Variety (January 1921)

■ riday, January 14, 1921 I VARIETY 15 -s-s- SHOWS IN N. Y. AND COMMENT *Afgar f " Centra! (10th week). Re- action following the holiday week was marked, the takings being around $14,300. Week-end trade was brisk. *Bad Mm," Comedy (19th week). Picked up its normal speed of around $12,000. Ranks with the comedy leaders, and takings are excellent for size of house. ''Beggar's Opera/' Greenwich (3d week). Doesn't look as if this re- vival, which did so well in London, can get going'"in" the village Might have better chance uptown. Is potential road hit for Canadian time. ''Broken Wing," 48th Street (0th week). Good entertainment and regarded as having caught on with a run in sight. Takings around $10,000 last week. ''Cornered,'* Astor (6th week). Is in the dramatic going, with the draw heavy for the latter port'on of the week. Drew $13,000 last week. "Daddy Oumplins," Republic (8th week). Final week. Will be suc- ceeded next week by John Gold- en'a "Dear Me." ^Deburau," Belasco (4th week). "In" for a run. Lines up as one of the best production efforts of David Belasco. Played to capacity last week, getting $18 000. New figure for eight performances; top is $3. "Enter Madame," Fulton (22d week). Demand not as strong as it was in agencies; true of several other successes. Selling out. however, except upper part of house for some performances. Extra Thurs- day matinee inserted because of afternoon strength. Nearly $15,000 last week. "Erminie " Park (2d week). Revival that ought to stay here for balance of the season. Excellent critical comment and general interest in- dicates big business at Park. Drew $21,000 last week, with indications of better than that this week. Park gejtlng $3.50 top for first time. ''First Year," Little (13th week). Equals anything on the list in de- mand, and smallness of house likely to hold up call indefinitely. Getting between $11,500 and $12,- 000 for eight performance weeks. Predicted to make a two-season run. "Gold Diggers," Lyceum (07th week). Looks easy for continuance until June, which will round out two fall seasons. Played to $14,500 last week; big money at $2 50, and pace ar strong as in the fall. "Good Times," Hippodrome (23d week). With nearly $64,000 in last week the big house is drawing better business than early Decern- PERCY HAMMOND NAMES CHI BOX OFFICE HITS "Greenwich Village Follies," Shu- bert (20th week). Continues to play to good businos. Last week's takings arounda $18,000. which gives the show a fair profit. "Her Family Tree," Lyric (3d week). Business here continues brisk. with the matinees standing up with surprising strength. Got around $18,000 last week. 'Honey dew," Casino (19 th week). Thia attraction lookj safe until the spring.* Drew heavily for holiday week and came to a little under ~ $10,000 last week. flrtnst" Vanderbllt (60th week) Picked up its better than $15,000 gait following the holiday week Second season accomplishment assured, with prediction that it will last until June ■Jimmle,* Apollo (9th week). Pace of last week decided this one for the road. Moves out at end of the week. "Prince and Pauper" moves over from Booth. 'Just Suppose," Henry Miller (11th week.) Takes to the road Satur- day after makiag a moderate run. as figured. Mrs. Flske in "Wake Up, Jonathan," follows next week. •Ladies Night," Eltlnge (23d week). Showed its class at the box-office again last week by getting $13,500. Big business following the holi- days. Looks good until warm weather. Scale increased to $3 tep. •Lady Billy," Liberty (5th week) The Mitzi show has done real business since its Broadway pre- miere, and pace after the holidays indicates a run. Nearly $18,000 last week. •Little Old New York," Plymouth (19th week). Was off somewhat from regular $12,000 pace last week, following best week of run for the week prior. Got around $11,500. Looks safe until spring. •LlghtninV Gaiety (122d work). When tliis comedy goes out it will take with it a numhor of Broad- way records, which includes the biggest single week and biggest total gross. No sign of it leaving until summer. "Mary," Knickerbocker (10th week). Considering the touring of three companies of "Mary," the New York show is standing up re- markaMy well. Huns fourth in weekly gross to "Sally." "Tip Top" and " Pa s sing Show." with no com- petition for lite position. $22,000 last week. "Mary Rose." Rmpire (tlh Week) This new Barrie play found its level last week with around $14.- ooo at $3 top. I i strength Is at the matinees. "Meanest Man in tSe World." Hud- son (Utii week). One of the com* edy flnasheM, consistently draw plays beating It Nearly $11,000 Inst UTAft sf. "Mecca," Century (14th week). An- other week to go. Opens Audi- . torium, Chicago, Jan. 25. Shu- berta will succeed It with "In the Night Watch," about same date. "Miss Lulu Batt," Belmont (Jd week). Excellent reviews in mag- azines encouraging management, which hopes to put this attraction on the map. "Psgsns," Princess (2d week). Drew panning from critics and may stop at any time. "Prince and Pauper," Booth (11th week). Provision for this attrac- tion, which has stood up strongly Moves to Apollo Monday to make room for Wlnthrop Ames' new production. "The Green Goddess," starring George Arliss. "Passing Show of 1921," Winter Garden (3d week). Rates with Broadway's quartet of musical attractions. "Sally" about only one topping it f eight perform- ance week. "Ti_' Top" and "Mary" complete the big four. "Rollo's Wild Oat/' Punch and Judy (8th week). Affected first few days last week, but quickly re- turned to form, getting around $6,000. Attraction rates with the successes though berthed in one of the smallest houses. "Sally," New Amsterdam (4th week). Looks like ace attraction of the musical shows. Agencies say de- mand is unprecedented. PlayeJ to $35,000 last week, with the house clean on Monday for balance of week. "Skin Game," Bijou (13th week). Draw here has been steady, and although house preclu a big busi- ness, takings satisfactory to man- agement, with a profit shown. Around $8,000 last week. "Samson and Delilah," 39th Street (9th week). Off in lower floor business last week, wh.'n around $10,000 was drawn. Is getting con- tinued call for balcony and gal- lery. "Spanish Love," Maxlne Elliott (23d week). Nearly $12,000 in last week, which equals or slightly betters the pace during the fall. Extra advertising now used. Should last until Easter. "The Bat," Morosco (21st week). The dramatic smash, consistently leading the non-musical plays for eight performance weeks. Drew a little under $19,000 again last week. "The Tavern," Cohan (l«th week). Better than held to the pace prior to the holidays and run looks easy until spring. Gross last week bet- ter than $11,000. "The Mirage," Times Square (10th week). This drama still getting a strong play, with run indefinite. Got around $12,000 last week-at $2.50 top, "Thy Name la Woman," Playhouse (9th week). Extra matinees added on Thursdays; thia attraction pulling well in afternoons. Around $7,500 last week. Pace profitable because of small cast. "Tip Top," Globe (15th week). One of few attractions lifting the scale for thia week; $4.40 charged at box office because of automobile show current. Well over $20,000 last week "Three Live Ghosts," Bayea (l«th week). Bun here advertised to continue indefinitely. Business not big, but shows a profit right along. "Tickle Me," Selwyn (2$d week). Played to over $15,000 last week, which pace is considered good for a revue in its sixth month. Has five or six weeks more to go. "The Champion," Longacre (2d week). New comedy looks like a hit Played to nearly $12,000 for its first week. Very good figure in this house at $2.50 top. "Transplanting Jean," Cort (2d week). Is very well thought of. Picked up steadily after second night and went to $10,000 for pre- miere week. "Woman of Bronze," Frazee (19th week). Around $11,000 for last week: balcony somewhat off, but should run Into March. "Welcome 8tranger," Cohan & Har- ris (18th week). With top >4need to $2.50, the big figures of the fall not expected. Drew around $15,000 last week; considered ex^^llent with an all box offiee draw. "Way Down East," 44th Street (20th week). Griffith film. Got over $17,000. "Over the Hill," Broadhtirst (15th week). Fifth house for this pic- ture 1 . NEWS OF THE DAILIES r 1 Phenomenal Holiday Patron- age Attracts Reviewer. Chicago, Jan. 12. The phenomenal holiday business, due mostly to the shows, stars and weather, won some of the stars credit for a box-office draw by Percy Hammond in last Sunday's Tribune. They were: JLenore Ulrlc, William Collier, Helen Shipman, Jane Cowl. Henry Miller, Blanch** Bates, Will- iam Hodge. Barney Bernard, Helen McKellar and Irene Bordonl, besides several shows which were hits with- out stars. Estimates for the week: "The Son-Daughter" (Powers, 2d week). $20,000, beating its first week by $2,000. Will remain for eight more weeks. "Follies" (Colonial. 3d week). $10,- 551, absolute capacity, and should continue for its ten weeks. "Irene" (Garrick, 0th week). $29,- 000 and talk of the town. Prospects very bright for show to be here un- til the beginning of next season. "The Hottentot" (Cohan's Grand. 5th week). Collier and Wis funny aids proving fresh felltj!, running close to $15,000. Gives way co "Mary" Jan. 30. "8milin» Through" (Cort, 12th week). $14,000. About eight more weeks for this peachy hit. "The Half-Moon" (Illinois, 1st week). With Joseph Cawthorn starred and Oscar. Shaw featured, with $3.30 and $2.50 main floor, got around $16,000. Newspapers treat- ing it kindly, many giving Shaw top over the star. "Way Down East" (Woods, 4th week). Another banner week. $20,- 200 and big enough advance sale to keep the average over $15,000 for weeks to come. "The Famous Mra. Fair" (Black- stone, 2d week). $13,000, considered good money for this theatre, with extra advertising taken to boom the flllO w "Guest of Honor" (La Salle. 6th week). $10,000. Only about four more weeks for the Hodge show, but nothing announced definitely to replace it. "His Honor Abe Potash" (Central, 5th week), ent to $8,500 in an out of way upstairs theatre. "The BaV (Princess, 2d week). Sensational hit. Playing to capacity, selling eight weeks in advance. $20,- 000, with no one starred. (Previous week, $20,000.) "As You Ware" (Studebaker, At week). Heavily advertising pre-war prices, with $1.50 matinee. One re- viewer gave a "money line notice," "naughty but nice." $15,000. "Happy Go Lucky" (Playhouse, 10th week). Still remains outstand- ing hlL $12,000. *The Storm" (Olympic, ltth week). $13,000. Did capacity busi- ness from Thursday until Saturday. Had to make way for Chauncey Ol- cott, who may not reach "The Storm's" worst week's gross, but early booking made the move neces- sary. Grand opera waa presented in Paris Jan. 5 at the government opera house for the first time since countries went to war. Wagner's "Die Walkure" was the bill, and special police guards were pro- vided, in anticipation of a riot such as occurred when "Lohengrin" was first presented after the Franco- Prussian war. Instead of trouble, a capacity house attended. The eleventh anniversary of the opening of the Globe. New York, by Charles Dillingham waa cele- brated last week. The whole countryside aided In the search for the 30-months-old son of Mabel Taliaferro (Mrs. Joseph P. O'Brien) when the baby disappeared from home at Stam- ford, Conn. After 17 hours the child was found in a woods. . Carl Raymond, 80 years old, one- time first violin in the Theodore Thomas Orchestra, and later a con- cert player, waa found in a starr- ing condition in Chicago and suc- cored by the police. An effort la being made to put him in the Cook County almshouse, but the old musician Insists he still is able to earn a living. He composed "Just One Girl," a song which won wit* popularity. 'The naked tribes of Kast Africa are the most moral people in the world," said Dr. Ernest Seton Thompson, naturalist and author, during a monolog at a Pittsburgh theatre. He defends low-neck dresses and short skirts as morality and health influence;.. Ethel Coolldge, of Andover, Mass., said to be a piece of the Vice-President-elect, haa been en- gaged for picturea by J. Stuart Blackton. "Blood and Sand" will be the first of the novels of Vicente Blasco I banes, Spanish novelist, to reach the stage. Tom Cushlng's dramati- zation of it being announced for production by Charles Frohman. Inc. "The Haunted House," a play by Owen Davis, haa been accepted by William A. Brady. "Welcome Stranger" waa pro- duced in Australia Jan. S. Bona Murtagh, from Berlin and Budapest, has arrived in New York. Raymond Duncan, brother of Isadora Duncan, has been sued for libel in Paris by a wealthy manu- facturer named Robert Bourdeau because he plastered Paris with one-sheets saying Bordeau had kidnaped his son, Malankas. Bour- deau says he took the boy to edu- cate him, aa he knew not how to read or write. Mra. Blanche Bonaparte, wife of Jerome Bonaparte'a grandson, haa started action for $100,000 against "Town Topics." al.glng ahe has been alandered and held up to ridi- cule by the periodical publishing* paragraphs declaring she is vain and likea to have her picture taken. Albert, Babe and Queenle. three elephanta attached to a circus la winter quarters at Bridgeport, Conn., last week pushed the show's trains to safety during a fire which destroyed $17,000 worth of hay. Congress Is hearing arguments why American ships should be per- mitted to serve liquor outside the three-mile limit, as provided la the so-called Edmonds bill. A second mortgage, for $150.000, has been taken on the Manhattan opera house property by Fortune Gallo, the loan to run two years at 0 per cent. A first mortgage on the property la for $300,000. LIKES NANCY GIBBS. Philadelphia Takea to "Beaucaire," But Show May Close. Philadelphia, Jan. If. It Is' a question whether or not the tour of "Monsieur Beaucalre" will continue af'cr this . Jnt. It f-i>< ned Monday. The notices were particularly good nnd Nancy Gibbs. fho English prima donna, has seem- ingly taken the town by storm. A strong publicity campaign has been waged in her favor and the re- sult was most apparent In the ad- vance pictorial display which she received. The r " , - v heT.Owi lag big money. fc'SW n on-mutual I &• ' oc:it °* **- SPECIAL MATTHEE SEASON. (Continued from page 144 several successes among ths new offerings being responsible. The Park hopped into the list with the heavy scoring of "firmlnie." Ths others are "Greenwich Village Fol- lies- (Shubert). "Passing Show of 1921- (Winter Garden), "Sally" (New Amsterdam), "Samson ard Delilah" (39th Street), "The* Bat" (Morosco), "Spanish Love" (Elli- ott), "Her Family Tree" (Lyric). "Gold Diggers" (Lyceum), "Cham- pion" (Longacre), "Flrat Year** (Little), "Lady Billy- (Lib rty), "Meanest Man in the World- (Hud- son), "Tip Top" (Globe), "Enter Madame" (Fulton}, "Broken Wings" (48th Street), "Mary Roae" (Em- pire), "Transplanting Jean" (Cort), "Bad Man" (Comedy), "Prince and Pauper- (Booth). "Deburau" (Be- lasco) and "Corneied" (Astor) The cut rates also Increased their list with a total of 12 offerings: "Jimmie" (Apollo), "Oornired" (As- tor), "Mecca" (Century), "Trans- planting Jean" (Cort), "Just Su, pose" (Miller), "Three L '- e Ghosts" (Bayes), "Thy Name Is Woman" (Playhouse), "Little Old New York" (Plymouth), "Pagans" (Princess), "Daddy Dumpllns" (Republic), "TioUe M^-aj^siwynj and "Tj'o Mirage" (Times Square). George M. Cohan denied he Is contemplating breaking forth as a baseball magnate. It was reported from Boston that he was interested In a Brooklyn franchise in the pro- posed Continental Baseball Asso- ciation. Inc., whose object, it Is said. will be to put clubs In major league cities. _ The Sclwyns announce Leo Car- rillo will be starred in a comedy, Allen Dlnehart will have the lead in "Edgar Allan Poe," Ralph Mor- gan in "The Poppy God," and there will be a Jane Murfln comedy en- titled "The Sign." Mary Pick ford recently was re- fused permission to make scenes among ths immigrants on Ellis Island. "My Old Kentucky Home," ths inspiration of Stephen Foster, Is to bo preserved. The Kentucky State Legislature is seeking means to purchase the house where Foster wrote his immortal ballad. It Is for sale at $60,000. Virginia Best, understudy for Lillian Glsh, eloped last week with Theodore Vanderlaan, son of a wealthy New York importer. They were married at Port Chester, N. Y. The first Blue Law has been In- troduced at Nashville, Tenn., where the Idea got Its start. A bill Intro- duced In the Tennessee Senate pro- hibits Sunday trains, newspapers, baseball and other sports, bars all buying and selling oa Sunday. A veiled woman, apparently an envious professional, appeared In ths London apartment of Mme. Laurka de Kurylo, American dancer, and threw vitriol on her, crying: "You will go back to your own country now." The dancer's furs were burned by the liquid, but she escaped Injury. The Lyceum, where Ina Claire Is In her second year In "The Gold Diggers," has been leased for ten years, dating from next October, by Charles Frohman, Ine. Famous Players is interested. Fine Arts Pictures, Inc.. has pur- chased 800 acres, ths site of Camp Joseph E. Johnston, at Jackson- ville, Fla.. and will erect "Fins Arts City." Newspapers report that Lee Shlp- pcy. poet and writer, Is living in Monterey, Mexico, with Madeleine Babln, a French girl, who is the mother of his son. Shippey. who until recently was on a Los Angeles newspaper, had bluntly told his wife he loved the girl he met in France and advised her to get a divorce. She has refused to do so. From England, where Pete Tier- man, ex-bantamweight champion, is to fight Jimmy Wilde, cornea the information that Joe Lynch, Her- man's conqueror, is not recognized as tho champion. Herman Joins the Url.tish promoters in claiming that the title nritjr could pass by "a knockout or in a 20-round fight, as per rules adopted at the world boxing conference In Paris- in 1919. The United States was not repre- sented at that conference. Ethel Barrymore, stricken by articular rheumatism In Cincinnati, waa forced to cancel her engage- ment there, and other dates are problematical. She has been 111 since Jan. 4. Frits Leiber wound up his tws weeks' Shakespearean season at ths Lexington, New York, Saturday, and will return to ths same house) Easter week. Jan. II William Faversham. hi "The Prince and the Pauper." win move to the Apollo from the Booth,' New York, to make room for George Arliss In "The Green God- dess." Mary Garden may become art 1st Is director of ths Chicago Opera Com- pany, and la quoted aa saying: "I'd take it in a jiffy and make good.** "Kid" weight McPartland, former light- title contender, and for some time In charge of entertain- ment tax collections under "Big Bill" Edwards in the Internal Reve- nue Bureau, has resigned his posi- tion and will go Into commercial work. "Me" ("Dear Me"), the Golden production slated for the Republic, New 'York, brings forth a play- wright who has journeyed to Broad- way from the Ship News Depart- way of the "New York Herald" via the screen scenario route. He Is Luther Reed, co-author of th« play. Grace La Rue is starred in ths play. An additional subsidy of $140,000, bringing the annual total to $300,- 000, has been granted the Paris Opera by the French Government The Opera Is said to have been running at an avcrar ~ loss of $1,200 a week, dm. It Is alleged, to giv- ing performances inferior to thoss of the Opera Comlque, which Is getting the patronage. The Paris Opera's gross is said to be about $6,000 a week. Leading stars have volunteered for the Actors' Fund benefit mati- nee, Jan. ?1, at the Century, New "fork. _ Tho n.>w theatro zone traffic rules, which have proved effective since they were Inaugurated In New Vork last Wednesday, will*not 1 include matinee, days. The Ilildlnger Enterprises, oper- ators of a chain of picture theatres, have acquired a large plot of ground near the Interstate Fair Grounds in New Jersey, preparatory to build- ing an amusement park. C'apt. John Jacob Astor of the British Horse Guards or his heirs will receive $10,000,000 within the next 20 years as a result of the re- newal of tho ground lense on the Hotel Astor, owned by the British branch of the Astor family. 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