Variety (February 1921)

Friday, February 18, 1921 VARIETY 19 wmm CABARETS Paul Salvin has acquired the Hoffman Armi Inn, on the Morris Road, and will Immediately begin to renovate for the coming hot weather. The road house is situ- ated near Lynbrook, L. 1. Al Saunders took it over for a season. It will be in direct opposition to Blossom Heath situated about a mile farther down the road. Salvin will redecorate the "Arms" and is planning to install a "name" combination that .will furnish the dance music. Art Hickman's band is mentioned as a possibility. If the orchestra from the coast is not available the assignment will prob- ably fall to Whlteman's ten who now inhabit the Palais Royal nightly. Mr. Salvin's intention is to conduct it upon an exclusive plane for a sum- mer resort. Frank Badkei-, Neuman Fier, Ceo. Napoleon, Ralph Dexter and Herman Bergen. A chorus of twelve in- cludes Betty Britton, Mabel Her- bert, Agnes Grogan, Emma Allen, Emily Stanton, Margie Brady, Caro- lyn Nelson, Edna Scanlon Dolly Ford,; Lillian Melvin, Adel Francis, Irene McRae. Addison Fowltr and Florenz Ta- mara. dancers, formerly at the New Kenmore, Albany, are now ai the Blue Bird Cafe, Montreal. Paul Salvin, in addition to having acquired the Hoffman Arms Inn, on Long Island, has ulso taken over the Mamaroneck Inn on the Boston post road. It appears as ii Salvin were i about to establish a chain of road- houses extending over Long Island, the Boston thoroughfare and up along the Hudson on the Albany trail as well, ii lie can connect in that direction. fer for the Chateau Mrs. Katherine C. Newman, pro- prietor of the famous Newman House at Saratoga Lake, died in an Albany, N. Y., hospital Feb. 13 from the effects of an operation. Mrs. Xeuman has been running the hotel since the death of her husband a few years ago. The new Healy's ballroom, in place of the Golden Glades, will open Feb. 26 with the present ice and carpet show there dosing this Sunday night. The Healy ballroom will have an orchestra presided over by A. Baldwin Sloane, with AI <*o- lumbo as concert-meister of it. Mr. Salvin made an of- i S,oane am} H>t ' len Hardwirk. at Laurier City ' Present prima donna of the Healy Island, present It was turned proprietors. down by the i show, may give special dam es in the ballroom. I Al Sanders is suing Reisenweber's and the Hotel Shelburne corpora- tion, alleging breach of contract. His attorney is Leon Lasky. San- ders asks damages to 1*2,500, salary at the rate of $100 weekly. It is al- leged the defendants asked Sanders to act as manager of the revue pre- sented at the Shelburne last sum r mer. At the time he was rehears- ing with Jean Bedinl's "Twinkle Toes," and secured a release to ac- cept the Relsenweber offer.* The agreement was to extend 40 weeks, Sanders to continue as manager of the floor show at Reisenweber's after the Shelburne revue was taken off. Sanders says he was informed there would be no revue at Helsen- weber's, but it appears the man- agement changed its mind, the show being put on, but without Sanders engaged. The contract wa. oral. Ziegfeld's Midnight Frolic was an- nounced as a new show for Wednes- day night of last week, with a press ^performance given. The reviewers had been on the roof the evening before to witness the new produc- tion of Ziegfeld's "Nine O'clock." All they found new In the midnight show the night following were num- bers and people out of the first per- formance, those doing two shows that night instead of one. The first half of the midnight show was al- most entirely made up from the pre- vious performance, leaving nothing really new in the last -show. It", is probable Ziegfeld intends to put on a new midnight show when he returns from Florida. Eddie Sheehan, at Shan!* y's for over six years, has left there to ac- cept a position with .the Lacka- wanna office at Ringhamteui, N. Y. Sheehan formed the Shanley Trio in the restaurant, sometimes a quartet, and the singing group with Eddie at the head were a fixture of the Shanley cabaret almo.-t since it opened. Eddie also ran the cabaret, in the restaurant, acting as stage j manager for it. He has been a very popular boy in the restaurant and among cabarets of New York. An- other of the Shanley favorites of seasons back. Bill Ha nicy, the red head, left the restaurant list of en- tertainers to become an attorney in Hoboken. Although Bill picked Ho- l>oken because it is his home town, he has been a big hit as a lawyer, is strong politically and just as well liked at home as he was on Broad- way. Eddie Sheehan will probably equal that record in Binghamton. Blossom Heath, Long Island, is scheduled to reopen about April 1 under the direction of the Susskinds, who aave been operating it. The place is being redecorated. Saranoff, the violinist, will Organize a band cf seven pieces ho will lead to furnish the dance music for the resort. The restaurants and dance palaces got the "works" again Monday night when they were forced to shut up tight at 1:30 on that particular evening; Since the warning, that went the rounds about two Of three weeks ago, carrying tho order of no music utter one o'clock and every- body out by two, some of the places have continued to cheat though not as brazenly as before. How long this last edict will hold good is a question -Ii.it only the Insiders can answ er though it's more than likely it won't hold up for any extended period of time. Not with the fire water at $33 u quart. LEGIT. REVIEWS. (Continued from page 18) George Shields, one of that com- pany's finest "Mephistos." The advent of a chorus and set of principals whose singing was all that could be desired, who are ef- fective in comedy and who boast in addition good looks, is so novel that it seems almost too good to be true. Of the entire cast the most fas- cinating was Clara Campbell, who plays Maid Marian. She plays high comedy with \ r erve and snap, achieving brilliant effect, and in the more romantic passages her intui- tion seems unerring. Her singing is acceptable but her main appeal is to the eye and she misses no opportunity to play up to it. Hum- bird Duffy, playing the title role, besides possessing a fine tenor voice shows considerable ability as an actor. The play should draw well during its stay here and received very fav- orable notices in the dailies, one review concluding With "Don't miss 'Robin Hood' if you enjoy what is really worth while in the theatre. One act of it is worth all the 'in- anities of 1921' that come our way. Such lilting music is not written once in 20 years; much of the old- fashioned humor ran be forgivven fof the sake of the deathless tunes." O'Toolr. The Mouhn Rouge, l*cneath the Palais Royal, is preparing a new floor show that will get under way about March r». Rehearsal started Monday. The downstairs establish- nifiii generally carries a cas) o< u> or 2i* entertainers though it is not Known Just how many will be Included In the forthcoming revue. - Charles Cornell's new reV-iie en- titled "Hello I'.'t i' " w ill op. i at liiiiy fJallagher's, r • . ifraj Harden, tonight (Friday). The cast Includes efr, and Mrs Weber, rjthcl Arnold, Al Wave-r. ,!irk, Phillips, Celtic HfVyer, A:.- »',. Margules. Al WOn* **\ Bert Wurly, Leonard Chick, iMn.i i.c.\ Buster PHt utile Frances Collins, Ctracla [*a!ma, June Carter, THE ROSE GIRL. Filipsrd, (>vr*"r Pavbl Amlratl.i KI«'Ur<-l t<\ h Flower <nrl. Marjorle (Jafunn Mme. Dottay, a Wtait»i> Pavlstesne, May Holey Filtpe T'li' >.t, ManngT for Polncter, l,td Fr<"l Hille>>rr»n<1 Count Henri De Qulee.... Btawart Balrd Adelle La Klamme... .Marcetla Bwanaon J^aniiP! I>u Verne Beatrice Swansea Ambrose l.ollypnp ,a \VouM-H<- FiriM in i-t Sh'p Camp Oswald Petilbone, lii» Partner, I,--»lis Sin..in ',!■'•! -.*.. I ;. i '1 •-{■■» 2.a. :*-'h". N • >) -v nf ih<- Count • harlei Pari-ell Mignon r.atour, th" Itoar lltrl, M.ii> i Wtthoa Nariine Bank off, ih-» Cnunt'i Fiance*?, /.<"• Harnett A Qypu} I'.i'. •' Ron Rolanito l.«Mi- •• . . Meti Marie Florence <.a»t This show v.'is booked »or Broad- way dehul last Fall. It was A»i- Fclm Co.t/i.s r.rst production try on his own. ins further Interest being the con*t>0 ,i • ,*f tl:<' score. Some- thing went wrong wiih arrange- ments, The piece w.is temporarily closed to fix :ho hoe!:. The 1'quity said it was all I iixht aiul then Bald it wasn't. The answer was that "The Hose Girl" was taken off. Sev- eral play or pay contractu may have ligund in tiie buying in of the pieee offered at I he new Amuassa* dor Fen. 10. It was the dual pre- miere of show and theatre and under the direction of Lee Shubert. The lighting up of the Ambassa- dor was attendant with much in- terest. It is one of the first of a string of new Shubert theatres planned and building in the upper 40's west of Broadway. The con- struction plan of the house is tri- angular, giving it width over the ordinary building lines. Whether added seating capacity was gained appears to be a question, but the house looked unusually large on the lower floor. The exterior in brown brick la not Imposing. The interior, therefore, was more an artistic sur- prise. It is done in gold and marble, giving it an imposing atmosphere of richness well attuned to Its name. The marble is that purchased from the Knickerbocker hole!, the lob- bies of which it decorated (the hotel is now being converted into an of- fice building). Persons seated In the balcony complained the rail was in line with their vision. There were no backs to some of the bal- cony seats. The house was rushed to completion and was opened after two postponements. Perfection in ftnal arrangements could not have been expected. Dr. Goetll and William Carey Duncan wrote "The Kose Girl.* 1 "The Royal Vagabond" is also their work. That show was pul on by Cohan and Harris two seasons ago. Reports from out of town were that it was just an operetta. Then Ccorge M. Cohan started working on the play, and stories earn* Moat- ing to Broadway that he had made an admirable job of satirizing the "Vagabond*" Th» piece arrived hero and w;m billed as "Cohani/.'d" and il registered from the jump The same strain of humor could well be absorbed by "The Hose Hirl." With such a quality the ChaiteeS of the new show would be much enhanced. It Is bright enough and pretty, but something of inter- est and punch were regarded neces- sary by Mr. Shubert, following the second debut out of town, in Atlan- tic. City recently. At the time Charles Purcell was the only tea - tared name. he. by the wav. being new to the piece. Lydia L,opoko\a. the Russian danseuse. was added. For her a special "Pallet des Per- fumes" was interpolated, staged by Michel Fokine. This gave the bill- ing three names instead of one. The Lopokova ballet came at the opening of the second act, set in the silken interior of a Parisian per- fume shop. Rlghteen girls of the ballet aided, in groups of six. Two groups were elevated to the stage via a large trap door, with no at- tempt to mark it, and one group was lowered the same way at the conclusion. It was Interesting enough, tho Fokine name meaning as much as anything else to the number. The Swanson Sisters, lale of "Florodora," were in the ballet. They also had bits in the show. Another barefoot dancer, how- ever, drew the attention of the first nighters in the first act. Hose Rolando by name. Park skinned lithely muscular, exceptlonallv graceful, glossy-haired. She novellv entranced, dressed gaudily byt very sparsely. The show of bare sum was ever apparent. She frisked about the stage fascinatingly while a male quartet, sang "Wondrous Midnight Bye*." This new dancing peach exited as novclly as she came on. Knwrapped in a silken thing she was quickly lifted on the up- stretched arms of the four singers who marched off with her. But the audience wanted more of Miss Ro- lando. The show went on but the applause continued and she was called out three or four times, stop- ping the performance. She did that, too. when the show was out of town, with little credit given. Since the original try-out at b-ast half the cast has been replaced. Mabel Withee is still in the title role, and she looks better as an in- genue than any of her appearances to date. Coupled with Purcell in several numbers she was sweet all the way. Miss Withee's voire still is tremulous but it shows consider- able improvement. Louis Simon is also retained. His role is not meaty. Fred Hillebrand Is one of the new members, replacing Roy Alwell. He is teamed with Marjorie Cateson and the puir coupled well, being used dually more than the others. "When Our Sundays are Blue" was liked more for its dancing by the couple than tin? melody. Miss (late- son was best with "When That Somebody Comes," a pretty tune, which at its conclusion brought oift the hat-box si/.e Alete. a toe danc- ing confection. Hillebrand with "isn't that good" humorous sayings was amusing. He took the Jumps with My New Jersey Home" partly in duel with Miss Qateaon and won a hit. The nufuUel uixiUdRMBty kids the outdoor advertising idea. An eccentric dance by Hillebrand re- sulted in his big applause inning. May Boley, Zoe Barneti and Stewart Balrd, all new to the cast, had an excellent chance with Hille- brand in the first act with'."Flirta- tion Quartette" and the number went for a series of encores. Miss Boley'a stunts, aided by Hillebrand, caught the house. Balrd was best in ;i v i'v pretty number, "May and September," sung \ ith Miss Withee. Miss barnett was late with •'lin- gerie." She handled a dialect very well, as Nadine Russian, lover of the Comte (Balrd). Her costumes. however they may have been given an original touch, wr ( > not pretty. Purcell had one number alone and two with Miss Withee. To- (Continued on page j:t» OBITUARY FRED B. HENDERSON Fred B. Henderson, one of the executive** of the Orpheum Circuit and for ten years head of the Chi- cago office, and also the proprietor of Henderson's theatre, restaurant and dance ball at Coney Island, died Feb. 9 of he-art disease. He wan stricken on the golf links at a club outside I .os Angeles and died almost immediately. He was 52 years old and a native of Wurtzboro, N. Y. Mr. Henderson had been in the show business since boyhood. Ids father having established his fa- ta LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR MOTHER ELLA JANIFER BEAUMONT WHO P4S&KD AWAY IT.tMtrAUY t2tU. {t»2t Ifcr loir and devotion as a molhrr unit pal irill always liir in mij vtentortj. — : MAY HER SOUL REST IN PEACE :- JOHN HENRY BEAUMONT mous amusement resort and dining place 40 yen rs ago. in addition to managing his own business. Mr. Henderson wan presi- dent of tho first board of the Coney Is! in.I Bank and, as head of the Orpheum Circuit in the west, pur- chased numerous sites and super- vised the construction of many tlfe- atres now owned by the circuit. lie was twice married, and is sur- vived by«his s'cond wife and three children, also his mother and two iiatera. through his 'Cowboy Minstrels" with which he appeared. For t e past several seasons he produced and managed acts. Last spring th< deceased went to Italy for voi* •• culture, planning to debut on the operatic stage. K-tuining here in September rather suddenly, it wus noted his voice had turned bass. Knowing then of his atllicllon, he immediately went West. DAN MORRIS Dan Morris, a player and amuse- in; nt promoter for fifty- !lvo yenrs. died in his New York home. 111 West 50th street, Feb. 7. 74 years- old. He first appeared at the eld 444 Ilowery. New York. He ap- peared in what lie called his "~ *i- orama o* Ireland" for thirty years all over America and be it me fan t as "Barney the Culde." He starred In "Sheik Agah" and other Iri^h playi and last appeared w'th Fisk O'Hara. He leaves a wife and two snns, kn.iwn on the i t:tge as Gtts Mortr- *r and Maurice Darcy. MARY EMERSON. Nellie Louise Ytnuman, known on the stage as Mary Kmerson, of the road company of "Fust I Wesb," died at St. Luke's Hospital. Ftica, N. Y.. Feb. 11. from pneumonia. The body was taken to New York for IN FOND REMEMBRANCE of my brother JAMES G. HUNEKER. James Gibbon* Huneker, musical and art critic of the N, Y. World and author of numerous works deal- ing with music and musicians, died of pneumonia Feb. 10, after only a few days* illness. His funeral was held in New York's new town hall last Sunday, thousands of persons paying tribute to his memory. Mr. Huneker was a native of Phil- adelphia, porn .Ian. 31, 1860. His maternal grandfather, was James Gibbons. Iri»h poet, and his pater- Hal grandfather John Huneker, noted org.mist. He began serious study of mualc after he had been graduated from Roth's Military FRED Who departed this life Feb-] ruary 24th, 19?0 Always remembered by TOM McNAUGHTON burial by her mother and sister and Harrison Grey Flske. The Metres** was taken ill when the show played I'tica two weeks ago. 8he had b#»en with the com- pany for about two months. IN LOVING MEMORY of my dear brother-in-law FRED McNAUGHTON Who passed away I'Vhru- ary 24th, 1920 Always to be bered by remem- ALICE LLOYD Academy, Philadelphia, and the Philadelphia Law School. He studied the piano in Paris with (leorge Mathiar., and for 10 years was as- sist to Rafael Joseffy, as teacher of the piano in New York Conservatory of Music. Prior to his service on the World, he had been dramatic and musical editor of the New York Sun and musical critic on the Times, Morn- ing Advertiser and Recorder. His last two literary works, one of which, "The Steeplejack," was dis- trihuted within the last two weeks, and "Painted Veils," were among his choicest works, but his most notable was "Chopin: The Man and Ills MuKtf," accepted here and abroad as m « -lassie. It was publithrd in 1900. Mr. Huneker was to all the world's musicians' of the tury. personally known great singers and List quarter cen- MARY RICHFIELD. Mary Rich field, who, with her hus- band, Thomas J. Ryan, composed the team or Ryan and RJchAelg! died Feb, 11 al her iomp in ilid vj- wood, N J , aft« r a lingering Illness. Sh» ami »•« r husband, veterans of Ins vaie L> ;..; ..-.'.••, S Mt n"' it <;?? -the stage about 2."* years, when Mrs. Ryan retired shout five years ago. Ryan and rticllfield were among the very earliest accepted vaudeville sketch players, doing a serlca of Irish comi dy playlet i, Mr. Ryan de- voted his attention f'» his Invalid uir. and during the fast three year- left the stage altogether for that purpose, •■Idnin leaving Mrs. Ryan at Rhlgewood < •• < n lo visit New Tork, BERT LAMONT Bert l.irnnnt died of heart trouble at the home of ins wife's i rents In Kan,.is C.ty Feb. IS. He w.'is about JIK yea*".* <.f.a«e. .Lamont was tenor, h* ■<[ known In vaud RUDOLPH CHRISTIANS Los Angeles*. Feb. 16. Rudolph Christians. 62 years, pic- ture actor, last with Universal, died Feb. 7, in Pasadena, of double pneu- monia. He was buried In Forest Lawn cemetery. No ceremony by clergy was held, but two fellow players, Sigmund Moos and Paul Wigel, spoke a eulogy at the grave- side. Christiana is survived by a wife and daughter in Germany. NICHOLA8 POWER. Nicholas Power, picture machine inventor and retired president of the Nicholas Power Co., died Feb. 7 in Miami, Fla., after a brief illness. He wis 66 years old. Mr. Power, who was born in New York Oct. 22. 1854, was one of the pioneers of the film business, having invented the Power camera graph and projecting machine, one of the first modern projectors. RINALOO LIVINGSTONE. Jtinaldo Livingstone, former actor, and at the time of his death a mem- l>er of the commercial staff of the San Francisco Kxamlner, died Feb. 9, aged 76. He had been on the Kx- aminer 33 years. Mr. Livingstone began life in the IT. S. Navy and was one of the flrtd marines. After serving throughout thr Civil war, he went on the stng<\ and for many years was on- of the favorites in the west in the days •"' lowing the Civil war. Oliver Le Joy. Oliver Le Joy, a blind musit ian, known throughout northern New York, died in Olcre Falls. X. V., last week. Ife was 65 year of ag'-. A premature explosion in ji nun • blast 25 years ago caused nTT ., of sight. rag /i Icvllle Marlon Sackett nod at he** home, l.'l West Bnd avenue. New York City, Feb. 14. Around 40 years :. o ahe waa one of the most popul ••■ leading women <»r the stage. She appeared In support of B. L. Daven- port, Lawrence Barrett and Clara Morns, among other stars of tl days. Mlsa Sackett, the widow of M irosx Jenkins, often contributed to periodicals, The mother Of Stella and DollTe Morrisey ("Jingle Jin~1"). and (Tarry Montiroriiery * M Sweet'iBwe '- died F-h h.' /. -