Variety (June 1913)

VARIETY 19 \h/ LEO. FEIST, INC 135 West 44 PHIL KORNHEISER, Professional Manager Between Hudson Theatre and Hotel Gerard. Opposite Lamb's Club and close by The Vaudeville Comedy Club. Some Spot—What? THE CLASSIEST STUDIO IN TOWN. PIANO ROOMS DE LUXE. EXCEPTIONAL PLATERS, AL PIANTADOSI JACK GLOGAU WILL DILLON BEN EDWARDS SOLLY COHN ARTHUR BEHIM JOE GOODWIN MURRAY BLOOM JOE WARD PAUL CUNNINGHAM JACK) RICHMOND IRA SCHUSTER EARL CARROLL FRED FISCHER MAURICE RITTER HARRY COLLINS I UP-TO-THE-MINUTE SERVICE JACK McMANUS BILLY BARR BOB MILLER SAM DANKS A littU timely fooling helped him also and Huff was a big hit. being forced to alng five songs and beg off. The Mualkal QlrU paued through without giving their encora In "One." UalliKan and Bykes uid very well. The talk and singing all got over and the audience wanted more, but they wisely left them atlU applauding. A very good vaudeville combina- tion. The dressing Is being allowed to drop a peg. This should not be. The couple can- not afford to allow ao amall a matter to mar their oiherwlae very good work. Dixey, gen- erally voted our moat flnlahed actor, waa highly auccessful In hla endeavor to pleaaa. A speech waa demanded and a neat rejoinder was given. Rolandow Brothera cloaed the sbuw with a good h^nd-to-hand balancing act but one not atrong enough to cloae the big blUa. The houae Monday afternoon waa good downatalra but rather light on the up- per floora. The nftrrnrnn waa cold enough to h^Vtt driven many peopla into iheatrea. DASH. PALACE MUSIC HALL (Mort H. Singer, mgr.; agent, Orpheum).—Paul Armairong was In the limelight In the bill thla week with hla new one-acter called "To Save One Girl," abown In towna contlguoua to Chicago for the past few weeka In an endeavor to get It smoothed Into ahape. The act, reviewed In VARIETY when played on a special occa- sion at the Chicago Opera Houae, la atlll much too long, far too bulky and lacka the proper punch. It la melodramatic, of courae, and it haa many touches In It that ars pe- culiar to thla author. He baa been working It over alnce It waa offered In Chicago, and haa put in a few laugha. and alao added acme bita of buslneaa that help. On In alxth place, It won much applauae Monday afternoon, and held the attention of the audience fairly well. Edward Abelea, aaalated by Charlotte Lan- der, had the fourth apot with the sketch "He Tried to Be Nice." Thla wept very Well and was acted with alacrity. Ben Deeljr and his company followed, and thla blackface artist had thinga pretty well hla own way. although In a hard apot. Col. A. J. Pattee and his company of old aoldler flddlera came on second and they succeeded In aroualng patriotism and enthualaam. Dalay Jerome came next to the last with her Engllah aongs and patter. She haa aome new material, and uses some of the old with good effect. She had some little difficulty In getting the audl- fnce in sympathy with her, but by the time she had reached a recitation, she had gained Interest, and from that time on passed nicely. Harry H. Rlcharda and Bessie Kyle, in sec- ond place, offered their familiar act and the Power Brothers were on laat for their acro- batic poses and feats. The audience remained until they had flnlshed. The bill waa a bit too heavy and not well put together. There svas good material, but it was badly bunched. REED. GREAT NORTHERN HIP (Fred Eberta. mgr.).—Schaffer and Waller were the laugh- ing hit of the night ahlft bill for the flrat half of the week. They have a lot of puna which they Are off th^ footllghta with good effect, and they keep their audience In the best of nature all the time they are on. Oravetta and LaVondre alao have some ex- cellent stuff. Their act la on the protean order. They have a good repertoire and their act is elaborately dreaaed and elicited vfgor- ous applause from time to time aa certain Well known peraona were depicted true to life. The Valerig Blatera, who had an early spot, did conaiderable rough-houae work and received a good ahare of applauae. They alng and dance and cavort about, and depend con- •idcrably on groteaque wardrobe to paaa. They .need smoothing down a bit. The Holman Brothera have an acrobatic act In which one is seen as a clown and the other straight. They have some briak atuff which they know how to land. The Hebrew Family, conalating of six persons, four men, a woman and a boy, had the Monday night audience with them all the time. The boy ia eapeclally good, and some of hla balancing feata were applauded to the minute. The bill waa brisk and full of life, and did not lag one minute. The pic- tures were alao good and the audiences of Monday filled the houae aimoat to capacity at every i>ci formance. The day shift Is marked by the presence of Frances Clare and her kiddies, with Uuy Rawson. They are going over big thla week. They have a good apot In the bill and they are winnera at every atage of the game. Holland and Dockrlll have a good equeatrlan act. Othera In the bill are Klmaro; Buah and Shapiro, and the Dorlana. It la announced this houae haa been averaging about 60,UU0 people weekly. REED. COLONIAL (Geo. Harrlaon, mgr.; agent. Jonea, Llnlck A Schaefer).—Monday night at 7.46 they were holding the crowda out of the Colonial, letting them In aa the aeata became vacant Thla kept up until about nine and the houae remained at reat from that time until the flnlah, 10.10. The ahow running with a picture between acta, makea rather a long entertainment. If one la compelled to alt through the' entire running. The frame up for a drop-In Idea la very good. There la no question but what the entertainment la great at the price. A three-hour ahow for 10-16-26 la all that la neceaaary to draw the crowda The queatlon of whether the loop will attract crowda to a pop houae In the evening aeems to be already aettled. The Colonial looka very very good. Qene Green la the feature of the bill thla week, ataylng both halvea, and Gene la Juat aa popular around downtown aa In the outlying dlatricta. The entire houae knew him and the reception and applauae which greeted hia every number were aure enough proof of hla popularity In thla here town. Gene aang Ave or alx aonga and then allowed the audi- ence to call off what they would like to hear. He managed through Ave or six more In this manner and would have been going yet If the audience had had Its way. There Is no ques- tion about Gene Green. He la different In many waya from all the aingers who have attempted thla aort of work. It lan't voice nor looks nor anything that may be defined, but he Juat haa a certain something that la there and you like It. Adgie'a Lions, another act that will remain the full week, makes a big show In the pop houses. Adgie gets very familiar with the beasts and plays all over them. The big crowd watched the antics of the trainer and animals with deep Interest nnd rewarded them roundly at the close. Pe- kin Cadeta. a very good Zouave act, filled In a faat ten or twelve minutes and went through nicely. It ia a very good act of Its kind. Burnlson and Taylor have sort of a protean nketch that Is amusing in spots and very slow and tiresome In others. The action needs quickening all the way and the whole could be played with much better effect In five minutea leaa time. Dancing Mara did fairly. The act contalna a boy and girl who should do a very nice singing and dancing specialty, or dancing without the singing will do quite as well, but the kiddlea only are needed. The boy and girl have ability and will have no trouble getting over. A little different frame-up without the meanlngleas pantomime stuff would aid a whole lot. Dick Crolius with hia slang character got plenty of laughs all the way. The act Itself Isn't much, Cro- lius making everything out of it from the slangy race track character. The assisting company ia more or less adequate, but that doesn't matter: the piece haa Dick Crolius and his flip talk and that's all It needs. A word might be said In praise of the orches- tra at the Colonial. They have a very good little band at the houae, which la quite un- ufltial in the pop houaea. DASH. HAL8TED EMPRESS (8-C, mgra.; agent, direct). —Played to four capacity houaes Sun- day and the business (luring the week was good. The Klein Brothers had a spot and they made good with character aonga. Chaa. Leonard Fletcher's Players offered a one-act piece called "His Nerve"; Clark and McCul- iough appeared next to last In the bill and Charles DeSorla had the closing In "The Girls and the Jockey," a showy act Others In the bill were Thomas and Gertrude Ken- nedy In dances, and Silverado In aerial con- tortion feats. Next week the Melnotte Twins are headlined. COHAN'S G. O. H. (Harry Ridings, msr.). —"Tha Tlk Tok Man of Os" dolnf good business. GARRICK .(Ashsr Levy. mcr.).-V'Whsii Dreams Coms True." Largely attsodsd by women. CORT (U. J. Hermann, mgr.).—"The Ghost Breaker." only dramatic show In town. Business Is good. POWERS' Harry J. Powers^ mgr.i Harry Chappell, bua mgr.).—Pictures. McVlCKER'S (J. C. Buroh, mgr.).—Flo- tures. WHITNEY (Frank O. Psers, mgr.).—Plc- turea OLYMPIC (Ray West, mgr.).—Pictures. ORPHEUM (Edward Tlven. mgr.).—Pic- tures. GT. NORTHERN HIP (Fred Eberts, mgr). —Vaudeville. CROWN (Jones, Llnlck A Schaefer. mgrs.). —T. C. Gleaaon Stock Co. In "The Master of the House." VICTORIA (Alfred Spink, mgr.).—"Little Lost Sister." NATIONAL (John Barrett, mgr.).—"Quo Vadia" IMPERIAL (Kllmt 4k Oassolo. mgrs.).— Lavender and Old Lace." WHITE CITY.—Thaylu and hla Band," and summer attractions. RrVERVIEW.—"Sinking of the Titanic" and new rldea FOREST PARK.—Alligator farm and sum- mer amusements. SANS SOUCI WINTER GARDENS.—Crea- tore and his band. Alfred Hambiirger, head of the Louise Amusement Co., announcea he will erect a new hippodrome at 4ld atreet and Ellla ave- nue. It will be devoted to pop vaudeville. A theatre at Halsted and 79th atreet will open Sept. H, with a aeatlng capacity of 1,000. Morriaey and Hanlon have Joined the Eva Tanguay cyclonic vaudeville ahow. The Four Marx Brothers are expected In c^hicago shortly. Geno Greene is headlined at the Colonial this week. Bismarck Gardens will open June 14 with ('banning Ellery and hia band. "The Vanguard" la the title of the piece that will probably open the aeaaon at the Blackstone. "The Voyagera," a mualcal comedy by Mra. O. L. Hall, wife of the dramatic editor of the Chicago Journal, will be reduced to tabloid form and put out next aeaaon. Dan 8. and Arthur 8. Flahell of St. Loula are going Into tablolda. They state that they will put out seven of this sort of ahowa next season. Percy Denton, who suffered from an attack of heart trouble while he waa acting with Louis Mann In "Elevating a Huaband," will noon leave for New York, where he will reat for the aummer. Frltzt Scheff will appear for two weeka at the Rtudebaker In a revival of "Mile. Mod- Inte." Tt Is hinted popular prices will pre- vail during her atay. Homer B. Maaon haa retired from hla nor- elty act "In and Out." In which he appeared laat week at the Palace Mualo Hall, and the act haa been taken over by the Meaara Beeh- ler. 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