New York Clipper (Feb 1923)

February 14, 1923 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 15 Maigie Kane joined Hertz's "Jazz Babies" act in Philadelphia last week. Van Horn and Inez will be seen shortly in a new act written by John Hyman. Adele Yost, of Zaza and Adele, is confined to her home with an attack of pleurisy. Scotty Weston, dancer, opened with the burlesque stock at the Park Music Hall last week. Eva Baira, prima donna, is rehearsing a new single act in which she will open shortly in vaudeville. Ann Sntter, singing comedienne and mimic, has been added to the revue at the Knickerbocker Grill. Grace Franklin and Company are planning to revive "The Little Blonde Lady" for small time vaudeville. Irving Yates, vaudeville agent, has been confined to his home for more than a week with an attack of the grip. Carroll Pierce, colleague to Walter J. Kingsley in dispensing Keith publicity, was-ill all last week with la grippe. Frank Bowen will be featured in a new production act which Hockey and Green will place in rehearsal this week. Raymond Bond has completed a new three act comedy for Broadway pro- duction, the name of which has not been decided on as yet. Barney Ward has succeeded Hugh Herbert as the lead with Ed and Birdie Conrad's "Foolies of 1923" in vaude- ville. Jeane La Crosse, prima donna, is opening in a new singing act on Feb- ruary 22nd, at the local Keith house in Syracuse, N. Y. Jack Smith, juvenile, has been added to the cast of the new production act William St. Clair is rehearsing for Loew vaudeville. L. Boudrant O'Sbaughnessy, fonner press representative for the Equity Players is confined to his home with an attack of the grippe. Lydia Yeamans. Titus is slowly re- covering from a fractured rib, sustained while she was taking a scene in "The Hunchback" four weeks ago, at Los Angeles, Cal. Japonette, impressionistic dancer, is rehearsing a new production act for big time vaudeville. She will have an eight piece orchestra and several others in the production. Vema Sadler, formerly of Howard and Sadler, has teamed up with Billy Frisch, the song-writer, in a new act by Billy ' Jerome called "The Com- poser's Wedding-Belle." George Rockwell, of_ Rockwell and Fox, was confined to his rooms in the N. V. A. clubhouse last week with in- fluenza, the act cancelling their Bush- wick Theatre engagement because of his illness. Harold Hoster and the Darling Twins will break in a new revuette, "The Three of Us," at an out of town vau- deville house this week. The act will later be seen in the local Proctor' Theatres. Nadja, the Oriental dancer, has closed with "So This Is Paris" and is now being featured in Harry Walker's Re- vue at the Beaux Arts, Atlantic City. Anna May Bell was also added to the piece last week. ABOUT YOU! AND TOU!! AND YOU!!! Aunt Dinah and her Georgia Band has been routed over the Keitn time. Dorothy Manners has been added to the cast of "The Last Warning" at the Klaw Theatre. Carl Carleton, the producer, sailed for London on the Olympic on Saturday of last wctik. The Bair Twins have been added to the floor show at the Knickerbocker Grill. Winchell Smith has Joined the the- atrical colony at Palm Beach. He will find a new play between his holiday. Florence Verdon, toe dancer, has signed with Gillette and Company, cycling act, now playing the Keith time. Madeline Spangler and Alice Lynn opened at the Kenmore, Albany, this week, where they will remain for five weeks. Bobby La Salle is now on the Pan- tages circuit, where he is doing excel- lently. This is his first tour of that circuit. Tommy Todd will have the role of the jockey in the forthcoming revival of "Ruled Of{," which is being prepared for Independent time. The Devcreauz Sisters, musicians and dancers, joined the Marcus Musical Comedy Company, now .playing through the New England territory. Mndred Houiday, whose dancing created quite a sensation at the Rich- mond, Richmond, Va., opened at Bon- giovanni's, Pittsburgh this week. Caroline Irwin, of the cast of "Lady Butterfly," is at home recovering from injuries she received through a fall while playing in Providence with the company. Regal and Moore, who have appeared with Shubert unit vaudeville since its inception opened an engagement on the Pantages Circuit at the Chateau Thea- tre, Chicago, last Sunday. Vernon Styles, grand opera and vau- deville singer was married last week to Hester' Hoff, a 'New York miss said to be worth in her own right a million. Styles won her with his voice. Charles Foy, son of Eddie Fo^, underwent an operation for appendicitis in Chicago last week. The operation was successful, but it will keep him out of the act for several weeks. Frances McGrath, stock actress, who was stricken with double pneumonia two weeks ago, is convalescing. She will rest for several weeks before re- suming her stage appearances. Virginia Fcssinger, the Bush Sisters and Earl Miller have been added to the cast of "Broadway Snapshots," the new Harry Walker revue which opened at Murray's, Philadelphia, last week. Lillian Ayers Lorenz, dancer, was married this week to Thomas Edwin Maulsby, publicity man. The cere- mony was performed by City Qerk Cruise in the Municipal Marriage License Bureau. Maty Dawn opened in her new sin- gle on the' Fox time last weelc^ Rouge and Rose opened, a^^'noctor's S8th Street on Monday for-\ii''^nr of the Keith time. . i Bernard Sobd replaced L. M. Atkin- son, as press agent for "Sun Showers" at the Astor Theatre. Lew Price is playine^ some out of town dates breaking in a new act written by Eddie Hayden O'Connor. Ligon Johnson, general counsel for the International Theatrical Association, is taking a month's vacation at Palm Beach. John Pcriona, formerly assistant man- ager of the Regent Theatre has been appointed treasurer of the Franklin Theatre. ' F. Ray Comstock, of Comstock and Gest, left last Saturday for a four weeks' sojourn at Palm Beach. Be- sides Comstock there are more than half a dozen legitimate managers and producers at that resort, including Flo. Ziegfeld, Jr., Lee Shubert, John L. Golden, and Henry W. Savage. Michael Ulndlin, of Mindlin and Goldreyer is confined to his home in Edgemere, L.- I., with a severe attack of the grippe. Edythe Baker, with "The Dancing Girl" at the Winter Garden has just completed the musical score of a new musical comedy. Edna Mitchell and Boys, last week played the Columbia, Detroit, Theatre, and now are playing some dates for the Carrell agency. Mary Warren, prima donna, ter- minated her engagement at the Rock- well Terrace last week and will open soon with a new act. George MacFarlane and. Walter Pres- ton of the "Springtime of Youth" com- pany, sang at a luncheon given by the local Kiwanis Club Wednesday. Jack Connors, producer, is confined to his home in New Haven with a severe case of grip, Vincent Valentini handling the office details during his absence. Arthur Behim, manager of the pro- fessional department of Harms, Inc., re- turned Tuesday from an extensive trip through Canada and some cities in the Middle West. Eddie Somers, appearing with Pat Rooney in "Rings of Smoke," suffered a nervous collapse, while the act was playing Brooklyn last week, and is con- fined in a sanitarium. Georgie Price, Brendel & Bmt, Milo?, Nonette, Edythe Baker, Fred Allen, Sally Fields and Winter Garden Girls, Llora Hoffman, Ben Linn, and the DeKoch Trio provided the entertain- ment at the Winter Garden Concert Sunday night. Ann Mason, leading woman in "The Last Warning," at the Klaw Theatre, was out of the cast early this week, due to being confined to her home with an attack of the grippe. Louise VVhite, general understudy appeared in Miss Mason's role. Sol Levoy has succeeded Dave Rob- inson as manager of Proctor's 12Sth Street Theatre. Levoy had been man- ager of the Harlem Opera House until early this season, when the theatre was taken over by the Shuberts as a Har- lem stand for their unit shows. HoUnes and LaVere, Moran & Mack. Eva Shirley ft Band, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Barry, Mrs. Rodolph Valentino, Gns Van & Joe Scheock. Six Hassena, Alice Hamilton, the Dunbars and JuliuB Lenzberg's ' Hannonists provided the Sunday , night concert at the New Am- sterdam Theatre. Gay Yoiug and Ralph'WoaderB .-ire heading the current bill at the Walton Roof, Philadelphia. Jose Ruben is to be featured in "The Exile," a new play by Sidney' Toler, who is appearing in "Kiki." Jess Martin and the Dayne Sisters completed their tour of the West and arrived in New York last week.! Hazd Hiekey and Allen Lee have been signed to appear in the .'revival of 'The Night Boat," a vaudeville "flash" act. Paul Demarest visits William Dem- arest, of Demarest and Collette, last week in New York, coming here from the coasL NeU Vetnon and Ed Blonddl are re- hearsing a new vaudeville act,' which will shortly be shewn in the local vaudeville houses. i ^ Mae- Donnond is appeariiig as 'Topsy" in . a stock revival of ''uncle Tom's Cabin," at the Desmond The- atre, Philadelphia, this week. Earl Steward, manager of the Or- pheum Theatre, New Orleans, wias mar- ried on Feb. 8 to Mrs. Jerre Suiidine, a former motion picture actress. Avery Hopwood is adapting a new French farce, "La Sonnette D'Alarme," bpr Maurice Hennequin and Romain Coolus, which is to be produced here by Gilbert MDIer. WilliaA C. DeMille has written a sketch entitled "1999," in which Miss Dorothea Sadler is starring, supported by Denton Vane and Anna Day, the act at present appearing on the F. F. Proctor time. Joseph D. Drlacoll was awarded the A. Paul Keith Trophy, established by the Boston Athletic Association in honor of the late A. Paul Keith, as a prize for winning the 660 yard dash at the Boston Athletic meet last wcdk. Emma Haig has been engaged for one of the principal roles in George M. Cohan's new musical comedy, "Rosie O'Grady," which will open in Boston the latter part of ApriL Meanwhile, Miss Haig will play a few weeks in vaudeville. Eileen Green, daughter of Green and La Fel, was hostess'to Ada Haron, Kathleen Donovan and Natalie Norton, at a party given at the N. V. A, on Saturday, Feb. 10, in honor of her four- teenth birthday. A theatre party fol- lowed the dinner at the club. AI Dnpree, of ' Victoria & Dupree, was injured at the Saturday afternoon performance of the Regent Theatre, and Miss Victoria finished the act alone. He dislocated his leg. but the stage hands rendering him first aid put him in a position where he was able to go on for the night performance. Frank Fammn and band, the Hos- conis. Jane and Katherine Lee and Franklyn Fantam, Demarest 'and Col- lette, Anman and Harvey, Cooper and Ricardo, Joe Browning, Aima Francis and her four Johnnies, Kramer and GriCBn, NcwhoS and Phelps and sev- eral other Keith artists appeared at a performance given for the benefit of the Manhattan State Hospiu! at Ward's Island and the Kings Park State Hos- pital on Long Island, at the Lexing- ton Opera House on Sunday night.