Variety (August 1925)

Ar4USEMENTS PRICE 20c TIMES SQUARE l^^ i- ST*".' -(*Sv -i.'- •'..^n-:: "A ■1 ■ ■'■- ':* ■■-^W" :;'^ PubU«h«a Weekly m li« W«at 4«Ui Bt, M«w rork. N. I., »r Vartetr. Ino. AanuAi Mibacrlpttoa IT. Stncle oopiea tf caots. ■■tered m secoBd idaaa matter l^crmber It. IMt. a* the Poat Offloa at New Tork. N. T.. under ttae Act of Uarch I. 1S1* LXXX. No. 1 NEW YORK CITY. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 19. 1925 56 PAGES MISS AMERICA" SCANDAL B CIRCUS' DAILY OVERHEAD FROM $12,000 TO $15,000 IN WEST Doing Big with One Exception—$30,000 CroM in Daj Looked For by Big Show—101 Ruich Playing Milwaukee on Sunday f Chlcaso, Aug. 18. ' Th* olretues of the country have tut their stride. From report* ' AJr* all doln^ bis businesa. with yoMlble exception of one. The l^rfM^OUa orKanizations bolonging to Americaa circus Corporation, [ib«ck-Waliace, Joha Kobinson 8«lla-Flot«,^are cleaning up in leitr respectivej territory, with the •oa show on its native heath doing the beet, consider- Ita flia*. In the South the Rob- ■bow ia untieatable by any Usatlon. an admitted fact. Buchanan is still playing (Continued on page 3) OASIS OFF FLORIDA Tmas Quinan $2,000 to Head Proposed Pirate Yacht ■^_ A. powerful syndicate is sponsor- /*!■» ♦ new form of cabaret entertain- .rteeAt oft the shore of Minmi, Klor- jWi^ and has offered Texas Giiinan ittMO weekly to head the show. Whm Gutnan Qang has also boen ap- proached at salary Iricroasos. . The form of divertissement is lo- oted on a beautifully appointed MOkt anchored off Miami, with PJBplojrees In pirates' garb manning * fc^itoet of motorboats to convey pa- HMM to and from sViore. The vessel, anchored outside the three- Umlt, permits for any and all r Indulgences. The Pirates' Is the tentative cognomen for deep-sea oasis. Other conveni- M such as accommodation quar- for all-night sessions also figure iportantly. Hlaa Quinan is entertaining the •position, which gets under way the late fall. Meantime, she led Monday at the Del Fey Club, old stand, the club bearing her ■me being padlocked for six iths last week. ►nly Woman Featured Is Mrs. Jesse Crawford Cl^icago, Aug. 18. Mrs. Jesse Crawford, who opened »nnanently at MoVlcker's, is the ily female organist prominently atured in conjunction -with the ^rrourding programs. jL **•■■• Crawford during the past Tear operated one of the twin co"- •"oles. along with ler husband. T innovation by which the H. & wganlala rotate In the tliree of the ,nrm« ia;|.'ei- local houses made the n- he K. he WOMEN FOR WALKER The women of the theatrical section are for Senator James J. Walker for mayor, or at least there appears to t>e a unanimous desire amongst them to cast their votes for Tammany Hall's choice. It came out when several women, claiming never to have previously voted, aoked ques- tions about the primaries, Sept. IS, and how they could vote for Senator Walker "to help him along." When informed the prima- ries are limited to registrants of last year who declared their politics, the women in each in- stance said they would then vote at the general election In Novemi>er, and nearly all of them stated they intended to "work for Mr. Walker." RADIO JOINS HRST NIGHTERS The reviewing of theatrical pres- entations in New York by radio di- rectly after the performance has been concluded Is announced by WHN in a letter rfent to theatrical managers last week. The letter states that a critic has been en- gaged. Miss niand Johaneson, and that she will not only review the (Continued on page 9) Penny in Slot Radio Washington, Aug. 18. Italy has a ponny-in-lhe-slot radio for listeners in. According to Government officials returning from Europe the penny idea is popular. Ear phones are supplied and the listener Is .illowed to hear one selection. Ballyhooed "Hot Show" St. Loui.s, Aug. 18. A ballyhoo paraded the downtown streets last week for the Liberty Music Hall, (stock burlesque) with a sign reading. "We don't know who's got the coolest theatre in town, but we do know we've got the HOTTEST SUOWI"- mT'i BEiuir m 'Fm' ox BM? Musical Producer Said by Associates to Know Na- tional Prize Winner. Known as "Miss America** —EaH CarroU's "Vani- ties" Advanced Kathe- rine Ray for Coney Island Contest. Won by Her— Now Eligible for Atlantic City's Final Decision JUDGES DECIDE Can the national and annual beauty contest held at Atlantic City for the designation of "Miss Amer- ica" as the nation's most beautiful girl be "flxod" or "framed"? It can be. If the assoolates of a Broadway musical comedy producer are to be believed. Without blatant boasting and in a most matter-of-fact manner the associates have asserted that the winner of the Atlantic City Beauty Contest in the pageant held there has been selected. And they know who that winner Ui to be. The outcome of the A. C. contest is the result of local beauty com- petitions held in hundreds of cities and towns throughout the country for months preparatory to the ses- sion by the seaside. Local move- ments. Including tie-ups with daily papers all over have taken on the local contests to forward to the na- (Continued on page 8) 2 SHOWS DAILY, SPUT WEEK AT 50c VAODE NEIGHBORHOOD POUCY Experimenting at K-A Royal, Bronx—Five Acts with Feature Picture and 2-Reel Comedy—Re«erve4 Seats at Both Performances—^Elxperimental Chorus Girl with Side Line Comro^^^es Chicago. Aug.'*?*.*1^ Josephine Walsh, show girl "^ with "The Student Prince," had an agreement with the Schu- man Shop to receive |» com- mission for every gown she sold to fellow actresses. She has gone to court to collect her commission on 40 sales. The proprietor of the shop refused to pay on the grounds he has not received his money from Miss Walsh's cus- tomers. UBE CLAIMED BY UNNAMED EDDIE FOY NOT IN WANT Charlie Foy. oMest of-the chil- dren of Ekldle Foy now on the stage, rofunied to New York this week af- tor a tour in the West. He wan shocked at published reports that the children had dispossessed their father, that the veteran comedian was in straits, and that he had been forced Into a "shanty" at New Uo- chelle. Charlie says that his father, who Is now past 71, is housed with hia new wife In one of tne Koy resi- dences, a roomy house valued at many thousands of dollars; that he (Continued oa page 10) A unique libel suit was filed yesterday (Tuesday) by Isobel Mer- son, an actress who opened Aug. C in "The Little Poor Man" at the Princess^ aaking unstipulated dam- ages against ^he New York "Amer- Ican'^CHe^xst) because of a kidding referMr6e^by its critic, Alan Dale, in ms^-fiotice of the show, in which Miss Merson's name was not even (Continued on page 9) • A new vaudeville poUcy of two / jj Jerformances dally, at 60c top (SSo •• *'*iatinee8), with five acta, f«tturo icture and two-real comedy aH (jjlf plit week system with seSi(| lerved for both shows will IM perlmented with at the Keith-All Royal, Bronx, ^wttb the season. Three performances on the day by the cast wlU be given on 8un> days. The reservation of seats Is ex- pected to return to the neighbor- hood house that percentage of its former patronage lost to It when the continuous i>ollcy was placed ht effeot with no reserved seats In anr part of the theatre. Watehing Experiment While at present it is thought br the vaudeville executlvas the twice daily spilt policy Is only adaptable to neighborhoods and in houses of large capacity, they wlU intenUy look upon the innovation at the Bronx house. Last season for a while another theatre of the far uptown section. Prospect, also K-A, tried in a slight w^y the twice daily (Continued on page 6) Woods' Colored <'Udies" Unless other plans are made. AL H. Woods will sponsor an all- colored production of "Ladies' Night." The show will play long engagements in big city theatres and a road tour to be booked. Kendall Holland, who staged "The Demi-Virgin" with a Negro cast, will have personal charge of this production. MnUONAIBS JAZZ LEADER Itoger Wolfe Kahn is not the only "400" orchestra leader. A more mature society man of well-to-do means is Carroll Coonoy who started an orchestra as a lark and is now commercially utilizing the dance band bearing his name at exclusive social functions. The Groundhlll Country Club, Nassau County Golf Club, Hhinne- cock Club, Morgan J. O'Brien es- tate, Southampton, L. I., and kin- dred places have had Carroll Coonejr'fl orchestra ofllciatlng. CABARET HOSTESS IS OFF HANDSOME FILH ACmS "Permanent Affliction," Says Betty Gordon. Speaking of 0. K. Hinman Chicago. Aug. 18. Married to a handsome movie actor comes under the heading of a permanent affliction, according to Carol Booth Hinman, professionally Betty Gordon, hpstess at Valentino Inn, who has gone to law for free- dom from Onlelle Kay Hinman, now on the Lasky lot in Hollywood. Miss Gordon dtps a broken nose and a split lip to prove her husband was a regular shlek and bull fighter. She married liim Oct. IS, 1923. at the age of sixteen, and they bad ono child, a boy. ■m '*^- GOWNS'-UNIFORMS FOR EVERVBOOy WHO IS ANVBOCV ON THE STAGE OR SCREEn..EXauSIVE4 KSHiNS ey L£AMK SmE CREATORS BROOKS t^v?^ > IMOOO OOSTVMee TO