Variety (November 1911)

VARIETY 37 DIR ROM TM I I AND IN A NOVELTY SINGING AND DANCING 8PECIALTY THIS WEEK (Nov. 13) AT P. 6. WILLIAMS 1 ORPHEUM, BROOKLYN AUDITORIUM.—IB. Harry Lauder; 18. Mordkln A All-Star Russian Ballet SALT LAKE CITY. (By Wire.) ORPHEUM—Condln. Steal* A Carr. riot; Dave Ferguson, scored; Cuminings A Glad- pings, .clever; early le Wilbur, liked; 8lx American dancers, pleased; Seven Belfords. ordinary; Careless Curt, good. Oood busi- ness. EMPRESS.—Patty Brothers. Id* Barr. Mrs. Jules Levy and Family; Miller A Maok, Her- bert Hodge, John R. Gordon A Company. Big business. COLONIAL—10-11, Gertrude Hoffman and Russian ballet, big hit. good business. 11-11 Rose Melville; 1C-1I "The House Next Door." SALT LAKE— H-15. Mountain Ash Male Choir; 16-18 Montgomery A Stone In "The Old Town." OARRICK.—"Raffles." groat business, good show. OWBK. Ind).—14-11, Minnie Dupree. In "The Indis- creet Mrs. Tyne"; If, Gaby Deslys and Win- ter Garden Show; tO-tl, "He and She." G. A P. Miss Charlotte La Beau, treasurer of the Gllmore, and Fred Flock, Jr., an advance man, were married Oct. I. Victor Schooley has been appointed man- ager of the Klnodrome theatre, relieving Scott Leslie, resigned. GRAND (A. J. 8mall).—Catharine Courtlss In "The White Slater." SAVANNAH. SAVANNAH (William B. Beesklnd. mgr.; K. A at).—T, Creators and band, poor attend- ance; 11. "Seven Days," fair attendance; 16- 18, "Rebecca of Bunnybrook Farm"; 17, Ty Cobb In "Osllege Widow"; advance sals tre- mendous; II, "Tho Rosary-" BIJOU (Henry C Fourton, mgr.; agent, Well's Circuit; rehearsal, Monday and Thurs- day I).—Capacity attendance, t-11, Marie McNeil A Co., passable; Flo Arnold, scored; "Turkey Boyd/' funny; Haale Weston Lucas A Co., popular; It-IB, Aerial Sherwood, clever; Weat A Willis, very good; Bobby Boyd, hit; Blllle Laeellaa Comedy Co., hit; 18-1S. Mann A Stuart; "Kane"; Crawford A Chapman; Smith A Smith. LIBERTT (Henry C. Fourton, mgr.; 8. A H.)—Week 6. Blllle Ritchie In "Around the Clock," big attendance. Week It, "Beverly of Graustark." good attendance. "REX." SPRINGFIELD. MASS. POLTS (8. J. Breen. res mgr.; sgent. U. B. O.; rehearsal Monday 10).—Weston Bis- ters, opened well; Ward Bros, neat; Great Howard, clever; Ryan A Richfield, went very well; Coogan A Clark Sisters, good; "A Jap- anese Honeymoon," ordinary; Collins A Hart. big. GILMORE (Robt. McDonald, mgr.).—11-15. "Queen of Bohemia." COURT 8QUARE (D. O. Gllmore. mgr.; SYRACUSE. GRAND (Charlos Plummer, mgr.; Keith's Vaudeville; Chaa. Anderson, mgr.; sgent, U. B. O.).—Rem Brant, fairly; Arthur J. Pick- ens Co., gets over; Edwards. Ryan A Tlernoy, pleasing; Lolo, feature; Nevlna A Brwood, well received; Homer Llnd, hit; Harry Fox A Millership Sisters, very big; Strength Bros., nicely. TAMPA. FLA. The season promises to be the best In the history of Tampa. Last sesson wss an ex- ceedingly dull one on account of the big strike of the cigar makers, and practically all of the theatres were closed. W. E McDowell, a vaudeville performer, who wss working at ths Favorite theatre, was teken suddenly 111 one night lastrweek. Transportstlon to New York for him and hie wife was furnished him by a local theatrical manager, but he died en route at Jackson- ville. Rosebud de Armon, a pretty little dancer, had the misfortune to break her leg while stepping from a moving street car. She Is at a local hospital. B. R. DICKENSON. TROT. RAND'S (W. L. Thompson, mgr.; agent, Rels; rehearsal 10).—11, "Over Night." good attendance: 15-10, Flske OH are. In "Lots' a Young Dream"; 17, "The Goose Girl"; 10. "He and She." MUSIC HALL.—Lyman H. Howe Travel Pictures. LYCEUM (O. H. Friedman, mgr.; agent. Belreneteln; rehearsal 10).—Merllna Opera Co., excellent; Frank Harettey, good; Ger- trude Dean Forbes A Co.. hit; Irving Jones, pleased; Chsslno, fair; Neuss A Eldrsd; Frank le Blegel. J. J. M. "The Man on the Box." "The Girl In the Taxi" and "The Vassar Glrla" wsrs ths at- tract lona at the Casino lately. Baoh per- formance the house wss peeked. Mabel Paige, who haa been playing stock at the Greeeon for the past two weeks, closed her engsgement last Saturday. Mabel worked to capacity houses each night as ehe Is quite a favorite here. TBRRB HAFTB. VARIETIES (Jsck Hoeffler. mgr.; sgent. W. V. M. A.; rehearsal Monday A Thursdsy 10).—Hughes Musical Trio, good; Five Jug- gling Jewels, pleased: Young A Marks, fslr; Csrita Day. good; Joe Demlng A Co., pleased; Dorothy De Schelle A Co.. fair; Cracker Jaok Four, hit; Lewie A Green, fair; Belt rah A Beltrah. hit: Four Nelson Comlquea. pleased; good business. GRAND (T. W. Bsrhydt. mgr.; K. A E.).— 4-5. "The Rosary." poor; 0-10. Win. Hawtrey. good; 11. Robert Hllllard. good: 16. Balalaika Orchestra; 10. "Brewster's Millions"; 11-10. "The Girl In the Train." PARK (Joe Barnee. mgr.).—"Parisian Beau- ties" CHRIS. GRAND (D. M. Cauffman, mgr.).—8-0 "The Gamblers," Isrge audiences. 10-11 "The Witching Hour." fair business, 17 "Girl of the Golden West." sell out POLI (Gordon Wrighter. mgr.).—Stock. The Griffin Amusement Co.. of Toronto. Csnada. haa purchased ths corner of Tongs and Shuters streets. They will tesr down the present buildings and build a theatre sestlng 1,000. Devoted to populsr priced vaudeville and moving pictures. At the Star, where the Regan-Lewis Stock Co. haa Its home. It Is elmply sn impossi- bility to secure seats st the window, the en- tire house being sold at each performance long before the doora are opened. The Favorite, the Venus. Klnodrome and the Pathe. picture houses, with three acta of vaudeville, are taxed to their utmoet to ac- commodate the crowds. N. H. Harrison, general manager of the Oppenhelmer theatres, hss secured a musical comedy company of thirty people, and will use them In the theatres of the Oppenhelmer circuit, there having been added twelve houses to this circuit. N. H. Harrison has been quite HI with ma- laria. He la up again, but not able to attend to his duties. TORONTO. ONT. 8HEA'B (J. Shea, mgr.).—Four Mortons, went strong; John P. Wade A Co.. excellent; Eight Florentine Singers, fine; Hoey and Lee. good; Thurber and Msdlson, pleased; Ishl- kama Brothers, sensational; Moffet A Clurend, good; Julian and Dyer, good. MAJB8TIC (Peter F. Griffin, mgr.).—Tills Marionette* El ale Lavadeau. Gillette A Camp- bell. Devlne and May. De Vrond and Elcho. STRAND—E. O. Weill. Howard Russell, Gold Medsl vocsllst. GATBTY (T. R. Henry, mgr.).—Big Banner Show. > > STAR (Dan F. Pierce, mgr.).—Big Review. ROYAL ALEXANDRA (L. Solman. mgr.).— A born Opera Co. In "The Bohemian Girl." PRINCE88 (O. B. Sheppard. mgr.).— Naughty Marietta, half of week; Ethel Barry- more, laat I nights. WILMINGTON. GARRICK (W. L Dockstader, mgr.; agent, U. B. O.).—11-18. Capt. Ressler A Co.. good; Fen telle A Vsllorle. good; Clsudlue A Scarlet, hit; Chaa Miller A Co., good; McBride, Post A Russell, good: Keno A Green, hit; "Dlnkel- splel'e Christmas." big. AVENUE.—Stock. The Harris Amusement Co. hae engaged as a special feature Miss Minerva Jaegar. who Is making a decided hit at the Grand. TOUNOSTOWN. PARK (L. B. Cool, mgr.; agents, Felber A 8hea).—Claude Rood, good; Clemens A Deane, pleasing; Tom Mahoney. good; Sher- man, Van A Hymen, hit; Btaley, Blrbeck A Co., fine; Three Dooleys. excellent. PRINCESS (Chsrles B. 8mlth. mgr.; sgent, Gus Sun).—Ed. Loop, entertaining; Imperial Comedy Trio, good; Four Everetts. fine; Vera De Bsssinl, hit. GRAND (Jos. Bchsgrln. mgr.; S. A H.).— 13, Thurston, big business. C. A. LEEDY. " SHE NEED FEAR NO OTHER SPANISH DANCER "—vide THE LONDON PRESS After Seasons at the TIVOLI, PALLADIUM and PAVILION NOW ON THE'WAY TO SOUTH AFRICA FOR EIGHT WEEKS AT EMPIRE, JOHANNESBURG A BIG ACT ON THE BIG TIME WITH A BIG SONC JACK COOGAN S CLARK SI STERS =5 nr r, "when i woke up this morning" When antwrring odvfrtiatmotti lindlv mention VARIETY.