The New York Clipper (January 1920)

January 28, 192& THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 13 Founded In 1B&J by Frank Queen Published br toe Aw . CUPPER. CORPORATION Orland'W? Vanehan... .President ud Secretary Frederick CMurjer.............. .TkMaim 1SH Broadway, New York Telephone Bryant «117-«1U WALTER VAUGHAN. KDITOK Paul C Swinehart, Minagrni NEW YORK, JANUARY 28, 1920 Entered Jane 34, I&79. at the Poet Ofiee at New York. N. Y.. t> aeeond class matter, na- der the act of March 3. 1879. THE CLIPPER !• iaaned every WEDNESDAY. Forma Close on Monday at 3 P. M. SUBSCRIPTION One rear, in advance, *5; six months, *SJ»i three months, J1JB. Canada and foreign post- age extra. Single copiea will be sent, postpaid, on receipt of IS cents.. • , ■ ADVERTISING RATES FURNISHED ON APPLICATION Chiasm Ottos Room Ml, State Lake Ride. Haxst F. Ross, MaMaeaa. Sen Francisco OMaa 830 Market St. R. Coin, Majuodl Address All Communications to THE NEW YORK CLIPPER MM Biuaa.ni; New Yark Rtgix'.trtd Cablt Adirtti: "Ao-moarrr." Tm Cum* can as onum wsnfann an sstail, at our agents, Gorrinaa Ameriean News Agency. 17 Green Street. Ckariaa Cress Road. , TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Katherine Florence ma with tho Em- pire Stock Compcny, New York. Larry Dooley, Josephine SabeL Alice Raymond, The Quigley Brothers, John Brace, Armand and Granville, and: John* ny WiUiama were engaged by Barry Bick- arda for bis Tivoli Theatre at Sydney, Australia? The Asaociation of Vaudeville Manager! _ of America was di saolvei A new organi- zation entitled The American Vaudeville Association was formed with J. M. Mc- Donough, President; Jules Hurtig, Vice- Preaident; H. J. Seam on, Treasurer, and Felix Reich, Secretary.' Sam J. Ryan was with the "Duffy'e Blunders'* Company. "Heart of Ruby" was presented at Daly's Theatre, New York, with Ada, Ro- han, George Clarke Sidney Herbert, John Craig, Alfred TtiiOrmaTi , Marine Elliott and Sybil -Carlisle in the cast. "The District Attorney," by Charles Klein, was presented at the American Theatre, New York, with Wilton Lackaye, Frank Mordaunt, George Fawcett, Odell . Williams, Edward J. -Morgan, Lawrence Eddinger, Annie Irish, Effie Shannon, Adele Ritchie and Emma Stevens in the cast. Is. O. G.—Van and Schenck an two Brooklyn boys. Australia. A GOOD IDEA '•■• Wei have often felt thut the press agent ■ deserves, a place in the heart" of his coun- trymen. Speaking generally, he. la the cue individual engaged, in tile exploitation of something or other- who is bent on any-: .thing but a elf-exploitation. Except, per- . - haps, in a few rare instances, he .never prows famous by reason of his work for others. - ". On the other hand, he has. been quite generally . misunderstood, maligned and' snickered at, until the phrase, "Another press agent yarn" bas come to mean noth- ing more "nor less- than- a contemptuous disbelief i» any bit of information dis- seminated by the press agent. - But the work of this profession, in re- cent years at any rate,, hardly warrants a contemptuous attitude 'toward its mem- J? bera. Nor are we unmindful of the old circus days when it was' merely, the duty of the press.-.agent to concoct wild and extravagant tales which the gullible pub- lic might swallow'; even as it occasionally happens in these days, when the theatrical publicity disseminator heralds a yarn that has absolutely no basis in fact. , What the public, for the most part, fails to understand, is that a goodly por- tion of the interesting and truthful news which appears in the newspapers, hews dealing, with: almost every phase of our national existence, is. furnished to editors of newspapers and periodicals by the very people who earn their livelihood as- so- called press agents. . . We are, therefore, glad to endorse the movement started here last week by a group.of nationally known publicity di- rectors for a better understanding and recognition of their labors.. This move- ment took root in the form of the Na- tional Publicity Club, organized with a membership of thirty-three, but ■which seeks to gather into its fold a majority of the estimated 5,000 individuals throughout this country and, Canada engaged in the profession. Naturally most, if not all'of the theatri- cal, news disseminators will become mem- bers of this organization. There is every reason why they should become members, for it ia to this."branch of the profession, a branch from which, by the .way, all.of the other branches really sprang, that the greatest degree of what might be termed odium and misunderstanding attaches. Answers to Queries P. S.—Yes, Pat Rooney and Marion Bent are married. • Paul Scot is an old time actor, man- ager, and, at present, is a dramatic agent. R, 8.—"The Toot Sweet Revue" was an all soldier show. D. B. : —Toney and Norman are again in New - York after a lengthy stay on the coast. J. G.—The routes of all burlesque shows are printed from week to week in this paper. F. S- M.—The act you'mention has dis- solved. Both parties are now working in the films. Answer—Paul Scott is an old time actor, manager, and, at present, is a dra- matic agent. . . . St. A.—Sophie Tucker is at present in vaudeville doing a new act. .She is mar- ried to Frank WestphaL '," ';. ".- A. L.—Fallon and Brown'.both served overseas with the 27th Division. We do not know whether they were wounded or not ■-• .'*•■ K. M. Lv—War tax is charged on each ticket separately. Two seventy-five cent seats would call for a tax of IS cents, not 15. ' ■ Zaza—Mrs. Leslie Carter did appear in "Zaza." The theatregoer of today knows her mostly for her work in that. She is living in Europe at present. .. W. D.—-There are many theatrical law- yers in New York. It would be too much of a job to name them all. No, Berez- niack is a: Chicago lawyer. F. J. H — Mollie King has appeared on the vaudeville stage at intervals during her screen work Yes, she was a musical comedy and vaudeville star before going to the silver sheet. V. Q.—You might try Unity Hall ie Amsterdam Opera House. or the Amsterdam Opera, L. P. E.—Jim Europe, the leader of the jazz band, was killed by one of his mu- sicians. . ; ■?'%./ i ~ ; 1\ . '., J. C. B.—You can have your mail sent to this office. We print a letter list each week. Rialto Rattles W. F. R.—The, bet stands. Both of you are wrong and C is right. Guy Bates Post appeared in "The Masquerader" almost three years. He also played in "Omar the Tent Maker." Otis Skinner at that time appeared in "Mister Antonio." . i&t£3 T, ' -.1.1' ->\T"' A. F. L—Dan iel Frohman ia head of The Actors' Fund of America. ■ Yes, the Fund Home is open to all performers who de- sire to go there. You should address your inquiry to the Actors' Fund, Hotel Commodore, New York "' " F. B. S.—Yea, Wright and Dietrich did performances behind the lines in ice. give Fran T. IL G.—Harry C Shunk waa for many years with Dumonts and the Ah O. Fields Minstrels. D. S.—The title of the picture featur- ing Jack Dempsey, is "Daredevil Durant." It is a serial. J. C H—Kendia and Broekman wrote the words and music for "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles." L. T. S.—Dean and Thatcher appeared in New York in a talking and singing act in December, 1917. F. N.—Jimmy Hussey, though perfect in his impersonation of a Hebrew come- dian, is of Irish descent. H E. L.—Grock will not be seen again in New York for another year. He sailed for London on Monday. LIGHT HTOteR How do yon like my match trick?— It's sure fire. ' V What do yon think of the light effects t Ts&y*r» electrical SUGGESTIONS FOR PUBLICITY It's a funny thing nobody has offered the Ave expelled Socialiata Assemblymen a route In vaudeville. Look at all the good publicity gone to waste. TRY AND GET IT We understand that three or four peo- ple are suing Carlyle Blackwell for dam- ages. If .they win they lose, for all of Carlyle'a money goes in alimony now. MAKING IT SIGHT. Now that an invention has been per- fected whereby a piece of music, as it la played, will be shown in various colon, to depict its moods, we suppose it will be perfectly all right for a critic to say "It is a colorful piece." D. M.—Earl Fuller's Novelty Band played at Rector's before it went under the,present management. . .. . J. H. A.—The "Sweep It Along" song and dance was done by Eddie Leonard when he was in vaudeville. E, r>. M.—You'll always find some-: in: the Putnam or Longacre buildings, Broad- way and Forty-second Street. S. H.—Yea, there are two shows by that name. "Hip, Hip, Hooray" is the musical comedy, and the "Hip, Hip, Hoo- ray Girls" is the burlesque. R. J. C—The Yorkville waa originally a Loew Vaudeville house,. When Loew*> Orpheum.. was built it showed burlesque. it is now showing stock companies. A. C K— The 86th Street Theatre waa originally a Moss and Brill vaudeville ' house, later controlled by B. 8. Moss and now by Loew, featuring photo plays. i , GILLESPIE SUCCEEDS ALLEN Loitdor, Eng.,. Jan, 24.—B, H. Gilles- pie, who for some time has been expert accountant for The Moss Tours, Ltd., has been appointed General Manager to suc- ceed Frank Allen who retired because of ill health after forty- years of connection with the tours. MOSCOVTTCH HEADS LIST London, Eng., Jan. 28.—Maurice Moeco- vitch is the reigning favorite of London theatrical stars. In a list of the greatest histrionic achievements of the past year, compiled. by critics of the local papers, Moscovitch as "Shylock" heads the list. Ellen Terry is second, Quartermaine and Sybil Thomdvke, third and fourth. ' CURZON AND EADIE JOIN London. Eng., Jan. 24.—On the 31st of January, there will be given a revival of "The Admirable Chrichton," in which Dennis Eadie will play the butler. This will be under the joint direction of Frank Cnrzon and Dennis Eadie. UP AND DOWN MAIN STREET ' Al. Jolson was seen with a new pair of shoes last week. Must be collecting his salary regularly. Dave Steinhart has bought a new pair of rubbers, an umbrella, a raincoat and cap someone else divorced. SO WOULD WE A letter from a correspondent reads aa follows: '1 would like very much to make the' acquaintance of Vie Quinn, as I feel I would like to marry her. Can you tell me how to.do it TV-Boy; rif w» knew, this office would be minus one of its staff. STANDING HEADLINES (For special use bv,theatrical,' reviewers.) Greatest dancing act in vaudeville. Should find the going easy. Wonderful production; best the writer has ever seen. Should make a good turn for small time, big time, any time. THE PUTNAM BLDG. REPORTER Jack Linder no longer eats in Child* restaurant. Bert LaMont ia advocating the freedom of Ireland, : John Robbina still spells bis namo with. two b's. "-. Abe I. Fein berg has discovered a new hair on his head. CRUELTY TO AUDIENCES ■.. We-move for the incorporation of a So- ciety for the.. Prevention of Crueltk* to Audiences oh a platform advocating the abolition of Songs about Haig and Haig and other wet stuff. Acrobatic acts using the handkerchief stall Songs about the times when everything was cheap. Imitations of Eddie For, Frisco, Eddie Leonard, AL Jelson, and Sophie Tucker. HOW IT IS DONE First you take a melody, haunting and : strange, A little bit here and there yen change; Add some poetry without rhyme or whit, And you've written a popular comedy hit. For a ballad the recipe's almost the ... STRIKERS GIVE BENEFIT . Paris. France, Jan. 25.—The scheduled performance for the benefit of the striken of the opera are being given, aa per sched- ule. The Italian gin(?en and dancera at the opera, have, given their assistance, as have several other organise Hone. . First you give your song a motherly name; Some stuff about mother and the love that she gave, And over your ballad the-'public win rave. Song' - writing ia only a trade with a trick, -.;<'. ' Yon must know how and what, to pick. An appealing title you chose, don't yon aee, And for the rest of your life, collect - royalty. "■■; ' ■ . ■ «■ ■•■ Yea, of coarse yon do—Maybe.