Variety (June 1921)

CRICE 20 CENTS PnblUhal Wsaklr U 1(4 Wut Ktk St., M»w Toik, N. T., br TartMr. >■«. Aanokl MbMriptiM ft. Wnct* etylM, >• SMI«& ■■Ui«d u uoul oUas iBKtMr D*cMnb*r U, tNik at th* r«M omm at N»« Tarlfc N. T., nsdw tka Jkat.aC Marok t, int: ..(X f (OL. LXm. No. 2 NEW YORK CITY, FRIDAY, JUNE 3,1921 48 PAGES HAVOC :CULATORS' ALLIANCE SEEN WITH SINGLE BUYING AGENT I idicates Have Forced Outright Eight Weeks' Ad- vance Purchase—^Result Has Been Heavy Losses —Want Scheme Like London Libraries. PROMS VOICED COUNTRY OVER . indications this weelt^'pointed to tte probability of an alliance bo- jtween the Ave important ticket apeculating concerns. They have been holding meetings of iiJLe to dkicuss some means of "get- ting together," either by the forma- tion of one corporation or confining their purchases of theatre tickets As a body instead of individually. j(he business problem they seek (Continued on page 3) CLARA SMITH HAIION IS mxm A PICTURE ii S.'- STREET CAR ADS. t •*Brosdw«y Whirl" Hat Signs in New York Street Cars—Ad Man Interested? For the first time in yeara a Broadway attraction Is using street car advertising. It Is "The Broad- >ay Whirl," due for the Times Square next week. This show was ' Jtt tour as the "Century Midnight ilWhirl," there being a number of ^ebanges with the introduction Into we cast of Richard Carle, Blanche Ring and Charles Winniger. The signs bill th© show as a "five- 'Ukr musical Intoxicant." with Win- ona Winter and Jay Gould Joined ■ In the featuring. The Artists Pro- ^4nclng Corp. is advertised as prt- ijenting the "WhirV with John Henry Mears having the actual di- rection. ^ It is reported tliat an adverti.«;inj Inan is interested, as the street car display would ordinarily call for a.i ■ Expenditure of several thousands '..Weekly. The "Whirl" also has a humber of i,fanas on T.ong Isiand. / SETTLED 15-YEAR.OLD SUIT f"' ' BuhIoii, June 1. .In the United States District Court last week a suit which had •««n on the docket for 15 years, *nd wiiich revolved around the yords and music of the fJospel Jynm. -Sweet By and By," was Settled. Mrs. Joan Webster, widow of the Juther of the hymn. .Joseph P. Webster, of Elkhorn, Wis., received from Oliver Di(»<ua, nuiHic pul)liyh- i Ws, and others, in the n*'igliborhood ■ •.The suit was the oI<l»st on the ^.'^Hcord-H r.f the court ami fiu of the iSl**"'!' witnes.seH were in at the fin- b j** ''''>♦' hymn, written ti;i>^e y«;irs P Wter th.^ linish of tJu- Civil War. PJJjan sold l>y Lyon & lU.ny Co.. of ^Icajro. and following the biij C'hi- J*?t> Ur<. (he firm was taken over by "Hver Diiaou Co,, ot Uor.on. Oklahoma Girl of Notoriety Star of 10-Reeler—^John Gorman Directing. Los Angeles, June 1. Despite all the difficulties placed in the path of Clara Smith Hamon, who was acquitted of the killing of Jake Hamon. the Oklahoma oil mil- lionaire, the company which is to present her and her storj' on the screen got to work Monday at the Warner Brothers' studio on Sun- set boulevard, where space liad been rented. Jolin Gorman la directing the pic- ture and has shown a contract un- der which he Is to receive $75,000 for the Job. Gordon wrote the script for the picture, which is to be a 10- reeler, entitled "Fate." The Hamon project has the back- ing of W. E. Weathers, a Texas ol! man, and the picture is to take two months to make. The devel- oping and printing laboratories are getting extra price- to handle the film. Thus far about COO feet have been shot. Gorman says he has tl^rec fftrnK-r diroclori? viarklns in the cast, tlio names of whom are heinp kept secret, but it has leaked out that John Ince i.s plaving tin- lead opposite the girl. Andre P.arlatier is the camera- man. Th'^ Society of Cinemat- ographers has not as yet taken any action rec:atdincr him anc' his t;»king the position with the .ompany de- spite the sotifiy'.- thieat to expel any membf-r who did so. There is no fear thai the com- pany will be shy of actors, lor the studio olMios are svvamp.'d witii applicant^j fur work. Riot of Crime in Their Wake—'^PrivUege Car*' Described — Crooked Gambling Part of the Gamerr-AdveiVsemtints in Their Trade Organs Cited — This Week's News Gist. THOUSANDS OF CHORUS GRLS STRANDED IN NEW YORK CTTY No Work, No Money, No Resources—Few Musical Shows Playing—rSomf Girls Subbing—NiuliHig ''Sunday Magazine Chorps Giri^'Tiiai^ Stxttrliei. -^ CITIES BAR THEM Since Variety published Its edi- torial, "The Sewer of Show Busi- ness," pointing out that the thiev- ing, bootlegging and tIcIous methods of "carnivals" are responsible for the ill-repute in which the profes- sion is held In the smaller centers, information to support the conten- tion has poured into the editorial room from every locality and every known source. One correspondent pointed out that the ill-fame of the "carnival" methods directly afTccts all the branches of amusements, as the backwoods legislators are In the majority In almost every state and they make laws affecting reputable (Continued on page 2) ALL-EQUITY STRANDS; AaORS GIVEN BENEFIT daily MANN IN GARDEN SHOW. It wa. rt'pnried Iat«- Wt-dne-day* that Louis M um had been cn«age<i by tht' Shid.f-rt.s to enter "The Whirl t.f New Yurk.' due to open i\ex' wp»»'k at th" WinJ-T Cardan. The i^l.ov\ was first put out as a leviv-il oC The Dcllc of New York." Raney Stock of 11 People Hits Shoals at Petersburg, Hi. Chicago. June 1. Charles S. Hanoy of SprinRfield. lU.. and I.ouifl Hotterman of I..ln- coln. III., were the fir.st of the many tent .shows that startrd out of Chi- cago to go on the rocky .shoals. Thf sliow was composed of 11 people, and opened ni relerHl>urR. 111., May 16. On the three days the total re- ceipts were $200. It is said that Hcftcrman loft (own, Iravini; everybody stranded. Kancy, who conducts the Ilaney .'^tork Company of .Spr.ngndd, tjuaranteed the hotfl bills, but re- fi:.scj to give the performers any S'lary or lrans;>oft;ition. ^ A benefit was held Thursdriy. M-'iy 21, to ^et the actor.s out of Teters- burg. The cast is nll-Kci.uiy. ' • ' 'tOLUES" AT $5 PER CAN DO OVER $32,000 Globe's Entire Orchestra at $5 Scale—Perhaps $1L in Aqencies. Zicgfeld's "Follies" will go into the Globe at $5 straight for Lhe en- tire lower floor. This establishes a new high .scale for mu.sical shows on Broadway-. With the tax, the price to the public will be $5.50, $1.10 over last year's top price, when the scale was 14 ($4.40 with tax). On the road the show was scaled at $4.50 ($4.95 with tax) In most of the big stands, Philadelphia excepted. «The flrst $5 top scale for Broad- way was Inserted at the FJmpire for "Clair de Lune," a non-muslcal at- traction and which is in its last two weeks. John and Ethel Barrymore are starred. Both shows class as freak allradions. The Barrymore play was predicted to slump, and though the scale Is still in effect, the business is but 40 por cent, of the IJmplre's capacity. When tho "Follies" wafl aimed for I he Globe tho houso was .scaled at $3 for tho first 15 rows. Since tlien it was decided to include- tlio entire flr.st fToor, which hafl 19 (^w? for a (oi*ar of f»7r <-Tat»3. r.y ^rr t'itAntf ihfS' house can got $190 more fol* each porforni.Tnce. the balcony sriic also being revised. Tho f\vHt scaling gave the house a capacity of |.'51,r)0ft, but the new ar- rangement nendH the figure above $32,000. The actual price the public will pay for "Follies" tickets at the Globe is up to the agencioH, wher ^ the minimum rate will b^ $6.10 (at r*0 renl.s advance). The probabilities are for a charge of $10 for choice seal.s at the agencies. IRISH AMERICAN ROSE The fallacIousneAs cC the Sun- day magazine pampered and petted chorus girl, with her apartment on Rivorsido' drive, he«r motor, her rctinua of highly skilled servhnts. was revealed this week when it became known that between 2,000 arid 3»000 chorUs .glrla are out of work in New Yorlr city. The unemployment, entailing des- perate harU»hip8 for most of tho girls, is at its highest peak it. years, with little prospect oi relief during the summer months or the com- mencement of next season, accord- (Continued on page 3> PRESIDENT^ND LEE KIOS. Mr. and Mrs. Harding Greet Chil« drtn Outtida Thaatra. Washington, June I. Preslde^nt ilarding, for the third time since ha has l>een the chief of the Whita House, attended Keith's Monday night. Jana and Katherine Lee. the picture kid headliners, playing a return date at the theater, were recognized In the crowd out- side of the theater by Mrs. Harding while the presidential party were leaving the lobby after the show. Mrs. Harding threw them a kiM and called the PrcHidefiL's attrni ion to the young.stor.s. The Prenidcnt went over to them, shook tlir»lr hands, commented on their jict, wished them good luck .and present- ed them with his program, inviting them to come to the White Ilouxo to have It autographed. President Harding's Interest in vaudeville .seems to be even greater than that 6T Tfie rofrtier7»tfsi.'rtint--';ms<>rt. - GALLI-CURCI RE-FEATURED. Diva 8a!d to Be Planning Rotrousta Nose. COLONEL PATTEE IS 7V. Colonel John A. Pattee clo.s«l hi.** vaueb'ville season at Ilacine. Wis., And will celebrate liis 77th bir(h<lay at his old home In New B(»Hton. n<;jr !>• tioit. Hii* wife, .sIste-T, chll- dreti. grandciuUiren, groat-J5> and- <hil«lre'n anel many friends will help him celebrate. The famous nose of Amelita Galli-Curoi, almost' as familiar to the opera, concert and newspai»or- readlng public as her priceh^Hi throat, may undergo sor^c revision. It became known to a few insid- ers this week that the diva bad consulted a facial expert \7ith a view toward a semi-surgical re- shaping oC her Koman nose into .S(>me*thing ine»re on tlie CSreciun or Saxon order. She ha.s a pro- nouncedly prominent nose, - iid t<» be ot tho type exlreiin-ly admired In Latin cotintrie.% but not ro^.tid- <'d as t!»e "pofnilar** nose in Amer- ica and nngland. ,;: i 1 .*1.A tiiJ J ^«