Variety (September 1919)

p ' ;p ffg '•'■. :"'■..'''.'■ "':•'■■■•■''■..'.'"■■■'.'•.'■'■.■■■.' ■■' i'^'7". ;''i/'^. ''■ ' ■■'.---.' ; .' ■ 1^ DAIMT BULLETIN ■ - > : &:# ;■<■..:■■ i •< l ,-. . ... . . ,. . ■ ":::■■ .;■•■ ; • ■•• ■' ■■■■• ;:■-■, : ■■■: •••:• .. .,••: • ■,- ■ . "■. ,v ,. 'v. ",:■> '■- ' ■•::■■'•■'•;•'-■:.. -'it :■ ■■■■-.■■■':'■•£ "HAPPY DAYS" AT HIP CLOSES, AS STAGE-HANDS WALK OUT * ■ * ■ At I. A. T. S. T. Headquarters Statement Is Made That Musi- cians and Chorus Had All Worked in Unison in Walkout. / House Sold Out. Vaudeville Branch of Four A's Denies Issuing Call. There was no performance of "Happy Days" at the Hippodrome last night. The stage hands did not ap- pear for the evening performance. Ac- cording to Mark A. Luescher, the en- tire company and the orchestra were in the house at 7.30, but not a stage hand had rung in on the time clock. This information was sent to the front j of the house and the doors were not 'opened. In front of the Hippodrome the en- . tire uniformed force of the. front of the house was stretched across the doors to tell those with tickets there would be no performance because of the strike and that money for the seats ... would be refunded beginning at 11 o'clock today. Back on the stage R. H. Burnside addressed the company and the musicians. Later his representa- tive said the company and musicians . replied they were ready to go on and (We a performance, as neither branch ad been. called out - The Hip stage requires 412 men to ' operate it. The crew bad been paid a $1,500 bonus Wednesday, as last year, after the opening. It was decided it would be out of the question to try to give a performance without them. But the company were called for a rehear- sal today at 1 P. M. When the Hippodrome opened last Saturday night it was thought Burn- tide, as Shepherd of the Lambs, had used his influence with some of the higher Officials of the A. E. A. and had secured a special dispensation from them as far as the house was con- cerned. It was stated, when announced that a permit for the house had been /issued, that the Hippodrome giving . two performances a day was classed as a vaudeville show came under the jurisdiction of the vaudeville branch of the A. A. A. A. This does not'seem to have been the case, according to the Hip management. It was shown 1 • to the labor bodies involved in the r strike that the Hippodrome and the attraction were financed and operated by the United States Realty and Im- Srovement Co., of which Harry S. lack is the president, and that Gharlss Dillingham was but a salaried employe as managing director with a share in the profits of the institution. The Realty Co. holds no affiliation with any managers' association and felt it should not be included in the k general strike order. Mark A Luescher stated last night there were 1,132 people employed in., ■ the Hippodrome. There are 82 prin- .,'- cipals, 204 choristers, 180 ballet dan- cers, 94 specialty artists and clowns, 6? divers and swimmers, 12 riders, 44 animal attendants, 42 musicians, 412 stage hands and 193 at the front of the house. The wages at the Hippo- drome, for the carpenters, property- men, clearers and electricians were higher than the scale, and that for the greater part the men at the house had been part of the staff for many years and knew the 'building from end to end and that the management was pay- ing them more because of this knowl- edge. The house was sold out for last night's performance and the gross re- ceipts were said to be $5,274. This money, as well as that of the advance sale, will be refunded to those hold- ing tickets today. The cost of operating the Hippt* : . I drome weekly is in the neighborhood'' of $38,000, including the fixed-overhead charges, as rent, interest on invest- ment, etc Eight performances bad been given so far this season. The gross was well up toward the $50,000 mark. With the Hip the only big musical attraction running it was get- ting all of the plaV> At the LA.X.S.E, headquarters last night it was stated the stage hands, musicians and chorus had all worked in unison in this walkout. The stage bands were Ordered out over the long ristance phone from Wash- ington and the musicians were in- formed of this. The chorus girls, it was stated, had been called oujt by Marie Dressier, At the A. EA.it was later stated that no one of the A. E. A. or the vaudeville branch knew anything re- garding the call out and that none had been issued by them, No one at headquarters of the Musicians' Union could be reached last night. After the dismissal of the company about 300 of the chorus marched to the Equity headquarters on 45th street amid songs and cheers, and then were taken to the Lexington to see the per- formance there; Late last night the following state- WEBER REHEARSAL CFF. Rhearsals of "The Little Blue Devil," the new musical show started by Jo- seph Weber, were called off Monday with the reason given that Mr. Weber had joined the Producing Managers' Association. The show'had been rehearsing for some weeks and was ready to open. It was to have featured Lillian Lor- raine, Bernard Granville and a vaude- ville trio—Bisland, Gier and Buckley. ment was issued at the Hippodrome in behalf of the Realty Co.: . The United Stats* Realty Company, owners and operators, of the Hippodrome mad* the statement that no hasty announcement could be made until the cause (or the midden clos- ing had been determined, although It was stated that a serious mistake hae been made and one which the public is sure to resent This corporation Is absolutely Independent; It has no affiliation with any other theatre in America. It Is not a member ot the Producing Managers' Association and is a union theatre in every department. It pays wages in ex- cess ot the organised union Bcale tor carpenters property' men, electricians and engineers. The beat evldenoe of the temper ot our company is displayed by the fact that every member from stare to the last member of the chorus reported and was eager to give a performance. In turning 1132 working people who are hap- py and contented into the street, the cause which is represented in this injustice will not be benefitted, but is likely to proTe an overwhelming boomerang to those who are re- sponsible. The Hippodrome has always been considered the peoples' theatre and it baa always been conducted along the broadest lines of equity and fairness. None of the issues involved in the contest between managers and actors Is applicable here; all matinees and extra per- formances are paid (or; this year's production took but thirty-six and a halt days o( rehearsal —a new record—and without this interference the people employed here would have enjoyed a season ol forty weeks. .'■"'. : -"' - ; James W. Fitzpatrick, m charge of the vaudeville branch of the Four A's, stated last night he had issued no strike call against'the-Hift and that he did not know of the Hip walkout until a half-bour after It bad hap- pened. ' • THE STRIKE SITUATION .-■. "The Royal Vaswbond'' (Cohan -Harris). Cohan A Harris "Ueten Lester" (John Cort), Knick- erbocker. "^ ^PO* . C HS II" (Coswtook A Gest), Century. . ^ "Hidotgat w*jri» (Morris; Oast), Century Hoof. "Oh, What • Girl' (Shubert), Shu- bert. "The Five Million'? (Comstook ft Gest), Lyric "The Crimson Alibi" (Geo. Broad- hurst), Broadhurst "A Voice in the Dark" (A. H Woods), Republic. •"Nightie Night" (Adolph Klauber), princess. «Wghtnln»» (Bmoth ft Golden), Gai- ety. "She* a God Fellow" (Chaa. Dil- llngham). Globe. "Montr CrUto, Jr.. (Shubert), Winter Garden. "Scandals of 191*» /George White), liberty. IN NEW YORK SHOWS CLOSED. :.i. (Lew Field*), «A Lonely Casino. "Gaieties of 1918" (Shubert), 44th Street ■ '.1 . • ■■. "The Better 'Ols" (Chas, Coburn), Booth. . : .: , «S9 East" (Shubert-Rachel Croth- ers), Maxlne Elliott. «Foiiie»» (Flo. Ziegfeld), Amster- dam. ' ■ ■ .».■"•>'■ "A Regular Fellow" (0. E. Cook), Cort •"Adas* and Ewe" (Comstook 4k Gest), Longacre. "She Would aad She Did" (W. A. ' Brady), Vanderbllt. Nine O'Cleek aad Midnight Revue (Ziegfeld), Amsterdam Roof. "Those Who Walk In Darkness" ((Shubert), 48th Street. "Too Many Husbands" (A H. Woods) Hudson. . "La La Lucille." (Alfred E. Aaron*), Henry Miller. •Thurston, Globe. "Happy Days," Hippodrome. "NlSfhtle Night," "A Regular Fellow," "She Would aad She Did," "Too Many Husbands," "Adam aad flhrtV Thurston, announced premieres since strike started; eould not open. . SHOWS OPEN. -""/-. "A<S)t4o" (W. A Brady), Playhouse. EXEMPT SHOWS. Moan Ferguson" (Theatre Guild), Fulton. "Greenwich Vllage Follies" . (AL Jones), Greenwich Village. REOPENED WITH PICTURES. •Mth Street, Benefit Performs nrs by Actors' Equity Association, Lexington Ave. Theatre.* "Kathleen Mavouraeen." "Evangeline" end Central, "Checkers." Lyric, "Deliverance*" IN CHICAGO SHOWS CLOSED. "Oappy Ricks" (Morosoo), Cort "Prince There Was" (Cohan * Har- ris), Cohan's Grand. "Dp In Mabel's Room" (A H. Wooda), Woods. "Ansel Face" (Geo. W. Lederer), Colonial. "Honeymoon Town" (X L. Blanch- ard). La Salle. "Scandal" (Walter Hast), Garrlck. "Sunshine" (Johnstone 4b Shaw), Studebaker. *- "Passing; Show" (Shubert), Palacs. IN WASHINGTON SHOWS CLOSED. "Up From Nowhere" (J. r>. Williams),- Shuber t-Belasee. iuu "■ uixv. • SWPW^PPi"^P! Following the termination of the present actors' strike, VAR- IETY'S Daily Bulletin, started since the strike comemnced, will be continued as the it 9$ VARIETY It will be published daily (ex- cepting Sunday) in the same form, four pages, containing cur- rent theatrical and picture news only, condensed, VARIETY'S Bulletins dally during the strike are not charged for. ; . ||f ■ "Daily Variety* will be sold for two cents per copy, but will only be placed on sale in the theatrical district oi New Yorl* City. The subscription for "Dally Variety" will be $5 annually, $3 six months, $1.50 3 months (for Canada, $6 yearly and pro ratal Foreign, $8 yearly and pro rata). '■'■ .f ) ..■ ■■:.''.-.: . - :-.'.' . . .: '■ .'''■:,;'. Subscribers outside New York City will have "Daily Variety" mailed to them daily. Subscrib- ers in New York will receive the paper each morning through a special delivery service. Subscriptions received imme- diately will include VARIETY'S Daily Bulletin during the strike, with the subscription to "Dally; Variety" commencing at its ex- piration. . ~\\v>i& V ; W The weekly issue of VARIETY will continue to be published on Friday, as heretofore. .H » .;■■- ■nd'' •''' ... V Manager* Didn't Approve of Ball. The legit managers did not approve of the A. E. A. ball last night at the Astor, according to reports. Some people not intensely concerned in the fray between the managers and actors, but having business dealings with the former, are said to have re- ceived an intimation it would be just as well if they did not appear in. the Astor ballroom. "<: ; m » Next A. F. L. Meeting Saturday. The next open meeting of the Act- ors' Fidelity League will be held at .the Biltmore tomorrow (Saturday) night. In the meantime the Board of Directors will meet this afternoon and evening on the affairs of the A. F. L Yesterday afternoon the League claimed officially a membership list of 1,988. - . : Lexington Meeting Today Closed. The meeting at the Lexington to- day (Friday) of the Actors' Equity Will; be a closed session. The only persons', admitted excepting A. E. A. members will be members of the I. A. T. S. E. and American Federation of Musician). The press will be excluded. .r^ m .."•'■•■■■ t ( _ ' •.;.',!,; .,■ ,..-..'..■ -.,- :k X-i l; v v;- ; v