The New York Clipper (June 1916)

June 3 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER LtKJEm W \T£i 1 tJ 1x11 A" »l\ PilxP\/VrflvC»R» Last cable from Sydney advises that Mr. M TAKES OVER TRIANGLE LEASE. VAUDEV.LLE AND PICTURES. Marcus Loew added another house to bis long chain of theatres in New York, last week, whea lie took over the lease of the Knickerbocker The- atre, held by the Triangle Film Corp. The lease has until Oct. 1 to run, and it is the Intention of the Loew people, if possible, to renew for a term of years. A policy of eight vaudeville acts and feature pictures will be Installed, the house to open under the new management early in June. A ten piece orchestra will also he a feature, « ■» YIDDISH THEATRICAL NEWS. BT EDWIS A. BELKIN. David Kessler and bis all-star cast opened May 29 in Baltimore, starting a tour of the United States and Canada, under direction of Edwin A. Relkln. L. Lawrence Baren is business manager. Jacob P. Adler and big wife, Sarah Adler. will open at the Thomashefsky, New York, In a repertoire of plays, under direction Edwin A. Belkln. Bores Thomashefsky and Leon Blank are tour- ing the provinces In Leon Kobrln's "Isreal's Hope," doing big business, under direction of Edwin A. Eelkln. Mme. Lipzln and Jack Cone Company are play- ing I. ZolaUrafsky's latest play, "The Red Lights," at the David Kessler Second Avenue Theatre, and have made a tremendous success. Anshcl Schorr's Arch Street Theatre, Philadel- phia, Pa., under direction of Edwin A. Belkln, is doing big business. This week, David Kessler and company, In "The Mirror of Life." Sam Boss* Metropolitan Theatre, Newark, X. J., under direction of Edwin A. Belkln, Is playing attractions every Sunday, matinee and evening- Next season stock will be the program. Many big changes will occur next, and the news of same Is awaited with interest. "The Price of Love" Co., under management of Edwin A. Belkln, which had a run of twenty-six weeks in New Tork City, Is now en tour, doing tho most wonderful business. About $9,000 a Week la. the average. Edwin A. Relkln will send this suc- cess on the road next season in the principal Shu- bert and K. 4 E. houses, playing week stands to "Frisco. Max Gabel and Jennie Goldstein are packing them In at the People's Theatre, on the Bowery, la Gabel's "A Girl's Bevenge." David Baratz and Mme. Dlna Felnman are doing good business at the People's, Cleveland, O. The Lenox, Lenox Avenue and One Hundred and Eleventh Street, New York, under management Nathan Goldberg, baa just closed a most successful season. ■«»» t* VERDI'S "REQUIEM: Terdi's "Requiem," at the Polo Grounds, Sun- day, June 4, is to be one of the most massive ever attempted. Twelve hundred trained voices will com- prise the chorus, while the orchestra will number 120. At the Initial performance of the work, at St. Mark's Church, In Milan, In 1874, which Verdi conducted, an orchestra of 100 and a chorus of 130 participated. At the Royal Albert Hall per- formance of the work in London, the following year, the chorus numbered 500, and the orchestra 150." Lucile Laurence, who has been successful In open-air singing in Italy and Germany, will be the soprano soloist. Miss Laurence Is a Kentucky girl who. after qualifying for a princlpalshlp at the Metropolitan Opera House, under Conrled, con- tinued the study of repertoire In Italy and Ger- many and subsequently made debuts In both of those countries. The other principals ar e Giovanni Zenatello, Maria Gay and Leon Rothler. a i » YORKVHIE REOPENS. Advertisements of the YorkrlRe, New York, an- nounce that the ban placed on the performances by the police has been lifted, and that "Das Starke stueck" ("The Strong Piece") and "Die G'Schamige" ("The Girl Ashamed") would be con- tinued on the daily program. "69" is not an- nounced. In the company. Mist GUI, A. Bauer and Kudi Bahe are featured as soloists. m ■ > ANNA HELD SELLING PAPERS. Detroit, Mich., May 29.—Anna Held, playing last week at tie Temple Theatre, appeared on Woodward Avenue May 26, In an auto, and sold papers for the benefit of the American Bed Cross. Autographed copies went for a dollar and up, the first copy went to a local capitalist for five dollars. After the rush of men was over there were chil- dren, old and young ladies, newsboys and people from all walks of life, who fought tbetr way up to Miss Held's car to help the good cause along, end a neat sum of money was turned over to tho Bed Cross people by the fair Anna. "TO BE OR NOT TO BE UNION HAN/ (From y. T. World, Hay t8) If any theatrical manager thinks he can load tip the meeting of the Actors' Eqluty Association at the Hotel Astor to-morrow afternoon with "ringers" to vote down the proposition to affiliate with the American Federation of Labor, he Is going to be fooled. Howard Kyle, corresponding secre- tary of the Actors' Equity Association, said yes- erday the convention room would be guarded, and only members In good standing admitted. Some of the managers are bitterly opposed to the idea of having 2,500,000 members of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor behind the actors. They might find means to combat an actors' strike, but do not fancy the possibility of being boycotted by all the union men If they do not hire union actors. Mr. Kyle said yesterday that the affiliation measure is assured of being passed almost unani- mously. There are 2,900 members of the associa- tion, one-third of whom are women. Already, said Mr. Kyle, 785 votes in favor of the proposition have been received from actors and actresses who ore out of town and cannot attend to-morrow's meeting, and only fifteen vote* against the affilia- tion. ■ A two-third vote la required to carry the motion. Shubebts Lead Attack. An attack on the proposed actors' onion was contained in Yesterday's New Tori Review, a pub- lication identified with the Shubert theatrical In- terests. It said Otis -Skinner would lead the fight against unionizing at to-morrow's session, and named John Drew as another who does not want to be a union, man. The tone of the attack was a rebuke to actors for "voting themselves down" to the standard of "day laborers." "Famous stage beauties, queens of tragedy, -emo- tional ladles, matinee Idols, tragedians, comedians, known from one end of the country to the other, whose reputations and fame and prestige managers have spent millions In making, will ally themselves with hodcarrlers, bricklayers, steamfitters, plumb- ers' helpers, teamsters, plasterers and all other union trades. If the expected happens, and they all seem to be under the fond delusion that, by so doing, they will not hurt themselves professionally or do any Injustice to the managers who have In- vested fortunes and worked for years to mako their names," said this article. Unionism Will Cheapen. Continuing, it said: "These actors (referring to those who oppose affiliation) point out that, "by affiliating with union labor, the last remnant of glamour that surrounds the stage will be taken from It The movies have done much to cheapen the actor; unionism will undoubtedly do what re- mains to be done to convert him Into a mere or- dinary trade workman. "Even though the Equity Association does unionize. It will make Out little difference to the members of that organization. Before attempting to enforce a 'closed shop,' a 'uniform contract,' or any of the alleged Ideals of the Equity Association, they must Increase' their membership ten fold. It Is known that many of the leading actors on the stage will resign from the Equity Association if unionism Is carried.*' Mr. Kyle said that since the plan to unionize was made public In March the membership has increased almost four hundred. Last cable from Sydney advises that Mr. Mc- intosh has extended his activities Into the news- paper field. Not satisfied with controlling the Dlckard Circuit of theatres and numerous other business ventures, he has purchased, at a cost of one million and a half dollars. The Sunday Timet, Sydney Olobe, Sydney Referee and The Saturday Referee. He, blmselt, is sole owner and managing director. This is the largest newspaper deal that has ever been put over in Australia, and these papers will be the first link In the huge contem- plated newspaper combine. The Sydney Globe and Sunday Time* are papers devoted to local news items. The Sydr.ey Referee is the moat widely circulated sporting and theatrical paper in Au- stralia. It Is an authority on all sport events, and Is the beat known paper of Its kind on the continent. In addition to his latest acquisitions Mr. Mcin- tosh has also organized a No. 2 company of his TIvoll Follies. This company will tour the Conti- nent, playing week stands throughout New Zea- land and Western Australia. A great many vaude- ville acts that have been sent over by the New York office will be used as principals in the No. 2 company. Vera Pearce, the stunning Australian beauty, who recently won a contest for the moat beautiful actress in Australia, will remain permanently with the No. 1 company, which will play Sydney and Melbourne only. Miss Pearce after her present season with Mcintosh's Follies contemplates a visit to the United States, to try for fame and for- tune here. Immediately after the closing of her contract she will heed for New York. Negotiations are now being carried on with several big New York producers, and (he will probably make her debut In one of our New York musical shows. Miss Pearce is one of Australia's fairest daughters and one of. Australian theatricals' greatest drawing cards. She first trod the boards when she was five, at that time being connected with the J. C. Williamson firm. When that organization was in its hey- day she played various small parts for the big firm. Aside from being known in musical com- edy she is also known in pictures. She has made a marked success as a film actress. Thus far she has appeared la two pictures, "The Shepherd of the Southern Cross" and the "Martyrdom of Nurse Cavell." The latter will shortly make Its appear- ance In America. At the present time It Is being exhibited In Canada. A large contingent of American artists sail for Australia on the steamer leaving June 12. Among those who sail are: O'Donnell and Blair, Floyd Mack and Mabelle, Vandinoff and Louie, Evelyn Cunningham, Jack and Forls, Grace Hanson, Osko- mon, Lelghton and Kennedy. Arrangements hare been entered Into by the New York office of the circuit whereby all acts booked for Australia wilt play from five to eight weeks with the Western States Vaudeville Association of San Francisco, most of the acts opening at Northwest points for this circuit- Tommy Tonar, who, for the past three seasons h=s been the leading comedian with the "Five •Merry Youngsters," has been signed by Chris. O- Brown, and next season will be one of the princi- pal comedians with the No. 1 company of the Tlvoll Follies. Mr. Brown is also negotiating with Theodore Kosloff, the well known ballet master and dancer, and In all likelihood be will be fea- tured with that organization at the starting of the 1917 season. In his theatrical, commercial and newspaper life, Mr. Mcintosh has not overlooked the sporting world, and he Is still contemplating signing up Les Darcey, the sensational middleweight boxer for an American tour. Darcey is very anxious to hove Mr. Mcintosh handle his affairs, and If the deal is consummated, Darcey will be looked after on our shores by Brown, Mcintosh's American representa- tive. "ZIEGFELD FOLLIES" OPENING DATE. The opening date at the New Amsterdam, for tbe "Zlegfeid Follies" has been set for June 12. The auction of seats and boxes will take place Thursday afternoon, June 1. ■ ■ » * LINDSAY PURCHASES GRAND. LoGANsron. Ind.—W. H. Lindsay, manager of the Ark and Paramount Theatres in this city, has purchased the Grand from Haywood A Brown, this giving Mr. Lindsay control of all tbe exclusive picture theatres In this city.