Variety (November 1924)

W«do««I«y. K«vember 12, 19S| VARIETY R-K</--^-.r^, • ,«►. 01 A GREAT ATTIUCTION IN AMERICA '•■X- '» }* THE GkEAttST POSSIBLE BOX-OFFICE MAQNET IN EUROP/Si R,.%:,^. ■-: ALEX HYDE ■1. •vV-'^ AND HIS <> ,, ^^.NEW YORK Qj^CHESTRA ' ^ :^., ,. ■-rf-' *^ ■*»^ • ■ •• .- ^ ^ . '^„., R«tMrnmg to Gormany by P<^^ar Demand Dec, Jan., Feb.—^Dcutoches Theatre, Munich r i /^Feb., March, April—Scala Theatre, Berlin ^ W\ * Recording Artitit for Vox, Berlin, and /l«t Mwtier^t Voice Co., Canada MANAGEMENT PAVL SCHULTZE IFAir BAHZOET */) BERLIN EABJIT FOSTEE WM. MOEBIB LONDON J.* Sincere Thanka to .- .ir -70HI HTDE NEW YORK HARRY RICHMAN and LEW 8WARTZ for relMiaing m« from ^ CLUB RICHMAN contract to anabla my raturn to Germany Good-Bye Broadway- Hello! Germany— ip;v ,v. ^ «^ AL ROTH America'* Foremost JtMZx Dancer, Sading with ALEX HYDE as Featured Dandng Attraction .•s.' .1>. TOURING THE WORLD . RETURNING TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1927 ^ fc^ I.-' "AU Revoir AMERICA" PERSONNEL OF AtEX HYDFS BAND •■W ."!]»-'':■-■-♦«•*? ••-- :r,' f«:i ALEX HYDE Director V>e-\'. BYRON HOOPER Firrt Trumpet HERBERT CLARKE, Jr. Second Trumpet MIKE POLCER Trombone CHAS. HERSTOFF Drum* WALTER KALLANDER .\.. Fir.t Saxophone —-^ - ^'HELLO, GERMANY r SAMUEL DUNKEL second Saxophone STEVE KRETZMER Piano MAX ROSEN .....N : Tuba MIKE DANZI Banjd WALLY BAKER ...Card Boy ■ *• ^ 1; BECK'S OPENMG W' (Continued from page 1) ^jtodicated that cast cbanffea ahould vkIm made. Those reports persist- ently qualified the opinion of the Quaker City critics, whose unde- niably favorable opinions caused ho ... Uttle curiosity in legit onanagerlal '? circles. The suggestion that a new lead be secured is said to have at first an- gered Beclc, who with Charlea Dill- .lEBwr ~«ROE8 •- .-^ 1B8V Broadway NEW YORK ingham produced "Pompadour." It opened the new Martin Beck the- atre last night (Tuesday). Beck Is said to have declared he would show the wise hunch they were wrong. lAter when rumors Miss Hampton would be succeeded reached Jules E. Brulatour, the hus- band of the film star is reported having said he would buy the show and even the Beck theatre in order that Miss Hampton should open with the operetta in New York. Leo Fall, the Viennese composer, clashed «rith Beck several time* ov«r t^e easting, it Is said. He walked out after watching a re- hearsal five minutes and stamped out of the Forrest, Philadelphia, at the end of the first act of the pre- miere there, being so exeited he broke his hat. Fall's differences with Beck are said to have led to the .manager ARE YOU GOING TO EUROPE? mMunnhlp arc«ainra4a(t«iM amnt*4 M aU Une* M Mafei OUm tUtf. , lUat. are cnlns tott tall; •rmnsc early, rwclcn Money boasi>t »ihI mI4. Liberty Hood* kaaght tadfe^i, ' j PAUL TAC8I0 A SON, IM BMt Mth St.. Mew »•»• .' - PboM B(«XT,f*ani UM-«M1 giving orders that the composer re- ceive no tickets for the premiere in New Tork. He was invited as the guest of i^ first nighter. how- ever. One report had it that Beck re- fused to allow Fall the honor of conducting the orchestra for the opening performance. However, the excitability of the composer and the risk of him missing cues be- cause of the English lines may be also reasons. Fall's tueeessee Fall has a record «f 23 succeHses abroad and he claims his only two real failures were staged on this side of the water. One was "The Girl on the Train," produced about 15 years ago and "The Rose of Btamboul," a. poSt-'\far production. "The Olrl on the Train" similarly opened In Philadelphia. A group of ticket speculators, some of whom now have their own agencies but then sold tickets on the street, saw the out of town opening of "The Girl" and bought t|>e first 10 rows, paying a premium of 50 cents a ticket. That was the first time a manager received ^ gratuitiee for tickets. Before the show opened on Broadway another five rows w«re purchased by the group of m>eca who Included Man- rice Blau, Ii«o Meuman. Louis. Cobn and Jack Lang. Baacom, who had a regular ticket agency, did busi- ness with the specs under cover but the other recognised brokers refmcd to handle the tickets be- cause of the deal with the specs. The show failed but during the eight weeks of the ticket buy the specs lost $12,000. Brulatour was reported plan- ning legal action against ISeck on the basis of an alleged run of the play contract given Miss Hampton. It is known the film man was host to several persons whom he invited to Philadelphia to witness Mills Hampton's performance in "Pompadour," with the possible idea of havng them testify in the event the matter reaches the courts. (SOKiSTER NOW DIVA (Gontlaued from pace 1) in the musical comedy and dorinir the Boston run of tha show last summer she sang in ttie Main* Hu- slc Festival, scoring a tremendous personal success. From that tima on she was cinched for the Met Al- though not yet 20, she has been given a year's contract with a five- year option at a salary of over twice DRAPERY FAMiet noBTs — atm — DAZIAN'S 142 West 44th Street MO Ti Nm» York FREED- HICi URE VAUDEVILLE PRODUCTION SCENERY 723 SEVENTH AVENUE NRW YORK riTV EVBHrTIMNO of (h. AOB lor tb« STAaa. -STUDIOS 'IHOi LDESIONJED PAINTKD ONSTRUCTEDl V