Show World (July 1909)

THE TWENTIETH CENTURY AMUSEMENT WEEKLY Published at 87 South Clark Street Chicago, by The. 5HOW£jQORLD Publishing Co. En'gredasSccond-ClassMattcr WARREN A .PATfi/CK, GENERAL P/RECTOR, Volume V—No. 3 CHICAGO July 10, 1909 QUEEN OF MOULIN ROUGE COMING TO OLYMPIC. Play Will Be Cleansed Before Being Offered to the Discriminating Chicago Public. The Olympic will reopen August 29 with “The Queen of the Moulin Rouge” and will play Klaw & Er- langer musical attractions the coming season. It is presumed that “The Queen ’ will be cleansed before it is offered in Chicago, for it will be recalled that' the play has frequently been men¬ tioned in an uncomplimentary way. Rennold Wolf allays the fears when he says: “When this widely discussed attrac¬ tion reaches Chicago the local public will learn that, after all, the piece is merely a lively musical play, utterly devoid of the salaciousness which numerous misguided individuals at¬ tributed to it. “Thomas W. Ryley, the manager of the attraction, returned only a few days ago from Europe, where he gathered in a host of novelties which are to be introduced in next season’s production. In fact, when ‘The Qu«& of the Moulin Rouge’ takes to the i‘road,’ the production will in many ways be one of the most pre¬ tentious on tour, and, inasmuch as runs are the usual order of things for musical plays in Chicago, it wouldn’t be in the least surprising if Mr. Ry- ley’spittraction should not be obliged to look further for a booking until the fall of 1910.” FRAZEE TO PRODUCE “THE RULING POWER.” Will Irtvade the Dramatic Field in. Addition to Continuing His Musi¬ cal. Comedy Successes. H. H. Frazee will invade the dra¬ matic field in addition to handling his musical comedy successes and will produce “The Ruling Power,” a drama by H. R. Durant, in some of the first: class houses of Chicago shortly. He will send out two “The Girl Qnnp,” two “The Time, Place and Girl,” one “A Knight for a Day,” one “The Girl at the Helm” with Billy Clifford, and another musical show as yet unnamed. lames J. Corbett, who is, under Frazee’s management, opens in Dub¬ lin next .Monday night in vaudeville. According to present plans he will join “The Girl Question” about Janu- The new Cort theater, with whom Frazee’s name is associated, will open about Nov. 1. The title of the first offering will be “The Kissing Girl.” HERMAN LIEB ENGAGED FOR “THE BLUE MOUSE.” Lieb has been engaged for Ihe Blue Mouse” and will have the role of the secretary, now played at tne Garrick theater, Chicago, by bharles Wyngate, who will take a MURDOCK ENTERS EXCHANGE FIELD International Projecting and Producing Company to Establish Distributing Branches in Big Cities Late Wednesday night J. J. Mur¬ dock, head of the International Pro¬ jecting and Producing Company, an- nounced that H his company bomb - shell to the mov¬ ing picture field, particu¬ larly to those dependent” and who believed that they were, “safe” from any possible move that Murdock might make. Manyof these exchanges, it is be¬ lieved, have been trading upon the International name 'and have been palming off duped and old films to the clients of the International company. Murdock claims that- he was prac¬ tically forced to this issue—which will undoubtedly revolutionize the “independent” film movement—by rea¬ son of treachery upon the part of certain exchanges. He gave the fol¬ lowing interview to the Show World: “The International Projecting and Producing Company found its incep¬ tion in the fact that moving picture exhibitors were being treated to an unwarranted and unprofitable abuse by the film trust. They had been forced into a corner from which there appeared to be no reasonable escape. They were asked to pay a royalty of two dollars a week upon a projecting machine, which they had already bought and paid for in cash and for which they held a receipt. The trust explained this imposition by the argu¬ ment that the two-dollar a week tax was meant for the welfare of the trade, but the thinking exhibitor saw in this an added drain upon his profits. (Continued on page 13.) STOCK COMPANIES TO FORM A COMBINATION Organizations at Davidson and Shubert Theaters at Milwau¬ kee have Solved Riddle Regarding Future For a time there was a good deal of speculation rife regarding the amusement to be provided in Mil¬ waukee during the summer and from present indications it would appear that only one theater in that city will be in operation next week. The Sherman Brown company at the Davidson is said to be $6,000 to the bad, and Arthur P. Friend’s com¬ pany at the Shubert is said to be $11,000 out. Under these conditions the managers thought it was time to do something, and after a few days of excitement they got together and organized a new company which will open at the Davidson next week, and which includes members of both the organizations, who were willing to cut salaries in proportion to the busi¬ ness, if rumor is right. For a time it looked like the com¬ pany at the Davidson would be dis¬ banded altogether. Report has it that the two weeks’ notice was posted. Hugo B. Koch was engaged for leading man of the newly organized company. He was formerly with Ollie Eaton’s company at the Alham¬ bra and is playing in “The House of a Thousand Candles” this week, the same role he is contracted to play during the winter season, under the management of the W. T. Gaskill Amusement Company. Barry O’Neil, stage director at the Davidson, will continue to serve in that capacity, and others whom Man¬ ager Brown has selected from his present forces to remain are Robert McWade, Jr., Arthur Buchanan, Guy Coombs, William Mack, Jack Austin, Jane Gordon, Nellie Walters and Anna Brannaugh. The Shubert’s contribution to the new company, in addition to Miss Hartz, includes Thomas Emory, E. W. Morrison, Wilson Reynolds, Claude Norrie, Gwendolyn Piers and Anita Van Buren. From these com¬ bined forces the cast of “Salomy (Continued on page 7.) HOLIDAY BUSINESS DISAPPOINTS PARKS. Theaters and Motion Picture Places Prosper, but Attractions at Re¬ sorts Fail to Get Big Money. The business on July 3, 4 and 5 was a great disappointment to park meh who have held on to attractions with the vain hope that the holiday busi¬ ness would give them a lift. As a re 1 - sult a number of attractions have closed down, among them “A Trip to Niagara” which was at Riverview. While the theaters and motion pic¬ ture places had big business on Satur¬ day, Sunday and Monday the narks did not have the crowds which were expected. The Sans Souci theater got more than its share of the monky, playing to capacity twice, and a few other attractions were fortunate, j It was a great disaonointment to those concessionaires who had held on day Eifter day, looking forward;to 71 ni or Krtm-fk STANLEY LEWIS ILL; HAS CANCELLED DATES. Clever Cartoonist Laid Ud at Detroit for a Time; Was Able to Leave Tuesday for Home. DETROIT, Mich., July 7.—Captain Stanley Lewis, cartoonist and Vaude¬ ville actor, has been laid up here for several days, beinsr on the sick fist; He was able to leave yesterday for his home in Olean, N. Y., where he will rest six or eight weeks. Captfiin Lewis is a tireless worker and has . been on the go for mofitihs i completely worn out: i intil he. HENRY SYLO QUITS THE BARNUM CIRCUS. Henry Sylo has quit the Barnum; & Baiiey circus. He was a clown with the show last year and for 14 weeks this year. He was replaced as a comedy policeman by Dick Ford and given to understand last week that he was needed no longer. He did not want to quit and attempted to work Monday but was stopped. He will go to New York and go into bur¬ lesque. EVA TANGUAY BACK IN MUSICAL COMEDY. Eva Tanguay, formerly star of “The Sambo Girl” and other dollar musical companies, has been engaged for “The Follies of 1909,” now at the roof garden of the New York theater. IRVING CIRCUIT FAILS TO TAKE UP THE OPTION. WALLACE, Idaho, July 7.— The option on the Masonic Theater, held by the Irving Circuit Company, has not yet been taken up. Film Duty Is Raised. WASHINGTON, D. C„ July 7— An adoption of an amendment to the tariff bill has been secured by Senator Lorimer. The dutv on imported films will now be a cent and a half per lineal foot instead of twenty-five per cent ad valorem.