The New York Clipper (February 1919)

12 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER February 19, 1919 STOCK AND REPERTOIRE RUTH HALL CO. OPENS THIS WEEK MAY BECAME PERMANENT STOCK Long Branch, N. J., Feb. 17.—The Roth Ball Players, under the direction of George Damroth, open next Saturday at the Liberty Theatre, here, in "The Natural Law." The company win remain all of the following week and will give three bills: "A Runaway Match," Monday and Tuesday; "East Lynn," Wednesday and Thursday, and "The Natural Law," Fri- day and Saturday. Manager Damroth win carry three lead- ing women, who will alternate, each play- ing two days a week. Roth Han win be in the opening bUL Violet Turner plays Monday and Tuesday; Nina Tempest leads the cast for Wednesday and Thursday, and Miss Hall will be seen the last two days. Other members of the company are John Osgood, leading man; Joseph Ferguson, heavy man; George Damroth, juvenile man: Stephen Ryer, general business; Win. By era, general business; David Da- vies, characters; Jessie Chomette and Dor- othy Lewis, characters, and Baby Myrtle Turner, child roles. Jack Reagan is stage director and Samuel Gottlieb business manager. While Manager Damroth is opening in three old bills, it is his intention to ulti- mately use his company for the purpose of trying out new plays and for this reason contemplates locating a permanent organi- sation. His present plans will take him to Red Bank and Trenton and a return date at Long Branch. FIELDER OPENS NEW STOCK Phiudelphia, Feb. 14. — Manager Frank Fielder has opened his new stock at the Orpheum Theatre, to take the place of the Mae Desmond company, which opened yesterday in Schenectady, N. Y. The company is still known as the Mae Desmond Players and the organisation wfll continue here till hot weather. The company includes Franklin George, leading man; Leo Lindhart, second busi- ness; W. Gebhart, comedian; Robert Wade, character man; Francis Herblin and Maxwell Willis, general business; Emily Callaway, leading woman; Frances Brandt, second woman; Margaret Wayne, ingenue; Louise Sanford, characters, and Frances Schriener, general business. Clyde Armstrong is stage director; S. Melto n Clodagh, company manager, and John Will- iams, scenic artist. This week's bin is "Very Good Eddie." Next week, "It Pays to Advertise." Manager Fielder wfll make the Orpheum his headquarters, and wfll come here from Schenectady every Sunday. MAE DESMOND MOVES Schnbctady. N. T., Feb. 18.—Mae Desmond, with her company, direct from the Orpheum Theatre; Philadelphia, opened here yesterday for a Spring engagement at the Van Curler Opera House with "Daddy Long Legs" as the bill. The star scored in the role created by Ruth Chatterton and was ably supported by Olga Krolow, Ber- nice Callahan, Grace Lockwood, Allif Laa. Frank Fielder, Maurice Franklin, Jack Holt, Guy Hitner and J. J. Mulvey. A. Gordon Keid is stage director; Robert Newcomb, company manager, and August Riegler, scenic artist. Next week, "Lilac Time" will be the bill. JOBBING FOR POU Bbxdobobx, Conn, Feb. 15.—Rosalind Arden was added, this week, to the PoU Stock Company at the Lyric Theatre, to appear in "What* lour Husband Doingr CUTTER BREAKING RECORDS Makakoy City, Pa., Feb. 12.—The Cutter Stock Company opened a week's engagement at the Family Theatre here last Monday to a $500 house, breaking aU previous house records. The continued big business of yesterday and to-day and the fact that the house la sold out for the rest of the week has decided Manager Cot- ter to give four performances on Satur- day—one in the morning, one in the after- noon and two at night. The company is one of the best ever seen here and is billed like a circus. WEBSTER JOINS SAVOY PLAYERS Hamilton, Can, Feb. 12.—J. Russell Webster joined the Savoy Players last week as stage manager and to play parts. Webster recently received his discharge from tiie army and this is his first work since quitting the service of Uncle Sam. Owing to the big business done by the Savoy Players, Manager George Stroud has enlarged the seating capacity by add- ing four rows of chairs to the orc hes tra. This week's bUl is "The Other Wife." Next week, "Some Baby." ROBINS TO PRODUCE PLAYS Edward Robins, a well known stock manager, has decided to enter the pro- ducing field and win make hiB entry as manager of a star. The play be baa chosen is "Luck in Pawn," a comedy by Marvin Taylor, and his star is Mabel Ta- liaferro, who wUl return to the spoken drama from motion pictures, to which she has devoted herself for several years. BLUMENTHAL STOCK CLOSES Manager George Blumenthal closed his stock at the Grand Opera House, Brook- lyn, last Saturday night, after one week's stay, and re-opened the bouse on Sunday as a motion picture resort. Manager Blumenthal announces that he wfll present nothing but feature photo-plays of the best standard. SCORES AS SINGER Somebviixe, Mass., Feb. 12.—Winifred St. Claire, leading lady of the SomervUle Players, is scoring this week for her sing- ing as weU as her acting in the leading role of "The Only GirL" Rowden Hall and the other members of the company are doing good work. Next week, "Potash and Perlmutter" wfll be the offering. INJURED IN AUTO SMASH Thomas F. Kane, of the Century Play Company and the Independent Poster Com- pany, Is in the New York Hospital suffer- ing from injuries received in an automobile accident early on the morning of Feb. 13. Mr. Kane was quite seriously injured, but the hospital physicians. expect an early recovery. DRESSER JOBBING IN NEWARK Newark, N. J, Feb. 14. — Edward Dresser has been specially engaged by Corse Payton for a role in "Cheating Cheaters" which win be next week's offer- ing by the Corse Payton Stock Company at the Orpheum. "FT HAPPENED'' BREAKS RECORD Lawrence, Mass., Feb. 12.—"It Hap- pened in Lawrence" has broken the record for advance sales at this house and is the biggest kind of a hit. Capacity business has ruled for the first half of the week. JOINS CASTLE SQUARE STOCK Boston, Feb. 15.—Eleanor Brent baa joined the stock at the Castle Square The- atre to play second business and wfll open next Monday in "Some Baby." WOOD ORGANIZING COMPANY Douglas, Aria, Feb. 12.—Charles B. Wood is organising a stock company to be headed by Melba Palmer. BLANEYS LEASE FALL RIVER ACADEMY WILL INSTALL STOCK MARCH 10 Fall River, Mass., Feb. 17.—Fall River is to have a stock company again. The Academy of Mosie, once the home of a per- manent company, has been leased by Charles E. and Harry Blaney, who wfll install a company there on March 10 for a Spring and, probably, a Summer season. For years Fall River was one of the fa- vorite stock towns of New England, but, for the last four years, there has been no permanent company here and the lovers of the drama have had to content themselves with such road shows as come here. The Blaneys are now organizing a com- pany which they announce wfll be com- posed of capable players and are securing a list of the latest Broadway plays, many of which have never been seen here. Judging from the popularity of stock in former years in this city, it is the general impression that it win be heartily- wel- comed on its return. MAE EDWARDS STILL DRAWING Detroit, Mich., Feb. 24.—The Mae Edwards Players, with Mae Edwards and Louise Cody as joint stars, are in their tenth week at the Luna Theatre, and still doing good business. The company will remain here for two weeks longer, and then take the road for its regular Spring and Summer tour, playing parks during the hot weather. BAJNBRJDGE MUSTERED OUT Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 12.—Lieut. A. G. Bainbridge, Jr., has been mustered ont of the army and returned to this city. Bainbridge, who formerly headed the Bain- bridge Players at the Shnbert Theatre, this city, contemplates returning to the busi- ness. GRAHAM PLAYING NEW YORK Newark, N. J., Feb. 14.—The Graham Stock Company, Frank N. Graham, man- ager, is touring New York State. The show wfll remain out all Spring and Sum- mer. It is playing here this week, and next week is booked to go to Holley. PLAYERS JOIN FINCH STOCK St. Joseph, Mo., Feb. 12.—Dale Orr, Marjorie Mullane and Kathleen Fernoy have joined the Finch Stock at Tootle's Theatre, and are this week appearing in "The Blindness of Virtue." "The Road to Yesterday" is announced for next week. OPENING IN HOT SPRINGS Hot Speisgs, Feb. 17.—The Orpheum Players, under the management of Bert Shipman, opened an indefinite engagement at the Auditorium, this city, to-night, with "Pal o' Mine," MANVILLE OUT OF THE ARMY Burlington, la., Feb. 12.—Manager Charles Manvflle, of Manville Brothers Stock Company, has been ■ discharged from the army and is here orga nisin g a com- pany. ADAMS OPENS IN MARCH Elk-ton, Md., Feb. 14.—James Adams wfll open the season of bis Floating The- atre the latter part of March. Rehearsals begin in about two weeks. WALLS STILL IN FRANCE Elmer T. Wans, formerly wen known in stock and repertoire, is still in Franca with the A E. F. He is with the 59th Pioneer Infantry, Medical Department LONDON NEWS LONDON COMPOSERS WIN LoxDON, Eng., Jan. 25.—In the Bong's Bench Division, before Justice Rowlatt, Henn Collins, acting in behalf of the Per- forming Rights Society, was granted an in- junction and damages of forty shillings against the proprietors of the Peterborough Hippodrome for infringement of copy- right. The plaintiff is a society for the protec- tion of authors and composers and the com- plaint alleged that on August 27 last the defendants' "Where the Blackeyed Susan* Grow," "The End of a Perfect Day," "Down Texas Way," and "Ton Have Got to Do It Now," were performed without the consent of the pi«»nriir. in this ac- tion the society merely wished to restrain the defendants from future infringements and therefore only asked nominal damages. Justice Rowlatt was guided by this plea in rendering his decision. MANAGER WINS SUIT London, Eng., Jan. 23.—In the Norwich County Court, before Judge Mulligan, W. Payne Seddon, proprietor of the "Eliza Comes to stay" Company, in an action against Bostock and Fitt, proprietors of the Royal, Norwich, was given a verdict of £33 16s. and 8d. and costs. The action was brought to recover the above named sum which represented 7% per cent of the receipts of seven perform- ances of the play at the Norwich Royal The original contract between the parties to this suit called for the payment of 55 per cent of the gross receipts of the per- formances of the play to be paid by the defendants to the plaintiff. The p l a in t if f received only 47% per cent and the action was brought to recover the balance with the above result. WANT THEATRE TAX REMOVED London, Eng., Jan. 24.—The Provincial Proprietors' and Managers' Association, representing theatres and other amusement places throughout the country, has, through Percival Pereival, its secretary, asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to take up the question of the discontinuance of the Entertainments Tax. This tax, it is pointed out, was declared by Bonar law to be purely a war tax, and its continuance be- yond the period of active hostilities is a continuance of burdens detrimental to the amusement business. MANY OFFERS FOR DRURY LANE London, Eng., Jan. 22.—Sir Alfred Butt's offer to purchase Drury Lane has been followed by numerous others. "J. D. Langton and Pasamore, acting for Charles Gulliver, and John Holmes, and Son, act- ing for Oswald Stoll, have each made bet- ter offers than Sir Alfred. Many other offers from other sources have been re- ceived, but the three named are the only ones seriously considered at present, and Butt and Gulliver are first favorites. The matter is to be decided this week at the shareholders' meeting. ENGLISH RR FARES STILL UP London, Eng., Jan. 23.—There is no prospect of a return to normal railroad fares, and jnst why the increase should be retained is not clear to the unofficial mind. However, we are to have better service, for more trains are to be ran on the great lines next month than was possible during the war, and while this does not relieve the strain on the purse of the traveler, it does make for his comfort, for it wfll tend to relieve the congestion which has pre- vailed on railroads for more than four years. ACTORS' ASSOCIATION CRCW1NG London, Eng\, Jan. 24.—The member- ship of the Actors' Association continues to increase, each council meeting bringing a large number of candidates. At the last meeting there were 106 nominations, about two-thirds of which wet* women. ■ ■' ' ' ' ' - - . - ■ ■■■■■ .-->.\ .-■■ : - f-.S