Variety (October 1919)

!2 IHORliS EQUin mi& One Principal and About 35 Alembcn of Oionu Refuted Salary Last Saturday Night When Extra Matinetf SiJaxy .Wm Not Included—Management Cleumed That .Three Matinect Wat **Cvuiom*^ at Winter Gar* M W«Q as Extra IfalibM liloMf Widi Miitie DrtM^ The Wistor Gardea. iraa tlw scene of th« flrBt tlmib, aince ttae strike, between til*. Bbubert* aa4 the Chorus Bqvity Anoelatkm. Tbe trovUe was caosed ■ hf :0m mcmhm of tbe cborva and one «t t&«-prineiptia of the. ''tjtaieUes ol WIS" s^Miiic to accept their Saturday alght -attar ther had talaea that'tte anvd^aa did a« Ula iidgr iat.m A settlement ' was reached Tuesday afternoon between" Lee Shnbert and a rejiresentattve t»t tin Cboms Equity, actinsr for Itarle Drwsler, daring the • absence ot the latter <oii tour, whereby the members of the chorus received the CfXtra salary that night on a basis of I>ra rata on eight perrormanc^ a week. As a r4mlt eC tlM ever the aiilaqr* Vsm VOiicab tlHi eipal who refkwet bli aalanr, aatf Opal Btaaat, have Uted dalma.'«dth. the Aefflbr'Skialtr AjKKMtailoa'fw a tredt's satetry hecatne of. dismissal from the .eempany. and If Ibb JBssant, who was a member ot ihe chorus, has made an afll- 4eiirit to the A, E. A. tint J. J. Bhubert ^abased her with profane language. 9%e8e claims are to be taken op i^tart from the oriclnal ctaoros clalni^ were settled Tueaday xilght. The Gaieties of 1919" originally played at the 44th Street Theatre, where the . company was 8iviiiB. .two matlneea. » 'meek,' ISonday .a. wadt ,»g». the attra6« viioB wias awitcfcad Wiater Oarden. where, natfmiw' arm 'ehwtt -Toeaday. Tharaoar aaA SBlntagu iUMr tto'i«r- . VlMfnanoe g a t n r fla y i^i^ whea Am eam- ' iM^ .vanecHr^taKlpi to ■pay al^- wwia l . of the. ehorua .aaked r<garillnc the gal- . try, tor tba -cocte performanos. baCbre itfg^Ing the payroll,'and when they ;1earhled that it was not included In the aalaries they refused to accept their en- velopes. They stated that they would not return to ^he theatre Monday for the matisee perfonnanoe .(Oohnabus. tint nU» ..tinjr ■JtBOkliM Qmlt .mtSt^. ■^pay. • On Monday morning they presented themseivet to the Chorus Equity and .stated their ease. They were ordered _;lb return to work by the executives oC V'tbe A. A, who were telephoned re- V«a)itv Cbe,inisuidc««taBdlB&, oatU the eiirtt»i'--ao^Ml be takeA vp with the \ tef Ctatraea taattsrs were la the provliiee of J. J. Bhubert and he was eat of town. Xater in the day, however, Lee Shnbet-t effected a settlement of the matter by infoi-mlng the Chorus Equity* tliat the BAiaties for tli» extra TptrtHr i a ^a eea wbiitd he paid. Through tlie refusal of the choras to accept tbe ealartea for last week the Equity lear&e£ that the^ chorus men With the show wiere only receiving |25- a week, whereas thd scale for them calls Cor a ttinlmma of 180 «reek1y, to which ^y were euatlM Cor each week Ut»t wbHoed .UMb ttiegr MtoniM to i3m aftar i|U!iMi. haft hem setUeOi vnOcvftanAnir was. lhat .A» Myv t» ftealvB IS a-vMk ibr' that they worked and that the |3fr Kale would tra observed by tbe management in their cases in the future. The settlement for last week's estlm matinee was made on a bairis <tf ens- eighth pro rata of 130 In thehr casse. Tbers were several reports aboot Nesr York early this week that Marie Diess- ler. president of the Cboms. Btntty. had ^ls^aixi4 sevseal girls ftom tha^pboms of hir <Wsni MkMmsi that attFastlon oiaitsA The drts w«ra-«M jte hearssd more than the ten days that is permitted under the Equity contract. At the. Chorus Equity it was stated Tuesday that Miss Dressier bad acted entirely within her rights and that only one girt bad been dtsmiaaed fvosB tbe chorus, and thti' this girl had rshcsrsed but nine days wtth the ^ow. Another representative of the Chorus Jiquity stated that Miss Dressier bad given her gfris too much leeway during the early stages of rehearsals for. tbe show and tint some bad tafcea tags of it and bUar artMii It hecessary to pat OB the' ferae discipline aono «C the drii had it OPERA GHOSIKCQtS OEXAnSS.! Whoa ths ^ ^^ 1^ ' ^^^'^'''^''^'^^''^. CuMfrie docked Snnday flvT^Ttaitea cboms adngers were held by tho gralion officers on tbe greund that tbey w^.e contract laborers under the law, in that they came to this country nn- ^er contract. Those taken trr • lite Bteu.. or ..ere RIccardo Alfe I anil hlrt wife, laira. Anedeo Arduinl. Robert AdomI -and Aimondo Waaxonl. Xhey are In «Mi oomtiy to.Jol. Opera. They will be alk>wed to land If _^ show tlieir coming is In fulfl]hne..t of a contract made when they were, .ber^ before, as ait five QUeJ atasiag i^oameoaents h^tfiU country befon the WBR iFUr tbo tteo bsbw thqr bit da- tataMd at the bnmlgratloa otatfcm: ThoroSb is a candidate for I tto Itepubllcan ticket Mr. I i««n attorney in New 7ork. also -b JMtr/ He Is the nephew of H. B. teosa, or the Harrimaa Kational Bank. A dtener was lately temdered, at tbe ftiUfi to the candidate, fOHowllv bis *"""n. • wanifisr ft wimr Mil Detroit, Oct 16. Bert Whitney of the new opera house and Bd "Wynn have fotmed a partner- ship and they win put on a show called "The Sd Wynn Carnival of 1920." It will baa.popular revue and veadyfor tiT'oat OHrty ia Ifovember. Qobftstock * ••MNd «t Um ttnhnt. DuvaK boban to tljOt.. It low to nans for a memorial to the late Oscar Hammersteln disclose tbe presence of two committees with tbe same object in view. ,Oao fostered by George Blumen- thal gfdned attention last week. At that time it drew objections from Arthur Hammersteln who. in a letter sent out Tuesday to tbe dailies, szplahsed that a committee beaded by Otto H. Kaba at UM anggesUon of Morris Gest, bad star tsi^^ fs m o il al aoOvement . HUs S(«J«et. mt .hevl^ bMB diaenoed nUb Me* to tUa mbltet ^^"ifa t»»> kiad «abrts'et Mr. Ibrrto 0«et a . MmimltrM tad b«en appointed, ma I mb In- fonp«d, coMiaUBC vf t t ptt—u ttre •pentie aad tlMatrtcal toAimgtra, (or the parpoat or icc«1t- lac SBtwcrtptiuia te aiaet a adtJtMa neocarlal. Md wbicli committee Kr. ptto H. Xaha h&a jr^S bsOfc*. Vbhv aauUemaii, vbe ly'bae*'nutar- jbt ^»^y «rir th' nnto.^MHb aMT Wteatidlir mS^Smt ■ poie. I therefore feel that if a memorial ;s to be erected to my fk^ier, tt ahsnld bo pnpsgated aolely .'W tbe • .Affiar woBio oor!u>vkbsy over. The hatciiet has been buried for all times between Liouis y De Fot, dra- matic editor of The "World, and Karl Kitchen of ^. Sunday WmM, Olhe .lat- ter is -frr HUSO aWBt flnr Tiyinr Koo." ■, . •■ -. • - Peace was declared betwosh ihO 'two when Karl Kltdi^ tamo aaoss «|th « letter oC vieKigy to De Wo^ Ui -wbieh he .-■"■•"WJJf. hl».«eret at bavtag jomped ' *>i^ipMia aad hoped that the ind* dpat' VOtfd 'hi. buried fbr all times. BMk aOa were asked to lay theta- esrds on the table by the managing editor of The -World, and tasubmtt a re- port of melr respective.aiMi imr.tlMfr respective signatures. * The result of it all wound up by Hit letter from Kitchen to De Foe. ■ Bosiim inoss rmirs show. _^ ■ . Boston, Oct 16. The Transcript, Boston's most con- •w^tlve paper, and which is one of the venr few that attempts to really orlti- e»ae the shows tliat come In iiere, gave £«-.' Fields a big boost for hia p^tom. mnnce and the show he has with bha. "A Lonely Ropiea" , The critic bewailed the eonditioiis ot the present day which make su^i com- edian's as Fields so scarce, and Intimated the stage can ill afford to lose tiiwp In contrast to this H. T. Parker. In bis review of William Hodge in bis new show, "The Quest of Honor," lays qieolal stress on Hodge's "following" aad hi evidently mystified ss tO;lhe.wl>y ot tlwt following. Fields is . playing a t tho Hodge opeiMd at the bcrt bouses. OOHAH. !-HM; B»xti» has announced hli prodnOtloa plans fbr this Gcaflon. - HO- has placed "Tli^ Haunted violin'* by Crane Wilbiar in rehearsal and will praq sent it at the ApoOo, Atlantir city^ November 4, with Wilbur In a leadbw role. ^ His prospective prodnetltwo also hi* elude a new eomedr by bis f partner.. Oeoqw M. C^aaj,^-.<!W« Stranger," by Aaron bo reeognised ataMi Tbe letter) Mr atteatloB taaa joat han directed ta a I Issnad tgr Ocow Biwaaelkal. mai malMU SS NVOTtad im tbe prea« ta a anialiw «C "snad ' •pwa artlabi, tbeatrical mai>«i«ra, and athar*, «• aUdt tkair rlewa on a plan tor tbe afactlea 9t a ■rnoi SU^ta perpataate tbe ata m ory at tv r, .-Oscar tleeise Hasletoii-oe the book Sydnor Harrison; »Trhe Way ren." by Satl CatToIl; •^orae Agalo." by Thomas Loudon; and Trtoce Perdy," by Frances Hill and John T. Mdntyre. He wlU present two musical playtc' rrhe Beautiful One," book' and lyrfca; by Bennold Wolf and muste by Louis'' A. Hir«ch, and'"Going Borne," foundiid' on the farce by Bex Beach and Kail Aimetron^:. Otto Harbach and Louis A. HIrsch will do this together.. Mr. Harris will also ^eontimicl ° te di»' rc-t the tours of the f<«iaMr CrtHbi mat' Uurrls plays and to maas^ tbe ' thar i.wU. ts^OOier. '■ J h dl a iwip oMsi 6et IS. 9t the nimor printed hi , . ^ that the. Shu- .r -wfil looo. their lease on - ; jOt'iho end of Fehmary. when Bt Jaase eij>ireB> came wb«^^ ^ * Jaceby, fi -past potentate Dt Mmrat Vemple Ancient Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrtae. stated that tl»e or- der desbres to use the theatre itself after ,that time. The Shuberts; Mr. Jacoby said, havr'V an option on another lease at an Itf- creaaed eonslderaOon, but it is not beii * lleved they will exarclse it. In caaO"^ the Shuberta .vacate tbe Murat It is - 3 poEslble that their attracUons may be ■ booked at EngUdt's in couJaa^Ion with ' the Klaw & Brtaager piradiM^Iens, as Is done in several other illi>westmm '' '1 cities. In sMch aa evsat- Om Sbaberta M would- make evstr.eOort ti> obtain an- other-theatre lesae boo. It is thought. ^ ^ daoag the phms whidi tho Sbub^ • Moaaid to ho^ew m W to l h i K Jh the leas- i Sf■•J'^'**?:^!?"?*'***^ capl- ' :^ w,.s^hi i n ii ir doi^ i sj t i inds to bund up<ai '"j,%i o*.lha.l>oahteon HoteL Despite the insistence of Samuel Ship- iifil man. -nnnt U iMtr «f which he la co- author, is -doe to move out of the Maxlno.-- Emott neat week. Mr.; Shlproan stlU • - Insists that -the ahow la bis best work. > flfe offered at one thne the sum of |4»0- 1© anyone who couldn't discover 40»'^: .^ huighs fai it, hut wiyiln the past teaT ■ daya hto insisting hasn't been so lustiC- K«xt week will be Tlrst Is Last's" sixOi- week. •«fty-Flfty, Ltd:;" a musical play, M I ODGceed it. HEW DIRECTOR m .WitKttk ~ at the MbJOMle UiIb author la a 'liriMhir: :wt er ot tbn lhJiMn>r"iii|i' iiiHt inikea HbaSu of tbOBibes. .' ' - ■'■ " Their sister, Wilhunene WOkes, is. to be the Btoge director ot the Majestic She succeeds David M. Hartford, who will produce thik new Gurwood Carv« AT Ison's ajpp'earanco In the Winter v Gaj-den concert last Sonday brooi^L' forth a new house reoirC^litt diiMM :^ilng near.J7,0flHn, ■- ^'-■-' :.'::]^'1'^r'' .. Standing room was siddvio. i^^linit C .«> per^ nenofw .wtOto^t^qmoi^ ' i||%i*il6r|fei»ta PLATS TO OH^KI'E HOUSES. The Challenge;* bow |>1aying at tho Belwyni win excbsnge phiceS with 'Vad^* dies," at the Fai^ Smtek Boston, in Oct. 27. - . . - .* • . . ;■ Tb<t Htdbrsok Bibu'.piay win .hi Boston the rood. • iJs "Witt Mott, manager «f .■^&&hplr^ ■ ■ OlSBB Falls, N. T., Is at ttosl^Walter Plinuner olBoes engaging tte tast fOf his musical stock repertoire company. Thirty people -will be In the cast and the ihow will play week stands, chtoneing .. their bins daily, <' Mott says that he has 30 weelcs Uned ^' up through Northern, New York, Ver-- mont, and New fiampshbre. Tbe^ataoWf . Utr lobn.'Bare ^ll tour America loW •^.v Palr ot ^tectades" tmdoc JViTaltor