Variety (October 1919)

pUSH lUlLROAD S1ME HAS Touring Shows Are Unable to Proceed From One Point to Another, Despite Comparathrely Short Jumpa—Using Motor Cars When Possible—Vaudeville Bookins ^ ' Swilcfa«dtbtS«va Ti«v«l--Pictnras Hard Hit. 'l"^^''"^' ■ Iiondon, Oejb. 1. <"'"• Vh« general strike of railway em- . >^r.|iIb]rMhHth«'laiViMt^ to of ';'( . 'r IS|wlaiiA^4n eompleMbr peraiytcd the ■^"^^^^j^m^mmaea^ elnema-'iii- J|iv^;^!Js(atfS3V.■■ "?iijjj| )i ri i ig Bbowa ato tMfeto. to-prbe«ed ' l|jp||m# i>61nt,t» anotlini: despite. the jiif^belii^ aiado^ tbo.part of the heads ii^ the'VKttlsTllle ofreaits to nwttc^.boek- iftgB > jto eiiable as - many turns as„ po»> Siblo fib pW-the. next nearest! toiWB to jUbje oho ployed last week, Instead of at«- teinpUiig to reach the cities for which they are bdoked this week, which would he almost Impoaslhle under Uie existing eondlttons. ^'?i^^v'Sv^ ^ far as possible, direct Interchange ,. .,\,pi dates Is being attempted. For ex- ! Hedges Bros. and Jacobsen will . l?^-;": ;: 'try to get to Blackpool by motor car; vXvs^^vii;: rOfflcer Vokea and Don will probably play ■-^^y;,', the Chlswlck Bmplre for Billy Reeves, J Jj<;%'i?>:/tvwhlle Reeves will play Blackpool Itor- pf^<;:":^jv':,VokeB ana Don. - ''Y'^Vba Kinematograph Film Renters'So- clety sent out an 8. O. S. call to its nenbers and endeavored to Improvise a liasty system of film delivery by moter .cars.' This, however, is likely to fail, lowing to the goviemntent cODimanderIng .fiU'vehlcles of transiport |i»r the ship-. turned from his tour in South A.merldi last -year). The play had a run some time ago, but this revival is'more .eiB«i cient. The ex-Thoatre ReJWM cdlaalilii - a high class comedy hope, . - iBrute's perfonnaaee is most elEeettre and MUe. Seffl«e is talr. The Unt aet is a triile kM«. : iMm Vtiterra IntettOg to follow this .ndtlL a iintlvai oC.UenQr Bataitt^'s "La 1^i»t» V<o1!«,"' wltti Mhte. Rejaae and ' BlcnoNti .' . it vlll not Ik. natfl January t6at "Juiftttii'* tlie ttet.* lirorfi of Henry Bern- stein, win see the footlights. Judith will be played by Madame Slmone, Vera Ser- gine and 1i. Gretillat later next year Henry Bernstein's "I«e Jeune Homme a la Rose" will be played here, with Andre Brule probably in the lead. It is the latest eOortet Bataille. i IjO^BML THQKU HOVOBID. Liondon, Oct. 1. 'i^ere will be a state performance of . Ithe , Thomas (lecture and /i' pteitires by Lowell Thomas) at Covent Ci&rden next week in hMMr 'eC Badr ■^iSUaulj, King of ^ aV ^J^^ manager for Lowell . 'cSnioinas, recently refused to let him go \ dpvn to Balmoral Castle and lecture be- '{v fore the King and Queen. As an excuse <or declining a "command" performance, said that Thomas was making too •^^Itfuch money. ^^^ ' v ^ been ph^ing to $15,000 CICCILINI TO MARRY. Ctudio Ciccolini, the tenor, is to marry vtih; American heiress. The. bride-to-be |»x,9fltty Sutpbin. of Oyster Bay, !<, I. i'iHei; family is one of tba oldest on tiOBg Isjl^d and their estate adjolha that o< i vigabe iiMiMiioe greir out of an automo- l - M§;^l&9Mtt"^*Mld«nt to' which the tenor was " f;^^ Miss Sutphin, ■>:i.?fj(fjio-was drivfaig the car, was unhurt ;r:^^?i«lid nursed the singer back to. '^r f'helr engagement followed. • - : 'TEPEEVIEE" OPENS. •^" v;. Paris, Oct. 1. r v'V^ Crolsset's dramatic comedy ;*|flB^ervler'' (The Hawk), brilliantly . opened the season at the - Theatre de JParii ^ ;^e cast is. of high water marl^ with : V«t«,'Sergiae and Andre Bnde. (Brute has not been seen In Ports shiee he re- The AMotl ated Offlecs EBNEST £D£LSr£Sr,T. P. MWE, PAUL MUBBAY, JUIIAK WYUE 0, Liale St., Leioester Sq., lo&don 6eMN awl mm^U0m$t WMtmS, UUIw.» ItsMr^rks Harry J. Pits0«rald/1868r Brosdway ' London, Oct. 1. • D'Oyly Carte is coming to London by aeroplane to open at Prince's tonight. AiB adViuaee booUngs are |17B,O0t. "TIGEB BOSE" AT SA70T. London, Oct. 1. J. L. Sa<;k8 is said to be paying |t,000 a week rental for the' Savoy for the en* gagement of "Tiger Boae." 'iehflca to aiaoe Butt's Production. London, Oct. 1. Gus Soblke has been engaged 1^ Sbt Alfred Butt to stage the new pndoetioa' ° sdMdnied, ftr the .Adaeek BOWLES SAILS FOR NE>A/ YORK. Paris, Oct 1. George Bewlea, French repiosentatlve tor D. w. Griffin's film attraetimik has sailed for Mew Yorlc Last week I apolM sbont Jolo soing home. Uy mouib watered when he tpoke ot that wondcrtal eoffea at Chltdn^. I wish I eonid sutd Tommy Gray • bottle of tomethlng. The day Jolo l«ft, ho sat In the dentist's once with me and I flnallr fot thtt tooth flied that worried Tommy Qray so miioh. Tbey do things quickly over btre, Bnt It was an •zeose to go nut door tur a eespie ot lomethlnss. Don't yos wiSh yea eesl d .gs nest door. Tommy T . ' Ton ffOVM. Utssea MM BrlhkeiiMC ' aad Anne VW new pla)ra:wiil he mM to Lonlwi ' K. Algea, stationed at Ooblwub OsT- jtHtUiKft fortnights wid Of thoie already^ ' I nuiny, for several montha fta Y. If. (1 A. ^rifaatat ^emn tigjtA w workers, are in Itarilw.Ml'fOitti;'-to'the 'Orlgla^': .' ■ ■ United States, » Sept SO Is the date fixed by Henry Bernstein for the revival of his Tie Voleur" ("The Thief), which he Is pro- ducing bimeelf at the Qymnase, with Mactha Regnier. Carlotta Conti, UM, Armand Boun AndHi . and Francen. ' MUes. O. iBooi. Schwars. de Crapohne^ Bauyagem^ CAron and Suzanne Ilatiw* bav«' been promoted £rom the ballet at tlie . Opera to be solo daae«w and lead* .l^'vsiuil'ai^niil-fBUphDiMoiit;' SsBtkn do .la Terta.!*. hr .d*- FUnSmd' Cidllavet will he'revt#ed. at ^ Theati;o dee Yarlotes when Vax ' Maurey assume*' the management ot ^hat house. Hmn. Doiilat wU) jflar lead. ' - . ■ Paris, Oot^i. A new woi^ by Pierre "Wollt Is to be presented at the Comedie Francaise this season, which may be created by .HUe. Ventura uid the excellent actor, Alex- andre. Maurice Maeterlinck's "L'lnterleur" is now being rehearsed, under the direc- tion of Maurice de Feraudy, and will be interpreted by Le Roy, Denis I^Ines, Berths Bovy, Duces, Nizan and pux. mmi'SJWBXDllES SHOCK. XMldOIW Oct. 1. . Chaxlea C^pdmn kt, btttg |ittacikodh«* caiuse of tiie daring eoatmnmg'HMP- lack tt it—employed hi "Afgav" by Alloo Sieiysla, the star, wlio has buOt up a ■profitable reputation by her startllngly sensational stage costumes. In the pres- ent Instance she has topped everything heretofore offered the English public in tMk impeet':, /'' ; . . ' B'JUiUX'8 tEiff QVEBJl ■ ParUik^bpt'l. ^fXadZiigMide do Saint Ohrltt^piA,'' on whldtyhieent dlhOy iM he«i for the past tea yeans, hi to ho iMwiils# at the Opera this wlntir. U should he some opera, and.* lag tifamph of tho hcilliant earaer of Vincent dlndy. JOSE ceujirs mBxmot. London, Oct 1. Joee Collins Is goins to marry Colonel the Hon. Frederick Guard, D. S. O.. commander of the Order of St BUchael: and St George, a member of the general staff and a great Boolal.favorite.' He dlstuil^tddked hlinadf hi asUoa at. the front > QINA PALERHB 8H0W A SUCCESS . • ' London, Oct. 1. The GIna Palermo production, "A Girl for a Boy," was a big success at its Openhig at'the Duke of York's. Jaeeb Adlar^ Season Begins Oct. 9. London, Oct. 1. Jacob Adier will begin his Yiddish comedy season at the PaviUion. White- ehap9l, Oct. 6. OIReer Vokeao London Hit. London, Oct 1. Ofilcer Yokes and bis drunken dog ware a hit at tho Victoria Pahieo hut LEONIDS AMORBIEFF DEAp. Parts. Oct t, Leonids Andreieff, Rus^an writer oC some l^e, is dead, aged 48 years, 'little \lll!einen'' to Open In Manehselor. Xkmdoni Oct 1. *T<lttle WoneB" ia fhlB week at' lfon- eheuer. prior to tfa.lioodMi prenl^ Oct i. Arthur Shirley ai}d! Ben Landneck's *^he Wild Woman." produced by the Brothers Melville at the Lyceum Sept C is' quite up to the traditions of the shows with which the MelvUIes brought itortviie haok to the historic hdiise. The hiMO naacHemdhig aa a iprtvate soldier U iai'iieallljr .a ganut aflloor who haa talMB eit.the Aajiraoawliloli abmiMl have hscii'hiB eomTPiMidfng ofteer^ bn^ leas before, tba last act every one know all would he wdL 7he heroine is as'Ioyal to true love aa liyceum heroines always are; the Villainy is thorough-going,'and the woman who gives the drama its title is -very wild indeed, Although" there Is nothing surprising in the show. sUU the audience were delighted and money will be turned away until panto- eomes Into its own. - ; Leon M. Lion and Malcolm Cherry have achieved a great sneoeu with their Jacobean play at-the. New Theatre, the scene of Lion's triumph with '^Xhi'< Chinese Puzslo." "Jack o* Jingles" Is a lull blooded , diailia in ^wUdi eouirt^ Biaiuierib lladblaS 'awiiiMB imil 'il^^ of hat and cloak provide it .llne aaittiog; fiu- the aettBg oC Alfred PaitiBtir aa'the itinerant UiBod amnflvr, - Jack' o*' Jihi> • gles, who i» la reality Xord Seton Bap^ llngton. as also ; for tho highly col- ored villainy of ^e renegade Sir Corry White, a part made much of by Milton Kosmer. Ldllian Braithwalte made Lae- tltia Dale a loyal Orange maiden well worth the winning, and a host ot minor character' «B foealved. eleVer . trea|i>' .'nient ■ ■ ' . Arthur Souchler has Jioined with Ifsfhaann Larig for the. fiwthcoinfaig proAwthm; by the hitter of "Otbailo^';: A;;K*wtn. 44ppear-'M.^tago^ -V -. v^; Lee tndte'S' new . production, ."Bade Again." was an Instantaneous, success . at the Ambassadors. Miss Wliite has' never been seen to better advantage^ while Quy Lefeuvre and Bert Coote kept the house in a roar whether as burlesque Greek banditti or cannibals. The Leo White Dollies, the Eclair. Twins; together vrith a strong chorns, made up a ■ m m i (Sodfrey Tearle joins the Coliseum blUfl^ thla. week with a sketch by A. A.-Maxi»iM ^Cambcrlqr^n^iaSIAr.' ,M Jte'Latoaa.mcaiit: to ^tce si. r^'huit id weclt. Jaattad itf . whldi she spent-the^^v^ graaUr part of. her holiday deputlsiifg .f|? fttr BUa Shields at the ^olbom Ehnplie^ V and for yietorla Monks at tKo Shore-.'^/'I ditch Olympla, both women being oui' r';P ot the bill through indisposition. ' Monte Bayley Is the V. A. T. delegate 5^ to the Trades Union Ck>ngre8s at Olas- '\ gow; Alfred Lugg, for the Actors' As<, Boclatlon; J. B. Williams, for the Amal^ gamated Musicians' Union, and John' t' eon. Mason and Mitchell for th<0 Na< v tional Association of Theatiioal Itai* ERROL