Variety (March 1921)

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T^wmm iy , March 11, DM1 VAUDEVILLE t—*- RD-MUGGIV AN MERGE 3 SHOWS FOR CHICAGO STAND Reported Sells-FIoto, Wallace Hagenbeck and Rob- inson Consolidation for Coliseum Will Total 130 Cars—Split After Week in St Louis. CIRCUS GOING TO COAST FIRST TIME SINCE UNION GALA IRISH GATHERING. Stag} Notables at Grandson* of St. Patrick Dinner March 16. I The Friendly Grandsons of St". Ringling-Barnum ShowL Opens I wm +m nave their tmh annual dinner at (ho Waldorf-Astoria Here March 26. - It was reported in New York this week the Ballard-Muggivan in- terests have framed a mammoth circus to play three or four weeks the Coliseum, Chicago, followed a week in St. Louis, where it play under tops or in the Audi- mi. After that it will be sep- tfed into the various Ballard- Ittggivun unitn, each of which will its own way for the balance of the season. The idea as it is outlined in Broadway talk is that the show will be made up of a combination of the Sells- Floto. 50 cars; Wallace- Hagenbeck. 50 cars; and John A. Bobinson. 30 car outfits, totalling •10 cats. This outfit is to open in Chicago, beginning late in' March. The merged show will be put into working order so that its three sec- tions can be split apart after St. Louis and take the road as smooth working separate organizations, having the advantage of a month's preparation in actual operation. The Ch.cago engagement beats the Ringling outfit Into the country's Second b'ggcst stand by several months, since the Ma: mim-Ringling outfit is set for six weeks at the Garden, Xew York. The Ringling schedule is understood to follow the old arrang >ment with Brooklyn un- <|fr canvas following the Garden •tand, then Philadelphia and tb,e re- turn north via Jersey City and . Newburgh, N. Y., as dates preced- ing the route into New England. It Is believer that the Ringlings have booked the show for several months have ro intention of disturb - the schedule for any opposition it may or may not develop. A big shipment of animal? from Carl Hagenbeck establishment Hamburg wa: landed in New fork for the Ringlings late last week tnd sent on to Bridgeport imme- liately. The elephant-riding tiger was among the lot. The Ballard-Muggivan people ive been around the agents within 16 last two weeks looking up ma- jrlal. but none of their bookings, there has beer any, have become town. The Hanneforda are out of the Hippodrome this week, prepar- ing to Join the Sells-Floto show un- der a contract signed last season calling for three years* tour. GORDON-WILSON RETURN Palace First Keith Date Since Last July ■ Kitty Gordon and Jack Wilson open an engagement at the Palace. New York. Monday, offering their separate acts with Miss Gordon doubling into Wilson's "s'ngle" at the completion of his offering later down in the bill. This Is the first appearance of the couple under the Keith banner In n long time they having been playing the Orpheum Circuit since last July A mix up during an engagement at the Alhambra, in January a yeaT ago was later adjusted and the act placed several out of town Keith houses following. Upon that occasion Miss Gordon walked off the bi# at th A Harlem house with a several week lay off following be- fore the adjustment. JOE LEO'S BOOK FATTENED. Joe Leo has been assigned to gen- erally supervise # two more of the Fox houses at Springfield, Mass., and New Briton, Conn The^e the- atres wore formerly handled by John Zanft. This now gives Mr. Leo the su- pervision of five theatres. The combined Ringling Brothers- Barnum & Bailey Circus has been routed" to the coast this season, the first far western appearance of the combined show. Neither big show has been to the coast for four years. The combined show will open at play Madison .Square Garden, March -6, the opening being about two weeks later than last year, though it fs again booked at the Garden for five weeks. It will have the same "kick off." shooting across the Mississippi about wuly 15. In addition to the HagenLacl ani- mals, there will also be eight pola bears* and a herd of trained camels as added arena turns. As a special f«v.ture of the menagerie, the Ring- ling Bros, will exhibit a real gorilla, the first, it is claimed by the Ring- ling office, to be shown here with a circus in many years. Most of the animals called "gorillas" shown with circuses have really been chimpanzees. The same admission scale of $3 top will obtain for the Garden en- gagement as last year. Wedneuday, March 16. Jack Lewis, founder, organiser aj»d president of the organization, has the promise of attendance of representatives of the city, state and nation. Father Francis P. Duffy. Gov- ernor Miller and others will speak, while UM «9th, iregimcul ha,nd qtlU More than 1,000 guests and members are being arranged for. Wilton Lackaye, James P. Walsh. Henry McQueeney and William T. Phillips are the officers, while the board of governors includes Michael J. Delehanty, Frank Fallon. John J. Lyons William T. Collins. Frank J. Prial. William F. Brennan. James F. Oeraghty. Anthony P. Ludden. An- drew Mack. Patrick J. McGrath. Frank Hurley, Walter W. Joyce. John Buckley. Henry J. Elliott. Jr.. Sam J. Mitchell. James F. M:.-Don- ald. Daniel Kerr. John J. Griffiths. James rielley, Patrick Crane. Daniel J. Sullivan, Frank Corbett. Al V. Darling James J. Corbett and Will- iam Bonner. • BERNSTEIN IN LONDON, MANAGING "SINGLE" Says May's Great Sin&ls Now— Touring the World. IN AND OUT bean Varvara was forced to can- cel the Orpheum tottr at Rockford. III., following the death of his father on Feb. 25.- The pianist may pick NEW ACTS R. II. Sarsfield, from the Antipo- i U p i\j e time in about a week song his New Zealand M'GLYNN—QUINN NUPTIALS. Blnghamton. N. Y.. March 9. Joseph D. McGlynn and Miriam J. Quinn were married at the marriage license bureau. Blnghamton, N. Y.. March 5. The pair are vaudevil- lains and were at the Binghamton in the Parlor City. SCRLBNER BACK NEXT WEEK. Sum Scribner, general anager of the Columbia Amuseme-.t Co., Is slated to return from Palm Beach next week, after a two months' ab- sence at the winter resort. des, with scene. Jim Francis (Francis and Over- holt) and Har y Young (Rowley and Young) two act. Lilian and Anna Roth, in "The Night of the Party," by James Madison. James B. Carson, in "The Globe Trotter." a monolog. by H. I. Phil- lips, who writes the "Globe Trotter" department In the Globe. Bertha Belmore and George Ham. who recently appeared in "Bedroom. Parlor and Bath." will open shortly in a new vaudeville act. Virginia Clean', late of "Pitter '.'atter," songs. Loring Smith and Dick Arnold in a now offering for vaudeville. "Dixieland Jazz Four," a colored quartet which has been singing for talking machine records (Horwitz and Kraus). Duffy and Sweeney failed to open at Proctor's 58th Street Monday, due to illness. Lew Hawkins sub- stituted. Irene and 3ernlce Hart did not open at Proctor's, Yonkers, N. Y.* Monday. Jack Benny got the vacancy. The girls are from "Silks and S: tins." and were to break in a new act, but illness prevented. Miller and Lyle failed to open at the Colonial Monday, replaced by Wilbur Sweatman. "The Night Boat" left the bill at the Broadway after the Tuesday night performance Denny and Barry taking the vacancy Wednes- day. Illness of one of the cast was the ii a son. STOKER REINSTATED. Booking Privilege Also Restored to Lawrence Schwab. Joseph in Berlin The new work of Richard Strauss, on the legend of Joseph, has been given at the Opera in Berlin, and was well received. MARRIAGES Bobby Clark, formerly of "Peek- a-Boo," was married to Bert Matthes of the Maurice Downey act. ILL AND INJURED Dave Vine (Vino and Temple) is ill at his home in New York city j with "diphtheria. The act was to open next week up-State, but was forced to cancel. Charles Nevins (Nevins and Gor- don) is convalescing after an illness of two months. He will be disabled* for another month. Jim McKowen and P«m1 Dempsey. Keith agents from the Frank Evans office, are at their homes doctoring colds. Dan Hennesey, of the Keith Pop- ular Prices Department, is away from his desk with a heavy cold. PRODUCTION ENGAGEMENTS Verm Carlton, "Greenwich Village Follies." Laura Nelson Hall. George Le Ouere, "Survival of the Fittest." Collet te^Kyan. "Ziegfeld Frolics." Milton 'Nobles, Jr., "Happy New Year." Margaret Anglin's production of "Iphigenlu In Aulia" will have Bu- gene Powers. Harry Barfoot. Sidney Mather. Ralph Roeder, Mary Fowler and Moroni Olsen. Henry Ward, for Albee stock. Providence, R. I. ENGAGEMENTS Carlotta Monterey, "Nemesis." Joe Jackson. Arthur Geary. Berlo Sisters. Belle Storey, Ferry -onway. Pender Troupe, continuation until end of "Good Times" (Hip) s ason. Floyd Stoker v,\aS restored to booking privileges in the Keith of- fice last week, following a suspen- sion of two months. Stoker's re- instatement likewise included the restoration of the booking privi- leges of Lawrence Schwab, out for a like period. 11,000,000 FOR IRELAND. A theatrical and moving picture division with Joseph B. Maxwell as chairman has been appointed by the American Committee for Relief ip Ireland. It is planned to give bene- fit- performances in all cities, the receipts going to destitute women and children of Ireland. The first of these benefits will be held at the Metropolitan opera house April 3. Special publicity agents snd managers arc to be sen* to the various cities to handle the benefits following that in New York. Frank C. Payne is In charge of the fund's publicity. The theatrical and pic- ture committee hopes to raise *; JM)0.C()().. . •„ KID ACT STOPPED. Chicago. March !». Th,c Juvenile Court stopped Maude Daniels and her act. "The Rising Generation," at Aseher's Cha- t**y.u theatre. The act employs nine children, ranging from fiv< to 16 years old. The theatre management wl H fight the eas. . Meanwhi'e it Wa* compromised, the art ffO'nr, en * il h :< partial cast. FAY MARBE BACK f°y Mi ii.- returned t«> New Vork Jfter appearing for one ireefc ;<t the When Terrace. Cleveland. Bhc re ,Ur ni'«l in time to p!a\ two Su.ulay •°nocris and is now neaotlating to «^tutn in to p:.i> is now negotiating musical cook dy, TWO GOOD REASONS Ml ARK Pl.AYINCi BOTH B. F. Keith's RIVERSIDE Theatre B. F. Keith's COLONIAL Theatre This Week (March 7) LEW NED HILTON and NORTON pi lahllshing a precedent I l.ew Hilton, former!) . hui [csqtio '••' ■ real laugh creator ard drawing card Nedi Norton .s more than u Mtrutalu man. which Is confirmed bj em ;> i lohal act, 1' lMa> ing i:. r K< iili lime vaudeville hy proving that he is a Hi • due share he is reccdving In this with LKW UOLDKRH management. London. Feb. 1."». My Dear Simp: — Well. Simp, how is it breaking? Hope you are eating, whether yen are paying the; checks «rnot. Did you get my cable about May? Hope you printed it Just as I wrote it, for I had May all steamed u;» about how I stood with you. Don't flop me. kid, for I want to hang onto May. The night she opened at a vaude- ville hall, we were eating after tho show and the credit was fine, as Ma^y was pretty well billed so I knew 1 could go »ome on the eats until ay day. I says to May: "Now that you have put it over, kid, I guess I'll cable Simp and have him print it." "Will he fall that easy for you?" asked May. "I al- ways thought he was a tough mux to get anything out of." "Say," says I to May, "that boob will stand for anything I do. What do you think I stake him to cigars for?" "Write out the cable," said May. "and I want to read it as I'm go- ing to t>ay for It." So I write out. "Simp. May riot, panic, knockout and cleanup. Boost. Freeman." "Holy gee," said May, "you poor dumbell, do* you think he will faTl for that. Tone it down and be economical. Take out that 'and' and add to 'boost.' 'boost hard.' then ■cratch out your name, for even Simp would know who sent that one." So I sent it the way you got it and what she done to It so I hope you printed it. But that crack she made about her paying for It made me sore so I told her a story and I will tell it to you. but first • got to tell how it happened. You know the billing always was. "May Ward, The Dresden China Doll." Well. when I got here I heard Dresden was a town in Austria and that it was out £or the English. Then I was stuck about China. I asked the hotel e'erk how China stood in the war. He said ho hadn't been over there for years. Anyhow I found a guy who said he guessed China was neutral so I changed tho billing to read, "May Ward, Tho China Doll." I was standing outside the the»- tre the opening day looking at the paper when a couple of guys stop- ped in front of it. One read. "May Ward. The China Doll.'. "I Wonder if she will break?" naid one. f stepped forward. "f Jentlemen.' I says, "She broke me." They never got it, but may he May didn't when I told her. I was laugh- ing but 1 quit when I seen how she took it "Break you," she h. Hers and there is a lot of people anaind. "You poor nut, I never seen you often enough to make a touch, for when you came homo you were broke." "Never mind," 1 say* t<» May, "that was only a joke. Can't you get it?" "I can't get that." says May, "but I can give you the air" and up she blows to her room, locking the door. I had to sign her name to a Check for three quarts of wine be- fore I squared it. Over there all I had to do was to book May ami let her go. Over here it looks as if I must give personal service Just be- cause she's u single. And a good single too. Doing the old stuff and selling it just right, while thai blonde make up is a hear. They t»'ll me over in Paris they are nut* over blondes so that's where we ulka from here, And I figure if they are nuts in Paris about blondes they must In' crazy In Africa so it looks as though I will have to take Mttjjf around'the worid, just (o show how good looking she is and what a good single act she does. I never knew myself how good May looked until they gave her nearly a year's time after the opening. Well, maybe not a year, but some time anyway. Now Simp don't forget to bO» and pretty soon I am going to send over an ad. How much do you charge for four pages" Well, nev e r mind, 1 don't care. It aint the money, its the trouble making up the nd. May sends regards. Hays not to kid and if you do keep her n ime out of it. Co easy now Simp w Ii her, for she'- .. mea! ticket again /', i mrt n !'•■ i Mftebi. is.