Variety (December 1921)

VAUDEVILLE Friday, December 2, 1921 ] ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE IN "UNDER THE APPLE TREE" Stage Carpenter, Jack Grubb, Shoots Cecile Bartley of Chorus—Girl Has Good Reputation—Never Over friendly with Him—Act George Choos's H.imilton, Can.. Nov. 30. Cecile Hartley, of the George Choos' act "Under the Apple Tree," who was seriously wounded on the stage of the Dyric last Friday after- noon, by Jack Grubb, stage carpen- ter of the act, was reported at the City Hospital today as not yet out of danger. Grubb, who tired three shots Into Miss Hartley's body at ulose range, immediately placed the weapon to his own heart, firing three bulleta into himself, inflicting wounds from whieh he died 20 min- utes later in an ambulance en route SMOKERS IN SALT LAKE "BRING THEIR OWN" KEITHS NEW HOUSE IN CLEVELAND OPEN E. F. Albee Gives 105th Street Personal Attention Salt Lake City, Nov. 30. Acts coming into Utah and re- quiring cigarcts will do well to bring their own with them. The to the hospital. Physicians exam- anti-cigarct bill, passed several inlng Grubb'a wounds, following his (Continued on page 27) $1,500 FOR FRISCO Chicago, Nov. 30. Frisco the "Jazz Dancer" is play- ing the Stratford, a picture house in the Englewood section, this week. He is receiving $1,500 for the en- gagement and playing two fhows a night. Elinore and Williams' Judgment Kate Elinore and Sam Williams last week secured a default judg- ment for $571.70 against Herbert Lubin arising from a series of notes totaling $5,000 made out by the fllm man to the vaudeville team. This judgment dates back several years, when Lubin sold Elinore and Will- iams some Canadian real estate- for $.~>,000, resulting in another action to recover the amount because of vari- ous reasons. Lubin agreed to re- turn the $5,000 to be paid>dT in $250 notes. This judgment represent* two notes totaling $500 plus cords and Interest. Some months previous an- other $250 Judgment was taken against him by default when Lubin did riot make good on another not*. 1 not binding. Cleveland, Nov. 30. Jieautiful. artistic, simple in de- sign, architecture, furnishings and d- o.ations. Keith's new 105th Street theatre had an auspicious opening here Thanksgiving Day. The con- sensus of opinion is that the promise of "the mof-'t beautiful theatre in America" has tn-en fulfilled in every respect. The color scheme is ivory, gold and rose; the seating capacity is 3,- [ 000, and the cost of the building was Utah's Anti-Cigaret Bill Fairly over $1,300,000 „ . t * /% f\ While every known modern equip- EffeCtlVe TeSt Case On | ment and appliance has been in- I stalled for the comfort, entertain- ment and safety of patrons, similar intent has been carried out back stage to the limit. Smoking rooms, ladies' res* rooms and lounging rooms are featured. There aro sixteen dressing rooms, each fitted with shower bath, three built-in-wall mirrors and makeup table. A recreation room for per- formers Is equipped with pool table, chess, checkers, newspapers and periodicals. Separate rest rooms arc provided for members of the orchestra and stage hands, while a rpecial room has been set aside for the leader of the orchestra, fitted with a music library. Belated performers hurrying to the theatre from the depot will be taken .care of in the kitchenette, where lunch and hot coffee will be served. . A laundry and sawing room will handle emergencies in this line. The house will play eight acts and pictures, inree shows on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, two perform- ances other days. E. F. Albee was here a week pre- vions to the opening superintending the final touches. Capaeity ruled at all performances the opening day. and present indi- cations are that Keith's latest link KEITH OFFICE WILL SHUT OFF SONG PUIGGERS' APPLAUDING Excessive Lengths to Which Representatives of Pub* lishing Houses Go Brings Protests from Patrons —Hurt Acts Opening After Number months ago, and which was sup posed to have been in effect since July, is not actually operative but it's a long hard hunt to And a to- bacconist who is taking any chances with local authorities. The United Cigars Stores is mak- ing a test case of the bill now, but until there is something definite the smokers had best be prepared. The slogan here now is not "roll your own," but "bring your own." MILD RED HARRIS NOT OF AGE lioston, Nov. 30. A bill in equity brought by Ceorgc \V. litibcnstein of New York to prevent Mildred Harris, former wife of Charlie Chaplin, from ap- pearing at a local theatre last week, was not aired in court, an arrange- ment having been reached between the actress and the theatrical man- ager before the case was to be heard. Uuhcnstejn claimed that the ap- SHUBERT BOOKS ALL FILLED TO JAN. 1 Only Scattered Openings Re- main—Play or Pay Con- tracts Congested The Shubert vaudeville agency is booked in advance until Jan. 1, with the exception of a spot here and three on the bill?. The condition was discovered this week when va- rious acts were offered for imme- diate bookings and agents were in- formed the books were nearly full up to that date. Contracts are being issued for eight weeks, except to "names" and "draws'* on account of the conges- tion and the necessity of taking care of the turns holding pay or play contracts for 20 weeks out of 24. Gains in business at all of the Shubert stands are claimed at local headquarters. A circuit of 25 weeks is predicted for the Shuberts before the end of the current sea- son. pearance of Miss Harris was a : \ n the chain will spell prosperity, breach of entrant which she had I i» at Caryn is house manager, and made with him. Attorneys for the , his genial smile is already infee* actress claimed that while she was ! tious. a divorcee, she was not of age, and that any contracts she made were TWO GIRL WIVES REPENT Nora Anderson and Jean Seek Freedom Jarvis Pearl lireichenbacker, profes- sionally known as Nora Anderson, has brought suit for annulment of marriage against Leroy Dreichen- Kacker, non-professional, setting forth she was only seventeen yeavs of ago at the time of her marria^ . IT. S. Hechheimer is acting for the plaintiff. Another annulment action filed through the same counsel is that of Jean Cunningham, professionally I Jean Jarvis (last with "H.-nadway | French Single Woman Coming in STRANDS "DOLLS" Verde Duncan Can't Pay Choristers $5 Weekly Harrisburg, Pa., Nov. 30. Duncan's "Dancing Dolls." com- posed of five girls under 20, were stranded here after three weeks be- fore the footlights. Several months ago, their story ran, Verde Duncan registered at a Philadelphia hotel and advertised for five chorus girls. The quintet chosen, all save one of,whom left home without their parents' consent, were promised $5 a week, all ex- panses, and were to be made stars. But, after suggesting they come to Harrisburg, where he said several bookings were arranged, Duncan disappeared, leaving the girls with less than $1.50. At tho city's " expense the late "Dancing Dolls" were given supper and put on a train for Philadelphia. Orders have been Issued by the Keith office to curtail the Iiidiscrim* lnate applauding of acts at the Monday matinee at tho Palace, New York, by the representatives of tin pan alley. They stand back of the seats on the lower floor and applaud acts using their numbers out of all proportion to the merit of the song or turn. The practice has become so prev- alent that complaint* from regular patrons of the house were registered, when applause from tho back of the house continued after the house lights had been switched off at the conclusion of the turn. In many cases the opening of the following act waa held up, hurting the act in question and lengthening out the bill. The condition reached a climax Mon lay, when one of the Keith executives walked in to the greeting of unison applause from the minions of one of the most prominent of the popular song publishing houses. The house employes have been in- structed to Interrupt the noise when it reaches unusual proportions, and if this isn't effective more drastle measures will be resorted to to wipe out the practice. Song pluggers have been barred from the back-stage privilege in the Keith house for some weeks past after numerous complaints from ar- tists they were interfering with their entrance and egress from the theatres. It has become a custom for pub- lishers who have acts at the Palace singing one of their songs to pur- chase 40 or fifty admissions for the matinee. They are distributed to employes or friends, with instruc- tions to applaud such and such an act and such and such a song. FINED $200 Lillian Bradley Penalized for Book* ing Obscene Show NEW FOREIGN ACT Brevities') against Kdward Cun ningham. The couple were m: ried tin Los Angdes. the bride being six- CHICK ROSE YORK and KING "THE OLD FAMILY TINTYPE' I'laylng OUT'llKCM CIRCC1T. "Doing a Little Better Than Par.' >tt 1 "TEMPTATION" ROW ENDS Kaiz SetCcg With Seabury—Mcrris Change Ctr.di Annan Kali/, has withdrawn his < barges a--;aiast VVil'iain Seabury, alleging infi ing. rnej.t of Ids ■ Temp- ' it inn' act. S<al>ui> lie. g agr. n] o all.' r Ins turn. Tin- mattiM' was ahuat ' e roll: Is w la n : ! • ■ : • |. • fIVr-ted. K ,' liz. in t ii: :\ : id fin cop\ i :,,lit in'i in-a rti( i;t by Sam Morris, who ■ h. ;•:• s lli.it he originally wrote a 'T« mptat bin - ' playlet i-nd that Kali/ |. i.-i.-,ii/#d it after it was submitted to him for approval and returned. CARROLL $3,000 IN ARREARS Kstclhj Carroll, through Kendler | ^ Coldstein, has made motion to I punish Harry Carroll for contempt ; of eourt in not paying the $3,000 j ha.k a'itnony since accruedr plus ; the additional %\M) awarded hhr at- ! torneys as eounsel fee. Carroll had b. ' ii paying at tin* rate"of $M) and iSl'Hi weekly under previous do- , eision^. pending an appeal from the ; $'J"0 alimony award. When that was i athrm.'d last week in tho Now York \ Siipivmn Court Carroll found him- j self to be $3,000 in arrears. J The motion to punish for con- j tempt has been stayed pending an ; appeal by Carroll's attorneys from • .Justice Mulhin's derision, whieh de- ; nied the confirmation of the ref- : tree's report recommending a reduc- | tion in alimony to $50 a week. to irar'l I - * III W. I s !:-• hi ing DAYTON GOING? Not Expected Shuberts Will Remain Much Longer There Dayton, Ohio. Nov. 30. Tt is not «-\p.Tti ii | un . the Shu- I < i*s wi:l he'd out mueh longer with their \;nalc\ ilk- at tin- liberty. The clunge of policy from big time at $1 to p.»p vaudeville at M) cents did ■'» 'i!' 1 " f«'r a liMU while, then dl'i'ppr (I off The change in policy was mad., only as an experiment with not mueh faith. If the Liberty Is given up by the Shuberts. it will I** in line with their orginal intention towards it. Tommy Gray Coast ward- Bound Chicago, Nov. 30 A humorist with a laugh of h's own passed through here this week, looking like the Pacific Coast. Tlie eotnhination was Tommy ili'-iv. himself. traveling imperson- ally. Garrick, Milwaukee, Dec. 5 Tin 1 'Inrriek. Milwaukee, will open wiili S'aibert vaude'.iPe 1>r. r>. llo'C-e will |.!;iy oi»ht iU. ' - Unannounced The Keith office is experimenting with a new foreign act to this side. Tt is Lillian Typer, a French single girl on the open According to report the act was booked direct from the other side by Eddie Darling on strong recom- mendations. Charged with booking an obscene show into a Wea.t 43d street restau- rant some time ago. Lillian Bradley was tlned $200 by Judge Kernochan in the Court of General Sessions last week. The booker was given the alternative of 30 days at Black- wells Island. She elected lo pay the) fine The restaurant at winch the show was given was raided by the police during tho course of a per- formance for a "stag' 'organization. FREEP0RT ROBBERIES The epidemic of robberies that \ prevailed throughout the theatrical n the soubret order, who will!,.,,, at Freoport L ,., Iaflt sunv this month, unannounced. I|M;ri is| roportcd M lu;L . omlnK moM POSTMAN GIVES UP JOB Bob Willis, the monologing post- man, who broke into vaudeville at the Fordham, New York, on an "Old Home Week" 1.111, has decided to follow the stage as a profession and has resigned from the Tost^ Service. * Willis is the father of seven chil- dren. He created a mild sensation on his initial vaudeville appearance with dialect stories and songs. He was an experienced club entertainer but had never appeared in vaude- ville before. # BELMAR BACK HOME Jule Delmar, after a brief sojourn in the south, arrived in New York' this week. Mr. Delmar will resume bin duties in the Keith Exchange Monday. Joe Woods, who has been super- vising the Delmar books tiring the hitter's absence, will return to I ;<• own denk. g more serious, with tho Shanoeks as the latest victims. An old man was recently placed in custody. After an investigation It was revealed that lie had four youths, under tho age of IS, cxecut* in.; the stealing while ho was at the receiving end. This attest may fend to clear up past robberies, and at the same time may account for many articles being r< turned to i the owner, with proper identifica- tion. % CASEY-BUCKRIDGE NUPTIALS New Orbans. Nov. 30. Billy Casey and Oladys Buck- ridge were married at the St. Louis Cathedral here Monday. Kcv. Father Antoine officiating. Buckridge and Casey have been touring the Or- pheum Circuit with their own revue, appearing at the local Orphcum last week. The couple have been en- gaged some time, but did not marry because of parental objection in a I religious way. That point waa swept iv ay by Miss Buckridge being taken int-i the Catholic church jti«t before bei marriage. Th fwi.'i* dai'y for tie- full week. Henry Needles has give up th- management of the strand. Miy- onne. N. J., to lake over a new pic- ture house in ITai tf..rd. Conn. PAT AND HER PHONY RECORDS IMiiladelplwa. Nov. 30. While i'atrieola was at Keith's last week, I he girl from Chi mnd«> six phonograph records for the Victor. Sbo had a cup oi each record. Sues Ke th for Fall •M ' y C. Austin, TT.S Hoe ;nom^ '•'■> nx, through her attorney, Louis f «•'. Hamburger, has started suit for' I 5.000 against the D. V. Keith cor- poration. .The amount claimed is for all. gtd injuries suffered as a re- •ifee between ] suit of a fall in the Riverside thea- tre, Ne.. York, Mar 'i ^ r 19J1.