Variety (January 1920)

40 ;■•:■ vj.7;>' '"'. •""■•■•■■. •"V:':0;-';i-';:--r;-,r'-' ■■ " ,-■■;■• j | . '- .•:.■■■- ' •" ' '.v.- ''• • ' " ' ' ' "- I :">':' TO/HUETY ■v..-:;;-.-'-'y- :'■*;■"*.. :/^..j v ^.^r.-.. < ?,-• •■ ■ ■' mass, picks uhhhers */*« /T f/NGING % 8V I.G3JBSAR; ^AND GBORjGB GEBSHWIM THE MOST SENSATIONAL VOCAL, INSTRUMENTAL AND DANCE* YOUR NUMBER RELEASED FDR PROFESSIONAL USE IN MONTHS COP* u- T.B.HARMS &FBANCIS.My & HIMER. 62 WEST45mSTREET, NEW YORK ■ ACADEMY.—Harry Fields and French Frolics. GARDEN.—Leap Tear Girls. STKAND.—Owin Moore. "Piccadilly Jim." Family.—"A Scream in the Night" The Shea Amusement Co. announced this week work on the new Shea's Metro- politan will start May 1. Ada Mae Weeks was out of "Listen Lester" the greater part of last week with an attack of la grippe. She re- turned Friday evening-. William Wilson, of Brooklyn, vaude- ville, who came to Buffalo In March of engagements, remained to serve a sen- tence on the charge of larceny. While Wilson was making the rounds of the local managers he purloined a baggage check from one of the theatre dressing rooms and ordered a baggage man to call for the trunk at the station and' bring It to his room at the Lafayette Hotel. The owner of the baggage noti- fied the police, who after an investiga- tion traced the trunk-to Wilson's quar- ters. The "actor" pleaded guilty to lar- ceny, second degree, and will be sen- tenced this week; Incidentally Wilson's hotel has lodged a charge against him amounting to $30 for room rent. CLEVELAND. By J. WILSON ROT. OPERA HOUSE.—"The Night Boat," Next week, "The Royal Vagabond." PROSPECT.—Joseph W. Payton Stock Players, in "The Woman in Room II." KEITH'S.—Vaudeville, headed by Alice Lloyd. MILES.—"Perhaps TouTe Right," Bar- ney Williams and Co., Ray Conlin, Three Romanoffs, Ray and Emma Dean and. pictures. CHAS.ALTHGFF ■C-:V: ■■■■:, -?&.HKjT^S Now "fit Pantages 5. r£ . • . r.- - A < f Siki'.i.'! t'l/iAl ! ' JOHN GOLDEN yr &" t T'"J , . n> , NEW STUFF! ' tkittt. tatttt ui» wlffi a pence. Oomtdr hms with t list Use wallo* SkeUscs ul ica built to Bt fobt am pocollir seals*. Beno— M o ertny •ad cnstihtM that y»a will sot km to nv k worn ALFRED OX COURSEY LO BLOS. M rw YORK T5 n fer^ Blake & Amber Agency ; y *7» MAJIKBT BTBEET . S^FRANCISCO The Standsrd Agency ef THE PACIFIC COAST DENVER. - By EDWARD T. GAHAN. ORPHEUM.—Vaudeville. EMPRESS.—Vaudeville. TABOR.—Vaudeville and pictures. BROADWAT.—Guy Bates Post, in "The Masquerader," return engagement. y\ DENHAM.—Tom Wilkes Players. In "Nothing but the Truth." RIVOLI.—Pictures. AMERICA.—Pictures. ISIS.—Pictures. BTRAND.—Pictures. . r. OODEN.—Pictures . THOMPSON.—Pictures. : - i t&m •A modern ten-story office building and theatre, costing more.than 31,000,000/:is in prospect in the heart of the business district. The theatre will be leased by the new vaudeville circuit formed re- cently in Chicago, with Martin Beck, of the Orpheum corporation, as the prin- cipal stockholder. S LIBERTY l„ . MANAGER u> ;. ~,J Ten years' vaudeville end picture theatre experience. High-class,publicity man. Ad- dress Box 4M, VARIETY, New York. J -I If yon doa't advertise la Variety—doat advertise! WliL PURCHASE SECOND HAND DROPSl Curtains aiast be in good condition. For | larie mssical ahow. M. GOLDEN MS West 41th at. TeL Bryant MM I J. O. Burbank, recently of Laramie, Wyo., has purchased a site in Fort Col- lins, Colo., upon which he Intends to erect a playhouse with, a seating capacity of 1,000. Several contractors have fur- nished bids. Business in Denver is greatly stimu- lated this week through the National ^ Stock Show Week in progress at the Union Stockyards Stadium. Most of the Curtis street picture houses are exhibit- ing western pictures. • —^— c- The Picture Operators' Union of Colo- rado Springs, Colo., has petitioned City ,. Council to place a member of Its organi- zation on the examining hoard for licensed operators. At present no one familiar with projecting is Included on the board. Playing the Empress last week, the Three Kuhns, sons of the late Peter The Most Important Feature of Your Act Is a Good Curtain Many a good act is spoiled by a poor curtain. Don't handicap your act. Get a good start Theatrical curtains in a variety of designs. and colors, In velvets snd painted saitnes. For sale and rent BUMPUS & LEWIS, 245 West 46lh-Strect - BRYANT 2695 ! PRISCILLA.-—"Sweet Daddy Girls." Virginia Belles, Rose and Thorn, Jordan and Jordan, Williams and Howard and pictures. MILES-GRAND. —Marjah, Nelson's Troupe, Imperial Quintet, Tork and Mark and pictures, '■ LOEWS LIBERTY.—"Fashions de Vogue," Downing and Bun In, Laurie Ordway, Brown's Dogs, McGreevy and Doyle and pictures. • ■ EMPIRE.—"Record Breakers." STAR.—"The Best Show in Town." MASONIC AUDITORIUM.—All week, Sir Harry Lauder company. 8TTLLMAN.—AU week, "The Beloved Cheater." : r. . EUCLID.—All week, "The Mfracle of Love."- . '-:' lii<£ MALL and ALHAMBRA.—"The Willow Tree." % 5 STANDARD.—"Virtuous Sinkers." METROPOLITAN.—All week. :?'P!nto." KNICKERBOCKER.—All week, "Desert Gold." ,-'•■' ■ 7i£l t '■; ".. Mi ■' Two British stars—Harry Lauder and Alice Lloyd—are the big noise this week: ;. She li. interested In psychic research .and will study under one of the leading '.spiritualistic teachers in this city. v*. John H. Hale will resume his former poellJon &» resident manager of the Shu-. bert-Colonlal about February.' Hale re- signed from' this house several months ago and went to California with the in- tention, of settling there. The location of' the' present manager—Harry Ball— baa not, been,decided. ~—5T-U • '...-,»v<;"lfhe;: Rainbow Revue" at the' Hotel Virginia Pearson la here on a visit Wlnton 1b ail 11 a big drawing card.... Kuhn, an early settler of Colorado In' it* pioneer days, closed a deal for an exten- sive ranch fifteen miles south of Den- ver. After this season the Kuhns will take up ranching in fhelr native state. Construction^ has started on a new 736,000 picture theatre In Brighton, Colo. H. W. James and J. N. Counter, retired business men, are erecting the house. With the showing of "Pinto," with Mabel Normand. at the America this week. Princess Tslanlna, the Indian solo- ist, Is singing western songs for the approval of the visiting stockmen. COMING \L TYPIFYING GENUINE MINSTRELSY with MRS. GEORGE PRIMROSE NEXT WEEK (JAN. 26), LOEWS AMERICAN, NEW YORK