New York Clipper (Feb 1923)

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^ TME NEW YORK CL1PPER Pebmaiy 7. 1923 V>7 IJDBX/'Il^E^E DARLING TO BOOK THE PALACE KEITH-ORPHEUM DEAL REPORTED B. F. Keith's Fklacc theatre wfll be boolced }n Eddie Darlinsr, chief bis time- bodcer of the Keith Vandeville Exdiange, wMon the next few weeks instead of George A. Gottlieb of the Orpheam cir- qiit, according to reports, and the Keith drcmt is said to be pnjann^ an annoimce- tnent to this effect which will be sent out in the oonne of the next two weeks. The FUace faaOding ud theatre is owned bT_the Orphenm circnit, and is known as Keith's Palace, throngh an arrangement made some yean ago between the Keith and Oipbcuui drcnits to respect each other's territorial rigiits, and which also leased tfie lUacc theatre to the Keith or- gaiiiratmu. The arrangement whereby Darting is to book the hons^ is said to be the resnit of a reported deal between E. F. Albee and Martin Beck, made before the latter sailed for Enrope, throngh which Mr. Albee se- cored Mr. Beck's stoOc in the Palace thea- tre. Acconling to this, the rnmrt of OCartin Bed^s retirement is verged, and Go t tlirfa b^to be elevated to an executive position with the orpheum circuit An- other £actbr in the shifting of the shows booked into the Palace over to Eiarting is that while Gottlieb has been getting all the co-operation jxnsible from the Keith book- ers, after all it is the only hoose in the East which he has been booking, and has thus been handicapped in cases of last minute disappotntments or the need of an act to fill at the eleventh hour. Darling on the other hand., has several big time uieatres under his direction and can use them as a wedge to get acts to work the Palace for less money, and can also call on more of them at the last moment ,The change in the booking of the Palace will give a great many acts an opportunity to play the noose, who have been unable to do so in the past It is thought that the many repeat engagements at that bonse has been due to the fact that GoMlieb was handicapped as aforementioned. "K. K. K. WEEK" FOR BROADWAY The "K. K. K. Week," otherwise known as "Keith Komedy Ksimival," will again be celdirated at B. S. 'Moss' Broadway during the week of Feb. 12. These weeks were started at this house and foimd to be snfficiently successful in drawing bo^ess to be featnred m the other Moss and Keith hoases. The Franklin theatre is running its first *TC KL K. Week" during the cur- rent week. FENTON HURT BY FALL Joseph Fenton of the Fenton Trio, while dmng his blindfolded trick of turning a somersault and grabbing the Roman rings, cfaitched them with such force that the ap- paratus was loosened and fell with him to stage. Fenton was stunned but man- aged to lake a bow before the curtain was finally nmg down. He then fainted and was attended by a physician and taken home. BARD SUES FOR SUIT Ben Barl. of, the team of Bard and PearU now appearing in the "Dancing Girl" at the Winter Garden, is suing the -Hotel de France, Inc. for $110 damages, dne for tihe loss of - a suit of dothes ^Hiich Bard alleges to have been missed from Ins room at the hostelry. ORPHEUM GETS THE ENGLEWOOD Chicago, Feb. 3-—The Orphetmi circuit added another Chicago theatre to their list of local houses wtien they signed a lease for the Englewood, a sooth side house lo- cated at Halstead and 63rd streets. This theatre has been playing Shub^ vaudeville all season and "^ice of Life" is this, their final wcdc'S offering. The house will be entirdy redecorated and will open Februaiy 11. Tlie house will play split-weeks, <iBnging bills Sundays and Thursdays, witli ax aots of vandeville and a news reel This is a good move by the On^eom powers who are in quest of good locatiaas m Qiicago so as to impiove their bookings. At present they have but one two-a-day house, tiie Palace; the State-Lake is play- ing vandeville and a feature picture, while the Majestic is also a contmuous bouse. The Englewood will'play three shows a day, matinrr and two performances at night It b understood the Orpheum people are now considering a site in the hart of the Loop where dicy intend erecting an- other theatre, besides this, they are seeking a locatioo on the North side, so it is said. Willis Jackson, formerijr manager of the Orpheum Tbeatre in Lincoln, Nd>., will manage the Englewood. The new theatre has a seating capacity of 1,300 and will be a popular price noose. With the loss of tias bouse, the SfauberU will have but one theatre playing vaude- ville in this dty, the Garrick. It is said diis theatre will also cease playing vaude- ville and return to its more profitable eotertainment of regular Shubert produc- tions. Rqnrt has it that "Tangerine" the JuUa SandetsiHi show is sdicduTed to play at tiie Garrick the latter part of this month, «^<^ will end vaudeville opposition in OiicagD as far as the Shuberts are. con- cerned. ROYAL SHOW BREAKS RECORDS All records for receipts were broken at Keith's Royal Theatre in the Bronx last week, when a special local attraction, called "Royal Revelations," was the big feature. It was a revue put on by members of the twelve largest clubs in the borough. AI I^lin^, the manager of the Royal, was responsible for the idea, and lined up all the local organizations. Darling's popu- larity in the Bronx is second to none, and the matter of getting the clubs' co-opera- tion was simple after he reqnested it. The dubs which were represented in the show, and which gave theatre parties at the Royal on different days of the week, were the Milo Club, Bronx Catholic Club, the Century Council of the Knights of Columbus, the Bronx Council of the Knights of Columbus, the Wiona Gub, the Kombini Qub, the Ennin Qub, the St Frands Club, St Jerome's Oub, the Bronx Theatrical Qub, St Peter's and St. Paul's Club, and the Shrincrs' Association. LOPEZ COMIHG BACK AGAIN Vincent Lopez and his Hotel Pennsyl- vania Orchestra, who will this Sunday have comi gteted their third consecutive week at the Palace of their third run at that house thb season, will return for another run of five weeks to begin on February 26th, This will make a total of m'neteen wedcs at Kdtb's Palace up to the month of May, establishing a record for repeat enga^- ments durmg one season in any vaudeville honse. Lopez' salary for the current engage- ment which ends on Sunday, Fd>. 11, is said to be $2,500. the amount which Paul Wfaiteman was reported to have recdved. FRANK FAY COMPLAINS On behalf of Fraidc Fay. a complaint has been filed with the National VandeviHe Artists, Inc., by the Arthur Lyons Enter- prises, against the Callahan Brothers, who are now appearing with Jimmy Duffy. The complaint alleges that the Callahans are in- fringing on practically Fay's entire act. ORPHEUM MEETING FRIDAY TO ELECT OFFICERS All rumors and reports regarding any changes which are to be made in the poli- des and offidals of the Orpheum Circuit will be definitdy settled on Friday, Febru- ary 9, i^en the stockholders of that cir- cuit will hold thdr annual meeting in the State-Lake Building offices of tiie arcnit in Chicago. The annual election of officers will also be held at this meeting. This meeting will be the long awaited "show-down" as to whether the Eastern or Western group of stockholders are to be the controlling faction in the organiza- tioiL Marcus Heiman, supposedly of the Western group, is now said to be in charge of the circuit, Martin Beck, the president, bdng absent in Europe. Beck's sailing for Europe was reported, as virtually plac- ing him on the'retired list as head of the circuit but this was denied emphatically by Beck before sailing, to a Clippeb repre- sentative, in an interview in which he stated that he would remain the president of the Orpheum Circuit Some talk of changes in the booking department will also be settled at the meeting on Friday. Reports last week, created an impression that George Gott- lieb was to succeed Frank Vincent as gen- eral booking manager of the drcuit, and that Vincent was going to retire. This, however, could not be verified. N. V. A. BENEFIT ON MAY 13 The annual double performance for the benefit of die National Vaudeville Artists' Qub, Inc., has been definitely scheduled to be hdd on May 13, this year, at die Hippodrome and Manhattan Opera House. These were the same theatres which were used during the past two soson for the benefits, the Manhattan having been re- modeled and redecorated this year. Seventy-five headline acts will appear at both houses, doubling from each the- atre. Tickets will sell at prices ranging from one to ten dollars. William J. Sul- livan is arranging the bills for the per- formances. A spedal art program is be- ing prepared under Mark A. Luescher's direction. Last year, over seventy-five thousand dollars was realized for the N. V. A. from both benefits and the pro- gram advertising. EMMA HAIG HAS NEW ACT Emma Haii^, the dancer who has been out of vaudeville since she entered the cast of the first edition of the "Music Box Re- vue," and who was last seen in the cast of "Our Nell," is returning to the two-a-day with a new act George GrifiRn will be her dandng partner in the new act Ruth Russek will be seen at the piano. Richard Keane has been her dancing partner during the past two seasons. She will open in New York at the Alhambra on March 5th. BESTRY SUES DANCER Harry Bestry filed suit last wedc in the Third District Municipal Court against Natalie Farrari, dancing partner of Sascha Piatov, for the sum of $1,000. Through his attorneys, Kendler and Goldstein, Bestry alleges that the money is due him for services rendered in man- agerial capad^ and as per written agree- ment entered into December 1, 1920. GRACE FRENCH IN REVUE Grace French, toe dancer, has been added to the cast of "Fads and Fandes," a tabloid revue in six scenes, which will shortly open on the Poli time. FOX HOUSES NOT OPPOSITION Despite reports to the contrary, the Audulxni, City and Crotona Theatres of the Fox Vaudeville Circuit have not been declared opposition to the Keith Circuit of theatres. A report recently was circu- lat«i that the three Fox houses were op- position to the Kdth houses with the result that acts which had contracts for the Fox theatres attempted to evade them. Jack Loeb, general manager of the Fox houses, had a conference with J. J. Mur- dock, of the Keith office, with this result, and the latter informed Loeb that any act which was at all doubtful of its status af- ter playing any of these houses should get in touch with nim personally and he would direct them to play the Fox houses. Last week Lynn Thompson, who was playing the City Theatre for the first half, went to the 58th Street Theatre for the last half and is now at the Fifth Avenue The- atre. The last half of this wedc he will again return to the Fox Circuit by play- ing the . Audubon. Rose and Moon, who were playing the Audubon Theatre wedc before last, were at the Palace Theatre last wedc and Oscar Lorraine moTed from the^Proctor's Newark Theatre to the City Theatre the last half of last week, and after two weeks of work for the Fox Cir- cuit returns to play on the Kdth Circuit There are several other acts that have been interchanging- between the two cir- cuits during the past month. VAUDEVILLE AT TIVOU Chicago, Feb. 3.—A new theatre wis added to the list of western houses this week when the Tivoli Theatre, Michigan City, Indiana, opened with a vaudeville pohcy. The bouse will be booked by the Oiicago Kdth office. Universal Scenic Artist Studios, Inc. installed all the scenery and rigging on the stage of the new theatre. They also put in one of the most elabarate moving picture settings to be seen in this part of the country and furnished also the draperies throughout the auditorium, lobby and the vdour front curtain and valance. The ensemble of the scenery decorations and draperies is as cx<)uisitc as can be seen in any of the latest million dollar houses is the Loop in Chicago. Mr. A. Wallerstein, president of the Michigan City Theatre Corp. will personally conduct the manage- ment of the new theatre. RODGERS UNIT ON AMALGAMATED Harry Rodgers' unit sliow, "Husbands Three," completed a tour of the Poli Gr- cuit last week and opened last Monday on the Amalgamated Grcuit, Philadelphia, where it will play the entire route of that drcuit The act is a tabloid musical comedy which runs an hour. It has eleven prindpals and twelve choristers. Among the prindpals are Bobby Barker, the Dixie Quartette, Jack and Lucille Hughes, Harry Walters, Roy and Billy Peck and Zida Barker. Rodgers is also revamping several of his vandeville acts for an early showing on the United time. Hb "Indian Reveries" act Is sdieduled to open in New Brunswidc, N. J., next week, and "The Revue La Petite' opens in Boston the following week. MOSS TAKING OVER CONCESSIONS The Greater New York Theatres Corp., controlling the Kdth-Moss houses, will t^e over the operation of the candy stands in the various ^. 5. Moss Uieatres where thnr are now situated, beginning February 14ai. They have been operated during the past hy the Auto-Sales Corporation, whose contract expires next week. The houses affected are the Broadway, Coliseum. Re- gent, Jefferson, Franklin. Hamilton, and Rivera. Moss will install new showcases when he takes over the concessions. The merchan- dise sold will be only that of the Schraft candy house.