Variety (February 1914)

Vol. XXXIII. No. 13. NEW YORK CITY, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1914. PRICE 10 CENTS PATHE CONCERN AND HEARST REPO RTED A S POSSIBILITY Agreement Between French Manufacturers and General Film Co. Expiring April 1. Suggestion That Charles Pathe's Recent Visit Is Responsible for Present Pro- motion of Pathe Pictures in Hearst Papers. Shake-Up Imminent in G. F. Co. A shake-up among the companies comprising the General Film Co. seems fairly certain. Pathe in particular, seems to be the bone of contention. April the contract between Pathe and the General Film expires. It is asserted the Pathe people will then become independent. Manu- factuting film in almost every country, Pathe turns out enough under different brands to make things interesting for the other releasing agencies. For the past month the Hearst news- papers throughout the country have been running stories of Pathe films, and rumor has it there is a coalition pend- ing between Hearst and the Pathe con- cerns. Charles Pathe was in this coun- try two months ago. THOMASHEFSKY IN ENGLISH. Morris Gest has made a proposition to Tomashefsky, the "Yiddish" ac- tor, to play two weeks on Broadway in English, in a play by Dymov. Thomashefsky will probably make a tour of the Shubert houses, playing in English. CASINO OR LYRIC. .At the present time negotiations arc in active progress between the Shu- berts and the Mutual Film Corporation for the Icasinp to the picture concern of cither the Casino or the Lyric for the showing of the Mutual's feature films. CLEVELAND WANTS BALLADS. Cleveland, Feb. 25. New York music publishers are re- ported to have pulled all their song "pluggers" out of Cleveland. The rea- son is laid to the refined taste that Sixth City people are developing. Representatives of the publishers have reported back to their firms this city wants ballads, which are not being turned out in sufficient numbers to satisfy local music lovers. MACE BACK TO ACTING. San Francisco, Feb. 25. It has been announced that J. J. Ros- enthal, for the Gaiety theatre musical comedy companies, has secured Fred Mace and Billy B. Van for the next Gaiety production, to happen in a few weeks. Mr. Mace has long been associated with pictures, with the Majestic com- pany at Los Angeles, where he is presi- dent of the local Photoplayers' Club. SCARBOROUGH NOW PRODUCING. A new producing manager is in the legitimate field. He is George Scar- borough, author of "The Lure," and "At Bay," two successes of the current season. Scarborough now has another—"The Last Resort," which comes to the Longacrc next week, produced by him- self after five managers had rejected the play as being "too strong" not sug- gestively so, but too powerful. The author has taken permanent of- fices in New York and proposes here- after to produce his own plays. Will A. Page is his general manager. PRETTY BARE, BUT PASSED. Spokane, Feb. 25. Although threats of recall were heard. Mayor W. J. Hindley, city theat- rical censor, refused to stop "The Priestess of Kama," a sincing, danc- ing and pantomime act, wliich hf adlincd the Pantages bill. The eight girls in the turn were bare- foot and barelegged and tiic costumes were otherwise fcanty. The OFFICIAL NEWS of the WHITE RATS ACTORS' UNION and ASSOCIATED ACTRESSES OF AMERICA, as formerly printed exclusively in appears on Page 8 of this iMue. DIAMOND SLIPPERS FEATURED. Mile. Marcelle, the petite French dancer, prominent in the courts last week, has accepted an offer to enter vaudeville on this side of the Atlantic. She is the lady who lost her breach of promise suit for 1100,000 against Con- stantino, the Boston tenor. Her heart is said to have been somewhat soothed by a pair of diamond slippers, to be fea- tured in her act. They will contain over 2,000 genuine diamonds valued at between $15,000 and $20,000. William Raymond Sill is arranging the act. ''MOSELLE" AT THE GARRICK. Chicago, Feb. 25. Chase & Everall's musical comedy, "Madame Moselle," has been booked to open here at the Garrick April 5 for an indefinite run that is expected to continue through the summer. CREATORE'S BAND DISBANDS. New Orleans, La., Feb. 25. Creatore's Band disbanded in the south this week, owing to poor busi- ness. DANCER MENTIONED $1,500. (nan .^awycr was approached by a movin)^ picture concern to pose for tlicin in a scries of her dances for a sinplc reel and asked $1,500. She didn't get it. John Rucker's Sure Money. Now Orleans, Feb. 25. Johti Riukcr, "The Alabama Blos- som." is now a porter at the Hip. John says tlip money there is more certain than acting. "LITTLE CAFE'' LEAVING. A report about says the Klaw & Er- langer's "Little Cafe," now at the Am- sterdam, will leave there shortly, within two weeks, to go on the road. "FILM GIRL" NEXT SUMMER. The departure of "The Girl on the Film" company this week, for home, doesn't necessarily mean America will not have another look at the English piece, without a foreign company. The show is to be reorganized by the Shuberts in July, for the road, with James T. Powers in the principal role, the same one George Grossmith played in at the 44th Street theatre during the play's run there. GOING INTO AUDITORIUM. Chicago, Feb. 25. Al Jolson will come to the Audi- torium for two weeks at the expira- tion of the Weber-Fields engagement to play in "The Honeymoon Ex- press." Top prices will be $1.00. Lexington "Sundays" Objected to. Lexington, Ky., Feb. 25. When the Ben Ali theatre, present- ing eight acts of Keith vaudeville, opened Sunday, conj^TCKations of the Ontral Christian churches voted against what they called the desecra- tion of the Sabbath. Nevertheless, the theatre was well patronized. It is owned l)y J. B. HagKin, million- aire turfman. Tharles H. r.crryman is manager. 'J'lic Woman's Christian Tcnii)crance Union will ask the City (oninii^sionrrs to close the 13cn Ali On future Sundays.