New York Clipper (Jul 1923)

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I •i July 11, 1923 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 27 AMUSEMENT STOCKS STILL DULL Trading in the amusement stocks during the week just past was as low as it has been m a long while, but, despite the dull market, the prices of the stocks in the amusement list rose, regaining a good deal of tlie ground lost during the recent slump. From surrounding conditions it would seem as if the action of the amusement list during the past few weeks is merely a re- flection of conditions on the exchange and not due to any inside movement or organ- ized manipulation. Market conditions in the past few weeks have been rather upset and the amusement issues have followed the line of least resistance and have gone up or down with the general market, none of the issues making any tight*to sustain prices. It is true that some of the stocks lost more than others, but it was those shares that were in the strongest technical position that weathered the storm the best, and, singularly, when the market turned, it was the issues that had lost the least that gained the least. If an organized bear raid had been under way the turnover would have been far greater than it was. In most cases, the 'osses being fractional and gains likewise, the difference was not great enough to tempt professional traders. Of course, where the fluctuation was a matter of points, ten or more, as was the case with Famous Players, this would ordinarily prove a lure, but even in this issue traders laid low and trading was comparatively dull. _Famous, which had made a new low of 65'A, fought its way back to better ground as the market rose, gaining 7ii points dur- ing the week and closing on Saturday at 725^ with a turnover of 14,800 shares. On Monday of this week the issue continued to rise in the early sessions, going to 74 but losing this ground later in the day as the market in general staged another re- verse, closing at 72^1 with 3,300 shares changing hands. Goldwyn did not respond so well to the upward movement, closing at 4}4, but ^ above its opening. Only 700 shares changed hands dunng the week, exceptionally dull trading for this issue. On Monday of this weeik no sales at all were reported in this stock. During the week 4,800 shares of Loew's changed hands, the stock going from 14^ to 1SJ4 at the closing, a gain of Zi- On Monday of this week, with but 700 shares traded, the issue receded, closing at IS, a 14 loss on the day's transactions. Orpheum, which had been least affected by the recent slump, held firm during the week at 17, going as low as I6ii at one time but recovering quickly. The week's transactions totaled 1,900 shares. Monday of this week saw the price remain at 17 with but 200 shares sold. The Goldwj'n Voting Trust Certificates staged a comeback during last week. Al- though only 200 shares were sold the price rose from 13J4, which it had hit the week before, to iS'/i. No sales were registered on Monday of this week. PENNY THIULLER WRITER BROKE Casstown, Ohio, July 9.—Thomas C. Harbough, at one time one of the best known writers of "penny thrillers" or "dime novels" in the country is to-day in inmate in the Miami poor house, taking with_ him $1,000, gleaned from an auction of his worldly goods, to keep him for his remaining years as paying Kuest. He is in his eightieth year. HarbouRh's name was often linked with that of the late Nick Carter as a writer of this tj-pe of story in the days when hardly a household was without a copy -of Beadle's Dime Weekly or the Saturday Night. At the auction of his effects the highest price, |€0, was brought by an autograph book containing the signatures and letters of generals, prcsicients, authors and eminent people in all walks of life including Lin- coln, Roosevelt and Mark Twain. STERN BACKING SHOW J. W. Stem, the former music publisher who retired from the business several years ago, is reported to be financially interested in a musical show which James Caryl, of the Shubert offices, is to produce next season. COMPETING FOR BUSINESS With nine musical attractions fighting for existence in the' Broadway theatres it seems to be a case of "dog eat dog" the way they arc competing for business. On Monday morning in the daily papers the majority of them used extra large dis- play advertisements in the place of the regular house ads that , are running during the week. These adds were" worded in a manner Jto extoll the virtues of the respective attractions with each producer stressing on some particular feature of the attraction which is specified in the advertising to bring in the trade. The advance guard of 50,000 buyers who are expected to arrive in New York within the next week to attend various buyers' conventions arriving in town early this week the extra advertising which the musical attractions are doing gives promise of working to good advantage "ONLY LAW" TO BE REVIVED "The Only Law," the comedy-drama by George Bronson Howard and Wilson Miz- ner, which was originally produced at the Hackctt Theatre some ten years ago, will be revived for road purposes by Messrs. Reilly and Woods. The show will be sent out the latter part of August and will play one and three night stands throughout the middle west. "UTTLE JESSIE" MUSICAL COMEDY "Little Jessie James," a new musical comedy with book and lyrics by Harlan Thompson and music by Harry Archer was put into rehearsal this week by L Lawrence Weber. Nan Halperin is to be featured while others in the cast are Allen Keams, James B. Carson, Mildred Rich- ardson, Roger Gray. Maurice Holland. Winifred Harris, Clara Thropp and Miriam Hopkins. Walter Brooks is stag- ing the piece. "CUNGING VINE" OPENS AUG. 27 Henry W. Savage's production "The Clinging Vine," with Peggy Wood, will inaugurate its season in Poughkeepsie on August^ 27th. The show that week will play six one-night stands, arriving in Chicago on Labor Day. when it will open for a six weeks' engagement at the Illinois Theatre. This show after the Chicago engagement will continue the season by playing week stands until early in April. A second company of "The Clinging Vine" will be sent out to tour the one nicht stands late in September and will tour to the coast. UNION CONFERENCES POSTPONED Due to the absence from New York of Lee M. Boda, managing director of the International Theatrical Association, all conferences that were to have been held with representatives of the stage hands' and musician!;' unions regarding a change in workiniF conditions and wage scale have been postponed until the latter part of next week, when he is expected to return from Columbus, Ohio. DE JARI FOR "FASHIONS" De Jari, a tenor recently discovered bv Daniel Frohman, will make his debut in "Fashions of 1924," Monday, July 16th. at the Lyceum Theatre. De Jari is said to have the perfect lyric tenor voice and to be quite similar in appearance to Rodolph Valentino. He has sung in Milan, Paris, Berlin, Madrid and London. In Munich he created the principal tenor role in "Blos- som Time" and sang it there for three years, while in London he played the prin- dpal role in "The Gypsy Princess" and "The Rose of Stamboul." HAMER SHOW PLACED "lj5ve Quarantine," a new comedy in three acts by Wesley Hamer, former dra- matic editor of Hearst's New York American, has been accepted for early pro- duction by Beaux Arts Productions, Inc. The piece will open out of town the lat- ter part of August and will come to Broad- way in September. BRADY TO DO "SO THIS IS N. Y." "So This Is New York," a play by Al- fred Hedges will this season be produced by William A. Brady. REVISING "EARTHQUAKE" William A. Brady, Jr.'s production "Earthquake," which recently began a tryout tour at Stamford, closed suddenly last Saturday night in Asbury Park, N. J., and cancelled this week's play date in Atlantic City. The show which was written, by Theo- dore Leibler, Jr., was first produced at the Stamford Theatre, Stamford, on Fri- day. June 29th. Following the opening performance the show did not measure up to expectations and Brady started to (ix it up during the balance of the Stamford engagement. All of last week while the show was playing in both Long Branch and Asbury Park, Brady, the author, and several outsiders who were called in tinkered with the script and made revi- sions, but these were not adequate enough in the estimation of the young producer to attempt to venture into Atlantic City this week, with the result that the date for this week was called off and the show closed .Saturday night. Brady says he in- tends having the script revised and re- written and that he will again endeavor to present "Earthquake" early in the fall. HILL SHOWS STARTING Gus Hill will start the rehearsals of his numerous shows on July 30th, when he will place in rehearsal a company of "Bringing Up Father on Broadway." On Aug. 6th he will place a second company of this attraction in rehearsal. The first company which opens in Mid- dletown, N. Y., on August 20th, will have the following principals: fames K. Wes- ley, Emma Weston, Frank Christie, Leon- ard and Culver, Mildred Curtis, Frank Rich, Al Cooper. H. H. HiU. E. J. Berg, Charles Pratt and W. F. Riley. The second company which opens in Red Bank, N. J., on August 27th, will have in its cast: Tom Waters. Edward Morris. W. T. Boyd, Peggy Mayo, Nick Glinn, Evelyn Butler, Leonard Mence, J. T. Pearsall, Frank' Powers, William Garrett and Alice Dudley. Both shows will carry a chorus of twelve girls. "HOBOHEMIA" FOR ROAD Messrs. Brooks and Lawrence have ac- quired the road rights to "Hobohemia," a comedy of Greenwich Village life, by Sin- clair Lewis, author of "Main Street." and will send it out the latter part of next month. The piece had a brief metropolitan showing at the Greenwich Village Theatre several seasons ago. BEAUTIFYING ALHAMBRA Loew's Alhambra Theatre,* Brooklyn, which bears the distinction of being the only theatre of the Loew g^oup to be de- voted to stock productions, is undergoing a number of beautifying renovations prior to its reopening on Labor Day. The in- terior of :he theatre is being redecorated and the lobby is being enlarged. Although rumor has it that the house will o.fler vaudeville next season, the Loew office has announced it will continue as a stock house. DR. O'GRADY CLEVER COMEDY London, July 9.—"Send for Dr. O'Grady" a new comedy by George Bir- mingham, was produced at the Criterion Theatre here last week to follow "Jack- straw" and seems slated for success. Thomas C Dagnall made the presentation by arrangement with Miss Mary Moore and the production was staged by Sir Charles Hawtrey. In the cast are Holman Clark, Clarence Blakiston, Sir Charles Hawtrey, and the Misses Helen Ferrers, Margaret Banncrman. Edith Saville. Ur- sula Tremayne. Sheila Maloney, Maire O'Neill. Marie Buttcn. Ursula Hirst and Pattie Darry-Fumiss. CASTING "BATTLING BUTLER" Casting has begtm this week for the American production of "The Battling Butler," which has been hailed as the musical comedy hit of the London season, and which will be produced here by George Choos, in association with Selwyn and Company. Rdiearsals will begin at the Times Square Theatre on Monday, July 16l The piece will' have an out of town opening and wilt be brought to one of the Selwyn theatres.- BROADWAY MUSICAL SHOWS {Cbnlimied from page 3) of the Movies" which was one of the sea- son's leaders in gross business does not seem to be able to get over its slump as yet "Zander the Great" at the Empire has also fallen off in business as has "The Fool" at the Times Square. It is likely that both these attractions will make their departure from Broadway within the next two weeks. "You and 1" at the Belmont managed to hold its own on the week and show a bit of profit "The Devil's Dis- ciple" at the Garrick has also been get- ting by. ".Abie's Irish Rose" at the Republic which is well in its second year is not disappointing its producer any even though it got a bit over $7,000 last week which was considered as very satisfactory. John Henry Mears offering "Not So Fast" though its gross intake manages to cover the weekly rental guarantee at the Morosco will continue at that bouse for at least two weeks more as Mears is en- deavoring to enhance the picture rights valuation of the offering. The outlook Monday night by the theatre managers was that business this week would foe a bit better than the last few weeks. They say that with the 4th of July over and tliu new season already under way that, the influx of out of town visitors will begin and that the business in the theatres will climb steadily during July and August STREET CAR ADS FOR SHOW A street car advertising campaign is now being waged in behalf of Ann Nichols' comedy, "Abie's Irish Rose," at the Re- public Theatre. The play has already passed its first year on Broadway and Qit car cards are part of a campaign being in- augurated by the management to keep the piece going throughout the summer, after which it mil shift to George M. Cohan's Grand Opera House, Chicago. The card is an attractive poster with cartoonical views of situations in the piece, whkh have been done by Nomad, the newspaper car- toonist X>HNSON TO MANAGE THE WELLER Zanesviixe, O., July 9.—Caldwell -E. Brown, lessee of the' Weller and Liberty Theatres of this city has engaged Fred £. Johnson to handle the reins o r the Weller Theatre this season. Mr. Johnson has for the past six years been successfully managing the Court Theatre, Wheeling, West Va._ The Weller will play legitimate attrac- tions exclusively, while the Liberty features pictures. This house will be looked after by Mr. Brown. The Weller will open on Labor Day. RAY INCORPORATES San Francisco. July 9.—The Charles Ray Enterprises of California last week filed articles of incorporation with Secre- tary of State Frank Jordan. The capital stock is $1,000,000 divided into 100,000 shares at $10 a share. The directors, according to the articles of incorporation, are Charles Ray, Albert A. Kidder, Jr., Walter H. Grant. Charles S. Ray and Arthur W. Green. YALE RENEWS SONG PRIZE OFFER The failure of Yale college to find a suitable song out of a list of 162 manu- scripts resulted in the aimoimcement today of a new competition for the $1,000 an- onymous prize. Yale ants a song to supplant "Bright College Years," the tune of which is the German "Wacht am Rhine." The new competition closing on May 1, 1^4, will be divided into two parts. The first, now effective will continue until January 1, 1924 open to Yale alumni and students only, is open for words only.'On January 1, 1924 one or more sets of the lyrics will be made public' and the music competition will commence. Unlike the competition for words, the music will be open to the general public and will continue until May 1. Noah H. Swayne. class of '93, of Phila- delphia is cbainnan of the committee of awards.