New York Clipper (Feb 1923)

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THE HE W- Y OR K . C L1 PR E R Febnia^ it 1923 FIVE NEW SHOWS ARRIVE ON BROADWAY THIS WEEK Three Dnmatic and Two Miukal Productioiis Get Into New Yori^» Modi Soo^ Theatre*—Broadway's Boom Makes Competition for .Houses Keen TThis week will see five new plays ushefed into Broadway playiioiues to tiy the temper of the pnUic and attempt to get M slice of tfae steady streast' of mouey tfaar IS Bowing box-office-waid (or a good vmti of the hits and near hits. The boom OB' Broadway >s touylliiy llie prodneen Id rush llicu pcodurtifwi^ m* frocB (be road* the main difficnlty beins lade of houses. Eufa of tilfe five plays cuiuiim m this week has been out Cdt soote time and has met with success oo the rDa<£ Kaides the new prodnctions the BCoscow* Art Flayers win reprodncs "The Car Fyodor^ at Jol- •Mt's S9th Street Theatre, with Ivan Meskvin and Vasilly Katdbloff altiunat- ing ia Oe title rofe vbH Vassilly lAzhSky and Coostantin Stanblavslqr altnnating in the part of Prince Ivan Petrovidi Shomalgr. Three of the wMk's premieres occurred on Bfbnday m'ght, two of tltem being dramatic and one musicaL Ibsen's' "Peer Gynf was presented at the Garrick The- atre by the Theatre Guild with Joseph Scfaildkiant in the title role. In his sup- port were seen Louise Qosser, Hale, Dud- ley Digges, Lillebil Ibsen, Helen Westley and Scloia Royle. At the Thirty-ninth Street Theatre, Lee Shubert in association with Mary Kirk- patridc presented "Mary the Third,' a comedy 1v Hacbd Crothers, Louise Huff, who. besides being in the. pictnres for sev- eral years, has made one or two essays into stock, was seen in the principal role, while others in the cast were May Gayler, Beatrice Terry, George Howard, Beq Lyoi^ Morgan Farley. William Hanley. Mildred McLeod, Leroy de Saulles and Eleanor MoateU. The- ransical piece which opened Mon- day night was "Sun Showers," which Lew Cantor presented at the Astor Theatre, the first musical comedy to show at this hoase for a number of years. Harry Ddf. who pbys a leading part in the pro- duction, wrote the book and composed the mnsic; and others in the cast are Allyn IQng; Douglas Stevenson, Berta Donn and Harriet Lee. Od Wednesday Arthur Hammcrstein moves into the Casino Theatre, from wfaidh "Sally, Iroie and Mary has jnst moved. "Wildflower," a musical comedy with book and lyrics by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammcrstein 2nd and music by Herbert Stothart and Vincent Youmans. Edith Day is the featured performer, and others in the cast are Charles Judels, Gny Robertson, Olin Howland. Esther How- ard, Evelyn Cavanaugh, James Doyle, Jerome Dal^ and Royal Cutter. The last of the week will be the presen- tation of "Ice Bound," by Sam H. Harris, at the Sam H. Harris Theatre. This is by Owen Davis and in the cast will be seen Robert Ames, Phyllis Povah, John Westley and Willard Robertson, who play the principal roles. Ba.TMORE theahie for coast The Los Angcles-Biltmore Theatrical Corporation was incorporated for $400^000 last week by A. I. Erlanfl^r for the pur- pose of fimn^ing the hraitHing- of the BOt- more Theatre in Los Angeles. The new tiieatre is to be bntlt adioining the new Biltmore Hotd and will have the same exterior appearance as the hotel, though being a separate piece of propcnr. It inU be built oo a site I2S by 136 feet and will seat 1700 people on two floors. The theatre will be connected with the hotel by corridors and lobbies. It is ex- pected that the house will be ready for o^ eiatkms on January 1st next, as work is already under way on the proj ec t . Until Uie new theatre is completed the Mason Opera Home will continue to play the first-class rood attractions and when the Biltmore is completed the old house will probably be sold for the site of a commcroal enterprise. "WILL SHAKESPEARE" CLOSING Winthrop Ames* prodoction "Will Shake- spearcT wul close its engagement at the National Theatre oo "Feanart 10. Tfab iTn gluh play by Qemcnce Dane, though it was eanmented on fafotably by the daily press did not seem to catch on and it was necessaiT to place seats in the "cut-rate" agency, wliidi matexiaBy helped the gross. Mr. Ames at first oootemplated moving the play to the Broadhurst to follow "Whupering Wires" but last Satnrday de- cided to close it for the season. Ttae Sea . Woman" with Margaret Anglin win pn]l>- . ably be die next attiac6oa at the National. TICKET "SPEC" GUILTY -Renben Weller. ticket broker, charged with sdling two theatre tickets without havtDff a license to do do, was found gnit^ and hdd hi $100 bail ^ sentence Feb. 16, bjr Justices Herman: Vorhecs and Nolan in Special Sessions last week. Tne trial was pardy in the nature of a test case of the new Theatre Ticket Specn- Jatiaa Law. Loois Ibrsliall. attonicy for Wdler, attacked cillt sUluliu nali^ of die law and the assistant district att orney •rgoed in its bror. No opinion was giien \tf the cuuit. "OPEN ALL NIGirr' TO START Kilbonm Gordon, producer of "The Cat and Canary," and Willard Robertson, au- thor of "The Sea Woman," in which Mar- garet Anglin is now starring, have com- bined their talents and written a comedy entitled "Open All Night." The script was read to George Mar- shall, who operates a dramatic stock com- pany at the Lyceum Theatre, Baltimore, lost week, resnlting in Marshall agreeing to take over the play for production at his theatre the week of February 12th. In addition to the regular stodc cast Marshall has engaged Onne Caldam to play the leading role and Robert Brister and William Evarts to play leading parts. Frances Howard will play the feminine lead. The play calls for twenty-one char- arters. Marshall intends, if the play proves a success with his stock compuiy, to arrange for its immediate presentation in a New York theatre with the original Lyceum Theatre cast WIFE FILES SHALL WILL toaamo, Feb. 5.—The disappearance of Ambrose J. Small, the'theatrical magnate of Canada, in 1919 was again recalled when his wife offered for probate a will executed twenty years ago in which she was named as sole legatee and executrix, of his estate of more than $1,000,000. Small vanished in December, 1919, after disposing of his theatrical holdings and obtaining $1,000,000 in cash as part pay- ment for them. The police of both Canada and the United States carried on a search of more than two years which extended to evenr comer of the two countries. Some of his friends informed the authori- ties that he had probably been kidnam)ed and that he was then a victim of foul play. A reward of ^,000 was offered for information as to' his whereabouts on the condition that be be located within one year. Ones were sent on froia various prts of Canada that Small was in the hand» of ki<hiappers>, tmt wheo' nur down - thM piowl- folsc ^ong with the win Mrs. ?mal( filed an afiidavit setting forth her belief that Small had died shortly after his dibttppear- ance. Two sisters of the missing man filed a caveat opposing probate of the document; declaring , they believed Small had executed a later wilL COHAN TO REBUILD THE GRAND George M. Cohan will this week go to Chicago where he will put into operation his plan to rebuild the Grand Opera House in that dty. The -house is an old one and with the exce^on of the four walls nothing will be left m the work of reconstruction. The gallery will be done away with and the seating caiadty of the balcony increased. The rebaildmg will cnt the seating ca- pacity of the house from 1.400 to 1,150. The entrance of the theatre will also be improved, necessitating the doing away of one or more of the stores in the front of the building. Actual work on the recon- struction will commence early this Spring. TYLER imOOKE WITH "PEACHES" Tyler Brooke has been engaged by George Lederer to succeed Frank Kirk- bridc in die cast of "Peaches." which is now playing at the Garrick Theatre, Phila- de^hia. Brooke recently returned from England, w h e n, he had gone on a short specniative journey. EDITOR SUES SAM SUPMAN An action for ^,000 was instituted against Samuel Shipman, playwright, by Stephen G. Qow, editor of Broadway Brevities, who alleges that he supplied Shipman with the title for "East Is West," for whidi service he was not rewarded. Clow, in his compaint, sets forth that "on or about October 15, 1919, the de- fendant, knowing of the professional tal- ents of the iriaintiff, requested and solicited for a promised consideration and the plain- tiff sold and delivered to the defendant a caption and title for the contemplated play: •East Is West'" It is also claimed by Qow that Ship- man promised to give him a percentage of the profits of the play, which earned the pl^wrigfat $200,000 in roy^es. Shipman was served with the summons and complaint at the Hudson Theatre, where he was watching a rehearsal of his latest drama, "The Crooked Square." A. B. Rose, is attorney for Clow. RECORD STOCK ATTRACTION "Abie's I rid Rose." the comedy by Anna Nichols now current at the Republic Theatre, has demonstrated its tremendous drawing powers as a stock company attrac- tion both in Washington and Baltimore 'where the piece has been enjoying indef- inite runs. The play has been grossing in the neighborhood of $10,000 weekly at the Academy of Music, Baltimore and has even b e Uei e d this figure at the President's Theatre, Washingtoa. At the latter theatre the run will be curtailed next week for a revival of the musical comedy, "Buddies," wfaidi will play for two weds, after which the company will resume their run in "Abie's Irid Rose." The business both companies have been d<nng at a $1 top, is said to be unprecedented in the history of popular-prio«l attractions. A. E. A. FOR CHEAPER RATES The Council of the Actors' Equity As- sociation is working on a plan to present to the Interstate Commerce Commission, as well as the railroads, in an effort to obtain for the theatrical profession some relief from the prevailing high cost of transportation. The high transportation rates have primarily been responsible for producing managers holding down their production ootpnt to a minimnm. A better break in transportation costs is calculated to create a stinralns among the smaller producers, who had been in the habit of seiding out five or six road shows each season, and who, because of the high cost of transpor- tation, have limited their yearly oatput to one show. CHICAGO BU9D«ESS HfMLDS UP Chicago, Feb. 3.—Another in^teiT drama will be added to the list of sin^lar plays now enjoying success in the windy city. "The Last Warning" will open at the Blackstone Monday night This is a sjiedal company which has been out playing the one-nirat stands for tbe past two weeks. No other form of entertainment has been promised theatregoers the coming week. "Zeoo" anl "The Cat and the Canary" two other mystery plays are running neck and neck for popularity, both shows doing good business. "Zeoo" is playing at the .Great Northern which has always been considered a "hoodoo" house and its pop- ularity is a surprise; "The Cat and the Canary" which is playing at the Princess has been running all season and will reach its 200lh performance tonight Somdio w , "The First Ye^' with Fraldc Q>vm did not draw at tbe Woodi and win cztd its Chicago engagem^ on March 10. By 1^ time it will hawe playeit eighteen weeks hefc. "So This is London" is pleasing fair audiences at all perfonnanoes. "Paiineis Again," with Barney Beiimd and Alex- ander Carr at the Selw^ is still playing to capacity. Oever publicity stunts pulled by Walter Dugg^ for tins comedy is creating a lot of talk in this city. Next door at the Harris "Captain Applejack" with Wallace' Eddinger and Mai^ Nash is dcnng nioely. "Sally," is drawing the same big houses and will prove to be the biggest consistent musical hit to play in Chicago especially when one considers they are getting $4.40. Eddie Cantor across the street at the Apollo is racing along at a lively gait to good attendance. William Hodge in "For All of Us" is plajring to big houses at the Studebaker and next door at the Playhouse, Grace George is in her first weeks' engage- ment in a play that has not received worthy praise from nie press. Mrs. Fiske opened tfiis week at the Cort in "The Dice of flie Gods." This artiste is given opportunities in this play to do splendid acting and she reaches heists of brilliancy in a play that oould be mudi better as a whole. "Elsie" Chicago's own new musical play has taken hold with the public at the Illinois and the business this week is far above tiieir first week receipts. The "Twist," a new mys- tery play which is in its second wedc at the La Salle is not getting thepatronage it war- rants, although doing a fair business at tins house. "Shuffle Alonm" is still holding its own at the Olympic. The "Torch Bearers" is not drawing well at the Powers, it has two -weeks luorc to rtifi and will be sup- planted by "The Awful Truth" with Ina Claire who will open on February 19. "MR. BARNES" INJUNCTION DENIED The action instituted by the Goldwyn Pictures Corporation against the Howells Sales Company, in which two injunctions had been obtained by the Goldwyn com- pany, involving the picture "Vendetta," al- leged to be an infringement of "Mr. Barnes of New York," was dismissed last week in the United States Circuit Court An injunction obtained by the Goldwyn company was recently dismissed and later the corporation joined John F. Stephens, proprietor of the copyright of the book "Mr. Barnes of New York," in another comi>laint. This latter action was the one dismissed last week. The court held that the mere ownership of sale and exclusive right to make a ino- tion picture is not sufficient to prevent in- fringement because the holder of the copyright is only a licensee and not Ae copyright proprietor. Whether or not a copyright proprietor may sue has not been decided by any court KEENAN SHOW OPQiS IN CHICAGO Frank Keenan will begin his tour under the management of Sam H. Harrb _ in C3iicago, February 19. in his new starring vdiide, "Peter Weston." The play was already tried out on the^ Pacific Coast under the managerial auspices of Thomas Wilkes, western stock company impres- sario, who is said to be interested with Harris in the forthcoming production.