Variety (October 1914)

VARIETY STOCK Rector's, at Broadway and 48th stree* had a formal opening Monday evening of the new ballroom addition on the second floor, giving the dance place a seating capacity of between 600 and 700. Bill Halley, the red headed Jersey songster, is going back to Shanley's. John Bittner has taken personal charge of the Atop The Strand restau- rant at 47th street and Broadway, as- sisted by Peter L. Graham and Win. C. Allen, both well known restaurant men. Mantilla and Lloyd, Koop and Jardin and Kathryn Andrews feature the entertainment program with Fred Quintell's orchestra supplying the har- mony. Evelyn Nesbit and Jack Clifford opened on the New York Roof Thurs- day night William Morris appears to lately make the practice of engaging professional dancers for a month at a time, dating from the first, although the Nesbit-Clifford New York run is indefinite. Central Casino, just west of Mc- Comb's Bridge and owned by the pro- prietors of Manhattan Casino, is doing a big week end business with dancing and colored talent alternating. Winfield West and Mildred Chandler have arrived in New York, after passing safely through the war zone. They were dancing at the Cafe de la Abaye, Paris. Nadines Log Cabin restaurant at 54th street and 8th avenue opened last week with volunteer cabaret performance. The place seats about 300. The Broadway Rose Garden, at Broadway and 52-53d streets, repre- senting an outlay of $250,000 in the transformation of the former Metro- politan Rink, is a theatre and ballroom, the theatre (where a feature film is shown) on the Broadway front; the ballroom (with a seating capacity of about 300) on the Seventh avenue side. A rather large dancing space for the size of the room has been given to the latter. It is prettily decorated in an arbor effect, with many artificial roses, and has the twinkling star scheme for the subdued colored lights. Quite an imposing list of professionals take part in the ballroom entertainment. Ann Clover Morgan and "Speed" Gaynor were among the dancers, also Aline Williams and Spalding Hall, with Mone and Roberts doing their fast trot. Mar* celle Albus and Duryea Van Benzel are the soloists. There is a Danse De Pierrette Sextet. A Balakika orches- tra alternates with another on the bal- cony in furnishing the dance music MUSIC. The Lyric Motion Picture Co., Inc. formed by Henry Waterson and Louis Bernstein, re- leased its first subject last week at the Har- lem opera bouse, the title being "The Father- land, The Motherland. The Land of My Best Girl," published by Shapiro-Bernstein. The films fire glimpses of the authors In various scenes relative to the construction of the song. The Supreme Court, Judge LaCombe pre- siding, In the case of the P. J. How ley Co. against Theo. Morse, the former seeking to enjoin Morse from publishing the "Dear Old Girl" number, alleging copyright infringe- ment, sustained tfie contention of the Morse attorneys and dismissed the complaint Henry Wattersen and Louis Bernstein have purchased SO feet of property on 46th street. 200 feet east of Broadway, paying $150,000 for the parcel. It may be intended as a perma- nent home for their new picture concern. Ray Walker has joined the Will Von Tiber staff of composers. Phil Bush Is now professional manager for the Joe Morris house. Maurice Goodman, general attorney for the United Booking Offices. Is referring the case of Chas. K. Harris vs. Waterson. Berlin A Snyder for an accounting of the profits accruing from the sale of "The Girl In Havana." Joe. 8tern has secured the publishing rights for the new Eva Tanguay show, now called "Miss Tobasoo." and which Is rehearsing. John Ford wrote the lyrics for the English production. A. F. Frankenstein, composer of "I Love Ton, California," was married In San Fran- cisco last week to Gertrude M. Scott. F. B. SUverwood, who wrote the lyric to the song, was best man. Butler, Manny and Bennett, who have been with the Chicago Feist office for some time, have returned to the Waterson, Berlin £ Snyder firm again. The boys are all pluggers. Milton Well, former manager for the Chi- cago office of F. A. Mills, is now road man for the Broadway Muslo House, traveling out of Chicago. Tell Taylor Is motoring from Chicago to New York demonstrating his numbers In the Kresge stores en route. He Is due In New York early next week. Tom Mayo Geary, professional manager for Harold Rosslter In Chicago, Is due In New York this week to adjust the New York office and pick up a stray number or two while here. Moee Gamble is endeavoring to sell his 1011 Pierre-Arrow auto. Up to date he has worn out three sets of perfectly good tires demon- strating the car for prospective buyers. Jim Rsrrlngton. formerly with Remlck and other Chicago music houses. Is working on his own hook at present Six of the 8bsplro-Bernsteln mu*Ic boost- ers, while working s Brooklyn cafe, became enassjed In sn Impromptu fistic encounter which, scrordlng to reports, did not bring snv medsls or cups to the profusions 1 con- tenders. They were bended sn Indefinite sus- pension when the report reached headquar- ters. Milton Alter hss been transferred from the Chlcsgo office of Waterson. Berlin S Snyder to the New York headquarters of the same house. NANCE O'NEIL LEADING. Pittsburgh. Sept. 30. Nance O'Neil will be leading woman of the Dalis Players at the new Schen- ley theatre and will only play three matinees a week. Others in the company will be Ar- thur Hickman, Jessie Muller, W. E. Morse. Ernest Cossart, Lewis Kimball and William E. Prayer. -RUTH" CLOflNO. Boston, Sept 3a "Along Came Ruth" will close at the Plymouth this week, also end its sea- son. THREE CLOSING. Bayonne, N. J., Sept. 30. The stock company at the Broadway disbanded Saturday night, the farewell bill being "Damaged Goods." Poor business the cause. The Broadway is going to try a picture policy. Checotah, Okla., Sept. 30. The Bessie Deno stock is closing its season here this week. North Adams, Mass., Sept. 30. The Bijou stwck, management W. W. Blair, is closing permanently Friday night (Oct. 2). GRAND, READING, FIGHT. Reading, Sept. 30. The Grand Stock company closed Saturday night after a fist fight between William Wells, leading man, and Man- ager Addison, one of the promoters of the enterprise, which got into the police court. Elks helped Wells out of town. He had 55 cents and a claim of $250 against the managers. The fight started when Wells, as he says, demanded an ac- counting of the receipts in settlement of their commonwealth account. Ad- dison offered explanations and Wells threw him out of his dressing room. The actor was arrested on an assault charge, but this was withdrawn in court Wells furnished this schedule of payments made to him during the week: Monday night, 50 cents. Tuesday night, $2. Wednesday night, $3. Wells averred that these sums were no earthly good to a man who owed a $15 hotel bilL The retirement of the Grand leaves the Orpheum players with a clear field, opposed only by a dance hall and a three-a-day policy at the Academy. PATERSON OPENING. Paterson, Sept. 30. The Empire, formerly conducted as a vaudeville house by A. M. Brugge man, will open with stock Saturday night un- der the management of James F. Clancy who has secured a lease of the theatre. The house has been entirely renovated and a number of improvements in- stalled. An innovation will be the play- ing of vaudeville between the acts of the regular bill. The opening attrac- tion will be "Broadway Jones." The company includes Harry Ingram, Grace Young, Emsey Alton, Arthur Richie, R. North, Elizabeth Hunt, Grace Campbell, Irving Lancaster and J. Barrison. H. C. Ford and Mitcb;M Cerker will be director and scenic a'titt, respectively. FIVE OPENING. Cleveland, Sept. 30. The newly organized Metropolitan theatre stock opens Oct. 19, with May Buckley and Jack Halliday as leads. Others in the company will be Aubrey Noyes, stage director; William Cor- bet t, Jessie Pringle and Leonore Phelps. The Barrow-Howard Players, who have been playing a long season in Lincoln, Neb., have opened their regu- lar winter road season in the Nicholas theatre, Council Bluffs, la. Wright Huntington practically con- trols the stock field in the Twin Cities, Minneapolis and St. Paul, but in a short time the Bainbridge Players, long at the Shubert, Minneapolis, will reopen there in the new Bainbridge theatre. It was erroneously reported the Whitney, Glendale, L. I., had closed. A change of players caused it. Man- ager William Lane having decided to continue indefinitely. Omaha, Sept 30. Eva Lang is coming into Omaha at the head of her own stock company, opening Oct. 12. Pittsburgh, Sept 30. The newly organized Harry Davis stock company opens here Oct 12. Frances Neilsen, leading woman, STOCK CHANGING DAILY. Atlanta, Ga., Sept 30. The Kelly stock company, at the Bijou, to prod up interest in its engagement, now in the sixty-eighth week, is playing this week "East Lynne* at daily matinees and "Kit Carson" each night OLLY LOGSDON'S STOCK. Passaic, N. J., Sept 30. Oily Logsdon, New York, has leased the Playhouse, the new Theodore Lorch theatre and will install her own stock company there Monday, the opener be- ing "Get Rich Quick Wallingford." W. W. Blair will be house manager. Two sets of leads have been engaged, one headed by Lorna Elliott and Rob- ert Le Seur and the other by Dolly Lewis and R. M. Middlemass. The stage director will be W. Edw. Wag- ner, late of the Grand, Reading, Pa Others engaged are Mary Keogh, Pat Barrett, Alice Gilmore, Perry Hopper, Sam Fried, Forrest Abbott, stage man- ager. FRAZEE'S STRONG PLAY. Harry Frazee has accepted a play by Louis Shipman entitled "The Man Pays." The work is said to be ex- ceptionally "strong" and of a type that will have to be endorsed by * medical society. It will be produced before the first of the year.