Variety (February 1924)

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PRICE 20 CENTS Published Weekly at 15< Writ 4Cih St., New York, N. T., Ity Variety, Inc. Annual subscription ST. Single copies !0 cents. Holered as second class matter December 2!, 1106. at the X'ost Office at New York, N. Y.. under the Act of March i, 1ST>. VOL. LXXIU. No. 12 NEW YORK CITY, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1924 48 PAGES MINA SCHALL'S RICH CATCH OTTO KAHN'S SON, ROGER, IN VAUDEVILLE WITH JAZZ BAND Defaulting as Conductor of Orchestra—Rehearsing in Kahn's Fifth Avenue Home—Ban* Will Be Billed as Roger Wolfe's Orchestra Roger Wolf, Kahn. tli" son of Otto If. K.tim, financier and patron of tlio arts, m'ii shortly debut ii. vaudeville as rmidiictor of a jaz". orchestra tin! wil' hive as its guid- ing spirit the services of Arthur Lange, one o' the leading arrangers in the country. The band will ! >" known as Rogtr Wolfe's orche« f r.i wl:h the surname omitted for professional reasons. It has he. i rehoarsirg at the Kahr.'s Fifth avenue mansion with a choice elite crowd, Interested as could be desired. The band has booked a floel; of ultra socio';.- dates. (Continued on page 5t RADIO ACKNOWLEDGED MAKING "WE MODERNS" Mew Plugging Stunt in Chicago Increases Gross $4,000 on Week Chicago, Feij. «. ''We Moderns' 'owes its success in Chicago to the radio. It is now playing In its sixth week at Cohan'.--. Grand, and indications are that it may remain for a similar period. The highest gross ii i iiK- its three- week stay at t ! .e Blackstone was 17,400. When .T.'n-- Korv who was hired to spread the pultli !ty Naive r or the •how, took charge at ti.e Grind lu started by using radio, with the re- sult last we.-;: !!>o moss increased to almost JI.iihi eves- tie biggest week at the Ilia 'k-i'onc. Kerr's first si an'. >■..:.-' to have tii" (Con: i'-'i( .1 o.-> i- ice 4 I i CHICAGO OPERA DEFICIT $500,000 Pledged No! Enough. It's R;i)jrted "PHONY BUY" TO BEAT SHOW'S STOP LIMIT '•The Potters" Held In by Manipulation-^Protected Film and Stock Rights A pew stunt in show manipula- tion has been successfully put over in the case of "The Potters." which had a lowly start at the Plymouth. New York, but is now regarded a success. What la called a "phony buy" was engineered by the Shubert of- fice, Lee Shvbert having a goodly percentage of "The Potters" stock, although the play was produced by Richard ITerndon and Is managed by him. Through an arrangement with the ticket brokers the agencies agreed to handle 300 tickets nightly, with (Continued on page 41 » i.'iiica,'., IVh. C. (> : . i was a blor.i - ;lii mi-1 il s! tndnoln! Chi,- igo c nier from ( tafs yoar. Citizens of c'■ i.- i -;<'« guaranteed $"•(,0,0311 t,. ,i,: l.n- company over here. 5?.nnu-i i. toll, president of the Oper.i ,\ . ■■.. -i , .ion, is reported figuring out sot>..- i.i-.n'i of mini- mizing til- ii.- . . •., t .<- VOIllmC prior t"b' making : •• report. It is Kiid Mn> d-iicit amounts t" rlos^ to Sl.Ooo.ui>> and that prol - »!•!.. Insull l.im ■ -if will hear th • brum oi. it o.e; t :•■ $;■ j'J,"->-j pledged. 16 WEEKS' ADVANCE 'Abie' Old $143,374 in Chicago in First Six Wcel-.s Chle i ;o I' • ■ '■■ '.\'>i-'s Irish Rose" hnVinn piled +H* — H* — advanc e—t*4*j— ol — f . n .iiija, Frank Gazzolu i:< installing > s ; .«-' ticket cage In the Sttitlch.-iKer !•••< i.Hi'-. and ticket!! witl i»- lo!d .h fi, i- 10 weeks ' .1 • a ce 1 •• ' (l •litiiuii a on l- <■;.■■■ I IE GIRL MAY WEO TITLED DENVER IS THERE WHEN SHOW IS THERE Paid to See '"Blossom Time"' and "Fool"—Doesn't Want Second Rate Companies Denver, Feb. fi. "I'lussuin Time." played to near capaci'y at toe Broadway or. its second week, after turning them away all the first week, and grossed a fortnight's business reported at cloip I;. JUti.OOO. Seldom h i. a musi- cal comedy taken Denver ^o by] s'oi -i, is th:>; one. The success of "Blossom Time i Continued on page f. i Former Prima Donna of "Social Maids" Now Liv- ing in Castle at Maiden- head, England—30 Ser- vants and Dozen Autos— Sir Henri Deterding, Over 60, Worth Countless Mil- lions—Miss Schall Has Been Abroad for Three Years MARRIED ONCE BEFORE A former Columbia burlesque wheel-show actress is reported on substantial authority as about to marry the richest man in Great Britain, a nobleman known as "the Rockefeller of Europe," worth countless millions and aged past 60. The principals are Mina Schall, former prima donna of the late Blutch Cooper's "Social Follies." who last appeared in burlesque in 1919, and Sir Henri Deterding. K.B.R, president of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Syndicate of Lon- don and Holland. Sir Henri was in New York in December, and Miss Schall was here at the same time. Both were passengers on the Aquitania. sail- ing hack to London the same (Continued on page 3) MOVIE HOUSE IN TOWN OF 500 POPULATION Trouble. Too. for Exhibitor— Pinched for "Sunday"—Re- opens to 'Capacity" .la. !, .,<.•!. Mich, Feb. 5. W. N. Tliorn o.\ ;>•■.• '.f u pi turi theatre In Concord, a village near here writh a population of slightly over 500, was arretted Saturday un- der a village ordinance, tor keeping his iBeatre open the preceding gun. day. The nrreei ivi the result of i petition started i>. i minister < ,f I hi village, Thorn v -is released on his • i'.wi i a. -i;ii.-'i''. >■ ltd ojM'ii' .1 his Ihe.ili-f •■}-■ ii : • .Sll.li i.v (il- li IL. STAGE TO SUPPLANT PULPIT IN REBUILT BROOKLYN CHURCH Fourth Unitarian of Flatbush Makes Announcement —New Ideas in Religion Held Responsible, Also Little Theatres NEWSPAPER "WAR" FOR NEW YORK UTY Mix-Up in Sight Between the Dailies and Weeklies—Cur- tis, Munsey, Chi "Trib" New York may see a newspaper "war" before the new year Is far extended. The competing publica- tions will probably be the Frank A. Munsey string of dailies, the metropolitan end of the .Chicago "Tribune's" activities and the Cyrus II. Curtis organs. Curtis recently absorbed the New York "Evening Post." At that time the "Daily News," published here by the Chicago "Tribune." an- nounced the forthcoming publica- tion of a new weekly magazine in- dicated to be framed along the lines iContlnued on page 4) COMM'R OF LICENSES AFTER GYP AGENTS "Times Square Dailey" Story Starts Investigation—Com- missioner Wants Facts 1,. erj tiling i r in tie I ■> |e frfwn M i • i■lincil no '..: I) Ihi "blue ;,,•.'• ...[| i■ i>. . I>ul '....'. o .i a big ■ Mi-.i,." . .. ,. o ■ , , - lio.is" (tacked II:, -I !•■ '. \'i ■■ •• ■•!, . . I ll l'i l.|..>. The Commissioner of Llcensei is focusing his attention upon certain gyp booking agents who have been holding up acts for more than the legal fee of 5 per cent for getting them bookings. The commiasloncr'a attention was called to the matter by a recent article In the 'Times Square Dally." ((louUnued on page' it ACTORS AT HOME If Wanted, Use 'Phone, They Tell Agencies Actors win nave ben frugal enough lo Rave money or make in- vestments In prosperous years are no longer haunting the casting of- fices in la -•;:«• hordes as of yore. .Many who hici- homes Within CO l» l l »»i of lit.- city .••■ s'tt-kifg flosf" Slowly but surely the stage and the pulpit Is being intertwined more closely. With Dr. Guthrie at Sc. Marks-on-the-Bouwerie Introducing pagan dancing and little theatre outfits springing up within the walls of churches on every aide, comes the startling news that the Hev. Nelson Junius Springer, pastor of Fourth Unitarian Church of Flat- bush. whose edifice burned down re- cently, is going to build a theatre Instead of a church. Instead of a pulpit on which plays are produced there will be a stage (Continued on page 3) FRISCO CLEANING UP FAKE FILM GYPPERS Starts Campaign by Two "School" Arrests—How to Make Up for $50 the family hearth awaiting calls en the agencies if anything in • ,1 line show S up. .'.!■. ' hive four. I tills p i' ' I • (Continued on page *) San Francisco, Feb, •; Sun Francisco, through State La- bor Commissioner Walter G. II i - thewson, Is launching a war against fake movie and stage schools In tin. city. The first gun was fired la-t week with the arrest of T. B. AVil- meth, proprietor of the Beauregai-.I Academy of Dramatic and Screen Art here. The warrant for Wilmeth's arrest was issued following an Investiga- tion made by Dr. Louis Bloch, who has bten doing the gumshoe work for the state labor commissioner. I: is charged that Wilmeth's students paid $;i) for a course tnat consisted (Continued on page 30. » WILLIAM SPAULDING DEAD William Bpaulding, stage carpet - ter of the Kiiglewood. Chicago, for a number of years, familiarly knowi as "Blsh" died l-'eb. L' from an■••• indigestion. He was employed at the Stratfo- ' a Chicago picture house, nt the il:i, of his death. He was 42 yean ■.\ and married, his wife surviving. COSTUMES Who will make your text ones? Those who have bought from us say— BROOKS MAHIEU li::;lf«n.T Tfl. 6U»0 rem,. N. Y. (11/ _ 11,000 Costumes for Rental^^