Variety (June 1906)

VARIETY / LEO CARRILLO'S CARTOON OF THE WEEK. • K.-P. FIRM HAS FIFTH AVENUE. The Fifth Avenue Theatre has been leaned to the Keith-Proctor corporation for a period of ten years from May 1, 1007, at an advance of $10,000 over the present rental. 'Hie lease includes the store on the cor- ner of Twenty-eighth street and Broadway now occupied l>y a railroad ticket office. This will be torn out and an entrance made into the theatre, the present lobby nnd entrance on Broadway being discon- tinued at the expiration of the lease now in effert. That space will be made into a rentable condition. It is expected that it will return the increase in price. The International Kealtv Company through .). Austin Fynes. its prime mover, i> the landlord of the theatre huihliii" and executed the lease. EXPECT TO BOOK MONDAY. It is on the schedule of the Keith Book* ins Agency that the bookings and rout- ing of acts for next season over the com- bined circuits will commence next .Mini- day, June 2o. This action may 1m> dependent, though, upon the deci s i on of the Canadian circuit relative to two more houses in town* across the border which arc now being nought. NO "MRS." JAMES A. BYRNE. The kklnappirg ease in Philadelphia occupying considerable npace in the daily press in the early part of the week brought into the newspaper accounts of the affair the name of "Mrs." James A. Byrne. This woman, who wa> alleged to be the aid to the chief conspirator, was an- nounced as the wife of James A. Byrne, of the original Byrne Brothers, who are always associated with "Might Bells.'' While .lames A. Byrne is one of the origins la he has never married, and the woman who is mixed up with the kid- nappers nither assumed the name, or, if she had a right to it. is the wife of some other man. NOTHING IN IT. The daily papers on Thursday an- nounced a transfer of the properties 26*3 to -j.v.i Wont 125th street and running through to 120th >t reel to Felix Isnian ami Harry Levey, the baekcrs of Mark l.ueschcr in hi> Chestnut Street Theatre enterprise. This gave rise to the rumor that they contemplated the erection of another playhouse in Harlem. At the present time it is the intention of the new owner* to convert the property into * . ii. an olliic Imildinir. EASTERN WHEEL HOUSES BY WHOLESALE. following the return of L. Lawrence Weber and (Jus Hill from a Western trip made in the interests of (lie Columbian Amusement Company and the Eastern Burlesque Wheel comes a statement that sites for nine new burlesque houses in va- rious cities between here and Chicago have lieen located, and the theatres will be built and finished by January 1 next. It is further stated that the contract for the latest house to he completed calls for December 1. No names of the towns have been given out* That will come later. This gi\es the Kasteru people thirty-six theatres, its full complement, a like unm- ix v of travelling shows having Immmi pm- \ ided for. COMING BACK AT LAST. lom Brant ford, the American comedian, is coming hack home some time in An jrust. Mr. Brantford has liecn abroad these many long years, his last appearance in this country having iieen some time about I son. During his stay on the other side the American has built up a considerable reputation, Bcich, Plunked \ Wesley will direct his tour in vaudeville while here. A RUSH ABROAD. Here are some of the Marinclli Transat- lantic bookings for the near future: Jack son Caiuily of bicyclists, opening for a lour at Baris July 10; Millman Trio, Spissel Brothers and Mack and Tom I lea in at the (My in pin, Paris, August 17. Le Domino Kouge returns to London Au- Kiist 'JO to ojm'ii at the Palace. The Kita- fuku Troupe of Japanese are scheduled for eight months on the other side, in- cluding a .slay at the London Hippo- drome beginning September 24. Mignani opens in September at Amsterdam. The Mouatts in December will be seen at the Kolies llergerea, Paris, with a Continental tour to follow, and Campbell and Johnson, the bicycle pair, go to the Wintcrgarten, Berlin August is. TROUBLE OVER LOCATION. Cincinnati, June 22. An injunction suit has been brought to restrain the Fall Festival Association from using Washington Park for its fete. By some it is said that the persons who were opposed have changed their views, but in iin\ event it is declared to lie improbable that the hearing can he reached upon the court calendar until after the festival.