The New York Clipper (April 1916)

«£*£«' Copyright 1»10, by tile Frank Qoeen Publishing Company (Limited). Founded by FRANK QUEEN, 1853. NEW YORK, APRIL 22, 1916. VOLUME LXIV-No. 11 Prloo, Tan Cents. NEW VAUDEVILLE THEATRE F0R*125th STREET-LOEW OFFICE TO SUPPLY ACTS IS REPORT. CORPORATION FORMED AT ALBANY CAPITALIZED FOR $10,000- PRESENT BUILDI NGS TO BE TORN DOWN. PROPERTY m DESIRABLE LOCATION. SOTHERN'S FAREWELL FAHOUS AaOR WILL APPEAR FOR TWO WEEKS FOR ACTORS' FUND BENEFIT. Modi secrecy lias been attached to a deal which report has It will ultimately result in the erection at a large amusement structure on the property known as Nos. 233 and 235 West One Hundred and Twenty-iifth Street and Nos. 228 to 23S West One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Street, New York, the frontage on the One Hundred and Twenty- fifth Street thoroughfare being 50 feet and on the One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Street side 150 feet. At present there are eight four and five story buildings covering the site, but It is said these are to be torn down to make way for the new structure. -The parcel is known as the Arthur Brisbane property, and is Hanked by Hurtlg & Seamon's bur- lesque theatre and the Harlem Opera House, play- ing vaudeville and pictures. On the Seventh Avenue side stands the Alham- bra, the Keith house devoted to major vaudeville, while across One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street. on the East side of Seventh Avenue, between One Hundred and Twenty-fourth and One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Streets, is Doew's Seventh Avenue, running motion pictures and vaudeville. The corporation that secured the property was formed in Albany last week, under the name of the "233 and 235 West One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street Corporation." and has for its directors, F. Goodhue, K. W. Klrchwey and O. Konta. While there are many -rumors current as to what cir- cuit 'will supply the acts for the theatre when completed, in all probability the Marcus Loew office will be concerned to considerable extent In regards to the policy of the house, and will install the usual popular priced form of entertainment n rogue at the other Loew theatres. ♦♦-• JOHN BARRYMORE SIGNS WITH WILLIAMS. An agreement was signed last week between John Barrymore and John D. Williams, whereby the former will be under the management of Mr. Wil- liams for the next five years. An unusual feature of the agreement is that Mr. Barrymore is not to bo either starred or featured in any play In which he appears under Mr. Williams' direction. After the run of "Justice" Mr. Barrymore will be seen in a new play by am American author. * • » CHICAGO war, see grace: GEORGE in "MAJOR BARBARA." Last week Grace George signed contracts to ap- pear in "Major Barbara," in Chicago, beginning May 1. Her season at the Playhouse will close April 29. She will open her second season at that house about Sept. 25. * «» MARGARET .IMiUVS SCPPOBTISG CAST. In addition to Margaret Anglln and Holbrook Bllnn, the cast engaged for the revival of "The Woman of No Importance," by the Henry B. Harris estate, May 24, at the Fulton, includes: Marguerite St John, Lionel Pane, Annie Hughes, Richard Temple, Ottola Kesmlth, Ivan T. Simpson, Alice Llndale, Max Montesole, Howard Llndsey, Ralph Kemmet, George Thome and Fanny Addison Pitt. « ■ * FREEFOBT THEATRE PLANNED. Cbas. Reitmeyer, proprietor of the Plaza motion picture house, Freeport, L. I., has purchased a plot on South Grove Street, that city, and plans have been prepared for a modern moving picture and vaudeville theatre. This will be 60x125 feet, with a seating capacity of 1,000 and gallery seat- ing 200. The cost Is estimated at $30,000. The name of the new theatre will be the Plaza. hope: sawyer, One of Jacobs & Jcrmon's prettiest show girls, now with the Twentieth Century Maids. MISS NEILSON-TERRY NOT TO WED. Phyllis Nellson-Terry denied the rumor that she was to marry Cecil King, an English actor and stage manager. Mr. King was a member of Miss Nellson-Terry's support in "Trilby," last year, and later appeared with her In "The Adventures of Lady Ursula," and in vaudeville. He has been married and divorced. * i > CABARET ARTISTS Wilt SPIT FOB SALARY. Daisy and Bobby Blondin, a team of cabaret artists, who recently Instituted suit against the management of "Hlckey's," a well known cabaret resort in Brooklyn, received a verdict in the Brook- lyn courts last week, which grants them a week's salary and costs of the action. The team avered it had played a week's engage- ment at the above named place and were dented payment of salary on conclusion of the date. WORTHY ENDING OF NOTABLE STAGE CAREER. B. H. Sothern's two weeks' performance of "If I Were King," the receipts of which entire period he proposes to devote to the Actors' Fund Million Campaign, will begin May 1 at the Shubert The- atre. The occasion will also re-unite with him Daniel Frohman, his friend and former manager, who will, by the courtesy of Lee Shubert, take charge of the engagement. This will signalize Mr. Sothern's farewell to tbe stage. Mr. Frohman Is now organizing the company, and it Is expected that a very successful engage- ment will result to the Actors* Fund. Mr. Sothern and Mr. Frohman (with David Belasco aa their stage manager) began their union, which lasted sixteen years, at the old Lyceum, Fourth Avenue and Twenty-third Street, in 1887. Among the early productions in which Mr. Sothern appeared at that bouse were: "Tbe Highest Bidder" (the first play), "Lord Chumley," by Belaaco and De Mllle: "A Way to Win a Woman," by Jerome K. Jerome: "Sheridan," by Paul Potter; "The Pris- oner of Zenda," "Capt Lettarblalr," by Marguerite Merington, and other noted works. At the end of this engagement Mr. Sothern, with Mrs. Sothern, will retire from the stage. #«» AGENT OPERATING WITHOUT LICENSE. A complaint has been lodged with C ommi s si oner Bell, of the License Bureau, against a certain booking agent In the Putnam Building for oper- ating without a license. This agent hss been more or less In the lime- light In the past, and his activities have caused many acts to voice their opinion of him in strong terms. Numerous complaints have been made against him, and It Is expected that action of the au- thorities will cause him to change bis business methods or make bun seek other fields. * i » VORKVILLE TO BE GERMAN THEATRE. Samuel Bachman has leased the Torkvllle The- atre from Marcus Loew and will present there a program of one and two act plays and vaudeville acts given by German artists. Arnold Korff, Mitzl Gitzi, Annie Bauer, Budi Rahe, Lotta Engel, Mary Bodelstorfer and Christo- pher Marx have been engaged. Tbe first perform- ance will be April 22. * « » "SWEET GENEVIEVE," MAY 8. Marie Dressier, Charles Dillingham's newest star, will make ber debut under his management May 8, In "Sweet Genevieve," a comedy by James Forbes. The supporting company will Include: Frank Lalor, Isabel Irving, Frank Gilmore and Vivian Jtushmore. Rehearsals start this week. « ■ » BARNES A HAMMERSTEIN STAR. T. Roy Barnes last week signed a contract with Arthur Hammersteln by the terms of which he will star under Mr. Hammersteln's direction for three years. Next season he will appear In a mu- sical production written expressly for him by Otto Hauerbach and Rudolf Frlml.