Variety (December 1914)

10 LEGITIMATE ANDERSON'S MUSICAL STOCK TRY-O UT IN LOS ANGELES Moving Picture Man Takes Morosco Theatre, To Place Same Policy He Opened Gaiety, 'Frisco, With. Sam Rork Will Be Manager. Company Engaged In New York. "Peg" Did $7,000 That Week. (Special Cable to Vajuwtt.) London, Dec. 17. The statement in Variety- "Peg o' My Heart" did but $3,000 week before last at the Comedy must have been an error in transmission. The original cable read $7,000. Los Angeles, Dec. 16. G. M. (Bronco Billy) Anderson is to take over the Morosco theatre here after Kolb and Dill complete their en- gagement this week at the house. Sam Rork will be manager for Mr. Anderson's company, which will pre- sent musical successes that have gotten over in New York. Bronco Billy is to make his head- quarters here and will open a plant in the vicinity for pictures, although still maintaining the one he already has further north. Mr. Rork was east recently and en- gaged some principals for the company. The opening attraction may be "Mile. Modiste." The Morosco policy under the Ander- sen direction is similar to the one inaug- urated by the picture man at the Gaiety, San Francisco, which he built for that purpose. JOLSON OUT WITH SHOW. It was decided by the Shuberts this week to send the present Winter Gar- den attraction, "Dancing Around," on the road, following its closing in New York. Al Jolson, featured with the production, will go along with it. The selection of chorus girls for the incoming Garden production was made Wednesday and rehearsals under the direction of Jack Mason will shortly commence. Mr. Mason will stage the numbers in the piece. Several vaudevillians have been mentioned in connection with the next Garden show. REVIVE AGED DRAMA. Pittsburgh, Dec. 16. Kuripidcs' "Iphigena in Taurus" was presented for the first time in sev- eral decades Saturday night by the dramatic class of the School of Design of Carnenie Institute of Technology. The drama was produced by Prof. Thomas Wood Stevens and was a suc- cess. WAITING FOR PRODUCTION. A. H. Woods has accepted the farce "I Want Money" and is to produce it some time in February. Marcin has had four manuscripts accepted within the last year but has not had a pro- duction as yet. "Are You My Wife?" is slated for production by H. H. Fra- zee with Roy Atwell as the star. Co- han & Harris have two other pieces by the same author. MUSEUM SECRETS EXPOSED. Atlanta, Dec. 16. Robert Lee Wingatc, banjoist and barker for a downtown museum, told the court the other day be was lured from home by the promise of $10 a week but that since the outfit struck Atlanta his salary had been cut to soup three times a day. He declared he couldn't bark on soup and asked a writ of attachment on a baboon the show carried. He got the writ, a deputy got the baboon and now the county doesn't know what to do with it. Wingate, out of pure cusscdness, as he termed it, laid bare to the news- papers the innermost secrets of the museum, going so far as to expose the fact that the "wild woman from Mex- ico" was a man who had to shave twice a day. BELLE ASHLYN AT GARDEN. Among the engagements this* week by the Shuberts for their next Winter Garden production is Belle Ashlyn (Gould and Ashlyn), at Hammerstein's , this week. William Gould may continue as a monologist in vaudeville after his part- ner enters the production in February. Until then the couple will play variety dates. PLAYWRIGHT DIVORCED. Utica, Dec. 16. Mrs. Jennie L. Stoddard, wife of George E. Stoddard, playwright and author has been granted an interlocu- tory decree of divorce by Justice De Angelis. Mrs. Stoddard named Adele £. Schoenhard, known professionally as Peggy Pendleton, of Bay City, Mich., as co-respondent. She accused her husband of living with Miss Schoen- hard in Chicago last July. Mr. and Mrs. Stoddard are natives of Utica. Mrs. Stoddard has returned here and is conducting a small store. Stoddard did not defend the suit. The divorced husband is the author of "The Royal Chef" and "The Isle of Spice." BROOKS' MUSICAL COMEDY. Jos. W. Brooks is said to be look- ing for people to play a musical com- edy or farce he has in view, that will only require a chorus of 12. CHORUS GIRL ELOPES. Frederick, Md., Dec. 16. Frances M. Williamson, 19 years old, of Philadelphia, a chorus girl in a com- edy company, and William M. Nichols, of Hagerstown, Md., eloped last week, and were married by the Rev. Dr. E. H. Lamar in this city. The bride met the groom three months ago, when her company played Hagerstown. After the wedding they returned to Hagerstown to seek par- ental forgiveness. If you don't advartiso in VARIETY don't advortiM at alL r TAMEO KAJIYAMA, The Noted Handwriting Master. By a special arrangement, his new act, featuring a most remarkable psychological discovery, entitled "The Quadruple Concentration," in which he listens, talks, reads and writes simultaneously, will be shown at the New York Palace. Sunday, Dec. 20. Week Dec. 28, Hammerstcin'a Other New York opening will be announced in next week's issue. IRVIN COBB LECTURING. Irvin Cobb, who has seen service abroad as war correspondent for his paper, will start out shortly on a lec- turing tour, under the direction of Ed- gar Selwyn, using 4,600 feet of Gau- mont war pictures that Walter Rosen- berg controls for this side. The Gaumont pictures are claimed to be the nearest thing to real war views that have yet been seen over here, containing pictures of armored trains, activities in the held and a pul- sating moving panorama of film that will have added thrills placed to it through Mr. Cobb's descriptions. SHOWS OPENING. "Ole, the Fall Guy," has been adopt- ed as the title of the new road at- traction John G. Rae will put out Jan. 4. It was written by Ida Weston Rae. Rae now has out "Lend Me $200." "Damaged Goods" is going out in another edition under Leffler-Bratton's direction, Dec. 28. L-B have another "Damaged Goods" playing the Stair- Havlin circuit. E. J. Carpenter is sending out "School Days," which opens Dec. 24 at Glen Cove, L. I. The show will play . east. WRITING NEXT "FOLLIES." The assignment to write the book and lyrics of the next Ziegfeld "Follies" production has been placed by Flo Ziegfeld, with Gene Buck, who will at- tend to both ends. Dave Stamper, as usual, will collaborate with Mr. Buck on the songs, furnishing the music. According to report, Ned Wayburn will stage the next "Follies" produc- tion Flo Ziegfeld will make. Mr. Way- burn is putting on the "French Revue" for Ziegfeld's Amsterdam Roof. REOPENS NEW YEAR'S. The Sam Bernard show, "Belle of Bond Street," now laying off, will re- sume New Year's week, with a route of two months after that now laid out. The piece may close at the expiration of that time. "SECRET STRINGS" PLACED. H. H. Frazee will bring Lou-Tellegen to the Longacre theatre in the play en- titled "Secret Strings" Dec. 28. It is not decided at present what disposition will be made of "So Much For So Much," after that date. DRESSLER SHOW AT 39TH. The^Marie Dressier show, "A Mix Up," will open at the 39th Street the- atre probably during New Year's week. "90 In The Shade" Title. Daniel V. Arthur has decided to name the piece in which Marie Cahill and Richard Carle are to star "90 in the Shade." Rehearsals were started this week. Among the recent engage- ments is Vida Whitmore. Lew Fields' Revue in April. Lew Fields has decided to postpone his revue until some time in April.