The New York Clipper (August 1919)

August 6, 1919 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER PRODUCERS TO SETTLE OWN TROUBL ES BY ARBITRATION Disputes Over Services of Artists and Other Disagreements to Be Left to Committee—Kent-Hammerstein-Shubert Case First One So Adjusted Despite the fact that the Producing Managers' Association is unwilling to have their differences with the Actor's Equity Association passed upon by an ar- bitration committee, the Association, in its own ranks, has inaugurated a plan whereby its members are permitted to have their differences submitted to an ar- bitration committee. The first case to be arbitrated and set- tled was when Arthur Hammerstein brought to the attention of the association the fact that the Shuberts had placed under contract William S. Kent, when the latter was under contract to him. The matter was submitted at one of the meetings of the organization,- and after it had been threshed out, President Sam Harris told Hammerstein and the Shuberts that they could each select one man to act as an arbitrator for them and that the men they selected would' select an umpire. This was done, and when the decision by the arbiters was made the managers were satisfied to abide by it. It | takes, of course, a two-third vote to settle any question, with the umpire aiding with either arbitrator he believes to be in the right. ■ At any time that the question of pri- ority to an artist's service may come up, the persons interested in the controversy will be at liberty, without applying to the organization, to arrange the appoint- ment of a committee. All members, after the decision is made, will have no other recourse but to abide by the de- cision. None of these matters are to be given any. publicity, and only the persons in- volved in the controversy will be privi- leged to attend the meetings of the ar- bitrators. • HILL FILLS ALL HIS CASTS Gub Hill has completed his arrange- ment of shows for the approaching sea- son, and they will include the following casts: "Mutt and Jeff" (Coast), Ross Snow, Marty Healy, Charles Cordon, Frank Lambert, Ethel Wynn, Helen Lane, Mrs. Marty Healy, Jack Hayes. "Mutt and Jeff" (EaBt), William Gard- ner, Jerry Sullivan, Harry Stephens, George Woods, Effie Pearson, Grace Han- son, Lizzett Fuller, Ned Radcllff. "Mutt. and Jeff (City), Harry Kay, Louis Market, Kenneth Gladstone,. Walter Mathews, Maria Van Nick, Jack Leiws, Olive de Grant, Ray Coleman, Gus Hill's Minstrels, George Wilson, Jimmy Wall, Jack Kennedy, Lee Edmonds, Herbert Willison, Fred Fredt, Carl Graves, Will- iam Hallett, Rudy Willing, Simon Denys, James Brennan, Jigger Marr, Johnny Buckely, • Bob Weston, Harold Williams, Jack Batter8by, James Brady, Eddie Gal- lagher, Three Musical Gates, Markwith Brothers. '.. ,r Bringing Up Father" (Coast), George W. Milter, Josephine Sabel, Keiada and Carnier, George Belts, Mrs. C. E. Fore- man. Fred Roberts. "? "Bringing Up 'Father" (East), John CainVO.ydia' Keaim, Franklin and Merger, Eddft'Lehman,' 'Blanche NewconSb, 1 Robert J.Rjci; - " ' ' • •' ■ * "Bringing Up Father" (City), --SaBi Kelly, Dudley and Penard, John^ Russell, OBcar'-TJoyd, Lillian Goldsmith, Eugene May%r. ■; '■■•'_ ;u ;•' ' ,**£. " SHEP CAMP TO PRODUCE Frank Dupree and Shep Camp have or- ganized a producing corporation called Dupree and Camp Productions, Inc., through Harry Saks Hechheimer, with a capitalisation of $15,006, through which ttiey will produce a new three-act comedy with music called "Half a Widow." VEVTANS GET A ROUTE Winnepeo, Can., Aug. 4.—The Vevians, sharpshooters from across the border, have opened an engagement here that is the beginning of a tour of the Orphenm Cir- cuit. They are booked solid till June 1920, over the big time routes. NEW ACT OPENS ON COAST San Francisco, CaL, Aug. 4.—Branson and Baldwin are showing a new act which they will ' play over the Orphenm time beginning August 31. The act is by Harry Lait, Harry Williams and Neil Morer, PRIMA DONNA GETS ROUTE San Francisco, CaL, Aug. 2.—lone Pas- tori, a local prima 'donna who made her first .vaudeville appearance at the Orphenm, has been booked over the circuit as a result of her success. REHEARSING WEBER SHOW Last Thursday, through an arrangement with Flo Ziegfeld, with whom he is under contract, Ned Wayburn began rehearsing "The Little Blue Devil," the musical adaptation of Clyde Fitch's "Blue Mouse," which Joe Weber is producing and which is scheduled to open September 7 in De- troit. Negotiations are now pending be- tween Weber and Ziegfeld.to have Lillian Lorraine, under contract to appear in the "Follies" and "Frolic" shows, appear in "The Little Blue DeviL" Way burn is rehearsing two shows. The other one is the new Ziegfeld "Nine o'Olock Revue," which went into rehearsal on Monday of this week, and which is scheduled to open atop the New Amster- dam Theatre August 18. Dave Stamper and Gene Buck wrote the new "Nine o'clock Revue"; Joseph Urban has de-. signed a new setting for the show, and Frances White is on her way back from London to head the cast. Other principals include Oscar Shaw, Allyn King and Yvonne Shelton. It was also announced that some of the best features in the "Midnight Frolic" will be taken out of that show and included in the earlier one. Beginning the.first of September, Way- burn will conduct intermittent rehearsals of the "Follies," preparing the show for its Boston engagement, where, it is slated to Open' the middle of October.". ... CABARET DRINKS HAVE OLD; KICK It's after:June 30, but you can still get a Manhattan cocktail on.Uroadway.orany other kind of drink, you 1 want, for. that matter.; The lid la~loose in|>the Broadway cabarets and manyioCilthenk: are openly soiling hard.liquor of any and every va- riety following the opinion of the courts in favor of 2.75 beer rendered last week. That seems to have pried open the pro- hibition lid. The' opinion held that there is nothing to indicate that beer of more than one- half of one per cent alcohol and less than 2.75 per cent is intoxicating, and Broad- way cabaret owners have decided that the opinion means more than that. WILL BURLESQUE ACTOR STRIKE The A. E. A. strike against Morris Gest and the "Chu Chin Chow" company will be the theme of a burlesque written by John Henry Mears, floor manager of the Century Grove. The piece will be pre- sented there tomorrow (Thursday) night, with Rosie Quinn and William and Gor- don Dooley playing the three roles. PLAYERS CLUB DROPS BAR .The Players*' Club is- the first of the theatrical clubs to turn in its license to dispense alcoholic drinks, thereby elimin- ating'the serving of beer. WANT HAMMERSTEIN MEMORIAL With the object of erecting a fitting memorial to the memory of Oscar Ham- merstein, discussion as to a f avora flle loca- tion for it was begun e»x site that will, if any, be sa lec j o A j fwroiin a stone's throw of Forty-second "and Broadway in the heart of the district when the late impresario made his big successes. It was the proposal of Mor- ris Gest that such a memorial be erected. A death-mask of Hammerstein, which has just, been completed by Robert G. Ebernard, to stand over his grave may. be duplicated for the memorial monument. As a further tribute to the late impre- sario it .was also suggested that Longacre Square be re-named Hammerstein Square, in view of the fact that Hammerstein more than any other theatrical promoter was responsible for the ' development of that section. Years ago, .while other managers were dickering for sites below Thirty-fourth street, on Broadway, Hammerstein earns further uptown and, above Forty-second street, built the two theatres now known as the Criterion and New York. He also built the Victoria, now the Rialto, the Republic around the corner on West Forty- second street, and, going further west on the same street, what is now known a* the Harris Theatre. . COMING INTO PRINCESS A BRiiKY Park, Aug. L—"Nightie Night," the uproarious bedroom farce which Adolph Klauber presented here at the Savoy Theatre last night was today booked to open next Thursday night at the Prin- cess Theatre, New York. This farce, written by Martha M. Stan- ley and Adelaide Matthews, appears to be one that will find favor with metro- politan audiences, Adolph Klauber has, therefore, wasted no time in booking' the piece in New York. < When "Nightie Night" reaches the Princess Theatre in New York it will have the following roster of players: George W. Pierpont, Francis Byrne, Oscar Knapp, Cyril Raymond, Grant Mills, Mal- colm Duncan, Suzanne Wills, Marie Chambers, Dorothy Mortimer and Ruby Craven. FARE RAISE HURTS BOSTON SHOWS Boston, Aug. 4.—The greatly increased afreet car rates here have proven to be a heavy blow to theatres. Boston houses, which are patronized greatly by out-of- town people, suffered a heavy . loss of patronage after the increase in fares, which followed the recent strike, during which, no 'cars ran- for four days. The out- of-town houses are now getting the out- side ..patronage and. managers oJ these theatres are making great efforts to hold rfcsr' .;■ :■ '"■ ' ■-• :: { ' l, - ,- Meat! «•.. W1LLARD PAID $31,410 TAX The revenue taken in by the Govern- ment on, the Willard-Dempsey. scrap in Toledo on July 4 jumped considerable when the principals paid their income taxes. Willard was obliged to pay a normal tax of $7,840 and a surtax of $23,- 750, making a- total of $31,410. Dempaey paid a normal tax of $2,040 and a surtax of $1,490, totalling $3,530. The Govern- ment had previously taken in well over $100,000 on admissions and 50 per cent of the gain by speculators. "AN INNOCENT IDEA" READY Charles Emerson Cooke is producing a new farce by Martin Brown called An Innocent Idea," in which Robert Emmet Keane and John Westley are to star. The piece is now in rehearsal with a cast that includes Jennie E. Euetice, Lillian Tucker, Marguerite Forrest, Ada Wingard, Dor- othy Tierney, Florence Gerald, Selma Hall, Helen Van Hoose, Elizabeth Alex- ander, Rene Johnson, Percy Jennings and Jack O'Brien. CORT TO BE BUSY John Cort has announced eleven produc- tions, including' tours, for next season. - First among his ventures will be the starring of Mimi Agnglia, the Italian actress, who win make her first appear- ance in English under his management. Then, "Just a Minute" will come, starring Louise Groody, Hal Skelley, Wellington Cross, Billy Clark, Harry Kelly, Merle HartweU and the Morin Sisters. Two road companies will present this piece also. Third, is "Roly Boley Eyes," with Eddie Leonard, May Boley, Mark Smith, Eddie Mazer and Quecnie Smith. "A Fool's Game," a new comedy by Crane Wilbur, with Maude Fealy as the star, is included in the list and May Vokes win be the star of "Three's a Crowd," which win be seen at the Cort in New York. Fritzi Scheff, with Al. H. Wilson In support, will resume her tour of "Glor- iana"; Tavie Beige and Thomas Oonkley win take to the road in "Fiddlers Three?' Last but not least, Banders and MiUis will take to the road in "Flo-Flo." MARC KLAW GETS ANOTHER PLAY Marc Ktaw has acquired a new four-act comedy from the pen of Delia MacCleod, a newspaper woman. The play 4s laid in the Latin quarter of a large city, and bears the title "Weaning a Husband.'' It is planned to produce it late in the season. HAVE PLAY CALLED "MIDNrGHT" A new corporation with a capitalisation of $3,000 has been organised to produce - "Midnight," a . three-act melodramatic comedy which was tried out two years ago, it then being presented by its former pro- ducers in Staten Island and Wilmington, Del. The corporation is called The Mid- night Amusement Company and the organ- izers are Charles, B. TT»»i m »> T .i»n y], Bn< j Mr. and Mrs. Edward Delaney Dunn, the latter two having collaborated with the play's author, Bamuel Jenny, in revising it for presentation at this time. . "Midnight" is scheduled to open Septem- ber 1 in Rochester, N. Y., with Paulino Lord as the featured member of the east. Ira Hards is staging it MANTELL TO DO SHAKESPEARE Robert B. ManteU will be seen in "Julius Caesar" this coming season, the new production of that drama taking the place of the one which was completely destroyed in the fire in William A. Brady's storehouse two years ago. The new settings have been designed by Man * teU himself " Mantel], whose season will open on Sept. 20 at the Montauk Theatre, Brook- lyn, will also be seen in "As You Lake It." Genevieve Hamper and Fritz Lieber will be featured at matinees in "Romeo and Juliet." Man tell will be seen in "Ham- let," "Macbeth," "King Lear," "Othello,- "Mcrchant of Venice" and "Richard m" and other plays. HIP SHOW CALLED "HAPPY DAYS" "Happy Days" is the name of the next »how which wilfc he presented >st the Hip- podrome. R. H. Burnsidu, stage director, and Raymond Hubbel, .', who' wrote - the music, are jointly responsible for the new spectacle. Rehearsals have already been begun at the 71st Regiment Armory, music rehearsals being held in the Hippo- drome orchestra and ballet rooms. The interior of the Hippodrome is being com- pletely remodeled for the new production. "SCANDAL" CO. GOES ON ROAD Edward Rowland has organized a special "Scandal" company to tour the middle west. Lee Parrin is out ahead and wdl handle all business matters on the road. . The cast of the show is as follows i Walter Gilbert, Miriam Doyle, Smythn Wallace; Iska Murfl, Edward Pynter, Lillian Scaffner, Marie Curtis, Tom Rob- inson, Mary Hill and Betty Carter. REHEARSE "NAUGHTY LOVE BIRDS" "Naughty Love Birds" has gone into rehearsal and win open at the EUlnge, Sept. 1, under the A. H. Woods banner. Included in the cast are John Cumberland, Doris Kenyon, Charles Buggies, Zelda Sears. Claiborne Foster, Frank Foster and Barnett Parker. WILL HEAD 5TH AVE COMPANY Mae Melvin and W. O. MeWatera wtfl again head the Fifth Avenue Stock Com- pany when they open their season late in the faTL . r