Variety (September 1913)

VARIETY $100,000 PROFIT IN "THAW" DURING HAMM ERSTEIN RUN Extraordinary Vaudeville Engagement Makes Evelyn Nesbit Biggest Single Drawing Card in Regular Variety Theatre. May Open Road Tour in Canada. Starts Sept. 29, Playing Week- Stands in Musical Comedy. The name of "Thaw" has brouKht money to others besides the lawyers. Hammerstein's Victoria theatre is among the fortunate. The engage- ment there of Evelyn Nesbit will net the management $100,000, pouring in over the summer season when any- thing excepting a loss is a Heavenly gift in vaudeville. Through her New York engage- ment Miss Nesbit has established her- self as the biggest single drawing card ever in a variety house (possibly ex- cepting Harry Lauder who is known however, as a "road star" over here), remaining at Hammerstein's for eight weeks and doing a gross business of about $175,000, with nothing else on the bill during that time sufficiently strong t« make the slightest box of fice impression. Mrs. Thaw passes under the man- agement of Comstock & Ge.st Sept. 29. when she will commence a road tour ir a musical comedy, opening probab- ly at Toronto for a week. Week- stands only will be played, the firm having an optional agreement which can give them the services of the girl for 45 weeks. The Canadian opening, while it may be altered before starting, is said t* have been suggested by the Sherbrooke Attraction Committee of the fair now in progress at that Can- adian town having offered $10,000 through the H. B. Marinelli agency for Miss Nesbit to appear there six times for the week commencing Labor Day. The offer could not be accepted, but it displayed the intense interest over the border in the ex-wife of the detained Harry in Canada. With Mrs. Thaw in the comedy or farce or whatever the piece exhibiting her dancing efforts may be termed, will be Jack Clifford, her dancing part- ner, who receives $500 weekly, and three or four vaudeville turns, besides a chorus arranged to permit Evelyn to appear now and then until her repe- toirc of "society dances" for one eve- ning has been exhausted. She will not be called upon to do any strenuous acting. The Thaw act is at Hammerstein's until Sept. 21. The engagement may be extended one week, carrying it to the date of the road tour opening. If Hammerstein's does not use Mrs. Thaw for the open week the Marinelli office may place her in a New York vaudeville theatre in close proximity to a Keith house, to display to the latter the advantage of having a Mar- inelli drawing card now and then. It is possible Marinelli though to pre- vent himself from giving a Keith. New York, theatre an overflow busi- ness will send Miss Nesbit out of town perhaps selecting a likely city like Providence to cgR the Keith vaudeville house there to give a reg- ular bill, such as happened when Eva Tanguay spurred the Keith people in- to taking on an assured loss to offset lier road show last spring. The contracted price for Evelyn with Comstock & Gest is $3,250 week- ly of which the girl receives $3,000, the remainder going to Marinelli, who, with other commissions, "will draw down about $500 weekly from the Thaw engagement. Marinelli has no interest in the show otherwise. A 50- 50 split of the net profits on a road tour, made by another legitimate pro- ducer to the agent for Mrs. Thaw was refused by Marinelli, who prefers to remain out of the managerial end of the show business. He operated the ( )lympia, Paris, for a while. That ured him. V. C. CO. BARS COLLINS. (Spmial Cable to Variety.) London, Sept. 3. Will Collins is persona non grata at the offices of the Variety Controlling Co. Collins is an agent over here, who seems to be in wrong just at present with several American acts he has represented, One of them. Van and Schenck. was to have been hooked by Paul Murray for the V^. C. C. The contracts were not signed, and the next thing Murray heard about the af- fair was to the effect the opposition to the V. C. C. (Moss) had the turn. That .settled Collins in the Murray office. PARTIALLY SUCCESSFUL. (St>ecial Cable to VAuiKxr.) Berlin, Sept. 3. .\t Kammerspiele, VoUmoeller's pantomime "A Venetian Night" is only partially successful. Strindberg's "Die Staerkere" ("The Stronger") was better received. JARDINE DE PARIS OVER. (Special Cable to Varibtt.) Paris, Sept. 3. The Jardin de Paris, an open-air mu- sic hall, will close its season next week. MARION STANDISH DIES. (Spedal Cable to Vambtt.) \l\ • : \\ : \ ? •••London, Sept. 3. • . .M^Qkon; Sta«d^ish, ;c^ : the Standish .Siste^rs, die(J,h,erp ^ept. 2. .'..•: _«X.* i^ ;COGNOTTE" REVIVAL. V* *A^ii*'ciol C^h't to Varibtt.) * ••''■-' Paris, Sept. 3. Quinson commenced his new season at the Palais Royal theatre Sept. 1. \' ith a revival of Labiche's famous farce. "La Cognotte," played in the dress of the period it wa.s written (mid- file of the 19th centuryV OPENINGS IN LOBn>ON. {Sptciol CabU to Vakibtt.) London, Sept. 3. E. F. Hawlcy in "The Bandit" is doing well at the Camberwell Palace, after a successful tour of the prov- inces. Sophie Barnard in her appear- ance at the Tivoli did well both on ap- pearance and voice. Kaufman Broth- ers and Haviland and Thornton are successes at the Victoria Palace. Mil- dred Grover opened fine at Shepherd's Bush. Henry Clive and Mabel Bun- yea opened at the Stratford Empire in 9 dandy talking skit. Kimberly and Mohr had a successful premiere at the Finsburg Park Empire. MISS HANEY HAS SAILED. (Special Cable to VARiBxr.) London, Sept. 3. Marguerite Haney is on her way over here to take part in the new revue at the Alhambra. ETHEL LEVEY TOURING. (Special Cable to Varibt\'.) London, Sept. 3. "Hello Ragtime'' will start a provin- cial tour Sept. 22, at Manchester, with Ethel Levey in the leading role. CINES APOLLO OPENS. {Special Cable to Variety'.) Berlin, Sept. 3. The Cines Apollo opened Aug. 29. It is newly decorated and gives a good impression. Emerson and Baldwin, Holden's Manikins and Garden Sisters (Amer- ican cast) went well. Two other num- bers were weak. Sunday the attend- ance was small, owing to hot weather. ONE KIRKSMITH ILL. (Special Cable to Varirty.) Paris, Sept. 3. Agnes Kirksmith is ill here with typhoid fever. The other five sisters opened at the Kursaal, Lucerne, Sept. 1. MEDRANO CIRCUS OPENED. (Special Cable to Variety-.) Paris, Sept. 3. The Medrano Circus (called Cirque Medraiio) opened its season Aug. 29. BAKRIE\S "ADORED ONE" OPENS. (Special Cable to Vabibtt.) London, Sept. 3. J. M. Barries "The Adored One," opens at the Duke of York's Sept. 4. "THE REAL THING" ISN'T. (Special Cable to Variety-.) London Sept. 3. "The Real Thing," a farce from Ihe French, produced at the Garrick Aug. 26, didn't make a big impression. GABY USUAL RIOT. (Special Cable to Varibtt.) London, Sept. 3. .'\t the Palace, (iahy Deslys is her usual riot. Business is big. FANNY BRICE OUT OF O. H. (Special Cable to Variktv.) London, Sept. 3. Fanny Brice is being negotiated for by the Alhambra managenu-!' She has left for the London Opert House revue. SAILINGS. Reported through Paul Tausig & Son, 104 East 14th street* New York: Sept. 17, Karl Emmy (Campania); Sept. 16, Cunningham aad Marion (Wlhm. der Gr); Sept. 6, Mr. and Mrs. AlbA't de Courville (Geo. Wash.). Sept. 3, Marguerite Haney (Lusi- tania). (Special Cable to VABurr.) London, Sept. 3. Reported through Pall Mall Ex- change: Aug. 28, S. Garcia, J. Isaac (Adri- atic). Sept. 3, Lady Constance Stewart- Richardson, Clifford Fisher, Harry Stanley, Gus Sohlke, Bellboy Trio, Mrs. P. Moran, William Smythe (Olympic). Sept. 6, Evelyn Francis (St. Paul). Sept. 6, Jackson Family (Minne- waska). Sept. 9, Polaire (La Savoie). Paris, Aug. 27. Aug. 24 (for Buenos Aires) (Seguin Tour), Ninette Chuderoni, Guerra Trio, The Morleys, Mile. Rosaney. *«SEVEN DAYS," BERLIN FAILURE. (Special Cable to Varietv.) Berlin, Sept. 3. .A.t the Deuthsches Schauspielhaus, Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood's "Seven Days" is a decided failure. The German actors are totally un- suited to the burlesque characteriza- tions. SUCCESSFUL IN PARIS. (Special Cable to VAJoarT.) Paris, Sept. 3. Robledillo, White and Perry and Irene Hammond opened successfully at the Marigny Sept. 1. HEARING ABOUT THOMAS. (Special Cable to Variety.) London, Sept. 3. In the inner operatic and social cir- cles it is stated Thomas Beecham will probably build a new opera house here. HICKORY WOOD IS DEAD. [Special Cable to Varibtt.) London, Sept. 3. Hickory Wood, a famous pantomime librettist, died here this week. TOO ROUGH FOR MAURICE. (Special Cable to Variktv.) London, Sept. 3. Maurice Wood tried out at the Em- pire, Shoreditch, but the rough audi- ence wouldn't stand for her and she closed. TELLEGAN'S "DORIAN GRAY." (Special Cable to VARiExr.) London. Sept. 3. "The Picture of Dorian Grey," dram- atized from Oscar Wilde's novel of that name, was produced at the Vaude- ville theatre Av-y. 28. with Lou Telle- gan as Dorian. it starred slowly l)ul was voted a success at the finish. At yen don't mfl»Ttl»0 In VASnETT, dont «dT«rtlH« Ai nU.