The New York Clipper (February 1920)

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. February 4, 1920 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 13 Founded to 1853 by Frank Queen Published by the CLIPPER CORPORATION OrUnd W. Vaastoaa. " Muller President and Bccr e ea iy Frederick C Mailer. .Treasurer MM Biwdwiy, New York Telephone Bryant 6H7-CU4 .. WALTER VAUGHAN. EDITOR. Paul C Swinehart, Managing Editor NEW YORK, FEBRUARY i, 1920. Entered Jane 24, 1879. at the Port OSes at Hew York, N. Y., as second class nutter, un- der the act ol March 3. 1879. THE CLIPPER is issued every WEDNESDAY. Forms Close on Monday tt 5 P. K. i SUBSCRIPTION *'..". One .year, in advance, $5; six months, XtSt; three months, S1-Z5. Canada and foreign post- age''extra. Single copies will be sent, postpaid, .on. receipt of IS cents. .1 ADVERTISING RATES FURNISHED ON APPLICATION CMcaco Office—Room 841, State Lake Bid*. Hauv F. Rosa, Miicun. Saa Francisco Office—830 Market St. R. Conn, Maaaezm. ' Address'All Corn muni cat iocs to THE N EW YOR K CUPPER UN BrosowsT, Now Ysrk RttUitrtd CabU Addrtxi: "AtmutUTT." Tn Curraa cast as osraisrsa warns wms asm snail, at oar agents, Gorring* American New* Agency, 17 Green S tm t, Charing Cross) Road. London, W. C, England; Brentano'a New* De- pot, if Avr-nue de "Opera. Paris, France: Gor- don A Gotch. 123 Pitt Street. Sydney. N. S. W.. Australia. A WORD OF WARNING We would advise managers to beware the meddlesome features that lurk in the proposed ' legislation anent the ticket speculating; evil which State Senator Kap- lan says he is going to try to jam through the Legislature. Ostensibly, it is aimed at the ticket brokers throughout the state and nothing more; a bill to take the place of the Kilroe-WiUiams ordinance, recently declared invalid by Judge Roealsky. But, in .reality, if Senator Kaplan's statements regarding the proposed bill are to be taken seriously, it aims to control the general conduct of theatres through- . out the State. For the senator has stated . that "it places the theatre upon the basis of a quasi-public institution and declares that the people have an interest in the proper management of the theatre." From which, it is to be inferred that the state will attempt to "uplift" the theatre. We should say, rather, that the Legislature will attempt this, and, of course, everybody knows what a success- ful uplifting institution our State Legis- lature is. However, the theatre as it is consti- tuted in this country at present, needs less uplifting than any other "quasi-public" institution in the-world. We are, at pres- ent, undergoing an example of legislative uplifting in Albany, where the Assembly "uplifted" (mostly with its punting toes), five of its. duly elected members and is - SOW attempting, in the face of world-wide Opprobrium,- to justify its pernicious and undemocratic act. What the managers have to be most fearful of is the "proper management" ele- ment of the proposed bOL Under such a clause, no matter how wide a latitude it would give the manager in the conduct of his theatre, there is no doubt but what the state would at some time or other attempt to tell the manager where he got off. And no matter how badly a manager conducts his theatre, we doubt whether it could be run worse than under the guidance of a state or municipality in this country. Besides, there is absolutely no need for a dictatorship over the theatre, for that is what such a law would amount to in the end, because we already have enough laws looking to its proper conduct on the . statute books. So we reiterate to managers: Beware the Kaplan Bill, designed -to-Hmtt-fl» " activities of ticket brokers. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Tavary Opera Company jumped from San Francisco to New Oner The Wigwam, San Francisco, was sold by Alfred Meyers to Gustav Walter, Theo Reichart, Geo. K. Beede and Charles Sui- ter. - Earl .Burgess .was doing characters with Howard Wall's Ideals. Bessie Clayton was with the New York Vaudeville Company, playing a South American tour. ... ':■ Maude Raymond.and Gus Rogers were married in~"New Yorit"^*^- • , "ThexTwentieth Century Girl" was pre- sented by Canary and Lederer at the Bijou, New York, with John T. Kelly, Sidney Drew, Edwin Stevens, Archie Craw- ford, AL H. Wilson, Harry Kelley, Helen Dauvray, Edith Howe, Lillian Thurgate and Nina Farrington ; in the cast. Edward Solomon died in London, Eng- land. Beerbohm Tree made his American de- but at Abbey's Theatre, New York, in "The Ballad Monger," and "The Red Lamp." ■ •/*■ ■- */•' BERTHA BRECK ILL PHmmttPHiA, Jan. 1*9, 1920. Editor N. Y. CUPPBB, Dear Sir:—Mrs. Bertha Breck who for fifty-five years has been connected with the Walnut Street Theatre, Ninth and Wal- nut, is sick and afraid she will never again enter the theatre.' She is known to thou- sands of actors and actresses, she her- self having been a member of the stock company here. Bertha Breck played with all the old timers, such as Booth, Barrett, John Me- Collough, Edwin Forrest, John Sleeper Clark, and many others. She comes from a professional family, her mother, -Mary Breck, having been connected with the theatre for thirty-five years. Her father, Wm. Frances Breck, was a well known theatrical man and brought Mme. Juanischeck to tibia country and han- dled her all the while she was here and put her on the English speaking stage. His picture. bancs on the old silk curtain in the theatre. Bertha asked me to write, as she would be glad to .hear from some of the per- formers to-day, as she has no one to look after her. She is all alone. My wife and I go down to see her most every evening. Mr. WanJamaker, Manager of the Walnut Street Theatre, is doing an he can for her. Bertha gives her love to all. She is seven- ty-seven years of age. I am, very gratefully yours, WK. Ward. Philadelphia, Pa. Bertha Breck's address is, 215V4 So. Darien Street, House No. 1 Lavor Court, Philadelphia, Pa. Answers to Queries F. B. MeD.—Al Jolson is still with "Simbad" on the road. F. O. B—You can register your act with the New York Cupper. B. F.—-Clay Clement is . now in San Francisco. A. C. T.—Go to Keith's Exchange, 6th floor. Palace Theatre Building. G. D. F.—Caroline Kohl was recently married to Id. R Handlan. S. J. K.—Julia Brans is again in this country after a six-months stay in London. L. P. D.—Harry Green is now working in "Watch Your Step." Lt. O. B.—Ralph Kellard is playing the leading role in "The Light of the World." H. O. P.—Kyra, the Oriental dancer, is now with the Century Roof show. " "G7 T." S.—Fred Walters is manager of William Fox's Terminal Theatre, Newark. " G. T. H— Don Benito Perea Galdos was a Spanish playwright. He Is dead now. P. T. A.—Lilly Lena arrived in this country early last month. L. O. S.—Harry For.la again back in vaudeville. - - : "' S. B. C—Jack Clifford has teamed up with Irene Wallace. F. R. T.—Buckley Geir is now with the Capitol show. ••,:, ■," - —-' 38 3.-H. U. N.—Yes, booking has been on between this country and Germany since early in January. '" G. H. P.—Matthew Dee, of McMahon and Dee, was married late in December to Helen Keeley. !V:;''.»''" G. H. C—Al. G. Fields was sick for a while, but is now well again and back on the job. F. S. M.—Earl Taylor has retired from the stage. He was with Ethel Arnold, who has also retired. A. D. S.—Maxwell Karger is production manager of Metro Pictures. Richard Row- land is president of the corporation. A. C. E.— C. B. Cochrane is an English producer and fight manager. He is in this - country at present. G. D. J.—Ethel Remey left "The Woman in Brown" company some time ago. S. T. T.—Glen and Jenkins, the black face team, is now with "The Frivolities of 1920." . Easy. Mark—Flo Zeigfeld has been pro- ducing those shows for about fifteen years. J. C. J.—There is a Loew's Orpheum located in Yorkville, New York, and there is also a Keith bouse of the same name in Brooklyn. H. K. B.—The dancing team of Charles Hart and Beatrice Guire has split. From last' accounts Hart was to have done a new.comedy with Frank Strong. W. R T.—Houdini is generally con- ceded to be the best handcuff "king" of the lot. He is at present in London. Yes, Theodore Hardeen is his brother. - Personal—Norma Talmadge is married to Joseph M. Schenck, a "vaudeville and motion picture man. Constance and Natalie are as yet unmarried. T. E. W.—You're right. There was a well known dancer named Maurice E Cox, but he has retired. .His partner's name was Jane Henry. G. T. H—You are right. All big plays and musical comedies are first tried out on the road for some time before mak- ing their debut in New York. Querry—Anita Stewart was a dis- covery of the Yitagraph people. They starred her for some time. She is mak- ing pictures for her own company now. Question—Lew Brice did an act with - The Barr Twins about two years ago. It was known as Brice and the Ban- Twins. The girls are doing an act by themselves now. S. O. L.—The vaudeville tabloid "Chick- en Chow Mein" is no longer known by that name. Herman Timberg has changed the act into a ahow and the name to "Round the Town." Western—G. M. Anderson, the pro- ducer, was "Broncho Billy." He aban- doned pictures some three years ago and has been rather successful as a legitimate producer since then. . ■ (Continued on page 34) Rialto Rattles IS ZAT SO? Allen Spencer Tenny thinks Lincoln is the greatestscnau that ever -lived because he has more pennies than any other man ever had. ,.. »j . UP AMD DOWH MAIN STREET Nora Bayes was seen with a new red! hat last week. Spring is coming. Slam Bernard and Louis Mann were actually seen speaking to each other last week. DONT BLAME YOU AT ALL We understand that Jean Bedini is tak- ing a show to Cuba. We don't blame yon in the least bit, Jean. Fact is we'd like to join your show ourselves. You know lt'a wet In Cuba. QUITE TRUE, MY LAD A—I wouldn't have your watch if yon gave it to me; it's second handed. ;■ B—What do you mean my watch is second handed f A (Pointing to second hand)—There you are, see for yourself. THAT'S GOOD We notice that a certain faker adver- tises he will teach you any kind of imi- tation you want in three days. Here's a few to ask for. He could teach me how to get an imitation of Al Jolson's salary, or maybe, could show ns how to Imitate Marcus Loew or Lee and Jake Shubert. THAT-A-BOY We see that % dramatic critic on a certain New York paper is in possession of wonderful 'foresight, having' foretold the fate of a play six weeks before it's opening. That's wonderful. Maybe he can tell what will happen to him after the show actually opens. THUS ENDS ROMANCE They met one day, on old Broadway, in a manager's office, It seems; he was a dancer, an eccentric prancer, she just a girl with dreams. They talked about weather, had dinner together; each other they loved, so they found. When, good night he said, they had promised to wed when another year came around. True to their threat, a year later they met, and their young lives were signed away. He's no longer the rage of the Broadway stage; he's a hoofer who does threc-a-day. Her dreams are all ended, there's socks to be mended, and kids who near drive her mad. The cause for my jingle, is to warn you, stay single, (The last line won't rhyme, too bad). . ' HOW TO DO IT. BY1.CS. You first of all select a plot It really doesnt matter what Or whether it has sense or not. You then begin to make it hot For the unsuspecting villain. Your hero must be six feet four Too big to get in through the doer Possess a voice with an awful roar To sink the villian through the The unsuspecting villain. ' Your heroine, a pretty maid, Just sixteen, with her hair in braid Must not know how love is mads, And of the villian be afraid, - Poor unsuspecting villain. I ' Your situations must be bad Enough to make the hero mad, And with whate'er is to be had Hell kin that dirty rotten ead, The unsuspecting villain. \ .; The ending, you, of course, can tell, With a love scene by the olden well Your'play you then wiU try to salt '. And you'll be told to go to — .- ] By someone you'll call a villain.' :. -..-, .J ■ ,-