Variety (December 1919)

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Jean'& Jacques Sailor Rellly Jane Court hope Co Fenton & Fields GoBlar ft Lusby •2d half .. Burns Bros Ned Norworth Co Henry Moore ' Hawthorne ft Cook - LEWI8TON Muale Hall Better Bros Pay Gilbert ft Saul Fashion Rev 2d half Norman Telraa Dalce Sis Co *-,.... Rivers ft Arnold McWaters & Tyson LYNN Gordon'a Oljmpla Archie OnrI '. Ned Nester Co Hawthorne ft Cook Mr ft Mrs Wilde Co 2d half Murphy ft Klein Tommy Allen Co Adams ft Griffith Eerzac's Circus ..NEW BEDFOBD . Gordon's Olympla Daisy & Wilson Murphy Klein Henry ft Moore Adams & Griffith The Gaudsmidts - 2d half Willie Karbe _ Lowe Evans & S vNed Nestor Co Fenton & Fields Mr & Mrs G Wilde PORTSMOUTH Colonial . Norman Telma Grew ft Fates ' Rives ft. Arnold McWaters ft Tyson 2d half Archie Onrl Ray Gilbert & o&ul Fashion' Rev ORPHEUM CIRCUIT Palace Theatre Bld«„ New York City CALGARY Orphenm (29-31) *" (Same bill, plays Victoria f-S) Ruth Budd Bob Hall Lyons & Tosco Lew Brlce Co Efreda Wynn CHICAGO Majestle Wllkle Bard Jas J Norton LINCOLN, NEB. -.-'■ Orphenm ■ (1-8) TJ S Jazz Band Venita' Gould ' Kitner & Reaney Lydell ft Macey Lillian Shaw Eugene Bros Arthur WeBt Co LOS ANGELES Orphenm Gulran ft Margu'te Lambert ft Ball Patricola Cormort ft King K Benedict Co Meredith ft Snoozer Fox ft Ward Jerome ft Herbert Dunham & O'Malley George Price Co Jaok Inglls Herman Shirley Ryan ft Clod Rosa King Co Palace VanCellos S. Begin of World Gertrude Hoffman MEMPHIS' _ Orphenm Wheaton ft Carrol Cressy ft Dayne Julius Tannen Farrell Taylor Co Bronson ft Baldwin Ja Da Trio Emma Carus Co W H Cressy 5 Lloyds Current of Fun Stephens ft Holllstr Kay Snow Jimmy Savo Co . Baraban ft Grohs Regay ft Lorraine State-Lake u S Glee Club Bert Melrose Black & White Lazar ft Daley Casson & Kirk Martin ft Florence Harry Holman Frank Mulland ' Herschel Hendlelr DENVER / Orphtum Adrian MfLWAl'KEE HaiMtte Wm Rock ft Girls Ted Doner Jennie Mlddleton Ergott's Midgets Royal Gascokhges Claire Vincent - MINNEAPOLIS Orphenm Mme Ellis Nellie Niehols Tango Shoes Werner Amoros Tr (Tuesday opening) Duffy & Caldwell > Harry Green Co Claudle Coleman Green & Myra Princess Rajah Wood ft W.'de Casting Wards ' Samaroff ft Sonia , DKS MOINES Orphenm (Sunday opening) Not Yet Marie Ford ft Urma Lee ft Cranston Muriel Widow Donald Roberts Kennedy & Nelson Lelghtons &_Alex DTJLTJTH Orphenm (Sunday opening) Alice Els Co Una Clayton Co Edith Clifford Burt ft Rosedale Sam Hearn Ishakawa Bros 7 Honey Boys The Seebacks Jason ft Halg NEW ORLEANS Orphenm Putting It Over Barnes ft Crawford The Vivians Bob Tip Co Foley ft O'Nell Transfleld Sisters . OAKLAND Orphenm (Sunday opening) Hyams ft Mclntyre Rlgoletto Bros Stuart Barnes Grace DeMar • Barber ft Jackson Frawley ft Louise OMAHA Orphenm (Sunday opening/ H Santry Band ■B ft H Mann F ft O Walters 'Levitatlon" Roy ft Arthur Travers ft Deuglas SACREMENTO 1 Orphenm (29-81) (Same bill plays Fresno 1-8) Overseas Revue Cartwell ft Harris A ft F bteadman Watts ft Hawley Jas H Cullen Sterling ft Marg'te ST. LOUIS Orpheum Bessie Clayton Co Rae Samuels KANSAS CITY, MO. Fern King Co Orphenm (Sunday opening) The Plckfords Sidney & Townley Saranoff ft Girls William* Ebs A Rasch Co Harry Green Robbie Gordone Man Hunt PORTLAND. ORB. . Orphenm (Sunday opening) Nat Nazarro Band Dolly Kay' The Richards Chlo Sale Bensee ft Balrd. Collins ft Hart , SAN FRANCISCO Orphenm Gus Edwards Co (Sunday opening) Jordon Girls Ernest Evana Co Jack Osterman M Montgomery Arnaut Bros. N Howard's Ponies Gallagher ft Martin Ford Sis Band SEATTLE Orphenm (Sunday opening) Marmein Sis ft 8 NED "CLOTHES" NORTON Third season featured In B. D. Berg's "Qnakertown to Broadway 1 '—Keith Circuit Walter C Kslly Ed ft B Conrad Harry Rose Nash ft O'Donnell Maleta Bonconl Lohse ft Sterling Orphenm ST. PAUL. Stone ft Kalis (Sunday opening) Kenny Hollister Tennessee 10 ■ Elsa Ruegger Co Plsano Co Burns ft Frablto SALT LAKE Orphenm (Sunday opening) Eva Shirley Co ?alon Singers ndoor Sports Phlna Co Billy McDennott 4 Mortons Black ft O'Donnell Hudler Stein ft P Master Gabriel Co <The Duttons /VANCOUVER, B. C. Orphenm Extra Dry Pietro 4 Readings Bernard & Duffy Eva Taylor Co Lachmann Sisters WINNIPEG Orphenzti. Francis Renault Chas Grapewln Co Steller ft Winslow Bert Fitzglbbon.' Ivan BankonT Co Welch Mealy & M WESTERN VAUDEVILLE State-Lake Theatre ALTON Hippodrome Began ft Jordan 4 Hursleys . • 2d half Belmonts Warblers Chalfonte Sister* BELLVILLE WstshtaKton Adams & Hlckey Buddy Doyle Bond ft .Wilson Co 2d half Cedrio Lindsey WIntergarden 4 W ft- M Rogers ' CEDAR RAPIDS Majestic Miller ft Rslney . Smith & Keefe Mrs Gene Hughes Harry Cooper Gardner ft Revere 2d half Wellington ft Sylvl Lehr Demons ft M "Martelle" Bnildinz, Chleaza •Tn the Dark" Cook ft Lorens Kate ft Wiley DAVENPORT Colnmba Willis Gilbert Co Manlnnc ft Hall O Handworth Co Ben Linn Ktaley ft Blrbeok 2d half Pierce ft Goff Nixon ft Sans Mrs Gene Hughes Gardner ft Revere Will J Ward DECATUR, ILL Empress Dave Ferguson Co The Norvelles (Three to nil) 2d half Wanda . Carl ft Inez ? Valentine Vox Rawls ft Von Xauf (One to fill) Trt«ho«e: FRANKLIN 3720 JAMES J. BRECKENRIDOE Attorney and. Counsellor to the ProfoMot Member of Chicago Bar Ann. Dltnols stata Bar Ann. I N. LA 8ALLC 8T. CHICAGO, ILL. B "Swede" Hall Co Norwood ft Hall Sharfocks CHAMPAIGN Orphenm > Wanda Brown's M Revue Skipper Kennedy & 8 Lamont Trio (One to nil) ... 2d half The Norvelles Vernon & Rogers Byal & Early &°ax° flU) CHICAGO American Conrad ft Goodwin "New Leader" Beok ft Stone (Two to fill) 2d half At Noda Kapt Kldd's Kids Plpifax ft Aco (Three to nil) Lincoln DUBUQUE. IA. Majestle Wellington ft Bylvl Fred Rogers "Prosperity", Will J WarcJ Julia Curtiss Hedler. Trio - DULUTH Grand 8 Rianos Green ft LaPell "On MISBlppr Coley & Jackson Linton ft Girls 2d half Monroe ft Grant F ft R Warner "Corner Store" Harvey Haney ft G E. ST. LOUIS, ILL. Erbera Chalfonte Sisters Cedrlo Lindaey Gonne ft Albert Fred Zobedle Cu 2d half Adams ft Hlckey Bond Wilson Co COVEBS FOR ORCHESTRATION ART BOOKBINDING CO. 119 WEST 42ND STREET. NEW YORK CITY Al Noda "Among T Pres" Sllber ft North Little Flpafax Co (Two to till) 2d half Brown's Must Rev (Five to fill) Kedste Waldsteln ft Daley Arnold & Taylor "Let's Get Married" Byal ft Early Haveman'n Animals . 2d halt Mo ran Sisters Redmond ft Wells Buddy Doyle Romas Troupe EVANSVILLE. IND. _^ Grand tTerre Haute split) 1st half The Brads Porter J White Co Peggy Brooks B ft J Crelghton Long Tack Sam aGl a (One to fill) GREEN BAY, WIS. Orphenm 2d half Mile D"Aure8 Mabel Blondell > Peronne & Oliver Jack Alfred 3 MADISON, WIS. Orphenm Mabel Blondell •Tn.the-Dark" Peronnd ft Oliver Jack Alfred Co (One. to All) ' 2d halt " Hurvev Devora Trio Whltefield ft Irelan farry JolSOn rlncesB. Kalarna' (One to fill) MINNEAPOLIS *■ ' Grand Carr Trio Billy Miller Co Lloyd & Whitehouse Corradlnls Animals Palace Lutes BroB Jones ft George "Telephone Tangle" Crlndell ft Esther Crewel Fanton Tr Id half Billy Scott G_& L Garden - (Three to fill) MOLINE Palaee Pleroe ft Goff Ellis Knowlon Trou (Three to fill) 2d half Ben Linn Dctavia Handsworth Folly oz ft Chick Staley ft Blrbeck HOCKFORD _ ■ Palace Earle ft Edwards R>r.tlng ft Walton (Tjree to All) 2d half Waldsteln ft Daley Btlber ft North Billy Broad Sorrento Quintet f Family'Troupe ST. LOUIS Colnmbtn' > LaVlne Trio , Chamtrerlain ft Earl Valentine Vox Roy La Pearl •Every Sailor" 2d half Andrlff Trio Bosnian & Sloam 3 Jahna . ' Grand. Clayton ft Clayton Paul Bawene Nelson ft Bailey Bell ft Ariiss Conchas Jr Co Fox ft Mayo Harry Hay ward Co ErneBt Hiatt Herbert Lloyd Rlalto M Whitman & Boys Jeanette Chllds "Honor Thy Child" Wilyl ft Mary Roger 8 Hahns 2d half Chamberlain & Earl Myrtle Mnson "Every Sailor* Gonne & Albert 4 Harsley ST. PAUL Palace ' Klpp ft Klppy Arthur ft Leah Bell Edward Farrell Co Harvey Devora 8 10 Liberty Girls 2d hal* Lutes Broa Jones ft Georgie • "Telephone Tangle" Grlnnell ft Esther Crewell Fanton Tr SIOUX CITY, IA. Orphenm. Kanazawa Japs Calts Brols ft B Jack Kennedy Co "Tango 8hoeB ,f The Sharrooka r , Colour Glrla 2d half Carl Emmy's Pets* Smith ft Keefe . Bruce Duffett CO Harry Cooper Mario Lo (One to All) 8. BEND, IND. Orphenm Thomas Trio Gulllana 4 Arthur Rlgby Lasova ft Gil more (One to fill) 2d half Arnold ft Taylor Ezra Matthews Co John Gelger •S'Where In France" (One to nil) SPRINGFIELD, ILL Majestle Ward ft Dooley Vernon ft Rogers Sorrento Quintet Billy Broad Belmont's Birds (One to fill) * 5 2d half Evans ft Peres Skipper Ken'dy & R Robert Everest. (Three to fill) SUPERIOR New Palace , Monroe ft Grant F ft R Warner The Corner Store Harvey Haney ft G (One to fill) 2d half 8 Rianos Greene ft LaPell- On Mississippi Coley ft Jaxon Linton ft Girls TERRA HAUTE Hippodrome.,. (Evansvllle split)- « 1st half Clemens? ft Gerson Hand ft Barmett Alice Nelson You'd Be Surprised Galletls Monks (One to- nil) WINNIPEG Strand J ft J Burns Drisko ft Earl E Lambert Revue Comiques 2d half C Deland Co C Hlckey, „ _ R Curtis i ft Band (One to fill) MARCUS LOEW Putnam Building, New York City. NEW YORK CITY Cook Mortimer ft H American Julia Edwards 2d half Sweet Cookie Kaufman ft- Lillian Doherty ft Salv'rs Fay & Jack Smith G Drury. Hart Co His Taking Way Frank Browne Marion Munson Co Cross ft Santoro • (Two to fill) 2d half Mile Harding Los Morchants Holden ft Herron Stevers ft Levejoy Murray Leslie Solla Bros .Danny Simmons TTwo to fill) DELANCEY ST. Theodore Trio Doherty ft Salv's . Murphy ft Drlscoll Towns r d Wilbur Co Nat Carr 4Renee Girls 2d half Melva Sisters •'■• Harris ft NolaWl W J Evans H Emmett Co Walters Wanted Murray Bennett Stolnor Trio 2d half Ferguson ft^Sun'd Ubert Carlton Kingsbury ft Mun'n Shea ft Carroll Theodore Trio Avenue B . . Mann ft Mallory Sheppard ft Dunn Joe Darcey Amoros & Obey (Two to fill) 2d half . Songs ft Smiles (Two to fill) BROOKLYN Metropolitan Page ft Green Doree's Celebrities (One to fill) -•§ 2d haft m Wray's Manikins Morrison ft Harte Walmsley ft Keat'g .. Doree's Celebrities >. (Two to fill) ;: FALL UIVER BUon ^ :M Wray's Manikins Morrison & Harte 9 Walmsley ft Keatng (Two to fill) 2d half . : ^im Hyn's Duo .'<'■■■'. •'■; Hunter Chick ft H "Case for 6herlock" ; Benny Harrison : :.^~s (One to fill) : 43 HAMILTON ■■■.:■•% STEAMSHIP TICKETS BeMtratlon* for all Steunan M Cbrnpanlea' Bate) FOREIGN MONEY EXCHANGE . . Drafti, Postal and Cable Kumlttanocu INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL BUREAU Incorporated 138 East 42nd Street, New York • . (Near Grand Central Station) Senna ft Weber Homer Ltnd Co Danny Simmons Oslva-ft Seals 2d half Aubrey ft Rlche Fay ft J Smith M Munson Co . Joe Darcey , Odlva ft Seals ■ ' " • . ' DeKulb Frltohle Ferguson ft Sun'n Kingsbury ft Mun'n Van ft Vernon . Les Morchants 2d half Cook Mortimer & H Wells Virginia ft W H Llnd Co Nat Carr Girl in Air :? Fulton R Schmettan & B Murray Leslie, Cook ft Oatman Ferns ft Litt " • Girl in Air 3d half Julia Edwards . Senna &-Weber VanSloan ft Dean Murray Bennett . Laew J Moore Trio Mildred Rogers , Royal 4 Trovato ■-' ■ . ■'•:■-: -^m "Oh Auntie" M - HOBOKEN : : -r:M \ Leew . • .—.it! Dixie Hamilton ~ Hart & Helens Lou!Be" Carter Co ;: Nick Basil Co "'M 2d half -if\m Farrell & Hatch A Perfect Day ..v--t-S Frtd 'Elliott 2 (Two to fill) ' & MONTREAL - . :■ LSSW. -■.:,-';i-ss^ Aerial DeGroffs ; '^. Bam Harris .ii Mr ft Mrs Hill Cd- r Anthony ft Rose (One to fill) 7 NEW ROCHELLB . .. lioew ...• _.-V'j Farrell ft Hatch ; ^S O'Clars ft Girls ^ (One to fill) r'l&M . . 2d half -:-u---M Cook ft Oatman ft! The Financiers /? (One to fillP . s BEST PAULINE FORD and PRICE Ballad with Julian Eltlns* Dae. 27 for Japan. .':.S 4 Renee Girls' . Palace .'..' Songs ft Smiles (Two to fill) . . 2d half Burke ft Durkjn Amoros ft Obey (Three to fill) '• i Warwick Mile Harding . Burke ft Durkln The Financiers (One to fill) 2d haft Dixie Hamilton Sheppard & Dunn Towns'd "Wilbur Co Weston ft Ellne PROVIDENCE ' Emery Wilfrod DuBolQ «'■•■ Jones & Jones 1 . X Barry ft Layton '■. .5» Hattlo & ChlokS ":; (Two to fill) 2d haft i Gere ft Delaney Honey Hurst ■ Frank Stafford Co H &. A Scran ton . si+ (Two to fill) S SPRINGFIELD ^ Broadway ' -M Gere ft Delaney ■:;'•, Honey Hurst ■; 'm F Stafford Co ? : LEO BEERS Playlnr Principal Cities In the World with . Julian Eltlnge Co. j (Three to fill) Victoria LnDora ft Beckman H Brown Co , S Crelghton ft Sis R Schmottan Co 0 Drury Hart Co Weston ft Ellne Stevers ft Lovejoy 2d half LaMont ft Wright Spencer ft Rose His Taking Way Dave "Harris • Papre ft Green LINCOLN Sq. Da I ley Bros Ubert Carlton Harris ft Nolan H Brown ft Co Clark's Hawaiians 2d half Frltchle Van & Vernon Perfect Day Davis & Rlche Burke & Toohey GREELEY SQ. Thlessen's Dogs Lillian Watson Burke ft Toohey VanSloan & Dean Shea ft Carroll National Melva Sisters W J Evans H. Emmett Co • Davis ft Rich King Bros 2d half Stelner Trio Allen & Moore Lillian Watson McConnell ft Slm'n Orphenm Sweet Cookie LaMont ft Wright Wells Virginia ft W McConnell ft Slm'n Dave Harris Solla Bros 2d half . LaDora & Beckman Neal ft Stewartv Walters Wanted l 8 Crelghton ft Sis Ferns ft Litt Boulevard Aubrey ft Riche Neal & Stewart W O'Clare: ft Girls BALTIMORE 4 Hippodrome Darras Bros Herman ft-Clifton "Concentration Bernard ft Meyers Grazer ft Lawler BOSTON Orphenm Heyn's Duo Hunter Chick & H "Case for Sherlock" Benny Harrison >: H & A Scranton '%-;£& (One to fill) '■■• m 2d haft am Wilfred DuBols "s Jones ft Jones > % Hattle & ChlokS 'S (One to fill) TORONTO Younge ■;'■ Louis Leo j.C Cunningham & B - Wells ft Crest .a?: Betty Eldert Co Stan Stanley. . , vi Primrose Minstrels COMES BACK AFTER WEEK. Chicago, Dec. 20. ' "Take If From Me," which had a ! most successful run at the Studebaker, will leave Jan. 2 to make room for Harry Lauder, who booked the weekE months ago, when it didn't look as if j the Joe Gaites show could possibly sur-'S vive that long. -. ^| After Lauder has played his date "Take It From Me" will return to *he^ Studebaker and continue its run. ,"*| The show has been hitting a weekly t average of $20,000. ■ '• . ''y