Variety (March 1921)

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-iday, March IS, lft?I VAUDEVILLE ■arc*; W IN 8, N. V. A. DAY V. M. P. A. THEATRES Proceeds of Friday's Matinee to Go to Actors' Funds. — The second N. V. A. Day in all vaudevlllo theatres holding mem- bership in the Vaudeville Managers' protective Association will take place Friday, April 8. The entire proceeds of the matinee perform- • arte*/ <>f thai- Jay will l*e wholly turned over to the National Vaude- ville Artists and applied to its spe- cial funds. The April 8 benefit will mark the second annual N. V. A. Day. I,ast year was Its first, and a liko pro- cedure was gone through. It was Inaugurated a, a yearly event, to promote Ihe object* of the N. A'. A. The amount collected last year was not made public. Through hav- ing been Ihe first of its kind, the re- turns were reported at the time to have fallen below the expectations of the managers' association. This year, with more advance notice given, the gross is looked to be materially Increased. N. V. A. FIELD DAY Artists' Club Win—Have Baseball and Other Games at Polo Grounds A field day will be staged by the N. V. A. Club at the Polo Grounds April 10, with a baseball game and other events, for the benefit of the N. V. A. Insurance Fund. The ball game will be played be- tween the N. V. A. Club and a the- atrical aggregation, probably music publishers. On the last occasion these teams clashed at the Polo 'Grounds. $3,400 was raised for the Actors* Fund. A meeting of the Athletic Asso- ciation of the X. V. A. Club was held last week, where the plans for the sports carnival were announced. Sammy Smith was elected assistant manager to aid Krnle Stanton in se- lecting the team, most of whom will l>e holdovers from last season. Fred Stone and other athletic ar- tists, will do "stunts." Jack Henry, the agent, will umpire the ball game. He was formerly an "ump" in the minors, having officiated in the In- ternational and Atlantic Leagues. 7 *■■ ■■ ' ac= LOEW CIRCUIT SAYS CLEANLINESS STANDARD OF jTS VAUDEVILLE J. H. Lubin Cl^rly ScU Forth Sort of Material Required on Loew Stages- Jokes, Dialog and Songs Included—No Lyric Reflecting on. Other Nations —Drastic "Cuts" When Necessary- ♦- CONSIDINE'S ENGINE New Orleans, March 13. John Considine, who has spent the entire winter in New Orleans, Is promoting an automobile engine, Invented by a Swede working in a local machine shop, that will operate with crude oil as with gasoline. Practically the entire loc.nl thea- trical contingent are "aboard" for a gambling chance. PLAY FOR VERA GORDON At the conclusion of her vaude- ville tour Vera Gordon will place In rehearsal a new play, written by Edward Locke. There is also a pos- sibility she will revive one of her earlier successes on the Yiddish stage. RUTH JEANETTE NORMAN and JEANETTE Now in their second miccessful "fouoii on th<- I.OKVY C1RC1 IT. Direction, MAXDKU, A liosr. Norman will sail r»ir Knglaud at eh ** <.< rhi- present season to nut reiutu.-n. Miss Jcanctte ivlll rc« it, n,. w Vop , The Loew Circuit will not afford a harbor for unclean stage ma- terial. Its house managers have standing orders for the immediate notification to acts for the elimina- tion of any offensive material in jokes, dialog or songs. Any l> ric that might be classified as offensive by a foreign born auditor in a Loew house through the song reflecting upon any nation, is also under the Loew ban. J. H. Lubin, general booking man- ager for the • Loew Cireuit. made these points clear this week. In speaking of the matter. Mr. Lubin said: "Cleanliness is the Standard* of Loew vaudeville. That is so well known among the Loew artists and Loew patrons t i* hardly necessary to repent it. Vet to impress acts that may come to oor time with the importance of hiving a turn entirely free from isuggestive mat- ter of any charaeier, we would like Variety to make some comment in order that our house managers shall not be made to enforce the stringent instructions that have been issued to them concerning objeetionable stage material. "The Marcus Loew theatres ap- peal to a public that looks to it for wholesome amusement and has found that is what we supply. While the standing regulation to this end has been faithfully fol- lowed by our house managers and artists, now that the season is near- ing its close and we are about to book for the season to come, it might be advisable at this time to make our position on material per- fectly plain. • "Another thing our artists should be informed of—the Loew theatres will not permit songs reflecting upon foreign nations to be sung. It Is immaterial whether the lyric con- tains a laughing point or is other- wise looked upon as a desirable number for any purpose, it will have to go out if there is a suggestion of an unfair reference to another country In it. For our own country that wo understand a song may say what it pleases within reason, prod- ding this condition or poking fun at that, but with our cosmopolitan audiences we do not want the for- eign-born element in our midst to feel uncomfortable through some pointed lyrical remark to their land of nativity. "Instructions on matter of un- clean material are now in effect as always, and it Is neecseary that all our artists observe them. It la much easier for acts to conform their turns to meet with our con- ditions before opening for us than it may be If they should disregard cleanliness and our resident man- agers find they must order out of an act possibly what the act be- lieves is some of its best material, because the manager deems it un- clean." The Loew system of reports on "cuts" Is a travelling one. one house manager reporting to all others when cuts aro made in an act, and th© exact nature of the deleted matter. Mr. Lubin stated the Loew houses had experienced httle if any dif- ficulty in the matter of material and Lhey did not anticipate any in the future. He added that publication was desired more for the purpose of making known that the actions of the Loew resident managers In this respect had the sanction of the home office, more than anything else. CENTURY IN BALTIMORE WILL HOLD 6,500 PEOPLE Whitehurst Structure, Theatre r.nd Roof, Opening April 25. EJECTED AND SUES Al Lichter Wants $10,000 From Al Harstn Uakimore, March 16 The Century, the new theatre and roof garden now in construction by the Whitehurst Interests, will open April 25. First run pictures will be shown in the theatre proper with a :-how to be patterned after the Zieg- feld Roof revues on the roof. Vaudeville acts will 'also be played en the roof. This will give the Whitehurst people four first runs in the city of Baltimore and the largest seating capacity under one roof in America. The combined capacity for the the- atre and roof will total 6,500 seats, the hous'e seating 3.467. The house has been a year and a half in 1he building and has already cost $1,«»70.000. It will give White- hurst three houses on the same street, within a three-block area, w'.th a total capacity of 11,000. i s ) Al Lichter, through his attorney, .Max (Iieenwald, has started an act<on for $10,000 damages ngainst Al Harstn. The suit arises out of an argument at llarstn's Har- lem Fifth avenue theatre, 110th street and Fifth avenue. Surdsy afternoon, between H;irstn and Lighter. Lichter had an act "Assorted Dainties" playing the Harstn house for the day. A mix-up over the salary the act was to receive en- sue* J. According to Lichtcr's complaint. Harstn. during the discussion, ejected Lichter from the theatre. The rase will be tried in the Su- 1 rcine Court. KEITH HOUSES IN SUMMEK The Kcit v offices began tO ( make plans for their houses during the coming hot weather season this week. The Colonial may close early in June to remain dark throughout the Summer, w itU the Hamilton pos- sibly closely following. Whether the .leffcrwon will close or not still remains questionable. It was annonncd that the Albani- an will remain optn. FOX'S IN FLATBUSH The Albermarle, Flat bush, lirook- lyn. the new William Fox house opened Thursday with six acts and feature, split we«.1 policy. The house plays two performances a day with threo Sat unlays, Sundays and holidays, booked by Kdgar Allen.of the Fox office. The »new theatre has a large seating capacity and is located at out four blocks from IJ S. Moss l''latbm'i, playing Keith vamh ville. ! Another Goo. Wash. Cohen. Lester Bernard (Bernard am! Shaw) will be featured by Aaron Hoffman in a second company of •<leorge Washington Cohen." Ber- nard and Shaw, a^ vaudeville team for several seasons. solved. recently dis- Brendel Discharged in U. 8. Court El Brendel (Brendel and Bert) was discharged from bankrupcy Monday by Judge Augustus N. Hand in the U. .8. District Court. Brcndel's lia- bilities aggregated $5,000; no assets. H. 8. Hechheimer acted for the petitioner. GLADYS CLARK ILL Gladys, Clark (Clark and Uerg- tn:>n> has returned to her home in New York following an attack of illness recently in Chicago. Henry Bergman Is continuing with the Clark-Bcrgrian turn, with the two Crisp sisters, doing single songs in the act instead of the doubles he did with his wife. Tanguay in Production The Shubert office announces that following next week's engagement at the Blackstone, Atlantic City, Kva Tanguay will be presented in a Shu- bert attraction now being readied for early presentation. The cyclonic one will remain with the legitimate piece until September, when she will be played as one of the features of the proposed Shubert vaudeville Mr the DECIDES FOR ALLISON. Judge John Davies in the Third District Municipal Court last week (fecided against -hnrles Whyte in his $500 breach of contract action sgninst .1. M. Allison. Whyte al- leged he held a wriuen guarantee for lour weeks services m the de- fendant's -Puritana" net. ;i : fiLT, perj week, but thai Allison discharged i I •In:, even after lie- V. M I*. A. «e ab-d in his 1a\or. Allison is a new: imptrmii •• :^f, - e is led with Ihe Ciie inaatl Time - Star, PAUL and LEW IVIURDOCK Playing 11, I'. 1^ .in Tun" vVYH: fMarch n» it. i\ m:iy.is iw j.a<k. m:w |"«.i|:k .i \. \ (March 21», B. v. KltilTH'H mamii.Ton 7 . n :: .v *<•»:.. i • •• ••' »:<>!•• \J.n: : -ti; \v \»:t. DOUBLE X FOR 1 GRAND MAKES "TOMATO" WILD So He Turns Ginsbergs Map Into Hamburger Albany, ^Rirch JG. Dear cluck: I got a, tciviblc deal in this bur* with "Tomato," and 1 wish >. u would lip the mob to wateh their steps 1. they vA-pcef tooVWfc 'a*y " fighters out this way. "Tomato" waa matched to bo* Young (iinsberg heie. Before the match could be made they insisted that I put up 1.000 bucks as a weight forfeit for "Tomato," to n.a ' 13", at 2 o'clock the day oi ihe fight, which waa Monday We blow in town unci a- a «.u; .- ter of two * ato" and n:e no Q t 0 ti,e cl ib to weigh in. "Tomato" haa been dryin' out for i tft and is pant in' tor a drink, but 1 figure we'll »*Jgh imtl then he car, eat his he id off. i\ r the battle don't begin until 10 that night. Well, we hit the club and Gins- berg's manager shows me a tele- gram from hie pug w,here he misted a train and will be two hours late gettin* In. lie lives about GO miles from here. I make a bolter fee them to let "Tomato" weigh, but Ginsberg's steerer says i.othin' doin' until bin guy arrives and the club o'nciala uphold him. 1 ,ait "Tomato" on the scales, anyway, and ho don't move.the beam whirl) is set at a 35. Wo leave the Joint and 1 puk "Tomato" ip the hotel tellin him to lay down and get some eke J) and I will wake hin. when* the other fighter hits town. He take, his room key and blows to the kip About an hour later GtSjgborg *tt4 his -Manager an 1 the state rnspOC- tors breer.o in tellin* me to get "Tomato," as they're ready to w< iiih In. 1 » cnt ut to the room ami found my egg anorin' like a unl;« n sailor. There waa a flock of empty di: lies mi m • water pitcher starln' me In th.« i>;tn. You've gue.:i d , he coulon't stand I*, any longer and ordered mnisclf a full square and nil the water he could drink. Well, we put him on the ^cabs and In weighed just 13o and \ x . If you think that *rg didn't de- mand my weight forfeit o. a grand and gel it you off your nut. 1 hollered that .h match wa.; mad.* for 1' O'clock an. that they dldr t weigh in until % Sut it didn't do »m» no g«>«d for these birds were hU t" dy cu up ay dough. I to« \ • »ack to th«> 1 ot and started to bawl him out. Hi got thick and as'. 1 me what was oatn' ir as 1 had to! him to ;:« a'uad and eat as the weigh In' \ as nil a,- ranged. Well . oi: coold have kno< ; • .1 i: ( ov i a PaMagoa rout t • one had phoned the room, ufte; l.e arrived and imitated my voire tellin' the sap to put the f«•< d bag on and drink his fill. They km w ho would be overweight and wanted that Jack. The only satisfaction i ,^<»t «. t of the whole Jam was watch'n* "Tomato" paste this bird all ostr the neighborhood. He could baVf. stopped him any time lie wat.ud to but I told him if he did I would crown him with the water bottle, I wanted to see Ginsberg take it and I certainly enjoyed the tight. "Tomato" hit him with every- thing but my spike shors which were home in the trunk am. nut.!* him look like Ray BchaTk Warnin up about four pitchers at one* Ib cagghl mora punches on the kU*H than Harding got votes. At tie end of the fight he looked like a steam roller had run over hi* muafe. ! told ids RftQftgtr :t T.'r:n a good thing they grabbed that grand l<»r his end would never pay the doctors || WOtlld take to patch bun itp. i never seen "Tomuto * no faster for he was all steamed op over the greasy trick tbes ■Upf*cd lis. lie d)il everything but acratel and bite. He had the rrfere.- bail. dozed or he would have ptggrd him out of the ring for the way h< shamrocked this bird. Hut it takes a lot of smacks on the b«•••/(•i to make yott forgef a\] the things yon could do with 1.000 fish and w< flint over it yt. You can bet jrour Ufa insurance that Tomato wo;r> n. no attention to telephone rails itoni now or. 1 thoughl l waa hep ti» all the angles btil ' Olcoro Ihe chiropodist says. "Ii\ • and learrt." i our pnl ('bit.