Variety (October 1919)

11 rabUdud W«ddy br VABIETT, Ine. Forein ......»« ypt I-VL IS* Harry Ward is now cooMiBtad wtth att^Bfti 4 FeU'a office. ^.Jl. a. F» .€Vtak retonied lut we«k fron Vkaate PitM GrwMiiatL ir«torn theatre\mo- ^^UlifiHiam Antiwny e:-gMir«. haa bisen .: Livrrenea Fato- -. ; mrseos. wbara' l» ai tt art ii aBd ttd lu- W-^M Smith (Ed and Jack Smith) ia L^^Uc- Maodated with tb« Abe ll Felar - Bert Lamont'i Cuniljr has gbixe to hia : VMtem property, tfe0,.I«lioialMl nuMilf- ^ Bernard and Morrit have been signed > IV for al>road attd will leave for &dk- l^ihrtirtwat.Dec. t.:;.; a. • ^¥:Mlialtar Ha«t has secured the dramatic ^^dgiila t»."A UianBhter oCTwo .WiOddii*'' ^ IkalieRtiy Soatt novaL ' 'Bam Harris,, of Cohan & Harris, will .t«ave the city iii a fcw daya ISar.ficpiiela^ ..44(1* Springs to rest up.... . v: eiaNdia CoImmhi baa baeft Itagtod by Cbaat Bembaupt. j;:^fcMe New T<orlE.J«ae'B. • < Harold Kemp ia-aow aaalsting ia book- ^' kit the GhMdpn bauaea, tfaw Boglajai* la.tteKMtt'agaacy; .'. fir Ray Hod^don has moved his oQlce to ttie Ritchie & Cornell Bulldins, a4|0la-. Iv the Palace Theatre BuikUoK. . . . ■ * : . ' -\^f«y Aarona, aecretary to Max Hayea -lir thA.paat three years, will be married 8. Sachs, to 'Miiuiy Daty has been assigned to as> oC Hia' BMilr r' " ' ^.^ vThe Savoy, San Diego, Cal., playioc ; Hatagea vaudevUle, has adyaaMd ito . price CcoB 41 to M eanta. •( tha 86lwyii% ts'thft atassk 8ha haa boon itftrt«*«rt|M»; eafe ot the BCaJestic, Perth Am- ; *Vi owned by Canlhan 4k fihaninwi, waa vArthur Horwitz, of the vaudeville of- % of HorwlU d; Kraiia, left for Chl- ^rVtanorift^.aeaKtl^ iHr n«r m- ^GMrae Hall wUl sail from San Fran- ^'S^ Qet. 14 OB the Ventura for Aua- <Mr a taw of tiM noiar TMida- B. HHly formerly treaaorer of the Columbia, San Pranclsco, Is to be company znaoager for a. M. Andersoa'a .nwdhira canpany oC *1 l4v«'^o«t>* ' ■ Al Shayne has been engaged for Eng- land by ESrnle EdeOaten at * reported Mlair oC $450. He wiU pldy oat Ua; Freeman Bernstein hied bim|elf to Kentucky last week. There was some menilon of 2S,O0O acres of oil land, and Vreeman wanta to get 'jln'' on the stuff. Th« Btrand, Dorchester, .liaaa., at present playing pictures, will change ita policy to split week vaudeville of four acts, two shows daily, conuneaclns Oc- Sundigr dmearta atacted ift liM Crea- o^:]3rooUyn. last 8aadi^<: BIglMt aeta booked by Joe Bckl are balaK pnaaataft v^a-ftoakara pietnio. ^Ehree ahdif^ «m- Ctvaa.' ■. " ■ Due to the printers' strUce, which be- came etCective Wednesday, the programs Cor the New York Hippodnwae are belag: pi^ititf fii.mM«lpUa. «i« raipiMDdafa M,040 Henry Marctta returned laat we«k firam France, wttere he has hem entertafiilaB the American soldiers. Mr. Hareaa' waa one of the first to go abroad aa aa^ en- tertaining unit and one «t ttia laat ta return to this country. Treat Mathews, connected with Alt.' Wilton's office for the past three years, will start booking on his own Oct S. Mathews will specialize in material Cht the Keith Family Department. Dayton Stoddard, geueral ^eaa repre- sentative for Henry W. Savage, resigned his posltien Monday^ acceptrwyl Job ahead of ima. oC Arthur ^aaiMr- atein's producttona. Hiilan Hac h e w ha ri B lett the 0«ptaeain. (Hrealt-i^jUeQy'.jBftpartaiciit;; wiOi wUeh he tdMi^diSiK ce B aeielad tor three years, ' ShtmUajr. ':Bie tatMda eatablishUig him- ' iuri rawdfiTUle i*et<* wrlliir,^ A midnight show will be .glVMi at Loew's Avenue B, October 4, in which the Russian Cathedral Quartet and the Balalailca Orchestra will be the extra added athtaetions'. The heme of Will H. Philbrlck, at Freeport. £j. I, was robbed last week while the family waa away. About' $2,600 in cash and Ltlnerty bonds amounting to IMIS' ate mA td .teve been atolen. The auotien of seats for the Fidelity Leagae benefit at the Century, which was to bate taken pUwe at the Aourter* dam .oa Tbttraday altemopn. haa at l:M o'dodb . ' Bayenili N. Juat ' £rom New Tork, haa three yanderllla theatres this seasoa. Th^y are. the Opera House (Feiber & Shea), Strand,- split week <Uoss-bopked), and Lyceum booked). Sophie Tucker lost an earring In VfH- mlnfirton, Dei, last Saturday while play- Insr there with "Hello Aliszander." The atone Is claimed to be worth |2,GO0. -There Is no BUggeatioa of robbery, and a» at- tempt to gain publicity. Marcia Van Oressar will head the cast of Richard Ordynskl's production of "Fair Helen," by Austin Strong and Charles Hanson Towns, fooided oa Of- fenbach's operetta of the same namer. Henrietta Grossman will be preeented la a new eonedy drama, the. work ot Stanley Dark and .Bva Pwinlaoaj • «a* titled "^e Critical -Mm^^ «r.-1Ma'^ ITBiaa.lae, Tfee.«lw«^ wOl fa>lBte Mrs. Jofin OBllarinl,. wl£e;'oC CMO^rfat^ (Oalterlnl and Son); aiid niothar oC- tba Gatlerinl Slstera, Is returning fcon ltalr after ton years* absence. She Is bring- ing bapk four of her childrea who have been educated in the Italiaa eoaaecva- tories, .; . . Bea Fallar'ujiilESI^ Bailed Cor .£nS^ laadf' ea the tfetnetanla Thuraday. lAr. Fuller, who la the. owinar of tha, ■WUar: olronlt in \AuatoalJa. win vamiiln atibat: faariaB«il«.laI«adaDr Bn'MlfMr,:Jr., ■Btfiafea Mb BallMr itt^ I (lihi country la' I ^^^^^^^^ The Feiber-Shea Grand, at Akron O-, has Dell Rochelle as manager; Bernard Kearney .is manager of the firm's Park,. Toungstown. and T. H. Waltenbaugh la managing the Grand, Canton. JJ. B. Cool continues for the Una as generai distriet -Bart Lawy*.who has resided at.— "Hippedtoiaa «ir. the' v«it iiiN>:9«iaiM|: (tvlee dBij^» iweMBpauBleal^ LeTygraph,"-has:h4»m'booked Yer a of Bngland. conuaeaeing neat Jtane. The deal, waa aitangeil by .BriMSt Bde^ ' ^lis win make hla Jmirilt. tObr. :ef Chas. F. Hanton, trustee of the estate of the late Anna Held, Monday turned over to her daughter, Anna Held. Jr., is9,O0O as money due her from the sale of certain properties. The balance pf the money, which will total oyer |20O.- OOO, will be given to Anna,.: Jr^^^/Mfilnr 25th birthday, next May. Wm. Courneen, a stock actor, has brought suit ag&inst the Raleigh Hall Hotel for {1,000, alleging that he placed his trunk.In the liotel fbr safe keeping while he waa ba the road and tt was lost Ivan Ibgian is Coumeen's i^tte- ' n»y. ':' '' --■ ■ ■ Wiifriid Barrick and XUly Dean Bact dra xetiirtUiig -ib tlMt staga after'idir ab*' senee'.irf tw g ^y eaiai. ''OkteA. -iraa the fitt boy in'iMlcr^- rHioaav-'teiC^'-i^^ eral of Gus BAwuijk' acta. Miss Desia Is the tteughter'df .iK. F; l>eaA. a proinl-; neht The Keith Agency lost week refused to release Olson and Johnson from vaudeville contracts to accept an en- gagement in the new revue for the new Capitol on Broadway. The Capitol is to present pictures and a musteat show at- fB-'caata 4ap,''-- Jack LefRngweli and bla wife, who were assisting Ben Atwell in the pub- licity department of the Capitol Theatre^ resigned positions lost Saturday. Lef- lingwell is going on the road ahead of. a dmmatic show. Bessie Mack will Join Atwell as hla: assistant, next 'Monday., MIsa Mafflc ha«;be0nvia the Shubert pnbi; Hpi^- daBarliaiplCljj><--i^^ \ ^'V- • Several of the>.Paiace .tlieatre .buach have "wkan j ia iwk age i>f the ^«etlB>n ef nanliiii . yo«*, eC Hie -ws: and haye pi$ In iu>- Vlliaflo«lBw iaattbershlp. flwiiew rate li IBB, aao;' ttib Mlewlag -«rw» to ket la aaiOor tlia4wnlw: leta IfiijKBa. Siun ICeany, George Pol^ Vonaqr Cfeiy and J<*nliiddy. ■ ' • ; Clarence Qaakel celebrated the anni- versary of a wound received Sept 29, 191B, by a dinner at his home, Monday evening. The guests of honor included Major Ray Hodgdon, Z<t Walter Hoban (tamous as the creator of the "Jerry On the Job" cartoona), Leo Fitzgerald. Eddie Miller, Sam Kenny, Tim O'Oonn^ Jimmy PeroeU and Tommy Gray. The leasees of the property on which B. S. Moss' Hamilton Theatre is located are named aa defendants in a 126.000 damage suit begun by' Lucy Welgand last week in the Supreme Court in which ahe alleges she was Injured whea- changlhg her seat in a daikaaid tbeahra . throvi^ ne^lgenoe-en(-^fltarTiprt''of'Aii - Oa. ;lpi ;Melnli)^ aatt Heath lihow boa been sat ba^ 6ii«:^y, opening next Tuesday 'Instead ofrMonday, at tlie; 44th Street. The complete cast of prln«, cipals as announced includes Sophie Tucker, Vivian Holt, Lillian Ro^edale^' Gabrtelle Gray, Joan Tyne, Rosifr Quinn, Mabel Elaine, Ohio BarryniOft^ Dan Quinian and Barl Rlckard^ - . A ttMrtasa in rehearsal hallsi at ileaitL^^' in the Times sqdare section. Is the-Uit^%t:''4^ ost wrinkle to veK stage direotorsu'TlMvfe'j cause came 4lbout with the renting' Irftv!"^"]!" Brjrant Hall in entirety by strikers li|:.ij ;'i£ the millinery traces,. Millinery hat .sevr^yt^^^^ era are asking |tOO weekly. The pbula-fvr can- acco m m o date halt a dsaati. ...oodi^-^-:;^ puiisi. fttr;-iehMiaiid|.---V'^' '-".^t^^^v^ Bafm JiidBe. Boaalakyjn .Genieral|||ifeita 'for am tmih;mmdi^':^^j^^ -ipiaty;.. ■■■ ttifti our court ideading |8iriettl(lli<9^^ artist is of the impreisvloa the yolUVvS man was led astray through promise dt'ii ' t'^ ^1M•ltk'■tar'IUB «wipaal«Ba la-'isrhn^' j-'V^: '::'': Nate Leipaig.the ieard' trickstejrivwu^v 'perform the function of host at -t^:'.' Capitol Theatre on its opening. WiU. work will be a novel innovation, as iie v will work about the lobby and foyer<dO>*-^^=^^ ing his card tricks and other entertaln*^M^ Ing, prior to the rise of the curtaOn. Xj^ii^ will also do a stage spectsdty in,Mbjiec«'^f.S^^^^ tion with the W*yblirn. Revue. Two years ago Leiiiilg was doing bis card.: specialty with, tha "^^aegteld rroUi}? the 'Ainsterdaai ' ■: ■ '■• ''- '''i^Arivm^ . Suit filed Ip^Cltfoago by Bert B.;Ci«U^' ^:^|> yer, .-publMMr-.et'QoPyefs ;Byek hgi^^ the.-'Jackson' Theatm- Co; JpMwea -fiCitba-p^ ;Stnd(db«dMr;'diafsea,tha«'.pep^ . __^-a 9erfoiinani»-'*ni|.ioi^'\w^ )41reenrlNttind a piUar wi^^ off his view of tlie- stage.. A8k&|r> ihi»''''"^ box office to change them, he Was .'toldvj^^^^ all seats had been sold.' then heTdc^lp'^ mandied a refund. This was rei^8«l>:;;^.)^ and he alleges that he was huntlUatjell^ v^^ by the "hapertinent language" of tbH»:^|.|| thbatce-'feoreaentitifi^ ' ' '-''^''•^S'li^ The King and Queeh of 3elgi(m^iiiKr;'^^ be present at the Hippodrome |*fljpi^^^ formance tonight (Friday). The inal plan for entertaining 'the .rf>ysK?.if!;if;t guests was bcheduled for next week, btA;-' :! C v through the illness of the:President,, th^i. f rulers will remain for a few days Inf . New York before going to Washington.. The programme ^ of entairtainment, Is .• ' -j; subject t9 the vise oC the State. Depart*^^'.;I-.;::!J nfent« the vlsltiars behig .'Kueats'of .^ih^^^^^^ gbiyer a ma ai t ' >-*:^''^-' ^^::^'Pc^&M Words misconstriied-'lii" wiri^': tn^^^^ nls^n between Chicago and KeW TOt^^-ir ' this week sounded like & murder mya<«^t tery lurking' in Manhattan. Subsequei to Mary Jepp, principal with Cohan'ft Harris company, playing "The AqulttaK'._ at the Grand, Chicago, inadvertently' leaving a part of the monuaoript-of tiie rol. of Nellie, she wlrfed: home:'■ "Left .,^ part of Nellie on the library table, sendl;,.!^ same Immediately." SuflUcIent expla* • '' nation and evidence had to be brought, forth before the wire waa d^yefed .to the'dtaignalwd party; ■ ' ■ -^--v.V w'^- v., '..•■.Si '.'^f5'« Si IMuriel Young, the IS-'year-old daugf^- ter of BIrs. Arthur P. Bggleston, > Boi^* ^■^■'Si ton proprietor of a .qhain of theatres i^ivy ti*; Springfield, Mass.: Vineyard, rdoss., a^;^^^^ her own city, was found here by Maih^:.i;'!'>^ Hamilton, a New York policewbmaiit v^* after an absence of an. .i I days froth' r-^v her home. The girl had run away trbni;..:.^v-^ boardlagr school af£e.-^ an auto accideni|^:/|v>'v^ which had marred Uee beauty. ' ahif could not oear ,to faee bor .fellow-stv- '.; :^ dents after the #aflguratlon to her *4^>ji^^ tuna. '- IIm: .Maiteatdn 'Is seididliiBr' 'titri^ f^' da«KMBr-it-% MioMtit ttt d ttkHwitai^i^^ •-*^5~^"^-lii''«*Brt:l» '-^^ ■■ ••■■'■. •' • ■ ■ .;-'.; 'I'^s/a?®