Variety (May 1932)

♦fiiesday, IMSy Sl, 1932 OU T II O C R S VARfETY 63 i>. DILL SHOW ■'ITfew Philadelphia, O;, May 20. Sam B. Dili, veteran showman,' 1 pUo.tinff his. own- motorized, circus, 'invaded Ohio and is playing to good business, .the result of an Intensive . • advatibe campaign- and reduce^ .adr ='mission'.'priees.. 'Sho.w has been on - the road' more than a month, has not mlsded a single stand. since / opening in Dallas AprU 16.' : The motor equipment 6f 40. trucks l is the':best ,alnd : the shbw lias re- .^• tained the"; parade, which is a real ■/flash; big tbpf canvas Is new, cos- 'tuinlrtg a big Improvement ..o ver tha.t " df ia^t seksoh, and the performance :. ••inpves .swKOy. ..V ■ 'TTeh c^itvys in advance, agents come . into, the, tpwn, contact -with .the lo- ." fial, ii)erchants, : leave, tickets; with I' ^ ot.lhei .lea.ding-stores... Although - '.'biWflg aijLvertisee ^admission at 50 >i, c.ents, .these. tlcketssare available to i. jcustoiners of , the. merchants at 25 f/cents^v' I Sanje agent also visits the schools, f -^arranges; If he can, for dismissal of f .the .students!. In time fotf the, after- iiotpo , performance and distributes tickets to .be sold at 10 cents to ■the kiddlesi Plan has 'proved k success ;and . the low adinlssion has overcome ilght matinee attendance in the-srnaHer: towns.. • — Show lis- using only dates Ih nibst • towns/Is-doing little country billing, .btit' at;the larger stands Is piatting up^ some;.'lithographs. Dill Is de- pending largely on the newspapers, the' advance' ticket salie and the school tierup. ' • 'Big ^show admission is only a quarter top'at the red wagoii for all performances, with reserves' also a ■quarter; ' ' Dill is keeping his route a secret, contracting the show only about 10 days" in , advance and publishes. no route. ■ ' ■■; ' ■' ■ = Circus has ' almost everything a rallroaxi show of 15 to 20 cars would carry-^240 people,' 22 heaid of stocki Big top jfl llO. feet, vr\th. three 40's. There . are star backs on both sides, divided on one sld.e to allow the band truck to be spotted And allowance- for the en-, traqce! from the back. door. Blues flank .both ends,. giving . the top seating capiacity of better than 4.000. Three tings are used.for the pres- etntation which runs to a .little'bet- ter than- an hour and a half, -under the direction of Fred Cranaall,'who also act6' as announcer. The customary ' pageant opens with ; all. principals and animals participating. A four-pohy drill in the« tenter ring by Captl;'Hubbard is -best o.f the opening, number. ■ -•j-Followed is the first clown num^ bei\' --There, are six of Joeys, who do acceptable work throughout' the program, even, if many of their ^tunts are old. j Aerial Howards ~ take the center dlr apoti ne^cjt, doing double trapeze, i nice. r!Ptutine\ with a thrllUng finish. . i Q^nner-^T'Tlo, versatile perform- .,^rs,!^who dx^ XiO less than seven turns 9n the cour&e of tlie program, pre- sent first their comedy acrobatics, fthe Juvenile of tlie troupe Is a real performer. . Swinging., ladders, three In • all. make -a good Impression, and this number Is followed by the first' an- nounceWieiit of the concert, which featureis ■ •'Rex,' the moving picture dog. His routine takes up air the 15 to 20 minutes of the after con- cert, admission to which is a dime. "Wire acts In all three rings are next, with monks working alt .Cen- ter ring holds attention. with 'Queenie,' a fox terrier; on the high double wire; finishing with a 20-foot leap to a;net. Capt.;Hubbard di- recting. Clown's Tiold' attention On the hip- podroml..! track,, using two - trick mules and doing comedy riding. ■ Arthur CTortner commends attention with his./back slide down a wire from the top: of the tent,, while'Ber- tha ebnhers thrills with a; daring i»on jaw slide. ■J Cloiwh" ban^a holdfe In. next .spot, djolrig about eight minutes, and pf- ffrlhg ia nOv'elty program. A labgh with the kiddles. ;'Buddy,' a trained seal, a feature attraction of the DiUcircus for. sev- eral year's, still good. Walter Gea- aler, its owner, presents.. 'Ed Glendening puts the three ele-^ phants thrbugli their routine in the next, spot, with nothing much new. Bulls work well. Coilner Trio offer their feature turn on the high wire for center ring display, with other rings idle. The - lad In the act is played up. Johnny Jordan makes specialty .of ■a. high' table and chair balancing t\»rn. Cleo Cavanaugli arid Helen. McLaughlin put their, high school horses through a pretty routine in the two end rings, the act closing W^th trick riding and dancing num- bers on- tlie. Hippodrome track. . Misses Howard and Conner in iron ja-w turn are next to closing. Riding Crandalls take up the clos- ing-spot ^yith their Bareback Riding Sdiool turn, many. years old, but stfll amusing. Act is presented w]th \iie 'ai.d'of a.trio of town youngstPi!? and a mechanical rigging which provides the merriment. Fred Cran- dall makes the closing ' announce- ment. ; . Henry Itearns, veteran bandmas- ter, has a good eight-piece band which, kr^ows Its sawdust. A womari bass horn player attracts much at- tention.' Show Jias ho menageries In con- nection with the big top, but In the sideshow .are diaplJiyed the ele-^ phahtis, ponies and other domestic ahihials as ell as six cages of Wild animals. Sideshow is not strong, managed by W. E. DeBarrle, and attractions Include Princess Esther, mind read- er; Jimmie John.son« fire eater; Mile. Josephine, .'Daggers .of Death'; Bill Health, Punch and Magic; • Anna Laving,. snakes; Mrs.' De Barrle, Australlij,. Bird Circus, Andrew Johnson-fs lecturer. ■; Sam B, Hill Is. general nianager, Mrs. Dill.-ls in .charge of the front door and Arthur Hopper general . agent. Waiiers^ Thrills Mix.'lqiV Appeal Up ^- . Harrlsburg, May 30. . The.Pennsylvania Supreme Court this week helard'.the case of alleged violation of, contract of Toirn Mix, TV.ith. the'-viOl Ranch' Wild "West Show. The case was brought here >n appeal by the Western Show Co., Inc., frOni a ruling of the' Erie ' County Court, which granted a new trial in the damage suit. The appellant operates the '101. Ranch.' '■■ show and contended It was damaged $346,000 when Mix failed to join and to. continue with it. The Erie court awai*ded a verdict of ?i9d,000. .. ':. In granting a. new trial. the IJrIe court admitted It had erred ,in per- mitting ais evidence the Qpinions of experts to estimate the damage, suf- fered. - Counsel for the Millers ar- gue.d here that the county court had not erred In this particular, and asked that Its order for a new trial he reversed.. H-W Squared in Buffalo . , i^xiffalo. May 30. Hagenbiecjt-Wallace show, show Ing here 'Decoration- Day, almost lost Its lot pernilt< five days before the show reached town. Neighbors : -glstered a,kick. 'With tlie city fath- ers when concession permit applica- tions began, to pour In by scores. iRequlred special trip here by BiU Butler, Rlngling-Biirrium factotum, to iron out the situation^ (Contlrued from page i) ones tha.t. formerly shuddered, at any thing. that smacked, of the mid- dle classes, are how offering. mod- erately priced dinners accompanied by the invitation, to remain after 10 o'clock and dance the evening out free of cpver charge. • That mal<es it simply swell for the chiseling gentry. They arrive Just in time to beat the deadline. Late dinners are not only fashion- able, but, taken at.a lea.surely tem-. po, may be .prolonged Into the sup- per hour, with • only gingetv ale to In- crease I'additlpn, • Though they havie ceased to bethe spenders- .that tabloid ireadera like to fancy them, the aristocrats are still the autocrats of their dining halls. They coinprise ah exacting clientele, sensitive, easily displeased. Dishes are served too h,t, tOo cold. The orchestra is too loud, too' soft. ■The occupants of the next table are being Just a trifle noisy, doesn't the maitre think? They complain th%t the maestro is putting on weight and not nearly sp chic as He used tO bel They let It be known that the scandalous reference to him in ti- recent column has riot escaped their attention—and , thiey 'don't like It a 'bit. - - ■■ ■■. ' : : Bills for Repairs . Gilt from .one of the, chairs rubs oft on the hostess's slipper, a tlress Is stained,, .a-i stocking torn,. : Next day the management receives a bill for the daniage,: the claimant's ideh- tity is so Ihiposing that the irian- agement doesn't: dare protest. Her name looks .t'6'6 we^ in the society columns coupled 'with .announce-1 nients' of smart restaurant dinner parties. Better to pay for the drejs. Society's determination to keep up appearances . without paying the. piper has disillusioned its servitors. Waiters whose boast was the serv- ing, of first faniiUes have lost their regard for gentle lineage. .fPhey'd rather do the bidding of the npt-so- blue-;blood -gentry that can't distin- guish between souffle . aind .sous cloche. '. , . : V ■ ■ In the old days the average diner- out was barred from sOcial-con-. scious dinner spots. I^oday, Joe Mugg may enter the smartest room In town without being stared down by a tOrbiddirfg >head-w:aiter." The staff perks up when ha' enters.' Scorning the table d'hote, puzzled by.th'e cryptic Prench items on the menu, he bases his selections on the prestige of price. He orders the best. He tips on the bid scale. He is the white'hope of expensive, liq uorles.s . dining,- ^ooms. O BIT U A R Y JOSEPH JACKSON Joseph Jackson, 3S, Hollywood writer, was drowned nea'iv his La- guna Beach cottage Thursday (25) when he c01"...psed in ^ the- \yatcr irom heart faiUne.' He is survived by Ethel Shannon (Mrs.- Jackson) and a foiir-year-old' son. Jackson entoiH?d pictures In 1915 as pressagent in'New York for Sani GOldwyri. He w-is a past lyresldent Af the Wariipas. He worked on roost of the ^arly yitaphone talkens, and had Just . completed flycryear contract for Warners. - Ethel Shannon; wife of Joe Jack-, son,' left the hospital Sunday to; attend', services for tiie writer In a stjite. of senil-collapse. ' Spieakers were Rupert liugjics. Father Dodd. arid Ted Copk, with, most oi writing .-fraternity present. . Valentine Kincaid, 51, died at the B. "V. A. Lodge, Sanvriac Lake, N. T., May 23. He had been a ?uest of the lodge for the past three years and. a sufferer frorii tubei'eulOsis for the past five. Was a m^^mber; of Pitts- burgh local, IATSE. . Two sisters survive.- M. S. Cook, 64, died suddenly of a heart.;attackwhile visiting iriehda in Sandstone, Minu. He was the builder pf theatres in Superior and other Mlnni^Dta ' points, and had also operated many of these., Sur- vived by five son's and a daughter. STEWART CASH Mrs. Stewart Ca.sh who clpSed her. engagement with a road show Thursday night (26) in. . PhoeniXi Ariz., announced the death. May 23, of her husband in 'Tucson-, Cash, 40-year old Kansas .City actor, died of: heart disease. He was burried Saturday . (28) in Tuc- son. He was a member of the c6m-=^^ pany In which Mrs. Cash played.. They were-married fiye weeks "ago in Dallas, Tex. Mrs. Cash .ls known, as 'MIss.MISt sburl.' ; Carnival: Revenue Idea ' Dayienport, la., May 30. : . "Tlie S. W. Brundage shows ppenied its Iowa season here this week after being In winter quarters at East Mollne. Present Indications point to a tougher season than 1931. . " Everything on a pay basis, with a time assessed to' take a Ipok at the electric gen^ra,ting plant. Out- fit carries a prcture show. CARNIVALS (For current week,-May 30-June 4) Andensoti-Srader: Hastings, Neb.' Beckma'nn & Gerety: Pcorld.- IlJ. . Bendlxen: Marshnll, Minn. Bernardl Exp9v: I>08 Mplnes, la. Briice: Wllhes-Barre, Pa. . Brundaee: Davenport, la. - Capital; Bloomlne'Prairie, Minn. : CaplUl City: Atlanta, Ga. CdBtle-KhrllcH: Burllngtori. Ia. Coleman Bros.^Ifew L,6ndon, Conn. Diamond Sis.: 'ICelthSburff. III. -'Dicks Paramount:-Taunton, Mass. Edwards:'Shelby, O. • r .Friendly City: Johnstown, Pa, ■■Gray: Eagle Lake, Tex, . ... - Grccnburgi Colorado' Sprlngd, Colo. . HansenJoHct, 111. . Heyn: St. .Lguls, Mo... ' Isler: I..awrence, Kan. . Jones: Jbhristtjwn,' Pn. ' r.iandes: Newtown, Kan. Lnndes: Newton, Kon. Jjong: Maplewood, Mo. Mcl-a-jghlln: MnyOeld, Pa, M.;Mahon: Marysvllle, Kan. Owen: Trenton, Ky. ' ■ Poarson: Palatine, 111. Rubin & Cherry: Colunibus, .O. Shugart: Honey Grove, Tex. . Sols Mberty: Do Kalb, III. Sunset: Hardin. 111. Ciiltcd Motorized: Columbus, -O. Western: Whllesburg, Ky. West Con.st: Jackson, Cali Zclger: Boulder, Colo. : Circuses Checking Buffalo, May 30.. Circuses, for ffrst time since be- fore the war, are checking all bill- board locations this season. Hagenbeck-'\yallace is sending special representative In three days ahead of each stanfi to check poster locations with local plant owners. -. Idea borrowed from .commercial outdoor advertisers. HOV/ARD P. KIMGSMORE Howard P. Kingsmore, 46, for- mer 'city manager for. I^oew's th'ew atres In Baltimore, and later asso- clatiEd 'with Warrior Brothers, died kay 2l in New York after' isieveral months' Illness. ; Kingsmore - 'wa.s a well-known newspaper riian in Philadelphia. JAMES S. KITTS James Simon .KittI, veteran actor, died May 26 in the-New York Home for Incurables, where he had ^been •In •Under, loving nifbiorj of my btlored • Husband. Swcelhenrt' and p&\ TIM O'DONNELL l>opaTtea Jan. 29, 1032 Boro on the 3l£t of Moy, day «rt«r Decoration. Day. - • \. .. . . Our blrtluLiiy—nt7 STTeclhearl'f nnd mine. Cod bless and rest youc soul In peace. MARY OREENE O'DONNEtl. . 80 Corn Belt Fairs . Dubuque, la.,-May 30. Iowa schedules 80 fairs, according to A. H, Corey, secretary of the loWa fair board. ' • • ' In the majority of instances no curtailriiertt in . the entertainment features has been - planned, . but slashes have been made In premiurii lists. .■ ■ . ' . Town Couricil's Vote . Frankfurt am Main, M^^V 30. Fritz. von .Unruh's latejsit play 'Zei-o,' has been Withdrawn frpm the Frankfurt Schausplelhaus,. An entirely new prociedu.re of criticl.sm was followed. The . city council voted, with i^gard to the artistic value of the play.; Forty votes (from National6ociali.sts to Zcnt- rum party) were against, 38 votes (Democratic party to Communistic) in favor. - ; . CIRCUSES . Al G. Barnes Colorado Springs, Colo.; 2-1, 3, June 1, Deliver. ' . ' Hagenbeck-.Wallace June 1, Rochester. N. Y.r 5, Auburn Vtlcar 4, Kingston; C, Brooklyn. Ringlinfl-Barnum. June i. WUkPS-Barre, Pa.; 2, 'Willlams- port; 3, Jlarrlsburg; 4, ReadlnC- Sells-FJpto June li Norrlstown; Pa.; 2, trenlon, N. J.: 3, Montclalr; 4; Westneld; 6, South Ozon* P.irk, N". Y.; 7. Ilunlltiglon; «, Hpmpsioad; f>, Kar Horkaway; in, Quof-n Vill.Tge; )1,'Jach^'.n I-fplRhtF. Barnett Bros, in Penna. ■ Uniontown, Pa., May 26.. The flr.st circus to play. Fayette coiirity this season -will be Barnett Bros,' wild animal circus. Trick has so<Jlircd license.s'tp play here on Saturday, June 11, and Cor- ncllsvlile. Pa., on Monday, June 13. - under the care of the: Actors' Fund for sevcrai years. He was associ- ^ited with the late Sidney Drew and with A. H. Woods in his earlier yen tures. intei-merit In Brooklyn. Campbell IVIcC.ullough Bailey, 56,' father of Hester and Stan Bailey, and husband of Lillian Bailey, died . May 12. at his horiie ,in ^ Ijouisvllier Ky.v following an illness of six weeks.' - Thos. F. MeNulty, 73, Avho wrpte 'The Old Grey Mare' as «i campaign song in 1887, 'died at. his home ia Baltirtiore May 25. He had -n-r it ten rip other songs. iyiannie. Levine, 26, treasurer of th"e Gayety theatre, Waslilngtoni-i). C... was killed in an auto accident May 23 . near . Oxen Hill. He leaves a widow. Mrs. Annie. LenihAn^ 86,^ mother of Ed Lenlhan^ RKQ New. "Tork district manager, died May 2i; a,i her home'in Atlantic City. ; Plvel, children, survive. Mother, 70, of Wm. OUendorf, the- atrical newsdealer videly kiiowh to theatrical folk around the Square as 'Tvlllie,' died In Mt. Sinai hospital Mr.y 24. Tom Skeyhill, war time .aviator, was killed In a plane crash at Hyan^ his, Mass., May 23. His widow, Marie Adels, an actress, and a child survive. Wife, 35, of Phli Gprdonj of th^ Chicago iftko Club booking office, died of a lingering illriess there- May 26. Husband And two children -survive. Burial at ■WaUlheim. . .George U, Kosure,. veteran actor^ died, in Chicago at the age of 77. > He was the fathet of Ned Mel.roy and the Melroy Sisters. KITTY 3ANKS Kitty Banks, 27, of Philadelphia, died at the N. V. A. Lodge, Saranac Ijake, May 2«, of tuberculosis; Slie had come to the Lodge from a Phil- adelphia Sanatorium only two weeks previously. Had been with the Greenwich Village Follies and had worked for the McFaddcn pub- lications. Interment Iri Philadel- phia. CARRIE COLBURN Carrie* Colburn, 73, old-time ac- tress, died in New York May 23. .She left the stage for the screen some years ago, playing character parts, but waS inactive at the time of her death. LADY GREGORY Lady Gregory, 80, prolific Irish dramatist arid director of the Ab- be.' Players of Dublin, died in Bel- fast May 23. She made numerous visits to America, chleny to lecture on the Irish drama on behalf pf her the- atre project, which .she ih;ititutcd in 1904. Mother, 76, of Charles and Jesse. Freeman and Mrs. Slme Silverman passed away. May 25, at Syracuse,' Nl'Y. Eleanor Irene Christiano, 20, for^ mer Albertlna - Rasch dancer. Is dead. Interment in Revere, Mass. Mother of Roxy La Rocca, died at her homo in Peoria, III., May 23. A. C Speedway For Sale Atlantic City, May 30. The Atlantic City Speedway at Amatol, which started off in a whirl of championship motor races six years ago,. is up. for s.aJe by .Sheriff Dan Conxviiy. It's the largest rlr'-nLir -woodfn Irn'-k in tli<» world, GEORGE RUBIN George Rubin, Jewish actor, died in Mt. Sinai ho'ipital, -New York. May 28. A fall strained hi.s hoat-t, resulting In his death. THOMAS JAMES Thomas James, 64, profe.s.siunally known as 'Carmenella;' died in Can- ton, O., May. 21. He was nn old-ilnT*» vaude perfovmer anlj was one of the first picture theatre owriers In Canto^n, having op'ncd -the IJlJou many'years ago. Ills ylilo-vv, two sons arid a .si.ster survive. Internierii In Canton. » ■ Legit Merger (Continued froni page 49) Ings due to their virtually guaran* ' teed attendance.. Subscribers tick- ets are $2.50 top but dues of Join- ing the Guild list Is said to bring tho' cost up to '$3. ^ The difference heretofore has gone to the Guild which explained the dues took care of promotion costs. Theatres do hot participate in the dues nu ney. tTndcrstood the Guild has re- ceived better sharing terms for Us road bookings because the sufoscrip- . ilphs' have assured the theatrcB of-> profitable biislnesfl. Tliat other shows to bo selected wili demand . the same terms Is .anticipated. Gull'i booked with Shtiherts until ■ two years ago, when aifter a dis-; pute it switched to ErIangeti's. Hostile moves agalj;.st Guild. shows were attributed to the Shubc:rt». IToweve.* l).ud times and the rioccs- slty of doing away with road oppo- sition J>rought the factions loguthw, with lirlanger's making thu iar- runKC!ni''nts. Roiad bookings for sub.sf.rlptlon .shows will ;)lay the Shubort house in one «t.ivtl and lo>-langcr's in j^nothor, Idf.-i heirs to. even up in the long run. . EMMETT DOTY Kmniett Uoiy, .vt), for miriy years advanf^e. ni.'ih for t-Irousy."} and UipK In charge f.if the .sld<"? ni 'iw of tlje Spai'k.s' sh'iw,. rllf'd in Ho «iell; N'. Y., May 2K, w Ixto 1 • hiol t)i-<;n in a ' .saiiUarluni. A br '.h'-r .^•;'.•vi^<',«. GRAYSON'S THEATEE % r.os An«i'leH, May 30. , llal fJr;ry«on's or<-li'-.«<trii, la.st at the l{fii)Hc\clt liotel, goes into tho; I'alci'-e, downt')\sn grinfl, June 7 on, !u I <-r'cf''nt'(if,'e-deal. ' WIH hfj auBmenf:/! by a 10 girl litie, ■