Variety (December 1912)

24 VARIETY OWEN MCGIVENEY PROTEAN SUCCESS BILL SIKES HEADLINING ORPHEUM CIRCUIT Business Manager: WALTER HAST, Weber's Theatre, New York Address care VARIETY next week, Sydney Ayres. the producer and leading actor in the sketch, propoawa to retire permanently from the stage and will hie him- self to hlB ranch in Miles City, Montana, there to reside and enjoy the simple life. The sketch will continue on the Orpheum circuit, hut with another thesplan in the leading role. Harry Cottrell, stage director and producer at the National, closes there at the end of this week, according to an unconfirmed report that comes from pretty reliable sources. His as- sistant, Charles Baxter, Is understood to have been selected to direct the National acting forces temporarily. Harry Pollard, a former member of the Alcasar theatre stock company, is on here room the east and is prospecting for an open- ing. In addition to holding down an acting job at the Alcasar, Lewis Bennlson has been break- ing Into the "movie" game lately at Tanforan race track for the Efco Film Company. Bill R. Dailey, the field marshal of the Levey circuit, spent last week in Sacramento Hupervising the forging of the local link in the Levey chain, and has since gone to Los An- geles to perfect arrangements for the conver- sion of the Belasco to "pop" vaudeville on WHO WANTS IT? For less than a week's booking, I will sell outright, a breesy, snappy Comedy Sketch with all equipment complete for three persons. ACT ALREADY 'TRIED OCT' AND BOOKING OFFERED! My reasons; Have contracted to produce for M. P. firm and cannot use myself. O r e at parts for Clever Comedian. Ingenue and Comedy Old Man. Will stage and procure opening If desired. AN ACT STRONG ENOUGH FOR THE BIG- GEST 'STAR' IN THE PROFESSION- COMEDIAN OR INGENUE. Also have PROTEAN ACT for clever char- acter Man—4 Characters—6 Change*—Very effective. Right man can make this a SEN- SATION. TRY THEM OUT YOURSELF! IF THEY FAIL TO 'LAND* WILL RETURN YOUR MONEY! B. Speedy, care Variety. Dec. 23. The latter theatre is to be renamed under Levey's management, and in all prob- ability will be called the Republic In order to cope successfully with the strong compe- tition on Main street, the scale of prices will be 10-15. These prices are now operative at the Dlepenbrock. In accordance with a fixed custom that la said to date back to the time when Alex Pan- tages broke into the show business, Mrs. Pan- tages, it is announced, will be the hostess next Christmas morning to the orphans and poor children of this city and of every other place where there is a Pantages theatre. LOS ANGELES By "BU1I1IY." ORPHEUM (Clarence Drown, local mgr.; Martin Beck, gen. mgr.; agent, direct).—Week Dec. 2, Sydney Ayres A Co. in "A Call for the Wild," mediocre; Meredith A Snoozer, enter- taining; McConnell A Simpson, bit hit; Madame Maria Galvany, successful; Nat Naz- arro A Co., great act and sensational hit, left them wanting more. Holdovers, Howard, Fer- guson A Northlane, Lea Marco Belli. EMPRESS (Dean Worley, local mgr.; S. A C.; agent, direct).—Week Dec. 2, Falls and Falls, excellent; Howell A Scott, good ; Prltz- kow A Blanchard, successful; Leonard A Whitney, laughs; Glen Ellison, fair; Lew Fields' "Fun in a Barber Shop," bright In spots but company ordinary. PANTAGES (Carl Walker, local mgr.; Alex Pantages, gen. mgr.; agent, direct).—Week Dec. 2, another excellent bill, EUls-Newlln Troupe headlined ; Twin City Four; Gertrude Lee Folsom and Co.; Mabel Elaine; Sisters Kelcy; The Dunbars. AUDITORIUM (L. E. Behymer, mgr.).— Dark. MASON (W. T. Wyatt, mgr.; K. A B.).— Current, Dustln Farnum In "The Littlest Rebel." MAJESTIC (Oliver Morosco; Shuberts).— Current, "The Old Homestead." BURBANK (Oliver Morosco).—"The Es- cape" ; 7th week. BELASCO (Oliver Morosco).—"Wedding Bells"; 2d week. LYCEUM (Oliver Morosco, lessee; Dick Ferris, mgr.).—"The Sign of the Four." ADOLPHUS (Joseph Sturm, lessee; Robert L. Fargo, mgr.).—Musical Comedy Stock. CENTURY (A. A M.. Loewen, lessees and NOUGH mgrs.).—Jules Mendel and company in stock burlesque stock. REGAL (Smith and Warren, lessees and mgrs.).—Walter Reed stock company In musi- cal comedy; vaudeville. PRINCESS (F. A. Pollock, lessee; J. H. Clement, mgr.).—Vaudeville and featured chorus. The McKee-Rankin company, reorganized, left Los Angeles Dec. 5 for Goldfleld. Mr. Rankin has Tonopah and Reno to follow, and expects to sail from San Francisco Dec. 31 for an Indefinite Btay at the Royal Hawaiian Opera House. In the company are Margaret Drew, Chester Stevens, Lloyd Ingraham and wife, and Orrin Knox and wife. The other members of the company have also been per- sonally engaged by Mr. Rankin. Hirshall Mayall, new leading man for the Lyceum stock company, arrived in Los An- geles this week and immediately began re- hearsals for "The Sign of the Four" in which he opened Dec. 8. G. Albert Penny, one of the best known pianists and producers on the coast, is playing at Jahnke's Cafe, where Cabaret en- tertainment is offered the patrons. Eugene Spofford, a theatrical man from Salt Lake City, is in the city. Marguerite Favar has returned from Chi- cago and shows no bad results of her recent siege of sickness In the Windy City. Miss Favar will remain here until after the holi- days, after which she will return to vaude- ville with her big girl act. Charles Allsky, Harry Kimball and Alls- ky's Hawaiian Serenaders, minus George Kla, left Dec. 3 for New York. Mr. Kla remained behind for business reasons. He has to set- tle an estate in Honolulu, but expects to re- join the act in New York in five or six weeks. PHILADELPIA. By OBORGB M. YOUNG. KEITH'S (H. T. Jordan, mgr.; agent, U. B. O.).—It was an almost entirely new bill here this week, with plenty of variety and novelty to it which rounded out a smoothly running show with plenty of laughs scattered. Business at none of the houses has been any- thing to brag about, the holiday season just starting to have its effect so that the rather light business Monday night was in the regu- lar order. The crowd being small was not over-responsive. More than one of the turns finished up with light results. The biggest applause winners were Wlnsor McCay, Mc- Deavitt, Kelly and Lucey, and Mathews and Al Shayne. The cartoonist was a real big hit, his sketching winning warm favor and the moving pictures starting the loudest out- burst of the evening. The McDeavitt, Kelly and Lucey act is a "local" and was recognized by the reception given the trio. They have a corking finish. Miss Lucey does not fill the same size tights she did wnen working' as a "single," but adds life and color to the act, while the dancing of the boys is better than ever. The act Is novel in make-up and wor- thy of holding down any position on any bill. The reconstructed Chinatown act offered by Mathews and Al Shayne was very well liked. Both boys have good singing voices and got a lot out of their talk and songs. Following several lively acts, this one scored solidly. Dlgby Bell and Co. fattened up the bill with the sketch. "It Happened In Topeko." Geo. Hobart has furnished those concerned with capital material, several big situations for comedy and the principals are all very ca- pable, the two women particularly. Billy Halligan and Dana Sykes were among the new comers with a singing and talking skit which dragged through several minutes before hitting a show of speed. The pair may have graduated from musical comedy on appear- ances and the girl Is a confidential singer, so that it was difficult to get what she was say- ing or singing, but they worked up the fin- ish in good shape and got away nicely. A little priming up of the first few minutes will help them along. Another sketch on the bill was "And They Lived Happily Ever After," presented by the Bartholomae-Mlles- Peebles Co., brought some laughs. The "thriller" sort of "drammer" Is not fresh enough in the memories of the Chestnut Street vaudeville patron for proper appre- ciation of the humor of this clever bit of travesty so many laughs were missed. Car- roll and Fields hit up the speed in the early portion with their piano act. A very pretty little act in the opening position was Wood- ward's Posing Dogs, which was liked by the early arrivals, and the showy work of the Kltamura Japs added a bright and snappy finish to a fast moving show. BT.TOIT (Joseph Dougherty, mgr.; agent. U. B. O.).—The new sketch called "On the in SAID All I want is to be let alone. "Choosers" always "Knock." I don't claim to be a big act, but what I have is all my own. Variett, Nov. 30, 1912. KELLY CLEARS MAHONEY. Chicago, Nov. 27. Walter C. Kelly and Tom Mahoney met here last week and came to an amicable settlement of their little dif- ficulties. It appears Mr. Kelly had ac- cused Mr. Mahoney of using some of his material, but looking Mahoney's act over he found that he had been mistaken. Mr. Mahoney is playing "The Pres- ident of the Hod Carriers," and Kelly Mr. Kelly informs me that the party that did the most impressive knocking (I know the party) is ? Never mind, I know that he never had an original idea. Very truly Irish, TOM MAHONEY. is offering his "The Virginia Judge." Mr. Mahoney will go to England, June 23d, where he will appear at the King's Theatre, Southsea, with five weeks booking to follow. He is booked by OHRIS. O. Br When answering nOvertUewumt* kindly mention VARIETY.