Variety (November 1914)

VARIETY 41 Michael Egan. of the looal T. M. A., died here last week. The 8hear theater la self-heating, the tem- perature Tarylng according to the alae of the audience. The South Pole pictures shattered all local film records, remaining at the Lafayette one month, and playing to nearly 40,000 persons. PHILADELPHIA. By JOHN J. BURNBI. KEITH'S (Harry T. Jordan, mgr.; »gant. U. B# o.).—The holiday week opened with a house considerably below average, although the last half was practically sold out In ad- vance. It was good singing show with the comedy end well supported. Eddie Foy ana the little Foys were a riot. Morton and Aus- tin shared equally in the applause. Jaoobs Circus was a good opener. Byal and Early were next, running through a comedy singing routine in smooth style. Dudley and Lor- raine put over their sketch, "The Way to a Man's Heart," nicely. Bobby North, who showed some sparkling material. The Foy Family were in next spot. Two more hits followed in succession, Wllla Holt Wakefield registering, and the Morton and Austin turn. Ryan and Tierney had songs heard here be- fore. Henrietta De Serris and Co. closed. GRAND (F. O. Nlxon-Nirdllnger, mgr.; agent, U. B. O.).—Nice bill this week, the house having a fairly good audience Tuesday afternoon. Opening were the Aerial Cram* wells. Lees and Fields got over nicely. Brttt Wood kept the bouse laughing. In Old Tyrol." musical sketch, good. Muller and Coogan followed with another hit, and DeWar*s Circus closed. _ , KNICKERBOCKER (William Engle^ mgr.; agent, Loew).—Even with a liberal distribu- tion of "discount checks" by means of which admission to the afternoon shows Is obtained for the entiro house at a nickel, Monday after- noon's audience numbered less than 200. Con- sequently there was little enthusiasm display- ed either by the acts or the house. Cojettl and Bennett opened with dances artistically done. Gertrude Cogert followed with songs, the lyrics being responsible for what success she obtained. "The Claim Agent "a comedy aketch billed as the headllner, did not get much the comedy being faint. A feature nlm Snowed Annie and Morris and Blllie Wilson, oni sinking ballads and the other offering ?Jgs. we g re the applause hit. the ballad, win- ning out over the ragtime. Others on the bill were LaVall and Bordenl and Bean and Ham- Ut OLOBE —"The Bachelor Dinner." Felix and Vaire. Nina Payne. Arthur Houston and Co Cotter and Boulden. Mile. Zinka Panna, Ishl- k WILLIAM PENN.-E. Frederick Height. Frances Hawley and Co.. Tervitt s Military Canines, Hoey and Lee. Warren and Francis, Boyer's Petticoat Minstrels, King Q«»rtet. BROADWAY.-Eva Fay. Alexander Kids, Red Raven Trio, Smith. Cooke and Brandon, LeVan. Howard and Chase. NIXON.—Ellis Nowlan Troupe. Kenney and Hollls, De Pace Opera Co. "Love In the Suburbs." La Verne and Ailen. La France Brothers and Eugenie. „, .„. KEYSTONE.—Milton and De Long Sisters, McCormack and Irving. Three HeddersRoxy La Rocca, Subere and Keefe. Lavine and In- BROAD.—John Drew opened Monday In "The Prodigal Husband." Vft „, ., FORREST.—"The Queen of the Movies opened Monday. «»««^.- LYRIC—"High Jinks" opened Monday. OARRICK.—"Potash and Perlmutter open- ed AD°ELPHI.-Slxth and Anal week of "A Pair of Sixes." Nov. 30. "To-Day." „ LITTLE.-Second week of "Hlndle Wakes" hv the resident company. _ . WALNUT—"The Old Homestead" opened Monday for the week at Popular prices. AMERICAN.—"Madame X," stock. ORPHEUM.—"Painting the Town. other- wise the "CTay Morning Glories" burlesque, opened for the week at popular prices. This s the first Columbia Circuit show to play this b °LIBERTY.—"A Fool There Was" at popular Pr CASINO.—"London Belles." EMPIRE—Reeves "Beauty Show. Reeves not with show Monday afternoon. OAYETY.—"Monte Carlo Girls." TROCADERO.—"The Auto Girls." ARCH.—"Maids of the Orient" burlesque. Hecond week of Barton chain in this city. DUMONT'S.—Stock burlesque. Stair A Havlln attractions, which have been playing the Liberty, will be replaced by vau- deville next week at the first named house. The Globe's business has Increased con- siderably since vaudeville was taken out of the Palace two weeks ago. Feature pictures are now being shown at the Palace. The Globe, under the same ownership, 1b less than a block away. Rebecca Oreensteln, proprietor of a picture boupe at Franklin street and Falrmount ave- nue, was fined $60 and costs last week by Magistrate Hogg for showing a film which bad not been approved by the State Board of Cen- sors. Prosecution was brought by the board through J. Louis Breltlnger, the chief censor. Title to the Little theatre passed this week * from Mrs. Beulah B. Jay, the manager and her husband, Edward G. Jay, Jr., to Frederick H. 8helton. The transfer waa announced as a mere business formality and will bring no change in the management or policy of the house. Hart's theatre, Kensington, at which melo- drama had a brief stay recently, Is now play- ing pop vaudeville. , "My Lady's Dress" has been booked for the Broad early In February. PITTSBURGH. By GEORGE H. 9BLDBS. GRAND (Harry Davis, mgr.; agent. U. B. O.).—Douglas Fairbanks ft Patricia Colllnge, big hit; Boganny'a Bakers, scream; Moran ft Wiser, good; Van Hoven, laugh; Ball ft West, pleased; Weber A Capltola. fair; Mile. Doria, usual; Could A Ashlyn, excellent; Moneta Five, good. MILES (Harry Wood, mgr.; agent, Loew). —Ernest Pantzer Troupe (missed opening Monday afternoon), big scream; Edna Aug, headline, good ; Paul Stephens, unique; Green A Parker, usual; Jewell's Manikins, pretty; Ooelet, Storts A Lafayette, high class. HARRIS (C. R. Buchhelt, mgr.; agent. U. P. O.).—Sepple McNeil A Ballet, headline, good; Fuller, Rose A Co., laugh; Yamamota Japs, excellent; Mitchell A Llghtner, good; McManus (2) Carlos, clever; Stuart A Hall, scored; Fields A Hanson, much encored. SHERIDAN SQUARE (Frank H. Tooker, mgr.; agent, U. B. O.). —The Green Beetle," scored; Frank Terry, laugh; Twlsto, good; Fred A Adele Astalr, singers; Three Lyres, pleased; Hale A Bro., good. NIXON (Thos. Kirk, mgr.).—Zlegfleld's Follies drew capacity bouse. 7, "Ben Hur." ALVIN (J. P. Reynolds, mgr.).—Marie Dressier In "A Mix Up." Farce, big scream ; went well; good house. 7, Trentlnl In "The Peasant Girl." LYCEUM (C. R. Wilson, mgr.).—"Way Down East." full house again. 7, Flske OTTara. 8CHENLEY (Harry Davis, mgr.; stock).— "Mrs. Dot" drew good house. 7, "The Ghost Breaker." ST. LOUIS GRAND (Harry Wallace, mgr.).—Mile. Irene's Circus; Wm. Flemen and Co.; Neuss and Eldrld ; Barnes and Barron ; Allman and Lewis; Kelly Pletel and Co.; Three Flying Kays: Lillian Watson; Jack Taylor, and the first-run pictures. HIPPODROME (David E. Russell, mgr.).- Power's Elephants; Bowman Brothers; Four Portias Sisters; Rice. Bell and Baldwin; Billy Icmann and Co.; King and Jolly; Max Flgman In "The Hoosler Schoolmaster" (ex- clusive photodrama). COLUMBIA (Harry Buckley, mgr.).—Blckel and Watson; Harrison Broekbank and Co. ; Mme. Jeanne Jomelll; Motoring; Jones and Sylvester; Mme. Ernette Asorla and Co.; Eadle and Ramsden ; Ward, Bell and Ward; motion pictures. OLYMPIC (Watren Sanford, mgr.).—Billy Burke In "Jerry." SHTJBERT (Melville Stoltx, mgr.).—Arthur Byron and Bertha Mann In "To-Day." AMERICAN (Harry Wallace, mgr.).—"Ex- cuse Me." PRINCESS (Joe Walsh, mgr.).—Rosey Posey Girls. STANDARD—Taxi Girls and "The Girl In Green." GAYETY.—Girls from Laughland. PARK (William Flynn. mgr.).—Mitchell Harris and Marlon Ruckert in "The Con- spiracy." SHENANDOAH.—Mabel Wilber and Roger Gray in "The Balkan Princess." OARRICK.—"Damaged Goods." NEW GRAND CENTRAL.—"Little Gray Lady." VICTORIA.—German Stock Company. SPOKANE. By JAMBS IS. ROYCE. AUDITORIUM (Charles York, mgr. ; agt., N. W. T. A.).—Week 22, Baker Players. "Alias Jimmy Valentine;" week 21>. "Little Miss Brown/' 4-B. "Milestones." LOEWS (Joseph Muller. mgr.; agt., di- rect).—Week 15: Dixon and Dixon, entertain- ing ; Mellor and Paula, good voices; Charles Leonard Fletcher, types well done; "Wlfey." players much better than sketch; Nichols Sisters, repeated former successes; Wanda, PANTAGES (E. Clarke Walker. m*r. ; a*t., direct).—Week i?5: Beltrah and Peltrah. nov- elty ; Joseph Callahan, applauded ; Wavne Trio, delightful: Walter 8. Howe and Co., real feature; Larry Comer, good voice; Bonamour Arabs, hard workers. SPOKANE (Sam W. B. Conn, msr. ; agt., Fisher).—Week If), first half: Jamison and Davis, Annabel!* Moore, Leo Delmage; sec- ond half: Art Adair. Annabelle Moore, Latell Brothers. V Y CIRCUI VAUDEVILLE The Best Small Time in the Far West. Steady Consecutive Work for Novelty Feature Acts. EXECUTIVE OFFICES, ALCAZAR THEATRE BLDG., SAN FRANCISCO Can arrange from three to five weeks between sailings of boats for Australia for all first class acts. Communicate by wire or letter. THE WEBSTER VAUDEVILLE CIRCUIT CHICAGO Suite 2f IN North La Salle St. JENNY WEBSTER, Prop. Affiliated with EDWARD J. FISHER, INC., Seattle; BERT LEVY CIRCUIT, San Francisco GEORGE H. WEBSTER, General Manager FULLER-BRENNAN Vaudeville Circuit (AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND) BEN J. FULLER, Governing Director All correspondence to National Amphitheatre, Sydney. American Booking Office Tem- porarily closed, owing to War Conditions. ROBINSON AMUSEMENT CORPORATION ETHEL ROBINSON SAMUEL L. TUCK FELIX REICH Now booking acts for lflS Park and Fair Season. Sensational Acts Wanted Consumers Building, Chicago, III. % of all performers going to Europe make their steamship arrangements through us. The following have: QE ^J^J /** Fred Duprez, De Fay Sisters, Donovan and Arnold, Dunkan and Godfrey. Dorothy Drew, The Donals, Dankmar Schiller Troupe, Gus Drawer, DeVVitt Burns and Torrence, Henry De Vries, DeBier, Darris Bros., Damann Troupe, Max Duffek, Patsy Doyle. PAUL TAUSIG A SON, 1M E. 14th St., New York City Gorman Savings Bank Bldg. Telephone Stujrvesant IMS AMALGAMATED Vaudeville Agency B. S. MOSS, President and General Manager BOOKING B * S * MOSS CIRCUIT PRUDENTIAL CIRCUIT Artists and Acts of eve PLIMMER CIRCUIT icts of every description suitable for vaudeville can obtain long engagements by BOOKING DIRECT with us. Send in your open time at once or call TRYOUTS CAN BE ARRANGED FOR ACTS UNKNOWN TO US Officest Columbia Theatre Bldy.-TIMES SQUARE, NEW YORK—Telephone Bryant §4 4$ Freeman Bernstein Manager, Promoter and Producer of Vaudeville Acta Sth Floor, PUTNAM BUILDING, NEW YORK OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Cable, "Freebern," New York Phone, Bryant M14 GENE HUGHES, Inc. Manager of High-Class Vaudeville Attractions. Artists desiring New York representation write or wire. Suite lttl-2-4, PALACE THEATRE BLDG., 15*4 Broadway, New York City. Phones: 8696, 8699 Bryant. FRED LINICK ARTIST REPRESENTATIVE If you are looking for a real live wire, write, wire or phone M West Randolph St., CHICAGO, ILL. - Tel. Central 2468 Associated with ED. WYERSON. Annabelle Moore, who played the week at the Spokane, Is a Spokane girl, seen here last with John Laraway In a pretentious dancing act at the Pantages. Tbe new Ye Liberty theatre, now building, has signed up for the Alco film features. Tbe opening Is set for tbe first of the year. Elnar Peterson, a young Danish artist, has been given a contract for mural paintings In tbe auditorium of the new Clemmer theatre, now building. S to 7 WEEKS Write or Wire J. H. ALOZ Booking Agency Orpheum Theatre Bldg., MONTREAL, P. Q. Several of tbe N. W. T. A. attractions, booked for the Auditorium, will be used in- stead at the Empress, because of the pres- ence of the Baker stock at the former house. "September Morn." "Mutt and Jeff" and Richards and Prlngle's Minstrels are In the number. Juliette Happel and Auguste von Roosen- dael, professional steppers, here to dance for tbe Apple show, have made arrangements to be married Not. 28 at the cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes. Miss Lily Courtney Snow, head of the lo- cal Drama League movement, which has been Inactive for Home months, has arranged for a revival of the organization's work here. The Seventh National Apple show, held here Nov. lfl-2*J. In point of attendance and '(utility of exhibit* waH the best of tbe series. TORONTO. By HARTLEY. GRAND (A. J. Small, mgr.).—"Winning of Barbara Worth," opened well. 30, "Way Down Bast." SHEA'S (J. Shea, mgr.; U. B. O.).—"Bride Shop," hit; Harry Ollfoll, artist; Bllnore ft Williams, scream; Flying Martins, sensa- tional ; Lane ft O'Donnell, pleased ; Ethel ft Emma Hopkins, Interested ; Toney A Norman, clever. PRINCESS (O. B. Sheppard, mgr.).—Fea- ture films. 30, "Adele." LOEWS YONCTE STREET (J. Rernsteln, mgr.; agent, Loew) —Klnkaldn Kilties, scored strongly; "When We Orow Up," pleased: Caesar Rlvoll, marvel; Ohcbt Lorraine, clever; Barnes A Robinson, entertaining; B. Kelly Forrest, good ; Madge Caldwell, dainty : Kd. Zueller Trio. hit. SHEA'S HIPPODROME (A. C. McArdle. mi?r.).— Feature fllra. Abeles. In the title role ■ •Dream Pirates." novelty; David Stuart, fine; NelHon ft Cain, runny ; Cavanna Duo, pleased ■ William I^ake ft Co., well received. OAYETY (T. R. Henry, mgr.; Columbia). Olrls from Happyland." STAR (Dan T. Pierce, mar.; Columbia) —"Hroadway Girls." * Royal Alexandra dark this week. 80, "The Appeal." NEWHOUSE. SNYDER CO <c Awakening Devil if Direction of —^ MAURICE H. ROSE and JACK CURTI