The Billboard 1924-08-16: Vol 36 Iss 33 (1924-08-16)

AUGUST 16, 1924 The Billboard 18a National Amusement Managers’ Assn. To Convene August 20 Extension of Combination Motion Picture and Tabloid Policy in Film Theaters To Come Up for Discussion at Cedar Point, O., Meeting PRINGFIELD, O., Aug. their attractions thru attend the an I the Break« 10.—More the Gus sociation at rs Hotel, All arra ements for the convention, which is expected to be the biggest in , istury of the organization, have bee completed by Gus Sun, treasurer, and Billy James of Columbus, president of e organization, u r Neer, general manager of t Sun Exchange, said that the policies of exchang r the g seus w be explained at the eting. Managers of both t 1 and . s ar to attend e « ion. 0 f I tt s to ¢ ’ d n is the er 1 of e D8 } pic ture 1 ta i ) e t le Mr. Neer said All zg u m p thea ters at t ‘ a t t .] ' r e and ] or tab! ! said, “*T « id is t t ri 8 ig te ble ir r sion charges. All the n | Ohio which hare « y. Wy booking 1 for this « va alert Regarding t ! ess outlook for tf} theater tt : M r said he is very optim W ® booking over 100 theaters for tabloids this . Where last year we had only seventy,"’ he said “a se of the good outl “ i xk our t » the Ea-t t arly New 1 States L. 3 H * x who has taken 4 I n with oftice vy ¥ clues rts ¢£ 1 results rom f at ter ry. Fr k Wolfe ger of our ¢ £ ff sa Is ral new theaters in } ry, and me office in Springfield is also booking new houses.’ PANTAGES BOOKINGS New Y Aug. 11.—Acts under the management of Edward and Richard Riley which havi been routed f t eoming season over the Pan. Tin ade Bob A nder and Ruth Del ir, who open next Monday at M polis; Paul M ind Gladys Gerrish, who are to open September G at Torcnto: Lorimer and Hudson, who open the same date at Toronto, and Mur id Lee, w been contracted to open me time in October, the exact date of hich has not yet been eet. Kennedy and Kramer, mnother ict booked by the Riley Brothers, opened recently at Toronto. “AIDA” IN VAUDEVILLE New York, Aug. 11.—‘‘Aida’’ is the frst Strand opera to be condensed for Keith vaudeville The tabloid version is now on the Poli Time breaking in and will put in an appearance at the Palace in the early fall. The act Its billed “An O tal Dream’ and includes a company of fourtecn. George Defeo presents the act “‘Alda Other grand operas will be similarly said, adapted for the two-a-day, it is THEO. ROBERTS RESUMES VAUDE. TOUR SEPT. 8 ke, Aug. O.—The Orpheum Circuit b inged for Theodore Roberts’ return to t t day the k of September S in the 6 e } was deing last mon When faken ill at Pitts! re, Pa., which ca d him to ear dates n arranged Roberts will oly play a few d for the Orpheum, Jumping East to the Palace Cleveland, the first stop oD a Keith tour already arranged ANOTHER PICTURE ACTRESS York, Aug. 11—Tlelen Jerome Eddy, mer ture ictress, opened last week at ra n The rin “Case No, 26°", by Ray ' ! Mi hdd supporting east includes Auer, Robert Robson, Mrs. Hoffman, Helen M wk and Austin Walsh The scene of setch is laid in a juvenile courtroom. HUGH HERBERT'S NEW ONE New York, Aug. %.—Hlugh Uerbert, we'lknown vVandeville writer, has written a Vehicle for his own use In the two-a-day this season. It entitled “The Lemon’ and will be tn readi ness for opening In about two weeks. Tlerbert is of “Mr. and Mrs."*, a new three-act comedy which Lewis & Gordon are to produce this fall. the author than 150 theater managers who book Sur sooking Exchange are expected to 1ual full meeting of the National Amusement Managers’ AsCedar Point, O., August 20. GUINAN IN NEW ACT York, Aug. 11.—Katherine L. Guinan 1 character sketch this season, »>mo lie vehicle is now in Eddie Hayden O'Connor, who Irish comedy tled ‘‘Mrs skit for Gracie Murphy's Next Hushas written for Other acts which O'Connor fire’’, in which Dunn and this scason are ‘‘Surefire’ Reeardo will be seen; “Two Gentlemen of Leisure’, which wil serve as a vehicle for Richard Ambrose and Ben Neff, who are to open in a week or ten days, and a comedy double for Harry F. Sweeney and Joseph F. Byrnes. TOM WEISS RETURNING 11.—Tom who last New York, Aug legitimate ranks, Weiss, of the played in one of the road companies of *‘The Old Soak", is returning to the two-a-day September 15 at Bridgeport, Conn., in ‘Oh, Papa’, a farce comedy by Doro thy de Jagers, adapted from her story of the same name in The lay’ Evening Post Weiss will be supported by a cor ny of three people. William Shilling is arrang'’ng bookings. ILLNESS HALTS SEENA OWEN Satur New York, Aug. 11.—Seena Owen, picture star, who has been signed up for a tour of Keith vaudeville, took ill suddenly last week and rehearsa’s of her dramatic sketch were temporarily called off. It is said Miss Owen is not altogether satisfied with her present ve nge when she is able which, it is expected, will be some time this week William Shilling has been retained to handle bookings for the former picture artist. IN LONDON VAUDEVILLE London, Aug. 10 (Special Cable to The Billboard).—Layton and Jolnstone, colored, broke regular vaudeville this week at the Holborn Empire and are dong well. Alfred Goldstein, late broker with the V. T. ©. C., makes qa great splash as to his capa into bilities and j_ s as a vaudeville agent. Moss | s is z an interior @ividend of five per cent s tax for t first half year’s trading. There was no interim last year and only two-and-a-half-per-cent dividend. HELEN WARE REPLACES 1IONA JACOBS IN “BALANCE” New York, Helen Ware Aug to 9.—Joe Howard has engaged replace Jona Jacobs in ‘In the Balance’, dr atic sketch, which is to open August 18 at Keith’s Eighty-First Street Theater, The other members of the cast are Walter Law, Joe h Smiley and R. D. Wake field. The sketch was written by Eddie Hayden 0 Connor. GRANT GARDNER VACATIONING New York, Aug. 9.—Grant Gardner, face comedian, who bills himself the Canary Islands’, is now vacationing at Greenlawn, L. I ts to go out on the Pan. Time this fall Tle made a tour of that cireuit last year, having finished bookings early this summer, black“direct from OLIVE BERNARD TEAMS WITH BOBBY MARTIN New York, Aug. 11.—Olive Bernard, daughter of Sam Bernard, who it is said has entered the vaudeville field much against the wishes of her dad, has had her act augmented, Bobby Martin having been engaged to appear opposite her Negotiations are on between H. D. Col lins. who is sponsoring Miss Bernard, and the Orpheum Circuit, over which she may be booked, ANNA LAUGHLIN IN ELAINE STERNEsSKIT New York, Aug. 9 —‘“Pleased To Meet You” is the title of Elaine Sterne’s latest effort to be produced for the two-a-day by Lewis & Gordon, with Anna Laughlin in the leading role. The supporting cast 1cludes three persons. Bert Robinson is staging the sketch. CLEMENTS’ SKIT OPENS New York, Aug. 11.—Leroy Clements’ sketch “When Love Is Young” opened today for a few weeks’ break-in tour preliminary to beginning a Keith route The east includes Billy Collins, Elaine Temple, Clayton Flagg and Allen Mann. Lewis & Gordon are the producers. ROTH KIDS OPEN NewYork, and Lillian, Aug. 11.—The Roth Children, Anna ned their vaudeville tour for he season of 1924-'25 last week at the Jefferson. They have been routed over the Keith Time, with a possible tour of the Orpheum to follow. op LEW FIELDS ALONE New York, Aug. 9.—Lew Fields is rehearsing a one-act farce comedy for Keith vaudeville, entitled ‘‘The Upstart’’. here are five people in the cast. The piece will open out of town the week of August 18 and come into the Palace the following week. McLEAN ON INTERSTATE New York, Aug. 9.—Bobby McLean, who is said to have been barred from the Keith Circuit last season be of an exhibition he gave at a local department etore, has been given a route on the Interstate Time and will open at Dallas August 31. McLean does an ice-skating act. KENNEDY IN NEW ACT New York, Aug. 11.—Will'am Kennedy, Irish tenor, will start rehearsals this week in a new act to be put out by M. Thor. The script, not yet finished, calls for a supporting company of six people. FOX BACK IN VAUDE. New York, Aug. 11.—Harry Fox’s appearance as the headline attraction at the Palace this week marks his return to the vaudeville stage after an absence of two yaers, during which he has been working in the legit. and picture field. The material he is using is new. OVER ORPHEUM CIRCUIT New York, Aug. 9.—Kitty Doner has been booked for a tour of the Orpheum Circuit in her act, “Twenty Minutes in Paris’’, and is to open August 24 in San Francisco. Harry Weber arranged the booking. DOOLEY AND MORTON OUT New York, Aug. 9—Dooley and Morton, booked into the Riverside Theater for this week, could not go on at Monday's performance, with the result that Johnny Burke doubled from the Palace the first three days of the week. Jim MeWilliams, nut comedian, jumped in at Thursday’s performance and finished out the week LOVENBERG “FINDS” GET 43 WEEKS’ ROUTE New York, Aug 11.—Rosemary and Marjory, two youthful said to have been discovered by Charles Lovenberg, have been booked by tt? th Circuit for weeks, Lovenberg has arranged an act for the young vocalists called ‘“‘Heart Songs’’. singers Ke forty-three Hindu Magician Wanted Magician Show. Send photo, For Thurston, own tricks Must look and dress Hindu and present his name of tricks, pictures and salary. Address 231 West Forty-fifth Street, New York City. WANTED GIRLS WHO CAN DANCE For Thurston, weight and Twin Girls. Magician Show. experience, Must be Experience in magic not necessary. Also wanted, 231 West Forty-fifth Street, New York City. small. Send picture, age, height. JIM HUGHES SAYS A. A. F. TO OPEN CHICAGO OFFICE Chicago, Aug. &.—J’m Hughes informs The Billboard that the American Artiste Federation will soon open offices in Chicago in the furtherance of a campaign for new members Mr Hughes ear s credentials showing he is chief deputy organ r for the <A \ r. in Ch cago and the State of Iino Ile alse said otfices are soon to be o ed in Boston, St Louis, Kansas City, Detroit and possibly Buf falo. Mr, Hughes said there is no truth in stories printed in a theatrical publication, not The Billboard, to the « t that a man named Jim Voorbis is an A. A. F. orza er here. He also said if the articlh in ferred to Eugene Verheyen, manager of | t Sisters that Mr. Verheyen is not a mer of the A A. F., but is fighting his own battles in his own way. Mr. Hughes emphasized the fact that he is fr'endly to the Atcors’ Equity Association, any reports to the contrary notwithstanding He said he has settled several claims lately and that he is getting several new members. FRED HEIDER SET New York, Aug. 11.—Fred Heider is set for Opening August 18 in his new act, “Up a Tree’, written by Harry Charles Greene. He opens at Bridgeport, Conn., on that date and will tour the Poli T me prior to the Keith Circuit. Lillian Ackers, Betty Nevins, Bill Jackson and Miss Charming support Heider ‘in the skit. Phil Morris is arranging bookings. TOMMY GRAY RETURNS New York, Aug. 11.—Tommy Gray, well known as a writer of vaudeville acts, returned to New York last week from the West Coast where he has been employed as “gag” Harold Lloyd, and, according to will devote his time to musical comed es, MADGE KENNEDY ON ORPHEUM TIME New York, Aug. 11.—Madge Kennedy opens Thursday at the Orpheum, Denver, for a four teen weeks’ tour on the Orpheum Time in ‘‘Five Minutes From the Station’, by Elaine Sterne It is reported that Henry Hull and Edna Hibbard retired from the sketch this week upon completing Keith engagements in this playlet in the East. DALES OPEN NEW ACT man for announcement, penning sketches for New York, Aug. 9.—Lew and Bert Dale opened last week at Yonkers in a new comedy singing and dancing act. They are booked by Harry Weber. Close Your Act With a Bang! Play SONG-0-PHONE The Band _ Instru ments anyone can play. No practice J necessary. 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