Variety (Sep 1933)

Tuesday, September 26, 1933 T D O O R S VARIETY 63 O B I T U A R Y 61 ME SILVERMAN Sime Silverman; born in Cprtliand, N. Y., on May 19, 1873, sUcldenly In Hollj[woQd, C^ilif., on Sl^spt.. ,. 1933, ABed'_ 60, ■ The Varibty founderr'pul)-^ Usher -Is survived his widow, Hattie; bis mbther, Itirisi. iRachel SU- vermah; his son, Sid, the prtiseht editor and publlisher of this iiaper; two slsterB, Mrs.' Sallie GOldismlth and Anne Silverman stnd a brother Ciearfre.- Further, news Accopnt appears: elsewhere in thist lssuel JACK ROSSLEY ^ Ja.ck B^OBsley, 72, rdled In Montreal, vSept. 16, after; a llngrerine Illness, Born In IJngland, he started bh tiie Btag.e there as a tiap dahcer 48 yearg ago. With Mrs. Ro9sley, wbo died iabout two years ago lii Montreal, he toured the British I$i0s and then Canada and the U. S., aia Mr. and .Mrs. Jack Rosgley/in a singing and aancing- act. ;' The . cOliple settled In St. John's, Newfoundland, . with three theatre leases, two for pictures and one for musical coiiniedy productibn, on their own. Xater they- shifted to St^ John, N. B., spending about 15 years In the latter place, operating a daince hall . and jointly producing the Rossley " Kiddies, local juveniles, in muslca.1 comedies.for local picture Chouses.' • • Surviving aire one daughter^ BOn^ nlci a chbi'us girl, of New York'Cit jr, and a son, Victor, a: stagie wroTket? in St. John, N. B., theatres. There are als several grandchildren. Interment was at Montreal. Rossley had not been active for the past year owing to 111 health, his wife's death halving caused- a physical iipllapse. They were In business as well as^ matri- monial partners fbr 40 .j'cars; MApGE <;ARR C.OpK Madge Carr Cook, 71, died at Sy- ossct, 1.. I., Siept. 20. She had been 111 with pneumonia;- She made her stage debut-as a child actress and ;<ended her career on the stage In 1909, just half a century later. In the interim she had adviinced to a leadfiig position on the American stage; She is per- haps best known—and 'loved—for her playing in the. titlie role of 'Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch.' She played niuch in the Charles Froh- nian companies and had appeared in some of his London prodi>ctlons. She was in Honolulu with, the Ted Frawley stock. She was twice married; to Charles Robsori ' and to Augustus Cook. Her daughter, Eleanor Rob- , marrfed the late August Bel- mont, retiring from the stage In the height of her career. It was at Mrs.. Belmont's home Mrs. Cook passed away. ADOLF. LI Ado.if Link, 82, character come- dian who was a favorite of the former generation of New York theatrcrgoers, died Sunday In the Flower hospital; where he was un- der the cdre of the Actors' Fund of America. . He was born. Sept. 15; , in Budapest, .Hungary^ and came -to the United States" in 1881, after having established himself In the leading German theatres, in: whlich he played since childhood. When Hcinrlch Conrled organized his fa- mous Company at the old Thallia theatre, Adolf Link became one of his stars arid was soon a favorite. He Was also under the, manage-, ment of George C. Tyler and Lee^ Shubert. His last appearance wa)3 With 'The Student Prihce.' . Services will. be . held tinder ihe .Auspices'bf the Actors' Fund. In- terment in the Fund plot in Kensico cemetery. FRED ERl C K P. A R U N 0 E L . FredeWck Jp. Arundel, 91, died Monday morning in the Actors' I'^und Home, at Engiewood, N, J., where he had beieh a guest for 17 years. He was an Englishman by hi£thiJiMillgJtefin=J^^ htaffordshire; England, on Feb; 8, ,1842. He played in London with Augusr ttis Harris, Henry Irving, arid Carl Rosa, and came to the United 'States in 1894. He was also under .the management of Abbey, Schoeffel ^7K*^'*^"' ■'^'^eustiiv Daly, Fred G. Whitnoy and JcsCph Brooks during the following 10 years. Tntorment will be in flio Actors' und plot, in Ken.sico ccjjictery. Ml • Mike Donlln, 55, once a star ball player but most recently, of Holly- wood, died in Los Angeles Sept. 24i In his prime Doriilh was 'batting .330 and a star of thie. N. Y. Giants. In 1907 he sought to" capitalize his ■fame by starring 'A Runaway Colt' which was written for him by Chas. H, Hoyt. It Was riot a hit and he turned, to vaudeville with little success, He twice sought to stage - a "baseball comeback -but without result. :pf recent years he has been play- ing bits in motion , pictures. His •wlfe,v Mabel Hlte. wro encouraged his theatrical ambition; died some years ago. , THEPPPRE HUMAN Theodore/Human,- 82, one of the members :of . the original Boston Symphony Orchestra; which he helped to orgariize In:18'79, died at his hqine In Brooklyn, Sept. 18. He ■^jr^.-fi irriember of the Bee- thoven String Quintet - and had toured with, the jT. Y. Synrtiphony; as concert-riiaster. For lO .years he was first vlolinv. the Metropolitan 'Orchestra. : Survived by two daughters^ three sons,-: . grandchildren and one great-grandchild., LOUIS A^ BUETTNER Loui A.' Buettrier^ head of the Cohoes. Au^^^^serilent Company. with theatfes in Cohoes. Hudiso'n Falls, ^lens Fails arid: Mechariicvnie,.. N. Yi, arid formier..i)resident of thio New York State Exhibitors' League, ^Icd In. Cohoes Sunday following ia long Illriess. He was a native ,of Gerr many : and hai; lived In Cohoes 25 years; He had many business, civic arid fraternal afBillatipns.. Bift'wlfe, mother, three sisters and a br.other survive. Burial will be in. Albany Rural cemetery. : ROBERT PRAI Robert Cralk, 32, died of cerebral heniorrhage In Louisville Sept. 18 while being removed to a hospital He was . understudy for Dennis Kin|r in 'The Vagabond King' arid had played in 'The Desert Song.' He made his stage debut with the iStuart "Wklker players. Recently he.had •dev<)ted his attention to the Concert stage. Suryive<| by his mother, ree sisters and a daughter. FRANK BREYMAI Frank Breymaler, singer and miknager of Scheriectady theatres for years, died in that city last, week. He had been in ill health for some months. Breymaler had been manager of the Van Curler theatre handling It when It played legit and burlesque. Qf recent years he had been man- aging the RIvoli. theatre, neighbor- hood de lUxe house. RICHARD A. ^EjLLV Tlichard. A. Reilly," manager of Warner's Hudson, Kearny, N. J., died Tuesday after an operation at the Presbyterian Hospital, Newark. He was 45 and had been 25 years in the blislriess, , having managed the Bran- ford and other houses. Hp is survived, by his. daughter, Mrs.. Helen .Llttel, Burial was held at the .Holy Cross Cfemeteryr North Arlington, N. J. CHfiT SUTTON Chester Sutton, 55, publicity i- rectot" of the Mason and Biltmore, ErlanSer hoxises, Los Angeles, died Sept, .23 at his. Los. Angeles honie after a nriorith's illness, aggravated by two acdiderits during the past year.' .Sutton came to L. A-. through his route as a baseball player and company'manager. ^ Survived by sister and brother.. TOM MIX AmCHED, QUCEY RELEASED Kansas City, Sept. 25. Tony, Tom Mix's faivbrlto horse, together with, a number of other horses, three, trucks of scenery and stage equipment^ and Mix's per sonaj automobile,, were Iri the hands of the sheriff at . Emporia^ Kansas, for a short time last week. Property, was .seized . 0n a writ of attachment- issued "iri the suit of Col. .Zack Miller of the 101 Ranch who some time ago was given judg merit against Mix for |66,b00, on his breach of contract' suit. Mix presented legial papers show Irig. that all Of the property Was owned by , his wi'^ and the sheriff r<eleased the attachment. $10 Tar Concession Per Day—West Vnrginia Morgantown, W. Va., Sept. 25. In^ spite of new state. tax law ■which coileets fee |10. . per day from all carnival concessions. West's World's Wonder Shows'arrived'here Sunday for a week's stay. Sh<Sws go to Elkins for the next week. Concession .tax law became effec- tive June - 1, Most cai-nivals are steering clear of West Virginia now. Hollywood home of Frederick Sept. 22..;.:^ .. '. , ' .. Mrs. Sahtjey was formerly of . the stage. She-is 'suiirived only by het two sons. THOMAS C,.KENNEDY "Thomas Clayton Kennedy, 57, yet vaudevllllan arid father of the Sari Diego Troupers' club, died Sept. 25 a. his home in Point Lonia, Calif. He came to San Diego several years ago with his wife and_part HARRY CUMIVI1NS Harry Gurrimlns, for the past five: years associated with his brother Samuel, as distributor; died in New York .Sept. 38 of- a tumor of the brain,. • Pri is association with the film business he was. iri the cora- meixial advertising flpld. ■ dOROTHEA ^RAND Dorothea. Brand, CO, the Original Trilby in the :London premier of that play, died at Broadstairs, Kerit; England, Sept. 24. She had been to America but w.is chiefly known to the Englifh .stage MRS. LAURENE SANTLEY Mrs. Laurene .Sfintlpy, 65, mother of Joseph and .t<'redcrlck Santley, aclor.Si diod of a hf-art attock at tho ner, "Mattle. Rooney, .who .survives him; He also leaves a. son and. his mother. BERT KELLER Bert G. Keller. 53, for years with the Ringling' Bros, as a musician, died suddenly at his home In Wa- pello, la. His niother and two sis- ters, survive. Interment was in Wapello cemetery, with the Ameri can Legion In charge. IGHT Horace LIverlght, 49, publisher and leglt producer, died in New Ifork Sept- ,24 of pneumonia... He had been .Ill for about a year .but was thought well bri the way to re- coverv last week. More details in the'^it^Kctl column. OSCAR DUFRENNE Oscar Dufrenne, one of the lead- ing French theatre' .operators, was killed In Paris Sept- 25. Further details else.where In this issue. ' ' . WILLIS L. HEAD Willis L. Hiead, 43, motion picture projectionist, . died Sept. 22 in Los Angeles, from Injuries received iri an auto accident. FERNANDO ALBA Fiernando Alba, 66, died in a Los Angeles hospital, Sept. . S. He was a troriibone. player and a member bf " Musicians Tbcai'47.' T. Frisby, for many years a. stage technician In Milwaukee .theatres, died following several weeks' He=-Is survived by Mrsv Interment was at Sheboygan. Arthur Korst, 55, proprietor of the. "Theatre hotel in Buffalo, died sud- dierily Thursday. He arid his hos- telry : were well known to theatre people, to whom his kindnesses and benefactions were numberless. Harry J; Doherty, former presi- dent local nine, Greeters, Seattle, and a brother of Howard Russell, the actor, died Sept. 23 |ri Los Angeles. Survived.by mother, two sisters arid broth 'Michael Hyams, of lATSE, for niaTiy years with burlesque show.*; in=the=:j.eyday-=of-that-entertainment field, died in Schenectady, N. Y., last week. Daughter of Charles Searcy, vice- president of the McJunkin Adver- tising' agency In Chicia.gQ, died' on Sept. 20 In Chicago from strepto- coccus infection. Ernie Byfield Manager For White City Rcvrs. Chicago, Sept. 26. White City in the. harids of the rocei.vers. F. E. Huriimer named ■ re!- ceiyer, while Ernest ,Byfield has been appointed general manager. fbr the creditors. Expect ti pay off at least 60c on the. dollat.. Parle did okay this year, showing rib loss due to the heavily curtailed overhead^ ,Ho"wcYer, there were many bills dutstanding from previous seasons. Barnes Circus Nets 42G, but FAIR'S PROFIT CALLED IOWA RECOVERY SIGN Des Moines, ., Sept. 25. itibris in.Iowa are Improving to some extent if the final attend- ance results of the . Iowa state ; fair are to be considered ftn. index. The gate, showed 292,i876. for the 1933 event,: paid admissions number ing 276,242. The 1932 attendance recbrd was topped by .20,000,' . Re- ceipts amounted to $176,457.. 6per ating expenses . amounted to $176,- 316, leaving the board out > of the red.' The night rOdeo a.nd racing pro- isramiS,, features of thie f^ir, ac- counted for an a.ttcndance Increase of 100% as "against figures.for 1932 Mana^eriient of the fair kept Its pledge to' taxpayers that event 'would be operated without expense to taxpayers.' SeattLe BasebaD, tiiii A Study in Contrasts .Seattle, Sept. 25. Here is a contrast; horse-racing got immense crowd of 30,000 on closing d ay Sundia.y: at Longac res. racetrack; near here. Baseball b.b. rin|ade .Sonne kind of,a record one day last week wheri .Sestttle was play Irig Sacramento at local civic park. When the £rame started there was just one- paid adriiission custoriier on. hand; ,When the doulileheader flriale started there were ten pay paLtrons on hand. Reported that Sac's end of the gate, was 69 cents. Trouble is with management and club's policy, instead of trying to build, up a team, present mahage- ment sells any player who shows class iand whb can be sold. So fans have lost interest. CHAMFDUi^SHOWBOAT Burllrigtori, Vt^Sept; 25. A showboat" on Lake Champlain now is a prospect for riext sum: mer. ' The success Of a showboat op eratiriig on Lake George during the past sumriier Is expected to result in the Idea being given a trial on the . local lake next suriimer. CARNIVALS BarrBrown! Old Hickory, Tehn. Barker, J. L.i Ozark. Barlow's Bii; .City: Alton. Beckmann & Gierety: Pt, Smith, Bee. K. H.: Cent^rvlIIe. Big State: Madisonville. . Celtln & .Wilson: Greensboro, N. C. Coley'B Greater: Joncsboro. Crafts 20 Big: Santa Barbara. Ciirli W, 6.: BlancHester. EdWifdS;. Jrrn. AHrs; Wo6«er,. Empire; LehlBhtbn^ Evanipellne; De Qiieeh, Gate City : Jonesboro: Gibson's Blue Ribbon:. Goldcii Belt: Linden. Golden Valley: Hojnaker, Va. Great Lyric: Owlngville. Greater American : Tracy City. Greenland Expo,; i:«xington. Grubere's. Max, Famous.' Lumberton. Hnmes it Williams: Liifkin. KrautKi: Greater: AsHoville. Lahdes, J. L.: Abilene. Lang, Deie,: .<;ikcston. Mo. Lewis, Art: New Britain, Conn, McPnrland, Ed.: CaiToUton: Mi'tropolltan; SylvcHter. Mighty Shesoley Midway; Lynchijure, ModeJ-Shows of Annerica: KnoxviUe, Tenn. New Deal,: Grenada, Miss. .Itainbow: Crockett. Mills. - ogers & Powell: Pdrdyco. Iloyal American; Borne, Ga. nubln & Cherry; Trenton, N. .Sol's Liberty: Beaver Dam. Thomas, Dup, Attrs.: Mariohvlll''. TlllPvAm. ro.: Waukegan. .Wade, n. II.: Pmlthfleld. Wft'le, W. G.: .SlurKiK. Hagertbeck'^Wallace Kept. 2.'3, (*liarle.iton; 2C, Columbia: 27, ueu.-ta; .Lft, AlacOn; 20, Columbus; 30 .\Iont«otn( ry; Oct. 2, Aleipphls. BaldWyn iPark, Cal;, Sept, 25i Barnes CiricuS unloaded here winter: quarters last week after Cut- ting its tour two wc'sks,. but getting back ,home withi around $42,00Q profit on the season..; its "Texas stands ■When word reached Manager ter Croni that .coriditioris were, wet in the Home oiOflce Okayed roxite ,it looked ■'would land the trick in th Barnes, show will get a stt-ohg buildup; for next season with a, spe- cial attraction arid several riame acts already spotted' in the Qiitfit will be given the western ter^ rltory to Itself with neither the RInglirig or Hagenbeck-Wallace outfits interfering:. Iri the past,, Ririgiing show has played the big cities with the Barnes outfit kept in the stid.ks and playing around the big show. Past season for Barries saw every one of the cities played giving the shbW a profit. Red stands were rill small towns, .most of them ori the Pacific slope. In Jjog Angeles*. San Francisco, Oakland. Portlarid, Van- couver, Salt Lake City larid Denver, all. topped last year's grosses.. 'Frisco gave the biggest boost, take being about 30% above last season. Promater-6one=«legion^ Denies Responsibflity Martinsburg, W. Va., Sept. E, C. MacLaughlin, also kriown as Ernie- Mack, Who promoted Ameri- can Legion Circus here last week is missing and is now sought on charges of grand larceny. Mac- Laughlin promoted 'Misis American Legion' contest and is said to have taken in about $500 frorin. sale of chances by girls participating In the contest... Rain made the circus and the con- cessions flop and MacLaughlin could nft railse the money to pay off. He is accused of skipping with the dough. Legion disclaimed any in- terest in the contest, which they said was MacLaiighlln's own Idea. AEFATRIATEB , Sept. 26. Three Canadian minors hailing from New Brunswick were deported at Niagara Falls Friday aftier hav* ing. entered the Uriited States il- legally with a carnival playing at North Tonawanda which had showed In Canadian cities before crossing the border. Two Toronto girls who also came with the show were, returned several days ago by the 'Federal aiilhbrities. LEtTERS Kl'J^JP-Jf"*""* MnH to VAKIETT AddreM Mail Clerk. POSTCARDS, ADVEATISING or CIKCUI.AR XETTEK8 IVII.L J«OT BE ApVEK'TltiED LETTERS. ADVERTISED IN ONE ISSUE ONLY Alcott Edward Dup.ont ta Marg't Kay Edward J Mason Bob McKay.; Ai't Nolle Wea Osta .Teresa I'ardp Eddie BIchardNon R r Vlhsort.'Jack DOROTHEA ANTEL 226 W. 72d St.. New lork City M> N«w ANnortment ol <iREETlNO CARDS in Mow Ready. 2r neaaiiful ^CARDS^and vFOLDERS.^noaedv=P6flt>^ paid, for One Dollar Mother of Harriet Nolan, of the team of "Meyers, and Nolan, dlfd in Kansas City (Kans.) on Kf'i)t. 19. INSTITUTION^ INTERNATIONALE Shoes for the Stage and Street ^SHpWFOLK'S SHOESHOP-15S2 BROADWiLYvyl