Variety (April 1916)

10 LEGITIMATE, John Cort has placed In rehearsal an oper- etta entitled "Gloria," the cast for which will Include Katherlne Qoloway, Grace Fields, Joale, Intropldl, Tom Lewis, John E. Young, Donald McDonald, Thomas Conkey, Dan Quin- tan. The piece opens out of town Easter Mon- day. "The House of Glass" opened Monday at the Bronx O. H. with an advance sale of $5,803, prices $1 top at night and 25-50 for matinees. The Aborn Opera Co. will play a four weeks' engagement, beginning next week at this house. "Through the Ages," now In rehearsal, will use a new device when produced which will do away with border lights, foot lights, painted ceilings and hanging scenery. Rays of lights from all sides of the stage will form a celling for each scene. A. H. Woods has In preparation "The Dawn," In which Robert Edeson, Kathlene McDonald, William Devereaux, Annie Buck- ley, Jane Eustace and Sarah McVlcker will appear. Mrs. Henry B. Harris has In preparation "Playing the Game" to be given a spring try- out out of town and brought Into New Tork In the fall. The Criterion, to have closed Saturday with the terminating of the engagement of "The Merry Wives of Windsor." Is to remain open with "The Melody of Youth." Rehearsals began Monday for "His Bridal Night" In which A. H. Woods Is to star the Dolly 81sters. The special Tuesday matinees of "The Boomerang" at the Belasco will be continued through April. Albert B. Klralfy Is to produce a spectacle entitled "Civilisation" In an open air audi- torium in New York during the summer. Dave Stamper has completed the music for an operetta to be presented on the Friar's Frolic. Daniel Frohman Is preparing a special Artists' Benefit to be held for the Actors' Fund at the Century Sunday night, April 16. The revival of "Beau Brummel," with Ar- nold Daly, will have Its first performance at Harmanus Bleeckcr Hall, Albany, April 20. George W. Mlddleton has written the sketch to be presented by Naztmova at the Actors' Fund Benefit at the Century, April 16. The 10th anniversary of the Hippodrome will be celebrated at the house April 16 (Sun- day night). Josephine Cohan (Mrs. Fred Nlblo), who has been confined to the Cheltenham Hotel owing to 111 health, Is recovering. "The Correspondent," in which Irene Fen- wlrk Is to star, opens Monday at the Booth, replacing "Pay Day" at that house. Pauline Donalda, from Covent Garden, Lon- don, will sing at the Hippodrome Sunday eve- ning. Marceline, the former Hippodrome clown, returns to the stage at the 10th anniversary of the Hip Sunday evening (April 16). Elsie Ferguson Is to appear In a new com- edy by Hulbert Footner next season. Alice Clare Elliott has taken the Ethel Valentine role In "The Blue Envelope." George Scarborough has gone to the Mexican border for the Federal Secret Service. STOCKS OPENING. Portland, Me., April 5. Clara Mackin has been engaged as second woman and William Macauley will return as second man again this season, when the stock opens at the local Keith house for the summer sea- son. The opening will be "Under Fire." Detroit, April 5. A permanent stock will open at the Lyceum April 16. It will include Roy Walling, Margaret Loftus, Louise Wolfe, Frank Lane, Neil Barrett, James J. Mulry, James Montgomery and James Hester, secured through the Paul Scott office of New York. Watertown, N. Y., April 5. The Home Stock will open at the City opera house April 10. A cast was being selected by Tom Wilson in New York this week. ^ Schenectady, N. Y. f April 5. Jane Lowe and her stock company open at the Van Curler April 10 for a permanent season. The Leland Stock Co. under the management of Jay Packard, opens April 24 at the York on 116th street. Irene Timmins will be leading woman. A stock is shortly to be installed in the Spooner, Bronx. Paterson, April 5. The Jay Packard Stock Co. opens April 24 at the Empire. Charles Dingle will be leading man. Chicago, April 5. Stocks will open in the Butterfield houses at Bay City and Ann Arbor April 16, replacing vaudeville. Other Butterfield houses will play vaudeville until weather interferes. Schenectady, N. Y., April 5. The John O'Dare stock company opens at the Van Curler, April 10. Detroit, April 5. The stock under the direction of Roy Walling will open at the Lyceum April 16. STOCKS CLOSING. Mt. Vernon, N. Y., April 5. The musical stock at the Westchester theatre is to close next week. The house will remain dark for some time. Hartford, Conn., April 5. After a season of 65 weeks the Poll stock has ceased. Starting this week feature pictures are shown at Poli's. SUMMER STOCKS. Chicago, April 5. Inquiries in this section regarding summer stocks presage a busy season if most of the managers land the sites they are seeking. In some localities stock during the heated months is like making ice in the desert, but in others the prospects are more encouraging. If the interest keeps up at the Na- tional, where dramatic stock is now the policy, the company will remain there as long into the summer as permissible. Among other things, Mr. William A. Brady says that present conditions In the picture business parallel those in the automobile business during the early years of its existence. Brady doesn't say what screen organization he would compare to the Ford indus- try. If you don't advertise In VARIETY, don't advertise HISSED THE FLAG. A slight understanding of just how our hyphenated brethren who live just across the Hudson River at Union Hill feel toward the American flag was brought to light at the new Lincoln theatre there last week. The bill pre- sented by the stock company was "Bar- bara Fritchie." After the first per- formance, the company was forced to make "cuts" in the speeches because of the antagonistic spirit they aroused in the audiences. When the American flag was shown at each performance, it was received with hisses. Toward the end of the week the leading man was forced to leave by a secret door to escape a number of irate German-Americans who gathered at the stage door after the performances. COOK MARRYING IN ATLANTA. Atlanta, April 5. The wedding of Charles Emerson Cook to Gladys Hansen, the dramatic actress is to take place here Wednes- day (April 12). The ceremony will be performed at the home of Col. Pey- ton H. Snook, father of the bride. MAJESTIC'S STOCK DONE. The Calburn Opera Co., in stock at the Majestic, Brooklyn, for the past five weeks, closes Saturday. The com- pany has done but light business dur- ing the run. The Majestic will return to its former policy of legitimate attractions. There is a possibility the stock company may be reorganized during the two weeks the Majestic is to play regular attractions. CHICAGO CHANGES. Chicago, April 5. "Town Topics" has been unable to make it pay at the Chicago theatre and the local engagement ends this week. "Her "Soldier Boy," with Margaret Romaine, Arthur Albro, Audrey Maple, Ethel Brandon, Fay Evelyn, Scott Welsh, Lawrence Leonard and Garry McGarry, opens Sunday night at the Chicago. April 22 is set as the date of the last performance of the present run of "Ex- perience" at the Garrick and Harry Lauder is expected to follow there April 24. The Palace is expected to start May 15 with the former Winter Garden show, "A World of Pleasure." FOUR "CLAYS" ROUTED. Routes have been secured for four companies to present "Common Clay" next season. John Mason was forced to retire from the company at the Republic, Wednesday because of illness. It is the second time within two months Jane Cowl's co-star has been out of the show. Orme Ca'dara played Mr. Mason's role. TOURING MAUD ALLAN. Negotiations are uncer way for the formation of what will be known as the Maud Allan Co. Inc., which is to ex- ploit the dancer of that name, on a tour of the country next season. SHOWS IN CHICAGO. Chicago, April 5. To all appearances the new shows in Chicago are not creating any box- office furore, and rumor has it none is in for any protracted run. On the contrary, the shows which have been here several weeks or so are doing the box-office business, i. e., wherein big receipts are concerned. "Everyman's Castle," the new H. H. Frazee show, with an all-star cast, opened at the Cort last week. Is not doing much business, as the play itself does not appear to have hit local fancy. Cast holding up piece. "The Eternal Magdalene," with Julia Arthur, opened quietly Sunday night at Cohan's Grand and does not show any exceptional call. ' "The Weavers" opened at the Prin- cess Sunday night, but the play appears to be too sombre and heavy for this house, and unless the piece displays unprecedented drawing strength it will not tarry long. "So Long Letty" (Olympic) seems to be growing stronger every day in point of popularity, while its neighbor, "Experience" (Garrick) shows signs of having shot its bolt. "Chin Chin" (Illinois) shows no slump downstairs but the gallery rush is reported as sliding. E. H. Sothern (Blackstone) is getting play through his prestige and "farewell perform- ances," while Ethel Barrymore (Pow- er's) is another star who is drawing solely through her personal popularity. The local critics did not enthuse over "The Two Virtues" and "Our Mrs. McChesney." "Town Topics" never had a chance at the Chicago, although it started out rather briskly. "Her Soldier Boy" opens there April 10. JEWETT IN COURT. Boston, April 5. Henry Jewett, the actor-manager-pro- ducer-author, is the object of a bill in equity brought by 30 wealthy Back Bay stockholders to dissolve the Henry Jewett Players, Inc. A temporary in- junction restraining Jewett, A. W. Fletcher and Treasurer Oliver Hewitt from paying out further funds was granted. Jewett asserts the contract gives him a salary of $5,200 a year for ten years, but that he has drawn since June, 1912, only $10,583.33. He ascribes the court action as being due to the disgruntled few among his subscribers who have found that occasionally a theatrical ven- ture fails to pay dividends. In the past few years Jewett made an unsuccessful stock plunge at the Plymouth theatre and also staged at the Boston opera house some Shake- spearean productions. WHITNEY REBUILDING. Toronto, April 5. B. C. Whitney, owner of the Prin- cess which was destroyed by a fire about a year ago, has been in town making arrangements for the erection of a new playhouse upon the same plot. It will have a seating capacity of about 2,000 and wifl play legitimate at- tractions.