Variety (April 1919)

mi h \' : . ft® ■iiJi'4 «'" 48 .-'■ :'••■:'■ •'. ■ ; •..;• : ,f; ' '■'•■ ':. '■■ ': •' • " ■■'. •''■•.'■ -'f VARIETY V !. '''■ ;.' *:■.■■'' ' >: i- m ■-■■:»-?::".• !.,y' "'■■ II IPS ill !■■••/ ' m II HP s ill ill OFFERS GALORE! LIEUT. UPON OUR INITIAL NEW YORK PRESENTATION & MISS "The Army's Versatility" NOW (April 34-5-6) KEITH'S HARLEM 0. H., NEW YORK Receiver, PETE MACK CELEBRATING OUR 25TH YEAR IN SHOW BUSINESS THIS WEEK (March 31) B. F. KEITH'S PALACE, NEW YORK - ROEDERS -4 "THE ACT OF ART" If. B.-Wo thank our many friends for their kind congratulations and wish them the same. II. Roeder Direction, ALP. T. WILTON for that date, and Bryan will nave his first fight a week later. foggy Arthur left the Richard Carle Co. here last week and will Join the Kolb and Dill show. Mitchell Lelchter, who has been here tor several months, will return to New York next week. According to a report, he expects to be married shortly. The matinee prices at the Casino have been reduced to 60 cents for all seats. The Colombia, Oakland, Is being remodeled and a glass runway will be Installed. The chorus has been Increased to 16 girls and a , Jasi band added. George White, the present producer and one of the principal comedians, will retire from the show next week. The American Comedy Four were withdrawn from "Let's Go" last week, and will resume their vaudeville tour of the Hippodrome the- atres. ATLANTIC CITY. By CHARLES SCHEUER. Ross Gorman's Syncopation Orchestra haB II OUT! WANTED IMMEDIATELY ALL KINDS OF NOVELTIES, MUSICAL AND SINGING ACTS For MERIDA, Yucatan TRANSPORTATION PAID BOTH WAYS Salaries Advanced—Lengthy Engagements BRING PHOTOS WIRTH, BLUMENFELD & CO. J. M. GUERRA Director Companla Internaclonal de Vsrledadea Suite 219, Strand Bldg. Phone Bryant 284 been engaged for the Martinique, to begin April 7. They will replace the formerly booked engagement of the Original Dixieland Jazs Band, which canceled. At the Beaux Arts a novelty has been added In what Is called the first "Czecho-Slovak" Orchestra. It plays opposite Bert Kelly and his "Jau- band" for continuous music. The Million Dollar Pier begins Its season April 14, with C. V. Hill as manager. Mr. Hill has been associated with the Pier for a number of years, and his succession to W. B. Shackelford, recently resigned, Is In line with a promotion. Dancing will start on this date with a specialty orchestra. The Hippodrome vaudeville season will not start until June. Leo Dltrtchsteln, playing the Apollo this week, Is offering two plays, "The Marquis de Prlola" and "The Matinee Hero," the latter being revived for the cast of the former play. The performance of the former play on Mon- day night made a profound Impression on a crowded house. AUSTRALIA. By ERIC QORRICK. Sydney, March 5. For five weeks the theatres In Sydney and Melbourne have been closed owing to the outbreak of Spanish Flu. Although the out- break In this country has only been mild, the authorities at once closed all places of amuse- ment when It was discovered that the dreaded disease was here. Speaking for the theatrical profession, Hugh J. Ward pointed out that during the epidemic In London and New York the theatres were not closed, and the death rate was not as high there as In other cities where the theatres were closed. Gerald Henson, leading man of J. A N. Taits' "Peg 0' My Heart," and husband of Bara Allgood, has died In New Zealand, of In- fluenaa. „.^ ow . thftt 0le restrictions have been removed, Maytlme," will open at the Criterion March ». The cast Includes Florence Young, Reggie Roberta, and Leslie Holland. "Bubbly," the latest in London Revtes, wlU open at the Palace March 9. Billy Relgo. Jona Junior Beattte Holloway. and Marie Baton head the big caat. "Three Faces Bast" will be presented In Mel. bourne by the Muriel Btarr Co. during the month, "Hello Everybody" is a very big hit at Her Majesty's, and will continue till the panto- mine "Goody Two Shoes" finishes Its run In Melbourne at Easter. "Smiles," Introduced by Minnie Love, Is a success, also "Yackl Hlckl Doola," sung by Jack Cannot. Fuller's new theatre opens March 9. It Is on the site of the old National. It will be the only theatre In Sydney playing vaudeville. The opening bill Includes Joe and Eva White, Faverley Sisters, Eva Kellend, and Bert Le Blanc's Revue. Allen Doone Is to open a season of .Irish plays at the Theatre Royal during April. M. B. Flgman and Lollta Robertson have scored a corking hit with "Nothing but the. Truth" in New Zealand. The critics speak very highly of the play, and a good season In the Dominion is assured. Cnrrent At tractions^ TIVOLL—"My Lady Frayle." HER MAJESTY'S.—"Hello Everybody." WORMERJ-IHVESI You're ill heard Ull of Jimmy VtlenUno, but that i Isn't to be cumpared with mo. Who am If The Sheriff of HlotarlUo, CHARLES ALTHOFF A BELIC FB01I THE TABM Cohan & Harris are to offer the "Cave Girl," a new production, with Lola Flaber, next week at the Apollo. George Mtddleton Is the author. It Is classed as a whimsical fancy. April 14 the new Dillingham musical piece, with Jerome Kern music, Is to be heard. "A New Girl" la tho title. It will play against Al Jolson in "Binned," which will reopen the Olobe the same date. INERS AKE-UP • • ''I'.i.'