Variety (June 1921)

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VARIETY Friday, June 17, 1921 1 GET THE COMBtNATiON FRANK J. FRANK J. CONROY AND DUNCAN (FORMERLY OF CONROY and UMAIRE) (A YOUNG WRITER-WITH NEW iDEAS) VAUDEVILLE AUTHORS Room 502 Pntaaai Bmldinc 1493 Brondwi^ NSW YORK CITY NOW IS THE TIME TO GET YOUR P»«:W ACT FOR NEXT SEASON SEVERAL ACTS NOW READY — INCLUDING SOME FORMERLY PLAYED BY CONROY AND LeMAIRE Hcfis in. flex in . -e leji^tlmate bar. th« Loop. nrwie" wu iretting |Longer Letty." It wam the secoed $28,000 weekly, "The Bat" was run- ning to around $22,000 and "The Tavern" about $18,000 up to the first week in March. The vioL^nce of the drop wua instanced wh. .i "Irene" slipped $1,300 in ..one night That was ^t the Garrick, befor3 the show moved over to the Stude- baker. Tha other hit attra'-^^ons. • then piling up runs, found almost equally coii'esponding declines. **Mary" opened at the Colonial under conditions that made the at- traction look sure for a summer run. It had i. $24,000 advance sale at the end of tho second week. It closed last Saturday, staying jus* 30 weeks. Industrial conditions In Chicago remain sub-normal. Such establishments as Sears-Roebuck are operating on a two-thirds basis, there being between 9.000 ai\d 10.000 per ons on the pay rol' out of a normal I'.OlO. Montgomery Ward is reported on-^ similar basis. Monday a special train arrived from Chicago, with seven shows re- ported closed there. Officially the itinerary -irried Ave shows, th«y Mas in the WorkI" and 'OJnc^ On 34th StrMt A. RATKOWSKY, he SUMMER FURS On«^ of the oldest established furriers In the city. For years, women wh'o love smart furs have come to us. Because we are really wholesalers selling at retail, you are sura to find here the most ex- tensive collection, the most wanted pelts In the most popular styles, always at tremendous savings. theatrical special sent on from that city. Two weeks ago "Tickle Me," "East Is West" and "Call the Doc- tor" made up the major part of a special. COHAN'S WITHDRAWAL (Continued from page 13) bread and butter, but they told me to do the manly thing; to do aa I thought best. They have been noti- fied to seek other connections by July 1. "It wma not right to 8*.y, aa some papers dki. that I was thr0»>eh with th* theatre forever. I am sot. No One can take away my birthright. When conditions become clearer and bett^ I might again return. It may bo a year; it may be two years. But while this condition (Equity closed shop) exists, I am withdrawing. "With regret, too, for the actors whoan I know, those who have been with me and those of whom, there are a number, who no one can tell what to do," With the number of attractions planned by the Gohan oflSee, It is now flcwr«d that »earer 8«>f play- era than 500 would have been en- gaged for next season. "I believe that 90 per cent, of ac- tors do not want closed shop, bat they are afraid to come out and de- clare themselves." said Mr Cohan.' This st&toncnt was based on the I number of players calling at the Cohan offices. Belief that there would be Inter- ference with players who would sign for Cohan's attractions, after the shows got started, is one of the principal reasons for Mr. Cohan's withdrawal. He stated he could have signed up &0O players, knowing what was to come, but rather than have such players entangled In legal proceedings that would have fol- lowed interference and withdrawals for Roch companies, the manager de- cided it best to withdraw alto- gether. The "superseding^ clause In the new contract for independent man- Special Discount to the Profes- ft«on. Wirrter Furs Stored, Re- paired and Remodeled. EVELYN BLANCHARD ! 149:i BBOAnWAT fiK\¥ ¥OHK CITV [ Sm Me twr Bis Tlmft RMtrk-leA M»t«vtel. 8ket«he«, CotDcdy AcU, Sinsl««. Kic. Art3 Ri'wriften^ nohoiiriH'd and ODenlus? Arnngpd. — NOW OPEN — i^tate BSatiiec i^|)op Under the management of HENRY (formorfy of tbo Putnam Bldig.) fiOlV LOCATED AT 160 J^tet 46tt) i^trtet (NEAR BROADWTAT) A Highi Class Shop, Up-to-D«te in Its Mothods and Appliances, YEN BARBERS BOOTBLACK THREE MANICURISTS agers is the crux of the actors' lim- itatioos in signing for engage- ments, added Cohan. Professionals, including several who have been i» Cohan produc- tions, declared they would g> to the Actors' Equity Association and de- mand a special meeting and a ref- erendum vote on Mr. Cohan. It was reported that if the A. EL A. council were to exempt any independent managers from the "Equity Shop" rule, a demand would be made giv- kng Cohan e^ual privU^^e. The idea is to offer Cohan the ^arae privi- leges as members of the P. M. A. until 1924, wJien the entire matter may be threshed ouL These play era maintain when tin "Equity Shop" was propovndod it, was 'explained that it was t the protectiort of players against Irre- sponsible managers, to prevent stranding of shows and non-payment of salaries. Cohan couM not by any stretch of imagiaatioR b« includi^ in such risks. A new angle In the Cohr:i with- drawal from production Is that of the playwrights. The authors stand forth in the situation as innocent in- jured parties. Having through their associations gone on record as against the closed shop for actors, the A. E. A. is said to have little re- gard for the writers. A meeting was scheduled on the matter for this week and a committee is expected to be.appointed by the authors, with a request for a meeting with the A. E. A. officers. During the week Mr. Cohan was unofficially invited to join tho Pro- ducing Managers' As^ociatloB, sev- eral representative managers call- ing on him. He stated, however, that he failed to see where the P. M. A. was ntuch better off than himself, and that thoui^ he did not blame the managerial fac'lons for protecting themselves even within the organization, he preferred to re- main unafniiated. The editorial comment on the Co- han withdrawal expressed in sincere terms the fine feeling for him within and outside *hQ profestsion The opinion that the move on the part of Equity was "ill-timed. If not ill- fated," was set forth in most of the editorials. The general lay expres- sion on the situation perhaps came from the Boston "Travel*^r" in last Saturday's edition, for it bes-t jrives the public's opinion on Cohan's leaving the theatre. It read: COHAN AND THE EQUITY. The announced retirement of George M. Cohan from the the- atrical field, where he has at- tamed oonspicuous success as actor, playwright and producer, is greatly to be deplored, as a/e the circumstances which im- pelled him to that decision. The actors undoubteclJy took an important step toward put- ting their profession upon a bet- ter financial fooLing when they orgaatzed the Actors' Equity Z^- aaciatton. Tho managers and producers had only themselves to blame for the fact that their o«»ployes deented it necessary to organixe. An error of judgment seems, however to have occurred somewhere on the part of the actors' uaion U> impooiao such roatricttoflia upoM their omploy- ora aa to havo cauaod a wmn like Mr. Cohan to throw up his hands in discouragement and jo ou^ of busir^ess. For we take it he is not bluffing, but means what he •ayow He does not need to stay in the show business to make money, since he has made his little pile. He merely coos no further incotitivo to atrivo for new achievomonts if be is to bo bound by tho ironciad rule of the Equity actors that ho abatl employ only union porformers. liF Mr. Cohan had boon nig- gardly m hia treatmowt Off tho actors the case woufd bo differ- ent. But he haa^paid his people well, in fact, hotter than nwst owpioyors in thoir lino. Ha haa shown himself the personal friend off hu nd r e ds ol actors in tho ho«tr when thoy neede d holi» or onco u r a gemont. Ho has boon tho largest contributor to tho ActorV Fund, tho players' groat- oot charity, and ho haa sought always to raioo tho lovol of tho stage by putting Frank Mannhig fPRANK ■!. CURTS) Addreaa Wajit«d. Important. BOX 172:{. ATLANTA. GA. ahowa and onabling his actors to rotain thoir aolf-respect. Yet, apart from all these con« siderations, it looks as if the actors' union had adopted poor strategy in provoking Mr. Co!isn to his latest sl|t>. With a none too prosperous season ahead of them and several thousand play ars now ia Now. York desaer^ atoly in nood of work, the sud- den throwing of Coha.i's 1,000 employes out of employment ap- pears ill-timed, if not ill-fated. I After the Play had M»p«r to i«ra ia i«r ANALAX Tk9 Frmlty LssmHvg AurMtiv* littl« a!"k pmi'iIIm— ia • n%M lui box >^lMt look AM lMt« like cmkJm^ lr«tl. Ai At aUirmnim »u4 iitkm ricNKSS^It A ■•••IMS, INC. ^ aaMihMiftvCbMiiM^ r ' EDDIE MACK TALKS: No. 3S % WARDROBE PROP. TRUNKS, $10.00 RUr Bariraina. Har* been as«d. Also a fow 8ecuad Hand Innovation and Fibre Wardrobe Trunks. |20 and $26. A few extra larffe Property Trun%a ATso oM Taylor and Bal Trunks. 2C West list Street. Petw^een OroaU'M'ar and 6tll Ate., New Tork City. GREENLEE and DRAYTON, Broadway, New York, tKia week (Juno 13)—Webster says:— "DAPPER, Trim and Pretty in Appearance; Neat« NaUy; Also Littio and Active; As, A Well-Made, Tight Built Dapper Littio Fellow.* : GREENLEE and DRAYTON ARE DAPPER. GREENLEE and DRAYTON Wear EDOIE MACK Clothes; So, Form Your Own Conclusion. 1582-1584 Broadway ; 722-724 Seventh Ave, Opp. Strand Theatre Opp. Columbia Theatre Save 10 per cent, here with your N. V. A card. ■■ \ This Week (June 13)-KErrH*S PALACE, NEW YORK DIN NY DlNAHOCyS BOY JACK DOING NICELY lllk See ED. KELLAR or BILLY GRADY ) • , .» SAIUNG FOR EUROPE SOON asadMOtauaiHMtttdiutBA