Variety (January 1914)

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Vol. XXXIII. No. 7. NEW YORK CITY, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1914. PRICE 10 CENTS eg— = FEATURE FILM DEPARTMENT IN WM. FOX O RGANIZATION Winfield R. Sheehan Taking General Management. Will Issue Four Releases Weekly, Giving Exhibitors Privilege of Selection After Private Showing. First Organized Effort To Establish Feature Film Service. The William Fox Circuit is estab- lishing a feature film department, with Winfield R. Sheehan holding the posi- tion of general manager. They have already contracted for the output of eight foreign manufactures and a num- ber of Americans. It is the purpose of the new depart- ment to supply exhibitors other than the Fox Circuit, with four feature re- leases a week—Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, giving them a choice of subjects after private show- ings. The territory to be embraced in the service, at the beginning, includes New England, New York city and itate and Northern New Jersey. This will be the first organized ef- fort to establish a feature service, al- though it has been reported the United Booking Offices, George W. Lederer and others were working out schemes along similar lines. The Fox executive offices will re- move to 130 West 46th street when three floors, 100x100, are fitted up. It will include all the executive and book- ing offices, besides two miniature theatres for the private showing of the feature reels offered for general rental. BIJOU'S VALUE DROP. All the stockholders in the play- houses below 42nd street on the Broad- way alley were thrown into a panic during the week by confirmation of the selling price of the Bijou to $465,- 000 at the auction that shifted the the- atre's ownership recently. Last year •he property was rated at $1,000,000. Al. Hayman and the Frohman an.' other interests behind the Knicker- bocker theatre, are said to have called in real estate experts and oracles to figure out the probable deterioration in the Knickerbocker property within the next ten years, following the tide of values that has been steadily moving north. The Theodore Moss estate, Joe Web- er and the Shuberts and others inter- ested in theatres below 42nd street, are said to have been similarly affected by the new Bijou rating. ELTINCJE IX NEW PIECE. Toledo, Jan. 14. Julian Eltinge, who has been seen in "The Fascinating Widow" for the greater part of the past four seasons, closed here last Saturday night and re- turned to New York with his entire company. Eltinge will go into re- hearsals for "Miss Swift of New York," to be produced shortly under the di- rection of A. H. Woods, according to his statement made here. MONEY "BUYING SHOW." A musical show sold for one night's performance for $600, and the show played to a $1,400 house. It happened to Phil Niven's "Red Widow" at Freehold, N. J. MANY IN ON THIS ONE. The builders of the new act Texas Guinan and Herschel Hcndler are to appear in together are quite numerous enough to turn out a satisfying product. It is named "A Musical Mix-up," with Vincent Bryan and Joe Goodwin writ- ing the piece, Jack Mason staging it and Julian Johnson taking the direction. The OFFICIAL NEWS of the WHITE R^TS ACTORS' UNION and ASSOCIATED ACTRESSES OF AMERICA, as formerly printed exclusively in appears on Page 8 of this Issue. Flayer BRADY'S MILLION CO. William A. .Brady's Picture Plays Co., a corporation organized in Dela- ware and capitalized for $1,000,000, all paid in, is the latest acquisition to the feature film business. No theatrical people other than Brady are financially interested in the company, which has been formed to manufacture feature reels made up of the plays controlled by the theatrical manager, and which will be posed for by the various stars who have been identified with the plays. The size of the corporation, in point of capital, is some indication of the magnitude of its proposed operations. MAUDE PURCHASES RIGHTS. Cyril Maude, the English actor-man- ager now playing at Wallack's in "Grumpy," has purchased the Great Britian rights to "Peg o' My Heart" and "Potash & Perlmuttcr." He will take the scripts back on the conclusion of his American tour and will put them immediately in rehearsal. HYAMS-McINTYRE DEAL. Johnny Hyams and Leila Mclntyre are ready to return to vaudeville, after their legitimate playing for a few sea- sons. The couple have the act, and when the managers agree to their price, $1,- 400 weekly, vaudeville will once more sec the well-known team. SOPHIE TICKER IN HUHLESQUE. Sophie Tucker has expressed a de- sire to head a burlesque show next sea- son and is reported to be seeking a franchise on the Progressive Circuit. LAUDER DREW $25,000. Harry Lauder played to a little over $25,000 in twelve performances at the Casino last week. This was accom- plished by raising the price of orches- tra seats to $2.50 for the first ten rows after Tuesday, making the entire bal- cony $2.00 and tilting the prices all over the house. The Scotch comedian still refuses to play Sundays, else another $5,000 might have been added to the week's total. ROCHESTER'S TWICE DAILY. Rochester, N. Y., Jan. 14. The Shubert theatre will commence playing twice daily vaudeville next Manday. It will be booked by the Allen-Epstein Agency, New York. Edgar Allen, of that concern, with F. Hay Comstock, is interested in the vaudeville policy. 8 STARS ARE READY. Three stars are anxious to return to vaudeville at present if they can secure suitable vehicles. They are Camille D'Arville, the form- ei comic opera prima donna; Alice Fisher, equally prominent both in musical comedy and "the legit," and Edmund Brcese, who has just closed with "The Master Mind." MANAfJER SENT TO JAIL. Manchester, N. H., Jan. 14. Daniel A. Gallagher, who, at one time, managed Mechanics' Hall, was sentenced last Friday to one year in prison. He was convicted of forgery on one of four counts. It happened in connection with property transfers. If roil don't advertise In VARIKTY, don't advert I ■«• at all. V