Variety (February 1921)

14 LEGITIMATE Friday, February 25, 1921 J=c SHOWS IN N. Y. AND COMMENT "Afoer," Central (lCth week). Has about a month more. Will not be sent on tour until next season. Slipped last week, with the gross about $14,000 or under. "Bad Man,* Comedy (25th week). Still maintains its rank among the best comedies of- the season and wlU complete a /uIJ. season's run here, with a chance of going into the summer going. Pace, $12,000. "Blue Eyes," Casino (1st week). A Morris Rosj production, with Lew Fields, Mollie King and Andrew Tombes added since initial try- out. Opened Monday night. "Broken Wing," 48th Street (12th week). Very f,*ood trade here after the first two days- of the week, and capacity at week end. Around $10,500 last week. "Cornered," Astor (12th week). . A dramatic success, with the tak- ings around $16,000. Last week f 13,600. House may get a film, but attraction looks strong enough to hold out contenders for ten- ancy until late spring. "Deer Me," Republic (6th week). This comedy was on tour last sea- son, held out then because of house shortage. It has registered, doing good though not big busi- ness. Better last week with over $10,000. "Oeburau," Belasco (10th week). The season's dramatic smash; drawing all house can hold at every performance. Demand at box office and agency solid. Do- ing $17,800 at a $3 top. "Emperor Jones," Princess (4th week). Much interest in this at- traction which started as a mat- inee offering, then given a pro- Auction by Adolph Klauber. "Dif- erent" under same management given on special matinees, the pair grossing $6,000 on the week. Time has been extended. "Enter Madame," Fulton (28th week). Has not fallen under $15,- ' 000 pace. Gallery at $1 not a sell-out, but more call for seats there than at 50 cents. Four matinees this week (Washington's Birthday), three being regularly played since first of year. "Erminie," Park (3th week). Final week, revival going on tour, with Philadelphia first road stand. Succeeding attraction not decid«d on. "First Year," Little (19th week). Liable to come close to the big gross of • Christmas-New Year's this week with added matinees. Advance call as strong as before for this comedy smash. "Gold Diggers," Lyceum (73d week). Riding along excelle.itly with lit- tle variation In pace., Last sea- son's comedy smash doing com- paratively as well as the new- comers, figuring the $14,000 gross at $2.50 top. *Good Times," Hippodrome (29th week). Holiday this week should push the takings upward here. Pace has remained excellent right along, with around $60,000 weekly. "Greenwich Village Follies," Shu- bert (26th week). Has another week to go; then for road, with Boston the first stand. "Her Family Tree" will move over from the Lyric March 7. "Her Family Tree," Lyric (9th week). Moves to Lyric at end of next week. A feature picture will take the house, "Four Horsemen of Apocolypse," a Metro produc- tion of Ibanez's book. "In the Night Watch," Century 6th week). Interesting melodrama along large English lines. Sev- eral good scenic effects. ("Jetting $17,500 to $18,000. and should stick for some time at pace. "Irene," Vanderbilt (66th week). Getting $15,500, which is capac- ity right along, with the advance well into April. Road companies' gross bigger, but management proud of run here, the pace be- ing equal to road in comparison to ei«e of Vanderbilt. "Ladies' Night," Eltinge (29th week). The Woods farce hit go- ing along stronger than ever and management is figuring on it running Into the hot weather. Gross around $15,000 weekly. "Ledy Billy," Liberty (11th week). Should run into April easily. Last week the gross was around $18,000. Started with a rush this week-: with mere* than I2&.000 as- sured. "Little Old New York," Plymouth (25th week). Hit the $12,000 mark again. One of the season's com- edy successes, with a season's stay in sight. "Lightnin'," Gaiety (12Sth week). More standees in last week than since first of the year. Got $15,- 900. Extra matinees this week will provide another high moss. "Macbeth," Apollo (2d week). Ar- thur Hopkins' production, with modernly designed settings and effects, and is in Jine with an ex- periment. Critics undecided on effect of modern treatment. Brit- liant opening last Thursday. Pop- ular appeal yet a question. "Msry Rose," Empire (10th week). It IB practically assured this at- traction will go to road next month. Pace has steadily de- creased since first week. No new attraction definitely decided on to succeed. SHUFFLING DECK OUT IN CHICAGO "Mary," Knickerbocker (19th week). Appears set in pace at $20,000. Box office call is strong, With the visitors playing this at- traction. Road shows rather aiding in call than hurting as yet. "Meanest Man in the World," Hud- son (20th week). Dropped off, the takings being ground $12,500 or a little under. Hoifday should send gross to former figures for week. "Miss Lulu Betts," Belmont (9th week). Save for the first nights of the week, this boo-oomedy is doing around capacity. Picked up again last week with $8,400, a $300 jump. "Mixed Marriage," 63d Street (4th week). Final week here, house taking an Irish film offered here . some thn ago. Margaret Wycherly in the St. John Ervine play, also in "Evyind of the Hills" which continues the Green- wich Village. "Passing Show of 1*21," Winter ; 'Garden (9th week). Revue-may stick until summer,-the pace be- ing $30,000 and over weekly. Is slated for Chicago .early in July, and may go into the new Woods theatre there. "Prince and the Pauper," Selwyn (17 th week). Has two more weeks to go. House then berths a film, either "Queen of Sheba" or "The Connecticut Yankee at the Court of St. James," a Mark Twain story. Both are Fox pic- - tures. "Peg o' My Heart," Cort (2d week). Brilliant revival with Laurette Taylor. Show as bright as when first offered here and signs of a run are evident. Got $13,000 first week. Should jump $4,000 this week, with extra matinee and holi_ day scale Tuesday flight. "Rollo's Wild Oat," Punch & Judy (14th week). Extra matinees in- vade this house this week with four Rummer playlets on off-mati- nee afternoons. "Rose Girl," Ambassador (3d week). Notices won by this musical show not strong. Attraction fared bet- ter at box office than Indicated, with the takings over $15,000 last week. "Sally," New Amsterdam (10th week). Demand for this success is establishing a record of its own. Ticket agencies report call is stronger than any musical show ever remembered on Broadway. Getting a little under $35,000 weekly. Standees nightly. "Skin Game," Bijou (19fh week). Has the English offerings tried here this season bettered in point of run. Ought to last until. Easter. "Samson A Delilah," 39th St. (15th week). Got $9,000 last week, with indications that it will stick. "Spanish Love," Maxlne Elliott (29th week). Held on well, the gross of $1-2,000 drawn showing little or no affect of Lent. Three matinees, like the others, this week. "The Bat," Morosco (27th week). Should go over $20,000 again this week, with the holiday permitting extra performance plus higher scale Tuesday night. Is capacity right along. "The Green Goddess," Booth (6th week). Winthrop Ames has a real winner, with a cleverly produced melodrama capitally cast. Has not held an empty seat since opening $14,000 weekly. "The Tavern," Cohan (22d week). Pell off a little last week, with the takings going a little under $10,- 900. "The Mirage," Times Sq. (22d week). Three weeks more to go. Will be succeeded by "Maid to Love," now under direction of Selwyns. New cast. Piece first tried on road by Jack Gleason and Fred Block. "Thy Name Is Woman/' playhouse (15th week). Will leave for road Saturday, playing "Subway" time and then going to the coast, with Chicago following, the present plan. Routed out suddenly. Re- vival of "Romance" to. succeed. "Tip Top," Globe (21st week). Like "Sally," this musical smash is a continuous sell out. Prediction is for it to remain untllhext season, with the show possibly stopping for the hot weeks. "Three Live Ghosts," Bayes (22d week). This comedy may stick for season, management not in- tending road tour until the fall. Is making money rijrht along with *.".0<W and tetter the pace.. . "The Champion," Longacre (8th week). Went to better than $13.- 000 again last week. Comedy hit that should last until the warm weather. "Wake Up, Jonathan," Henry Miller (6th week). A mild success, fig- ure d on the takings of abound $10,000, but should atiek until after • Faster. "Woman of Bronze," Frazee (25th week). Figures to run well into the spring. Pace not much under $11,000 last Week, and that figure should be bettered easily this week. "Welcome Strangor," Sam H. Harris (24th week). Still rates with the non-musical leaders, $16,000 attain being drawn last week. Figured to run into the summer or longer. "Way Down East," 44th St. (2«th week). "Over tho Hill," Broadhurst (21st week). Plenty of Switching on Rialto of Second City. Chicago, Feb. 23. With four shows going out there are plenty of changes in the the- atrical snap. Business took, a den cided slump, with only one show, "The Bat," more than holding its own with an extra matinee. Of the four new openings, two for Sun- day and two for Monday, three of them are premiere openings that will for New York. They are "Dulcy," "Cognac" and "When We Are Young," the other being "Shav- ings." Estimates for the week: "Tho 8on-Daughter" (Powers'. 8th week). Slipped to $15,500, which is $1,000 less than last week. "Shav- ings," with Harry Beresford and original New York cast, opened Sunday. "Fsnchon-Marco Satires'* (Olym- pic, 4th week). $12,700. Will try for the big city time in four weens. Opening in Cleveland. •'Irene" (Garrick, 12th week). Slipped about $200, though still ca- pacity; $28,880. "Way Down East" (Woods, 10th week). $17,000. Looks good till the warm weather. "Follies" (Colonial, 9th week). $38,500. Has slipped a couple of thousand dollars from actual ca- pacity, though scalpers getting ex- orbitant prices from Wednesday night on. "Mary" opens In' two weeks for indefinite run. "Smilm' Through" (Cort, 18th week). $10,800 on seven perform- ances. "Dulcy," with Lynn Fon- tanne and Gregory Kelly, opened Sunday. "The Tavern" (Cohan's Grand, 3d week). $18,500. Here for indefinite run. "Guest of Honor" (La Salle, 12th week). $8,000. "When We Are Young," with Henry Hull, Alma Tell and George Marion heavily featured, opening Monday. "The Bat" (Princess, 8th week). $22,415. Special matinees being given. "At the Villa Rose" (Illinois. 3d week). Business very bad, leaving after next week to make room for "Hitchy-Koo." "My Lady Friends" (Central, 2d week). Better than $7,000, with email chance of catching on for im- portant money. "Happy • Go • Lucky" (Playhouse, 13th week). $9,100. Off about $1,000, but still a money maker. "Florodora" (Studebaker. 2d week). Doubtful if playing to $7,000. "Cognac" opens Monday, with Olive Tell and Tom Powers, for two weeks. "The Famous Mrs. Fair" (Black- stone. 8th week). $11,000. Last two weeks. "Mecca" (Auditorium, 4th week). $16,000. Two more weeks, to be followed by a limited return of "Aphrodite." show will hang up a record for the house In the way of box office re- ceipts during stay. Got between $19,000 and $20,000 last week. Bold out for about 10 days In advance. "Passion" (Tremont, first weefc). Playing at $1.50 top and got big house for the opening. Is In for two w eks. "Just fiuppdse," which closed at the house Saturday, was showing signs of picking up, with between. $7,000 and $8,000. "Honors Are Even'* (Park Square, eighth wcc!c$v Show slipped off a bit during the week with takings of close to $9,000. In for an indefinite engagement. "Kismet" (Majestic, first week). Film opened to a turnaway house. Cantor and his "Midnight Round- ers" on their last week here got about $15,000 which was the lowest point the show had touched during the eight weeks' stay. "Jim Jam Jems" (Wilbur, first, week). Only new attraction fn town. Opened to capacity. "Love Birds," which departed from the house, did about $12,000 for the week, the fourth it had run here. "Broadway Brevities" (Shubert, third week). Undoubtedly one of the best money makers that the Shuberts have put into Boston this season. Business for the. week about 818.000, a falling off of $1,000 from a conservative estimate of the preceding week. Now on the last two weeks. "The Passion Flower" (Plymouth, third week). Nance O'Nell's show picked up some, with an estimate of about- $11,000. In for two weeks more and will pull through success- fully. "It's Up to You" (Globe, eighth week). Final week of this show with takings of $9,000 for the week. Is scheduled to tour New England following departure from this house and is booked to go into Washing-, ton for inaugural week. "Way Down East" (Tremont Tem- ple, 24th week). Playing two per- formances daily, film has been do- ing $10,000 weekly. It is believed will stay until summer. very big for final week. Close capacity at $16,000. "The Masquerader" (Walnut). Opened second visit here Monday night to good attendance. Weather hurt advance sale a little, but ex- tensive advance advertising coim* terbalanced. This show' whs ' cut short here two years ago by the "flu" and received a lot of word- of-mouth advertising at tha*t time. Hampden completed a very success- ful two weeks of Shakespeare; plus *TThe Servant in the House?' 'whicn drew heavy downstairs. BUZZARD AND LENT PUT DENT IN PHH1Y Town Balks at "Tickle Me" at $3 and $3.50. SHOWS IN LOS ANGELES. Los Angeles, Feb. $Z. MASON O. H. — "Sweetheart Shop" (2d week). Pulling heavy business on strength of original Broadway cast, with Harry K. Mor- ton. Mar J or ie . Bam beau in "The Sign on the Door" next week. MOROSCO. — "Daddies" (stock). Bertha Mann and Henry Duffy in leads: To be fallowed by "Adam and Eva" in two weeke' time. MAJESTIC. — "The Acquittal** (stock)). Opened on Sunday with Phoebe Hunt and Edward Everett Horton in leads. Miss .Hunt re- placed Evelyn Varden as the lead- ing woman with the company, the latter retiring with the conclusion of "Clarence," which Was presented for a run. EGAN LITTLE THEATBE. — "Perirod," with Wesley Barry,' the Juvenile screen star, in the titular role. Playing to good business in its second week. BUBBANK. — Ed Armstrong's stock revue organization in "Go Get It." Hanks with stock burlesque, only offerings are made for a run. ORPHEUM- — Vaudeville, Sm Samuels headlining. * PANTAGES, — Vaudeville. Maud Earl headlining. AMBASSADOR.—Charles Chaplin in "The Kid." CLUNE'SJ BROADWAY.-Wanda Hawley in "Har First Elopement." CALIFORNIA.—Vera Gordon In "The Greatest Love." GRAUMANS RIALTO.—"Inside the Cup" (third week). GRAUMANS. — "The Passionate Pilgrim." KINEMA. — "Passion" (second MILLER'S. — "Connecticut Yan- kee at King Arthur's Court" >(ninth wo ok) SYMPHONY.—Florence Vflftr In "Lyirig Lips" (first week). SUPERB A.—Edith Roberts in "The Fire Cat" (flr~t week-). TALLY'S BROADWAY. *-. Viola Dana in "Cinderella's Twin" (first week). 3 FILMS OPPOSING IN BOSTON LEGITS "Lincoln" in and "Mary" Lead Off Week. Boston. Feb. 23. An Interesting situation has de- veloped here when two of the legiti- mate theatres, at mid-season have swung to feature films. In tho case of the Majestic, the Shubert house where "Kismet" is playing, the move was planned, but at the Tremont "My Boy" was billed and "Passion," was shot in on short notice because of the fail- ure of the legitimate show to get over, according to current report. "Way Down East" is still plugging along with big receipts even though on the 24th week. Business in most instances fell off during the past week at the big houses, but it recovered at the end of the week and with the holiday matinee coming on Tuesday of this week it was predicted that the week's receipts would be as big as those that prevailed tho first week of this year. "Lincoln" and "Mary'' are doing the cream of the business with "Broadway Brevities'' a close third. Estimates for the week weres "Jim Jam Jams" had the town alone as a new attraction on Mm- day night. It got a big play on the opening, but the future is problem- atical. "Mary" (Colonial, third week). In for three more weeks with the in- dications that it will carry on to the end. About $20,000 last week. "Abraham Lincoln" (Hollis. sec- Philadelphia. Feb. 23. A series of snowstorms, which tied up traffic pretty generally here, put a dent in advance sales and lowered attendance figures during the first part of the week, but sev- eral weather,-proof New York hits managed to pull them in despite the combination of snow, Lent and dis- turbed industrial conditions here. There were three openings this week, one a repqater, one a musical show and one a drama with psychic tendencies. The latter was well re- ceived by the critics who, however, were divided in their opinions of "Honeydew," the Zimbalist show Which came highly touted. The outstanding hit* of the cur- rent attractions seems to be Tin- ney's "Tickle Me" show, which has been charging a $2.50 top and jam- ming them in. The Shuberts ap- parently got the jump here on George White's "Scandals," which tried a $3 and $3.50 top and fell off considerably after a sensational first week. "Transplanting Jean* (Broad). Second week. Hit by weather and Lent, but drawing them in down- stairs. $12,000. "Tickle Me" (Shubert). Second week. Tinney show a solid hit; due for a substantial run until hooking in Chicago demands its removal. $24,000 last week. "Scandals of 1920" (Forrest). TJbHd4 and Uwit weak. far. .ihjs jme. After a virtual sell-out the opening week, White's show fell off. Not more than $17,000. "Call the Doctor" (Garrick). Sec- ond week. Getting some class pat- ronage, with theatre parties nearly every night to see Bclasco's latest. $12,000. I M Smilin' Through" (Lyric). Opened to a big house Monday night. Show well liked by critics. "Buddies" went out strong and could probably have remained an- other week or so. "Scandal" (Adelphi). Third week. (Jetting a good play from the Sophisticated. About $13,000. "Honeydew" (Chestnut Street Opera House). Opened Monday for a four weeks' run. Prestige of Broadway run expected to fill house ond week). It is reported that the jfor short stay. 'Fast is West" drew BE0ADWAY STORY (Continued from page 12) Leo Ditrichstein, is mentioned to succeed "The Skin Game" at the Bijou around Easter time, and per- haps before. Tho new Shubert house in 48th street has been titled the Ritz, and it is due for its com- pletion late in March with "Mary, Queen of Scots'* by John Drink- water. Booking conditions are not yet entirely relieved on the road. That is especially true of the K> & "*. houses, and explains why several attractions have recently switched over fo th Shuberts for booking. Tho K. & E. list Is also "tight" in New York, and several attractions are waiting for houses to be assigned them. Failure of the holiday to be as big a draw was disappointing to the ticket brokers. Some attractions were dumped liberally into the cut rate service. Three new buys were made, however, they being "Mac- beth" (Apollo), "Blue Eyes" (Ca- sino), eight weeks with 25 per cent, return, and an extension of the buy for "In the Night Watch" (Century), whklf was originally taken for four week*. The others are "Rose Girl'* (Ambassador). "Cornered" (Astor), ' Deburau" (Belasco), "Green God- dess" (Booth), "Afgar" (Central), •The Tavern" (Cohan), "Bad Man" (Comedy). "Peg o' My Heart" (Cort). "Ladies' Night" < Eltinge), "Fnter Madame" (Fulton), "Tip Top" (Globe). "Meanest Man In the Vovll'v (HudsOt*y, "Miirv" ,'Kesek-. ethocker). "Lady Billy" (Liberty), "First Year" (Little). "Champion" (Longacre), "Gold Diggers" (Ly- ceum). "Her Family Tree" (Lvric), "The Bat" (Morosco). "Sally" (New Amsterdam). "Dear Me" (Republic), "Greenwich Village Follies" (Shu- bert). "Samson and Dcli'ah" (39th Street). "Passing Show" (Winter Garden). In tie cut rates arc offered "The Mirage" (Times Square), "Prince end the Pauper" (Selwyn). "Dear Me* (Republic), "Rollo's Wild Oat" (Punch and Judy), "Emperor Jones" (Princess), "Little Old New York" (Plymouth), "Thy Name Ts Woman'' (Playhouse), "Erminie" (Park), "Three Live Ghosts" (Bayes). "Her Family Tree" (Lyric), "Mary Rose" (Empire). "Cornered" (Astor), "Macbeth" (Apollo), "Rose Girl" (Ambassador).