Variety (Aug 1932)

Tuesday, August 23, 1932 HT D OO R S TARIETT 47 O B I T U A R Y WILTON LACKAYE Wilton Lackaye, 69, died of a heart attack Aug. 22 at hl9 home in New Tprk. He is survived by bis widow, a son and two sisters. His. family name originally was lAckey. ■ For many years one of the fore- most romantic actors on the Ameri- can stage, ho made his outstanding hit as Svengali . in the original stage production, of 'Trilby,' his make-yp being considered remark- able in those. .dO'ys and still stand- fird for stock productions! . « Lackaye was one of the famous wits of. the Lambs* Club and his mots are among the theatre classics. He was noted also for his bieliiger- iency, his most widely adverti3ed iight being a mix-up with John Mc- Graw, the biascba,!! maixager. . He was one of the founders of Pquity. GEORGE NEVILLE . George NeyiUe,. 67, died in St, Vin .flit's hospital, New York, Aug. 18. He had been on .the stage for the post 44 years, appearing in the ' support of Maggie Mitchell, Anna Held; and in the Frohman and Say- age- companies. Had played nu- merous Vaudeville as well as Btag:o engagerti^nts. . EDWARD B. KANE Edwartd B. Kane, 40„ member of the Associated Motion Picture Di- reictorB and Motion Picture Studio Mechanics, died at his' home in As- toria, L. I., Aug^lS, after a brief illness. He had been connected with the industry about 20' years^ Burvlv^ by his widow and ' his mother. PETER LANG . Peter Lang, 66, veteran character actor and- musical comedy player, for many years with the Bostonlans, died in his sleep at the Hotel Ala- nac, N. T., Aug. 20. He was to have .opened yesterday (Mon.) in •Another Language' at Falmouth, ■ Mass. Survived by his widow. BRAD SUTTON Brad Sutton, 69, veteran actor and ^radici artist, died in Richmond, ^ Staten Island, Aug. 19, of nephri- ,; tls. He w;as the original Caiptain In Forty Fathoms and had. been fea- tured by NBC in other series'. Sur- vived by his widow and a brother. E. E. THAYER Elmer E. Thayer, 67, former mu- sical comedy actor, dropped dead of heart disease in: his home in Free- port; "111., Aug. 17: Brother ;of O. BV : Thayer, actor, and father of .Tiffany Thayer, novelist. Ronald Mackenzie, young author, was killed in a motor smash at Beauvals, France, Aug. 12. Deceased was only 29 and was . author of five plfiys,, only. one of which, 'Musical Chairs,' Was pro- duced. It was acclaimed best ftrst iplay seen in London for years. . lyiother of Maurice pivar, super- vising, film editor at Universal,'and. Ben Pivar, supervisor of westerns at Coluitibia, died in Los Angeles. Aug. 15. Also survived by her hus- band and a daughter. Charles (Spiid) Spaulding, 27, crushed to death by an auto in Lex- ington, Ky., last week. Was a mem- ber of the Blue and White orches- tra, rjadio unit'. "~M. C. Falkner,-62, father of Wil- liam Falkner, Hollywood author, .died in Oxford, Miss., last week. He Vras business manager of the Uni- versity of Mississippi. ^ Frank H. Clark, 72, died Aug. 11 \bt Windsor, Vt, He was the son of George M. Clark of the minstrel team of Whlttemore-Clark, famous •half a century ago. Percy 'Scotty' Denton, 48, orches- tra leader, died suddenly Aug- 17 ^ at Canadian, Veterans bureau, Los p Angeles, Annie M. McDermott, 79, mother [ bt Marc McDermott, died in the Hollywood hospital, Aug, 16, . Thomas C. Gwynne, 60, writer on the staff of the San Diego (Cal.) •Union,' died Aug. 13. John F. Kent, musician, died in .Ban Francisco Aug. 11. BRAD SUTTON Brad Sutton, 69, veteran actor, died Fraiday (19) at Richmond Memorial hospital. Princess Bay, Staten Island. Body will be cre- mated. SuttoQ comes from legit but spent the past few years In radio work; He ' was • the original Captain In •Forty. Fathoms' and appeared with Clarence Darrdw and George Gor- ,don Battle In the 'Famous Trials' broadcasts. .He Is survived by his Widow and a brother. Georgia Christie, 32. ' wife of Wayne Christie, BKO agent, and formerly known, professionally. as Georgia Meltonlo, died Aug. 15 in Hackensack, N, J., of injuries sus- tained in an automobile accident. Detailed account is iii the vaude- ville section of this issue. Jack. -Rosen, former burlesaue comedian, died Aug, 13 in Denver, Colo. He had gone there for his hciECltHl "Widow c'rid daughter sur vive. Slie Loyed Him Birmingham, Aug*. 22.' 1 love him and he was goinjg' to leave me, so I shot him/ said Mrs. Elma .Lamb, wife ;of Mozell Limb, 47, medicine show operator. The ■ wife shot and killed Lamb at West Memphis, Ark., ' and thdh turned the rgun on herself 1 She wa^i taken' to a Memphis hospital. Pow-Wow's $2,000 Net Tama, la., Aug. 22. The annual Indian pow-wow; stagied here in a foui'rday program brought to a close Supday (21), will cash in again this year, as it. did laist when there' was a net of over $2,000 to split among tribal par- ticipants. Mesquakje pow-wow this year wisis the 19th annual event. It also marked' the Centennial of the war led by Black Hawk. Circus' Race Fight Milwaukee, Aug. 22. -Local police were sent out in riot formation when 60 white workers with the Ringllng show pushed several negroes, also employed by the circus, off the first section of the special as it ^started ifor She- boygan, the liext stop. ' Negrpes fought back with sticks and stones. Police locked up four of them at their own request to save them' further punishment. Col. King Trampled Topsfleld, Mass., Aug, 22. Buffaloes and bulls battled one another while being unloaded from a King Brothers Rodeo train here. Col. Jack W;-King, one of the own- ers, was trampled.' He suffered a severe stomach' injury. One, buffalo jumped over a railing and charged toward ,?0p spectators. It finally was captured with a lasso. DUBUaUE LIFTS BAN Dubuque, la., Aug. 22. Royal American show has broken down the carnival ban on this city, with the council approving a week, Sept. 12-17/at a spot that has been banned for years to outdoor outfits. It Is the Fourth street white way that fronts the municipal athletic field and a mile long. Ban lifted When show representatives told the council it wanted the Dubuque date, but was Unable to find any spot large ienough to accommodate the outfit. 'STORM SONG'AGAIN Robert Newman has begun cast- ing another version, of Robert Buchman's 'Storm Song' for quick production. Newman produced the play a sea^ son ago wHh Francine Larrlmore heading the cast and folded it on the road before reaching New York. Wisconsin's Big Advance , Milwaukee, Aug, 22. Advance sale for the Wisconsin State Fair to be held here Aug, 29 to Sept, 3 is three times that of former • years. ■ - Increase is due to co-operation of merchants all over the city •who are displaying window cards. They of- fer a 50c, admission ticket for 40c, if purchased before Aug. '26,* SMART R. R. AnACHES SHOW, BUT NO ANIMALS Burlington, la., Aug. 22. For a time it looked as though the Dodsons World - Fair shows, would be here Indef after the Rock Island railroad tied up rides, wagons and the power plant under writ of attachment for a claim of $1,460. Permission to load was finally given ^ upon efforts to straighten out the financial difficulties arising oVer haulage, ^ Carnival company had just coni- cluded an engagement at the Tri- state fair and was breaking up when the attachment was slapped oh.' Railroad plkyed fox on the at- tachment, hooking none of the ani- mals, figuring it wanted no feed bill on its hands or responsibility for livestock. KAY BROS. Woooster, 0„ Aug, .13, Kay ■ Brothers motorized circus, piloted. by William Ketrow, veteran showman is the largest and best show yet . to go out under the Ketrow management. Playing through Ohio and confining its route to ' cities the , size usually visited by the' larger , railroad cir-~ cuses, A merchant^ticket iieup in all towns' visited; ihsur^is capacity at both daily performances and in. many instances this, season extriL shows were necessary. . Trick is moving on about 20 trucks, trailers and house cars. It's presented under a 6'O-foot top, with two 20's and two 30's, ' Personnel, including the. advance staff,'num- bers 66. .In addition to the big show, there is a sideshow-menag- erie and a pit show. Prank Ketrow; Is' handling the advancie, as usual, with a large truck, one coupe and two assistants. Equipment is In excellent shape and all big sho'w propd and access- ories have been painted twice this season. After praying: through Ohio, show goes into its home state, Indiana, and then heads south for .a long season, closing ia the early winter. Usual entry pageant is dispensed with, this season and the program gets under way immediately at the blow of the whistle with a comedy ticrbbat turn by the Millers. Robert Ketrow performs next, on the fiylng perch, a good novelty, followed by comedy juggling by Prank" Fortuna, a veteran, who also produces the clown nu..ibers. Olive Kadell offers her single trapeze number. Fred Burns, who works all stock numbers, presents a trained pony in one of ,the rings and then on the center stage enter'r tains with 'Sparkle,' educateid black pony, one of the outstanding bits of the show. Burns handles the animal capably. ; .Jack and Myrtle Miller do. credit- ably on the roman rings, followed by hand balancing and comedy juggling by Robert: Ketrow on the center stage. A heat turn Is offered on the double traps by "Verna and Harry Foster, two youngsters. Trained dogs are presented by Burns on the stage, the canines working well under his .direction. Ponie.s, dogs and monks' provide merriment for the kids in one of the rings while Bill Miller presents his foot juggling turn on the stage. Four attractive girls, Misses Miller, Foster, Ketrow and Peters, present the roman ladder novelty, revived by Ketrdw, to good applause., . CI Kitchle, Jap, anothei: veteran of the big tops, holds down a fea- ture spot with his h^ad' balancing and juggling on-the trapeze. Mena, big female elephant, featured by the show, goes through a slow routine, followed by a swinging ladder novel- ty by Mary Ellen Ketrow; Ketrow and Foster, provide manjr laughs with their revolving ladder novelty and the Four Millers, acrobatic turn; doses the program! A 5c. concert keeps most of the audience in the seats for 30 min- utes of variety entertainment offered by Fred Burns and his trained hogs, DoUyi singing midget, and a real bucking mule. Big show pro^ gram is offered In two rings and one stage, Ketrow show In former years had but one ring. Admission is 25c, for. adults, 10c, for children and a dime for reserves. William Ketrow is general man- ager, with MrSi Ketrow doing the purchasing and supervising the cook house. Frank Peters, has all concessions and refreshments, George W. Gregory Is manager of the sideshow menagerie and Harris and Ma Hara, are in charge of th^ pit .show. Show is using much newspaper space in the dailies and at most every town receives good after- notlces, . Pa.'s Silver Lining Easton, P'a,, Aug. 23, Favored with fair weather, the Kutztown Fair did good business during the past week. It was the first fair In Pehn- sylvahla this year, and ran from Au5. 16-20. BILL IN NEB. AGAINST OPPOSISH FOR FAIRS Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 22. Facing an $87,000 deficit hanging over from last, year, the Nebraska State Fair will get going Sept. 3 and finish in six days for a shorter exposition than In previous years. The midway will be. in' charge of the Beckmann Gerety Carniva^l while Barnes-Carruthers will have the grandstand attractions. , Actis billed for the grandstand show are the Lucky Boys, Curtis Dogs and Ponies, La Role Troupe, Flying Millers, Flprence Four, Mar- tini's accordians and the Schooley Winter Garden Revue with A. G. Sweet's band. Danger of cbthpetition from cir- cuses making the town just in .ad- vance of the fair and milking-the county does not seem likely tblti season, . A bill is .about to be submitted to the legislature to bar outside shovrs from cutting In in this manner, not only with state, but . the county fairs of the state". . Towners Gambling Loss Sloughs Rock City Co. Centervllle» la., Aug. 22. Alleged gambling devices at the ftock City shows; carny making a two weeks' stand here, seized and R;. G. McHendrlx, manager, Al Fine, publicity man, J.. C. Francis arid J. E;. "Weathers, having show con- nections, under, bonds of $250 fol- lowing arrest by sheriff.- Jam came on heels of confession; of O. J. Rude, chain store employee who.lost $600 in, games on the lot; and who staged a fake store hold- up in order to cover, up account shortages.. : The carnival, rained put during its stand here the previous week, was unable to move and stayed over in effort to get funds to make a jump. Various concessions quit the show during the week, the high diver .act, a number of freaks and the midget show pulling out before the gambling raid blOw-off. : A truck load of paraphernalia was. seized by the officers and the quartet under arrest were . cai>tured after they had tried to fleC'through the field adjoihlrig the! carnival, ■which hoA been refused admission to the town, and made Its pitch at the cor- porate limits. MISS LA ROSE IHFE0YI3) Atlantic city, Atig. 22. Roxy LaRose, aeriallst, who was injured when she fell from a trapeze while performing on the Steel Pier, was reported as In fair condition at the. city hospital here. Her partner, Irene Kerger, fell to her death. CIRCUSES (Aufl. 22-27) Ringling Bros. Aug. 22,23, Minneapolis; 24, St. Paul; 22, Mason City, La.; 26, Sioux Falls; 27, Sioux. City. Sells-Floto Au^, 22, Winston-Salcm; 23, Raleigh; 24, Durham; .26, Greensboro; 26,. Ulgh.- polnt; 27 Danville, Va. ' Al G. Barnes Aug. 22, San Hafael, Cal,; 23. Santa Rosa; 24, Llvermore; SB, Merced; 20, Vlsalla, Cal,; 27, Bakersfleld; 28, Ventura, CARNIVALS (For bur rent Week, Aug; 22-27) Br.rker, J. L. (Fair). Platte City. Beckman-Oerety (Stato Fair), Des Molnos (until Sept. 22). I3ee,-P, H., Shelby.vllle (Fair). Bruce Greater, Hudson Falls. Castle, Ehrllch & H., Kalamazoo. Conkllna AH Can,, North Bay. Copping, Harry (Fair), Clarion, Crafts Greater, Fresno. Curl, W. 3., Sprlngfleld, O. Edwards, J. B. (Fair), Wellington. Empire City, Tazewell. ■ Florida Expo, (until Sept. 1). _ ^Caller (Pair),. Montlcello, Ky. Olick, Wm., Ottawa, Ont, ' Oloth, Trenton. Gi-eenburg Amer., Lexington. Hnppyland (Fair), Yole. Jones, Johiiny j, (State Fair),. Spring- Held, III. Landcs, J. L. (Fair), LaCygne.. Lang, Dee, Scdella, Lewis, Art., Worcester, Mass. Pearson, C. B., Carmi. Pollle, Salem. Rubin & Cnierry, Manitowoc, Wis. Sol's Liberty (Fair), Franklin, Ind, Spang Greater Shqws (Fair), Bed Lion. SperonI, P. J., Mt, Carroll, Weer, J. C. (Folr), Marshall, Mich, West, W. B. (Fair), Beftrand, No Midway at N. Y. Fair, but a PqbGc Wedding Instead . Syracuse, N. T„ Aug. 22; The old-time midway, with Its freaks and Its girl shows, may be banned for the approaching 1932 New York State Fair, but the nian- agement Is not above resorting to a hoary- theatrical exploitation gag; for publicity purposes. "With Hearst's obliging ^'Journal- American" tied in, "the world's greatest exposition"—to use its own tag line^wiU sta,ge a public wed- ding with all the mercantile trim- mings. Paper conducted the contest to determine the lucky pair, select- ing Mary Louise Loughnot of Clay and Arthur Hughes, Jr., of Syra- cuse, from more than 60 duos. Nuptials will be solemnized oh the stage before the. grandstand oh the night of Sept.. 10. Fair itself will give $50 to the couple. Truck Turns, 6 Hurt ^ Cambridge, O,, Aug. 12. A large baggage truck of the: Bos- tpck Wild Ahlmal circus, piloted by James Herron and Pred Buchannaii, turned oyer on a hill hear here, pinning six men beneath heavy trunks. All were Injured, three se- riously. Circus was en route from 'Wheel- ing to Cambridge. Most seriously.- injured were Hobart Stangler, 21, .Roddefleld; Pete Hayes, 26, Buck« horpi and Earl Gibson, 26, Jamaica Postofflce. They are in a hospital here. LETTERS mien Sendlnc for Hall to v . 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