Variety (June 1915)

10 LEGITIMATE, ■ _mm-j P CSBBMBaBBBBBBSiteasBSBBMBBBSBSgas^^a WITH THE PRESS AGENTS Rote Coghlan will celebrate her OOtB year a Hindoo Prlneeea. She used the "novelty" on the itage In the fall with a monster Oolden for a first-page story and Wllken got the Jubilee. credit Town send Walsh has sailed for Bermuda and from there will go to South America lor the summer. "Twin Beds," following a ten months' en- gagement at the Fulton, moved over to the Harris Monday. The 18th census of New York state Is being taken. The population of Oreater New York was 4,766,885 by the Federal Census of 1U1U. H. H. Frasee has announced a new faroe for Sresentatlon in August It Is called "Brother lasonB," by 8eymour Browne and Hary Lewis. Harry Brown, Jr., who has been associated with his father In the management of the Savoy, Atlantic City, Is press agent for "No- body Home." W. A. Brooks, manager of 101 Ranch at the 'Frisco Exposition, gave a turkey dinner May 28 In the Oreen Room of the mess house to 2i» newspaper men. AI. Strassman. formerly of the A. H. Woods' press department Is doing the publicity for the Lambs' Gambol and has done a very good job with It Eddlo Buckley has severed his connections with the Hedge Holmes musical comedy com- Eany, playing tab next week at the Union quare. Henry Miller has obtained the producing rights to Jules Eckert Goodman's new play, "Just Outside the Door," and will bring It out some time In July In association with Klaw A Erlanger. Sir James Forbes-Robertson ended his fare- well American tour at the Academy of Music, Northampton, Mass., May 24. The gross re- ceipts fur tour amounted to 1500,000, It is reported. Walter J. Klngsley. of the Keith Circuit, took enough time off Monday to make Healy s, at Long Beach, where, with the assistance of one of the ••Follies" girls, Walter grabbed off the dancing contest cup for the day. Anna Pavlowa and her Russian Ballet will be seen next season In a performance that Is termed a new art for America. Besides the danseuse there will be a number of operatic people Including Maggie Teyte. Marie Ned- llzova, and Rlcardo Martin. The New York dallies devoted considerable space to the City College Stadium, New York, this week, which had the Granville Barker Company as the attraction, headed by Lilian McCarthy. The afternoon productions In the open drew immense audiences. Robert Edgar Long, who went to the Coast ahead of Santleor's "When Dreams Come True" snd located with the 101 Ranch Show at the Exposition as press agent, will be a member of the William Brady staff the com- ing season, and In all probability pilot one of the road companies of "The Sinners.' The bookings of several of the small town opera bouses In the Hudson River Valley have been put In the hands of the Lewis Hallet Agency which will furnish the attractions, booking legit, vaudeville and features. The Msxwell O. H.. Saugertles, N. Y., will be the first of these to start under this management. Another of the mucbly advertised schools for acting closed last week and will not open for a time at least. The vigilance of the Dis- trict Attorney's offlre In watching these places has reused the sudden closing of several, leaving but few "schools" open, all of whlcn are reported complying with the law. m A chinning bee of no small proportions took place Tuesday afternoon In Ctaarlt-a O. Tennis office when Fred M. Taylor, managing the Academy. Newburgh; A. A. Elliott, manager Playhouse. Hudson, N. Y. ; R. F. Woodhull, manHgcr Raker. Dover. N. J., and J. T. MacCaulry. manager of the Kirk Brown reper- toire company, got together at the same time. "The House of GIusb," the new Cohan 4 Harris nhow. which was to have opened al the Apollo. Atlantic City. June 14. has had It* premiere set forward until Juno Jl. in the cast are Llla Rhodes, Ada Oilman. Mary Ryan .l'»hn Fenton. Sam Meyers. Florence NValeott. Thomns Flndlny. James C. Marlowe, Ecrlo Ilrowne nnd Frederick Burt. I^eon Friedman, for Flo ZleRfleld. has sent out the ;«nno"mement for the opcnlns day or •The Follies." n>w set for .nine LM. at the ^nistr'n'nTn The complete c»*t has Bert Wil- liams Leon Erroll. Bernard Granville. Annette K,rmunn, Ed Wynn, W. C. Fields Will West Mao Murray, Ann PennlnKton. Lucille CavHn:ui»rh. George White. Carl Randall, Hel'n Rook. StolH Chntcl.ilne. Justine John- son. Phil Dwyer, Oakland Slstero, Ina Claire. This Is William L. Wllken's first y« ar ns ono of the storv men with the Rnrnum & Bniley circus. Since leaving New York Hilly Ita* P»t over some great stuff. In Cleveland. Mav '-'■' he arranged for Lora Kelly, of the Plain Dealer, to ride an elephant In the street parade, Miss Kelly dressing up to represent "See My Lawyer," Max Marcln's new play, which is having Its "first time on any stage' In Atlantic City this week, will be the open- ing attraction next season at the George M. Cohan theatre, starting Aug. 10. Among the principals are T. Roy Barnes, James Spots- wood, Georgia Ramey, Walter Horton, Wilton Taylor. John Flood, Harry Lilford, Cal Ball, Pearl Havlln, Grace Valentine, Walter Wilson, Hal Russell, John Daly Murphy, Hueston Richards. This Marcln piece was first entitled "She Wants Money." A. H. Woods Is the producer. There are at least a couple of newspaper men In New York this week who have been saved from starving to death through the In- tervention of a press agent. The press agent Is Leon J. Rubinstein, connected with the Thanhouser Oompany. He sent out the fol- lowing letter: "May 17, 1915. "Dear Sir: "Don't mind this being a carbon copy. "I like to see fair play. So do you. New Yorkers are usually spoken of as provincial and clannish. Here's the situation. "The Billboard sent on Messrs. Page and Evans to take charge of their New York office. They have been here now for a few weeks, and, strange to say. they are finding it mighty difficult to get a hearing anywhere. I don't know what the attitude is, but when I was told about It. 1 unhesitatingly vouched that they were mistaken. This Is why I am going to ask you to Join the rest of the publicity men In a little Informal luncheon to both of these men. They are from Cincinnati—don't know a soul In New York, and are bully, fine fel- lows. I will be glad to do whatever work there Is In connection with the arrangements, so that we can all get together about 12.80 some afternoon and spend an hour around a table. I don't think It will cost us more than flO or 75 cents each and I conscientiously think that we will be doing something which Is al- most a duty. We never can tell when the shoe will be on the other foot and, besides, why not give the glad hand to any stranger In our midst? "In order to facilitate matters, send me 60 cents and" whatever other Incidentals there are we will settle for later. 1 will see that It does not come to more than 75 cents. A num- ber of the boys have already expressed their endorsement and T am Just waiting to hear from you so that I can arrange the time and place. Very sincerely, "Leon J. Rubinstein." The luncheon took place this week. Wed- nesday, and up to the hour of going to press It was Impossible to obtain Information as to where the spread took place. SH0WSO0SING. "Experience" at the Maxine Elliott will close Saturday and next week "Nobody Home" will move from the Princess to that house, leaving the latter theatre dark for the balance of the season. "Experience" will reopen in Atlantic City in August and then go to Boston for a run. MUSICIANS CLOSE SHOW. The tour of "The Chocolate Soldier" through the maritime provinces came to an unexpected close in Ottawa, Can., May 27, when the six musicians with the show and the union stage crew were called out by the Musicians' Union, upon A. J. Small refusing to allow the house orchestra to play dur- ing the engagement. There was $602 advance sale and this money was refunded. The men be- hind the show, A. E. Root, manager, and Joe R. Beymcr, advance agent, cancelled all further time and returned most of the company to New York, a number V>f the chorus girls remaining there to accept other berths. Less than five months ago this com- pany was about $16,000 ahead, but a continuance of time didn't hold the gain. The company carried 35 people and augmented orchestra, led by Max Fichandler. PUTS DELUGE M0R0SC0. From more than 1,000 plays submit- ted to the Oliver Morosco Play Read- ing bureau, Elmer Harris, who has been the chief reader, recommends a number for production and many will be given stage presentation by Moros- co, either in stock or otherwise, before the end of the new season. The plays selected as worth while in- clude: "The Frame Up," by Leroy Clemmens, Massachusetts; "Ann," by Lechmere Worrall, London; "Land of the Free," by William C. de Mille, Los Angeles; "Not Guilty," by Henry V. Bimm, Ohio; "The Night Blooming Cereus," by Mrs. Howard Forbes, Mass.; "Leave It to Me," by John Merker, New York; "The Secret," by Roda G. Bushnell, Texas; "Miss Sher- lock Holmes," from the Lehman Her- bert Co.; "The Claim," by Frank Dare, New York; "Waste Paper," by Frances Medhurst, New York; 'Crooked Paths," by Frances W. Van Praag, New York; "Mrs. Skeff.ngton," by Anita d'Este-Scott and Cosmo Hamil- ton, New York; "The Surprise," by E. C. Carpenter, "And Now Mother Wants to Vote," Thomas W. Wharn- ley, Brooklyn; "Two Rings," Harold Mellor Harvey, Michigan; "An Adven- ture in Justice," Edward Oliver Til- burne, Los Angeles. Other pieces on the Morosco list are "Circe," "On a Bet," "Other Men's Sis- ters," "The Bond," "A Daughter of the Dawn", "The Incendiary," "The Eura- sian," "I Like Your Name," "40 Years Young," "Mother-in-Law" and an un- named play by Cecil Owen and C. W. Ball. ROAD ROUTES. There is considerable activity just now toward booking road routes for the summer and fall. C. Weis and William Moxson this week acquired the road rights for "Sev- en Keys to Baldpate" from Cohan & Harris. It opens Aug. 28 in the East. Two companies of "When Dreams Come True" are being routed by John Coutts. The Eastern company opens Aug. 30 at Wilmington, Del., and the Western Aug. 31 at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. A summer route for "The Ginger- bread Man" is being arranged by two New York agents. "A Celebrated Case," with a new cast, is to be given a road tour next season. O. E. Wee is sending out two sum- mer shows, "The County Sheriff" and "A Girl of the Mountains," each play- ing different territory. Next sedson he will give the James Kennedy reper- toire company a long road route. "The Candy Shop" may be revived by a New York manager who has an option on the piece until July 1. The Aborns are planning an ex- tended trip for "A Bohemian Girl," opening early in August. FIELDS OPENING POSTPONED. "Hands-Up," the Lew Fields summe* revue, which was to have opened in New Haven Thursday, will not open until next Monday, June 7, in that city. This will postpone the opening in Ne-v York until some time later next week. The company is to play Monday and Tuesday in New Haven and then is to come to New York to open Thursday. EQUITY ASS/N ELECTION. The Actors' Equity Association held a business meeting Tuesday afternoon in the Hotel Astor. Over 300 mem- bers turned out for the second annual session. There was applause when the report was made that out of 100 cases handled by the Equity, not a single verdict had been recorded against an Association member. Olive Oliver was selected as the woman delegate to the Panama- Pacific Exposition in July. The election of officers practically returned the former officials to their old stations. The result: President, Francis Wilson; vice-president, Bruce McRae; corresponding secretary, How- ard Kyle; recording secretary, Grant Stewart; treasurer, Richard A. Purdy; councilmen to serve three years: Albert Bruning, John Cope, Jefferson de Angelis, Frank Reicher, Milton Sills, John Westley, Edward Abeleji. SHOWS IN LOS ANGELES. Los Angeles, June 2. The opening of the Mizzi Hajos en- gagement in "Sari" at the Mason drew a big audience. As this is the first musi- cal show to come to town in a long time predictions are that it will do splendid business. At the Burbank "Merely Mary Ann" was offered by the stock players, with Marjorie Rambeau as the featured actress, and as it marked her first stock appearance in a year she was given a big reception. 'PARADISE" IN CHICAGO? Chicago, June 2. There is a report that when the Shuberts' production of "A Day in Paradise" is ready for presentation (which may not be before June 21) the show will first be seen at the Ameri- can Music Hall here. There is nothing definite regarding the report, however, which says the Shuberts are on the point of making a definite selection for the theatre that will house it. Cecil Lean heads the cast. NAZIMOVA CONSIDERING. Nazimova is considering an offer from the Metro to appear in a pro- posed film version of Hall Caine's pow- erful story, "The Woman Thou Gavest Me." Show People Want Representation. Chicago, June 2. A petition was circulated around the theatrical colony last week, addressed to Mayor Thompson, asking that J. H. Brown, a former local theatrical man- ager, be appointed to a municipal posi- tion that will enable him to represent the profession in some way. It is understood the move was orig- inally planned to have Brown repre- sent them on the Censor Board for general protection. As soon as the necessary signatures have been pro- cured, the petition will be handed the Mayor who has always shown a fond- ness for the theatrical men vf this city. If you don't advert!** in VARIETY, de«'t advert!**