Variety (September 1912)

VARIETY ERMAN MANAGERS VS. AOENTS 00 TO THE MA T TOGETHER Agents Circumvent Managers' Association by Forming New Organization. Attempt to Evade German Agency Law Being Made, According to Reports from Abroad (Special Cable to Variety-.) Berlin, Sept. 4. The vaudeville agents here have left the Agents' Association, with the in- tention of forming a separate organi- 7atior headed by H. B. Marinelli. The reports of the German Variety M.-'P.iters' Association having taken step to blacklist the agents' asso- rt t,on (with which they do business), result. ng in the agents forming a new soev'v, seems to be the outcome, ft i icports abroad, of the continen- tal ii nagers attempting to dive under trie >:ringent agency law of Germany. T i' managerial boycott was to have ..".'■■e nto effect Sept. 1. By that date the original agents' society was ad- vised to disband, and effect a new or- gauir\rion. In the latter will not ap- pear ;i few agents the German man- agers based their complaints against. The step taken in Germany by the managers did not directly affect the artist-, excepting those indirectly who wn« iepresented by the agents ob- jected to. A penalty was placed by the Man- ner*-' Association upon any member 1.Vnking: through a blacklisted agent, ii'tfi Sept. 1. OLGA NETHERSOLE HOPING. CSpecial Cable to Variety.) London, Sept. 4. Oip'a Nethcrsole opens a provincial tour in "The Awakening of Helena Ritchie" at Birmingham, Oct. 7. She hope> for a West End production later. *1»3 NIGHTLY FOR GUITRY. Special Cable to Varikty.) Paris, Sept. 4. Snc'i.-i Guitry has been booked for rl.r l«V.ies Bergere next March to write and piny in a new revue at a salary >f $1VJ rightly. The contract is for one iiunlr.d nights. S.u ;ia is the son of the famous actor G.nti v. FKAGSON REAPPEARING. v Special Cable to Variety.) Paris. Sept. 4. l'ragion lias been booked to reap- pear iii the Alhambra for the month >f Oc« >ber. < IHSWICK EMPIRE OPENS. ' pecial Cable to Variety.) London, Sept. 4. i !)• «.Tii.-,wiok Empire opened Mon- day, \» itli every sign of permanent «ll< '_'SS. \l STUALIAN CIRCUIT REPORT. pecial Cable to Variety.) London, Sept. 4 Sj ' r'tn- I iff publishes a cable from Vtist ii i a i., lir effect Hugh Mack in'onli has 1 >. -■»■ ■ 111 the Rickards Cir :t ,: ? for one miT • :, dollars and that all existing contracts will be guaran- teed by the new owner. The theatres in the circuit are under a thirty-year lease. DICK KNOYVLEB IN LONDON. (Special Cable to Variety.) London, Sept. 4. R. G. Knowles has returned from the east. The rumors of his serious ill- ness were grossly exaggerated. He was the guest of Sun Yat Sen and will remain in England for some time, returning under Imperial order two years hence. ALHAMBRA'S GOOD BILL. (Special Cable to Variety.) Paris, Sept. 4. The Alhambra reopened Aug. 31 to a tremendous house. The program sent by the Variety Theatres Con- trolling Co., of London, is a good one. Heeley and Meeley and Ching Ling Soo went splendidly; Shell Brothers, comedy cyclists, indifferently; Green and Wood, comedy acrobats (copy of Rice and Prevost); Owkens Troupe, well, and Carbrey Brothers, excellent. "LLEWELLYN" A BIG SUCCESS. (Special Cable to Variety.) London, Sept. 4. "Little Miss Llewellyn" at the Vau- deville, is a big success. Edmund Gwenn and Hilda Tever- yan are both fine. LIEBLER'S "MODERN WAY." (Special Cable to Variety.) London, Sept. 4. McDonald Hastings has written "The Modern Way," from the French, for Liebler & Co. It is a matrimonial comedy in three acts, already played by Rejane in France. DRURY LANE ENGAGEMENTS. (Special Cable to Variety.) London, Sept. 4. Dan Rolyat and Florence Smithson have been engaged for the Drury Lane pantomime. George Graves has been released, as "The Princess Caprice," is now as- sured of a run into next summer. The principal boy role at the Drury Lane was played by a man this year. STOLL CONTRADICTS RUMOR. The Stoll offices, London, cabled this week denying that George Abel would be taken into the booking de- partment of the London Theatres of Varieties Co. (Gibbons Circuit) through Oswald Stoll's influence. Variety printed a cable two weeks ago which rumored Abel in negoti- ations with the London Theatres Co.. to act as fir>t aid to Charles Gulliver, the new booking head who lately suc- ceeded Walter Gibbons as head of the circuit. PALACE PAYS 20 PER CENT. (Special Cable to Variety.) London, Sept. 4. The Palace Music Hall Co. has de- clared a dividend of twenty per cent., having averaged $10,000 a week in gross receipts throughout the year just closed. Alfred Butt is managing director of the house. In future there will be two matinees a week at the Palace, which will prob- ably be increased to two shows daily, later on. WESTONY MOVES ALONG. (Special Cable to Variety.) London, Sept. 4. Vilmos Westony is in town and opens Sept. 16 at the Palladium. THRILLER A FAILURE. (Special Cable to Variety.) London, Sept. 4. "Seven Blind Men," one of the Grand Guignol thrillers, produced at the Pal- ladium, is a failure. Vaudeville atmosphere is not suited to the gruesome sketch. ZIMMERMAN'S PARADISE BAND. (Special Cable to Variety.) London, Sept. 4. Willy Zimmerman produces "The Musicians' Paradise" at the New Cross Empire Sept. 9, employing fifty people in a band, made up as famous com- posers in Paradise, Zimmerman reach- ing it by aeroplane, the second half comprising great generals, with Na- poleon at Sedan and Waterloo. "LOST SHEEP" IS TERRIS*. (Special Cable to Variety.) London, Sept. 4. "The Lost Sheep" has been secured for America by Tom Terris. COMING OVER TO SEE PLAYS. (Special Cable to Variety.) London, Sept. 4. Walter Hast is due to sail to-mor- row for America, representing Cosmo Hamilton and Graham Moffat, to dis- pose of R. C. Carton's "The Bear Leaders" and "Mr. Bunker," the lat- ter by Storer Coulson and Acton Bond. ^ PENLEY'S CONDITION HOPELESS. (Special Cable fo Variety.) London, Sept. 4. W. S. Penlcy's condition is declared to be hopeless. Daily bulletins are being issued. "OH, MOLLY," A SUCCESS. (Special Cable to Variety.) London, Sept. 4. "Oh. Molly," an operetta, at the Pavilion, brings Marjorie Maxwell in- to prominence again, with a notable success. UNSATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE. (Special Cable to Variety.) Berlin. Sept. 4. The Deutsche Schauspielhaus open- rd Sept. 1 with an unsatisfactory per- formance. FOLIES BERGERE PROGRAM. (Special Cable to Variety.) Paris, Sept. 4. The Folies Bergere reopened for the 1912-13 season Aug. 31. Manager Bannel has recruited a good program, comprising the French version of Leo Fall's short operetta "Eternal Waltz" from the London Hippodrome, in which Jane Marnac and P. Ardot ap- pear—the latter having also signed the French version. This work was unsuccessful, the adaptation being poor. Ardot is indif- ferent and cannot compare with Bert Coote. Delphin is a fiasco. Marnac very nicely saves the situation. Splendid program of vaudeville num- bers. Willy Pantzer was a tremendous hit. Dorothy Toye did nicely. Kasrack, Anna Doherty, Newhousc and Ward and Dr. Angelp's posing act good; Scamp and Scamp, fair. REMOVES THE SURPLUS. (Special Cable to Variety) London, Sept. 4. Burglars broke into the Hippodrome safe Sunday taking $2,500, using gel- ignite. There is no trace of the thieves excepting a gold pendant heart. "REBECCA," NOT SO WELL. (Special Cable to Variety.) London, Sept. 4. "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" at the Globe, is only mildly successful, like milk and seltzer. Edith Taliafero and others in the cast are approved for a fine quality of acting. The future of the play is doubtful. MAR1GNY SKETCH WEAK. (Special Cable to Variety.) Paris, Sept. 4. The Marigny presented a new pro- gram Sept. 1. The chief item \\a? a sketch by Sacha Guitry, entitled "Pas Complet" in which the author plays, supported by his wife, Charlotte Lyses and Louis Maurel. It proved a very indifferent sort of offering. The sec- ond part is very silly. "The "olio"' or vaudeville sect'or. had among other things the Great Roland, an American illusionist, who proved clewr; Tortola Valencia, Span- ish dancer, did fairly well; Joleen Sis- ters, wire walkers, good; Harker and Lester, did nicely; General Ed. La-' vine, held over and doing splendidly; Abbins. replacing Norman Telma, who failed to appear though programed. CHARLOTTE PARRY A HIT. (Special Cable to Variety.) London, Sept. 4. Charlotte Parry, in her latest pro- tean sketch "Into the Light," made her reappearance in London after an absence of four years, at the Hippo- drome Monday. Following the lion show and open- ing the second half of the program (a poor spot for a "dark" act), she was a decided hit. BEAUTIFUL FREAK. (Special Cable to Varietv.) London. Sept. 4. Krunhildc a bwutiful giantess sing- er and pianist, at the Coliseum, is an attractive freak.