The Billboard 1922-06-03: Vol 34 Iss 22 (1922-06-03)

i Tw ae JUNE 3, 1922 The Billboard BILLBOARD CALLERS | NEW YORK OFFICE Eddie Taylor, last season on tickets with ng-Barnum Circus. a Wilson, ‘“‘champion”’ stilt walker. Has been advertising pictures and various other attractions and commercial items along roadway. He is really a marvel in his line. c. H. Buckley, riding device operator volack Bros.” Shows. T. W. Alles, representing New York. Eddie Hayden O'Connor, Elmer Tenley, vaudeville author. manager Valiceta’s Leopards. prima donna, Captain Louis tising for the Salvation Army York Horace Goldin, magician, rington, cireus agent. Sig. and wire walker. Billie producer. Harry FE. Skelton. William McCormack. Talking on a ride in Columbia Park, North Bergen, N, J. Richard Gill. Looking for attractions for the Flushing, Long Is'and, Hospital carnival to be held June 15 to 17, inclusive, Som J. Banks. Says he is out of the circus game for this season. He visited the RinglingRaroum Cireus in Brooklyn. Louis Taxier, riding device operator with James F. Murphy Shows. In from New Castle, Pa., to attend the funeral of his father-inlaw. Charles Pronto, of the Great Empire Shows. In from Poughkeepsie, N. Y., to buy some tents. Harold Bachman, leader of Bachman's ‘‘MilNion-Dollar’” Band, and Myron Bachman, business manager for same, playing Masonic Exposition at Madison Square Garden. Booked for the Virginia Historical Pageant at Richmond. James H. Lent. concession manager with Gerard Greater Shows. Reported fair business in New England towns. Chief White Hawk, Indian actor. Joined Clyde Ingalls’ Pit Show on tke Ringling-Barnum Circus. W. H. Middleton. Masonic Exposition. Biwood M. Johnson, of the Cumberland Amusement Company, of New York. This organization promises something radically different in outdoor amusements. Ww. J. Dapiyn, of Norwich, England. Was formerly banner advertising agent with circuses in America. Louis Fink, general manager Fink's Exposition Shows, Inc Konrod Hamilton, companion of Ludinore Lopes, representative of the amusements to be held within the grounds of the Brazilian Exposition, Rio de Janeiro. Ralph Finney, operating Model Amusements. Mrs, Frank A. Robbins, Winona Robbins and Dr. and Mrs. Alfred E. Crain. Mrs. Sydney Wire, wife of the well-known press agent. last season property master on “Tams'’, cos tumers, vaudeville anthor. Arthur Hill, Lola Anstin, Sorcho, adverDrive in New Cc. P. FarGuilmette, clown turke, vaudeville Was a busy man at the Polly Aronson, at the Sam S. Shubert vaudeville house in Pittsburg Harry Mrers. Plans to be in the ontdoor show game this summer. Bertha Greenberg. En route to Boston on some amusement business, Renjamin Williams, of Williams Rros.’ Shows, playing Brooklyn. John Coulihan, riding device operator, with Great Empire Shows. etraw, N, Y. Charles Needleman, manager United Concession Supply Company. makers of ‘Eatmore” candy packages, New York. Arthur Randall, manager Mile. Vortex and Company, free act H. B. Potter, general agent Frank J. Murphy Shows. In on railroad business. Gilmore Corbin, monologist. Been on Keith randevil'e time hooked out of the Boston office. Win retire from the stage and enter the advertising business in Los Angeles soon. He was accompanied by Sam J. Ranks. Billy Rose, proprietor Aphrodite Flower and Ritd Shop, New York. Jack Eberhard, manager riding devices the Billie Clark Broadway Shows. route from his home in Revere, Mass., to show Cplest, of the Great Celest and Company, wire walking artists. In from Philadelphia to arTange some fair bookings Charles DePhil Piaving Columbia Park, North Bergen, N. J., with his aerial free act scenehition Rack from now Was playing Haver on Alfreno Swartz, high wire-walker. . tour ef New York State and Pennsylvania to ‘trange fair bookings for his act, which he hooks indenendent erry F. Crandall, ride operator, recently with RBeniamin Williams’ enterprises. Louis Candee, concessioner. May launch his own organization of rides and concessions, Mart McCormack. Is operating some concessions on Foster’s Colombia Shows LJ. Polack. En route to Springfield, 0., to visit the World at Home Shows _ H. Bush, of West's Bricht Light Shows. Tn rom Eeston, Pa., to engage a magician for « pit show, Pd Lang—Known in the business end of vaude ville. Plaving Keith vaudeville with his ) Tan Araki. ' of ladder balancers Fimer Tenley. Did not join the as deertment of the George L. Dobyns Shows, ag revionsly planned Harry BR. Potter, astute carnival general svent. Haga pee for the organization of the cading carnival interests ; Nye. Flas closed as general agent for mith's Greater Shows, and has taken the adante of Polack Bros.’ 20 Big Shows in the same fpacity Johnny J. Kline. Playing Jamaica, ©. 1., with rides and concessions ©. F. Chester and Harry Hainert, of the Chester Pollard Amusement Company. en Kranse. Playing his ‘whip’ ride, Wonder City show and Katrenjammer Kastle with Fink's Exposition Shows Grant Stewart, editor of Fonlty. Thomas Rragy, general manecer Thomas Rrady, Tne.. New York amnsement purvevors Richard M. Wheelan, traveling representative Anerbach Chocolate Company, New York. vines fn wrestgrn ane ap dP tour. & number en vais a To reports busi Mark Witt and George I. Friedman. Mr. Witt is playing his riding devices in the Bronx. M. O'Grady, concessioner, Playing independent dates. Harold Reyno, of the Sparks Circus; Joseph A. McFields, business manager Benjamin Williams’ Amusement Enterprises; W. J loch, of the Nationa] Premium Company; Sam Wyman, concessioner; G, . Webb, Elmer J. Walters, manager Yorkville Theater; George W. Peck, veteran burlesque magnate; Al Burt, of the Broadway Doll Compiny; Adgie Costello, famous trainer of lions; Mart Me(Cormack, Charles Pronto, representing Great Empire Shows; C. P. Parrington, D. C. Hawn, Sidney Reynolds, president Amusement Builders’ Corporation; Charles Docen, side-show manager with Matthew J. Riley Shows: D. P. Fuller, clown on Ringling-Barnum Circus; Leo Resiman, violinist and orchestra leader; W. H. Godfrey. New York representative for Bunte Brothers’ Candy Company; C, A. Lomas, representing the Standard Engraving Company. M. J. Lapp, owner and manager American Exposition Shows, to book some free acts for special dates arranged. Joe Hawley and Harry Smith, of HMawler's Liberty United Shows. Closed over in New Jersey. Will reorganize later. Elwood M. Johnson, general manager Cumberland Amusement Company. Reports his new style of entertainment going over with a bang It is called ‘*Danceland’’. Charles Pronto, representing Great Empire Shows. Callers at J. A. Jackson's desk: Ben Strasser, general manager of the picture company bearing his name: C. P. McClane, the new manager of the Dunbar Theater, Philadelphia; Anna Rush, leading lady in the “Crimson Skull’, just released by the Norman Film Co., of Jacksonville: P. G. Lowery and three of his band; John Wade, motion picture business man, who has forsaken Philadelphia and rejoined the Micheaux forces in New York: J. A. Keene, who promises some startling developments in race pictures; Irving Jones, of Cumby & Jones, to bid good-by as they started a tour of the Pantages Cirenit: Bill Jones and Mr. Morgaq, of The Chicago Defender business staff; William tilloups, movie actor; Louie Schooler, the busiest Negro bus'ness man in the profession: Julius Avendorph, president of the Appamator Club, of Chicago: Maharaiah, mystic, from Starlight Park; Prince Mvysteria, mystic. who went to Northern New York on tour: Lew Payton, of the No. 2 “Shuffle Alonc’’ Company, of whom The Brookirn Fagle said: “He is as funny as other comedians think they are.”* Ollie Burgoyne. Her tab. company was doing a week at the Lineoln Theater. Evon Robinson. She has a company of a dozen singing girls. Karle Cooke. Is going to do a “Bert Williams” act. W. B. Hunter, of the Micheaux Pictures business staff. Clarence Foster, a vandevillian. Tiny Ray, of Thomas, Ray and Robinson. Earl Dancer, of Dancer and Green. Tom Harris, a_musitce composer. Rilly Dewey, vaudevillian. Ed Tolliver. He has a neat team act. Eddie Conners. the baby “Bean Brommel”. John ade, picture distributor. Bert Jonas, New York vandeville agent. Rufus Rrara. Owns the big Lincoln Theater in Washington, D. C. PRESS ‘AND ADVANCE AGENTS (Continued from page 43) that the “Gonzell White Company of Real Jazz", a colored act of ten people, was a feature of his “Beauty Revue’’ show at Hur tig & Seamon’s burlesque theater on West 125th street. Charles (Kid) Koster, former advance agent of burlesque, featured films and circuses, does not feel equal to the discomforts of travel after his recent illness, therefore has taken several concessions at Put-in-Bay, one of the largest amusement resorts in the State of Ohio, H. J. Sinken, the international advertising agent who is now located im Brooklyn, is alWays out after new and novel advertising devices. His latest is the Tangley air calliope, and he is now contracting with several outdoor shows to utilize its valuable services under his personal supervision. —_—- Our Cleveland representative sends this: Ed Sullivan, manager of the Star Theater, Cleveland, presenting burlesque stock, is credited with pulling absolutely the best publicity smash in Cleveland history. Qullivan piloted Ada Lum, prima donna, and several other members of his troupe to a recent meeting of the city council and managed to get Miss Lum on the floor of the council chamber for a speech. Rules of order were suspended and the city dads listened attentively. As an aftermath the council was invited to attend the show at the Star and practically all accepted the free ducats. Immediately every newspaper in the city began devoting space to the incident and the wealth of caustic comment that came in its wake was worth a king's ransom to the genial Ed and his cohorts. For the past two wecks every day has seen fresh reference to the stunt in the dailies and the council is being razzed unmercifully. ADDITIONAL J. A. JACKSON’S PAGE NEWS HERE AND THERE AMONG THE FOLKS | (Continued from page 42) stead of “Ebony Nights’ as was first anpounced. . Nahum D. Brascher, editor-in-chief of The Associated Negro Press, and a _ consistent booster of the show folks, is one of the speakers programmed to appear at the N. A. A. C. P. convention in Newark June 13. An editor has advanced the suggestion that our race be referred to as Ethicans, a word made of syllables from Ethiopian and Americans. The Page would like to learn the opinion of show folks on the matter. Ruby Shelton, who retired from the stage to enter Indianapolis politics, is third assistant city clerk in that city. AS am expression of his love of music he keeps a twenty4ive-piece orchestra busy at concert, dance and radio work. Eddie Stafford is with Tim Moore’s ‘‘Chicago Follies” Company. He {is still collecting favorable press comments on his work. The Exposition Four have taken the place of the Strutt Payne Quartet at the Plantation Room in New York. Mrs. George Harvey, a concert singer known in Russia and Japan as well as all over Amerfica, greeted the Page on the avenue in New York recently. She is domiciled for the present at 115 West 135th street and announces that she will remain for a time in the big town. Fifty thousand boys participated in a ‘“‘Roys’ Week”? parade in Philadelphia with a number "BALLOON ASCENSIONS AND PARACHUTE DROP PROMISES PLENTY OF THRILLS Mark M. Campbel] promises one of the most spectacular and daring aerial acts for the fair season. The program will thrills of every description, according to the daredevil. Space will not allow of a detailed outline of the program, but those who have seen Campbell's stunts say they never witnessed any that were more thrilling, and sincerely believe that he will be one of the biggest drawing cards in the outdoor show world in the months to come. Many hair-raising stunts by Miss Roy and Campbell will be executed on the same ship simultaneously, Miss Roy will also make a parachute drop. Nicht exhibitions will also be ven. The act is under the management of J. lex Sloan of Chicago. MITCHELL CLAIMS RECORD What is said to have been the first successful Parachute jump from a building and the lowest arachute drop on record, ie cla by b Mitchell, of Chicago, who leaped from the roof of the Edgewater Beach Hotel, one of Chicago's fashionable hostetries, May 4. The Edgewater Beach Hotel is an eight-story building, 115 feet high. Six seconds after the jump Mitchell bounced lightly on the sidewalk. The parachute was 28 feet_in diameter and its weight was 30 pounds. Daredevil Mitchell will play fairs during the summer. GEORGE BLANCHET WINS FRENCH BALLOON RACE George Blanchet, of France, is unofficially declared winner of the annual balloon race for the Grand Prix of the Aero Club of France, having leaded mee 4-9 wes from the Tuilleries Gardene in , Ma .. The race illeries Gardens Sunday af started from the Tu ternoon, May 14, replete with GIANT PLANE SETS RECORD New York. May 23.—The Aeromarine flying cTuiser, endosa, with twenty-seven pas sengers aboard, flew from Keyport, N. J., to the city airport at Eighty-second street and the udson recently, establishing what was described as a new passenger-carrying record for the seaplane. The Mendosa, an enclosed plane, luxuriously furnished, was a feature of a flying-boat carnival that attracted a throng of 4,000. It made the trip, an air distance of thirty miles, in twenty-one minutes. In addition to the flight program, a series of maneuvers intended to demonstrate the various points of seaplane operation was carried out. carnival was announced as opening the flying boat season in this city. HARRY DAVIDSON BACK After staying away from the game for the last three years Harry (Chick) Davidson has again taken up flying. Chick enters the game with three ships, all available for commercial, passenger, photography and stunt flying. A cordial invitation is extended to all pilots visiting Springfield, 0., to pee this their landing. sidan § personnel: C. . Enric, Harry Hauer, G. Ben Sharp and Pilot Chick, field manager. U. S. ARMY FLYING CIRCUS FOR BENEFIT Louisville, ., May 26.—Bowman Field is to be the scene of a remarkable exhibition of trick ing June 17, when the United States Army ing Cireus wil ive a benefit performance for the Waverly Tuberculosis Hospital of bands in line. The third prize wae taken’ by the colored boys’ band. i W. -E. Dabney and a jazz band of four. Pieces are entertaining at the Lafchmont Lodge’ in Westchester county, N. Y¥. Henry T. Stucker, 2 publicity man, has Opened a circular distributing and advertising agency in the Harlem district of New York City. ; Sylphide Antoinette Roach, a dramatic soprano, native of South America, will give a recital at the 137ta Street ¥. M. ©. A. in New York June 21. Rufus J. Byars of the Lincoln Theater, | Washington, D. C., was a Billboard caller. He was in town to look over the current at trem for his big house. There is a massive silver loving cup at the | Monarch Lodge of Elks’ Club room in New York that is to be awarded to the winner of 6. é e ‘tractions with a view of corralling some of © a@ baseball game played on Memorial Day be| tween the Elks’ team and the ‘‘Shuffle Along’ boys. The Page has been invited to occupy a box as a guest of Manager S. T. Saxton. Next issue we will tell just whose cup it is, as this copy goes to press before the game. “The Funny Side of Life’ Company, with Slim Jim Austin and Josie Graham, is playing Mississippi to packed houses nightly and everybody is pleased with the company. The music has been written by Prof. T. L. Corwell. The company comprises Slim Jim Austin, owner and manager; Mrs. Josie Graham Austin, secretary; Irvie Richardson, stage manager and musical director; Bobby Tolliver, Jimmie Steard, Geraldine Jones, Mary Lee, Black Birdie, Mae Underwood, Clinton Jones and Matthews Underwood. CIRCUIT CLAIMS Gulfport, Miss.; Lake Charles, La.; Meridian, Miss.; the Tent Theater, Opalousas, Le.; Charlotte, N. C.; Greenville, N. C., and the Sack houses in Texas are reported to be signed with the Cummings Circuit, On May 8 the Managers and Performers began booking the ‘Sl’? for Mr, Bailey in Atlanta, At present both sides are claiming control of Stone’s Booker T. Washington Theater in Indianapolis, with the shade of doubt in favor of the Cummings interests. According to The Freeman, Stone is definitely M. and P, The Koppin Theater, Detroit, one of the largest theaters in either circuit, has cut its program to pictures for the time being. The outcome is awaited with interest, . The Aldridge at Oklahoma City, the Dreamland at Tulsa are both definitely in the M. and P. fold. The James Crescent Players and Kennemon & Arthur Company were played thru these houses by the Cummings office. Pace and Pace, Leggett Sisters, Ernest Whitman, and Davis and Harris are in the Southwestern territory with M. and P. contracts. The Aldridge in Oklahoma City is also in the new alignment. The Cummings office announces that it has been placing ite acts in the Qklahoma houses for the past four weeks. The Slim Henderson Company opened the McSweeney Theater, Birmingham, Ala., with M. and P. contracts. Sam Banov, of the Lincoln in Oharleston, 8. C., seems to be about to become involved in litigation. He seems to have made contracts with both circuits, according to information that comes to the Page. It is not Hkely that the matter will reach the courts, Mr. Cummings and Lawrence Goldman, a Kansas City attorney, with interest in a colored theater there, are now in the East negotiating for metropolitan openings. ACTS ON THE BIG CIRCUITS Moss and Frye, Glenn and Jenkins end Dancing Dotson are busy on the Keith Circuit. Rosamond Johnson and Company, the Modern Cocktail, ‘‘Bojangles’”’ Bill Robinson and a few others are on the Orpheum Circuit in the West. Wesley Johnson and Company, Carter and Cornish, Mason and Bailey, Seymour and Janette, the Pan-American Four, Jones and Cumby, Saunders and Robinson, Farrel and Hatch, and Lulu Coates and her Crackerjacke are all on the Pantages Circuit. This circuit has been especially favorable to colored acts during the past season. Scott and Whaley, the Versatfle Three, the Dancing Demons, Glass and Grant, Mutt and Jeff, Douglas and Jones, the Royal Southern Singers, Cole and Robinson, and Abbie Mitchell, with her quartet, are all in England booked by London offices. King Luis and Son are in Ireland, and the Garland All-Black Revue is in Scotland. The Four Black Diamonds are in Germany, while the Red Devils and the team of Brooks and Duncan are in Egypt. Mr. Loew is keeping Stevens and Towel, Davis and Chadwick and about e dozen other acts busy. , McKissick and Whirls are working in and around Boston and the Creole Cocktail has just finished the Gordon houses in Boston. A lot of our better vaudeville talent has been absorbed by hotel revues. Altogcther the group is faring.fairly well in these days of reduced bills and closed houses, : if Nabe Be a ; 3 ; + eR rr es EE