Variety (June 1921)

^. June 17, 1921 VARIETY "^ ' il U. y. ALBEE, President j. j. MURDOCK, General Maiiager F. F. PROCTOR, Vice-President B. F. Keith's Vaudeville Exchange (AGENCY) (Palace Theatre Building; New York) F. KEITH' ' -" '" ^ - EDWAilD P. ALBEE ' ' • - A; PAULREIIB- >• - > - - • - - -. - P.- F. PROCTOE . . . w Founders • Artists can book direct bv addressing S. K. HODGDON arcus Loew's AM * IG AM ATED OOKING AGENCY ieneral Executive Offices EW BUILDING ANNEX 160 West 46th Street New York J. H. LUBIN '*'^ Ceneral Manager -•«*.. ft-'- CHICAGO OFFICE Masonic Temple Building J. C. MATTHEWS in Charge '^ 1' »C-»'. ■?J O TIC E Feiber ^ Shea AFTER APRIL 28th WE WILL BE LOCATED AT 1540 BROADWAY, LOEW BLDG. TELEPHONE BRYANT 5530 BERT LEVEY CIRCUIT AUDEVILLE THEATRES :A2AR theatre building SAN FRANCISCO PAUL GOUDRON » ■ASTERN REPRESENTATIVB, WOODS THEA, BLi>3., CHICAGO. VAUDEVILLE AGENCY -I f 1441 Broadway, New York PHONE BRYANT 8993 Booking,First Class Acts in FIRST CLASS THEATRES ARTISTS MAY BOOK DIRECT ..^■ I. i I 5 H I f UL ORPHEUM wyn I I MARTIN BECK, »40RT H. SINGER, President General Manager, CHARLES ^. BRAY, General Western Keprcsentativ FRANK VINCENT, S. LAZ LANSBURGH, BENJ. B. KAHANE, Scc'u and Treat. Law Dcpt. E. H. CONWAY, JOHN POLLOCK. Publicity and Promotion Press Dept. O. R. McMAHON, Manager Auditing Department GENERAL OFFICES, PALACE THEATRE BUILDING, NEW YORK CITY GEORGE GOTTLIEB, Managers' Booking Dcpt. V I i I 1 I and IHN FULLER AUSTRALIAN CIRCUIT Longacre Engineering and Construction Company )' /AUDEVILLE, MELODRAMA AND PANTOM! 4E .American Representative, A. BEN FULLER DELGt^l BLDG., 10C5 MARKET, ST. kN FRANCISCO PHONE PARK 4332 The Western Vaudeville Managers' Association ^n J. Nath, LjtinMt Managtr. Thomas J. Carmody, Booking Manager floor State-Lake Theatre BIdg. CHICAGO, ILL. .INC. «••*•; SpenaVizhig theatre finanruis and . ,...;. —. construction • ' ■% :■' CHICAGO OFFICES NEW YORK OFFICES Anuriojin Uond & Mortgage Hldg. 662 FiftJi Av-. sliow housrs. The only amtj^'^ment ♦'Hterprise seom»i«t;ly to Kei the draw is th« Ki«i>»^ * -ub and tl»o I'ala«' . of Jov. TffV b" v«< hrrn < ro\v«.'U Nirnost lo ».ap<i' y \h^ liiBl \\\o weeks. DES MOINES. L^A^ '^ith the hrln of the Pari-.s klhK^"^ "tyged one of tlie Ligg. st •*'Jjnoos E»-i.n in years. fee ?*^"i<^nace in regards to block- PoUoI , '^^^ ^^^^^ before the local ^^^' it IS the large buses that '"^e Peopir. from 42d street to Coney .*«id. Th^re Is hardly an alley- > nL^ '^''If' street that the buses Iter,! ^T *'^*^" *4ttention of Uj^triet ™*y Lewis who hud s€vcr«i] of the motor driven vehlrle owners on the stand last week and grilled ihem personally. L. A. Thompson Scenic lUtilway Coipuration opened its new slide last week. The slide was hardly open a <h»y when an a«-cident oc- eurred. The price of admission is 25 cents, the largest ever chnrged for a slide ride down here. By DON CLARK. With 75«00 Rhrinprs in town this week attending the nationnl con- rlave, tlie Des Moines theatres are doing S. i\. O. hu-iness. The Adams-Klbert /t r.otchell liti- gation for possesHJon of the three big local houses is stilly on in the courts, and none of the theatres is open this week, 'jf'he Majestic is the only theatre playing vaudeville this week, but it is iiossible the Empress will open for the latt r part of the conclave if permission can be secured from the court. "Sweetheart Shop," at the IJerchel, was cancelled when the court or- dered that houso tiirned back to KIberf & 'I'tcli**)! from Adams, Ues Moines; "Fa• red and Profane 1-ove." Strand: "Dollar a Year Man," fiardfn; "So lA)\\f; J.etty," Kialto. DETROIT. By JACOB SMITH. \V;u ren & Cohen have discon- tinued I.oew vaudeville at the Colonial until Labor Day. Mean- while, pictures at JGc. and 25c. rntil I.iither notice, K. D. Stair will play pictures at the Shubert- i:)etroit. There will be two changes weekly, and performances will be continuous. Jloss Ifnbbard. manager of the house, is lfo(»kJng the pi«:tures. The Bonstelle Stock this week is playing "That Night at Dolans," a serious work by John T. Mclntyre, which Miss Bonstelle Is trying out Beautify Your Faca Y»u miMt \—k tM^ to •!«•• ••Ml. Many •! tfi« "Prcfti. •ton" kiM abtalMrf aatf n- talntd kattar »art» by liavtat mt aarract thair laatural iai- firrfactlans aai raaiava klarn- ihM. Caatultattoa fraa. Faaa rtaaanaWa. F. E. SMITH, M. D. 347 Fifth Avenua N. Y. tUf. Opp. Waldorf for George C. Tyler for the coming season. Charles M. Adams, former man- ager of the Lyceum, Columbus, has taken over the general management of the Drury Lane theatre. Harry L. Charnas, president of TRUNKS ALL MAKES ALL SIZB8 FOR THB PROFESSION. AT BIG DISCOUNTS RIALTO LCOOAOB SHOP 25f \V«at 4td St.. Mmw ttb Aveaa«. the Standard Film Service, an- nounced while In Detroit last week he woiild open a branch In Pittsbm-gh to han<ile the Federated franchise for that territory. The I»alaee, Detroit, is discon- tinuing vaudeville for the summer COVERS FOR ORCHESTRATIONS IM> l» \TMKK UK IFF < \^^> ART BOOKBINDING CO. 119 WEST 42d STREET NEW YORK CITY and inaugurating a policy of mufeical tabloid and pictures. Kdcar F. Kirehner. manager of the Family. Detroit, says that whfle summer business is not as good as last year, ho is Increasing his reg- EDWARD CROPPER, Inc. THEATRICAL WARDROBE TRUNKS HOTKL NORMANDIK BLDO.. 8. K. ^omer 3»th ft B'way. N. \, Cilr. THONK: FITZROT 384t ular patronage by belter and bigger jUtuies. No (ruth to the rumor Fox may vU)i=fi the Washington during tite summer. It is to remain open. INDIANAPOLIS. PusinesM of the Jilm houses lj.i«! lie*ii de< ideilly dejuesslng for tlie past three or four weeks, only one E. Galizi A Bro. Grrttaat Proff«. •»f»n>| Arrnnllfin M4oiif«<;t.Mrfr» and •triiairerii. Inroniiiarabl* Spe- cial norkK. Nr<« I d a a PatPiiietl Sbift Krya. TrI. Frankllo S2I Naw Vark City 215 Caaal Sirtat or two houses reporting profitalile receipts antl a number of j»i<tures which hiive be<n saccesses else- where turning out to l)0 bad "flops' here. Strange enough the Cr^gory Kelly stork company and the .Stuart Walker comp.iny, at the two le^^'iti- mate theatres, have held up spUn- WANTED FOR "BOSTONIAN BURLESOUERS" r*ii»i« ipal lairlesque people, Including prima donna, ingenue, aonbivtte, good straight man thjat run sing and daner. >«, tynd come<lian, and two good spef!iultles. Can also use a ro\'Ity act. ,S«a'-<»ir8 eng.ig-m» r t on Colimibia Ajnuscment Co. Circuit. Business has bccii off at the local! Films this week: ".Scrai/ Iron, I ^, Address CHAS. H. WALDRON r.ASINO TIIK.ATKI-:. lUlSTOV, MA'»v. li. Chf] A^<fo Vae Clicrua G>iia at Ai; J.tf.tu. Jttotbmc 1-uritiaktaU.