Variety (December 1925)

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10 V A R I K t Y Wednesday, December 2, 192^ NEWS FROM THE DAIUES This department contains rewritten theatrical news items as pub- lished during the week in the daily papers of New York, Chicago and the Pacific Coast. Variety takes no credit for^thes e ne ws items; each has been rewritten from a daily paper. ~ Bide Dudley In the "Evcninp: World" has started a theatrical minstrel page, showlnt? "ends" as show people, with himself the inter- locutor. The head spreada across • page of the paper. Accompany- ing are a collection of Dudley's gays Which are blamed upon the end men. In type conversation. A no- tice says the feature will run once weekly, on Saturday. Because of his "inability to got a New York theatre for his attraoiion undor existing business conditions," George C. Tyler will present his "School for Scandal" at the Knick- erbocker theatre Sunday night, Dec. I, for only the one night. This Is the flrat genuine "one night stand" that little old New York has wit- Bcssed in years. In the midst of a piano recital at Carnegie Hall on Wednesday, Pad- erewski split both the end and the nail of a nnger on bla right hand. He continued playing, however. His recital scheduled for Friday at Springfleid, Mass., was postponed to permit the digit to heal. June Castleton'a opening at the rrlvolity Club last week was given a full column and a pago one pic- ture by the 'Mirror." Miss Castle- ton is back on Broadway after three years. In June, 1323, while with the "Follies," she married "Dapper Dan" Casllrell, Cleveland millionaire, which marriage ended in June of this year upon Caswell's death, fol- lowlng much marital trouble be- tween the pair. Pearl Howell, of Brooklyn, cabaret dancer, eloped with Robert Reed, Jr., also of Brooklyn. Mrs. Howell Is said to object to ker daughter's marriage because of her age, 19. Miss Howell has been In "Plain Jane," "Lady Butterfly," and with several cabarets, including the Club Richman. Reed, the son of a. Brooklyn shoe manufacturer, U 24. Rumors of a coming marriage of Natacha Rambova, otherwise Mrs. Rudolph Valentino, and Dr. Danic! C. Goodman, flim producer, are cir- culated by a tabloid. Goodman is the divorced husband of Alma Rubens. less at the Arcadia ballroom. New York, cliaruing alienation of Twom- bly's affections. Suffering a severe cold, George Arll-s wa.s confined to his hotel in Boston. At Mincola, L. I., Supreme Court Ju.stice l<ict;elniann said he would not .siKH a decree of divorce for Mrs. Krank Tinney until he decides that Mrs. Tinnoy is entitled to it. The same day Frank, recentV re- turned from abroad, and Edna, sccniinKly reconciled, went motor- ing together. In application flled in Supreme Court, Mrs. Harriet B. Liver a-sks $500 counsel fees and $50 weekly ali- mony from her husband, John 1. Liver, a financier of E'.khart, Ind. Mrs. Liver alleges finding an en- dearing letter. Mrs. Liver, formerly known as Harriet Sandon in mus- .cal comedy circles, married in 1912. "Red" Grange is now reported engaged to Aniit B'orrcst, actress. Complairtt in the $250,000 breach of promise suit or Marguerite Mc- .\uity, actress, against William A. Clark, 3d, was filed in Supreme Court, New York, Friday. Miss .\IcNuIty alleses that on Jan. 15, last, in Los Angeles, Clark, a mil- lionaire, proposed to her and she accepted. On Oct 30, last. Miss McNulty charges, Clark refused to carry out his promise. Irene Rich, In commenting on the .narriage of her former husband, .Vlajor Charles Rich, to Mary Moore, daughter of "Dlnty," also denied reports of a personal romance with V incent Lopez. The marriage of Roma Gasklll, of the "Topsy and Eva" company, and Harry E. Criddle, of Chicago, was performed on the stage of the Lex- in^rton Opera House, I.,exingtcn, Kv., where the show was playing Thanksgiving day. A fire, starting at Schilling's Ca- sino, Rockaway Beach, destroyed several large concessions and part of the boardwalk. Damage to the resort was estimated at $100,000. Geraldlnc Farrar, whose "Indis- position" caused the closing of "The i^ove Spell" in Hartford last week, .8 in New York under treatment of Dr. James I. Russell. Performances for the operetta are to be indefinitely suspended. Charles J. Foley, manager of the show, attributed Miss Farrar's brealidown to strain placed on her voice by "constant and untiring efforts during rehears.als." Dr. Rus- sell said the prima donna is suffer- ing from laryngitis. The cast will consist almost entirely of English players, an exception be- ing Dorothy Dickson. Lee Armstrong, actor, has flled suit for divorce from his wife in Wa.shington, D. C. Arm.sirong, it is said, thought he was a single man for 10 ye«.rs until last fall when his wife called him up and told him that their marriage, which he thought annulled in 1915, is still in effect. Armstrong was mentioned several times In tho dailies during the last year as being engaged to Kdith Bobc, the modiste, and Faye Atkins. Ralmondo Sparagii's cafe in Pitts- burgh was badly damaged when three unidentified men threw a bomb Into the window. Witnesses told police that the men drove up in a car, two of thent getting out and placing the bomb. No explanation of motive. Supreme Court Justice Roigelniann awarded Mrs. Frank Tinney an in- terlocutory decree of divorce. She was awarded the custody of Frank, Jr., aged 7. Now that •& divorce Is awarded there is talk of the Tin- neys remarrying. •,. Mark HelUnger's weekly Sunday column had to do with four women well known on Bro.idway, afflicted with spinal disease, of whom three have recovered. The four are Nellie Revell, Lillian Lorraine, Mary Moore, who recovered, and Dorothea Antel, invalid. Miss Antcl, who, six years ago, fell down a flight of stairs in Poll's Hartford theatre, fractur- ing her spine, is bravely struggling. Harry Foster, well known English theatrical man, who recently re- turned to England with Uic rights to "When You Smile" and "The Cr.-vdle Snatchers," protested, in an inter- view, to the refusal of the British minister of labor to allow Ben Ber- nie and his band to come to Eng- land. Foster said that English per- formers are the vogue in New York, Broadway being "ablaze" with them. "To bar an artist like Bernie when America opens wide her doors to us is a fatuous policy," Mr. Foster said. With the filing of Incorporation papers in Albany the transaction combining the Famous Players- Lasky Corporation of New Y'ork and the Balaban and Katz Company of Chicago is completed. The combined companies, known as Public Thea- tres, Inc., have Sam Kate as presi- dent. radio ia responsible for the present high poak of membership In tho Chicago local. Radio has brought in 1,000 mu.ilclans within tho last few years, the Chicago union, a powerful one, having 7,000 paid-up members. Seventeen ticket scalpers fell into the hands of the law Thank.sglvinn Day when attempting to operate in the neighborhood of Cub.s Park, where Red Grange was debuting with the Bears. Byron F. Moore, former manager of the Orpheuin, Champaign, III., has become assistant to C. C. Pyle :a the promotion of Red Grange. William Elliott will confine him- self exclusively to producing after he has found a leading man to take his place in "The Naked Man." After an absence of seven years El- liott was compelled to step into the lead when Henry Hull withdrew at he la.it moment. l^e Chicago Rand Association, inactive since 1923, will be reorgan- ieed. Frank Ferguson, dramatist from New York, will lecture at the Drake Hotel on "Judging Good Plays." Anton Cermak, president of tho Cook County Board, has issued a warning along with licenses to the roadhouses near Chicago. They must dry up and curb vice or suffer the law. Joseph Greeley and Oliver Lelther, of Cleveland, were arrested after a girl notified police they were exhib- iting an indecent moving picture in their apartment. One of the men set fire to the film as the police burst in. The blaze necessitated calling the fire department. George Williams, janitor, is mass- ing, al-so $365 from the safe of the Casino theatre. Peggy Hopkins Joyce, between trains at the La Salle Station, told reporters she had no idea of di- vorcing her count. LOS ANGELES The. New York Drama League's first dinner, "in honor of the younger luminaries of the theatre," will be held at the Hotel Roosevelt this coming Sunday. Otto H. Kahn will preside. Mrs. Alexander Dallas Dache Pratt, former wife of John Earry more, was married to Leon Or- lowsky, of Poland, an attache of the Polish Embassy at Washing- ton, Nov. 25. Mrs. Pratt divorced Barrymore eight years after their marriage, in 1908. Her second marriage ended In 1923. Battling Slkl, former light heavy- weight champion of the world, was arrested on complaint of John Dick, taxi driver, charged with failure to pay his faro of $10.80. Slkl only had IS but borrowed tho rest from court attendants. He received a sus- pended sentence. Wilda Bennett's red roadster, the •ne which figured so prominently in Mrs. Katherine Frey's successful alienation of affection suit against the actress, was stolen but returned after thieves had used it for four days. Louiso Brooks, formerly of the "Follies' qg^d now in films, has be- gun suit to restrain John Do Mir- jian, theatrical photographer, from further distribution of pictures of her in the nude. Miss Brooks gave a graphic account of how the pic- tures were taken uisu and claims that when with the "Follies" the photos were all right for her, but now that she is in the films, it's different. Recent reports of blindness of Stanislavsky, director of the Mos- cow Art Theatre, that have been circulating in this country, are not true, according to a Moscow dis- patch. Although Jitwnlsl.avsky's eye.s are impaired, he can see and is carrying on his work. According to information sent here, "Prince" Roufat Bey HalilofC, former cabaret dancer. Is in such financial trouble in Europe that his activities are being investigated by the United States government. The "I'rince" is said to have used letters of his father-in-law, Major Davis G. Arnold of Washington to obtain money from tho American Consul in Cologne. Haliloff and Delight Potter Arnold eloped last year. "Cousin Sonla," to have opened at the Central Park Monday, will open there next Monday. ."Apple- sauce," in Its last two weeks at the Ambassador, will go to Boston.. Owen Davis' "i:a8y Come, Easy Go" will move to the new Biltmore Mon- day. ."Hamlet" In mufti is In its final week at the Greenwich Vil- lage. .The Druce and Street produc- tion, "The Master of the Inn," opened Monday in Philadelphia. .Al JoLson and "Big Boy" are in their last week at the 44th Street..The John Murray Anderson-Robert Mil- ton School of the Theatre will begin Its winter season Jan. 18 at the Parlf Avenue Theatre building, 130 E. 68th St...George Macfarlane's "Rainbow Rose" will open In Stamford around Christmas. Victor Peter August Franze Ramme, motion picture sculptor, was committed to the city jail by emigration agents, who aiTCsted him on a charge of illegal entry into the United States. Ramme is 53 and Is being held for deportation to Germany. Downtown Loi Angeles had a scare when the audience of the Gar- rlck picture house ran out upon smelling smoke in the auditorium The blaze had been caused by old .Ihn being ignited. The fire was :;onflned to the operator's room. CHICAGO Babe Payne, vauaevlUo actress, re- ported to police that in Uie absence of herself and mother burglars en- tered her apartment. They stole all her street and stage clothes, leaving behind only a bathing suit. Jack Miller was arrested for sculping in front of the Apollo the- atre. He claimed he was "directing people to rooms." From Paris conies word that the late Eleanor Dus«>, before sailing for America, confided in Cecil Sorcl, the actor, her love for D'Annunzlo, Italy's i)O0t. dramatist and states- man. The love declaration of Mme. Duse, said to have been given out by Sorel, was printed In the dallies In fidl. In it she attributes her suc- cess to the poet. "God bless him for having loved me; and God bless him for having torn my soul to shreds," she said. Evan Burro^wS Fontaine, living at the Drake Hotel, was again arrested in connection with the contempt charges flled against her in Califor- nia. ShQ reopened her suit against Cornelius Vanderbllt Whitney de- spite an Injunction forbidding her to do so. Miss Fontaine has been living in Chicago since quitting Ike Hloom's Deauvllle Cafe. Maud Tagtmier has Instituted a $50,000 breach of promise suit In the Superior Court, Orovllle, Cal., against Clarence E. Haxvaid, who formerly operated a theatre there and is now a residcit of San Fran- cisco. The complaint charges that dur- ing the past 20 years Harvard on numerous occasions promised to marry the lady, ■rout neglected lead her to the altar. tio Mrs. Charlotte Selby, mother of Mary Miles Minter, screen actress, is to abandon her palatial home on South New Hampshire avenue and have Its contents sold at auction this week. She will continue to hold tho lease on the properly for a period of five years. the scene for a minute, and It Is nei.es. sary to create. Misstatements In reference to certain utatenw-nts which have been made by artists who havo api)eared in this p.irt of Florida; in th.< first pl.ue 'without an exception they misquote for 'he sake of making their northern friends envious tho amount of salary which they are to retcive. - Secondly, there seems to be a vogue right now for making' a ten- tative agreement at a certain li^ure with managers and producers here and then when they return to New York, think it over and raise price about double. I had one case where a team aft»>r having playe^i here liked it .'so well that they decided they wouhl like to return with a revue. We made a price for this revuo with an option to close definitely on a certain date. After they returned to New York and been there .a few week.s, wo set a wire raising tho price $1,500 a week, which wo naturally refused, Inasmuch as it is our custom to live up to agreements, even verbal ones. Salaries and High Rates Ono famous orchestra, which we ergagwl through the agent who proved beyond question he was tho representative, raised their price $5,000 per week over tho original figure. It makes me laugh to see state- ments concerning the high prices charged for accomodations in Florida and the criticisms of those who are doing business here, ln.\s- much as these same visitors who complain about the rates do not hestitiito to ask a good deal more than their services would lie worth anywhere else in tho country. It la aUso untrue to say that the living expenses are so high inas- much as in our own particular case, we havo personally seen to It that the maximum charge for a room for two peoi)le was $5 to $6 a day with bath, and meals can be ob- tained at the low price of 75c. for a very fine luncheon and dinner at $1.50 with excellent music and danc- ing thrown in. Under such conditions aa_ stated I do not believe It is fair to print only one side of the story. So far as treatment is concerned, anyone of the teams which I have men- tioned above will tell you that they were given greater consideration and more courtesies, especially here at the Coral Gables Golf and Country Club, than they have re- ceived in all their experiences in the show business. RECREATIONAL DEPAUT.MlONT, By Henri/ K. Dutlon, Director. Two unnamed musicians with the United States Marine Band are named by A. C. Durr, advertising man, as responsible for the collapse of his marriage with Bessie M. Durr. Fire destroyed the Pastime the- atre, Martin's Ferry, O., a wooden Structure. In recognition and appreciation of the more than 1,000 benefits and charitable affairs he has appeared and helped In, first with the late Bert Savoy and recently with St.in- ley Rogers, Jay Brcnnan will Ix- presented with a silver loving cup by the United Charities Board. In her suit for separation from Willard Irving O-sgood Twonibly, radio engineer of Chicago, Mrs. Twombly names Helen Wood, hos- B. G. Burt of Jamestown, N. Y., played a piano continuously for 52 hours and 20 minutes, setting a world record and winning $1,000. A Klrl contender dropped out after 52 luiurs and 15 minute.^. The Internation.-il Film Projector Corporation of l>elaware has ac- quired the entire busincsH and as- sets of the Nicholas Power Company and Pn-clsion Machine Company, both of New York, and the Acme I'iiiuro Prtijciior Coinpuny of Clii- cago. In writing of "The Fascinating Devil" at the Selwyn Charles Col- lins on the "Post" drew up a list of the crimes of which tho melodra- matic villain (Bernard Nedell) was -uilty. There were 11 counts against him. Frederick Donaghey on the 'Tribune," speaking of the same play, said he thoucht tlie Locarno pact would be a great help to Eu- rope, wiii.o Ashloii Slevetis, "Iler- ■-Id-Kxamlner," awarded it the pewter mustache cup. When Government officers refused to permit Jack Reams to cross the international border Into Tia Juana at midnight the dapper doctor be- came hard boiled, created a disturb- ance and found himself lodged for a few hours In tho San Diego county jail on a charge of disturbing the peace. He posted $500 cash bail for appearance In court and was allowed to go. J. D. White, former chojiffeur for Barbara La Mar was convicted In the Pasadena police court for speed- ing his automobile. He was re- leased on the promise that he would appear in Pa.sadena to work next Sunday on tho police department pistol range, after White was ar- rested Miss La Mar dl^ch.Trped him. AUTHORS' LEAGUE (Continued from page 1) fered $150,000 tor tho screen rights to "Is Zat So? ■ but the authors were powerless to negotiate for the bigger offer because of the contract tho Shuberls held with them and under which they were empowered to deal with Fox. The Fox people, through sivcral months of active work on the part of their script department, li.ive made connections with John Golden, A. H. Woods, the Shubcrts, Edgar Selwyn, Arthur Hopkins and Rob- ert Milton, and have a deal on at present with Sam Harris whereby they will be able to tie up pr.ncti- ,cally all of the stage product of those producers. The attitude the Authors League takes is that its members are en- titled to a greater protection than now In given- them in their con- tracts with the Shuberts and other managers, and that the author shall havo the right of refusal of a price offered for the picture rights unless that offer meets with other com- petitive offers that may be made. RHINELANDER REEL (Continued irom p.ige 1) CORAL GABLES Vera Ix'lKhtnier Is reporteil stranded in Paris. Charles DilliiiKhuin announces tho Ixiiidon production of "Sunny," by' Uros^-mith and Malone, next year.Chicago MusicLans' Union, says that A play entitled "The Blind Alley" v;ia presented at tho Dill I'ickh- CUih last week under the direction of Rod Maybeo of "What Price Clory." The author of the piece Is an actor recently In Chicago wUl Desire Under the Elms." James Petrlllo. president o* th«; (Continued from page 1) Gniran and Mnrgucrite, Medrona and Donna, Fowror and T.Tin.nra and other.-i. Tin I and Ghirardy from the Cascades of the Blltmore roof will bo here the next three weeks, fol- lowed by Walton and L<'ilrim, who in turn will be followed by the Glorlns and a high gr.ado revue to fit the surroundings of n Spanish atmosphere creat<'d outdoors with the aid of beautiful cocoanut palms and a patio surrounded by Sp.nnlsh huildings. Tho ordinary type of cabarjjl r<vue would not who took an old film, "The House Behind the Cedars," which he made from a story prior to the Rhine- lander divorce sensation that paral- leled the present case and ndilcd a top line to his original hilling. This line was "The Uhinelander Case." This picture was booked uptown In such houses as tho D<iii)~''as, Koosevpit and others cateriiif; to Negro clienteles and p.Tcked them In. On tho special window cards gotten out there was a red line on top: "The Uhinelander Ca.'-.." That was the line that turned the 1>. o. trick. Mlcheaux Is still using tl>" Uhine- lander r.ise line on the pict\ir« ll'-ii has just -Ijoen given conscctitivo bookings in the T. O. P.. A. houses which cater wholly to colored nuJt- fit' thl<i en^e«^. - ••