Variety (April 1920)

8B VARIETY Mossman-Winiiiired&Vance IN •TTABIOUS DOINGS" JUST FINISHED FOLLOWINa SUCCESSFUL ENGAOBMBNTS B. F. KCITHt aRECNPOINT PROCTOR'S I2STH aTRECT ■ PROCTORS PALACE, NEWARK B. F. KEITH'S H. 0. H. PROCTOR'S 58TH ST. NOW THANKS TO LAWRENCE OOLOIB RESARDS TO LEON NBLMIR Direction WILTON & WILLI iXi «alu« TkMtra Bids. 47ih St. and BrMdway, N«w Tork atr The yooal quartet at the Strand are still grolnff Btrona: and are now on their seventh week. Clevelander are spectalljr Interested in the production at the Sbabert-Colonial this week-r-'The Unknown Purple"'~be- cause Of the fact that the. author. Roland West, Is a home product Arrangements have been completed for the representation of "Aphrodite" at the B. F. Keith Theatre, October 18. The complete New York cast has been prom- ised. Damagre to the amount of 12.000 re- flulted when Are broke out In the Prin- cess picture house on Friday. The blaze started In the baeement, and the house was cleared ol patrons without Injury.' DESliorNES. By DON CLARK. Walker Whiteside in "Master of Bal- lantrae" did a good business three nights and matinee last week at the Berchel. Two dollars top. This week, last three days, Raymond Hitchcock In 'TOtchy Koo 191ft." Biff advance sale at |8 for entire lower floor. Next week, "See Saw." Ross Garver, of St. Louis, has been ap- pointed manager of the Des Uoines Or- pheum. William Gray goes to Chicago, where he will be connected with one of the Orpheum Circuit houses. Oarver has been In the theatre game 10 years. He comes to Des Moines from St Louis where he has been manager of the Rlalto. George Sackett, now at the Or- Sheum, Wlnlpeg, preceded Gray at the les Moines Orpheum. TABLETS FOR AU Pain Headaches Neurali^ias Colds and I^ Grille Women's Aches and Bis Rheumatic and* Sdatic Pons Aik your bruggist/or A'K TahlOn (If he caanot supply yo«, write oa) Dezan Sis* 2Sc See Monogram ^K on the Cenubw Tte KMmma* Reaedy Coapav. 8l. Larfi, He. Write for Free Sample$ Snail Six* lOc ""Stnoodi as silk, eh?—Saiiie here" —ChesttrfieU alBSTBRFIBLDS are "hit&ag on aU four"~*8moothneif, taste, quality and vahiia. What's the ^ood word, everywhere yon fp? U. ft (SLOW KID) NAREKCB THOMPSON AND MILLS r«atartd with Dnnbar's TenntHM Tea Direction, HARRT WEBER "The Unklssed Bride" in stock at the Princess this week. Next week, "Cap- tain KIdd, Jr." Four Mortons holding top position at Orpheum this week. ^'Rose of Spain" headllner at Bmpress nret tour days. Des Moines' mammoth convention hall, the Coliseum, with 10,000 seats, broke Into the theatrical fleld this week when local men exhibited "The Confession." film play, by Hal Beld. Pictures this week: Anita Stewart In "The Fighting Shepherdess." Des Moines: Norma Talmadge in "She Loves^ and Lies,"" Garden; Mabel Normand In "Pinto," Rlalto; "Dangerous Hours," Palace. T. M. C. A. pictures are being shown in the shops and factories of the city under the auspices of the Des Moines "T." BuBlneBB men give talks In con- nection with the showing. Kdgar B. Haines, formerly with the Pathe corporation in New Jersey, has come to Des Moines to take charge of the Universal ex change . Des Moines Little Theatre Society pre- sented Duneany-s "Night at an Inn" and Barrle's "Twelve Pound Look," at the Bast High School Auditorium last Saturday night INDIANAPOLIS. By VOLNHT B. FOWLER. MURAT.—Dark; next, "Hello, Alexan- der." ENGUSH'S.—"Angel Face." PARK—Musical Bxtravangansa. KEITH'S.—Vandevillew LTRIC—Vaudeville. BROADWAT.—Vaudeville. RIAI/ro.—^Vaudeville and picturea CIRCLE.—^Pictures. Somebody remembered that Sarah iic Vicker, who plays the part of the grand- mother In '^Angel Face" at English's this week, taught school in Indianapolis In 1871 under the nam% of Sarah Wood- bridge and she got her picture In the papers. Vinoennes, which has been without a legitimate theatre for three years, will have a new house within a short time. Contracts have been let by the Wllker- son-Lyons Interests. The cost will be 1160,000, and is to be called the Pan- theon. Lafayette, which has been worse off than Vinoennes, likewise is to have re- lief. The city has been without a thea- tre other than photoplay houses since March, 1914, when the Dryfus was burned. It was announced last week that Luna Amusement Co., which oper- fLtea three vaudeville and picture houses n Lafayette, Ft. Wayne and Kankakee, 111., will begin the erection of a new house in Lafayette at a cost of I2SO.000. Preliminary certificate of dissolution has been filed with the Secretary of State by the Cosmopolitan Amusement Co., of Gary. The National Advertising Film Corp., with headquarters in Lafayette, has filed articles of incorporation with 1100.000 capital. Directors are Abner B. Work- DR. W. ElBALSINGER VACUL fDBflilR; MiMlATeUNZr^ IN Nerth 8(e<s it. t Ornlnd! Chlsaie WANTED at ence for B«p Bhew the felteirfairt TWO LEADS, MAN AND WOMAN ONB^INGiSNUB ONE jrtryENiLB GENB&Ali JBDB TEAM ONE HEAVY . •& One Gcneial Bos Woman!—Tomur'' Bend Pliet* and Stat* Ii»w«st Salaqr^. PAUL CHAMPION • SIDNET. N. T. ■ hoff. Ray.M. Southworth, Oerry A. Mohl- man. Christian R. fitter and Samuel IT. Souders. fs ^ Pictures in Indianapolis are in thi of a wave of vaudeville additions t< regular bills. g The sixth annual convention tit, the Indiana Board of IndorSars of Phot<wlays will be held here April 6 and 7. The board Is an unofficial -orgsniiatlon of sos cial workers of the upper crust who look over the movies now and then. .; "' Frank Walters, proprietor of a photo- play theatre at Hartford City, Ind., has been acquitted of charges of Sabbath desecration. Pictures operate regularly Sundays In Hartford City now. pirniuRGH. BY COLEMAN HARRISON. The third engagement of "The Canary" at the Nixon has caused a slight let-up In an extraordlnfry seaqon under the management of Har^^ Bro^n. '"The Now Dictator" is being billed heavily In ad- vance of Its ■bowing next week, as Is "The FolUes." which follows. CHAS. ALTHOFF HEADLINING THB PANTA6ES CIRCUIT Sole Maaaieant John Golden The Seattle Dathf Ttmtt la a Ull - _ •imoft aittnly ef cdr, tbe Mt Itnih M The PinttiK tbli weik li dM. AlttlOff, VbOH "Stmrta ot HtdafUI*" la k-oDinay duila OtocnUm pmnm bu nxrtt. luA Ui» Sn-- fitad Ut o( bnmor OMitiltated br Aloioff it tu Ufa nnt. b itArn md Biumerlm ^UmS u tiM "bid:' tiMrtff. HU MBS tluoin tbe •udloaoe into a MUrious ORtwr and M a rtcUa nmio HUBWiwa tetti <wfliwrty aad art. Seattle Poit'lta«lUg«noer ■PANTAOCS. Obaa Altbaff ta '.Iba Sheriff of HUkntll*^' baa aoorad one or ttw greatMt iodlridual odid- edr litta or tba nar at Vha Pantagea tbla week, «luf»-hs beidlloet a bill cf maajr wtttr taulni qvallUta AlUuril IS'S niut«r ia tba InpcBMiiaUeB cf null lipta BEHBBNS-LIPSHDTZ CO. COSTUMES ^•"'^^•^iff"^ 80» Walnut St. PhUadalpbla DNDD nSSONAL SUMBVlBIOlf E JACK L. UPSHUTZ