Variety (September 1919)

• ;■ • , t-'-f ‘■-'■'■'sc.' 'y , •'■J.w'-" v ;■» T ’ 7.>; :.C3 BUY BON D S TitaM Saaare Trade M^k Reslstiered Pabllshed WeeUy by TABIBrr, bi«. Slme SilTeman. President N«w Tork Advertising copy for current issue will be acoepted at the Mew York office up to Wednes- day night. . Advertisements sent by mall should be ac- companled by r emittance. SUBSCRIPTION Annual... |4 Foreign. |6 Single C^les, 10 cents &tered as second class matter December 22, 1905, at tbs l^t Office at New York, New York, under the Act of March 3, 1879. VoL LII. Cohan & Harris have sold the Australian. rights to “Three Faces East” to J. C. Williamson, Jos. Eckle is booking tl?e Majestic, Albany, N. Y. It plays five abts on a -split week policy. Benny Leonard will stage the mu- sical numbers for the burlesque stock at^ the Crescent, Brooklyn. Tunis Dean} has been appointed man- ager of “Tiger Rose,” which opens a four weeks’ engagement in Philadel- phia, starting Sept. 30. The Portland, Portland, Me., has re- turned to the three-a-day vaudeville policy, after a trial of the continuous during the past month. May Tully is reported having gone to South America some time ago on a business trip connected with the- atricals, besides another mission. Although handling the management of the Riveria for the Shuberts Charles A. Burt is continuing his booking office in the Longacre Building. .'A.letter in The Forum of Variety last week signed “Ward” should have been signed Nord (formerly of Francis and Nord). A1 Leichter is booking the Sunday concerts at the Crescent, Brooklyn, starting this week. Six acts make up the bill. Bill Love and Mike Manton have taken out a road company of “Flo Flo," scheduled to play southern dates. Tho Stage Women’s War Relief Committee has elected Shelly Hull to a position on it. Mr. Hull will rep- resent the Actors’ Equity Association. Rose Mullaney, regarded as one of the best informed persons in dramatic agency circles, has resigned from Chamberlain Brown’s office. ■ \ ' ' Schlesinger will take out a road pro- duction of “The Blue Pearl," with dates tentatively marked ih through the Shubert houses. AI~RydeII, former ticket-taker at Keith’s Royal, Bronx, is at the Alham- bra in the same capacity after a vaca- tion of three months. Frank Fay will remain with “The Passing Show” and has taken back his notice, receiving a play or pay con- trace for three years. Andrew Toombes and Rena Parker have again returned to their principal roles in John Cort’s “No. 1” “Flo Flo,” in Philadelphia this week. VARIETY WILL BE 15 CENTS ON AND AFTER OCT. IITH Having withstood following the lead of nearly all papers and < periodicals in increasing the sales price up to the present. Variety, as the other papers did, has found it necessary to raise the newstand price, to IS cents commencing with the issue of .October 11. From that date on- ward its subscription'will be domestic, annually, and $7 for- eign (including Canada). Until October 11 the present newsstand price of 10.cents will Ibe in effect, also the present sub- scriptions—^, domestic, annually and $5 foreign (including Canada). VARIETY WILL BE NON-RETURNABLE y with and after the issue of Oct. 25th.^ Following the regulations and' suggestions of the War Indus- tries Board, issued at Wasliing- ton and applicable to idl papers other than- dailies, to conserve the paper supply (these regula- tions also limiting all papers other than dailies to a definite yearly allotment, based on pre- vious usage, with si reduction of 10 per cent, of the quantity used by each paper for the past year) Variety will be non-returnable. The return privilege to news companies and dealers has been extended without restriction by the theatrical trade press. It was necessary in part owing to the continuous floating circula- tion a theatrical 'paper enjoys. It is a hardship upOn a theatrical paper to cut off the return privi- lege, which means that the news companies and news dealers will only order that quantity they are certain they can dispose of. Un- sold copies Cannot be returned after October 25. It may inconvenience readers of Variety who will want tho paper. If permanently located an order should be placed for regular delivery of Variety to you by your news dealer. The most certain way after petober 25 is to subscribe. Tlfe paper will be mailed to a perma- nent address or en route. Subscriptions will be accepted at the present subscription rates up to October 11. The domestic rate, $4 yearly, allows a reader to secure the paper at a price that averages weekly below the current newsstand price of 10 cents. The regulations of the War Industries Board, besides pro- - viding for other savings in^paper, calls upon all papers to abolish any free list and to limit sub- scriptions to those only paid in advance, whether new or re- newals. ' The Strand, Raleigh, N. C, opens its season of vaudeville Oct. 7, with five acts on a split week placed through Jule Delmar in the United Booking Office. “The Bird of Paradise” at the Alvin, Pittsburgh, last week, drew over $J3,- 000. This is the eighth season for the “Bird” and its seventh visit in Pitts- burgh. The Liber^ and Gordon Square'the- atres, Cleveland, are backed by M. Shea of the Shea-Brandt Agency, that city.. John H. McCarren is the New York representative. Four treasurers lost in four weeks via Draft is the record of the Baker theatre, Dover, N. J., managed by Pete Woodhull. The Baker now has a woman in charge of the box office. Oliver T. Bailey has placed a new play in rehearsal, entitled “A Stitch in Time,” which he proposes to bring out at once in New York during his Fulton Theatre administration. “Miss Blue Ey^ (Harvey D. Orr, manager), with cast recruited in New York by the Matt Grdu offices, makes its premiere at the Trent, Trenton, Sept. 27. Robert Fulgbra, in England for sev- eral seasons, has< been booked to ap- pear in that country until 1921, with but six open weeks between now and then. Rosie Rosenblatt, formerly in the Public Service ticket agency, arid late- ly of the Broadway Theatre Ticket Company, is now assistant treasurer of the new Central. Jack Osterman--(son of Jake Rosen- thal and Katheryri Osterman) has been commissioned by Florrie Millership to write a new act for her vaudeville tour next season. Miss Millership is now singing three-of Osterman’s songs. . Tho six story and basement building at 3S3-3SS West 48th street has been leased by the Shuberts for ten years from James P. Kennedy. The lease calls for a total of $65,000. James J. Etchin'gh negotiated the lease. A Chicago firm is bringing its new production of “The Brute of Berlin” into eastern territory, having heard that the pickings since the start of the season has been good for war shows. ' Tho Vrestern company cri'ganized to play “Three Faces East” opens in Buf- falo, Oct. 7, for a week and then jumps to Chicago for a run at the Olytripic. Lillian Tucker will have the leading female role. Thomas Oliphant, ahead of “Getting Together” under the auspices of the British-Canadian Recruiting Mission for the past few weeks, has resumed his position as dramatic editor of the “Evening Mail.” The Park, Stapleton, S. I., starts a vaudeville policy next week, playing five acts on a split week, booked by Fally Markus. Mr. Markus is taking over the Strand, White Plains, N. Y., ,and will probably play vaudeville in it. Judge J. L. Carleton, St. Johns, N. B,, has been awarded the $500 prize in the Canadian play contest inaugurated by George F. Driscoll, manager of^ His Majesty’s, Montreal. The play is to be, produced in November. The title is “The Crimson Wing.” The circus which Perry and Gorman are putting on for the United States Government to make a 16-week ^ of tfi^ Uibefty' cifeuif its opening until Dec. 12, due to the quarantine on the camps from the Spanish influenza epidemic. “Three' Wise Men,” the Austin Strong comedy Smith & Golden are producing, will have its out-of-town premiere at Hartford Oct. 14. Edwin Arden, Claude Gillingpvater, Charles VOLUNTEERS OVER THERE! Variety Will Maintain a Permanent List of Artists Who Have Gone Overseas as Members of America’s Over There Theatre League Units to Entertain the American Expe- ditionary Forces In France. Ad- ditions to the List Will Be Made After Each Succeeding Unit Sails. The Name of Teams are Printed First, Followed by Individuals in Alphabetical Order. Recent Departures Are Indicated by * After Names. IRENE FRANKLIN and BURTON GREEN WILL CRESSY and BLANCHE DAYNE TONY HUNTING and CORINNE FRANCES JAMES F. KELLY and EMMA POLLOCK HORACE WRIGHT and RENE DIETRICH JOHNNY CANTWELL and RETA WALKER HENRY MARCUS and ERMIEN WHITELL MARY McFarland and MARIE McFarland MABELLE ADAMS HARRY ADLER MAUDE ALLEN NELLA ALLEN ALFRED ARMAND LUCIE BABCOCK VERA BARSTOW GEORGE BOTSFORD ELIZABETH BRICE MARY CAMERON LOUISE CARLYLE BESSIE CARRETT HOWARD T. COLLINS JACK COOK KATE CONDON MARION DANA* HELENE DAVIS DOROTHY DONNELLY LEO DONNELLY MILDRED EVANS AMPERITO FARRAR MRS. FARRAR MADELINE GLYNN HELEN GOFF WILLIAM GOULD THOMAS J. GRAY GILBERT GREGORY GRACE HENRY AMY HORTON WILL J. KENNEDY DAVID LERNER DANIEL C. MclVOR LIDA McMILLAN EDWARD MARSHALL MARGARET MAYO LOIS MEREDITH GEORGE AUSTIN MOORE WILL MORRISSEY PATRICIA O’CONNOR HAL PEARSON MARION SCHAEFFER* PAULA SHERMAN BERT SNOW HENRY SOUVAINE RAYMOND WALKER INEZ WILSON Lait and Helen Menken arc in the cast. Incoming reports from show.s from the States indicate Canadian territory has started out nicely, with the girly shows getting the biggest play. In two stands in particular a certain show ,4i4-gr^:tes-bu^^ than it lUd on it.<? engagements there last season. A comedy, entitled. “Irene O’Dare,” which Cohan & Harris tried out in Stamford last spring, has been defi- nitely shelved in its present form. It may be made into a tmisical play for next season. Louis Hirsh will com- pose the score. (