony. of English speaking peoples wintering on the Riviera is: responsible for the

from London. This troupe, should plans now under way materialize, will present a repertoire of English and American plays, “headed by well-known names, “COBRA” IN AUSTRALIA Sydney, Aug. 28. iim J. Ward has engaged Fran- ces Anderson to play “Cobra” in this country. The presentation will be made in 1925.

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if Ratified, Will Provide * ‘National Regulation of Minors—No Exceptions

Washington, Sept. 23. A concerted effort is being made to put across the ratification by. the several states of the child labor amendment - to the ™ Constitution. The. 18 national organizations com? posing the women’s committee. for the children’s amendment are ‘is- suing a “ratification campaign’ text hook” which it is proposed shall be used. to. assist. in. securing. favorable j action: by thie various state tégiila- tures. Cansiderable opposition is being j voiced “throughout . the country against’ the proposed amendment. Amusements have not as yet set forth their position, at least not here in Washington. As. to whether or not the proposed amendment will work a hardship on’ stage chil-~ dren has, not as ‘yet been brought out. ; Describing child labor as “the work of children under conditions that interfere with the physical de~ velopment, education. and opportu- nities for recreation ‘which chil< dren require. It is workinz of children at unfit ages, for unreason- able hours, or under unhealthful conditions.” - There is much in that definition as outlnied in this “text” book that could, be used to stop children.,from. appearing _ profes- sionally, it is stated here. This “text” book has. béen pro- nounced one of the best analysis_ of the, proposed amendment, yet, de- vised. It states that the amendment isan -enabling act,«not a_ statute. To. become effective it must be fol- lowed. by a federal, statute which Congre$s_ at present. jis without power to. enact, This wad proven by two adverse . decisions by, the United States Supreme Court: It grants power to Congress ih the future to make laws against the exploitation of childhood’ at premature or injurious labor. It enables Congress, in other words, to fix a Federal minimum standard for the employment of children, a minimum determined by the majority sentiment of the states as voted by their respective representatives in. Congress. a It makes it possible for Congress to handle the qusetion of the inter- state exploitation of child * labor which state laws cannot reach. The amendment itself, however, does not prohibit anything, and is not in itself a regulatory measure. It exempts no occupation.» This would, should “teeth” be put in the statute if the amendment is ratified and Congress acts, make stdve children come under its rulings’ SAILINGS Sept. 27 (London to New York) R. H. Gillespie, H. M.. Tennant, Harry Foster, Aquitania). Sept. 24 ¢London to New York); Ben Ali Haggin (Olympic). Sept..24 (New York to London) Arch Selwyn (Berengaria). Sept. 20 <London to. .New York) Juliet (Mauretania). Sept. 20: (New York to London) Mrs; Harry Klein: (Rotterdam)i Sept. 20 Felix Edwardes (Matiré- tania). Sept. 17 (London to New York) Basil Dean (Majestic). When in London Stay at ,| THE PICCADILLY =" Best food—Best sérvice—Best roonie-+ Best everything. ' Better cable for a room, ++ | “PIQUDILLO, LONDON’! —————

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ovide tions t. 23. ge made by. the 1 labor itution. Ss com tee. for are ‘ist. 23. “Jolie,” renamed -“Trottblez,” a farce operetta in three acts by Yves Mirandes with the score by Raoul Moretti, open»xd at the Bouffes Parisians to 4 satisfactory reception, The story tells o° a newly rich tradesman whose facome declara- tions are fraudulent, with the police inspector pretending to ignore the circumstances ypon the condition his son marry the tradesman’s daughter. The cas’ includes Dranem, Ba- roux, Ad¢c..en Lamy, Jean Foc, Harry Wills, (not the negro pugil- ist) and the Mesdames Onil, Chris- tine d’Or, Renee Duler, Alice Bey- iat and Davia. The presentation is under the di- rection of Gustave Quinson. NORA BAYES’ FINAL WEEK London, Sept. 23. This is the final week of Nora Bayes at the Oxford and-in London for her present Visit. Miss Bayes will sail for New York immediately after concluding the music hall engagement. ‘“SHOW-OFF” AT QUEENS London, Sept. 23. “The Show-Oft" (American) will be produced at the Queens next month by Albert de Courville.

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CB. COCHRAN BROKE AT 50

a. five-pound note between us.” completed. Jefferson in “Rip Var. theatres, circuses and exhibitions. and at one time he contro discovered Grock, when th His interests are wide. not yet been disclosed. his good name. Cochran had made $50,000 in a troubles. _ misfortune.

Because the rodeo at the British Empire Exposition failed to mend his broken fortunes, C. B. Cochran is now about to appear in the bankruptcy court. He himself states: Mr. Cochran is starting life again at 50. to sell the manuscript of his reminiscences, which. he has just It describes his life from the time he was at school with Aubrey Beardsley, the famous: artist. His first appearance on the stage was in “Around the World in 80 Days” at Niblo’s Garden, New York, in 1892. He toured with Joseph Winkle” before taking to press work for Mansfield’s secretary. Then he became agent for Hackenschmidt, the wrestler; Houdini, the handcuff king, and others. ran “The Miracle” at Olympia, a venture changed from an utter failure into a great success by means of a press boom. London’s Most Popular Manager ; 7 Cochran’s discovery of Delysia added considerably e6 his fortunes half a dozen London theatres, famous clown was in Berlin. There is no branch of the show business “Prince Charlie” does not understand. | He is devoted to the circus; has a wide understanding of the French theatre-—he brought the Guitrys to London; is an expert on modern painters; makes a hobby of boxing and is widely traveled. Experts cn many subjects come to him when they want information—and he never fails them. He may have enemies, but he is the most popular manager in London for all that. Interv’ewed by newspapermen, Cochran said he had hung on as long as he could and had sacrificed everything. his liabilities as somewhere about $375,000, but the exact amount has Having announced the entire trouble being brought about by one creditor, he added others were prepared to wait—“they knew a live Cochran was worth something”—his health, his imagination and He had to make money to buy food for himself first of all and then pay his creditors and he would pay them. blames an illness three years ago as the starting point of his It cost him $500,000 and in the last two years he has lost $1,000,000. Cochran never deals in less than six figures. . Rodeo Misfortune The recent rodeo at Wembiey is another factor in the story of If he had taken in only a matter of another $300,000 it would have righted things. As is was, having taken $600,000 in a fortnight, he considered he had right to be proud. Despite his troubles, C. B. Cochran is certain of a speedy comeback. London, Sept. 15. “My wife and I haven't His first scheme is For three years he was Richard In 1911 he He also He estimates year and could do it again. He

DIVIDENDS FOR LONDON HOUSES LONDON, Sept. 165. The Alhambra, whose $5 shares now stand at about 15 shillings and twopence, has paid no dividends since 5 per cent. was distributed for 1920. In 1922 the house made a profit of $60,000, which reduced its debit balance to $42,009. For several years past the Coli- seum has paid 25 per cent., and at the end of 1923 a balance of $30,000 was carried forward. ‘ Coliseum $6 shares stand today at 52 shillings and sixpence. The London Pavilion, whatever type of show, has been paying 7 per cent. for the last few years. Present $25 shares are quoted at $15 and thus yield no less than 11% per cent. Its $5 shares are quoted at seven and sixpence and will probably yield 13% per cent. Moss Empires, with large pro- vincial interests, having paid no dividend for some years, paid a dividend of 2% per cent. in 1923. Its $25 shares are now quoted at $20 and promises an increase this year. The Oxford (New Oxford) has paid 10 per cent. for the past seven

years. Its $25 shares are quoted at 4%. Variety Theatres Consolidated has paid no dividend for the past two years, although the company paid 2% per cent. in 1921. Its shares run at two and sixpence and with the coming promise of a vaudeville boom should attract speculators. The Victoria Palace is the best of all and after presentng its share- holders with a good bonus has paid 20 per cent. for the past three years. Russian Midgets at Alhambra, Paris Paris, Sept. 23. Andre Ratoucheff's Russian Mid- gets opened at the Alhambra 19. DEATHS ABROAD Paris, Sept. 12. Mme. Noel Bazan, French au- thoress and playwright. Lucien Godard, clown at Cirque Medrano, Paris, Henri Bachimont, 60, French play- wright known as Henri Bresies. “MORALS” A FAILURE London, Sept. 23. “Morals” at the Little theatre will be only remembered for a run of two weeks. It opened Sept. 15 and closes on Sept. 27. DIAGHILEFF’S RETURN London, Sept. 23. At the Coliseum in November will occur a return engagement of the Diaghileff Ballet.

Duprez Reviving “Mr. Manhattan” London, Sept. 23. Having concluded a 12 months’ tour with the “1922 Manhattan Follies,” Fred Duprez will revive “Mr. Manhattan” at Chatham, Oct. 20. A full tour of the leading vaude- ville circuits has been booked.

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VARIETY VAUDEVILLE pebacrescat at tt September 24, 1924

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INCEPTION OF THE WESTERN VAUDEVILLE IANAGERS’ ASSOC

or _" INDEPENDENT VAUDEVILLE AND THE W.V.M. A By NAT J. BLUMBERG (Manager Rialto Theatre, Racine, Wis.)

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Racine, Wis., Sept. 20. .

By C. E. BRAY (General Manager, WwW. V. M.A.)

The Western Vaudeville Managers’ ceasing, unalterable devotion for 23 years to one idea, the nucleus upon which the Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association was founded. Its present domination of the high-class vaudeville field in every important city and state of the union from Chicago, north, south and west, acted: ing Canada, is the culmination of that The idea was service to the people—service that would give them clean, wholesome,. entertainment, by the foremost artists in every line, from every corner of the globe—and amid the finest surroundings in which en- tertainment had ever been. conceived—through a highly developed sys- tem of service and co-operation within itself. Today {nseparably Inked the world over with All that is best, exclusive. and high class in a is the Western Vaudeville Managers’ Asso- 2B Years of Labor em. To accomplish this. ‘reputation, hard, been performe for 23 years by those who conceived the ideals of the kind of entertainment and amusement which is supplied to the subscribing theatres of the Western Vaudevillle Managers’ Association. idea was always predominant in their theatres the best weyy amusement that could be obtained in both hemispheres. That was a gigantic task. But to becomes necessary to perform the labors of a Hercules. them an organization was necessary, and we endeavored to so select each addition to our staff that each was the best in their line. selected for his knawledge and ability in an individual line of work. Expense was no object. .I. was simply a question of getting the best, to supply the best and. that was done for many years of indefatigable pn- deavor upon the founders of the association. With this in-mind we assembled around us a staff of men who had a complete knowledge of the theatre. Men who were expert in the intricate business of booking and the other thousand and one duties of vaudeville This staff was divided under the supervision of branch managers, placed throughout the territory to be served at strategic points, thus completing the network of the organization. Association’s High Standard it has been a mandate with the association to establish the highest management. standard for cmusement in existence. obtain the foremost artists at whatever cost. Expense, if at first appear- ing large, is really. small if the patron we are compelled to go way beyond our allowance in obtaining certain talent. But that is not figured as an extravagance. We figure it is adver- tising which will be returned to us tenfold if we can so please the patrons that they become regular instead of octasional attendants. Representatives of the Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association travel the entire country, and world, as well, for one purpose alone; to get the best vaudeville attractions there are—whether it be an opera star, gigantic novelties, spectacles, productions or individual artists. They have instruc- tions to contract regardless of expense if the offering is one «hat we know the patrons of our. theatres want. Experts Are Our experts have studied the attitude and demeanor of the patrons of our theatres in all parts of the country. are received by the audience; We are not compelled to censor our the artists who travel unnder the management of the Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association know what we at any time during their tour, under the plea of ignorance of local condi- tions. The conditicns for artists are the the best performance possible and to give it in a clean satisfying manner. That is what they give and will always continue to give, for the Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association desires the “friendship of al! and the which can only be achieved by doing everything in the enmity of hone,” proper way. what impression they are making and whether or not they are the style the patrons care for. make their reports in detail and they are turned over to the heads of our booking organization for their information and guidance. system ‘in effect we are in a position to give each theatre the type of acts its patrons desire, and at no time to inflict upon the audiences any form of act that would not meet with their approbation. Chicago, Sept. 20. Association is the result of un- idea.

unstinted and unselfish labor has A certain minds, and that was, to cave these make an enterprise ‘successful, it To perform ch was It has always been our policy to is pleased. Theré are. times when Watching lhey watch closely how acts These experts With this acts after the first performance, for expect and do not take any liberties same everywhere, namely, to give

HOSPITAL SHOW Chicago, Sept. 23. At the Apollo next Sunday night (Sept. 28), the annual’ benefit for the American Hospital of Chicago will be held. It is wholly a charitable enter- tainment. Everyone concerned | from stage hands to artists is con- tributing their services. An enormous bill has been ar- ranged with talent from every branch of the profession. The American Hospital treats needy members’ of the profession without charge. It is under the governing direction of the best known show people of this city. The hospital’s source of income’ is through benefits and personal con- tributions.

REFUSED TO DO 4 SHOWS Tower’ and Darrell walked out of the Rialto, Chicago, Sept. 23, re- fusing: to-do the ‘usual four skows, the policy of the house. \ Connaly and ‘Francis ‘substituted,

*© Efsie’ Janis in ‘Frisco San Francisco, Sept. 22. Ekle ‘Janis ‘opened “at' the Ioeal Orpheum hére“this ‘week, jtiimping to -San Francisco from London.

‘press @epartment of the: Keith’ of- “fice; hag sesighed to*join the Edward C. L, FLETCHER OFF. STAGE Charles Leonard Fletcher is back in New York from the Coast for a brief visit. Mr. Fletcher. says that he .is. through with the. stage for good and has made .up his mind that he is going to settle in Cali- fornia and become “a. native son.” Fletcher represents the Mac- Gregor golf supplies organization for. the entire Pacific. Coast terri- tory and is making his headquar- teraein Los Angeles where he de- votes. his evenings (it being im- possible to play golf in the dark) to the ee of EReteres. NO WELCH-JORDAN ACT The proposed partnership of Ben Welch and Jules Jordan who were to have opened the last half in “The Real Estaters,” : skit of the Pot- ash and Perlmutter variety, was called’ off before the opening, with Jordan returning to Lew Fields to appear in hie support in a condensed version of “Fhe Melody Man,” which Fields is readying for an act sHowing at’ the Palace, Wew York. Welch will go ahead with “The Real Estaters,” with another. part- ner.: '

Bert Wishnew, ¢onnécted with'the. VAUDE AUTHORS SHYING OFF — There has never been a time in the history of Western show busi- ness that the independent theatre manager has had such an advanta- geous opportunity to increasé the prestige and financial returns of his theatre as is possible today through affiliation with the Western Vaude-

Fun ‘Wikies Don’t | See Enough ih It to Bother with B’way Producers

Despite the noticeable shortage of comedy materia] in current revues, vaudeville authors and gag men are seemingly uninterested in offering their services as doctors to some_of the producers who would revamp their productions. They claim the vaudeville. The main drawback seems to be that the producers as a majority want to buy acceptable skits out- right at bargain prices. Should they get over in the revues they can dupli- cate them for vaudeville later and get it all, since the author was Another stumbling block ‘is said to be an attempt on the part of revue preducers to display preference for light comedy episodes rather than the low comedy concoctions required for vaudeville. Most producers concentrating upon gorgeous hangings, elaborate effects and sartorial displays cannot be con- vinced the broader material can dovetail with the class surroundings. They taboo, the slapstick stuff for more subtle bits of humor that, have not been hitting so well. One vaudeville author with some- what of a reputation as a writer of comedy material had. been proposi- tioned to submit skits intended to bolster up a current revue. Upon finding the producer intended trim- ming several submitted to five and eight minutes, and thus relieving it of the “meat,”. the author withdrew them, saying he preferred not. being identified with the deleted editions, as they would tend only tq impair his reputation,

Louis Weitzenkorn, formerly of “The World,” New Yvrk,. where he did general and theatrical. assign- ments, is.now editor of the Radio Magazine for Bernarr McFadden. remuneration is: far less lucrative | than what a good skit can earn in counted out when taking a flat sum. | ville Managers’ Association, the great booking organization now ex- tending from Chicago tc the Coast. The great increase in the number ,of theatres in the association being brings many mutual advantages for each theatre. Better acts are at- tracted by the longer routes, gener- ally efficient and: well-directed con- trol, dnd the solic support of such a great organization as the W. V. M. A. will make its managers secure in position and provide their patrons with the best attractions obtainable. Protection for Theatres The Association prides itself on effected in its present development — the protection it affords its theatres, It has gained the confidence of mane agers by its fair and square dealings, It will not furnish acts in competi« tion with its own theatres, holding the interests of its Association in first esteem. And i have never found the slight- est misunderstanding or complaint not immediately and satisfactorily settled by correspondence or a visit to the booking «oor. advantages of affiliation with the W. V. M. A., and the lists of the- atres on the Association's route is increasing rapidly: The W. V. M. A, is a subsidiary organization of the great Orpheum Circuit. It has all the benefits of co-operation, direction and resources of the big time circuit. Vaudeville in the West will take on a new and gratifying prestige w'th the present development of the Western Vaudeville Managers’ As- sociation. Managers are quick to realize the :

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Max Steuer Talks to Jewish Theatrical Guild Max Steuer, the New York at- torney, and Rabbi Dr. Joseph Sil- verman, Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Emanuel, were the main speakers at the first of the new season's meetings of the Guild last Thursday night at the Shubert theatre. It was an open meeting on a pleasant evening. When the meet- ing opened about 11.40, tNe large or- chestra of the theatre was alrfost completely filled. William Morris, president. of the Guild, presided After the invocation, Harry Cooper, recording secretary, read the report of the -Guild’s last meeting in June, before adjourning for the summer. He was followed by Loney Haskell, executive secretary, who recited briefly the active work of the Guild during the hot months. Sam Bernard introduced Mr. Steuer. The eminent attorney de- voted the burden of his impressive address to the. difference between a race and nation. Mr. Steurer spoke for thirty minutes. At the conclusion, Mr. Steurer said.that to clinch his conviction the Jewish Theatrical Guild was ad- accomplishments, he wanted to do- nate $500 toward its funds, The attendance was about 65 per cent. men and 35 per cent. women. Besides the president, several of the Guild’s officers and its guests were on the stage. Another meeting of the Guild will be held tomorrow (Thursday, Sept. 25) “evening at 11.15 at the Shubert theatre on West 44th street.

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S. Keller agency. Touring ORPHEUM CIRCUIT

EDITH CLASPER in “VARIETY,” with Talbot Kenny and Paul Yocan Direction HARRY WEBER ae OF DANCERS mirable in its aims and objects, also’ SEALSKIN C0 AT ENOUGH FOR HEIRESS Husband - Vaudevillian Is Not Quite So Contented Speaking of $14,000,000 .

“Haverhill, Mass., Sept. :23. Mrs. Leah Field hates money. She is reputed to be one of five heirs to an estate of $14,000,000. All she wants is a sealskin: coat. Her husband, Roy Field, is a. former vaudeville actor, a native of Georgia and former resident of Philadelphia. He does not entere acy as his spouse. Her mother also is said to be one of the heirs. It was the uncle of the mother, who died in California, leaving a fortune. He was a. prospector in the gold rush of the days of ‘49. 2 Since his death authorities of the, State have been trying to locate his heirs, About a year ago a brother of Mrs. Field’s mother, living .in Winnipeg, read a newspaper. story that a $14,000,000 fortune . was. awaiting the heirs of the old prose pector, whose name was Gagnon, The brother went to California, en- gaged an attorney, notified Kis sis- ter and the other heirs. f Mrs. Field doesn’t care whether she gets the money or not, as she is | happy and contented. She admita |

| she would like a little more than | she has now, but does not taggering amount. She also mother would be better off without want any the money, as she is happy and con- ; ‘ented now. “All I want is a sealskin ¢oat,*” Mrs. Field says, “and I'm gding to. | get it anyway. Of course, I would like a little more money, wouldn’t want to be too rich. I hate money. Lots 6f money ‘means. associating with a different class of people and I am satisfied as I am.” JOE JACKSON TALKING Joe Jackson, cycling comic, wht heretofore has confined his fun- making proclivities to pantomime, is planning to make use of his voic@ for the first time since entering show business in a new act he ig preparing for an early showing. Jackson figures that since 80 many have aped his style of mets mime, his former act is now y pase for vaudeville. wi

WORLD'S LARGEST CLOCK ‘ Thomaston, Conn., Sept.: 23. A minute hand, weighing 2200 pounds, and. which will travel 157 feet an hour, is one of the parts im

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1924 M.A theatres, > of mane dealings, competie« » holding fation in he slight- -omplaint sfactorily or a visit salize the with the s of the- route is fy. ubsidiary rpheum nefits of resources will take prestige ‘nt of the rers’ As- AT] R dive lian Is. ented 0,000 . apt. 123. ney. She heirs ‘to All she id, is @. native of dent of t entere the lege | ther also Ss. mother, , aving @ ector in. "49. 5 s of the, cate his brother, iving .in, er, story ne, was. Id prose Gagnon, nia, en- his sis- whether as ‘she is » admits ré than jfant any lion her} without ind con- j n coat,”” ceding to. I would , but 7 rich. 1 y ‘means. class of 3 I am.” ING ° tic, whe lis fune- itomime, nis voic@ entering ct he ig wing. ince 80 f panto Ww passe 19 f Wednesday, September 24, 1924 o ee ee VAUDEVILLE’ VARIETY ae BOTH MEN OF BECK AND CAMERON OLVED WITH WOMEN AND COPS! a “a Columbus, Sept. 23. | The vaudeville comedy team of k and Cameron will have good n to remember Columbus and to avoid local bookings in the fu- ‘ture as a result of a series of hap- enings which occurred immediately -following their opening at the ‘James, a Pantages-booked house. | The Beck and Cameron act con- tained more “hells” and “damns” ‘than James audiences are wont to ‘Rear. After the opening matinee, William M. James, owner and oper- ator of the theatre, called the act ‘to his o“ice and ordered out the ‘profanity. As a result when Beck and Cameron went on in the even- . ing they made but a feeble attempt to put across their act and let the turn in for a generous panning by the dailies. James ordered their trunks out, offered to pay them for their day’s work and called a quar- vand tet in from the Broadway, his house next door, to substitute. It happened also, that while all “this was going on at the variety ‘house Columbus police received a wire to be on the lookout for a 1T- year-old girl, supposed to be stay- ing at a local hotel. Inquiry at the hotel revealed a girl answering to this description was registered as the wife of one “Cameron,” a vaude- ville performer. - Detectives found that Cameron was Tudor C. Cameron, who had lately been fired from the Jdmes, @nd they also found that the woman who was staying with him was not the one they were seeking. It de- veloped, however, the woman was unmarried. As a result Cameron the, girl were takén to police headquarters where Cameron gave the name of Tudor C. Brown of St. Louis ,and the girl that of Edith Gardiner, 26,-Pittsburgh. They in- tended to get married that day, they gaid, and to carry out their claim they visited the parson at once. The police decided to pry into the private life of Cameron's partner ahd discovered that Beck was at an- other hotel registered with a woman to \ hom he was not married. Fur- ther inquiry brought out Beck had Posed as the woman’s husband in another State, and it developed that le is married to another woman. Beck gave the name of Hal Beck- fow, 32, Minneapolis, and the woman was slated as Josephine Nevins, 28, of New York, As a re- sult Beck was turned over to fed- ®ral authorities for prosecution un- | der the Mann Act. “King of the Air” Adjudged in Contempt Donald Roberts, self-styled “king @f the air” (as a result of his prolific WHN broadcastings), was adjudged guilty of contempt of court by Jus- tice Isidor Wasservogel in the New Fork Supreme Court Saturday for failure to pay Mrs. Roberts, profes- Bionally Hazel (“Sunny”) Boyne, $1,020 accrued alimony. Under a Separation decree Roberts was or- dered to pay $40 weekly alimony and $300 counsel fées. Justice Wasservogel gave Roberts two weeks to make good half of the amount; the balance in another fortnight, with the penalty of com- mitment if disobeyed. Jac. W. Wyte «cted for Mrs. Roberts. The principals» names in .fivate life are Eschelman. HARTLEY WALKED OUT Jack Hartley walked out of the fehearsals of “Princess April” last eek after several days’ rehearsing Seelam dissatisfaction with his le. He left Friday for Chicago to in the musical, “No, No, Nanette.” fom “Dingle succeeds him in the brmer piece. Several other changes have been uecessitated in the “Princess April” cast through the withdrawal of Ben Taggaret and two of the women Principals. REED ALBEE’S VACATION A vacation that may extend+for six months or longer in Europe has been started by Reed Albee. The younger Albee sailed Week. . last CHARGES MANY WITH BUBBLES LEAVING Frank Tinney’s Pretty Friend Sailed Saturday —Mgr. Owed Board * Before Bubbles Imogene Wilsen sailed Saturday on the “Columbus” to meet her friend, Frank Tinney, in London, charges and _ counter- charges passed between the pretty one and her dance hall tour man- ager, George O’Brien. On top of that and as she was about to depart following cabled in- structions, the New York “Ameri- can” printed a story that when Bub- bles. left Boston after her dance bubble had burst in New England she was accompanied by “a wealthy Boston contractor.” After reaching New York last week Bubbles stated to her inti- mates that O’Brien had walked out on her with $1,000 of the tour's money, leaving her flat, Imogene added. That is what caused her to return to New York, she said. O’Brien’s Worry Against that O’Brien retorted there was no $1,000 to grab, much to his regret, and through Bubbles having followed London advices, departing without filling all of her dates, he (O’Brien) had been obliged to skip from the Copley-Plaza in Boston owing a hotel bill of $98. It is a matter of record in Times square that O’Brien seemed greatly worried over the bill he had left be- hind him in Boston, fearing the ho- tel might cause him trouble through it. O’Brien’s most important work seemed to be, after his arrival in New York, to attempt the raising of $98 to remit forthwith to Boston. Bubbles sailed under her own name, Mary Robertson. Mrs, Tinney’s Plans It is denied that Mrs. Frank Tin- ney has any intention of going to London to see or meet her husband. Mrs. Tinney was quoted as remark- ing she is continuing with her plans for a vaudeville egtry. The plans have been reported off and on for several years. With the departure of Bubbles there was much regret in several New York newspaper offices. She had been a prolific centre of news interest since she alleged Mr. Tin- ney had slammed her one evening when she turned up at her apart- ment with a reporter on a daily. Bubbles told Frank he was only a reporter, and the reporter admitted it; but Frank appeared to have his doubts. It never did come out be- yond Bubbles’ own statement that she knew Frank would be there whether she knew Frank would be. Tinney himself appeared full of confidence following the slamming charge. It turned out as Frank had predicted; the charge was thrown out and Bubbles was back again with her Frankie. Whereupon Tinne. left for Lon- don, where he has scored one of the biggest hits of the theatrical year at the Empire Music Hall. It is not denied either in New York or London that Frank cabled fc> Bubbles, and Bubbles left with- out apparently giving a thought to another slamming in London, where they haven’t—as yet—found out how to make a “newspaper story” stand up. JULIA KELETY IN BUDAPEST Julia Kelety, American, is starring in Budapest, at the Fovarosi Ope- rette Szinhaz, in a new musical play which translated bears the title. “Girl of Paris.” She is under the management of Ben Biumenthal. Her last vaudeville appearance in New York was on the Loew time. ys] Series of Happenings at*Columbus Started with “Act - Canned at James—Too Much Profanity—Hal > Beck Held Under Mann Act Charge” +. ¥ ’ TURAH TYSON VAN and TYSON hereafter will be known as VAN, TYSON and VAN, in their new version of “THE BELLHOP’S DELIGHT” This week (Sept. 22), Shea's, Buffalo Next week (Sept. 29), Shea's, Toronto. Week of Oct. 5, Princess, Montreal Direction EDWARD S. KELLER ACTOR'S KICK OF NO ‘AVAIL —-— “Journal’s” Critic So In- formed Irving Edwards Atlanta, Sept. 23. Irving Edwards, playing at the Forsyth, the local Keith house, had to be ushered to the door of the room of the Atlanta “Journal’ Wednesday, when he came in to remonstrate against the notice he received in the paper Tuesday. The paragraph he received in the review of the bill and to which he objected follows: “Irving Edwards, the other youth, has a fetching personality and group of songs, also chatter, but he needs to distinguish between northern and southern audiences and, in conse- quence, should tone down the raw, callous edges of his monolog and get some of that I Love Me’ atmosphere out of his act.” Irving came in and asked for the man who thought so little of his act. Hunter Bell responded by telling him “You've got the dirtiest and worst act I’ve seen at the Keith house dur- ing the three years I’ve covered it.” “Do you think the Keith time would play a dirty act?” Irving asked. “I said yours was dirty, and that goes,” was Bell’s answer. A kindly hand was placed on his shoulder and a finger pointed to the door. Irving was unwilling to go, but did, promising to be back. He failed to get a flicker when he dramatized the situation and threat- ened to sue the paper because its critic didn’t think his act was so much. Sullivan’s Reconciliation With Mabel Ford Reported Chicago, Sept. 28. Joe Sullivan, erstwhile New York agent, is at present visiting here. A reconciliation with his ex-wife is on the tapis, as Joe is waiting for Mabel Ford to come in to play the Palace. « Sullivan says his disappearance from New York is not of a mysteri- ous nature. After 15 years of hard work he decided he was entitled to a rest and took the trip to the coast. By giving up his office space he figured he would save the rent for the time that he was away. SHIRLEY SISTERS REUNITE The Shirley Sisters (Margie and Rita) are reunited and are again to appear in vaudeville as a sister act. Margie Shirley retired from the stage at the time that her husband,. Jimmie Fallon, who was gassed while in France with the,27th Divi- Sion, was compelled to go to Sara- nac for his health, and she remained with him until his death. During that time Rita Shirley traveled with Al. Steadman, who was appearing with his sister, Fanny. The reunited sisters intend get- ting away from the prevalent type of close harmony sister acts and go in more for comedy. ~ W. V.M. A. BLAZES THE TRAIL Bis. iy By JOE DUGAN Chicago, Sept. 23. As the pioneers in the days of Daniel Boone blazed their tralls through -the woods of the great ‘|Middle West and opened up a vast fertile country to the uses of man, go has C. E. Bray, a real pioneer of early show business and a cap- tain of modern variety, blazed a trail for better vaudeville in the vast fertile territory west of Chi- cago, to the Coast. Bray returned to Chicago last week after completing with his corps of assistants the first adven- ture into the great hinterland which will some day be a theatrical em- pire, built and nurtured by the WwW. V. M. A. In fact, “California alone is a potential theatrical em- pire, ready and waiting for the service the association can give it,” said Bray. Bray Reviews Travels In reviewing his journey, Mr. Bray showed clearly, just by his facial expression, that the big dream of vaudeville booking development west, north and south of Chicago is coming true even more rapidly than at first expected. It was the object of the trip to meet the managers and owners per- sonally in each of the districts to be covered, so that the story of the W. V. M. A. might be told to them face to face and ail questions cleared up. In Omaha, Kansas City, Der- ver, Lincoln and dozens of other cities throughout the South and Northwest to the coast many man- agers came, heard and signed up. Those who could not meet the party in person £2nt letters and telegrams, which poured in by the hundreds. The trip was of an educational nature made chiefly for the purpose of telling the story of the Chicago- to-coast plan. To illustrate the trip best, it seems logical to tell the story as Mr. Bray told it to the Variety reporter upon his return. California Needs It First he pointed out that the germ and crux of the association’s idea might possibly be found in Cali- fornia. That State, as mentioned before, is a potential theatrical em- pire, much in. need of just what the W. V. M. A. has to offer the the- atre manager. California and the coast need bet- ter vaudeville badly. Until now the managers have not been able to fill this’ need to their satisfac- tion. The independent agents have proved unable to keep pace with the demands of the theatre manager and his public. Limited funds made long jumps out of the question, so that the managers have been com- pelled to accept the same acts over and over in frequent rotation. Most of the acts, also, have been of the cheaper class. A survey of this and other coast States showed a big opportunity for the development of thé Orpheum Circuit and consequently for the W. V. M. A., which is, of course, backed by and a part of the older organization, said Mr. Bray. When such a need existed on the coast, it was natural a survey of the vast territory between Chicago and the Pacific might show the same con- dition. It did with the exception the Southwestern and Northwestern managers were awakening to the advantages of vaudeville and were in a worse predicament, due to long railroad jumps and few if any aots, which were only available through independent agents. Chicago-to-Coast Evolved These facts gave a clear vision sults. Then came the choosing of a corps of men whose ability and experience could fit them for the big task of developing the various districts over the route, men who were in every case veterans of the show business and nationally known for their ability in every detail of showmanship; in other words, plac- ing at the dsiposal of every man- ager between Chicago and the coast the help and advantage of an expert showman who would take a per- sonal interest in the problems of the individual and through his long experience and seasoned knowledge solve the manager’s problem te complete satisfaction. No Gain or Monopoly Not for gain nor to obtain a monopoly, but to give a _ service which serves a big need and to de- velop a big and powerful organiza- tion to the fullest extent of its use- fulness, was the Chicago-to-eoast plan originated. When t's. party reached Kansas City, where a branch office was recently opened, Mr.. Bray found a great many letters anc telegrams from managers in the vicinity. All of these communications were of a congratulatory nature and one-third of the managers signed imme- diately. At Denver 20 managers, who came as far as 250 miles to meet Col. Bray, were at the Brown-Palace hotel, where the party had estab- lished headquarters. Many bookings were secured here also. In Sait Lake City managers came from within 100 miles to hear the story and sign up with the W. V. M. A. Los Angeles was primed for the visit. Nearly 10 weeks’ time was booked almost immediately. The attitude in California shows what a big thing the association means to them. In five years California has developed to the place where the big time can profitably step in. in Mr. Bray’s oplaion it will be pos- sible soon to obtain four solid months’ booking on the Pacific coast alone, “Fifty percent of the managers knew ps; the other 60 had to be educated to the idea. If we get 50 percent of them all signed up, I know that we will have 75 percent of the highest class theatres. I am greatly encouraged at the results of the trip and my conviction of the rapid progress we are making towards complete success is strength.ned greatly. Guarantee for Managers “After all, we can’t possibly fail. We are backed by an organization so large and so influential that suc- cess must result. The Orpheum de- crees that it must go through, it must be eomplete and it must stand. I don’t know how we could obtain a stronger guarantee for any man- ager than that. “We cannot send out cheap acts. Our bills must be selective, If we have to compete in somc cases against agents whose desirability to the manager consists in sending cheap acts, we will probably lose that manager, but managers who want good acts and real service are fast realizing they can’t afford to stay out of the W. V. M. A. fold,” was Mr. Bray’s summary. Another trip, which will augment and amplify the work accomplished on the first, will be taken into the territory in the near future, accord- ing to Mr. Bray. for possible development over a wide territory for the W. V. M. A., Lydell-Macy Back in Vaude and with the true pioneer spirit Al Lydell and Carleton Macy, co- the Chicago-to-coast plan evolved.| starred in “The Tin Lizzie,” which First came the ten-week advertis- | flivved after a three weeks’ tryout, ing spread in Variety, which | have returned to vaudeville in their brought almost instantaneous re-| former act. ein ) PARENTS, KIDS AND FILMS $175 weekly. the boy back—he could be used. gone up to $750 a week, This story belongs in the picture department, York dentist has a fine looking four-year-old boy. picture test he was deemed exactly suitable to a child's role called for ina picture being made on the coast, An arrangement for the boy to go west was with an understanding his salary would be $75, with expenses for boy, mother and father, amounting to $190 more, a total cost to the péeture Arriving in Los Angeles, an officer of the company decided the boy was too small, and the family returned to New York. Due to a shift in the directing staff, a message came east to send Upon the dentist being advised he said the salary for his son had In California now there is a native son, with a very good job for a few weeks at a reasonable price. but here itis. A New After having a company of also about four years old i af ee er er oi a“ asin Ma: pit wet SR oot ec a

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President, (Reprinted from Variety of some weeks ago, as imdicative of the Orpheum’s attitude at that time, when the matter was first broached, and as of Mr. Heiman’s opinion at present. It is also reproduced as the Heiman story is a valuable contribution to the exposition oj the Westera Vaudeville Association's Chicageo-toCoast plans). By MARCUS HEIMAN Cirguit of Vaudeville Theatre

» 7 After many months of careful | preparation it has been decided that the territory and scope of op- erations in which the Western | Vaudeville Managers’ Association | has been active in the past shall be | widely extended. Every one in the | theatrical world ts aware of the fact that the W: V. M. A., as the West- | ern Vaudeville Managers’ Associa- | tion is familiarly termed, is a/ closely allied subsidiary of the Or- pheum Circuit, and that the vaide- | ville acts which are seen in the bet- ter class theatres boyked by the W. | V. M. A. are always under the keen | scrutiny of the men who book the | theatres of Orpheum Circuit itself. The W. V. M. A. came into exist-. ence some 20 years ago as CD wares outgrowth of the rapidly ading demand for vaudeville. The popa-! larity of those vaudevilie theatres in | Chicago, then owned and operated by the Koh? & Castle Co., and which | are now a part of the Orpheum Cir- | cuit, were forerunners of the Prag: | ent score upon score of vaudevime theatres in the territory adjacent to Chicago. As one after another of these theatres began playing vaude- vile attractions it became vitally necessary for them to have in Chi- | cago a central office or exchange | where the programs for their the- atres could be arranged and acts given a consecutive rovte which would insure them many weeks’ work without the trouble and un- certainty of individual negotiation with the manager of each and every theatre in which they desired to ap- pear. From a modest beginning in- which it served only the dozen or more vaudeville theatres within a short distance of Chicago the W. V. M. A. has grown until today it ar- ranges the programs for more than 250 vaudeville theatres. Likewise, the range of its influence has ex- tended from the immediate vicinity of Chicago until at present it sup- plies theatres with their acts as far away as lowa, Missouri, Wiscon- sin, Minmesota, Nebraska, Texas, : Oklahoma, North and South Dakota amd Oelorado. I am very proud of the fact that among the houses which are being booked today by the W. V. M. A. are f many which were among the first to avail themselves of the service which breught the W. V. M. A. into existence. That is conclusive evi- dence of the fairmess and broead- minded policy which has always been the underlying keynote of W. Vv. M. A. methods of transacting business. Charites E. Bray's Mission Charlies E. Bray, for the past two | years general manager of the W. V. M. A. bas been chosen to carry out | f/the expamsion of the W. V. M. A. ! which the growing demand for | vaudeville throughout the West has made necessary. —- Almost before these lines are read he wil] have ieft his headquarters in the general offices of the W. V. M, A. in th State-Lake Theatre Building, Chicago, and started on a (Continued on page 96) ILL AND INJURED Phil Wilcox, E. B. Marks’ Chicago | office, is recovering from an at- tack of appendicitis. Jake Lubin, Loew Circuit booking chief, is confined to his home through dliness. Paul Trebitsch, theatrical pro- ducer, underwent an operation for | appendicitis at the Post Graduate Hospital, New York, last week and | is recovering. e ; Gladys George, leading woman at the Denham (stock), Denver, Cole. | went under the surgeon's knife in. an operation fer appendicitis. She, emerged triumphantly. Harry Rappi centinves iv with yellow jaundice. Francis X. Donegan, 9 Front atreet,, Saramac Lake. Louis Kinsner, Welfare Island ] (Ward No. 9).

| Academy to his holdings. He alse FALL RIVER - SEWED UP

Fall River, Mass., Sept. 23. Nathan Yamine now is in com | plete contro] Of the theatrical situ- ation in-Fall River. Beginning Labor Day he added the Bmpire and reopened the Bijou, after improve- | ments. . The Empire formerly wae Keith- ; owned. It has a policy of Keith bookea acts and films. The Bijou is playing week run photoplays. Charles Ross is managing the Bijou. The Rialto is under William | Harding. Walter Bigelow, general | manager for Mr. Yamine, has moved | from the Rialto the. Empire. The Academy is the legit house. | Despite sewing up the town, Mr.- Yamine admits business in Fan | River is no better now than it was @uring the summer. ‘The city is a! large textile manufacturing center, ' but work continues slack. { Yamine now has the following theatres. Empire, Academy, Rialto, ' Riou, Plaza, Pastime, Strand and’ Park. William Peroel, formerly assist- ant manager of the Rialto, ts now | manager of the Plaza. q ¥ WALKOUT IN DAVENPORT Davenport, Ta., Sept. 23. | Despite assurance difficulties Dbe- | tween the Columbia theatre man | agement and the Musicians’ Union over the $55 scale were progressing satisfactorily, the theatre has been | placed on the labor unfair list and | all union employes have been cailed | out. Sunday shows continued without interruption with non-union stage | hands, electricians, operators, and | for the first time this season, Mu- | sicians in the pit. { There were no efforts toward conciliation or arbitration yester- @ay or today.

Mason a Cole Producing Acts 5 Mason and Cole have signified | their intentien of retiring from the stage. They will produce a series | of acts the first of which will fea- ture Kathleen Morris accompanied | |} Brunnes wrote some of jhe sengs | | an at. | Father Charlies E. Bradley at the ibooking, the New Amsterdam and iby Famous Players-Lasky into a | first-run picture place. j@gan has been ordered to rest for

A marriage is imminent between Charlotte Greenwood and Martin Brunnes. So imminent it may hap- | pen any @ay or may have occurred Miss Greenwood is with the “Ritz Revue” at the Ritz, New York. Mr./ which Miss Greenwood is singing Miss Greenweood’s previows hus-. band was Cyril Ring, dbrother of the | Ring girts. .

CRACK SHOT IN COURT | Quincy, 11, Sept. 23. Fernand Thetion, former French army aviator and now showing as a crack shot in vaudeville, was showing in a local theatre When he and his assistant, Charlene Alley, | became involved in a quarrel and | he threatened to kill her. The girl fied to the police station where she poured out her woes and Thetion was hailed into court. The trouble was adjusted. MARGIE COATE MARRIED San Francisco, Sept. 22. Margie Coate, syncopated song- stress, was matried here last week } to James Migliore, a business man ' of Buffalo. ' Migliore is said to have followed Miss Coate across the continent. They were married by Pauilist

—— Panilist Church here. HOUSES OPENING The Keith Sunday concerts have’ opened their winter Sunday season ' St the New Amsterdam and the Co-| jonial, New York. Pat Woods is:

Phil Bloom the Colvunfial. | The Bijou, Woonsocket, R. I., has reopened with pictures and vaude- | ville. The Alhambra, at Chariotte, N. ©. a tab house, is being converted

day Velie has succeeded Francis X. Donegan in “No Other Girl,” at! the Moresco, the latter having been | forced out because of iliness. Don- several months before resuming. his stage work.

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BENNY Under personal management of WILLIAM MORRIS Exploited by MAX E. HAYES Se ee ee RUBIN — ee # }much—that yow will see me riding | jcola i is in Times Square when | jin New York as yeu could in Fior- | | mast ‘be. jas though I am going to be a banker | bamiker ever there. | going to pronounce it the same way | j when I put this ever, so it's going | to stick. j aim't going to trust nobody. | show business. to give the show business air for at } iif they know I’m off for a while! vo eoche Wednesday, September 24, 1924

TioGreagrs ceaim| THE ASSN FROM THE INSIDE} gp % Swe Eheter By THOMAS J. CARMODY (Booking Maneger, Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association) -

PROBLEM FOR | FREEMAN ~ | — Times Sq. Explorer in Quandary—May Pose as Burmah Banker “Good morning, son,” soothingly said Freeman Bernstein as he terday pir me. Wer gs that’s not my car, so you m ‘t start asking questions about it,” he added as the driver tipped his cap. “All right, Jack,” called out Mr: Bernstein. “Be at the corner of} Wall and Nassau at noon sharp.” “If I gave you the inside about | that car,” continued Freeman as, he saw it glide away, “you would | go off your dip. But that’s sacred, and there are some things I wouldn't even tell you. But I'll tell you this in that car as long as I don't wear | a mustache.” 5 “I’m dying to tell you, though, and ra give a lot of coin to see you | print it, for I know the mags around here thought I was through. | “Through nothing, though. Kid, Im just commencing to hop. Tj needed to get away from this wise | square for a little while te lecate; coin that hadn't been scorched | passing through so many hands in a hurry. That's it and that's the car; but that's as far as I’m going. { “What I dropped around for is to; ask where a guy with a bank roll; to draw from is going to spend the | winter. I sha@der when I think how you're broke. I must get planted and swell te make this gag stand up. “Was you ever in Palm Beach? They tell me that's quite a dump| and takes a wad. Would I fit in? Then there's that new hote? opening | here this week. How about it? Has/ it got a sun parlor? Can you keep: as warm in winter in a sun parlor | ida? “Of course, I know all about the Coast; but that’s out—they know me there. “What I need this winter—and | this is letting you in for a litthe—is a! flash joint where $25 spread around | the first day in staking will make any one in the pigce eay what I tell them to about me. You can get that, can’t you? I may want to be an Keyptian prince even if I have to use cerk; but if I am, I am and Tell me, my iad, do you know a dump like that? “The chances, thonzgh, now kook from Burmah, the only American No one knows anything about Burmah. I have found that out by asking. Maybe I dent pronounce it right, but I am } “And, bo, if I am going to be a banker from Burmah, you can figure up for yourself how far I expect to £® with this one. “Big doings, kid; so big that I When ; I think of that Burmah stuff and; the show business I groan for the Anyway, Im \going least two years.. But you had wat-§ ter keep that under cover, too, for some of those petty larceny guys‘ May see an opening. “How are you fixed? I'm good for | a touch right new if you need it. j Better say yes, anyway, and how | much, for this is the first time in eight years I didn’t have to think ef temorrow the first thing I got up the day before. “No touch? Guess you're afraid of me. If I zo to Palm Beach you won't see me for six months, and! if I geo over to that new hotel Tl’ have to do a hideaway there until; I leave town. So you're safe if you |

want a little sugar. F om, id WINTERING IS Al-: bounced out of a Rolls-Royce yes-| ‘izations for bringing toget jpark or private home, and where, jrived in the U. S. on his first visit

Chicago, Sept. 20. The most important consequence the growth of the Orpheum Cir.) cult has been the establishment in as the Western Vaudeville Man-' agers’ Association, which is now entering upon its 23rd year of ace tivity. It was formed primarily to en is mistak SAM TH Unques thority o the coun human ti the best 1 a@ persons quers ra more fav: one else have the trains, an in the ci 20th Cen co..sidere If there can't poss a little o As Ge! the W. V cuits, he agers of to get th Mr. Thal what tim from any What he roads an ~ business of your Before thief ac Sammy with: the ‘and later cess, Chi the W. ¥ is also tr pheum C outside s than Za! who, bes’ tion of | in traini Sam T of the si V. M. A. cal empir A. H. TA One of Quick s Vaudevil Chicago bot is s tion’s br: of the to “candy” managers that way. Mr, Ta is the fin backerou ence in rt ness. Andy 1 and stud. Chicago- make it achievem When Way th. gigantic tion, tho: ft. i; just Which an Known Operating the Assc _ &g0 after Circuit. ager of t! .. for nine Andy the gene hibits a + He is sa footsteps

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1924 ——= yn) rt. 20. quence | THOMAS J. CARMODY m Cir.) anagers sent ty 3 otentey. him for the first time think he is ' terribly sore about things in general, ' put his friends know that this out- ward appearance is only skin deep, known’ to en Le- York have oney- man- \- pro- Sept. city, ss., ia rriage f the play- ‘manager of the Western Vaudeville taker, Carmody is almost the “Abe _ Lincoir” of the show business.

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MEET THE BOYS OF THE W. V. M. A. By HAL Chicago, Sept. 20. ~ives up to his title of booking Association with fitting Lots of people who meet Mr. Carmody’s career is as long and as full of interesting anecdotes as any other individual in show ‘Business. He joined the Orpheum Circuit forces 27 years ago, and has Tom Carmody is the ace in charge Starting as a doorman and ticket He is one of the brains of the Western Vaudeville Manage.s’ Association which have steered it to success. With all his dignity, Mr Carmody possesses 4 remarkably smooth tem- per, and it seems to be kept smooth by his fondness for good cigars. He wears glasses, but gets better re- sults by looking over them. Tom's only complaint is that wheneve> he goes into a store he is mistaken for « banker.

SAM THALL Unquestionably the greatest au- thority on railroad connections in the country, Sammy Thall is a human time table. He has one of the best memories in the world and @ personality that completely con- quers railroad o‘ficials. He gets more favors out of them than any- one else has ever been known to have the nerve':o ask. He holds trains, and is probably the only man in the country who has held the 20th Century, an a-complishment co..sidered impossible. If there is a train connection that can't possibly be made, Sammy uses @ little of his magic and makes it. As General Traffic Manager of the W. V. M. A. and Orpheum Cir- cuits, he represents to the man- agers of the middle west a chance to get the advantages of a wizard. Mr. Thall can tell you in a flash what time trains arrive and leave from any town in the middle west. What he doesn’t know about rail- roads and their uses for the show of your notebook. Before making transportation his thief activity in show business, Sammy was connected for years with the William A. Brady offices, and later was manager of the Prin- cess, Chicago. He has been with the W. V. M. A. for 12 years, and is also traffic manager for the Or- pheum Circuit. His chief interest outside show business is none other than Zabelle Thall, his daughter, ‘who, besides getting the major por- tion of her daddy’s spare time, is in training to become an artist. Sam Thall is an important part of the strong backbone of the W. V. M. A., which is making a theatri- cal empire of the western territory.

A. H. TALBOT One of the chief reasons for the @uick success of the Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association's Chicago to Coast idea. Andy Tal- bot is supervisor of the Associa- tion’s branch offices and in charge of the tour to the coast. He is the “candy” when it comes to making Managers happy and keeping them that way. Mr, Talbot’s majestic personality is the final touch to his remarkable background of ability and experi- ence in middle western show busi- ness. Andy Talbot's careful preparation and study to successfully direct the Chicago-to-the-Coast circuit and make it succeed was no less of an achievement. When managers marvel at the Way th: W. M. V. A. handles its Gigantic task to pretty near perfec- tion, those on the inside know that iti; just such men as Andy Talbot Which answer the question. Known as one of the best bookers operating in Chicago, Andy came to the Association office three years , 880 after a year with the Orpheum Circuit. Before that he was man- or nine years. Andy carries a stern visage. to the general public, but always ex- not as yet become notorious for “fish” stories.

SAMMY TISHMAN Starting as an office boy, Sammy’s rise to fame and fortune with the W. V. M. A. has been steady and deserved. He joined the Association forces 15 years ago. During that time has become known throughout the middle west as one of the best bookers in the country. Sammy is typical of why W. V. M. A. bookers have the envied ability to satisfy the managers re- gardless of seemingly impossible ob- Stacles. He can get favors for the theatres and the artists wheré many cthers fai] and never fails-to do so if an opportunity presents it- self. His present title is booking manager for the Thielen Circuit, an affiliation of the W. V. M. A. He knows not only his own territory, but the entire territory covérea by the Association like a book, and has keenest observers in the business. Mr. Tishman studies the needs of managers and a'ways knows what pleases them best. would think he ig a champion pinochle player instead of a cham- pion booker. The game is Sammy's chief hobby with the possible ex- ception of his fondness for taking mysterious trips. He has never had any other name than Sammy, a by- word in western vaudeville ¢ircles. THOMAS JAMES BURCHILL Says very. ‘ittle, but does a great deal. He came to the W. V. M. A. offices 18 years ago as private sec- retary to J. J. Murdock. Since that time has been an important factor in making the association what it is. Although his chief hobby is in caring for the needs of the Kedzie theatre, Chicago, Mr. Burchill, a student of show business in. its every detail, has put himself in a position to take on any manager in the country, get at the bottom of his troubles in a few minutes and straighten out any knotty problem in an amazing fashion. He is the kind of a booker which makes the W. V. M. A. a power with managers in the middle west. “Tommy” is probably the only man in the United States who took the 18th Amendment seriously. His spare time is devoted entirely to his family, his chief interest in life outside of work. His devotion

to Thomas Jr., Genevieve ~ and Frederick, the younger generation of Burchills, comes first with “Tommy,” or “The Midget,” as he is affectionately called around the office, Mr. Burchill has attained an en- viable record among the theatres he books and has a high standing among his associates of the W. V. M. A. He had charge of booking Akerman Harris when that circuit was affiliated with the M. V. M. A. When A, & H. left they insisted on Burchill going with them, but Tommy couldn’t stay away from “home.” WILLIAM H. BERGER Probably no one would pay any attention to Willie if he went around telling about his achieve- ments and predicting in advance what he was going to do next. As it is, however, Mr. Berger makes them all sit up because he is a shining example of the sort that goes out and does things, letting the other fellow do the talking about them. ° Willie started in as an office boy in 1911 and has been steadily climbing the ladder since. Around the W. V. M. A. offices he is known as a conservative who never fails to get results because he keeps on the job all of the time. When it’s a case of knowing the

western territory and giving serv- ice to some manager away out- side Chicago in quick time, Willie never muffs it. He keeps up to the minute in his knowledge of conditions throughout the associa- tion’s district and books a list of local houses to the complete satis- faction of the managers, because he gives exactly what they want.

SIDNEY HARRISON Manager for many houses on the Orpheum Junior Circuit for many years gives Sid a real foundation for his work with the association. That is probably why he is attain- ing such an enviable reputation as a booker with the managers. Sid is another of the many expert men in the association with the

’ hibits a winning smile to his friends. He is said to bea follower in the/ footsteps of Izaak Walton, but has knack of getting things done for the managers which few are able (Continued on page 97) the reputation of being one of the} To hear him talk, however, you}

MISS JOYCE LANDO AND BOYS with HERBE De BELLE at B. F. Keith’s Prospect, Brooklyn Sept. 22, 23, 24 Proctor’s Fifth Avenue Sept. 25, 26, 27, 28 Direction Morris & Feil Note: The toe boots worn by Miss Lando are thoroughly pro- tected. wl

| EFFICIENT PUBLICITY SYSTEM

— Small-Time Girl-Act Producers Discouraged Vaudeville producers sponsoring girl acts and tabloids for the small time are practically at a standstill. They expect to remain so until the booking offices give an indication of what type of act is acceptable this season. The producers claim to be tired of the headaches attendant on framing an act and carrying it over several show Cates at a loss, without an idea as to whether the bookers will give them a rumble. Independent producers without a stand-in at the booking offices had been prolific in framing these acts and taking time with little more than an even break on the expecta- tion it would establish and also put them in good standing with the office. They found out it was a costly experiment, and most have quit producing to handle established acts on the usual agent’s commission.

HELD OVER AT HIP The Alma Neilson act, current at Keith's Hippodrome, New York, has been held over for next week.

NOTABLE ARTISTS OF THE ASSN

Among the notable artists who have graced the stage of the Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association are Rose Stahl, Mabel Hite, Lew Dock- stader, Rose Coughlan, Banks Win- ters, Nat Wills, Mignonette Kokin, Blossom Seeley, Sophie Tucker, Wi- non Winters, Grace Van Studdiford, Flo Irwin, Camille d@’Arville, George Primrose, Julius Steger, Elizabeth |\Murray, Joe Welch, Ben Welch, Four Fords. Hyman Meyer, Frank Tinney, Ben Turpin, Rae Samuels, Harry Lang- don, Emma Carus, William B. Fried- lander, Four Mortons, John and Emma Ray, May De Sousa, Minnie Dupree, W. C. Fields, Trixie Frigan- za, Laddie Cliff, Mr. and Mrs. Carter DeHaven, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew, George Fuller Golden, Valeska Sur- ratt, Cliff Gordon, Rigoletto Ballet, Fritzi Scheff, Evelyn Nesbit, Digby Bell, Nora Bayes, Bison City Four, Florence Bindley, Valerie Bergere, Minnie Allen, Lina Abarbanell. Montgomery and Moore, Brice and King, Charles Case, Clifton Craw- ford, Leo Carrillo, Chip and Marble, Elsie Janis, Grace LaRue, Harry Beresford, Amelia Bingham, Belle Baker, David Bispham, Howard Bros., Orville Harold, Ralph Hers. Al Jolson, Joan Sawyer, Savoy and Brennan, Julius Tannen, Tom Nawn, Alice Lloyd, Lean and Holbrook, Montgomery and Stone, Nan Hal- perin, Kathryn Osterman, Rock and Fulton, Ada, Reeves, Theodore Rob- erts, Will Rogers, Josephine Sabel, Sylvester Schaeffer, Three Keatons, Annette Kellerman, Theodore Koss- loff, Jules Levy, La Titcomb, Kitty Gordon, Houdini, Daisy Harcourt, Howard and North, Bedini and Ar- thur, Charles Chaplin. Ina Claire, Charlotte Greenwood, Ed. Gallagher and company, Zena Keefe, Gracie Emmett and com- pany, Cross and Josephine, Joe Cook, Coogan and Parks, Chick Sale, Brown Bros., Four Mortons, Kirksmith Sisters, Jas. J: Corbett, Yan and Schenck, Hermine Shone and company, John and Mae Burke, Whiting and Burt, Emma Carus, Carl Randall, Williams and Wolfus, Nat Nazarro and company, Frank North and company, Patri- cola, Edna Aug, J. K. Emmett and company, Belle Baker, Julia Ring and company, Una Clayton and company, Venita Gould, Herman Timberg, Leitzel and Jeanette, Mone Hermann, Rita Gould, Dia- mond and Brennan, Marilyn Miller,

Five Columbians.

- GREETINGS T0 THE WEST By PAT CASEY (General Manager Vaudeville Managers’ Protective Association)

members. the manager and the actor. theatrical institution.

It is with whole-heartendness that the Vaudeville Managers’ Pro- tective Association seizes this chance to extend its greetings to two important developments in the west, and both of the utmost impor- ance to vaudeville in toto, to managers, agents and artists. One is the extraordinary zeal and energy that have been planted for the quick and incisive new circuit of vaudeville brought about by the Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association, affiliated with our organization and of which all of the W. V. M. A. managecs are The other we greet is the Chicago branch of the National Vgude- MM ville Artists’ Club, inaugurated last week in the Woods Theatre build- ing, of that city. Closely associated as the V. M. P. A. is with the N. V. A. in New York, and knowing all of the benefits and comforts provided by an N. V. A. clubhouse anywhere, we see in the Chicago branch an extension of the great benefit to vaudeville and National Vaudeville Artists has been, as a club and a body. In congratulating Mr. Bray, the W. V. M. A. and the parent Orpheum circuit, this organization wants to state that it welcomes to membership of the Vaudeyille Managers’ Protective Association a]l managers and theatres the Western Association books and books for, There could be no better recommendation for a manager or the- atre to be admitted to our membership than that the Western Vaude- ville Managers’ Association has accepted it for V. M During the many years of our mutual alliance with the N. V. A. on a working basis, we both have striven to smooth out all of the difficulties that may have come to the notice of either of us, between The N. V. A. and the V. M. P. A. are for both the actor and the manager, the actor, first, and the V. M. P. A. firstly, the manager, we have found through our dealings with each other that a common ground without bias places an actor and a manager on the same footing for an adjustment, with no odds asked or wanted, leaving it easy to reach a decision on the merit at all times, To the members of the Vaudeville Managers’ Association within the area of the Chicago N. V. A. branch clubhouse, we bespeak their good offices for the furtherance of all of the fine principles laid down by the N. V. A., and for the actors of vaudeville who may have occasion in their travels to visit the N. assure them of the same munificent treatment and consideration that has made the National Vaudeville Artists an international . A. bookings. While the N. V. A. represents V. A. of Chicago, we can

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. Chicagc, Sept. 20. One of the service features which has made the Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association a satisfactory medium for inde- pendent theatres to book vaude- ville acts is the efficient and ca- pable publicity department of the big vaudeville associationr. The two main functions of the theatre business are to get the peo- ple to the theatre, and after they are there, to entertain them. It is up to the booking agencies to se- cure acts that will provide enter- tainment, thus leaving to the pub- licity department the task of. at- tracting people to the theatre. This is accomplished by a variety of methods. When a manager is informed of his coming attractions he often knows very little about them be- yond their names. To supply this needed information the publicity department sends out forms in ad- vance which tells the nature of the acts, how ‘many people there are in each act, the time required for each, what part of the stage is used, properties needed, and other information. Besides the publicity department must interest the public to attract patronage to the theatre. One of the best ways of doing this is by providing an attractive lobby dis- play. There is nothing more inter- esting to prospective theatregoers than to obtain an advance idea of what and whom they are going to see. Immediately an act is booked, the publicity department secures an assortment of attractive photo- graphs and distributes them to the theatres the act is to play, for ad- vance showing and for newspaper and lobby use during the week of the engagement. This procuring of photographs, however, is often a very difficult matter, as many per- formers do not seem to realize the importance of providing attractive pictures. They will spend liberal amounts to decorate their act, but almost begrudge the pictures. Orpheum’'s Exploitation The executive offices of the Western Vaudeville Managers’ As- sociation are in the State-Lake Building, Chicago, where also are the executive offices of the Orpheum circuit, with which it is affiliated. The press department of the asso- ciation occupies the same suite of offices as the Orpheum circuit’s de- partment of publicity and promo- tion, and is under the supervision of the director of the latter. The W. V. M. A. press department, of course, has access to the vast ma- terials of and can make use of the Orpheum circuit’s methods of ex- ploitation, which are without equal in vaudeville. One of the greatest mediums of advertising in theatres is the pic- ture screen. It reaches thousands of people every day and advertises attractions at a minimum of cost. The Orpheum circuit has a very extensive film trailer service which gives a comprehensive description of every act coming. These trailers are shown a week and sometimes two weeks in advance. * Newspaper advertising—the all- important factor in show business -is given minute attention by the publicity department of the Or- pheum circuit To make the ads distinctive, to “sell” the show and the policies of the theatres to the greatest advantage, to be accurate in advertising, guarding against misrepresentation, etc., is a very important function of the depart- ment. A staff of experienced writiters ‘is employed for both the Orpheum circuit and the Western Vaude- ville Managers’ Association. These men are assigned to interview artists, to secure interesting anec- dotes and feature stories for news- paper publication. The publicity department takes advantace of any opportunity to attract special inter- est in unusuak acts, Contests and novel publicity stunts are arranged with the co-operation of the news- Papers. Tie-ups in co-operative advertising with various merchants, dealers in phonograph records, de- partment stores and other media are often effected with advan- tageous results, Thus, with the yast amount of detail, promotion ideas, publicity material, etc, from the Orpheum circuit at its disposal, the press de- partment of the W. V. M. A, is in @ position to furnish the theatres booked through that exchange with a most adequate supply of data. Theatre managers in the assocldé- tion have been more than sgatis- fied with the service they réceiv¥e

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4 PERE Raritan por So pa a 3.3 = 1 eR gy EEE ED + OPE Y 3 Bs ay grrseve * 16 VARIETY a ee Oe VAUDEVILLE Se eee. Soe MANAGER PRAISES W.V.MLA, : ~ WITH ASSOCIATION 23 YEARS Edward C. Hayman Tells What Association Means to the Independent Managers—Says His Experi- ence Is Guidepost By EDWARD C. HAYMAN (President, Kedzie Amusement Co.) ‘ Chicago, Sept. 20. To write the story’ of my rela- tions with the Western Vaudeville Managers’ /Association is an ex- tremely pleasant task, because I consider my connection’ with that organization over a period of 23 years to be the most enjoyable and profitable of my experiences in the show. business of the west. It is a further pleasure to hope that other: independent managers, not yet en- rolled in the ranks of the Associa- tion, will see from this article a golden opportunity. As an independent manager in this territory for a number of years and president of the Kedzie Amuse- ment ‘Company, which operates the Kedzie Avenue theatre, I have seen booking organizations come and go, but this is the first time in the his- tory of the western show business that there has been such a chance for the individually owned theatre to exist. . Best for Independents Better acts, solid support, bookers who attend to their business and have the welfare of the managers at heart, greater co-operation and perféct understanding between the managers themselves—these are the factors which are winning more in- dependent managers each day to the Association’s fold. A big corporation is looking after the manager’s needs with a fatherly interest. This corporation is backed by the greater Orpheum Circuit, for the Association—as everyone connected with the show business knows—is a subsidiary of the Or- pheum, guided by the same brains that made the big time a ‘supreme success. Of course, there are many other independent managers who will swear to everything I have said about the Association. Hundreds are coming into the fold every month, and are learning for themselves that what I have said and am going to say is true. When I became head of the Kedzie Amusement Company, the business could have undoubtedly been built without the aid of the then new As- sociation. My previous experience as a booker had put me in a posi- tion to get along without joining the ranks. But I didn’t try to do that because I saw in the inception of the Western Vaudeville Man- agers’ Association the birth of a better era for western vaudeville, and. a boon.to the hitherto strug- gling independent theatres. Ed Hayman’s Opinion I knew that if the idea was a success that 2 would share fh the success, and that vaudeville from Chicago, west, north and south, would attain a position greater than any in the world. In my opinion, that is exactly what has happened. The point, however,’ lies in the fact that I have continued doing business with the Association, and and 2 quite sure that I will never change that policy. It seems to me that my experience could be profit- ably reneated by other independent managers. I believe my experience stands out as typical of the “Fair Play Personal Service” policy of the Association, ope:. to all independent managers. , The Association had no contract with me which prevented it from giving me stiff competition in my own vicinity, or that required it to step in and help me solve serious problems, such as strikes, etc. But the Association has protected me and has helped me on more than one occasion, proving itself much more than just a powerful and com- prehensive booking agency. It is an organization personjally serving, guiding and guarding that human relationship with the managers which has done as much as any- thirig else to make the Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association the super-success that it is. ‘Managers With Confidence It is that policy which has fos- tained the confidence which man- agere have grown to place unques- tionably in the Association. Square dealing, according to the golden rule, will pay dividends, an@-from the record of W. V. M. A. it looks like the golden rule is right. The very foundation of the Association has been fair play and square dealing. Other solid materials used in the building of this now imposing struc- ture were integrity and foresight. Representatives of the Association were sent out to comb the field and through careful scientific ldbor they have built up a network which for strength is already incomparable. Many managers who adopted the Association’s standard early are now in a position of power in their local fields. Many towne not more than vaudeville houses. The one which did not join the Association sees with envy the success of the com- petitor who has. In hundreds of cases these envious managers have attempted to join and thus equal their competitor’s popularity with the public. But they have met with no success. The Association pro- tects its members and always will. All With Same Views I have sounded independent man- agere who joined the Association, and without a single exception they have held my views in every par- ticular. The manager who is in the Association does not have to seek after the thing he wants, the As- sociation seeks out his wants and supplies them with complete satis- faction. My own e-perience, with these other independent managers who have expressed similar opinions seem to me to stand as a guide- post to every independent manager in the west who has not yet con- sidered the Western Vaudeville Managere’ Association as a means bf getting bigger and better acts for his house, of eliminating much of the worry and trouble from his business, and of winning the appro- bation and increased patronage of a satisfied public. IN AND OUT Pauline Godfrey has supplanted Gwendglyn Feater in “The Choco- late Dandies” at the Colonial, New York, 100 miles from Chicago have two} NV.A’S BIG NITE AT CHICAGO OPENING Dusk to Dawn—Nothing Finer Anywhere Chicago, Sept. 23. From dusk to dawn last Tuesday night the fourth floor of Woods’ the- atre building, in the center of Chi- cago’s theatrical district at Dear- born and Randolph streets, was a brilliant garden of flowers, from which resounded the jovial greet- ings, exuberant chatter, happy con- gratulations and sheer admiration of over 1,000 show folk, city and state officials and well-knowns from every calling. It was the opening reception of the Chicago N. V. A. club rooms. In the center of it all stood E. F. Albee. the founder. Everyone wanted to shake his hand, and they surged about him in eddies. Maurice Goodman, J. J. Maloney, Pat Casey, Col. William Mitchell— all were there and likewise in the center of the enthusiastic throng | From outside the profession came the Lieutenant-Governor of Illinois, Mayor Dever, States Attorney Crowe, many Aldermen, and then along about midnight, Uncle Sam’: famed airmen, the World Fliers, whe proved to be the wow of the occa- sion. Lieuts, Smith, Wade and Nel- son and their officer mechanics re- ceived a mighty ovation and acknowledged the honor with hearty congratulations to the N. V. A. Fine Send-Off No club, anywhere, received a finer, more enthusiastic send-off than that given the new N. V. A. club here, and few clubs can boast of more magnificent quarters. The rooms represent the ultimate in beauty and comfort. One side of the big lounge room is curtained off as a billiard room and contains two tables for billiards and pool. On the other side of the lounge is the entrance into the ladies’ drawing ard rest rooms. The club’s office is just inside the entrance hallway and opens into the lounge room, James Webb occupies the office and is in charge of the club, The first gray streaks of dawn found the lights still blazing frcm the new home of the N. V. A., with the big party in full swing still. It was not until early morning that the last of them started home and offi- cial opening of this beautiful monu- ment to the vaudeville artists in the EZEMVIE CONRAD - cess in the above character. tered and obtained, as well as re- re Ne Orahel =a Preece. o9.4.¢+ EDDIE CONRAD Of course you know Eddie, who was such a sensational vaudeville suc- Well, Eddie has now introduced this same characterization in “The Ritz Revue” at the Ritz, New York, now, reviewers of the New York dailies were all delighted with it. Broun in the World said it was the most amusing scene in the show, and Alexander Woollcott in the Sun said it was an immensely comical scene and that Eddie surely was C-O-M-1I-C-A-L. So, there you are. The Heywood my im oe Bias 2! Sant oP he aie lp ad i Ano? te > Wednesday, September 24, 1924 “CHICAGO AS BOOKING CENTER" } BY LOOP memory. were:— Ernie’ Young - Pearl Young Frances Gallaghc - Ethel Linton Anna Stack Lena Friedman . Warren Jones Glen Burt Tom Carmody Sammy Tishman Maurie Silvers Sam Tishman Richard Hoffman Tom Burchill Sam Kahl Nat Kalscheim Harry Kalcheim Andy Talbot Chas. Hodkins Sidney Schallman Seymour-Sha;,iro Léo Schallman Mme. Leonore J. C. McCaffery Dick Colins Sam Thall Floyd Scott Jack Horwitz Chas. Thanhouser Lou Cantor Star Kriel Eadie Saunders Jimmie Sheehan Ralph Grosberg “Doc” Woodward Arthur Esberg Gladys Esberg Frank Q. Doyle Earl! Girdeller Jack M. Lewis J, C. Matthews Edward Morse Sam Roberts Ethel Robinson AHen Summers Fred Barnes Mike Barnes Jas. Fitzpatrick Blair McElroy Robert Sherman O. H. Johnson Max Turner Lew Reinheimer F. A. P. Gazolla Joe Brenn Benj. H. Erlich Harry Rogers Mort Infield Joe Bransky Car] Randall Dan Bachman Ruth Bachman Milton Weil Isham Jones Ben Kahane Ascher, Levy Joe Finn Mort Singer Chas. E. Bray James Reeves William Burlock Dr. Max Thorek Marcus Heiman Walter Donavan Maurice Goodman Ralph Seabury Joe Farrel Elsie Farrel James Crest Lillian Gilman Serene Conrardy Edw. C. Hayman Lilljan Corlin Maude Bowser Ida Epstein Ethel Walsh Grace Couts Margaret Claire Betty Brin (Continued bey middle west became a pleasant ee Among the callers and members Harry Antrim Ethel Adamson Maurice GreenwaldHerbert Dyer Harry Faber Keifer & Alberts Roger Murrell McGrath & Yeo- Jack Fine y man Harry Rogers Harry S. Wilson Gene Oliver Bruno Sisters Al Weston Hughie Clark Rose Cohn Rogers & Allen Lou Lockett Peggy Page Joe Bennett Harry Breen Eddie Vogt Nick Cogley The Mendozas Harrison. Moss Johnson & Behan Moore & Freed Bill Utah Arthur & Lydia Wilson Nat Renard Lillian West Fargo & White O’Connor Sisters Moss & Manning Sisters E. J. Moore Hyman Schallman Moline Sisters Frank & Gertrude Butler Knorr Rella Johnny Coulon Jimmy Henschel Benny Burt Wally Lehman William Elson Nat Phillips, Rocco Vocco Menlo Moore Ernie Erdman Tim Keeler Cc. &s. “Tink” Humphrey Nan Elliott Mr. & Mrs. Ham- ilton Billy Diamond Pat Casey Eddie Lewis Aaron Jones Wm. Rosenbloom John H. Billsbury William Jacobs Lew M, Goldberg Lew Hollub Will Cunningham Chas. Crowl Harry W. Spin- gold Max Richard Billy Jackson Milton Berger Tom Powell Nonnie Sullivan Lulu Brown Max Halperin Henry Shapiro Chas. Birman Emory Ettelson Mae Fennessy Harry Danforth Jess Freeman Malcolm Eagle Irvin Simon Ferdie Mayer Jack Gardner John H. Bentley Guy Pekins Sadie Jacobs Lew Earl * Bobbie Roberts Frank Berger Joe Erber Paul Powell Wilbur Cushman Martha Throop Bob Cunningham Alex Swidler Geo. Webster Dave Rose Pasquali Bros, Higgins & Blos- som Odette Myrtil Adelaide Hamilton Max Hoffman, Jr. Eddie Dale W. Hamilton Cline Jake Isacs on page 94) Madeline Lane partnership next Miss Lane has new legit while Bollman wil ville with a new — Green, Arnold Sisters, Herbert Corthe ple in skit. in “one.” man will dissolve production, LANE AND BOLLMAN DISSOLVE and Jeffrey Boll- their vaudeville week, been signed for a “Influence,” ] remain in vaude- partner, NEW ACTS Harry Jolson, assisted by Jerome 3-people revue. ll and three pea- Tom Waters and Walter Lawrence Mr. and Mrs. Aug. 14, Little Tack. 14, daughter. Sept. 10, son. vaudeville agent. in Shanghai, The new arrival] has been christened BIRTHS Long Tack Sam, China, son. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Schimmel! at their home in Yonkers, N. Y., Sept. The mother is Geor- gette De Wolf (De Wolf Girls). Mr. and Mrs. James E. Plunkett, The. father is the Chicago, Sept. 20. Vaudeville bookings in Chicago have increased to such an extent it is no ldnger necessary for acts in the two-a-day to depend upon eastern connections to secure routes in the west. While the main booking office of the Orpheum circuit is in New York, where the majority of acts are secured, the close affiliation of the eastern and western booking offices of the big circuit makes it possible for acts that are playing or are developed in the west to secure “Orpheum time” without going to New York. To vaudeville acts playing in the west it saves them the expensive railway fare to New York, obviates the difficulty of securing eastern “showings,” and makes it compar- engagements in the western the- atres of the Orpheum circuit &nd Managers’. Association. Booking in Chicago is certain to accentuate the development of the association.., now extending its op- erations from Chicago to the coast and return. The great increase in W. V. M. A bookings in Chicago, which will result from this en- largement of the association, will also stimulate Chicago bookings for the bigger houses. Being a subsidiary of the .Orpheum circuit, any of the association acts may be routed in Chicago over the Or- pheum “time.” The association is for the artists in reality a stepping-stone to big- ger things. Progress from the as- sociation to the Orpheum circuit is certain to result for acts of the right sort. Good for Smaller Acts, Too With the increased number of theatres, longer routes and gener- ally systematized conditions, the association can now offer attrac- tive bookings for the smaller acts: The increase in bookings will in- sure a minimum of lay-off time and insure steady work on long routes. Many more acts are needed to supply this new demand in west- ern theatres booked through the W.V.M A, During the last year the Chi- cago office booked the following acts for Orpheum Circuit tours: Leon Errol, Irene Castle, Van and Schenck (first tour of the west); Isham Jones Orchestra; Frances White, Karyl Norman, Sherwood's Singing Orchestra, Frank DeVoe, the Clyde Doerr Orchestra, Clara Howard, Gattison Jones, Elsie El- liott and Band, Dainty June and Her Newsboy Songsters, Regan and Curliss, Tempest and Dickin- son, Four Camerons, Demarcos and Sheik Band, Jean - Boydell, Cook and Coan,—Rite and Werner, Three Weber Girls, O’Connor Sisters, Barrett and Cuneen,Clemens Bell- ing and company, Lambért and Fish, De Jari, Tabor and Green, Lamberti, the Xylophonist; Are mand and Perez, Lady Alice’s Pets, The Acrobatic Arleys, Bernivici Brothers, Capt. Bett’s Seals, Carl Emmy’s Pets, Jack George Duo, Ernest Hiatt, Jewell’s Manikins, Paul Kirkland, Three White Kuhns, Three Melvins, Royal Sidneys, Katherine Sinclair and. company, Trenelle Trio, Wilson Aubrey Trio, Charles Wilson, Lane and Harper; Manning and Class, Kirk Collier Trio, Fred Sylvester and company, Jack Joyce, Trovato, Achilles, Les- ter, the Ventriloquist. The immediate growth of the W. V. M. A. will serve to stimulate such bookings and make Chicago:a most important center of the vaudeville world. Fairmount, W. Va., Manager Resigns Fairmount, W. Va., Sept. 23. S. HH? Diemer, manager of the Fairmont theatre, has tendered his resignation to the Board of, Direc- tors. Keith vaudeville was introduced to local theatre patrons under the regime of Mr. Diemer. JUDGMENTS #ANen K. Foster; M. Strauss; $99.70. Al Goldman, Ben Katz and Jack Goldman (Al, Ben and Jack Co.); Wright Lumber Co., Inc.; $1,644.05. Chester M. Kerr; Hotel St, James, Inc.; $89.19. Climax Film Corp.; N. Co.;. $139.67. Barry Townly, Inc.; Char. Cape- hart; $18,246.44. f Jackson Film Studio~ Corp.; Selznick Dist. Corp.; $458.70. Filmland Players, Inc., Albert J. Sullivan and Edward D. Graber, Jr.; Met. Material Corp.; $828.90. Zz... aun atively easy to obtain attractive | its affiliated Western Vaudeville. Keeney to three mont balance of horgés wer | One ‘Was re the ‘amount gageeiv x Patsy Al was killed riding om @ bia park, d mor pitcher it was row feet” * Trene Ca some time Rebert Es was recent never retu swore out version for man was h released wi About 16 picture the urday: Ne received. Max Re Vienna pr “Saint: Jo: and: Englis William street, has National Broadway. to Yréceive derived ‘fr by Rosa P manager, Oct. 9 th ers of the ences ope Owen Dav Muskeg annwal do closed Sa standing e detsky’s f sky’s. Mic prizes and sky its the Empress, | about 360 Mary L lies.” is be of a.job. 1920 gitee dor or sued *'Tho for’ aliena said «to After a qu Miss Lyg for .gome James street, w: West Sid with ‘wri Alice We Wenver s man, When | at the pe: engaged make a p been’ sho flicted wi pany has Want: it B At the ance of ‘ rial; New said he w Boston, j Stage anc at that 1 dance. E out on tl well-knov Plained t prompted profusely James _ with Mrs. Mr. .Hack where he to ,this ¢ noted Fre Odean co Mauric atrical m weighing Goodman window.” ftion was / thére ‘still

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=1 £0 nt on ire Lin im he he nd ig ts ed im rk. he ve es ve e- to he p- st in ne ill Es it, r= ts “9 S- he ei irl 10, ig, is, By 0, T, er Ys S50 te 16 - the ‘amount turned over to the ED ITORAA L tr VARIETY il CARIETY. ’ Trade Mark Registered Published Weekly by VARIETY. Inc. Stme Silverman, President 154 West 46th Street New York City ——— fet SUBSCERIUTION: Annual. ......-81. ‘ Foreign........38 Bingte Co; (. “er te eee ee eee eee 6 Cenis peneeye: Ge ~ Nos "NEWS OF THE DAILIES Frank A. Keeney, the millionaire theatre owner-horseman, started am action Monday to foreclose a chattel mortgage on a ‘stable of horses be- longing to J. Contento of Long Island.. The'mortgage was given te secure & loam ef $25,000, made em which remained a ' Twelve race balance of — hor#és were named im the mortgage. One ‘Was retentty sold for $6,600 and mort- gageeis or ce Patsy’ Altamer of\ Brooklyn, N. ¥., was killed Sunday afterncon while riding,om. @ seenic railway in Colum- bia -park, North Bergen, N. J. Alta-[. mor pitched owt of one of the ears as} it was rounding a curve and fel! 20 feet." : . Trene Castie has been trying for some time to get back $42,000 which Rebert 'E--Treman, from whom she was'recently divorced, borrowed and never returned, she alleges. [rene swore out a civil warrant. for con- version for her ex-hbubby. Mr. Tre- man was held under $40,000 bail and’ released whem he produced it. About'100 people were killed in a picture theatre fire it Smyrna: Sat- urday: No details have as yet been received. Max Reinhardt is at present in Vienna preparing “Emperor Jones,” “Saint’ Joan” and other American and: English plays. é William Thorner of 209 West 79th street, has broucht swit agaimet the } National Concerts,. Ine. of 1451 Broadway. Thorner alleges he was to receive a percentage of profits derived ‘from concerts to be’ given by Rosa Ponselle, for whom he was manager, Oct: 9 the Brooklym Institute Play- ers of the Academy of Arts and Sci- ences Owen Davis” “Icebound.” Muskegon Kenmne!? Cliab’s second annwal dog shew, at Grand. Rapids, closed Saturday night. The eout- standing entrant was Mrs. J..C. Wa- detsky’s female bull terrier, Wadet- sky’s. Mickey, who won three first prizes and oné second. Mrs. Wadet- sky is the wife of the manager of the / Empress, Grand Rapids. There were about 300 dogs in the show. Mary Lygo, formerly of the “Fol- liea,” ix back on Broadway in search of a.job. Miss Lygo left the show in 1929, after becoming engaged to Gor- dop Thorne in Chicago She later sued 'Thorne’s mother for $100,000 for alienation of affections, and is said ‘to have settled for $25,000 After a quarrel at the Hotel Sherman Mies Lygo took poison and was ill for some time. _ James McNary of 219 West 40th street, was held without bai) im the West Side Court Sunday, charged with writing improper letters to Alice Weaver of “Scandals.” Miss Wenver said she had never met the | man, When Gallagher and Shean were at the peak of their fame they were engaged by the Fox Film Corp to make a picture. Several scenes had been’ shot when Gallagher was af- flicted with Klieg eyes. The com- pany) has spent $108,000, and they want: it back. At the Saturday matimee perform- ance ef “Rose Marie,” at the Impe- rial; New York, a man, who later Said he was Ward’\S. Hammacher of Boston, jumped from a box to the Stage and joined Pearl Regay, who at that time was doing an Indian dance. Ed Dolan, the electrician, ran Out on the stage and gave him the Well-known rush. Hammacher ex- Plained that he didn’t know what Prompted him to do it, apologized profusely and left in a taxicab. James K. Hackett sailed Saturday with Mrs. Hacket on the “Homeric.” Mr..Hackett is on his way to Paris, Where he will arrange for the visit to this country of Firmin Gimier, hoted French actor, and the Theatre Odean company. Maurice Goodman, New York the- / atrical m ) h to New Yorlz/ , ; ¢al man, will return to \songs for production specialists m Weighing about 4@ pounds iess. oodman was on the operating table for two hours while in Battle Creek, Mich. Dr. J. S. Chase of this city sliced nine inches of fat off his “bay /window." Dr. Chase said the opera- ftion was very successful and that / thére ‘still is hope for fat nren. movements | te om the part ef the asseciation will shortly clear up opens its mew season with: ' This special issue, called Variety's Weaterm Number, is typiéal of vaude- ville in the west—that vaudeville which is of and belongs te the west, Other vaudeville is im the west—out of the east. Whereas vaudeville |as'an entertainment when it goes west from east ts expected to be more finished in its entertainment form, the western vaudeville enfertainment is always striving to come east, te get more money and prestige. That may make western vaudeville more ambitious amd pessibly more enter- .taining through being more enterprising. But in bulk form at present Feastern vaudeville, as a rule, remains thé class of all vaudeville, Not so with the vaudeville theatres, hewever, ef the two sections. The big time of the east and west comparatively ranks om an equal plane In | its: houses. I: must be judged cemparatively through population and ' grossing power. The Orpheum circuit ia the west has relatively the / same commanding position in its: communities that Keith's holds im the | east. q oe ee at ‘ a .T) But big time tsn't the biggest thing im vaudeville any mere. Big time bas been going and small time has i : i i] . secure “io Contenta May 1S Inst for | Mt Mts quality, but smal! tm has it tm quantity, so three months, iso. that, Keith's and the Orpheum play more really small time or popular price vaudeville than either does big time a : . | , ) In the east the smal timers are the cheaters, im the west the on try to vie with the big timers. Im the west the pop price bilie are put te- gether; in the east they, are threwn together. ling value to the dolar im a westerm popular price vaudeville show by fever 300 per cent than im any pep or smal? time vaudeville bill, east. ‘ . ‘ . PP That ie why the west has’ grown se strong with the smaller variety ws and that fs why the western lay public ts stromger for, the waude- le it knows than the east is for amy vaudeville. ; x F ‘And that is why Warlety is enabled to, put forward in the start mew season an all-westerm vaudeville number of quite seme proportions ern Vaudeville Managers’ Association. | The Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association fs the leading vaude- } ville booking agency outside of New York City. Hi deals im vaudeville : a range that the cities ef the west can use. There are other ‘outsiders are circufts thet rank welt in their sections, even if loeked upon as of imfertor rank from New York, and there are some agencies west that stand in geod repute But there are the western independents as there are among the the eastern cy pping agents may hare a chance to hever around for ‘time yet, {t looks as though one ' F 5 the | pMeated independent vaudeville booking field of the west. Vaudeville Managers’ Association number. | paige im Variety by the asseciation to erect a mew vaudeville circuit In the west. It is the Chicage-te-coast cirevit. of popular price vaudeville clusion through the individual effort of Charles E. Bray, the association's | general manager, whe evolved and promoted the circuit. It's a hew. move- /ment, one that waz, mot givem much falth when announced, ., Previously the sections the associations. will book between Chicago and the goast have region. With the association booking it will mean the artists traveling the reg- ular time, of which the association is a part through aMfMiation, will have many consecutive weeks added to their working field. Those weeks will be guaranteed through an association's play or pay contract. /Erought out what may still he developed in vaudeville. A smaller house | may be discourage? or killed off through inferior bookings ec by other means, but it also may be revived when plccing its bookings with a repu- table agency. All vaudeville houses are not susceptible of heimg booked | by regular line agencies through what is known as “opposition”; an -am exclusive booking franchise with the regular agency supplying that section. There are, however, and all managers should be thankful for it, some reputable independent booking agents. The main fault with the independents are that as a rule they prefer to do a hideaway business: and | thus they become classed with the irresponsible independent agents. About the only ex_2ption of the past 10 years was the wery recent dismissal by. a combination of independen* booking offices in Chicago of the useless and undesirable independent agents with the combined agenctea causing an announcement to be made in Variety of the only agents franchised te do business with them. ‘ Managers after independent bills, if the managers want to do business | squarely, can find the reputable independent agencies by searching them out. There are managers, though, in vaudeville or who would like to tackle vaudeville tf only far an experiment that de mot want to be tied a by business agreeme&ts; they want to ‘monkey around with con- tracts; they don’t know vaudeville and have failed at other policies; they have a theatre and don’t know what to do with it; they wonder how the other fellow cam make money when their theatre might have cost more. That kind of a manager thinks he is sneaking through; he's always sneak - ing and his house is always im the red; but before it passes out on him he’s a cinch for gypping independent vaudeville agents—and that kind of a manager should be gypped for he's a gypper himself. This issue of Variety is a good thing for vaudeville, especially, and Variety particularly. INSIDE STUFF ON VAUDEVILLE Keith’s purthasing the Orpheum circuit's 43 per cent interest im the Keith’s Greater New York Theatres Co. is believed te be im pursuance of E. F. Albee’s building plans in the east. The Greater New York corporation is a holding company. It is said never to have paid a divi- dend, but to have accumulated a surplus estimated at around $3,000,000. According to accounts the value of the Orpheum’s interest will be appraised upor a basis of its eriginal investment, reported at about $1,500,000 and its share of the surplus plus any other valuation allowed. q ay be followed by other writers. Miss «yrill is said te new insist her contract with the singer or the producer aa anaaiaedan number provides that the number will revert te her upon the singer leaving the show or at the conclusion of the show's season. nis provision is similar to one most vaudevillians are insisting upen and which al} vaudeviilians going into productions should insist upom— the® the stage material they take or put into the production remains their - i hat } | been supplied by small independent agencies ipcatind m key cities of t : Among the laughs were a few tears for I cowld not help but think of The Bray accomplishment, while aiding vaudeville as a whole, also has } agency can not book houses. im opposition to each other unless managers of each are agreeable. Even then a vaudeville house in e town may hold 7 ,have never objected te their shaving. Blanche Merrill's new procedure in the matter of turning out special + property, regardless of amy tricky copyright inaued by the management. The Merril plam ie te prevent in future production principals using her seags? written for them and the production, for a vaudeville act, without further payment or royalty. The singers helieved they had the right so to mt oy tet dex ot Papeete eee ks singer Several imetances erese tm which Miss Mcrrilfs production sones after - ward formed an act, motably with Fannie Brice. According to report when Miss Merrill imsisted uwpom the protecting clause in her contract for seugs for Edina Leedom im the current Ziegfeld “Follies,” Ziegfeld suddenly had paid Miss Merril! for Miss Brice’s songs. He ts said to have wir to remove two of the Merrill somgs from her turn or pay him royalty for It is possible Miss Merrill will be called upon to furnish the songs for the mew “Music Box Revue.” In that event, the same pro- tecting clause will be demanded of the Harris-Berlin management, of the beokers im the Marcus Loew offices have the listing of amy of the acts for radio appearances at Station WHN. controlie? by Leew, bet their boots are always open to the radio broadcasting OFF THE DESK Hotel Somerset, New Faris. {E There were mamy fine speeches amd I learned from them that even the most truthful people aren't hampered by facts when they start | and all of it entirely representative of western vaudeville—and the Weat- | cvlogizing avfriend. I only wish I could live up te half of the things that were said about me. Ada Pattersem said I was the premier publicity. puaveyor because } was teeming with ideas. That gave me another idea— that Ada was spoofing me. It was imteresting, too, te hear Rita Weiman te? that she woul? welcome''me as a stepmother. That clarifies « The speakers at the luncheon, presided over by Mrs. Bem Hendricks, first vice-president, in place of Mrs, Lottie Basset whe was ill, inchaded Mrs. W. H.. Donaldson, Edythe Totten, Mii@red Helland, Susanme Weat- ford, Amelia 'E-nghany, Mrs. Spooner, Millie Thorme, Ada Pattersem, Rita Weiman, Zoe Beckley and Mrs. Clarence Jacohsom, And there were others of my friends who also homered me hy not speaking and telling what they knew about me. There was comment on how well I was looking and FE, im turn, was . houses, all beoked. by the association. This has reached a successful eorl- Fates 58 at the genuine youthfulness of members whose birthday records entitle them to loo: much elder. Perhaps it is due to Mildred Molland’s cola cream or Sadie MieDonalt’s face lifter. There tam’'t any such thing as a,middle-aged woman any more or, if there is, they aren't in the League. these I missed from that crowded banquet hall, of our late betoved Lilian Russell, who had. presided at the last club lumcheon [ had attended, and ef the others who have gone on ahead. But the keymote of ft all was happiness. To be back at my cldb, to see friends | hafn+t seen for years, assembled te greet me in one banquet hall, to know that so many had come from out of town or had. pestpened |trips to be there, to grasp hands that told werdlessly how real their welcome was! If there is anything that will repay me for my leng journey through , Strange places with pain and tedium as inseparable companions, it is that }moment of return to, those who are my own, prohibition. Everyone is either and the strange thimg is that Which is just about as con- Bobbed hair is a goad deal like violently for it or savagely against it, se many of those who decry it are men. sistent as mem are on the average. I wonder if the ones who object ever stop to think that the women “But,” hne men declare, “nature ordained women to have long hair. [It—it—sert of belomgs to them. Is that so? Well, back im the days of Moses and even in slightly more modern times the men had long beards and im the Biblical era there were some rather stringent local Hebraic ordinances which forbid the. cutting of hair. Now, since the introduction of that handy little instrument of civilization, the safety razor, it has become a mark of sanitation and refimement to scrape the whiskers off every morning. If it’s sanitary and comfortable for mem to have short hair, both on their sconces and on their physiognomies, the same certainly applies to women also. It ig just the removal of another one of the many shackles that have burdened women for so long. If H. R. H. has seem all the pictures of himself in newspapers, hat- store windows, advertising matter, electric lighted tobacco signs on | Broadway, etc., and still likes the U. S. A., he gets my vote for being an all-around regular fellow with the most forgivimg nature in the world I notice he rode in the subway the other evening. I knew he had a lot of grit but I didm’t think he was such a glutton fer punishment. At the dinner the Friars gave me last spring, George M. Cohan said that most of the newspaper men were turning actors. It seems to me @ lot of the actors are turning journalists, George M., started his linotype career a couple of Sundays ago in “The News’ with a syndicated weekly letter. It will be a lot of work—say I, who Know—but it ought to be good publicity for a man just starting out in the game and maybe sometime he will become so well-knewn as a newspaperman that he will be able to get a job doing a monolog. Perhaps he will soon be eligible to eat at the Routid Table at the Algonquin. Can't you just hear George M. say, “put it all om one check.” At last we have discovered the reason for the farm bloe im Congress and J. C. Nugent is responsible for our new knowledge. It’s because city people and country people never feel right at the same time. “You city foiks,” an old farmer told Mr. Nugent, “live one, way and us im the country live anether. The difference is that you folks ge to bed feeling-fine and get up feeling tired, while us im the country go te bed feeling tired and get wp feeling fine.” be the first woman governor. Oh, Jay, why the query? I may not be able to run for office but I could certainly fill the chair. S. Jay Kaufman ts asking his readers whe in their estimation shouwld ; ; And you may ask any member of the Friar’s dinner committee if Lam not a fine teller how. aie 4 : , ee ee eta es TE ay Re, wh . Sik iin i ah stay, s0 Ror Ne Ae Le tage SP sean

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12 VARIETY ‘LE GWT IM ATE E Wednesday, September 24, 1904.

MAN BEATER GETS $500 BAIL Vera Hall Must Stand Trial for Lashing Ed. Hurley “No man or woman would be safe if the courts were to give approval to actions such as caused this young woman to be brought before me,” gaid Magistrate George W. Simpson, sitting in West Side Court, when he held Vera Hall in bail of $500 for the Court of Syecial Sessions. Miss Hall, who horsewhipped Edward Hurley in his office at 35 West 45th street on Sept. 8, resides at 114 West 8ist street, and is in a Broadway play. In making his decision Magistrate Simpson said: “The testimony of the defendant was that this complainant would not retract the statements against her which she asked him to take back, saying he could prove them. She admits she went there to strike him— in self defense. That is ber testimony. “In her testimony Mrs. Hurley said that she knew the defendant for three years and that Mr. Hurley raised his hands against Miss Hall before the latter struck her.” The above words just describe what was revealed in court. Hurley, broad of shoulder, and six feet tall, stated to the court that little Miss Hall, who stands five feet on her French heels, viciously attacked him in his office, Striking him about the head and back with a horsewhip causing him to bleed and suffer in- tense pain. All of this was admitted by the defense. Miss Hall took the stand and said that she had _. been threaten by Hurley. She related that on one night, when she and Mrs. Hurley caught Edward with another woman, Hurley turned to her and said, “I'll get you, you dis- appointed sap.” At other times, Hurley is said to’ have threatened the girl with beat- ings and other physical assault, and this, Miss Hall said, is the reason why she went to Hurley’s office pre- pared to defend herself, Miss Hall and Mrs. Hurley stated on the stand that Hurley was. the first to take the offensive. Both said that Eddie raised his hand to strike Miss Hall before the latter swung the whip. However, when she did, Miss Hall made a good job of it. Hurley, pale, took the stand and stated to the court that he asked his wife to take Miss Hall out of the office when the pair entered on the day of the horsewhipping and that the pair had refused to leave. In closing his statement, Magis- trate Simpson said further: “Disrespect of the law and the power of the courts for punishments of infractions of this nature, is one of the greatest dangers this country has to contend with at the present time. The defendant here, no doubt under the stress of excitement and emotion, went to this office to mete out punishment to this man he in disrespect of all law. “I find the evidence sufficient and it is my duty to hold this defendant for the court of Special Sessions.” Bail, set in the sum.of $500, was furnished by a bonding company. arself REHEARSING ON SHIP Cast Comp: ted for London’s “Show- Off” Stewart & French have om pleted the cast that will present George Kelly’s comedy, The Show-Off,’ in London, Oct. 28. The London production will be made in association with Lee Shubert. The cast includes Raymond burn, Clara Blandick, Myrtle Tan- nehill, Ellis Baber, Frank Rowan, Graham Velsey, William Barry, B. Martin, George Warrington. The piece went into rehearsal Monday. Rehearsals will continue aboard ship when the company sails~from New. York.

“Annie” for Billie Burke The musicalized “Good Gracious Annabelle,” which Flo Ziegfeld is readying with Billie Burke as the star has been retitled “Annie” and opens Oct. 6 at Ford’s, Baltimore, taking the date which the road “Follies” had ‘for that house. "hd Spening of the road “Fotlies” will be postponed. Wal- | °©8*? a tt MADELEINE FAIRBANKS

“THERE IS A FAIRBANKS TWIN WITHOUT THE OTHER ONE IN THE RITZ REVUE, AND SHE IS GAY AND PRETTY AND DANCES BEAUTIFULLY.” | That’s what HEYWOOD BROUN said in the World. The others were so kind, too. Miss Fairbanks wishes to thank them all. The Times spoke of “undeniable cuteness,” and the Post said “gracefully enchanting dances’ and “the expert ankles of Madeleine Fairbanks.” PHILANTHROPIC, SAYS KUNSKY -— But Has Booking Plan Also—Then There’s B. & K. —— ——_

Detroit, Sept. 23. John H. Kunsky’ s theatre, to be erected this winter, will serve merely as an outlet for producers’ picture product that now cannot be taken care of in Kunsky’s three theatres operating first run down- town, not to make money. Mr. Kunsky made this declaration in a statement published in the “Michigan Film Review,” a regional weekly, in explaining his proposal for a booking corporation which is expected to draw from Detroit exhibitors as its members. In detailing his booking plan Mr: Kunsky accuses one Detroit film exchange of circulating malicious propaganda against it. “My sole purpose,’ he declares, “is to afford Detroit exhibitors and myself the protection that accrues through a plan of this nature and to prevent overseating in Detroit, as I know—as well as each exhib- itor should know—that as-soon as any section of the city becomes overseated no exhibitor in that section makes any money. The threatened invasion ky Bal- aban & Katz of Chicago into’ the Detroit first run territory has re- ceived no fresh incentive, although Sam Katz is reported to have de- elared that the stockholders of his organization havs urged them to build in Detroit. DRESS REHEARSAL OUTS Brock Pembortente Last Minute Changes Cause Postponement Brock musta teorben't production of

Ernest Vadja’s comedy, “The Little Angel,” scheduled for Saturday at the Frazee, New York, was post- poned until next S$ day, after Pemberton glimpsed the dress re- | | he irsal He uffered a change of | CT! opinion concerning several of the players, who were Ict it with two | weeks’ salar Clare |] L€ Ww shed in and é 1 rehearsing Saturday after- noon The othe roles were filled | eas this week. SHOW’S AD STOPPED Chicago, Sept. 23. After it had been running a full week, the federal authorities stopped the style ad that “Early to Bed” was using at the LaSalle theatre, furthering the campaign in the change of title for the piece. A cash prize was offered for the new title. The authorities smelled lot- tery in the idea, ordering, therefore, the newspapers to kill the ads. “Early to Bed” goes to the Pijou in New York. At no time did the Geo. Choos comedy do better than $7,500 at the LaSalle.

at least 100, BOND NEGLECT: SHOW STOPPED Isquith’s Secret Rehear- sals Heard Of by Equity

Louis Isquith’s production of “A / Regular Girl” closed in rehearsal last week through the failure of the producer to post $1,000 strand in- surance bond with Equity. According to reports, Isquith had proceeded with the rehearsals with due secrecy for several days before was then agreed that Isquith could continue for several additional days upon his agreement to post the bond. b When the bond was not forthcom- ing last week an,Equity deputy ap- peared at the rehearsal hall and pulled out the players. Representatives of Isquith said the bond would be posted later and the production resumed. -Uniess Equity will bring suit to recover two weeks’ salary for each of the players to compensate them for time lost during the rehearsals. LEADS IN “FARMER’S WIFE” Mr. and Mrs. Coburn Engaged for English Imported Play

Lee Shubert has signed Mr. and Mrs. Coburn and will star them in “The Farmer’s Wife,” the comedy by Eden Philpotts, which has regis- tered a nine months’ run at the Royal Court, London. The piece was aimed for the Comedy, New York, Sept. 29, but the Independent Theatre have since taken over the house for “The Easy “Mark” on a leasing agreement which may send the Coburn show elsewhere. The supporting cast includes Wal- ter Edwin, Rosalind Ivan, Rosalind Fuller, Etienne Goradot, Cécilia P Radcliffe, Pacie Ripple, Leonard Caréy, Barbara Allen, Ruth Vivian, Lawrence Sterner. SMART HORSE

Two of the chorus members of “Vanities” gave a special perform- ance on the bridle path in Central Park on Monday afternoon, with Mounted Policeman Herman Gross- berger playing the star role. The two chorus girls, Katheryn Ray and Mary Carey hired horses at New- comb’s Riding Academy near the Park and started forth to knock ’em dead along the bridle path. All went well until] the horse ridden by Miss Ray became unruly and bolted, the frisky animal back to the stable. The m®ément’the copper turned his back the horse looked up at the chorus girl and seemed to wink. he started again, with Grossberger capturing him a second time right at the Park gate at 59th street. After which he escorted the two girls back to the riding ac ademy. CAST FOR “CHARM SCHOOL” Twins. Alexander Leftwich is staging the piece, scheduled to open early in October, Nat Ayres is credited with the music and Fred Leslie is stag- ing the numbers. The show opens in Atlantic in two weeks. City

ELIZABETH HINES MARRYING? Elizabeth Hines, star of “Marjo- rie,” will marry her leading man, Roy Royston, after all, it is reported on good authority. Miss Hines de- nied any such interest in the “Mar- jorie” male lead when the show was

in Boston,

this is done -within a fortnight, doing a runaway for about half a mile, with the policeman in pur- suit. The horse was captured by the copper, brought to a halt and seemied docile enough while the of- ficer had hold of him. The police- | man reassured the girl, -and she’. thought she would be able to take Off | Equity was apprised of the fact. It}:

BROADWAY'S ADMISSION SC;

admissions. urday night. revised to $4.40 this week. “The Easy Mark.” night. that performance. “Kid Boots” (Selwyn) “Scandals” (Apollo) ..... “Plaine Jane” (Eltinge) . “Be Yourself” (Sam H. Harris). “Top Hole” (Fulton) ..... “The Dream Girl” (Ambassador) “Hassan” (Knickerbocker) .. “Conscience” (Belmont) X“Havoc” (39th Street) ....... X“Abie’s trish Rose” (Republic) “The Best People” (Lyceum) “Pigs” (Little) “The Show-Off” (Playhouse) “Grounds for Divorce” (Empire) “The Werewolf” (49th treet) “Cobra” (Longacre) “Fata Morgana” (Garrick) “The Green Beetle” (Klaw) “The Haunted House” (Cohan) “High Stakes” (Hudson) “Rain” (Gaiety) “White Cargo” (63rd Street) “Lazybones” (Vanderbilt) “Minick” (Booth) “The Little Angel” (Frazee) “Schemers” (Bayes) “Izzy” (Broadhurst)

cae | James Crane: Retires from

The complete cast for “The Charm School,” being readied by the Shuberts, will number 26, with Lynn Overman and June Walker heading. Others are Clarence Nordstrom, Marie 'Saxon, Edythe} Baker, Martha Mason and the Keene | “My Son” (Princess)

Of the 19 musical attractions current, nine are charging All shows charging $4.40 nightly increase the top Sat- Shows marked with an X call for comment. Follies” charged $5.50 nightly the first week, but the scale was, “Abie’s Irish Rose” charges $1 more Saturday All other non-musical attractions are 50 cents additional for Musicals Ziegfeld’s“Follies” (New Amsterdam) X“Greenwich Village Follies” (Shybert).. “Vanities” (Music Box) ........... “Rose Marie” (imperial) .................00. “The Stepping Stones” (Globe) .............. i. Fy oR 7. NOIR pita nee “Dear Sir” (Times Square)................0 “Marjorie” (44th Street) ................005 “Passing Show” (Winter Garden)............ “(ll Gay She Is” (Casino) .........ccccccccce “Keep Kool” (Earl Carroll) ...............6. “No Other Girl” (Morosco) ................. “The Chocolate Dandies” (Colonial) colored.. “Fhe Miracle” (Century) .............:eeeees “What Price, Glory” (Plymouth) .. “Dancing Mothers” (Maxine Elliott’s)... “The Mask and the Face” (Bijou) X“The Easy Mark” (Comedy) ...........00. “Expressing Willie” (48th Street) ... “Strange Bedfellows” (Henry Miller) ee ee seeereeee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee eee eee ee ee ee ee ee | ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee | ee ee ee ee ee) high ukgo ns terrane Pw “Greenwich Village ¥ Of the eight non- ~musicais topped at $3.30 two appear to have estab- lished. that price because of cut rating. They are “Havoc” and Includes tax. $5.50 every night. . 5.50 every night. - 4.40 ($5.50 Sat.) 4.40 ($5.50 Sat.)

Py eeeeeneee

TOM POWERS IN “Great Music” Tom Powers is succeeding James role of “The the new play by Mar- which George Backer is Crane in the leading Great Music,” tin Brown, readying. The piece had originally been written for Powers. When Backer began casting it Powers was abroad. He returned later, and when .Crane was apprised of the condition, re- linquishing the part to Pawers: Helen .Ware has _ shelved her vaudeville vehicle to appear in the piece. Al Lee Wouldn’t. Pay for Fixing Fiancee’s Teeth Nov. 5, last, Al Lee, White’s “Scandals,” AY Revué@, called upon Dr. Eugene A. Galvin, dentist, in the Gotham Na- tional Bank Building, and told him to repair the aching molars of Miss manager of with Ris then Marion Ardell, of Charlot’s

After 12 hours the police arrested a local man by the name of. John Joseph O’Connell, with but one arm. It was charged he was one of the gang and he was held on a charge of assault. It was stated at the theatre that the night before McElroy had some sort of an argument in Child’s di- |rectly opposite the main entrance to Poli’s. The story has it that Me Elroy was not the instigato: and that the police were watching for Ardell He stated thr: he would | make good the bill, so the dentist | alleges When the job was com-|! | pleted an initial payment of $20 was paid. Nothing since Dr. Galvin repaired bridge work filled cavities: and tool of Miss | Ardell’s teeth Long he waited for | more money. He told the manager that the bill would be $150. When no money was forthcoming he stopped repairing the molars. The dentist said he communicated with Lee, who was in Pittsburgh. Lee, he said, replied Miss Ardell was no longer his fiancee and that he would not be reSponsible for her bill. When Lee came east ‘the served him with notice of a civil suit. Municipal Court Judge John J. McTigue in the West Side Court heard the case and awarded a judg- ment against Lee for $50. Miss Ar- dell was a witness for the dentist. Miss Ardell lives with her sister at the Markwell hotel. “Before she appeared with Charlot Revue she

appeared with George Brown. in a walking act.

Washington, Sept. 23. | Washington’s “mashers,” accord¢ ing to the police, are getting rough Four chorus girls, Alma Bajorath, Ruth Barclay, Jeanette McLeay ard Gertrude Spindle, of “Tae Purple Cow,” last week at Polf@pWere re- turning to their hotel Phen five men approached them = Not no- ticed by the girls, they. attemped to do the ‘rush act” by grabbing the girls and, according to the police, using “suggestive and insulting lane gwuage.” Jack McElroy, manager with the Bradle y, one the chorus boys; were with the girls. When resente- ing the alleged insults of the locale ites they were set upon. MecPElroy was felled by a blow to the chin and when down it is said that the five men beat him up severely Bradley tame through the meleé without much damage., assistant show siage and George of the men in Child’s when the second fracas took place at the corner of 15th and H streets.

THREE “FOOL” COMPANIES Three companies of “The Foo!" - will be sent on tour this year, witb the first opening at the Apollo, At- FE De ie Oe a $e

I aIGH Scrapping Huge |! sicals— Take— Broadway's ‘Four out of siz +musicals plun i vertising in t seeceeeee 4.40 ($5.50 Sat.) in 4.40 ($5.50 Sat ) week. All getting except 4.40 ($5.50 Sat.) of. exchange 4.40 (35.50 Sat.) } sed : : he oppo: P 4.40 ($5.50°Fri & Sat.) elo ‘ ngly develop 3.85 ($4.40 Sat.) Flo Ziegfek 3.85 ($4.40 Sat.) Se contin 2.85 ($4.40 Sat.) : Mes,” referring 3.85 ($4.40 Sat.) but « 3.30 ($3.85 Sat.) laren eB seseeeee 3.30 ($3.85 Sat.) Bee ana .eseee 3.30 ($3.85 Sat.) 5 Ziesey “Greenwich Ct ES gg seeeeee 3.30 ($3.85 Sat.) Z “ ‘White's Sc: bs AE a 3.30 ($3.85 Sat.) : t White 2.50 ($3.30 Sat.) pagains ' iter’s billing ¢ Non-musicals , world’s greate Servvrrey ithe Village p 3.30 W ‘ration of the evecagocrd Mae : NW ititle. The « seca Oa |show as “Foll SHre sescccece 3.30 Tf) Village show o> o-eesebea. ae The “Villag eee wees eoneee 3.30 as much ext 3.30 plied, concedi ceecececcece 218 ($3.85 Sat.) }the object o a. Seated Se Sige eon, “ment and say <okee- ee a fi capacity, but cee ee T pass to Ziege benaetie eS HW except for th tee ea Cake - 2.75 The amoun FPER Gs - 275 “by the high iwedkesc pend ee 2.75 surprising be 2.76 ,edented nun ES Fey AE - 2.75 ; Whether the SAL send \dbowd ee’ 278 ‘ean be mai! i seoclescveses 2.75 proven. It wv pl ar ee FEES Mager 2.75 would hurt 2.75 ; which were 1 Mia Soar ont Sem» Ieee l standard. Oo HEUES ko cane tle. oan 2.75 off, “Vanities 2.75 | estimated ge’ gi OAS Pe aa ee 38 2.75 week. That » 27%5 on and may 2.75 The “Gree 2.75 drew about —“@ at the Shube but. with an _eounts abou performances scale has bee management charge was the tickets. Revue” in si tween $17,00 ing the show at the Ritz $24,000. “Boots’ - The new r the summe “Follies” ha the’ past ti holds aroun tions being f the season. is even mors from the Ca jumped over latter house The stren . tractions or further evic grosses of Marie” at t last week a now. “I'll § $20,000 at t been affect sicals.§ “M profit last \ grossing be 000, approx! Yourself” a latter two 2 the compet gagements : Stan "What Pr mouth is | non-musica $28,600 and trade for al gross ratin; the run le more week! “High s Hudson las 000. It wi after anotl Woods cou science” w counted o01

lantic City, Sept. 29. ‘The B com pany will open at the Academy: Norfolk, Va., Oct. 13, while the © company, destined for Canada the Northwest, opens a week jater 4 ‘This is the third year for t show, and last year seven cole panies toured, all turning “a profit = ~ mildly at t People” wi duced play ceum, fair (Con!

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igh Sat- lage was, AD~ and day for at.) { 4 if + 4 ‘ 4 >: : + > 3 iH ca ° 23. orde ugh rath, and irple ) res five no- oped ‘ the lice, lan tage orge Oys; ent« cale jroy4 chin the relys 1eleé sted john irm. the arge that ome di- ince that and for ond r of counts _) Wednesday; 64 September 24, 1924 LEGYT IMATE V VARIETY "13 alGh SCALED REVUES BATTLING AND ALL DOING BIG BUSINESS Scrapping Via Advertising—“Vanities” Weakest of Huge Productions—“Glory” Ahead of Non-Mu- sicals—Run Leader, “Abie,” Take—$12,000 Top on Subway Second for High Broadway's battle of revues is on. / Four out of six big-cost, high-scaled musicals plunged into splurge ad-~- Hyvertising in the dailies early this week. All in the scrap have been HN getting exceptional grosses, and the exchange of compliments between ithe opposed producers is a surpris- finely development. Flo Ziegfeld started it with an xtra space.insertion for the “Fol- i Mes,” referring to other revues not Megreenwich . Village Follies” | by name, but claiming that “window dressing does not make a show.” Ziegey was aiming at both the and ‘White's “Scandals,” his grouch tagainst White coming from the lat- iter’s billing of “Scandals” as “the ; world’s greatest revue,” and against ithe Village people for the incorpo- tration of the “Follies” name in its ‘title. The critics mentioned the | show as “Follies” in the body of the i Village show reviews. The “Village Follies,” using just /as much extra space Monday re- plied, conceding that attraction was (the object of Zieggy’s announce- “ment and saying the show is pulling | capacity, but was willing to issue a ‘pass to Zieggy, the only one issued, except for the press. The amount of business attracted “by the high-priced attractions is surprising because of the unprec- .edented number of such shows. ; Whether the strong opening pace ‘ean be maintained is yet to be proven. It was figured competition would hurt the expensive shows, ; which were not up to performance - standard. Only one is perceptably off, “Vanities,” at the Music Box, estimated getting about $17,500 last ' week. That revue is being worked on and may improve its gait. The “Greenwich Village Follies” drew about $28,000 its first week at the Shubert. It opened Tuesday but. with an $11 premiere, the total about the same as eight ‘performances at $5.50 top. The scale has been reduced to $4.40, the management stating the higher charge was an error in ordering the tickets. Hassard Short’s “Ritz Revue” in six per ces got be- tween $17,000 and $18,000, indicat- ing the show is selling out, capacity at the Ritz at $4.40 being about $24,000. “Boots’” Exceptional Jump The new revues have not affected the summer leaders: Ziegfeld’s “Follies” has averaged $42,000 for the’ past two weeks. “Scandals” holds around $30,000, both attrac- tions being figured to stick well into the season. “Kid Boots’” business is even more exceptional. It moved from the Carroll to the Selwyn and jumped over $3,000, the pace in the latter house being $32,500. The strength of the musical at- . tractions on Broadway this fall is further evidenced by the excellent grosses of other musicals. ‘Rose Marie” at the Imperial got $26,000 last week and is virtually capacity now. “I'll Say She Is” easily beat $20,000 at the Casino and has not been affected by the newer mu- sicals. “Marjorie” made a little profit last week at the 44th Street, grossing between $14,500 and $15,- 000, approximately the pace of “Be Yourself” at the Sam Harris. The latter two are probably affected by the competition and extended en- gagements are not likely. Standees for “Glory” “What Price, Glory?” at the Ply- mouth is far in the lead of the non-musicals. Last week it got $28,600 and is playing to standee trade for all performances. Next in gross rating is “Abie’s Irish Rose,” the run leader, doing $15,000 and more weekly. “High Stakes” climbed at the Hudson last week with about $12,- 000. It will move to the Eltinge after another week, since A. H. Woods counts it a winner. “Con- Science” which the same manager counted on to click has started mildly at the Belmont. “The Best People” with its agency buy re- duced played to $9,500 at the Ly- ceum, fair money, leaving the fu- (Continued on page 82) eel 7 YEAR'S RUN - Chicago, Sept. 23. psy and Eva” is going to in- definitely keep Jane Cowl out of the Selwyn. Tom Wilkes’ visit here brought out this iatest fact. For a few weeks it was reported that the management of “Topsy and Eva” was going to sacrifice the capacity business to keep in- tact the bookings of the Selwyn whereby Miss Cowl would come in Nov. 1. A tie-up for “Topsy and Eva” with a local bank for a big night the lattes. part of November is strong enough assurance the management contemplates keeping the record hit here for at least one year’s run. It’s hardiy possible the Selwyns will turn over Miss Cowl to another theatre in town. On her last visit here the star played the Cort. This is out of the question now with the coming of “The White Cargo.” Two Shubert houses have been offered but the acceptance of either will probably be turned down because of the strong affiliation Miss Cowl’s name has with the Selwyn Theatre. There's been a little card in a frame over the box office window reading “Jane Cowl, Coming Soon,” since the theatre was dedicated two years ago. They’re betting around the loop that “Topsy and Eva” will not only be the Christmas and New Year’s attraction at the Selwyn but that it will stick out the present season. ZIEGGY’S “KEEP KOOL” Shelving Production, but Will Lift Scenes for Road “Follies” The reported deal whereby Flo Ziegfeld purchased “Keep Kool” was consummated last week. The pro- duction will be shelved after com- pleting this week at the Earl Car- roll but five skits and a number of “Keep Eool” people have been placed in the 1923 “Follies” which is due to open on tour at Cleveland, Oct. 18. The road “Follies” was dependent mostly on its players last year and the addition of the “Keep Kool” skits are expected to fill the ma- terial void which was a problem to Ziegfeld in making up the show. The hits added to the “Follies” are “English as She Is Spoke,” “Jus- tifiable Homicide,” “With Apolo- ogies,” “The Yellow Peril” and stage door bit. Players from “Keep Kool” placed in the “Follies” are Johnny Dooley, Charies King, Tierney and Don- nelly, Kelso and De Monde and Constance Madison, who is the new Mrs. Dooley. The balance of the cast includes Bert and Betty Wheeler, Quinalt Edna Leedom and Dave Stamper, Nan Halperin, the Mosconi family, and Rowe and Lina Basquette. “POMPADOUR” CAST The complete cast for “Madame Pompadour” to be produced by C. B. Dillingham and Martin Beck at the latter’s new theatre in Novem- ber is Hope Hampton, John Quin- lan, Wanda Lyon, Eva Clark, Florenz Ames, Frederick Lewis, Oscar Figman, Louis Harrison, Edgar Kent, Henry Vincent, Pauline Miller, Janet Stone, Gertrude Mc- Donald, Margot Greville, Eileen Seymour, Elaine Palmer, Irma Irv- ing, Frank Snyder. URBAN CALLED TO COAST Josef Urban is on the coast. He left last week upon a call from William R. Hearst to aid in the filming of “Zander, the Great,” out there. IN THE LOOP} |Who Could Resist In Cases Like This? A Broadway casting agent has been convinced of the futility of permitting unem- ployed actors serve as his sec- rétary. In the official capacity the sec receives practically all calls and orders to the office. Some, bright boys, have an- swered these calis and secured engagemente, leaving their em- ployer flat, and without paying any commission for the job. At least three rouths whom this caster had taken into his office on salary when they were without employment never muffed an apportunity to send themselves in with inquiring producers as great little guys. : SHUBERTS GET ROAD RIGHTS TO “WILLIE” Equity Players and Authoress to Figure in Unique Arrangement The Shuberts have secured the road rights to “Expressing Willie,” the Rachel Crothere comedy pro- duced by Equity Players. The piece is the first production success by the Equity group since organizing and taking possession of the 48th Street two years ago. An unusual arrangement is re- ported having been entered into be- tween: the Shuberts, the authoress and Equity Players whereby the lat- ter is to receive two-thirds of the profits after production expenses are taken care of. The Shuberts will have complete direction and control of the attraction on the road, The managers are readying a spe- cial “Willie” company, which will open at the La Salle, Chicago, Oct. 12. They will make the production and cast the company, which will be staged by Miss Crothers. The latter is understood to be interested with the Shuberts in addition to her royalty connection. The original “Expressing Willie” company will continue at the 48th Street, indications pointing to the engagement lasting until the fall holidays. To date the attraction has played 23 weeks. It is said the first company will also be handled by the Shuberts when it is ready to start on tour. 4 DANCING-DRAMATISTS OUT ! Another dancing - dramatist euchered himeelf out of a fat part in a forthcoming musical through his inability to restrain his author yen. The piece is sponsored by a new producing group which seemed to cue said dancing- damatist that they didn’t know what it was all about; that it would be a cinch for him to horn in on author’s royalties by rewriting the show. The producers agreed after considerable persuasion to per- mit the dancer to brush up the book. When the players re- ceived revised scripts and found their meaty lines had been transferred to the danc- ing a author, a general walk- out was in order until the man- agement advised the retirement of the adaptor instead. . CHANGING ‘TANTRUM’ TITLE One More Week at Cort then Philly as “The Third Year” “The Tantrum” is not to be scrapped after all despite its pro- ducers having posted a_ closing notice effective last Saturday. Fri- day night the cast was informed the show would continue another week at the Cort and would open its road tour at the Walnut Street, Phila- delphia, next Monday. When the piece takes to the road it will be recaptioned “The Third Year,” and Roberta Arnold, now featured, will be elevated to star- dom. a A HERBERT MUNDIN One of the featured players of “Charlot’s Revue of 1924” pictured as the yokel in the outstanding comedy number of the show. Mr. Mundin is indeed grateful to | the American public for their appre- ciation and generous treatment and the Messrs. Selwyns for the oppor- tunity of rising to be the featured male member of the revue. Concluding a run of nine months (as pleasant as it was successful), on Broadway. Now on tour until April, and then, who knows? Any- way, Mr. Mundin would be very happy and delightfully contented to remain right here in America. Chicago, Sept. 23. The independent “specs” went mad among themselves by the way they were “stuck” with pasteboards for “Vogues and _ “Frolics,” and “Mary Jane McKane,” last week. The climax came when two en- gaged in a fist fight on Randolph street. One or two more of similar scraps and the independents are go- ing to find themselves up against a strong possibility of being li- censed by city authorities, The patience of a few politicians who are known to being protecting the “gyps” is being severely tested. “Easy Mark” Cuts, Shifts; Postpones “Mazie Buck” A drastic reduction in salaries of the cast of “The Easy Mark” went into effect this week, when the piece shifted from the 39th Street to the Comedy. The reductions and de- creased rental arrangement at the Comedy is figured to give the piece a chance to build up, and possible shift to a better location in four weeks, The jockeying of “The Easy Mark” has caused postponement of the Independent Theatre’s second production, “Mazie Buck,” by Ro- land Oliver, scheduled for rehearsal this week, with the players being told rehearsals would not begin un- til November. QUICK CLOSINGS IN CHI Chicago, Sept. 23. Business kept so bad in the Shu- bert houses ag this week started off that quick clesings come Saturday. “Mary Jane McKane” (Garrick) goes out Saturday, followed by “Sweet Little Devil.” The LaSalle geta “Aple Sauce” Sunday to follow “Early to Bed.” “Dixie to Broadway” also departs Saturday. “Cyrano de Bergerac” takes up the Great Northern time. “Vogues and Frolics” (Apollo) remains low in gross, making it possible the Shuberts are looking around for a new idea for. the Apollo. LAUGH AT “UNCLE TOM” Harrisburg, Pa., Sept. 23. death knell has practically sounded for “Uncle Tom's The been atre here last week. The audience was prone to laugh throughout. The company, playing the Stetson version of the famous novél,gave a capable performance, but the show was a theatrical flunk. “JUDY” DUE OCT. 1 “Judy Drops In” closed Saturday for script revisions and cast changes. It will reopen Monday at Stamford, Conn., and will come to the Punch and Judy, New York, Oct. 1. John Henry Mears is the producer and Marian Mears heada the cast. Cabin,” shown at the Orpheum the-" YOUNG BIDDLE AS PRODUCER ee Wealthy Youth Reported Entering Field with Two Productions Craig Biddle, Jr., of the aristo- cratic Philadelphia family, will blossom forth as a theatrical pro- ducer this year, if present plans are consummated. The young mil- lionaire is said to have two shows in view, with a man named Gordon acting as his general representative in the preliminary arrangements for their production. One is a. musical version of “That {Girl Patsy,” a comedy that never hit Broadway, but that has been particularly successful as a stock vehicle. George V. Hobart has adapted. The other is “The Man Between,” by W. B, Frost. Young Biddle attempted picture work two years ago. He went to Hollywood and succeeded in ob- taining small bits in several big productions. His work was un- noticed and the dailies at the time reported he returned to Philadel- phia a much chagrined and disap- pointed youth. He is known to have a& great interest in the theatre, how- ever. His father, Craig Biddle, Sr., is a leader of Philadelphia and Nevr- port society, and an important fig- ure in tennis circles. He forraerly was rated nationally among the players of the game, and this year, his first in the veteran classification, he won the national title at Forest Hills in his division. The son so far as known has never gone in for tennis as seriously as his father. IS 44th ST. “KOSHER”? “PIGS” AT PROFIT! Forty-fourth street is strik- ingly kosher, according to current theatrical fare. The Broadhurst offers “Izzy,” with Jimmy Hussey featured as “Izzy Iskovitch.” At the Bayes the boards state “Schemers” was written by Dr. William I, Sirovich. But at the Little theatre, “Pigs” is the “trafer” ele- ment, despite the plan to ad- vertise the show in the Bronx as “a kosher comedy.” A wagon load of little pigs stands at the theatre stage en- trance and the animals are shown for a minute during the play. Since “Pigs” first opened the sucklings grew too large and were exchanged for littler ones. It is claimed John Golden was credited with $16 in the exchange as his pigs were larger and worth more money than those obtained. € a INVESTIGATING EMPLOYEES Chicago, Sept. 23. Now that she har everything running smoothly with the house managers, Mrs. Couthoui is reported to be contemplating a thorough in- vestigation of shady systems used by her own employes. A brush-up in the elackness of the Congress Annex stand is noted through the presence of cash regis- ters, presided over by strangers to the ticket selling help. How so many of the Couthoui stande’ tickets get into the hands of “gyps,” who are most unfriendly with the head of the Couthoui sys- tem is about to be ferreted out. Mrs. Couthoui is giving more time to her ticket business this year, quite dif- ferent from recent fall seasons, when her mind was occupied with her candy and cigar trade. BILLY KING’S CO. UPTOWN Billy King and all-colored mu- sical comedy opened a five weeks’ engagement at the Lafayette, Har- lem, Monday. King recently reached New York from the West, where for some years he has been staging and producing shows. Among King’s company expected to number 60, including a chorus, will be Johnny Higgins, “doubling” from the Hollywood restaurant; Stella Cash, dancer, and Marshall! Rogers. SR a a a ro yt Se ao nie \ ” , Pre paces ADEE rs sonnet eer voger iene?

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Another new daily is to be pub- | Hshed in New York, the “Home News,” covering the Bronx, Wash- ington Heights, Harlem and York- ville, issuing the first copy on Oct. 1. The Home News company al- ready has a daily in the Bronx, but the new one will cover the Heights and Harlem from 110th atreet to Van Cortlandt Park. Harry Goodwin (at one time pub- licity director for the Joseph W. Stern music house), and James O’Connor will have charge of the editorial direction. Goodwin is also editing the Bronx daily. . The dramatic department and reporting for the new daily will be handled by Mrs. Philip Mindill and Harry \Pennell, BELASCO PROUD

“Little Boys” of Greenroom Club’s Midnight Affair a

David Belasco was the guest of honor at the Green Room Clu): at midnight, Saturday. It was the first “midnite” of the new season. Nen- ly 260 members gathered, attitrei in the “soup and fish.” S. Jvy Kaufman, yrompter of the club, was imaster of ceremcnies. Sev- eral skits were played by members on the miniature stage, the smaliest stage in the world, about 444. Brief talks were made by R. H, Burnside, Lowell Sherman,> Louis Wolheim and Joe Laurie, Jr. Tom Burke sang, Irving Ceasar offered a special number that he dedicated to the guest, and Louis Alberini gave a splendid idea of what an actor had to go through to get an interview with the “Dean of the Theatre.” Six of the members who waited on the tables wore white and black as- cot ties. Mr. Belasco concluded the affair with a short speech of thanks, end- ing with: “I'm so proud of you Hittle burs.” Raymond Hitchcock was there, ang wcre a monucile b sides his ¢ress suit. One of the clown bits was when six of the guests addressed the guest of honor with: “Mr. Belas- co, why do you wear that awful black tie? Wear this one (bright colored four-in-hand) and remem- ber the Green Room Club! The prompter later gathered the haberdashery and presenting them “These are colors of the rainbow, a beautiful reminder to Belasco said: of this night.”

FLORENCE REED IN “ASHES” Florence Reed will appear under the direction of Walter Jordan this season and is now rehearsing a play, “Ashes,” due to open next month?

H. B. WARNER AND “SILENCE” Henry B. Warner will be starred in “Silence,” the new Max Marcin play.

lam Shows in Rehearsal (AND WHERE) “Ashes” (Walter Jordan), Comedy. “Annie” (F. Ziegfeld), Frolic. “Simon Called Peter” (Ww. A. Brady), Playhouse. “Old Heidelberg” (Shuberts), Winter Garden. “Bewitched” (John Crom- well), Belmont. “Awful Mrs. Eaton” (W. A. Brady), Playhouse. “The Fake” (A. H. Woods), Hudson. “Out of Luck” Harris), Hudson. “The Farmer’s Wife” berts),~Maxine Elliott. “The Little Angel” Pemberton), Frazee. “Tiger Cats” (David lasco), Belasco. “Dorinda” (John Bryant Hall, “Cook O’ the Roost” (Dra- matists Theatre), Comedy. “The Gharm School” (Shu- berts), Bijou. “The Saint” (MacGowan & O’Neill), Greenwich Village. . “Kiki” (road), (Leffler & Bratton), Academy Hall. “The Great Music” (George Backer), Tecumseh Hall. “Ziegfeld Follies” (road), (F.. Ziegfeld), New Amsterdam. “Greenwich Village Follies” (road), (Bohemians, . Inc.), Terrace Garden, (Mrs. H. B. (Shu- (Brock Be- Scholl),

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Samuel’s Wise Crack ~ . Oo. M. Samuels, champion gagger of New Orleans, de- parted for the land of horses and ‘lasses when he learned the temperature down that way was under 90. He and Mrs. O. M. had been shivering in New York for weeks, but held out on the home town, knowing its mercurial rep. Prior to departure Sam looked over some of Broad- way’s shows and wrote things about them for the New Or- leans “States.” He started one yarn by referring to Broadway as “the roaring 4:40’s and the gypping 5:50’s.” MATT TIGHE DIES Newspaper Man Predicted Sinking of “Maine” in Cuba

Washington, Sept. 23. The. dean of the Washington newspaper correspondents, Matthew Fitzsimmons Tighe, is dead. Known as “Matt,” Mr. Tighe has served here with the Hearst organization since 1898. He gained nation-wide fame when predicting the sinking of the “Maine” when that’ ill-fated battleship was about to enter Cu- ban waters. The head of the Hearst bureau here was so impressed with “Matt’s” prediction he was sent to Cuba to cover the story—should it break. It did! This is but one of the many ex- ceptionally things this writer did in his very active career here, which closed after a lingering illness of many menths. He was 67 years old.

Carr’s Dream of Love Gets Him for 2d Time Los Angeles, Sept. 23. Alexander Carr wants it to be known ‘that he will become a bene- dict again. Marriage life, he says, is beautiful, providing you have the right mate. Carr is now awaiting the return of Helen Crossman, an actress, from Chicago, where she went to procure a decree of divorce from Dr. Martin Blank, a New York physician. Carr says that for the present he is through with the speaking stage and is to become a film producer. He is also acting as business man- ager for Miss Crossman, whom he expects to place in the picture field. Carr has been married before.

“WAGES FOR WIVES” OUT Chicago, fept. 23. “Wages for Wives” has been given notice at the Cort. The Golden comedy winds up Oct. 4. “The White Cargo,’ long , booked, will move in. Everybody is pulling for “Sport” Herrmann, to get settled like old times with “The White Cargo.” Herrmann is now in New York at- tending to his radio interests which many believe will eventually be- come so extensive he will forsake the show business,

CHORISTER’S $200,000 SUIT Sioux Falls, S. D., Sept. 23. Marjorie McClaine, 23, former chorus girl, fil suit in circuit court here against James T. Wear- hit, 51, said to be a wealthy Dlinois banker, for $200,000, in an alleged breach of promise action.

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TWO OR FOUR SHOWS MOVING OUT THIS WEEK “Mask and Face” Folds Up in Hurry—*“Keep Kool” Sold— “Tantrum” Holds Over

Monday it looked as though four attractions would be off Broad- way’s list by Saturday. Two shows are definitely out, one hay- ing closed last Saturday. “The Mask and the Face” was taken off at the Bijou after a week and a half. The piece was an adaptation from the Italian and the American rights were claimed by

THE MASK AND THE FACE Skeptically treated by the critics, “Herald - Tribune” (Hammond) pointing the way with “dull.” Opened Sept. 10.

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two managers, each having a dif- ferent version. Brock Pemberton hurried the piece to the boards, but it failed to indicate possibilities and was unfortunately cast. The takings last week were under $4,000. “Keep Kool” closes this week at the Earl Carroll, the third house for the revue, which opened at the Morosco and moved subsequently to the Globe. The attraction has played 19 weeks. It started with a pace of about $17,000, but stead- ily declined. Though it picked up at the Globe, “Keep Kool” is a loser. The production has been sold to Flo Ziegfeld and its bits have been merged into the 1923 “Follies.” “Ihe Tantrum,” listed to close last Saturday, was held over for the current week at the Cort. The title is changed to “The Third Year” and the show will start on tour next week.

ROSE STAHL’S OWN PLAY Rose Stahl who retired from the stage some years ago may come out of retirement this season to star in a new comedy from her own pen. The piece is said to carry a veteran chorister as its central character. Miss Stahl is at present in. her camp in the Adirondacks putting the finishing touches to the plece and is due in New York in two weeks. The production will be sponsored by a new producing firm.

DAZEY’S NEW PLAY Quincy, IL, Sept. 23. Cc. T. Dazey, local playwright has signed a contract with Melville B. Raymond for the production of his play “The Choice.” Emile Poloni, English actress, is to play the lead. WHY NOT? Laurence Stallings and Maxwell Anderson, authors of “What Frice Glory,” the current hit at the Ply- mouth, are writing another play, upon which Arthur Hopkins will have first call,

“THAT’S THAT” FOR HOWARDS The musical to be produced by the Shuberts featuring Willie and Eugene Howard is to be cailed “That’s That” and will start re- hearsals next week, being due on Broadway in about eight weeks.

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“Abie’s Irish Rose,” Republic (1234 week). Run leader reached its 1,000th performance Tuesday night. Four other companies playing “Abie” on tour, Original show steadily piling up remark- able profits; $14,000 to $15,000 and over weekly. “Be Yourself,” Sam H. Harris (4th week). One of musicals which may be held down by high scaled flashy revues. Business last week about same as opening pace; be- tween $14,500 and $15,000. “Best People,” Lyceum (6th w Climbed again. Despite start this Frohman attraction ap- pears to have a chance. Last week, $9)500, though agency buy cut in half, “Chooclate Dandies,” Colonial (4th week). Getting between $1,000 and $12,000, though reported reaching bigger totals. Colored show probably making little money, though expensive. Best trade is on upper floors. “Cobra,” Hudson (234 week). Quoted getting $9,000 to $10,000, profitable figure for small castedrama pre- sented in producer’s own theatre. Hope to keep going until first of : year. “Conscience,” Belmont (3d week). Some doubt about this new drama, which won break from critics on playing. Business only fairly good at start, whereas attraction ‘touted as sensational. Has chance to climb; $5,000 to $6,000. “Dancing Mothers,” Maxine Elliott (7th week). Moved from Booth, where Edgar Selwyn drama drew consistently good business. Climbed to well over $12,500 and rataed a success. “Dear Sir,” Times Square (ist week). Philip Goodman produced latest musica] arrival. Opened Tuesday. “Expressing Willie,” 48th St. (24th week). Equity Players confident of keeping first success going an- other two months. Business profitable at $7,000 and ‘better lately. “Fata Morgana,” Garrick (30th ‘week). Another two wéeéks to go. Although not big money getter, classed as one of last season’s successes; $5,000 to {$6,000 and profitable to Guild, which will start new season with “The Guardsman” next month. “Follies,” New Amsterdam (14th week): Going along at corking pace, holding leadrship of Broad- way regardless of new révue ar- rivals. Last two weeks saw record business with gross quoted over $42,000. “Greenwich Village Follies,” Shu- bert (2d week). Opened Sept. 16. Reviews contained (considerable criticism. Revue,should be easily whipped into shape and make successful run. Scale lifted to $5.50 top first week but reduced to $4.40 this weék. Big first week, $28,000. “Grounds for Divorce,” Empire (ist .” week). Second Frohman produc- tion to arrive; succ@eded “The Swan,” credited with finishing second engagement to better than $11,000. Ina Claire featured in “Divorces” comedy, which got $11,000 in Baltimore last week. “Hassan,” Knickerbocker (1st week). A. L. Erlanger presenting spec- tacle of Orient first understood to be under Diiiingham name. Opened Monday. Regular night scale $3.20 top. No boost for premiere per- formance. “Havoc,” 39th St. Switched here from Maxine El- liott’s Monday, jumping price to $3.30 top, presumabily because .of *better benefits from cut rating. English drama decidedly mild draw wi.h gross between $5,000 and $6,000. House reported get- ting new show in several weeks. “High Stakes,” Hudson (3d week). Second week’s business encourag- ing at approximately. $12,000. Rated well in light of adverse critical opinions. Will move to Eltinge after another week, with “The Fake” spotted in Hudson. “Ill Say She Is,” Casino (19th week). Increase in admission scale to $3.85 top not affecting trade. Takings increased with gross over $20,000 against last week. Looks like a cinch through fall. “Izzy,” ‘Broadhurst (2d week). Opened Sept. 16 with dailies lik- ing new dialect comedy which features Jimmy Hussey. First week fair, matinee weak. About $7,500 in seven performances, or pace of about $9,000 weekly. “Keep Kool,” Earl Carroll (19th week). Final week. Show sold to Ziegfeld and bits will pe inserted in road “Follies.” “Keep Kool” considerably in box. Opened at Morosco, n.oving to Globe en route (4th week). ne

here. Averaged around $11,000 weekly. Will be succeeded by “The Great Music.” . “Kid Boots,” Selwyn (39th week). Proportions of this holdover mu- sical smash not realized until ‘show moved to. 42nd street and jumped pace. Last two weeks’ takings were $32,500 weekly, capacity. f “lL azybones,” Vanderbilt (1st week). Second production this fall by Sam H. Harris. New drama by Owen Davis, author rating play with “Icebound.” Opened Monday. “Marjorie,” 44th St. (7th” week). Moved from Shubert last week. Business in new house approxi- mated that in original stand with bit under $15,000 grossed. Musical turned a profit at that figure. - “Minick,” Booth (1st week). Win- throp Ames offers this comedy drama, collaborative work of Edna Ferber and George S.. Kaufman. Opéns Wednesday. “Dancing Mothers” forced to move to El- liott, “Minick” having been planne«. for Booth long in advance. “My Son,” Princess (2d week). Opened in middie of last week; notices favorable. Drama cred- ited with some punch. [In small house takings must necessarily de moderate. “No tner Girl,” Morosco (7th week). “The Awful Mrs. Eaton” succeeds next Monday. Manage- ment of musical “Girl” trying to figure way to keep show going if another house - ailable. Has not shown signs of success; average pace between $8,000 and $9.000. “Passing Show,” Winter Garden (4th week). Lowest scaled af “ig revues which arrived in Sep. «- ber; $3.85 top with others at $-.i0 and $5.50. Garden big capacity one reason but has not been seli- ing out. = “Plain Jane,” Eltinge (20th week). One week to go, house then get- ting “High Stakes,” now at Hud- son. “Tane” cancelled subway bookings to remain last week and this for some _ reason. About $8,000. “Pigs,” Little (4th week). May work out to be winner. Claimed to have gained $2,000 within last two weeks, last week’s takings be- ing between $6,500 and - $7,000. Rated worth while laugh show. “Rain,” Gaiety (2d engagement; 4t week). Scheduled for:month but came back so strongly dramatic smash of two seasons will try to stick through winter. Last week over $13,000. “Ritz Revue,” Ritz (2d week). Opened Sept. 17, winning excellent notices and figured one of mus- ical leaders. Got between $17,000 and $18,000 in six performances or a weekly pace of about $24,000; approximately capacity. v “Rose-Marie,” Imperial (4th week). First of new musicals to land.. Top scale at $4.40 doubtful, but pace has steadily improved, with last week’s total about $26,000. Close to capacity. “Scandals,” Apollo (13th week). New musicals have not: affected busi- ness. Around $30,000. “Stepping Stones,” Globé=(2d. en- gagement; 4th week). Another week to go before “The Grab Bag” with Ed: Wynn arrives. “Stones” attracted excellent trade, busi- mess stronger than last spring, scale considered. Between §$24,- 000 and $25,000. “Strange Betfellows,” Henry Miler (15th week). After doubtful pe- riod this comedy jumped and for last two months has turned profit with takings about $8,500. “The Dream Girl,” Ambassador (6th week). Not wow yet good entertainment, with brilliant leads and pleasing score which shoyld keep show in until holidays. Beat- ing $15,000. “The ‘Easy Mark,” Comedy (5th week). Moved here from 39th Street Monday, taking house on rental. Business weak, takings around $3,000. Through cut rates management hopes for improve- ment. “The. Green Beetle,” Kiaw (4th week) Management believes dra- matic thriller will build. First three weeks’ indications favorable, business being ‘under proportions of sticker. Between $8,000 and $9,000. “The Haunted House,” Geo. M.- Cohan (4th week). Mystery farce has drawn good business and. .may achieve rating of comedy success. Last week gross again improvea; between $11,500 and $12,000. “The Little Angel,” Frazee (ist week). One of two plays adapted from. Hungarian of Vajda. listed for this week (other piece, “Grounds for Divoree”). “Angel was to have opened last Satur- (Continued on page 82) Coe Poy ee

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The Shuberts have five “flops” on their hands, so an immediate switch of at- tractions may ‘be quickly expected. “Blossom Time” alone, in‘the experi- ment of the $1.50 scale at the Audi- torium saves the Shuberts from a clean whitewash in the reckoning of early-season attractions the town apparently does not want.. . 4 “Mary Jane McKane” (Garrick) and. “Vogues and Frolics’’, (Apollo) have gone. overboard in the furious - musical comedy. competition set by ‘Nanette” (Harris) and “Topsy and Eva” (Selwyn). The tumble wf the Hammerstein attraction is frightful. For the two Sunday nights following the premiere (Sunday, Sept. 1) there’ were respective drops of $1,300 and $1,500. The average night gross out- side of the nights the prices were increased held around 3900. It's a little bit harder to figure the Apollo trade since the “specs” were in on it strong. The “specs” lined up so solidly in front of the Apollo with their “stuck’’ stuff that the police were called out to chase ’em away. The Apolio attraction, however, can be called a first-class “flop.” It’s un- usual to have failures at the Garrick and Apollo at one and the same time. “Dixie to Broadway” evidently lost all of its appeal when moving from the Garrick to the Great Northern. This is another instance of a house transfer proving a hoodoo in this burg. While the colored show is playing out the string.at the Quincy street- house, it is reported cut rates will be called in to save trade from tumbling to nothing. The midnight show was canceled at a moment’s notice. “Early to Bed’ prefers to test its further merit on Broadway. This piece won't even give Chicago the privilege of supporting it under its new title. Out goes the comedy Sat- urday, followed by “Apple Sawuse,”’ first reviewed last week at Buffalo. The Bijou, New York, gets the chance to “put over” this comedy immediately, on the promise it will catch on. “because Chicago didn’t like it.” A great season of competitive paragraphs this is going to be, sized up by reading New York and Chi- cago dramatic critics! “In the Next Room” shows no re- sponsive possibilities at the Princess, despite some heavy plugging. Just as soon:as Rachel Crothers’ piece, Expressing Willie,” collects itself for a road tour the Princess will ge it, and “Next Room” will depart. This will either be October 4 or Oct. 11. Five Below Stop Clause U(The condition at the. above five houses wouldn’t be so alarming ex- cépt for she fact that all the attrac- tions are far below the stop clauses: Ita not because the town is in a theatrical slump; far from such. The attractions involved just happen to be ones that Chicago doesn’t want. Out here'they have had a habit re- eently of letting the producers know it quickly. On the brighter side of things, take a‘squint at he way the folks are pull- ing down the doors at the Adelphi, Gohan’s Grand, Selwyn, Harris, Studebaker and Playhouse trying to get.in. “Mitzi” reopened the Illinois Sunday, and things point to four fine weeks for the Savage star, provided the “‘specs” don't get tangled up and @#poil an otherwise annual big en- igagement, wisely limited. “The wan" -should ' make things .more lively than any attraction at the Plackstone for some time. Indica- tions after the premiere last ‘night @ere taht it will ‘either be a “miss” hoy cone. of ‘those quick. build-up .en- sgagzements fashioned after “The Best People” of last year. Into ‘the town came “Seventh Heaven” last week on all four cylin- ders. The piece is here to stick at high figures for many weeks... It’s going to be fine competition between “Beggar on Horseback” and “Seventh Heaven” for the lead in the non- musicals: “Tarnish” is apt to be injuréd a trifié by the big call for the ‘#hdelphi and Cohan's Grand. attrac- %iens, but not enough to scare the ‘poking. : MeMearwhild “Abie’s Irish Rose” goes n smilingly and happily at the ‘Studebaker, while the new dramatic ‘Shows come and go. It’s the 40th ‘week for thé million-dollar suceess. ‘2°Neither thé Harris ‘nor the Selwyn kd ‘an empty seat last week. There’s quite a contrast in the class ‘of’ patrons each of these knockouts 4@* getting. The Harris is. getting ‘thé evening dress crowa. “Topsy and “E}ya"” draws! what looks like a holi- day erowd—perhaps there's no other word than “mob” to express it. con- sidering the $°8.00@ 2ransc ty 38th week. The Wilkes show got tremendous. publicity through the visit of the World’s Flyers a week ago tonight. Betting here has in- creased that the Twin theatre at- tractions can stick at capacity un- til Thanksgiving and keep far ahead of the stop clauses until New Year’s. The demand for both really sur- passes anything this town has checked in years. Because of the sudden “flops,” there'll be some maneuvering of booking arrangements. The ap- proaching bankers’ convention is apt to encourage at least three of the failures to stick for another fortnight. The bankers start arriv- ing Sunday. They have already bought outright one night at both the Studebaker and Harris and two nights at the Selwyn. Several other conventions are headed this way within the next three weeks, all of them promising increased theatre- going. Last Week’s Estimates “The Magic Ring” (Illinois, 1s week). In for brief: stay, promising to pick up usual “Mitzi” trade. Drew all critics Sunday. “The Swan” (Blackstone, ist week). Opened last night. “Meet the Wife” about held $7,000 average (Continued on page 82) DETROIT SLUMPS Business Fell Down Last Week in how Houses Detroit, Sept: 23. The first week’s gross on “Artists and Models” at the Shubert Detroit indicated it could run here at least four weeks. Arrangements were be- ing effected when last week's busi- ness shattered all pians. There was.a sudden drop in the gross beginning Monday, and plans were hurriedly made to bring in an- other show to take its place. This resulted in the -booking of Olga Petrova in “Hurricane.” house not affected by the general slump that hit the legit last week. Constance Binney in “Sweet Little Devil” played to capacity opening business and. built steadily during thé week on the strength of strong reviews in its favor. The Keith-Temple played to only fair business, and even the ®wo bur- lesque theatres, Gayety and Cadil- lac—always figured for evening standouts—found their receipts for the week below normal. The Colonial, vaudeviNe and pic- tures, has gone to Sunday openings, leaving only the four Miles com- bination house playiny Monday openings. NEW PLAY DID $15,000 Baltimore, Sept. 23. The local legit season had its first big production when the Charles Frohman Company estab- lished a precedent and staged Ina Claire in “Grounds for Divorce” in the Auditorium, Shubert house. The engagement found Ford’s in the middle of. a four weeks’ run of “The Thief of Bagdad,” but .Lee Shubert’s interest in the American rights to the play had something to do with the local arrangements. The result was highly satisfac- tory at the box office. The local critics were unanimous in their praise. The opening night audience was large and fashionable; and the week was decidedly big, about $15,000. Lyceum, “Cat and the Canary” (repertoire). WASH’S OPENING WEEK Washington, Sept... 23. Washington got its season started last week with two new ones. ‘“‘The Purple Cow,’ .a musical comedy, at Poli’s, and “Oh! Oh! .Madeleine,” farce, at the Belasco. Both have their fate as-yet-unsealed. The musical affair opened well, possibly to $1,800 and then. skidded until the arrival of the delegates in town for the Holy Name Society convention. While the ‘Cow’. was skidding the farce was increasing nightly. A. H. Woods, however, pulled the show. off on Saturday night to re-cast it. Estimates: “The Purple Cow,” Poli’s. About $8,000. Convention and show hungry Washingtonians helped it along. ; “Oh! Ohl Madeleine,” Belasco. Opened to $600 and ran to about S37 6C0 on week The Garrick seemed to be the only, Meester Managere, you wants me? Yes? You books me for your Beeg Produc-tion—No?. What's Mattere? Aint I one great beeg:su¢cess? Are you what you call “unbeesness-like” and slow? Don’t you like ze Artiste “full of peps” and fun? I am O-rig-i-nal, give me: ze chance, I'll stars ze Broadway Show, before I’ve done. Why for you don’t engage JANET OF FRANCE? SEASON’S FINE START ‘WITH BOSTON LEGITS Selwyn Only Dark House—De Wolf Hopper Co. Making Money at Opera House Boston, Sept. 23. With another week of splendid fall weather behind them attractions playing the local legitimate houses last week reported increased takings without exception. The season, in the opinion of local showmen, has started off better than in several seasons. If it had not been for the handicap caused by the threatened strike of some of the theatrical em- ployes all of the local houses would have been doing nearly capacity business. This week the Hollis Colonial will open, only the Selwyn. The Colonial opened with Ethel and the leaving dark Barrymore in “The Second Mrs. Tanqueray,” figured upon to do a big business in- the two weeks booked for the house. Last season Miss Barrymore played the Wilbur, a local Shubert house, and did a record*breaking. business. It was the first time she had played one of the Shubert houses, and her success was pronounced. Her. swing back into the ranks of the syndicate the- atres is considered significant here. The Hollis got under way with Cyril Maude in “Aren’t We All.” It followed two weeks of very good business with “Hell-Bent for Heaven.” Maude is another local favorite, and he has. not played the city in several seasons. “Lollipop” has another week at the Tremont and then the house has an attraction expected to do big business, Irene Bordoni in “Little Miss Bluebeard.” “Lollipop” for a repeat show has gone over very well. : No changes in attractions are recorded this week at the local Shu- bert houses. The De Wolf Hopper Opera Co., cleaning up at the Boston opera house with the Gilbert & Sul- livan operas, have “Robin Hood” for this week. “The Mikado” panned out well. It is expected this company has hit a popular note and will be a big money-maker. the Wilbur with business Standing up around $18,000 “TInno- cent’ Eyes,” put into the Shubert last week, recorded a good starter. “Spring Cleaning” on the first week at the Plymouth also got over for a dramatic. “Mr. Battling Butler” at the Majestic is on the second week after a good start, with Lucille La Verne in “Sun Up” reported to be a success at the Copley, the up- town house acquired this season by the Shuberts. PEGGY WOOD'S NEW PIECE Peggy Wood, who won the plaud- its of the reviewers in “The Bride,” will not accompany the piece on tour when ft réopens. She will await completion of a revised edi- tion of “The Three Roses,” by Alice Bradley, tried out in stock some weeks agp | - Aad” cena deamenwmeanietiagtines “WILDFLOWER,” PHILLY’S FIRST © FLOP, MADE $9,000 IN BIG SHUBERT city—“Grab “Musié Box Revue” Did $29,000, but Not Capa- 7 Bag” in Second Week at Garrick, * $23,000—“Potters” Also Falls Down Philadelphia, Sept, 23. Chalk up the. first. out-and-out flop of the new season in Philly be- side “Wildftower,”.a New York hit and apparently a certainty for big business‘ here. -The Hammerstein musical comedy got by ita opening week at the Shubert fairly well, re- eouping in the last couple of days what it lackefi Monday and Tues- day; but»beginning its second week, with an influx of powerful opposi- tion, it began to fade. This was not a case of good downstairs trade and weak balcony and gallery business, such as pulled down.-the final week’s gross of “Dear Sir,” but rather of a general sag- ging all along -the line, which finally resulted in mere handfuls, upstairs and down. One night, late in th® week at that, there were only 11 rows or so occupied in the orches- tra, in the biggest house in town, having about 35 rows. One theory for it is that this show depends largély ‘on its music, with “Bamba- lina” and “Wildflower” old = stuff here now. At any rate, what was definitely planned as a six weeks’ stay, and hoped':by some to last longer, has been cut down to three. The de- cision to take “Wildflower” out was reached late last Friday, and sub- stitute ads, announcing the last week of the show, bringing the end on Saturday, Sept. 27, were inserted, A switch was then made. which brings “Sitting Pretty” into this house instead of the Walnut next Monday, as originally planned. It is believed that the Comstock-Gest musical will stay two, possibly three weeks, perhaps until the Shubert try-out operetta, “Heidelberg,” gets whipped into shap The Walnut, ‘ial had to make a sudden change in plans. “The Tantrum” is now announced to open there Monday, giving the city two openings that night, The booking of “The Tantrum” comes as a gsur- prise in view of the short stay and lack of success of this play on 3roadway. It is, not figured as in for more than two weeks, probably followed -by “Tarnish,” though this is not official. This is the second last-minute switch for the Walnut, which had intended to open with “In the Next Room,” but changed to “The Shame Woman.” What They Want Business in general was nothing to brag over last week, but certain shows went big, showing that local theatregoers are willing to shell out if they get the things they want. Most of the patronage went to Ed Wynn's “Grab Bag” at the Garrick and to “The Music Box” at the For- rest, although both the Walnut and the Chestnut Street opera house expressed themselves as pleased at business. The Wynn show claimed nearly $24,000 on its opening week, which went to capacity after Wednesday, but did not beat that mark, as some figured,, nor equal it, last week. Not strange, considering the arrival of “The Music Box,” to say nothing of “Moonlight” at the Chestnut. “The Grab Bag” is getting a world of praise here, many claiming it the best musical try-out the city has had in several.seasons. Under the circumstances its gross of about $22,000 looks mighty sweét, and there is no reason why in its four weeks’ stay the Wynn show shouldn’t gross better than $90,000, which, for this time of the year, is some stepping. “The. Music Box,” while it. led the town, did not do all that was to be expected of a big revue like this. It is reported the management is frankly worried. Outside of the opening, capacity was not reached until Saturday, all evening perform- ances seeing at least three rows out in the orchestra, plus a-greater part of the loges and holes upstairs. “Little Jessie James” holds on at | Some say that the fact that the last stiil |“Music 30x” was here only ‘as re- cently as last spring has hurt this one. At any rate, last week’s figure is reported at about $29,000. It must be taken into consideration that there is no scale tipping to the $5 top mark, as the “Follies” was in the habit of doing. The Chesthut, with “Moonlight,” was rather lost in, the shuffle on the opening night, against its strong opposition, and was very weak again on Tuesday, but surpri-ed the talent by crashir_ throttgh with a fine Wednesday matinee, and then show- ing definite improvement with each succeeding performance.’ This Weber musical is not coming in at the $1.50 top used by, the Chestnut.last year, but at a $2.50 scale. It. grossed around $12,500 last week, and may pick up for a nicé stay. . “The Shame Woman” at the Wal- nut fulfilled the prophesies made for it as a woman’s play. ' Its Wednes- day matinee was also good, and, without setting any records, it pulled better than $8,000, profit for all con- cerned. This is its last week. “Wildflower,” in its second week (Continued on page 82) $15,000, FIRST WEEK “S., |. and M.” in Los Angefes—O' ers Fall Off. Los Angeles, Sept. 23. © “Sally, Irene and Mary” gave things legitimate new blood and something of a push fipon opening $15,000 for its initial week. “Steppin’ High,’ the colored mu- sical at the Philliarmonic Auditd- rium, dropped off $4,000 from the previous week, but totaled $10,000, while Harry Carroll's “Pickings” re- vue, at the limited Orange Grove, also fell off $1;000, although gross- ing $7,000 on its: second week. “The Nervous) Wreck,” in its 12th and final week at the Majestic, took $6,800, with “The Cat and the Canary,” completing its 14th week at the Morosco, only $200 behind that figure in hitting $6,600. “The ear Car,” with Edward Evetett Horton, at the Majestic next week. “ FOLLIES’ ” NEW PRIMA Elsa Peterson Succeeds Vivienne Segal—Latter Joining “Dirinda” Elsa Peterson joined the “Fol- lies” at the New Amsterdam Mon- day, succeeding Vivienne Segal in the prima donna role, Miss Peter- son was in last season’s “Follies” for a time. She is of Scandinavian bitth and first appeared in’ the chorus of the Nora Bayes “Queen of Hearts,” joining that attraction for experience. Miss Segal withdrew from the “Follies” to begin rehearsals in “Dirinda,” a musical play to be pro- duced by John J. Scholl. The piece, which is due in five weeks, will feature Miss Segal and Robert Ames, her husband, GILMORE SUCCEEDS BURTON W. H. Gilmore has been made general stage. director for the Charles Frohman ‘Corporation, suc- ceeding David Burton, who resigned last year. The job has been open since Burton's resignation, and thie year’s Frohman productions, “Grounds for Divorce” and “The Best People,” are staged by Bertram Harrison. Gilmore has been a free lance di- rector around New York for many years. Do You Want to alle renee Go Into Vaudeville? ' Do You Want to Know : Anything About Vaudeville? - CALL ON OR WRITE As a ALF T. WILTON | _.. 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— VARIETY. * LEGItimM AT 7 Aa crc! ESR AOE. Wi oor Wednesday, September 24, 1924 | ~ THE ARTIST By TOM BASHAW (Vaudeville Editor, Chicago “Herald and Examiner”) : Chicago, Sept. 23. When an organization pauses to consider the past, the occasion al- ways affords an opportunity for those most vitally interested to profitably consider and determine upon plans for a better future. It is so with wedding anniver- saries—or it should be, if the ties that bind homes together are of the sort that grow stronger and make fer happier families and firesides as the years roll by and the silver anniversary stretches on *oward the ‘ justrous years that will br.ng on the golden celebration. It is so with business ann!ver- earies—or should be when the cuid- ing hands that preside over the des- tinies of the firm’s business are de- termined to build it on the r cks of trade solidity and persona in- ‘tegrity, the rocks against which the billows and floods of dishonesty and enderhanded dealing can crash only in vain. And it is so whether the event b a formal anniversay or just a pause to consider the past. Looking back over the 23 years through which the Western Vaudeville Managers’ As- ‘sociqtion .has passed, we are led to believe that no uncertain degree of solidity and integrity have been two ef the watchwords which have guided the associaiton’s master minds and master hands on down through the years. Twenty-three Years and More Fer those who can retrace men- tally those 23 years, the task of re- vealing the success of this organ- fzation is not difficult. For those who can call back to their mind’s eye the latter part of those years, the conception of success is not hard to understand or realize. And for} those ‘who are just becoming ac- quaintea with the story of that suc- eeés, there are bright prospects of watching it grow and be strength- ened even more fully in the not far distant tomorrow of the years. From that epochal day in 1901 when the Western Vaudeville Man- agers’ Association was clad in the swaddling clothes of its first day under the light of the theatrical sur of what we .call the stage—from that time on down to the present day of advanced entertainment such as,spans our America from coast coast, and from lakes to gulf, the goal toward which the powers which have been, and that now are, have ever been striving on solidity and integrity. Whether that goal has been reached can be determined by even casual retrospection along the years through which the Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association has traveled its now successful eourse. ; Por those whose guiding hands have been at the helm of the as- sociation’s affairs and have been stifled, after they had steered the ship through the tricky waves into the placid harbor ef success, there are many tender memories. For those who have taken up the chart and the compass and, clear-eyed and determined, are watching future destinies of the association ship, there can be only the assured hope that, judging from the present en- deavors, there can be only more success waiting at the ports that are yet ahead. Changes With Time Time has changed many things im the years that have passed since the Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association first saw the light. Fashions—customs—what not? So it has been also with the na- tion’s vaudeville. Through all the ehanges the Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association stars have nearly always set the pace for their brothers and sisters of the stage. “When in Rome, do as the Romans do,” has been changed, at least men- tally, to “When on the stage, do as the Western Vaudeville Man- agers’ artists do.” Stars have come and gone during those 23 years—great stars and lesser stars have shone, and some enly twinkled, against the blue can- opy atop the vaudeville stage, and then faded out forever. Some live in memory—some always will. Many who can tell you of those early days of the association still - tread the boards twice a day and make glad the hearts of hundreds of thousands of vaudeville patrons every year. 4 The Young Forge Ahead An outstanding feature of .the season 1923-24 is the manner in which young, accomplished and versatile folk of the variety stage have forged, meteor-like, from the ? sg tee et near obscurity of “unknowns” across the vaudeville footlights and plunged so surely into the hearts of their audiences that overnight, as _ it seemed, they have become head- liners, worthy of the brighter lights that glow above our vaudeville thea- tre entrances, Good tuck, old-young Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association! Long may you wave! LITTLE THEATRE GROUPS MISS CUT RATES censed Theatres Little theatre groups operating in converted stables and garages figure themselves under a telling handicap because of their inability to place ducats in the eut rates. This condition arises as the band- box playhouses are not regulated as theatres and do not carry a license, consequently only operating with a subscription arrangement. The placing of tiekets through cut rates would leave them in the category of a public playhouse and subject to closing for operating without a license. Although some take all sorts of chances at the bexoffice none has attempted sale of tickets via the cut rates, ; U. OF C. POLICY Will Bar Semi-Professional Talent —WNo “Director” Oakland, Cal., Sept. 23. The University of California of- ficially repudiated the work of Sam Hume, late professor of dramatics, in an announcement that it in- tended to step back six years and take up dramatic affairs on the campus as they were before the death of Professor William Dallam Armes. In other words there is to be no “director.” The affairs will be di- rected by a committee composed of professors of various branches, Students will be “encouraged” to take part im the dramatic enter- prises but there will be no oppor- tunities “for outside professionals.” Hume, during his regime, import- ed many outside stars and bolstered up _ his. little theatre productions with semi-professienal talent. He presented many highbrow and other successful plays in New York. CAPITAL’S NEW THEATRE Especially Erected for Rams’ Head Players at Washington Washington, Sept. 23. Washington's latest theatre addi- tion is nearing completion, ani will be ready for the opening of the third season of the local Rams’ Head Play~rs, a Little Theatre movement, }early in the fall. The theatre was built especially for these players, of which Robert Bell, grandson of the famed inventor of the telephone, is the director. Harry Wardman, owner of the Wardman Park hotel, has erected it as an adjunct to his hotel. James Reynolds is art director of the company. The current season of the com- pany will be for a period of 12 weeks. LIGHT OPERA COMPANY Indianapolis, Sept. 23. Indianapolis will have its own light opera company, A number of musicians, led by Arnold Spencer, are fostering the move, “It will be the purpose of the Indianapolis Light Opera Company to study, interpret and produce light opera and musical comedy,” said Mr. Spencer. “There will also be oppor- tunities for both the amateur and professional.” ; Raymond D. Jackson is In charge of business arrangements for the present. . eel Handicap—Not Li-| ss: “VAUDEViLLE’S PETER PAN” orgie WOOD _ Milwaukee. Sept. 28, State-Lake, Chicago. Oct. 6, Orpheum, St. Louis, Mo. “Other People’s Opinions” The “BROOKLYN DAILY BAGLE” aaid: “Here at last is an actor from the United Kingdom Amerieans can under- stand, and they go over to him lock, steck and barrel. A few more actors like wie Wood rent over here and some ef the icy fecling, which atil! lingers, will be diesipated like snow in a warm sun.” LITTLE THEATRES The Little Theatre organization of Quincy, Ill, has resumed activi- ties. Committees have been ap- pointed and ;lans have be-n made for presenting at least four plays, the first one in November. Dean George “ong of the Si John's Cathedral (Episcopal) is Planning a_ series. of old-time Christmas revels for the holiday season. Mrs. Nicholas Penniman, who so successfully directs the destiny of the Baltimore Vagabonders, is now formulating plans for the approach- ing season. Galsworthy's “Silver Box” has been chosen for the open- ing bill at their unique theatre on Monument Street hill. The Round Table Players, a local dramatic organization formed from EAST. CANADA FLOODED WITH REPERTOIRE COS. Generally Playing at 50 and 25-Cent Pops, Nights and Matinecs St. John, N. B., Sept. 23. Not in the history of the theatre has there been such a deluge of dramatic repertoire organizations in eastern Canada and northern New England as are on the read at,pres- ent in this territory. The engage- ments range from three days to four weeks in the various centers. Practically all of the companies are playing small royalty plays, or those minus all royalty. For the most part they are rural comedy- dramas, and other plays requiring no elaborate wardrobe or scenery. Among the companies now in this territery are: Colonial Stock Co., Mae Edwards Players, Klark- Urban Co., McAulffe-Taylor Play- ers, Boston. Stoci: -Co., Young- Adams Co., Keystone. Stock Co., Gladys Clark Cos Harkins Players and several other organizations ; readying to enter. Some of tre companies are plan- ning to spend part of the winter in engagements at Bermuda, St. Kitts, Demerara, Nassau, Kingston, and other genters in the West Indies. Others will continue all through the season in _ eastern Canada and rerthern New Eng- land. Most of the companies are playing at 50 cents top nights and 25 cents top.at matinees. All are using specialties between the acts. The general rule is good business for these companies, particularly in the smaller centers where the na- tives are drama hungry. In the larger. centers some of the com- panies have reduced the night top to 35 cents. . - Besides the dramatic repertoire companies are tmee minstrel com- panies, 10 musical comedy tab or- ganizations, including one all- colored revue, three vaudeville com- panies playing one to two night stands, and two musical companies. The elose of the reign of daylight saving has been of immense advan- tage to these groups as business has been greatly stimulated since the restoration of the normal time. ‘The personne! includes Harold Vermilye, late of the Murat Reper- toire, Indianapolis; Eileen Wilson, Dorothy Leeds, formerly of the Marshall Company in this theatre; Ann Warrington, Claude Kimball, Mildred Menow and Allen Conners. Charles E. Blaney has taken over the Yorkville, New York, and will inaugurate a stock policy next week with “Why Men Leave Home.” This will give Blaney two stocks in Greater New York, the other be- tng the Metropolis stock, further uptown, which is headed by Cecil Spooner (Mrs. Blaney). The Fowler Stock. Company, which played the summer at the Shubert-Belasco, “Washington, has taken the Lyceum, Baltimore, on a 20 weeks’ rental, and opened its sea- son this week with “The Cat and the Canary,” getting a much better a- vance sale than a stock has had for years in Baltimore. Jay Barnes, formerly general press representative for Oliver Mo- rosco, has leased the Jefferson, Portland, Me., and now has the Jef- ferson de Angelis musical comedy stock as its occupants: Barnes is also booking the Lewis- ton, Lewiston, Me., and when he fills the Portland house with traveling shows the plan is to switch the stock to Lewiston. 7 Melvyn Hesselberg is leading man in the new stock, Fischer’s Players, launching a fall season last week at the Majestic, Medison, Wis. The company also includes Oscar O'Shea, Mira McKinney, Madeline Estwood, Gordon Guiness, Ralph Bellamy, Trevor Bland, True Power and Dorn Ford, Pon The Manhattan Players got under way last week. at Poli's, Waterbury, Conn., with “Just Married.” Arvine is resident manager and Ber- George. th e¢ alumni of the Philadelphia Darkness now sets in at about 7 (Continued cn pas 82) yl o'clock. « nard Steele director. Frank Lyon is leading man and Belia Cairnes lead- ing woman. : The supporting company includes Kenneth Richards, Harlan Briggs, Bert Smith, Bernard Steele, Wil- liam Templeteén. Thelma Ritter, Richard Bishop, Anthony Schafer and Vera Huntley. The Permanent Players, with Mae Park and Andrew Leigh as leads, opened a permanent stock engage- ment last week at the Regina The- atre, Regina, Can. J. Frank Mar- lowe, who directed the Gordiner Players during their Regina season last year, is directing. The Henry Duffey stock, sched- uled to get under way at the Alea- zaar, San. Francisco, Oct. 6, has been set back until Nov. 9. A hitch in the leasing terms of the theatre is responsible for the delay. Ducy will practically have the Same company he had last summer at the Orpheum, Montreal. co factory towns of upper New York and New England and pending upon the workers for patronage have heen handicapped in their early season start through inactivity of produc- tion, with some of the mills working on a two or three-day basis. ing in Ohio, money threugh’an employment boom that keeps the inhabitants working over- time. lying around loose is showered upon traveling attractions, ported as cleaning up in this terri- tory despite the stock getting prac- tically no play. Cats” out of town at Ford's, Bal- timore, October 13. week New York. Wick will open the second tour of “Laugh, Clown, Laugh” Oct. 17 in Stamford, and following their New England dates, will make an inten- sive tour thagq is now booked until next spring. Henry B. Harris, at Ford's, Balti- more, September 29. ner, Acaderfy, Norfolk, September 27, with a coast tour booked. second company of “No, No, Nan- ette,” to play. midwestern time to the coast. The original company, current in Chicago, will jump to New York at the conclusion of its Chicago run. Fred Wall and Ralph Murphy, has been secured Frank L. Teller. selected. “Bewitched” National, Piece is by Sidney Howard and Ed- ward Sheldon. The cast includes Jose Ruben, Florence Eldridge and, Glen Anders. Spoon” will supplant William Fae versham in Face” Sept. 29. weeks’ engagement at the Walker, Winnipeg, Can., last week. show (Miller and Lyles) is playing a series of week stands in Canadian territory. the Dominion, Winnipeg, last week, with a company headed by Frank Wade and Don Adams, cluded Margaret Ritchie, Needham and Leslie Moir; musical director, E, E. McLasky. traveling musical playing the Midwestern States, be- ing at the Orpheum, Lima, last week. It is sponsored by the Macgregor Co., Ine. NOT $0 BUSY | OR OVERTIME | Stock Up Against Con. trary Situations Siocks having locations in mill and Most of the stands affected have been noted as good stock territory. Managers are holding up, the period of depression will pass. . figuring In contrast, another stock operat- has dropped. heavy first two weeks on its Whatever business happens to be that are re- ' SHOWS OPENING David Belasco will open “Tiger The following it comes into the _ Belasco, Lionel Barrymore and Irene Fen- “Out of Luck,” presented by Mrs. “Sancho Panza,” with Otis Skin- H. H. Frazee is organizing a “The Uplifter,” a new comedy by for production by A cast is being John Cromwell’s production will bow in at New York, Oct. 1. of the The Vera Gordon in “The Golden “The Mask and. the at the Bijou, New York, Richards, magician, opened a two George White's “Runnin’ Wild” The Dominion “Follies” opened at that ime Clifford “Jim Jam Jems” is the title of a stock that is ductions. dailies. CRITICAL DIGEST Opinions of the metropolitan critics on the new legitimate pro- ! Published weekly in Variety as a guide to the reliability of the critical judgment on plays expressed by the reviewers on the , The opinion will be repeated when a play closes on Broadway after a long or short run with the critics to be box-scored at inter- vals, rated by percentage on their judgment as recorded. Greenwich Village Follies Well liked by all the dailies. “Bulletin” (MacIsaac), “Will satis- fy New York for a full season.” Izzy Many comparisons drawn between this presentation and “Abie’s Irish Rose,” ‘Post” (Anderson) didn’t think much of it, but believed it had a chance, while other dubious opinions included the “Mail-Tel- egram,” “Sun-Globe,” “Bulletin,” frank with “going to be a hit.” the review approaching “World” (Broun), “has everything”? Mor ad ills.” though duil,” believed the play has a chance, and “Times” t one of the “pleasantest plays of the season.” Ritz Revue Generally acclaimed with some of “raves.” (Dale), “cures for all My Son Approved by the_ majority, “Post” termed it, “Mail-Telegram” “deadly (Gabriel) (Young) classified it a3 ao s Colored a pcenes. gon, with ers. Pres torium by Cast inclu tra wert; Oichard. Billy Pie Cheesman, son, Lawi Carr, dim Ritchie, | girls and “Stepp along t! plantatic two act: as was is hooke olio sp scenes 0 grouped however feasible the sho’ sented b had sev Harry ! The s its. type the coa: to make the cou speed, | stepping and-one The | with the by on @ Hazel } consider graph @ duction. dering a perform ones gé' Her end eliminat stage is sion sh opening continusz tion of easily g¢ to spare shouting especial should |} in this ing to zg The ¢ and abl and Str nish all the ent inforced this der ably en! 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STEPPIN’-HIGH Los Angeles, Sept. 15. Colored musical revue in two acts and 12 peenes. Produced and staged by Billy Pier- gon, with music and fyrics by Spike Broth- ers. Presen at the Philharmonic Audi- torium by Smith and Petrie, Sept. a 1924. Cast includes Hazel Meyers, Dike Thomas, Stra Russell, Courtney, Mary Richard, ebb King,. Leonidas 8 ons, Billy Pierson, Thurston Briggs, Giennie Cheesman, Eddie Anderson, Corinne Ander- son, Lawrence Arthur Trent, Willie Carr, Jimmy Miller, Rex Harris, Martha Ritchie, Harry Fidler and chorus of 16 girls four

“Steppin’ High” is patterned along the lines of the old colored plantation offerings. Instead of the two acts and offerings in the olio, as was the old custom, this outfit is hooked up as a revue with the olio specialties being counted as ecenes of the acts, instead of being grouped together. In this instance, however, it would not have been feasible to group the oHq portion of the show, as the sceries Svere pre- sented by Thomas and Miéssell, who had several; Three Black Aces and Harry Fidler. The show is probably the best of its type to have been produced on the coast. It has every ingredient to make it successful in this part of the country. Theres is plenty of speed, pep, good singing and fast stepping to give a worth-while two- and-one-haif-hour entertainment. The hook-up is not expensive, with the show able to probably get by on around 2 $5,000 weekly gross. Hazel Meyers, who has achieved considerable reputation as a phono- graph artist, is featured in the pro- duction. Her duties consist of ren- dering about 10 numbers during the performance, with the syncopated ones getting over in great fashion. Her endeavor with ba''ads might be eliminated, as far as the speaking stage is concerned, for the impres- sion she made with them on the opening night hardly encourages a continuance of this particular por- tion of her repertoire. She can easily get over and do it with plenty to spare when it comes to the coon- shouting and low comedy songs, especially the hot numbers, and ehould be satisfied with her success in this direction without endeavor- ing to get further. The comedy burden is thrust upon and ably carried by ke Thomas and Strawberry Russell. They fur- nish all of the comedy there is in the entertainment. Were they re- inforced by. another comic. or two, this department would be consider- ably enhanced. Singing and dancing are the stellar features of the performance of course. low, and hot stepping at that, the Three Black Aces (Andersen, Ford and Anderson) do it to a finish. On- the opening night the audience all but stood up and cheered their en- deavor. This’trio were dug up in a local “black and tan,” and give promise of graduating into the ranks of big eastern production. Besides being able to hoof, they can sing, talk and clown, Wary Richards, with her solo atepping, proves that jazz and fast stepping are not al! which the col- ored artist can do. She did several classical dance numbers and a toe Specialty, worthy of a place in any of the bigger productions. Mlle. Russell is carded as the prima donna ,and made a good impression with ther vocal endeavors. The Steppin’ High Four, consisting of Messrs. Trent, Carr, Miller and Har- ris, rendered everything which could be desired vocally from the old-time minstrel numbers to mim- iery and real hot comedy songs. The voices of the men biend well and the harmony they obtain is as perfect as one would desire from a combination of this type. Glennie Cheesman does a bit of singing and dancing, leading a few numbers and excelling in her work. The balance of the principals do well in the chores allotted to them. Then from the ranks of the chorus steps one brown-skinned Marvelle Drew. It is in a number called ‘Ragtime Hula.” The other girls who appeared in this number did plenty of wiggling. But when this girt cut loose Gilda Gray, Bee Palmer and others who have achieved a reputation in this line looked like novices, This girl seems to have the faculty of moving her body around in an unoffensive man- ner and putting over some of the hottest and most appealing wiggling witnessed by this reporter. With More than two-thirds of the audi- ence colored people, the response to her endeavors can be easily visual- ized. When it comes to both sing- ing and dancing, collectively and individuaily, the 16 ladies of the ensemble are as talented and able a lot as one corl: assemble, for they delivered, and did s0 well. The costuming is not lavish nor | is' there any pretense made in that direction. It ts adequate an7 pleas- ing to the eye, especially the gar- ments worn in the fashion parade. rom the scenic standpoint the pro- Cuvetion is pleasing, with several When it-comes to mean + put on in exceptionally good taste. There is some very good hot music in the score and a number of the special songs give promise of be- coming popular. This production taken in a terri- tory where there is a fair percent- age of Negroes should have little trouble In getting by. It will please most anyone who is inclined to care for a show of this type, and in the Pacific coast region will undoubt- edly pass muster @ full week in the bigger cities ‘and prebably get away with a good profit from the one and three-night towns which seem to be ripe for an offering of this kind. It is not a “Shuffle Along” nor a “Runnin’ Wild” by any means, but when it comes to the singing and dancing comparison “Steppin’ High” can qualify with any. A bolstering of the comedy section, however, would not be out of order. Ung. THE PURPLE COW Washingtcn, Sept. 20. Musical comedy in two acts and four scenes. Produced by the Musical Comedy Guild. Book by Getett —— and Carolyn Wells. Lyries by Gelett em. Music by Edwin L. Heims. Stag under the direction of Oscar Eagle. Ensembles and dances staged by Jack Haskell. Scenery and costumes designed by James Reynolds. Musical director, Anton Heindl.

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When this musical comedy, which was heralded as something “headed for higher things,” opened the local critics, with one exception, said “thumbs down.” Variety’s reporter was asked to withheld his review until late- in the .weék to enable some work to be done on the show. This request vcas complied with and pthe show was caught last (Friday) night, but as it stands the show will never do in a million years. Gelett Burgess and Carolyn Wells may be writers of fame, but when pro ucing stage material they missed from every angle... Net so with Edwin L. Helms and his score. It is most tuneful. Money has been lavished.on this show. Its production is magnificent. Usually these movements for “up- lift” find plenty of money, it seems. And the idea of the whole thing isn’t bad. It has _ possibilities. Maybe Oscar Hammerstein, 2d, whe has arrived to straighten things i can find them. The piece gets its name from the supposed land where. persons who think too much of themselves are turned into purple cows. The Queen of this fairyland was one such, and after an hour of nothing in getting the show started all are trans- planted to this land. The hero meets the Princess be- moaning for her mother. The High Priest is offering to release the mother, he alone knowing the “com- bination,” if the Princess would marry him. It ends with the hero finding the “little book,” getting the key to the secret; namely, to make the cow laugh, which is brought about in the last minute of the engthy show. The tow was the only one to laugh, though, with the possible exception of a giggle or so now and then out front. Cast changes are necessary. At this writing some have already been made. Gertrude Vanderbilt is being replaced by Helen Shipman. Percy Helton was let down very easily by the local scribes as the love-sick bridegroom. He was reaily bad the role. Harry T. Shannon took two fieps, first as tue organ grinder, and then later, if ever a man let a chance slip, he did, when as the Great Cod Gum he tried to do an eccentric dance. Dorothy Francis, although walk- ing threugh the role of the Princess, can be forgiven for this because she can and does sing. She looks good also. Arthur Leeming was simply fine as the monkey who talked. It was a perfect characterization and was about all the paying guests got in the way of comedy in return for their money. Jack Haskeli did wonders with the dances and numbers. Much new and eoriginal stuff was shown. It was badly placed, though, with the best of his ideas all shot in the first hour of the performance. With Helm’s score and Reynolds’ production it would seem a pity to let the entire affair go to a store- house. They may yet save it. Meakin. CLUBS ARE TRUMPS Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 20. New comedy in three acts Leslie Hickson and W. Lee Dickson. roduced Waker Hast. Directed by Roland Rushton, Miss Reynolds, stenographer, Sarah Elizabeth Reynolds Mark Gleason, ad copy writcr, James Brutis John Carver, owner of agency, Roland Rushton Malcelm Pratt. adv. agent..John Davidson Wilttam Augustus Jones, writer; , Harry Green Violet Walters, ilustrator. Margery Meadows Andrew Welison, general manager, ‘ James S. Barrett BEs.. ME csc cccsvdcaspees bees Arthur Vinton Dorothy WHsom. ......-:-eeeeees May Collins Johnson, bufter..........++-. Pred Nicholls Mrs. Trumbull..........- Josephine Deffry We. PREC. vc ccccssceccccess Walter Allen No matter what else may be penned on the other side of the ledger, it is necessary to give Leslie Hickson and W. Lee Dickson, who confess joint responsibility fer “Clubs Are Trumps,” credit for two things. First, they resist the temptation— and, oh, what a temptation it must have been!—td make this new com-

edy of golf, the advertising game { and love a musical play. And, secondly, they were content (Continued on page 82)

REVIEWS FOR ONE-NIGHTERS

tn this department from time to time Variety will publish reviews of productions designec: for the one nighters. These reviews will be written from the one-night angle, solely, and for the information of the one-night stand managers.

MY CHINA DOLL Chicago, Sept. 13. Musical extravaganza, featuring Barbara Broneil. Two acts and eight scenes. Pro- duced by Le Comte & Fiesher. Book, byrics and music by Charles George, also respon- sible for designing scenery, costumes and effects. " Peach Blossom... Barbara Bronell Ome BARE AKA occ ccccctcoces .-Lottte Proctor RR are Gecrge Hayes Sing Bong ....-+ee-eee++-+.- Mm... ROy Peck Charitie Lee ..........:; William P. Murphy Wallace Morgan .........4 Arthur Baumann Melinda Botkins........ Geo. Washington Ham ...-Bessie Delmore «++++-Tom Crowley ee CIEE continue to break in new girls for “Kid Boots” and “The Follies” unless he can get some insurance organization to protect him against the tnroads of Johns. if an insurance company does write a policy it becomes a matter of speculation to wha: lengths they will go to protect their risk. Possibly the president of the company might come around each night and per- sonally and give the girls a party so that the Johns wouldn't havs a chance to take them out. .

Brock Pemberton stood outside the Bijou Saturday night when it was decided to withdraw “The Mask and The Face.” He ruefully gazed at the electric sign which read: “Brock Pemberton presents William Faver- sham,” etc. The manager said: the electrician remove the P from the word presents. Then the sign would express my sentiments.” * ‘ Pemberton had filed complaint to Equity about Favershaw not know- ing his lines. An Equity representative was sent to the performance and it is reported there were 18 points where lines were twisted or para- Pphrased.

Eddie Cantor was living at the Gedney Farms hotel and lost some per- sonal effects when the hostelry burned Saturday night. Eddte admits he might have gotten a good break at that because two plays he was reading with a view of backing them were destroyed.

The fate of “The Purple Cow” so far as Broadway is concerned is in doubt. It is certain the show will not play the National which has “Bewitched” booked. The Musical Comedy Guild produced the “Cow” and was supposed to post $20,000 guaranteeing the house. Later $10,000 was fixed upon with the mention of Otto Kahn’s name as one of the factors in the original booking. Asa Candler, the Coca Cola king, was also mentioned as interested. When no money was shown, the management was advised Kahn's name on a bond was satisfactory but not forthcoming. On top of the failure to produce the coin reports of the show from Washington were so bad the National booking was called off. Col. I. Willard Hein formed the Guild. He is known as a soldier of fortune. His sister is Mrs. Jessie Hein Ernst, wife of a well-known attorney. It was claimed “The Purple Cow” would be given considerable society patronage. ,

The Prince pf Wales’ only appearance on Broadway was his attendance at the Gaiety to see “Rain.” H® arrived at the theatre about 9:30 and enjoyed the performance though he missed the first third of it. Sitting well back in a box he was not recognized, although there was a group of newspapermen in the lobby they having been tipped off in advance.

John McGraw is back in the Lambs after being out of the club for five years. A petition four or five feet in length was submitted to the club’s council last Friday. That was supplemented by a letter of apology from the Giants leader and one favoring reinstatement from William Boyd the fight with whom caused the baseball man’s expulsion. McGraw loved the Lambs and spent most of his time in the club when not away with his ball team. His many likeabie qualities counted in the Lambs’ council letting down fhe bars. He is known to have a pension list as long as his arm. But when he toys with the flowing bowl he is nearly as bad as the captain’s description of the top sergeant tn “What Price, Glory?” in which drama Boyd is now appearing at the Plymouth. The base ball wizard got into an argument with Boyd In the club’s grill room. It is a notorious fact that McGraw never won a fistic en- counter. Boyd kznocked him out four times the same night, for the simple reason Bill is a marksman with his fists. Each time McGraw’s head cleared he offerec to be friends with Boyd only later to try to land a haymaker when the acto- was off guard. Gne time McGraw offered

to shake hands and “let's be friends.” Bord declined the handshake knowing McGraw’s trick 0” winging with the left. McGraw is 01 th. book. oi the Lambs as a life member and there is a general feeling of satisfaction over his reinstatement. Every tueatre In Chicece inide a bid for the patronage of the “Vorld Flyers” during the.: two-day s.ar. AN sorts of inducements were offercd with the Apollo crabbing «f the honors for the first night and the Selwyn entertaining tne bo tice following nmieht. Pett) qGuabbies betwocen vo nrincipals of opposite sex in a musical ina Bromwa, hours cvlpois tel taet wveck in an ovtrisht apa: between them back stage dGurir; a pevicirnence. Re chiay a clin x, the gril tomed her street cethe. and declared her integtion of quitting tre show on the vret. Sine was prevailerl upon to continuc the serformané sie oat ae POTS AT Gv ¢. ali , eth 6a Ripe RIE

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‘ : RITZ REVUE Musica! revue in two acts and 24 scenes; uced by Hassard Short at the Ritz, New ork, Wednesday, ~ t: 17. Lyric by Ken- neth Webb, Anne ldwell, Roger Gray, Owen Murpby, W. Franke Harling, William Gaxton, Eric Valentine, John Graham,.Harry Graham, Harry Ruskin, May jn i Music by Roy Webb, Haymond, Hubbell, H. M. Tennent, Frank Tours, Jay Gorn¢ey, Martin Broones. Skits by Nora Mitchell, Ralph Bunker, .Harola. Atteridge, Clyde North, Kenneth and Roy Webb. Dances arranged by Seymour Felix. Skits staged by Clyde North. t Ballets arranged by Chester Hale. Principals include Tom Burke, Raymond itcheock, Marion . Fairbanks, Hal Forde, riotte Greenwood, Myrtie Schaaf, Al- bertina.Vitak, William Ladd, Jay Brennan and Stanley Rogers. — ; > three editions of “The Music Box Revue,” has branched but as a pro- ducer on his own with an entetrain- ttern es*his Music Box ‘Ventures, with Lee ‘Shubert and Al Jolson finanting the venture. °°". *& , ~‘Indlaunching ‘his Jatest: opus, .Has- sard. Short’s “Ritz. Revue,” he hopes to establish another annual. It goes without saying Short has done himéelf proud in his initial in- deperident venture. He has spared nothing in attempting to give Broad- way the classiest and most:diverting revue of the season. Many: will take issue that’ it.could stand.more com- edy, but.the reviewer is gauging his Spuntan by comparison of other cur- Fept Teyues. ss. k _ Short has accomplished an eye feaSt that surpasses any of his pre- vious attempts at the Music Box. He scheme,* and has "given Blase Broad- way .as -happy~’asicombination “of mirth, melody and.dancing as it has to glimpse in years... oa . Twenty-five .scenes,. each more gorgeous .than its predecessor, com- prise the. two acts. Comedy skits are” amply sprinkled thréughout, spated by~ fast dancing and ballet divertisements. A majority of the costuming leans’ to thecperiod stuff, thus giving ;.foundation’+for . some really. elaborate. drape sets of. lacé and gold as a glittering yet tasteful background for the countless ensem- ‘bles and truly artistic stage pictures. Short hds seemingly attempted to crowd out any sentblance of theatrie in: treatment; ‘and has. partially suc- eeeded. om -The'comedy burdén:résts upon the Salim, ..ccicccoccsceccccss cveLeering * Wells Yasmin. ....+..- da vecvccesesece cee ..Ram A Porter....... ess ebdedere ie See B. Arthur The Caliph, Haroun Al Raschid.James Dale Ishak; his minstrel....... «.Murray Kinnell afar, Bis: Vikleri..csces cc. ces Arnold Lucy -Masrur, Rafi, king of the beggars. .Dougias Shives— -. F . A. L. Erlanger production in five acts and nine scenes oy James ElroyFiecker, im- ported -from is Den lonty e- ‘London, ~.Ar- ranged for stage production.by. Basil Dean; the American presentation : by Sydney Biand. of His Majesty's theatre. usic composed by Fredéerck Delius; scenery and costumes designed by George W. Har- ris: “Dalléts by Michel Fokine. Special orchestra directed by. Milan Roder. Opened at the Knickerbocker Sept. 22>: , Hassan, a confectioner......Randal Ayrton ‘his executioner.,..,....Denis Hoey 3 ge seeceeeeess Virginia Lioyd

BIG ciceccee WIlOW. occ ccceneceseeeeeessPearl Bennett Juniper. :..% Sete COB Tamarisk........«. eseecees+++Maureen Dilon _. -» .* §...Alois Havrilla Beggar leaders...........¢ John T. Holding Nondescripts— E oa’ : Beaissses secccecscceecess -Arthtr Bowyer bl AD®U. 5 405s oobedvececdcs do 24d0NR GRegAD Chief of Police.......+.......Henry Morrell Captain: of Military...:.....5.-"Wietor Tandy A Heraldic ..swsesececes --.-John T. Holding Pervatieh....:... -...:.Violet Kemble Cooper CHARACTERS AT THE CALIPH’S COURT The Printe’of Basra...:........ Jamés Mace The Prince .of Damascus. .Raymond O’Brien The Prince of Koniah....... Richard Abbott The Governot.of ‘Khorasan. .Bernard Savage A Grleraphist. @ric.eweme sé on way were Carl. Resa A Wrestléer...:...: Be otias Herbert Borst wick Abu: Nowas,:.the Caliph’s jester:......... |. ‘ + : Dennis Esmonde The Rajah ’éf the- Upper Ganges. Pau! Dasihier The Chinese.Philosopher..... John .A. Regan A Dervish. ....... Taneetsves William Rodney ‘The Ambassador. .of“&he Empress. Irene.. ‘ . A : ~ Wiliam ‘Marr RACTERS IN THE LAST PO _ HisBaN.. 04... ee eset cneds--- Randal] Ayrton ree oii ameied Py Murray Kinnell The Master of the Caravan...Deering Wells

The Chief Draper..,..+......Bernard Savage The .Chief*Groeer....,..../.John T. Holding The Watchman... oeeeee-e- APNOld {Lucy os an ne tre +----Ann Delafield Anh Old Man........ tha ek coed J. C. Carlyle Soldiers, police, dancing women, beggars, mutes, attendants, merchants, camel driv- ers, pilgrims, torturers, casual Joiterers by Margaret Lawsan, Ethel Brookhurst, Nita O’Neil, Lois Miller, Phyllis Talmadge, Maude Beaumant, Mona Glynne, Ethel Myers, Claire Hill, Molly Gibbons, Adele Espres, Verna Scott, Calli Van Vleet, Louise DeLara, Alice Hayward, Joy Mail- lard, Arthur J. King, Mieh Knoezoff, John Frederick, James Harlan, Alois Havrilla, George Magis, John Fulca, Mario Al- varez; Harry’ Gellert, Marius ‘.Rogat?, Eldon: FP. * Nelson, Harry Bétone,; Erwin Packhiser, Cliff Whitcomn, A. Rasmusen, Jene Spira, Female Ballet..Beatrice Belreva, Janet Jus- tice, Edna Kugler, Geraldine Barnhardt, Alice Wynne, Desha Podgorska, Inga Bre- dahl, Helen Denison, Helen Green, Carrof) Weller,..Jeanette .Collett, Nelly ‘Savage, Vera Batdine, Ida Levin. Male Baliet—. Victole Antanoff;: Ivan Dinav, Charles Davis, Masa Sename, Aron Toma- reff, Mareello Fernandez, Joséph ‘Senfert, Nick Bezer, J. Boneck, J. B. Scott. -

elongated Charlotte. Greenwood. Miss Greenwood scored decisively. in,sev- eral songs,.and also carried off the ad td honors ina skit, “Her Morning Bath,” by Norma Mitchell’and Ralph Butiker, planted’ way down “in the first part. A dash of the risque con- tained was forgotten by the ludicrous situation.of a temperamental star being continually disturbed while taking her .morning -tub, until, finally, she threatens another disap- pofntment wil) prompt:-her to peel off the robe. that separates her. from nature and. the audience. Miss Greenwood carries the situation ad- mirably and scores heavily. Another bright bit was contributed by Jay Brennan and Stanley Rogers, the latter supplanting the late. Bert Savoy, and -the team using practi- eally the Savoy and Brennan rou- tine. Their duoglog:is sprinkled with spice, and, as usual, hit for the only real big laughs of the performance. In the second part’ they contributed a nifty number, “What Men and Women Will Wear,” trotting. out an ensemble of girls in lingerie for the first stanza and boys in the other, Raymond Hitchcock took ducats at the door and walked in and out of the show’at various intervals, offer- ing smart chatter, but seemingly handicapped by his material, mostly eulled from his vaudevillé monolog. Tom Burke,.. tenor. and Myrtle Schaaf, soprano, provided‘two excel- lent singing voices’And carried most of the numbers. Burke also had his jnning ‘at ‘clowning in a scene with Eddie Conrad’ that’ got’ as many laughs as anything in the produc- tion.. Marion Fairbanks looked her prettiest and -danced charmingly in several numbers with William Ladd, who also registered -well as a singing and dancing juvenile. Hal Forde appeared to advantage in several of the skits. As for the numbers, there are sevy- eral that will linger because of im- pressive. staging. Among them, “The Red Ladies,” “Broadway's Bou- doir”’ and “Crystal Wedding Day.” As for the music setting, it is re- freshing yet wunprodfictive of any- thing of real hit: merit. “Crystal Wedding Day” is the only number showing. promise. as a seHer. In final summary it may be said without reservation that the Revue” is in and for a run. It has évery requisite from which success- ful revues are made, and mat it may Jack in earl appeal it more: than makes up in a visional way. Its en- Sembles comprise attractive and tal- ented young women, especially a sex-° tet of dancers and lookers, who can- “mot escape becoming as popular 4s pra brace of yesteryear. | ‘ltondition’Pervanch join ‘the’ Calfph's _ eRe ye) dba... .barem,.in lawful, wedlock, st 18 quite, EERE I cca ammma em agg : ~~ em — i S Mihi. Tn ee i tit “Ritz

“Hassan” is a. stupendous’ ‘pro- duction, a gorgeous spectacle in every respect, beautifully ‘mounted, handsomely staged, excellently -in- terpreted. It is a colorful romance of: old Bagdad; replete with many favor- able attributes and yet 4a ‘play hardly likely to survive. With:a ‘show of this naturé, fep- resenting. the heavy -findncia?: owt- lay it does, it can be foreed’for a certain .number of weeks onthe strength of its. lavisH ingredients. For one thing, nothing of its type is current which recommends it in itself. But as: entertainment, despite its several salient ingredients, it is a Slow moving tale at best, long (this dent and a little sound advice, Has- san is instrumental in befriending the poweérful Caliph of Bagdad and thus comes into power, the wanton Yasmin changes her’ ficklé' héart. Hassan, Z ever the... sentimental simpleton, in. time, falls again into disfavor through an indiscreet pleading for the lives of. Rafi, the King’.of ‘the beggars who..had :plot- ted the Caliph’s: ruin, and Pervaneh, Rafi's beloved. This brings with it a banishment from the court and Yasmin’s immediate disfavor. The sub-title, pdrenthetically in- cluded under the “Hassan” title reads “And how he came to make the Golden Journey to Samarkand.” The last act explains this when Hassan joins the pilgrimage and its caravan out of 3agdad into the light of Samarkand where Hassan would find forgetfulness of the sad existence that was his during the sudden. elevation to court life. The story sketch includes some striking. love scenes that may have their appeal at the box-office..When the wanton Yasmin ‘“‘vamps” Hassan into accepting her charms in_ex- change for a placé in his private abode its poetry of language. dims not the bald intent of the scene. Nor is. the scene. between the;con- demned Rafi and: his Pervaneh none the less effective. -Alone.-in_ their cell, -wrestling with the @écision of either».fgcing, joint .death..by torture or his liberation and banishment. on May be remedied) and quite tire- some in. spots. The tale is about Hassan, the confectioner (played by ‘ Randal Ayrton), whose love for Yasmin (Mary Nash). is unrequited,. Even his love potions secreted in the con- fections he has made for -her. win | naught but jeers for the homely Hassan. But when through acci- a punch to the play. Having accept- ed the former alternative, the pro- cessional of ‘death as it descends the stairs of the pavilion, headed by the negro executioner, is a vivid por- trayal of the dire punishment about to be meted ont to them. , The casting is superb. The com- pany is progtam-denoted as “inter- glo-American personnel. Randall Ayrton, in the title role, makes talky part breathe and live. Mi Nash as Yasmin was vivid. James Dale as the Caliph interpreted the many-shades of the vacillating char- acter faithfully, from its kindly at- tributes to the tyrannical assertions’ of power_and distribution of judg- men. Ishk, the minstrel, was in- terestingly created by Murray Kin- nell. Denis Hoey as the negro exe- cutioner impressed, as did Douglas Burbridge as Rafi and Violet Kemble Cooper as Pervaneh. . The presentation is gorgeous, but as a play it is thin, with nothing substantial behind it.in story. The poetical language is, of course, the test appeal. The crashing cym- bals and instrumental variations the reeds,of the accompanying score, not the least attraction of the pro- duction, also distinguishes a colorfu musical setting. .._. ; cxeu de The first of its five acts started at 8:10 the opening night and the last was OVer at 11.40. The’ audi- ence was patient, but an applica- tion of the knife is apparently necessary. As a_ production -it popularity. It may last through the holidays. (three months) with the assistance’ of ‘the $3.30 scale—

rather a bargain for a production of this character. Abel. GREENWICH VILLAGE FOLLIES Sixth annual revue producéd by Bohe- mians, Inc... A, Ls Jones and Morris Green,.ma ing directors. Devised and staged by John Murray Anderson, Com- edy sketches directed by Lew Fields. Lyrics by Cole Porter, Irving Ceaser, J. M. Anderson. Score by Porter. Dances ‘staged by Larry Ceballos, At the Shu- bert; premiere Sept. 16. . Featured: Dolly Sisters, Vincent Lopez and Band. Cast: George Moran, Charles Mack, Jamés Clemoris, James Naulty, Don Barclay, Rosalie Joh Sheehan, Ethel Davis, Bobbe Arnst, Georgie Hale, Ludmilla, Masie Clifton, Billie’ De Rex, Robert. Alton, George Rasely, Gloria Pleasants, Julia Silvers, Arthur Ceaser, Roshanara, Bud Penny, Terrence Kennedy, America ° Chedister, Meeka Aldrich, Vega, Dorothy Neville, George Christie.

This, the sixth edition of the “Vil- lage Foliies,”: is reported the most costly of the series. . That may be iso because of the reputed high sala- ries of the features, the Dolly Sis- ters and Vincent “Lopez with ‘his Pennsylvania orchestra. The two are ‘said to rec:ive $3,500 weekly. It is claimed: the. show must. gross $30,000. weekly to break even, that figure probably. being fixed weekly production charge. For that reason the admission scale .i$ $5.50 for the entire’ léwér floor, as against $4:40, the highest price here+ tofore charged in the previous “G, V. Follies.” Capacity at the Shu- bert’s lofty scale is estimated be- tween $35,000 and $36,000 weekly. In production it measures well up with the “Follies” standavd and is primarily a ‘sight ‘show. The ‘cos- tumes are mazes of colors, glittering silver. and. gold ..cloths ‘fashioned often along bizarre lines. There is a better measure of comedy. .than usual, several skits counting for laughter, with: {Individual perform- ances along that line even moreé suc- cessful. The score is rated third and quite back of.the other features, with no outstanding song or melody. The premiere performance ran in- ttl midnight. The second night rang down at 11:25, the going being speeded up and several skits out, with a general rearrangement that probably provided a better perform- ance than the first. At least ore of the skits was forced off because the players could not get ready, having been on immediately ahead. When whipped into final shape the show will probably be over time, unjéss some material is definitely shelved. Several of the artistic numbers that are typical of John Murray Ander- son and are. half poetic, half ballet, could well be pared down. One of the artistic but lengthy: al- legory “scenes was “The Happy Prince,” adapted from an Osear Wilde story. :by..: Anderson. First came a’ royal court’ scene, showing the prince With ‘the’ beauties of the palace. Thé second part saw -the prince as a golden statue. A story- teller recited the tale from the en- trancé. Ludmilla (formerly premiere danseuse of the Chicago Opera) was on her toes, supposed to be a swal- low. She is an excellent artist, with plenty to do_in the scene. The Dollys, making their entrance with Jud Brady's trained _ collies, worked with the dogs in a stepping number, rather mildly received. They displayed costumes with skirts reaching just. past. the knees, and their dressing seemed to run to that design later,. The girls worked much better In subsequent appearances, flashing on in the first act finale effectively, but really scoring with a pantomimic eycle called “Destiny,” switched from the first act to the second. It is the turn they did to much success in,Paris over the sum- mer, bringing the four Frenchmen with them over there over here> for it. The idea is supposed to picture the life of a girl from childhood to! her “finish” as a woman of the streets

in'a Moritmartre dive. The sigters appgar , siternatgly,. one. . .qhapeog ct cg Cael ribtaeeaead 4S oe ve ; - corey rant bh national,” because of its mixed An- | jlaugh getter. was .“ seems hardly. destined for, mass: based:.on a‘

— meanwhile, giving it. speed, Jennie. Dolly surprised in the dive’ scene, acting well and singing a ly-ical | “Destiny.” The - twins » displayea their slim legs to the thighs in the

Vincent Lopez and his musicians went, over with a bang near. \the close of the first act, the produc- tion rendition of “The Stars and Stripes Forever” as a foxtrot arous- ing the house. Comedy features in “It Had to Be You”. ecored and.in “Shadowland” ., BI of B. A. Rofe’ brought plaudits. that, entitléd him to rise f-. a bow. Lopez worked into the radio num- ber that ended the first section. Between the two band appear- ances Moran and Mack walked on in “one” and landed the comedy hit, The burnt. cork couple were spotted next to closing in the second sec- tion also and repeated, using the burlesque boxing bit there. %. Don ‘Barclay and John Sheehan figured in the skits, Barclay appear- ing at times when Sheehan was programed, however, ..The. best W. eighbors,” writ- ten by William K, Wells, which wa moved fromthe first to the secon section. Thé idea has two couples in adjoining apartments acting as peacemakers for each- other’s fights, with the result they all.get saused, The act is.a bit rough and burlesque picks crop up but.it is effective. osalie Claire “and © Ethel Davis played the Wives, the ‘férmer doing especially, well. * A railroad station bit (illustrated from Lew Dockstader’s. ‘short pants” gag) was worth while, but several other short skits were not. They may have been usec to _ kill waits. Among the skits out the second night were “A-ound the Corner,’ written by Paul Gerard Smith, with Chase and*La Tour, and “The Board of Governors,” a Wells skit, reported going back into the show. Another Wells bit called “The Kiss” is a modification of a stag story that has been around for some time. = ok ‘A hit fell to ‘Mazie Clifton: and Bihié Dé Rex, two girls with a Bowery bit whose spot was changed, bringing them on. just after the Dollys’ first entrance. The spe- cialty was the. first real score in the show. Shortly after.the opening of the second section Vega, a Spanish clown, drew attention. Business with a dummy was so good the audience remained in doubt whether the dummy was alive. Among the dancers James Clem- ons stood out, appearing..very. late with an: exceptional eccentric num- ber. Roshanara offered an odd number in the first section which seemed aimed for. the’ artistically inclined. . Nitza’ Vernille; Marjorie Alton, Robert Alton’ and James Navlty~- were “among: the © action workers, with Miss*Ludmilla quite alone in her field. . The soloists were Dorothy Neville, Bobbe Arnst and Gearge Rasely, the latter having most of the song lads. The latest “Village Follies” has the Anderson stamp,’ meaning’ it ‘is a spectacle revue. ‘James Reynolds designed the costumes and probably some of the scenes. Larry -Ceballos directed the dancers. in the. show girl group are Betty Hill, Catherine Janeway, Catherine Crandall, Mil- dred Mann, Rachel Gould Chester, “Claire Hooper, Millie Shaw, America Chedister, Josephine Karroll,: Helen Gladding, Helene Dahlia,.Ann Aus- tin, Maida. Palmer, Jean St. Jean, Mary Jane. The Bohemians, Ine., Is estab- lished as a standard producer among the major revue makers. Its latest should’ remain tfonger than last year’s show, which was forced linto the Winter Garden ‘because of “Artists and.Models”"-at the Shubert, There are many. big-scaled mu-

sicals listed for, Broadway this sea- son, however, and it is to be seen if some wil] not suffer-in the heavy competition. Ibee. Comedy in three. aets and prolog. by Mrs. Trimble Bradley and George, Broadhurst, based on the ‘‘Saturday Evening Post’* “Izzy Iskovitch"’ « stories: ' by: George-: Ran- dolph Chester..and Lillian. Chester. Fea- tures Jimmy Hussey. At Broadhurst, New York, opening Sept. :16.::' Selomon Iskovitch. ....0 64-08% Ralph Locke Isaac Iskovitch....6...se-+s Robert Leonard Bli Yekovitch.'.. wiesiecdaveccvtecs Sam Jaffe Abraham Iskovitch.......a business ‘career. The uncles are in. conference and Izzy proves his adolescent ability as a business man by “promoting” them to finance him for 50 cents a day for four months until he lands a job in the motion picture field. In act two, Izzy, after discourag- ing refusals from the general man- ager .of The Magnificent Pictures Corporation, the villain: of the piece, accidentally meets the president and is hired ag an office boy. From then on his rise is meteoric until he has the satisfaction of firing his Old enemy, the general mnnager. He .meets Prudence Joy (Isabelle Lowe) and befriends her, his judg- ment being instrumental in her rapid advancement. They love each other, but it looks cold, for Pru- dénceis believed to be a “shicksha” until she confesses her name is Rosie Rosenburg, thereby pacifying the six. uncles, who have ridden .to prosperity and 300 per cent by play- ing Izzy’s venture across the boards. The play has enough hokum to please any lay audience, the laughs being ‘derived from business, situa- tions: and dialog. One bit. hoked for a: howl was Izzy calling upon Mary Byrd (Helen. Lackaye), .the famous authoress, in a misfit. Tux- edo loaned him by an uncle in the second-hand clothing business. The authoress is trying to vamp ‘the “adorable child.” Izzy’s ° evening kicks “bite him,” so he takes one off: while waiting for her. When she.enters in exotic boudoir, -cos- tume he is.so nervous he hands her the shoe instead of. shaking hands. It’s an old bit, but was spotted for a “wow.” = ites The cast is excellent ‘and staging of Mrs. Bradley's is league .stuff. The exterior of studio offices and the patter in movie vernacular. was throughout. Ralph Locke, as Solomon Isko- vitch in’ a’ David Warfield role, turned’ in’ a splendid score. Fred irving Lewis; as Iezy’s arch enenjiy, the deposed peneral manager, made himself. consistently. obnoxious; and the big the the errorless pathetic. Prudence. Miss Lowe's speaking voice is a teary gem, ‘Hussey, HOwever, runs away with ‘the play. He*has put his vaudeville and™ musical. comedy “habits “and idiosynerasies. definitely: behindrhim, stepping..out..in a new. field. which will Jand him up among .the Olym- Pians in character roles. “Izzy” is sure-fire at the box- Con. SCHEMERS * Comedy in three acts. prolegué’ and’ epi- logue’ produced by Herman -Timberg at: the Bayes, Sept. 15; .written by Dr, William Irving Sirovich. Phi} Jackson Se cbeowsbescoded William Barrows Virginia, Smith....-. ertecsas Virginia Smith Raiph Sipperly....scccece: Wiliam Harrigan, . Alexander Gale..,. ... Ralph Sipperly .. William ‘Harrigan -e«.John Saunders

Alan Olcott.....«. ° «+.J. Moy. Bennett Perry Almond...... «---J0hn Costélio A. Wood Brown.... eevee vLeo Curley Ruth Clifford..... eee ee. Virginia Smith Alice Cooper.....scoece Coecress Marie Carroll Jane Richards....... eececees Peggy Allenby Miss O’Shaughnessy........3. Merle. Stanton WEED Sa G50 aubs 0000 bt abtsss cc Betty Loft PEO EST cdi Bicd sc cdees George J. Wilfiams Walliam. Howard. ..csessesseee% Pan! Hervey Bee COOMOE. ook ccnéodteece Blanche Chapman “Sehemers’ ’was. announced .for production by Oliver. Morosco. last season but reached the boards last week under the guidance of Hernian Timberg. The play is doubtless the maiden effort of Dr. William I1.:Siro- vieh; a.downtown physician, whe is ; reputed to be wealthy and -to:have provided. most of the. backing: ‘for the production. ‘Timberg sbetween times in the two-a-day has strayed into the managerial field several times in the last few years. s In its original form “Schemérs” was described as'a drama. The ‘in- troduction of a comedy vein -almost throughout the play provides the best reason for its presentation. A fair-measure of the surprise element is also present. The script, how- ever, is jerky, often cumbersome. The doctor has written a play of the theatre as it isn’t. Timberg is said to have lightened the piece consider - ably but then found one: or two players engaged for parts as. they originally were intended, were un- suited. As they are under Equity contracts, he was unable to effect cast changes. The prologue and epilogue con- cern a young manager who has pro- auced four successive failures. He has a new. play in readiness. His press agent contrives to corral in the manager’s office four well-known critics, their identities hardly dis- guised in the program. To the re- viewers the manager states he !s on the verge of bankruptcy and de- clares it is their fault, for despite spending money in advertising 32 the papers, the critics wielded the power to ruin a manager by the

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For the first time in New York cfty the last week jn September finds three grand opera companies running simultaneously and, more ocr Jess, in competition. The San Carlo opened Monday, preceded by the Mah- hattan Grand Opera Association at the Manhattan last week and also by the “Music Lovers’ Grand Opera Company of Brooklyn, which started two’ weeks ago. In spite of popular prices and high-class casts which he bas main- tained for 14 y2ars, Fortune Gallo, with his San Carlo company, has f always been on the right side in New York, and he remains the only individual who, without outside backing, has been able to complete every season a transcontinental tour in repertoire at a profit. .Meanwhile there have been many mushroom growths of grand opera which withered right here at home even before they got a chance at other cities. The news in the present grand opera situation-is that the Manhattan for an extended tour. The same, according to the management, is true of the Music Lovers’ company in Brooklyn, so substantially encouraged after two weeks at the Academy, it is now booked for 20 weeks in other cities. ! ® Cities Bidding for Opera The Metropolitan never moves without a guarantee, and yet, with last season’s experience at Atlanta, Cleveland, Philadelphia and other cities, both the Gatii Casazza forces and the Chicago company this sea- son will expand their touring adventures for the good reason that half a dozen large cities are willing to advancg almost any guarantee these with the exception of the San Carlo (which is an established institution) may not command guarantees, but they, too, are in demand in cijties and towns opera- hungry. With an early start in Greater New York they are: «!réady.. This new phase in the operatic situation is at least opening up oppor- tunities for many young singers, especially cofofaturas and tenors, and tendency to give American singers a chance and even a preference. Debutantes Not Sensational The ballyhoo about new operatic “discoveries,” as in the past, loses its value as the season progresses. Too much advance publicity f as bad for a new singer as a sgratch orchestra, a strange conductor and a poor production. eI adhere to my first estimate of Adriana Boccanera’s voice as I heard it in her “Traviata” debut at the Manhattan because I attributed the “shakes” to nervousness and not to an organic tremolo, But in “Rigoletto” her tremolo was working again, and now I don’t know what to say, except to reiterate she is beautiful, magnetic and of much dramatic ability. Galli-Curci might have made her American debut with the Metropoli- tan But somebody said she was “tone deaf” because she is apt to flat in the high places anc stay flat throughout an aria. The night she startled the musica! world at Chicago, she did not flat and now. the world knows that the greatest coloratura of the present day is neither deaf nor dumb. Then why quarrel about a tremolo which, after all, may be enly temporary? ’ Monkeying With Buzz Saws P “Norma” is produced only at long intervals, as a soprano fitted te the title role comes only once in a “blue moon.” Wherefore last week's pres- entation of the Bellini masterpiece attracted much critical attention to the Manhattan presentation on Friday. A dramatically fine Norma appeared, a Druid Priestess gifted with a sonorous and powerful voice. She got into difficulties in the heavy recitatives and only her courage and complete musicianship carried her through the coloratura florid passages. It is not easy .to find a Norma and that is why Gatti-Casazza avoids the most Wagnerian of all Italian operas. Rosa Raisa (with Chicago) made a distinct dramatic success of it, but she is not and never will be a coloratura. She muffed the cadenzas and covered up with majestic presence and nobility of gesture. Frieda Hempel? Yes, a fine singing Norma, but woefully deficient in the dramatic aspects of the role. Which leads one back to the menace of the operatic buzz-saw. Why does not the Metropolitan revive “Don Giovanni”? Great voices are not available for this loveliest of the bel canto operas. But this season Gatti is to hazard a pair of novelties in “Giovanni Gallurese” and “Jenufa” for the obvious reason he has a wide choice of artists who can get away wi both of them. As for grand opera novelties, there “ain’t no such,” Scotti Will Sing “Falstaff” The best advance news from the Metropolitan is that “Falstaff” is to be revived with Antonio Scotti,-the best actor in music drama, as well as one of the greatest baritones, in the name part. Advance information also promises Mr. Gatti is to revive “Pelleas and Melisande,.” “Tales of Hoffman,” “Petrushka,” “La Juive” (although one may wonder who is to fill Caruso’s shoes as the impassioned Jew), “Das Rheingold” and “Gotterdammerung.” And it’s a good bet the revivals out- draw the novelties, which goes to show that Gatti is a gooa showman, as well as a master impresario. Meanwhile the season’s subscription sale at the Metropolitan opened Monday with an unusual swarm of subscribers who want to break into the charmed circle on Monday and Friday nights—both of these weekly dates being especially beloved of “high society.” Earl R. Lewis, the Metropolitan’s box office chief, says that interest in the coming season is keener than ever. Edward Ziegler, assistant general manager of the Metropolitan, is due in on the “Leviathan” this week after a summer in Europe with Mr: Gatti. He is expected to bring with him further information as to new artists and plans for the forthcoming Metropolitan season. New Symphony for “The Great Music” Having first read and recommended (to Selwyn and Company) the play, “The Great Music,” now about to be produced for. the first. time, I commented in last week’s Variety upon its musical requirements with the result that Martin Brown, the: gifted: American’ playwright and musician, whose “Cobra” is. one of the dramatic triumphs of this season, writes me as follows: My Dear Sir:— I was much interested to see an item in your last: week's column anent the symphony of which my play, “The Great Music,” is the dramatic expression. We have found, I think, a really American symphony. It is the “work of Linn Seiler—an American whose musical education and ex- perience have been acquired wholly in America. The symphony is a complete composition and will later be played in concert form, In the play, of course, it will not be used in its entirety, the dra- matic action being intended to interpret the story told by the music. The first two movements show the ineradicable influences of Italy and France necessary to the story of development the composer wants to tell. The third movement shows influences too—but they are influ- ences of atmosphere not music. The fourth movement is without any influence whatsoever for it is in this movemént that the composer finds himself: Of necessity the symphony was written after the play, but the fact that it is a complete and separate thing lifts it far out of the ciass of incidental music. I am sure you will find it interesting. . = ' ee oe Liason Sea. 3 OPERA AND CONCERT et" 2 A> wa . afer = VARIETY 19 : —CHICAGOAN TO WED DANCER! ee Viola Shermont Marry Ralph J. Gleason, Young Chicagoan certainly have a way of getting to- gether. This week young Ralph J. Gearson, scion of a wealthy Chicago family, broke all speed records over the Lincoln Highway in order to be at the dock when the “Voltaire” ar- rives with his fiancee,. Viola Sher- mont, premier danseuse of the Pav- ley-Oukrainsky Ballet Russe. The good ship “Voltaire” is at this writ- ing (Monday) steaming from Buenos Aires, urged by wireless to make Manhattan in time to give the bal- let time to “make” the opening per- formance of the San Carlo grand opera premiere, of which it is an added feature. But that isn’t’ the story. Gearson’s| mater, the dignified dowager of Chicage society, is on the “Voltaire” with her son’s fiancee. On that same ship are many Chi- cago social debutantes who went along for a larke and because danc- ing is their favorite pastime. The father of the bride-to-be is also here with his ardent son, The paternal enthusiast is no less than Dr. Frederick H. Burkhardt, of Chi- cago, who motored all the way with his _ prospective’ son-in-law to be here also to. meet the “Voltaire,” Which also bears his wife, who has ehaperoned her chosen daughter-in- law all over the South American tour of the Pavley-Dukrainsky ballet company. “HINTERLAND” TENORS Two highly touted, tenors from the sticks have received big show en- gagements lately. One is Layman Byck who hails from Nashville and has played some western vaudeville though never appearing publicly in the east. He has been spotted with the new “Music Box Revue.” The second hinterland find: is Horace Ruee who admits birth in Oklahoma and who has been en- gaged for the road “Follies.” BONCI RETURNING Bonci, the Itallan tenor, brought here by Oscar Hammerstein, will sail for this side on the “Conti Rogso” Sept, 30. He will appear with the Chicago Opera, later going into concert. ‘Bonc! was with the Chicago com- pany two years ago but remained abroad last season. will High society and grand _ opera; “ED and MARION ROOT Keith's Palace, New York, This Week (Sept. 22). Marvelous Whiri- wind and Expert Bowery Dancers with Jos. E. Howard's “TOY SHOP.” The press says: “The main re- | liance—got strongest applause heard in the theatre that evening—made a sensational appeal—compensation for any boredom—not a svul left un- til the final curtain dropped.” WANT NEW SITE FOR METROPN OPERA Several Offered and Re- jected—May Rebuild on Present Site Unless the Metropolitan Opera can obtain an option upon a more desirable site than the one-on which the present opera house stands be- tween 39th and 40th streets on Broadway, the Met will rebuild there, The old car barn property at 50th and Slst streets and Seventh avenue, now controlled and owned by Bing & Bing and the Frank Bailey realty crowd, has been considered as a possible site, yet Mr. Otto Kahn on his first inspection and report is known to have disapproved of the purchase, The reported price now for the Seventh avenue section is placed at $3,000,000. CLEVELAND PAYS $350,000 FOR PLAY Gest Receives Largest Guarantee Issued Out- side of New York “The Miracle” will go to Cleveland in complete production and with all of its famous leading players for five weeks at the Forest City, which will cover the expenditure of about $350,000 for the enterprise. Under the arrangement with Mor- ris Gest, as now verified, the big Cleveland Auditorium, with its seat- ing capacity of 10,221, will undergo almost complete reconstruction. for “The Miracle” season, which opens Dec, 22. Not excepting grand Opera guar- antees, this is the largest and most extraordinary“ induction” enterprise ever accomplished by an American city outside of New York. The sea- son plans of the Cleveland art lovers, which bring the Metropolitan and the Chicago grand opera companies to this same Auditorium (the place where Coolidge was nominated by the Republican national convention), are definitely committed to giving Cleveland now and in the future the best and most famous of the artistic offerings of the world. Norman Bel Geddes, the young American artist who designed and projected the production of “The Miracle” at the Century, New York, has suspended his picture activities to complete the Cleveland produc- tion. Otto Kahn is interested in the project, which is energized in Cleve- land by Philip Miner, realtor, who brought the Metropolitan and the Chicago opera companies there with great artistic and financial success. Mr. Gest will personally supervise the Cleveland production.. The low- est possible scale of prites will be adopted. The $100,000 grand: organ, the finest in America, will supple- ment the orchestra of “The Mir- acle” in achieving the ultimate musical intentions of Humperdinck, who wrote the score for Reinhardt’s masterpiece. WORCESTER MUSIC FESTIVAL Worcester, Mass., Sept. 23. Henry Hadley will be the director of the 65th annual Worcester Music Festival Oct. 6-10. Rene Pollain will be the associate conductor. There will be a festival chorus of 350. voices, vey 8 ital iattahtatretitsdetiatdsntairahientatnananianrentstanisetatat tte WILLIAM THORNER | TEACHER OF MANY WORLD FPAMOUS ARTISTS Has Reopened His Vocal Studios for the Season 1924-25 iatitatutahatitatuta a A Few Séilevesisinghet iatitatita teacher I ever met, strongly recommend. (Signed) iat Chicago, Sept.. 16, 1911. To Mr. Wm. Thorner, the best vocal | and whom I tine Schumann-Heiak. To my dear teacher, Wm. Thorner, with esteem and gratitude. devoted pupil, (Signed) Rees Ponselie. Hatta To my dear teacher, Mr. Thorner, thanks for his. wonderful (Signed) Anna Hoselle. Wm. with deepest affection and way of teaching me how te sing. Your pupil, 1923. | Your;to the esteem, affection and gratitude. Ameli atitah To my dear friend, Wm. Thorner, insuperable teacher. With (Signed) ta Galli-Carci, New York, 1916. To Wm. Thorner, my vocal guide, to whom I owe my operatic career. Always grateful and affectionately, your pupili, (Signed) Anne Fitzia. Chicago, 1913. Site tien = Thorner, with. profound. gratitude. af= Your pupil, == (Signed) YWvonne D’Arie. afe New York, 1921. To my dear teacher and guide; Wm. cere appreciation from your devoted pupil, To dear. Maestro Thorner, with sir- Mary Lewis. New York, 1923. (Signed) To Me, Wm. Thorner, the greatest teacher in the world, : with . sincere admiration and esteem for his vocal guidance; -and a maker of career: most grateful friend and true pupil, (Signed) Maria Kouznercoff. New York, 1923. itahitat sincere admiration to Mr. Thorner from your devoted pupil, (Signed) George Morgan. New York, 1924. To the great teacher, Wm. Thorner, to the dear and good friend, from: his With deepest gratitude and most wm. Devotedly your puplii, (Signed) ‘Tandy Mackenzie. -” we and tone guide, with the. sincerest ots Your pupti and friend afe To you, Wm. “rhorner, my teacher gratitude. (Signed) Marguerite Namara. = New York, 1920. afe To Mr. Wm. Thorner: With all my regrets not to have been able to work with you this season, and my best thanks for your precious advice, that vocal authority, in sincerest admira- tion and with a world of gratitude. To Mr. Wm, Thorner, the wonderful (Signed) Estelle Liebling. be 328 has always been of great benefit to voice “(Blgned) Vera Janacopolus-Staal. New York, 1924. friend and my wonderful with best wishes, To Mr. Wm. Thorner, my very dear Sj]8 teacher, =3= Sincerely, (Stgned) Al. Jolson. itatitah iat Murtin Brown. oe FLORENCE WARE ASSISTANT TEACHER For information, appointments, etc., address MR. THORNER’S Secretary 209 West 79th Street, New York, N. Y. Phone: ENDICOTT 44086 For the European Season, Mr. Thorner will open a studio in Paris in the spring of 1928. — ’ j . Sadia areeo , ee Lyd ween ; 4 4 Ls 3 * 2 :@ 5 ee ee ee ee ” Re sees RRR aap NE Reser it 4 ee Se cael Reka saree is

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“ALASKAN” AND “BEAUCAIRE” AT $9,000 EACH, PULLED OUT IN PHILLY

“Alaskan” Flopped in First Week; “Beaucaire” in Third—Stanley Leaps Draw—Fox Also Does

Up with Fashion Show Business Comeback

Philadelphia, Sept. 23. Week before last everybody got the surprise of their lives when “Monsieur Beaucaire,” which had started out at the Stamtem like a world-beater, curled up im its thérd week and had to be withdrawn. ’ “Beaucaire” was lucky to get by for three weeks, Its gross the last week was around $9,000. week Thomas Meighan’s latest, “The Alaskan,” proved al- most as great a surprise-disappoint- ment at the same house, and goes out this Saturday after a rather dismal fortnight. Even one week extra looked unfortunate, but bookings necessitated its retention. “The Alaskan” was lucky to pull $9,000 last week. The Stanley, after two or three decidedly off weeks, came back with a bang for “Merton of the Movies.” The potent drawing was the Gimbel Fashion Show (semi-annual), “Mer- ton” won splendid notices, and the bill was excellent. The switch at the last moment from “Sinners in Heaven” to “Merton” was a wise one, not so much for any big differ- ence in gross, since the Fashion Show did that trick, but since “Mer- ton” is by far the better type of picture for this high-class house. After being down as low as $20,000 (perhaps not quite that) and only about $21,000 om the previous week with “Revelations,” the Stanley to $26,500, even above the ouse’s high average w eekly gross. The Aldine continued to do well with “The Sea Hawk,” which is get- ting more favorable word-of-mouth than most any big feature shown here in yeara.. Evenings remain at close to capacity, but the matinees are still off, as the house relies on a society clientele for afternoons, and this class is not yet back in the city. It looks for all the world as if “The Sea Hawk” would stick through at least six weeks, and probably two months or more, at the Aldine, which has, At last, become estab- lished as a house showing.only the best pictures, Making Aldine Class House In fact the Stanley company’s scheme of having reserved seats, two performances only a day, and long runs of top-notch pictures, has worked wonders with this hoodoo house. People who see only two or three pictures a year, confining themselves mostly to road-showed pictures in legit houses, are going to the Aldine now. It has reached the plane almost of a regular. first-class house. The high $1.50 scale un- doubtedly helps, but most of all is its choice of pictures, On the other hand, thé Stanley company has not been particularly fortunate in its attempt to switch the Globe from a pop-priced vaude- ville house to a home for special pictures. “The Covered Wagon,” which did so splendidly at the For- rest last winter, apparently an ideal picture to inaugurate the new pol- icy. It has been going along ata scarcely more than fair gait, and will go out this Saturday after a month’s stay. It is reported that the film company will make more money out of the engagement than the Stanley people will. A surprise is the booking of Norma Talmadge’s Secrets,”, to follow “The Covered wagon. “Secrets” was originally planned for the Stanton, or one of the other houses west of City Hall, but it was deemed necessary to concentrate on building up the Globe's business, The Fox, after several miserable weeks, improved considerably with The Man Who Camé Back,” which carried increased advertising in the dailies. The notices didn't rave, but they gave the picture a fair break as a melodrama and the bill its usua! meed of praise. As a play, “The Man Who Came Back” ran a long time here and it brought many to the house not of its regular weekly draw. It certainly was an improve- ment on Tom Mix in “The Last of the Duanes,” which had drawn a puny $9,000 the previous week. Last week saw a gross of nearly $12,000, the best since early last spring. This week sees “Circe the En- chantress” at the Stanley. With “The Alaskan,” “Covered Wagon” and “Sea Hawk’ continuing, the only other openings are “Between Friends,” at the Karliton, and “Broken Barriers,” at the Palace. Estimates for last week:— Stanley—‘“Merton of the Movies” (Paramount.) Plus Gimbel Fashion Show resulted in big week, after fortnight’s slump. Did $26,500, a gain of over $5,000. and 75c.). ; : Aldine—“The Sea Hawk” (First National, 8d week.) Held up splen- didly, matinees only weakness. One of most likely. jookiing specials ever shown here, and a surprise wallop. Ought to stay two months.“ ‘Beat (4,000, 85-50. “TARNISH,” FILM, PLAYS AHEAD OF SAME SHOW Good Business Last Week in Balto — “Fall Opening Week” Announced Baltimore, Sept. 23. It was a good week all around with the local film impresarios, but “The Covered Wagon” in the’ second week of its pop price run at the New probably set the pace. This film got four weeks at $1.50 top at legit Ford’s last season, but apparently did not by any means exhaust its draw. It now moves to the uptown Parkway with a new policy, using this house as a follow- up for downtdéwn successes. This is the final week for “The Thief” at Ford's, returning to the legit Sept. 29. With the Lyceum housing dramatic stock opening last Monday, the closed Academy re- mains the one enigma in the local amusement field and the one pos- sible house to augment the. film ranks in the. immediate future. Business at the Hippodrome picked up briskly for the week, and is attributed in part to the ~ ance of Mildred Adam, local uty, in conjunction with “the screening of the Valentino Beauty Prize pic- tures. Estimates for Last Week Ford’s—“Thief of Bagdad” (3d week). Manager Henkel reports receipts above expectations. Film began four-week run to big busi- ness. Matinees off after first week, owing to opening of schools. One more week to go. Rivoli (2,250; 25-75)—“Tarnish.” This film probably holds record for transition from stage to screen. No big cast name to draw and came in ahead of dramatic production, scheduled for Auditorium some time in November. Business exception- ally big, however, and Manager Wonders’ one worry is where he’s going to stand ‘em when winter comes. Century (3,300; 30-75)—“Lily of the Dust. Mixed press reception. Business good at about $14,000. New (1,800; 25-50) — “Covered Wagon” (2d week). Pop price draw of this film exceeded all expecta- tions. Business continued highly satisfactory. About $13,000. Hippodrome (3,200; 25-75)—‘“East Side, West Side’ and vaudeville. Business up sharply from previous week, due in part to personal ap- pearance of local beauty in connec- tion with beauty contest picture. Local management negotiated neat press tie-up for engagement. About $12,000. Garden (3,100; 25-50)—“Jacque- line” an vaudeville. Sub-title, “Blazing rriers,” probably better fan fetcher at this combination house, where they like their cow- boys in open spaces. Business sat- isfactory at about $11,500. Parkway (1,200; 25-50)—“Don’t Doubt Your Husband.” This house now proving best draw: follow-up for downtown Century and New. Business satisfactory, however, with this first showing, grossing about $4,000. Metropolitan (1,500) — “Three Women.” Manager Depkin bor- rowed a slogan from department stores and announced “Fall Opening Week.” Result highly satisfactory. This Week Ford’s, “Thief of Bagdad” (4th and final week); Rivoli, “In Holly- wood with Potash and Perlmutter”; Century, “The Side Show of Life”; Parkway, “The Covered Wagon”; Hippodrome, “Love of Woman”; Garden, “Against All Odds”; Metro- politan, “Fin Your Man.” RIGHTS TO 15-YEAR BOOK The 15-year-old novel, “Three Keys,” has been bought by the EFan- ner Productions, Inc., for film pro- duction.

(Fox.) Improved wéek, gross reach- ing almost $12,000. This week was to have seen Dante’s “Inferno,” but “Ramshackle House” substituted other picture later. (3,000, 99c.). . Globe — “The Covered Wagon” (Paramount, 3d week.) Not rousing demand for this great picture at house whose policy has been changed from ‘cheap vaudg to big pictures. Last week. About $10,000. tS Karlton—“Bread,” a@ fair draw_in

$13,000. (1,500, 75c., $1.10-$1.65). e Fox—“fhe Man Who Came Back”*in’ ages: house that hasn’t had a real winner $2,500 - (1,100;--60¢.)> >"> -

BEATS POLICIES Loew’s and Lafayette, Buffalo Run Considerably Behind Shea’s Hip

Buffalo, Sept. 23. Business took a slight dip last week owing to a slight falling off in the weight of features, and also by reason of extraordinary heavy legitimate attractions in the local field. Shea’s Hip last week changed its scale, with the entire house going to 50c evenings and the loges to Tic, giving the theatre a possible gross - $25 additional on each capacity Ww. “Last Week’s Estimates Hip (2,400; 50)—“Three Weeks.” Here late in its career, but showed strength. Slight drop during week. Between $19,000 and $20,000. Loew’s (3,400; .35-50)—“Broken Barriers” and vaudeville. House seems to have struck stride at about even figure. Last week, $15,000. . Lafayette Square (3,400; 35-50)— “Mademoiselle Midnight” and vaudeville. _Booking.of picture rep- resents considerable more money paid ‘for film attraction;s.than usual- ly case at this house. Did good, though not sensational business. Estimated at $17,500. Olympic (1,000; 25-35)—“Wine.” By dint of special exploitation and additional newspaper advertising this house again forced its week's takings up another notice for $2,200. “ALASKAN” GOT BREAK AND $20,000 AT CAPITOL Weather, Convention and Rain Ideal Combination for Wash Film Houses

Washington, Sept. 23. The picture houses got a great break last week. Cool weather and a convention. The Holy Name Society brought in thousands toward the end of the week, and then it rained. They had to go to the movies; they couldn’t go sight- seeing. “The Alaskan” at the Palace brought its ._biggest business for many a week, despite the picture was dubbed locally as a “Meighan weak sister.” There was a local angle to the film that got much extra publicity for it along excep- tionaHy good lines. Two of Wash- ington’s newspaper men, Harold Phillips, dramatic editor of the “Times,” and Jim Ring, a feature writer on the same sheet, turned film actors in the picture while Meighan was shooting some scenes here at the capital. These boys played their experiences up and the others kidded them along. It all helped. Orchestra as an added attraction in this town always help maiters. Manager Raymond of the Rialto, with which Universal is making good headway in getting better busi- ness, brought in the Benson orches- tra. im conjunction with “Fool's Highway.” The orchestra went big and jumped receipts into five figures for the first time in several months. Crandall is following suit the current week with Al Moore and his band at the Tivoli. Estimates for the Past Week Columbia — “Beaucaire” (Para- mount) (1,233; 21-31-50). Third week. About $8,000. Not so bad for Washington. Metropolitan — “Tarnish” (First National) (1,542; 25-35-50). Held own and liked, with gross about $11,500. Palace—Thomas Meighan in “The Alaskan” (Paramount) (2,432; 21- 31-50). Biggest in several years for house. Good $20,000. Rialto—“Fool’s Highway” with Benson’s orchestra. (1,876; 25-50.) Reported at $12,000. Tivoli—Viola Dana in “Along Came Ruth” (1,952; 25-50). House shows some little improvement, but not enough to cause Harry Crandall to shout what a great proposition place is. Possible $6,000, but thin one.

N. E. Photographers. Expand Swampscott, Mass., Sept. 23. At the annual convention of the Photographers’ Association of New England it was voted to enlarge the scope of the organization, thus ex- tending the membership to all high class photographers in New Eng- land, to include motion picture and commercial photographers. ~ Heretofore the. association has been practically Hmited in its mem- bership. to portreit photographers.

Hays at,Michigan Meeting c, Detroit, Sept. 23.

Will H.-Hays. will speak at the fifth ‘aanvapcdéa ven ‘tion Fi n of the ‘Mo- ‘Michigan ‘at Sagmaw, Oct.” 14416. $20,000 IN FILM HOUSE | 4 expert, ~ Owners>:ef Wednesday, September 24, 1924

CHICAGO TAKES GENERAL DIVE; WAGON WAY OFF AT ROOSEVELT _

Chicago, with “In Hollywood,” Drops $14,000 Below: Previous Week—“Wagon’s” $17,000 Surprises— “America” Gets Low Mark at Orchestra Hall

“ALASKAN” IN FRONT OF DETROIT’S BIG WEEK “Tarnish” Rushed Into Capi- tol—“Cornered” and “Fox’s “Man” in Opposition Detroit, Sept. 23. Detroit’s first-run situation last week was distinguished by the ap- pearance of three national premiere films and the arrival of a trace of cool weather, stimulating business in the downtown section. Samuel Goldwyn’s “Tarnish” came ‘to. the Capitol on short notice, while “The Alaskan” and: Warner’ Brothers’ “Cornered” occupied the spot posi- tions in the Madison and Broadway Strand. “The Man Who Came Back,” en- tering the Fox-Washington under the force of a spirited publicity cam- paign, played to excellent business and came within a few dollars of the gross necessary to hold it over. “Tarnish” played to fine business at the pitol all week, even though the picture was booked on-short no- tice. Seat for seat; however, it was Thomas Meighan in “The Alaskan” that swept business in front. While the dailies were none too friendly to the story, the star’s name seemed to be all that was necessary. The film was held for a second week. “Yolanda,” the Marion Davies spe- cial, closed at the Adams after two weeks, making room for “The Sea Hawk.” ;

Richard Tabor, popular character man with the Woodward Players, who has been absent for the past year, returned last week from a va- cation trip that took him around the world. He arrived in time to rush into a part for the current attraction, and made his bow Sunday night.

Abe Warner of Warner Brothers was in the city two days last. week on his tour of exchanges, and took occasion to remark that he is more than ever undetermined as to what the public wants in pictures. “What I like, the public doesn’t,” said War- ner. “Our big, artistic, fine pictures flop and our ‘bozos’ go over splen- didly.” $21,000 FOR “RED LILY” IN LEAD IN FRISCO California Close Up with $20,000 for “Wine”—*“Alas- kan” 3d with $19,000

San Francisco, Sept. 23. With plenty of competition, the Warfield once more ran away from the field with “The Red Lily.” The Granada likewise started off very big with “The Alaskan,” but towards the end of the week busi- ness slumped. Ths Californian enjoyed a big week with “Wine,” a feature based on bootlegging. Estimates for Last Week California—Wine” (2,400; 55-90). Sensational character, widely ad- vertised, won big opening that kept up steadily through the week. At- tendance better than normal. $20,- 000. Granada—“The Alaskan” (2,840; 55-90). Well liked and earned sat- isfactory opening, but latter part of week slumped considerably. Big stage act, featuring Ferris Hartman in cut-down version of “Pinafore,” served to hurt business rather than help. Material apparently not mod- | ern enough for audiences nourished jon jazz. $19,000. Imperial—"‘Sea Hawk” (1,400; 55- 90). Third week held up surprising- ly with first two record-breakers. $16,000. Warfield—"“The Red Lilly” (2,800; 55-90). Another smash for War- field. $21,000. Strand—“Daughters of Pleasure” (1,700; . 20-30). Opened to fairly good business with personal appear- ance of Helen von Treese, beauty which boosted business some. $6,000. Tivolt—‘Oh, You Tony,” Tom Mix (2,000; 30-40). Week better than usual. $7,000. ‘Cameo — “The Sawdust Trail” (900; 35-50). Hoot Gibson always means satisfactory week at this 4

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Chicago, Sept. 23, Business has been steadily down« grade with this week's receipts diving. The Chicago, after doing $60,000 and $57,000, respectively, fell to $43,000 with “In Hollywood.” The picture was not the type of a fea- ture that appeals to the class of people .patronizing this theatre. “Sinners in. Heaven,” at -° -cVicker’s, also failed to show anything. The picture might also have suffered through the title being similar to “Sinners in Silk,” which played the Chicago a few weeks ago. The two new features, “Captain Blood” and “The Covered Wagon,” were the only ones to show any promising business, and even they did not come up to expectations, The “Wagon” was extensively ad- vertised, and combined with the publicity it attained on its previous visit here, was looked upon to go over the $20,000 mark. This did not materialize with the gross barely reaching $17,000. “Captain Blood,” in its first week at the Orpheum, had a fairly good week for. this house with around $8,350. The balance of the smaller houses fell off in proportion, with “Ameri- ca,” at Orchestra hall, establishing a new low record for the house since its induction into a picture policy. “The fief of Bagdad” is holding its own, tting a little better than $14,000 on the third week, which shows a handsome profit. for pro- ducer and- manager. Estimates for Last Week Chicago—“In Hollywood” (First National) (4,500; 50-75). Receipts showed one of the worst weeks in m_nths. The picture playing up the “Potash and Perlmutter” names failea to show anything at this the- atre, getting $42,870. McVicker’s—“Sinners in Heaven” (Paramount) (2,400; 50-75). The comedy film and the presentation were the only entertaining features of the program, Publicity, only, enabled this picture to do $21,160. Monroe—“The Man Who Came Back” (Fox). Dailies displayed more advertising space than usually carried by this house with the pic- ture receiving excellent press notices. Garnered about all that could be expected of this side street theatre, $4,750. Orchestra Hall—"“Amerita” (Grif- fith, 3d week) (1,650; 50). If it weren’t for the house discontinuing the picture policy this week, feature would have undoubtedly been pulled out. Drew the lowest gross of the season, $4,180. Orrheum—“Captain Blood” (Vita= graph). Looks like a winner for this house, but doubtfr: if it can hold up over four weeks. Taking into consideration the theatre has'a_ small seating capacity, this week’s receipts could be judged as excel lent at. $8,350. Randolph—“Never Say Die” (As- sociated Exhibitors) (685; 50). Pice¢ ture being panned unmercifully had a tendency to cut off $1,000 from the usual business attained here, $3,300. Roosevelt — “Covered Wagon” (Paramount) (1,400; 50-65-75). One of the biggest disappointments itn the loop is credited to this feature. After having successfully played at @ legit theatre for $1.65, the pictire failed to show anything here. The receipts obtained are good, but not big enough for the opening week, something over $17,600. Woods — “Thief of Bagdad” (United Artists, 34 week) (1,400; $1.65). Fell off a little this week, but not enough to cause any excite- ment. Still considered good busi- ness for this theatre at the above prices; $14,020. BOSTON NORMAL 3oston, Sept. 23.

3usiness at the picture houses last week was considered better than normal for this time of the year. The weather was favorable. This week most of the schools and colleges in the vicinity of Boston will be opened, expected to bring bigger receipts. No records went by the board last week, as was the case the week before. aut “The Sea Hawk,” playing at Sym+-i phony hall, is reported as going along at a steady, good pace, with business in the neighborhood ,,of $16,000. ‘ “Abraham Lincoln” still stays o@ at Tremont temple, with time allowed until Oct. 4, when the Fox people are to take over the house for the balance of the season. After a week with “The Alaskan the Fenway is using “Empty Hands.” Pola Negri in “Lily of the Dust” and “Broken: Barriers” is. @ thes State this week. i Ww

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| FILM GROSSES BETRAY CRITICS’ JUDGMENT ON B'WAY PICTURES

Box Office Receipts Don’t Live Up to Opinion of Daily Newspaper Reviewers—Specials Along Lane Have In and Out Week Broadway last’ week was treated to the spectacle of just how little daily newspaper notices mean at the box-office for pictures. They lauded “The Clean Heart” almost without exception, and that picture did a brodie at the Rialto, while at the Rivoli, where “The Alaskan” held forth, the business ran to al- most $27,000, despite the printed dislike of it. “Yolanda,” at the Capitol, was the first of thé three Marion Davies starring features to play the house that did not hold over for the sec- ond week. “Knighthood” and “Lit- tle Old New York” both did record business there, the latter taking the]™ record for two weeks. Last week “Yolanda” got $39,600, below the average week's business for that house. At the Strand “The Sea Hawk” did so well it was held over. “Capt. Blood” at the Astor which got $13,679 the first week finished the second week with $13,759. Frank Loomis pulled an extra show Sun- day when he saw that the night show was sold out solid at 4 P. M. and the performance on an hour’s _notice got almost $600. “The Iron’ Horse” at the Lyric got just a little better than $10,000, while “The Thief of Bagdad” dropped slightly under that figure. “The Man Who Came Back” at the Central did around $9,000, while at the Cosmopolitan the business of “Janice Meredith” was all shot with seats in the cut rates. The dedicatory performance of the Picadilly theatre takes place Friday night (Sept. 26) and “Bar- bara Frietchie” will be the initial picture. In addition the Vincent Lopez orchestra with the leader making three appearances daily will be a special feature. The Friday night performance is an invitation affair. Last Week’s Estimates Astor—‘Captain Blood” (Vita- eraph; 1,131; $1.65). Special per- formance between the two regular Shows Sunday afternoon boosted receipts on week about $600. Spe- cial performance decided on at 4 p. m., when night show completely sold out in advance. Small an- nouncement in front of house hastily painted drew extra trade. Last week error was made in giv- ing receipts .of picture for first week. The figures should have read $13,679; second week, $13,750. Cameo — “Monsieur Beaucaire” (Famous Players; 549; 50-85). First week at little house “Beau- caire”’ pulled $5,560. Remains this week. After two more weeks “Wel- come’ Stranger” at house for run. Capitol—‘Yolanda” (Cosmopoli- tan; 5,300; 50c.-$1.65). Third Ma- rion. Davies production failed to hit at Capitol. The twe prior produc- tions of this star, “Knighthood” and “Little Old New York,” re- mained at Capitol two weeks each and did record business. “Little Old. New York” carried off two weeks’ record at house. Last week “Yolanda” did $39,600; below aver> age week’s business house does year round. Central—“‘The Man Who Came Back” (Fox; 922; 50-99c.). Current final week at this house. Last week’s business dropped off some- what and ‘week ended with little over $9,000. “Dante's Inferno” Sept. 29. Cosmopolitan—"Janice Meredith” (1,162; $1.65). Business last. week shot to pieces. Seats in cut rates regularly sold for half price. Criterion--“The Ten Command- ments” (Famous Players; 608; $1.65). Last week $10,355, lift of almost $100 over previous week, which meant standing room, at every performance. Liberty—“The Thief of Bagdad’ (Douglas Fairbanks; 1,234; $1.65- $2.20). Unusually heavy advertis- ing campaign in dailies during past 10 days. Not helped materialiy, tut has had effect of keeping gross at figure about’ on par with business picture has been doing for last four or five weeks. Business under $10,- 000, at which figure, considering ad- vertising. means picture’s run from this time on is being forced in New York. Lyric—-“The Iron Horse” (Fox; 1,406; $1.65). Special campaign con- ducted among railroad men from executives to trackmen in and about New York, with result hardly a night goes by without special party present at Lyric. Something about this picture promising it will grow as run continues. Last week slight- ly over $10,000. Rialto—“The Clean Heart” (Vita- Braph; 1,960; 60-85-99). Apt illus- tration of what daily paper review- ers know of picture values and busi- ness and possibilities at box office. Almost without exception every re- viewer on dailies in New York raved »™ vv

25c For Programs Rapped Detroit, Sept. 23 The practice of luring quar- ters from road show picture patrons by eliminating the cast from the picture and forcing the curious to buy programs in the lobby was hit hard by one of the local critics in his re- view of “The Ten Command- ments” at the New Detroit. It was denounced in the newspaper and the complete cast was printed at the foot of the review. : BERTIE LOSES

Los Angeles, Sept. 23. Judge Walton Wood rendered a $2,000 judgment against Bertie Mercer, film actress, in favor of Thomas F. Haugney, former navy ensign, who alleged the amount represented the cost of an engage- ment ring and cash advances made during a lengthy courtship. Haugney charged that Miss Mer- cer came to this city to secure work in- pictures and refused to marry him, so he felt entitled to the reutrn of the ring and the money. Miss Mercer's defense was that Haugney never would have mar- ried her; that while she was will- ing to return the ring, she denied having borrowed any cash. SCREEN NEWS SERVICE STIR —__-_— Variety’s Story Starts Buzz—Must Wait Un- til After Election

The subject of the proposed pic- ture new reel association along the lines of the Associated Press as out- lined in last week’s issue of Va- riety caused an unusual stir in the ranks of the news reel publishers. The William Fox organization denied it had been approached and stated that had overtures been made they would have been re- jected. Will H. Hays said he did not want anyone to believe he was behind any movement such as the one pro- posed for the purpose of control of the screen, as far as publicity for various political candidates may be concerned. From other sources, however, it was stated that the publication in Variety of the project made it nec- essary to remain quiet on the pro- posed association for the present, at least until the present political campaign is over. Two-news or- ganizations are known to have been approached on the deal and are friendly disposed toward the proj- ect. The Fox organization believes it would be able to keep in the field as a lone. organization against the combined interests and give battle to the contemplated Asso- ciated Screen: News Reel Services.

over this picture. The public thought otherwise, with result Rialto last week showed $14,748, at this time of year very poor business for that house, located at the busiest corner in New York. Rivoli—“The Alaskan” (Famous Players; 2,200; 60-85-99). In keep- ing with above comment this pic- ture was not accepted by daily press critics as anything that stood out. Rivoli last week, $26,976. Strand—“The Sea Hawk” (First National; 2,900; 35-65-85). With but week between, this picture went into Strand following Broadway run at Astor. Business enough to have filn: hold over for second week. Joe Plunkett authority for fact second Sunday bigger than first one, in money. First week, a little over 420,000. “

McDERMOTT QUITS AS KEATON’S DIRECTOR Wanted ‘a: ‘deol “Seven Chances” as Farce—Buster insisted Upon “Gags”

Los Angeles, Sept. 23. “You are the star and producer, and your version will be the one finally used. You are wasting thousands of doJlars having me on the picture,” with which conversa- tion Jack McDermott ended his of- ficial relations with Buste> Keaton. Buster agreed and the men parted good ‘friends. McDermott had been on “Seven Chances” but two weeks. He wanted to direct it as a straight farce, according to report, but Keaton insisted upon a_ typical Keaton gag in every scene. Keaton will finish the picture himself. McDermott holds a contract with Jos. M. Schenck to direct seven pic- tures. $35,000 SELZNICK MORTGAGE ON ~ FURNITURE Suit te Foreclose on Fur- nishings at Home, 270 Park Avenue

Samuel Falk has started New York Supreme Court proceedings to foreclose a $35,000 chattel mortgage on the household furnishings and silverware of the Lewis J. Selznick abode at 270 Park avenue, New York. Falk is suing Selznick and his wife, Florence A. Selznick on a series of 25 notes from Feb, 1, 1923, maturable in weekly intervals from Feb. 8, 1923, at 6 per cent. As security, the chattels of Apart- ment 12G of the Park avenue resi- dence of the Selznicks were fur- nished as security, CHADWICK IDEA The Independent Motion Picture Producers and Distributors’ Asso- ciation, headed by I. E. Chadwick and composed of a dozen or more independents each doing a business ranging from $250,000 to over a million annually, has under con- sideration a plan to establish con- solidated exchanges in territory where it is now almost Impossible to secure a distribution of their product. To tnat end Chadwick is can- vassing the various producers, such as Arrow, Charles Burr, C. B. C., Weiss Brothers, Lee, Bradford, Ban- ner, Truart, William Steiner and Jesse Goldburg ih an effort to secure sufficient funds to open; for a starter, at least three exchanges in towns to be selected from Seattle, Denver, Kansas City, Salt Lake City, Los Angeles and Ailanta. INGRAM-M. G. SET Director Making Ibanez’ Nostrum” Abroad The differences that existed be- tween Rex Ingram and the Metro- Goldwyn combination have been ad- usted, and the director is now cast- ing his next production, It is to be an Ibanez story entitled “Mare Nostrum” and the production will be made abroad. The séttlement between Ingram and the producing organization car- ries with it an agreement that In- gram ehal! be permitted to make his pictures abroad. The present plan is to build a studio in Nice for his labors. COSTUMES FOR HIRE PRODUCTIONS EXPLOITATIONS PRESENTATIONS

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Big Opposition Lined Up for Kansas City—‘“Cov- ered Wagon” Broke Local Second Week Record Last Week—‘“‘Alaskan” at Newman Got $10,500

a Frances Marion’s Novel Frances Marion, scenario writer, has completed a novel, “Maggie Flynn.” This novel is in reality the life story of a picture star. It depicts the star’s rise from the gutter to stardom—and back to the gutter once more. TRADE HEARING

Boston, Sept. 23. -Hearings on the alleged monopoly of the picture industry by the Fa- mous Players-Lasky Corporation was resumed in Boston last week before Examiner E. C. Alvord of the Federal Trade Commission, fol- lowing the adjournment Aug. 30 at Charlotte, N. C. Similar hearings were held in this city a year ago. The defendant corporation is charged by the government with re- straint of trade and monopoly. Three witnesses were put on by the defense, the government’s case against: the defendant having been ended here at the last session. The first witness was George Schaeffer, New England manager for Famous Players. His testimony was to the effect that his firm's holdings in Massachusetts are one theatre in Boston, one in‘ Lowell and one in New Bedford. In each case, he said, the holdings of the “opposition” are greater. He was examined by Bruce Brom- ley, attorney in charge of the de- fense, as to the number of key citfes in this territory, the number of first run houses in each and the total of pictures issued in each city yearly, together with the population of the cities. In testimony given by Laurence F. Stuart. director of the Fenway, Boston, the Famous Players’ first run house here, he said that since the corporation took over the the- atre a year ago 34 feature produc- tions have been shown, of which 12 were other than Famous Players’ preductions. Nathan Gordon, president of the Olympic Theatres, Inc., was the third witness. He was questioned as to his activities in the New Eng- land picture field. He admitted be- ing one of the original First Na- tional franchise holders, his fran- chise covering New England on a 7 per cent. basis. He said that after March, 1917; and through to Janu- ary, 1920, his theatres used all of the First National product,. He alse used some Universal and Independ- ent films. GAYLOR LLOYD MARRIES Los Angeles, Sept. 28, Following his return from New York, with his brother Harold, Gay- lord Lloyd, casting director for the Harold Lloyd Corporation, was mar- ried Sept. 17 to Vera Webb, known in picture circles as Barbara Starr. The bride gave her age as 20 and Lloyd his as 36. Lloyd was previously married, his wife dying two years ago. He met his wife several months ago when she applied for a job at the Holly- wood studios. : 8 +> Se Kansas City, Sept. 23. “The Ten Commandments,” in its third week at the Shubert, and the “Covered Wagon,” second week at the Royal, showed considerable strength. While business was slightly off from the preceding weeks, it was most satisfactory to the managements. At the Royal the lines were four abreast, seeking admission at many of the performances, and the re- markable showing made with the “Wagon” at this little house, 890 seats, is evidence there are many in this city who will not pay the prices asked at the special showings at legitimate theatre, but wait for popular prices. This is the fifth week for the “Wagon,” and it will remain at the Royal at least a couple, breaking city records for a film showing here, making seven weeks, three at the Shubert last season and four now. It will not be released for suburban showing in Kansas City until 60 days after the Royal engagement, although the it for immediate display. The contest for business between the four leading downtown picture houses, with the .Shubert as an added starter, continues, and next week (Sept. 28) will see the opening of another lot of big pictures. The Shubert will have “The Thiet of Bagdad” for its first time here and will hold it probably for four weeks. The Royal will continue with “The Covered Wagon,” looking like a safe bet for this place, and the Mainstreet will feature “The Sea Hawk.” ~ This picture has been given much publicity and will allow the management to get a line ‘on what a feature can do, as only one act of vaudeville will be given, owing to the length of the film. With these big ones as opposition the Newman is doing extra pub- licity and expliotation for “Feet of is A ast week the houses got a real weather break, although rain’ a couple of nights hurt a little. Last.Week’s Estimates Newman—“The Alaskan” (Para- mount) (1,980; 35-50; special 25c price until 1 p. m.). Kubelik, violin- ist, extra. Thomas Meighan strong- ly starred. Reviewers did not- like picture, not helping at the box office, although gross little better than week before. About $10,500. Liberty—‘“The Turmoil” (Uni- versal-Jewel) (1,000; 35-50). An- other of Dempsey serials added. Many have read the Tarkington story and liked it and also enjoyed picture, Business showed little ad- vance, Clicked close to $5,000. Mainstreet—“Tarnish” (First Na- tional) (3,200; 25-50). Five acts in addition. Picture advertised as from play that gave New York its greatest thrill. Hints story was naughty probably attracted some, but no “stronger” than many other pictures of past months. Business started little slow, but builded last half to around $12,000. Royal—‘“The Covered (Paramount, 24 week) 890; Atmospheric musical thriller. Takings little less than llast week, but picture going strong and will be held for another week or two. Gross about $11,500, the best business ever done here for hold- over week in regular picture house. Wagon” 50-75). Shubert—“The Ten Command- meats” (Paramount) (1,600; 560- $1.50). Third week, and business not up to preceding one, but holding up as well as expected. Top of house old &t all performances, with seats obtainable much of the time in the higher priced sections, seem- ing to prove fans hesitate to pay $1 or more. Grossed around $9,500, totaling $33,000 for the three weeks, and equaling the total gross for three weeks for “Covered Wazgon’”’ last season.

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VARIETY | ere ae Lee ADR BS ig, ef x EP Fl. RR es Wednesday, September 24, 1924 PICTURES LIGHT SHOWING LAST WEEK IN L.A. $26,700 HIGH FOR ‘SINNERS’ AT MET Laurette Taylor’s “Rome” Picture Got but $9,800 at California—“Turmoil’s” Bad Showing at Cameo, $2,100—Continuous at Criterion with “Three Women” and $5,400 a ios Angeles, Scpt. 23. Mid-September bus:ness was not! what it should have been in the. . q) i i He i B § most auspicio us opening at Cri- terion Tuesday night. = gg te mented favorably on both star and picture the off did not seem to have pulling power, with the intake dropping about $4,000 below week previous. then moved to Miller's for another two weeks, started off at a good elip, through the extra advertising aid given by the Hearst papers. “The Spirit of the U. S. A.” be- gan a three-week engagement at the Mission. Practically every con- ceivable tie-up, both military and civic, was made. Estimates for last week: California—“One Night in Rome” (Laurette Taylor) (Metro-Goldwyn). (2,000; 25-85.) Dailies kindly but Ppt not muster up drawing power. caire” (Paramount). (2,200; 25-85.) (Centinuead on page 77) Million Dollar—“Monsieur Beau- | DENVER QUIET Mediocrity of Films “Wine” Did $7,900 Denver, Sept. 23. “Wine,” showed at the America last week (Universal), probably was the best picture in Denver during the week, untess it was “The Ad- ventures of Abraham Lincoln,” at the Broadway (tegit). “Wine” pulled the business. “Abraham Lin- coln” did only. moderately well. Things are quiet along picture row. The reason seems mainly to e the mediecre character of the | films. Last week's estimates: ; America (Universal). Seats 1,530. | Prices 30-40. “Wine,” with news reel, drew around $7,300 Colorado 2,760. Dark,” International News ard en- tertainment u Grossed about $8,100. Rialte (Paramount). Seats 1,050. Prices 35-48. Betty Compson in “The Female,” comedy and news (Paramount). Seats 1,250. | Prices 35-40. Beverly Monte Blue with comedy close to $4,575. F Strand (Fox). Seats 1,20¢.- Prices 25-30-85, Fox’s “Dante's Inferno,” Fox News and scenic. Grossed $4,708, , ' OLCOTT'S “SALOME” Sidney Olcott's mext picture for Famous Players will be “Salome of the Tenements,” from the novel. A ’ bile. reel. Grossed nearly $5,400. j star has not yet been decided upon. QUICK THINKING A baltyhoo man fer “The Cov- ered Wagon,” at the Ohio last week, tursed a near tragedy into neat advertising. A @runk drove an automobile ever the curb into a corner of the portico and smashed the automo- the car and spoke his piece. NIGH WITH VITA William Nigh has gone to work for-Vitagraph. He is casting a production to be shot at the Vita- graph plant in Brooklyn. 4 Niles Welch is being brought east from the coast te play the. jead. The ballyhooer jumpet inte‘ | CHINA PICTURES ‘ — PROSPERING \ Shanghai, Sept. 23... The picture theatres here are prospering immensely with the Cariton turning them away at every . This is the leading ciwema theatre in town and does the biggest business. The Olympic, Apollo, Alhambra and St. George benefit extensively by the overfiow from the Carlton. COMING SOON ST rn eno OT aoe a et PROU ULCERS DISTRIBUTING CORPORAT:( ES ae tee nee 2 } 3 } LOO FO er S t { % { re ; { mes ws PICTURE RIGHTS AVAILABLE By THOS. L. FALLON LAST SEASON’S MYSTERY PLAY SENSATION ON BROADWAY Communicate with DAVID SCHNEIDER, Earl Carroll Theatre, New York IN Only one star could beat the incomparable record of “Girl Shy,” and that is Lloyd himself. In this he out-Lloyds Lloyd, for the picture has more laughs than “Girl Shy.” Amazing even for this amazing star. See it and believe. RELEASED NOV. 2—HOLD OPEN TIME PRODUCED BY HAROLD LLOYD CORPORATION A PATHEPICTURE HAROLD LLOYD “HOT WATER” FE SRA eS Ie” ty eno E: aT IN tm — 2 coh {| Boh! ‘The Last Warning’ | The Massa‘ the pr manag for the play tl week. show t Whe letter ° So-and cheape effect. The on Ma even t) it entir Metr which star is $125,00 cost M year 0! Marc Jackie is willi series. “So | Ever: of la

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ii re oe) Ess ee PICTURES VARIETY 23 Wednesday, September 24, 1924 INSIDE STUFF ON PICTURES © The owner and manager of a theatre in a city of 20,000 population in Massachusetts hasn’t played any features, or other subjects, of one of the principal producing companies for more than a year. Despite the manager's firm stand against this concern, the manager of the office for the district in which the theatre is situated, continues to urge him to play the pictures, calling him on the telephone on an average of once & week. The exhibitor says there isn’t any especial reason why he won't show these pictures, but just doesn’t need them, When the film company fovnd he really meant what he said a circular letter was’ sent to every resident of the city. This stated that Manager So-and-So could not afford to play the company’s pictures and that cheaper pictures would be shown at the theatre and other words to this effect. The funny part of it is that the residents of the ci city rely so strongly on Manager So-and-So’s judgment that the circular letter did not put even the slightest dent in receipts. The manager of the theatre ignored it entirely. Metro-Gcldwyn’s four pictures of Jackie Coogan, under the contract for which the Coogan family has received $500,000, are finished ard the young star is in Europe. Metro's contract was for the Coogans to receive $125,000 for each feature. Each of the Coogan pictures is said to have cost Metro an average of $500,00C, making a total investment within a year on the boy of 9 of $2,000,000. Marcus Loew has expressed the opinion Metro is satisfied with the Jackie Coogan output and gross, with the chances, from Loew’s talk, he is willing te enter int» negotiations with the Coogans for another Jackie series. “So Big,” the current best seller of all the novels was sub: .‘tted to First Nationa’ in manuscript form as suitable material for a picture before its publication as a novel. The asking price then for the picture rights was $2,000, but at the time it was turned down fiat. Shortly afterward Edna Ferber, the author, had it published. Now it is one of the biggest sellers in years and has copped publicity and notices surpassing other recent fiction. The result is that when First National applied to Miss Ferber and her publishers for the picture rights the price had advanced to $50,000, which they paid. With the resumption of studio activities at the Astoria plant of the Famous Players-Lasky there has been an unceasing parade of “extras” and “supes” down the Long Island way. As W. William Cahill handles the casting from the Astoria offices it is necessary that the men and women jorney to Astoria to see him regarding placements. Companies now operative at the F-P studios are Thomas Meighan, working on “Tongues of Flame,” direction, James Henaberry; Richard Dix and Jacqueline Logan, “Jungle Law,” direction Paul Sloan; Elsie Ferguson, “The Swan,” direction Dimitri Buchowoski, and Bebe Daniels and Ricardo Cortez, “Argentine Love,” Alan Dwan, director, At last the Tivoli at 5ist street and Eighth avenue, New York, is get- ting the “breaks.” For the first time since the house opened it is book- ing Paramount pictures. This house is controlled by the Consolidated circuit. At first it was a bloomer until Johnny Mack did some special ballyhooing and exploitation and the Tivoli is now regarded as the biggest money maker on the Con- solidated’s list. Fire at the Madison theatre, Reidsville, N. C., had a happy and laughable finish as far as the panicky audience was included. “Black Oxen” was being shown. During a change of reel a film burst into flame. The _audience started a mad scramble. A portion made for the entrance, but those nearer the rear ran to the back door of the house. ; Unaware, the back door rushers found themselves falling into a muddy little creek runing alongside but beneath the building. They came up uninjured but as dirty as “Black Oxen.” No personal damage otherwise and the local department got the fire under control. “APPLESAUCE” Los Angeles, Sept. 23. Constance Bennett, daughter of Richard Bennett, states the story from Chicago concerning her love for Philip Plante, and that her hur- ried trip west was because Marion Stokes had stolen him away from her is “apple sauce.” Miss Bennett’s opinion on the subject is that Plante is a nice fel- low, but if Miss Stokes wants him she can have him, Constance says she’s located here for three years in pictures. — 20 BARRY PICTURES Chicago, Sept. 23. The Sable Production Co., an Illi- noise corporation, has signed Wesley Barry for 20 pictures with two ale ready completed on the Coast. William Horely and W. D. Russell are interested in the corporation, MAINE GOV’S ORDER Augusta, Me., Sept. 23. Governor Percival Baxter has no- tified county attorneys to take im- mediate action against the manager of any moving picture theatre who shows filme depicting any scenes that show cruelty to animals, con- trary to the laws of the Maine. —nee ———— ———-——_______ = FOX EDUCATIONAL ENTERTAINMENTS Little Gems That Build New Patronage Uae ¢eev. 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A. wi & '< : . ’ é eis . " ™ B “a _vansere PPCPOR 6... nt ee PRESIDENT FILM DAILEY HELD nV CY” RAN “ay ‘Fire caused a loss ot $45,000 in] ‘The Plaza th oa OF ‘ ° “ENEMY SEX BANNED the Payne theatre, Biggers, Ark., and an ree Detee surrounding buildings. Ia., reopened for the season Sept. 21, CONCERN . ARRESTED Sold Screen “Permit Without BY WORCESTER BO ARD ¥# ail a mall 4. W. Martin in Jail as After-|_U- ™ Dalley, resident of the Membership of 45—Other Pic- Here’s What Chicag O Screen Artists’ Productions Asso-

math of U. S. M. P. ciation was held for trial in the tures Taboo in Same Corp Superior Court to answer charges t . .of having violated the State cor- City Sa S— porate securities act, by Judge /

Scott. (Miss) Vonciel Eslick, for- Cumberland, Md., Sept. 23. [,,- . ’ ’ r champion rodeo rider whom he Worcester, Mass., Sept. 23. e TE na Aly Agree ie wrants | promised to star in a series of pic-| “The Enemy Sex,” a Betty Camp- . Will you PLEASE see ‘In Holly- kane poeta nats pos = Racin tures, was the principal witness at ate py ~ on been banned for show- ‘ Pp ~Ithe hearing. ng in s city by the Worcester wood with Pot and Perlmutter’ ment, James W. Martin, former rail-| 1+ was brought out that Dailey| Board of Motion Picture Review, as

road telegrapher and agent and later st ats FT isold interests in the association to| the book of the same story was ° president of the United States Mov- lStuaents of the screen school at-| withdrawn from circulation in the| @NG@ Oblige one who hopes she will fe Estar Corporation which po: [tched io the company, nous | Worcester Pubic Library -lhaving a permit from the State| The board is composed of three ered suffici Won,” wa brought from Harrisburg. [Ggrpetation” Commission manter shah at iheaine | mave recov ently from ae ink tates 4, “el = t ter leav- | ‘The offices of the company have| organizations, its membership being, rig hgy _— wee a a been closed by the State Depart-j| about 45; They view all features splitting her sides to see you to- bog Pama al ogg est ; cal ment « Labor, with many com-|and ballot to reach a decision, dgainst Marti © “yee PA nowy ound | plaints being added daily to the list} “Flaming Youth,” passed by the m 7” at Sourt seen rad e ° , Sebi against Dailey and the other of-| State censors, also was barred in |~- orrow the od - scab br ahaa , |feere of the association. Worcester, M Ti ° } A a burg. He waived extradition. maakt? aed Ok wee or ocr pe - nee in t Chicago Tribune | Adam A. Comp, of this city, ae- AGRIC DEPT’S FILMS After “Men” had been shown in cused Martin of obtaining $2,500 € two different houses it was barred ; ‘ trom hm to De used Jn reoreariiDg | Cataléque tesued for 182 Pictures| for a third run AND NEW YORK WILL FEEL THE ares diverted the vane vo wake | OE ~~ SAME WAY ABOUT

payment on a home at Astoria. ‘ "Martin, as a salesman, was ac- Variety Bureau, we ETER PAN” CAST ee ae eee ee Se oe A + ey siuactay tha ta as Approved by Lasky, N East. : stock in th i P - - ow — ; range. OEE acre tion ‘picture films made by the Wanger Also in New: York - SAMUEL GOLDWYN’S play Corporation, organized in 1921,

and nearly 2,000 people were stock- | United States Department of Agri- holders. It fe said residents of | Culture has been issued as Miscel-| Jesse L. Lasky and Walter Wane = . e Cufhberlana and vicinity purchased | neous Circular No. 27. These films| ser, general manager of production 2 ‘several hundred thousand dollars |C°er a wide range of agricultural ‘for Famous Players-Lasky, have re- fi woo wit worth of stock in the concern. subjects and are loaned for exhibi- {turned to New York from the Coast. ‘ ' ; : organizations Before leaving Los Angeles Lasky :

As the stock was being sold the|tiom to various corporation spent months on a spec- | throughout the country. signed Raoul Walsh to direct the \ tai picture named “Determina- | The main idea inthe distribution next Pola Negri starring vehicle, . tion” F. F. Stoll was president of | Of the films is for them to reach approved of the entire cast assem- 0 as ey mu er * “the original corporation. The pic- | the rural districts, but State officiais | bled for the making of “Peter Pan,’ tuye cost $500,000, it is declared.|at the department say many calls} and also placed William Howard Through mismanagement and ex- | have come from picture houses in| Under a long-term contract to direct FROM THE BROADWAY STAGE SUCCESS, 4 1 praia PA TIO SP WBA NO oat waenes fs ; i a IS it ae ' trayagance Stoll dropped from sight, | the larger cities for the films. These sae the organization. Howard had “BU SINESS BEF . and. the corporation went into the request; have always been granted. | Just completed a production of “The 99 harids of a receiver. The only cost to the theatre is the | Border Legion,” from the Zane Grey ORE PLEASURE James W. Martin and James K. | transportation of the film both ways. | Story, for the company. : Polk, who purchased the assets, Copies of,ythe catalogue can be In the complete cast for “Peter By MONTAGUE GLASS and with others, formed a new corpora- |secured by addressing the 4 t-| Pan,” to be directed by Herbert aes Peed Brenon, will be Betty mkees (in JULES ECKERT GOODMAN tion and .made an assessment on /}|ment in Washington. the original stockholders. Those the title role), Mary O’Brien for who refused to pay were “frosen | - STRIKE INJUNCTION _ | ;,00¥. Bsther Ralston for Mrs. Dar-| With ALEXANDER CARR, GEORGE SIDNEY, out,” it was asserted. Later, local i a EB ORISA." stockholders under ‘iCharles ‘W. e first of the court skirmishes | Hoot, and Cyril Chadwick, Virginia RA RD I ry YT Hinze, of this city, succeeded in ob- [between the picture houses fight-| Brown Faire, Anna May Wong, Phil- VE GO : ON and BE BL HE

other picture, “Flesh and Spirit.” “Determination” was shown in a number of cities, but later with- “Cheaper Than to Marry,” is out} The eight Sistine Choir soloists. and around again after an auto-| from the Sistine Chapel at the Vati- mobile accident that almost | can, in Rome, opened a season in

taining a change in management. . = earstocs’ Union No. 306 re-/|lipe DeLacey and George Ali, The case went into the courts | sulted in a victory for the former. ; \ when suits were filed, and in litiga- |The Tiffany Theatre (Bronx) has Directed by AL GREEN Adapted by FRANCES MARION \ tion in the New York Supreme Court | been’ operating with licensed oper- | SCHLOSSSERG REOPENS HOUSE \N it’ was ruled the notes had been ob- | ators not members of 306 and 306 San Diego. Sevt. 28 AT THE NS tained through fraud and the assets | Placed, pickets in front of the) arter having been cp — nae N should be returned to the original | house. ‘cu aatha: the Rians Dale N stotkholders. Martin was super- The theatre management went to buses. has heen Pears PF ee? ; \ seded by J. H. Hoover, of Johns-jcourt and obtained an injunction management of M. Schlossberg, of N town, as president, and C. W. Hinze | restraining the pickets. Brooklyn, who recently brou ht his SS became secretary. Things are quiet in the Bronx, family here to make this ait hi NS The affairs of the organization| with 306 still keeping a close eye] home y Bis Week of September 28th \< were untangled, but practically all|onm the Tiffany movements. The sane nite athens toe atranet N the money was consumed in law- picture policy. & N yers’ fees, it is said, and the only HORACE BRAHAM RECOVERING N asset remaining is 45,000 feet of film B \ of cisetensabnation,” and part of an- Horace Braham, the _ picture SISTINE SOLOISTS N actor, who was a principal in Providence, R. I., Sept. 23. N \ NS NN

drawn. : snuffed out his life. sraham was] this country on-Monday as an added ; driving along 110th street when a attraction to the film: program at “ * e NS TEST ANTI-PICKETING LAW] bic car, said to have been driven| the imery-Majoctie Thonn A First National Picture N by bootleggers and going about 40 . : NN International Union Kansas Branch | Miles an hour, collided with his == SS machine. ' SS

Carries Case to Supreme Court Braham hovered between life death for several days and Kansas City, Sept. 23. and 5e 5 A suit to test the validity of the|elght stitches were necessary to 4 of 7 Kansas anti-picketing law, as it ap- close one of the wounds. The | 1 | i at} bootleggers’ car continued on its i . plies to picture theatres, is now he- : way without interruption. 7 fore: the Supreme Court. It was brought on an appeal from Sedgwick iene oi THE FAMOUS F i E{SNER RETIRES IN K. C. ARCE BY BRANDON THOMAS County, where the district court

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Supreme Court for a final ruling. Properties, Inc., which concern 1s PRODUCED BY erecting the New Orpheum theatre ms YS TRUE-AIM CAVE MAN here, Joseph M. Schenck has been CHRISTIE FILM CO. S Los Angeles, Sep.t 23. | elected a member of the board of directors. Hilda W. Thompson, picture ac- tress and artist’s model, was granted a divorce from Allen Q. Thompson, ee camera man, claiming her husband Was a cave man. Among the incidents cited by Mrs. Thompson were allegations he con- tinually chastised and threw dishes at her, and that clocks don’t bounce. CONTINENTAL FILM BUY “When Dreams Come True” a picture, written by Ernest Vajda, | author of “Fata Morgana,” has been” bought hy Weiss Brcthers for Amer: fean @istribution’ ~ . ‘It ig a Continental film.

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a 4 ¥ 4 2 VARIETY PICTURES ———— FEET OF CLAY Ceci] B. De Mille Production presented by Adoiph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky. Adapted by Beulah Marie Dix and Bertram Mill- hauser from Margaretta Tuttle's novel. Shown at the Rivoli, New York, week Sept. 21. Running time, 90 minutes. Amy Loring...... eeeececerss Vera Reyn olds «---Rod La Rocque _ The Bookkeeper.......+...-.Victor Varcon) ‘Tony Channing....sscsese++--Ricardo Cortez Bertha Lansell...ccccccsceesssees Julia Fa,e MORAICK «2... scccsecses ese+-Theodore Kos)loff Dr. Fergus Lansell.......... Robert Edeson A whale of an audience picture that will top money anywhere. it has a couple of thrills that are real thrills, and with ‘it a society: atmos- where with a full portion of sex stuff tha: will get over in great shape. Inc denta.ly Cecil De Mille hasr:’t a bath tub in th's one, bit has a wonderful jazz band dance ecene that should be looked at by all of the big band leaders to catch the idea of the novelty. They could use it sometime or another in the event they managed to land a big restau- rant for an extended engagement. The story is simple enough, but it is made into something really worth while through screen treatment. Kerry Harlon, though poor, moves in society circles because of the “first families.” He is in love with the step-sister of the wife of a noted surgeon, who in turn is very much in love with the young man. The characters are at Catalina Island, having cruised there in the yacht of the surgeon. Here Kerry and Amy Loring, the step-sister, are paired off as partners in a surf- board race. During the race the speed boat Kerry is driving catches fire and blows up. Kerry had jumped and made his way to Amy’s surf board when the dorsal fin of a shark is seen. Kerry, to protect the girl, goes overboard and gives battle to the sea-tiger. Succeeding in beating it off he is bitten in the foot. The pair are married on the re- turn trip to New York, and: their first appearance is at a formal dance party the surgeon’s wife gives. Kerry is warned not to dance a single step for fear he might cause additional injury to his foot. .In consequence he relinquishes his wife for the first dance to his former rival for her hand. This is an op- portunity the still enamoured wife of the surgeon cannot overlook and she takes advantage by sowing seeds of jealousy, with the result the hus- band takes to the dance floor with his wife. After a few. steps his foot gives way under him and he col- lapses. “One year without putting tliat foot on the ground” is the verdict of the doctor and the wife, then shoulders the burden of providing for the family by accepting the proffe? of a position as mannequin with the most fashionable of New York’s male modistes. That is the opportunity the ‘sur- geon’s wife has looked for. While her stepsister is- earning money to cover the expense of the home she lays siege to the heart of the hus- Beulah Marie Dix play, “Beyond a get .” is utilized effectively. For & finish there is a happy end- ing which must be seen to be appreciated. The cast is a splendid one. Rod LaRocque makes a corking hero, while Ricardo Cortez as the rival for the girl appears to distinct ad- vantage. Cortez is improving as he goes along ifi pictures. Vera Reynolds plays the litthk heroine and Julia Faye is the blonde vamp- ish wife of the surgeon. Theodore Kosloff handles the “male modiste” cleverly, but the star characteriza- surgeon. His was a work of art. In setting the picture is splen- didly done. It is certain to get record box office returns, although it does seem that “Lost Souls” might have been a better title than “Feet of Clay.” Pred. NEVER SAY DIE wf MacLean Productio reg ssociated Bxhibitors. Poustea on on the William Collier play of same title. At Loew's Lincoln Square Sept, 22-24.> band, calling with Junches and = oe inutes. Douglas oder reading him poems of passion. Her Violet yoo > ana Lillian Rich huskand becomes aware of the = lac wale... ink oe oes cane ¥e Ra BA its and forbids her going to the} Hector Waters.......«+.+- a house. She disobeys, only to be Gree nanos ene ‘ seseees sLiuele “Op aie caught, another thrill, with the wife standing on a narrow coping outside of a window while her hus- band searches the apartment for her. She finally falls to the court- yard below and-is killed. A decided scandal is raked up by the paper. That evening the wife of Kerry, leatning the story, comes to the house determined to leave her husband. It gives way to a suicide pact on the part of the two. At this point a sequence of the ene a = “I am willing to bet my last Winter’s coat to a box of pins that. — CECIL rusty hair- b. De MILLE’S will bring in the sheckels. It is a box- office attraction.” —New York American (“FEET OF CLAY” Bertram Millhauser is adapted by Beulah Marie from Dix and Margaretta Tuttle’s novel Presented by Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky). ONE OF THE FAMOUS FORTY 4 Garamount CPiclure The Pathe organization may be cornering the laugh market in fea- ture films. With Harold Lioyd and Dpugias MacLean they have a cou- ple of male stars that make the public laugh. Especially is this so in *MacLean’s latest, “Never Say Die,” which packs a laugh wallop from beginning to end and is better than his “Yankee Consul” was. Right now to sum up between MacLean’s “Never Say Die“ and Lloyd’s “In Hot Water,” thg latest feature by that comedian, the Mac- Lean picture must be judged- the ‘better of the two by hundreds of laughs. And MacLean goes in for the thrill stuff. There is a sequence in the picture with MacLean walking onto a window ledge outside of a doctor’s office with his eyes blind- folded, more of a thrill than if Lloyd had done it. One expects it from Lioyd, but coming from MacLean it was such a surprise there was 100 per cent added to the thrill. The story is that of a wealthy young man who walks into the office of a group of doctors. They mis- take him for an expected patient and go over his person thoroughly. Through a series of comedy events they pronounce that he has but three months to live.” | It is during this examination one gets the thrill with the comedian walking out of the office onto the window ledge, and this scene is a wow of laughter, To do the right thing MacLean decides he will marry the fiance of his artist friend so that at the time of his death he will be enabled to bequeath them his fortune. This step is taken because his uncle's will provided that on the death of the young heir the money must go to someone in the family. As there is no family, one must be provided. After the three months and death still sidestepping; husband and wife meet for the first time since the wedding ceremony. Both have come to the conclusion they~-are really in love with each. other. Despite the attempts of the former fiance of the wife, those of a gunman to bump off the hero, and an amus- ing situation through the introduc- tion is by Robert Edeson as the’ the pair. make their escape from the city on a steamer for a long- delayed honeymoon, In addition to the window ledge stunt there is a screaming chase scene with MacLean seated in n old-fashioned cab. It first loses its driver and later the horse, but goes careening madly on its way down hill, past autos and trolley cars, escaping trees by fractions of an inch, with the hero for the ‘greater part of the time sitting serenely inside, unaware. This is another succession of heavy laughs. The ifinish with MacLean hoisted on board the steamer in an auto ‘to escape the gunman makes a fitting climax to the series of laughable mishaps that have preceded it. The titling is almost as clever as the action, with the result a 100 per cent laugh producer that abounds in thril::, It is well cast and well played. MacLean on the strength of it takes his placé side by side with “Mloyd when it comes to real story and laughs combined in one picture, ~ > le FIGHTERS’ PARADISE Phil Goldstone production iggy ag aera. Rex (Snowy) Baker. J. atteford. Directed by "Alvin y Neitz. Cast includes Andrew he ay Dick Sutherland, Jack Curtis, Tonio a enneth Benedi ict, peogsaret Tivali, New York, Sept. Lamentable fact in the presenta- tion of many independent produc- tions that the title-writing is for the most part abominable. In “Fighters’ Paradise” Phil Goldstone has made a determined effort to improve his captions and the improvement is commendable. The title writer as a. whole steamed up the “wording” to laughing results. Not much to the story, as it travels a path worn down by such picture visualizations of the hero having a dream and seeing himself accomplish what he considered “the mpossible” to receiving a sock on he head that made him just the reverse of what iz in fighting spirit. Snowy Baker has the pat part of the young man who looks like Cyclone Carter, a famous pug, who at heart is a coward. The girls all admire Baker, who, as the soda water slinger in the small town, is pointed out as the real fighting champ. The heroine is played by Margaret Landis, who goes through some ex- tenuating scenes with Baker, a wild, exciting ride in an auto and a plunge down an embankment with the car burning up being one of the features. The fight was well staged and ‘tail of excitement. At: the Tivoli te had the boys rooting involuntarily for the favorite. Not a great picture, nor a bad one. Will fill in acceptably where the 2-in-l-day: policy prevails. Ag an independent it should keep worl: ing. Mark. IT IS THE LAW fr Fox picture adapted from the play by BE. L, Rice. Directed by J. Gordon Ed- wards. Cast includes Arthur Hoh!, Her- bert Heyes, Mimi Palmeri. At Loew’s New York theatre Sept: 18. Running time, 86 minutes. Too mnugh footage with no ap- parent neeessity for consuming close to an hour and a half in the telling. Other than that the adapta- tion of this play, which premiered on Broadway in December, 1922, shapes itself as interesting screen entertainment, has received able treatment and as regards the cast sums up as a one man picture. Arthur Hohl, assum-ng a dual role, runs awa ¥ with the individual honors. That ‘is much as he is duplicating his per- formance in the legitimate presen- tation. Hohl does three distinct characters before the film termi- nates—the rejected and vehement lover, his double, whom he discovers in the person of a street bum and a dope fiend, and the suave pro- bel cteter of an exclusive gaming establishment. It marks plenty of work for Hohl, and outside the cor- responding amount of footage given him his performance is such as to practically bury the accompanying players. The celluloid version is fairly strict in adhering to the story as told. upen the stage, although J. Gordon Edwards, in directing, has seemingly taken every advantage to pad out the action. The story is based upon the theory that no man can be prose- cuted twice for the same crime. Albert Woodruff and Justin Victor are in love with the one girl, Ruth Allen. The girl chooses Victor, and Woodruff, jealous, goes completely out of his head when a family friend ,.cks up a pair of tongs from the fireplace. Victor exnlains that (Continued on page 76) ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR and DIRECTOR OF PRESENTATION at Liberty October Ist, Last three years employed in 4,000-seat picture theatre. Expert in” cueing Pictures and arranging prologues, ballets and condensed versions of grand and light operas. Extensive and modern library for full symphony orchestra. Box 100, care Variety, New York re Screen dramatization by GERALD C. DUFFY > COMING — a er : } } ; set , [aml] Ga en 5a ) » SSR a 6 ow — tion of a professional co-respondent, __A Prodveedby EASTERN PRODUCTIONS INC. ) apm ape nee 0S PAYERS LS I ENS ASS NIL CY NDAD ALLMAN CORY AAD NI “Season 1924-1925—Thirty First-Run Pictures” percentage basis. SHOWMEN READ?! WANTED WANTED EXPERIENCED SHOWMEN, EXPLOITATION MEN @ . ° ° . . or men with theatrical experience to handle big motion picture on straight LIVE, SNAPPY, HUSTLING and ACTIVE MEN This picture has broken records wherever shown. Will give territorial rights on splendid money-making arrangements. The entire United States and Canada is open. All we require is good references and your honor that you will work. Here is a chance to clean up. Wire or write us, giving full details. 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ily om ventas oe Wednesday, September 24, 1924 MUSIC FEATURES DOMINATED RADIO PROGRAM AS CUSTOMARY Ether Presentations Have Bands, Soloists and Song- birds Aplenty—Also Talks by La Follette and Mayor Hylan Music was the mainstay of the radio programs Thursday night, either in the form of dance or other instruméntal renditions. The pro- grams embraced jazz, organ recitals, piano, sax solos and xylophone solos, besides the usual vocal stuff. __ Joseph Knecht’s Waldorf-Astoria orchestra, with its high-grade din- ner concert, is an ever favorite radio feature via WEAF. In contrast the Paul Specht band from WHN pur- veys the jazz snappily. WOR had dinner 1.usic via Jimmy Lent’s or- chestra. ; Howard Forst’s saxophone recital from WEAF was one of the eve- ning’s highlights. The resonant reed music comes through the mi- crophone exceptionally well. Mr. Forst featured the baritone sax and Was a very pleasing entry. Another instrument that listens well is the xylophone as demon- etrated later in the evening via WHN. Sam Herman's xylo solos, as part of the Spear orchestra, an advertising musical combination in the interests of the Spear furniture house, came through smartly. The xylo -eally dominated all the Spear band’s instrumentation. A clarinet was also impressive in the person- nel. fhe band ranks well with the other “advertising” units, and al- though obviously a makeshift com- bine, it further supports the premise that there are really few bad bands around. Evan Davies, an impersonator from WEAF, did impressions of Walter C. Kelly’s Virginia Judge with the dialect stories. It was not etated if the impressions were “with permission” or not. Harry Hoch and M. K. Jerome, the Waterson pluggers, whipped over a flock of their own plug num- bers from WJY. When it comes down to vocal music song pluggers are to be preferred to sopranos any time for popular favor. A new hit was also Hoch’'s whistling inter- ludes, Irene Jacques, soprano, from WJZ, rendered a high-class cycle of vocal numbers in lusty voice. Charles Coubourn, Wanamaker or- ganist, from the same station, fol- lowed with almost an hour’s recital very good, too. Effie De Niffen, pianist, from WEAF, resumed the second part of hier evening’s program. Senator La Follette’s political address, direct from Madison Square Garden, com- pleted the evening for that statian. Arthur Garfield. Hays, the State chairman of the La Follette party, introduced the Progressive candi- date. The enthusiastic demonstra- tion came through the “mike” also. The Paragon Orchestra, from WNYC, the city’s orn station, pre- ceded another important speaker on the radio, Mayor Hylan, who dis- cussed the transit problem and in- cidentally scored the metropolitan press as being im league with the traction trust, among other things. he band is a very likely dance or- ganization. Charles Brown, their pianist, also soloed several numbers excellently. The Paragons resumed later in the evening after the Hylan speech. The WJY program has Emma Ahlers, a soprano, followed by a talk on oil. The Hoch-Jerome song pluggers’ team were sandwiched 4n with Al Reiser and Lou Dai'ey’s dance orchestra the final punch with snappy dance music. A “Meditation” from “Thais” violin solo was a pleas- ing interlude. Dettborn and Howard, Hawaiian guitars, from WJZ, divided their program in two sessions, impressing on both. The Waidorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra closed the evening for WIZ. WHN, the night owls of broad- casters, had the Spear band, fol- lowed by an advertising sales talk by May Eleanor Crr, representing the company. To cement interest in her discourse on mahogany end ta- bles she stated she is cueing the finish of her speech so that the first few letters in reply received by the Spear Co. will be rewarded with gratis pieces of furniture. The band itself is worthy, as afore-mentioned. Davie Davison’s banjo solo clicked, and a trio of violins and xylophones with “At Dawning” came through nicely. Sam Herman’s xylo solo of “Kitten On the Keys” was exceptionally good. N. T. G. himself sounded impa- tient in his “hurry up” admonition to the band, probably because of his schedule of other “advertising” ac- counts. The Roselahd Ballroom broadcast its Phil Romano orchestra. This band is an organized top-notch or- ganization, and the effect of its corking arrangements impresses from the start. Although compara- tively new to New York, their repu- tation over WGY (Schenectady), where they broadcast regularly di- rect from the Kenmore Hotel, Al- bany, N. Y., has taught them a trick or two in connection with the ether performances. NTG announced Nat Martin and his “I'll Say She Is” orchestra and the Ted Lewis band, from the Par- ody Club, would broadcast around midnight that evening. Abel. Hubby’s Royalties in Alimony Seattle, Sept. 23. Mrs. Wallace has obtained a de- eree of divorce from Oliver G. Wal- lace, organist .t the Liberty the- @tre. Wallace is noted for his con- Sert music and draws $400 weekly. Mrs. Wallace was awarded $100 weekly alimony, one-fourth of all royalties he might receive, the fam- ily automobile, house furnishings and jewelry now in her possession. Mamie Smith with Ajax Mamie Smith, colored Singer, who for years sang for the Okeh records, is now singing for the Ajax Record Company of Chi- cago, her first record being “Lost Opportunity Blues,’ and “Good Time Ball.” Miss Smith was ac- companied in the new work by her “Jazz Hounds.” George Everett, Drummer, Dead George Everett, a drummer who for the ast two seasons was with the “Shuffle Along” show, died re- eently in Bedford, Mass. Death was Caused by pneumonia. ‘Joe Armbruster, musical direc- ter of the old Statier Hotel, Buf- falo, is in New York on a visit looking things over. Armbruster hopes to locate in New York later with his own band and is currently earrying on some negotiations. Frank Marvin has joined Jack Mills, Inc., as band and orchestra manager. blues‘ SOUTH AFRICA LIKES ITS RADIO Stations in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban Licensing Receiving Sets Cape Town, Aug. 22. Broadcasting is likely to become a big thing over here. Johannesburg has Its broadcasting station, and Cape Town's station will be started next month (Sept.). A. P. Thomas, chief engineer in charge, has ar- rived from England and work is going ahead to complete the station. The government, through the Postmaster-General is issuing li- censes, while the broadcasting sta- tions have fixed a rate of charges as follows: Private residence, $10; boarding houses, $15; cafes, res- taurants or hotels, not licensed for sale of liquor, $20. Hotels and other premises licensed for sale of liquor, $30. These rates cover for a year. The penaities for using a receiving set without a license or paying the broadcasting station fee ?-RADTO: 4 _——- 5 3 Radio Conferences ; Washington, Sept. 23. Officials of the Department of Commerce have switched the proposed third national radio conference, set for Sept. 30, to Monday Oct. 6. The first session will be held at the Department of Com- merce building at 8 p. m. The proceedings will be pub- lic and all persons present can make suggestions. The conference will consider and make recommendations re- garding the allocation of fre- quencies of wave lengths to the various radio services, giving particular attention to broad- casting. The department has invited everybody having an interest in radio to be present. — PEAK OF RADIO CRAZE HAS BEEN PASSED Stations Need Best in Songs — Sign with A 3. h FP. * Chicago, Sept. 23. The licensing of WNAQ, the “Daily News” broadcasting central, makes the last of the Chicago broadcasters to sign with the Amer- ican Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers for the privilege of using its copyrighted music, with the exception of KYW, the West- inghouse studio. Similarly in New York, WJZ and WJY, the Westinghouse (Radio Corp. of America) stations, are the only holdouts. In Chicago stations WGN, WQJ, WLS, WJAZ and WTAS are now licensed. WEEL the Edison Electric sta- tion in Boston, has been licensed, and in New York WFBH, the new Majestic hotel station, is another new licensee to add to the income of the A. S. C. A. P. The peak of the radio craze has been passed. Stations seemingly realize the best in music is now necessary to foster the interest if their stations are to man anything for exploitation, either in publicity or the sale of radio apparatus. Music men generally noted with considerable satisfaction the Wash- ington report in last week’s Variety that 16 radio stations had reported suspension during August, as against four new stations starting. GIMBEL'’S RADIO Gimbel’s New York etore is to in- augurate a radio broadcasting serv- ice beginning on or about Oct. 21. Dailey Paskman, associated with Morris Gest for over 10 years, has been engaged as director of the sta- tion. The inaugural program is to have selections from the bigger musical comedies and revues in New York, as well as vaudeville and concert artists of note. e Paskman will have charge of the framing of the programs, to be broadcast by the station, and will in addition continue a close affiliation with the Gest office. Broadcasting ‘“‘Silence”’ Schenectady, Sept. 23. “Silence,” a new melodramatic “crook” play by Max Marcin which the Selwyns will present in New York, will be broadcast Oct. 3 by the WGY Players. This is the first time in the career of the WGY Play- ers that they have been privileged to broadcast a new play even be- fore its metroplitan prémiere, The players have been off the air for 10 weeks, and this morks their opening of the 1924-25 season. is a fine of $25 a day while it is be- ing used. Natal is being worked by the Dur- ban Corporation and Johannesburg by the Associated Scientific and Technical Societies. The wave length for Cape Town Johannesburg, will be 375 meters 100 miles radius, Durban ‘200 milles. RADIO POPL IN EUROPE Washington, Sept. 23. That Congressman Bloom's state- ment to the effect that interest in radio throughout Europe was not as great as in this country, but that it was fast growing is substantiated in a report to the Department of Commerce to the _ effect’ that throughout Denmark a big demand is on for receiving apparatus. This is brought about by the opening of the new broadcasting station of the Danish Radio Club. 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ura vet MUSIC Wednesday, September 24, 1924 | |

Grind Too Much for Ar- thur, Who Will Devote Time to Arranging

Conducting a big hotel orchestra is no easy task, and it was too much for Arthur Lange, who last week announeed his resignation as lead- at the Hotel Biltmore, New York. Lange’s manifold interests in ar- ratiging for publishers and orches- tra leaders were too much for him, considering the grind of rehearsing his band, conducting it and hopping over to vaudeville theatres for dou- bling dates. ; Lange organized the Roger Wolfe orchestra before the scion of the .Kahn house took it over under his own name. While young Kahn has been vacationing in Europe (he is expected back next week), Lange had full charge of all business mat- ters, - Somebody will take over the ac- tual conducting of the orchestra after Lange’s severance, probably Tommy Gott, the trumpet player. .Lange will organize another band for his occasional exclusive Cameo recordings, but will restrict himself _ chiefly to the arranging and com- * posing field. Joe Raymond signed Monday to - conduct the orchestra with Gott, the business manager, remaining in the ranks as usual. Lange will continue arranging for the band, but he will be assisted by Hugo Frey and Do- menico Savino also.

Conrad Busy Composer Con ,Conrad will figure in three musical comedy scores this season. He hae completed the score for Jack Lait’s “Gus the Bus,” which tha Shuberts will place in rehearsal | ina month. He is also working on the music for Paul Gerard Smith’s new revue, “Get Hot” and the score for “The Comic Supplement,” the Leon Errol. er of the Roger Wolfe Kahn band |.

Foreign Band as Act Irving Tishman is importing Tidescu Iliescu and his famous Russian-Roumanian orchestra of six pieces. Tishman will have- Ben Ber- nie stage the band as an act and show it at Keith’s 81st Street, New York, Oct. 20. ~ The orchestra is noted on the European Continent. It is said to have its own concep- tion of jazz.

INTERNAT’L CONFERENCE European Music Men Meet at Vienna

Vienna, Sept. 15. An international conference of music men jis being held here dur- ing the municipal theatrical festivi- ties which commenced this week functioh has been promoted by C. M. Halsbrunner, chairman of the Aus- trian Musicians’ Association, arf Dr. David Back, the music counsel of the Vienna municipality. .The International Confederation of Musical Artists, of Brussels, and the Northern and Central European Union of Musicians, founded in Stockholm, will be represented, and nearly all the European countries have sent delegates. Jeux Ia Tabioed at Nan Rally scia Sept. 23. One hundred bands in one parade and no jazz music! That's the record of the Holy Name Society in convention here last week which closed their gathering last Sunday with one of the longest parades in the history of the capital. That “longest parade” thing is something in itself when it is con- sidered that Washington has seen many a parade. The biggest band feature was the boys’ bands from New York and Brooklyn.

Georgians in Paris Paris, Sept. 15. Members of the Georgian jazz

band have arrived here to fulfill a forthcoming Ziegfeld piece starring | 10 months’ engagement at the Clar- idge’s hotel.

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Washingon, Sept. 23. John Edward Griffith is an or- ganist and 22. His bride, formerly Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Fray, and to whom he was married late last week in Portsmouth, Va., is 82, and wealthy. The marriage was the culmination of a romance that York, a neighborhood picture house, where young Griffith was the organist. The bride’s daughter’ thinks Griffith married her mother for her money. She has tied mother’s money up through the courts here. In addition to this the daughter kept so close a watch on the couple that the elopement to Portsmouth was~the only way out. Even’ in the Virginia city because of the ‘wide differences in their ages, they encountered difficulty in getting a marriage license and later in secur- ing a minister to perform the cere- mony. The story of the marriage reached Washington as a. scoop for one of the local dailies. Variety’s reporter sought out friends of the young organist and through them secured confirmation. . Griffith is reported to have stated that he was not marryi' g the now Mrs, Griffith for her money, although he did accept an expensive gift as a wedding present. “Pure Love” Only Griffith is marrying her, accord- ing to reports of a statement made by him, because of a case of “pure love and not. the kind that money ean buy.” Friends here state that Griffith met his bride—whom the daughter states to be 82, but who gave her rage as 72, when securing the mar- riage license—while playing at the York. Her former husband was a musical instructor in North Caro- lina where Griffith also hails from. The mother and daughter listened to a concert overture by Griffith. Learning he was from their own State they invited him to their home. The romance developed rap- idly with the daughter reported as fighting the match “tooth and toe- nail” when she saw. how matters were going. No Honeymoon Upon leaving the York here Griffith went to the Norva Theatre in Norfolk where: he is still em- ployed, but made regular visits to Washington to see Mrs. Fray. He now states that there will be no honeymoon because of it being necessary for him to stick on the jgb at the theatre, but that an at- tractive apartment will be fitted out in the southern city. It ds reported here that -shortly after meeting the aged lady Grif- fith appeared with a diamond ring said to: be worth $3,000. It was but a few days after the appearance of this ring on Griffith’s hand that the daughter was told of their con- {templated marriage.

NO ‘DOUBLING’ George Olsen and. his orchestra from the Ziegfeld “Follies” and “Kid Boots” will not opeg at the Club Farody, New York, to succeed Ted Lewis, because of Flo Ziegfeld’s ob- jection. The manager does not consider a cafe will ‘help his art:sts’ draw- ing ability in production, although he had no objection when Olsen was doubling the Rendezvous and “Kid Boots,” but that was before the dual Zieafeld doubling came into effect. 4

Cruel "Cellist Los Angeles, Sept. 23. Suit. for divorce from Theodore Gordohn was filled in the county clerk’s office by Gertrude Gordohn. He is cellist of the Philharmonic orchestra, ‘The complaint charges cruelty and also that he unjustly accused his wife of improper relations with ether men.

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Club? week, : Lopez-Rogers With each passing Vincent Lopez’ activities in- crease apace. The already publicized “quadrupling” by the band leader from the Penn- sylvania Hotel to the Picta- dilly theatre to the “Greenwich. Village Follies” to the Roseland ballroom and back to the Pic- cadilly and Pennsylvania, will now be further complicated by the inauguration of a new Club Lopez. To head hie own supper dlub has been Vincent Lopez’ am- bition for many months. Will Rogers as the master of cere- monies, if that is possible. Incidentally, to build up its “exclusiveness” from the start a record “stiff” concert will ob- tain because of the Rogers- Lopez combine if it comes to pass. GOLDKETTE: FOSTERS - BETTER DANCE MUSIC Jazz Band Leader Founded Detroit College of Music a.

Detroit, Sept. 23. A unique personality among dance orchestra conductors is Jean Gold- kette, for six years musical director of the Detroit Athletic Club and also in charge of the mammoth Greystone Ballroom’s orchestra of 14. Goldkette is a Victor dance music recording artist, accomplish- ing a national representation for the automobile city on the _ records which the Detroit Symphony Or- chestra could not reach for a period of 12 years. Having sewed up the popular music field in Detroit, Goldkette felt he would do something for the city and founded the Detroit College of Music, of which he is managing di- rector and a‘lectyrer. Himself an alumnus of the Imperial Conserva- tory of Moscow, Goldkette refuses to proselyte the fine arts’ musical col- lege and absolutely bars all jazz musicians from the institution. Incidentally, the Detroit “News” radiocasting station WWJ is the first broadcasting studio in the country, and Goldkette’s orchestra is the first band to perform for the ether fans. The Detroit College of Music is under the patronage of Henry Ford and other representative citizens of the automobile city. Goldkette’s ambition is to draw musical stu- dents from all over tne country and put Detroit “on the map” as a cen- ter of musical learning. Paradoxically, Goldkette’s jazz or- chestra is the first and only dance- hall band to record for Victor, which for years has barred any but hotel, cafe or stage orchestras. The sug- gestion of the term “dance-hall” is figured by Victor as not in keeping with their standard, although the Greystone is the finest ballroom of its type in the country.

Brigode Band Intact Reports about Ace Brigode and his 14 Virginians breaking up are erroneous, started by rumors. The band at the Monte Carlo restaurant, New York, has undergone several changes in personnel. Joe Fried- man, the business manager, has let out a few men in order to strengthen the line-up with more expert recruits from other organiza- tions, which accounts for the false reports. Lyman-Berlin Contract Abe Lyman’s contract with Irving is an exclusive arrange- ment to write solely for the Ber- lin firm. This covefs the Lyman and Gus Arnheim compositions. A previous report that Berlin, Inc., had first call on Lyman’s and Arnheim’s writing services was confusing.

Phil Romano returns to the Hotel Kenmore here Sept. 27, to open the new season and conduct the or- chestra for one week. After in- stalling his combination, Romano will return to the Roseland ball- room, New York, where he wil con- duct the afternoon dance sessions. “J-V”’ Special Dance Arrangements Made for any size combination, full of brilliancy, harmony and hovelties. ‘Write ror particulars te “J. V.” care e of Dave arman’s Orchestra

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This and next week is “opening week” for several ballrooms and ho- lets. The Roseland had its formal fall opening last night (Tuesday) with the Vincent Lopez orchestra as the prime attraction. The place has been beautifully~ redecorated in a Spanish scheme and the Lopez band { stand, specially designed for the opening, is in the nature of a Span- ish castle effect with a practical - stage and lighting system. Sam Lanin, Phil Romano and Fletcher Henderson are the other orchestras | at Roseland. Jan Garber opens Sunday night for a special run. ° f Tuesday night was also Ben Ber- nie’s “professional” opening at the new Hotel Roosevelt, which had its formal debut the evening preceding. A large professiona! following of Bernie's personal friends turned out Tuesday. On Thursday (tomorrow) evening the Original Memphis Five will be . welcomed back to the Rosemont j ballroom, Brooklyn, N. Y. The Memphisites under Frank Signdérelli and Phil Napoleon’s direction are Rosemont favorites. They have de- cided to abandon their vaudeville tour with Bryan and Fairchild, the dance team, because of the im- practicability of making connections with the New York vaudeville stands. On Friday night Vincent Lopez will open at the new Piccadilly pic- ture theatre on Broadway. Some time next week the newest Broadway ballroom, the Arcadia, under I. Jay Faggen’s direction, will celebrate its official opening. Work is being rushed in time for a Monday or Tuesday premiere if conditions make it possible. The Ray Miller orchestra will be the dance feature. BABE RUTH AS BAND FEATURE

Plans are afoot for George Her- man Ruth, the famous Bambino of baseball fame, to be the all-star ate traction with a Vincent Lopez band, a tour to be arranged at the closé of the world’s series, which may have the Yankees as one of the fighting units. Babe Ruth has been talking about taking a troupe of diamond celebri- ties on a barnstorming tour, the Bambino having been told by Man- ager Miller Huggins of the New York Americans to obtain official consent from the “Czar of baseball,” Judge K. M. Landis. It is understood that the idea of the Ruth-Lopez tour (with another musical director other than Lopez, 4 as he is under contract for appear- ances in New York with the “Green- * wich Village Follies” and thé new Picadilly Theatre) ‘is to have’ Ruth appear as an orchestral director, Ruth being permitted to clown or ad lib at will. f It is also likely that Ruth would make his appearance in New York prior to starting his road tour, but the men behind the “road show” idea believe that Ruth would prove the biggest kind of a drawing card on the road. From B’way to Fifth Ave. Orchestra Leaders are Featuring “SALLY LOU? . By HUGO FREY - HUGHIE BARRETT,

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= a.” ees hl UFlODCUFUCU. es fe . a. rr =_ B YY OTINE CABAKETS ‘ : \ te af: | Mintilives Recording Employes A recording manager of a phonograph company and a recording man- ager of a word roll company have been expanding their “grafting” incli- nations among’ the music publishers, their demands for “kick-backs” and It hag gotten to be quite an evil with “cut-ins” from the minor firms and has reached the stage where the same demands are made from some of the more important concerns.. It hardly seems likely their employers countenance such practices. As recording executives, they should supervise proper mechanical detail and also “can’ the hits and songs in popular favor. Tw do otherwise, or show favor to minor numbers is inefficient execution of duty and a deplor- able sense of loyaltyy It has been stated by some publishers also that where tneir song ‘hits were forced for recording through great popularity, they sometimes were released after the peak of their popularity had been reached through an Rayrone: waneiae by the recording executives. ‘ Minor Band’s ‘Music Liked Best it might surprise the managers of some of the big ba!l rooms and dance halls.in. this country as well -as the feature orchestras therein that their, patrons are inc lined to favor the dance music purveyed by the so-ealled- “minor” band, This is usually a small “het” aggregation and subsidiary ‘in billing to the “name” orchestra which. built its reputation vn the disks where their sy mphonic arrangements were appreciated to their fullest. In a dance-haJl, amidst hundreds of feet, the special arrangements are literally lost i the shuffle. while the “hot’’ band, with no pretense at sym- phonic qualities, blares forth the rhythmic jazz ina manner to please the masses. —_—_- Sousa and Jazz John. Philip Sousa again on an annual transcontinental swing is fea- turing a jazz ensemble. The March King announcés in‘ his advertfse- ments the jazz ensemble will render selections in this new ~“musical method.” In addition to the jazz a new, Sousa march is paved BAND AND ORCHESTRA REVIEWS —_—— —— THE WOLVERINES (7) Cinderella, New Yori: This “hot”. septet hails from around Chicago, last playing a Gary, Ind., pavilion. It was “discovered” by the Josephs of the Cinderella ballroom management, who tout this combination highly. As a torrid unit it need doff the mythical chapeau to no one. Their sense of rhythm.and tempo is ultra for. this type of dance music, and their unquestionable favor with the dance fans speaks for itself. Leon Beiderbecke is a “hot” trum- pet; Dick Voynow plays piano; Jim Hartwell, clarinetist, highly effect- ive; ditto the bass Wilford Lei- brook; Vic Moore is at the drums and George Johnson, sax. The band has struck favor from the start: Out West they recorded for the Gennett disks, but although less than a week on Broadway, they have had “dates” with a number of minor companies; with the Bruns- wick also interested. Abel. NAT MARTIN’S ORCHESTRA (11) “ll Say She Is” (Show) Casino, New York Nat Martin’s Orchestra comes on for the last 15 minutes into the finale of. the show at a stage where the audience is “laughed out’ by the Four Marx Brothers’ unique comedy antics, particularly the Napoleon- Josephine court scene immediately preceding,.and manages to sustain the pace to.a rousing,climax. For a band turn this is exceptional in more than one respect. sands as a rule are spotted at mild points of a revue or musical comedy, while here the Martin orchestra was prac- tically the “next to closing” feature in vaudeville parlance. The combination is a. well-bal- anced, rhythmic aggregation with seme exceptional highlights, like the trombone (Nat Martin), banjo (Du- vall Stevens), and violinist (Armand Bajlendonck). The entire sax sec- tion (Lou Martin, Harry Gompers and Fred Cavi) is worthy and. fea- tures, some fetching. tonal qualities in. their reed harmonies. Randy Bigelow and Harold Siddall are the trumpets; Nick. Marinero, tuba; Ben Weshner, drums, and John Kerndter, piano, The band has been with the show on its extended out-of-town stay and since its debut at the Casino, New York, in June. Martin as the trombonist is in the 1COf) SILVER BELL KX Ore BANJOS New Catalog—Just Out THE BACON BANJO CO,, Inc GROTON; CONN ranks to preserve the instrumental balance which. is nicely arranged, the violinist, Balendonck, directing. Their arrangements are ultra as in “Mandalay,” a pop tune for the opener. The “Only You” rendition was a punch, with its variations lending interesting nuance to the theme song that had been “plugged” for almost two hours prior to the band’s advent. , While “set” in a show that looks like it will stay into winter, the band suggests a good buy for a cafe or night club. in conjunction. Also the disks might give them the well- known double-O for recording pur- poses. Abel. IRVING BOERNSTEIN’S CHESTRA (6) Hotel Washington, D.C. Irving Boernstein has a dozen odd OR- Washington, . Of the hotels under contract here to furnish their music. At the Washington he directs the orches- tra himself. The combination plays one operatic selection each evening. In the lineup of the aggregation is a string quartet, the boys doubling. This interchangeable feature has made the music at this hotel a fea- ture, Boernstein directs with the violin. Dan Chivalou plays second violin, while the piano. is presided over ly Robert “Bob” Stickney. Joe Ber- nolfs plays tl.e cello, Al. Szombathy, the stringed bass, and Jack Golden the organ. This Boernstein orchestra is the second to be heard locally that utilizes the organ, in the place of reed instruments. [It Is a pleasing combination for the concert hotel idea. Meakin. CARL CARRICK’S PARISIANS Music and Singing 16 Mins.; Full (Special) Majestic, Chicago As a musical combination its bid is for a prominent position among the smaller organizations. The ag- gregation is composed of seven men and a woman playing violin, who offer a varied routine of excellent music. The band is presented in a pre- tentious setting representing a Pa- risian cafe. The first number Is played before a scrim drop, with the curtain rising slowly toward the finish of the number. From then on the boys step on it and get “hot” at various intervals, rendering several group numbers effectively. The cornetist and the trombonist stand out prominently, both scoring individually. .The balance of. the personnel measures up considerably with any of the intermediate bands. Though it cannot be rate@ with the best in the field, its music .is pleas- ing and easy to Hsten to, The instruments employed are piano, violin, trumpet, trombone, banjo, two saxes and drums. PALAIS D’OR | The Palais D'Or, Broadway's new- est Chinese restaurant, opened Sept. 18 onthe premises formerly identi- fied as the Palais Royal, the class eafe of Main street under the Sal- vin regime until it was padlocked along with eight other Salvin restaurants and supper clubs as public nuisances for continuous in- fringement of the Prohibition Law. restaurant with special attention also to an American menu seem- ingly is making a play for the great middle-class trade. Theré is no couvert at any part of the day or evening, with special club lunch- eons and $1.25 table d’hote Ameri- can and Chinese dinners featured. To supplement the popular features, there is the Charles’ Strickland’ Orchestra, presented by Harry Pearl, as the dance feature with .Arthur .Ball, a. tenor, and dance team, completing the enter- tainment. Lall’s sympathetic tenor is well adapted to the ftoor and sells well. The dancers are also effective with the Strickland’ band the big punch. The Palais. D'Or-..has undergone but little change .on .the interior. The boxes. have. been. extended to serve as double. compartments and the band stand has been shifted from thé corner to'the'centre facing the’ exits. ‘Another new idea for a chink place is getting away from the fancy Oriental doo-dads that usually adorn the interiors. The hangirgs are all drapes and were it not for the Chinese menu it could pass for any restaurant. This is also noticeable, the Chinese food service is fast com- pared to the American dishes, in- dicating an inclination to feature the Chinese end of it. On the other hand, the Oriental edibles come served almost cold, explained by.the waiter because the kitchen is located upstairs. Situated on a famous corner, formerly occupied by a famous res- taurant, everything points to the Palais D’Or getting over big. That the management is deter- mined to uphold and obey the letter and spirit of the law is evidenced by cards on every table warning against the us of intoxicating liquors on the premises. The padlock was removed by court on the under- standing no violation would occur and that enforcement officers can enter the premises at will without the necessity of a search warrant to determine the continuous adherence to the law. Abdel. - ACTRESS DOPE The stage received another piece of unpleasant publicity when the police arrested Joseph Maida, a lithographer, of 544 East 17th street, last week, on a charge of selling heroin. After the arrest police gave out a statement the man had been on his way to deliver six small bottles of heroin, which were found on his per- son, to a well-known actress, who, on account of the arrest, had put off a trip to Europe. Maida was arrested by Detectives Moffett and Buckley of the dope squad, who had followed the man for three weeks. Last Tuesday, af- ter the sleuths shadowed Maida’s taxi, they decided to take action. At the corner of Broadway and 46th street the two upholders of the law stopped the car and placed Maida under arrest. They found the dope on his person. Magistrate Simpson, after hearing the testimony, held the prisoner in bail of $1,000 for Special Sessions. In spite of the fact that reporters p essed Dr. Simon, who is in charge of the narcotic squad, and ques- tioned detectives, they were unable to get any information regarding the “well-known acfress” for whom the dope was intended. _— GRAND ST. BUYS NEW CLUB) Saturday night the Grand Street Boys opened their new clubhouse, costing $300,000, on West 5&th street, just west of 6tth avenue. Judge Max S. Levine is presi- dent of the club, one of. the most influential social groups in New York. Although named after a downtown street of re- nown that has turned forth hundreds of present famous sons, the Grand Streeters se- “ected the Times square séction for a permanent home. “Grand Street” as a title sig- nifies the downtown East Side section of New York, with the’ club’s membership eligible to any one acteptable, word if that neighborhood. The Palais. D’Or as: a Chinese | Charles Dale and Emily. Lane, a ; i + Variety Reviewing Floor Shows shows at those places. Variety reviewer when paying his ‘for the cover charge. the gaff was’ on. for that, but he didn’t. In consequence if cabarets now his time and money, too. With the increzsing number of cabarets and night clubs in New York, Variety is. frequently receiving requests to review the floor Some have a revue, other straight enter- taining programs with all holding a band. At one time Variety reviewed the better cabarets in Greater New; | York, then in the day of. floor revues. when it grew irksome. Requests would be made for a review “a the: The better cabarets had a “first night" check was deadheaded for the newspaper people, but at other times No doubt the Variety man could still have had his, check dead-headed including the cover if he had wanted to bespeak by appointment with the understanding the reviewer is not to spend Deadheading the check will not prevent a slam if the show warrants it. and heavens help the bad show this writing guy catches it it is one , of the Joints that formerly gypped him. The paper stopped reviewing check found he had been gypped for reviewers where the want a Variety review, it will be SPECIAL SQUAD FOR 1 OCLOCK CLOSING 150 Pike Men in oS ing at Police Head- quarters Police headquarters in New York have in training 150 picked men to form a squad that will be siced onto all the cabarets and night places of New York, with orders to see that these places close at 1 o'clock a. m. It is reported the prescribed places will include dance halls, What influence the approaching elections have on the new police move isi#’t connected with. the inside report of the operation, Over New York, and especially in the mid-section, there has been un- limited hours of.late for all the places where they eat; drink and dance. Federal enforcement has made it- self manifest at intervals.and in ways that indicated publicity only was being sought. Otherwise the sellers have seemed to feel secure and have kept right on selling. “Bar Upstairs” In Times square the other-day a restaurateur, in speaking to a Va- riety reporter of a new intended opening, referred other place; saying: “You know Blank’s downstairs bar? Well, I have a novelty. I’m going to have the dining room on the first floor and the bar on the second, instead of downstairs.” Of course the restaurateur neatly neglected to mention whether he in- tended selling hot dogs or cold milk over the bar, to an- London Cabaret Lady Running Sans License London, Sept. 15. May Merrick, a married woman, who has a greater Knowledge of night clubs of all sorts and of ex- plaining her management of them to the police, has recently gained further experience, Together with a male defendant, she was charged at Marlborough Street Police Court with supplying intoxicating drink without a license on premises known as the Broad- way Club. This so-called club was removed from the club register early in August. The going was good, however, and; license or no license, May still car- ried on until a police inspector paid a strictly formal call. In the prem- ises he found a cabaret show going on with six dancers, while two girls played guitars. Nearly .150 people were present. On the tables were glasses full or half full of liquor. Some of the crowd were the worse for drink. Merrick admitted she managed the club and said, being cornered, she had to put up with it. The hearing was adjourned. £59: dle ‘ Hamp Opens Oct. 11 Johnny Hamp’s Kentucky Sere- naders, open, Oct, 11 at the Hotel Sinton, Cineirinatt. ' A’ booking con- fliction between the Hotel Ambassa- dor, NeW York, and ‘the new Creole ‘Fashion. Plate, legit starring vehicle prompted Hamp to step out of both dat ot ‘contracts and sign for the Sinton. pe ianictnisiiiisiteiidns' daimsentinnemnenstitos attiansinesatiteacananasiaed 2 a aaa we tindns 22s ROSNER place he |, ret Belt — Ordered from Washington | Suspicious signs in the New York cabaret belt of late have presaged to the wisé ‘uns that there is an in- vestigation secretly under way ‘to “get” an important enforcement agent among the New York crew of prohibition ferrets. It is said the orders for the in- vestigation have come from Wash- ington.. That surmise is based upon the fact that U. 8S, Secret Service men have been around the cabarets of late. making discreet inquiries, but not discreet sufficiently to cover up the objective. The enforcement man they seem to be after is of authority, and, it will be an “explosion” if they land him, JONES’ SENSE London, Sept. 16. Stanley Jones, managing director of the Piccadilly Hotel Company, is one of those business men who smile whichever way things go and gives you to understand it is all just as he would have it. This is apropos of the attempt of Harry Foster to book five of the 10 members of “The Co-Optimists” to give a midnight show in the:-Pic- cadilly restaurant, running concur- rently with their regular cabaret in the ballroom of the hotel. The night before the favored five were to affix their signatures to the contract the got wind of the proposition and strongly objected, protesting it would hurt the regular theatre busi- ness at the Palace, where they are playing. to. practically capacity at every performance. “Of course,” said Jones, “it would have been a big attraction for us, but, on the other hand, it might have destroyed the excellent business. we have built up in the ballroom * with our regular cabaret entertainment. And, again, granted ‘The Co-Opti- mists’ proved to be the sensation an- ticipatéd, we should then be worried to figure out an attraction of equal drawing power when the time came to make a change. So, you see, it 1s all right as it is.” Dee’s Saxophone Stolen Washington, Sept. 23: Dudley Dee, one of the saxophone players here with the Benson or- chestra during the past week at the Rialto, a picture house, had his in- strument, valued at $100, stolen from the stage. Mo trace of the instru- ment could be found. ENFORCEMENT. BOOKINGS OPEN FOR High-Grade Novelty Acts : HOTEL DINING ROOM Phone MISS FISKE BRYANT 1120 10-12 A. M., 2-4 P. M. Suspicious Signs in Cone : other members of the organization ~ a

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a > > A NOTE OF APPR WeEsTERN VAUDEVILLE Manacers’ Association INCORPORATED TELEPHONE RANDOLPH 5170 POSTAL TELEGRAPH PRIVATE WIRE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH PRIVATE WIRE STATE-LAKE THEAT RE BUILDING GHICAGO ation and the hospitality of the hundreds of managers whom we met on our recent trip to and on the Pacific Coast we feel on returning that our mission was an unqualified success. A HROUGH the enthusiastic welcome and co-oper- 2 ww To. those theatre owners and executives whose vision and progressiveness has caused them to arrange their bookings with us, we wish to express our appreciation. They greeted our advent with open arms, as the beginning of a dependable service of better vaudeville, guaranteed by the genuine immensity of our organization. We ‘regret that our limited time prevented us from meeting those managers who indicated their enthusiastic interest through countless letters and telegrams. We gratefully acknowledge these communications and an- nountce herewith another journey into the Middle West in the very near future, during which we hope fora per- sonal interview with every one of them. It is our purpose and desire to become as well acquainted with the managers as we are with'their needs. ’ ’ T Walt LJ WY WWW LW ity she eesabhas un i Talsatmltaim adi a alaethal mall Ailes i Hitt fhe i : AE We believe we have obtained your confidence and that a you know we will thoroughly carry out evéry promise: we ‘ af have.made. Service that serves 1s the slogan of the Western Vaude- ' ‘ ville Managers’ Association, but it 1s more than a slogan. It is the actual policy in practice of this organization. It is thoroughly believed in by everyone connected with our af office. "] 7. te Without giving complete satisfaction we know that our q promises to the managers would soon be nullified. It sf therefore becomes mandatory upon us to give a service = that serves so well, that complete satisfaction is the only Be possible result. | IMPORTANT—ADORESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO THE WESTERN VAUDEVILLE MANAGERS’ ASSOCIATION, NOT TO INDIVIDUALS —— 3 ee ————" ——— --_—~- — MANAGERS Se 4 sl tees re ‘ CN OE EE eee ay Ee . : aed Preece ewer & =e ‘Sy ie PME 9 Raa i vue += x oon ienet oetiesecdineee eas is AEE SNE, ’ - i asi - = eee a Sas & 5 ROS SE EE bs

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VARIETY SESS EE ~ pew WL a | WEYL ee BYE YUE LV YOYUYYYE LYELL UU = + ne stan} aelanlaelaal anal ——_ RECIATION WESTERN VAUDEVILLE MANAGERS’ ASSOCIATION INCORPORATEO TELEPHONE RANDOLPH 8170 POSTAL TELEGRAPH PRIVATE WiRE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH PRIVATE WIRE CHICAGO Prestige can only be built with power plus integrity. The Western Vaudevilie Managers’ Association has pres- tige, because it has powerful backing and because it there- fore cannot afford to jeopardize its position in the slight- est by failing to live up to every promise. If it was our desire merely to gain a monopoly, we might have gained a forced success for a time through sheer .power, but in the end*we would have: failed, as all such attempts have failed. ' No greedy spirit for financial gain motivates the West- ern Vaudeville Managers’ Association, but instead the desire to offer a big embracing service which has been designed to fill a need, a need which cannot and has not been filled by any other means. “We bring to the man- agers something which hundreds of them have asked for and other hundreds of them have dreamed of and wished for. We wish to thank most heartily the managers in the various districts covered by our representatives for the cordial reception they have given our: Mr. Ben Piazza, General Western Representative, Los Angeles. Mr. Edward Shayne, Representative, Denver, Colorado. Mr. Jolly Jones, Representative, Kansas City. Mr: Joe Erber, Representative, St. Louis. ‘Mr.Conrad Holmes, General Traveling Representative. Mr. Harry Fetterer, Traveling Representative. Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association, Per Gen. Mer. IMPORTANT—ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO THE WESTERM VAUDEVILLE MANAGERS’ ASSOCIATION, NOT TO INDIVIDUALS a “ASSOCIATION, spiel STATE-LAKE THEATRE BUILDING HEAD OFFICE STATE-LAKE BUILDING, CHICAGO, ILL. Meee et tah falalehitehtatitatatahafalatatatehisttatioelidatidatidetatatatiana.. "SA EEA REET

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eee VARIETY ’ +i mee of Le Fee ete & lies ee eit Soe Saad eet Wich. tik: tee - ee ne Pee ae — rete ae RAEN: ete | Suite 504, 177 North State Street I Want to Hear From GOOD Acts Who Want 40 Weeks to the Coast and Back Booked by the Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association = ee and THEIR AFFILIATED CIRCUITS The Following Is a Partial List of GOOD Acts I Have Represented in the Past Two Years—Ask Them About Me aiaanetemenndnnndnmamentinememmmemaee ‘MALCOLM EAGLE AGENCY CHICAGO, ILL. Adams and Barnett Denyle, Don and Everett Fifty Miles From B’way Wellington and Sylvia Pantzer Bros. Alanson Alva De Ross and Co. Robt. Henry Hodge and Co. Lewis and Rogers Palermos Canines Af Alaska Duo Davis and Rich Morris and Mae Humphrey Sam Liebert and Co. Peck and Harris Adonis and Co. Anderson and Burt Allen, Taylor and Barber Alma Mater Mary Ed Allen and Taxie Four Bards Bell and Wood Bellclair Bros. Browne and La Valle Baxley and Porter Blum Bros. Billy Bouncer’s Circus Edwards and Dean Grace Edler and Co. East and Dumke Firmin and Oldsmith The Fostos Fischer and Hurst Frazer Bros. Frank C. Ford and Co. Fridkin and Rhoda For Pity’s Sake Gilroy, Haynes and Mont- gomery Murio Hazzard and Oakes Harvey and Gardner Hoffman and Jessie Eddie Hume and Co. Hong Ray Haw Hays and Lockwood Al and Mabel Joy Harry Jolson Janet of France Johnson and Hays Mary Kelly and Co. Lucas and Inez Lynn and Howland Florence Hobson _ Mack and Velmar Morton Jewell Co. Murphy and Clark Henri Margo and Co. Melroy Sisters Murray and Lane McMahon and Adelaide McKowan’s Orchestra Four Nightons Quinn and Caverly The Rosaires -Rinehard and Duff Lester Raymond and Co. Roe Reaves Robettas and Deagon Estelle Ramsey Rives and Arnold Alf Ripon Schepps Circus Jean Sothern Walter and Mae Siegfried Beatrice Sweeney Bacardie Trio The Sepperte George Lovett Novelty Larkins Sinclair and Gray [or Carney and Rose Marion Gibney Althea Lucas and Co. Newell and: Most Spencer and Williams Cook and Vernon Grindell and Esther The Leightons John and Nellie Olms Frank J. Sidney and Co. Naz Color and Music Tonie Gray and Co. Lyle and Emerson Olive and Mack Cissie Shannon and Co. Compliments of the Season Lloyd Garrett La Toy Bros. Jerry and Gretchen O’Meara Marie Tollman and Co. Per ae ae , Gorden’s Dogs Sid Lewis eh rane Maas $44 ea avis and Bradner .' erloffs Gypsies and Follies P Duval and Symonds Gideon, ane Sige Lynn. and Lockwood Perronne and Oliver Taylor and Bobbie Kin Downey and Claridge Groh and Adonis beonard and Barnett Paula Mignon Venetian Revue Welch and Hazelton Humberto Bros. Looking Backward Werner Amaros Trio Victoria and Dupree Nur Weber and Clifford Rubeville Welch Male Quartette Wilbur and Adams Van Cello and Mary : Wil IF YOU HAVE A GOOD ACT WIRE OR WRITE ME AND I WILL GET GOOD RESULTS, IF THEY ARE TO BE GOTTEN SERVICE, Not Promises, Is What Makes a Good Representative—I NEVER PROMISE FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING AND SEND IT TO ME IMMEDIATELY, THEN WATCH RESULTS for the above circuits. I hereby authorize MALCOLM EAGLE to submit my act to the WESTERN VAUDEVILLE MANAGERS’ ASSOCIATION, THE WESTERN B. F. KEITH VAUDEVILLE EXCHANGE AND AFFILIATED CIRCUITS and appoint him my exclusive representative If at the expiration of thirty days he does not show me results, this agreement is automatically cancelled. SIGNED. © © S&S C1OTe|e OC Sletme OfeeE Oe © Cie « RR CI BER: tes pebeces eas saars PRT SPA ART AAT OT ATR aR Cas SAR MR OI ar ea T PREF I FE TR Bt ce EN ‘ ! NUMBER IN CAST........ FE Nira maken Shel PERE “oe ee MEN WOMEN | SPECIAL SCENERY ........ A ap aOR ED PORE SE SE ee RE: AE REY Biphasic Cae Regen sea eh ey Se | aN 0 te i wisasstians cawpeonemagoceszces cimes ae s MINUTES IN TOR MINUTES | SS gee eee con cicbheieese sacha etamumanreseeeeeeeeeeceeeeenererc sere eeee bak ekineen is ec ace | @eeeeees eee eee ee © 61% = I Am the Exclusive Western Representative of PAUL GERARD SMITH, INC.

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ese ea Ta a ae os Wednésday, September 24, 1994 (ii) = TOM POWELL AGENCY Can Offer Good Acts a Season’s Work BOOKING EXCLUSIVELY WITH THE . Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association ORPHEUM, JUNIOR ORPHEUM and KEITH (Western) CIRCUITS FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION. FILL OUT, THIS BLANK ‘AND MAIL IT TO ete WHEN AVAILABLE oo 2 2. ncn cad wo cnwtiiomeiicd eotic ce cited etc n cece ccc cc cccctneansousne SALARY ASKED ...... onco-ccccne Se ee ee ee REMARKS ~—“———e eo Oe Re eolef(elee eae Be eaeeee ene Se ewe we ewe we ee wee we eee EH BO eee Oe eee eee eee eee eee ee AUTHORIZED BY .. TOM POWELL AGENCY CHICAGO, ILL. ee eeece @ @ oe eee ee SESS aO wea wa eae ee ee ee ee ee eer Ke He er ee ee Ow Oe ee BOE ere eee eee ee ROOM 304 Woods Theatre Building Phone: | Randolph 3115 St

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IF YOU ARE ANTICIPATING COMING WEST A WIRE OR LETTER WILL GET RESULTS BOOKING EXCLUSIVELY WITH |

Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association

B. F. KEITH, and ORPHEUM JR. CIRCUITS

SOME OF THE ACTS THAT I SUCCESSFULLY ROUTED LAST SEASON JOHN BLONDY BENDER and ARMSTRONG CREEDON and DAVIS CAMERON and BECK LARRY COMER DEHAVEN and NICE DELIBERTO BROS. and Company BILLY ELLIOTT EIGHT BLUE DEMONS FROSINI BILLY GLASON BAYLE and PATSY GREAT LEON GENE GREENE * GIRLS OF THE ALTITUDE OFFICE HYMAN JACK HOUSH INTERCOLLEGIANS LYTELL:- and FANT ROXY LA ROCCA LORRAINE SISTERS LESTER MURRAY and ALLAN BOB MILLIKEN JACK MERLIN MITCHELL BROS. NIOBE LONNIE NACE CARSON and KANE LESTER COOK and BURNS THREE ANDRE SISTERS JOE TOWLE LAFLEUR and PORTIA NELSON and MADISON PAUL RAHN and Company BOB MURPHY BILLY BEARD CAITES BROS. WEADICK and LADUE JIM and GLADYS GILFOIL LAMONT TRIO ETHEL PARKER and BOYS STANLEY and BIRNES NICK COGLEY and Company KILKENNY DUO GARDNER and AUBREY UNUSUAL DUO SHERWOOD'’S SINGING BAND GEORGE MORTON KNAPP and CORNALLA SIX HASSANS STANLEY and WILSON SISTERS SHELDON and DAILEY ADAMS and THOMPSON SISTERS LEAH HEDLEY TRIO JOE NIEMEYER and HELEN MORGAN OLGA and MISHKA LET US HEAR FROM YOU

HAL SHERMAN SNELL and VERNON AL TUCKER and BAND TONY and GEORGE FOUR VOLUNTEERS WOODWARD and MORRISSEY WRIGHT DANCERS HARRIET NAWROT and BOYS BETTY WASHINGTON LARIMER and HUDSON FARRELL. TAYLOR TRIO JOS. K. WATSON WADE BOOTH CRANDELL’S CIRCUS HAGER and GOODWIN BLOCK and DUNLAP GEO. DAMEREL and MYRTLE VAIL BETTS SEALS MANN and STRONG ART LANDRY and BAND KNIGHT’S’ ROOSTERS BARRY and WHITLEDGE MACK and STANTON WELLS and WINTHROP JUGGLE LAND HOWARD'S PONIES WRIGHT and DIETRICH HERAS and WILLS DOROTHY. TAYLOR

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TTRPIRAY, “Eset ie stare ee bb apliored ARIETY Wi ber 24, 1924 ; ~ SUITE 306, WOODS THEATRE BUILDING WANTED 100 NEW ACTS IMMEDIATELY FOR THE. GREATEST CIRCUIT IN THE MIDDLE WEST } ; Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association (AND AFFILIATED CIRCUITS) NOW BOOKING TO THE PACIFIC COAST A GOOD ACT CAN GET WORK FOR A SOLID YEAR OUT OF THIS OFFICE FILL OUT THIS BLANK AND SEND TO THIS OFFICE AT ONCE DON’T DELAY—DO IT NOW e ~ / f / if, 4 7 4 df Yih “fy MILLA LLL ALLL LALLLLLL LALA Mh YY jVMV“e“ee#e: Wed JOHN H. BILLSBURY AGENCY NAME OF ACT..,..... Shee ES DY A a ee kee NO. OF MEN.......:...NO. OF WOMEN........ TIME FULL STAGE... ry ty MLac):$ Z Wee Hy Wd . TIME IN ONE..,... we AS NS NS NS SS SS WS DSS. ht eta iS A OOS Sis ate 3 a ew EXACT DATE AVAILABLE........... aes VOUT OF... eee PLEASE SUBMIT ABOVE ACT FOR BOOKINGS ‘ (URMINED 06 0506 0be ethane ye eiejeje 00 0% s0:0;0:0 © | yp Siti tithitttt! GU MY Wdt ts Wl Vy Uda YY Yj . THE ABOVE IS NO CONTRACT AND IN NO WAY BINDING A RELEASE MAY BE HAD AT ANY TIME UPON REQUEST | WIKRE: WRITE! OE LLL EE a ee er ee ears ree 3 " 1s aati me - SPECIAL SCENERY............ i ae AOD, uit. an een CALL! + _ Mr. a Orph will e booke will ¢ CHA AND SIX | BEL] BAN FOU FIVE BRIS BRO BUR CHR DEM DAN DUB DEL! JOSI DEN DIA; DEG DEL ECK “ECI ELLI EMWN FOU EDD FEN’ BOB FISK FOC! FOS’ FRIE JIMD FLA’ FERI GOL FOU HAZ HER LEO.

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. se er ren P _Wednesday September - 1924 fr 4 ; A ¥ ime VARIETY : | 37 BURY AGENCY GO, ILL. Mr. and Mrs. Vaudeville Artist :— JOHN H. BILLSBURY has been booking exclusively with the Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association, Orpheum Circuit, Orpheum Junior, B. F. Keith Western and Interstate Circuits for the past eight years. . __ Every act who communicates with me will get my personal attention. No act is too large and none too small. PHONE RANDOLPH 1965 ’ ) i A If you are looking for a route, or if you are routed and have a few open dates, please send me your route and I will endeavor to fill the open dates for you. If you are available immediately wire me, and if you have some time booked, and are available in the near future, fill in the blank on the opposite page and mail it to me. I assure you I will give every communication my personal attention, and give you prompt service. Below are some of the acts I have recently booked and some who are now working for this office. ‘A delay of.a day may mean the loss of a route. DON’T WAIT e JOSEPH DISKAY JOHNSON and McINTOSH THREE ROMAINOS SISTERS DENNO SISTERS and THEBAULT JOSSELYN and TURNER RANDALL and MARSTON DIAZ and POWERS HAROLD KENNEDY ROSE and SCHAFFNER DEGNON and CLIFTON K. T. KUMA and CO. ROLLAND and RAY DELYTE and MARMON LAPAVIA and CO. THE ROCKETS ECKERT and FRANCIS LOVETT and DALE ROYAL VENETIAN FIVE ; “ECHOES OF SCOTLAND” THE LERAYS JOHNNY SINGER and DANCING DOLLS ELLIOTT and BURKE LEACH LAQUINLAN TRIO SYNCOPATED SEVEN oF EMMA EARL and CO. LUND SISTERS and HARVEY SAMOYA r FOUR ERETTOS LEIGHTON and DUBAL SANKS and SYLVERS ; EDDIE FOY and FAMILY LAMEY and PEARSON SAXTON and FARRELL FENWICK GIRLS MONTE and PARTI SEVEN SOLIS BROS. bd | BOB FERNS and CO. MISS MARCELLE STINE and SMITH @¢ | FISKE and FALLON MARRIED AGAIN TUNES and STEPS ee FOCH FOUR MACK and MANUS TACKMAN and RUTH i! | FRAZER and BUNCE MELODY and STEPS THREE TAKETAS if FOSTER and PEGGY MARGRET and MORRELL TYLER and ST. CLAIR of FRIES and WILSON MELODY and ART BERT and PEGGY VINCENT haf JIMMY FLETCHER McINTYRE and HOLCOMB THE VOLUNTEERS rae aa | FLAGLER and MALIA McCONNELL and WEST WIGGINSVILLE - ‘3 FERRY and HAWTHORNE NIFTY TRIO YANKEE COMEDY FOUR a ti S GOLDEN SINGING FIVE JOHN NEFF FIVE YODLING TROUBADOURS af CHAS. AHEARN and BAND ANDRIEFF TRIO SIX ANDERSON SISTERS BELL and CARON BANZAI TRIO FOUR BELLHOPS FIVE BALIOTS BRISCOE and AUSTIN BROWN’S SYNCOPATORS BURNS and FRANCIS CHRISSIE and DALEY COOK and HAMILTON DEMARIA FIVE DANCE FASHIONS DUBALL and McKENZIE DELORTO and RICHARDS FOUR GIRTON GIRLS HAZEL GREEN and BAND GREEN and PARKER HERBERT’S DOGS LEONA HALL’S REVUE WRITE, WIRE OR CALL’ NOW JACK HANLEY HART and HELEENE HARVEY and STONE BEN HASSON TROUPE ALLAN and GROSS HAMLIN and MACK MONS. HERBERT GLADYS HEIGHT’S DANCERS HEONDEE TROUPE HULEN and HORTER HILL and QUINNELL IMPERIAL QUINTETTE INTERNATIONAL SEVEN FIVE JOLLY JESTERS JUBILEE FOUR JEAN and GLADYS JOYCE POLLY’S PEARLS BANN and MALLON AMBITIONS PRINCETON FIVE THE PATROWARS Very truly yours, © ----~+--~. JOHN H. BILLSBURY ETHEL WATERS and EARL DANCER PARAMOUNT FOUR PRINCESS LEONA FOUR QUEENS OF SYNCOPATION RYAN, WEBER and RYAN RCYAL DANES LEW RICE REBA and CO. RICHARDSON BROS. and CHERIE THREE RALPHS JOHN REGAY DELORES and CO. FRED REX’S CIRCUS ELIAS RHODES and CO. THE RIOS THE ROSAIRES RAY and FRANCIS HART’S HOLLANDERS MOLINE SISTERS J. C. MACK and CO. PENN DIAMOND ORCHESTRA THOMAS and FREDERICK SISTERS OCC EOC 0 HOH 0._ COUVV II CuWWWC=wwW(;C—=€W™W”EXEE eo ee we 3 , WRITE! ot i se _ LTTE ss > 3 ‘ 3332 3 WIRE! CALL! Ld Llib Vt dd Lisi lahat aa antl Z Z> WZ i a > >

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VARIETY =. -°t ges ae Pe Hea as Bay tt ath ap Pe ee RR eee ee ee w BASF a? eee ee i uoh fe Sa TES REN ete A Sas a Re TTT ES. Sapa Fr ee Mneeee Drone, ee ten 1924 ’ W ednesday, September 24, .

JACK GARDNER AGENCY CHICAGO, ILL. 177 North State Street

Phone: Central 0654

A GOOD REPRESENTATIVE IS AS ESSENTIAL AS HAVING A GOOD ACT

THE

Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association

and THEIR AFFILIATED CIRCUITS _OF CONSECUTIVE TIME BETWEEN CHICAGO AND PACIFIC COAST -

Do You Want ME to Represent YOU Out Here? Touch With Me at Once

li If You Are Interested in Securing a Route from the Above Named Circuit and Its Affiliations, Get in WHAT I HAVE DONE FOR OTHERS—I CAN DO FOR YOU | ARE NOW IN A POSITION TO OFFER STANDARD ATTRACTIONS AN UNLIMITED AMOUNT

‘A LIST OF SOME OF THE ‘ACTS I HAVE SUCCESSFULLY REPRESENTED: ARCH and VEDA HARRY ANTRIM ARTHUR ALEXANDER and Company MAUD ALLEN and SID GRASIANO HARRY BERRY and MISS . BROSIUS and BROWN BOYD and KING SELMA BRAATZ and Company CLIFTON and KRAMER DIFFERENT) REVUE JIMMIE “MIMIC” DUNN FRANCIS and LOYD FAYE and LEE THE GREAT FREDERICKS GARDNER and REVERE HIBBERT and NUGENT HILL’S SOCIETY CIRCUS HEBERT and CROSSMAN BOUNDING JOHNSON JEROME and FRANCE KINGSTON and EBNER LEONI TRIO LA FRANCE BROS. EUGENIE LE BLANC PIERCE and ARROW PORTER, HENDERSON and Company MARTHA RUSSELL and Company SAM and BLANCH ROSS “RAFFLES” JOHNNY RAYMOND and Commany RUSSELL’S COMEDIANS SUNSET FOUR - PRINCE SHERJI THE VOLTAIRES PETERS and LE BUFF JACK and JESSIE GIBSON ZEMATER and VARDO WHEELER and WHEELER WRIGHT and VIVIAN MUMFORD and MERRY YVETTE and BAND OWENS and KELLY LESTER BELL and GRIFFIN DALLAS WALKER and HENRI VON STREMEL SEMON, CONRAD and Company McCARTHY and STERNARD CHIEF BLUE CLOUD and BAND BARTH and BARTH , O. K. LEGAL and Company THE THREE KAYS WALKER and BROWN McGREEVEY and JEFFRIES FORD and PACKFORD JAYNE JARRELL and BAND RICARDO and ASHFORTH OLIVER and WARD KIEFER and SCOTT HARRY VAN FOSSEN ZIMMERMAN and GRANVILLE

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Ww. V. M.A. B. F. KEITH (WESTERN) 3 onpueum, jr. A ALPERIN-SHAPIRO gotrerriecp f AGENCY fe EMORY ETTELSON, Associate CHICAGO, ILL. Route Sheet — | : N D ). .< steeaies

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BOOKING EXCLUSIVELY W. V. M.. A. and B. F. KEITH, Western and ALL AFFILIATED CIRCUITS ‘Acts wishing to break their jump from Coast to Coast or from the South, communicate with IRVING BERGER, Arcade Building ST. LOUIS, MO.

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red : a Cee et - gee Cae Ps Re ae ‘eis anes: z gor! te we ete Pa eee a CRN RLS LEP et VARIETY Wednesday, September 24, 1924 AURIOLE CRAVEN CEVENE TROUPE FRANKLYN and VINCENT — FLANDERS and BUTLER BOB and PEGGY VALENTINE WHEELER TRIO BOOTH and ROBB - GLADYS GREENE and COMPANY HIRSH, HILL and GORNEY BRONSON and RENEE HENRY FREY BOBBY McLEAN and COMPANY FOLLIS and LeROY JENNIER BROS. WM. SISTO I SADIE JACOBS, ROSCOE AILS RUSSELL and BURKE : ROSE MAURA REVUE FEHNOVA DANCERS JERRY and HER BABY GRANDS FRANK and MAE STANLEY ZECK and RANDOLPH JACK BENNY MUSICLAND LORETTA GREY REVUE TRENNELL TRIO KIRK COLLIER COMPANY - MAXFIELD and STONE 302 WOODS THEATRE BLDG., CHI Has Secured Bookings for ELDRIDGE BARLOW and ELDRIDGE HEINIE’S ROYAL ORCHESTRA DICK LUCKE and HIS ARCADIANS JULES BUFFANO and BAND SEYMOUR SIMONS’ BAND KENT’S COLLEGIANS GABE WATERS ORCHESTRAS MAX FISHER’S BAND HAMMONDS BAND and the tollo| AND CAN DO THE SAME FOR YOU FOR 40) WESTERN VAUDEVILLE M KEN AND AFFILIAT’! ED ——e- ' i:

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A - am treatin 5 ae ae cme Pe a > eS SEAS Pe ay ety Be x * Wednesday, September 24, 1924 Associate | | ' CAGO, ILL. Phone Rand. 0740 |} | the Following Standard Acts a } } | JOHNNY’S NEW CAR : - SIGSBEE’S DOGS JOHNSON and BAKER | : ; TOCK and TOY CERUSSI and LASH een THOMAS and ROSE ANN GRAY HARRY VAN FOSSEN HARRISON MOSS WEBER and HENDERSON FOUR HAMEL SISTERS MABEL HARPER | KIMBAL and GOMAN JIM and: FLO BOGARD KENDAL, BYTON and SLATER COETZ and DUFFY | LaPINE and EMERY CAMBRIDGE SISTERS “LAND OF COTTON” : ABBOTT and WHITE LaPAN and BASTEDO GOETZ and KOHLER MORLEY and ANGER THREE OF A KIND | MARIGOLD TRIO HUGHES and DEBROW JEAN MIDDLETON VESS OSSMAN and. COMPANY AL STRIKER WATERS, HOPKINS & CHURCHILL o| wing BANDS ‘| PAUL ZIMM’S CHICAGOANS | COON-SANDERS NIGHT HAWKS 3 ARNOLD JOHNSON , DEL LAMPE a al PHIL FISHER’S BAND COOK’S COTTON PICKERS DUNCAN’S BAND ROSCOE AILS and UNIVERSITY 5 a | 10| WEEKS, CHICAGO TO THE COAST ON THE ANAGERS’ ASSOCIATION ATED CIRCUITS —— : . | a

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Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association B: F. Keith (West. ) Orpheum Jr. AND THEIR AFFILIATED CTS p «

BILLY HOUSE and (0. TOBY WILSON and (0. ae IN : ne “OH TEDDY” “LONESOME TOWN” | : oy :

“BY THE SEA’ JACK DE SYLVIA Featuring BILLY PEARL L de | REVUE | de With LUTHER YANTIS and PEGGY EARLE

REVUE LA PETITE BILLY GROSS and CO. | ‘~ INDIAN REVERIES e

VERSATILE QUINTETTE ROGER'S SYNCOPATORS

CAN ALWAYS USE CAPABLE PEOPLE NOW IN NEW YORK, Engaging | | CARE OF LEW GOLDER, PALACE THEATRE BLD’G. | ‘

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DEES BPP PPrarPrrg eee ae 3 ea , September 24,1924 VARIETY 43° ——- — Jesse Freeman. Agency 1413 Capitol Building eect at ateateact ttt tt ttt 159 North State Street ste te sft wow ye . PHONE CENTRAL 0246 CHICAGO, ILL. ste — Will Always Be Pleased to Hear From Artistes Desiring Time On Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association — ORPHEUM CIRCUIT JUNIOR ORPHEUM CIRCUIT B. F. KEITH (Western) DOS PEOOROGESOOSAOSSES a Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association NOW—CHICAGO-TO-COAST & - COME THIS WAY AND GET ACQUAINTED THE Getting Bigger and 3’ Better all the Time * : a pa: - £ ye %, > ¢ t $ g . = Ld na KS ¢ W ' ie 4 = J 4 ; 4 ‘: % Pe a i y ¢ 7 4 $ 4, z + } ES. INTER-STATE AMUSEMENT CO. ii 9 - og = | a 4 ea | Sel 2 ; | a te ue ¥. af tal # hy a 7 7 F ; $ z. ~ i Ca - wy 7 ; 3 F z = i ) ~ we Py al a 1 = 7

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CHICAGO, ILL. BOOKING EXCLUSIVELY. WITH THE GREATEST CIRCUITS IN THE WORLD

Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association

REPRESENTING 'AND SECURING TIME IN THE WEST FOR THE FOLLOWING ARTISTS AND OFFERINGS: A CASE FOR SHERLOCK ALLEN and DYER N AN EVENING AT HOME ANDERSON TRIO, AVIS’S. NOVELTY DANCERS BARR, MAYO and RENN BAIE

EVERY PHONE/IN THE UNITED STATES OR CANADA IS CONNECTED WITH OUR PHONE BENNINGTON and SCOTT BLAISE and BLAISE BERNARD and BETTS BERRY, BROCK and BERRY ; BRIGGS REVUE OF 1924 BROUGHT TO LIFE FRANK and GERTRUDE BUTLER CAMERON and DALTON TRIO CAMP FIRE REVUE CLIFF CLARK CHARNOFF’S GYPSY REVUE CLEVELAND and DOWREY COFFMAN and CARROLL FRED CRONIN Company CARTER, WILLIAMS and PEARCE CHAS. CROSS and Company CURRENT OF FUN CURRIER and McWILLIAMS TRIO DANCING STUARTS DE ALBERT QUINTETTE DIXIE FOUR DUNLAY and MERRILL FRANCES DYER and HARRIET EARLE and MATTHEWS ESTHER and ENTERTAINERS

ORPHEUM, B. F. KEITH (Western) and THEIR AFFILIATIONS

v FIVE SWEETHEARTS FERRIS DUO KEENE’S COLLEGIANS KNIGHT and SAWTELLE WILL KRAMER KNOWLES and HURST CATO S. KEITH and Company LA SALLE TRIO LAUREN and LA DARE LE CLAIR and SAMPSON LOUIS LONDON MANNING and CLASS UINTAH MASTERMAN MODES and MODELS MONROE and LAURETTA MOORE and SHY WM. MORROW and Company MUSICAL FRASERS ORANGE BLOSSOMS O’NEIL and O’NEIL OWN NEIGHBORHOOD BILLY NELSON and Company NEWPORT and PARKER PASSING THE BUCK PHESAY and POWELL ALFRED POWELL and Company POWELL-GILMORE Company PRINCESS LANI and Company PRINCE LEO RADIO FUN RINALDO BROS. “ROWLES and GILMAN FRANK SHIELDS and BROULETTE SINGING DANCING THREE BLANCHE SLOCUM MAE SNOW ERMA and LAWRENCE FLOWERS FORBES FAMILY FRIEDLANDER BROS. GEO. GIFFORD and Company GEAR and HEINLY GORDON DUO GRUET, ‘KRAMER and GRUET WESLEY GALLAGHER and Company HAMILTON and COOK HARRIS and HARRIS HART and MARKWITH HAWTHORNE and COOK HESS’ REVUE HUBBELL’S SINGING SYNCOPATORS JONES and HULL JUST FOR INSTANCE ARNOLD and DAISY STEIN SOUTHERNE and STIRK SOUTHLAND PASTIMES SYNCOPATION FOUR SILVERS and ROSS PAUL SAVOY and Company SHERMAN and ROSE STEPPIN’ FIVE STYLES and SMILES THE BENNETTS THE GILDED CAGE TILYOU and ROGERS IRENE TREVETTE TTRANGER and GEORGETTE THE VILLAGE FOLLIES THE WONDER GIRL THE WEBBS TWO DAVEYS WARDEN and LEWIS FRANK WHITTIER and Company WOMEN ZELDA BROS. LET US DO THE SAME FOR YOU WIRE OR WRITE US ANY TIME YOU ARE OPEN OR. CALL US UP RANDOLPH 3170

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“VARIETY LEW M. GOLDBERG | AGENCY ‘Third Floor, Woods Theatre Building CHICAGO, ILL. » oe isn Siipthianene Sin amen gee commaa hes ‘i ei ang ee See _ BOOKING EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE PAST FOURTEEN YEARS WITH THE : 7. “ BIGGEST IN THE MIDDLE-WEST ‘WESTERN VAUDEVILLE | MANAGERS’ ASS’N || e F. KETTH--ORPHEUM el I aE ee ee ‘sinh Se EL, aeeeeey ae MEPL IO SO OCIS ROO PIOES OOS wt 4 Pale we {5 é qe €> ; : AND THEIR ALLIED CIRCUITS ; Can Offer a Season’s Work From Chicago fo the Coast and Return & +7 : E—PHONE—WRITE dy i Ne ae ety > ¥ att Vay QUICK ACTION OUR SPECIALTY LOUIS HOLLOB, Associate. oeeedeteh SSOP PERRO ~™ PEP Od OD

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ea LE Re Ee Se a ee 8 Fe ary tO ee RE TEE eee a Feat een ’ . 4 ‘ fs » a "@r £7 °2 9! ~ &?t aL en) “ae ed oo an a) Ss + > ace Wednesday, September 94.'igag’- =) W z A I a . bbe" one os ——— “ ‘ | ‘ ‘ 4 si ad ‘“ ‘ f : ; + L =". he a > RA RAH RO RR RR RR RASH me ate mh my eelhe apente he de h e pm e pe = " ‘ ——— ; —" Tt : PER ARTISTS’ REP WOODS THEATRE BOOKING EXCLUSIVELY WITH THE BEST WESTERN VAUDEVILLE MA ee — — ee a . nigt Men. PRT $ ee 7 MR et. ‘a rf Bee 7 rae $ eee hegre & ote SRN a Pais st 5 we Ro ae aa en aes . oe > > . Ra 5h res Bent 4 " P ‘headin — SRE apenrnnmven i RELA ES 2 ge nas AT ROMA a a ne 0 | ra pat aie sn. flanks th Si wie Sn bet AE i ASOT SCOTS AE LGA TM SENG NAR HA ee RR AN ER DA mt RE . rn wae ete me pen al ; ey: re tas i he RR AL A AONE SAF NAO ALAR A ng 8) . gue ae 7 " * . . me Paes, «a BESS af SE Tete Oh aaa Bors Wee fae as aie: Saat TO gn Sa ee aaa Sars br} OME ihe hate, fet a $ = “i fn ARI SUN IE 2 CN ANN STIR DIINS | oan SY lh Ni AS A RRR aR ABW CR HA SRI aE SE Rabe TR ern ee eer eran ern eee Ee JACK and EVA ARNOLD BAADER LA. VELLE TROUPE BICKNELL CRYSTAL BENNETT and COMPANY DOWNEY and CLARIDGE DOLLY DUMPLIN’ and COMPANY LAURA GUERITE HERMAN BROS. MARIMBA DUO MACK and SALLE GENE and MYRTLE MOORE ROSE O’HARA RINEHART and GOODE STRATFORD COMEDY FOUR THOSE THREE BOYS RAY and EDNA TRACY FOUR SONGBIRDS.. PRIMO VELLY WALTON and BRANT JOYCE LANDO and BOYS KRAMER and BREEN MELODIES and STEPS THE FAYNES LEON’S PONIES ED. MULCAHY THE PHILMERS HAYDEN and ATWOOD a Nyeyee iiveriial Hat site ithe | oat ian pogo o noo a A FULL SEASON'S WORK FOR ACTS) FR and AFFILIA TED ———— A FEW OF THE ACTS THAT | WE R ANGEL and FULLER BROWN and ELAINE | BENTO BROS. —~ BEE HO GREY MAIDIE DE LONG 3 DIXIE SONGBIRDS HOLLY FOUR HAAS BROS. LA FANTASIE MARY MARLOWE NORMAN and LANDEE LLOYD NEVADA COMPANY RAINES.and AVEY ROYAL SYDNEYS TABOR and GREEN REVUE RESPLENDENT VAN HORN and SHANNON BOB WHITE WATSON and ST. ALVA DANNY GRAHAM REVUE ANNE LINN REVUE JIMMY DUNN ae FRANK and BARRON te LAMBERTI | GEORGE MACK | HIP RAYMOND and COMPANY FOLLETTE and WICKS eee ranete itahitehiteitati ita ita JOYCE LANDO and BOYS MUSICLAND DANNY GRAHAM REVUE shtehiteh ifshtan Hater TRIP TO DANCELAND = OLIVER ~» “ \ PRESENTING THEIR| DE Lt LORETTA GRAY REVUE | FOUR SONGSTERS | ROSE. OHARA EARL 6 PI Exclusive Repre ‘wowereces ey SE te Bt BH yi DH O4 faint iifaitdies -—-7* x 7 2 nt shpat IMM Or wis ty gb Bib wis in

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Re pons = ‘ > — ————— BUILDING, CHICAGO E MANAGERS’ ASSOCIATION _ TED CIRCUITS s | FROM CHICAGO TO AT WE ROUTED LAST SEASON: BARRETT and CUNNEEN BURT and LEHMAN JOHN and EDNA BURTON - CAPPS FAMILY DAVISON’S LOUISVILLE LOONS FORD and TRULY HAYDEN, GOODWIN and ROWE HANNON FOUR . JOHNSON BROS. and JOHNSON SYLVIA MORA and RECKLESS DUO HOWARD NICHOLS PITZER and DAYE RAWLS and VON KAUFMAN HARRY and KITTY SUTTON TRIP TO DANCELAND BLUE BIRD REVUE JUST A PAL WASHINGTON TRIO YAMAMOTO DUO GOULD and RASCH , - VALDA and COMPANY Mes ERNEST HIATT ty GRANT and WALLACE MOORE and ELDREDGE TYLER and CROLIUS HUGO LUTGENS ‘EUGENE BROS. or. Wednesday, .Reptem! ==. 1924. . V.AR.LET.Y.. KINS A RESENTATI VES ee i Se THE COAST DAVE and TRESSIE CLIFFORD and STAFFORD YOUTH and MELODY ROSE and THORNE MONTE and LYONS KING and KELLY CZIGANNE DANCERS TORELLI’S CIRCUS SEVEN LITTLE SWEETHEARTS COOK and VALDARE ARGO and VIRGINIA VILLANI: BROS. FRANK MULLANE KUBLICK FOLLETTE’S MONKS JOE WHITEHEAD SIX LITTLE DARLINGS MYSTIC GARDEN : CHAPMAN and RING CHARLOTTE and THOMAS VANITY FAIR POWELL TROUPE WALTER LAW and COMPANY, RITA GOULD THREE BUDDIES SHEILA TERRY and COMPANY; RICE PUDDING ENCY T KNOWN CIRCUITS WEST OF NEW YORK WESTON EIR| DE LUXE. PRODUCTIONS | BLUE BIRD REVUE | FOUR SONG BIRDS LA FANTASIE 6 PERKINS sive W Representatives 301-2 Woods Theatre Building Phone STATE 7786, CHICAGO REVUE RESPLENDENT MARY MARLOWE APOLLO REVUE SILVER STRING SERENADERS WWW PU ; r slantamnicatamtonton’ iad aatite et

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‘i "ALWAYS TRYING TO GIVE THE PUBLIC SOMETHING NE NEW | | NOVEL VAUDEVILLE PRODUCTIONS Suite 205 36 W. Randolph St. CHICAGO, ILL:

Booking Exclusively with the Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association ORIGINAL INDIAN JAZZ REVUE—8 PEOPLE WITH CHIEF HOWLING WOLF AND PRINCESS LILLIAN VAUDEVILLE’s LATEST NOVELTY AND SHOW STOPPER. BETTER THAN LAST SEASON. NOW PLAYING WESTERN VAUDEVILLE, B. F. KEITH, WESTERN, ORPHEUM, JR., and AFFILIATED CIRCUITS MANAGERS AND BOOKERS, TAKE NOTICE: 1! AM THE ORIGINATOR OF INDIAN JAZZ BAND WITH ENTERTAINERS. BEWARE OF INFERIOR IMITATIONS. WHAT VARIETY SAID ABOUT THE IMITATOR OF MY ACT “Chief Blue Cloud and a a sextet of musicians billed as his “Indian Syncopators” were next on the firing Cloud, however, is the only American Indian the aseregetien the rest fee-cohered urzetstans). and why billing of this sort is resorted to seems beyond conjecture. Bine Cloud docs © tle bit of jane dancing’ and siliring ~p aay 4. Pome oF was Seana manship—to gvt his endeavors over. It appeared obvious, quantity and not quality, wae striven for, with the result that a slow, listless Or enistasiion performance was the result.

2 ANTED 1 - lint iia | cere et times, | INDIAN FOLLIES OF 1924—SIX PEOPLE | = “Linton sno | : Oe Neue Play yas Pay Contracts A Modern Revue Performed by aie Consisting of Singing, Dancing, Roping & Musical CHICAGO A WORLD OF TUNES AND TAPS BACK TO THE GOOD OLD DAYS 7. 6 PEOPLE | 5 PEOPLE ; . A SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT REVUE : with WEST, GATES and KANE FOOTLIGHT FANTASIES—6 PEOPLE |= A. REPRODUCTION OF BROADWAY CELEBRITIES PRESENTED IN A DIFFERENT WAY. LOTS OF HALP ERIN-SHAP IRO- PRETENTIOUS SCENERY AND ELECTRICAL EFFECTS. NOW PLAYING THE BEST CIRCUITS IN THE MIDDLE-WEST AGENCY CLASS OF SERVICE| SYMBOL’ *elegram Day Letter , Blue is Night Mes 3age Nite Night Letter NL

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CLASS OF SERVICE | SYmBO Telegram Day Letter Biue’.. Night Message |. Nite Nigist Letter WL e 2 if none of these three symbels Wf none of these three symbols x appeers after the check (number of sppeers after the check (number of 4 words) this is s telegram. Ott>r- words) this ig telegram. Other- wiseits character is irdiceted by ne wiseiis character is indicated by the pps ¢ afumbel appearing after tt check. NEWCOMB CARLTON, PRESIDENT * GEORGE W. E. ATKINS. Fins? Vice-Ppreéipent : symbol appearing after the check.

RECEIVED AT 799 CH WY 14 KBD 11AM S | NEW YORK SEPT 22 24 WESTERN VAUDEVILLE MANAGERS’ ASSOCIATION AND ORPHEUM CIRCUITS : STATE LAKE BLDG. CHICAGO. \ | CONSIDER !IT A PLEASURE AT THIS. _ TIME TO CONVEY TO YOU MY MOST SINCERE fe. ast A, AND BEST WISHES FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS STOP IN THE MANY YEARS THAT | WAS ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR ORGANIZATION | CAN TRUTHFULLY SAY THAT THE TREAT- MENT AND COURTESIES EXTENDED ME HAVE BEEN MOST PLEASANT AND HELPFUL AND | KNOW THAT ANYTHING YOU ATTEMPT CAN MEET, WITH NOTHING BUT SUCCESS te aft oie! + bs Secheatineh eel fhe th ees ~. SINCERELY LEW CANTOR este este ct est atest ttt tet tate tota tenet att ae er Ah. 8 Se Se : 4 S% 22 a9 ~wet _— ane vag erm a enna oe mt hy a CA. eka oes Sree T= aimed i " mt a = te Fy Cal le pele AOS hn ce A wee serene —— lated : it ‘ . » i ce . a Sa Al NE cltaealigie TT coms » Seettaeteee . Or eee 2 _ <r Pee I a nt . . spear’ — ——— ” = PaaS ERS ee pe

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se ta aaa i * wadngiay, Sptebr 94,1096 VARIETY ° ER IIE YOUNG | 910 Capitol Building _ CHICAGO, ILL. I TAKE THIS MEANS OF EXTENDING MY GOOD WISHES FOR SUCCESS TO THE NEW WESTERN CIRCUIT: NOW BEING ORGAN. - IZED BY THE WESTERN VAUDEVILLE MANAGERS’ ASSOCIATION ee “Watch My First Presentation and Sce If It Isn’t Different 910 Capitol Building, CHICAGO, ILL. | "TII ‘ODVOIHD ‘2urpimg jordes 016 Producing Vaudeville Acts Exclusively for the W. V. M. A. All Vaudeville Productions and Acts Direction HALPERIN-SHAPIRO AGENCY, NIE YOUNG | 910 Capitol Building ns GHICAGO, Td ~~. -™ ERNIE YOUN is Shen lis Sis AL LL LLL IEEE LDPE SESESEESECESSES I ares (yee Cg ' y ‘ ub ‘F i al : | Fs . : t

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IN SPONSORING THE EXPANSION THE WESTERN VAUDEVILLE M CHICAGO TO THE C —— | wn ae ‘ Se mar Nes > tpi etieias rs Tiree Fi > « , datas poaouninn \ - tae wos RRS ashi aceasta OR eR a TT ee I ONE, Oa Lee fe cn a ; wo nan pant hee han - . =~ ~~ i ee ~~ - - : : aa Ss oe eee fa, a yh OEMS nee 2 ? ati oe , s Sues ee PGE pibts chs 6 egret Geer ig eieatins cate ages cote ’ , : . “ ; aan ' ‘ eae isa Sihend PDE RESTOR RENE PTE EE SE Oe eR = - - : ie ee ert eT ee . Ei oe r 1 i . dee, Face it aaa of DANN EM ‘ poRnape anne LS a es eg epigeh Sangeet aad % PRE ROT it aR LO OR , SAS EE Re es Sa OE ER a Re s 2 : ee =" _ ’ aad ps be . 7? Late - ° ~ ee OPENING NEW AVENUES OF ACTIVITY THROUGH THE MIDDLE TIGE. HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR MORE THAN A THIRD|OF A ORPHEUM CIRCUIT. ALREADY IT IS SERVING MILLIONS4SF PE‘ AND THERE ARE MILLIONS MORE IN THIS VAST REGION WHO > TAGES THAT ARE ASSURED BY THE EXPANSION PROGRAM OF T THE W. V. M. A. IS ONE OF THE ORPHEUM CIRCUIT’S MOST VA RELIABLE BOOKING EXCHANGE—AN INSTITUTION WITH TWENTY SECOND TO NONE IN THE UNITED STATES IN AMUSEMENT FA MANAGERS. 4

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MIDDLE AND EXTREME WESTERN STATES—WHERE ITS PRES- RD|OF A CENTURY—CONTINUES TO BE A PURPOSE OF THE S4F PEOPLE WITH AMUSEMENT OF THE HIGHEST ORDER, IN WHO HAVE NEVER BEFORE BEEN OFFERED THE ADVAN- AM OF THE WESTERN VAUDEVILLE MANAGERS’ ASSOCIATION. AO$T VALUABLE ASSETS. IT IS A %ELL-ESTABLISHED AND TWENTY-FIVE SUCCESSFUL YEARS TO ITS CREDIT—AND IS MENT FACILITIES AND FOR FAIR DEALINGS TO ARTISTS AND

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AT LAST “AREAL GIRLBAND “«— “AT LAST

; a : "\f— & ‘ANDERSON & Lee 70 = F\)) & GREENWALD presents and His DEBUTANTES 4\' af Alto MISS VIOLET INGLERIGHT...--.-. ast ee ee, Mee as Piano = ie ge MISS BOBBIE SHROYER..-.....-..-- Saxophone —= Tenor WEB LOTTA ROBIGON, «2000-3 ke cc cdcce cco Banjo and Guitar —i ik pis MISS ERMA CONDIT.........-.- Sao marine + ae TFOMbENS | | ls At __-MISS RUBY KASSON. ..... EPR A A EES Trumpet > BE =t= MISS MILDRED REASONER..........-..--.-------- Sousa-phone i ene Meme NOEs -=5--.- 022 63 rec wher po en a ON Ne WI oo io boc ecosbicccnsanchencieccenne Drums Ve Playing Keith and Orpheum Circuits Direction HALPERIN-SHAPIRO AGENCY i } NOTE:—This Act Uses Buescher Instruments, Paramount Banjos and Leddy Drums : | ep Apes et tt a a ot ty - eR ne pee SRO TIM ITImInCrneiinrernrnrhrrheane thence, ka A poe np ne tee Tere oy fat | ¢ THE ANNUAL CHICAGO BENEFIT 7 Br FOR THE

AMERICAN THEATRICAL RAVE. WW HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION re a ee “CYCLE OF COLOR” Sunday Afternoon; September 28 JUDGE JOSEPH SABATH, President HARRY J. RIDINGS, Vice-President AARON J. JONES, Treasurer *C. & HUMPHREY, Secretary Direction. TOM POWELL. AGENCY Send All Donations and Remittances for Tickets to AARON J. JONES : McVickers’ Theatre Bldg., Chicago, IIl. AND Bome ag del ee. ees sah Ba 4 ¥ beast agg a ee he ee -

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AND A HOST OF PRETTY GIRLS, including oe Represented by MALCOLM EAGLE at VIOLET FOLLIS nm T Y THE DOUGLAS SISTERS, RHEA NORTON ACROBATIC EDD YVETTE REALS, MARIE POLLITT, FRANKIE YOUNG INSTRUCTION Direction MOORE & MEGLEY. HARRY WEBER, Representative wey seen Sev THE WRESTLING: BEAR , Chickert 2435 Thanks to MR. FRANK VINCENT and MR. GEORGE GODFREY STRETCHING, RAR and PAD EXERCISES _East, ALF. T. WILTON—GEO. F. STEVENS, Mgr.—West CHAS. CROWL ~ W. V. M. A. B. F. KEITH JR. ORPHEUM Jack KRAMER and BREEN Jean in Their “VEST POCKET REVUE” iV

WEST NOW TOURING LOEW CIRCUIT EAST EARL & PERKINS WISH YOU CONTINUED AND EVERLASTING SUCCESS ROSE & CURTIS MILES INGALLS _ a HARRY SHEA

Two “DAYEYS COMEDY JUGGLERS Direction HARRY DANFORTH

Ed MOORE and SHY Emil “A STUDY IN CONTRASTS” Direction HARRY DANFORTH | COFFMAN and ind CARROLL “TWO TONES OF BROWN” Direction HARRY DANFORTH

BERRY- BROCK and BERRY 7 Offering “THE NICEST GIRL IN TOWN” SER) ean Direction HARRY DANFORTH eG =

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| 7 a Be u OT’ »~t z Pee zs - : - . an a $C grad egyi3 Jer 24! ised ‘Wednesday, September WANTED ACTS! ae ACTS! WANTED -ACTS! _ FOR A SEASON'S BOOKING TO THE COAST OVER THE Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association Circuit of Theatres Consideration Given to Every Act, Big or Small. Communicate With Us—We Serve With Action WILL CUNNINGHAM AGENCY MARVIN WELT Associate ROSE and CURTIS, Eastern Representatives WOODS THEATRE BUILDING, CHICAGO, ILL. A LIST OF ACTS PLAYING UNDER OUR BANNER REO and HELMAR KARL KAREY McKENZIE HIGHLANDER BAND TOM BROWN and the SIX BROWN BROS. Augmented with his Saxophone Band LORING and LESSIG WESTERHOLD’S WIRELESS SHIP CREIGHTON and LYNN AAREN KIDDIES The RAMSDELLS and DEYO LAWRENCE B. McINTYRE ROSS and MABELLE KNOWLES and WHITE FRISH-RECTOR and TOOLIN GOELET and HALL CAREY DONOVAN and MARR: ANNETTE GORDON and HEALY 2 STEP CHILDREN MARVIN and DAVIS WYATT’S LADS and LASSIES ARNOLD and DEAN BUD and ELEANORE COLL CHARLOTTE LANSING and Company EARLE and EDWARDS TAYLOR-PARSONS and HAWKS SAMPSEL and LEONHARD FOUR PEASANT SINGERS KNORR-RELLA and Company FERNS and MAYS KANAZAWA FQUR ALLEN and NORMAN LUDLOW and FREDERICKS IVAN BANKOFF and Company BUCKRIDGE and CASEY IRENE HARPER and CO. LES GLADDENS BARNES and CALLAHAN KRANZ and WHITE EVANS and LEEVER KOHLER and ROWLAND CLASSICS OF 1924 FRANK FARRON MORTON and DENNIS MURIEL SISTERS “2A ne Sal Fe ce xcs: TSRSRWEIRES MIR perm itetommenediijiieiene ae —ae

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VARIETY.

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REGINALD in all their fresh originality maintain- ing the reputation ofgMadame Kahn KNORR and RELLA and her artist designers as creators of — distinctive modes. ; “What Would Your | You — Done?” A Fanciful Playlet of Yesterday Direction WILL CUNNINGHAM AGENCY Madame Kahn snnvin WELT a

GOWNS WRAPS

NEW YORK PARIS NEW YORK 148 West 4th St. 64 Faubourg Poiseonniere 213 West 36th St. THOSE THREE BOYS le JAZZ HARMONY a ON RU MOM OOM Se ee ee : gg ae BIR oo Fae ‘ ~ ee pee - 2 - , 4, x: se = 4 ‘es oe 4 wii a 7 - 3 sf e y é q 2 ; { =f al 74 te a

A Cordial Invitation Is Extended to the Members of the Chicago Branch of the N. V. A. to Visit Our Professional Studios ROCCO VOCCO

a\e= NAT + MADAME KAHN | St : ONE-FORTY-EIGHT WEST - Bie . | ts FORTY-FOURTH STREET a | : if NEW YORK CITY Ay | ee :

Leo Feist, Inc. 167 N. Clark Street bee’ ILL.

ELLIOTT wo LA TOUR in “MY DADDY” Booked Solid 1924-25. Now Touring Orpheum Circuit. PALACE, CHICAGO—CHRISTMAS WEEK—TO RECEIVE ALL GIFTS WE THANK YOU Direction ae & FEIL, Strand Theatre Bldg., New York ROSE MAURA’ S REVUE ROSE MAURA, “Six Feet of Personality,” and RET WEEST BSTER (Character Comedian), and Scotch Bagpipe Band ACCLAIMED BY MANAGERS “THE BEST AND THE MOST BEAUTIFULLY MOUNTED SCOTCH REVUE IN PRESENT DAY VAUDEVILLE” THIS ACT STARTS WHERE OTHERS FINISH Routed immediately after Chicago showing on Association and Junior Orpheum. Thanks to Bookers, Managers and house attaches for the many asian extended EZ KEOUGH, Western Representative RALPH FARNUM, Eastern. men LAMONT’S COCKATOOS and MACAWS =f By MAKES GOOD EAST AND WEST « i The Most Perfect a aulasalie Bird Act Upon the American Stage MM | ---2eceeseorezeéscezss erties: Direction SIMON AGENCY

En route to the Orient on October 16 at oe tae

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VARIETY ~ 5 } | Chicago, Ill 4 ary y ae = a iia roa ? = | are wee " ; . ’ ’ oe ‘ . sane peal ma s cers at I ~ - ~~ aes er 7 . x cs — ~ py | | . $ Ha je t ; | i ‘aq J + } . 4 3 ‘ : t o VAUDEVILLE PRODUCTIONS Woods a Bldg. _ PRODUCING THE ULTIMATE IN VAUDEVILLE ATTRACTIONS FOR THE Wesrern Vaunevnze Mlanacers’ Assocanion} | | : B. F. KEITH (Western); ORPHEUM and JUNIOR ORPHEUM CIRCUITS SOME OF THE ACTS NOW WORKING AND THOSE IN PREPARATION ‘PLANTATION DAYS” JONES and JONES, FIVE CRACKER- JACKS, SCOTT, ALLEN AND LEE, EDDIE PEPPER GIRLS and GRACE RECTOR and the EIGHT |. HARRY WAIMAN AND HIS DEBUTANTES EARL FABER and CO. “ST. GEORGES FANTASY” HICKEY and HART REVUE “SUBURBAN LIFE” WITH HARRY ANTRIM AND ETHEL ADAMSON “MELODY and STEPS” WITH FRANKIE KELCEY and CO. ~ GOLDEN GATE REVUE KENNISON SISTERS, B. and J. STUART and JACK KATZ , ORIOLE CRAVEN WITH HEINES ROYAL SYNCOPATORS BERNET and DOWNS “ESCAPED CONVICTS” EVA HALE STANLEY, DOYLE and RENO ee — IRENE BERRY AND HER STRING QUARTETTE LITTLE REVUE FEATURING SHORE SISTERS and AL LEFF “TAKE IT EASY” WITH BILLY LINK AND DORIS COAKLEY STUART SISTERS and CO. RUSSELL TRIO THE ‘ABOVE ATTRACTIONS REPRESENTED BY HALPERIN-SHAPIRO Agency F . Ei!

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a sate she, - = A eae Nee OMe ee tee 8 i al ee on. NGL > as . fe fa r j » . P S ee Joe . Sem ow = oS : . pis aes as LZ a at 6 ang aibigige ape Bi iy a rah ° cnes pgp > Dipl ts at pealS GASPAR 5 Ls Seb aes: RE panels POM Pai di Snag tet caomlne es ae i ae ee ‘ ; , . enamine a ; abe paint aa ita Cita hd a . “ a y r © 7 m 1 x ~ *S. ¥ 3 . _ we ° mass be to. Naas. “VARIETY °C) Wertnieuday; September 84, 1994 SSE THE OLDEST AGENCY STILL BOOKING EXCLUSIVELY WITH THE STERN VAUDEVILLE ‘ORPHEUM, B.F.KEITH (west) AND HEREWITH IS A LIST OF SOME OF TH E ATTRACTIONS THAT| ! HA AUTUMN THREE NORA KELLY ~ one MILDRED ANDRE and GIRLS DELBRIDGE and GREMMER ADA GEORGE ARMSTRONG 2 LeROY and LY@ION JEA GERTRUDE BARNES . HAL and HAZEL LANGTON AR} CONNOLLY and FRANCES LEVITT and LOCKWOOD RA\ MILT COLLINS ROY LA PEARL SOE DOYLE and ELAINE HARRY W LILLIAN GONNE and CO. GEC KATE ELINORE and SAM WILLIAMS , GEORGE MOORE and GIRLS ELI and COMPANY ; | NED NORWORTH and CO. ADI FAMILY FORD SPINGOLD | THE NAGYFYS BL FIVE MINUTES FROM THE STATION | THE NIGHT BOAT BE! BURT FITZGIBBONS - POWERS and WALLACE PE FORD and PRICE AGENCY MARGARET PADULA is TOM HOIER and CO. ' RENEE ROBERTS and GIERS-DORF a “phe Ag ROSE and MOON REVUE CE! and ROMAIN BILL ROBINSON | NOLAN LEARY and CO. Woods Theatre Bldg. REDMOND and WELLS re MARLETTE’S MARIONETTES RAY SNOW and CO. POLLY MORAN CHICAGO, ILL. MRS. JEAN ACKER VALENTINO ‘ly ee PAUL PETCHING WAYNE, MARSHALL and CANDY JAC RICE and CADY Phone: Central 3228 SMITH and BARKER eM RUCKER and PERRIN SHONE and SQUIRES re SMITH and STRONG TECHOW'S CATS a HERMINE SHONE and CO. TELEPHONE TANGLE “4 HAVERMAN’S ANIMALS WARD and WILSON DC ED. JANIS REVUE CLIFFORD WAYNE ACTS DESIRING TIME IN THE MIDDLE-| W' HARRY W. Woods Theatre Building CHICA 3 a fr Oe . ; 4 r 7 a fy. 4 } SP, is ¢ y ts d; 4 "Al 4 ( ¢ BIO EAPO FEST SOTO SD, sh dh is Fe Wiaesic plastic ta teeta teste CCl tte tate te teste tctaa

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* gar Wednesday, September 2, 1924 9A MeN ee tases tl a aa aa at a Tt ot tt tot ast rastest est tact teat met ectestrectcestestaecp ect ect rectrectres}resteestrecteestrestesteactectectecteet at ata tata t tact D AT ERR CRAMER ge ae . Fe Rg pk Cate are ae { 9 s ro ‘ a . mk "“WARTET Y _ # Brake: bela lial et a - Shae ae ee Le cad | JACK ALLEN and ACES EDDY and EDITH ADAIR ADAMS and GRIFFITH JEAN ADAIR and CO. ARTISTIC TREAT RAYMOND BOND and CO. JOE BENNETT GEORGE N. BROWN ELIZABETH BRICE ADELAIDE BELL and CO. BLONDES BESSIE BROWNING PEGGY BREMEN and BRO. LYDIA BARRY BROWNE SISTERS CERVO and MORO GRACE CAMERON CARSON and WILLARD HERBERT CLIFTON J HOWARD and JEAN CHASE and CO. JACK CLIFFORD EMMA CARUS CEVENE TROUPE DAVIS and DARNELLE EMILY DARRELL DOUBT / SPINGOLD ~ HARRY W. SPINGOLD AGENCY Woods Theatre Bldg. CHICAGO, ILL. Phone: Central 3228 — IN THE MIDDLE WEST THE, FOUR LARGEST CIRCUITS IN THE WEST MANAGERS’ ASSOCIATION JUNIOR ORPHEUM CIRCUITS I HAVE RECENTLY ROUTED WITH THE ABOVE CIRCUITS PAUL DECKER and CO. ESPE and DUTTON FERGUSON and SUNDERLAND EVA FAY MARGARET FORD HOPE EDEN and FRESCOTT GALETTI and KOKIN MIGNONETTE KOKIN and CO, GALETTI’S MONKS GAUTIER’S TOY SHOP BILLY and EDDIE GORMAN MARY HAYNES HIGGINS and BLOSSOM Some of the Producers and Agents I Represent LEWIS and GORDON ROSALIE STEWART EDDIE KELLAR FRANK EVANS AARON KESSLER RAY HODGSON and CHARLIE MORRISON PAUL POOLE F.| WEST ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO SPINGOLD GO, ILL. POPPED IO DEDESHOOSEO OOS OOECOSSOOES SOOT SOOO HHOOEDS ME vas rs Beth! *. ey 1 SORE TEST AT | Phone: Central 3228 SOPPOGPEISOCIO HS B05 Ni SAE ET ig ho GN RI te nes nie SG wt i iit: a - eo eon ore Be ; ep spees- ew: ¥ ea : > - = eet aie ee & af eet eens . ao 33. ee er. cers ee Pe tS Sli Se eS Rad re Bi) Ss ani a ee oo - —— se a aac eoreerererereteteretererererr rete ete te het thet

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Wd DAVENS: AUSTRALIAN COMEDY JUGGLERS

Direction HARRY DANFORTH nM | a td Ma 4 ¥ : : ' | 4 : r ‘ » Hi THE ORIGINAL “CARTOONS A LA CARTE” Representative, JOHN H. BENTLEY, Chicago, II. cuit KATLAND Tf ENEMIES AT PLAY | Pe¥est: WILL JACOBS East: LEW GOLDER

BSILDIO /PANUH DANCES 637 “IADEION WE NEM OLD

DRAPERY FABRICS TIGHTS — HOSE — JEWELRY TRIMMINGS DAZIAN’S Pantages Circuit—Some

MAXELLOS WORLD'S GREATEST AISLEY ACT: NOW TOURING PANTAGES CIRCUIT

142 West 44th Street New York NO TARNISH

SHOES

LITTLEJOHNS | RHINESTONES 254 West 46th Street, New York

ALICE ROBETTAS «%> DEEGAN in “DIZZY DOINGS” Direction MALCOM EAGEL Wi J WLI tt se “tek nh aatantastantaaten tani aes rie

“HAL CHAMBERLAIN and EARL | “HIS FIRST LESSON” HALPERIN-SHAPIRO AGENCY BAST MAX HAYES

pin the East MARTY FORKINS ROGER E. MURREL Presents an and MAE HUMPHREY and KNIGHTS OF HARMONY ag al ety OC name iacee a > ye al os Sen ey ae —

‘DICK LATHAM, Conducting -

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\ \ , Woods Theatre Bldg. CHICAGO, ILL. Phone: Central 3228 a NOW ROUTING ACTS OVER THE NEWLY ORGANIZED CHICAGO TO THE COAST TOUR RECENTLY COMPLETED BY THE 7 Western Vaudeville M anagers’ Association = B. F. KEITH (Western), ORPHEUM and JR. ORPHEUM CIRCUITS THE BEST REFERENCE AN AGENT COULD OFFER ARE HIS ACTS LOU TELLEGEN FRED LEWIS LaDORA and BECKMAN BELLE STOREY JACK NORWORTH MAN-KIN JACK LIPTON 3 WHIRLWINDS PETET TROUPE HOWE and FAYE AMEDIO WARD and DOOLEY TEDDY SAWYER and EDDY ORIGINAL JEWELL MANIKINS PINCHED McILYAR and HAMILTON PRINCETON and WATSON HEREWITH IS A LIST OF ACTS THAT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF SAMMY DUNCAN PARAMOUNT FOUR JOE HODGINI TROUPE MR. and MRS. WALTER O. HILL HOLMES and HOLLISTER FERRY CORWEY THE ALVINS THE BIMBOS BROWNLEE’S HICKVILLE FOLLIES HANS HANKE MADELYN YOUNG.and Company MLLE. LINGARDE KANE, MOREY and MOORE KARL KAREY THE MciINTYRES CLAYTON-DREW PLAYERS CALVIN and O'CONNOR BRYANT and STEWART 3 SENATORS OREEN and DREW CALLAHAN and BLISS DON CASLAR and BEASLEY TWINS THE BRAMINOS BURNUM CLINTON and VIVIAN BURT EARLE and GIRLS WESTON’S MODELS THE RODEO REVUE 3 LONGFIELDS CONLIN and GLASS 3 ALEX CHEYENNE DAYS WALLACE GALVIN EDWIN AUGUST and Company FITZGERALD and CARROLL NORTH and HALLIDAY JACK WILSON and Company GREEN and LaFELL HOLLY and LEE HAMILTON FAMILY LeROY, TALMA and BOSCO THE WONDER SEAL BOB WILLIS THE MINNEAPOLITANS BURT HOWARD JOE ROLLEY and Company ERNEST and NELLIE VERONICA TUSCANO BROS. WARD and ZELLER WILL J. WARD ALBRIGHT and HARTE AUSTRALIAN MENDOZAS THE PICKFORDS COUNTESS ROSANSKA HENRY REGAL and Company UPSIDE DOWN STANLEY GLENCOE SISTERS 4 RUBINI SISTERS BINNS and GRILL WALTERS and GOOLD MERCEDES DOROTHEA SADLIER and Company I HAVE PERSONALLY ROUTED THE ABOVE ACTS I DO NOT STALL—IMMEDIATE ACTION IS MY MOTTO WHEN IN THE EAST CONSULT MY REPRESENTATIVE F. T. WILTON PALACE THEATRE BLDG., NEW YORK CITY 4 4 > ee A prs me ea he Te TY FO Ye IR aRSy pee oe cee asa

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VARIETY : pits " » : oi Oe a tt EE ye ’ TERT ee ee es ay 8

Eastern Representative BERNARD BURKE STANLEY :BIRNES § TWO BRIGHT LIGHTS FROM BROADWAY | COMPLETED SUCCESSFUL TOUR OF ORPHEUM CiRCUIT NOW APPEARING FOR BALABAN & KATZ WONDER THEATRES OF CHICAGO, &: 3 Western Representative BILLY JACKSON

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Wednesday, September 24, 1924

« We Specialize in the

WALZER | and DYER’ BOOKED SOLID Direction HALPERIN-SHAPIRO AGENCY iahitahitahitatitattattat

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and AL ifs ta the United States. WATCH US GROW | FOR MODERN By JAMES MADISON SENSATIONAL

Stretching and a Hair Coloring Dyeing A COM ED yY ACT I N “ON E” . Main Hairdre Direction EARL & PERKINS : Guerrini & Co. -—- O S : O- —————— avira The i ahs Sasa RNS ei MRE Rg Pe | Limber Liberators of Laughs in iIWALD MAN; ’ z “=2.¢-— | “HOCK SHOP THE DETECTIVE”

STAGE A COMEDY ACT IN “ONE” DANCING Direction MALCOLM EAGLE

VAUDEVILLE PRODUCTION

Limbering Exercises.

FREED-- SCENERY -S10DI0S|| Sse? Soi) ARE YOU GOING TO EUROPE |

723 SEVENTH AVENUE DESIGNED ) MVERYTHING o¢ ‘the 6 AGH CONSTRUCTED || ENE DEARDARO ENGRAVING CO. Inc PAUL TAUSIG & SON, 164 East 14th St., Now York

ALL BOOKED UP—WHY? VAUDEVILLE’S LEADING LADY JUGGLER PLAYING W. V. M. A., JUNIOR ORPHEUM, KEITH’S WESTERN: AND AFFILIATED CIRCUITS JACK GARDNER IS THE AGENT dations arranged on all Lines at Main Office Prices, ‘7! Boats are going very full; arrange carly. ' Fereign Money bought and sold. Liberty Bonds bought and eelé. Phone Stuyvesant 6136-6137 SELMA BRAATZ and co.

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“a Che aad eh ctdaa 2 Pc a cneel a a Bs} + COE aR aS: 6 igiito ; _Weanebday, September 24,102 VARIETY . 61. Ts "CHAS. J. WILLEMS, Office Manager ~- BENOLD ROSS; Author ACK INE PRODUCER- MANAGER OF VAUDEVILLE ATTRACTIONS Phone State 4988, CHICAGO, ILL. 1212-13 Capitol Bldg. PRODUCING EXCLUSIVELY FOR r pe Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association B. F. KEITH (WEST), ORPHEUM. AND JUNIOR ORPHEUM CIRCUITS Attractions Produced by This Office This Season and Represented by the HALPERIN-SHAPIRO Agency, s | { BANJOLAND | | BILLY FARRELL 0 CO. A Musical beable ) . | NANCY REED, LYDIA GARD- EXTRAVAGANZA NER, WM. FARRELL, Sr. FRANK LISCHERON Now on My 30th Week at the Montmartre Assisted by FRANCES ALLIS Cafe, Chicago ‘LOVE NEST’ || Little Sampson || “Birthday The Strongest Little Man in the World A Miniature Musical Comedy A BOX OFFICE ATTRACTION Greetings” N z WITH hte vanes: The Two Slickers SCOVILL FRED and PEGGY BISHOP | _ ss oe Fi LLIS « ssdlens vecaaison Fads and Fancies and a Company and Company A Different Fashion Revue of Seven he BAND O’MANIA ¥ | 2 WITH i ARTHUR BROWN’S SYNCOPATORS _ | |Dolly Russell Eileen and Isabelle Crandal Can Always Use Good People—Comedians, Singers, Dancers and Novelties : ARTISTS: If You Want an Act Written, Staged or Produced—Call, Write, Wire, Phone. ian . yesh: gape: 2 itera oe ee gaat PLT sy; Pabst Teh bea eis: § ae . Poo, St one sre peprmcnagamaleic SET lien =" eeieemandre meee ie Mia i ce NE cl . “ . —_

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VARIETY Noakes aetiah! as ssh oe “ ee ts ‘ at id os ibe fie © ig a erent nner Pe eae a ue re 4 » yar = Wednesday, September 24, 1924 x —————., a c ecient actos Dahlin hg Sth Stn SS rl StS Sg Stn Stn Meh EP NASER Ua app ape ape EE pap aap aE EPC US eg DEEDES ste ft a ALUN LUBY 307 Woods Thi CHICA Chicago Representative of the Following New York Agents: C. A. BERBAUER LEO FITZGERALD HARRY FITZGERALD LEW GOLDER H. B. MARINELLI, LTD.; INC. MORRIS & FEIL ROSE & CURTIS FLOYD W. STOKER , i

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“ae ’ es ial giro eat ares ; Sigataevaeerbneinal tae | erect ttt tat at a ta att at ot ott tS ok tt tte toact asta a ; "80 5 FOr . egnereecet st eatre Building GO, ILL. ee? 2c RC a Fi ili ap I, SL We will soon be able to offer time from Chicago to the Coast on a new circuit, the culmination of a year’s untiring effort of Charles E. Bray and Associates, which, together with the Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association, Orpheum Junior and B. F. Keith Western, offers the most attractive season’s booking west of New York. M. COOKE | Clate AIT q AGENC’ ¥ * ; 5 a Hee Hed , . *% s a Bie becest-estrestiestrestre te-tre-tmt sre at acto ot ttt et ‘ 2 mM , idea , . er : . * ) Bs il ae — Paes shag any Fett diate seaMimmrer Sore. i : = frame ics acta ae tirt Soc a me ; ; - * . . . on - . a —_ . : omel - ae Gotoh ay vw

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Vga D st ee ae ’ ; ‘ ng “ ‘ 1 - a ;. - " ‘ ea = Oe 5 yep> ETY, Wednesday September 1994 ‘se esas eee : so ———- ee —— = HARRY CARROLL'S “PICKINGS” (ist CROP)

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registers the supreme hit at the ORANGE GROVE THEATRE, LOS ANGELES, CALIF ORNIA HOR? " ) THE COAST— > Ais Coes Gad. 2S DL GO RRB BOP AI Mie A ae na Me Qa ver es eS ae ts EERE Te I i i ct a Mee 7 co eT ee Oe ee ry ‘

HERE’S ONE THING THAT EVERY ONE IN LOS ANGELES IS AGREED UPON: KENNETH McGAFFEY, DAILY NEWS: “One of the most delightful entertainments Los Angeles ever had the opportunity to enjoy.” , a. FLORENCE LAWRENCE, THE EXAMINER: “Jazziest music, loveliest girls, end best of comedians. Laughter, jokes, pretty girls and plenty of good music.” . EDWIN SCHALLERT, THE TIMES: “The production is really the brightest of its kind yet ‘offered in Los Angeles.” oy GUY PRICE, THE HERALD: “The nearest thing to the type of entertainment New York is famous for, that Los Angeles ever has prodacd.” GILBERT BROWN, THE RECORD: “it’s hard fo tell whether it is a greater civic duty or a@ personal pleasure to see this show. You’ve gotta see Carroll’s show.” PEARL RALL, EXPRESS: “Carroll’s Pickings great.” see AR gaat t ne bia — ee ae ‘ 7 : pry ye re ee a Se ee kA RE gh AO, ye ARE ets 7 oS uti a eae Bp F RE ee * eS Pe 4 " oitig Sue Sipe ; Bias oy aT tae Tate id Pye GRAN BAN I AE AACE it ME LOMB Do SGT hme mee eel fe LEER ARIE Mr Se - Sincsjam wn orbits 2 . ‘ ae

= : 'A brand new musical revue in 2 acts, 24 scenes COMPILED BY | | MUSIC BY | | STAGED BY (and with)

BALLARD MACDONALD HARRY CARROLL WILL MORRISEY . ae eset aan RSG FM = RON LEY

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— ae BOOKING EXCLUSIVELY WITH THE WESTERN VAUDEVILLE MANAGERS’ ASSN. | BECAUSE THEY ARE THE MOST RELIABLE BOOKING AGENCY IN THE WEST SAM TISHMAN, Booking Manager THE SERVICE THAT SERVES PERFECTION IN BOOKING STATE- LAKE I BUILDING, CHICAGO, | ILL. We Wish to Thank Our Agent, MR. JOHN BEN TLE Y, and All BOOKERS of the CHICAGO KEITH and WESTERN VAUDE- VILLE OFFICES for Work We Received This Past Season, also the Courteous Treatment Accorded Us by, All House Managers. HARRY and MILDRED OTTO! E GOLLYW “THE GOLLYWOG” PUBLIC DECEIVERS \ a Western Representative, WILL JACOBS | TE 0 22,00 BY GORMMILYNCHY of Kedzie Theatre; please owrite ye 413°) yj4b jBastpem Repregentative; H, B, MARJNELLK, Ltd

ASK ME ABOUT NEW TOUR TO THE COAST—ASK ME ABOUT NEW TOUR TO THE COAST— ASK ME ABOUT NEW TOUR TO

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ze ke ee ‘i s m ba tid pee ie su Bete yar i es ee? : cabs : ie ie oe ie Ba hs hat = § jeeh redrrahyo? vere V7 " 4 4 a 24, 109% TARTETY WEA RICHARD ~ ARTISTS’ REPRESENTATIVE 1418 Capitol Building | Phone: Central 0246 CHICAGO, ILL.

An ARTISTS’ Representative—JUST THAT. Past Performances Are What Count. These Have Had Successful Seasons Under My Management. WHY NOT YOU? An Agent’s Best. Advertisement Is a Satisfied Act. Ask Any or All of Them:

LITTIE PIPIFAX and Company GRINDELL and ESTHER MARJON DANCERS THE OPERALOGUE FRANCIS ROSS and DU ROSS PIERCE and RYAN THE MEDINIS MERRIAN’S CANINES SHARKEY ROTH and HEWITT HUBERT DYER and Company FISHER and HURST GILLETTE and RITA ALEXANDER BROS. and EVELYN TELAAK and DEAN | ANKAR TRIO FRANK BUSH PAULA and POLLY MAHONEY and CECIL MADAM DU BARRY and Company TWINETTE BOILA and Company SONGS and SCENES ROY and ARTHUR-~ BOBKAR BEN ALI HIRO’ SUMI and KEYO NOVELLE BROS. TOWNSEND and BOLD Company MANILLA BROS. WYOMING DUO WOLGAST and GIRLIE ROSE REVIEW gig Bn oat con ALLEN’S CHEYENNE MINSTRELS JANS and WHALEN VARIETY PIONEERS GASH GASKELL JOE ST. ONGE TRIO CONRAD TAFLAN and Company CONNELEY Bnd her re OTTO and HAMMER SIEGEL and IRVING JOHNNY MURPHY MORGAN and WOOLEY Company TALLMAN REVIEW WALTER NEWMAN and Company

MAX RICHARD, a Cog in the Wheel of the Greatest Organization of Its Kind in the World. My Business Is That of Garnering the Pick of the Globe’s Novelties for All Theatres Booked Exclusively by the

Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association

ORPHEUM CIRCUIT, JR. ORPHEUM, B. F. KEITH (Western) and AFFILIATIONS TO THE ARTIST: Be Sure and ASK ME ABOUT NEW TOUR TO THE COAST. Write, Wire, Phone at MY EXPENSE. NO RESULTS, NO EXPENSE TO YOU. -ISVOO JHL OL YNOL MIN LNOGV JN ASV—LSVOD FHL OL UNOL MAN LAOAV SW ASV—ISVOD FHL OL YNOL MIN LAOEV IW sv |” Hi O a) o Ee fs yA s O i id Z fo} a hee Z. Oo a: < iw) =. a o- | = ASK ME ABOUT NEW TOUR TO THE COAST— ASK ME ABOUT NEW TOUR TO THE COAST-~

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, , > oe Bo went» saith wg SE a acini imap Lk Sm 6 ne CP SERS 5 TAROT Fe Sep a ge Pte eee Re eines eae 5 obs - VARIBZEE.. THE WESTERN AMUSEMENT WORLD WELCOMES - NATIONAL VAUDEVILLE ARTISTS’ CLUB The gateway of the West is gladly opened wide to the National Vaudeville Artists’ Club, a golden link in the symbolic chain which binds together the high ideals and noble purpose of the theatre. May our hospitality prove worthy of the honor which this distinguished organization has extended in establishing Chicago headquar- ters, and may the National Vaudeville Artists" Club find here a fertile field for the propagation of its splendid cause. A A A A EC CC A OT ALE: OE A TE LE ELE OE LE LL LE LE LTE —— —oe R

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PAN AGES CIRCUIT oF THEATRES INTERNATIONAL BOOKING OFFICES cs SUN CHICAGO OFFICE JONES, LINICK AND SCHAEFER BF. KEITH (WESTERN) OFFICE ASCHER BROTHERS — RIALTO THEATRE C0. _BUJOU THEATRICAL ENT. CO, ACADEMY aNo VIC THEATRES S.-J. GREGORY AMUSEMENT CO. WESTERN VAUDEVILLE MANAGERS’ ASSOCIATION ORPHEUM CIRCUIT OF THEATRES | W. C. QUIMBY THEATRICAL ENTERPRISES THESE PAGES DONATED BY THE ABOVE L THEATRICAL ENTERPRISES a oe Mgr.

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An Excellent Service that Saves Your Time | HE next time you go to any of the cities shown below, or to any point in the West or Northwest reached by the Chicago & North Western Ry. and its connections, just telephone Dearborn : i 2323 and place your order for the desired railroad and Pullman tickets, Give your name and hour : ‘a the tickets will be called for. They will be made up and ready when you or your messenger calls. MILWAUKEE ROCKFORD SIOUX CITY MINNEAPOLIS SACRAMENTO ST. PAUL OAKLAND SALT LAKE CITY VANCOUVER SAN FRANCISCO WINNIPEG 4 - MADISON PORTLAND SEATTLE t42 Full information gladly furnished about any trip West or Northwest. Attractive sescriptive literature may be obtained upon application to M. rel. Dearborn 2323 226 West Jackson Street, | ( 2 CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN RY. -2=ezé=t

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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE | WESTERN VAUDEVILLE MANAGERS’ ASSN. They are a success because they are a necessity and live up to their slogan, “Service That Serves.” After booking with them for nearly'a score of years, we voice these—our heartiest and most sincere congratulations. Why? Because the W. V. M. A. gives service that serves, offers splendid booking conditions and at all times evinces a keen interest in the theatres - it represents, big or small. 7) OPERATING KEDZIE AVENUE THEA- 1) TRE AND KEDZIE ANNEX, CHICAGO + fa ees \ . , te ss ae Tek OE eee ea ia Cee oo eee PEAS ete 1s tei git ggg pea ; : Seat :

JEAN and BABE Touring Pantages Circuit DIRECTION WIRTH and HAMID DOROTHY ANTELL urges you to see her line of birthday cards. Miss Antell, a former artist, for the past few years an invalid, will have for sale a handsome col- lection of novelty cards. Also silk hose. Help her help hefself. Visit her at 600 West 186th Street, New INERS “MAKE UP Est. Henry C. Miner, Inc. KENNARD’S SUPPORTERS

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iaatutatitah MANNING and CLASS | f° WATCH YOUR STEP? Arranged and Staged by HARRY DANFORTH

After playing 15 weeks of Orpheum, Orpheum Junior and Association time last season, closing at the Orpheum, Denver, week of August 2, took a two weeks’ vacation at Vancouver, | Canada, reopened for the Association and Chicago Branch of the B. F. Keith Exchange for 19 more weeks at the Colum- bia Theatre, Davenport, Ia., August 24, which takes them up to week Jan. 11, 1925, when they open on the Orpheum Circuit and play as follows: .

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“VARIETY Famous Trains to All the West . The Olympion, vvcom The Sia Sioux ux City L imited Sioux Falls The Pacific Limited Chicago-Omaha-San Francisco The Omaha-Chica ago | Limited Chicago-Des Moines-Omaha The Southwest Limited Chicago-Davenport-Kansas City The Pioneer Limited with thirteen other high-class daily trains provides excellent service at hours to suit your convenience over the only double track line between Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul-Minneapolis. With Chicago as point of departure — Chicago, Mil- waukee and St.Paul trains are operated to every point of importance in the Northwest —Wesf, and Southwest. On all of these trains you will find an atmosphere of cheerful service—of interested personal attention —made possible by the fact that the equipment is owned and operated by this Company and that every attendant with whom the passenger comes in contact is its own picked’ employe, eager to please and inter- ested in the comfort of its patrons. Our travel experts are always at the service of the theatrical profession, let them assist you in arrang- ing your tour. Knight L. Handy City Passenger Agent E. G. Hayden, General Agt. Pass. Dept. 620 Marquette Bidg. Phone Harrison 6162 Chicago, [lL ‘Chicago Milwaukee & ‘St. Paul Railway TO PUGET SOUND-ELECTRIFIED - Easy Jumps In Illinois The Illinois Traction System, with electric trains any hour in the day, makes your tour through Illinois an easy one. | Look at the map and see how the Traction can handle you | to and from—. j Peoria - Bloomington Springfield Danville Decatur Hillsboro Champaign Lincoln | St. Louis PARLOR CARS-SLEEPERS-SCENERY CARS Parlor and sleeping car service between St. Louis, Spring- field and Peoria. Fast, limited trains between all points. Sixty-foot scenery cars, personal attention to handling tickets and baggage for the profession. wines for New Descriptive Folder Cer Illinois a =. Fraction «= : System Building On Your Next Jump Between Chicago and Milwaukee Use the North Shore Line Trains Leave Both Terminals Every Hour on the Hour FREE BAGGAGE TRANSFER between Chicago Steam Line Terminal Stations and the North Shore Line Baggage Station, on purchase of normal full-fare ticket between Chi- cago and Milwaukee. Baggage will be checked from your Hotel or Theatre in one City to your Hotel or Theatre inthe other City without re- checking. Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad Company MILWAUKEE PASSENGER STATION CHICAGO PASSENGER STATION Sixth and Sycamore. Streets 209 South Wabash Avenue Phone Grand 6262 ° y Phone Harrison 6478 TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT 822-72 W. Adams St., Chicago Phone Central 8280

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; 29 2° 72 aP WARIET YX =~ —_—_— 162 No. State Street? CHICAGO; ILL. Phone Central 4200 SPECIALIZING IN CAFE AND BALLROOM ORCHESTRAS || SOME OF THE ORCHESTRAS RECENTLY PRODUCED BY THIS ORGANIZATION ‘AND WHERE | INTER-COLLEGIANS |. | “RYTHMASTERS” B. F. KEITH CIRCUIT : CHICAGO, ILL. PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR ” | DEL LAMPE CONDUCTING AT THE ) | TRIANON CHICAGO, ILL. CINDERELLA BAND AL TURKS’ ORIENTAL SERENADERS AT THE CINDERELLA PALACE OF DANCE PRINCESS BALLROOM WE HAVE ALSO ROUTED THE FOLLOWING BANDS FOR AN EXTENSIVE DANCE_TOUR: FORD'S FRATERNITY FAVORITES | | FORD'S CLUB BALMORAL ORCHESTRA | Sage ee F iF . WALTER FORD, Inc. | WAYNE KING, Booking Mer., Orchestra Dept. BILLY JACKSON, Vaudeville Representative | | r

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The founders, ‘executives ‘and directors of the National Vaude- ville Artists’ Club have dedicated a new club room to the Vaudeville: af Artists, to their wives and chil- ~ dren, and to their children’s ‘chil- dren, that through the years the National Vaudeville Artists’ Club may lighten the course of life’s vicissitudes, that they may bask in the inspiration of its ideals and wrap themselves in an atmosphere designed to promote decent recre- ation amidst the humdrum ,outine of mundane existence. For many years the National Vaudeville Artists’ Club in New York has accomplished this high purpose, and that success has been the incentive to other goals, of which the new club in the West is a result. No higher tribute could be paid to the Vaudeville Artists than the $28F AE redemanie? veheseyiy _......Wednesday, September 24,1924 -

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VARIETY hich they h : oP : honor whic ey have won Oy fs w through the National Vaudeville Artists’ Club, standing as a power- silo Li ful symbol of the place its mem- bers have won in the hearts of the : af profession and the public. Wn es of p mA nl The Chicago amusement world ¢ 7 ae ja is justly proud to welcome the club (aa to the West, and is sincere in a BE 9 : hope that the new club will be (ai tes arother cornerstone in the build- & wt ing of an unparalleled achieve- a ae men‘. Jo May the National Vaudeville poe Lot Artists’ Club jn Chicago reach the ae . highest pinnacle of success in the “Buf realization of every aim and every . ‘ rinoce which prompted its foun- Loe ° dation here. 0) ‘ 1s Y, & fr We appreciate and shall forever t guard as a sacred trust the honor han which the National Vaudeville weg Artists’ Club has bestowed upon : of ahem ee See es ee Ee NY RE on i

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ee eg et ee ees st ty = Si jee ss Kells aa! e _ vy Cx ahi x * hr Ped e > o Miednesday, Septembes 24, 1924 ; VAUDEVILLE MANAGERS! IN COLORADO, WYOMING, NEBRASKA AND NEW MEXICO THE WESTERN VAUDEVILLE MANAGERS’ ASSOCIATION HAVE EXTENDED THEIR BOOKING TO THE COAST. IN FORMING THIS GIGANTIC TOUR, WE HAVE OPENED AN OFFICE IN DENVER, COLORADO, ‘FOR THE PURPOSE OF GIVING YOU A VAUDEVILLE PROGRAM OF STANDARD ACTS, IMPROVE BOOKING CONDITIONS AND HELP TO INCREASE YOUR BUSINESS. - ‘\tetns , yV Ag R PEAT/Y Our Slogan is to give Better Shows with Guaranteed Service of Co-operation of our Bookers, Agents, - Producers and Pablicity Department | : COMMUNICATE WITH MR. EDWARD SHAYNE IN CHARGE OF OUR DENVER OFFICE SUITE 406-407 TABOR BLDG., PHONE MAIN 6070 DENVER, COLORADO DON’T DELAY ! MAIL THIS COUPON NOW !1!° WESTERN VAUDEVILLE MANAGERS’ ASSOCIATION, SUITE 406-7, TABOR BLDG., DENVER, COLO. WE WOULD LIKE TO APPLY TO YOUR ASSOCIATION FOR VAUDEVILLE BOOKINGS. PLEASE HAVE YOUR TRAVELING REPESENTATIVE CALL ON US FOR DETAILS (WITHOUT OBLIGATION ON OUR PART). NAME OF CITY AND ie eg Sa Nioueireab's Reetes Sees eh ones shoes bese W et Cones O86 +s 4 hebens Ca bbeensedske ee Oe on a Ue bbw «00 6 0.466 CEO wads bb 06.04460d 6d £66506 40000 60 e COUMEMONES s kneeberts NAME OF Ne es Lins ceaeeh seeds cebeded shadeveras Keunaiks dear ode vd eben eehbeves sce = ase ifs 3, BURLESQUE ROUTES | | |] MR. MORT HL SINGER! |) | == Bleecker e : COLUMBIA CIRCUIT ‘ Montreal est Wishes Congratulations and B | Bathing Beauties—29 Empire, To- Watso: ledo; 6 New Gayety, Dayton. Boston; | Best Show in Town—29 Hurtig & Seanion's, New York; 6 Empire, * Brooklyn. FROM Broadway -at Night—29 Casino, Philadelphia; 6 Palace, Baltimore. . Come Along—29 Orpheum, Pater- Managers of Theatres on the Cooper Jimmy —29 Oswego; 30 oe son; 6 Empire, Newark. rel piseitinon” 2% coontet” Sta: #||1 QRPHEUM and WESTERN VAUDEVILLE CIRCUITS Fa : P Harmanus Bleecker Hall, Albany. eS eS : Fast Steppers—29~- Olympic, Chi- hs 4 cago; 6 Star & Garter, Chicago, oh ae Follies of the Oay—29 Palace, Bal- es ae timore; 6 Gayety, Washington. a en Gerard Show—29 Gayety, Mont- és a) rg asin Bate. DAINTY JUNE. (Hovick) d im | Golden Crooks—29 Gayety, Omaha; 6 Des Moines; 10 Peoria. Good Little Devils— 29 Gayety, og Rochester; 6 Oswego; 7 Bingham- 3? sang ety ge tgs The DARLING of VAUDEVILLE AND THE Go to [t—29 New Gayety, Dayton; é 6 Olympic, Cincinnati. Happy Go Lucky—29 Casino, Bos- Thanks you deeply and sincerely for 28 consecutive ton; 6 Worcester, Worcester. P ° Happy Moments—29 L O; 6 Em- | weeks (just closing) of engagements so pleasant, so ~ BY pire, Providence. : Fr a e ae t Hippy Hop—29 Capitol, Indianap-|| | fraught with kindnesses and consideration for her = aa (Fr olis; 6 Gayety, St. Louis. : oe i an Hollywood Follies—29 Gayety, Buf- company and herself as to endear to her for life the ae Y falo; 6 Gayety, Rochester. Let’s Go—29 Empire, Newark; 6 memory and the mention— Hurtig & Seamon's, New York. Marion Dave—29 Columbia, New : York; 6 Casino, Brooklyn. ORPHEUM and WESTERN VAUDEVILLE CIRCUITS | 2 Divwel Miss Tobasco—29 Gayety, Detroit; WITH 6 Empire, Toronto. — Monkey Shines— 29-30 Court, ; Wheeling: 1 Steubenville; 2-4 Grand 4 PALAC oO. H., Canton; 6 Columbia, Cleve- - —) “The Bi oh ‘ i iow 4 land. Act to | a Nifties of 1924—29 Lyric, Bridge- , Pe ve ie port; 6 Miner’s Bronx, New York. car a i a Peek-a-Boo— 29 Empire, Provi- i. Va : dence; 6 Gayety, Boston. See al Record Breakers—29 Olympic, -Cin- 4 i fan cinnati; 6 Capitol, Indianapolis. : § ; oo Red Pepper Revue—29 Gayety, St. : Louis; 6 Gayety, Kansas City. ‘ Runnin’ Wild—29 Star & Garter, 4 Chicaues 6 Gayety, Detroit. Booked Solid , Silk Stocking Revue—29 Gayety. 3 Washington; 6 Gayety, Pittsburgh. i ih jraeoe rae” |! JR. ORPHEUM, ORPHEUM and | — « yn; 6, Orpheum, erson, ; Now playing W. V. M. A., Orpheum Jr., B. F. Keith . _ ae it—29 Empire, Toronto; 4 ayety, : Buffalo. ya " 7 : Step This Way—29 Des Moines: 4 Western and Affiliated Circuits. Booked Solid Pegria; # Olymplg, Chicago. INTERST ATE CIRCUITS burgh; 6-7 Court, Wheeling; 8 4 3 i 3 WANT! EASTE REPRE a Steubenville; 9-11 Grand O H, Can- e ake a _Look—29 Columbia, Cieve- l Personal Representative, JESSE FREEMAN land; 6 Empire, Toledo. = —~'/ ei tee er ae os uty Nem RTS ts a ee : “pugs

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es bs poh cSonbesvin isle bak dln? yagi 2a SS ae ee ‘MAR PETTY ee VAUDEVILLE MANAGERS! Get:in touch in your territory with Ss IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS THE WESTERN VAUDEVILLE | MANAGERS’ ASSOCIATION HAVE OPENED FOR YOUR SPECIAL BENEFIT AN OFFICE IN ST. LOUIS, MO., TO BETTER YOUR VAUDEVILLE CONDITIONS FOR WESTERN COAST CIRCUIT, STARTING FROM CHICAGO IN LINKING THIS GREAT TOUR TO THE WESTERN COAST WE CAN SUPPLY YOUR EVERY WANT WITH THE CALIBRE OF ACTS THAT WILL INSURE BETTER BUSINESS WITH_A REGULATED STANDARD PROGRAM. Our entire Office Staff will give you Complete Service in every detail for your success. Don’t wait. | JOE ERBER REPRESENTING THE WESTERN VAUDEVILLE -MANAGERS’ ASSOCIATION SUITE 889-891 ARCADE BLDG., PHONE’OLIVE 620, ST. LOUIS, MO. DON’T DELAY ! MAIL THIS COUPON NOW !! ON OUR PART). NAME OF CITY AND STATE...... NAME OF THEATRE......... esi ee NAME OF MANAGER........... WESTERN VAUDEVILLE MANAGERS’ ASSOCIATION, SUITE 889-891, ARCADE BLOG,, ST. LOUIS, MO. : WE WOULD LIKE TO APPLY TO YOUR ASSOCIATION FOR VAUDEVILLE BOOKINGS. HAVE YOUR TRAVELING REPESENTATIVE CALL ON US FOR DETAILS (WITHOUT OBLIGATION PLEASE Talk of Town—29 Casino, Brook- lyn; 6 Casino, Philadelphia. Temptations of 1924—29 Worces- ter, Worcester; 6 Lyric, Bridgeport. Williams Mollie—29 Miner’s Bronx, New York; 6 L O. Wine, Woman and Song—29 Gay- ety, Kansas City; 6 Gayety, Omaha. Town Scandals—29 Harmanus Bleecker Hall, Albany; 6 Gayety, MUTUAL CIRCUIT Montreal. a Band Box Revue—29 Garrick, St Watson Sliding Billy—29 Gayety,|Louis; 6 Mutual-Empress, Kansas Boston; 6 Columbia, New York. City. JEANETTE HACKETT and HARRY DELMAR NOW HEADLINING ORPHEUM CIRCUIT Direction RALPH FARNUM EDW. S. KELLER Office PALACE, CINCINNATI “The Best Black-face Act to Play the Palace in Years.” D A DARKTOWN CLASSIC “Billboard” N A ‘DRAPIER § HENDRIE “THE SHEIK OF ALABAM'” Bashful, Babies — 29 Academy-Ly- ceum, Pittsburgh; 6 Empire, Cleve- land. Beauty Paraders—29 York; 30 Cumberland; 1 Altoona; 2 Johns- town; 3 Uniontown; 6 Academy- Lyceums, Pittsburgh. Bobbed Hair Bandits—29 Empress, Cincinnati; 6 Gayety, Louisville. Cuddle Up—29 Star, Brooklyn; 6 Lyric, Newark. French Frolics*—29 Gayety, Wilkes- Barre; 6 Allentown; 7 Sunbury; 8 Williamsport; 9 Lancaster; 10-11 Reading. Giggles—29 Gayety, Broadway, Indianapolis. Louisville; 6 Grown-up Babies— 29 Gayety, Scranton; 6 Gayety, Wilkes-Barre Hello Jake Girls—29 Columbia, 30ston; 6 Prospect, New York. Hurry Up—29 Corinthian, Roches- ter; 6 Geneva; 7 Elmira; 8-10 Sche- nectady. Irish Daisies—29 Gayety, Balti- more; 6 Mutual, Washington Kandy Kids—29 Cadillac, Detroit; 6-8 Majestic, London; 9-11 Grand O H, Hamilton. Kelly Lew—29 National 6 Cadillac, Detroit. Kuddlin Kuties—29 Lyri« New | ' Chicago; ’ ark; 6 Gayety, Scranton. Laffin’?’ Thru—29 Broadway, In dianapolis; 6 Garrick, Brooklyn London Gayety Girls—29 Hudson Union Hill; 6 Gayety, Brooklyn. Love Makers—29 Miles-Royal rAkron; 6 Empress, Cincinnati. Maids from Merryland—29 Gayety, Brooklyn; 6 Trocadero, Philadelphia. Make it Peppy—29 Allentown; 30 Sunbury; 1 Williamsport; Naughty Nifties—29 Howard, Bos ten: 6 Columbia, Boston Reeves Beauty Show—29 Mutual Empress, Kansas City; 6 Garricl Des Moines. Red Hot—29 Garrick, Des Moines 6 Palace, Minneapolis. Round the Town—29 Mutual, Washington: 6 York; 7 Cumberland; 9 Altoona; 10 Johnstown; 11 Union- town. Smiles and Kisses—29 Prospect New York; 6 Hudson, Union Hil): Snap It Up—29 Gayety, Philade}l- phia; 6 Gayety, Baltimore. | Speedy Steppers— 29 Trocadero, | Philadelphia; 6 Olympic, New York. | Step Along——29 Empress, St. Paul; 6 Empress, Milwaukee. | 7 a a Stolen Sweets—29-1 Majestic, Lon- don; 2-4 Grand O H, Hamilton; 6 Garden, Buffalo. Whizz Bang Babies—29 Garden, Buffalo; 6 Corinthian,, Rochester. WALES’ DANCE PARTNER (Continued from pagé 3) that held ferth at Kahn's Union Square during the season of 1920. Miss Cahill fullowing the publicity received after dancing early and often with David Windsor, bas been 2 Lancas- | ter; 3-4 Reading: 6 Gayety, Philads« Merry Makers—29 Empress, M waukee 6 National, Chicags Miss New York, Jr.—29 Olympi New York; 6 Star, Brooklyn Mocnlight Maids—29 Geneva; 30] Elmira 1-3 Schenectady 6 Howal | Boston | trying to crash into vaudeville. Her naimne was offered the bie time bouk ers last week as a possibility for a dancing tirn. The bookers repor.ed no demand. -\ccording to the stery, Miss Cahill was a chorus girl with tr~> burlesque stock and concluded her theatrical career at the end of the season. She is reported as a good ballroom in- his with which is said to Wales when to ask her dancer have he sent to dunce fluenced Equerry him. Evidently Wales liked Cahill’s stepping and company. He is reported to have danced exciu- sively with her on. the trip and to have done some incognito enutertain- ing of the girl and her aunt after he arrived in this country Rumor also has it that Miss Cahill and her aunt are to be cuerts of the Prince at his Alberta raach. Miss act you must possess, Personality is a charm, acquired. And _ that’s appearances. riedly. [EDDIE MACK TALKS A couple of STANDARD acts, CONLIN and GLASS and JOE DARCY. To be designated as a STANDARD above all, ability, then person- ality and, of course, appearance. our We don’t just slap a suit onto you hur- We study you, watch you, dissect you, and then we suggest what suits you best. The style that will bring out your best points and cover your defects, See Eddie Mack, C. D., the C. D. is Clothes Doctor. MACK’S CLOTHES SHOP MACK BUILDING 166 West 46th Street Just a Step East of Broadway : No. 197 Ability is a gift. appearance can be specialty—cultivating but SAMMY ALWAYS WORKING HOWARD ano NORWOOD “ESTHER FROM PITTSBURGH” STILL GOING BIG WALTHAM and NORWICH LILLIAN THIS WEEK (SEPT. 22) * Step Lively Girls— 29 Empire WANTED - Western Representative Cleveland; 6 Miles-Royal, Akron. Di ti ALF T WILTON EASTERN JOHN BENTLEY Stepping Out—29 Palace,” Minne- irection . REPRESENTATIVE apolis; 6 Empress, St. Paul. = Sn . am ] sg 3 a. st ee ee : , y way r er ee stot oh ‘ Pup feral ao . Sart i‘ eral . os ea

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KANSAS CITY, MO. . ° iy 3! ei | WE WOULD LIKE TO APPLY TO YOUR ASSOCIATION FOR VAUDEVILLE BOOKINGS. PLEASE HAVE YOUR TRAVELING REPESENTATIVE CALL ON US FOR DETAILS (WITHOUT OBLIGATION ON, OUR PART). I aC NS eee cake chance dobuGh wukcodkitakabad Doeibes TERRES SSE SAAR RE ih OG Ec e NPN! Cr ae RAR Py CRS BE SEU me NAME OF MANAGER. ...5...0cceecceeceeceeeceecceeceeneeecceeeeeeeceeneeceeeeeeeececeeeeneneneeageecuaas | paosnaees = FILM REVIEWS (Continued frem page 26) Woodruff carries a life scar from such: an implement, but it doesn’t stop the latter from.swearinmg ven- geance upon his life-long friend, who is to be the future husband. The night of the wedding, and after the ceremony, Woodruff in- duces his double, the street derelict, to come to his apartment. and WRreatens the bride over the phone @tth blackmail as a ruse to draw ttm bridegroom to his abode. When fe sees Victor arrive downstairs Woodruff takes the receiver off the phone, cries for help, shoots. his twin likeness and escapes, leaving Victor to be compromised and sen- tenced to life imprisonment. . A five years’ lapse brings Wood- ruff back to this country with a monocle and a beard to again pur- sue his former love. A Scotland Yard man has been. following the trail of “Sniffer” Evans, the deable killed by Woodruff and wanted in Emgland, but when Woodruff is ac- sused of being Evans the difference The Belland Apt. Hotel Co. 2256 Cleveland Avenue, Chicago, It. Ten Minutes to Loop Theatres The Only Bxclusive Kitchenette Apartment Hotel. Catering to the Profession at Special New Fireproof Butiding with Maid Service Bach Day. CHICAGO OFFICES } OF AMERICA’S REPRESENTA- TIVE. MUSIC PUBLISHERS in finger prints. destroys the con- tention. The girl finally discovers the true identity of Woodruff when she picks up a pair of tongs and he becomes maddened by the sight. Rushing to her guardian, now Governor of the State, she secures her husband's release. He immediately walks into the gaming rooms and shoots Wood- ruff. The court room scene, wherein Victor tells his story and asserts he will leave a free man because of the clause im the law code which stipulates there can be no second prosecution for the same crime gives reason for the title and the happy ending. The picture is ‘so constructed as to be a straightaway story, whereas the play had “switchback” con- struction and the continue? life of Woodruff to save the persecuted Victor from stained hands. The in- teriors have been well selected and the double photography is note- worthy. Had the film been held down to around one hour it would have been t cerking presentation, but as it is it just misses being in that classifi cation. .The story, alone, is suffi- cient to sfand by itself, especially when compared to other scripts that reach film producti®n, and the work of Hoh! is so much velvet. However, “It Is the Law” locks like a capable program leader for the better class houses, with but its one glaring fault, length. Skig. CONDEMNED One of those “more sinned against than usual” themes, with nothing to lift it above the obvious melo- dramatics, makes this picture steer a direct course for the lesser houses. Those witnessing must take plenty —_ AL BEILIN, Manager = IRVING BERLIN, Inc. Cohan’s Grand ; ee House Bldg. JEROME H. " REMICK & CO. J. B. KALVER, Manager 634 State-Ls Lake Buitding Phones: Central 4965 0428 EUGENE COX SCENERY 1734 Ogden Avenue CHICAGO Phone Seeley 3801 _ Ask:—KRANZ and WHITE corm THE FROLICS »rconare SAMERICA’S MOST BEAUTIFUL CAFE” “L” station mM. oo gor >. ee CIVIC AND POLITICAL. CELEBRITIES SID ERDMAN, JO East 22d Street sd The veus of ¢ RALPH GALLET, RESERVATIONS A HN BROWN, Asst. Managers Phone CALUMET 3399 for granted, as the tale has more than a few imprebabilities and the a sma tewn's narrow-mindedness fwithout missing a thing And it’s alt because the girl smeaks her deg en a train under wraps as 2 baby. and kidnapers mistakeniy exchange bundles, which leaves the girl to enteft the village with an infant and a long explanation. She can’t “square’”the mite; her aunt is entirely skeptical, and when the youthful president of the vil- lage’s anti-vice society moves his sleeping quarters te the garage and the girl takes refuge in his house, as her only means. of abode, the town inhabitants instigate a tar and feather party. The picture has been plentifully padded, and when everything else fails supérftuous sub-titles make the extra footage. The cast parallels the scenario in leaving vast stretches of indifferent projection, and the film is such as to make it a practical necessity for another fea- ture to be included upom any pro- gram where a theatre has any- sort of a rege tation. Skig. LAST OF THE DUANES Fox production starring Tom Mix. From [the book by Zane Grey. Directed by Lynn Reynolds. Scenario by Edward J. Mon . At the New York one day (Sept. 15). Huns about 75 minutes. GE: -EUBMBn nas vc ntes c céedemeccne Tom Mtx SORRY ~~ 220000 eevadehecnedsoes Mariam Nixon Cah. Bes cc cdciccceacaccens Brindsiey Shaw Buachre... ...nccesccsance e+«--.BPank Nelsen Bee Wcnchac sees cceucet oes Lucy Beaumont j Jenny's Sather... ...-+cccae- Harry Lenadale One of the better Tom Mix fea- tures.and consequently a good west- ern. ‘The comtination of the star and Zan. Grey, with the capable Lyan Reynolds directing and a hand-picked cast, is supremely happy for this type of film. Those who hike westerns (and who can be- gin to count them) will rave, and the comparatively few who don't will feel a lot more kindly toward them. Young Duane is the son of a fiery THEATRICAL SHOES RARER Everything for stage, ballet and circus wear made to order aad instock, Shost vamp and nor- The Pavlowa elty street auch evening slipper. TosSlipper Opera Hose — Tights = harassed heroine runs the gamut af | ——— old battler murdered im his tracks after having carved eight niches on his gum im memory ef these who tried to mix things wp with him. The son inherits his old man’s mar- 'velous master, of firearms but not ithe -battle instinct and the lust to kill anyone whe crosses his path. Duane tries: hie hardest to be a eoward and dodge all fights, but he is) finally forced te defend himself and murder a scoundrel who would ‘-have plugged him first. There is strong continuity between the various episodes, in which Mix is given opportunity to exhibit how mech he cam accomplish with his horse, ‘Tony. The westerm scenery ie magnif- icent, and the camera man shot it from the best pogsible points of vah- tage. The whole production indi- eates an attentive care in super- vision lacking in 95 per cent of pro- gram features. “Last of the Duanes,” while it must be placed in the latter category, ranks at’the top, and once again Mix has firmly planted his spurs in the steed of Popularity. PRIDE OF SUNSHINE ALLEY I. J... Bud Barsky. , production, atarring Kenneth McDonald. - Stery by Samue! M. Pyke. Diveeted by Wm. James Craft. Shown at Loew's Mew. York, dowblefeature bili Sept. 1% Runaging time 57 minaten. Ome of those dear old “sidewalks of New York,” with its scenes of action on the flower east side, with the hero a young Irishman, appointed to the police force. It’s not a world- beater, but wil? serve in the daily change houses and wilt get by on the strength of a couple of good fast rough-anmd-tumble fiehts. with the copper stuck on one of the girls of the neighborhood. She is the sole support of an invalid mother and her brother is a. worthless kid who hangs out in the pool parlor run R. Westcott King 2238 Vi ee ee i fe. ‘SCENERY THAT. ‘SATISFIES’ Velour Duttning Picture Settings ye Seenery _ Specialists i Vaudeville Creations The story is just’ a little romance, | fe 4 Sar ward heeler im love with the gir McDonald seems to be a rather likeable type of a young lead for the screen, with personality, who shows up much better In a profile shot than when photographed full on. ‘Violet Schram plays opposite, and handled it tather nicely. The picture wasn’t an expensive ome te make. While there are some teehnical faults here and there, it will do for the cheap houses. Fred. LADIES INVITED FAMOUS MOTHER’S COFFEE SHOP HOME COOKING Clean and Wholesome 125 N. Clark Street, CHICAGO, ILL. Next Door Palace Theatre OPEN ALI. NIGHT —— WE CATER TO THE PROFESSION IN A SATISFACTORY MANNER J. W. FITZPATRICK Importer of DIAMONDS, WATCHES ana JEWELRY Reem 210, State Lake Bidg., 199 N. State St. CHICAGO, ILL. Over $1,000,000 a Year ts Wasted on Furs DO YOU REALIZE that the coat yow. wore lest year and the year before could be remodeled te look “ke new? SATISFACTION GUARANTEED As an accommodation tothe theatrical profession we store your furs FPEZE OF CHARGE Blumenfield’s Fur Shop 204 State-Lake Bidg., Chicago Phene DEARBORN 1253 " WORK CALLED FOR Gur Roferences—Anyone in Show Business ARE INVITED TO WRITE FOR: 4 A Zatalog B-2 37 &. Stace 6c, Chicago rae — VISIT. } ARTISTS VISITING CHICAGO!!! | GEORGE LEIDERMAN’S Best Food } RENDEZ-VOUS CAFE cucctes stccrent's Diversy Parkway at Broadway '"compa — ee bihse tte: ata ee eT eel ieee ———————— ‘ LIGHT (Contin Showed litt] days, closii grossed tot: Clay” (Par: tionally we Wednesday, Metropolit (Paramount Though pic has played, tinge previ record of $ $26,706. Egyptian- (1,800; 50-$ tourists bus Mission— A.” (900; § tie-ups of $5,200. Loew’s § (Metro-Gol Proved bet! tures in a $15,000 Criterion- ner Bros.). Lubitsch p miere Tues ginning co) day to goo Forum CAN HAND BALARY © 6248 | WAN ~

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i eee ‘ BRR orn ee SS ai We ae VAUDEVILLE ” MANAGERS! IN CALIFORNIA—OREGON—ARIZONA BOX OFFICE RECEIPTS. Our entire office staff is at your disposal to Better Booking Conditions. with A MESSAGE FROM BEN PIAZZA GENERAL WESTERN REPRESENTATIVE HILLSTREET THEATRE BLDG. LOS ANGELES, CALIF ORNIA ‘DON’T DELAY ! MAIL THIS COUPON NOW ! THE WESTERN VAUDEVILLE _ MANAGERS’ ASSOCIATION _ OUR OFFICE IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, IS NOW OPEN FOR THE PURPOSE OF BOOKING A GRADE OF | VAUDEVILLE WHICH YOU HAVE LONG BEEN LOOKING FOR. THE FORMING OF OUR CIRCUIT TO THE ‘a COAST NOW GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY IN SECURING PROGRAMS OF MERIT, AND‘TO INCREASE YYUR I Get in line. and siaiiaibaidiie NAW’ OR THERATRE..«coscadccvcces NAME OF MANAGER.. WESTERN VAUDEVILLE MANAGERS’ ASSOCIATION, HILLSTREET THEATRE, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. WE WOULD LIKE TO APPLY TO YOUR ASSOCIATION FOR VAUDEVILLE BOOKINGS. PLEASE HAVE YOUR TRAVELING REPESENTATIVE CALL ON US FOR DETAILS (WITHOUT OBLIGATION ON OUR PART). NAME OF CITY AND STATE....... *eeeeeeevpeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eevee evreneee eeeeeeveeveeeeeeeeeeeeevpeeeeseeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeee eee eeereeeeeeeeeereee eee eeeeaeeeeeseeeneeeeeaeeeaeeeeseeeeeee ee eevee eveeereeeeeeeeee e*eeeveeeeveeeevee ee eee eeeeeeeeeneene ‘ LIGHT L. A. SHOWING (Continued from Page 22) Showed little strength on last two days, closing Tuesday, when it grossed total of $2,600. “Feet of Clay” (Paramount) opened excep- tionally well, without ceremonies, Wednesday, and drew $18,700. Metropolitan—“Sinners in Heaven” (Paramount). (3,700; 25-65.) Though picture not greatest house has played, impression left by El- tinge previous week (when doing record of $40,000) helped, in draw. $26,706. Egyptian—“The Thief of Bagdad qd, 800: 50-$1.65). With decline of tourists business receded. $17,000. Mission—“The Spirit of the U. S. A.” (900; 35-$1.10). Ballyhoo and tie-ups of great value first week. $5,200. 2 Loew’s State—‘“Sinners in Silk (Metro-Goldwyn). (2,400; 35-86.) Proved better of two “Sinner” pic- tures in daily reviews. Usual of $15,000 Criterion—“Three Women” (War- ner Bros.). (1,600; 50-$1.10.) This Lubitsch picture got off to big pre- miere Tuesday night, with house be- ginning continuous policy Wednes- day to good business. $5,400 Forum— “Welcome Stranger” (Producers’ Distributing). (1,800: 35-65.) Big Saturday and Sunday opening and steadied down to bet- ter than .average daily business. $8,700. Miller’s — “Yolanda” (Cosmopol- itan). (900; 25-75.) In for two weeks after similar period at Cali- fornia. Hearst publication splurge helped house to do above average. $5,000. Cameo— “Turmoil” (Universal). (900; 35-50.) Just could not get go- ing, even though heavy publicity and exploitation campaign waged. $2,100, Jean Belasco, of the Universal film forces and Kansas City repre- sentative for the corporation, has been made Chicago manager for the company. He will take charge of his mew post at once, MADE WIFE WEEP (Continued from page 3) divorce against Christian J. Frank, picture actor. “Judge, that won’t pay my hotel bill,” sobbed Mrs. Frank, who is a model. “You had better find a’ hotel it THEATRE MANAGER AT LIBERTY ©AN HANDLE PICTURES, VAUDEVILLE, ROAD SHOWS OR STOCK HOUSE. BALARY OR WILL TAKE OVER HOUSE ON PERCENTAGE, WOULD ALSO CONSIDER TAKING SHOW ON THE ROAD Cc. ARTHUR BOWDEN Doct Cottage Grove Ave. CHICAGO, ILL. ~ WANT GOOD LOOKING INGENUE PRIMA DONNA with good voice who can dance BARNEY GERARD Columbia Theatre Building NEW YORK CITY will fit, then” replied the - court, letting the twenty-five stick, “VANITIES” TROUBLES (Continued from page 3) regularity to please the company, who have not as yet recovered from the*long siege of preliminary re- hearsals. Carroll is reported as having en- gaged in verbal combat with practi- cally everyone concerned. This was climaxed when the producer and Al K. Hall are said to have staged an encounter at the Music Box. Hall had not recovered from the caustic remarks made to the company the Sunday previous, in which Carroll told them in no uncertain terms none was a world beater and anyone car- ing to hand in his notice he would receive it with open arms. Joe Cook and Sophie Tucker took particular exception to the remarks, with Cook handing in his verbal no- tice on_the spot, but was later talked out of it. Miss Tucker left the cast after Monday night’s performance | and will return to vaudeville. Meanwhile Carroll has been bend- ing every effort to bolster up the piece since the opening. He has been casting about for a woman name star, with the latest report he had hopes of interesting Elsie has meet pressing financial obligations. Bitterly Frank Colby was bitterly frank. He de- clared the company’s affairs had been badly mismanaged. He admit- ted that he and all the other di- rectors were ignorant of the mo- tion picture “game,” which igno- rance had resulted in a deficit of $245,670.67. p A woman stockholder from Fre- mont, O., touched off the fireworks that featured the meeting, when she accused Colby, Frank L. Cook, sec- retary, and Talbot of fraud on the part of the management. The vice-president of the com- pany, Albert P. Ternes, Detroit financier, jumped to his feet and de- manded that Talbot be placed on the carpet. Called Talbot “Tramp” “Let that tramp explain what he done with all the money,” Ternes cried; “If he can tell he’s a dandy. He got away with plenty.” One accusation followed another. Finally Talbot -was pushed out in front of the heckling stockholders. Shouts from all corners of the stu- dio greeted him. He was accused of promoting the company to place himself on a $15,- 000 a year salary, and to furnish a steady salary for his wife, Stella Day, who play.d the leading role in the single picture, “Mary,” made by the company, and which is now seeking a market in New York. “All Hooked” A riot was narrowly averted when Col, E. H. Sellers, a veteran attor- ney, loudly requested an audience, “We were all hooked,” he shouted, “We are all here, Now let’s try and make the best of it by pulling what we can out of the fire.’ a rt Janis. Hawthorne and Cook, from vaude- ville, will retire from the show next Saturday. A number of other changes are predicted, with several scheduled to leave next week. “SUCKERS” SQUAWK (Continued from page 3) all connection with.the company, and the statement from Howard Colby, attorney, that it would be BILLY WYETH & WYNN This Week (Sept. 22), B. F. Keith’s Hamilton, N. Y. Direction LEO FITZGERALD EVELYN — necessary to mortgage the studio and raise about $25,000 in cash to SEVEN GRUWN Gino A SYMPHONY IN TONE AND COLOR Direction LEW M. GOLDBERG more: Wish the W. V.'M. A. and its officials best wishes on their wonderful extensions and expansion in the West FARNELL 7s and his— “LOTS- A-MOMMA’’ “FLO” FLORENCE CONGRATULATIONS “HAP” FARNELL and FLORENCE ~ - de r ee ee a ee es ane :

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People are getting tired of the Sameness that predominates on the average midway. There is as a rule the same old snake show, the same Bug House, vaudeville show, mon- key speedway, little horse, war show, etc., which nine out of every 10 shows carry year in and year out. Riding device manufacturers ad- Vance with each season. There are now 20 or more rides on the mar- k t, all adaptable to the fairs. People will play repeats on riding devices, for the thrill or fun that they get out of them, but they do not want to see a snake or monkey exhibition, nor see inferior vaude- ville more than once. It condenses itself into the ques- tion, what is to be found to aug- ment the rides on fair grounds? Musical Comedy Best One progressive fair secretary who has built up a big fair, told Variety the best midway attractions he ever had was a first-class mu- - “gical comedy company under can- vas. The fair was the Twin Falls County fair, Filer, Idaho. The sec- retary is J. M. Markel Only a short time ago he wrote Variety asking if it knew of a similar or- ganization to play his fair, with other fairs to,follow. One carnival manager, on the lookout for something new to add to his show, told Variety he is go- ing to ditch the water show next year. He said people are getting; tired of even that money-making at raction. He has a good one, too, but finds that it gets little or noth- ing ahead on the season after the expenses are paid. Acts as Special Attractions There are quite a. few big acts in vaudeville now that could well be given as individual attractions under a tent as fair ground shows and a separate admission charged for each. Some animal acts would do well and draw big as separate shows, and add a spice of novelty to t’ » line up. AIR CIRCUS AT BROCKTON Brockton, Mass., Sept. 23. Aerial feats aplenty will be on the card at the Brockton Fair, Sept. 30-Oct. 4, if present plans ma- terialize. Permission for the U. 8. fliers to “do their stuff” at the fair has been officially granted. +. as CLARENCE A. WORTHAM Died September 24, 1922 Two years ago one of the most noted men in the outdoor amusement field passed away at Cincinnati. He was respect- ed and admired by the entire outdoor profession. Clarence A. Wortham was a self-made man who, from ped- dling newspapers in Paris, Tex., rose to be a power in the car- nival field and ihe largest in- dividual owner of show prop- erty in the country. : This success was due to his wonderful foresight, unfailing nerve and strict business eth- ics. He never broke his word, was faithful and loyal to his friends, and hi. enemies, of whom there were but few, were forced to respect him. The name of Wortham on a show stood for cleanliness, hon- esty and -integrity. He prac- tically controlled the carnival situation while he lived, al- though he was a generous and upright competitor. His title has descended to two organiza- tions who are. using it with credit to themselves and honor ‘ot his memory—the one, the Clarence A. Wortham = shows, by Beckmamn and Gerety, and the Wortham shows, operated by his brother, John T. Wortham. Called “The Little Giant” while living, he operated his organizations with acumen and skill. He was a giant in intel- lect, and his charity toward his fellow man was unsurpassed in the annals of the carnival busi- ness. His path in life was straight ; and his end was peace. ARK. ADDED ATTRACTICNS Little Rock, Ark, Sept. 23. E. G. Bylander, secretary-man- ager of the Akansas State Fair, Oct. 6-11, announces that “The added attraction of a race track and a splendid racing program, in- cluding horses and automobiles, with the facilities of 10 major buildings, along with similar smaller structures, all of which will be completed, the Arkansas State Fair will surpass by far any at- tempts in previous years in this state or others.” BREAK FOR WOLFE People to Midway Kankakee, IIl., Sept. 23. It is stated that the Kankakee In- terstate fair, one of the largest faire in Illinois, lost several thousands of dollars this year on account of bad weather. Up to the Thursday night reliable information gave the fig- ure as at least $10,000 behind last year, and that was further in- creased on the last day—friday. The T. A. Wolfe shows, providing all of the midway attractions, are credited with a balance on the right side, despite weather drawbacks. Rain prevented some of the grand- stand features, driving people to th midway for entertainment. i TWIN FALLS FAIR LEADS IDAHO J. M. Markel Brings Town to Financial Success Filer, Idaho, ‘Sept. 23. The Twin Falls County Fair, J. M. Markel, secretary, had a suc- cessful week. The grandstand acts; contracted with the Western Vaudeville Man- agers’ Association, through J. C. McCaffery, gave full satisfaction. Markel, recognized as the most prominent fair executive in the Intermountain section, has brought the Twin Falls County fair to the very forefront in Idaho, although Filer is a small town of but 5,600 inhabitants and nine miles away from Twin Falls, Idaho - left - off building: a: state fair some years ago, at Boise, un- der the management of O. P. Hen- dershott. The Twin Falls fair is now the largest in point. of attend- ance and this year it rgeached its peak. When Idaho has a State fair again it will probably be held at Filer. ILL. STATE FAIR DID BIG WEEK Rained but One Day— Entertainment of the Best -Springfield, I1l., Sept. 23. The Illinois State Fair at Spring- fletd last week enjoyed good weather and attendances went away above last year’s figures. With the ex- ception of Tuesday, when it rained, people flocked to the fair grounds. JOHN T. WORTHAM’S CARNIVAL | } La Crosse, Wis., Sept. 20. The John T. Wortham Shows pro- vided all the midway features, with the exception of a few concessions, at the La Crosse Inter-State Fair. They are now following the Wiscon- sin circuit of fairs, with the big | fairs at Oshkosh and Beaver Dam to follow. This is the initial en- gagement over this circuit, and they have more than made good. The 28 attractions are of more | than ordinary caliber, fronts and| tents look well, and there is some- thing really worth while in the tops for fair patrons to see. It is not all on the outside. * Wortham brings a classy lot of | rides, seven to the circuit. Among his attractions are a first-class water show, with one of the best lady high divers in the country as a stellar feature, and a bunch of diving beauties; a good animal show; “Doc” Palmer’s array of cir- cus side-show attractions, direct from. Riverview park; a minstrel show of more than ordinary merit: and the usual carnival line-up.. John T. is fast coming into’ the Clarence A. class and is a worthy successor to his famous brother. He looks to be in line for the larger fairs this coming season. Shows and Rides The following is a list of the vari- ous. shows and rides, with a roster ef the attaches: Animal Show, T. A. Rising, man- ager; Water Show, W. H. Fulton, manager; Minstrel Show, Jess M. i Shoats, manager; Circus Side-Show, lw. F. Palmer, manager; Wax Show, W. F. Palmer, manager; Can- i nibal Show, W. F. Palmer, manager; Powell’s Zoo, Major Powell, man- ager; Snake Show, W. F, Spencer, | manager; Monkey Speedway, Clark | Briney, manager; Wild West, L. | Lampkin, manager; Miller’s Me-} |}chanical Show, John Miller, man- | ager; Penny Arcade, Clint manager; Motordrome, Ted Rat- |cHff, manager; Tantalizer, W. F. | Spencer, manager; Jazzer, Jess Crawlet, mar Freak Animal | Show, W. C. Blackwell, manager; Caterpillar, W. J. Arnold, manager; | Merry-Go-Round, W. C._ Burns, manager: Sea Planes, F. A. Mc- Grath, manager; Ferris Wheel, George Tarver, manager; Merry Mix-Up. Elliott Sarrell, manager; : Fairy Swing, Mrs. Clark bBriney; manager; Whip, Roy Arnold, man- ager H. B. Danville, general agent; A. M. | (Jake) Brauer, secretary-treasurer; ; W. B. Gordon, agent; Roy Luding- ton, agent; John Hanley, master; F. Owens, assistant; Henry Knight, Carl Shafer and Jack Knox, loaded 25-car train in the business and will, it is expected, enlarge to 30 cars for next season. The show owns all its own equipment, Nogal, | the best. John T. Wortham is sole owner; | train- | dining-car. Wortham has about the heaviest | The racing program was good and well contested, exhibits and manu- facturers displays were of the best and the live stock entries as heavy as ever. The boys’ and girls’ clubs were well represented and the State exhibits interesting and plentiful. The T. A. Wolfe shows provided the midway attractions, situated as usual in “Happy Hollow,” off the main road to the grand stand, but Wolfe was permittéd to place sev- } eral attractions in more desirable locations. The shows, however, did Rain at Kankakee Drove the the actual name was included in the } ae ee Wednesday, September 24, 1924 ~ WHAT THE WORLD WANTS KANSAS EDICT AGAINST KLAN Statewide Injunction Is Granted to Stop Klan Demonstrations Kansas City, Sept. 23. The Ku Klux Klan is a blown up corporation, as far as masked pa- rades and public demonstrations are concerned in Kanzas, because of an injunction made against the organ- ization by Judge A. M. Bender of the District Court. The action of the court was made upon application of Attorney Gen- eral C. B. Griffith, after the officials of the Jefferson County Fair, at Valley Falls, had failed in their at- tempt to prevent a Klan demonstra- tion at the fair. This is one of the biggest county fairs in the State. Recently Gov- ernor Davis ‘acted to prevent the Klan from holding a demonstration during the Kansas State Fair, at Hutchinson, but the Valley Falls event was not under State super- vision. The Klan had announced its intention of giving a parade and public ceremonial one day of the fair, which brought many protests to the Attorney General's office. At the Attorney General's solicita- tion Judge Bender at once granted a blanket injunction, naming sev- eral of the Klan officers, also the names “John Doe and Richard Roe, whose eorrect names are unknown,” were included to make the injunc- tion: apply to everyone connected with the Klan regardless of whether injunction or not. The court’s order is sweeping and covers the entire State of Kansas. This is the first injunction order ever secured in Kansas against the Klan. There is an ouster suit pending in the State Supreme Court . against the order carrying on its work in the State because of the failure of the corporation to secure authority to transact business in Kansas. POODLES’ HIT ON FAIRS Chicago, Sept. 23. One of the outstanding features of the grandstand acts on fair grounds this year has been the first appearance of Poodles Han- neford as a stellar attraction, booked exclusively by J. C. McCaf- fery, fair department manager of the M. V. M. A. The act has played a number. of this week is at Oshkosh, Wis., where he is the highest paid act ever presented there. He goes to Beaver Dam, Wis., known as the best county fair in the country, where again Poodles draws the rec- ord salary for such an event. Mich. Inspector Reports Chicago, Sept. 23. F. J. Warner, inspector of fairs for Michigan, reports that the Jackson fair this year was a big success, financially and in attend- ance. “Little Joe Mendi, the chimpanzee the_best business at the State Fair | of any in years, due to their in- | trinsic worth, as the situation of the | midway at Springfield is none of Wolfe had a paying week. | Ernie Young’s Revue was the | feature of the grand stand attrac- tions. It was staged in a typical | | Young manner and the numbers | | were loudly applauded. Comment was made on the avia- | tion stunts and the aerial acrobatics | were the most sensational ever seen : here. IN LOVING MEMORY of my dear brother CLARENCE A. WORTHAM who passed away September 24, 1922 | the midway. JOHN T. WORTHAM man, was the main attraction on; The Zeidman and Pol- lie shows were clean and all did a ‘ Washington, Sept. 23. This is the government’s way of helping American manufacturer and distributor do long distance Selle ing. Requests have come through from 37 countries with the list headed by another purchaser in Spain desiring :o secure American produce: pictures. Seldom a week goes by but that a request for films is received by the department. As these prospective exhibitors or cx- change men make their request the government receives a confidential report on their financial rating. It jhas been suggested that much time and expense could be saved the local preducers in making their foreizn connections through these wants. Replies Rave been coming through direct to the department here and thus much valuable time is lost. Competition is keen as these wants are practically completed sales, if the goods meet the mark, when first published. Due to these replies com- ing direct to the department, Va- riety has been requested to once ? ore pub.ish the list of branch of- fices established throughout the country to expedite the i-ndling of these opportunities. Addresses o: Branches Address the Chamber of Com- merce in the following cities: Akron, Birmingham, Charleston, S. C., Cincinnati, Clevelani, Colum- bus, Dallas, Dayton, El “aso, Erie, Ft. Worth, Indianapolis, Los An- geles, Mobile, Newark, N. 7. Pen- sacola, Fittsburgh, Portland, Ore., Providence, Richmond, Rochester, San Diegc, Springfield, Mass., Syra- ecuse, Toledo, Trenton and Wor- cester. In the following cities address as listed: Atlanta, 538 Post Office Bldg.; Baltimore, Export and Import Bureau, Association of Commerce, 22 Light street; Boston, 1801 Cus- tomhouse; Bridgeport, Manufac- turers’ Association; Chattanooga, Southern Railway System; Chicago, Room 830, 76 West Monroe street; Detroit, 335 Post Office Bldg., Mil- waukee, Association of Commerce; New York City, 734 Custom House; New Orleans, 214 Custom House; Philadelphia, 20 So. 15th _ street, Room 812; St. Louis, 1210 Liberty Central Trust Co. Bldg.; San Fran- cisco, 510 Custom House; Seattle, 515 Lowman Bldg. As has been previously stated it is always necessary to give the country, the commodity and the code number in replying. Among the applicants are: Spain, motion picture films (11666); Australia, phonograph rec- ords .(11667); Germany, garters (11643), hosiery (11689), suspend- ers (11643); Java, phonographs and repeating apparatus (11658); Mexico, paper cups, spoons and plates (11661), ice cream cones (11661f); Netherlands, novelties (11660), phonographs and phono- graph records (11660); Poland( rae prominent state fairs this year ana[fdio parts and apparatus (11678). Those desiring to act only as sell- ing agents include the following: Chile, dye extracts (11668)3 China, autoriobile accessories (11687), novelties (11664); Colom- bia, boots and shoes for men, women and children (11634) ;_Egypt, hosiery and underwear (11641); France, automatic shoe-polishing machines (11702f); South Africa, toilet ,reparations (11674); Swit- zerland, radio apparatus and parts (11676), GOES MAD ON CAROUSEL Aledo, Ill., Sept. 23. John Aboud, 27, a Syrian farm hand, went mad last week when he left the merry-go-round at the Mercer County fair after several good business.” rides. IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR PAL CLARENCE A. WORTHAM GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN MEMBERS JOHN T. WORTHAM SHOWS John T. Wortham and wife, Eddie Brown and wife, Jake Brauer, A. N. Opsel and’ wife, Henry Knight and wife, B. Aguilar, Herman Bernal, F. J. Oliveros, H. W. Fulton and wife, H. B. Danville and wife, G. L. Wright and wife, J. Brizendine and wife, A. J. Hunkle, Geo. Collins, Fred Engstah, P. W. Wat- son, J. M. Shoat, J. Evers, Paul Wheeler, J. E. Murry, Pete Wheeler, E. E. Riebe, Clark Briney .and wife, Oscar Fagerverg, Roy Arnold and wife, W. E. Ratcliff and wife, N. Coven, E. L. Brooks, H. A. Van, N. E. Keger, W. M. Story, E. Cline and wife, J. J. Owens, C. P. Calipan, B. Welshman and wife; Joe Rey- nolds, Doc Sendleton, Chas. J. Jones, Ham Wilson, Filo David, Doc Biggerstaff, E. W. Hightower, W. Schone, J. W. Arnold, Curly Wiezor, F. C. Mayer, Madam Rose, T, C. Traver, E. O. Surrells, Ted Powell, L. G. Jones and wife, J. C. Kimmel and wife, F. Vail, Joe Parker, Jack Ifeyers, R. 0. Steed, Abe Lewis, A. E. Senpril, P» A. McGrath and wife, Art Moseir, Billié Carr, T. J. Owens and wife, 5. W. Johnson, T. A. Rising, H. A. Schulz, Art Livermore, Steve Bunn, C. L.. Nogle and: wife, RB. W. Reeco and wife, Blink and Mary, W. C. Johnsen and J. Knox, Doe W.,.F. Palmer, Bonnie Love and. Edith Burns. - Echo fro | ga Veile able | Have in Or “MUST On Feb. mented edit Johnsen's 8! the actions gaged in boc story and nection wit just coming A large men were | attended bj ing agents ings. A ©¢ tended, ac -caied won business of Started, pie culation fo The “lambs buyers wet ticular atte ture shear‘ “hook” the with this | Invit When tl sufficiently propos, Mi: up toa pr tures of t urally he panied by no one els Some of Saw throu and got ov nothing fu: or the age wise. Thi agency sil ‘aid thro attractions to their re Manageme Tt is ru it was ne “Badger 2 Im this « ficial was a woman, the deor a “My husb the cve t rumpus ol “Badg Not bei: ficial in «¢ promise v in the ev matter up in turn ¥ “suckers” game. H She plays up, it is s lars in tt it more acts.” The ag grew ver as he hz should hi: booking angie he another 4 ehamoure fused to * marry hit agent doe to sell th: or to dec! ding pres J Tt was | associatic acquainte up the m ries who The hote sirenuou: conductia threaten attention 1 So apy method among fa

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Pa La i od i ee ae ae oe | “MUST CLEAN UP ‘caied women agents. Before the OUTDOORS WOMEN ENTANGLING FAIR MEN BY “BADGER” TACTICS _ Echo from Last. Winter—Six “Women Agents” Ac- companied Agency Man to Convention—Thinly- Veiled Game Exposed Itself—Sample of Despic- able Methods Played on Fair Secretaries—Could Have Reflected Upon Reputable Women Agents in Outdoor Field +. 4 aD Chicago, Sept. 23. On Feb. 8 last “Clipper” com- mented editorially on Commissioner Johngen's speech at Philadelphia on the actions of a certain agent en- gaged in booking fair acts. The inside story and its culmination in con- nection with ore fair s-cretary is just coming to light. A large number of eastern. fair men were present at a convention attended by the majority o* book- ing agents interested in fair veok- | ings. A certain eastern agent at- tended, accomp ..ied by six so-. business of the meeting had fairly ,Started, plenty of booze was in cir- culation for those who wanted it. The “lambs” among the prospective buyers were singled out and par- ticular attention paid to their fu- ture shearing. ; Select little parties were made; up and attentions show#, --here they would do the most good for the object in view—which was to “hook” the fair men into a contract with this particular agency. Invitation to Fair Men When the booze had circulated sufficiently and the time was ap- propos, Mr. Fair Man was invited up to a room to look at the pic- tures of the acts on offer. Nat-; urally he went, always accom- panied by the “woman” agent—and no one else. Some of the fair representatives Saw through a thinly. veiled game and got out of it quickly by having | nothing further to do with the party or the agency. Others were not so wise. They fell for the booking agency siren, in which case they ‘aid throtgh the nose for their attractions in the .arjority of cases, to their regret and that of the fatr Management. Tt is rumored that in one case it was necessary to work the old “Badger game.” Im this case, it is said, a fair of- ficial was locked im a room with a woman, when a knock came at the @deor and the woman exclaimed, “My husband is here.” Evidently the cve to the intruder to start a rumpus outside the room. “Badger Game” Settlement Not being easily scared, the of- ficial in question started te com- promise with the girl He offered in the event that she hushed the matter up and said nothing that he in turn would give her a iist of “suckers” who wouid faii for her game. He named the likely ones. She played her game and cleaned up, it is said, several hundred dol- lars in the next two days, finding it more profitable than “selling acts,” The agent on hearing about it grew very angry, and insisted that as he had brought her there he | should have a percentage of the booking arrengements, but an angie he cannot understand is that, another one of the girls grew 80 eRamoured of a fair man she re- fused to trim and is new engaged to marry him in the near future. The agent does not know whether to try to sell this particular party his acts | or to declare himself in on the wed- ding presents. Tt was lobby gossip that two State | asseciation officials, who had been, acquainted with the situation, took up the matter with several secreta- ries who had been in the parties. The hotel management also made a strenuous complaint to the persons conducting the convention, and threatened to bring the affair to the attention of the authorities. Disgraceful Method So apparent was this aisgraceful | method of promoting business j activities and the various inside j angles of the business. Fair book- | of $2,700 on the year, were the means attempted to nev purchasers by placing them in com- promising position, that it was cur- rent gossip, not only at the meeting in question, but throughout fair cir- cles. “The Country Gentleman,” prob- ably the paper with the widest cir- culation in rural communities in the country, is writing an article on fair ing agents, their activities. and methods of. doing business will oc- cupy considerable space in the story. ’ Uncovering Filth Variety is not endeavoring to slam any one particular agent or agency, nor is it anxious to wash| the dirty linen of any one set of interests in public, but it does want to, and will uncover a lot of the filth that has accumulated, by reason of graft, coercion and wunderhand} methods for years. The f%is-book- | ing agencies, together with their sat- ellites, supporters and tools, are due for a clean-up. There are women engaged in the: booking of fair acts who are of the highest type of womanhood, and against whom in beth a business and social way there has never been the slightest breath. That isa well-known fact. These women, shining lights in their chosen pro- fession, should be protected against such contamination as this partic- ular agent in question jays them open to. The recognized women agents of the outdoor booking field are among its highest ornaments. ILL. FAIR RESULTS Rain Insurance Pulled Macon County Event Out Decatur, IH., Sept. 23. The gecond annual Macon County Fair collected $2,000 rain insurance. Decatur Day of the fair, the big- gest event of the week, and then played to a 12,000 crowd. That cir- cumstance probably saved the asso- ciation from a loss on the year, for inclement weather is estimated to have cost the crowd 10,000. Paid admissions were 25,000, and the fair officials were well satisfied with the outcome, : Stockholders of the Tri-County Fair, LaHarpe, Ii, facing a deficit have passed the buck to a committee of 12 mem- bers, authorizing them to devise | means of raising the fund. The Hancock County Fair at Car-' thage came through with 2 balance of $1,603. E. A. Wilcox, president, and J. Fred Selm, treasurer, were enthusiastic about the support given the Hancock fair when others in the same territory operated at a loss. The Mercer County Fair officials claimed to have broken even on the qweek, a cheering shOwing after the fair’s recora of one rainy week and two serious fires in recent years. 3 New Features Tried At Roanoke, Va., Fair Roanoke, Va., Sept. 23. The Roanoke fair starts today. New features will be chariot races, | the giving away of 25 barrels of flour to the most industrious housewives, as well as the operation of a midway known as “Pleasure Trail.” Free acts, vandeviille, fireworks, band concerts and races are on the daily program. Expo. at Coliseum Chicago, Sept. 23. The Food and Household Exposi- tion will be held at the Coliseum, Chicago. Sept. 27-Oct. 4, together | “KLAN DAY” AT FAIR STIRS UP « F ” . Opposition to Unauthor- ized Announcement at Augusta, Wis. * Milwaukee, Sept. 23. Announceinent that next Friday will bé observed as “Klan Day” at the Eauclaire County fair, now in progress at Augusta, Wis., has stirred up a hornet’s nest there, according to word reaching Mii- waukee. V. KE. Dickinsen, secre- tary of the fair, has declared that he did not authorize the announce- ment and has issued a warning hooded and robed Klansmen will be barred. However, if the Klan has seen fit te urge its members to attend the fair next Friday, that is another’ Kian robes,” the secretary is quoted as having said. boara with whom the Klan is un- popular have signified their imten- tion of blocking apropriations for the fair, if the Klan is allowed to stage a demonstration such as has been advertised. ROB FAIR OF $22,000 Interstate Event at Spokane Victimized Seattle, Sept. The sum of $22,000 was stolen from the safe of the Inter-State Fair at Spokan: during the recent exposi- j tion, with no clue as to the /robbers. It is believed an inside job. No violence was done to the safe, so the insurance company is trying to avoid liability, owing to a clause regarding this point. Police and fair directors are work- ing on ‘the case. GAMES ALLOWED AT SPOKANE Barred for Years—Wheel May Return Spokane, Wash., Sepr. 23. Concessions in the way of games were again allowed to operate at the Spokane fair. For some years they have been barred by the city administration at the fair, causing a big toss in financial returns to the fair management. Spokane was at one time the best spot in Washington for merchan- dise wheels. The prices paid brought in thousands of dollars to the fair and space was at a premium. Wheels are still barred, although they can operate in many places in the etate at still dates. With the joosening up on the concession question, they will eventually be al- lowed to run. Sept. 27-Oct. 4 Date Muscogee, Okla., Sept. 23. / The Clarence A. Wortham shows, open at the closing Oct. 4. years, when they exhibited under matter, so long as no one comes in| Certain members of the county’ ewned by Beckman and Gerety, will | Oklahoma Free Fair, i Sept. 27, playing two Saturdays and | This will be the first isit of the; Clarence A. Wortham shows in four , 4 Revised Taxes Washington, Sept. 23. Regulation 47, relating to the nue Act of 1924, have been is- sued by the Bureau of Internal Revenue. The taxes became effective on and after July 3, 1924, even though the articles effected were manufactured. produced or imported before that date. The various provisions of the new act, which these regula- j | tions cover, have been reported in Variety as the separate sec- tions relating to amusements became available at the bureau. The handling of the admission tax in its revised form having been covered completely. Several points have been the source of much questioning, héwever, at the bureau, with some confusion evidently in the minds of the writers as to the changes made. The regulations as clarify many of these. A tax of 5 per cent. applies to all machines and devices operated by a coin or by any substitute for a coin. A tax of 10 per cent. on mah ongg, pung chow and similar tile sets applies to sales by manufacturer, producer or im- porter. Each manufacturer must make monthly returns and pay the taxes imposed on such ar- . ticles to the collector of in- ternal revenues for the district tn which his principal place of business is: located. issued GEORGIA CROPS TWICE AS GOOD Southeastern Fair at At- lanta with Fine Prospects Atlanta, Sept. 23. | It is estimated that,the tobace and cotton in Georgia are twice as good as they were last year and 50 per cent better than in Texas. The jrains and sunshine of the past few fiays have given final assurance that Georgia will lead by a wide margin every State in Dixie land this sea- son in profitable agricultural prod- ucts. There will be fully a fourth more ®orn this year; the sweet potato crop will be big and peanuts vastly more in volume than last year. Rail- roads are preparing for record- treakine business. Business men realize good times are in store for Georgia this fall and winter. The Southeastern “Yair at Atlanta will be a bigger, better and more comprehensive show than ever be- fore in its history, .nd the agricul- thral population has the goods to show this year. A great revival of prosperity is looked for in the State. BALLYHOO FOR LOT SALE Fort Dodge, Ia., Sept. 23. Stockholders and directors of the Hawkeye Fair and Exposition bal- lyhooed for the saie of lots in the 26-acre tract of the exposition grounds, which were thown on the market yesterda;7. The tract was part of the 76 acres purchased for fair wse, but never utilized. Disposal of this wnused acreage is expected to relieve the financial problem ‘of the association to gome extent. First in Seven Years Bessemer, Ala., Sept. 28. The Dykeman and Joyce shows playe! Bessemer on a downtown lo- cation last week. It was the first show inside the city limits in seen years and was one of their best dates of the season. The show made a quick jump South, where it will remain to play some Georgia dates and other en- gagements. LADIES’ AUXILIARY MEETING Chicago, Sept. 23. The Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Showmen’s League of America held its first meeting after the summer vacation last Friday at the Gubrooms. A program of events among fair men, and so paipable with Roy Mack's Fashicn Reve. A. Wortham. the personal direction of the late C.' will be held by the ladies of the auxiliary this winter. == j/doubt if the State Fair would again 79 RECEIVERSHIP FOR DEL. STATE FAIR Twenty-six Years Old— Deficit to Date, $61,000 Wilmington, Del., Sept. 23. After 26 years of existetice the Delaware State Fair has gone into the hands of a receiver. C. D. Gar- retson, a director and stockholder, petitioned the directors at a special meeting to cast the association into a receivership in order that all cred- itors™might be protected. The a rectors agreed, Chancellor Wolcott is expected to name the receivers within a teow days. The fair closed two weeks age and was unsuccessful in attendance, having but about 55,000 for the five days, Seek: 55 per sat te ae 1928. According to the report of the sec- retary, the fair lost $14,000 this year, - making the total deficit to date about - $61,000. There are 400,000 shares of stock: valued at $1 outstanding, and the fair property at Elsmere is esti-- mated to be worth about $200,000. President Charles Banks is hope- ful some financial plans may de- velop that will rehabilitate the fair and enable it to continae. . The General. Organization of Chi- cago, which makes.a specialty of rehabilitating faire, had a corps of men in this city for six weeks prior to the fair striving to stimulate in- terest in it, but failed to receive the support of industries and business men in exhibiting. It had been planned by the Gen- eral Organization to put on a stock selling campaign following the fair, but this has been dropped. During last winter there was some be held. A special stock selling campaign was started on a time limit, which was extended. It re- turned sufficient funds to proceed with this year’s event. SOUTH IS GOOD Chicago, Sept. 23. Favorable reports continue te come from the south with reference to the conditions there. An opti- mistic feeling is prevalent among shows headed that way. From the Carolinas, news is to the effect that there is a good to- bacco crop and prices are right. Ala- bama, Tennessee, Georgia and Texas have rea] cotton crops fer the firet time in years, with prices high. Georgia is especially favored in this direction and shows playing the fairs there look for big business. Louisiana is in better condition than it has been for some time. There will be quite a few carnivals | in that state. Some are making an early exodus from northern points. Altogether it looks as if the south is gcing to some extent set off the heavy losses of the spring season for some of the shows that came up from that section of the country early this year. It is well known that when the colored population get hold of money in the fall they are good spenders. Fredericton Fair Adds Horse Racing Program St. John, N. B. Sept. 28. The Fredericton Fair, originally a | bienrial event, but mow an annual fair, was held Sept. 13-30, inclusive. The chief attraction of this fair is the horse racing and this year, for the first time in any eastern Cana- dian fatr. running races were inter- spered with the harness races. Two harness races and two running races formed the usual daily card, { -Free attractions consisted of C. C. Bennette in balloon ascensions and a second act styled a slide for life; Motab, a jumping horse; Wildfire, a dancing horse; Chico and Chi- quille, knockabout comédians; Pau- lus, 2erial acrobat; Sunny South Serenaders, minstrel] show, and fire- works nightly. oe ee eT The attendance was not up to that of 1923.

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re AES LT PEON TN FO NR Oe Ne Re a Oe SES Se iN ig OUTDOORS = Wednesday, September 24, 1924 ~~ 7 a had obtained their “poison” on the show, in the ‘49 camp. PM AFTERMATH OF N.Y. STATE FAIR |, eescecrbecans INSIDE STUFF 1 ie piuks 7 Wind Storm at Decatur Fair N THE OUTSIDE | PROMISES HECTIC COM: MEETING) “seen : | IN i Leon, Ia., Sept. 23. $1,200,000 fron. Swimmers in One Season : | i. Thousands of dollars’ damage was} pa, men long sinee Rave acknowledged the value of a swimming pool if wrought at the Decatur County Fair) .. . money maker. Down along the Brighton shore though they have i A Growng .Jagt ueigr’ beer \ won’ the ocean for the pool, with both Manhattan and Brighton beaches strung - . ify Controversy Over Retention of Auto Races—Attend-| Windsorm struck the feild shitheatre | 20%8 with from 3,000 to 4,000 bathing houses, each. iid > . : " POOF Of . the 20G=foet AMD ee This summer at Manhattan it is reported the bathing concessionaire ~ | mH ance Figures Questioned—Usual Ticket Scanda neers off, timbers* scattered: ever} ai4 a gross business in bathing rooms, charging $2 Saturdays, Sundays a) Al S bi the track, every concession tent sent and holidays, of $700,000. At Brighton it is estimated the bathing house i) so a Subject down, steel columns of the Ferris) . 35 of the same concessionaire has been $500,000. A er) . wheel twisted and the merry-go- Joseph P. Day héads the bathing house concession company of each Open ais! ee M4 TOUne top Brows ae beath and each beach représents an investment of $1,000,000, or $2,000,000 ~~ tun! a Syvaciice ee. SP went. 22 i paps A - one the midst of] | 0:2) with a gross this summer of $1,200,000. No operating expense has +; : west ae the fair, and although tere was 4/145 mentioned bu: another estimate says it is about $15,000 weekly or Imp * i A battle royal within the mem- P . great crowd on the ground, no one $30,000 a week for both places. ; i he bership of the New York State Fair — hurt. pial eS stcbhadn® x: The beaches got a bad send off on the summer but picked uf in July | ie Commission looms today over the oe + ¥ 7 Ms o 4 na and had many. days to capacity all of the while. At Manhattan especialiy sh a ERASE RR aT ae surance, and crews worked @t top! tore are extra attractions around the beach in the form of an athletic ae +5 pa IONS speed, with the result the fair was] 6.14 paseball field and kiddies” pool, among other diversions As regat ae f the resumed the next day a . ag Bouth Afr mo races as an annual feature o : Jos. P. Day is about New York’s best known auctioneer, a large realty rly cat € } Syracuse exposition. ; Rieke operator besides and has been greatly instrumental in developing the WN0 dou in Lieut. Gov. George R. Lunn, pres- - Manhattan beach soction, taking in Sheepshead Bay as well. Property in transporta 4 ident of the Commission, is dras- Govt. Overboard with ESSEX (0 FAIR'S that selghbecneon nee ad interested himself is said to have jumped and _ : tically against a retention of the Yellowstone Park a over 100 per con . in valuation, modation, ) motor events as a result .of the H d Foley and Burk and Cleanliness taveling | a killing of Jimmy Murphy at the re- er ; It is strange the oné show that needed the support of the Legislative Beas 6 ; cent 1924 fair. eae se Committee least of ail and a show which. has opcrated for years, abso- hire. Pre a ; lutely free from any taint of grift or indecency, the Foley and Burk are compe “a Ssbe thes Send, Comalatenss Variety Burea shows, has been among the most loyal of all. the munic oJ John H. Cahill of this city, in charge y u, : of racing at the fair, contends that Washington, Sept. 23. ‘ One has never heard Ed. Foley or Ed. Burk prate or rant about the metitants the death of Murphy was unavoid-| The over abundant supply of buf- cleanliness; they let others do that, and the whole Pacific slope knows ange | able, with no one to blame and in- faloes located in Yellowstone Park that to book the Foley and Burk shows is sufficient. They can go where thereby k sists that the motor events, admit-| that Uncle Sam has been trying to hae . others dare not even try to play. If all carnivals were conducted as they away. T! tedly one of the strongest drawing give away are proving a boomerang F F Ti run, there fs not a city in the United States that would bar them. attract o1 ecards of the fair, should be con-| on thé department’s hands. Several ; o . ; date nove tinued. . have been shipped upon requests to oF iret eed F ree At Using Variety’s Information Bureau the count Both Lieut. Gov. Lunn and Com-| V@rious States throughout the coun- tractions Credited for Variety's information bureau is being extensively used not alone by nme uigiiiatale Cahill Netaee supporters| ‘Ty with one man ‘in Indiana, who fair men, but by aupices anxious to book indoor events this winter and agen among the other sahmiiens 0 the} S0t one of these wild bulls begging Successful Outcome « list of responsible promoters has been asked for. ee acter commission and the next session of | t© have the government take it back Inquiries received-from Alabama, Florida, Nebraska, Ohio, California Prince of the board promises to furnish fire- | 2&in. , and Texas prove that there will be extensive business this winter in the a big infil works as the rival forces clash.| The officials of the department Topsfield, Mass.. Sept. 20. | '"@0°F cates Ay ne Mi wer g F Se the pet Lieut. Gov. Lunn advocates the| Stated they wold be glad to en- Organizations expecting to hold indoor events, allied with/the circus be mone) substitution of jockey races for the| tettain requests for these surplus The 103rd annual Essex County | or bazaar field, will do well to get complete data on the men whom they correspon : : automobile events. animals from circus men. They felt | Fair held on the fair grounds here | will entrust with the promotion of the events, as last winter numerous dis- emsconpese ; Siveéatinkties “of >allenea “@lerei these buffalo would be quite an at-| during the past four days, closed | 2Ppointments and ae were sustained by engaging unreliable or incom- at the Ne Bt - ancies ‘between officially counted| ‘action with the tented outfits.| tonight after enjoying its second van nae aatidcuetiou tale wn Exe mo 2% The aforesaid circus en haven't Variety’s information is free on outdoor showmen and attractions. : | es. m Mr. Ca | attendance at the State Fair and % real success in over a century of : ‘ a 24 the estimates of experts will also|°’e? nibbled and it now looks as if ‘ : 2 spondent sl os amr as ‘ = ee Fair | Uncle Sam were stuck. existence. Jerry Mugivan Inactive cago, has undertaken by the “Mate Fair The 192 Members of the Showmen’s League are asking how long their worthy South Af : Commission at its meeting this e 1923 fair was the first that P ‘ Soeaie couid’ be: ellied “eecsesetat Thi president is going to be allowed to totally ignore the league. They to a Cal i ; I 2 S| say that since his election, Jerry Mugivan has never been present at a object of F | ; "a the. estimated ~— a a Li season's event seemed to put the] meeting, never taken the slightest interest in its affairs and what's the gg = , persons saw @ automobile fair on its feet and sponsors were | use of keeping him in that position anyway? . = - y . steamer a iA oat eee pee ey regen} ad overjoyed at the attendance, es¢ There was a strong faction against the election of Mugivan, but as it bring ove ee | . . endance . appeared to be all cut and dried by those who play politics in that organi- ital next was less than 13,000. Fair officials timated at 150,000 for the four days. zaion to have him elected, they refrained from voting. governme pointed out that the grandstand The event opened on Wednesday The more conservative showmen who belong to the league say the ting ove! was well filled, and its holds nearly and rain fell. The opening day’s| sooner the members stop cringing and kow-towing to the circus interests, foregone 10,000, while especially built Lieach- m — attendance fell off to about 5,000.| who have absolutely no use for the league or its members, the better it ss y — — a - capacity and Horse races were postponed until| will be off. The less they spend on unappreciated flowers given to shows staten — s lined the course. One Reported Every Crooked | Thursday and the entire program| that have no use for them whatever, the more they will have for $500,000 ° explanation for the difference is at- rel bl a N E with the exception of the exhibits| charity. Forcing their attentions on anyone -will never get the league tion in ¥ tributed to the fact that the fence ampier in « Ke in covered buildings was run off | anywhere: intereste yi a the grounds was —_ Present on the following day. Big Show’s. Biggest Day It is bt . ome persons swarme The weather cleared Thursday Concordia, Kans., gave the Ringling-Barnum-Bailéey its biggest day so skeptical rough openings. under a shining sun that continued | far of the season. The attendance jam sent an overflow onto the tracks @ gala : Fair officials always count on to smile for the remainder of the | and to the ringsides. Concordia is made a live town through its news- posed to some dishonest gatemen among the Woonsocket, R. L, Sept. 23, | fair. paper, which goes after a circus day as an event. re Algae many who handle tickets. This Under the stimulus of perfect On a stage near the judges’ stand flower s) year the usual “ticket” scandal was| weather and increasing interest the|#t the race track Keith circuit acts Beneficiaries Dissatisfied gon, ball revealed and a number of ticket} Woonsocket Fair, delayed in open-| furnished free vaudeville every That human nature is perverse often was never more truly disclosed of Cape handlers arrested or dismissed from|ing Wednesday by rain, struck its| afternoon and evening. Between|than after the reading of Harry Tammen’s will. Tammen left about track de ag Mage rare Ri stride Thursday afternoon and kept| the professional acts chorus sing- | $6,000,000. As previously reported in this paper, he provided liberally eng th ftv seat : ay ~ - ce up the high pitch of entitusiasm| ing was given by_the combined | for a number of people. Of the smaller bequests he left 20 different per- arediare e difference between the official|throughout the remainder of the| choruses of the county» sons $5,000 each; another 20, $2,500 apiece, and still another 20, $1,000 for rf arr attendance and the expert estimate! week. Charles Matro’s carnival with ' each. z : lighting ag ge a db bach Everywhere were games of | merry-go-rounds, ferris wheel, mo- Almost immediately following the reading of the will the beneficiaries shows. vinéed hie thate wets 18 ie wheel chance. Gambling ‘devices, of all| tordrome and the usual quota was are said to have expressed dissatisfaction. Either they did not get enough Rol ssibns ta the sien B San’ welts kinds, were openly run with ap-|on the grounds and got a fine play. | or should have gotten as much as the others did, who got moré, and so on. Roller codadlied & parently no interference by the; The midway covered a space of Harry Tammen was a liberal in every way, either in the show or news- at Durb: ° ths It was remarked that every about 1,000 running feet. paper business. His partner was Fred Bonsfils and it’s odds on that the nivals a mispiet se peg paper & aa hae: pero ky mrtg: note mid- | discontent over the Tammen bequests will not be forgotten by Bonsfils. po air. , eds other concessions —— Horse races, horse show, exhibits| were let out by Fred Deering of Ohio Mayor “Bit” Scale Ag deat of Nehiamed pone pe ag show Topsfield, chairman of the conces- There is a certain mayor of a prominent city in Ohio who has every- Se IGHT ee A age 4h ag ones a Rall gy ipe poe Se a yee george am licenses. He turns this power, vested rae c aily, é Ss, ed attra on this year was jin him e confiding tants, hi s while amusements included Ferris} Fred Spoerhase’s 20th Century He ‘4 a Neca sides agg: Rae Pond Saiinen aes acts as a go- aay Silk wheels, aes seaplanes, | Wonders, a horse act that per-| between. When Mr. Agen wants easy sailing, he does not go to auspices, 1 Opera Hose and swings, curiosity exhibits, displays| formed brilliantly. but to the mayor. He is referred to the “friend.” The friend arranges Diam Seockin of serpents and other features of! The largest automobile show ever | the mayor's “bit” and incidentally cuts himself in at 5 per cent of the SCHELI gs carnival and side show nature. meld in this section was housed un- | shows and $5 on each concession. Then everything is “Jake.” - Are Our Specialties MONROE COUNTY CLOSES Ause danbice rasiti yh pera: thden’ ae a we ui Bac Re! Pete ee ¢ y awards ose public nuisanceSs—a carnival.” QUALITY the BEST and “ z for the best displays. No see mayor, no catchee permit PRICES the LOWEST It Sy esse vir, Piper Procite Starting last season for the, first af zeae Sek Miwer Brocades, Theatrical the annual Monroe County Agri- ag pet en -m bs med netic SS aie I ity | $200 Fixing Price in Florida - Spangies, ° ‘ al Gaciety a success * ver elmiminas "Pin a fh cultural Society and cut. the tract practise oa continued this ‘te “ B. vba nh es mes Ne Oa ee ae a Goods Theatrical. Samples upon re- of 23 acres into building lots. The : es a season. arkoot shows once pitched their tents. They invited the mayor, the quest. fair hus been regularly held for the t Rater, open each night until 10/ marshal and the powers that be to, inspect their midway, and the J j WYLE & BROS ine past 62 years. Ee. ; V3 official o.k. was clamped on. _ a de . Sy me 5 ac a dog show The following day th : ’ The fair this year was not a finan- | uppet racing and a \ g y the papers came out with a long diatribe against 155 en eres anleernen - weil) abet aieomben. were special added attractions this | the wicked concessions plying their nefarious trade. The same night, a ———— ies 1 diate 7m ee of ancient history related to a county officlal turned up and ‘ = . Sais eeveral slight accidents were re-|closed up everything. 16C —€ = THE JARVIS pares’ cas the four days, mostly A.star chamber conference was held. The next night-everything was in i C F ECKH T & CO A L SIPPIL - a Pose eB og No casualties ful swing, wheels roijed around, and in some spots the nimble dime yy . Laveoit Manufacturers of : "oe : d Thi Ea Fair aoe te this Seatine astrtkiins che seater oi Oe he date fa that ie soonest “Ek aciteh tas 3 24 lufac uty sa a e show w i : Carnival Supplies in the World bg Fondinn ' ae page conig a of the 1924] so did his sisters and his cousins and his Aunts. PE em SEND FOR CATALOGUE * cssex County Fair to the wealth It is said that $200 did that trick. Showmen wh Main Om a Po ctert . a , ae . who anticipate playing this Washi tom, Win | Peter Soteros of the Old / 3th i A Bing eigge pac Aaa winter srnere te Srorniant es grows know the price now. Two 360-66 “ cago, Ill. M¢ ’ 3 cover a : i 52-54 W. De Soto Si., Memphis, Tenn. a Chair Fame conduct a successful fair in this vsayrtar aarsed hg Beat cag song N. Dearborn St., Chicago, Mi. races mh fd —, of free Springing “’49 Camp” in Texas : tact has been proven time nd wenn eye carnival about to play some ‘Texas fairs, which has a tully AMERIC A’S M st Be tif al F AIR rest fc. sthe nah abst woe and — gy ae 49 camp all ready to spring on the unsuspecting fair secretaries. = 0 aul GROUND matter Of the tee ngly as in the | The joint will be nicely camouflaged no doubt, but a '49 of the worst type = The new $100,000.00 100-acre home of the CUMBERLAND f£ [R In former yearn up until 1848, the ae a she -oftths cma taal” gladly 4 NI 000. -acre 2 p “AIR will b ; , . nd one o e “worst type” y ready October 7; 8, 9, 10,11. HORSE AND AUTO RACING. The Fair of free attractions at this event were | Washington hithert yb rts Meecnt liye aot ng. gcd Mee g erto open to carnivals was ciosed on account -of this our leading Bank Busi nd Prof nkers, Business a rofessional Men, Farmers, Fruit and| almost nil. As a result, it attained | particular sho-- 1 Live Stock Producers. ‘ waka deeineman particular sio-. It never has been opened up again because of the stench | VIRGIL C. POWELL, Secretary-Manager, Cumberland, Maryland | years and in others no degree of| filled eith: dcuuba’ fom wentageer, ML was staged, when the tent was ade Dalipend dacilities to srourde, y a tee gga gree of} filed with “drunks” who had dates with the women. Incidentally, they L

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4 39 Lal “= we = we ee ee ae abit — , September 24, 1924. — F qurmoor AMUSEMENTS IN SOUTH AFRICA REQUIRE ENTERPRISING U. S. SHOWMEN ’ Open Air Entertainment a t Low Ebb Despite Oppor- tunities—Prince of Wales’ Visit in '25 Will Lend Impetus—American Capital Expected Capetown, Sept. 15. As regards outdoor amusements in gith Africa the country is being rly cate No doubt the cause is cost of transportation from place to place and lack of suitable ground accom- modation. Municipal authorities geem to look with no kindly eye on Eovcling shows, and refuse applica- tions for grounds likely to suit. Owners of private spaces will not Promoters of outdoor shows are compelled to seek space outside the municipal boundary, and the in- habitants will not travel the distance explained by the shows being the resort of the rough colored element, thereby keeping the decent whites away. The summer season should attract outdoor shows with up-to- date novelties, but there are none in the country. American Showmen Should Reap American outdoor show promoters with first-class outfits would reap in the dollars. The coming visit of the Prince of Wales next year will bring a big influx of back-country visitors to the principal towns, and there will be money to spend. (The Variety correspondent will be pleased to give information to any showman. His name and address can be obtained at the New York office.) Expect American Capital Mr. Calvin Martin, special corre- apondent of the Inland Printer, Chi- eago, has been doing a trip through South Africa and has been talking to a Cape Town paper about the object of his tour. He says he came to this country on behalf of Amer- ican financiers. A Mallory line steamer has been chartered to bring over 466 Americans with cap- ital next November, and if the government falls into line by put- ting over protective duties it is a foregone conclusion that American capital will be invested in South African industries. Mr. Martin states “that nothing less than $500,000 will be put in any proposi- tion in which the principals may be interested. It is announced, but many are skeptical, that Cape Town Is to have @ gala season in 1925. It is pro- posed to have a program including race meetings, golf tournament, re- gatta, swimming contests, wild flower show, special orchestral sea- son, ball, etc. Green Point, suburb of Cape: Town, has an. enclosed track devoted to cyling and. other sports. Hitherto it has only been available for daylight events, but pressure has been brought to bear to carry out certain increased ahora improvements for night sho . Refer Skating at Durban Roller skating is a big attraction at Durban, Natal. Fancy dress car- nivals and races form a feature of the healthy sport. Open-air con- certs by the Durban Orchestra, un- der Conductor Lyell-Taylor, are a top feature of the season. SCENERY Diamond Dye. Oi) or Water Colors SCHELL SCENIC STTDIO Colambus O PEARL NECKLACE INDESTRUCTIBLE With Imitation Diamond Dow- ble Safety Clasp 24-inch Onalescént or Opaque. perfect. graduation. Put up in attractive Velvet Box Each .. ~-- $4.75 $f-inch, same as abe ve... 2.00 All Spangler Senshamdies sold on a money back guarantee Retail price of above $8 & $i0 Let @s quote on 100 lots or more SPANGLER MFG. CO. 160 No. Wells St., Chicago Sree 0s en ee eee ne ee er ee C.Rueckert & Co. | | § ; Pertable circus lights beacons gasoline stoves: fanterns. manties and hollow vire systems, etc Write for totations and catalog 2006 Larrabee Street CHICAGO, ILL Tel. Lincoln 0126 Soar vin Ss ane Eee af 3 CIRCUSES ARE STRANDED IN SHANGHAI All Played Town Within One Week—Total Gross $75 Shanghai, Sept. 15. Three circuses have hit this town in a week’s time, with none grossing enough to leave. The Hippodrome Circus, controlled by a French or- ganization; Nuvo’s Circus, a British organization, and the Aminiten Cir- cus, a Hindu aggregation. Each circus carries about 40 or 50 inferior artists. Their total takings for two performances are said not to have exceeded $75. The three circuses are stranded in Shanghai, with a combined benefit the only possibility of. getting enough to leave town. The natives seem to be in favor of this as the circus hands have become a menace to the city. The animal portion of each cir- cus is composed to one elephant, a couple of donkeys and some mon- keys. CIRCUSES Al. G. Barnes Cirous Sept. 24, Grant’s Pass, Ore.; 25, Medford; 26, Montague; 27, Kla- math Falls; 28, Sisson; 29, Reading, Cal.; 30, Chico; Oct. 1; Willows; 2, Colusa; 3, Marysville; 4 Stockton; 5, Martinez; 6-12, San Francisco; 13, Santa Cruz; 14, Watsonville; 15, Monterey; 46, San Jose; 17-19, Oak- land; 20, South Vallejo. Golden Bros. Circus Sept. 24, Dunn, N. C.; 25, Smith- field; 26, Warsaw; 27, Fremont; 29, Tarboro; 80, Newport, Tenn.; Oct. 1, Clinton; 2, Harriman. Ringling Bros. Circus Sept. 24, Mt. Pleasant, Tex.; Texarkana; 27, Jonesboro; Dallas; 30, Fort Worth. Sparks Circus Sept. 24, Goldsboro, N. C.; 25, Wilmington; 26, Lumberton; 27, Rockingham: 29, Shelby, N. C.; 30, Gaffney, S. C.; Oct. 1, Greenville; 2, Seneca, S. C.; 3, Tocoa, Ga.; 4, Gainesville, Ga.; 6, Gadsden, Ala. John Robinson’s Circus Sept. 24, Walnut Ridge, Ark.; 265, Paragould, Ark.; 26, Poplar Bluff, Mo.; 27; Cape Girardeau, Mo.; 29, Blytheville, Ark.; 30, Kennett, Mo.; Oct. 1, Sikeston; Mo.;.2, Union City, Tenn.; .3, Trenton, Tenn.; 4, Corinth, Miss.; 6, West Point, Miss. Sells-Floto Circus Sept. 24, Statesville, N. C.; 25, Winston-Salem; 26, Greensboro; 27, High Point, N. C.; 29, Danville, Va.; 80, Burlington, N. C.; Oct. 1, Dur- ham; 2, Raleigh; 3 satrap thci 6 N. .3. 4, Florence, $s. C 26, 29, PROTESTING CANCELLATIONS Beaver Dam, Wis., Sept. 23. J. EF. Malone, secretary of the “World’s Greatest County Fair’ and of the Wisconsin -Association of Fairs, says the Dykeman and Joyce shows cancelled Fond Du Lack and Jefferson fairs at the last moment and that he will protest the cancellations at the next gen- eral meeting. Mr. Malone states, however, the Dykeman ‘and Joyce management did supply substitutes ifi the mid- dle west shows, the latter organi- zation playing tke dates. ee (NEUMANN TENT & AWNING CO. | 1419. Carroll. Ave.,. Chicago.. CIRCUS and CARNIVAL TENTS: and: BANNERS | "Phone Haymarket 2715 i ee OUTDOORS GIVEN LOCATION BY LA CROSSE INTER-STATE Wis. Fair Management's Good Judgment—Wortham Shows Did Splendid Business La Crosse, Wis., Sept. 23. The La Crosse Inter-State fair opened Sept. 16 with a good attend- ance and everything ready. The John T. Wortham shows pro- vided the .- midway attractions. Twenty-three pay shows and rides make up the organization. On the midway question, the Management has realized the shows and rides are an asset to fairs. Consequently they placed them in an advantageous location. This is an item that other fairs may well copy. Carnivals cannot do business and make money either for themselves or for the fair unless they are given a chance in the way of location.. George H. Gordon is president; J. W. Losey, vice-president; E. M. ken, secretary. CARNIVALS Barlow’s Big City Shows Benton, Ill., week Sept. 22. Beasley-Boucher Carnival Beaver Amusement Co. Bremen, Ind., week Sept. 22. Bernardi Greater Shows Roanoke, Va., week Sept. Lynchburg, Va., week Sept. 29. Brown & Dyer Shows Poughkeepsie, - -. Brundage Shows Chillicothe, Mo., week Sept, 22. California Shows Brattleboro, Vt., week Sept. 22. Capital Shows Buffalc, N. Y., week Sept. 22. Clark’s B’way Shows Cedartown, Ga., week Sept. Winder, Ga., week Sept. 29. Copping Shows Parsons, W. Va., week Sept. 22. Cotton Belt Shows Amarillo, Tex., week Sept. 22. Cronin Shows Wise, Va., week Sept. 22. Geo. L. Dobyns Shows Allentown, Pa., week Sept. 22. Dykman a Joyce Shows Paducah, Ky., week Sept. 22. Gold Medal Shows Jackson, Mo., week Sept. 22. Greater Sheesley Sliows Hanover, Pa., week Sept. 22. Heth Shows Laurel, Miss., week Sept. 22. Halil (Doc) Amus. Co. Benkelman, Neb.; week Sept. 22. Hansher Bros. Shows Sullivan, Ind., week Sept. 22. Hay-Halke Shows Stanton, Neb., week Sept. 22. Hollywood Expo. Shows 23; Fleming Cody Shows Hazard, Ky., week Sept. 22. Johnny J. Jones Memphis, week Sept. 22. Lachman Expo. Shows Omaha, Neb. week Sept. Omaha, Neb:s, week Sept. 29. Loos Shows Seguin, Tex., week Sept. 22. Mighty Weiland Shows Huntsville, Ala., week Sept. 22. Lapp “Shows Poughkeepsie, N. ¥., week Sept. 22. Leggette (C. R.) Shows Fayetteville, Ark., week Sept. 22. Lippa Amusement Co. Alpena, Mich., week Sept. 22. McClellan Shows Goodland, Kan., week Sept. 22. Miller Bros. Shows Fredericksburg, Va., week Se_t. 2 Murphy (BD. D.) Shows St. Louis, Mo., week Sept. 22. Miller’s Midway Shows Hamburg, Ark., week Sept. 22; DeWitt, Ark., week Sept. 29. Page Shows Murphy, N. C., week Sept. 22. Narder Bros. Shows Ashboro, N. C., week Sept. 22. Peerless Shows Whitehall, Md., weck Sept. 22. M. J. Riley. Shows 22; ~ Allentown, Pa., week Sept. 22. C: D. Scott Shows Russeliville, Ky., week Sept. 22. Rubin & Cherry Shows Cincinnati, weeks Sept. 22-29; Atianta.“week Oct. 4. Smith's Greater Shows Augus Wis., week Sept 22; Caseatites: Ga., week Sept. 29. Snapp Bros. Shows Helena, Mont., week Sept. 22. West’s Shows Asheville, IY. C. week Sept. 22. Wortham’s World’s Best Shows Oklahoma City, week Sept. 22. John T. Wortham Shows Oshkosh, Wis., week Sept. 22; Beaver Dam, Wis., week Sept. 29. Wise Shows Newport, Tenn., week Sept. 22. Zeidman & Pollie Shows Greénvitle, N. C., week Sept. 22. Balioon Ascension Partnership West Newbury, Mass., Sept. 23. + Daredevil Doner, employed at the eho Ridge Dairy; announced that he has’ :formed: ea. partnership with A. V. Sievert. of Cambridge, which ,W.ll. begin next. year, to 9 balloon ascensions. Wing, treasurer, and C. S. Van Au- |. Stephenville, Tex., week Sept. 22. Y., week Sept. 22. 22; Contoocook, N. H., week Sept, 22. PUTNAM VICE REMEY Secretary of Chippewa Falls Fair May Go Into Wis. State ~ Chicago, Sept. 23. Rumors are that Archie Putnam, secretary of the Chippawa Falls County Fair, will succeed Oliver E. Remey. as secretary of the Wiscon- sin State Fair. Mr. Putnam is one of the most progressive and popular men in the fair business, has the necessary ex- perience and ability to handle a big proposition such as the Milwaukee event, and is one of the logical men for the position. K. K. K. PAINTED ON FLYING PLANE Unlooked-for Aerial Vis- itor at Springfield Expo. Springfield, Mass., Sept. 23. With the letters “K. K. K.” painted on the under side of the plane and flaming crosses emblazoned on the sides of the fuselage, a solitary aviator created a furore among spectators at the Eastern States Exposition in Springfield. Saturday. He attempted to participate in a “flying circus” of planes appearing in a demonstration at the Exposi- tion. Although the flyer broke into the formation for a short time, he finally was driven away by the other aviators. Flying te Long Meadow field, the operator of the plane signalled to occupants of a touring. car and then headed his craft eastward. The pilot of the mysterious plane is believed te be Paul Robinson, of Spencer. Capt. H. E. Stickney, in charge of the squadron of airplanes, identified the flyer as a pilot whom he had known when in France. Robinson, if he, first was sighted over the city about 4:30 o’clock Saturday afternoon and a few min- utes later over’ the exposition grounds. His plane is of a dove color, the under side white and the letters “K, K. K.” painted in black. *' Robinson is a former Worcester commercial artist who was an avia- tor overseas. After the war and upon his return to Worcester he did much commercial flying in the vicinity of Spencer. Persons in that town who are acquainted with the man said that so far as they knew he never had been openly connected with the Klan. KID’S FREE SHOW . Chicago, Sept. 23. Children of the board of education playgrounds and the south park sye- tem centers went the Ringling Brothers circus one better last Saturday, when they staged a 13- ring circus at the Grant Park Stadium. There were around 3,000 perform- ers, including 1,000 dancing girls, animals, clowns and around 70 spe- cialty numbers and bands from Lindbloom and Tilden high schools. The animals were all made by the youngsters, who did their stunts in- side them. It was a free show and all Chicago was invited. BIG SHOW PLAYS QUINCY Quincy, Iil., Sept. 23. The attendance at Quincy fair this year was in excess of 50,000 persons in spite of the fact that it rained on the first day and Ring- ling Bros.’ circus drew an immense crowd on the Saturday. This was Ringling’s first date in Quincy in six years. CIRCUS’ LAYOUT CAUSES LOCALE SWITCH ae Shriners Squawk — Rod- gers and Harris Unit Moves Davenport, Ia., Sept. 23. The Rodgers and Harris Circus, scheduled to appear at the Daven- port levee under auspices of Kasba Temple, Shriners, suddenly switched to the big lot in Rock Island, which once housed the Billy Sunday taber- nacle, two days before the opening. Publicity men for the Shriners stated publicly that the change was made because the circus could not pitch tents on the levee without tearing up and destroying the pave- ment. The story didn’t fool many. With true Masonic spirit there was no Official statement of the real reason for the swtich, but the cir- cus had a brilliant layout of wheels and prize tables, which made the members of the Shrine, who believed that Masonry should disassociate it- self from every appearance of chance games and similar entertain- ment, see red. When the circus arrived here and these members saw the parapher-~ nalia they hit the roof.: Under threat of complaint to the police and consequent raids on the show, it is said, the promoters agreed to move to Rock Island, where despite a $100,000 Citizens’ Committee clean- up fund, expended within the last 18 years in the famous Looney gang», drive, folks still are prety broad- minded in the matter of the city’s ability to look after its morals. The switch had another kick, be- cause the grotto in Rock Isjgnd was staging a peppy show under the title, “Pepper Box Revue,” at the Majestic theatre, a little downtown movie house, the week of Sept. 14-20. The Rodgers circus opened. Sept. 18. The grotto show was a’ musical tabloid by the. National. Producing company, with a feature film as a trailer and several contest features attached. The grotto is reported to have made a neat Split on the show; while the Rodgers circus was prov- ing a big pull. The Rodgers features included the Maxwell Trio, Hibbard Downs, Dor- othy Devere, George Bink, Maude Elett and Co., Phines and Ada, Ver- million-Goodell, a cowboy band play- ing at the dance hall concession, live chickens, rugs, candy and pro- duce at the wheels, Write for Catalog Aa? : . She , a it § td cov PANY Se lta dln = we ro 2+ 410 North 23d Street $100 Per Week PROFIT! Can be made with this New OK Mint Vendor. Have you one in your store? If not, order one to- day. We ship to any responsible merchant operating a Restau- rant, Barber Shop, Cigar, Drug or Gen- eral Store, etc... Iso can use several oute Agents to place 20 to 25 machines. 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“Plain Jane,” Eltinge; BROADWAY STORY (Continued from page 13) ture of that attraction In doubt. “The Haunted House” got $11,700 at the Cohan, the improvement be- ing promising. “Rain” is holding to great business , getting $13,000 again at the Galety ahd now aimed for the first of-the year or longer. “Izzy” in seven performances was not far from $8,000 at the Broad- hurst, the pace being about $9,000 weekly. It has a chance to grow, but, like preceding dialect come- dies, the matinees were weak. “My Son,” also a last week's entrant, won very favorable comment, and make a run of it at the Princess, but in a modest way because of the small capacity. “Schemers,” an- the Bayes. With over $5,000 the first week it about broke even, but little money is in sight unless from cut rates. The Lightweights “The Mask and The Face” was withdrawn from the Bijou Saturday, remaining but a week and a half. The house is dark this week, but gets “Busybodies” next week. The show was in Chicago under the title of “Early to Bed.” “Keep Kool stops at the Earl Carroll Saturday, the house getting “The Great Music.’ “No Other Girl” must leave the Morosco at the end of the week, the house, “The Awful Mrs. Eaton” suc- ceeding Monday. “Girl” may take a roof theatre, but appears to be washed\up. “The Tantrum,” with fts title changed to “The Third Year,” held over at the Cort this week, but departs Saturday, “The. Far Cry” succeeding. “Bewitched” will relight the National next week or that of Oct. 6. This week’s fresh productions in- clude “Hassan,” a spectacle which, attractions, did not boost the scale for the premiere, charging $3.30 nightly at the Knick- erbocker. There are two plays from the Hungarian of Vajda this week, “Grounds for Divorce” at the Em- pire, and “The Little Angel” at the Frazee. The latter show announced to open last Saturday but was post- poned. The other premieres are “Lazybones” at the Vanderbilt; 4 Sir” at the Times Square; “Minick” at the Booth, and “Made for Each Other” at the 52nd Street. Subway “The Outsider” at the Riveria grossed between $11,500 and $12,000 last week on the subway circuit. “The Nervous Wreck,” holding over at Werba’s Brooklyn, approximated t hesame pace. “Tarnish,” at the Majestic, Brooklyn, did not reach $7,000. “Dear Sir” at the Shubert, Newark, was between $10,000 and $11,000. : Both Buys and Cuts Mount Both the buys and the cuts mounted during the last week with the score standing at 19 attractions which the premium men are holding as outright buys and 20 shows of- fered at bargain prices over the cut rate counter, Up to Monday the brokers and the mannigement of the “Greenwich Vil- lage Follies” had not ccme to an agrecment cn the buy for that show. The managers are holding out for an eight weeks buy and while the agencies are willing to buy for that length of time they are battling over the matter of location of seats. Of the crop of plays for the cur- rent week there are three that have been placed on the buy Iist. “Grounds for Divorce,” the Ina Claire play which opened at the Empire last night has a buy of 250 a night for four weeks with 25 per cent, return; “Lazy Bones” at the Vanderbilt which opened on Mon- day night has a buy of 300 a night for four weeks, while “Hassan” at the Knickerbocker received a buy of 400 a night for the same period. After this week..the buys on a number of current shows which. are running out will be cut about 60 per cent. when they are renewed for next week. The complete list now includes “The Dream Girl,” Ambassador; “Geo. White's Scandals,” Apollo; “The Haunted House,” Cohan; “Grounds for Divorce,” Empire; Dancing Mothers,” Elliott; “The Werewolf,” 49th St; “Stepping “Stones,” Globe; “Be Yourself,” Har- ris; “High Stakes,” Hudson; “Rose Marie,” Imperial; “Hassan,” Knick- erbocker; “Pigs,” Little; “Vanities,” Music Box; “Ziegfeld Follies,” Am- sterdam; “What Price Glory,” Ply- mouth; “Hazzard Short’s Ritz Revue,” Ritz; “Greenwich Village Follies,” Shubert; “Lazybones,” Vanderbilt, and “The Passing Show,” Winter Garden. The score of attractions offered in the cut rates were “Schemers,” Bayes; “Conscience,” Belmont; “Keep Kool,” Carroll; “The Miracle, Century; “The Easy Mark,” Com- > “White Cargo,” Daly's;

“Marjorie,” 44th St.; “The Werewolf,” 49th St.; “Top Hole,” Fulton; Fata Morgana,” Garrick; “All God's Chillun Got Wings,” Greenwich Village; “High Stakes,” Hudson; “Pigs,” Little; “The - Best People,” Lyceum; “Strange Bed Fellows,” Miller; “No St.

LOOP FLOPS (Continued from page. 15) gross for limited four: weeks’ stay. “Seventh Heaven” (Cohan’s Grand. 24 week). Landed strong. Should be one of season's long runs. Will better $18,000 when settled, “Vogues and Frolics” (Apollo, 2d week). Between what “specs” got th nee Matio chance at | ert Wen one ematy gente otter Dre- other new one, miere, it’s hard to figure, but doubt- ful if $17,000 was passed; bad for this house with new musical show. “Mary Jane McKane” (Garrick, 3d week). Flop here. Mighty small grosses some nights. Didn't size up better than $13,000, drop of near- ly $5,000 from previous week. “No, No, Nanette” (Harris, 2ist week). Stepping along fast as ever, drawing house’s full capacity all performances, netting around $33,- 000. ee “Topsy and Eva” (Selwyn, 39th week). Another blast of publicity with World’s Flyers’ appearance for front page reading. $23,000 gross again, . “Blossom Time” (Auditorium, 4th wek).. Big local success for this re- turn engagement, ending Saturday. Looks as if Shuberts have it right for $1.50 attractions here. Checker- up hasn't this house properly sized up as yet, but looks like $20,000.. - “Beggar on Horseback” (Adelphi, 5th week). Went around $17,300, only about $600 off from previous week. Will hit full capacity (trifle over $19,000) during bankers’ con- vention week. “Tarnish” (Playhouse, 6th’ week). bP ag Ragan for non-musicals, getting. ense gross (averagi $18,000) for-size of this house. ty “Abie’s Irish Rose” (Studebaker, 40th week). Onward marches brig- ade to this great hit. $13,000 gross wonderful, considering $2 scale. “Early to Bed” (La Salle, Sth week). Cannot draw out of bad groove, despite good boosting. Leaves Saturday for Bijou, New York. “Apple Sauce” arrives. Around $6,500. Wages’ for Wives” (Cort, 6th week). Drawing but: little interest. Doubtful if $7,000 was: reached. “In the Next Room” (Princess, 4th week). Much below stop clause, but will probably stick until next booking is ready. Figured in $6,500 class. “Dixie to Broadway” (Great Northern, 6th week). Went to pieces in switch rom Garrick. Midnight show suddenly called off. Looked as if iut rates were out this. week. Slipped so hard gross made to look like $10,000. “Welcome Stranger” (Central, 4th week). Never high, most grosses pretty small. When they don't plan new show at this theatre, they’re making money regardless of those $3,000 to $4,00 weekly grosses. PHILLY’S FLOP (Continued from page 15) at the Shubert, fell to around $9,000, pitiful for the big house: “The Potters” Disappointing “The Potters” at the Lyric has, so far, been another disappointment. It drew most of the critics on the opening night, but some of the notices were by no means as favor- able as those tendered it on Broad- way. Business was correspond- ingly off, a puzzle to the wiseacres, who insist, however, the Herndon play came in’ two weeks too early to catch its real clientele at the start. In all probability it will be held a month, the management fig- uring that if it hasn’t got started by that time it never will The opening figure was around $8,000. This week’s openings are two in number, “Hell-Bent fer Heaven” marking the Broad’s debut‘ for the season and “The Goose Hangs High” opening. the Adelphi.- The first- named-.is.in for two: weeks, the lat- ter for three. “Hell-Bent’’ will zive the city two mountaineer plays at the same time. The other is “The Shame Woman.” Monday sees “Sitting Pretty” at the Shubert and “The Tantrum” .at the Walnut. Oct. 6 will bring Ethel Barrymore into the Garrick in -her revival of “The Second Mrs. Tan- queray” and “The Nervous Wreck” into the Broad. The 13th wilt have “Lollipop” at the Forest (two weeks only) and a new attraction at the Walnut and the Adelphi, and per- haps the Lyric and Chestnut Street opera house. Estimates for Last Week “Hell Bent fer Heaven” (Broad, ist week). Opened Monday with some promise, although this house's real clientele not back in the city. * “Music Box Revue” (Forrest, 2d week). Led town, but not all that might have been expected; $29,000, without touching capacity. “The Grab ag” (Garzick, 3d week). Ed Wynn show talk of thea- tregoers and cccounted a sure win- ner. Last week about $23,000; fine, considering opposition. “Moonlight” (Chestnut, 2d week).

Lf a £3 pee ee Other Girl,” Morosco; “Havoc,” 39th [$8,000 “The ue esa 2 VARIETY ’ 7 or: Started weakly, but n to sur- prise with big Wednesday matinee. Now looks like builder with hopes of neat profit. Better than $12,000. “The Shame Woman” (Walnut, 24 week). Not type of show for s-nga- tional demand, but did very well, especially with women’s trade at matinees. Claimed better than “The Potters” (Lyric, 2d week). Net what was expected, but hoped to jump as theatregoers get back; $3,000. Long stay improbable. “The Goose Hangs H gh” (Adelphi, ist week). House opened season Monday. Show in for threc weeks. “Wildflower” (Shubert, 34 :week). Fell way off; $9,000; very small for big house. SHOWS IN N. Y. (Continued from page 14) day Yat postponed to same night this week, “The Miracle,” Century (2d engage- gagemenrt; 6th week). Working on excursions within radius of _ several hundred miles. Announced as playing last week but big spec- -tacle due here into November. Probably $22,000. Mask and the Face,” Bijou (3d week). Suddenly elosed Satur- day. Next week Bijou named to' get “Busybodies,” which opened in Chicago as “Early to Bed.” “Mask and Face” very weak, with about $3,500 grossed. “The Schemers,” Bayes (2d week). Counting premiere performance first week hardly. over $5,000 but show claimed to break even at that figure. Producers renting house, but show has’ no chance. “The Show-Off,” Playhouse (34th week). Ability of holdover com- edy hit to climb in face of rush of fresh attractions strong sign of run lasting well into new sea- son. Credited with getting be- tween $11,000 and $12,000 last week, “The: Tantrum,” Cort (4th week). Kept in this week through last minute decision. Title changed to “The Third Year’; will go on tour next week under that name. Last week around $6,000. “The Werewolf,” 49th St. (5th week). Management ready to change title, feeling that is one reason why risk foreign comedy has not landed. Prize offered for new name. Business picked up considerably, last week, with tak- ings about $8,500. Has expensive cast; “Top Hole,” Fulton (4th week). Guaranteeing house. Picked wrong * gpot for premiere and not able to get out of. mediocre ~ business groove, though well liked musical. With. cut rating last week im- provement at $8,000, but still at losing pace. “Vanities of 1924,” Music Box (3d week). Off to moderate start, cold premiere preventing fixing prior to Broadway showing... Last week was: first full week, takings be- ing around $17,500. “What Price Glory,” Plymouth (4th week), Broadway's new dramatic smash. Matinees went clean last week, with night trade of standee proportions, and gross beat $20,500. “White Cargo,” Daly’s 63d St. (47th week)..Has been doing fine trade through cut rates for some time, but natural betterment last wed¢k resulted in lower floor sales being made through box office itself. $8,000 to $9,000. Attractions off Broadway: “Grand Street Follies,” Neighborhood Playhouse; “All God's Chillun Got Wings,” Greenwich Village; “Made tor Eachother”" (featuring Lillian Walker), 52d Street (opens Wed- nesday). LITTLE THEATRES Continued from page 16) School of Expression and Dramatic Art, will present Salisbury -Fields’ successful comedy, “Wedding Bells,” at the Plays and Players: Clubhouse Wednesday, Sept. 24. It is their ini- tial performance, and the Margaret Lawrence role will be played by Sue Read; Others in the company in- clude Walter.Ziegler, Frances Fluck, Tillie. Shalet, Inez.Cuneo, Julius: Hol- lander, Charles Kleeman, William Fater. The Temple: University of Phila- delphia has a regular course in the drama, a prize being awarded every year for the best play turned out by any. one taking this coure. This year the prize winning play will be given a professional production by the Hedgerow Players of Rose Valley, either in their Moylan home or else during their contemplated engage- ments in Philadelphia. The arrange- ment was made between Dr. Arthur Cleveland, professor of English, and just placed in charge of the dra- matic course at Temple, and Jasper Deeter, director and leacer of the Hedgerow Players.

The Lawrence, Mass., Community Service has started a school of dramatics with the Intention of forming a group of community play-

ers. George Jukin will instruct the classes.

= OBITUARY L - ‘Wednesday, September 24, = | J e Deere re

LOUIS H. MUDGETT Louls Harding Mudgett, 64, man- ager of the Boston Opera House, in Boston, died Sept. 14 at Center Harbor, Laconia, N. H., where he was passing his vacation. =o On Aug. 1, 1891, he became man- ager of the old Music, Hall when the Boston Symphony COrchestra was under the direction of the late C. A. Ellis, with whom he was as- sociated for many years. He re- mained there until the building was remodeled for a vaudeville . house in 1900 and then became the man- ager of Symphony Hall, which post. he retained for more than 20 years. In April, 1922, Mr. Mudgett became the manager of the Boston Opera House. He married Susie Armstrong, of Boston, who. survives. He also leaves a son and a sister.

CHARLES E. PARKER Charles E. Parker died Sept. 16 at Agincourt, Ontario, Canada. He is survived by his wife and two sis- ters, I Shall Never Forget You BARNEY BERNARD Died six months ago today A FRIEND

Mr. Parker was formerly active in show business as » performer, but at the time of his death was interested in the hote! business.

MARTIN VAN BERGEN A wire to Variety from Santa Monica, Cal., announced the death there, in & sanitarium, Sept. 14, of Martin Van Bergen, 39. At one time time Van Bergen did a singing single in cowboy attire. Later, ill health kept him off the stage for some time. He suffered a nervous breakdown, which resulted in his placement in a sanitarium for treat- ment. Van .Bergen was married, but Variety’s.wire did not state whether his wife was with him when’ he died.

EDWARD P. HUGHES _ Edward -P. Hughes, one-time stage door keeper at the old Cal. ifornia theatre, San _ Francisco, IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR WIFE AND PAL Tile Storke Somers Who Departed This Life October ist, 1922 PERRIN G. SOMERS

which position he held for 30 years, died last week at the age of 90, in 1852 on a sailing ship from Liver- pool, his. birthplace.

EDWARD VON ROY Edward Von Roy, 66, former light opera actur, died Sept. 22 in the Brunswick Home, Amityville, L. L, of infirmities. Von Roy had been in the United | States 28 years and for many sea- © sons was with the Henry W. Sav- age companies, Since 1920 Von Roy had been cared for by the Actors’ Fund. He had no relatives as far as the fund officers could ascertain. The fun- eral was held under the auspices of the fund, with interment in the Actors’ Fund plot.

JOSEPH BARNES Joseph Barnes, 71, died at the home of his brother, Zanesville, O., Sept. 20. Barnes started his managerial and agent career in 1873 and was later connected with a number of burlesque shows. A brother and two sisters survive. Since 1918 he has been cared for by the Actors’ Fund, with the ob- sequies being conducted. in Zanes- ville under the auspices of the fund.

The mother, 72, of Mrs. Billy King died Sept. 20 at Fair Haven, N. J.

CLUBS ARE TRUMPS (Continued from page 17) to see the curtain fall upon their hero as only the runner-up in the golf tournameént. Golf sketches with or without music have “been standard on the vaudeville stage for some years, At present there are at least two golf musical comedies, “Kid Boots” and “Top Hole,” in the legitimate field. “Clubs Are Trumps,” however, has the distinction of being the only straight golf comedy at present to make a bid for popularity. Will its bid be rewarded? That's the big question, for Hi¢k- son-Dickson opus arrived at the Wieting here still bundled in its crib blanket—it was born in Elmira two nights earlier. The answer is: It all depends. There is uch that is good in Harry Greeh’s starring vehicle. And, by the same token, writing and more able direction, plus several changes in the cast, will give the show a chance. Otherwise it is des- tined to shortly fold up. The most important alteration re- quired is that William Augustus Jones, our hero, must undergo a change in race and name. Or Harry Green must step out of the title role—indeed a calamity. Mr. Green is Yiddish by birth and his characterization of William Au- gustus Jones is 99 per cent. Yid- dish. T- ask the theatregoing pub- lic to accept his Jones as a young Anglo-Saxon business man is too ae @ strain upon the imagina- tion, And yet if some other actor were to attempt the role the comedy might be lost. -No, the lines weré built for a Hebrew comedian. The mistake was in dubbing ‘the hero William Augustus Jones. The simplicity of the plot brings the suspicion that Messrs. Hickson and Dickson. wavered over the proeb- lem- as to whether or not their brainchild. should be musicalized until the eleventh hour. You. in- stinctively look for the chorus of Carver employes to enter in that unfortunate first act and save the day. And somehow or other you miss the “friends of the family” in the second, while in the third the absence of the cute little chorus girls, all dressed up in golfing togs, is little. short of astounding. Our hero, a dud as an advertising writer, and even worse as a golfer, vows he'll ride the winged horse. Meaning \success—this for the info. of the poetical uni,,itiated. He does —wins the girl .from the chesty successful advértising agent and lands.a' job with the Anglo-Ameri- can Soup Company to boot. And what could be more musical comedy than that? ‘ Mr. Green ig immense ag the hero.

May Collins is entirely satisfying as the heroine. Of the others Mr. Barrett, Miss Deffry and Miss Meadows give the most satisfying performances, Mr. Rushton is patently miscast, and probably also Mr. Davidson. His make-up was too sallow and he was guilty on several occasions of standing with his back to the audience.- Efficient stage direction might help in his case. Bahn. MY CHINA DOLL (Continued from page 17) she is supposed to be a little Chinese girl. Bessie Delmore and William P. Murphy and Tom Crowley carry the comedy with the honors going to Miss Delmore. No doubt, if Miss Delmorse had more to do, she would take the comedy entirely away from her running mates. The story constantly kept before the audience by a series of pro- logs between scenes, has to do with a stolen white girl in Chinatown; how she is saved and marries “he man she loves. Her wedding in the last scene, while beautiful and given in a lace setting, could be dispensed with, as it seems to make the show run too long. In between, the stolen white girl hits the poppy pipe. Her dreams carry her and the company to the Land of Story Books, and the Land of Music. If one-nighters were ever to ie graded, “My China-Doli” would grab off 100 per cent., as it is just a little too good for a one-night attraction, and a little too weak for a big city production. Wteorn. VANITY BOX Rutland; Vt., Sept: 16. Edward Wintz has reconstructed the “Vanity Box” for one-nighters. The show has good possibilities, but under its present handling it comes very close to being a flop. The one big feature in the “Pennsyl- vania Twelve,” the orchestra en tour with the production. The musicians, however, are the actors, and they can’t do it. The cos- tumes and scenery appear to be second hand and spoil some op- portunities. for good flashes. Hal Kiter is playing lead come- dian and using all old stuff, much of it borrowed from other produc-

tions. Mitiz Sassio, with a very strong French accent, is out of place as the leading lady. Bob Driscol also has a place in the cast. Harry Shanon, jr., the orchestra leader, plays the juvenile lead. The show was advertised here re- cently at $2 top, but the price was

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te es . - «Ede M »- “Golde : 4 Ede Mae, I » Golden’ Crook = week, will not gaughter of ¢ “vqealthy real e ' jnally, plannne . Apparently 2 ' guilt his wife. r of Ede, whom gtated was “o" Following 1 ~ - papers in juve \Zimmerer cou! “ot.a divorce | ‘named Ede} _. gpondent. . “* Right then E "put not the kin ~f— after. ’ . At first Mis “eal, mostly. ¢ suddenly thre: “hysterics thay ‘grand opera "* questions abd ‘*" Zimmerer Ww petition after ~ tion. He dec _ he would rene storm has pas -* Likewisé Mi _ swer question _ ¥elations, wit) * friendly or if: Amaké hint ce “Shaking her hi "the right t “will she say if “indde. “When Zimr “make Miss M: ter he asked ““éndow hef wi and resporisi child.” He a her name to “ Zimmerer 2 “separated --Sév * thrée ‘adult ¢

Heated - eon pendent vauc personal: ap ._,Wills, Negro cision over . recent fracas gone unheede has hied him “arest. A largé chy » lyn offered: th *@ays; Thea _ Cally set for week until t) house Wills | ' “Minsky B _. stocks at. the den and the A » as» having ‘of “as an extra 1 - Jesques, the doubling in | BEDINI’ Jean Bedir interest in ‘eBoo” has, qu © to his annow day (Wedne aria’ for: ] Produce a “Cheerio.” Associated lish venture and Percy Will stage th and. be.the : Phil Seed, b: his associate The show Provinces an don ‘consum VAIL Vail's “B Binger’s. bu: Continue .Sai Play road.at The “Blac to the Colu lesque cireu tend with < house, all ‘ir a BURL will be: fou

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s St. Louis, Sept. 23. : q Bde Mae, prima donna of the eGolden' Crook” at the Gayety last » ae will not become the adopted a daughter of George L. Zimmerer, “qrealthy real estate dealer, as orig- ly. plannned for her. _, ~ apparently Zimmerer did not. con- _gult his wife. regarding the adoption of Ede, whom the adoption, petition gtated was ‘over the age of 21.” Following the filing . of nanpticn offs k . pers in juvenile. court Mrs. Emily SBinmerer, countered with the filing é divorce action. ‘in. which she —., ee Mae Smith as. ¢o- fem : ot mnt Si Ede Mae got publicity " “put not the kind the Columbia wheel ‘fs after. © — ’ . At first Miss Mae talked a great mr: “eal, mostly. about her voice, then ‘guddenly threatened to have more “hysterics than’ a prima donna in _ grand opera _* questions abdut the horrid affair. Zimmerer withdrew his adoption petition after his wife’s divorce ac- He declined to. say whether he would renew his efforts after thie te: ‘storm has passed. ; Likewisé Miss Mae refused to an- ‘yelations, with Zimmerer are’ still ; friendly or if she intends to fight to ‘make’. hing garry out his plan . of “Shaking her his lé#al daughter’ with” Nar a settlement has been the right to bear his, hame. ‘ “will she say tf “nade. When Zimmerer first’ sought to Make Miss Mae his adopted daugh- ter he asked that he be allowed to ‘endow hef With “all: rights, Jiberties and réSporisibifities of ‘a natural child.” He also wished to change her name to “Ede Mae Zimmerer.” Zimmerer ahd-his wife have been "separated: séven years: They. have thrée adult children, | resin |

Heated, eompetition among inde- pendent vaudeville houses for the personal: appearances: of Wills, Negro pugilist; who.won a'de- cision over Luis Firpo in: thejr recent fracas at Boyle’s Acres, ;jhave gone unheeded. by the fighter. . He has hied himself into seclusion for a rest. A largé capacity house in Brook- lyn offered: the fighter $600 for ‘three @ays; The appearance was practi- cally set for the last half of. last week until the agent informed .,the house Wills insisted Upon a rést. ' Minsky Brothers, . who... operate stocks at. the National Winter. Gat- den and the Apollo, are also. reported as: having ‘offered the. fighter $1,500 as an extra feature with their bur-. lesques, “the ‘idea calling for “his doubling in both houses: BEDINI’S LONDON REVUE | Jean Bedini; having sold out his interest in the current’ ip Boo" has quit burlesque, according ‘to his annouricemént, amd: sails to- day” (Wednesday) on the “Beren- garia” for London, ,where he will produce a musical “Cheerio.” Associated with-him in the En¢- lish venture will be Tommy Heafn and Percy Reese. Murray Lesiie will stage the numbers in the shaw and be.the featured comedian, with Phil Seed, brother of Dave Seed, as his associate. The show opens in the English Provinces and is scheduled for Lon- don consumption later. VAIL CLOSING STOCK Cleveland, Sept. 23- Vail’s “Blackcat” Binger’s, burlesque stock will. dis-

play road attractions. in future... ; | to the Columbia and Mutual. bur- house, all’in the theatrical district. fs & Ps —

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if asked any more | swer questions as to whether her | MUTUAL GROSSES UP ON WHEEL LAST WEEK * The Mutual TEES grosses last week jumped in every house on the circuit. with the exception of the “Trocadero; Philadelphia, and Na- tional, Chicago. Both ° of ‘those’ previous week. i A jump of $1, 500 happened at, the Garrick, St. Louis, with ‘Red Hot,” The Empress, St. Paul, jumped to $9,600 with: the Lew Kelly Show. It was American Legion week, with several’ éxtra — midnight Berform- ances. The Lyrie, Newark, with “French Frolics? tilted its Bross $1,000 over the previous week.” ~ i. “Cuddle Up,” at the, Trocadero, Philadelphia,. is blamed.,.for ..the failure of that,.house.to,climb. ...The show has been ordered :closed, fo}- standard, _, The National, Chicago, has been | only a fair stand since the Mutual } wheel shows ,have, been playing, it this season.» Another Chicage house’ may.. be landed..before the current season closes: : ; ; houses did about the same as the, lowing reports it was not up to ; 1 SEASON | Principal Comedian of “Come Along” Received $550 Week With Columbia Wheel Show idnies Cc; Morton, - ‘petncipal co- median with. Fred Clarke’s. “Come Along,” Columbia burlesque att.ac- to step out of the show and tear up his contract with Clarke, accord- ing to report. “Come Along” is a new Columbia wheel show this season, with the production of one of the “Music Box: Revues” , which. Glarke purchased. from Sam ‘Hy Harris: Clarke as- ssembled a. cast, which included sev- eral principals from his “Let's Go” Columbia show, ~~: James C. Morten. and family were signed, Morton at a reported salary of $550 weekly,, to head “Come Along.” . The: comedian failed to justify the: ynusual:salary for bur- lesque following “‘Come Along” at the Columbia last: week. Clarke’s production is an elaborate one with several other “salaries” in the cast to jack up-his overhead. In. his dilemma following Morton’s “flop”: it is reportedshe gave the, comic a sum variously reported be- tween $1,500 and upwards to call off ‘the iron-clad season’s contract: |.. Morton and his.family have been playing independent vaudeville dates .since the dissolution .of the Shubert: unit circuit, ‘where Morton was featured. ‘Morton-is- originalty. ‘from’ ‘burlesque, where ‘he: and the

_ years. aZ0,;: CONTRACT Bo BOUGHT OFF|| tion, has been given a sum of money.

‘Yate Frank Moore’ did a two-act:

“Burlesque as Brazen Lifter

“squawkers.” dals.”

Fer years burlesque’. producers have accused the legit musical comedies ¢«f copping their material, “Come Along”: (Columbia wheel), has ev vened things up for all of the Clarke’s book, with the exception of a few minor scenes, has been lifted from past editions of “Scandals” with two scenes taken bodily from the current editions of “Charlot's Revue” and White's “Scan« They are the “enunciation” ‘bit and “Sleep with the Baby.” Another lift in the show is ‘The Four Muskateers” from White's “Scandals” right down to the lyrics, The res? of the. Columbia producers are wondering whether Clarke is waging a solo war of reprisal, trying to save royalties or figures apes so inconsequential nobody will even hear of the lifts, but Fred Clarke, producer of

“CUDDLE UP” ORDERED SHUT; ANOTHER INSTEAD). Lew ‘Reals’ Mutual Attraction Below: Standard—Reals in With Pearson : athe Up,” Lew Reals’. Mutual wheel show, will be closed in two weeks, following reports from the Mutual “eensors” the show was not up to the Mutual standard. I. H. Herk ordered the show closed following the reports and aftér a personal imspection, To replace “Cuddle Up” on the Mutual, Arthur Pearson will put on a new show with Richy MeAlister as'|' principal comedian, The new Mutual will be ready to take up “Cuddle Up’ s” route on’ ‘the: circuit when the latter closes. * Reals. will be associated. “with Pearsgn .in, the new: show,; Pearson at present is managing the.Hudson, Union Hill, a Mutual stahd in which he isi associated With Montée’ stein; ‘the theatrical attorney, Gola-,

Harry’ “Peek=4- | revue, called |. playing . Jack Continue Saturday. The house will: The “Blackcat” was in opposition lesque cireuite and also had to con- tend with another burlesque stock // will be: fonne on. page 74D. in, oer ,

emai f CENSOR CASEY OF BOSTON: _ COMMENDS MUTUAL, SHOWS JAMES M. CURLEY Mayor Ie He President, Mutual Burlesque Co.; 3 city OF. BOSTON OFFICE:\OF. THE MAYOR CITY. HALL September 18, 1924-6 Herk, Esqe, West 46th Street, New York City. RECEIVED My dear Mr. Herk:- It is with great pleasure and gatis- faction to report to you regarding the attractions that have played at the theatres here under the name of the Mutual Burlesque, everyone of thom pre- ‘senting clean, wholesome entertainment, especially the "Smiles & Kisses” peat ANSWERED now filling their engagement at: the Howard ‘Athenaeum, which in. my opinion is one of the best ever. I was obliged to compliment the theatre management on this attraction because of the excele- dent performance at the matinee on Monday, and it ‘ie only jpst to the management of the Company tore this’You. The show has everything to be proud of, principals, chorus, costumes, scenery and proper- ties, and if the coming attractions maintain the Class already shown here it will certainly result in making the name "Mutual Burlesque" of great. value to those controlling it. With sincere regards, On vory NS nee Prt 9 LAconsing =< i yived’ by his widow. - + were forwarded: to Newarks WN: - J., RIVER BOAT ACT Burlington, Ia., Sept. 23. From'‘a Mississipp! river show- boat to headlining a Keith vaude- ville route and'then featured with a ‘|}€olumbia Wheét burlesque show is thé 'thuimbnalil''sketch ‘“f Gorfzell White ‘and her colored revue,’ ’ with “Runnin” Wild.” * ‘PHis group of nine duis bute: ‘en- tertainérs'play évery known musical instrument, strat théir way through southérn’ ‘dances of the syncopated type and créon the native melodies, Thé’act, undér Gonzell White’s guid- ance, had & humble’ beginning along ‘the Mississippi from the deck of their little boat. JOSEPH: OPPENHEIMER DEAD Milwaukee, Sept, 28. Joseph «Oppenheimer, . 62, . bur- lesque ‘producer,..died Sept. 20: at Okauchee, Lake, ‘20 anfles frem. Mil- waukee, where she had made -his summer home::for years, . “Mr. . Oppemheimer was * connected at:the time’ of his death with the Mutual burlesque wheel: In: for- mer years he‘had: béen with --West- ern; ‘Progressive -and ‘the American burlesque ‘circuits. ° His road shows have ‘visited Milwaukee every year for the last 25. years. He is’ sur- The remains

for intevasdnt-: ine -w i \Long. Is. Lois and tN. The taller: ‘colored -half of Long and Short leftlJast week for Saranac Lake, Ni; Ya. for. .his. health, Tong,.6 feet 41 inches, and, Short, 4. feet,, wene dancers with.a mutual burleeque how. last season. MUTUAL'S MIDNIGHT SHOWS Midnight' shows will be held in at least three cities playing Mutual shows. 4 The , houses, are Empire, ‘Cleve- land; Gayety, ' Louisville; ‘and Em- press, St. Paul,

ON STAGE MARRIAGE,” Pittsburgh, Sept. 23. George Hamilton, with . ‘Love Makers” (Mutual Wheel), and Irene Hirsch, same company, will be mar- ried on the stage of the. Empire, this Thursday. BURLESQUE CHANGES Jack Welch has left Sam Howe's (Mutual) show. THE MARION SHOW (COLUMBIA) Buffalo, Aug. 29. Dave Marion this season is deme onstrating that there are satill a few tricks you ¢an teach the ‘old dogs. Marion displays a pair of educated hoofs in a goft-shoe buck and wing which, in, addition .to a. straight showing in dress suit and_ topper, knocked ‘em kjcking. If the author of “What the “Well Dressed Man Will Wear’ ever lamps that make- up. Willie Collier and George Cohan had . best .look’ to their sartorial laurels. The 1924.edition of the show, re- veais Marion a8 an astute show- man. He has been more than gen- erous in production outlay ana hae provided an excellent cast of prin- cipals and choristers. The mount- inge-.are unique. with some .telling effects in costumes, lighting and backgrounds, For a Columbia pro- duction, the lighting marks an in- novation, some new experiments being employed with splendid ree sults. Credit for the settings goes to’ Circker and Robbins. The mu-« sical numbers are by Marion Glick- man and Thomas. Bryan, and the (Continued on page 85)

~LETTIE BOLLES INGENUE LEAD with Harry Levan’s_ “TOWN SCANDALS”: Season, 1924-25.

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HE Day an y eA ake BOL. hs go Th a ee See ea. PDE AD AER 7S. pre! EA SORE PERN Pa haa i ~ — we ~~ JOSEPH E. HOWARD'S “TOY SHOP” (15) Revue 30 Mins.; One and Full Stage (Special) Palace Joe Howard's new revue looks the coin reported to have been spent on it. In addition to a beautiful production, Howard has secured some corking specialty people, four of them dancers ,a good jazz band eight), and a buxum singer who does an “Aunt Jemima” in “one” between two full stage sets. The act opens full stage, the set a conception of “Toy Town,” with the principals rigid as dolls seated atop toy blocks; Howard entrances as the “Toymaker,” singing “Toy- land,” with revamped lyrics. The dolls come to life, the band plays and the others get on a lyric for an ensemble bit. After Mammy Jinny stopped the proceedings with her singing and dancing specialty in “one,” done under cork, the act goes to another full stage set, “The Mississippi _ Levee.” Specialties consisting of all Kinds of dancing ate introduced by Janette Gilmore (a marvel), Mammy Jinny, Lew Brown, Edith & Dickie Barstow, Ed and Miriam Root, all dancing to melodies of former Howard songs. The dancing runs from waltz clog to acrobatic eccentric, and would put the act over with out any other aid. -Miss Gilmore’s stepping is sensa- tional and marks this girl as one of the finds of the season. Her Rus- sian and acrohatic opening dance and: kicking specialty in the Levee scene were uproariously acclaimed. Howard has a revue novelty which will avetage with the best revues of the past three seasons. It is lavishly costumed and set and looks like a lot of money in production and salaries from the front. The jazz band is a corking good musical aggregation, .probably identified as The Saxophone Sextet. At the Palace the turn went heavy. Con. MASTERS and GRAYCE Comedy Skit 15 Mins.; One (Special) Fifth Avenue -This skit opens with the man in knickers and sport make yp; the gir! in an attractive red cape effect over an accordeon-piaited dress. The man rides a bicycle, dragging . the woman in on a low cart attached. Behind is a comedy drop of a tour- ists’ park. ‘ ' Throughout the man plays a love- sick boob. Although*both are capa- ble vaudevillians, their material is weak, holding no new gags and p.enty of old ones. The gist is that the man hasn't the nerve to tell the girl he loves her, but when he does it is a set-up. They close, arm in arm, with a special set of lyrics set to the tune of “Bicycle Built for Two.” Despite the qua:ity of the performers, the turn rates as being suited for noth- ing better than the small time, for at the Fifth Avenue, before an ap- plauseful audience (to the other acts), it got little better than an even break. What the turn did get was largely due to the personality of Masters and Grayce—and accent on the Grayce. Sisk. GEORGE LA TOUR Juggler 10 Mins.; One Lincoln Sq. George LaTour appears to be an Englishman, possessed of a like- able personality and the knack of putting over a story as well*as neat juggling. In the latter he runs from the simple stuff with a racket and two tennis balls to some clever work with three clubs, concluding with three cigar boxes. It is while working with the clubs he. gets over Irish stories, clever enough and so well put over as to detract from his juggling, although the latter on a dificwit trick well executed caught a round of ap- plause in the midst of a story. Fred. . TWO ORIGINAL POWERS Perch 7 Mins.; Full Stage Broadway Two men working in white tights, with the top mounter providing the usual trend of acrobatics while atop various contrivances balanced on the shoulders or head of his part- ner. A tendency to drop to the stage with a resounding thud fails to aid the presentation, and the might be said of an inclination to hold _the “picture” overly long. Opening the show at the Broad- way the act did nicely and can class with many other of its type. Skig. Same ; RYAN and LEE Comedy Talk and Dancing 19 Mins.; One Palace Benny Ryan and Harriett Lee, the pioneers of a school of vaude- ville talking acts which afterward developed Laurie and Bronson and others, are showing a new routine of bright crossfire in their latest turn “One and Won Is To.” Harriett Lee as the dumb dora is the butt of Ryan's “explanations” the turn opening with a comedy wrestling match when Miss Lee tries to take a book away from Ryan and tosses him around for a minute or two before she succeeds. Ryan tries to explain the myster- ies of the book, a “Dictionary,” to her without much success. Her de- sire to look up an animal which she has been called meets with no success until she explains that it is eaten for breakfast. A moment later Ryan discovers her idea of it is Canteloupe, the nearest she can come to Antelope. Another bon mot dumb crack is the girl telling about a man stealing $10,000 and “bugs.” Much cross examina- tion reveals she read a headline “Where a bank cashier stole $10,- 000 and flees.” Ryan wrote the act, a worthy successer to “Hats and Shoes” and their other standard talking turn. They held the next toe closing spot at the Palace and can duplicate on the best of the bills. ‘ Ryan and Lee are one of the most distinctive and origmal turns in vaudeville. Con. WILSON and STRAIN Colored Songs and Talk 14 Mins.; One . Man and woman, perhaps from one of the colored revues. ‘The male wears comedy evening clothes, the woman a‘red npera cape. Opening with crossfire anent her attendance at a ball, he secures laughs im- mediately upen apperrance and siow ' Gialect delivery and comedy car- riage of body. “They'll Be No Changes” is their first comedy double, the girl singing her desire to switch to a modern model lover. He. interrupts with comedy remarks about the lover's fate. Shedding the wrap the girl re- turns in red evening gown a single number, giving it a big league de- livery, sung in purest: Afro-Ameri- can with the necessary jazz tech- nique. Some crossfire that followed held one or two released fags and was the weakest portion of the turn. A pop song was given a corking delivery by the girl, the man inter- rupting for comedy and singing a parodied answer. The idea is car- ried out to the finish, the girl kidding him about his figure and age until he produces a horse pistol and two-foot razor to explain what will happen to her new kind of man when he gets through with him. , The girl can sing the pop and jazz songs with any of the dusky maidens and the man is a corking comic. They are a big time com- bination. In tisis house next to clos- ing they scored the hit of the bill. Con. KEO TAKI and YOK! Songs, Dancing and Juggling 13 Mins.; One Vaudeville has long been accus- tomed to the Japanese acts with the same old opening, the same old music and the same old musical accompaniment to the juggling rou- tine. Here,is one act from the land of the Nipponese entirely different and not only gets away from the stereoptyped days of the Japanesy singles, doubles and three-ply com- binations, but dishes up a lot of satisfying present-day varietyism. A splendid act and with each of the trio doing modernized vaudevilie work. Two men and a woman. At first there is an aspect of discarded for the greater part to the more conven- tional American attire. The older of the men sings a ballad and pos- seases a pleasing voice. The woman also sings, and, while her vocal brange is not exceptiona!, she handles her numbers acceptably. One of the best “bits” is on the ukulele by the younger man, who also plays the piano. This chap handles the uke better than the original uke strummers from the uke-land. The girl does a song and dance . .ut displays skill. The older max then mounts the piano and juggles a barre] only long enough to give a dance impression that has the other man playing a timely jazz accompaniment. The girl returns for a “flash” with abbreviated at- tire and to do a little “peconding” with a banjé uke. An emphatic hit. Mark. Japanese dress — Pen ee SORTS Catia. ee ms Saal "NEW ACTS THIS ¥ FRED HEIDER and CO. (4) W. D. POLLARD LUCILLE and COCKIE Juggler Bird Act “Up A Tree” (Musical) 18 Mins.; Full Stzjage (Special) Riverside One of the three.or four “produc- tion” acts annually produced and written’ by Harry Charles Greene and Charlies M. Smith. It is one of the best not only of their turns, but of all the similar ones in vaudeville and it should be good on the big time for many months. The set, representing an orchard in full bloom with an effect of rippling water in the background, drew applause when the curtain went up. It is simple and yet in extremely good taste as are the cos- tumes and staging of the turn. Spe- cial lighting arrange-2ents are uti- lized, and the whole act is artisti- cally presented. Heider, a vaudeville performer of considerable experience, plays the glib salesman comic type with a heavy line for the girls and a com- plete assortment of puns and wise cracks. A smooth, easy-working co- median, he has no trouble getting laughs out of material that is not always as funny as he is. In addi- tion he is a _ splendid eccentric dancer, at ene point twisting up the act with. a eeries of phenomenal splits and loose steps. ~ His support includes three gir ali peacherinos,' and knowing how to sell their pulchritude without re- sorting to the cut-rates. One Is a comedienne, slightly suggestive of ing capitally with Heider fn novelty dances and comic bits. The other two are specialists also, with the love interest upheld by one of them. and Billy Jackson. They sing a couple of duets and shoot the usual cooing line about “asking father,” The names of the girls are Lillian Akers, Louise Channing and Juanita Wray. The singing is not up to the rest of the work, but satisfactory, as are the special tunes and lyrics pro- vided by the writers. The. act gets all of the cast climb a tree in the center ‘of the stage and repeat the theme love duet from the branches as the curtain goes down. At the Riverside the act was ob- viously very new and did not run as smoothly as it will later on with a bit more playing. 12 HESTER BAILEY and CO. (4) Song and Dance Revue 14 Mins.; Full Stage (Special) Linceln Sq. Somethin: different for the small time. It is a classical dancing act with a modern touch. Two girls and two boys in addition to Hes- ter Bailey, billed. The boys indi- vidually contribute as much to the act as Hester does, and that is what makes it a corking small time turn. Hester is a rather willowy blonde with bobbed tresses who leans to the classical and toe stuff in danc- ing. She has chosen two brunets to work beside her, making a good contrast. An Egyptian number starts the turn after a brief in- troduction by one of the boys. This is followed by a moderfibit of step- ping by the two boys, after which the trio of girls offer a neat rou- tine of toe stuff with some bends. One of the boys returns with a solo number, getting it across on his personality rather than voice, after which Hester solos with a dance. That is about the weakest spot, and because of the dressing in particular doesn't seem to mean anything. If she could tackle it, this would be the spot for a jazzy toe number. For the finish the two boys put over a number with the trio of girls doing a chorus background for them. The dressing is neat and pretty, and the gitls all work hard. Fred. DAVE-APOLLON CO. (4) Songs and Dancing 16 Mins.; Full (Special) Broadway Two mixed duos with Dave Apol- lon leading the way with his play- ing of a piano and a stringed instru- ment, although it is his dancing which gives the act the final wallop. Two girls offer intermediate foot- work, while the second man is uti- lized as a singer for three brief bits. There are four dancing num- bers, with the Russian interlude climaxing, by far the best. It is at this point Apolion’s fast twirl and low clearance stepping cleans for the night. The act had some trouble in hold- ing them due to a slow tempo in starting. There are episodes that can be eliminated for the betier- ment of all concerned. The dressing is appropriate, with the setting constituting a drape hanging. The applause was strong enough to bring the members back before the drop for extra bows, with the greeting strengthening with the appearance of Apollon Skig. Helen Shipman at times, and work- }ajce. its name from the finish in which} One \ At first the audience thought W. D. Pollard was kidding them. But Pollard wasnit kidding. How he happened to be booked into the Riverside in place of Dippy Diers, programed but not billed outside, is something only the bookers know. As a juggler Pollard may be dismissed from consideration by saying that* whether using balls, clubs, billiard cues or anything else, he shows nothing new or dif- ficult, even for a parlor performer. In addition he has talk and gags that he should have copyrighted as the champ collection of bad puns and unwise cracks. . Pollard, large of stature, and affecting a sloppy comic get-up, has a very fair sense of delivery and wita any sort of: material he might get by on the vocal side. ' He apparently realized he was flopping classically and made sev- eral side remarks, in effect, “It’s hard to keep an audience spell- bound,” “It's a good thing I’m not flopping,” “They usually put me on before the theatre opens,” “What a nice quiet house,” and other similar observations. Monday night Pollard took no bows at all.” Byt there is some- thing about him one cannot help liking and he apparertly had the audience's toleration if nothing ‘ ED and MAE DAV'!S Talk and Songs 15 Mins.; One This team looks like a winner for the mediums. The man, doing straight, has appearance, and the girl handles comedy well as a hick) dumbdora. The flirtation opener is worked up for a bagful of laughs through the girl's clever comedy. A duet half way down and another for closer balange nicely. Although most of the talk and gags were reminiscent. te the re- viewer the audience ate it up and the couple clicked as~-one of the two outstanding features of the bill. , “ Held them in fifth spot here should have smooth sailing on of .the intermediates. and any SIX ANDERSON SISTERS Music, Singing and Dancing 18 Mins.; Full Stane (Special) 58th St. A sextet of attractive young women dispiaying a wide range of versatility and providing a flash that should be sure pop for the pop- time. Opening with an ensemble in- strumental in which they display masterful handling of respective instruments, the offering later gives way to two of the girls in a neat precision dance, a vocal solo by the pianist, a dance ensemble by. all six and a nifty Russian dance by the dancing team to the accompaniment of a musical quar- tet for finish. Grabbed hit honors in opening spot here. GARY and KIMBALL Songs si 15 Mins.; One Although especially featuring the singing department, this mixed team to qualify as either a singing or mu- sical act. At present it is a happy mixture of both. They introductory with a duet, carrying their own ac- companiment on ukes. The girl re- mains for a pop ballad solo, with the man accompanying for the re- frain on a violin. Another solo by the girl, a march selection on the uke by the man topped off by some jstepping by both rounds out the offering. A good deucer for the small-time bills. THREE ROUNDERS Songs 13 Mins.; One Lincoln Sa. Typical cabaret trio presenting a nifty little singing turn certain to (be sure fire with the average small time audience. The boys make a neat appearance in dinner coats, opening with a souse number, after which they tackle some close harmony stuff running altoeether fo current popular sones and they put these over to the satisfaction of the audience. There is one slow spot, where the top tenor solos. This is not because of voice or deiivery but through the number. When the boys gét to the’ “Red Hot Mommer” stuff they start hit- ting their stride and that was what the audience wanted. The gallry handed the turn enough to’ hate them stop the show. Pred, (tine is sandwich in enough instrumentals} which the feats are displayed lends | Ward TE Pn ORS Os ~ a Py * Wilscke bake a 1994 12 Miris.; One Broadway Always noted as an exceptional showwoman, Iacille is reappearing in the East with her birds, prac- tically a new act, since it must be three or four years since this novelty turn played around here. Lacille herself has not changed, barring a bobbed hair cut and very attractive, too, for her strictly bru- net comliness. Shé continues to faultlessly handle the two birds, opening with a radio angle, ask- ing the “talking” feathers what they hear through the ether. It gives the provides an easy lane for the “con- versation.” One bird on a perch drew first ention through a laugh-getting- ugh and a crying bit, worked up by a jealous play. The other bird on the arm of its mist seemed indifferent to the fact it was in an act and now working in “one” until its finishing contribution, the bugle mimicing, that was a surety and sent the turn over on the plus side. No. 2 here Lucille made her showmanship count as well with the net, a well received turn. Skig. BARTRAM and SAXTON Harmony Singing and Ballet Danc- in 8 Mins.; Two and Fulilstage (Special) Another picturesque Vand enter- taining interlude conceived by this well-known team, which lives up to their excellent reputation here. The act is a Chinese pipe dream called “Bits of Old and New China.” Bar- tram and Saxton in black’ silk Chinamen suits, seated on a bench in front of a Chinese laundry set piece. before the curtain, open the act with a Chinese harmony song after which they start smoking their pipes. As the light fades out, the laundry changes into a gorreous Chinese temple and the curtain parts, revealing a good looging pony ballet of eight girls carrying a litter on which the feature dancer re- clines. The feature dance with chorus seated in a circle around the dancer follows, after which the curtain closes and the set piece is changed back into a Chinese laundry, with Bartram and Saxton seated and finishing their smoke. Two feature songs “Shanghai Lullaby” and “Limehouse Nights” follow with the singers showing off their spiendid harmony voices te good advantage. When the chorus of the second song is reached the curtain parts again revealing the chorus of eight which sings and dances before a China- town drep. The drop for the feature dance is a brilliant Chinese tree de- sign on a bright blue field. The act ts staged by Harry Gourfain and rtins off with precision getcing ex- cellent resvits. There is plenty of “atmespkere’ ’and the costuming is excentionally rood. HERBERT and BOLT Acrobatic 8 Mins.; Full Stage Two men in dapper athletic cos- tuming of black and gold, disclos- ing a series of hand-to-hand acroe batics executed with a deal of showe- manship apparent. While the roue famillar, the manner in a touch of distinctiveness. A demure miss contributes an ad- denda in a physical culture way that aids. Herbert and Bolt are certain for an opening@spot in the very best of vaudeville layouts. Samuel. NEW ACTS Betty Moore (Martin and Moore), with four people, featuring Norman and Ray Zeller, assisted by George Stalich. Clinton and Rooney with George Marlow’s Orchestra (8). | i ew Cooper, single. Walter Armin and Co.,-four. Bobby O'Neil, zew edition “The Four Queens,” including Patsy De- laney, Dolly King, Agnes Purtell and Gladys Hart. Joe Phfilips (formerly with George Le Maire) and Grace Ellsworth (Harry and Grace Ellsworth), two- act. Miller and Peterson, dancers, have quit the Frank Farnum Revue and will do a new act with Betty Moore. Second edition of ‘Stars of the Fu- ture” includes Berta Gilbert, Dereen Keegan, Florence Bristol, May Lu- bow, Josephine Mastab, Kocita. Paul Burns (Burns and Gran- ville), with Jack Janis, two-act. “Realm of Fantasy,” revived, with 14 people. “On the Albany Night Boat,” cast of 10, with Billy McCleltan featured. turn a nice touch at the start and _ Wednes —— This wee failed to dr: st about t was doing it ‘accounted fi the lower fl per dic certainly dic ing as as possibly due ‘first half in ish tempo. them cltss “wows” ‘con pick the st much class speedy jay~ « The come After consic bill followin Lee (New 4 from fourth the first ha Mason Kee! termission t "Toy Land’ ~after interm closing the nora de Cr sixth to fiftl The recon acts in the fi Trio openin elty dancing the classy x Cleve has a and produc acquisition and white | hoofer in p dancer also numbers vi turn and wi Ruth Buc er nothing saxophone p act beginni entertainme ecended to tl ity” stuff is eut to a wh Miss ssudd i: her specialt: Mason an farcical sket first opporti exercise the were slow ii cousisternt. ¥ is the same | as played b Mme, de wan heavil handed over the singer's Miss Gouk tumultous r hit of that tions. Miss act she has ¢ Howard's epened afte the flash of returns. It and dancing Howard's pr discernible, : tent with tw Ryan and despite a cx Ryan’s voice the house. ‘T and Lee, wh bright cros “Dumb Dora They eoppec their portion Christo a hand-to¢han mounter is used for all tions. A bt Was imteres' them in unu HIP Three-hou! the money ; outstanding tertainment, verting if r Rain eviden away Monca drew a goo¢ ‘would have other two |}! Street. Four hold features in retainers be and Co., jugs Remos and fourth; “Car and dance first section, cadia Orche: Much loca upon the clo of the Atla which the railed a con; alleged prize mented by 1 ing cuties in supervised b: roy, Parisiar who particiy in dual role kin for a : fashioned fr: In the of of Fashion,” brought fort present-day quate settir Mile. D’Alr creations, other gorg Court of Ney reappearing Neptune er New York of Beauty. are utilized manikins, ] living fount Most artist! shown at th pearance of

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25a 4 . farcical sketch Wednesday, September 24, 1924 - Fa oan ~ ‘VAUDEVILLE REVIEWS = PALACE This week’s bill at. the Palace led to draw many Monday night. t about theatre time the wetness was doing its best, which may have accounted for the. many empties on the lower floor and boxes. The bill per didn’ look like a puller and certainly didn’t play like one, aver- aging as a slow show on the whole, ssibly due,to its spottiness, The first half in particular hit a slug- gish tempo. It’s all right to give them clitss when there are enough “wows” ‘concealed up the sleeve to pick the show up again, but too much class doesn't? make for a speedy lay-out. oA The comedy tur, were but two. After considerable switching of the pill following the matinee Ryan and Lee (New Acts) were next to shut from fourth, Venita Gould closing the first half from next to elosing; Mason Keeler from second after in- termission to fourth; Joe Howare “Toy Land” (New Acts) opening after intermission moved down from closing thefirst half, and Mme. Eleo- nora de C’sneros (New Acts) from sixth to fifth. The reconstruction had six of the acts in the first half, with La Pilarica Trio opening in their corking nov- eity dancing turn, and Elmer Cleve, the classy xylophonist, deucing. Van Cleve has added considerable class and production to his turn by the acquisition of an attractive black and white effect drop and colored hoofer in page boy costume. The gancer also announces the musical numbers via signs. It’s a classy turn and went nicely to two be.ds. Ruth Budd, third, received little er nothing from her opening song, saxophone playing, dancing, ete., the act beginning as .usual from an entertainment angle when she as- cended to the rings. The “versatil- ity” stuff is all right but should be eut to a whisper. At her specialty Miss studd is without a superier, but her specialty is aerial aerobatics. Mason and Keeler, next, in their “Married,” were the first opportunity the house had te exercise the diaphragms. The laughs were slow in coming but they were eousistert. when started. The skit is the same sure-fire comedy vehicle as played by this couple. Mme, de Cisneros followed and wax heavily applauded Fiowers handed ever the foots were held in the singer’s arms while she encored. Miss Gould closed the first half to tumultous results, easily taking the hit of that portiomwith her imita- tions. Miss Gould is doing the best act she has ever shown vaudeville. Howard's revue, “Toy Shop," epened after intermission and was the flash of the bil, taking heavy returns. It is a novelty jazz »nand and dancing combination, with Joe Howard's production genius plainly discernible, although Howard !s ccn- tent with two numbers himself. Ryan and Lee, next. went strongly, despite a cold which made Benny Ryan’s voice hollow at the back. of the house. The act is a typical Ryan and Lee, which is synonymous with bright crossfire. Harriett Lee’s , “Dumb Dora” is as likeable as ever: They eopped the comedy honers in their portion, Christo and Ronald closed in hand-to¢ehand _ stunts. The’ top mounter is evidently a boy and is used for all sorts of trick forma- tions. A burlesque wrestling bout was interesting, the turn holding them in unusually well. Con. HIPPODROME Three-hour show and easily worth the money despite absence of any outstanding smash. Just even en- tertainment, well spotted and di- verting if not particularly mealy. Rain evidently couldn’t keep them away Moncay night, when the show drew a good-sized house, one that ‘would have meant capacity in any other two houses along the Main Street. Four hold-overs and seven new | features in the il-act brace, the retainers being Stan Kavanaugh and Co., juggling, in the deuce; Paul communities. deluges of flowers. | may Remos and midgets, acrobatics, fourth; “Carnival of Venice,’’ music and dance spectacle, closing the first section, and Ray Miller’s Ar- | cadia Orchestra, No. 9. Much local interest was centered | upon the closing spectacle, a replica | of the Atlantic City Pageant in | which the Hip management cor- ralled a congress of a dozen of the alleged prize-winning beauts, aug- | mented by the Allan Foster danc- ing cuties in a colorful fashion show supervised by Mlle. Marceline D’Al- roy, Parisian modiste, also alleged, who participated in it by serving in dual role'of designer and mani- kin for a series of drape gowns fashioned from whole cloth. In the opening, “The Evolution of Fashion,” the prize winners are brought forth in period gowns and present-day frocks that prove ade- quate settings for their beauty. Mile. D’Alroy follows with her creations, a finale there is an- other gorgeous spectacle, “The Court of Neptune,” with the winners reappearing in bathing suits and Neptune crowning Miss Greater New York (Margie Booth) Queen of Beauty. The Hip @ancing girls are utilized to advantage also as manikins. In the finale there is a living fountain scene, one of the Most artistic attempts thus far shown at the big theatre. The ap- pearance of the winners from New 4 + gla York and nearby may have attracted ! a following from/ their respective Much applause and A triumvirate of circus acts bunched set the bill off to a lively beginning, corsisting of remarkable aerial work by the Australian Del- sos, gymnastics by Snell and Ver- non and wire dancing by the Fan- tino Sisters. Stan followed with his Kavanaugh juggling and humorous quips. Alma Nielson, assisted by Dan Ely, Dave Rice and the Frivolity Five, the latter a versatile, orches- tra combination, registered one of the high spots with a happy mix- ture of singing, dancing and instru- mental numbers. Miss Nielsen con- tributed at least two numbers that were out-and-out winners, particu- larly her jazz toe dance. Ely and Rice also worked hard in their step- ping and finished te goed returns. The orchestra pounded out unusual harmony for a s.nall combination and were in every sense a valuable requisite to this classy production. Paul Remos and his midgets held the follow-up spot, with Cecil Lean -and Cleo Mayfield next and clear- ing up as usual with a song reper- toire practically the same as they have been doing around, with the exception of the “Sleigh Ride” num- ber, for closer: Lean is still using the comedy number, “When a Wife} Gets Fat,” and “He’s a Fan,” the latter a relic from one of his early musical comedy vehicles. Lean and Mayfield’s vaude appearances will be limited to the week at the Hip, since they are .ynder contraet for a new Shubert musical. “The Carnival of Venice,” in clos- ing section of the first half, brings on the Hippodrome girls for the first time in® this part of the program sembie for the various specialties and especiaily as a great build-up for the soloists. Benson and Massimo opened the second part with dancing and acro- baties, in which they were assisted by Kathryn McLaughlin. Benson and the girl do an interpretative dance for an opener, later bur- lesqued by the two men, after which they get down to business in some clever hand-to-hand balancing. Ruby Norton gets the palm as the stand-out of the second half, on next. Miss Nerton is doing her fa- miliar song cycle with Clarence Senna “at the ivories and credited as composer of her special num- bers. Miss Norton looks as chie as ever and brings an indefinabie something to her work that makes her a winner fromthe outset. Her numbers are of the hand-picked va- riety that display her voice at its best, and the bit of dancing sand- wiched in was equally refreshing. Ray Miller and his Arcadia Band followed and repeated their last week’s success. Al Herman, blackface comic, clowned his way through, next to closing, with his “wise” monoloeg and then trotted out a colored girl for some snappy dancing at the finish. The Atlantic City Beauty Win- ners wound up the show, Edba. —_———— a BROADWAY A soft audience Monday night, and the boys and girls made the most of it. Something better than three-quarters of a house sat in and seemingly enjoyed everything. Jimmy Lucas kidded his way to definite result when showing next to shut and returned for a speech after warbling a quartet of songs, including numbers from his personal peretpire. Conlin and Glass, No.3, also did nicely, with the kidding between Conlin and the stage crew being especially cared for by the patrons. Conlin looks to be galloping through the act very much unconcerned. It make a difference at some houses but meant little here. The Two Original Powers (New Acts) opened, followed by Lucille and Cockie New Acts), which turned into a two-bird act routined by the woman. The bird working from the stand brought attention with its laugh and crying bit to the j} extent of taking it away from the one working upon the arm of its mistress, until near the close, when the bugle finish took the entire pres- entation up and over. 7 Jack Denny’s band, spotted fifth, played a very ordinary selection of melodies and got just about enough to sponsor for one encore.- The 10- piece combination is capable enough technically, but the routine is prone to the lifeless and is in need of at least one number to give the boys something to hop on and= sail through. There's been a band about every week at the Broadway, which also makes it tough for Denny, but even that doesn’t square the list of selections Monday night. Frank Richardson may be intro- ducing something new to “Mammy” singers by carrying a small floor mat with him. Lying there through- out the first three or four songs it was the tip-off as to what was com- ing, and no one was disappointed. The number went from “the old log cabin” to yodeling, but it gave Rich- ardson a rousing sendoff and suffi- cient to follow with another semi- ballad and a fast tempoed encore that left his score anything but in the balance. Dave Apollon and Co. (New Acts) elosed, Skig. and works them neatly as an en- | Smithereens. RIVERSIDE The first half of this week's bill at the Riverside runs like a Broad- way revue with the only element lacking the far-famed gentle wom- After inter- mission the “class” eases off a bit and the pace slows down, but at that it’s a mighty good entertain- The bill measures up as a for the “big time en of the ensemble. ment. perfect model bookers if they want smart vaude- ville. Monday night the drizzle kept the crowd down, »ut not the en- thusiasm. It was a typical audi- ence of regulars who whispered delightedly when. the names of Ed- die Leonard and Belle Baker among announced as future attractions. Those whe came to see Donald Brian and his partners remained to applaud more er less others were perfunctorily, giving the real ap- preciation to Frank Fay and three or four other turns with less -" Brian, with Virginia O’Brien and Gitz Rice, was second after inter- The act is disappointing as a headliner of quality, although the rather stilted routine and lack ef ingenuity do not do more than dim the natural lustre of the three Undoubtedly, the turn suf- fered by comparison with at least two of the acts in the earlier haif. When the trio have to resort to for the only sure-fire selling item in their tent names but with more variety. mission. stars. “Dear Old Pal of Mine” reutine, there’s something wrong with the tonstruction. Rice’s ex-partner, Frank followed them, closing the bill an jeft of it ts He is using much of “Artists and including the two “boob” plants. Fay was in good voice and in addition to convulsing and holding ‘em until after 11 he made them take cognizance of his suspected vocal smashing what was the material from Models” last year, side-torturing bits with tHe west siders prowess. Fully as big a hit was recorded by Neville FPleeson and Ann Green- way, four, with an example of the ultimate in two acts. Their stuff is as fitted to a better class vaude- ville crowd’s taste as it is to their Fleeson “Usual own considerabie taients. gets wonders out of his Way” number, a song, heard sev- eral times recently on the two-a- day and never before making a particularly strong Mies Greenway is fascinating and her Sadie Thompson satire hints at more than a little ability at genu- ine dramatics. It’s a turn no one would be over- anxious to follow, but Roye and Maye did just that and closed the impression. topical numbers at the close. Miss Nelson plays the violin skilfully and the man alternates between the piano and the ‘cello. Salle and Robles got very little on their comedy, but steamed along nicely on songs. A rearrangement of the act, with more play on the vocal efforts, would help immeas- urably. Cameron and Rock (New Acts) were followed by Bob Nel- son. He had a choice spot and found the audience receptive. Hubert Kinney has added several girls and gone in more extravagant- ly on Aressing, making a bigger “flash” than in previous efforts. Kinney and the girls worked hatd, displaying individua) talent. Picture was “Lily of the Dust” (Paramount). Mark. ORPHEUM ROAD SHOW NO. 1 Terre Haute, Ind., Sept. 19. This city, bearing the theatrical reputation of a cold audience town because of its proximity to Chicago lessons in amusement sophistica- tion, opened up in support of the Orpheum Road Show No. 1. It played four days at the Indiana. Good press work by the manage- ment, which stressed the Eight Chi- cago Steppers and Dick Lucke’s Ar- cadians, packed the 2,000-seat audi- torium with curious ones the open- ing day. It is a Moore & Megiey produced show. , After the Chicago premiere, the unit moved to South Rend, ; From here it jumps to Evansville and then to St. Louis. Engagements are to be lengthened to a week after the date here. “Two more acts and an increase in the jazz band from seven to ten members is contem- plated. Bicknell, who modeis in clay, to- gether with the Steppers, makes the first act lengthy but interesting. Al- bert Malotte, pianist, and Mary Jayne, vocalist, follow with a double. Miss Jayne starts in a Spanish number that has atmosphere sup- plied by the Windy City Girls in a Latin-costumed ensemble. Malotw goes over the average variety as- sembly’s head with his “classicisms” on the pipe organ, but lends a wel- come touch of novelty. The one weak spot is “Laughs, Laughs, and More Laughs,” staged by George Wilson and Hilda Ward. Wilson works from the audience and the turn smacks of the four-a-day. It is a drop in the entertainment standard as a whole. Wilson, how- ever, makes good in the afterpiece. He and Ben Pierce, who features another round of humor with Lee Ryan while the revue set is being assembled, manufacture some real merriment during the closing whirl of melody and dance. a box and nibbles at a banana as Pierce pulis the rube stuff, leading the Arcadians as a village band. a first half with another tornado. Lucke and his boys haye the This dancing extravaganza has/|average brass iayout, the three been heralded, and certainly in|saxes doing effective doubling. speed, also in poetry of motion, it Of the four excellent girl supporting the principals Margie Finley is an act in herself, with some of the most nimble pedal is there, dancer# embroidery in months. Fred Heider and four in “Up a Tree,” a of musical comedy (New Acts) reg- istered emphatically third. taste and success in getting away from the usual] run of “miniature” pieces of this type are the outstand- ing features. Bob Robison and Renee Pierce opened after the rest period. While not exactly up to the balance of the bill in name value or ultra- ultra stuff, they scored more than satisfactorily with a vehicle that at some moments suggests the not- so-far-of€ realms of the small time. The domestic argument bits are evergreen, particularly when so well sola out, but why the team re- tains the conventional and weak opening and closing is a puzzle. The rotation of solid solar plexus blows in the first half was started ty Clark Morrell, a young tenor who’s coming like a Charlie Pad- dock. After aH the lyric, falsetto, booze and semi-alto tenors infest- ing vaudeville it’s a tremendous relief to hear a virile, masculine voice such as Morrell possesses. Its register is not always perfect, the tone even occasionally nasal and the technique away off, but the sound is always pleasant, enun- ciation perfect, and, in addition, Morrell has appearance, bearing, smile and stage presence to cinch it. Dippy Diers was scheduled to open, but a juggler, W. D. Pollard (New Acts), appeared from some- where and flopped as few at th Riverside ever have. But he was a good sport with all of that and the audience seemed to sympathize with him even if it wouldn't applaud. STATE The State orchestra hopped away from the classics Monday night on its overture and reeled off a number in a way that brought much ap- plause— more than some of the vaudeville acts obtained later. Nearly every act on the bill has played in Loew houses hereabouts. The show was opened by Little Pipifax and Co. with some old- style comedy horseplay by the comic. What little acrobatics of- fered were acceptable. Dorothea Nelson and Co., whieh included her. male accompanist, did well with the company = of “branch” Good “After the Storm” allows the young- sters a bit of imaginary inclement weather frolic. The drummer, in a fair tenor, vocalizes a portion. He also solos earlier. Jane Smith makes her initial bow as “The Little Stepper" with the band. Her Irish jig strikes popular fancy and her enthusiasm ig re- flected in the succeeding turn-out of the Steppers. Miss Jayne and Malotte have an extreme with “An Old Fashioned Waltz.” The radio and phonograph are utilized as material for the after- piece. Several members of the Step- pers entertain in duos, further spe- cialties being eontributed by play- ers of the regular acts. The whole company works hard and the show looks like a trump card in vaudeville if the proposed changes are worked out and Wilson and Ward’s. stuff pepped up a bit. “Uifiod 10 LINCOLN SQ. Corking five-act entertainment, topped off with a screamingly funny feature picture formed the bill at the Lincoln Square* Monday night. . De- igpite the rain a fairly good-sized audience was present. In four of the five acts was danc- ing, but the house tendered the ap- plause honors 4o a trio of men billed as “The Three Rounders” (New | Acts), in harmony. George La Tour (New Acts), with an exceedingly clever juggling turn, opened. Chad and Monte Huber held the |deuce spot, and did fairly well. The jact is still a small-time turn that jdoesn’t show anything worth while jin any particular. Grey and Byron landed with much ‘better effect in the spot following Their routine remains the same. The woman stands out and, with a little more care in her dressing, should be able to land somewhere in a produc- tion, for she has a happy faculty of putting her comedy effectively. The ‘duo managed to hit them between the eyes at this house. Finishing the vaudeville section Hester Bailey and Co. (New. Acts) showed something a little different in the way of a classical dancing turn. “Never Say Die.” the Douglas Mac- Lean feature, furnished the comedy | punch to the show and: had ‘thej| house roaring at both the early eve- ning and the final show, Fred. William Morris, Jr. is on a hunt- ing trip in Canada and will remain for two weeks. Wilson sits in | BURLESQUE REVIEWS (Continued from page 83) program gives Dave the staging credit. Charles McNally, Abe Gore and Dave Burt carry the comedy for good returns. McNally exited from the Mutual last season and is a tramp comedian of ability. Joseph- ine Sabel and Ed Begler work to advantage as comedy heavies, with Frank Du Tell handling the juv- eniles, and dance specialties by Irene Cornell and Emanuel Kramer. Parish and Peru contribute ma- 2 ae A to = —~ up and Marion a is usua uffy bits, proving that the crowd atill loves the hoke. The show is devoid of voices but — up strongly on the dancing a failing for which its other virtues cannot atone. Why it is that bur- lesque producers continue season after season to lavish fortunes for ' productions and salaries but not « eent for books remains a ularly when the on the i i a3% ges : F i rf of ace i merely gages For whatever laughs there are, credit must go to the work of the comics and not to the material. ef made up of women and children. The Columbia is evidently set on building up a good will and reputs- tion for clean entertainment, Marion's show warrants the confi- ee ee in it. It is clean in every department. Burton. ° THE MERRYMAKERS ~ (Mutual) Presented Biratton, Red ’ Quigg, Eva Belle Collins, Ruth —, Rae Le Anse and r Three things stood out strongly in the performance given by the “Merrymakers,” the second of the Mutual attractions to reach this city, at the Empress this week. First was the snappy work of the four principal women, second the sure- fire specialty by John Quigg, who got the bunch to singing, and made ‘em Uke it; third, the impressive silence which was the reward given the two comics for their repeated use of vulgar lines and offensive motions. Heils and damnes were frequent and others like “Kiss the Pig” and “Kill a polecat” failed to get a smile. But the women, that's a different story. The Misses Collins and Olsen, who furnished most of the “snakey” stuff, are good to look at and never tired in their attempts to give the boys thelr money’s worth. Miss Guilmette, prima donna, has a re- markable voice, and her songs in the numbers and her specialty were given genuine applause. Rae Le Anse is a chubby little soubret, light on. her feet and a. willing worker in the numbers or bits. The show ig in the customary two acts and 10 scenes, and moves smoothly, but can stand some pep- ping up, especiaily in the scenes where the two comics monopolize. Their work is draggy and their stuff so old some of the audience spoke the lines ahead of them. Little can be said of the scenery, but the costumes are pretty and the wearers make a nice flash. The “Little Front Parlor” number clos- ing the first act, was the best of the bill. It is a wedding number with all the women in white and the men in evening dress. The entrance is made down long stairs, center, and the scene is a pleasing one. A Huvla-Hula number in the sec- ond act proved a showstopper. It was led by Ruth Olsen, who turned it into a pickout number with the different girls “shaking” for a few moments. Shortly after, and just before the closing, the same dancer came back, all in white, for some solo shaking, but did not get very | far, as ehe had already displayed all of her wares. The comedy scenes included the old favorites, “Somebody's Bed Room,” with the numerous lovers under the bed; “Fishing for Wom- en,” “Under the Bench,” with Strat- ton using the auger, and other bits as well known. It seemed a coincidence the pre- cceding show uses a medley of old songs for the opening chorus, as afd this one, and that John Quigg, the featured specialty act, also played the old timers and pleaded with the customers to sing. He finally got the boys warmed up and they did not want him to leave. The show needs a lot of real com- edy, some new stuff; the songs, cos- tumes and women are there. Hughes. Ben Prince, manager of the Washington Square theatre at Quincy, IIL, has resigned to become manager of the new Pantages house in San Diego, Cal.

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BILLS NEXT WEEK~(SEPT, 29): (All houses open for the week with Monday matines, when fot otherwise indicated.) The bills below are grouped in divisions, according toe booking offices supplied from. The manner tn which these bills are printed doea not denote the relative importance An asterisk (*) before name denotes act is doing new turn, or reappearing after absence from vaudeville, or appearing in tity where Usted for the first time. KEITH CIRCUIT NEW YORK CITY Keith’s Hippodrome ‘Jack Hedley 3 Russell & Pierce V Owens Band . Baroness R Garrett Nina Payne Co Kollens - Chas King Clark & W’Cullougn Atlantic City P’g’nt (Others to fill) ” Keith’s Palace Cecil Cunningham Storey’ & Zardo McIntyre & Heath (Others to fill) Keith’s Riverside H B Warner Co Frankie Heath

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Haynes & Beck Avon Comedy Four Joyce Lando Co (One to fill) lst© bait (29-1) Son Dodger Lanoft sis Co (Others to fill) Proctor’s: 23d St. 24 ‘half (25-28) Rosé O'Hara Rice &, Werner Kane & Herman Wm V Hart (Two to fill) ist half (29-1) Edmunds & La V O Landrick (Others to fill) 2d half (2-5) A Isabelle Co Jane Dillon Inniss Bros (Others to fill) BROOKLYN Keith’s Bushwick Clark & M’Cullough Harry Rose - Maker & Redford Mabel McKane Co Clark Morrell The Gaudsmiths J Hayes & Burr (Two to fill) “Keith’s Orpheum Ted Lewis Band

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P & E Ross (Others to fill) Moss’ Coliseum Mason & Keeler Frank Richardson (Others to fill) 2d haif Eddie Leonard Co (Others to fill) Keith’s Jefferson Baba Dolly Kay Freeman & Morton (Others to fill) 2d halt Mason & Keeler Dick Henderson (Others to fill) Keith’s Fordham Roth Kids Ethel McDonough Montague Love Alma Neilson Co (Two to fill) 2a half Lillian Faulkner (Others to fill) Moss’ Franklin 24 half Alma Neilson Co (Others to fill) Mose’ Regent Mignon Rome & Gaut White Black & U Irene Ricardo Hotmes & La Vere Switt & Kelly Bob Anderson Chas Ditmer (Others to fill) Moss’ Flatbush Lucas & Inez (Others to fill) Keith's Greenpoint 2d half (25-28) Wm Cahill Hoyle on Love Burke Barton & B (Others to fill) ist haif (29-1) Ryan & Marr Jane Dillon L & M Wilson (Others to fill) 2d half (2-5) L, Nevada Co De Lacey & W Ash Goodwin Four (Others to fill) Keith’s Prospect 2a half (25-28) Koleano.Co Evans Mero & E Aunt Jemima Co Lydell & Macey (Two to fill) Ist half (29-1) Lioyd Nevada Ash Gnodwin Four Mollie Fuller Co Kane & Herman

+ (One to fill) 2d half Betancourt & Girlie Dave Roth Brown & Sedano (Twe to fill) AMSTERDAM, N.Y. Rialto Monroe & Grant Juliette Dika Middieton & S Temple Four (One. to fill) 2d haif Eddie Monrose Combe & Nevins Alice in Toyland (Two to fill) ASBURY P’K, N.J. Main Street Rubin & Rosa Brady & Mahoney (Three to fill) : 2d haif McAllister, Kids Ergotti & Herman Henry Moon (Two to fill) ASHEVILLE, N. C.

4 Paul Nevins Co,,. 4 Ann Suter. ' y 2d haift. ..;, Edwin e _ | Wanzer si Palmer. | Wilaon Trio (Two to fill) Creatio } Al€ Grapt _ CLEVELAND | “°*"*F 1. Garsyite {Oo 2a hait. ng gley i.) Palace il Wizeless Ship....,.: De Dios Circus 1 Gordon & Rica” | | Kendal Byton « 8) ‘ANCASTER, wat ™ Ferry Corwey ~ | Dance Vogues - Colonial Whiting & Burt | McLellan & Sarah i Jack ene : i] (One to fill) i eee ore t Alice Bra Ce y : : m Sm (One to rf GREENSBURG | Hodge & Lowell BUFFALO 106th Bt, Strand Pietro Shea's Ankar Tris Margaret Hastings | DP Davis Rev 3 ha ‘| Chas Mack Co : 2d haif. Thank You Doctor Bert Sloan. _ Don Valerio Co. . | Dave Harris | Sensational Togo Stuart & Olive (Others to Gil) G Avery Co ed C Breton, . West McGinty Co ,. | (One to fll) | Brady & Mahoney Roye’& Maye Co COLUMBUS, 0. 24 halt Petticoat Band Robie & Gould B. F. Keith's. The Refoi The Digatanoes re enema ” ae 2 _

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‘LEROY and BOSCO. Not a Losing Week . Palace, Chicago July 20 Week. State Lake, Chicago, Week of July 27. Majestic, Chicago, Booked Solid to December 21 WILTON-CROWL

(Same Ist half bill plays Montgomery last half) 4 Dancing Daisies Geffney & Wilton Now and Then Primrose Semon Co Dan Sherman Co 2d half W & J Hale Perrone & Oliver Jack Kennedy Co B & L Dale ‘Lango Shoes ATLANTA, GA, Forsythe (Birmingham split) Chandon Trie King & Beatty Jack Conway Co Creedon & Davis Cosmopolitan Co AUBURN, N. Y. Jefferson Ist half Elly Kent & Allen

(Others to fill) Berg & Engl Emmy & Do Janet Adair. Seven Honey A&E “ard y DAYTON B. F. Keith's’ - Trella Co — Wilton Sis ; Shannon & Van H (Three to fill) 2d halt P &J Levolo -: Blossom Seeley Co Classics of 1924 ¢Three to fill) DETROIT Temple. J & N Olms Goff & Bobby Barrett’ & Cuneen Alexander Girls Co. Billy Hailen Mme Gadski ~ Crawford &' Brod’k Tuscano Bros BASTON, PA. Abie 0. H. Betancourt & Girlie Dave Roth Brown & Sedano (Two to fill) 2d halt H Nawrot Co Clark & Crosby. Hamilton Sis & F Ed Lowry Kicks of 1924 ELMIRA, N.Y; Majestic Tasmianian Trio ) Nixon’ & Sans (Three to an) HAMILTON, CAN. Lyric . Moore & Haager Pauline ~~ (Three to fill) 2a half. Jeannette Childs Adams & Griffith Jack ‘Powell Six Palage Danc f'm €l'waland Grant & Feeley Shattuck ‘& O'Neil Hall Erminie & B Ford's Intere’l'gians Mack & Earl CL’RKSB'G, Grand BEd Geer Eddie Hume Co Stephens & H’Nster Bowers W'lters. & C (One to fill) 2d halt W E Ritchie W.VA.

Quixie Four Harry Kahne Co Oakes & DeLour (Three to fill) F’LL RIVER,MASS. Empire Zellfas Sis Harry Gee Haw Polly & Oz Cressey & Dane Jack George Duo GERMANTOWN Orpheum Kanazawa Japs Ned. Nestor Co Thos J Ryan Co Bob Hah J R Johnson Co 24 halt Dole & De Lane HORNELL, N. Y. Shattuck O. H. ist half Tasmanian Trio T & D Ward Tom Kelly Ideal (One to fill) INDIANAPOLIS B. ¥F. Keith’s 3 Danoise Sis Russell. & Marconi Marcel & Seal Fisher & Gilmore Jack Norworth Coyne & French Deagon & Mack Robble Gordone JERSEY CITY State

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Dot Taylor Co Nevins & Gordon Harrison &* Dakin Emmett Welchs Co GLENS F’LLS, N.Y. Rialto Fridkin & Rhoda Larry Reilly Texas Four Alice Hamilton (One to fill) 2d haif Monroe & Grand Margit Hegedus Temple Four (Two to fill). § GRAND RAPIDS Empress Tan Arakig

2d half: (25-28) F & E Carmen ‘M Fuller Co Inniss Bros (Others to: fill) Ist half (29-1) Juan Reyes , Avon Comedy Four (Others to fill) 2d half (2-5) Smarty’s Party (Others to fill) JOHNSTOWN, PA. Majestic Mae Miller Co McNulty & Mullen Nick’ Cogley Co D & E Gorman Clemens. B’!ings Co

CANEOH, 0. Spencer & Caroll ~| Billy McDermott Chief Caupolican i Lyceum Sandel Sis Rev The Kitaros Boudini & oe Reed & Ray Tom Kelly (Two to fill) Dan Coleman Co Betty Washington | Ideal 24 halt MANCH’ST’R, N.H, McDevitt Kelly & Q 2d haift Stevens & Lauret - Paiace } Nixon & Sans Jessie Reed Penn Diamond Or > a Weber Ridnor (Others to fill) Ward & Bohiman Guarino & Cooper JACK L. LIPSHUTZ pea When Monday Playing : Finish philadelphia TAILOR 908 Walnut St: saturday 2d halt ERIE, PA, ‘The Rosaires Kelso Bros Jean Sothera Colonial (One to fill) De Lisle Lion Tamer Delmar's .Lions 2d half M McKay & Sis Ward & Dooley Leo Beers Fernando’s Orch (One to fill) NTH’ M’TON, Mass. Calvin Dancing DuBrowns Penn Diamond Or Ward & Bohilmarn The Rosaires (One to fill) 2d half Princess Rajah Stanley. Chapman The Kitaros (Two to fill) OTTAWA, CAN. B, F. Keith’sa Bronson & Renee Harry Jolson Bert Baker Co Chrissie & Daly Corinne & Himber Fulton & Quintet PASSAIC, N. J. Playhouse Homer Goghill Merritt & Goughlin Memories Fern & Marie 8 Creolians 2d half Gold & Goldie Chas Keating Co Lawrence & Bealey Cleveland & D Pollys Pearls PATERSON, N. J. Majestic 2d half (26-28) Jerome & Newall

STAR OF “PLAIN JOE LAURIE, Jr. Direction MAX HART JANE”

MOBILE, ALA. Lyric Orleans ist hal Toodles & Tod Lyle & Virginia Arthur DeVoy Co Great Howard Chalfonte Sis MONTREAL Imperial (Sunday opening) Frank Dixon Co Webbs Ent Hughes Musical 2 Alice Hamilton Cartmell & Harris (One to fill) CN, split) Princess Dezzo Retter Jack Ryan Co Oliver & Olp Fields & Johnson Dillon & Parker T & B Healy Syncopated Toes Kelly La Teli To MT. VERNON, N.Y. Proctor’s 2d halt (25-28)' P Nolan: €o ~- Charel Thomee Lew Fields Cu Holmes & La Vere Deno & Rochelle (One to fill) ist half (29-1) Smarty's Party (Others to fill) 2d half (2-5) Coleman's Dogs Joseph Martin Moss & Frye Lanoff Sisters (Two to fill) NANTICOKR, PA. State

Rily {RR Gray Co Bell & Naples (Others to fill) Ist half (29-1) Ryan Weber & R J Lucas Co Miacahua (Others to fill) 2d half (2-6) ’Gardner’s Maniacs Jack La Vier (Others to fill) PAWTUCKET, B.I. State Marty White Harry Downey Rey Lazar & Dale (Two to fill) 2d half Dave & Tressie Bison City 4 «Three -to fill) PHILADELPHIA B. F. Keith’s McGood & Lenser Jackie & Billie Maurice Diamond Sully & Thomas Ethel Gray Terry Jack Osterman Houdini Patricola Allegheny Fiying «Henrys Geo Lyons Anger & Packer . McLoughiin & By 50 Miles B’way Broadway Hoffman & L'mbert Lloyd & Goode Gold Review (Two to fill) 2d halt Kanazawa Japs Dixen & O'Brien Eckert & Francis derry & Baby G'ds (One to ali)

ite. _ Cress, Keys. BEADING, PA. Joe" > Sas c Rajah 9 aan Ergottt) & Hermaa Jarvis & Harrisow Exposition 4 ° Broadway Dreams (One to' filly »,yy@d- halt ’ Billy, Smythe Co | Hyams & Mcintyre Yip Yaphantkers i (Two to fill) Holland’'& Qde! paren ~~ Pe I. Ke & . Volunteers ; Thos J Ryan Coe Jarvis & Harrison Skelly Hite Rev Earle . | Mae Dupree Co 4 RICHMOND, vA, Glibert & May Lyric Oh Charlie (Norfalk split). Fietcher Ivy & M. ist half Ruth Dudd | Kio Tuki Yoki Runaway Mahoney & Cecil Yarmark Rest. Cure Flo Lewis Pert Kelton Fink’s Muies (One to fill) Grand 0. H. ROANOKE, VA,

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' PAUL WHITEMAN’S ARCADIA ORCHESTRA Under the Direction of L MITCHELL A | arcaota, PROVIDENCE,: hg _f+ 100th WEEK

SVS —— De Witt & Gunther (Winston- Ss. split) Fred Lindsay ‘ lst half Howard & Luckre | 3 Saltos Jerry & Baby Gnds | Murdock & Ken'dy 2a half Billy S Hall Co Murphy & Bradley | 4 Pals Joe mh ier 5 Emerson Co are. er, ’ — ne ROCHESTER Maids of Philly Temple Keystone Zelda Bros Ruby Royce Sis Mack & Velmar ’ Pasquali Roger Imhoff Co Nieméyer & } Lottie Atherton Blode & Counne Kelly & Dearbora Ward & Hart Pirates of Air Bann & Malion SCHENECTADY Ambitions Proctor’s Nixon Eddie Montrose Margaret Hessler Sully-& Thomas Oscar Lorraine Bobby .Dale & Sis Le Meaux & ¥ Mauvoaureen Cariton 4 ~ (One — =) f Phill . a saan half . Fridkin & Rhoda Follis. & LeRoy Larry Reilly (Two to. fill) ‘ SHEN’NDOAH, PA Strand ist half Smith .Durelle Nevins & Gordon Bert Walton Carleton & Marcus J & A Humby Marion Murray Co Farnell & Florence Gold .Review Wm. Penn Sensational Toga Dixon & O’Brien Harrison & Dakin Farnell & Florence oar ce kas Co Everybody Ste ne to "2a halt S Z 2d half Reck. & Recktor Foley & LaTour Exposition 4 Florence Gas Co (One to fill) Winton Bros Louis London Eugene Emmett Co Holland & Oden (One to fill) .

Cd cow PITTSBURGH SYRACUSE Davis Temple Sultan ; Paul Nolan Co y Murray Girls Hazel. Crosby Co

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* 501 Ket ‘ PHIL ————— Yorke’ s Dogs (Two ‘to fill) 2a half Garcinetti Bro Wally Barnes Langford & F Espe & PDutto1 (One to fill) WHEELING, ~ Victoria Burns Bros Raymond Wyli Jean Sothern Tad Tieman O: (One to fill) 2a half Ed Geer. Evans & Wilso _ Ashley & Dor (Two to fill) WILMINGTON Aldine Cornell Leona Annette Garry & Balde Danny Dugan ¢ Zuhn & Dreiss Romas Troupe 2d half Bobby Dale & Carleton 4 Joe Whitehead Haig & Le Ve Scalo (One to fill) PO) BRIDGEPOR Poli Anthony Lonesome Tow Mack & Stanto (Two to_fill) 2a half Plaza Bros Grant & Wing (Three to fill)

Stanelli & Douglas Dooley .& Morton Cervo Moro Wellingt’n Cross Co Rae. Samuels D & E Ford Rev Harris Chas R Sweet Lulu White Co Holmes & Hollist’n Jack Marley Nan Traveline (One to fill) Sheridan Square Wilson 3 Alf Grant Al Garbelle Co Lang &. Haley De Dies Circus 2d. half Mae Miller. Co McNulton: & Mul's Nick Cogley Co B & E Gorman Clem'ns Bellings Co PITTSFIELD, Mass Palace Nelson Waring Cupid's Close Up Racine & Ray Southiand (One to fill) ‘ 24 haif Dancing PuBrowns Billy McDermott (Three to fill)

Harry Conley Co Barry & Whitledge Adelaide & Hughes (One to fill) TOLEDO B. ¥F, Keith’s ' Wireless Ship Kendall Byton & 8 Palace Rassow Midget Rosemary & Mz Joe Howard's j (Two to fill) 2a halt Powers & Wall Oriental Melody (Three to fill) Dance Vogues HARTFORD McLellan & Sarah Capitol (One to fill) Margaret & Mo: 2d hait Laura Ormsby Weston & Schra Ted Lorraine Clayton & Lenn Tan Arakis Ann Suter Wanzer & Palmer

Creations Weaver Bros 8 at Pa . ‘ pecially Desi; TORONTO Ready to W Shea’s Francis & Frank Van Tyson; & Vara 5 Jolly Corks White Sis See America First Connelly & Wenrk Yorke »}& Lord (One to fill) TRENTON, N. & Capitol Franks & Geneva Chas Keating Co Joe Whitehead (Two to fill) 1632 Broadway}

Stars of Future 2d half Queenie Dun2di Don Romaine ( Joe Howard Re (Two to fill) ae Carry & Baide MERIDEN, CO

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‘PORTL AND, B: F. Keith's (Sunday opening) Roman's Orch Griffen 2 3 Lordens Glenn & Jenkins Smith & Duane Mulien & Frances POTTSVILLE, PA, Hippodrome Murphy & Bradley J & H Humby M’ Murtfay Co Doc Taylor .Co Yip Yaphankers 2a half Noel Lester Co De Witt & Gunther ~Mavouneen Hodge & Lowell Novelty’ Clintons PROVIDENCE E..¥.. Albee Geo: Jessel Co ‘Choos Fables )R & Thorn Rath Bros Judson Coie The Duponts, (Twe to fill)

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Everybody Step Poit’s (Three to fill) (Wilk’s-Bar’e 3] , The Perrin Proctor’s es Abbott & White Bolger & Norman Fenton & Fields Jack McGowan Wayburn’s Cruise (Two to fill) ORPH) 2a halt CHICAGO Juliett Dika Palace Oscar Lorraine (Three to fill) : UNION HILL, NJ. Capitol 2d wait ‘°( 25-28) ong & Chung Wilkins & Lido (Others to. fill) ist half. (29-1) Gilfoyle & Lange Harty Hines (Others to fill) (Sunday opent: ‘Rooney & Bent Lou Holts La Bernicia Co Harry Holman The Stedmans The Pickfords Crafts & Sheeh: State Lake (Sunday opent: Harry Carroll B George Wood Dooley & Sales 2. ; re ett 5) Amazon & Nile (QtRers to fill) A & Ford ; iliam Hannig “SpmIcAa: ’ F &N Kelly @alety ~ CALGARY, C: Garcinetti Bros Orpheum Welly; Barnes . (29-1) Langford & re (Same ‘bill p

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Currier & McW’ms ? NEWARK

Palace OER ites mi Y SS . fo ie ee ' ee ee ee ne ern e a ri 2a : Wednesday; September 24; 1924 VARIETY a & Dutton WINSTON-SALEM | Davidson's Orch } Rastelli ¥ Putnam Co ills & Smith VANCOUVER B © | Youth Seven Browa Girls | Lew Hawkins +4 of fll) Avditertam | 8t#n Stanley Co Moore & Freed Hori Three Tabors & Beckman Pantages Everest’s Monkeys (One Ry fn) Seraian Glories 3a half ea ; Redmond & Wells | (One to fill) 2a half Ward Bros : & White Roanoke split) | mariette’s Mantkins | Olsen & Johnson 24 halt § «= > «| MOBOKEN, N. J./ Mannila Bros SALT LAKE. CITY | Nelson’s Catlana | Family Ford Krans _ dst halt Sherwaod Barry & Lancaster | Aerial DeGroffs Lyric Morris & Townes ; ‘Brunette Co Burt & Leh py -— y Besley ce. Waters & Dancer _ Irving & Elwood P me Wiltia Dove & Woods ‘Pemngee: Davis & Darne:) Toyama ee. = eit Pesae Ah Anthea? Shone & Sautres PORTLAND, ORE. | Eddie Heron Co tavtnies el me — nt Ry, sera Rose Maur Rev (Two to fill) WASHINGTON. | 30 Pink Tose ee ee ee nen rensa | etwortr any —° | SeFmedy Dancers | Bohemian Nights |"CO” Oo og | mialte h’s ith & Allman . . . B. F, Keith's NROCKET 213 Quite Eddie Ross 24 half BELLINGHAM | >" Maxfield & Golson * . opening) j woo , Will Fox Gibson & Price 8S & H Everett Vaudeville ene Se Al re Palace Cliff Clark : Bijou (Sunday opening) . Romaine Three (Four to fill) oska Wilfred Clarke Co | Al Tucker & Band oe Cook pont Gus Edwards re Young America Three Bobs - | J & M Gray Chain & Archer Davis & Darnell Hew (Others te mi) E R Ball A Collins & Hart 8S Banks Co. LONDON, CAN. Lacille Benstead OGDEN Maryland Singers Wonder Girl “Bert Hanlon 24 halt tel Bee tan Downey & Claridge | # eed bait | Leew Spsneyy & Wane Pant (Two to fill) (One to #11) enry Regal Co . urray Co ages 2d half wé&G Lazar & Dale CRAM’TO, CAL. | 5); , DeLuxe Rev Three Blaaks s De Kerekjarto El zabeth Gergley fill Markell & Gay (Others to fill) R ge Lemos an wane Rev fil) | TACOMA, WASH.| peMaria Five ST. LOUIS Renera & West Ga ‘ " 0 > D OINES ° > 7 $ bd " - TERTOWN,N.Y | YONKERS, N.Y. abe Pus ee Wrestling Bear | Alvin & Kenny 7 rea lg dg Grand Edwin.Ne so. wa ‘ . Orpheum (Same bill plays Welis & Montg’ery| Beehee & Hassan | Howe lress LeRoy Talma & B Avon -. Proctor’s Martette’s Manikins|. ‘Fresno 2-4) Avenue B (One to fill) ron Se Lahoen & Dupreece (One to fill) 2a half (25-28 y ark Doc Baker Revue oe chive eg aaa Diers & Bon ne *. | Operalogue McKay & Ardine Sania’ h Mew'ms ee Deaenee —. alae pony ates CEROuES — Se en, a4 baat | Wayaon Diver & | Cabere of, 3836 oe GG Fig gr I Bone go CRVELAND “) TRXINGTION, KY. D vid R. Sablos We Three Girls "| Armand & Peres | “™™° 44 aie Rhode & Brochelle | poRTLAND; ors. | Pattee, & Sullivan ary | peed Ben Alt a Eavitnan ‘asa | Comi'a bias | gigdacta i bosa | Sartngs ve bivarco| POMEEAND, OME.| Short eves 1) | zona P Motion | Jack Dane ’ : 4 we eally Reyn’'lds ARTISTS’ REPRESENTATIVE | M“! Sis | san Francisco |=——= SEE | Foley reur Jarrow Keith and Orpheum Circuits. =O. Golden Gate Wheeler & Potter | J Fanton Co pes sunday opening) |GOLD and GOLDIE| 2's weno coro. springs | “BANE A. DOROTHY 221 Strand Theatre Bids. (Sunday opening) {| Joe Browning Rolley & O'Hare ‘| FORD and RICKETTS NEW YORK | Fanny Brice Out .of Knickers A-CREDIT TO ANY CIRCUIT Revue DeArt | ae oasis the “WEDDING ” 50! Keith's Theatre Bldg. | | Walters & Walters | Val Harris. - TRAVEL (29-1) n NG RING PHILADELPHIA, PA. William Seabury | Van Celfo & Mary | In Darktowm Jazz—Special Material - (Same dill plays | Gasden Theatre, Baltimore, thie week. —_ mnitee. C Kelly J & B Morgan Orch Seon ates Sakae it mawudt i (Onee week) *s awe ye eld ‘Dir, Sam ‘warkke’ our Camero J ‘ er wis er .Geo Moore- erlo co esetchindpenns , nate Dons Best & Day | afora | Satsent & Boavia Orpheum (Three to fill) Tarzan Annette Hippodrome F Lansing Co Merton Mystery H. BART McHUGH . Mie. ee Garry & Balde Kismet Sis Co Bob Nelson matte ~ Claymo peony Reese Co Pan Madarmee C Taflin Co Back Stage er a Force & Williams | Norvelle Bros \ a ardeee Ashley & Dorney Ted Westman ST. PAUL 2d half NEW ORLEANS | ¢; pr Be ne sg oe “Three ey | Bertram Co Olga Kane Co f Gladys Delmar Co | Margie Coates . Orpheum Hector State Diehl Si J Aa opper G & P Magley Rev | Newkirk & M Sis 24 half (One to fill) Williams & Taylor Kneeland & Powers “ ler’s Band FT. WAYNE Schwartz & Clifford Bobby Dale & Sis 2d half Robbins Family (Sunday opening) | Marston & Manley | Emma Raymond Balasi Five DALLAS, TEX ’ ‘ » EIND.!| The Parisians Carleton 4 Burns Bros Kirk Collier Three | We three Girls . Friend & Sparling | Dobbs, Clark & D SAN DIEGO : : Palace i ‘94 halt Joe Whitehead Betty Washington Leviathan Band Newhoff & Phelps | Princess Wahletka : Pantages Rose & Moon Rev | Goldie & Beatty Haig & Le Vere McD Kelly & Q MILWAUKEE Milt Collins Calvin & -O’Connor Pantages Harry Tsuda Polly Moran Bennie Rubin Co ~ ‘ Weber & Ridnor id pa half + Palace Four Rubini Sis Sorby & Taree rege & Ralston | (One to fill) (Tiree to fill) (One to fill) (One to fill ace ° Zaza Adele Co 7 . utterfily Kidd'-s 24 half ‘ (Sunday opening) | Rogers & Allen (Four to fill) OSHKOSH, WIS. me & = Janis & Chaplow Briscoe-Ball Co. WINDSOR, CAN, POLI CIRCUIT Van & Schenck wale a Keat’ 2d half Grand R v4 B Bris Skate Classics (Two to fill) Capitol BRIDGEPORT | C Arbuckle Co Snub Pollard y 5 a py te & Sheldon (3-5) B'way Entertainers MEMPHIS INDIANAPOLIS Lucy Gillette Poli (One to fill) Jean Boydell SEATTLE B LaSalle €o Healy Reyn’ds & 8| pmma Carus Jim Reynolds o ‘ Niobe Orphoens Capers of 1924 Jack Danger Pantages Palace Farreti Taylor Co. Anthony SPRINGFIELD Ward & Van (Two to fill) Marshall Montg’ery | 1’G BEACH, CAL, | Winnie & Dolly (Louisville split) Gertrude Barnes Lonesome Town Palace Ed Janis Revue Marjorie Rambeau ATLANTA T Cornetta Co Hoyt North & South ist half (One to fill) Mack & Stanton ace Bernt & Partner Yorke & King Yong Wong Co “ee’ Eastman & Moore | Chuck Haas 24 half (Two to_fill) Sunshine Gir's Fortunello & C Grand L & B Dreyer Frank Stafford 24 half Kaharum MINNEAPOLIS Sylvia Loyal Rogers & Dorkin PROVIDENCE Irene Trevette Three Kuhns Plaza Bros Signor Friscoe Hennepin Grace Hayes Ryan & O'Neill Emery Meyers & Hannef’d ' Hamel Sis Grant & Wing (Three to fill) 2a halt Cody & Lee Goldie & Thorn

(Sunday opening ) Pauline Lord Claude & Marion Babb Carroll & @

“Burns & Kissen Barber Jayville Morton Bros Miller & Fears

WESTERN VAUDEVILLE

i CLIFFORD and MARION

Franchini Twins Next to Closing Comed i Palace Arnaut Bros Hughie Clark Band SIOUX CITY, IA. ogg A ay Fg SO CHICAGO John R Gordon Co gc Y Sensstion Rassow Midgets Clayton & Clennie | Dainty Marie Orpheum BIRMINGHAM (One to fill) American Edwin Nelson on. Pantages Circuit Rosemary & Marj’y | &*:rs of Future Tom Smith Le Grohs Bijou SP’GFIELD, MASS. | Patrick & Rita Benny Ruffin Co Joe Howard's Rév Gresham Singers Tom Hoier Co Frank Shield : Three of Us watet. Srsane The Wreckers Officer Hyman . WATERBURY F . an mee (One to fill) : : (Two to fill) erry Irving’s Midgets Gordon & Delmar Broadway Lonnie Nace 24 half Coscia Verdi Polly Moran 2a halt Palace Kerr & Weston Gold & Sunshine Besser & Keller Freeman & Sanborn | B@94-O-Mania Nevelle oon Gypsy Wanderer Harry Kressler Co sree © Praline Queenie. Dunedin OAKLAND, CAI Wee Senta Helene Davis Playmates (Two to fill) eencte & Clidtord (One to fill) (Two to fill) rienta elody Don Romaine Co Ait 2299: Night in Spain . 2a half ps (Three to fill) Powers & Wallace Orpheum i age ae . ry Bey gy Turner & Grace (Taree 10°Gi) GUS SUN CIRCUIT Goldie & Thorn t Collins ‘ Hart & Kearn 7 ne Oriental Melody | willy Glason Milt Dill & Sis cael (One to fill) Galchah ere as |: Saiwhowoe BUFFALO NEWARK, 0, Capitol 2a half Eliott & LaTour Irving's Midgets rp 2a half Golden Gate Revue Majestic Lafayette Auditorium Margaret & Morel Rasso Midgets Dixie Four (One to fill) Roletta Duo King Bros Oriole Craven & Bd ; Forino 3 Melody Maids Laura Ormsby Co Rosemary & Marj’y | Cansino Bros & 8 WINNIPEG p Bi roy = laa a (One to fill) Sterley © debit Bayes: & Smith (Others to fill) WwW Pressier & Kluiss y Nazarr eage > Doe guiggmaga Ted Lorraine Co bremmgtrre ib dy oan Orpheum Caverly & Wald Stewart & Lash Englewood Johnny's New Car — ol NIAGARA FALLS Clayton & Lennie (One to fill) OMAHA, NEB. pace > a Rev | Rogers & Donnelly ' (One to fill) Foster & Peggy sane s Fulton R Fagan Orch Cataract yte — | Maxfield & Stone *s Circus —eEeaeae—_—_—— Orpheum Brady & Wells ee eee - Th to All Mowatt & Mullen “BOB | _ PEGGY | Coffman & Carroll | (Three to fll) CHILLICOTHE, 0.| Sparks of Vaud Specially Designed Olsen & Johnson Chic Sale Will Stanton Co 2 : : , 0. | Sp aude Ready to Wear CLOTHES Joe Fejer Orch Amac V. re L E N T I N E Harry Breen MADISON, WIS. Majestic ~ at ate Bradley Hen’sy Co’ Four Ortons “To-night’s the Night” Oriole Craven & Bd Orpheum _— & O'Brien 24 half ; 2a halt Two Ladellas & A Reilly Pall r LOEW CIRCUIT Direction, CHARLES F. ALLEN, Three of U ally Hoo Three BENTHAM OFFICE ree 0 8 DDH (One to fill) Land of Joy NEW YORK LaCosta & Bonawe |* TS ee oe (Others to fill) ch (Two to fill) State Rome & Bolton Shadowlana " TORONTO Caen & hehe 2@ half COVINGTON, KY. | om, CITY, PA. Virginia Rucker Co | ~ nore es Martin & Martin Liberty : L Brava Co BUFFALO Yonge 8t. Crystal Bennett Co Fisher & Hurst tet ‘hale Cameo 1632 Broadway, at 50th St., N. Y. City Strain & Wilson Greeley Sq. State Takewa Japs (One to fill) Flotilla Orch Cobb. my ened Ed Clifford Co Versatile Orch Jordan Esmeralda Miner Robbins & B Kedzie (Three to fill) Chapelle Stintette Stars of Future) WILKES-BARRE ee a Amen. & Aree ee Bie te Bennett & ise Melion & Renn MINNEAPOLIS FRANKIAN, PA. | Murand & Lee 80 (One to i Siegfrieds Singer Sis Pinched : : Bits rie ke PIQUA, O. 2d half Poli’s a ey Bobby Randall Getting It Over Harrison Moss Song & Dance Rev "th St : Orpheum » , Queenie Dun2din (Scranton split) WS} = Flashes Songland Lewis & Rogers Orloff Troupe ee = Brosius & Brawn E Clifford Ce May’s O. H. Don Romaine Co - det hal Rickards (One to fill) Vaida & Co Royal Gascoienes | Esmonds & Grant —— = Joo Howard Rev | snow & Sigworth | Srarston & Manley 2a half CHICAGO WASHINGTON / Frowning & Weir | ¥F & O Walters If U Haven't Heard of Him U Will (Two to fill) Moran Wolley Co | ir Kinney Co Al Libby Co Rialte Grand Evans & Pearl Fred Lundberg VES. MERIDEN, CONN, (rwo, ory Bert Lewis Freeman & Sanborn | 3 @ vy Gilbert Alice’s Pets By the Sea ores i. ans Mary Poli - Grey & Byron S Bapks Co Marey 4 Irvia | See © ee Lincoln “THE KID GLOVE KIDDER” a WORCESTER B LaSalle Co Playmates Kramer & Breen a ymon RACINE, ILL. , Turno & Jackson Poll Arleys F Putnam Co Wilson & Hayes Venetian Masque’de | Musical Rowleys Rialte ; ¢ epee Anthocy 24 halt Etchings Life (One to fill) Cryates .Bennstt Ce Chappelle Stintette {'Jean. Holland Mack & S:anton Cody & Lee Ps Delancey Vardon & Perry Jenny & Nylan y Wanda & Seals (One to fill) (Others to fill) Lonesome Town Turno & Jackson | Nat Burns Brightons PANTAGES CIRCUIT Footlight Fantasies | Mellon & Renn , Arnaut Bros Ling & Long Violet Carleson é p Allen-Norman Song & Dance Rev KOKOMO, IND ROCHESTER SCRANTON, PA. | Pressier & Klaiss | H Bailey Co Ford & Goodrich TORONTO REGINA, CAN. | = ore wiiallls Poll’s Springtime Revue EE Pantages Pantages “BOB ‘MURPHY “AND — Jason & Harrigan (Wilk’s-Bar’é spilt) | yrargantt a More) | JACK x L. LIPSHUTZ (4-10) (29-1) BEN SCHAEFFER is again with me ne arn ov Early & Laight 3 ist half harum Mack & Brantley (Same bill plays | *2¢ wishes ose that owe him mone Others to fill 24 half The Perrines wonanans Girls THEATRICAL COSTUME Co., Inc. Harola Kennedy Kamonton 2-5) would remit in care of ALF. T. WILTO ‘ ? Mowatt & Mullen Abbott & White Weston & Schrainm | 793 Seventh Ave,, New York; Bryant 1654 5 ee Se Wilfred DuBois Oaiva Four Phillips MAR. FERRY, 0. | Sparks of Vaude enton & Fields Signor Fris MARIE BREIVOGELLE ioetam i mmewer eee oa 2a half (One to fill) Pastime WARREN, PA. SS L Mayer C . ’ Foster & Peggy Hall & O’Brien Libert ORPHEUM CIRCUIT -: Romales 5 Eddie Heron & Co eee pres han aaa Maxfield & Stone ROCKFORD, ILL. | McCarthy & Stern’@ | norton & en CHICAGO Vancouver 2-4) | Young America Clark & Roberts HAMILTON Carl Rosin wal Stanton Co Palace 3 Melody Maids Anénet tones” Nance O'Neil Vv Rucker Boys Pantages CALGARY ree to Bartlet & Franklin Palace Chas Seamon Martin & Mariin Ted Claire half YOUNGSTOWN, 0O. (Sunday opening) | Baby Henderson Little Pippifax Co| gip @* Price Les Klicks Pantages, Majestic Fisher & Hurst (One to fill) ’ Rooney & Bent Rev| p -4 & Townes . ee Helen Moretti Jackson Co Techow’s Cats Fictilia Oreb M’DSVIL’E, W. VA misty erna: adhe Victoria Wilson & Larsen | paaie Clark (Three to fill) Beer Lo : Britt Wood u Holtz Mulr’y McNe’ce & R Elsie Clark C Grace Doro Pitzer & Day La Bernicia Co Senator Murphy Aerial DeGroffs eaateion & Warhes Scanion Denno & S| yy Catalano Co Burnett & Downs 2a half . Park S Russel] Co Harry Holman Elizabeth Gergley Russian Scandals O'Neil & Plunkett Lee & Romaine Two Ladellas ist haif B Clifford Co Sheiks of Araby me Stedmans CEDAR RAP., IA./| Wilson & Larsen CHICAGO Maxellos Indian Jazz Band A 3 . BE me mon £ SS paten aad Ba ay he Pickfords ajest Cameron & Rock National Lutes Bros thers t6 fill) ry us ris Crafts & Sheehan = ~ J Wilson Co Chateau SPOKANE, WASH.| Gordon & Day Zamater & Smith 2d half , Alexandria & Olsen Ford & Price 8T. PAUL : . 2a half - a . Pantages (Three to fill) Collins & Dunbar Reeder & Armstr’g State Lake Pogers & Allen Ar Kneeland & Powers | Goldie & Eadie Palace 3 Melody Maide (Others to 11) is ‘Waters & Dancers | The. Atleys Shireen Marry & Gerrish Bordner & Boyer CHAMP’GN, ILL. - unday opening) Sultan Berdie Kraemer Friend & Sparling | Anderson & Graves| Barry & Rollo Gintaro : t need Carroll Rey oa half The Siegfrieds Wrestling Bear ' Artie Mehlinger Chas. Aldrich Co Majestic Walmsiey & K't’g “Miss Haverhill” of . Haverhill, Deane Wood oe ‘ore. Bob Nelson oa halt Jewell’s Manikins Shriner & Fitzs’ns | Wire & Walker Rogers & Alien Mass., was married Sept. 9, but she Biante + a It Perri & Miss ee Rickards winnearois | Pisshes of M & D|) Sandy MePherson ove mark is too young to work unless at zon Nile it P 2 ickards | : MINNE: 8 Maxfie 4d & Golson Davidson's Loons . Judels & Ford Operalogue Lincoln Sq. Wynn & Ed Shaw Pantages SEATTLE Seven Brown Girls tending the continuation school for William Hannigan. | Dav:dson’s Orch. | Baggott & Sheldon | Grey & Byron . Pantages Murray & Allan SPRINGF'D, ILL. | hye hours each week. Mrs. Susan F & N Kelly Emerson & Baldwin | Mickey Sis Bobby Randall (Sunday opening) ee Majestic Cait & Tnéa Flashes Songiand Lorimer & Hudson | Stenards (One to fill) Munroe Comeau was 15 May 16. CALGARY, CAN, | DAVENPORT, FA.) Voyaeville Coektail pen Gold & Edwards Dorothy Lewis EVANSV'LE, IND. | Three Blanks, = | Her’ marriage became known when oe ss 4 boa Hect he fee mn gg PT Aletanoae & Fields Grand | LeRoy Ta ma & B she was chosen as “Miss Haver- (Same eer lays H Ber Pa Mies rerd & ocoérich Seminary Scandals Elsie & Paulsen Harvard Win & B Goldie & Beatty Murray & Allan hill,” the prettiest girl in the city. play erri P s ic : ; : RR MEER AIG Te I RO Se! aay ~ aac) aaa a ea ee ERTT f 1 “pe ip oy se \- a eT, oo ” 2° pene seet ae uA — Re ue * oy 4 i I Joke oi a . ~ eng « = - 2 — , Pie) vec onriinasnatliapastme 192 ee eee at. asce

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B38 VARIIE4 WY Wedhestaly; Séptembe jer 24) 1904 SS BS ee INSTANTANEOUS HIT, / JUNE NIGHT’ (GIVE ME A JUNE: NIGHT, THE MOONLIGHT AND YOU) A Great Sond or FoxTrot sy Abel Baer end Cliff Friend . A STORY BALLAD AVITH A_ STRONG HEART APPEAL WHY LIVE A LIE? by L.Wolfe Gilbert ond Ted Koehler -~- DOODLE-DO0DO0| A Bigger (ey: ViC ay /1i au JA- -DA by Vas Kassel ad Mel Sti tzel ‘ie Pal That 1 Loved’ Stole Ihe Gal Ghat I Loved : he HARRY _ PEASE & ED. G. NELSON ‘SING ALITTLE SONG ee _ by Frank Westphal , Eruice Erdman A Sure Hit - for any Aind of act ene une | ATEDDY MORSE’S SMASHING BALLAD HIT/ Dont Blame it All Qn Ne Perfectly Suited for Every Act that Sang “WHY a CRY OVER Yo" a TERRiss + VINCENT ROSES LATEST AND GREATEST | FOXTROT HiT — EQUALLY AS 00D. ike fs a, : ae ay, De SYLVA fe LEO FEIST, Inc. PHILADELPHIA KANSAS CITY CHICAGO LONDON, W. C. 2, ENGLAND 1228 Market St. Gayety Theatre Bidg. 167 No. Clark St. ; 138 Charing Cross Rd. Payne A Avera” JA, MELROUBNE 193 Yonge St. 1020 Mandeiph St. 412 West Fifth 6t. 276 Collins St. ORCHESTRATIONS 35c EACH—F ROM YOUR DEALER ¢ OR R DIRECT. r RM, A a CR 2s \ aati hein stress soma ~) - ” os _ ees tess aa ee = ae ete only ERIN _— . oy pie ide ais ogee Paka bo, WE Reet ae af ape oleate = : abe ae ee . ena ity Raa oe — eT ee ee een eee a : : APR i igi bre ts a ee sien 4) i ico sand th eae ss ta lls ls et tecnica in ee roe ae ? r %, oJ at ae 2 ~ ; vers : — —, ‘ ; . A

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. ee: ery * ol — 4 ; i BG _—s 5 Wednesday, September, 24; 1024 iccieks SELL ane VARIETY, pinere, sre te ' AN HONEST AND TRULY BEAUTIFUL WALTZ BALLAD Honest? Trul sy Fred Rose AN Cute Novelty - for singing or fox - trotting he Little Old Clock. Mantel’ 4y GUS KAHN & TED FIORITO A. SPLENDID FOX TROT SONG I) TONIGHTS THE NIGHT’ 2d Dempsey & Carl Rupp s. KID STORY BALLAD WITH A BEAUTIFUL er MELODY WHO WANTS "BAD LITTLE BOY’ by © MARK FISHER 3 and. JOE BURKE n A Melodious Indiana Song With A Strong Ap peal gVher e The Dreamy Wabash Flows ABEL BAER & CLIFF’ FRIEND A oe -Mammy ‘Rag , Ballad | Rocka-bye Baby Days fy HAROLD CHRISTY, ABNER SILVER, & SAUL’ BERNIE A Cute Little Song Alou’ The Style of * Pege 5 Oe BT Made A it With Kit Ki itty | / (And Wit Made A Hit With Me) b CHAS & HARRY TOBIAS, GEO. A. RENRETT 711 Seventh ‘Avenue ~— “LEO FEIST, Inc. New York ' SAN FRANCISCO CINCINNATI PHILADELPHIA KANSAS CITY CHICAGO LONDON, W.C.2, Exe Pantages Theatre Bidg. LANE BOSTON 3181 Tremont 8t. 707-8 Lyric Theatre Bidg. 1228 Market St. Gayety Theatre Bidg. 167 No. Clark St. 138 Charing Crose Ba DETROIT LOS ANGELES MINNEAPOLIS AUSTRALIA, MELAEGUBEE Be mony 1020 Randolph &t. 417 West Fifth &t. 235 Leeb Arcade 276 Colline SG ORCHESTRATIONS 35c EACH—FROM YOUR DEALER OR DIRECT

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NARIETY | Re eae ae hacatledi ay ation . ii ful fii | i baum Harold L Crosléy Harry Billle Busdin Ray | Davenport D B iit I'm so glad that my friend HABRY STEPPE ‘is at the Columbia; New i York, this week, as I thimk he is one of the funniest tomedians I hawve.ever seen. He certainly makes me laugh. I enjoyed «his . shew. Well, I enjoyed it maybe ‘because he smokes my cigars. (Signed) ° FZZY. 1 & Y CIGARS THE SHOW WORLD'S FAVORITES 108 SEVENTH AVENUE, NEW YORK Oppesite Colembis Theatre ARRANGERS WANTED Mast Be Al on Symphonic Dance Arrangements — Address VARIETY BUREAU Davis Dorothy Zelt Day Betty: . Dingle Tom Diaz Virginia DeLaime M ;\ Ui Hi : Planders & Butler kliim Bea ‘ 4 ee Sabani Frank. Samuels Edgar A Seidiimg Maurice Grace /Shaskey Roth & H Sherman Tex Siftermans Audrey L Smith Hiclen F Taltman Eddie Lane Marguerite . ~ Tanguay & Larson Benny LaTemple &, Co Lee Mildred Littlejoha F PF Lendoe Lovwis Leme Jack Leciile Lillian Leda & Eeveda MecBogte Dave McKay Ivy McKenzie BRyva McNish Frank EB Martyn Irene Merrili Alma Zanrapa Bassie CHICAGO OFFICE Ardell Bros Bryant & Stewart Atien Bana Broeks Jack Austist Jack Betten Ima Adel Fie & Al iradley Gearge Evans Bidg., Washingtor, D. C. Allym Jane Beyce Bille Miss wa ee - H&M BAENES. PRUNE CO. 15 W. » CHICAGO VICTOR UNK €oO. 74 Ellis St.. SAN FRANCISCO DEFHLOFFY & SON 725 Wifteenth S.. DENVER GRO7, 123 W._ 12th 8., KANSAS CEIY 3. GAUSEPORE. 38 W. Washingtom, ENDIANAPOLIS PROFESSIONAL TRUNKS’ Sold at Factory Prices by the following SAMUEL NATIZANS, 568 Seventh Avesuc, NEW ¥ORK Agents: , ARTHUR LEATHER GOODS Co. 26 South Gay St., COLUMBUS, OHIO BANKHARDT, ENC. 443 ‘Race St., CINCINNATE THE WILMINGTON CO. 235 Summit St, TOLEDO Repair Service in St, Louis, New York and Chicage Only HERKERT & MEISEL TRUNK CO., St. Louis, Mo. yi BARR WEBER 145 Main St... AKRON, OHIO rT i vy bs | ® A) / He i ik BEE iyHE fi iii if nt ‘ fil ur ff : i Hit aa i : : fi ; ul Ledraréd & Barmett . Martin Lew new play and write the criticisms im gdvance. They agree. ~The play portion itself is a story of a forlorn girl from Kansas who comes to the great city of New York, creates 2 star part on her first appearance, and wins the love of the producer. The critics kid it. The finale finds the manager saying te his press agent that he guesses he ought te go imte the gtecery business. Pr. Sirovich is apparentfy serious about his idea of critics viewing } mew plays prior to their opening. He stated so in a speech on the opening night, givimg i as his opinion that if managers and critics get together constructive comment good for the theatre, other “premieres for its first per- men. The reviews were decidedly mixed, and the event of the critics im the play amused them. Heywood Broun, of the World, admitted he applauded when- A. Wood Brown walked on. ~Alexander Woofllcatt said the handclapping came from ’ a suspicious pertion. of the heuse Alan Olcott, whiet. meant Alan Dale, was the nearest to an impersonation. As “Schemers” was unopposed by formance, it. drew the first string | L Dale im his review found the play . , Perry Almond stood ‘Percy Haremend. ’ Whatever the strength of the reot tocation is & severe handicap, some money might be made on the “Schemers”™ is a-very long shet. and a new tenant will proeh- ably be sonsht for scom. Toce. JAZZERS INSURED (Comtiaued from page 3) that amount te be paid to the cor- poration and thus create negotiable cash assets for the firm in the event ‘anything should happen to either of the partners. The imsurance was divided up by Jobs R. Andrew, the broker, ameng six companies, simce none would handle the total amount im bulk, th highest sum being $16¢,000. The Hemmings Amusement Co., houses in northern New Jersey, has Brooklyn, upon which & will erect fer pictures and CHARLES HARSE COMPLETED “Keep on Dancing”—Duncan Sisters “You'll Find Out”—Duncan Sisters “i'm Looking for a Wife’— : ‘ Little Billy Cemplete Acts, Sengs and Taik— Miss trene Spécial Talk—Bernet and Downs A Pew Special Comedy Somgs om Hand. Gee Me: City Hall Saqvare Hotel, Chicago, ti. would be ' \LONG ACRE /j Cold Cream? 214 Mnst 125th Street New Week City ae The Prime Favorite : HAVE YOU USED mot, yewwe usiased @ great treat. Single test showg why. Qee-half poued tins on. Full at . Thréugh your dealer or direct by adiiime ten cents postage. LONG ACRE COLD CREAM CO. ee ee 2. eee) INTERNATIONAL BOOKING OFFICES (INCORPORATED) 909 WOODS THEATRE BUILDING Phone: CENTRAL 1497-8-9 CHICAGO, ILL. GEO. H. inn i; t » BOOKING EXCLUSIVELY THE _. \.s LUBLINER & TRINZ Circuit of Theatres IN CONJUN CTION WITH FOUR WEEKS OF THE HIGHEST GRADE PICTURE THEATRES IN ILLINOIS a ee WEBSTER, Booking Mgr. which operates a chain of picture » (Continued of a number o Prominent eithe) Screen. Althoug] made unofficiall; the information for the National licity headquarte Those mentio: With the inves Stone, John Dre a — BOB mn sean

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“Wal +d Se hidmuer 4” yes VARIERY

The “Prince of Wales’’ A Hit Everywhere—With Everybody | Wonder What’s Become of tive of Ballads

A Heart-Gripping Song That Never Fails! With a Powerful Dramatic Recitation Jack Yellen and Milton <a Wrote It ANOTHER “LOVIN’ BIG BOY By Jack Yellen and Milton Ager SAM” AGER’S MASTERPIECE BAGDAD ORIENTAL FOX: TROT Great for Dincins and Silent Acts

POSITIVELY THE GREATEST OF ALL COMEDY SONGS HARD HEARTED HANNAR

By Jack Yellen, Milton Ager, Bob Bigelow and Charley Bates (One of Those Jack Yellen Lyrics) AGER, YELLEN & BORNSTEIN, Ixc 1595 Broadway LORY (Ole A CF IB RY o FO) BILLY CHANDLER Professional Manager

NEW YORK CITY SS eS a ea we

(Continued from page 3) of a number of people who are Prominent either on the stage or Screen, Although the inquiries were Made unofficially it is understood the information was being sought for the National Committee’s pub- licity headquarters in New York. Those mentioned in connection With the investigation are Fred Stone, John Drew, Jeanne Eagels, ——— John Barrymore, George M. Cohan, Talmadge Sisters, Buster Keaton, Rex Beach, Owen Davis, Reginald Werrenrath, Jerome Kern, Walter Hampden, June Mathis, Clayton Hamilton and Cecil B. de Mille. A number of wires were sent to the coast in regard to other picture people. At the same time the Democratic National Committee also-got busy in the ranks of the stage celebrities

and named Wilton Lackaye as the

head of the Theatrical Davis-for- President League. Lackaye is to have headquarters in the theatrical district. Line on Candidates This week at the Rivoli, New York, all three of the Presidential candidates are making their appear- ance and speaking via the DeForest Phonofilm. The order of their ap- pearance is John W. Davis, Robert M. LaFollette and President Calvin Coolidge closes the show.

tert Theatre, W. 424 St. New Amsterdam Pop. Mats. Wed.& Sat. A Nationa} Institution Glorifying the American Girl ZIEGFELD FOLLIES 468 Seats i er 2 00 Seats at Box

42d St., W. of REPUBLIC EVENINGS at 830. Matinees Wednesday & Saturday 3a YEAR ANNE NICHOLS’ Great Comedy “ABIE'S IRISH ROSE” “The Play That Puts ‘UD’ in Humor” Ettet HENRY MILLER’S THEATRE W, 434 St. Mats. Thurs. & Sat. Strange Bed Fellows Sam Thea.,W.42 St. Eves.8:30 HARRIS Mats. Wed. & Sat., 2:30

The New American Musical Play “Hilarious, screamingly funny.”’—Times. BE YOURSELF ! With With

SELWYN THEATRE ¥:*t, Evenings Mate. Thurs. and Sat. ZIEGFELD PRODUCTION EDDIE CANTOR in * “KID BOOTS” with MARY EATON Bway & 62a St. Mats. COLONIA ‘Wed., Sat. (Pop. )50¢-$1.50 SISSLE and BLAKE Cast—Chorus of 125—Symphony Orch. *

|The CHOCOLATE DANDIES QUEENIE SMITH JACK DONAHUB BROADWAY and 47th STRAND is “A NATIONAL INSTITUTION” Direction.........++..-..Jdeseph Plunketi Theatre, W. 44th St. Bves. HUDSON ; 730, Mts, Wed. & Sat. 2:30. A. H. WOODS Presents Lowell Sherman in a new play by Willard Mack with POTASH & PERLMUTTER

EARL CARROLL presents WHITE CARGO By LEON GORDON TENTH BIG MONTH DALY’S 63d ST. 2Yc 2:39. Mate. Wed. & Sat.,2 730

HIGH STAKES BELMONT sists thurs: a Sac 23 Bvenings 8:30 A. H. WOODS Presents CONSCIENCE A new play by Don Mullally ee ee ee ee hee RE AS OR

Thea.,Bway & 46 St. Evs. 8:30 Matinees Wed. & Sat., 2:30 JEANNE EAGELS in “RAIN” GAIETY

St.. BEB. of B’way PLAYHOUSE *” By. Ses Eves. 8:30. Mats. Wed. and Sat., 2:30 STEWART .& FRENCH present the Comedy Hit of the Year “THE SHOW-OFF”

Arthur Hopkins presents . ‘What Price Glory’ .- “A True and Stunning War Play” by Maxwell Anderson and Laurence Stallings — PLYMOUTH Theatre. 45th Street West of Broadway ~< Eves. 8:30, Mats, Thurs. and Sat., 2:30 GEO. M. COHAN Eves, 8:30. Mats. Wed. and Sat.; 2:30 “Audience with every other breath jouqped ond three, acts.""—-Stark Young, N. Y¥. Time LEWIS & GORDON Present THE HAUNTED HOUSE

Thea., Bway & 434 Phone Bryant 0392

The Best People “I LAUGHED LONG AND LOUDLY.” —Heywood Broun.

W. 48th St. Eves. 8:20. VANDERBIL Matinees Wed. & Sat. SAM H. HARRIS presenis LAZYBONES A CHRONICLE OF A COUNTRY TOWN By Owen Davis. Btaged by Guthrie McClintic, yeh, LITTLE THEATRE West “— St. Eves., 8:30. Mate. ed. & Sat., 2:30

Davis holde the screen thé long- est, 13 minutes being allotted to his talk; LaFollette talks but four minutes, and the President con- sumes 12 minutes. Of the trio, LaFollette appeared to create the greatest impression, as ful talker. He and Coolidge received the greatest applause, with LaF ol- lette having slightly the best of it Davis recefved hardly any ap- plause. WEALTHY “ANGELS” (Continued from page 3) Mir.dlin and Goldreyer are reported concerned with the management.

Backer is also building a new thea- By GEORGE KELLY WALLACE. EDDINGER LYCEUM WatS3,8:, "5,0 #32 | KNICKERBOCKER 2* 24722 MATS. WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY. | NOTE: to ecreen personality and as a force- |

A. L. ERLANGER’S Preduction of Ancient Twice Daily, 2:30 and 8:30 By RAFAEL SABATINI James Elroy 4 j Bagdad. SSA N ALBERT E. SMITH presents | “ONE OF

THE GREAT- SINCE ‘THE A. NATION,’ ” -—N. ¥. Bulletin. Flecker’s *“Romanee of Curtain at 8 o'clock evesg.; 2 o'clock mats, ASTOR THEATRE Bway at 45 St. EST FILMS BIRTH OF

A VITAGRAPH PICTURB - PRICES « <- «= = ‘Ge to $1.65 j THRILLS! 1! ACTION! THRILLS! VILLIAM FOX presentation “THE IRON HORSE” A John Ford Production LYRI Theatre, 42d, W. of B’ way. Twice daily, 2.30-8.30. Phone Chickering 2736. Mat. today, 2.30. Best Seats $1.00 ‘The Iron Horse’ will be seen at no other theatre during the season of

1924-1925,

tre on 49th street, near Seventh avenue. “Judy O’Grady” is rated a good i property judging from the script. It ; was written by Myron Fagan whose “Two Strangers from Nowhere” was presented last season with Fritz Lieber and reported to have strong financial backing at the time. Ruth Shepley has been selected to’ head

the “Judy” cast.

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BOB

THE SHERWOODS “«& AND THEIR ENTERTAINERS

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' 92 VARIETY , Wednesday, September 24, 1924

VAUDEVILLE DEBUT oe LARRY M. STOUTENBURGH “PREMIER EXHIBITION POCKET-BILLIARD EXPERT” Assisted by MAY ALAMEDA GEORGE This Week (Sept. 22) KEITH’S PHILA. Sept. 29, Cross Keys and Grand, Phila.; Oct. 6, Wm. Penn and Pottsville; Oct. 13, Grand Rapids and Toledo; Jan. 11, Keith’s, Rochester; Jan. 18, Keith’s, Syracuse; Keith’s Riverside, New York; Oct. 20, Camden and Germantown; Oct. 27, Keith’s Jan. 25, Colonial, Erie; Feb. 9, Shea’s, Buffalo; Feb. 16, Shea’s, Toronto; Feb. 23, Bushwick, Brooklyn; Nov. 3, Bridgeport and New Haven; Nov. 9, Waterbury Princess, Montreal; March 2 Schenectady and Troy; March 9, Keith’s, Boston; and Hartford; Nov. 17, Earle, Phila.; Nov. 24, Wilkes-Barre and Scranton; March 16, Keith’s Palace, New York; March 23, Keystone, Phila.; March 30, | Dec. 1, Shenandoah and Hazelton; Deo. 8, Lancaster and Easton; Dec. 15, South | Davis, Pittsburgh; April 5, Temple, Detroit; April 12, Keith’s, Indianapolis; | Bethlehem; Dec. 21, Keith’s, Columbus; Dec. 28, Louisville and Dayton; Jan. 4, April 19, Palace, Cincinnati; May 3, Palace, Cleveland. Direction CHAS. S. WILSHIN BOOKERS AND MANAGERS, ATTENTION! THE ORIGINAL NIFTY THREE ano CO. SHEHAN-STARTZMAN-DE LORTO Assisted by ALICE RICHARDS —- c | ’ in SPEED, CLASS and VARIETY . ‘ ( SOMETHING NEW IN TWENTIETH CENTURY HORM <3 . | Western | Representative, JOHN H. BILLSBURY — i LITTLE PIPIFAX VAUDEVILLE’S FUNNIEST CLOWN

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This week (Sept. 22) Loew’s State, New York SAILING FOR EUROPE THE MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER Loew Circui irection Keith Circuit Direction IRVING. YATES GLADYS F. BROWN, WM. S. HENNESSY OFFICE | ¢ TO PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE | SUCCESS TO THE ASSOCIATION Atter The Speaker of the House We Sas aeton p Dewees oo : Rigo The finest in the

world. Illustrated #* world. Illustra ORPHEUM TOUR TO THE COAST ee Eto aig nt HARRY LANGDON Presents. W. V.} Eiorseseece\ =f [JIMMY PEGGY; aig ab ARRANGERS WANTED Mast Be Al on Symphonic Dance Arrangements WSse al Wy @ JOHN Address VARIETY BUREAU Assisted by FRANK MANSOL Now Campaigning -in Keith and Orpheum Evang Bidg., Washington, D. C. ge HatZeencg| “JOHNNY'S NEW CAR’ COOLIDGE DAVIS AND LA F OLLETTE THEATRICAL OUTFITTERS Four Wheels, No Brakes—Standard Equipment Campaign Managers: LEWIS & GORDON 1880 Broadway New York City HARRY WEBER, East EZ. KEOUGH, West HARRY JEAN in “CHOW,” by PAUL GERARD SMITH | NOW—Proctor’s 125th Street, New York—NOW Direction THOMAS J. FITZPATRICK - BROSIUS and BROWN THE BRAINLESS WONDERS Always Working—JACK GARDNER is the answer - NICK COGLEY and COMPANY = - BOOKED SOLID ON KEITH TIME SEPTEMBER 29 to APRIL 1 Sa eran es a Ee es , ro a nts tt ae = as — terete — Sh ais ETS Stage, a ee Tata ep * ~ ae

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= as - - , Spe SPB ite Bite Li ata Si a ie . ¢ a Fae rite Ree, ange Ge ' «ae ee ee pate, oh 2 SD “1 ee eee ~ Nb ag he ~ tee Pp - - “ F, be tata as s — ee ye _— 3 a : - w¥ - VARIETY — ———— a ~ BOOKERS AND MANAGERS! A SURPRISE PARTY FOR YOU!! -YVETTE RUGEL IN sOuETHING NEW | | A MUSICAL PLAYLET ENTITLED oy \ BIT OF OLD NEW YORK”) : | ae Assisted by C. DANIEL WHIPPLE - : THIS WEEK (Sept. 22) SHOWING AT B. F. KEITH'S ROYAL, NEW YORK | Direction HARRY WEBER After playing everything im vaudeville from coast to coast, | = 7 we want to express our sincere thanks and appreciation for . BOOKED SOLID UNTIL JUNE, 1925 WALTER DAVISON ~RUCKER)| nists || LOUISVILLE LOONS the courtesy and treatment we have received from the W. V. M. A. Long may it live and prosper. A boon to the performer AND i] A VERSATILE. MUSICAL ORGANIZATION reins i‘ ii Playing Return Engagements in All Theatres Booked by the SIDNEY } W. V. M. A., B. F. Keith (West) and Junior Orpheum Circuits Musical Arrangements by WALTER DAVISON | The Best Chinese Impersonator Scenery and Effects by Johnsen-King Stadios ei Direction EARL & PERKINS “A Chinese-Afro Fracas” L aaa = ae SPINGOLD, Western Representative | HARRY W. CR AEM A A ED ON ORPHEUM CIRCUIT 1924 as acsaiMn us| = TROVATO & The Gelciaal and Gelxinator. Sensational. Vaslniet - “The Wizard Comedian’”’ New. 1924 Models Now on Display Shopworn and Slightly Used Taylor, Hartman, Omdestructe and Bal Trunks always op band. WwE 7 wg REPAIRING. WRITE FOR CATALOG =x _ SAMUEL *"NATHA ANS, Inc. Public bywerd: “Go to the Orpheum, hear that violinist and laugh yourself sick.” 568 Seventh Avenue, tween 40th and HA Sarente, New York City : y 80x" AGENTS FOR H & M TRUNKS IN THE EAST Direction SIMON AGENCY, Chicago Phones: Longacre 6197-9819 Metis

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a Ah LABOR PANS EQUITY (Continued from page 3) celal secret meetings and made complete preparations to give the Actors’ Equity their united sup- port. It was resolved at that time that unless the terms of the Actors’ Equity, which were then being discussed in New York, were agreed to that every musi- cian, stage employe, moving pic- ture operator, janitor, and every employe of every house, opposing the Actors’ Equity would be “called out.” When, recently, the Equity controversy was again discussed, a like action was con- templated by the Theatrical Fed-

| eration, and every member was ; ready to stand by them 100 per sent. Testing Time Arrived Those who always had their doubts had predicted that the fu- ture would tell whether - the Actors’ Equity could-_bte de- pended upon to help others when the “testing time’ came. It has come. The Aetors’ Equity and its members and officers have been tried and “Found Want- ing.” In the Casino Theatre, in San Francisco, a company of Equity Actors are operating the theatre without one single union stage employe, musician, or jan- itor. They dare to advertise that they are 100 per cent. union —a statement officially denied by the San FranciscoeLabor Council, Their home office has been com- plained to in vain. On the con- trary, that office justifies the “Unfair” actions of their San Francisco members. And these

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Success and Prosperity to the | WESTERN VAUDEVILLE MANAGERS’ ASSN. ORPHEUM, Jr., and ASSOCIATES p JACK ana EVA ARN in “SMILES AND SNICKERS” Representatives, EARL & PERKINS

people and their organizations are connected with the American Federation of Labor. Actors Declared “Unfair” Every union man and woman in this city is requested to take particular notice of this “Unfair” competition. The Casino Theatre and its company of actors are officially declared by the San Francisco Labor Council, who in- vestigated the conditions thor- oughly, to be unworthy of patron- age. Their actions are “Unfair” to the many theatres who are employing union men and wom- en, paying fair wages, and livig up to union conditions. The unions of San Francisco are earnestly re- quested to take such action as will be found-most effective in this Casino Theatre antagonistic attitude toward organized labor, and to place a fine on any mem- ber going into the place. The well-known G. M. Ander- son (Broncho Billy) is univer- sally recognized as the owner and manager of the Casino Theatre, although it is said that the prop- erty stands in the name of one of his family. “An injury to one is the concern of all.” If the union men and women will stand together as valiantly as marched on Labor Day, the Ca- sino Theatre non-union outfit will fade out of the picture into a deserved oblivion. they .

doe. 2¢-—ubade. Eaperted > . creat i : Hitiiiiiiien i A ‘ EE Sy hes Nov. Seuth Bend Nev. fer, Wei ev ‘orre- ‘te, itle Dec. 144— oy

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5—K : Direction EARL & PERKINS AGENCY . age Be He stond, Councit Bluffs s—Fale"Otlakoma Oh . Springfield Ry oor Pat uskegon Joe ; Tepeka Battie Creek

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for the Gus Sun offices. N. V. A’S BIG NIGHT (Continued from Page 10)

Macklin Megley Eddie Hill Irwin Wanders Pill Parent Harry Ridings Hildegarde Stone Willie Harris Val and Ernie Frank Cambria Stanton — Murray Bloom Lieut.-Governor ofJ. Kalver Ill. Fred Sterling Harry Wertham Alderman Ross Johnny Fink | Woodhall Burt White Henry Young Walter Wilson Leon Berezniak Chester Cohn John J. Nash Jimmie O'Niel Al Beilan James Gunin Henry Kaufman Henry Chester- Chas. Sherer field Marie Monahan Glen Condon Evans & Leever Joe Daniels Edward Moore Cc. W. Meachan Emil Shy Harry Capman Bob Sperry Larry Comer Duncan Sisters Hal Skelly Freddie Allen Jimmy Savo Joan. Fazenda Peppy Capman Dickie Gardner Culver Williams Harry Markham Arthur Horwitz Crane Sisters Sid Gold Art Kahn Ike Bloom Dan Russo Roy Mack Gus Kahn Dr.. Henry . J. George Godding Schierson Everett Hays Blossom Seeley John J. Garrity Benny Fields Mrs. John J. John Steel Garrity Dooley & Sales Co. W. Roach Walter C. Kelly Walter Duggan Ferd. Steindel Tom Murray Fred Sylvester Arthur Stewart Billy Collins Warren Gault Wally Bradley Harry Waiman Mae Hennessy Irene Berry Alphonse Berg Evans & Pearl Charles Hickey Snow & Sigs- Dolly Hart worth Geo. Armstrong Sam Trinz Goldie & Beatty Eddie Trinz Dashingtons Harry Beaumont Lew Ha~’kins Harry Kaufman Jimmy Kemper Blanche Ring Chas. Hendrix Chas. Winninger Walton & Brant Louise Groody Jack Merlin Ashton Stevens Wright & Douglas Fred Donaghey Johnny Hyman “Doc” Hall Dunlay & Merrill Fred McQuigg H. C. McIntyre Amy Leslie Jenny & Nylin Bartram € Sax- Allen & Norman ton [rene Thompson Rita Gould Schwartz & Max Vasold Clifford Wm. G. McGowan Burnet & Downs Harry Bryant Pedrick & Devere A. Roth Joe and Lillian Russell (colored) doing a comedy act in vaudeville George Gould is now a field agent

Joe Roberts B. C. Hilliam Crystal Bennett Chain & Arthur Father Hugh J. O'Connor Jenks & Fulton The Medinis Shattuck & O'Niel The McClouds Morely & Anger Capt. C. F. Adams Odiva Kafka & Stanley Burns & Wilson Russ Leddy Peggy Burke Polly Moran Francis & Grey Donaldson & Glenn Walter Ford Gene Green Bruce Fowler Boris Petroff Leopold Spitalny PAbesGlatt Joe Manne Lew Butler " Sol Wagner Ed Olmstead Walter Batchelor Al Bachman Bayle & Patsy Abe Cohn Mike Cohn Helen Murphy Lazier Worth Will Singer

The RITZ REVUE

is a success, This is never has the ladies of the Ritz Revue. That the have been favorably is due as much to as to

gratifying indeed, an association been so pleasant. I am thankful to Mr. HASSARD SHORT, Mr. AL. JOLSON, , and gentlemen dance numbers commented upon the co-operation of the company my own efforts SEYMOUR i Fi

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= a site me = * ps Pete = 5 pS io. 6 . i _ re 96 VARIETY ” Wednesday, September 2, 1924 " Wednesdz — === — — == —— ——— So ; t . r] + E. F. A yr ¢ qr DEAR NEW WESTERN CIRCUIT p ‘Aithough my body has been traveling from one New York theatre to another for the past 25 weeks, my. thoughts have always been divided be- s tween Broadway and the West, and I wish you tremendous success, because I got nffy big start “Out Where the West Begins.” : t. La

Sincerely, JACK OSTERMAN “HIS VISIT TO HOLLYWOOD”

Booked on-Keith Circuit until May, 1925 i Direction HARRY WEBER This week (Sept. 22), KEITH’S ROYAL, NEW YORK _ : ‘“ iL —— = 3 ite —

rr xe as = ‘ “ak s PAG? Poe ary aT “, s- - Les eee ig Sas i Rabet ae Soe. ee aah er ert)

“value than a dozen political ad-

PART IN CAMPAIGN (Continued from page 3) offer—the Presidency. These ex- perienced men of many campaigns state that to have a vaudeville team put across a number with their can- didate as the feature is of more dresses. Variety's reporter wanted to know why. Here is their answer: “When a crowd gathérs to dus a political address they come pre- pared. If they are for the candi- date speaking, all well and good; if not they create within themselves arguments to beat: down: anything the speaker may put forth. In other words, they’re getting what they expect—politics. . “At a vaudeyille theatre their minds are open. They are seeking COUNTRY ARDSLEY <x: The. bearding school for -your boy and girl—5 to 12 years. Regents standards, music, dancing. Attract+ tve home. life. WRITE FOR BOOKLET “Vv” Ardsley, N. Y. ARRANGERS WANTED | Mast Be Al on Symphonic Dance Arrangements

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entertainment, They are receptive, and when a candidate is praised it is a ten-to-one shot that if they are on the fence, the unexpected on- slaught settles it for the. candidate praised.” Robert La Fellette is, according to report, getting the better of the play from the vaudeville houses. This is credited to the fact that be- ing more picturesque he “fits in” better. President Coolidge has. not ports, although Davis is said to have done little to taspire the song- writers, BEDROOM STUFF OUT (Continued from page 3) mind to write “other things’ and not the. type of stuff that the pub- lic always expects from his pen. Last-.week..he was approached by a manager, who wanted a Hopwood piece along the usual Hopwood. lines, but the author said- “nothing doing.” Hopwood is a- proven box-office asset; and during the past few years has been: not only one of the most prolific contributors te the stage of Broadway, but the author who drew down the greatest*royalty checks. At one time he had four successes running on Broadway and all ‘playing to. capacity. business. They were “The Bat,” “The Gold Diggers” “Ladies’ Night” and “Spanish Love.”

been slighted, says these same re-|_p SOUTH AFRICA (Continued from page 4) amusing;. Jean Alexander, pleasing; pictures. Week of Aug. 18: Kenna Bros., comedy act; Reg. Went-vorth, light comedian; pictures. New Bijou (African Theatres. Ltd.)—Pictures. Palladium (African Theatres, Ltd.)—Pictures. Athambra (African Theatres Ltd. ) ictures, Jeppes Theatre (African Theatres, Ltd.) —Pictures, Lyri¢ Theatre atre (African Theatres, Ltd.)—Pictures. _ Cariton (African Theatres Lta. \—- Pictures. :

“Afric.n Theatres, Ltd., produced Aug. 18 at the Empire Paiace “Lit- tle Nelly Kelly.” Philip D. Levard handled the production side.

Bert Errol, female impersonator, is booked for South Africa toward the end of the year. Other artists booked are Bransby Williams, Hetty King and Jen Latona.

It fis stated } arie Hall, violinist; will tour South Africa in the near future,

“The Veterans of Variety” are due to arrive this month on the first stage of their world tour of South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and possibly America. The artists are stars. of yesterday and Ist Leo Dryden, Sable Fern,

HIEMAN TALKS (Continued from pag 8) 5,000-mile tour of the Middle and Far West. He will! personally visit the managers of vaudeville theatres in all the cities between -Chcago, Omaha, Kansas: City; Denver, Salt Lake City and Los Angeles, and discuss with them their... booking problems. A branch office of‘ the’ W. V. M, A. is already imoperation in St. Louis, one will be opened in Denver, another in. Los Angies, and | if- conditions warrant, still another in San Francisco. With these in running order, he will then pro- ceed to cover the territory in Wash- ington and Oregon as far north as Seattle and return home over the} lines of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroads. With this intimate personal con- tact and opportunity to discuss the vital problems of each individual manager, he will return to Chicago with a vast fund of first-hand infor- a4nation which cannot help but prove an. invaluable aid to the managers whose houses are booked by the W. V. M. A. and to the “bookers” who will attend to the detail of sup- M. A. theatres. Expansion of Association I fully expect that this expansion of the W. V. M. A. activities will add vaudeville artist a much longer en- plying the programe for the W. V.f

at least 100 theatres’* to the list which now obtain their programs through this association, and if such ig the case the W. V. M. A. will be enabled to remder an even greater service to its clients in the future than it has in the past. With its long list of new theatres in which to play the acts on its books it will be able to offer the gagement than is now possible. Another and very important re- sult of this policy of expansion will be that the quality and class of the acts which are to be seen in the smaller houses can be greatly im- © proved, and with the improvement a _ new, a larger and a higher clase of patrons will be constantly drawn to vaudeville, and that after all is the fresult which the Orpheum Circuit,

JAMES URRATT. {TRACK MARK Sold at Leading Theatrical Drug Stores. Now Owned by . Ogilvie Sisters.

These shows, playing to an average} Frank Leo, Arthur Slater, Lily Bur- ss ” Address gross of more than $50,000 a week, nard and Jake Friedman, comedian. SOLE AGENTS FOR ens, EROF Eee TRUNKS a ;. VARIETY BUREAU ere a heavy royalty check to pra ae HARTMANN — ATNDESTRUCTO — OSHKOSH — MENDEL Fifth Flo vans . ashington &. opwooa. . G+ ung ’ (Durban) GROPPER GROPPER Criterion—Business -good, due to SPECIAL No. 1 : cshcoactany erat pete ee - ‘ visitors there for season. Week of F rd P & act ess. anens -C BUD MURRA™. aie Sk; Zonta, Snaties,Seneee tru elected” ie: tune, mond round Watson, Victor King, Rolls and bee age Ran Bh dome top. covered and NOW BOOK STAGE DIRECTOR and PRODUCER Falls, pictures. tnd intertined, 4 roomy black Aber. four roomy TEACHING PRACTICAL STAGE DANCING Theatre Royal—Dark. drawers, lécking | bar. drawers, heavily nick- | ~His Majesty’s—Pictures. Sey Gorm, 30- bane eled locking bar, locks § BUCK and WING, WALTZ CLOG, ECCENTRIC Empire—Bio. ns pg ag te my AMATEUR SHOWS—Written, Staged and Scenery, Wardrobe, Electrical Greyville Cinema—Vaudeville and $35 ; quipment Furnished pictures. $45 AMBASSADOR THEATRE, West 49th St., N. Y. City hg het naga GROPPER MAKE MADE BY BAL Fr * ie Th ' een iets : . SEND FOR CATALOG. MENTION VARIETY FOR PROFESSIONAL DISCOUNTS. BANDS and ORCHESTRAS ir a nee mechanical scene, copyrighted and Rinko, Maritzburg—Week of Aug. GROPPER’ FINE 1390 BROADWAY, At 38th St. NEW YORK CITY J tented. Don't fail to wire me at once. 18—Fred Hutchings, comedian; pic- LUGGAGE Phone Fitz Rey 3848 pate : tures. ” MARKET, GR/ siiieeasdinachin an ones nienihiaai GEES SRS So eS eee SRE RE ELLA I , «4 “ Associatio Still going strong and booked solid on the Orpheum, Jr., Orpheum and B. F. Keith Circuits DIRECT FROM ITALY KNICKERB Standard Acts EARL CARRO

MAX RICHARDS, Representative =

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the w. v. MM. A theatres most e: ND

PHIL ROY and ARTHUR in “CHINA” - In extending WwW. V. M. A. ac will be made to tinually improve, the interests of t be booked throug -Co-O; , I realize very nly by the close £o-operation bet the actor and the ‘the best efforts o

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— At 58th St., Hew York, last week, next to closing, our SURPRISE, SENSATIONAL, SCREAMING, HOWLING COMEDY FINISH, THIS WEEK (SEPT. 22), KEYSTONE, PHILA. — —_ — per MS , — . . 3 ees 1 in PRS,” vty LAUGHING HIT OF THE BILL “DANCE PARISIAN” NEW NUMBERS, NEW WARDROBE, NEW SCENERY, NEW AND PLENTY OF LAUGHS MAZE TTE, LE WIS and CO. Direction DAVE SABLOSKY Se aan

gives a 100° per that the audie Pleased and imb to see vaudevill again, I think that t artists encounte theatres, both ba Contact they hav and his assistan only a matter | eee ee the

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— September 24, 1924 et eee RS ete a ES ore © Cee ists VARIETY : pois B. F. Weta” ee dah owRos 5 « ae : 7p. F. ‘ALBEE, President — 4 i SQ tyre + ‘ et Botases: -—~y J. J. MURDOCK, General Manager KEITH’S VAUDEVILLE EXCHANGE _ (AGENCY) (Palace Theatre Building: New York) Founders B. F. KEITH, EDWARD F. ALBEE, A. PAUL KEITH, F. F. PROCTOR Artists can book dire.t addressing W. DAYTON WEGEFARTH F, F. PROCTOR, Vice-President Ses is in} whee BOOKING eee oe Se NEW YORK ——a— Oe ~ SECLUBIN | GENERAL MANAGER ty ae AGENCY General Executive OF Fices DEW BUILDING ANNEX? 160: WEST 46ST CHICAGO OFFICE 604 Woods Theatre Building JOHNNY; : JONES IN CHARGE SS Ae er ‘HE SERVICE THAT SERVES” WESTERN VAUDEVILLE MANAGERS’ ASSOCIATION GENERAL BOOKING OFFICES Fifth Floor, State-Lake Bldg., Chicago, Ill. BRANCHES: 889-90 Arcade Building, St. Louis, Mo.; Second Floor, Main. St. Theatre Bidg., Kansas City, Mo.; 406-7 Tabor Building, Denver, Colo.; Hill Street Theatre Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal. NOW BOOKING THROUGH TO THE PACIFIC COAST ACKERMAN & HARRIS EXECUTIVE OFFICES: THIRD FLOOR, PHELAN BLDG. MARKET, GRANT and O’FARRELL STREETS SAN FRANCISCO ELLA HERBERT WESYON, Booking Manager LOS ANGELES—62¢ CONSOLIDATED BLDG. Association of Managers in New York State, Canada and East JOHN E, COUTTS KNICKERBOCKER VAUDEVILLE EXCHANGE AGENCY Standard Acts Going East or West Can Bregk Their Jump 6 to 19 Weeks EARL CARROLL THEATRE BLDG., N. Y. City—Phone Circle 6407 the w. Vv. M. A. aaa all its ‘allied theatres most earnestly desire. - In extending the scope of the W. V. M. A. activities every effort will be made to safeguard and con- tinually improve, if such be possible, the interests of the artists who may be booked through this exchange. - Co-Operation _ I realize very keenly that it is nly by the closest and most cordial £o-operation between the manager, the actor and the booking offices that ‘the best efforts of the artists can be given, and it is only when the artist gives a 100 per cent. performance that the audience is thoroughly Pleased and imbued with the desire to see vaudeville shows again and Pe - I think that the treatment which artists encounter in the ‘vaudeville theatres, both back stage and in the Contact they have with the manager and his assistants, has become not only a matter of business, but a mutual pleasure. The spirit of fair play and consideration which are among the ideals we have so sin- cerely endeavored to establish are bringing splendid results, afid in ar- ranging for booking franchises with the W. V. M. A. we shall make it a condition that the same spirit of cleanliness, comfort, friendliness and co-operation be maintained in .the new houses which may become af- filiated with us, which I am pleased to feel exist today in all those the- atres whose programs are arranged by the W. V. M. A- MEET THE BOYS (Continued from page 9) to accomplish. He has been with the firm for 15 years, coming to Chicago from Decatur, with his last post as manager three years agov. His chief failing 1s his pipe and he is competing with Eddie Foy as a family man, but as a crackers — Palace Theatre Building oe sal TORR, BOOKING DEPARTMENT EXECUTIVE OFFICES Btate-Lake Building * CHICAGO ae will call. e stasig f AMA iGAMATED 2) ie _ MAUDEVI LLE , AGENCY M. E. COMERFORD, Pres. « We offer sincere’ service to Vaudeville Managers. Communicate’ with us: and our. representative Artists may book direct: at all. times. » “HARRY“J. PADDEN, 1441 Broadway, New York Booking Manager Phone: Penn 3580 THE GUS BRANCH OFFICES: New York City VAUDEVILLE DEPARTMENT SUN BOOKING EXCHANGE CO. MAIN OFFICE: NEW REGENT THEATRE BLDG SPRINGFIELD, OHIO BRANCH OFFICES ‘Chicago, mt. 311 Strand Theatre Bidg. Buffalo, WN. Y. 503 Lafayefte Theatre Bidg. THEATRE MANAGERS Desiring first-class service write, wire or phone eur nearest office. VAUDEVILLE ARTISTS: Offering from ten to thirty weeks for standard vaudeville acts. £05 Delaware Bidg. Detroit, Mich. 700 Bariow Bidg. Pittsburgh, Pa. 429 Fulton Bidg. quired a fund of knowledge and an ability for applying it which is proving a gold mine for managers who want service of that nature from the W..V. M. A. In addition Morris Brummell of the office. . They -say he buys 10 suits at a time for 12 bits apiece ond without walking up a step. Then he touches off his sartorial splendor with several sparkling @iamonds, making the picture complete, is the Beau OFFICES _ New Vork | Detroit 1. Chicage | Seattle San Francisco; Los Angeles | Denver sews crm) Saray | Maia” | Sag" Iraavetion! Mate | on! Rin jack booker, Sid is also there, at Morris Silvers is a valuable ap- present booking all the continuous/'set to the association and in turn Orpheum Jr. house®. } to the managers served by the or- _ | ganization He is on the job from MORRIS _.S: SILVERS |} the word go and hits 100-per cent Take the knowledge of about} = men in the picture business, put it | EDWARD SHAYNE together, and you will have some} Eddie Shayne started as an idea of what Morris Silvers kriows| actor, then bécame a champion about pictures, | booker and retired. But they His specialty is high class pi didn’t let him stay put “is inti- ture houses and he has a mania for! mate knowledge of every angle of Balaban & Xatz theatres and of| show business, his reputation § of de luxe houses of their type never losing a theatre he once For real inforamtion in his line} books and “his long experience Mr. Silvers is prcbably th2 most} during which he built a record sought after man in the W. v. M.| equalled by few, made him just the A. office. He has been there 10} man for the W. V. M. A. years and in that time has ac- It took some persuasion t) get Eddie back, but his love of the busi- ness was too much for him and he is working for the eontinucd success of the W. V. M. A. He re- tired five years ago to be near his daughter, his pet hobby. Since returning to harness Eddie is hitting better than ever and winning managers over to the as- sociation every. day. In bringing back Eddie Shayne the association showed its appre ciation of the fact that. men of ‘hong is | BERT LEVEY CIRCUIT‘ VAUDEVILLE THEATRES | | experience and brilliant records in show business could best serve its clientele. He is one of the men who knows how to get favors where others fail and can overcome »b- ‘stacies and smooth out differences twith artists and ‘true veteran in the business of managers like a booking vaudeville over a wide territory. Oh, yes, Eddie’s daughter now lives in Denver. So that’s where you will find him managing the W. V. M. A. affairs of that section, BENJAMIN J. PIAZZA A prominent aetor when along came the war to help him prove to the world he is also grade manager, and a genius at handling pedple: Out at the Great Lakes Naval training station Bén had thé job during the war of putting on shows which pleased from 10,000 to 15,000 sailors at each performance. These were charity affairs, too, not the easiest things to arrange or put across with éverybody satisfied, but Ben delivered. After that he was sent to New Orleans to handle the Orpheum’s circuit affairs and did it so well he was intrusted’ with the opening of the Orphem cirecuit’s new Hill Street, Los Angeles. His record on the coast has been just one long list of successes. When Cc. F. Bray went out there to size up things for the association he grabbed off Ben in a hurry as the General Western Representative. Mr. Piazza knows everybody on the coast and is known by the man- agers out there as a man who al- | ways gets “yes” to anything he goes after. They trust him implic- itly, because he never fails them. Ben has discovered a lot of talent nd has produced special shows, NAT KALCHEIM Nat’s rise in the show business might be called meteoric. He came to work for the association as an office boy. Not much later he was a stenographer, When they found he was showing every sign of becom- ing valuable, he was sent to New York to obtain material for the W. V. M. A. This was a big chance for Nat, and he made good to the extent that they brought him back and put him in charge of the book. Nat is assistant to Sam Kahl, and handles Orpheum ~Junior houses, which fits him admirably for taking care of managers throughout the Middle West. He was recently mar- ried, but it hasn’t interfered with Nat’s efficiency. He is young in age, but old in ability. JOLLY JONES, JR. Lives up to his first name. His personality has won a warm placé in the hearts of managers through- out Iowa and Kansas, where he gets them what they want, despite any difficulties, Jolly Jones is a master at solving the perplexities of the business; and at the same time keeping an ever- ready for everything and every body. He was never known to be other than cheerful. Adding to his good nature a keen ability in his work has given him a high reputation among the man- aeers he server emile

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All newly furnished and decorated. $15.00 up. Daily $2.50. Day and aight service. 58th St. and 8th Ave., New York 1 and 2 ROOMS; PRIVATE BATH SPECIAL RATES TO PROFESSION . PHONE COLUMBUS 1000 CALGARY; ALBERTA, CAN. St. Regis Hotel THE ONE BEST BET SPECIAL THEATRICAL RATES MODERN—FIREPROOF FREE BUS 0 THE and 124th ST., NEW YORK E WELDON Undcr new management. Recently remodeied. Newly and expensively furnished. 1, 2, 3 rooms with private and adjoining baths. Housckecping und non-housckeeping. Convenient to AH Kinds of Transit Lines. Special rates to the profession. Excellent restaurant in - building. ° Phone Mornirgside 3 Jolly’s praiseworthy hobby is keeping his word. He has ‘had a varied and long experience as a manager and picture man. JOSEPH ERBER * One of the aces of the W. V. M. A., who’is a power in the theatrical world of his district. Joe Erber thinks St. Louis is the centre of the universe, To him there may be such places as Chicago and New York, but they are in the prov- inces, and there is reason for his esteem of St. Louis. He has more than any other showman built the St.. Louis territory to its enviable position. He has located several A CHOP HOUSE eACEPTIONAL MERIT OF 155-5 “JEST 4°TH STREET “A Homelike.Place for Professional Foik” Hotel Marwood 242 WEST 49th STREET Telephone Chickering 7100; N. Y. CiTY All rooms renovated and refurnished; elevator rvice: running water and phone in each room MOST REASONABLE RATES theatres, and is the best known and best-liked manager in the section, ali of which makes him ideal to handle W. V. M. A. service in thai séction. Joe is an authority looked up to by everyone in his district. Having successfully solved the problem_of a manager for himself for years, he is now solving them for others. The association could not have found a better man in the whole United States for this post and the wide-awake managers of the Mis- souri valley fully appreciate it. RICHARD C. HOFFMAN Another “wizard” booker. Dick Hoffman books more houses ranging from ten minutes to one week than anybody in the business. He is the only man who has ever gotten acts to split one day between theatres, It is this asset of being able to keep not only the managers Satisfied, but also to handle artists and agents equally as well, which makes Dick a valuable man to the houses he books. He has a propensity for knowing PALAIS D'OR Broadway at 48th Street American Chinese Restaurant WELCOME TO THE PROFESSION CHAS. F. STRICKLAND and his PALAIS D’OR ORCHESTRA LUNCHEON, 5S5e DINNER, $1.25 Ne Cover Charge A LA CARTE ALL HOURS 12:15 te 2:30 ©. M. DANCING 6 PT. M. te Clo-ing FINEST DANCE FLOOR (tN THE CITY —_— Gact of Groaiway CEL’ One Moment W--t of Broadway at 41st Street the Nerdezvous of the Leading Lights of Literatarr and the “tage fae iient Feed and Katertainment im New York Masie end Dumeing $1 Our Special: ASirloin Steak and Potatoes (Any Style) $1 Fe Sra MIEN AE Suk ARISTO HOTEL 101 WEST 44TH STREET. NEW YORK FOR THE/TRICAL FOLKS Running water, telephone tn every room. Rates: Single $10.50 up; $12 up with bath Telephone 1197-1198 Bryant Fotel Hardin 119, 54ST, AT BROADWAY NEW YORK CITY SINGLE ROOM WITH BATH $3 29 TWO ROOM SUIT _ EXCELLENT RESTAURANT exactly what they want in the ter- ritories booked by the W. V. M, A. As an observer of conditions he is as keen as a knife, and has few if any equals in thé ability of keeping the managers happy. In the South and Southwest his name is magic to every manager he deals with. He is booking man- ager for the small circuits and han- dies many houses for the W. V. M. A, Besides keeping up his reputation as a wow booker, Dick finds his chief pleasures in eating and sleep- ing. He is a great kidder. Around the office they call him “Needles.” CONRAD HOLMES Another star in the galaxy which makes up the personnel of the W. V. M. A. Coney Holmes has every detail of show business outside of Chicego at his command whenever oc:as‘o): arises. He is so familiar with eich locality Served by the associsiion he is as good as on the scene at all times. Coney knows every out of town manager by his first name, az well as the names of his children and how many. Give him any su»ject and he will reveal an asiouniing fund of general information, only acquired by a wide and constant touch with affairs. As general travelirg representa- tive for the W. V. M. A, Coney could not be replaced by any one better fitved. His hobiry is m beinz “up’ on everything and tt would be naird to find a subject Corey can't talk on with authority. HARRY FETTERER A trail blazer who has earnei his spurs through the years. the traveling representative for thc W. V. M. A. and a veteras rea? ma His integrity has won the con’ .encc of every one. eae ey Sp eee ____ AN / CHICAGO Housekeeping Furnished Apartments of the Better Kind Hares is- Operating LORRAINE 417-419 S. Wabash Avenue IRVINGTON HALL 355 West 5ist Street 6640 Circle HILDONA 341-347 West 4 phone, kitchen, kitchenette. $18.00 Address all communication SaeneREEOEEE 350 HOUSEKEEPING APARTMENTS | th Street. 3560 Longacre. 1-2-3-4-room apartments. Each apartment with private bath, UP WEEKLY—$70.00 UP MONTHLY The largest maintainer of housekeeping furnished apartments directly under the supervision of the owner. . Located in the center of the theatrical district. All aeorent buildings. HENRI COURT 312 West 48th Street 3830 Longacre COURT CHARLES *TENENBAUM ’ Principal office. Hildona Court, 341 West 45th St., New York Apartments can be seen evenings. Office in each building . a rf YANDIS COURT 241-247 West 43d’ Street NEW YORK ¢ UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Newly renovated and decorated 1, 2, 3 and 4 room apartments; Private shower baths; with and without kitchenette, also maid service. sabe: and up weekly. SIRS. 1. LEVEY Prop. NOW UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT M&S. RAMSEY Mer. 754-756 EIGHTH AVENUE Retween 46th and sith Streets Twe, Three. Four aad Five-Room One, Strictly Professicaal. “One Block Weat of Broadway Furnished Apartments, $8 Up Phones: Chickering 3160-3161 In the Heart of LOS ANGELES Theatre District CAMPBELL APARTMENTS and HOTEL 971 WILSHIRE BLVD, Attractive and hewly furnished Single and Double Apartments. Elevator service. with bath. Individual phones. Telephone Van Dyk 2276 Hotel rooms Ball room for the use of Guests. Under the Personal Supervision of MRS. BARBARA CAMPBELL Advance Keservattons Selicited-—Rocommended by Orpheum Artists ARLINGTON HOTEL WASHINGTON, D. C. WE ALWAYS TAKE CARE OF THE PROFESSION REGARDLESS OF CONVENTIONS SAMUEL J. STEINBERGER Prop.-Manager Hotel Remington 129 West 46th Street NEW YORK = Special Rates for Theatrical Folks Phones BRYANT 3363-4-5 TORONTO HOTEL STOODLEIGH SHUTER and MUTUAL STREETS Like Going Home for a Week / SPECIAL RATES TO PROFESSIGN Cafeteria — No Charge for Room Service Write or Wire for Reservations HOTEL PORTLAND 132 West 47th Street NEW YORK Special Rates for Theatrica! Folks Phones BRYANT 2964-5-6 He knows thoroughly every prob- lem of the individual managers in his territory and his standing with them is the best proof, Harry has the knack of making his visits :ndispensable, because of his ability and personality. RICHARD F. BERGEN Could write his own history as well as anybody as writing is his business. He is in charge of the publicity for the W. V. M. A. It's unnecessary to say anythMme about how well the publicity of the organization is being handled, as it speaks quite sufficiently for itself. Bergen is doing a good job and qualified himself for it by writing for several magazines, theatrical papers ang interviewing acts for several years. Speaking from experience, public- ity men usually get a lot of grief, but not so with Dick, probably be- cause he is putting the campaign across so well that there is no room for a “come-back.” HARRY KALCHEIM Like his brother Nat, Harry Kai- cheim has made fast progress with the W. V. M. A. Starting in as a stenographer wher hardly mo:-than a kid, he is now one of Sam Kahl’s most valuable assistants. He has heen with the office six years, and *n “’-* time has learned a surpris- " 20t. Harry is on the job every min- ute, and shows every indication of seem becoming a top notch booker. BOYLE WOOLFOLK Former vaudeville producer, and knows the game inside out. He is in charge of the club department of the W. V. M. A. and has built it up to the point where it is consider-d one of the most eae in the office. His experience in putting’ on vaudeville and big tabloids gives him an insight which few bookers can obtain otherwise, and “Bully” utilizes it to the fullest advanta, e. Outside of working “Bully” is said to shoot golf with equal accuracy. J. C. McCAFFERY Manager of the of the W. V. M. A. J. C. McCaffery is a name known throughout the outdoor show as an authority. He came to the association and has brought some- thing entirely new to this branch. He has more genuine thrilling and sensational outdoor achievements to his credit than could be counted on three hands. Starting as an executive in many state and other large fairs, Mr. Mc- Caffery also has had experience as a promoter of big business exposi- tions. He knows the outdoor game better than nine out of every 10 men in the field. He grew up in this branch. Today the association has in J. C. McCaffery a man pre-eminently fitted to direct the outdoor depart- ment of the organization's activi- ties. He is a double heavyweight, 2 physical as well as a men‘! giant in outdoor showmanship. fair department world , Under supervision of MRS. be secant , | THE ADELAIDE scotia A remem a ee Sdsions hn kde ohn eevtoaee en

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