Variety (January 1925)

PRICE 20 CENTS AMUSEMENTS PRICE 20 CENTS , 1 ••^.^-' " ' :i Pabliahed WMkIr at 114 W«at 4«tk 8L. N*W T«rk, M. T, ky VarlMr. Ine. ADnaal aubacrlptlon ft. SIdkU eoplM SW Mata. BBtai«« M Mcond ebuw Bk«tl*r D«o*mb«r tl. IVM. at tka PmC OSea at Naw Y»rk. N. T^ aoder th* A.ot et Marek t, Wit. ^VOL.LXXVn. No. 8 NEW YORK Cmr. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1925 64PA€aSS ' ROSE-MARIH' $52300 HIGH aUfTYYARIEfY DIFFERENCES ADJUSTED Acton' Organization and Trade Paper Reach Mutual Understanding Kqulty has opened Its doom to Variety. A meetincr of Bquity's council last week reached a conclu- •Ion that as Variety is a theatrical trade iwper and aaserted It could not obtain authentic news concern- tnx the Actors' Equity Association Of its members, the bar against Va- (Continued "on pagto 18) C F. MURPHY'S ESTATE ! BECOMING ROAD HOUSE Late Tammany HaH Leader's Property Reported Bring- ing $90,000 An agreement of sale Is reported ''having passed for the purchase of ; the late Tammany Hall leader's, (Continued on page 62) ."CRYING" WORTH 2S% f: . Minneapolis, Jan. 8. ^, A hard luclc story that ^ouched L^the hearts of the license commlt- jiitee of the City Council here resulted i'ln a reduction of the picture house ' tw». This In the face of an in- vestigation by the committee that planned to tilt the license. • f The picture men almost cried riW^ben telling of poor business, with i ttttle prospect of it brightening. A reduction of 26 per cent, was allowed. 3-DAY PARTY About the gayeet of all New Year's parties in New Yoris was the one that ran for three days. in the ijome of a wealthy and prominent citizen. According to report the party co«t Its host between 160.000 Md $76,000. Most of the amount went for entertainment. Among the entertalnlnK features was an assortment of young women, dancers, with Ig of them and ^each receiving |S00 for the ^''%4-day engagement. Th^arty was a drop-lp^^f. ' *%^^** several of the ruests iriSlta the manslo^ their home for ilBduraUon. ) V StaOings Paid $25,000 To Scenario 'Tlumes I<*urenoe Stallinga Is to receive |2>^0 from Metro-aoMwyn «o place hts latest boiric. "Plumes'* Into scenario form for plccursa. Mr. StalUngs Is a co-autlior of "Wl»at Price Glory- at th» Plym- outh, Kew York, and book reviawer on "The Morning World." He wUI shortly leave for Hollywood to complete his first film task. GUS HILL'S OP BANKRUPTCY STOPPED Bud Fisher Alleged Con- cealed Assets by Manager Qustave Metz, better known to show business as Ous Hill, quietly went through bankruptcy in the New Jersey Federal Court almost with successful secrecy until Harry C. ("Bud") Fisher, the cartoonlst- creatdr of "Mntt and Jeflt," filed an (Continued on page CO) INTBNATIONAL VAMPS' BILLING FOR POUIONS Buckner Claims^ He Has Sis- ters for Chinese Place, Also as Partners Artliur Buckner has the Polllibn Slaters associated with him as hla financial sponsors, according to no less than an authority than Buck- ner himself. Buckner confides that the once famous Pc^llion Sisters, whom he will bill as "the International vamps." will be the dual hostesses at two Chinese places on Broad- way, the Plala D'Or and Yeong's; that the Poilllons are officers of his company. Comstock 'Round World Leaving Morris Gest to propel "The Miracle" Into the cities of most money. Ray Comstock, rhe other half of (?om.stock Ai. Gest. is satisfied with the size of his pres- ent bankroll. In Witness wjiercof Ray will leave New York Jan. 22 for a trip by boat around the world. If Ray doeesn't lose his ticket that will UM ut>' four nujnths of the best MID-SEASONCRinCALBOX SCORE AS OF JAHUABT 3, laSS Ksy to abbravUtlent: (MTTong); O (iMuopinion). 8R (shows revievMd); R (riflht); W » •,« s.s ■ • t BROUN ("Worid") POLLOCK (Brooklyn "Cagto") 08B0aPr ("Evwiinfl World").. GABRIEL ("MaU-Talegram'*)......... HAMMONO ("Herald-Tribune") RATHBUN ("Sun*Globe") WOOLLCOTT ("Sun-Glaba") .....^.v. MANTLE /"News") ANDERSON ("Poat") YOUNG rTimes") MACI8AAC ("Bulletin") "GRAPHIC" (Puplic Opinion) DALE ("American") •R. 4S 52 71 «2 6Q 2S SI 81 81 R. 34 36 48 41 39 18 39 51 32 48 28 43 22 75 ^ 35 90 40 VARIETY'S SCORE 8R. VARIETY (Combined) 108 PULASKI (Ibee) ., 30 SISK '...'... 16 8CHADER (Frod) 8 GREEN (Abel) 23 BARRY (Edba) 11 CONWAY (Con) 7 R. 92 29 15 7 19 8 4 W. 11 16 19 14 13 8 15 28 18 10 12 35 36 •W. 14 1 1 1 4 2 ^ 3 a 4 • • > 4 7 8 2 7 2 1 8 9 8 15 a 1 Pet. j67B Jt61 J80 .648 .6S0 j627 SCORE AS OF DEC. 31, 1923 SR. R. W. O. DALE ("Amorioan") ^ 81 94 24 4 CRAIG ("Mail") .' 87 44 18 8 RATHBUN ("Sun") , 88 36 22 1 MANTLE ("News") .^ 77 42 27 8 BROUN ("World") 64 28 21 5 CORBIN ("Times") 88 27 25 4 WOOLLCOTT ("Herald") 84 29 -28 7 HAMMONO ("Tribuno") 88 24 26 8 VARIETY'S OWN SCORE 8R R W O VARIETY (Combined) 93* 72 18 8 PULASKI (Ibee) 22 21 1 .. SCHADER (Fred) 6 6 1.. LAIT 32 24 7 1 GREEN (Abel) 13 9 4.. GREASON (Rush) 9 6 4.. (Story on page 19) .512 .487 .444 PoL Ml J67 .937 .879 .826 .727 .571 Pet- J88 .667 410 .546 .519 .482 v«14 PoL J74 J56 438 .750 466 11PERFORMMICES "Lady B* Good" Broke Long Standiac House Rec- ord at Liberty with $31,- 000 — "Student Prince" Soars to $45,000 at JolaAn and "Music Box Revue** Goes Orcr $38»000 CUT RATES DECREASE A new business record for a musical play on Broadway was esUbllshed by "Rose Marie" last week. Eleven performances were given, the gross soing to fSS.BOO. (Continued on page 60) WOULDNT ADMIT HE'S ROSE WILTON'S HUBBY RADIO REPORT FOR AUDIENCE A nifty stunt was put over at Keith's Palace New Year's night when its manager. Jack Royal, had distributed to the audience as It (Continued on c>age <3> BRULATOUR WANTS NEW PLAY-Hg HAMPTON All accounts Ajfree Jules Brula- tour i.s looking^about for a suitable .«tage play to >(ntrodiice his wife, Hope Hampton, to tlie New YorU i>ut>U', tJrofessionaUy. Bror.lutoiir is tContinwed on page l}> a RYING cor IN Aa WITH WIFE Having been unsuccessful In be- ing immediately restored to duty following his acquittal on a murder charge. Policeman Robert P. Mc- Allister, known as the "Flying Cop." is going on the vaudeville fContlnued on page IS) DITBICHSTEIN'S PLAYS FILMED •Tis reported iliat Paramou/il during; 1925 will raAl:e pictures of all the former stage successes of l^eo Ditrich.stel(i. witl; A<lol;)hc Men- jou .starred In the leading roles. Monte Bell has I'cr n engaged to Uiiti.i ilit uow Mc'-ji.ii ijj/ Charles Festa's $170 Finan- cial Transaotlon Called Merely Bitiness Charles Festa, 85, salesman. Em- pire Hotel, said to bo the hiMband of Rose Wilton, vaudevUle, and re- ported of the Wilton Sisters, was exonerated of a chargo of grand larceny when arraigned beforo (Continued on page 42) "IN DUTCH" INi Qoing Both Ways—In New York and in "the Box" "\a Dutch," the Gallagher and Shean show produced by Jones/A Qreen, Is In for revision. y That makes it in also In anoflier way—In the box. Up to d8t«'tha O. A S. show Is reporl«d repre> sentlhg an outlay of flOO.OM. in- clusive of the losses while it has been touring. The plan of bringing in the abow is to rewrite it, making it ln< revue^ shape, with Gallagber r Bbean doing ipeclaltlea Instead acting. i COSTUMESr ^^1lo will make your next ones? l*hose who hava bought from ua oay— BROOKS COSTUME CO. t417 BrM<wa> ,11/IOQ T«l. UM Pws. •. V. »« I J