Variety (January 1919)

VARIITY ;ir- IN PARIS S0. S'W ZZi Paris, Jan. 12. Following "La Maison de Danses" L. Volterra will probably produce a new comedy, '!Le Monsieur du Palace," by Henry Kistmackers, with Max Dearly. This will be followed by pieces by Tristan Bernard and Henry Bern- stein. The latter'a "Le Secret" will follow "Nothing But the Truth" at the Gymnase in January; and at the Forte St. Martin a revival of Cyrano de Ber- gerac is being prepared. A. D. Robbins, cyclist, and Jimmy Fletcher are returning to Paris short- ly, probably for the Olympia. This * house is now giving big shows twice daily. The management has over- booked and all the acts arrived are unable to work the same performances. Salaries are being paid, however, and the turns accommodated at other re- sorts when possible. A few have been paid to rest. At Gaumont Palace (Hippodrome) > biff crowds. Two acts appear daily at this house, with feature pictures; change every Friday. In Paris Theatres: Opera, Opera- Comtque, Comedie Francaise and Odeon with repertoire; Trianon, Em- - pire, with old operetta; "L'Aiglon" (Sarah Bernhardt) ; "Trait* d'Auteuil" (Antoine); "Beulemans i Marseille" (Arts); "Couch6 de la Marine" (Athe- nith "Beguin des Dames" (Abri); "La Peine Joyeuse" (Apollo); "General Post" (Albert I); "Femme et le Pantin" (Ambigu); "Phi-Phi" (Boufles) r "Ou est le Qiameau" (Cluny); 'Tampon dtt Capiston" (Dejazet); "Daphnis et Chloe" (Edouard VII); "Nothing But the Truth" (Gymnase); "Le Drapeau" (Gaiti); "Le Cochon qui Sommeille" (Michel); "Les Millions d'Oncle Sam" (Chatelet); "Samson" (Porte St. Mar- tin); "Le Filon" (Palais Royal); Maison de Danses (Rejane); "Chou- quette et son As" (Renaissance); "Le Viol," etc. (Grand Guignol); "Gare Regulatrice" (Scala); "Rhodope" (Var- ietes); revues at Folies Bergere, Ca- sino de Paris, Ba-Ta-Clan, Capucines, Vaudeville, Eldorado, Bouffes du Nord, Cigale, Mayol and Gait6 Rochechouart. Variety at Alhambra, Olympia, Nou- veau Cirque, Cirque Medrano, Euro- pean, Kursaal, Petit Casino, Caumartin, Cadet Rousselle. W. Gethman, director of the Y. M. C A. in the Rhine district, has leased a festival hall at Coblentz, for the en- tertainments organized by the triangle for the American troops in that sec- < tion. "Ziz-Zag," Albert DeCourville's Lon- don Hippodrome revue, will terminate at the Folies Bergere early in March, and a new show given March 9. Pavy, the chocolate maker, who at present is running the Theatre des Varietes with the light operetta "Rhodope," and proposes shortly to revive the milder "Carnet du Diable," has the house till September. It is expected Max Maury, formerly man- . ager of the Grand Guifrnol will then titke over the fashionable but antiqu- ated house, which needs so badly to be rebuilt. Ghesi, who so suddenly left the Opera Comique management, and^ is sfeking to- create an immense lyrical enterprise in Paris,'may perhaps se- „,cure the Porte St. Martin for the pur- pose. Iliat is the rumor, 'wivTchcouples" " Clement, the motor car and cycle man- ufacturer, as the angel. There has been some trouble over the lease of the little cabaret-music hall Cadet Rousselle, in the Rue Cau- martin, but the young apt rcssi »t pres- ent in charge, by order of the Judge in Chambers is empowered to continue her management. "Penelope," musical piece by G. Faure and R. Fauchois, was produced nicely at the Opera Comique this week. "Le Mystere des .Vivants et des Morts," a new musical drama by St.- Ceorge de Bouhelier, is to be produced at the Opera, and will soon be re- hearsed. Jacques de Feraudy has at- tempted a stage version of Mirbeau's "Le Calvaire," to be tried out later at some Paris house. A. Franck will present an operetta by A. Willemetz at the Theatre Edouard VII when '•Daphnis et Chloe" fails to attract. \oung Tiarko Richepin has supplied some music for the new effusion, which will be interpreted by Henry Defreyne, Fernand Frey and Marguerite Deval, among others. Another very light comedy by same author, to be entitled "Le Baiser de Minuit" (The midnight kiss), is to be created soon at a Paris theatre, in which Germaine Michel, Marcelle Lander and Isabelle Fusier will be seen. Noblet is to retire from the stage. Paul Gavault, manager of the Odeon, has booked Marcelle Yrven (now ap- pearing in "La Maison de Danses" at the Theatre Rejane) for soubret roles and she will debut in Moliere's "Mal- ade Imaginaire" as Toinon. Albert Carre has engaged for the Opera Comique a new Tenor in the person of Louis Lanite, a soldier of Bayonne. Several changes are to be made in the Casino de Paris revue "Pa-Ri-Ki- Ri" (Paris qui rii or Paris which laughs) in the near future, when Mme. Mistinguett and Maurice Chevalier withdraw. The star will then be Max Dearly, with the American dancers, Maurice and Florence Walters. The next new production for this gold mine has been ordered from P. L. Flers by L. Volterra. By the way, Albert Vol- terra, his brother, is now in charge of the Montmarte cafe. Abbe de Theleme, which will revert to a cabaret when present early closing restrictions are raised. Paris, Jan. 17. The musical work of Gabriel Faur* and Rend Fauchois, "Penelope," cre- ated "at Monte Carlo in 1912, and seen at the Theatre des Champs Elys6es, Paris, has been revived by the new direction of the Opera Comique, with a good cast. A new tallet "Bataille de Fleurs," by G. de Dubor and A. Banes, was pro- duced last week at the Theatre de la Gait*, with some success, accompany- ing on the lyrical bill a revival of "Le Postilion de Longjumeau." The bal- let is splendidly danced by Aline Cou- prant, Maud Strassel, H. Laureau, and the remainder of the corps. The Rip and Briquet revue "Paris for Ever" at the CapuAnes, is proving a success. It is most suitable for the tiny house of M. Berthez, but would not prove so well on a bigger stage. It is full of fine points, particularly the topical skits, such as the messenger boy at the local cafe, who can supply any restricted article after having palm oil. He can buy sugar from a motor car dealer, tobacco from a dairy, and coal' ffoni the' TibdkseltetI" Rip has -a - keen wit, which the war has not stunt- ed. He should keep to small houses, as his revues do not seem to carry far over the footlights. Andr^ Antoine, formerly manager of the Odeon, founder of th« th^aiirc which bears his name, has become the dramatic critic of the "Information," a Paris daily paper. What is described as a liew forma- tion of program has been inaugurated by Puccini at the Costanzi theatre, Rome. During the same evening he presented three short operas, 'The Mantle," a brutal effort, "Soeur An- gelique," a mystic work, and then "Gianni Schicchi," of the burlesque school, thus causing the spectator three different degrees of emotion, which (according to the Italian press) fully succeeded. Boxing exhibitions, suppressed in France on the outbreak of the war, are now again allowed. The money prize for the Dick Smith versus Georges Carpentier contest, to take place at Strasbourg, July 4 next, is now $20,000. The Afgonne Players gave their "Amex Revue for 1918" yesterday at the Theatre des Champs Elysies, be- fore President Wilson, many members of the French Government, including the President of the Republic, being present with Marshals Foch, Joffr» and Retain, Lloyd George, Robert Lansing, General Pershing* Admiral Benson, Herbert Hoover, and the staffs of the Allied embassies in Paris.' Some audi- ence for the doughboys' entertainers. The Argonne players is a troop of ac- tors organized by the 77th Division of the American Army, under Lieut. W. E. Diefendorf, ana have no con- nection with the Y. M. C. A. or K. of C, though aided at times by these or- ganizations. The Bow Bells troupe has given a performance at the Theatre Rejane, for —^French military charities. This troupe is composed of musical members picked from the S6th Division of the British army in France, and has been appearing on the front. On the occasion of the 297th anni- versary of MoHere, January IS, cele- brated at both the Comedie Francaise and Odeon by gala performances, the small museum of relics established at the former theatre was displayed in the foyer. Among the objects shown the public was the arm chair in which Moliere was said to have died. Alleging tn have made a marvelous discovery, a woman has written to a Paris journal declaring she has proof that William Shakespeare was a wom- an, and moreover, a suffragette. The person now supposed to have written the works is Marguerite, Queen of Na- varre. An adequate proof is^ forth- coming, it is claimed, by the inscrip- tion on the tomb of Mrs. Suzanne Hall, the immortal bard's daughter, which reads: "She was witty above her sex and in that resembled Shakespeare, "and also in the 35th sonnet where there is a line, "All men have faults, and even I in this." This leads the contributor to the Paris newspaper to believe the author of the sonnet was of the opposite sex. In Paris theatres: Opera, Opera Comique, Comedie ^ Francaise and Odeon, repertoire. "L'Aiglon" (Sarah Bernhardt); "Trait* d'Auteuil (An- tone); "Beulemans i Marseille" (Arts); "Couche de la Maride" (Athenie); "Se- cret" (Gymnase); "Femme et le Pan- tin" (Ambigu); "Cyrano de-Bergcrac" (Porte St. Martin); "Maison de Danses" (Rejane); "Millions d'Uncle Same" (Chatelet); "Ou est le Cha- meau" (Cluny); 'Tampon du Capiston" (Deja«t);. !'Le Fibn" (Palais .Royal); "Chouquette et son As" (Reriaiissance); ' "Gare Regulatrice" (Scala); "Le Viol," etc. (Grand Guignol); "Reine Joyeuse" (Apollo); "Phi-Phi" (Bouffes); "Daph- nis et Chloe" (Edouard VII); "Rho- dope" (Varietes); "Le Cochon qui Sopimeille" (Michel); "La Servante Maitresse" (Vieux Colombier): class-": ical operetta at Empire, Trianon, < Gait*, Moncey; revues at Vaudeville, /^ Capucines, Folies Bergere, Casino de Paris, Ba-Ta-Clan, Mayol, Bouffes du- Nord, Eldorado, Cadet Rousselle, Cir ii gale, Gait* Rochechouart. v;v DEATHS ABROAD. ^| Marcsll* Rayaoa, of the Theatre deii)^ Capucines, died in Paris Dec. 21. <-^^ The death is reported of Ethel Ent- i^ wistle (Mrs. W. K. Morris) at Burnley^'i • Eng., of pneumonia. '4 Antonio Locano, a clown act at iht'^ Nouveau Cirque, Paris, died recently, i^ LONDON MANAGERS IN PARIS. London, Jan. 29. ^vi Several English managers are In 3 Paris at present. Sir Alfred Butt l»M t.iere completing plans for opening'r!^ his Mogador Palace music hall next\J^ month. Gilbert Miller has gone to * meet Messager, who arrives from:;:' New York to conduct the rehearsals t| of his musical version of "Monsieur J Eeaucaire." Miller is also arranging t| for a production of "Beaucaire" in 5*3 Paris. ;| J. L Sacks is arranging for 'The'^ Lilac Domino" and "Going Up" in^^ French. l As announced, Maggie Teyte will il play the heroine in the musical ver»f3 sion of "Monsieur Beaucaire." Marian-^ Green is also coming from America to >^ create the title role. ;i PARIS OVER-CROWDED. ;| „ . . Paris, Jan. 29, i^ Fans IS crowded and it is impossiblo'^ to secure a room in any hotel or board* ing house at present. Living expense is still rising and no one knows where it is going to stop. DU MAURIER HAS SUTRO plat: ; J London, Jan. 291 ;3 Gerald DuMaurier has secured a new^^^ play by Alfred Sutro for his reappear- ^^ ance ^fter his discharge from the ^1 Array. I^ deals with the relations between capital and labor. QUEEN IN PICTURE. ;; London, Jan. 29. The Davidson Co. is making a film feature entitled "Women Who Win" for the Women's Service League, in ; which the Queen and other royalties will appear. BRENON PREPARATIONS. London, Jan. 29. • Preparations have beeh completer. for the Herbert Brenon production! with the British & Colonial Co, It is understood Herbert Brenon, now in New York has ended the brief association he made with Lewis J. Selz- nick and Jos. M. Schenck to make film productions over here, and expects to , sail, with Marie Dore as his star, for the other side very shortly. MAUGHAM FINISHED FARCE. London, Tan. 29. W. Somerset Maugham has com-' pleted a new farce for Seymour Hicks, to be presented at St. Martin's, He lias also finished "The Moon and Six Pence," a novel, which will be pub- lished simultaneously in England and America. * Butt Takes English "Gypsy Trail." London, Jan, 29. Sir Alfred Butt has purchased the English rights to 'The Gypsy Trail**-■ .qiSi.d.wijl star Owen Nares in it. "Beancalre" Showing in April. London, Jan. 29. Gilbert Miller's 'musical version of "Monsieur Beaucaire" with Maggie Teyte, will be produced in Manchester in April.