Variety (December 1919)

VA4RIBTV 8i 2d half SeVoe & etatser Hudson Slaters Weaton ft Ellnfl Huoker A Wlnfred Uttia Lord Robert Greeley fiq. "Wray's Manikins ' Hudson Sisters Stein A Arnold Arthur J Finn Co Murray Bennett Wm O'Clare * Girls 2d half Fred & Albert Mao Marvin B Harrison Co Dixie Norton Co Basil ft Allen . v' Dancing La Vara Delancey Fred ft Albert Koblnaon ft Thomas Bernard ft'Meyers . "Will Stanton Co OlUen ft Molcatay (One to All) Id half Gere ft Delaney Mason & Bailey Lillian Watson "•Nine O'Clock" 'Wilton ft MoAyoy Grazer ft Lawlor Nattonal Wheeler Trio Aubrey A Rlcha De-vine & Williams Ferns -ft LIU Grazer & Lawler 2d half Bauers ft Saunders Hank Brown ;Oo Arthur J Finn Co Barry ft Lay ton Orpbcam Kins; Bros; . ■. Walls Virginia ft W Benny Harrison Co Chase ft LaTour Davis ft Klch Beth, Stone Co 'id half Aubrey . ft Riche . Robinson ft Thomas Marlon Murmon Co Murray Bennett. Broadway Bchoes Boulevard rsere ft Delaney . Farrell & Hatch Little Lord, Robert Nat Carr' "Nine. O'clock" Id half Wray'a Manikins Lou Rose Wells Virginia ft W Bernard ft.Meyers Klnkald Kilties Avenue B T.ouIb Leo (lordon Dud Oenaro ft Gold - Fred Elliott Una; ft Long/ !d half Wayne Beeman Barra Sisters The Painters' V Stafford Co Pave Harris • Hclene Trio BROOKLYN M*UtnwlHan DeVoe'ft Statcer Mae Marvin "Love Hunter" Basil ft AHeh - 2d half Theodore Trio •■ Kirguson-Suuderland Nat Carr •• "Love Hunttr" (One to fill) DeKafb Dailey Bros Beauers ft Saunders Weston ft Kline T.ane f» Plant Mons Adolphna Co 2d halt Kinc Bros . •■' , a Dixie Boys Ling; ft Lone Fred Elliott Wm O'Clare Girls Barra Slaters Van ft Vernon -^ Dave Harris - F Stafford Co ' 2d half Theda Barnard Be Lea ft Orma Glllen ft Molcahy Mons Adoiphu* Co (One to All) Fulton Stanley < Fnrguson-Sunderland - Wilson MeAvoy Klnkald Kilties .-2d half Metropolitan Trio Van ft Vernon Stuart Black Co B a vis 4 Rich Dancing Humphhriei Warwtck Martin ft Elliott Dorothy Roys "I'll Say 6o f ' The Painters Simmons ft Bradley ld*half Paradise Duo Barney Williams Co Will J Evans 3 Alex • (One to All) ATLANTA . Grand Oliver • ■ ' Frances ft DeMnx ' Marls-Russell Co Belle 4 Caron . (One to fill) 2d half Stanley Curry ft Grahnm Jack Levy ft Girls Barnes * Freeman (One to fill) j BALTIMORE Hippodrome t Victors Bennett Twins Pls&no ft Bingham Walters A Walters Marletto's ManlkJns BIRMING HAM, ALA. S Gregorys- Jessie Reed Pearl Abbott Co-* Groy ft Klumker Married Via Wlrs 2d half (Same as Atlanta 1st half) BOSTON Orphean* --J ft 8 DeLler Monte & Lyons • - "Perfect Day"-. Burke ft Durkin Plying; Weavers, 2d halt . Molva Sinters ; Lieut C Gerard Co Earl J Ingres Co Sheppard ft Dunn John Blondr Co (One. to fill) CHICAGO _ XeVtekefs Chas Kollly "Submarine P1"- (Four to fill) CLEVELAND Juggling DeLisle * Mildred Rogers' Betty Bldert Co Royal 4 Anderson's Revue DALLAS, TEX. Hippodrome Tyler ft St Clair Downing ft Bunnln McGreevey ft Doyle Stove Freda , fpartane ■••'.. 2d half (Same as Waco 1st half) . DETROIT • Co lonin 1 Dnrras Bros Bavin ft Chad wick I*w Welch Co Ward Bros "Oh. Mike" (One to fill) FALL RIVER BJJon Melva Sisters Ueut C Gerard Co , Pari Plngree Co Stan Stanley' John Blondy Co 2d half Flying Weavers ■ Monte jft Lyons "Perfect Day" Burke ft Durkin Stan Stanley Co HAMILTON. CAN. _ „ LoewV ' The Scrantona Harris ft Ni.lan Hyroand Adler Co Joe Daroey - Stevers ft Lovejoy HOBOKEN LoeWs i. Theda Bernard Barney Williams Co Will J Evan. • w Royal Hassara 2d half Oenaro ft Gold Bert Lewis Rose' Revue HOUSTON, TEX. Prl nee Krayona Co Courtney ft Harnett Franoes Rloe Taylor ft Francis MeUlio Sisters Co 2d half (Same as New Or* leans 1st half) KANSAS C1TT, MO. Garden Vlckers Sisters ft D McMahon Sisters "The Owl" Martin ft Courtney Chas McGeods Co 2d halt Aldlno ft Wright Geo A Mack Brown ft Blaine Henshaw ft Avery Minnie Burke ft Band MEMPHIS I.Tcrum Ford ft Hewitt Lyons ft Clayton Dae ft Neville Johnson Bros ft 3 Welss'Troupe 2d half (Same as Birming- ham 1st half) ' MONTREAL Lsjctr Cross & Rantoro Scanlon Denos ft 8 Townsend Wilbur Co Langton ft Smith TnrelH's Circus NEW ORLEANS Crescent (Sunday opening) Musical Way tana McLoughlin ft' Evans Hal Johnson Co Katherlne MIley 3 Maxims td half (flame as Memphis 1st half) NEW ROCHELLE Loew Lockhart ft Laddie Senna ft Weber' • • Sansone A Delilah Sd half .Jr. Gordon Diio Ferns ft Litt : 1£ Royal Hussars OKLA. CiTV, OKLA. llb-rty . The Lelanda Penolno ft Perry Howard Msrtelle CO Barron ft Burt" Stafford A D*Ross 2d half Mac ft Ma»>*i Gordon ft Belmar ' "L^ve Rare" ■ Zuhn ft Breis Aerial Bntters piTTcnvRa- ■ ;:■•". Lyceum frbJessoi)'" Dosrs Scott ft Chrvstlo Porir Old Jim Anthony ft Pots Juvenile Follies PROVIDENCE, B, I. Emery *> . Robert Swann Dolly ft Catame •.. Kinr«»>"«T ft Muneon J A T Weir Odlva ft Seals 2d halt Bnvia ft- Walker Wlkl Bird CnnV * Oatman Mahonev A Royers Odiva ft Seals SAN ANTONIO TEX. Pr>n>e*asj Brown's Dogs ' Norton ft Noble Burke ft Burke Laurie Ordway Co Fashions DeVogue Co id half (Bame as Houston lit half) ST. Loins, MO, Lee Hlog Chin .;:,- Carl ft Jennings Hello Toklo Gardner ft Revue . Ouy Baldwin Troupe 2d half (Same as Kansas City 1st halt) 8PRINGFTELD B rssdwar Davis A "Walker Wlkl Bird Cook ft Oatman Sheppard' ft Dunn Allen Clifford ft B ?d half Robert Swann • Dnllv A Calamr . Klngflburv ft Munson 3 A T Weir Z ft S DeLler TORONTO Bell ft Oray Morrison ft Harts HolAsn ft Kerron Marietta Craig Co BV>Tt Carlton S'n«a<inoea; ,. W*CO. TEX. HlnnoAronoe * Vsldsres Htrrv Garland Carlelta A Lewis Knkhoff ft Gordon Weston's Models 2d hslf (Same as- San An- tonio 1st half) NEB CLOTHES* NORTON Third season f»atwred In H. B. Bers'a "Quakertown tn Broadway." Kslth Circuit. p/tagfs rnicinT. New Vnrk and Chicago Ofllee* BrTTE P:'"»i-e» rfi-9) ffano hill nlnys Ana conila 10: MIs- (M>"'l 111 Prnnlt !=M-ln« Poarh ft McCnrdy Hendr'r ft Relle Isle Soiarts Ir»n^ Tpevette Oalll Troo-n» Baminny Tr'o OfSDEN P«nti»»rf»s (tl-13) "Oh Blliv Hall ft Shapiro .Toer" Roberts Bavld 8 Hall Co S'aenole ft Spier C*I^>»PT Pnn^ee^a B"*nrv ft Adnlo'.de F'ske ft Fallon GIsspow Maid* Chun* H»« Pour Four V»Jlows Ortat Howern ,BENVER Pnn'riKe« Shaw ft Rornard Morrv Livlnsrston A»**ln ft Belahey Rials Morton Jewel Co EDMONTON Pantagrs Mori Bros Ooetz ft B«»y . Ward' ft F*ne; Henriette BeSerrls PORTLAND P»fr>»ses Bern Me| Bros r-hai Mae*t Co .-.-'•-. r»rdn ft Nnll J"e Wh*1ehead ■ Barry Gerarrt ' Co Raymond ft Wllbert '• ' RRGTNA Pauls area <■-**> (Same bill play* Sas- katoon 11-13) Lieut Bcry ft Miss Varee.nl Bros ". •■"' Martha K»milton Co R»r»m I.iehter Glide.) ft Phillips Brasillan Heiress SALT LAKE . Pontages . FIdrldge Barlow ft B F ™ nV , ''P 8 " Octavo GREAT FALLS Pant awes (9-llt) (Same bill Days Bel era 11) Ln<M» * Wllber ' Naids Norr<M Pe*>rWs Trio J0v»<1ah DeRadJah G 8 Gordon Co Oeortrla Howard Ker«s ft Preston Cook ft Vernon SAN DIEGO F*»rfs*M Pour Lmoqs Prank Ward Oulgley A Fits Danes Fantasy La France ft Kennedy JiT"**^ * Tjrrier Tip Tip Taphankers '"Temptation- Tip Tip Taphankers ' LONG BEACH Pnniasres SAM Lar-rel Revue B» Vnguo Lads' ft Ward 2 White Kuhns S Bartos Amnarlto Sulllot CO XOS ANGELES • " Pnutages Wolfe ft Patterson W B Whittle Tarcan Amoros ft Jeoriette Kama 4 MINNKAFOIfi Pantages (Sunday opening) Act Beautiful Mary Ann Wor'd In Harmony Ed Blnndell Co Chas Olcott Pud Snyder OAKLAND Panto ge* (Sunday opening) Golf Link Girls . Rosa Wyse «»o "Number Plnaae" Cycling Brunettes ' CamlHe Rejane - Kilkenny 4 BAN FRANCISCO PantaxM (Sunday nnenlns) Naynon's Birds Buras A Lynn Chas Lindholm Co 8nnia BeClava Bison City 4 Slatkos Rolllckers SEATTLE i_ _ Pauragss ~>0 ft M LaFerve Ray Lawrence Areher ft Belfort Eddie Foy Co Five Partrowars Hyman Meyer • : • BPOKANE Ts n lasf Cavanaush Duo Mary Dorr Howard & White ' Dancing Davey Hickman Bros Corinthians TACOMA Pantages "Making Movies- Brady ft Mahony . V Mernere&u Co wm Dick H ft B Conley The Gallons. -VANCOUVER, B O Pantages Novelle Bros Three Clowns Robinson's Elephants John T Ray Co International Nine Melr ft Gibson His VICTORIA, t) 0 Pantages Aortal Macks Forrest ft Church Stevens A Bninnell Willie Solar "Rising Generation" Happy J Gardner Co WINNIPEG Pantages 2 Bullawa Girls Denny ft Dennoghao Samanoff Trio Eadlo & Ramsden Bob Albright Little Hip ft Napoleon Hodklna-Pantages Bookings. DALLAS. TEX. . JefTerssn Bell ft Eva Roan Valyda Zlcgler 81a ft Band Creamer Barton ft S Jarvls Footllght Rev MUSKOGEE, OKLA. Bro ad way (M) Anita Arllaa Co Borsch A Russell Canfleld A Ross Chisholm ft Breen Marie Fltxglbbons "Kremlin of Moscow" SAN ANTONIO, TEX. Royal Romanes Sisters Ray Coulla, Imperial Quintet Ray ft Emma Dean "Perhaps Tour Right" WACO. TEX. Orplieum <»-18) Anita Arllaa Co Dorsrh ft Russell Canfleld ft Conn Chisholm 6 Breen Marie Fitsgibbons "Kremlin of Moscow" WICHITA VLB. T-X. Wichita The Shsttucks Gaylord ft Herron Rial to Quartet Joe Jackson Gllralne Dancers "When Wo Grow Up" Keno Koycs A M • "Hor Trosseau" Seymour's Family 2d half Curtis ft Buster Burdell ft Burdell Fnye ft Thomas Sidney Sbephard Co Detzel ft Carroll Pantzer Duo SAN DIEGO Hippodrome. 2d halt Rosle Rifle Co Rome A Wager - Jess ft Dell Georgia Emrnett Louis Brocades Co SAN FRANCISCO Casino (Sunday opening) C A B Policy ■ Sylvan ft Copeland Ralph Seabury. - Julet Held's Co Thomdyke ft Curran BasseU ft Bailey Folletta Pearl A W Hippodrome (Sunday opening) Butler ft Da Mtflh Howard ft Nichols . Hlbert ft Nugent Francos Kox Bobbins ft Fulton Alvin ft Alvin STOCKTON Hippodrome 7eeda ft Hoot Brooks ft Norrlg -:,. Southern & Harvey * Cur tin McDonald p Sam Ward ' ..: "Soa Shore Girk'! •..•;.. (2d half , . (Same as Sacra- mento first half) ' TAFT. CAL,^ J Hlpasdromo (?) ■.- \''i Leonard ft Wright Howard ft Lewis., ' Clifford Wayne I (12-12) Esmeralda Webb t Isabel Miller Co Halley ft Howard Jupiter S ■ • - :A UTTERSTATE CIRCUIT Palace Thontrs Uuiidlag, Near Fork City. ACKERMAN * BAKERS FIELD HlpTsdrotne Esmeralda Webb 2 Holley A Howard Bessls Babb babel Miller Co Alice Nelson Co. Jupiter Trio 2d Half Aerial Eddys Allen ft Jones ,- Musical SMrleya Stroud 2 Jack Polk Little Jim FRESNO Hippodrome Aerial Eddys . . Allen ft Jones Musical Shlrleys Stroud S ' Jack Polk Little Jim 2d half ■ Klbel ft Paolias • Helen Harrington.. Maxine Alton Co Broadway 2 - '•.' Pltroff LOS ANGELES xirppaKxronie Rosle Rifle Co - Rome ft Wagner Jess & Dell - Georgia Emrnett Flagler ft Malla. 2d halt Leonard ft Wright Mayo ft Vernon HARRIS CIRCUIT. Francisco. Jere Sanford . ' Howard ft Lewis* Clifford Wayne 2 Alios Nelson Co MODESTO Hippodrome . (10-11) Klbel 4 Pauline Helen Harrington . Mazlne Alton Co Broadway Trio Pltroff (12-13) Zeeda ft Hoot Brooks ft Norrls Southern ft Harvey Curttn McDonald Co Sam Ward - ■Sea Shore Girls" SACRAMENTO Hippodrome McHyar ft Hamilton Fields ft L'Adella . Shepherd ft Ott ••, "Pinched" Haskell ft Bloom Three Ha rvards 2d half F ft D Norman Henry ft Bradley Arthur Abbott Co Russelts . Boyle A Patsy" Vim Beauty ft Health SALT LAKE CITV Casino ' - Rexo Bwift ft Lamont DALLAS, TEX Majoscsi Mile Paula Helen Staples Neville ft Brockwsy Ben K Benny Maae Olga. Petrova Olson ft Johnson Bostock's School FORT WORTH TEX Mnjestis Clinton StsMrs . Bspss ft Button Ethel Clifton Co Lloyd A Wells » Anna Bvm Fay Montgomery A Allen Bessls Clifford GALVESTON, TEX Majestic (8-10) (Same bill slays Ana- tin 11-12) Mcintosh MsMs Ksaaedy ft Nelson Syncopated Stepper " Henri Henlere Jack Kennedy Co Cameron ft Kennedy Plsano HOUSTON, TXX Majsstle Bonemar - Arabs Lucille ft Cockle O'Donne 11 ft Blair Hahn Weller Co Mite Rhea Co Avey ft Onellt Garcinettl Bros * LITTLE ROCK, ARK Majestic Tuck ft Clare. Claire Vincent Co «k Dunham ft Bdsntrd* Rita Mario Co - (One to Hit) ■■<•- td knit : WhtrlMod Kagansr. Nora Norlns . Sorroato Quintet ! (Two to 2il> . ..}/,;?:■: FINE BLUFF, ABK MaliaMla .'"'*"-'. Sorrento Qulatot " Nora Norton* ': Bradley A Ardino • ' 2d hair <& Donbana ft Edwards (Two to nil) ' f:: SAN ANTONIO, TEX Oakes A Desasr ; Allan Show,: ;.' . Harry Holotaa CO Carols • ■: ..' VV' Mile Btanea Co ... Cooper A Ricard •-. Marie Stoddard v Leo Zarrell Co TUIaU. OaUA, ; _' : V V, (Same 1st half bill' plays JJuakOgoe 2d half) ~;.7.ipl&j$. Stuart A Keeley Jessie Millar - Rockwell ft Fog The Sirens ."-•«*■ :..• 24 half Powell Tisojps * ■" 1 Hklppef Kennedy A R Old Soldier Fiddlers 3 Basil I.yno Co 1 Wober GUIs ». : « ; -V; I AMONG THE MUSIC MEN 11 J ' . ' ■ ' James V. Mona.o has retained bis attorney, Abser Gree-berg,. to bring suit for fl.tvO against Morris Oast, basing his claim on a ISC weekly royalty-salary for a period of 2D weeks. John Henry Mears, one of the Cen- tury Grove librettists, acting for Gest, the producer of the Grove revue, engaged Monaco and Alfred Bryan to supply the.score and lyrics tor. the show, in collaboratioa with Mean. Tbo latter suggested the situations and the duo completed tbe numbers. When Julian Mitchell com* to stage the numbers for this forthcoming revue they did not meet with his approval after a four days' re- hearsal, George ( erahwln and Bud Da Sylva being engaged to write the show. Nat Vincent, song writer and present pro.- fessional manager for Jack Mills, inc., is named defendant la a divorce action brought attalnat him by Eleanor M. Vincent, ono time picture octrees, in whlc** she names, among; others, one Babe Francis, with the Hotel Richmond as the soeno of misbehavior. Tbo couple have been married since ion and have so -children. H. 8. Hechheimer repre- sents the defense. ! .'. - .. ■ i. ' V ' ' .,-■,-,,,! ■ Harry Jentes. sohf writer, has brought salt against Leo Feist, inc., to recover flsd royalty the publisher is holding out on him. This la for the sone. "I Don't Want to Get Well," ..-■ -^f written by Harry Pease. Howard Johnson and Jentes. Tom Kvnoedy. an artist, acting through O'Brien.: Maicvinsky shd. Drtacol), - ,•:; complained Pease had appropriated toe Idea for the lyric, which he had*originated and 1m- : ,|; ; parted to Pease. Tbe authors of tits song, having agreed tn their contract to defend any lawsuits that may occur on account of the sear.'nio each named defendants ia Ken- ug nedy's action. Jentes, through Aimer Grech*'?';-^ berg, however, holds that no publisher has a .-_., right to hold out on royalties. L. Wolfe Gilbert received a check for ?2,500 from the Apex Novelty Co. It mas part pay- meat for the ananufaetarlng rights of the plaster busts he has been usue; to advertlae his some ..."■•'.; "Granny." The buats are reproductions of "ftv> '}}j picture of an elderly gray-haired arrandmatber, and the Apex Co. Intend to manufacture and . sett then in the same manaar used to popular- :.W ise the Kewpie Dolls and oUier tbraroa noir in ; : 'jm vogue. ''; \'''. V.S9 Monte Howard has been placed In professional charge of Tan Alstyne ft Curtis' Chicago office. Haven Gillespie will take care of the band and orchestra department. Messrs. Van AJstyne and Curtis are expected la town this week, when they will locate a local office Charles M. Smith, of C C. Church ft Co.. has written the i-ore of "Divorce a La Carte," a girl act to which Fred Martens supplied the book and lyrics. Mr. Martens la also producing the piece. Jim Cody Is staging. B. B. Handy ,a brother of W. C Handy of the music publlshlnsr Arm of Pace ft Handy,, is mensgiast. ths company's local office dur- i log W. C.'s tour of tbe South as head of an orchestra. The latter Handy Is expected back In town today or Saturday. .,,.;.' Johnny de Roche aw been given charge of Irving Berlin's Kansas City ptofasalBpal branch. Roy Gilbert haa been appointed man- ager of tho Minneapolis office, and Hal Mc-... Oahen ot.the Detroit branch. ■'• :C A ... --: If Yon Don't Advertise in VARIETYr-Don'i Advertise Harry Akst' proved himself the champ song wrlter-bUllardist as a result of the recent Song writers' billiard tourney, held at Daly's the past fortnight Shapiro-Bernstein has opened a new office In Seattle, with Frank Anderson In charge. Howard 29. Rogers' baa left the Flther- McCarty staff and la now with rrvlng Berlin. His first number with the new .firm is "I'm Gonna Spend My Honey Moon In Dlrle." The FIsher-Thompeon Music Pub. Co.. of Iijtte, Mont., has located a New Tork office.