Variety (Dec 1935)

^etlnesdayt December 18, 1935 OUTDOORS ^BURLESQUE VARIETY 63 Bills N9xt Week (Cotlnued from page 50) Hollywood StaWw Dorothy Baker SylvJft & Marjorlo Eva Winiaipe RObBrt Strong Bob Alcott Oro EInic'a CiDb CorllBB & Pftlmep Tiny HoBan Cbarlle Bourae '6 StrInK Ore Marcell iDii Tommy Lyman •Warner 31b , ..Donald-Copk^Pj?... iliy Bourbon X)folf6tliy Robefti Don Steele Howard Qerad •fjutUir >l5i.Ur|c9. Ore Ovette • Mary Liane Chet Hartlett Omar'N Dome Henry Kbblea Hawaiian Dancers South Sea Islandors Jim Blddlck Ore Audrey & Arden. Blake Sis Palmeras Gloria Araailor Carmela' .. Bdlth Pavlfl . Gabriel Cansino The Teplnuenorf Havana Casino Ore Jaaorel a-Ted' VIC & .LoMarr Kuth I«ea -3H\ Slim Forller uoorne ne^niHr HudBpn-Metzger flls Mabs Saundeva joe VenutI Oro Paris Inn Slncrlns^ Walter! Hardy & D-Werner Paul Mctiaio Zelma Bush The Modernettes Thora Iviatthatsnn Carla Montlel Pete C6nti'elll ro FIrrone's Dorothy Da Vis Dee Sis ' .N»PSX.. Don Poweit . Davie 'Alack' Oro° "Sherry's ' Bert D.ouKlass «2££>, XorsensQi) ■^waller Johhson Eugene Stark' Maybeth Carr Tjolce. Whitman Judy Lane '. Bob Millar Oro ' Three Mttle Plir* Doris Baker Leslie Slirenkner Maude Taylor Hugo Marcheta Betty Gordon ■Palth Carlton Chlllto & Qabreal Guspa Caslam'aitna. Lou Singer 'Ore Topsy's Loop a Leon Rice Agnes iloliniinn Lois' Saunders Virginia Dix Ooorge Reqlni«n 0.r< CHICAGO Isinarck Hotel Leonard Keller Ore HlHcfcliawU Joe Panders Oro ' Che> Pareo Cross & Dunn Harris Claire & S Jean Travers A & L Carr Bobby Ray I^eon Belasco'Oro Blaekfitone Hotel (Moyfate Room) Chrysls & DeLaO Minor & Root Anna Fulton Kavellh Ore Continental Room - (Stevens Hotel) Seymour Simons Or Co\W^e, ilia George Olsen Ethel Shytta Gi'laha Dolores Beck Bros & D OambrelU Don Enrico Bob Tlnsleya Ore Club AInbam Florlnne Manners Morgan Sli9 EfTle Burton ]\rarlon Parker VlHa Vaughan Club Minuet Julia Qerlty Billy Meagher Adellna Dosdena Ryder Sis Joane Clark Emily Flsk Leyf Sales Ore Hl-Ilot Billy Snyder Corrlne. 3 Cameos Maxine Lee. Nancy Kelly Palnier -HonM (Empire. Room) Veloz & Yolanda Paul Gerrlts Gall-Gall Embassy 4'-. SheD Fields Ore Hoyole Frolics Joe Lewis Dolly Kay Reed & Mele Henri Lisbon Jln\my. Meo Barbara McDonald Anita Sanchez Birdie Doon Term<^e Gardens (Hotel Morrison) . Rosalean & Sevulle Kings Jentors Lyda Sue Tito Coral Rudy Bale B Mnrtrlgner.Vs un Club Eddie RIcVavd. The Dictators Gretchen Lee Or 15 YEARS AGO (Continued from page 48) guarantee of ?100,000 royalties within a si liar period for 'East Is West/ Rlalto theatre kicking tecause It had to play pictures the week after the Rlvo.ll showing. Couldn't get the coin. N. y. Board of. Educa.tlon boygbt. 16 niotibn pictures projectors. For u?e in schools as a try out. 'Passion.;^ Plrgt.^.ltJatlorjil's'_.,Gfi.'.v man Inipbrt, .'grossed $55,000 ait the N. . Ca.pltol. Introduced Pola Negri. Was in on sharing terms. First National bought,it from J. D. Williams for ?60p,000. Williams; who Was head of First National, was reputed to have picked It up on his own for fl5,000. Later maide trouble .for him In the company. Reported .John Drew was flirting with a vaudeville offeir of-$2,500 a week. Was- to- have done "J. M. Barrie's'The Will.' Got cold feet. John R. Rogei's, old time mana- ger and, advance man went into vaudeville with a monologue. He didn't like it" any better than the audience did, so he quit after a first half at Proctor's 23rd. Max Hart had been eased out of the booking office privilege. Mrs. Hart (Madge Fox) told E. F. Albee she had a half right to-the" gency. Albee permitted her to open a book- ing office but with a partner for floor man.' No women, agents on the floor. Emerson Phonograph Co. In bank- ruptcy. Reported that all but a couple of the largest disc concerns were paying royalties by note. Ringlings bought back a contract to show In .England. Figured that British taxes, atop U. S. Income tax _would kill the profits. Izzy Herk perfecting details on his new continuous burley scheme of three,shows a day plus pictures to fill. FHUASELFHIA Adelphla Hotel Bob Roltner Rex. Weber Shore St Harrison Pierce & Harris 3 Deweya Simpson -Marlonets Szlta & Anis Evan B Fontaine Agnes Tolle Eddie Bonnelly Ore Vincent Rlzzoi Ore Anchoraice Manny La Porte Or Arcadia' Guy Lomibardo' Ore Mario VUlanl Conchlta '(Sonzalez Joy Lynne Maurlne & Norva ' Prince Mogul Tournler , Uarclay Hotel Sylvan Herman Ore Itetlevne •Stratfnrt) Meyer DaVIs Oro Ben Fmnhlln Leo Kollo Oro Dickens .Tean Val-Mar Mary Chrysler Elinor Faye ■Little Miss Muffel* Eddjo Villa Ore itni ,i.ocust Wanda Dawson Florence Hallman Mary Lee Dennis nubbles Shelby Warwick Sis ■ Stewart Sis Jluijic Weavers Ore Prank Palanibo's Chief Caupolleah Georgo Rpod • Alice Lucey Charlie Wilson Charlie Masters LnMarr Bros Lorraine Chevalier Illy Hermann Jr 'Jladys Jean Bobby Morro Oro Memphis Club Almee Spencer .Sally GKiodlng Florence Hill Dorothy Rose Old Madrid Prankle Richardson Jfan MoCool- Morrone & Gallo .Monry Yon • James & Peltz Gladys Grant Onyx Club Brodshaw Ore Opfn Door S.-otty Mlddlcton ni';ardo & Rita «cuy Little Jaek Young Jimmy Rossi Frcrt..NV.idhardt Ore •'♦•nnN.vlvBnlft H<i(rl Joe Frasetto Ore Dorothy Bach Jean Hamlll 4 Wolves Brook Adams Faulkner Sis Odette Borde Connie Lee ■D & F Drew Boston Sla Lillian King Irene' Lee Mirror Room Girls Rairters Earl D6nny Oro Martin & Dixon Bert Dagmar Kath'n McGarrlgan Audrey Joyce Rendezvous .Tack Cooper Oro Burt Sis S. & D Howard Joe Singer G. Scottl; & Stooges RHz-Cariton Hotel Al Davles Oro Snnsoni House Ludy Vaii Love Orr Sliver i.ahe Inn (Camden) Mick Famllant Ore Mildred Tolle. Bclh Chains Byrnes & Swanson Marjory Liine Stable Charlie Giilnos Ore Richard Harris Inez HIght Lulu Mae Stump & Stumpy Goldle Erma Kelly Town Ciisino Harriett I'ce Laninettea „ Peter Illgglns Eleanor Dean Maurhia Rosa, ■Betty. Lane 3 Clubmen Howard Lanin Ore SOtli Century Tavern Bill Steele Roddy: 2 Jean Garrette Mildred Roselle Buddy & Selma Harry Adar Ore Barney Zeeman Or' fVailtoii Roof Mickey Alport Kathryn Rand Myra Lett Prances McCoy Muriel Thomas Freeman Sis Nyln Taylor Raymon & Volez Laberta A kins Mlltori Kellem. Oi Weber's llofbrnu ((''amde'n) Gregory Quinn Joe Klleoyne Grant & KInley Bobble Del Rio Shirley Gordon Pat Sullivan Use Hart . Sidney Golden Bin Bllger Ore Jack Justin Ore , Comstock & Gest's 'The Wan- derer' called in. Had a .two week layoff between dates and—figured cheaper to bring the show in than abide by Equity ruling of salaries during that period. Managers seeking to hold tickot specials to a 50c. maximum advance. Shuberts decided to have no. chorus men with 'Passing Show of 1920.' Too much kidding about 'em. 50 YEARS AGO (From Clipper) Cincinnati woman got $5,000 from John Robinson in a damage suit. Later Jurors explained an agent of Robinson tried to bribe one of them, so they doubled the award. Robin- son said it was blackmail. William H. West, of minstrel fame, suing Fay Templeton for di- vorce in Chicago. Married in 1883, and he told the court she had prom- ised to quit the stage. Instead she quit him after six w^^l^s- .1. K. Emmett had been on a bend- er. Estimated to have cost him $10,000 In loss of profits, etc. •i-ed Bryton was doing Clay Greene's 'Jack o' Diamonds.' Brook- lyn critic complained it was 'so full of the slang of the gambling hells as to be nauseous.' Squeamish those days. Estate of the late John McCul- lough estimated at $45,000, of which all but $5,000 was In persona.1 effects. Scenery Of 'Hoodniari Blind' Nvas much admired at Wallacks. Scene painter took bows nightly during the early part of the run; often stopping the show as much as Uiree minutes. Phil W. Goacher painted all but three of the cloths. His knockout was the Thames Embankment. New Lows Albany, Dec. 17. Those on the receiving end consider these hew all-time Iowa for local show business: Comedy vaudeville team, 2 men, offered $10 for three day engagement Part-time press agent, cut from $10 to $5 a It .happened at the Follies, recently opened burleyrfilm "Stand; " The press agent qu'if. Sedate Borlesii JDraws Only Albany Censors; Folds After 21 Wks. Albany, Dec. 17. Purified burlesque lasted oilly two and a half weeks, the Follies fold- ing Saturday (14) after a record too clean for the b. p. Not a strip- per stripped. The coiifibinatlon pol- icy of strlpless, fairly dirtless bur* ley and Indle films dived headfirst Into a slump. Only the censoris came. Follies was operated by Max Rudnlck, with HaiTy Abbott as house manager. Rudnlck operates the Eltlnge, 42nd street burlesquer in New York. FOLLIES, ALBANY (STOCK) Albany, Dec. 12. Burlesque-r-like Lulu—Is back In town. The Follies theatre, nee State, nee Majestic, has dared to tread with a policy which last win ter was told It' could not trod the boards in Albany as long as John Boyd Thacher Is mayor. That waia after the raid on the Capitol, fol lowed by the house closing. ' Max Rudnlck was one of the oper ators of the Capitol. Now he has come back to town with the Follies. It isn't burlesque, however, in the billing. At the opening it was musi- cal revues.' Biz wasn't so hot. So now It's 'glrlesk.' But the formula is burlesque, just the sanie, except there's no stripping. There are six principalis and 10 In the chorus. That Is, there were 10 In the chorus. Now there are eight, It's a stock outfit, with occasional changes among the principals. Fea- ture film and shorts added to the three-a-day policy with two changes weekly. Harry Abbott is house manager. F. H. Kells books the. films. Prices are 25c matinees and' 25c and 40c nights. Started out with 35c top. Town flooded with comps admitting for 20c. House always a tough spot, so there's no telling the outcome. Japs, who were more of a novelty then than they are now. Patterned after the Indian villages, which had been a clean-up.' Pauline Markham in another bust. She would insist on trying the legit, where her forte was burlesque. John H. Halvin, well-known Ohio manager, came a cropper in Cin- cinnati. He had climbed a ladder to the rigging loft to tell the grips to put On slippers, because their boots annoyed Sol Smith Russell. Fell in descending. Rigging loft or fly gal- lery was on a level with the flies, and all scenery handled from there except flats. Lillian Russell was advertised as being supported by the Hess opera CO. , In St. Louis the show was gar- nlsheed because of a broken Hess date a couple of years before. Hess wired he had no part in the show, but it hurt her receipts, iust the sanie. In Indianapolis John B. Dorris won 18 suits brought by four em- ployees of his.circus for back salary. Dorris had a KHs Krlngle chariot In his parade. He rented it to a Chi- cago department store for a holiday ballyhoo. Eight ponies. Fanny Davenport; did not play midweek mats, Mauds, Granger, heading a road tour, came down from Worcester, Mass., to give one performance at the Pepple'.s, on the Bowery. And papers slapped. Madison Square Garden housed a Japanese village, with 60 native Alleged the English music hall managers had a list which set sala- ries for talent. No one could better the price as set in the monthly oo - fercnceo. Auto Companies as Chief Spenders At Dallas, Midway Concessions Let HANDLES THE FAKERS N. Cops Lock Up. Fak«s Before Show Hits Town , N". C... Dec. ,17. • re .ways and ways of I Wartln' ' Ihe' Iafce'accrdenr racTcet' that is pulled on circuses and tour- ing outdoor showa from time to tl But the most effective Is to slap the fake accident victim In Jail just before show gets to , town. That is what Lieut. Stanhope Llneberry did With a Negro who ha.d pulled his fake injurj several times. Last year when the Rlngiing show was here a Negro claimed injury as a result of having fallen oyer a tent rope and had the circus equipment attached until his claim was paid. The same Negro was again hurt when the; Cole Brothers show came to town, This year, ju'st before Ingllng arrived. Lieutenant Llneberry hunt- er, up the Negro, put him in jail, where he couldn't get hurt (booked for investigation), and the circus left town without a. claim against it. SON OF POUTICIAN CHARGED WITH FRAUD Charged with grand larceny, John Murray, son of a former Tammany District leader, and who once had the pony track concessions at Palisades Park, N. J.) Long Beach and Atlantic Beach, Long Island, is in the Tombs Prison, New York, awaiting arraignment In court. He was arrested last Thursday (12) at his home in Roosevelt, L. I., by de- tectives after a long .search. Murray is charged specifically In an indictment handed up by the Grand Jury, with the theft of $200 from Mrs. Edith Steinberg, a widow, of East Rockaway, L. I. She claims she gavo this sum and other amounts aggregating $2,100 to Mur- ray on his promise to obtain for her a pony track concession at Jones Beach State Park, Lpnjg Is- land. She asserts he claimed he could .obtain the concession through the ihfiuence of his father. When he failed to make good she com- plained to the District Attorney. Ofllclals of the "state Park Com-* mLsslon Informed the Grand Jury that Murray had never been prom- ised the cohcesslon, nor, as far a« they knew, had he applied for it, either in his own <name or that of the complainant. TRUCKS AND TRAINS ON SEPARATE SCALES Lynchburg, Dec. 17. New sliding scale tax on circuses, fixed la.st week by city council, is a help to little shows but will .sock the. big-timers nearly twice as much as they formerly paid. Under the old law,, all shows paid a flat $150 to the city, Xcw .scale differentiates between little and big shows, and provides separate rates for auto and train outfits. For one to ten cars, truck shows will pay $50 and train shows $100. From 10 to 30 cars the rate will be $100 for trucks, -.$150 for trains. Thirty to 50 cars, $150 and $200, Over 50 cars, $200 and $250. In addition, council ruled that a show tenting outside the corporate limits win have to pay a $50 fee to parade downtown. Brooklyn theatre was pliaylng a full-week of benefits, laying off the tickets to various lodges and socie- ties. Gets Big 4 Post Pofltvillc, la., D<-;c. 17. J. C. Wlehe has been named soc- retary of the Big Four A-ssodailon for 1936. Elkader Continues Elkader, la., Dec. 17. Elkader Fair A.«soclatIoh has ■abandoned pl.Tns to turn over fair- ground properties to the city under a proposal that the municlpajlty as- sume a mortgage on the grounds. Dales of Aug. 18 21 have been .set for the J03C e\ent. hOND SHOW IK GA. Milledtfipvine, Oa.j "Dor. i7. Roml Ki'others' throe-rfng chcut>, now wintf-ring hero, oooupying buildings at the Fair r;roun(ls. Will remain until .spring. Dallas, 17. with six, and .one-half months tflf go, only 40% of Centenni tlpn's exhibit space repi reserved. Ford Motor (jbiiipariy wfll corne through with a contract Involving dsviweht^ of**ir5bur•''i*;^ffti();i6it)o. Hinging only oh minor details; Ford contract will provide for $50,000 €X«( hibit building; free excurslbng through 'Old Southwest Trails" in V-8s driven by college boys; free rides to Ford's branch mile from the grounds; arid concerts and,othei? class music. DuPOnt companies will partici- pate, for the first tlnie since 1893 Columbian expo. Contract calling for big show of DuPont's use of cotton and anti-war scare pr6pa> ganda has been delivered. General Motors and Chrysler arei wavering over sighing. GMC seema bent on auditorium shows with con- cert and radio stars. Both nego« tlatlons have gone without snags to date. Shows are'being nailed down aa fast, as Paul Massman can get to applications, and best deal of last week was signing Streets of AU Nations, Inc. Headed by Emmett McComiell, firm , has agreed to build its village streets on 1^ acres lease oh midway. Black Forest and Old Globe theatre contracts are in process. Chief exhibitors on the line In- clude General Electric, with House of Magic; Weetinghouse; Gulf; Texas Co.; Continental Oil Co.; Owens-Illinois; A. T. & T. Conces- sion holders Include DuFour and Rogers, Stanley Graham, Mueller Brothers, Mayflower^' Doiig h n u t Shops, Dr. Pepper Co., Nat Rodgers and others. Swift and Wilson ar© dickering on food concessions., INDOOR CIRCUSES FOR BRITISH XMAS SEASON London, Dec. 8. Bertram Mills' Circus opens it^ .six weeks' annual season at the Olympia, Dec. 20. The progi-am is as follows: Allison Troupe, Eight Ci:orlnthinians, Five Carlos, Paulo Family, Beege and Quple, Con Col- t leano, T.wo .Karolls, Merkel, Natal, Maysy and Brach, Three Pleos Brothers, Jose Ramon, Rosello, The Spyras, Elisa AVallenda and Sea Lions, Trixle, Sloan's Comedy Horse, Mroczkowskl Horse and Pony Act, Kossmayers High School Act, Gindl Baby Elephants, Patricia Bourne and Lions, The Baker Boys, and Clowns Albert, Austin, Hugo Darty, Fred Boston, Bustl, Fiery Jack and Partner, Robert Beasy, Camlllo Dermul, Joe Craston, Les- lie Laffln, Paull, Pinocchio, Coco, Percy Huxter, Gerbola,' Carl Ilagenbeck's Circus opens a five weeks' season at Koyal Agx*l- cultural Hall, Dec. 23, with the fol- lowing acts: Liberty ponies, Gio- vanni and Albertlna, Two Casis, Erich Hagenbeck's Sea Lions, .South China Troupe, Gautler's Ze- bras, Ponies, Brazilian Mules, "Wal- ter Kadeh'fl, eight elephants. Cast's Riding Family, Beroslnl Troupe, Si- laghl Troupe, Rudolph, Matthles* Fifteen Tigers, John Schlpfmann group of , wild animals, Aloys Peters, Gautler's high school Llpplzancr Horse, Clowns, etc. Now It's New Orleans .New Orleans, Dec. 17. A national exposition to be hejd here in 1938 Is being planned by business Interests ot the city, it was revealed Saturday (14) at the first meeting of the new board of "direc- tors of the Association of Com- riierce. Mayor Israel, newlyrelected presi- dent, was authorized to name a, spe- cial committee to head plans fOr the r l_ 1, .». The expo.sUion, Intended to exploit the port and tie in the interests o,f iho ^ilfiftl.sslppl Valley and the Latin-American countries to thei south, Avouid be similar to the Texas coiitennlal aiid the San Dlcgo ex- position. li I!