The New York Clipper (November 1919)

THE NEW YORK CLIPPER November 5, 1919 MANAGERS ON BUTTERFIELD TIME CHANGE OPENING NEW HOUSES Battle Cbeek. Mich., Nov. 3.—Plans a»ve been put in motion here for the a«wrgantzatk>n of the Butterfield cir- <*U by its president "W. S. Butterfield. Oaieial new houses have been opened *y the Bntterfleld enterprises Includ- ing the new Regent at Flint, Mich., and OUMts are planned for the spring. At the present time, the Bntterfleld office baa houses at BitUe Greek; Bay City. Tacts n, Kokomo, Kalamazoo, Lansing, ■Saginaw and Ann Arbor. - With the reorganizing of the circuit «»oee several changes in the Butter- Beld perscneil. Harry Earl, formerly «f the Blalto, Chicago, has been apoint- •4 general manager of the circuit. Earl fietbbun has been placed in charge or tie Tjn«iny boose and C. Ward Brown, whom he eocceds, will manage the sew Flint theatre. Gerald Hoag aoeceds Ralph Tippett as manager of the Ann Arbor house. N. V. A. HOLDS FORMAL DANCE Hie first of a series of formal dances to be held in the club rooms of the N. T. A. took place last Tuesday night and ■was attended by more than three hund- red vaudevillians. At midnight a sup- per was served. AC. O. H. TO HAVE VAUDE A. Keith's vaudeville bill will open the first of a series of Sunday night -coecerts arranged 'or the Manhattan Opera House, beginning Sunday night, ■November 30. This will be the second trill arranged by the Keith offices for awoiww controlled by Morris Gest. The first bill waa presented at the Century Theatre last Sunday night. MEMBERS MUST PAY UP According to a notice posetd on the X. V. A. bulletin board, only members who can show paid np cards will be •Bowed entrance to the clubhouse. This . vole has not been stringently inhered "to In the past. NEVTNS AND CURRAN SPUT Tbe vaudeville team of Nevins and Quran has split. Mickey Onnaa has ■aenrlsted himself with Sam Fallow in the Putnam Building and will book and produce ecjs from Fallow's offices. LAURIE CLAIMS GAG A complaint against Anna Held, Jr., been, brought to the attention of i N. V. A. by Joe Laurie, who claims : a gag of his being employed in the act. The gag relates to bringing a bouquet of flowers to a girl, and «1mju the man is asked whether he is calling upon her. he replies that he is going to her funeral. ROSENER LODGES COMPLAINT George Bosener has entered a com- •plaint at the N. V. A. against the vaudeville act known as "Rubeville." <*»<«nw that the latter is using a line he originated in his old soldier char- ateierixatioa. that runs: "I late my HqiKii strong and I hike my women ■wfld." NONETTE GETS RAISE Nonette has negotiated a new con- tract with the Keith offices whereby she receives a *200 per week increase in pay and is not forced to work out- side of the immediate vicinity of Greater New York. MONKEY ACT DRAWING Buenos ayres. So. America, Nov. 1. —Drawisky and his monkey, Carlito, have been such a big drawing card here that their engagement at the Casino has been indefinetly continued. TORCATS TOUR EXTENDED Mojvtevidio, So. America, Nov. 2.— Tbe South American engagement oi Torcat's Rosters has been prolonged to include late Spring. Originally, the act was sent down for a ten weeks' book- ing, bat has already played more than twenty-five weeks here HAVE NARROW ESCAPE Madison, Wis., Oct. 30.—The mem- bers of Tom Brown's "Musical High- landers" act had a narrow escape while playing here this week. They -were all staying at the Park Hotel and had retired for tbe night, when an am- monia pipe in the refrigerating room burst and filled the hotel with gasa The fire department was called and arrived in time to rescue all of the three hundred guests of the hotel. - Among those members of the act who suffered from tbe effects of the gas were tbe Pepper Twins, Mr. und Mrs. Harry Voltaire and Cedal nee. HERMAN GETS A CONTRACT AL Herman has been signed by the management of the Sunday night con- certs at the Selwyn to appear there for six consecutive Sundays as master of ceremonies, begjming last Sunday, No- vember 2nd. OLD ACT RE-FORMING The Georgia Comedy Four, an act well Known on the small time before the war, is reforming and will take up time in tbe West within tbe next two weeks, a month ago, this act was reformed and reported routed, but two members became ill and contracts were cancelled. FRIEDLANDERAND HERBERT PART William B. Friedlander ajd Hugh Herbert dissolved their partnership last week. The dissolution was wanted by both parties and was brought about amicably. Friedlander will continue to produce vaudeville tabs and Herbert will finish out his season in Mind Your Own Business. Jack Weiner continues as general manager of the Friedlander office. RETURN FROM SO. AMERICA Bert and Florence Mayo returned last week after an engagement of ten weeks in South America. . They will open a tour in Scotland on July 20, 1920, booked by Willie Edelsten. In the meantime, they will play over the Keith Circuit of houses under the di- rection of Gladys Brown. LAUDER ARRIVES IN U. S. San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 2.—Sir Harry Lander, who arrived here on Oc- tober 28 on the "Sonoma", from Australia, where he has been appear- ing, has started on a tour of the South- ern cities, returning on November 24th, to appear at tbe Curran Theatre here.. When, he arrived, all the local Scottish societies .tendered him a. reception. William Morris, his manager from New York is accompanying him on his tour. LEW ROSE WINS BILLIARD TOURNEY OTHER PRIZES DIVIDED After being hotly contested for more than three weeks, tbe billiard tourna- ment at the N. v. A. came to an end at the early hours of Tuesday morning with Lew Rose the winner. Second prize waa divided between James Dris- coll and Grant Gibson. Joe Kane and Val Tralnor divided the third prize, while the fourth prize was derided be- tween Mickey Walsh and Murray Ruben. | The prizes were $25, $15, $10, and $5 respectively, the money having been collected from the entrants' fees. Frank Stafford and Nat Burns, who tied last week for the high run with a score of 7. played out the tie on Satur- daw night, and Stafford won, Henry Chesterfield made a speech of presen- tation when he tendered a cue in a leather case to the winner. Tbe cue was donated by the Brunswick-Balke Company. The entries, with their handicaps, were as follows Nat Burns, 27; "Bob O'Brien, 19; Stan Stanley, 37; Joe Kane, 30; Al Williams, 21; Santianello, 17; Bob MUo, 15; Kinzo, 33; Jack Hal- len. 15; Frank Stafford, 27; Frank O'Brien, 20; Harry Masters, 17; Ray Leason, 19; Bill Clark. 25; F. Hayden, 27; L. Ross, 15; R. Hodgdon, 29; Val Trainor, 19; Will Burt, 16; Jim All- man. 17; James Driscoll, 16; William Seabury, 16: W. Beeman. 19: M. Walsh. 22; Al Rogers, 15; H. Weston, 16; Phil Brice, 10; Murray Rubins, 15; W. Held, 25: Barney Williams, 19; Jim Halley. 25; T. Murray, 33, Carl Yalto, 19; J. Sinper, 27; H. Dixon, 19; C. A Coley, 18; J. G. Gibson. 19; Chas. Grapewin, 16; Nick Edward, 26,"and Lew Rose, 19. A. 4 H. GET TWO HOUSES Sak Francisco, CaL, Nov. 2.—The Ackerman and Harris Circuit is being enlarged by the addition of two more houses, one of which, The Markwell. at Long Beach, has been leased by them for a period of twenty years, at a rental totaling $45,000. The other, as yet unnamed, is under construction at Turlock ■ - .-- _ LOEW GETS TWO HOUSES Marcus Loew has acquired two new theatres to add to his circuit, one of them In Montreal and the other in Tor- onto, t\>naAa The Montreal house is known as "The Franeais" and Is situat- ed about a mile from his present Mont- real holding. The Toronto House will be built on Yonge Street, about three quarters of a mile from the present Yonge Street house. MOSS HOLDING GALA WEEK This is Gala Week at Moss' Hamil- ton Theatre add the Four Man Brothers, with their revue "N'ESvery- tbing'Y are featured as an added at- traction. They will play a full week at the house. MALINI RETURNS TO U. S. San Francisco, CaL, Nov.2.—Max THaHni , the Tn»g<<»iai» who hag been tearing the Orient for. several years.' has just returned, bringing with- him a son born In Manna six years ago. NEW ACTS Al Knapp will open shortly in one of the local Loew houses in a new- blackface comedy singing act by Al Herman, which Ed. Smith will handle. "The Bill Posters", a new four people singing act, with special setting, pro- duced by Bert LaMont, opened Nov. 3rd, in Red Bank, N. L Newell and Most, man and woman in a singing and dancing act; under the direction of Lew GoMer. Cheng and Mory, man and woman, will open soon in a new Chinese danc- ing act with special scenery, hooked by Lew Colder. Thelma De Bono will open soon in a new aerial act. Murphy and Lockmar, man and wo- man, will do a new comedy act in one. Crewell Fanton and Company, with four people, will offer a surprise novel- ty act under the direction of Lew Gol- der. 'The Little Cafe", a musical tab with nine people and two special sets of scenery,- produced by Lew Golder. MRazzle I>azzle," will go into re- hearsal at once. The tab is being re- viveO by Murphy and Tonnlssen, who formerly put It out. Sammy Berk, formerly of Berk & Valdor, la rehearsing a new act fort vaudeville to be ready In about three weeks. He will have for hig partner Juanita Sawn, a dancer from San Francisco. McKEE'S ONLY DAUGHTER DIES Frank ilcKee. the manager, lost bis only daughter, Isabelle, through death, in Chicago on Sunday morning. His wife died last spring. The funeral of Miss McKee tool: place in Chicago on Monday. The body was cremated and the ashes taken to Louisville for Inter- ment In Cave Hill. GAVE EXTRA BROOKLYN SHOW The Academy of. Music, Brooklyn. featured a B. F. Keith vaudeville show- last night, with the various entertainers taken from those on the bills at the Palace, Bushwiok, and Orpheum. Among those who appeared were Stella Mayhew, James Thornton, the Mosconl Brothers, Morey, Senna and Lee, Kranz and La Salle, Joseph E. Howard and Ethlyn Clark. GET ORPHEUM TTME Acts routed over the Orpheum Circuit and which will start on tbe Western tag time in the near future are: Eddie and Birdie Conrad, Phil Baker, Lew Brice and Company, Bensee and Baird, Nat Nazarro and Band, Four Mortons, Travers and Douglas, Master Gabriel and Company, Grace DeMar, Marino and Haley, Sterling and Marguerite, Llghtner Slaters and Alexander, Max Ford and Hattte Irma, Marconi and Fitzgibbons, Wood and Wyde, For Pity's Sake (with Tom Duray), Lyons and Tosco, O'Donnell and Blair, Mar- shall Montgomery, Casting Wards. Co- rinne Tilton. 5,000 A Year. Josephine Byrne and oRbert E. Geehan, Kennedy and Nelson, Roy and Arthur, Jordan Girls, Nina Payne and Company, Jade Kennedy and Company, Walter Weems, Newhoff and Phelps, Ruth Budd, Ca- rola Trio. Rekoma, Libby and Nelson, Green and Parker, Maurice Barkhardt. Nita Jo. Bent Hayes, Four Roses, Frank Wilson, Hughes Duo, Sandy Shaw. Young and Wheeler. Alfred Fur- rell and Coompany, The Rlcards. - Fox and Mayo, and Mahoney and Auburn. ■ •:• - '- ■-■ -.-