Variety (September 1919)

14 BUY BONDS NEWS OF THE DAIUES > ' Mifl Ouy Bates Post has returned to New York. Cyrus Wood Is the author of the lyrics to bo used In "The Melting of Molly." By acquiring control of the Belmont, William A. Brady Is now possessor of three theatres In the same block In 48th street. "A Stitch in Tlmo," by Oliver D. Bailey and Lottie Meany, will be given at the Fulton Oct. 15. Irene Fenwick will be featured. "Stop That Man," a farce by George V. Hobart, will be presented by the Shuberts at one of their houses. , "Crops and Croppers” has been withdrawn from the Belmont and the bouse has passed under the control of William A. Brady. Marjorie Rambeau has sold her home on the shore at Pelham Bay to I. B. Warren, of New York City. Viola Dana’s next Metro will be entitled "Diana Ardway.” It Is a plcturization of Van Z. Post’s novel of the same name. Margaret Aston has been chosen to depict Nurse Edith Cavell in Metro’s patriotic pro- duction, "Wilson or the Kaiser.” David Aaronson of the Bronx was sen- tenced to ten days in the workhouse. Sept 19, by Magistrate Ten Byck in the Men’s Night Court, for selling th^tre tickets on the street The United States Civil Service Commission is at present in urgent need of stenographers and typists to meet the great demand of fhe Government offices In Washington, D. C. Charles Dillingham has placed the Hippo- drome at the disposal of Admiral H. R. Usher, tr. S. N. (Nov. 8), for a gala performance of Navy Relief Society. Florence Nash will be starred In "Remnant," a comedy adapted by Michael Morton from the original of Dario Nlccodeml. It will have Its premiere early in November. Billie Burke and her husband, F. Ziegfeld, escaped injury last week when their motor turned turtle, on the road between their camp and Lake Placid railway station in the Adtron- dacks. “Sleeping Partners,” an adaptation from a comedy by Sacha Guitry, will come to the Bijou, Oct. 5, with H. B. Warner sta'rrlng a^ Irene Berdoni In the only feminine part m the piece. Rehearsals have begun on Tolstoy’s play, "The Living Cbrpse,” in which Arthur Hopkins will present John Barrymore. The play Is based on the Russian marriage and divorce laws and the fate of a man who tried to es- cape them. William Seymour has been appointed acting manager of the Bmplre by Charles Frobman, Inc., and David Bclasco In place of William Newman, who has entered the navy. He takes Charge Sspt. SO. George Broadhurst hds taken a stand against Incompetent Liberty Loan orators in the the- atres. Mr. Broadhurst believes that there should be a limit placed upon the time to be consumed, and also that the remarks be cen- sored for objectionable features. P. Ziegfeld, Jr., has bought the American rights to “By Pigeon Post,” an English play by Austin Page, which has had its .'WOth per- formance in London. It Is Mr. Zlegfeld’s first legitimate production in many years. ’The New York premiere will take place in about five weeks. —^— 1 "The Awakening.” with a cast including • Wilton Lackaye, Henry B. Walthall and \ Theodore Keslolf, will have its premiere at * the Criterion, Sept. 80. It is by Ruth Sawyer, and has been previously known as "Tamar and Seblnolf.” During their tenancy of the Greenwich Vll- J lage Theatre Mr. and Mrs. Coburn expect to ] revive "The Yellow Jacket” and "The Imagl- , nary Invalid.” They will produce a four-act ^ drama by an American author and give two C Shakespearean productions. t; An exhibition of historical costumca worn by the late Richard Mansfield was recently held ^ In New London, Conn., prior to their accept- ance by, a museum. The proceeds were turned over by Mrs. Mansfield to the Stage Women’s War Relief. tortlon and grand larceny. Owen Moore, the husband of Mary Plckford, was the complain- ant. Americans who have traveled abroad and have made collections of souvenir postal cards and photographs which depict any portion of ®T territory In Belgium and North- ern Prance now occupied by the Germans, stmuld send these cards, and wherever pos- slble acccmpanl^ by a written description, to William Guggenheim, Chairman of the Army and Navy Commltt^ of the American De- fense ^lety, 44 Basf^d street New York. romtanoe, comes to the Shulwrt following the San Carlo Opera Co. The book of the piece Is by Rida !^nson Young and the music by Rudolf Priml. In the cast are Ed Wynn, Dorothie Bigelow. Prances Cameron, Mae West, Mildred Le Que Bwekbank, John Merkyl, De Haven NiTO, Hallen Mostyn and William Dor- The piece will hare Its pr^niere next weeK* Arthur Byron has announced, with the per- mission .of Selwyn & Co., that one complimen- tary performance of "Tea for Three," In which he is. appearing, will bo given to whoever imkM the largest single subscription for Llb- 1“ Maxine Elliott’s Theatre during Campalgp, The performance will be given at any time and at any place the ^nd buyer may designate so long as It does not interfere with a regular performance of the production. A ^ectacular patriotic production entitled Freedom supported by a number of prom- inent society persons Is now In rehearsal, and may ^ produced at the Century. The plboe Of. presented by Julie Opp and Lee Shubert. Among those connected with the eAter- ^Ise are Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, Clarenoe H. Mackay, Mw. H. P. Davison and Mrs. Otto H. Kahn. Half of the profits will be turned over to the Association for Disabled Naval The piece Is the work mU Worman VnIii.°- CRITICISM. . TEA FOa THREE. V A comedy In three acts, by Rol Coopor Begrue, at the Elliott, Sept. 19, ^ The play Is of no great substance, either artlstlrally ot morally; but it has the very rare virtue of doing what it Intends with neat- DMs and a certain finality of skill which keeps the attention of the audience throughout and Tim^ evening of genuine entertainment.— ‘Tea for Three" Is so distinctly different In flavOT from Uie other plays of the year that It ought to make many friends.— World. ■ Jack Welsh, Sept. 20, Instituted proceed- ings in the Supreme Court of New York against Raymond Hitchcock and E. Ray Goetz. Welsh demands $3,160 from the defendants for back salary ho alleges due him on con- .s®, ,b(»l(,ljjg, agent-. ftxr. -the. lLl(^hcock-Uot4z ■ enteilirrsca. Jack I^ Claire, who said he was an actor Jn West 40th street, but who ad- mittod he had recently been n clerk at an At- lantic City hotel, was arrested Sept. 1!) in the law ofllce of Arthur Butler Graham, KJ5 Broadway, Now York, and taken to Police Headquarters, where be was charged with ex- JUDGMENTS. Judgments filed in the County CJIerk’s office.' ^e first name is that of the judgment debtor, the second the Judgment creditor, and the amount of Judgment. Kennedy Th^tres, Inc.—J. Simmons, $884,28 Kalisz—McCord A Mace, $208.70. Bureau? |l74.eifClipping John E. Kelierd—G. Wilson, $578. Samuel A. Marcusson (Theatrical Program Co.)—A. Zaslowsky, $.56.20. Frances White Obliges Refund. Tt, u I Sept. 25 The Rock and White show at the Pitt last week refunded the boxoffice taking Friday, when Frances White could not finish the performance, A nervous breakdown was given as the reason for Miss White b *ng un- able to go on, after the show opened, ahe appeared the following night. Election. Uh, Yes, the new musical play with Joseph Santley, now in rehearsal by Elliott, Comstock & Gest, will have its premiere in Schenectady Oct. 19, the opening date at the Princess now being set for election day. The house will remain dark until then. Francine Larrine in "Sometime.” Francine Larrine is now in “Some- time, due at the Shubert next Mon- day. She is in the Audrey Maple role Dorothy Bigelow was in- tended. The latter is a Boston society girl, but appeared on Broadway last -season in 4he short dale of Marbury’s “See America First." ^ ,Jr***y Minstrels Open. Gus Hill’s Lady Bountiful Minstrels, an all women minstrel organization, opened its season at Bridgeport, Conn., Wednesday night. PITTSBURGH LIKES "CAN.\RY.” Pittsburgh, Sept. 25. The Canary,” a musical comedy adapted from the French of Georges Barr and Louis Verneuil, by Harry B. Smith, was presented at the Nixon Monday night by Charles Dillingham, with Julia Sanderson and Joseph Caw- thorn starred. Additional numbers were introduced by Irving Berlin and Harry Tierney. The premiere had a packed house and the advance sale for the week is exceedingly heavy. The company is a capable one from principals to chorus. Wonderful costumes, beautiful and shapely chorus with good voices and excellent dancers. It is a musical comedy with a really good plot that runs very smoothly all the way and is neither too light nor too heavy. The story concerns a maiden placed in pawn by a relative for a diamond called the Canary. Play opens in an antique shop where the girl (Miss San- derson) is employed as an artist. Mr. Cawthorn as Timothy, a maker of an- tiques^ employed in the same shop, is ambitious to become a great juggle'r, is in love with the girl, as is also Ned Breeze, a struggling doctor, who ^esn’t struggle very hard for patients. He has loaned a pair of crooks (Doyle and Dixon) $1,000 at a race and for security takes the Canary diamond, which they stole, from the original owner (Rico). The crooks expect to redeem the diamond at five o’clock that day and if_not the jewel belongs to Breeze. Failing to show up Breeze decides to auction the stone. Timothy discovers the stone is loose in the mounting and shows it to several bid- ders, among whom is Rice, who substi- tutes a paste stone. While repairing the setting Timothy accidentally swal- lows the substitute. Second act shows Dr. Dippey’s Sani- tarium, where Timothy goes to have the jewel removed from his anatomy. He is followed by the crooks, who await an opportunity to recover the gem. Third act (beautiful set) shows Dr. Breeze playing host at a party in hon- or of his fiance (Miss Sanderson). While everything comes out as ex- pected, it has a different twist from other ^ musical comedies.”" Besides the two stars and the three- featured players (Sam Hardy ,and Doyle and Dixon), others who deserve special mention are Marie Callahan in a dance number with Doyle and Dixon, Misses Gordon and Thomas and Vera Maxwell. The melodies are haunting and tune- ful. Nothing that has played Pitts- burgh this season can touch “The Canary.” ACCUSE BELASCO. Chicago, Sept. 25. Will Bradshaw, the kuthor, has threatened to bring suit against Oliver Morosco and the Hattons for viola- tion of copyright and plagiarism. Bradshaw says that “Lombardi, Ltd.” is from his vaudeville act of several years ago, entitled “The Shop in Paris.” Bradshaw has placed the matter in the hands of his attorney. Opening in Pittsburgh. William Moore Patch will open Take It From Me” in Pittsburgh Oct. 31, with Vera Michehena in the leading role. Canrad Nagel Leaving, It is only a matter of a short time when Conrad Nagel, leading juvenile at the Central, will be compelled to re- linquish •the role in which he scored so strongly and join the colors. His o{der to report was deferred to en- able him to open in the piece ancT Wil- liam A. Brady has appealed to Wash- ington to permit him to remain awhile longer. SHOWS IN PHILLY. ^ Philadelphia, Sept. 25. y .“Glorianna,” which had its first 13 showing here at the Forrest Monday J. night, is a war story, set to music n by Rudolf Friml. The book and lyrics 1, F®. Catherine Chisholm Cushing. It is all reminiscent, though tuneful 3 and sprightly. It is presented by an J excellent company and was very well received by a well filled house, El- g eanor Painter was liberafly rewarded 3 for her singing of the principal role, a while Jessica Brown (recently of vau- j, deville) came in for a liberal share J of the chief honors for her excellent j- dancing. Lloyd and Wells, also from vaudeville, were among the recipients of favor. T^e piece has been beauti- 1 fully costumed and handsomely r staged. The composers have provided nothing but of the ordinary in “Glori- j anna” but in a season that has shown J nothing of importpce to date, this 1 musical vehicle will probably enjoy patronage. The Garrick was almost filled Mbn- . day night when the revival of “A Mar- 5 riage of Convenience” was given by 5 Miller and Ruth Chatterton. I The piece was very late starting, , which detracted something from the . entertainment, but the play was well . received.'-. “Not With My Money” is in its final ^ week at the Broad, doing very light [ business. Last Saturday’s matinee I was,good, but the piece has exhibited no drawing power at this house. Tiger Rose” is billed for Sept, 30, “Chu Chin Chow” continues to pull them in-at the new Shubert, the re- ceipts keeping well over the ^0,000 mark. It has two more Weeks to run. .“^ts,vc It To Jane” is doing nicely at the Chestnut Street opera house in its Nothing is underlined. Business Before Pleasure” in its fourth week at the Lyric is also doing well. The old Walnut, which was with- drawn from public sale last week, has been leased by C. Cooke Wanamafcer and Thomas Dougherty, who have been associated with the F. G. Nixon- Nirdlinger forces, and opens its 110th season Saturday night with Gus Hill’s Lady Bountiful Minstrels.” “Leave It to Jane,” now in its fourth week at the Chestnut Street Opera House, has had its time extended from six to eight weeks. The attraction has been steadily growing stronger, and last week drew a gross of slightlv over $14,6(W. WEEK’S CAMP BOOKINGS OFF. While a number of the cantonments are under quarantine through the epi- demic of Spanish influenze, others are. not officially quarantined, even though a large number of cases arc reported. Advices were that there were over 6,000 cases at Devens, yet no restric- tions were laid down as at Upton, Lee, Jackson and Sevier. Of the several naval bases under quarantine, Newport (where the thea- tre is in the city) is now given a clean bill of health.- Reports show that the affection has, spread broadcast and has missed none of the cantonments. Attractions in the officially banned camps are off for the week,,several shows obtaining out- side bookihg. It was expected that the, quarantines would be lifted at the end of the week. ENTERTAINING A. T. MEN. The men of the Army Transport Ser- vice, with headquarters at 104 Broad street. New York, will have their en- •?tertainmeut Jo&'keff'^ after 'by Bert Grant and Monty Brice, both song wiriters, who have been detailed to that branch. Messrs. Grant and Brice, besides su- pervising the amusements for the A, T., will write a show that may be pro- dubed around the holidays, with their companions in uniform as the cast.