The Billboard 1924-09-27: Vol 36 Iss 39 (1924-09-27)

a Beant Artistry ? Yes better biisiness ~in terms of economics but frankly.chiefly and primarily concerned with the business end of the prefesssow: ardently advocating ractice ,and firmly committed to cleanliness as a busi Published weekly at Cincimnati, O. Entered as second-class mail matter June 4, 1897, at Post Office, Cincinnati, under Act of March, 157% (Copyright 1924 by The Billboard Publishing Company.) loss Pages. Voui. AXAVI. No. SY. Sept. 27, 1924 STAGE GU Boycotts Damaging Business of Non-Union Managers—Fine Work of A. A. Recognized— 70,000 Labor Men Pledge Support By “WESTCENT”’ *, retorting that Bourchier was a rich London, Sept. 20 (Special Cable to The ®™ateur and came dire from the amaRillboard).—The Stage Guild versus the teur Stage rom the Oxford Univer r Act ’ Association is still going on, with Dramatic Society te he regular stage. tration at Edinburgh against MarThe whole thing is getting well tangled vith little if any effect. This UP, With the A. A king a big display transferred to Glasgow ‘9° the effect that Robert t week, with Martin Harvey adamant. “odfrey Tearle will have to join Equ d Scottish representative of the before they can play in America, as they Actors’ Association, is talking about the 2'e not members of the A. A., but Guildtdlistie press” and that seems to be e line of the A. A. argument. It nce a n h wleced that Harvey does not like the Week between the V. A. F. and the Fedegestion that show business is an in©'2! Council, the ohjective being the dustry, hence his objection to this term. clearing up of the Barrow But the public is getting absolutely conLugg, Roberts of the N. A. T. E. and d as to the merits or demerits of the Monte Bayly are traveling to Barrow situation. September 20 and wili hold a conference with Brennan there September 21. Loraine ar Gilbert Tlall declared a trade dispute against MacDonald and Young, the biganne “ye ng managers here, with insistBy “CocKAIGNE” a standard contract London, Sept. 21 (Special Cable to The and 100 per cent Actors’ Association Ritthoard). — The Stage Guild-Actors’ hip. The V. A. F. has taken up acsociation dispute has again become the allenge, but Abert Voyce has been leading news item in most journals this ed that Hall had no right to add yuuK owing to the conti * tag about 100 per cent A, A.; Never* Hoveotts against Martin Harvey in Edintheless the V. A. F. is taking no chances burch and Eva Moore at We wich The Julia Nelson and Fred Terry are roastGuild announced that both b ing Arthur Bourchier about his slamming wbtediy he at rich amateurs coming into show busi on their using uance of the oveotts are avy dam e ha business of both the anti-union managers. The Guild is using every effort to blacken the Actors’ Association before the publie, but comment generally is favorable to the A. A. whose fine work in « nsing the prof sion is recognized everywhere. A bad case of stranding was that of Randall Stevens and Constance Drever'’s ‘Ring Up t! Curtain” Company last week-end, leaving twenty girls penniless Bad Weather Cuts Attendance ana obliged to seek police protection. This -nised wbliec attention or he valua e —Outlook Favorable for en Ss cae ee ee Balance of Week impotence of the Guild to prevent bogus ineffective, but une ag has been done to Memphis Fair Opens in Rain Managers operating The Guild is trying to cajole the artists into supporting 9 =. the organization, announcing that in the 21.—-The Tri. , : < future stranding will be impossible. as the Guild will pay the fares of stranded Se pt. I his, Tenn., Fair began its eight-day session , . ase t ‘ attendance of , hi . rday with an ittend . artists to their homes. This would put 000. Heavy rains that made mud pud, } ; ( many of ¢? Is ited thou a further premium on bogus management Any OF Ce FORGES ge nte ’ a and encourage rascals and blacklegs, ‘ farmers living he adjacen : to tn thew 4 ° r ving on ht “a ‘ne which apparentliv is the idea of the Asso 1 coming to Memphis fo thei ; i rt Y ’ a pris r elation of Touring Managers. since hogeus a Last ear 15,000 passed , J managers reduce the general level of salturnstiles on the first day. artes aries, i ( tock exposition, greatest Equity’s statement that all English ‘ ‘ 1 of the fair) does not really actors, except members of the Actors’ until Monday, and that Association, must join the union before d to bring a banner crowd. playing the States is having an enormous r conditions today were favorable. effect here and the Guild is trying to perpromise of a continuation Of suade members that Equity recognizes her. @ Todavy’s attendance was the Guild. It also speciously pretends adin that of opening day, Equity. which is highly no running races and no free amusing, seeing that the whole object of The Johnny J. Jones Expothe Guild is to squash the unionization of perating. as were the various the stage. The Guild, however, is sternincluding the “games of skill”, Iy contesting the right of the Actors’ bstitute for the honest, but Association to carry out the wishes of its ! (Continued on page 123) altho miration for rchandise wheels, LD-A. A. DISPUTE WIDENING ZIEGFELD BUYS PRODUCTION TO GET PLAYERS THEREIN New York, Sept. 22.—A most unusual story lies behind the bare announcement given to the papers tod ! Florenz Ziegfeld that he is taking over “Keep Kool” from E. K. Nadel This piece is playing at the Earl Carroll Theater and ends its run there next Saturday after playing the summer between that theater, the Globe and the Morosco. Ziegfeld wanted certain players in “Keep Kool” for his 1923 edition of the “Follies”, which soon starts on tour, among them being Johnny Dooley King When he came to negotiate for them he found they were tied up to Nadel In order to get them he offered to buy the show from Nadel. Negotiations to that end were entered into and Ziegfield came into possession of the piece. He will now close it September 27 and put it in storage, the players he wants being taken over for the touring “Fotllies”. This is believed to be the first instance on record where a manager wanting certain players bought .the show in order to get them. It is in line with Ziegfeld’s policy for years, being merely a further development of what he has done heretofore when h wanted a particular player. One instance of this was his engagement of Nervo and Knox, two English dancers whom he saw in the ill-fated “Pins and Needles”. He placed them und contract and paid them half salary for three months until he was ready to use them. Okla. State Fair Makes Good Start Attendance Tops Last Year’s Figures—Amusement Program Ace High and Charl Oklahoma City, Ok., Sept. 22.—The eighteenth annual Oklahoma State Fair got away to a good start here with cool, cloudy weather prevailing Saturday and Sunday, and the attendance topping last year’s figures with about 15,000 for each day. With Oklahor crop production this year totaling more than $400,000,000 and with business looking up in every line, a record-breaking fair in every respect is anticipated. Total attendance usually runs around ‘ 000. This year Secretary Ralph T. Hemphill expects 260,000. The fair has the largest live stock show ever staged in the Southwest outside BDY. SEASON’S FOURTH WEEK STARTS WITH POOR OUTLOOK Slump Blamed on Warm Weather—Many Shows Grace Cut-Rate Counter New York, Sept. 22.—From the healthy, propitious stride that ushered in the first two weeks of the theatrical season, business on Broadway last week hit a snag of disappointment and teok a hard tumble. Box-office men and ticket ageney managers ¢ ig the street say the outlook for the current week seeins to be just as gloomy. The ticket stackers looking around for an alibi decided to pick on. the comparatively warm weather of the past week as the cau for the slump in business. Of the new shows, “Rose Marie” and “What Price G) ry” retained their lead in ticket demands, with Hassard Short’s “Ritz Revue” joining them in the break of the Saturday night field: “The Mask and the Face” and “Thoroughbreds wended their drooping way to the storehouse Saturday night, the first atter fourteen performances Gtacing the be ds over Joe Leblang’s cut-rate counters Saturday night were, including the two above named, strange bed fellows, “The Miracle” “Havoc”, “Schemers”, Easy Mark”, “The Werewolf”, “No Other Girl’, “All God’s Chillun Got Wings” and “The Tantrum”. In hope of giving the p a new lease of life, the title The Tantrum” has been changed to “The Third Year” “ of the State Fair of Texas, there being more dairy cattle alone on exhibition than the total of all live stock ! yea Twenty-nine ntie iY nz fc the prize plum of t! fair ith lective county exhibits, while every county in the State is represented in ndividual showings In an amusement Vv t fair is ace high this year. Th fa iction is the “Winter Gard Revue”, aged by Ernie Your ‘ _ ie On t! dway are the We und there is an ul ually i g in nt of ti ¢ 1 | “Wy ‘ Garden Revue”, whi ‘ ned Sunday night, played to a aed ‘ in the Coliseum T Wortl Shows also were well patro: d Fair officials ! n and concessionaires all look for banner week. Last Week’ tssue of The Billboard Contained 1.173 Classified Ads, Totaling 6,440 Lines, and 707 Display Ads, Totaling 22.109 Lines; 1,880 Ads, Occupying 28549 Lines in All The Edition of This Issue of The Billboard Is 78,435 Copies |