The Billboard 1923-12-15: Vol 35 Iss 16 (1923-12-15)

DECEMBER 15, 1923 The Billboard i i ‘ borne had just returned , ,<o associated with many other Ause 1 returned from a concert tour .§ aa : . ant Some fifteen wears ago, durfor the Edison Phonograph Co, She not os BIRTHS their decisions to any body of voters. It ha erformance in Melbourne. he was @ talented whistler, but is also not ia \ been a great struggle on the part of the ma ‘vith paralysis and had been ap ine Pinist. ee agers and they certainly thought they ae 2 aan ee PEREZ-WHARTON—Louis Perez. of 1] on tae ad a and Perez, and Mimi Wharton, Troupe, were married at St. P¥ ’ To Members of the Profession ©" ‘° &°' * S* dehy Dut they did ne dral, Melbourne, Australia. October “4 hn : ———That Tax Abolition League ; ; ' Te. % . er , teams are with Wirth Hros.’ re o Mr. and Mrs. Owen Cunningham in PhilaLoving Memory of My Beloved Little ROBERTS.SNOKI S—Edit ‘Ret rts motiog del i, November 27, a som. Mr Cunningham \itho al? managers seem to be solid on this Daughter, picture actress, who plays t! . Dulos a before her marriage was Leslie RF y which point we see that there is again a rift within e in the new Louis B. Mayer product [hy Dame she still Known p nally the lute. F. EB. Adams, a well-k n exhibitor B 4 SYLVIA WILLES Name Is Woman", which Fred N d sete ee Mr and Mis, Als Walker, at ehiecta te de ne witl tt oie re se = naa } : And in gratitude to all those who were so ing, was married recently to Earle So to. suplewood, N. J., son, weighing eight pounds going h the league. He says the : kind to me in my great trial. mobile dealer, in Ho od It d the \ ; a great-great-great-grandchild of ¢inema trade must be separately fought, as to MRS. S. WILLES. marriage is the culm ticn of an a tar : fa , aily themselves with the Society of West Em Which began in school days fo Mr. and Mrs. George €. ’ Managers is to invite disast f ! fs ; SMITH-PARKI R Linn Smith, leader of Lion West Eighty-sixth street, New : 5 ‘ ohn isaster, for the fa ; Smith's Jazz Band, play.ns tl , ter, Jane Devine § ermat remains that their wealthy patrons only pay a wooD—J, C., better known as Dr, Wood, euit, and Doreen Par er were married at Da “herman is president of the tax of an average of twelve per cent, wher ae eee » ey linghurst, Sydney, October vo ‘ on the mafority J ' ; + » Man", died suddenly of heart trouble Teaeened on , FR nay oF ‘eto C e majority of cinema patrons, more so the toe’ OL at his home in Stroudsburg, Pa. | SMITH-WARREN — Eddie Smith and Fay , 2° Mr. and Mrs. Erie Christensen at Sydney, | ring : ‘ November 21, at Als “ > Warren (dancing artner . 1. \ aia, a boy, October 20. 7 father is the King-class areas, pay a tax of twenty-uve , well known in the show world, having arren (dancing partners), members « ae Bboe$ + mm. ; } , Well w odie col ted with Ringling Bros., Barnum & ‘“Million-Dollar Doll’ Company, were married ‘lar manager of the Kinema “Theater r, Kenper cent. ell we can tell Mr. Adams that . ~ i 1 other large circuses. He was 62 © the stage of the Majestic Theater, Des > -Australia , I asking for trouble in this in at least one ; \ Haile — gurvived by hi ife, three Moines, Ia., vening of Decon ‘ s to Mr. d Mrs. Laurie Lorraine, at Melgirect; } y : yea aze and is survived by his wife, three Orton, musical director with the ‘‘Million-DolLOUrne: ralia, a boy, October 21, Mr, Lor“rection, namely from the N. A. T. E. The : da -» athe Wie Bent cuinmeith wdibetnds at the lar Doll Company, assisted: by tft! Majesti raing known in Australian song cirN. A. T. E. is out to saddle the Cinemato 3 ° s F . es pl he 1 lng ) . ce gr ) chibitors’ ssociatior { ~ 3 <wmen's Guild and well known and liked ° oe tra, played t wedd ng march, The graph Exhibitors’ A iation with the tax and : mong fair men, died suddenly at Birmingbebe one ous gifts. we some of its leading officials are taking ; bum, Ala., where he had been in practice since ie 2 an pe Aaa Big aa: wen iat wag aston DIVOR< ES an active platform part in telling the public \ the war. Bureau in Paris, and Mrs. Harry Wilfred Dunot to support the reduction or abolition of the { Duy, of Washington formerly Lilly He.eker, a Te tax on cinemas, the reason being that the MARRIAGES _ ed | bea at Ds ; 7 ods married in the . Cc. E. A. and the N. A. T. E. are not frieads. Freach cap mber 3. The bride appeared In the Profession on the Fren ag al years aco. Hugh Roberts admits that ne ts in sympathy : . STEIN ARD" RIE AKHOY 7 a. George, better m with theaters and vaudeville houses getting rid f In the Profession known as "'S t and Jennie Berk , of the tax and that he will so ala his 3 known as Juanita ve rray, wWel.-known <« s Ruysdael obtained a , rs. b = _ Pp pny Ae > i people, were married in Newport, Ky., D : — im el, for im, Wis., ™ ae . a aa C. BE. A. will have none of ? Z: ‘ ber 6. Mrs. Steinard has een with the tuy : , formerly of the . A. T. E. they will see they have none 4 APPLETON-BAKER—BP, A. (Warren) AppleBarnes, Gentry Bros.” and Cooper Bros.’ cirens Com » New York. of the tax relief. And that’s how the world : 3 ton and Ade line Baker were married in HolSTEVENS-CHILDRE:S—2 mas Stey } that po husband de. ‘“ 4 ton, Kan., Fhankegiving Lewd ; . bride is a of the Virginia Min s, and M nie Ch + where for a number ‘®8*nonprofessional Mr. Appleton is the ower a dress. were married at Guthrie. Ok Nename « ? summer cottage, * 3 proprietor of the Appleton Printing Company, ).. 5. ; ie Lillian B. Kolker was a a@ separaHarry Day, Labor Candidate for CenKansas City, a ae was formerly in the SZARKA-MARKHA\M — William Szarka, of tion decree from J. Henry Kolker, film director tral Southwark am nt profession. Enmore, Sydney, Austr nie ¥ . nd act l Ne ci preme Co BOZE-POTTS—Whitie E, L. Boze, parachute pom. of Petersham, were Hi ~mes “ago ee a w York Supreme Court The Labor Party has given Harry Day a stiff 7 rider, and Nellie Potts were married October Sydney November 2. 1 i « lar was granted q divorce from ficht and he’s up against a very strong-sitting 4 15 at Goshen, Ind. picture showman } CAUPIELD-SHAPTER—Matt Canfk M4. after an I ye and k a ler of J. T. Wortham Liberal candidate whose record in the public 4 ntonio, * Yetober 6. | i nee of four months playing fairs, celebrated : . z Bx» . 3 ; service of London goes back twenty-five years. 4 his return to New Orleans by sneer \ ge COMING MARRIAGES : a no legal res dence ~ Thtir . *. Day's adverse majority fs 5.000. Naturally the 4 Shafter, cashier at the Arcade Theater, one o . am actress, Was denied @ ..n te why } es Bs “A _— , $ the Richardson-Sobel-Shear chain of theaters in Abraham DeKlade by Chief JusIk is why is Day Labor? How does he! sup* ‘ ‘ . they . —_—— . * vee port the ni lavy 2? Thea , a — that city. Mr, Caufield will remain in New , t Appell Court in ¢ ago ve capital levy The V.A. FP. has ro : 4 Orleans this winter, playing local dates, preparIn the Profession hn der o Cedar Ray ds, Ja., has political color, Tho it is a trade union poli“a atory to a Northe ee my? wg ; Simiot. pBo aggre ~ UR ai pean An 4 ties doesn’t enter into the matter, tho natural: CURNICK-WELCH—Arthur Curnk violinist cmpione ro Rbleging Cruelty. SNC asks FM ‘ ak call i ea “a . 4 with Linn Smith's Jazz Band, and Ella Welch, ) wr et a and attorney's fees and $50 alimony ly being affiliated to the Trade Union Congress ) of Clovelly, Sydney, were married at Clovelly Harry Holbrook, Singing Marine’, and hly. they naturally look to the Labor parliamentar : ‘ Uetot a : Mile. Pepita Granados, .the tured Spanish Ancelo Scarpa Foster, who was Thelma party to handle any legislation, but to th DAVIDSON-SCAFPORD—Rose Sexfford, musiancer, are expected to marry at Chicago her secret marriage in .-Siete, Sa OE ait 104 l iy actress, and Walter David-on, nonaround Christmas time Mle. Grinados comes husha a young Its alia are not absolutely committed. Tt ‘ a oleiand ee = srried December 3 at from a prominent family of Madrid a decree of separatior ", wether fact that Albert Vorce, Monte Bayly and Fr : oe =e . -“ Fae ‘ar Tiedemann vealthr Ker kien ar ne Inet ty , . octave, x. Y. Miss Scafford will retire Carl Wiedemann ; wea } k wkian and alimony} by Justice Wass: -vogel in Herbert hold three different and divergent to from the ice and the coup.e will make their °*¥"*T of the race hor In M erat and Supreme Court, New Yor ie. last week litical faiths. so if the three paid permaner a home in & oe n, Pa. . Allyn King, former ollies” beauty and now Dr. Masataro Miura, 1 =f peieinh:lianaaitemcte loa Nove fiiemyle nin paid perman: ; j EB DMOND POREVE —Despite threats of disinP!8sing in a musical 1 Los Angel L has been grant a a a ficials are like that how ean the rest. of . ; by his family, Prince Edmond of ™®!TY at Chr stmas time, a ling to r —_ kio, apar ‘ ercanization be said to follow any one me : : i ait a 7 he e is expectec ) solemr ir Japanese ir P , ‘ Schwartzenberg, scion of one of the oldest and = cago, whet ~ t? w Bot h Miss King is cou + sean t ‘ company. Mme ure esides the “star” artistes do not fall for t . wealthiest families of the Bohemian aristocracy, : na — 4 ae amie Mae eel eatin = nani ‘la e ha e las the title role Madame Rutt capital levy. ; at Prague in the city hall to I ing wi Te aps ar at that time. ha € ‘of. fadame F erf : y : a ch rus girl of a German theaAlbee and the M. H. L G ter. Twen “ludies of the show in which the : . . F bride appears witnessed the wedding. FROM | ONDON | OWN Ladies are generally imitative, but some folk« GALLAGHER-!] UTHER—The famous team of @aitaahor Dbeh oo 2s : : over here do not think it cricket of them to a me a Be Bn Roy The Vaudeville Field have appealed to Mr. Albee to support their ' married to Ann Luther, motion picture actress, Billboard Office, 18 Charing Cross Road, W. C. 2 fund. True, he sent the V. A. B. According to Mr. Gallagher the romance began By “WESTCENT” $5,000 and, at the Fox Studios, where she was producing F. unsolicited gentleman that he is, perhaps he seers pee ” aieion ns a ei Hy & _ : con! ve he< r ciot & plas The Governer’s Lady’, and Gallagher ght it would have been ungracious not to x ILO a wal beg pi — c Kell The A. A, Calamity there will be many who will dr« p out. In any have sent them something, seeing moreover that } RELLOGG ALTHALL — Loyce ‘ellocg, ° : a eg = : . case the A. A. prestige s received a big setMrs. R. H. Gillespie had just accepted the of; ei baritone, and Evelyn Walthall, pianist, were ONDON, Nov. 28.—That is what it really | Sache on me la Reape fice of president, as Lady De Frece had retired Sy wed November <0 at Pallas, Tex Atte a is. To say that it has come as a shock * : a hee e A. A. incil will be asked ! ae ae ke a | Fj “4 , tT) , . . 37 alt 4 ‘ fe re«<: , ba 4 two weeks’ honeymoon they took up residence to the outside world—theatrical and vaudet® resign or some such ng. There w e thru ill health, R.H.G.is the president of : { oti ror gee vis = “i? a... fan * is playvile section—is to put it mildly. The main #2 attempt at reconstruction and maybe the the V. A. B. FP. and the gooi ladies of the guild : 4 ug W t a Ketnery Bane ‘ . came oa lements Ne bs laa® thale tadaves® tm tha have aante: & leaf ont of ry Marlowe's ‘ ‘ cE! M PF CONN} lL — Irving A. Kempf and subject is Where has t money g ‘ Ww ° ha lost thefr terest in th ha “ = 2 ak a lea nt « ren larlowe's ; Dore nne beth wel known itn the outNot that the. s the slightest sucgestion of mover nt will now come back and ass t thembook. Still it does g nst the grain for us t oor show world, were married at Crown Point, dishonesty implied. but rat’ er: ““What bad man‘elves. to have to accept or f money from with; Ind., December 3. by Judge Kemp. Mr, Kempt ¥ ¥ OE Oe a Si ae =: Shed he ' out our own lend Some years aco there was : 5 rith s other George has for years operated agement somewhere: . . 7 solution was tha The J. B. Ar mes d Case an active movement headed by Joe Elvin q empf's Mechanical City and Swiss Vil“provisional’’ notice should be ¢ but Lugs It is unfortunate that this has happened — ; . sean Nn ei Nc : , ages with several of the stellar organizations, gave all his people “formal” notice, and rewhile this case is on trial. It will be heard on C!2tHe Austin, Fred Kitchen and others to ; , 4 ‘ i 4 a e ' i e t ' : . 7. " be Sony son with the Moriis & Castle Shows peated that word twice in a five-line letter to | ee ee , it) ancther amalgamate the guild with the V. A. B. F. but KUCHER-SCUULZE—Emil Krr 20 . “ ~~ om : ecember 1 1S postponed thru anothe : 7 : M —_ erite Pe bh = ue : y Jr an ri and his subordinates. It is quite possible that waco ahead which wae «! ‘d for Justice Rus it came to naught—not thru any fault of the ty Ize, 24, each 42 inches in he ght nhead, w vas 1 Jus RusBi and members of the Imperial Midgets Comthinga may not look so black as they are said .o17 Then came the general electior Now V: 4 B.'F. committee. ‘ pany, Were married on the stage of lantag to be. but there ? getting away from the , 7 . ™ eek 5 . i: ; i , x a ’ « " "1 l ‘ s ’ Y T’at Tastings . fight > e la hor eoat ' . “ . ” . q Theate Linneapolis, Minn, December 5 The gace that sladidlt, vaduiianenih! alk Menlo, eae Wikia: « ct Hastings is fighting at at Will There Be a New “Social Society? > Wedding ceremony was performed by the Rev. ’ at ae a ; . wine * Wa nd and J. B. Hurst is also a parliament4 aes 3 Richard S$. Read Male or Leach offered the done and that the situation ts not at ‘ f sey ste. The © 20, Siebtente tha We oe don’t think so. Several ardent i couple * congratulat« Ludwig Gorell and ful. We are given to understand from an ¢ .. anolied fer a further postncnemeet 1m’ °? rits are tr) to get the nucleus together ‘| . At Hiempel, who are ae smaller than the authority who should know that at pe ee * oe ‘ : ? 7 ; : T pe ted of the best an. prved remnants of the ex-Rats and i yr 7 ate nentions above » fy v6 rrante¢ of } ~y bridegroom, were best man and maid the A, A. have 4,000 members in ‘‘fr!l ! fit’. 7 oe | ap he ¥ . bet 1) : ¢ °x Terriers, but the thing is hanging fire. IneRe -k. it on the nditio at no hovcott w be | : Lv. \S-STANTLEY—J. Lucas, of St. Louis, and Were this so the income should ha been at on Ssacll te the me the ourne deed pleas have been urged and feelers put Rowe nlev, of She ' e790 . ek .¢ his st nent has t to ge society formed as 800 3 possible heboy an, Wis., conces fonleast $590 per week. t thi ment for the extra fou ae” the out te get a ty form a yon as possib a * a Dodson’s World Fair Shows, were been made repeatedly during the propaganda on , : : pa Each fteI Pc ® ad to make the entrance fee such as will in% Tried at San Ange » ber 2 . ‘ ‘ ‘ eefendant’s benefit. Each quota of the . . ' ) : q mare. .. ngelo, Tex., November 24. meetings, and we believe it to be a = : 5% : . . é sure that the emplorable will be the only on ‘REY ~— Ricardo Martin, opera éeine : to pay a fifth and as the expenses by that ‘ . P « ‘ sings and Jane Grey, actrees, were married Some discontent has been can 1 ‘ thru site with Kaien colshed ee O60 O08 ek members as distinct to the unemployable. They ; ta 1. Conn., November 15, Mr. Marnext of kin wanting to know why | ad not vali “ : : het nave want it to be a social order pure and simply 3 mer of > iene . > » , nome’? e 1 seectior nest pu Ip J en . : ; . a bod ~tetpinst the Chicago Opera Company. yeceived the mot 1 tn t ; . . a : , . and without any sick or such benefits. That | rey 1s been leading woman for John . _ , It is estimated it it will cost the di , 2 ¢ ’ : | | more and others, She will not g ve up tie section, In "i ; oe $15,000 to win and abouf $22,500 if ther lose be as it may, but some of the older heads sug y ‘ P or has paid up his susecriptions ree rly for ‘The A. A. be : se wall ; = pee rata to = st a severe concentration and strong drive ¢ :! | HOLS-ALLEN—Jack B. Nichols, of Althe past six months. To thove mos ve in ars aa ay “~ Pond —~ J P.O make the V. A. F. one hundred per cent in ' a \la.. and Mra, Mae Kernee Allen. of ¢ne movement it seems a curious state of affairs dati > bat if t igs go against the = wate view of the stremssus werk leomtag up fn 2008 aoe ins, La.. were quietly married Thanksthat ti Prat fund sould have 2#"d the financial state of the A. A. doesn’t ime ing Day at Norton, Va., at the home of ‘4 tag co apaaline in rs ’ on WM he eathe kk Rev “Renton, Mrs, Allen’ is owner of the dwindled to $1,000. One would have thought Prove matters will be rather awkward. Rupert Hazell at the Alhambra Aviation Girl" Show, and Mr. Nichols has that drastic steps for retrenchment would have The Scien <ochal Win He’s now being billed as “The Master of been fed with her company for some be teken long age rhe V. A. F. permanent iii al ta : 7 tane?? > 7 hired , ; me general business manager : eon ’ long : : I aan Well it was no use kidding one’s self. These the Ceremonies and his is his third wee : 7 Nei } t ror tion had o r SSOL00 5.6 m . . . eal 1, AC HOLL ATWOOD—Frederick J. Nichotte, CUHtIS. the funds Ee 1 aaa , reommend tions have always been killed in He bléws on and off in the due compere style and leyitinoat . ; : 4 i sted funds at the beginning oe ’ T) , 1 — p , , : ' itor, and Vera W. Atwood, music), Mm *BYe fed mnie ; “e tre full mmittes The } y of the L. C. ¢ gets away with it Tle’s made up as a cele — ' a —~y 7 = — . tre as, wi ore mart ed at year, knowing the siump was cor : y ha niwave been against drink They wonld man handling a bun struggle. It must be t ; it, ¥ » » 7 j laries St he s ret « i . . . N reer athe ni : a fd Rot Mr. cut their salaries. § rt 7 ; make Londen’s theaters and vanderille houses jing working three shows a day and about si‘ v Ta \ ‘oe with The Deep of finance of the A. A. wae well kept. : rm amt + =t¢) eit . » show. b it’ t : \ vd Wi dwood’? at the Fracee Theater. New ‘ dr tomorrow. I y . 1p with yy ons appearances at each show, but it’s growing on e adage It Was while playing with this Kouf What Will Happen” siened by p e wha never go to places of enthe public. Seeing that he’s in the Royal ke At a “h e at oops a teeny ~~ ae At time of writing things have not sorted ‘-r’ainment If i ting 1 ness was & Show at the Coliseumr on December 13 maybe | ‘ second street onexpe te i i , : : y a nviog uttemrted te lee t : ane themselves out. Certain well » are direet vote of the patrons w ind good, but Sir Oswald will try the idea then. We hardly wth , , , . ~ ae fen years. having been lost to ea h being communicated with with a vir to seeing in these things we are rm those who think so, as the order of the program was d to g . —_ + op molta was compote’ what ean be done, because surely there must wonld close them down To show the temperaeab the other day Stoll doesn't give bt rome to ride Pu fi . . —_ a met 100 ride and groom had first be some assets or income coming i 1 : f sor f ther ! L. ¢. CU. man said: yp trying if he thinks there’s any merit in the 4 i" When they both appeared with ‘ , ef vi " H rd. and would have heeome mar Many of the bigger theatrical 1 ive I am in f f a brighter London. but I idea. Ric first tried the thing with Gillie Pot. =e “e 4 5 hy § they hecome sep inated not seen eve to eye with the polley of the A. A e ft want sh unt to be alecohol.”” The ter mt Potter didn't get the right 3 Sy ‘ oO c —s eh page a! ad a Couneil and have therefore ceased to tal an \ A.F.d all n its power but got a very Hazell has. tee » Whe has acquired consd-rable ' } } t fan ru her whistling ability. became the active interest in the doings of the asseciapoor deal from the London Labor members of : ride of W y. ol = Fee ee ; Stoe > pe Osborne of the Oxborne-Z'rkle tion. They are now being pulled into activity the counei! They say they object to any ‘ ot Musie December 3. The ceremon . Pas : —_ fi ‘o tt mast comb f louver being given to the loral 5 wa eld at the home of the AB etmon When the whole thing is broadcast, a t must $ trol o 0 wing given ¢ € ri A glance at the Hotel Directory in thi< tssue “ther, TJ. Osborne, in Cleveland. Mrs. Ossurely be, as it cannot possibly be hushed up, licensing benches who are not responsible for may save considerable time and inconvenience.