Variety (June 1913)

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OLJS Ml I-1., President COLUMBIA THEATRE BUILDING, BROADWAY AND 47th STREET, NEW YORK ~ ciscana aa havlnf been flrst produced here at the old Baldwin theatre In the daya before the earthquake ' Are, when It waa auns by Alice Nlelaen and the famoua Boatoniana. Word reached h^re laat week to the effect that the Columbia Park Boyi^ -9and of thia city, which had departed a few weeks pre- vloua on a f lobe-encircllnf tour, waa "strand- ed" In Tendon. It waa atated In the newa dlapatchea that the difficulty waa due chiefly Our Arm Is efficiently organized and expertly conducted. Hundreds of the elite Musical. Dramatic and Stock players frequent our offlcea dally. to the alleged failure of several moving pic- ture nim companies to keep faith with the yotithful fclobe trottera. Major Plexotto, man- ager of the Band, waa quoted aa saying the flnanciul stringency bothered them first, while they were en route from the coast, and at which time he declared that a contract with the Sellg Polyscope Co., of Chicago, by the terms of which the boys were to receive $8,000 for the "movie" fllm rtfhta oC the tnur, was cancelled. After that occurred, Plexotto says that a like contract was en- tered Into with a New York picture concern. for 12,000 to be pnld In two equal Installments In Liondon and France respectively. The Gen- eral company Is represented to have taken aome pictures while the band was In Boston, and la alleged to have promised to have a man meet the young travelers In London. Thla representative Is said to have never put In appearance over there and the band, of course, waa affordetl no chance to earn the promised fl.OOO. The boys then appeared on the other side In concerts, but these. It Is claimed, were not properly fi- nanced, with the result that practically noth- ing was forthcoming for the work of a week's playing engagement. Over In Paris, it was claimed, the organization was reasonably certain of a financial success through the assurances of some Influential concern. Their London appearance waa at the Palladium, where the house management's contract, call- ing for "first money," left nothing for the migrating musicians. Major Plexotto de- clared, furthermore, that they had been promised financial aid to the extent of |750 from the Cook County schools of Chicago, in return for taking along on the tour one Wallace Crismore, a "windy city" youth. This, it was explained, had not been forth- coming either. The itinerary takes the lads to Naples, where they are to embark for the shores of Australia, but the "Maj" ex- i/:c».sed a fear that the |600 insisted upon by the steamship compan> as a transporta- tion guarantee, might prove to be a stumbling block unless their experiences In the French capital were more pleasant and financially substantial thiii • > Boston and London. A more recent cablegram received here by a brother of the "MaJ" Indicates that the band has temporarily overcome the London re- veraca and by this time are safely in Gay Paree. The reported London "strand" caused quite a commotion here among the imme- diate relatives of the boya and ateps were being taken to collectively ratae a fund for the latter's relief and assistance when the subsequent news came along that the outfit was financially able to make the r-irr< Jump. At the time the band left her> It was pretty Konerally understood that a part of the youngsters' mission would be to give Inter- national publicity to the Panama-Pacific Ex- position here in 1915. season of musical comedy was inaugurated June 1 in the amphitheatre at Idora Park. The vehicle selected to start the bail miUng with was "The Three Twins." and a wlaer choice could not well have been made. In the line of entertainers are MIndell Kingston World, prima donna; Ferris Hartman. come- dian and stage director; George Ebner. come- dian and member of the original Gates pro- duction; Fred Snook. Lawrence Bowes. Alice McComb, Hazel Folsom, Robert Fitzsimmons, Grace DuVall Harry Pollard. Marie Allen and Fay Poston. John Raynes is musical ■ r. There will be a change of bill weekly. This week. "The Broken Idol." Jimmy Brltt, the boxer monoloflst, will headline at the Empress next week Instead of this week, as reported. The Affiliated Amusement Co.. of which Frederick Giesea, Franklyn Underwood and Sydney Pollak are the movlnc spirits, have recently a tablolding venture here on the coast and with their operations confined chlefiy to California. The chief object of the project Is said to be the keeping of the theatres in the Interior of the state open all the year round. The Initial performance was given May 81 In Santa Rosa and the open- ing vehicles were "The Honeymoon Trail" and "The Time. Place and Girl." High class musical plays are to be secured and prin- cipally from Chicago. The company alms to offer a really good entertainment at pop prices and with companies of approximately 24 players each. If the venture Is successful, the producers, it la aald. propoae to launch a total of about half a dozen ahowa. Among the playing membera of the flrat troupe are Billy Butler and Raymond Appleby. What promiaea to be a fairly auccesaful The "Little Jim Ward" of the Children'8 Hospital in thla city waa the beneficiary of a novel stunt that was pulled off here re- cently at Recreation Baseball Park during the three weeks* engagement of "Hnnkv Panky" at the Cort theatre. The members of the company, together with the Cort or- chestra, gave an Informal entertainment on the diamond Just before the game and the "HankV Panky" girlies followed this up by passing the hat among the fans and collect- ing $226.19 for the worthy cause. Another of San Francisco's fair daughters who win make her professional debut shorth here at Pantages' theatre Is Ruth May Mc- Kenzle, daughter of John W. McKenzle. well known In local musical circles. Miss Mc- Kenzle's specialty will be a repertoire of seml- classlo aonga. A distinctive feature of the California Land Show and of the Portola Carnival that Is to be held here next October, will be a festival of song by a chorus of 1,000 voices, under the musical direction of Howard Eugene Pratt. Concluding her season's engagement with the Chicago Grand Opera Co., Mabel Rlegel* man, the native California prima donna, haa celebrated her return to the coast by becom- ing the wife of Marcus L. Samuels, a younf San Francisco attorney. The wedding took place at Napa. Cal.. and was a quiet affair. Rabbi Kaplan of the Jewish Temple of thli city was the ofllclating clergyman. Mr. and Mrs. Samuels are honeymooning via the motor route throuth tha Toaemite Valley. The Reeves Concert Co. has gone to Hono- lulululu to play a three weeks' engagement for the Consolidated Amusement Co. at tht BIJou theatre. The California Grays, a select local mili- tary organization of this city, has wired to Mayor Blankenburg of Philadelphia an offer to aend there a apecial guard and escort for the Liberty Rell on Its trip across tne con- tinent the Panama-Pacific Exposition, pro- vided the cherished relic of American liberty is permitted to come here In 1916. and • guarantee of a day and night guard for th« bell during its stay here. The Grays are the official Exposition guard of honor. The "official organ" of the notorious "Bar- bary Coast" dance halls and "honkies" caused a ripple of merriment to expand over the lo- cal Rialto week before last by very valiantly coming out In an edidtorlal defence of th« resident management (Grauman's) of the Em* press theatre In this city. Ever since th« Police Commissioners put the "kibosh" of re- striction on the Pacific street dives, and there- by putting a severe crimp in the weekly reve- nue of the "official organ." the latter haf EUROPEAN NOVELTT FIRST NEW YORK APPEARANCE AN ACT BEAUTIFUL THREE OBERITA SISTERS THIH WEEK (Jane 9) FIFTH AVENUE. Direction, PAT CASEY. In a Glittering Electrical Embellishment of Their Terpslchorean Efforts No. 1. Rainbow Dance. No. 2. Three Glittering Butterfllea. No. 8. The Ribbon Dance. No. 4. Beautiful Silver Butterfly, No. B. The Great Lily Dance. No. 6. The Dance of the U. S. A. Manager and Chief Electrician B. J. WESTHAU8. All coatumea designed and made by MADAME OBERITA.