Variety (April 1920)

A^UiUJDX.rL« X-MVI't^A.C? i. J!jX\f :>:^.-- i:«?*f-' ^ !<> ■■.■ 5j^ •; DORF, GLOBE, FENWAY.—Pic- tures. PARK.—"Treasure Island." film. ■ SHUBKRT. — Second week ot Tlfty-PIfty." Got awajr to a jrood start. Fair bustiiess. MAJESTIC—J^ast week of "Honey Girl." WILBUR.—Final week of "39 East." Here about three months. MOLLIS.—Last week of "Bab." PLYMOUTH.—"Not So Long Ago," third week. TBEMONT.—Anotlier week ot "Monsieur Beaucaire," one of the musical "hits of the season. PARK SQUARE.—Third week of "Civilian Clothes," money maker. BOSTON OPERA HOUSE- Walter Hampden opened a .two weeks' engagement In Shakes- pearean plays at this house Mon- day. '• ■ ' COPLEY^f—Second week of "When Knights Wefe Bold." Henry Jewett Players. ARLINGTON.—House dark ftrst three nights, then "Susan Lenos," with Alma Tell, opened for a metro- politan premiere. HOWARD.—Edmond Hares Co. GAYbTY.—"Burlesque Review." CASINO.—"The Sightseers." George E. uiarK, lor-is yearw »*- soclated with John Craig lately as business manager ot the Arlington, which house has been taken on lease by the ShubCrts, has wound up y/iith the theatre. It Is expected that he will become, manager bt another local house shortly. He started as assistant treasurer, then became treasurer, and for the past seaiton has been business manager. The Shuberts will have their own man- ager in the house during the stay ot "Susan Lenox." and will have the cash pass through the regular Shu- bert treasury channels. '. % Travelers In theatricals^ who knocked at our. gates during the week to trumpet their wares were Bill Gorman, here to arrange tor the New England tour of "Bab"; Leon Freedman, In advance of the "Follies"; Arba Blodgett, who is besieging the temples ot learning In the interests of Walter Hampden, and Fred Jordan, out ahead of "Listen Lester."" John Montague, who handles Woods' shows-in New England, did the advance work for Theda Bara in Providence. He used the "overall movement" as a publicity stunt and agreed .to give the first 10 ladies in line free seats for the opening night; There were 27 women when the ad- vance sale opened. They had been there since 7 o'clock In the morning. The crowd got so great outside the Majestic that street -cars ' were stopped and th. police reserves called out to clear traffic. The stor> got big publicity in the Pro\^ldence dailies. Montague wrote to Martin Herman and told him he expected Theda to do $25,000 In Providence. Herman replied that it Theda did $25,000 Montague could "write your own ticket for anything you ever ■want in this office." The advance Bale the first day amounted to $4,000. The Majestic Is scaled $3,700 a night and $4,000 Saturday night. Mon- tague flgores he's in now. tie hasn't yet decided what sort of "ticket"' he , wants to write, but believes he.will ask Woods to produce his latest play, "No Liquor. No Love," before . (as John says) 'samples of the -liquid we all used to look upon with a fond eye are placed in the Museum of Natural History at Washington as exiilbits to the com- : ing generation." Frederic Fradkin deposed concert . master of the Symphony Orchestra, and whose dismissal from the or- chestra followed dose on his join- ing the musician's union, together with other players of the orchestra, has started two suits against the sponsors of the musical aggregation seeking $115,000 in damages. He sues for $100,000 for alleucd libcl. whtch he says was made in a letter sent out by the orchestra trustees "notifying him of his dismissal. He .' also asks .for damages of $15,000 for , alleged, breach of contract to em- ploy him as a concert master. Funds of the orchestra in a Boston banlt have been attached. Fradkin was dropped from the orchestra whCT. he had a jam with Director Pierre Monteuz. There was ^a walkout of $5 of the union memuers of the or^ Tom Henry: manager bf tfie Gay- ety, one of the burlesque houses in this town, has Just returned from a trip to the West and claims^ that next season, and it npt then -soon after, the $5 top hotise will be a common thing in the town. The $4 top of the '.'FoiUe/' is the high mark so far. He says that folks that pay $20 for shoes don't hesitate about paying $5 apiece for theaire tickets. This matter ot Increasing the price of theatre tickets next season has caused more or less comment in the dallies here, and It is claimed by some that while an advance tn any price will go for a Saturday night performance, that any attempt to boost tife price ot the ordinary show for regular nights will meet with disaster.' So tar the top here has been $3 for week nights, with a substantial advance for Saturday. This was the "Greenwich Village find liilm out and 'attend, as. they did when he was here the last time. In goodly numbers. On Ws last appearance here (Tre- mont) he played matinees, and. starting out cold and to poor houses, went over bigger as he pro- eressed. until .Inally he had to ring In an extra performance to aacom- modate his followers. -He Intends to do the same thing this trip. For ^n opening and tor the evening per- formances this week he is using "Hamlet," with "The Merchant of Venice" for the coming week. The house has a $3 top. Only one attempt was made to capitalize the "overall fad" in this city. The PI>Tnouth was picked for the experiment, and the ads carried a line that ladles wearing this par- ticular garment would be adthltted free at a popular matinee of "Not So Long Ago." Two. who said they were Jane Llvermore of Chicago and Edith. Llvermore of Evariston, OH., appeared In the garb and went in, but later about 20 young women appeared in the garb and passed In. IMS said they were members of the •Tifty-Flfty" company, playing, at the Shubertwwho took advantage of this Idea to get in free, this city be- ing a closed shop as far as cour- tesies to players Is concerned.' One of the critics doped it out that the suits they wore cost $S at the ruling price for "overalls" at the time, and as the price fdr the matinees is $1. thereby hangs a tole. But the press agent ot the house denied it was any of bis work. The "Pops" concerts given by the Dlayers otjXa Symphony Orchestra during the spring and summer months will start on May 3. Aglde Jacchia will be in charge of the or- chestra again. Stapley Whiting, who came here (Continued on Page 37.) 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