The New York Clipper (March 1916)

Copyright 1910, by the Prank Queen Publishing Company (Limited). Pounded by FRANK QUEEN, 1863. NEW YORK, MARCH 4, 1916. VOLUME LXIV-No. At Price, Ten Cents. COAST VAUDEVILLE DEAL CONSUMMATED. LARGER AND BE TTER CI RCUIT PROMISED. AFFILIATED WITH A. B. C. OP CHICAGO. . President Adolph Romish of the Hippodrome Vaudeville Circuit, who was in San Diego recently, annoTnced new affiliations tor the Coast Circuit which trill give performers forty weeks' work, and which will assure better vaudeville entertainments at Hippodrome houses, lie also announced the purchase of the Portland, Ore., Orpheum Theatre, which will he renamed the Hippodrome, and -which will be the home of Hippodrome shows In that city. Negotiations are under way for theatres In Van- couver, Seattle and Spokane, It is understood. New affillatlins of the Hippodrome Circuit are with the Affiliated Booking Corporation of Chi- cago, This gives the Hippodrome Circuit the con- trol of all acts booked in the East by that con- cern, and also those of the Sullivan 4 Consldlne Circuit in the West. Hereafter acts will start at Chicago over the Sullivan & CouFldine Circuit, and will be playid over the Hippodrome Circuit with the acts booked independently by the Hippodrome offices. The acts will begin at Fortland and play down the Pacific Coast at San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles and San Diego, and from there will travel back Bast via Salt- Lake City and over the time of th« Affiliated Booking Corporation, which includes the larger cities of the Middle West. The deal is probably one of the biggest since the sale of the Sullivan & Consldlne Circuit to Marcus Loew. Negotiations In progress for months have been closed. Piealdent Bamlsh, Managing Director Sam Harris and Irving C. Akennan, attorney for the- Hippodrome Co., made the new affiliations possible. up-to-date theatre, to seat about one thousand Ave hundred,' and cost about «5O,O0O. Plans'are now being drawn, and work will be commenced within the next few weeks. LADDIE CUFF PRODUCING. Laddie Cliff will make,his debut as a producer, lie has engaged Dorothy Maynard and Norman A. Blume and a company, and will present them in a musical entracte called "After the Hunt." The offering was tried out at Yonkers. Feb. 28. RUTH BUDD HURT. Ruth Budd, who was a feature last week at Proctor's Fiftii Avenue Theatre in a singing, dan- cing and ring act, was hit over the left eye by one of the swinging Iron rings during her performance at Friday's matinee. Her forehead was badly cot and blood splashed over he* face and garments, but she completed the remaining eight minutes Of her act. The house I isyslclan dressed the wound before she left the dressing room, and she appeared at the night performance and the rest of the week. CLIPPER LETTER BOX WOULD HAVE SAVED HEAVY DAMAGES. Because the White Rat Transfer Co., Inc., al- though catering to the theatrical trade, did not employ - the simple and approved expedient of addressing a letter to Alta Yolo, In care of Ths Curm or any other dramatic newspaper. Justice John Hoyer, of the Municipal Court, last week rendered a Judgment In her favor for $350 and $28 costs against the defendant company, which bad failed to deliver her stored trunk upon demand. The company admitted that Miss Yolo bad stored with It her trunk, containing costumes, etc., for her act, known as "Around the World In Fifteen Minutes," but pleaded that it must have been burned up in a fire. President Edward B. McNally testified that be would nave notified Miss Yolo if be had known where to send her a letter. He admitted that it never occurred to him to tend her a letter In care of Tan CLirpsa or any other theatrical newspaper- Lewis Steckler, attorney for Miss Yolo, called the court's attention to this failure OB the part of the theatrical storage company to adopt a aure means of reaching persons In the theatrical pro- fession. He said that the omission was Important as affecting the credibility of testimony. Justice Hoyer found against the compeny for the value of the trunk and Its contents. LOTTIE COLLINS JR., Sister of Jose Collins and daughter of the famous Lottie Collins. English comedienne, who made the Dong, "Ta-Ha-Ra-<Ra-Boom-Di-Ay," famous twenty years ago. Miss Collins Is soon to start a tour of the Marcus Loew theatres In a song revue. SHUBERT WINS "BLUE BIRD" CASE. That the Liebler Co. was never a partner of Lee Shubert in the production of "The Blue Bird" was finally settled u> the Court of Appeals, after a live days' hearing. Feb. 25, before Justice Bijou. The action was brought by Liebler & Co. for an Injunction and accounting for the profits of "The Bine Bird," and a preliminary application was made In the Supreme Court for a receiver. It was argued before Justice Blschoff, who denied the motion and allowed Mr. Shubert to continue pre- senting the play. Then the case came before Jus- tice Bijou, and the decision resulted in favor of Mr. Shubert WILL BUILD NEW HOUSE. N. W. Mason, manager of the Academy of Music, New Glasgow, Can., recently purchased a large plot of land in the heart of the town, on which he and his associates will erect a modern NEW VAUDEVILLE AND POPULAR PRICED CIRCUIT. The Flatlco Amusement Co. was formed last week. Ai. Flatlco, general manager; Oretta Hol- land, producer, and Charles Sanders, representa- tive, complete the retinue of officers. Arrangements are now being made with a num- ber of popular independent theatres snd parka, which, when completed, will enable the new or- ganization to offer a route which will appeal to the best acta and attractions available. Offices have been engaged at Cleveland, O. This new organization has signed some of the leading acts, musical comedies, tabloids, dramas, bands, or- chestras and operas through Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Pennsylvania. WINNIE IN WEST. Winnie Cornell, for several years employed in the F. F. Proctor offices, is now in San Francisco acting as special stenog. and private secretary to Harry Leonbardt, also an ex-Proetor employee, bat who for the past few months has been general Western representative for the Fox Film Corpora- tion. MOTION PICTURES IN HART'S THEATRE. Hart's Theatre, at Frankford Avenue and Norris Street, Philadelphia, Pa., has been sold by the Hancock Building and Loan Association to local interests, who will run the house with mov- ing pictures as the attraction. For a number of years John W. Hart ran combinations there. ■ FLORENCE REED FOR VARIETIES. Florence Beed will soon be seen on the U. B. O. time In a new underworld playlet, called "The Pink Ruby," by John Wlllard. Malcolm Williams will be her chief support. LEXINGTON 0. H. GOES BAGS TO OLD POLICY. Monday, Fob. 28, the Lexington Opera House, which recently changed its name to the BUtxnor*. showing latest releases in motion pictures, went back to Its old policy, presenting combinations. The opening attraction is "The Law of the Land." WINDSOR'S NEW THEATRE. Jack Bustln has opened the Imperial Theatre In Windsor, -N. S. While the house was built, prim- arily, for moving pictures It is his Intention to play the better class of traveling attractions. The house seats about seven hundred and fifty, snd cost about $15,000, BROADWAY CHANGES HANDS. The Broadway Theatre, at Broad Street and Snyder Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa., was conveyed last week by Solomon Hopkins to the Broadway Amusement Co. for a nominal consideration, sud- ject to a $165,000 mortgage. RETURNS FOR PICTURES. Itayme Kelso, who not so long ago retired from vaudeville, has been signed by the Fox Film Co. to appear in their Bertha Kallch production-