Variety (May 1919)

•"•'*/?i*. rt ,_ -"*-"7 j rv ^'t',7-j'" ;*.•*>■* ■."'■Vii ir"i "•"•■■.V" ; .:• . ? x.;r > - ■—■ yxMiv'' *.. •;•■< ... •'(.. m . •■.Sf.i PLYMOUTH .—First night on Monday on"»" two weeks' engagement of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas. "The Mikado" and "The Pirates of Penzance" booked In there for the first week. . HOLMS.—House will be dark after this week when Lauretta Taylor will wind up with "Happiness." COLONIAL.—Lust week of "La La Lucille," which Is supposed to go Into Miller's Theatre, In New York, at the end of the presont local engagement. COPLEY.—"Chains" being used as a vehicle by the Henry Jewett Repertowe Co. ARLINGTON.—"Little Peggy O'Moore." BOSTON OPERA HOUSE Jolson still cleaning up in "Slnbad." CASINO.—The Bowery Burlesquers In "The* Health Hunters." GAYBTY.—Barney Gerard's "Follies of the Day." HOWARD.—"The Rainbow Girls." BUFFALO. MAJESTIC—Julian Bltinge and his Revue of 1910. Drawing big houses, mostly women. Show sizes up as a "road"' offering, and Is getting good money here. SHUBBRT-TECK. — "Oh I Lady! Lady!" Advertised as "Absolutely Identical to New York Oast," but the overzealous press agent seems to have overlooked Vlvlenne Segal and Margot Kelly, who are missing. Show of this type have been 'queered here this season by second, third and fifth companies. Fair ad- vance sale. On Its reputation and the last attraction of the season at the Teok, the sbow Bhould do good business. STAR.—"The Revelations of a Wife." How they get away with the "semi-sex" stuff here is a mystery. Sbow gives "dally matinees for ladles only" and "nights tor everybody over 16." The pop-price fans gobble the hoakum and cry for more. SHEA'S.—Vaudeville. . OAYETY.—"Stop, Lively Girls." STRAND,—Pictures. FAMILY.—Theda Bara In "The Darling of Paris," Getting business through sensational advertising. Tho frequent presence at the Teck last week : '-'■■■■• i'- .■:'■.-.• ;•■••; ' '■■■■ ;■ . " . •• •■. •. ■ ... ... -.-. . . j ■■-,••, . •• ■ '•'■ ' ,. .. ■ ■. ■!..-.■- "«roon«io*.t)<m. Nf B M and day Mnrloe. SpwUI ntM to tfu ffletVIMT TW — hm i.- ARDSLEY ASHFORD " BROADWAY At 83ri street Best eMtrtl leoatfoa. - ALBERT GUMBINER, Manager 7 -,.'■• ■■■■■■< ■ -- ■ • .:■■■:. mm J12 WEEKLY AND UP. 1M« Passe: Clrel. I If4. of Michael Shea and his close association with Ray Comstock and Morris Gest during their recent visit to Buffalo has given rise to the rumor that Shea Is contemplating <an incursion Into the legitimate field. The J. Y. M. A. staged a minstrel show Thursday night under the direction of Jack Yellen. Chester Maley, formerly understudy to Frank Tinner In "Attaboy," made a big bit The opening of the baseball season with four victories for the Bisons during the first week make prospects for a successful season appear IRVING M. COOPER JOE COOPER, Gen. Mgr. ARTISTS' REPRESENTATIVE 1416 BROADWAY, NEW YORK Phone: Bryant j**" SONG HIT OF THE SEASON Til wssa yOU'RE THE MAN Behindtreman Behind theGun PROFESSIONAL COPIES ON APPLICATION •■ PUBLISHED. AH OCli.^ J. Stanley Weber, concession manager of the Shea Amusement Co. for the past seventeen years, has announced his determination to wed Cora Hess, of Buffalo, May 26, and aawrta that nothing can swerve him from Us fixed purpose. •; ™ Announcement was made In the newspapers this week that the church organisations of the town are planning a street corner evangel- istic campaign during the coming summer. Any fears of a "Puritan" campaign have been set to rest by the publlo announcement of the Rev. c. McLeod Smith that all attacks on "booze, tobacco, dancing and the theatre" will be taboo. The Church Federation seems to be climbing onto the band wagon. ■ t Irving Flchell, of Harvard University and the Little Theatre, New York, la In Buffalo to rehearse the dramatlo groups who are to appear In the forthcoming pageant of the two-day festival of the Community Chorus at Elmwood ■ Musle Hall, May 26-27, when Percy Msokaye's Masque will be given. ;, DENVER. By B. C. DAY. BROADWAY.—Last half, Otis B. Skinner "The Honor of His Family." ORPHBUM.—Vaudeville. TABOR.—Vaudeville. DENHAM.—Wilkes Stock Stlch in Time." RIALTO.—Pictures. PRINCESS.—Pictures. ♦' RIVOLI.—Pictures. STRAND,—Pictures. • ISIS.—Pictures. . . '->•. J AMERICA.—Plotures. !' The ''Nlokel Show" now Is only a memory In Denver. The term "jitney" which the kid- dies have been wont to apply to a picture theatre at last is a real misnomer. The battle which leaders In the Industry have waged for years to do away with the cheaper priced theatres bore fruit this week, and the last of the five-cent theatres disappeared. In Players In "A ' ■ HP' ■ H. ROBsLRT "LA LA LUCILLE" LAW SCENIC STUDIOS NEW TOIK HENRY MILLER THEATRE NEXT WEEK IMML ■mm lap' >.. ' ." ->:"; ; -~ ■■■■ K * ; •'■•.•■••■■•.•.J. : -'-'.- '■'..■'.'■•■'■.'.■'■ ■'•■ ■ '-. ■.-"■'"*'••■-"■*;"?■■>■;'-:-..i •-.,,. „ . •;> ; J.', . ■m