Variety (October 1919)

lIUlfiiRS AM) AO^ WORKING Om SATISFAaORILY Blnuiei* ifoA Ho "Wall*. MtuTat tiw.»lM* CBBly CMUn, -De CoorMr aad Ji Hanr Cast^ of th* world ^ ^IftermaUi of Strike Proving Fight Brought About Better- ir. V of Conditions for Both Side»—A. E. A. Conipelliii^ Manherv to Abide by Verbal Contracts Entered ' bito Before Trouble, Wins Faith of Man- agers—Arbitration Board Cleaning .Up ■ — : ' General Sttnatioii. ■btilghtenln^ out of the iMuneh>us con- MottactunU ^flOflidUM that arMe front tite situation thus far seema to prove ttiat there hu been a general, tiettennent it conditloiu for atf parUas oodoefiMA loi the recent difficulty. ' ■•. • The strike ended on the morning <tf i-.|iw>tember I; ' iBiBftMlately thereafter tJMut 2,000 eases were referred to.Uie toaders of the A. K. A., and while ^ majority w«« rather simple questions readily settled, there were about 400 cases that had to come up before the Joint arbitration board of the A. B. A- imfl the Producing Managers* Assocla- tkm. These have been virtually cleaned and thers undouhtedly will be a cleaa gg..^Ubl>y the time Bbihday rolla around, ^'^^.fbe MMfVl opinton is ttiat matters Ja,ie ptoceediid- «Bt ■MrttftifiKlrily for. IMi lideaL me A. & A. feu a grwif 1 liniwli • «f jBCMb In- taken on two vertttl oontract QUi brought up after the strike. These were the cases of Savoy and Brennan. un- der verbal contract to Flo Zlegfeld. and had an opportunity to jump to the Shu- herts at ah increase In salary, and that of Chris Hayes, who likewise was under verbal contract to Comstock & Gest for "Chu Chin Chow," and who, during the strilce, slgiied to 4ppear in a production eaUtled "the Dream Glrr at 100 pec- cent.-Inecease in salary. Both of these 'fuer wlwe .decided by upholding the iMuiagenraits ander- which .tliey orlg- InaUy held verfeal centraefst-. • - - This. IndiGafies-awre-ii golBK 'to-bfr a treat metmm Mt goo4*ia Uie uHr MUm tfilDBB.lDrtlw managers. It will slop.. I •^f'iiHm from MlijUng againat ea<»ttUiMr tot the aenteeB of certaia iteirMfi,-^ Oia cooittant it^empta to Istear* a IlKrocita Irpai another management.. . • i^om the actor's standpoint there will alfio be innumerable advantages, for it ' will hamper the activities of agents who engender petty difficulties between play- ers in an edort.to have one or aaotlter set out of a show so Uia asant enLSjaoe :', them elsewhere. ; * In the settling 0|f the dlilicult cases, the Srst one that 'caine up for attention of -;f;lhe a. E. a. was that of Sidney Jar^ (-"l.^and the Shuberts, within one day aft^ the declaiatim^ of peace. This waa amicably arnnged and Jaryla reJoInaA rfktonte Cristo Jr." ' The . WUUaa • ^.fliedian<u(L & Woods, piras alab mUUti Meeha "^tt nport to ttM Woods ■|>»Traa iilMMiiiiliig with the ■tv "•^'Wk mpsfcal eoaiedy. t;^ - ^ case of RIcbte Ung with Com- v; ftodc & Qest was settled by the player ^.^,»eelvlng' his salary for ten weeks and ;:^^^|^lng up his coMract with the Arm. f i^yuh settlements were also made by this ^ 1™> with Ida Mulla and Lucy Beaumont. jS^ohn Cprt made a cash settlement with ;^>^ly Clark and five members of the : chorus of "Just a Minute," and the mat- , t«r of Eddie Oarvie vs. Cort is still pending before the arbitrating hoard. Cash settlements were also In order ta ,^ the cases of HUfeipxtA Vomat and Dor* i etily TUnw agalast Charles. Elmerson Oofli; and la am.«um.UK^ Hacri- .... . IM Jamai OaOmMr and data PalnieF were decide against iOie aacnibers. altlwttgb the A. Ei. A;- to pay the two a lump sum as they had a riioral claim. Among the cases still pending are those of five members of "The Better 'Ole" against Charles Coburn, and that of Cyril Chadwlckt who claimed be quit the "Magic Melody" In r^aanal feMaiue his part had been cut. A summing' up of the slfuation gener- ally shows the action of both sides, up to this point, has been exceedingly flair, and the new order of .things in tbe. iprw. ■fesslon seems to be eiiaidljr iiotttiidea. "Baice of Deatli.* Frank Browne, scylopbohtst^- ; Dalwyn and Uzzette, voUer iricatera. Ward and Ward, Jugglers. .lAurel Sisters, dancing (Harry Bur- ton). , Catherine Powell and Co. (seven peo- ple), (Morris & Fell). Mme. Cronln, assisted by Se Mar and Swan, electrical dancing specialty. Al Herman's first productloc. In a comedy talking act, presented l^r AllMCt -^Kennedy and Maiy. Dana. . Gllda Tktl Ton haa JobidI the. itUM jPredericks, The Five Martelles,' which split be- eause* of the war, has reformed - and Ibl. now known as the Three Martelle% wltb a comedy cycling routlae.. . ..v 'Oertfnde Rutland is JaUltHK' ■'VA .Oieam OlrI.r ^lArlw JBin^m aeir^furn. Sha pBl da flw aiMla' <sft^..wptaiBliig Barry, foot jerMMss ffomtlk,Batti, ■ meilr^CbiU, Reiecfe aitd Bdwarts]^." v '.Anna- Held, 3Ki abd Jade OUCafL Two-act. (Rosalie Stewart.) Dale and Burph, man and woman. (Chas. Bierbauer.) George Choos is producing a new girl act, "Hello Judge." Victor Kahn, Loring Smith, Blanche Boone and Butb Francis are featured. Wm. BtandaH bp kaging it.^> /. . The strike of the I. A. T. S. A„ b) progress at the Academy, Petersburg, Va.i was settled last week. All of the stage Jiands' demands were granted. "Bringing Up Father," the first ^ow to arrive following tUj issuance of the "road call" forbidding traveling I. A, men to work with non-unica stage banda at the Acadenqr, waa bflld np (ar tare hours Wednesday attht.. .. . .Following a o oi ifc i r. tBi c e .between the onion, ud the ttaaaapMBt . of the Aoademy, .a aettlMiMBt '«m«'««afllM IN AIID OUT.^ Davis Harris oat of Proctor's New ark, last bb^ Oaeea. Jail substituted. Smythe and Gladys, American, lialf. replaced by Browai and Allan. Jasson and Chwry, AHnerlcan, bait nvIaMd by pdbrfdfa aad 1st let , FRED IRWIN BUYS FARM. Fred' Irwin has bought « farm of 14 acres near .Atlantic Hi^^ilaada, New Jeraqr. cldya to tbo: Imaa of .Goa; lUU.. He utOL ntfdiii tbK* durfng iliariHirtar HELINB ««lltlLEV> DAVn • "Miss Ihivli' eharsctertuttons ran^lns from • Colonial Maid to Toniea' Old a(» p«rt ever with awMtnesa and <lp. Her remtilltr and charm are produotlon gualltt oUoi is, satt lCtMt< oal Comedr managers ahoutd aM tlita olevar antartatMrrHFltat'* wkst Votary ssid Is r~ UiM Davis Is at tha Orpbevm, Breoklra. thie HMfc ONW- UitjfuA flk.r^' ^ York, next week (Oet.t); t^an plays Boston;. TsH^ ta.the otder r-—" '-lc«Ntfitir'Ml'-iKa , ::tl|ia:inalb' havlaf ■f«aa»ite » jSpj|<;>»/ a adaor (vecatloB pemtmad the«i/4 :^i'r^ ' VEn. Wm. O'Brien, known profciiHioh- atly as Emlla Egiunar (O'Brien and Eg- amar), is seriously 111 at her honie.'is4 Hull street, Brooklyn. No hope is bald. lOr her recovery. Henry Lewis is around Broadway^ again, following a nertous attack of fh- . testlnal trouble which, for a whil(B, threatenedJils life. Lewis is rehearslBg: with a. a. Anderson's "Frivolities Of 19S0." Gene Hughes returned to his desk In the Palace building this week after treatment for an attack of appendicitlSr The attending physicians found that {66 gacks yielded the desired results attd; aa operation was e^voided. . Ha Grannon has fully, recovered trwitt:!^ .,,lier recent Illness wbiiA enforced^^!^ . caaertlatioB of- several weaka' - b<x>kMir>'' ta'taatehi'Fe&BavIvwgii^ "V nCitber. 'HSafetlto.'' .IM abd XSirt^ AstaM; "Apjtte BIiM|^ : J. Francis Dooley and Corlnne Sayhts' : (Dooley and Bales), by the Shuberts, --^ .; Jimmy Duffy and Fred Sweeney' ^ (Duffy and Sweeney) have left Raymond Hitchcock's "Hltchy Koo" and WWit into Shubert's "Gaieties." Wednesday. ThlS:^ will do their vaudeville specialty, for th^ I . iwesentT •. ■ Gladys Sears, just returned from ESnist^ land, has signed to play the feature nle :; in Max Spiegel's forthcoming musical comedy, "I'll Say So." , v ' v , Keegan aad Edwar^ Cvai)(diMl^>j; ■ with Flo taiif^^ii^^mi^^i^mm Boot. • ■ • ■■'.■';^:>>if^ ■ Tyler Brooke, "Angel Face." • ■ ^^'7-;^^ . 'WUIIam Meehan, "The Big Chaifcifc? .'i ■ ■ : Welliagtoiii Cross, ''Wliat's tbeHQidiiif: •^hMie.Qniiia< ,rHelU Alexander.'^nS^:^ BIr'Tbiiriii;: Vpvr, byvihe SlmbW^ fnp^ the new aliw Bail j-^ '- ■ "' ^ Johnny TQjrdtaaa: the bNUlbig iKi4e la' 'Vfilddjr: CHriaCr wlilA dtedlilL'IrttiC aeat'OB'-tlie toim iaisii^ il iV: .;ea!ii.£.::V::i; ib*««Bi^1»^i»ie?|ii|ir-16^ eluube eC ' tbe Is ssw.i: m ^' sil t Bi l -fcUtfL- - ::;.- ■ ' f- : _ Sineat Z^ashmair, Australian iiMtnagai^^rs^.v';^.!.^^;;^^^ CiMppoU & Company, U. la Kevr . York o^tst't-f'.'3^4^^ rins irUli the loear niaiio.-bwuw 'ms^ Walttr Bastman. - jaik^Ouni;-iasi «ith.igBCMiir ana yM»rl »i ajsr- M Ms mn aMfc -lie jijsigiyliiist rtlfeaC; ■■ .•:'-'.#'V.I. ' aanU Wocka hai purelwaMtaa lalMceat U.3lwl:u^^_ CaMJr's Hcho HniSo. Co., Seattle^^W|%?—^'^#Ma Caaejr, aomo nontha aco, was iwtiveljr *s- Based perronally maoaclnf hla ■ mttrotioiltaiii ■'>' -7i'^^ll| bmnch In tbia city, but returned to "VfiJ^blng-' ^'^'^^^i^'^^^ ton .after. seUing out part ot hU -wuios to ' vV$>"j2l| m^^;A Vontwv oC CtfaMtga ^rm ^fMsm \a m M ths soMsn: tiw.MM;aMy lNewM^a«ave :oium -hv'^^'L' if^ eiiw^:aiskM-1«Wtt'tai^9S«Sj^ ■ Rsr Wallco: retnmed to town last wort,'«ltwr:;;'^';5*i%>, ' ' a yMfa soJouTB la yiwic«.^>th so entortaia- ' uont unit. Walker, InddentaUr. placed soim U Us bnnd tl Jsa anmbors witfc .so^emi, mm |infhaMtiat;.''-~^:>;^.f:^f^» * U TOV l)Oy»_APTKMM*iIM VABUnM*