Variety (December 1922)

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VARIETY'S LONDON OFFICE CABLES 8 St. Martin's Place, Trafalgar Square 2096 Regent Friday, December 1, 1922 LONDON'S DECEMBER CHANGES OF REVIVALS A?!D NEW PLAYS •^Charlie's Aunt'* at Royalty After 30 Year*— Originally There— ^Matheson Lang Producing Sutro's "Great Well" at New Theatre London, Nov. 29. December changes in the legit theatres will see the revival of •Charlie's Aunt" at the Royalty, 80 years after that piece was originally produced there. It will open Deo. 19. The interest is centering upon liatheson Lang's production of Al- fred Sutro's new play, "The Great Well," to open Dec. 19 at the New theatre, succeeding Sybil Thorn- dyk's "Cancl." James Bernard Fagan's adapta- tion of "Treasure Island" will go on at the Strand Dec. 23, with Arthur Bourchicr, producing, playing the lead. "Dear Brutus" concludes at Wyndham's Dec. 1€, followed by a Du Maurier revival of "Bull Dog Drummond." Sir Alfred Butt la producing •Blossom Time" at the Lyric, Dec. 18. "Rockets" closes Dec. 9 at the Faladium. after having played twice daily in that house since February. "Spangles" will succeed it for three weeks, when vaudeville will b« re- sumed for one month, prior to the production for the Paladium of An- other big revue. #<* The Savoy on Feb. 4 will past to Robert Courtneidge who has taken over the remainder of the Irving lease on tho house, which haa 11 years yet to run. ARLISS, AFTER 20 YEARS Reappearing in London in "Qr^^n Goddess" Next Fall , London, Nov. 19. Through an arrangement reached with Gilbert Miller. George Arliss will play "The Green Goddess" over here at the St. James next fall. It will be a reappearance here for Arliss, after an absence from the English stage for 20 years. UME. RASIMI*S REVUE Paris, Nov. 19. Mme. Rasiml, having returned from her tour in South America, where she presented her Parisian revues, has resumed the manage- ment of the Ba-Ta-Clan, and la giving a "Festival des Vedettes^' (or bill-toppers) in the form of scenes from revues by Rip. who personally comments on the acts aa a sort of lecturer. The Tedettes comprise Raquel Meller. Lina Tyber, Nina Myral, Pauley, Suzanne Raymond, Messrs. Milton, Slgnoret, Morton, Randal, etc. . AMEKICANS LEAVIHG BERLIN Berlin, Nov. 19. . With the German mark hitting a new low exchange rate, 10,000 for an American dollar, a national crisis la momentarily expected. American film people who have been abroad have deserted the German capital, where some picture producing was being undertaken backed by German money, under American direction and methods. Tom Walsh has left Germany, Where he was directing for the Sascha Film Co., and In company with Pat Powers is heading for Ire- land. Some film proposition may eventuate from the Emerald Isle visit, although plans are currently Indefinite. "PASSION" PASSIVE London. Nov. 29. Ths Negri picture. "Passion." at tho Bcala failed to evoke any undue attention this week either way. Picture experts claim portions of tho film have been duped. ARQYLE VtUm OF tUICTKS. HMUNUa. RliiT MONDAY. SEPT. 1 1917 '«« «*•««• •»• W^ m FRANK Frank and Opon. - . ■ _^ - 9,mm^» ^ >M. ..« «<» "WOMEN" FARES POORLY Loopold Marchand's New Play at Paris Vaudevillo First three days. Poll's, Sophie Tuck- er's home town; last half. Poll's, Bar- num and Bailey's home town. Va- cant Monday next. Between Union Hill and Hoboken. Have own stage settipgs and can close with front cloth. Direction, EDWARD S. KELLER. Till Thursday, Bond Hotel, Hart- ford. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Stratfleld Hotel, Bridgeport. FRANK VAN ICE HOVEN ACTORS STRIKE FOR HIGH AND LOW MARKS Want Minimum 60,000 Marks Not Over 80,000 Dur- ing December Paris, Nov. 19. After a short run of Brieux's "L'Avocat," the Theatre du Vaude- ville gave "Femmes" ("Women") Nov. 21. This new work by Leo- pold Marchand fared badly. It has much poor dialog and is lacking in action. It has a flne cast, but the roles are unfortunately distributed. The play concerns the adventures of two wives during a summer va- cation. Coquettish Therese actual- ly deceives her husband, but con- ceals the Intrigue and* gets away with it. The honest Constance is only mildly indiscreet, but is driven by conscience to confess she no longer loves her husband. Feri^er- and, but does love his rich young partner, Tessier. Fernerand Is dismayed until he learns that Tessier is Indifferent to Constance, who suffers from un- requited love. Tessier and Fer- nerand are off on a business trip together when news comes that one has been killed in an automobile accident. Fernerand returns to find Constance frankly mourning Tes- sier, but he forgives her weakness. Marchand is the young author who collaborated last season with Mme. Colgate in the risque com- edy "Cheri," produced at the The- atre Michel. "Femmes" Is Mar- chand's first important play, and it misses, although produced at the fashionable Vaudeville. Jean Wormes plays Tessier and Mme. Geniat is effective as Con- stance. Arquilliere is only fair as Fernerand. NATIVE CAST CHOSEN FOR ENGLISH REVUE Stoll-Robey Show at the Alhambra, London— > British Chorus : ./:■- •Tou'd Be Surprised* has been selected as the title of the Ameri- revue in which George Robey will be featured, with the rest of tho cast composed of Americans, and which will open at the Alhambra« London, Jan. 22. 1923. Among thoso engaged and scheduled to sail Jan. 1 are Harry (Zoup) Welch, Adolo Adaire, Jack Edwards, Ada l^a^ Weeks, Cook and Rosevere, Jimmy Dunn. Sir Oswald Stoll will sponsor iii4 show and Jean Bedini will stage It. Seymour Felix will put on this dance numbers. M. S. Bentham en- l^ged the American cast which will support Robey. The chorus will be English. ' , ' AMERICANS BEST :V Engh'sh Magiciana Most Invsntlysi but Americans Get More '.^| London, Nov. 19. ', At a meeting Nov. 26 of the Ma- gicians' Club the statement WM made that while the British ma- gician is foremost In inventlvo genius, the American magicians, through better production and With better advertising, usually mako 'more out of British creations. -. (■ I ■ P0RLI6N FILM STARS MARRY London, Nov. 29. Ouy Newall and Ivy Duke were married Nov. 26. Both are tho stars of tho George Clarl^ Film Produc- tions. RUSSIANS IN PARIS Paris, Nov. 19. The Balagantchik, otherwise translated the Moscow Fair theatre troupe, are opening at the Paris Alhambra, Nov. 81. The organization has In its per- sonnel certain players who formerly appeared with the "Chauve Sourls." Another engagement for the Al- hambra is that of Stacia Napier- kowsky, opening Dec. 16. jrOISON, LONDON RUMOR London, Nov. 29. The rumor is around Al Jolson may appear over here in tbe spring, In concert or production. *fiAILIN6S Dec. 1 (from Cherbourg), Jacques Edelstein (Paris). CHARLES FAWCETT DIES London, Nov. 29. Charles Fawcett, 70, died sudden- ly Nov. 23. He was a prominent oharacter actor over here and at the time of his death appearing with Albert Chevalier. DELYSIA IN "LULLABY" London, Nov. 29. The new Edward Knoblock play for Alice Delysia and called "Lullaby" will be produced next fall. Erka Chief Sailing Paris, Nov. 29. Jacques Edelstein, manager of Erka Films, is sailing for New York Dec. 2 on the Paris. "Phi Phi'' Closing at Pavilion I^ndon. Nov. 29. •Phi Phi" will close at the Pavilion, Dec. 2. THE TILLER SCHOOLS -—OF DANCING — ■ 143 Charing Cross Road LONDON Director, JOHN TILLER RHINESTONES THE LITTLEJOHNS t26 West 46th St., New York Fhooe BUY ANT 4337 Eccentric Club Dinner London. Nov. 19. The 32d antiiversay dinner of the Eccentric Club was held at the Hotel Cecil Sunday, with 300 mem- bers and friends attending. Charles Hawtrey presided. London, Nov. 29. Reports reaching here say the actors in Berlin have gone on strike. They demand a minimum weekly salary of 60,000 marks, with man- agers offering 66,000 weekly. The managers demand In addition an undertaking be filed that the weekly salary for December shall not ex- ceed 80,000 marks. Actors have re- fused to commit themselves on the later proposition, nor will they sub- mit conditions for the future. Quotations on German marks In exchange this week were around 8,000 marks for one American dol- lar. LONDON Theodore Dugdale, a professional exhibition dancer, will dance no more, at least for 21 months. Dur- ing that period he will be doing hard labor and will receive 16 lashes with the "cat-o'-nlne-talls" In ad- dition. Both these important en- gagements were made for him by Justice Lush when he was con- victed of having persuaded a girl of 17 to elope to London with him. At one time siie was giving him £500 a year. The girl was bound over on a charge of stealing from her father to finance the honeymoon trip. ''Daredevil Dick" Closing London, Nov. 29. "Daredevil Dick," the meller at the Apollo, closes Saturday. "Hawleys of High Street," pro- duced by Walter Ellis, will follow it. Wallaco Morgan Traveling London, Nov. 19. Wallace Morgan will sail for New York December 27, first touring on the continent. He came over here with "Lawful Larceny" and re- mained to play ii« pictures. First Revolving Stags in Francs Paris, Nov. 19. It is at the Grand, Lyons, where the first revolving stage kas been installed in France. It is due to a young engineer, now deceased, Gus- tave Girrane. *'First Year" in London London, Nov. 29. Negotiations are reported on to send "The First Year" over here with Frank Craven. John Golden is doing the dickering from your end. Mundorf Going to Germany London, Nov. 29. Harry Mundorf, representing the Keith office, New York, who has arrived here, shortly will go to Germany. — Original Peter Pan Married • ■ London, Nov. 29. Nina Bouclrault, the original Pi'ttT Pan, was married Nov. 25 to Donald Smith. Theodore Kremer Still Very III London, Nov. 29. Theodore Kremer is .still serious- ly ill at Cologne as he has been for 10 weeks, with no immediate pro-s- pect of rcoovei-y. DESTRUCTION Paris. Nov. 15. Such Is the title of a four-act melodrama by Pierre Briance pro- duced at the Theatre Albert I. It was hardly worth co.isldering the day it saw the footlights, but this was due mainly to restricted mount- ing on a small stage. The result may have been otherwise at the Chatelet, for after all the plot is just as sensational as the majority of the shows at that large theatre in tho French capital. Maharajah Akbar Is a Hindu prince adopting Western customs and attire, although he considers them a badge of servitude. Still he assumes them while paying court to a woman he wishes to possess. She Is Marthe, wife of a French en- gineer. Pierre de Souvigny, who is building a railroad in the back country of India. The villain exerts his Influence over Souvlgny's servants in Cal- cutta and secures their assistance in his evil designs. He is better assi.sted, however, by the jealousy of Pierre, who finds a man on his wife's balcony, and leaves her stranded. Akbar Is, nevertheless, still spurned by the honest Marthe, and her husband later learns the man on the balcony was her good-for- nothing brother, who had called for relief. The brother is now working on the railroad and Is the best hand that Pierre has. The brother is re- formed and Marthe is proved inno- cent. Another engineer, also work- ing on the railroad, reproaches the husband for his behavior, and Is sacked by Pierre for speaking too frankly. Then all back In France, where Marthe and IMorro are on intimate term.s, and the Maharnjnh has plvcn hor up a.s an Imposslhlo victim. The husband loads his wife home from the pafnbling Casino, and they take a path at the ed^'o of a preci- pice, with their inevitable "destruc- tion." IMcrrc Juvonot,- Gaston Dubosr. \>rlo'/„ RoK»'r Viticcnt. Farina, and Mme.s. Marthe Sarl»el an<l Yoraka form a good troupe for thp melo, which is a.s.sured a very short life at 'whe Albert I in I'aris. Kcndiew. It Is understood the gross amount of the late Marie Lloyd's estate ban been returned at £7,334; aKso that the small amount of £1 19s 4d is payable in death duties on the estate. This indicates the net value of the unsettled property left by the comedienne docs not exceed £300. time to time and chosen from tbo casts of popular West End muaicii successes. Richard Percy Burton has ac- quired the rights of a play which Is a big success in Paris. This is "L'Insoumise," which, literally translated, means "The Disobedient One,'* by Pierre Frondae. It is now running at the Theatre Antoine. The action takes place In a modern French and Arabian atmosphere, and two of the acts are laid in a harem. The story tells of the strug- gle for supremacy between an Arab sheik and the white woman he has married, . Toward the end of this month Herr Gruder-Guntram will arrive here to make arrangements for the visit of the Vienna Volksopcr early next summer. Among the operas to be produced will be Joseph IIol- brook's "The Children of Don." A London season with a provincial tour is being arranged. The J. H. Benrimo and associates tenancy of the Ambassadors ap- pears to be coming to an end after the revival of "Charles I," and the production of Conrad's "The Secret Agent" seems to be finishing with the taking off of the latter show. "Glamour,'' having been produced at the Apollo, will have to leave NoV. 11 to make way for Moscovitch who reopens at the Ambassadors Nov. 13. Gilbert Miller will revive "Petof Pan" at the St. James' for a Christ- mas matinee season Dec. 19. As re-* ported, Edna Best will play the tUl« role once more. Captain Hook will be played by Lyn Harding, Sylvi* Oakley will again be the Wedny. Many of the supporting cast havo played their parts for years. Thoso include Donald Searle as Slight, and George Shrtton as Smee. Gordon Carr will play Nana, the dog; Ur- sula Moreton the First Twin, and Dorothy Lynne the Second; Joan Maude-Price as Tootles, Jill Es- mond-Moore as Nibbs. The last two names convey the carrying on of the traditions of two famous stage families. Maeterlinck's "Blue Bird" will bo revived as a Christmas attraction at the Duke of York's. The scenery and costumes will be the same ai used at the Kings (Hammerstein) revival last Christmas. Norah John- stone, who is responsible for tho revival, will be seen at Night, and Ernet Hendrie and Norman Pago will play their old parts of the "Dog and Cat, respectively. Another holiday revival will bo "Alice in Wonderland." Stedman's Academy will be responsible for this, as usual, but up to now DO theatre has been found. The cast of "The Laughing Lady,* which Sir Charles Hawtrey pro- duced for Marie Lohr at the Globs^ Nov. 17, Includes Godfrey Tearlo^ Herbert Ro.ss, Brian Gilmour, Julian Royce, Violet Vanbrugh, Henrietta Watson, Edith Evans, Kitty Gor- don Lee, and Marie Lohr. The O'Mara Opera Company, with a very big following in the bi|r provincial centers, will produce a new opera by Frederic Tolkin, at Leeds, Nov. 20. This Is entitled "Lola Descartes." As the result of the London County Council's recent decision to give the producers of the Hotel Metropole cabaret more rein, a new show will bo put on Nov. 27. Andre Chariot and George Grossmlth will produce the show, and Carl Hy.son will be rospon.sible for the ensem- bles. Eight girls will comprise the chorus and thrr*' will be four prin- cipals, who will be changed from Politics have very little Intorost generally for members of the tho- atrical profession; even the finan- cial side flphts shy of Parliament, although all sorts of names are por- (Continued on Page 3) — NOW TOl'RINO EUROPE —. The Most flpeotarular Exhibition of Aerial Daring Ever Attempted on the Stage ENDS FRAZERE European Reprr.flontatlves REEVES A LAMPORT is C'hartiiff X Road, London •' " ' >- FOSTERS AGENCY, Ltd. IIAURV F08TBII GEOROK FOSTER We Place AH the BIGGfest ACtJS in England* COMMINU ATE TIlROlOli WILLIAM MORRIS AGENCY, INC. 14H BROADWAY} PCT^AM BVILDINO NEW yORK CITT