The New York Clipper (February 1920)

34 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER February 4, 1920 FIRE DESTROYS MACHINES. Fire destroyed notion picture machine* valued at f 100,000, belonging to the Sim- plex Precision Machine Company, at 827 Bast 84th Street, last week. The ma- chines were port of an order that was to be shipped oversea*. The company- has it» factory in a five-story building .on the above mentioned premises, and the fire brakes out in the two upper stories of the bnflding. It was finally checked by the use of a water-tower which the firemen erected on 84th Street Bessie Barriscsie and her director-hus- band, Howard Hickman, are preparing a tour of the world following the comple- tion of -their present-contracts. , Kathleen Clifford will be Douglas Falr- at banks' leading woman in his next feature.. H'^vai*- •«is*ir- i . , ;-#t "•' " . T - '"••-'• Milton M. Goldjfmith, treasurer of the United Picture Theatres of AnWrra, left on a business trip last week in the in* terest of his organization. SMITH.GOING TO EUROPE A. George Smith has been appointed by Gold wyn Pictures Corporation as its general rep r e se ntative for Europe. fHi«i-l«« Lapworth, formerly on the editorial stall of the London Daii, Moil,, win. co-operate with him in the. handling /of Gold wyn ad- vertising and publicity in the European field. King Baggot is returning, to the for at least .one. more picture, and has in "The Cheaters," a Metro production. GOLDWYN BUYS TWO PLAYS "The Tailor-Made Man" has been pur- chased from Cohan and Harris by Samoel Goldwyn. It will be <. produced very shortly. "The Truth," one of the Clyde Fitch plays, was also purchased last week by the Goldwyn company. contracted to play opposite Mae Allison ten,* - dr. Kay Owens and Arthur. Oliver have formed an organization under the title of the Owens-OUver Enterprises with of- fices in the Brokaw Building, New York. Sidney Olcott has been signed to direct for Goldwyn. -•-. / T. Roy ilsxnes has bean engaged by Goldwyn to appear in comedies.. Madge Kennedy will bo supported by Helen Greene, Mrs. David Landau, Nellie Beaumont, Ada Shartle and Dorothy Mil- let te in "Trimmed In Scarlet." CHARLEY RAY INTERESTED Charley Ray, mate st ar" in Arthur S. Kane "productions; 'is noW^interpsXeTl in the Kane, company, it wag-announced last week. By an arrangement* with ! Arthur Kane, all the Ray pictures will be pre- sented by the Arthur S. Kane Pictures Corporation for First National release. The Bay deal with the First National was made a year ago. The Kane company will handle Ray's business and supervise every New York activity. Leah Baird and her company, engaged in the filming of "Cynthia of the Minute,'* the Louis Vance novel, for W. W. Hodkin- son release, returned'last week from Flor- ida to make the final scenes for the pro- duction hero. , . ,;.',- Conway Tearle has completed "Michael and His Lost Angel" at the Garson plant. Hugo Riesenfelu, director at the Rivoli and Rialto theatres, has accepted the in- vitation of the Philharmonic Society tit New York, to conduct at the first presen- tation of his "Romantic Overture" by" that society at Carnegie Hall. Friday after- noon. ,«***" George Fawcett, formerly in the productions of D. W. Griffith, has been loaned to the Dorothy Gish company to direct Miss Gish in her forthcoming Para- mount-Artcraft production "Her Majesty." Dallam M. Fitzgerald has joked the di- recting staff of Metro. Clara Beranger has completed the sce- nario, for BarriVs "Half an Hour," which is to be Dorothy Dal ton's first vehicle un- der' her contract, with Famous Playere- Xaaky»*V "'■.■. ; Mm 'Marie Kask, special writer, has becV engaged by Universal .to write special artides and'features." -. ', \. • ■*-.';.'£** ■ ^™^^TT— l'aourtount's scenario Bgpertr Will M. ■RitcSa^'Sjs- MeV placed -^ ^complete charge of production at- the .Morosco stu- dios as supervising director. Seesue Hayakafa'a leading lady in Urn next picture "The Bleeder" will be Colleen Moore. " ; " " " •" ■ Eerie Williams has begun work on "Cap- tain Swift," a screen version of C Had- dom Chambers'--play ' of English society life. New exhibitors of the United States Theatres, of America include O. W. New- ton, -Rialto Theatre, Hillyard, Wash.; Fred Mercy, Empire Theatre, Yakima, Wash.} Marek McManua, Opera House, Smyrna, DeL; Walter -Warren, Mutual Theatre, Yerington, Nov.; Benjamin Schindler, Auditorium, Cramer Hill, N. J.; Enterprise Amusement Corporation, Ken- yon Theatre, N. 8. Pittsburg, Pa.; W. A. Blue, Best Theatre, Mfflvale, Pa.; J. B. Julius, New Orpheum, Webster City, IoWa; and H. B. Csgle, Masonic Theatre, Al- bany, Ala. ; . . . . . .; ... . "Ball Bearing but. Hard Running" is the title of the Cuckoo Comedy to be re- leased February 15, by the United Pic- ture Theatres of America. Kdith Johnson and Jack Richardson have been signed.-by Vjtagraph for.roles in the new serial starring William Dun- '.■Dollars and the Woman" has been se- lected by Vitagraph as a new starring vehicle lor Alice Joyce. •», Larry Semon has just completed a new comedy and will start in another entitled "The Grocery Clerk." J. Malcolm, who appeared in "Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde," -has been brought from England to play in "Sweet Kitty Bel- .'IbIm.?'- Selznick has begun work on "Blind Youth." Charles Spero is playing opposite Bes- sie Love in her latest picture. Gale Henry's comedy organization has installed a scenario department with a Staff of trained writers to furnish mate- rial for future releases.-- - --• --> •- i >\ Read the CLIPPER Letter List ■•^ FRENCH THEATRE CLOSJNC The neatre Parisian will close its aid- winter run at'the Belmont an Saturday, ' and open for a' four weeks* tub at the Arcade, in Montreal on the following Mon- day, he Russian Iaba, a company orgnal- red and'directed by Serge Borowaky, will follow the French players at the Belmont. It was originally planned that, at the ezpfa-ation of their lease at the Belmont, the Theatre Parisian would open for an extended engagement in New Orleans, but the distrection of the Opera House there by fire, forced them to change their book- ings. '■'•■ . .--.' Ncgoitions are at the pr esen t time- der way for a re turn engagement of 'French players at-the Belmont for spring.. • ■ : - '. •-•'" ANSWERS TO QUERIES (ContSnoes from Page 13) S. J.—You probably mean Kramer and Morton, who appeared under the name of "Two Black Dots." F. B. D.—You can reserve seats at any of Keith's houses. J>. G.—David Belaaco wrote it and David Warfield used it for some time. K. O.—Winthrop Ames purchased the property adjoining the Little Theatre in May, 1015. , J. K.—"Under Fire" opened at the Hud- son Theatre on Labor Lay, 1916. W. 6. O. Marjery Rogers appeared with a -number of big acts in; vaudeville and also with her sister Mae. She is now married and has retired. A. P.—The two girls with Johnny Small are sister*. One is Small's wife. G. L. J.—B. F. Keith secured control of the Union Square Theatre on Sept. 18, 1808. He gave it over to the Palmer estate in 1916, which placed Ben Kahn in J. I.—Frances Pritchard did appear in vaudeville for a short time with Harry Pemberton. She has recently been in a production, but is now back in vaudeville with two young men in a dance act. P. Y. E.—Maris Tempest, Graham Browne, Francis Wilson and Ann Mur- dock appeared in The Duke of Killl- crankie," which , waa-, a fifty-minute play by J. M. Barric. It opened at the Lyceum Theatre, Sept 18, TUB. , E. K.—William Smyths and Willie Smith are two different people. Willie Smith is a Hebrew comedian now doing a single. He 'formerly appeared with Edythe Baker. P. J.—Lew Rose is now assistant man- ager at Moss* Hamilton Theatre. No, he is not the same. Lew Rose who had the Dauphine Theatre in New. Orleans. . R. T. C.—I know of no vnndevflle act with such a scene as you mention. There have been a few bits on the screen and there was a scene of that sort in one. of the recent Hippodrome productions. M. E.—Do not know if Earl Benham ia married or not. Write him a note and he will ten you. B. C—George Stone is not related, to Fred Stone. Don't "know 'who -has -the Junie MeCree stage material. NEW ACTS AND REAPPEARANCES (Coattenad from PkfM II and xt) EDWARD ESMUNDE ft CO. Theatre—Proctor's 234 Street.. Style— I'lavlet. Time— Tuxtntv-five minute*. Setting—.Four, porter. Musical sketches are not very iumer- - oos hereabouts and, therefore, this act should prove somewhat. of a novelty. The dialogue needs more snap and go to it. however. The offering has to do with a certain old timer who, having made his pile and raised his family to social heights, is satisfied to take his place with the old fogies at a dab, play poker, tell stories, and drink what there is left to drink His wife, number two, by the way, and her daughter, imagine themselves- the leaders of the higher musical cult of the city. . Morty, as the man is affectionately known to his wife, detests music of all kinds and is even unable to tell Annie Laurie from the National Anthem. To Us mind, the battle hymn of the Repub- lic is "We Wont Get Home Till the 'Morning-" His wife and daughter try .' to teach him music, but,' to borrow an ancient adage, one cannot teach an old horse new tricks and ell their efforts are of no avail. .'_.,. •.'-'''' •'.'-/.. Of course, it goes without saying that Morty turns the tables and settles thingR to suit nimiigif, ranch to the chagrin of Dorothy, his high-minded:daughter, and •■ his wife. '.'.--: .-.-.'•' . 1-. For the-girl who plays Dorothy we have this to say: she is a very'clever, capable pianist : and< could do better than the act she is now in. .On the whole, the torn should find it .easy sailing with family audiences everywhere, as it is an act that win appeal to them'' strongly than to others. 8. THREE NITOS Theatre— Proctor'$ 12Gta Si. Style— Eooentrio acrobatics. . Time— Ten minute*. Setting— tStll ttage. Two men and' one woman make up this act, which consists of a routine of exceptionally good acrobatic stunts! The - • woman is built heavily, but works as though she did not weigh more than HO pounds. The men.work in clown make- up and have a"nun**r of tumbling feats which we term "eccentric" for the main reason. that most of them have never been seen before. The act also includes some strong man work, but the feature part lies in the tumbling, which is very -good. With a little time to smooth out the routine, they should give an excellent account of themselves.—G. J. H. • FOUR CALDRENS . ... Theatre— Audubon. Style- -A.or6bqfie.-y }"..• ■'"' !';•, "T Time— Ten minutes. ■ v»""'. Setting— FuU (tope. Two men and two 'women offer a va- riety of acrobatic work, from tnmr,*tng to balancing and then some risly work. The routine includes head to head stands and balancing while walking on the. tops of glass lamps. The closing stunt, '.'which takes in risly work, Hiiarming and other.styles, is a sensation. The four, or, rather, three, for one of the men's work consists mainly of helping with the apparatus, do their work with- out stalling' and do it welL • They should 'fit into . th? opening or dosing spot on - a big time bill with ease. G. J. H. 1