Variety (October 1919)

Iff ■'Si? Pffl Woik iii^ Oa^ Sai Out ol Scm^^^fiftir jSchedule Winil Inilo Eifect After Conference Held Last p ffx-^ iv^vi^v {Week Between EmploTer* and Kaplan, of U A* :>g|^l|^^^;:^;''71ettiriB opentAiri fa the T«naeTlIle and ipi>loolz«d picture theatres In Greater Jl«ir York WiO now workloer als- dajya A Innovation -went Into «ffeot ::k.-^^^f^^0iSlf^ a, following a conferexice between L^;:'1f^^|«Bi^^ ee the VanOevllto ifu- icenr ProteeUve Aaii|Ml&tloa^/,iii# Mfw ' : ::^y;''-^,-.'^^[iBtai9 League et Mcittoii Pletme '."''Vtj^lMiorB and President Sam Kaplan, 'of local Vo. 308, L A. T. S. E3. and if. P. is. O. U. oC the United States and Canada. The new agreement will be in >effect until Sept 6, 1920. ; No picture operator will be permitted ioi work on the seventh day of the week, :;^j^irding to the agreement, regardleaa clrcnnattanceiB, uhlese he may be with ;i)Ilr«Tellng road abow. The local has H.^^i-Yt"''ytBnfagtA% re]ie^achedule, and the oper- f'^Mi:>-l$fim win be 'supplied by the<;un|eii take tbe place ol tlMMe bavtw , _ ^ Aa^llitetrei haVt mpiaMA Itw./ui^n with. A lUif'Ot ihelr .ommtora 'KMl'il)e;4ay ot the «««k tlia^- thtv' ar* UMi' W« extra/oje«»tei« have , been -', -.Virl4>afl changes have b'een made In , c^e working schedule of the operators 'Jni theatres, and those ^^.rklng in the .yaudevlllo houses have their working ;.hO(uni reduced, working now seven In- ^Jrata^. of eight hours a day. A nominal ^iijkCXNaase has also been made in the r;Wag.e8 of the men. In the theatres charging up to 15. cents , admlsBion and seating not more than ^00 persons, the men are to get 76 cents pier hour, or a wage of 131.50 for a slx- .;.fji>7.%W«ek. The work la not to e>ee«d ilppt^ .tban. seven houra a day per . man. ^^iilpjjll >6ale for tbeee b'ousea on the :vfrav«k-4iky. tMuria iMw 983.60 a 'wodb ; . The ; nio theaitrea .lehaive iu :ada^aMdB «I mrt^ tkkn >vNr^,^ ^0'^femy:i^ a etattiiK ■'oapaottjr ,.gmf^'-r0tnm-iaiiKt:9QO,- are. plaeed'oiT aia' iS- ■:{>«$:0r:>:t::^^ The' wage for alx 194.86, against that of 189.20- t&p; seven days. V 'Houses charging 10 cents admission and having less than 600 seats, have a rate of 7S cents per hour, and the oper- ators'recelve for a six>day week $31.60. ij '0 A i. / Flor.the seven days they formerly were ff^PvliJ^^^^d. 183.60. !fe -^-iiV?, .v v : In houses charging not more than 13 ieents adinlsslon and having a capacity of less than 600 seats, the hourly pay ta 80 cents. For the six-day week the operatore will receive ISMO. .The for- fper^jcak was'ISMO fon fhe Mvett^day ..^ ...,P^il^':iM9aM okaigia^' aa- aamlieion ■}:W^t::^{iy0^'^!dm*-ttM aiid having a . ..J.K.-U-V.I. ^^|«,io«rollei» tliaa'tlt leats, are pay- ^niriM ItraUy fate of U cents. For the ;i.«ajjr •'wedt the operators are re- ceiving 136.12, For the seven-day week t^ie operators were given $89.20. '.7vAU picture theatres having less than tjHo seats and charging not more than 90 Cents admission are paying 87 cents an hoar and $36.64 for a siz-deor we^. *rhe scale for the seven-day mik ia these houses was $39.20. ■Where the seating capacity Is less Ihan 1,000 and the adnalsslon not more 4haa 16 eenta^ 90 cents an hour is ex- acted for pay with a rixWIay atlpepid of IS7J0. For seven dagni Hit opcraiM* wcna vettipK 989.20, . Inff capacity the' tttfnrly rate la Wk cents, with a pay of 938.8S for the six- day week. In pie past these opemtors '' leeelved'999.M for Mvea'diTi. In houses charging 60 cents or more, iQfiladins mvakal or sln^ng con^eiia^ ' alio vantmilBt aeta^' ibUl t>e mted at 11.32 an hour and employ an operator for each machine. For seven hours^ workr als days a weiiii tbo Baea ahall receive $61.24. For six hours a day and a six-day week the men get now $43.92 a week. For the seven-day week they ' were getting' $40.00. In houses having over 2,000 seating capacity and gov- erned by the same conditions as the foregoing the men are paid $1.27 an hour. Their six-day scale is 964.00.- la an moviiiv pUtnre, vaud«Mlle and ' Ihiriiiiaaa ttiefilm dMurgiair ioot liBim fliia 9o eenta - aflmlaatoii and. Ittttog a leatlnr capacity of BMRt fhan; llMOi ttie iMa wiU get 98CJ6 Mr. a tfa-day we«k . «t - aeveh boura, Vw amvt'aaf waak, Of efg&t bonra a day the men were get- ' ting $89.20. In vaudeville theatres and burlesque houses running two shows a day for the siz-tey week tbe atCa .will receive $36.12. Operators employed in fllm ex- chailges, projection rooms and labora- tories, not to exceed eight hours a day, with one hour for lunch, instead of $35 will receive $40 for the six-day week. P'or a single day they will get $6.66 in- stead of $5.00 as in the'past. Those employed for lectures, clubs, and all other special performances, giv- ing one show not to exceed four hours are to get $8.00, an increase of 50 cents over the old scale. For two shows of this type not to exceed eight hours they Witt' get 91MP ins:tead of 910.00 a day. War BapiMf and bdliday perfomi-. anees theiM oveiatara Uiau neky% 9X9.00 instead the old Male of i^M a day. In theatre* wlildk do aot emiiknr a steady operator, and nniidnf a weak or man, on* opeiator. diaU be annoyed ' 9ov,«ei0h.iBaUUao; and not work more tfeain eight bonri per day, reeelving 986.00 a week for the six days. In tbe past the pay for seven daya waa 946.00. The rules also vreserlbe the lDltow« ing: "Mo operator Is permitted to work more than six days per week, unless a member Is OB.ibf read with a loid ooa- tract. "No operator Is permitted to WOlk more than eight hours per day. "No operator Is permitted to work more than seven hours a day contin- uously. "No operator is permitted to work more than two hours supper relief In any theatre, unless in an emergency. "One day's work shall constitute not less than four hours and not more than eight hours, to be paid at. t|M mt*'Of pro rata six daya per wedc. . .. "Overtinie to b« paiMI kit late of time and a halt "All BMiben U tbo vakm h«NUa« positiona as manageini can relieve naion operators for Bupjper mly. ."Mo operator - if senDttM M eanr a fiha op to or.flNM tho=bo)rtb Mora or •ftir tbe Mm.* • . .]for tta tat two tWa tl eBa a< fha ■nam- «< Iha aifaaiMUleB a Jiaa l« ex- . Wileft and. the tUrd .flatten li MMd by opaMcNi fton ibe. ^1 5TH FXA0B'8B(KiiKIir6 XJfiETUia. The following furtlco was posted on the 6th floor bulletin boiurd oit the Palace Slieatre building: ▲ Booking Meeting will be held In : ibl8 -d«p«Mi«tt ft ll »• Monday Booking MgnientatiTea who have . iaew aaUrial that tlKiy dMm to aobmlt tar ia. fet tkawat. of —laar ; ; Mid'oirer of tlBM rimnld^^]^^ * memo on trnOk mtt, gMm tbe aabMb . salary ailked end oiMn tline/' Until after the first meeting, which will be held Monday, Sept 29, when a regular secretaiy will be appointed, these memos may be Bttbinlttad to Fraiik O'Brien. D. P. HBNNESST. The following were sresent: Frank O'Brien, P. Alonzo, Jeff Davis, Billy Delaney, 8. Z. Poll, D. F. Hennessy. Arthur Blondell, Doc Breed, Fred Hack, and Messrs. Carlin and Hutchinson. The meeting. was informal and no details were available, but outsiders be- lieved that it is the ihrat move In an elfort to expedite and 'sgp«taiMtlao''the sale of new material. fOZ IGENOT IN O&mOI WDQ, The second floor of the Capitol The- atre, which was originally Intended for show rooms, will be eut up r into office space, and theatrfeai OtUeeis wim bo es- tablished there. The Fox Vaudeville Agency and the Fox Film Corp. will protaUy-have most of the ofDce apace allottM tOv'S^c^ nse. The. lent a«ked as a ahoir ^Mtoaa for. the lioer.wai 9iT,b0O 'it yeiut ; JOE DALY mSS TA SUE'S PIAinBT. The pianist for Grace I.a Rue at the Riverside, New York,, this week is Joe Daly. Mr. Daly rettiraed to New York after hftvipg accompanied the act oyer the Oirpheiun. Circuit The point of Mr. Daly's connection is that he was or is the Boston music pplttlisher', Jos. vM: Daly;. The., Bi^ton estabitshmeat is inderstqod' 'to "bo' Ml in operation. : "LETS GO" PRINCIPALS. " The principals so far engaged for the Ackerman-Harris revival of "Let's Go," which will feature Fanchon and Maroo, include Harry Hines,. Ibktt LemeTt Ailecn Miller, Ida Gold. Patricola and Myera have heen signed for the vaudeville Boctlon, which will have aeta. Dickering for Ryan and Lee. Ryan and Lee are being offered for the Loew time and it is said will be given a route covering the New York houses only. The reason for Ryan desiring this route is to enable him to remain around New York and. eontlnue hia writing of materiaL The nioo iiaked for the - torn la-9400. a, week, v Paaipsrt.Opaaa llellirdBm OMoop W. ^PtaaqNurl^ -woitvfilii ageai; witl sail for Amsterdam, tiolland. on SM- uxday. Mri Paaapart will open a bbok^ Mr «i|te9;lD!llottMrdaai and arrange for Moiaaia.foc AaMrioiB acts in lidndon. . Pax^ aadaedlB. 'Bii-wai Ilkovlae bo«k foreieni In. AuMriea. Passparit will remain abroad for three months.' The Rotterdam office will be 8-8plit Week Changed to Two. San Francisco, Oct 1. yritb the elimlnatlou of the Stockton Orpbeum date, the circuit's acta are now playing three days in SaenunMtb and four days at Fresno. MARTIN BECK WEST. Martin Beck and the other Orpheum Circuit directioN who eeipe Bast- ra- tuned Vnesday to ilM «pUJtt9hpBlilM IT. JeiN CMBbw- denNa tbar^ibe la to a 07 YAUDEVILLEAm | The Ch<nru8 Equity Association, at present an adjunct of the Actons PvulQr, baa applied to the Pour A's for 'Jf an ladlirldipal .diarter. r Vhe natter wil| > eoliM im.at a ineating^seheduled for tha i latter satt oC ifita week, it la tinder. | aiood the iii«T4 of the ClUnrna ioquity !| tdi ladMdntf dwrUr waa laade in i Older to dst4inMi|*^^in-aaMttlg tha?| IMwCnl 'and junsdletloii ..oC-.tba'-O&ana .n Eiauity In the Taudevitld BinMi (CoN.r| nier 'White Rats). "3 The Equity held a Council meeting Tuesday for the purpose of determining | the status of several Bauity members, ..! now playing in vaudeville, and dalmed ii by tba.:Vaudevll1e branch. '...''<AlBag0;:'Oct 1.- NiimeiOus comitlalBto ai^ ' bi^ reg« ;; ' istered against the Websteir -Vaudevlllii Clrctiit, which hooka cheap acts in cheap theatres,- but has many of. each.- :-; Bo many turns /fail to "show up" that .1 the agency gives "slips" to an average 'I of seven acts for each five-act show^ With the result that dozens of artists. :' reporting for work are told brusquely . ill there Is no spot for them. The average rate paid is ,abeui.910 pec ' person for a twe«day;'':<idjWBt' eight. .. •bows) period. . • . mo jiMLY AT mjOLmi, \i The policy of~B.' S. Moss* Hamilton, which returned to pop vaudeville. MeaW-' V day, will be two shows a day. " , The Jefferson, also returning to ? vaudeville Monday, and. tbe . Regent -which starts with. vaudenUO'igirin Oist^ . }j 6, will be three a day. ' IN$U RANGE FOR ACR0BAT|.. A letter to B.. F. Albee'. froift.'Cnttrles 6. Kilpatrick, posted hi the Keith-ISz- change,. caHs-alttention to/an insurance PQliey oir<ired. l>y the North .Ai&«iiMa Accident Insurance Co. of Chteagoi -/- It Is claimed to be the only policy, of its kind which, protects acrobats, danc- ers and gymnasts in case of fractw^a or injury .while appearing oh the stag^ and coven bookings not only hei^ -tih; .abroad. .'. THOR 18 HOME. - ■ M> Thor is hone on finfaiMrwri at'tM,p Putnam building. Mr. Tbojr imt to California Itf the MimnMr;lHid Mttir^ 'Monday. ■ ■ . /■'.■■i.vl'^ The producer. inniedlatoly %llttmi0ii hito aettvtty onca again wltb Ms vand6< TlUo- MdniBtlbna and oaoa« - Bert Oivnt Rettii^fii. Bert Grant who. as a result of a mis. understanding with his former collabo* rator, Joe Young, severed his connec- tion with Waterson. :i^erlin & Snyder last week, will return to the firm, but win write with another partner. In tbi. , , meantime he is also to appMr In'vaodei' vilie with his former partner, .'Winiaifi H;! Jqnes. , ■ ■ .. . Tihe aoi ls to be bandied IvVmrAM mtaienbd. - , • ■ ' .-, . ->-■.-f-.^s ' LORRAINE QIOT ITWO. I^ondon, Oct 1. . Robert Lorraine in "Cyrano de Berge* 'lao^' played to $7,000 last week^ 1 . AURCLC ftYDNBV liBAyiMWL ' Awda taii left Gaonic^t aal ■Ja.lea'irtBgf ataglaad-a^^ -' ';^%'.^/f . BviMiflS Steftocl In Al^ntoMMl* : ••'■.'•i Allentown, Pa, Oct i. Wolft'.eoinaMnced Monday on the new tbaoSbre and oillce building "Wilmer A Vlneent are building on the alia Of the former Hotel Hamilton. Mme, Petrova Reopens in CHicaoei, .; Chicago, Oct 1.: Mme. Petrova will resume her vaude- ville tour at this poin^ opening heie- OOvlS for the Middle West^'M^ tbatf'