Variety (August 1925)

Wediie<»3«y. Aafa* U, UW VAUDEVILLE REVIEWS VARIETY fTRACEV AND ELWOOO {Talkf singing and danoino W MiM.{ On* Mid F«4I ( 0t«t« Tbtt aev oombtA«tlcNi oonaMa oC |3t«aa TTMar •&« J«jr Blwood. Th* ^ia»t«rl<^ ^ pcMsUcallr th» aaoM aa piiM StJUMir'* prerloua «ct with iDarl McBride, sav* tbr a *TMim- |»torin«r duo" at the opaaiac aad pi liok«y Roaalaii aumb«r and trav- t»atf daaoa at Ch* finish, yet the re- furamrMBflBt has helpsd tka turn fots. Ur. Blwood ia a asat mvprnr- fng JavaaUe wIm handlas kiM aaa- tcfrial w»U and wortu nlcsljr with filas Traeejr wha oarriea the tardea ^f oMBsdy. MHas Traeer'a Im p r—s ioa oC aa operatic aooff Mrd travastied with 0. moek hallad Incorporated lived up ^ past rcpatatloa as a ailrth pro- drokar and the Kuselaa nwaber at fhe finish with bath 4 hi sroteeque jRussian outflta and niM>er boots ^aa another' comedy tanle. ▲ stronc eomcdy feature for the fhree-a-daya that can stand up 'ia ^ext to shut and mopped up In N». 4 on this six act bUU PALACE RIVERSIDE ilATHANSOrrS ENTCRTAINERS ilaas Band i7 Mins.; FuK (Special) M«|«sti«, CWaaa* y^::-':j*:^-:--r^yy--^^l Ohioac*. Aar- 11. tTsleff soBi« of the llghtias altsots -"fntroduoed originally by Vincent tiopea and ia particular his style of •elliac "The Storm," this aew band ts business-like and progreaalva, hut liardly unique. They are Indlvida- ;..|illy maslchuis o( merit with the * iiure toaoh ot iaag praetlee. The fca iaa oay is tacratlatlng: aad wana. (The lisrhtlnK effects and the dancing ol one of the boys keeps the tara jbroaa iratting monotonous aad a vary icredltable bit af eloeatiaa by t^athanaoa ta the laal iwiiuhsr fflves pi strenir curtain. The ▼oeaX edBorta are aot mt forte. BfM of the boys has an ade n oM nor that should either be left oat ^' br aparated upon. The Charlssfei :, paaoe is pleaty snappy bat the {lous* Is stiU a*M to this apooies ot e g oaaa nl a. On Its values Nathaasoa's Watsr ^Inera should find regalar-haoMnsa l>a th* thr^-a-4a|r. Iioop. f 9AME8 MILLCK ftCVUE W ^rMaaioal and Danee ;n'«5 Mine.; Three (Special) •Stti St. Hot much revue t* thto masieal . Quintet of three men and two wonaaa • >vho8e forte is the quartet feraTi ^ork with Miller at the piaao. The toaly variation id a neat danee double hr the Kirts who look nice as da the >roung men in natty Tuaes. It's a brass musical act primarily hnd as routined not sood vaude- hrille. There Is too nraeh *C it for baa thiax, the It minutes becoming tiresome. The act can be cut five L<r J^ix minutes to advantage; aiao edited to vary tlw routine other thaa ^ the quartet and solo namtera. As ':■ ts, it's* nu>re to the lyceura and ^ ehautauQua thaa vaudeville A*A CHAS HART'S HOLLANOEIIS <7) Aerebatio* 15 Miaa.; Full (Spsoial) A fast ground tumMiag tara oeti- tributed by four men and two male midgets with a girl singer utilised for drees and for vocal preliminary to the acrobatic stuff. The set depicts an attractive Hat- land e:arden with the girl ia a cot- tage window crooning a love song which brings on ene of the men for eoeae pantomime stuff that ia well planted and with the troupe follow- ing into their fast line of ground tamblincr that incorpocmtas an standard stunts and Mhows a few Clew ones as well. The act is seat across with a Irnsto that makes it one ef the fast- est acts of this type seea hereabouts in some time aad unquestioaairty a •trioac opeaer for any bill, jgdhs. MORGAN MARION Songs 11 Mins.; On* SSth St. TaU girl, looking SUai and trim with a Titian top whose appearance touggests at first glance a light comedienne. Instead she tends toward fox trot ballad songs for the pops, concluding with a medley of choruses froas curreat productions (numbers probably used by special permlssloa aa they are restricted otherwise). Miss Morgaa possesses a nice bo prano and uncorks a high not* for the punch that accomplishes its pose. Spotted in the body of bin she was well liked. Ooed for n the three-a-dayers. AhtL Mat a fun bMUM Mondajr alght. Warm evenlBK. Bather a good aaramsr bill at the Palao* this weak, taken as a whole, but oaly as a whole. That allows for a oouplc of dampera. Several of the turns are under New Acts: Nan Halperia. Violet Hemiag aad Oe., Mitaa Vemlll* aad Co, all la th* Orst part, vrfth the secoad aectioa holding but three turns. Including a heavy comedy portion in the Beany Rubin act. In booldaK th* talil holds a woman and maa singles. CharU* Kiac Is the male lonesome with a pla playw. Miss Halperia appear* all by h erse lf with only a musical leader of th* hoas* ordMStra aa her assistant. The hits of the evening were dis- tributed. It all depends what one may call a hit. Trequentty anea- tloned that Kelth-Alhe* acts of th* big time are limited to two bows, the rule seemed to have been bent Monday night, for the early turns grabbed mere thaa that number without aa encore. Mr. King opened after Intarmls- slon, dividing his song numbers into two sections, singing three songs on the rua for th* first and four afterward. Octtingr into the ajuta^ end, King described each nu«,ber. maklni; a fine plug for the soaga. H* also added that the dar before there had been a son bora to his faaaily. This was In •ort of a curtain speech, and to the A. K.'s in the audience it sounded life uafatr contpetition, but as Mr. King did not brtng on the baby to take a bow with him much was forgiven. Another of the vaudeville acte were Wayae aad Warren, a mixed two-act ia 'The lAst Car." by Paul Gerard Smith. Its title is slmlAr to the former Harry Langdoa vaude- ville act, bat the subject matter is dUteraot. There la smart eroas-ftr« handled hy both members aad Ratt Warrea winds up the act with a bit of a scarecrow daace. The eeupl* have aabdiasd their work, aaaeh to its advaataca. aad la th* Na.4 spot had a paoitloa that aately a«at them over. Miss Halperte following: had no trouble at aS. She's the sort of girl that engages professionals by her work astd that la a real test for vaudevllllaaa. Pros reeegnise a per- former whea thay a*e *r hs*r ooa. Tk* Hemli« aketch oleaed the first part, with diaiile Klag opealag tiM aeeo^ haSf, foll*«red by the Rubin aot. Benny Rubin is *f th* Fannie Brioe-Jimmy Uuasey-Ireae Rieardo type of Jewish oomic, along with ■saay others. Bat Benny Rubin be- sides is a dancin«r demon and withal holdtng a sense of cotnedy thafs worth much to him, including a pro- ductlea. Wm. K. Wells wrote the act, "Hew It Happened." with the title meaning nothinc It'a Rnhln with his cadenza laugh, comedy and dancing at the finish that sends this turn far over as an entertaia- ment. Mr. Rubin has a Broadway rovae ia M minutes. Net so long ago the same Benn* Rubia ems in a two-man act, doing his daadag aad laugh without knowing he was a full-fledged come- dian, possessed of nvieh many a Broadway comedian never had aor never will have. As a feature aa- slstant Mr. Rubin has May Vaher, who bursts forth best in the "Chauve-Sourls" number and also later with the Blanche Men-ill song that did ao much for Fanny Br ice. Aad after the whole bunch of this class of TM comics gets through with their careers they may look back and thaak an unknown for their success, coming moatly to them through dialect, Fanaie Brlce with her $2,Ms a week as well as Jimmy Hassey with his. and others to follow now hiding away or dying away In some Joiat for reasons well known to some If not to the others; to a natural comediaa who never could lift himself above the saw dust—Harry Deison. There never has beea within the past M yearn a better Jew comedian thaa Harry Delaoa—and he is still ia the dmaps, although copied by hundreds, many copying him unconsciously. How many of those big-salaried features who have built themselves upon the creation of this wreck ever have thought to find oat how h* is or where he Is and whether he needs anything? Some have asked the writer to favor them by never atentioniag the name again of Harry Deison in Variety, and the writer oMigea ia this kind. It's one of the toughest breaks ever known to show business—this story of Harry Deison and his missed opportunity—the sort of a story the sob mat^azlnes should love to recite, and Harrv Deison knows It too, but too Lite he fsund it out. Ckwlng the Mil were the Aerial Smiths, who «hould have opened. Opening were Vas Horn nnd Inez in their swlnclng roller skating tricks, very slphtly. No. t held George T^yons (New Acts), subbinr for I..eo Reers, who walked out on the spot before the Mondsy matinee. eimt. No one but a dyed-ia-th*-wooI vaudeville tan or those with hosi- nesB ia the hous* would be found In a vaudovill* amportum Monday night, but th* Riverside held a very healthy turn-out. The draw was probably Claxtc and MoCuUough, favorites in th* neighborhood. They were spotted n*xt-to-olosing on *a* of th* h*st variety bUU of th* sea- son and scored their usual goals from plaoement. The show played saaooth and ent«rtalnlagly hi both portions from the excellent dahcins ot th* Dreynr**. opealng; right dowa th* Un*. BiUy Dreyer has perfected the art ot do- ing "cuts" and taeorporated It Into a mtm daae* that Is sara-Sfa. His partner, a good-looklns bhwidt eoa- trlbutes a solo that la novel. The act ia nioeiy praduoed aad qualiSea am a atroag avoaiac «r aft*rnooa starter for the best of the lay-outs.. Pat Heanlng aad Co. have dropped their f*aaaer titla ot "JassMaad" aad are now featuring the Juvenile. TiM latter Is a versatll* y oa agstor who Juggles hats, ptays saxophone and stringed instnmienta. and can hoot. His daaeing alone would jmt the act over. Th* dialoc in the act is IM per eoat released, but the frame-up im certain. H«'s another Buster West In th* making aad more versatfle. Etal I^ook Hoy, probably the only genuine Chinese female Imperson- ator in the racked thlrded success- fully. Hoy does three numbers, wearing elaborate Oriental costumes for each. His sister, a ctete young- ster, handles a pop song and tAarlastoa" whibh lands, and aa A m er i eaa male pianist handles the anasical portion. Hoy's falsetto fooled the house right up to (b* un- wigglag, but the audieno* refused t« accept him as Chinese oa account of his perfect Xhtglisb. He explains la a cartaia speedi h* was educated at a Christian Missionary Oolleg* ia Chiaa, but the majority remained anooaviaeod. Thta roba him ot half at %ia aflCsot. Skeptical Jmsrtnsa aadiaaess wiU ooatlnue t* take the Chinese hUlinc with a grala of salt. The oaly selutlen woald appear t* h* a number «r aoaae dialegr he tw a u him and his sister la thsir aathre tongue. Straagaly enough, aH at Ms soags are Waglish or Am*riean, not a word of Chlnea^ being spolisn ia the whole act. They liked it machly here. Harry Rose, fourth, doing his b*st ace mad* them do anythiaK *ie waated. His spanlng line, fbflowlBg the hnpersDaatar, was. "They even have them in Chiaa." It was a wow hefoTO Uls aophistleated hoaob. Res* sings three numhars. two of th* conaady variety aad aa* a seri- ous ballad artth a recitation travesty and in be ft w e ea dowas aad nuts to reeults. His butlesque dance, which has been copied wtd^y, was a hilart- ous interpolation. This chap looks like a great bet for th* rvvue or musical coavedy producers. He bills himself as Th* Broadway Jester," and is Just that. He's as Broadway aa hare legs. Morton and Glass (Mow Acts) eloeed tlM feat hatf. aad Mabel Me- Cane (New Acts) opened after ia- termiasioa ia a soag cycle by Blanche Merrill. Clark aad Mc- Cullough followed, and the Donals Sisters, two girl hand balancer*, held them remarkably waU. Can. fred Wiley, Fidel, Izozabal and an Argentine orchestra of Ave pieoea. Tho aot was wall worth reauUaiag ia tor (New Acts). "StreeU et Porgottea Men' the screen feature. BROADWAY ▲ fair vaadevUle show, hut aa overheated Monday atgLt failed to lend seat to the occasion. Business was far from bad. not too good either, but thar* should be no yelps, eea sld ering th* w*ather. And, thtem. the plants t>eat Pittsburgh. t-L L«w Nelsea proved a hoea to th* deatlsts p r eaent with his Jaw sti o ngt h act la the opsalag spot. Lifting tables around by aaeaas «< his teeth quotes no brldrre work there aad the whb-1 pf the feminine partner, hanging fraaa the aaoath, see u red its rewaf4. Dotaoa was Mo. 2 with his well fcaewa talk aad atap- ping. His conversation was inaudi- ble in the rear of the house due to the doors being open and the ilst street trafllc. Working with the house lights up gave reason to be- lieve that that Pittsburgh team is goincto se* aeas* h*etlo warfare tlw aext couple of days. Donovan aad I^e were spotted third. Their verbalizing was alas lost in the outside trolley oar rum- ble, the screech of horns and the scraping of tires. Mia* !<•• 1 oked very well between innings, the front of the house being lighted a«ain. and can you Imagine those uraps lettioc a ball game gro through after delay- ing it aa hour and a half tor ralnT Ace Brigode aad his er<iieatra of 11 n»en cut off the boa score sum- mary as who*vi*r heard of a hand working without a spstllght, ovi during a "crooaiar' moH«». Brigade* possesses a weO versed eomhlnatlea In the art of daao* ataslc aad f< vaudevUI* la featuring his strttar player, who sings for an- reason, aoraetimes accompanied by th* Srummer. Five mnihaaa and m legitiautte aaoor* elesad sat tho mu- alclans to peraplrlng applause. It^ S to S Plttsbargh baaU thesa S oat of i. Johnson aad Baker with their haft throwing iaterrupiod wh!>t Oftight have been a perfectly good e'.gh^ taaiag rally hy th* Pirates, although while the amle duo was taklac howa It w^. learned Grantham had sl^pod rounding first aad waa eauilit icoiagr into second. Southworth to Kelly. And John McOraw came from Cort- land, too. Ned Norworth. his olewa omI* as- sistant and the girl, wer* aext to closing. Spaced laughter marked Nomorth's progress, although 1m closed out to enough enthusiasm to come ImuHc aad offer a asedieer* en- core, which deSnltsly MU*vad him of aU obligations for the night. Meanwlille, a second icuess would substantiate that "OU" Smith shouldn't have tried to boost that single late a double In ttm third. The Sympho Jaxxlcal Revue clesed above par. Come on. Pittsburgh! Mkig. pet. His comedy was the flrafc smash of the bill and the manner was Just aggressivo enoog h to it across. Tiie song of the went across okeh and aH of Wat" toa's <»faedy clicked like a trigger. He waa foUowed by Pope and t)rieK who worked with loe aicatas ov«r a fair sized area. With them was Jack Cofly and another aaaa, and Coffy's contrnbutloa to the act waa some plain aad fancy barrel Jaaap- ing that took the cake. WUUe Vridk. of the act waa a subject of Pathe News, bat the ataat h* | formed for the news wasa't used on the stace. The act was a dednite hit closing the Ihat hal fof the show. "Klvalina of th* Ice Laad*," released by Pathe, was the half and was shown to a populated hous*. Business appar- ently eras off, both upstairs and dowa, but the boys upstairs had it on the ones oa the lower tier, for they shed their coats aad oeSara and at least kept comfortable. STATE 81ST ST, 5TH AVE. No box office record was hung «p at the 6th Avenue Monday night. The dance oontest ts oa agaia. aad its main draw seemed to h* ia th* upper sectioa. This tiaao it 1* a "Do As You Please" coatast with cash priaes to be awarded at th* finals Friday aight. Achillea and Newman (New AdtSl opened nicely. Whit* and Moir ac- complishod asar* than a ainging met on aeeoad haa doae In many ot th* local vaudeville houses. This waa all tho mor* surprising whea It auMfc be takan in(* eoasideratien that Mr. White and Miss Noir depend large- ly upee classical aumbera The first comedy relief cam* a hu a L«ria Bakar aad Co. la th* Bd- wia BurtE* akateh, "CaatradtoH*^* t>reeKed along to a sucoessf ul finUa. Mr. Baker iM a aUIUal Uttle diaa. who weeks up hi* cllmtiT** Impraasionahly. Valentiaa Vok and Ih* dummy had aa assy tlaia mi tU Tha "doaU* v*ifl*" namber h ' doubting the ventriloqalai bcMavlac that the youaj; wha assist* ia th* turn wa* slngiaK offstaga, - * Fw th* aext to oloslag psSttlsa cam* J oe Brewain g and hi* sermsB iatecspsrsed arlUi 1 added ta JoeT* laaral* a* aa tainer traveling alon*. At fhe tag end ot th* came Al Tucker and his hand.. in alt in their nondescript attire, but plarinc aambers that toaa^ favor. JTarfc, If ymi don't Adrertise in Dmi*i Ml9cU»9 A remarkably drood bill at »e State this week aad possibly one of tha h*at th* h*a*« has held this seasoa. Six acts mad aU grood In their respactlva lines of endeavor and none tn t**»g to didc with the good house la aa Monday night. Charles Hart's Hollanders (New Acts), a fast tsmhHng turn pro- vided a lively opener that woke up the house to unusual response and set them pretty for Frank Al- bright and Eleanor Harte, who fol- lowed on with the oonventional mixed duo piano act, -with the man handling piano accompaniment as weU as wortdng in the numbers. Although nothing extraordinary the act got over despite Miss Harte let- ting herself down through selection of a far dowa vocal that seemed too much for h«r ainging voice and that should be replaced with some- thing she es-« handle t* better ad- vantRge. W^eiford . Now ton. two per- sonable chai working ia tux. came next with some ta<* dancing, pre- faced br •oorf* and with the com- blnnt'on clicking nicely with the stepping standing out as usual. Ste'.ls Tracey, aad her new partner. Jay BIwood. held the follow up with a line of hokey stuff that panicked them (New Acts). Ben Wek:h, assisted by Prank Murphy, topllner ef the WH, ran away with the show in next to shut with his famous snappy dno- lorue that brought inceasant howls with "most of the gags seemingly new to the State crowd. Welch was given a remarkal>le reception ami an additional ovation at the end of the aot with the hand-slamming continuing until he responded with a brief speech of thanks. This is Ben's first trip over the lioew Cir- cuit and the comic can iindoubtedly repeat aa show stopper all along the line. MUe. Delire and Company «oa- tributed an attractive SMnish re- vue in th* closer, assisted by Wlui- Six acta and a picture, "Kivalina of the leelands," went lata the "Mid-Winter Camlvar this week, another of those Slat Street woelc* that has a title over the ahow. The vaudeville end isn't any too strong. While it all hoida to a good, nxoderate degree of entertaiament, the only comedy hit of the bill waa Bert Waltoa working wKh two plants, while the Pope and Frick ice skating tara was a clo«ing ural- lop. Opening. Karl and SSrna Grsaa did their chalk paiating and some aii- houette noveltie* iaoorporated into the final picture. Greaa gets some comedy and the rapidity with which he operate* counts heavily in hla favor. As an opener it was pleasing. AUee Morley followed with her hl^h yellow make-up and Ja« num- bers; ail 0/ which eoaaded Ukm ex- clusive materlaL She also cot over nicely, but in the Paul Qsrard Smith act that followed, "Diversions a la Carte," Fnltoa and Paiker weren't able to keep things going steadily. Th» mixed team did well enough at that, but a good many of the gags were familiar and in spots the act was routined in a draggy faahion. The nnish, which had the pair danc- ing with an amber light directly on them from the wings in "one," waa a nice effect and aecnred a satisfac- tory closing score. Ten Eyck and Welly took the next spot, working full stage for a dance presentation that waa applauded principally through the work of Joe Rose, an acrobatic stepper who goaled the audience on two appear- ances. Ten Eyck and Weily ap- peared for the opener, which had Welly as the chained prisoner of pirates. Then the acrobatic dancer, then a piano solo by Andy Robbiiis, a Spanish waltz by Miss Ten Kyck and the closing tura. called "The Lure of Oold." For this a special. set of drops was usod, Arctic in at- mosphere, while Robbins recited the first slanxa of the Service poem, "Spell of the Yukon," and the danc- ers did some symbolic stuff. This 58TH ST. The rising msreary Shot the usaal Monday night buaiaeaB below par. Even the doughty YorkvilieMsa eoutdat oombat the tampsratar*. tha "Ucht of the Westera Stars." fsat- ure <llm, not helping matters pac^ ticularly in drawing them ia. The show was as tmcertaln aa th* weather. Clifford and Grey, sippy hoop Jugglers, gave the prooeedlnca a fast start, the couple woeutag hart and to good purpose, Bart aad Dale in Juvenile get-up showed •am*tMac from th* Uk* staff oh, but «hat. *•*» waa much aloag th* aaam liaa*. (Tharles Mack and Co^ with their Irish playlet, got the most with the line, "Wliaa I was a youag maa « fairy followed me alt over the oaaa- try." Outside of that the prop raS- road affect, seeaaingly counted aa tar a wew Aaiadi, became balled ap. Marion Mergaa (New Acts). Anthony and Rogers, wop side« walk team with abvlous prepoBter« ous comedy based on the garbling of Americanisms, were a laugh hit. Th* diaUctldans seamingly tak* no chaae**, riaglag la Irish maslc for a 4*ubleheader danQ* finish. JaoMS Mnier Revue (New AcU). iES fiDINAN'S rENAUT (CTontinued frsas page 1) tiated this claim, statipg he Is ttta chief proprietor of the cato. The Bl Fey, formerty ran hy Fay and with Miss Qninaa as chief Mi- tertaioar. was padlocked and th* new club faces a similar peealtr. The pervonal Injunctioa adralaat the cabaret hostess ia th* bi gg est daayar. stac* it wouM curtail h«r cafe activities, this injunctioa granting summary power for pro- miscuous raiding and autooublia padlockiag wherever she is ssa- ployed. $30.O004M)0 IN RYE <Contlmied from page I) for over two years. While the Quo- tation for rye has held as hi|^ as 111* a case (11 bottles) no gaaraa- tee has acccompanled any sale. Through distillation and still re- maining perfeotiy good rye, a qaaa- tily valued at 10 millions and agaA In bond, as this load is rt^ported. could be augmented Into a diHtltled, ^bantlty of over 160.000.000 with a liquor market value of hundreds *C millions. Sale of the wholesale delivery la P^'J^'^'il^» *""' "^^^^ * , . expected to be oountry-wMe and. jrZ^To^l ''VZ\r:l:a of^ourse. through secret chann^ auU)l>«<i HP everything but the car- of distribution.