Variety (July 1912)

14 VARIETY NEW SEASON'S FIRST OPENINGS NEARLY A LL ACC OUNTED FOR Middle of August will See Several New York Houses Started for '12-'13, with September Taking Up the Others. Several Repeats at the Beginning. H,hc plans of legitimate producers and house managements have been perfected so far as to be able to an- nounce with reasonable accuracy the opening attractions at most of the New York theatres the coming fall season and late summer. The attrac- tions themselves have been mentioned from time to tfcne in Variety the past spring. "Bunty Pulls the Strings" at the Comedy and "Bought and Paid For," at the Playhouse, seem likely to con- tinue their runs throughout the entire summer, both taking to the road some time in the fall. "Bunty" is already slated to leave some time in Septem- ber. | The only other houses now open, excepting the vaudeville theatres and roof •* gardens, are the Moulin Rouge with "A Winsome Widow" and the Globe with "The Rose Maid," unless the Lyceum is included with the Paul Rainey pictures. First on the list for reopening for the season is the Winter Garden next week. Next comes the Casino, with "The Merry Countess," about Aug. 1. That same week "Hanky Panky" is listed for the Broadway. "Robin Hood's" all-star revival comes to the Knickerbocker Aug. 12. H. H. Frazee's presentment of .lames Montgomery's "Ready Money" is to take place at the Elliott, Aug. 19. This piece will be done in asso- ciation with the Shuberts. "The Greyhound" will be revived at the Astor, Aug. 19, for a very short period. At the Criterion, early It? Augu6t, Hattie Williams and Richard Carle appear in "The Girl from Mont- marte." "The Quaker Girl" returns to the Park, Aug. 19, for a few weeks prior to the production of a new musical piece In which Clifton Crawford is to be starred. Julius Steger's production of "The Master of the House" under the man- agement of the Shuberts, wll have its first Metropolitan showing Aug. 22, at the 39th Street theatre. Barring a stray musical production, there will be no other openings until September, when Daly's resumes (Sept. 27), with Lewis Waller's pre- senting Madge Titheradge in a piece new to America; .lohn Drew opens the Kinpiro Sefit. L' in "Papa"; the Lyric- with Charles Klein's dramatization of Itex Reach's "The Nfc'er Do Well" (a verfture of the Authors Producing Co.); the new Kltinge 42d Street thea- tre opens with "Within the Law," about Sept. 1; the Hudson with "The Herfords." Sept 2; the new 48th Street theatre early in Sept., or possi- bly late in Aug. with Broadhurst and Swan's "Just Like John"; the Hippo drome, as usual, early in September; "Milestones" comes to the Liberty Sept 1*»: George Arliss returns <o Wallack's in "Disraeli" Labor Day; "The Count of Luxembourg," New Amsterdam, Sept. T6; George M. Cohan comes to his own theatre in Sept. with his new piece "Broadway Jones"; "The Concert," Belasco, Sept. 16, for two weeks, to be followed by Frances Starr in "The Case of Becky"; "The Governor's Lady," Republic, early in Sept.; Little theatre, Oct. 1. with "Anatole" and "Snow White"; Cort, about Oct. 1, with "Peg o' My Heart"; Lyceum, middle of Sept., with John Mason in "The Attack"; Century, middle of Sept., with "The Garden of Allah," for a short stay, followed by "A Daughter of Heaven"; Longacre theatre (when completed), with "Fine Feathers"; Cohan, Harris & Woods, Bronx theatre, when com- pleted, with Henry Miller in "The Rainbow"; the Princess, with Annie Russell in repertoire, Nov. 11; The Scrape of a Pen" at Weber's, Sept. 2C. REICHENBACH'S ESCAPE. Harry L. Reichenbach, who jour- neyed to South America four months ago in the interests of a prominent film concern, reached home last week on the Celtic from Southampton. During the course of his journeys south of the Equator, Reichenbach established numerous features in the Argentine, Brazil and Uruguay, and succeeded in starting a child's size revolution in Montevideo, Uruguay. The papers there engaged him to start a propaganda against the administra- tion, and he did so, in "Yellow Jour- nal" style, using the coupon system, and before he made his hurried de- parture, he was ordered to appear be- fore the court of justice, but appeared before the captain of the SS Verdi in- stead and reached home sun-burne1, but with a whole skin. He was surprized to And Variety on sale at the English book store on Florida avenue in Buenos Aires, and read his first accounts of the Titanic disaster in it. OBITUARY Al Leech, the comedian, died July 5 c* cerebral meningitis. Although but seriously ill two weeks, he had never quite recovered from the effects of a fal* last year. The deceased was 4.J years old. His more recent engage- ments had been with Lew Fields com- panies in "The Never Homes" and "The Jolly Bachelors" He is sur- vived by a widow and daughter. Charley Wingate, aged 14 years, died of spinal meningitis at Butter- worth hospital. Grand Rapids, Mich., June 28, after an illness of seven weeks. STOCK MANAGER FADED AWAY. Montreal, July 10. The members of the Princess Musi- cal Comedy Stock Co. have been wondering since Sunday where the funds are to come from at the end of the week to pay salaries. Harry M. Burnham, the sponsor for the troupe, has faded away, leav- ing unpaid salaries to the amount of $1,500. A few in the company will have to figure rather closely to make New York. The hot weather was re- sponsible for the falling off in attend- ance. FOX'S LONG RUN ENulNG. William Fox's dramatic stock com- pany at Fox's (formerly Dewey) theatre will close for the summer after next week, owing to lack of patronage due to the weather. The final attraction will be "Three Weeks." The house will reopen late in August. The company has had a run of over 100 weeks. It lately moved across the street from the Academy of Music. LIVINGSTON, STAGE DIRECTOR. Chicago, July 10. When the College theatre reopens, Frank Livingston will be the stage di- rector. The house will be run by Peck, Gatts & Sackett. Livingston was formerly director of the Bush Temple, which has recently been converted into a German stock house. VERDI TRYING STOCK. Chicago, July 10. The Verdi theatre on the Scuth Side which recently came into the posses- sion of Walter Butterfield has once more changed hands and is now being guided by William Fitzpatrick. Vaudeville has been discontinued. This week a stock company is sound- ing the possibilities for that brand. If successful, stock will be next season's policy at the house. STOCK PEOPLE IN SKETCH. Minna Phillips and Louis Leon Hall, favorite stock players across the bridge, will enter vaudeville tempor- arily, when they will be seen at the DeKalb, Brooklyn, in a dramatic play- let entitled "The Turn of a Card." The sketch is by Edwin F. Reilly and Ralph I). Robinson, two local news- paper men. TAKING SHORT VACATION. Jacksonville, July 10. The Regan-Lewis stock at the Du- val, with Margaret and Frank Dae ns joint leads, closed last week. The company will return July 30. Frances Evelyn Willard, six months of age, died July 5. Her parents were Joe F. and Mary E. Willard JOIN HAZLETON CO. Jane Davis and Elmer Thompson have left New York for Hazleton, Pa., where they will assume the leads of the stock company playing at the summer park there "MIDGE" WENT BROKE. New Orleans, July 10. The Drury Midgely Stock Company came to grief in this city. Members of the organization are much grieved themselves in that "Midge" decamped, leaving them not so much as a cen- time. "Midge" didn't have many cen- times; just about enough to get his troupe here in the hope of putting something over on the local public. New Orleans is a very good show town but a very bad "goat" town. They are still here, quartered at the Hotel Ranson, where Sage Rose, pro- prietor, is giving them food and shelter, while the cash register emits not a single sound. Henry Greenwall has donated them the Dauphine for Thursday, when a benefit performance will be given. The stock company was engage:! by Midgely through Milo Bennett, the Chicago dramatic agent, and the artists were assured that Henry Green- wall, "the man who organized the syndicate," was behind the project, and were only appraised of the cruel truth upon arrival in this city. RESUMING LONG RUN. Paterson, N. J., July 10. The Opera House Stock Co. will open in August under the direction of Frank Zabriskie and Alex Reid. James Cunningham and Henriette Brown, who were responsible for the run of the company for almost two years, will be back in their leading roles. VIC SUING JIM FOR $105. It's $105 in dispute. There's going to be a law suit over it, however. Victor Heerman is the fellow who will sue, and James Clancy the fellow to be sued. Vic claims he had a balance of that amount to his credit for business brought into the office, when leaving Jim's employ. Jim can't remember HEAT TOO STRONG. The heat proved too strong a con- tender for the Tremont stock com- pany away up town and it closed Sat- urday night. The men behind the venture have decided to reopen Labor Day with a new company and plays. REPAIRING FRANCAIKK. Montreal, July l<>. Stork closed at the Theatre Fran- caise Inst Saturday. II may reopen in the fall with a permanent stock com- pany. Meanwhile about $14,000 will be spent upon the theatre in repairs. The capacity is to be enlarged among other improvements The Mark-Brock firm, which con- trols the Francaise, has two other houses building here. One is of 1,600 and the other 2,000 capacity. Be- sides these two B. F. Keith Is building a picture house of large dimensions, and the Gayety, also in course of con- struction, will hold the Eastern Wheel burlesque shows.