Variety (September 1921)

6 fAKIETY'S SAN FBANCI800 OFFIOES g>att 3Prattri0r0 Fi-Way, September 2, 1^21 PANTAG£8 THEATilE BUILDING SAN FRAMSCO SHOWS LEVEY GETS 10 MORE IN NORTHWEST OKPHEUM, FRISCO Sim l'/uij<. »?»t"<>, Aug. •.-. Kn.« -tinn Artie Mobliiigcr ami 'P<oiiio W. Meyer, tbe actjj on the Oi-pluMini bill tbis we«k were hold- tovors or bad plnyod bere before, but drspito tbo familiarity tbere wan mo •i.i b good loinody tbe sbow ran well, |ivi:i;i Mil Piijoynble entertainment. Cporse t'ord and Flo runningbam ponl.ibiwcd nnu'U class snid mauy laiipi'^ >vitb tbeir ronlidontial «Iomes- lie talk ;jl()ns original lines. llotb t.O'X's^i strikinj; perninalities nnd de- liver in thiinbed style. Their encore i;iu -.M ;,. •; a|)i)ear rtiiperfluous and let lii.i.t down liebt. <:;bson an«l (%>nnell, well down lo- bird^ tb^t are a b:g feature of tbe turn. Josephs. McJ Lewy Will Return to FriHCO Office instead of Kansas City San Krancigco, Aug. •'^1. M«-l Lefey, who has been, touring HIPP, FBISOO San Francisco. Aug- 31. The first half ol tbe bill hrro ( first half of tli'» week) gavo good satisfae- tion. Ther.- w.:s plenty of comedy ; .u...^.^"^™ K.kalf nf thp Ii4»rt and enough singini;. : the. northwest on,behalf of the li^rt Marco and Co. wont big for on ; Levey ein nit, wW not go to Kantsas opener. Marco's magic and cJnl I ,-.jjy ^^ fj,.j^( planned, but will return tricks of a familiar nature cleverly . * , ,^ ^k««»« «f tl»a v;iin executed and with good talk aroixs,^^ here to assume charge of tb. Sun plenty of enlhu'^iii.^n) OBITUARY Francisco offiet*,- b« former position. Dick Tenny goen to the Denver of- fice while Bert rittniau will head the CHARLES M. BREQQ Charles M. P»rcgg. ugeil 57, died Aug. 'JS, after a long illnexti. He wuh born in Virginia and fur yearn .served aH dramatic editor of the 4}axeite- Times, IMtthburgh, where be built up a reputation as a writer on the the- atre and a fortnight, able newsivaper- maii. lie is survived by u wife and daughter. Allen and Kioore got along fairly well with songs and dar..*es, but there !.«; still plenty of room for improve- ' Seattle bea<hiuartcrs. northwestern acqujsi- displ.>\ed artistic terpsicborean abd ity, bill on the whole tbe act lacked tlie u^tiJl Morgan pretentiousness and failed to hold the interest, loaing a big portion of the audience. <ar3on and Willord, held over, 6toppe<l the show, while Mehlinger and Meyer were very tucccssful next to closing. A medley of Meyer's Bongi", with II line in each song cm- phaniiiing ^^cyer an the melodist, de- livered in a kidding manner by Mehl- inger, landed solid applause. Htcanlon, Deono Brothers aad Seanlon enualled their success of last week, and the Four Lamy Brotberst also holdovers, gave the show a great start, while William H. Craac an*! Co. in "The Mayor and the Maaicttrc' held third position interestiiifly. Josephs. with smart talk and songs, secured a hit next to closing. "Inspiration,** a well constructed song and dance offering, mtde a fine impression closing. JOStpflS. PANTAOE0, FSI800 Ban Frandacet Aug. SI. I*antafes this week bfte « pretty good WMl weH divevaitol WU. Dorothy Morris and Co., a trio of nifty firto, set m fast pace epening with syncopated and artistk dance« nicely presented. Tbe clever and versatile dameing el Misa Morris got big returns. Pan4aer-»yvMa, a couple of men, iron ^eartf appUraae with their aero- batics following soase talk, with half ibe team enteriiMC from the audience. The last was iMMTerently received. The Dixie Few, a e«lore4 <iuar- tette next te elaslnf, received more fiolid applaose than mr act in moatas for their exeellcAC harmony atsfing while their coaUffio«fl e^cenulc dance tied up tlM show. Pert and Rue KoICm, a couple of girls. slavtiBf wWl toMabone Jjd cornet, were a g enwiwe hH, l»e irombontst di4playc4 ^eaa Ters«tllitj. putting over Cha«illa and Friaco im- pressions ^verly. also displayuis ability on the drama ai»4 ia saw play- "Oood Night Loadoa** i« n musical comedy Ub witfc an excoReat cast featuring RaM Bell and Joseph tioaner. A« ihe headline act, it had the audience with it from the start tnd hekl the dosiag spot to a nicety. Harry l>ewis preaent« tbe bi$ act nhich ia filial with lauffhing shaa- iionn aad^ carries a neat ehonia. "A Springtime Classie** pra«e4 a l>Ieaeinc noveltj. Joseph Beteaat and Mary Ftokan eoasprisc the of- fering consisting of bird impresaioBR. piano ami fltite ptaying, seemiaglf harmonised with aumeroas Wa Catar ta Mia P r t f i a ilaa HIPP, FRISCO San Frandsco. Aug. 31. Despite the presence of five mixed leama in the vaudeville end of tlie program the offerings at the Hip for the last half of tbe week prove<l highly entertaining and with singing music and comedy well divided round- ed out nicely. Business was below the usual, tbe first show TVednesday night drawing heavily while the sec- ond was light. King and Cody workicf in *'three'* liave a neat appearing daucios skit Mrhich starts weakly with a medley, but by the time the pair have worked tbroogb a few numbers tltey have the awMeoee fully for tbem. -The team carries a pretty drop tha' bears ive miniature entraneen fro|ii which they appear for the dances. The/ open the bill but could easily aoeupy a place further aloaf. Tlie hit of the show eaaie with Rob Bahiasoa and Renee Pierce who offer "Giauaie (be Money." Tbe team played the house just two weeha a|o and the rcinrn engage- meat ia the irst for a Hip act in (quite a while. They repeated great and walked off leaving aa aodience daaM^ng. They were third on tbe aiM« HamiHOB WaUoa has his «wn way of pattinc over Chineae and Irish ioftea. and althoagh he wovfca straight he fives the impreaaieB of a "Chink" ia cetiott with his OricDta] dialect talk asd thBfiBf. Ta daae.that act be jivaa imitaliaBa of anlBud sounds. Fhu FcIb 9mA Flo Teimyson are pa saasa ora <.cA»d vaiees, especially the wamaa. Thay aisf bits from opera ia Wagliwli >k» ape» and while one chaaffs the other entertains with more aooga. Miss Tennyson plays the plaao also. A camedy im- periMHiatioa frojtt the '^ikido'* gets them oTor stronf at the eloae. Both wear pxetty etothea throoshout and make a pleasiac impreaaioa. Their stage cquilpmeiit ia all elaas. liaak and Dean have a comedy talkW and siaftiag tora which is ffood aa far aa the «i«siBK foes. but Is woefaliy adliax io comiedy. Both are posaesaors of sweet voices. A sarpvise comes at the Aaiah. The Gahberta, man and woman, dosed the raadevIHe with fiome nifty aerohatie good for applause. The 8HUBEBTS ON 00A8T Reported la Deal with Carraa far New Loa APflalaa Home San Francisco. Aug. 31. A deal was msde last week by Homer Curran with Joseph Toplitzky of Los Angeles for the construction of a theatre in Los Angeles on prop- erty adjoining the new $8,000,<)e0 hotel to be built by John B. McBow- man of the Diltmore hotel interests. Plans for tbe new theatre have al- ready been drawn by Schultxe & Weaver, archKecta of New York. The house will seat 1,800. It will be known as the Bhabert-Curran. Work is soon to start so that the structure may be ready nt the same time tbe new Ban F^andsco Curran theatre will be donr. The deal for the southern house will give the Sbu- bert-Curran combinatioB two excel- lent Oallfomia bouses and pave the way for stroag boldinsa on tbe Pa- dfic CoQSt and in the northwest OSCAR N. WALCM Oscar N. Wnlcb, of the vaudeville team of Walch and llaml, dteil sud- denly Aug. *J1, at the Hotel DeFmuec, aged 4(>. Deceased hnd made appli- cation for memberKhip in the N. V. A., but it l.a<l net yet been acted upon. The X. V. A. took cbnrge ainl sent bis body, accompanied by the widow, to their home at Pueblo, Colo. Frederick Starr Frederick Starr, for nearly 20 years connected with tbe stage, died Aof. 20 at bis home in Ijos Angeles. He was born in San Francisco 43 years ago. STATE OPENING (Continued from page 2) It was a delicate matter, as tbe of- fice building is over tbe lobby and tbe dressing rooms connect with the Loew annex buildinc on West dtltb street. The total insurance on the Btmcture ia $2,500,000." It is daimed the house has a seat- ing capacity of 3,000. but the aetual number of chairs is 3,45.5. For the post six year^- tbe 4'eased had bern in picture work. Sturr is sur\ived by bis wift- one son, Laurence. In Mrmory of L. EARLE LLOYO Whty iMiKfcd to tli« trMit bfy*n4l AiiftiiHt "Ut. 10It). IliN niotUi^r'M hruit hlorti.t afrrwli rrrli titi.v. MRS. BELLE* H. LLOYD Mrs. Martha S. Pittack, a^'ed 51' years, wife of Uobert F. rilLul;, for- mer coiincihnau and prominent citi- zen of Bremerton, Woh'j. and uioth< of Wnnda Ilawley, died at her lunnv. a few days ago, after an illness of 24 hours. ]3eatb wa^i due to a 8trok« of paialysiii. ORPHEQM JUMPS Playart la FriMsa Coma All Way Acrast Caatlaaat San Francisco. Aug. 31. The summer season arraagement of bills was especially noticeable last week at the Orpheum when lour of the acts opened here alter dlreot leapa from the east Hie Four Lamys came all tbe way from Beaton without a stop; Car- aon ami Willard were here from Philadelphia; Seanlon. Denno Bros, and Seanton dropped ia from St Ijouis: while Nadje arrived from Ohicato. Nadije ia the only one of tbe qaartet that wasn't beW over, she sails for Australia Sept. 0. CUBRAll *S mSW TBNAIITS San Francisco. Aug. 31. With the coming of September 1, Homer Curraa, Fred Qiesea and W. A. Buaco. are prepariag to vacate tbdr ^reseat ofiecs ia the Curraa theatre buBdiiv which ia to coaie un- der the management of Harry Bailey (or Herbert A. Harris and Charks Opening of Loew^s * State B% Ballyhoo Monday vpaa Ballyhoo Day on Biwadway. Not within the past 2S y^ars baa there been a aiagle day that carried at much history aMikiaf action in the world of the theatre as was held withia a 12 hour period oa Aag. 30, 1021, from noon lo aMaight. Two eviept, both marfciag mile- stones theatrically, paaaed in review. The first was the Frank Baeoa fareweO reception and the attendant parade down the aMia stem early in the aftemooa. The second, aad by far the asoro impreaaive, was the tremeadoaa jam that entered .about the comer of B ro adway aad dfith Street for tbe opeaJat af Marcaa Loew*a State theatre, the firat thea- tre he has haiU ia the heart of the theatrical district in the town that saw the hefinatac of the Laew for- tunes. From early la the afteraooa a cordon of poliee was thrown about tbe boaee. Aa the evening drew oa Bftoanted poliee vrere added to thoae OB foot to keep the crowds movfatg and make it posihie tar thoae hold- iag tickets to gain admittance to the theatre. Thoae that arrived oa foot had literally to fight their way iato the Thoae that arrived via motor The mother of Lester Stevens mem- ber of Fiest's San Francisco staff and leader of Bert I-evey's Princess or-t ehestra died in that city last Wed*.^ nesday after an illness of iseveral weeks. ' wait for events. Those that saw the Bacon send off in the afternoon felt that it was foing to east a dam-' per on anything that could be pulled for the Loew opening. But tbey ffgured wrong. Eight o'clock on Monday uigb^. while the crowd was gathering, at- tracted by the flaring of two Sim- light arcs that auide it possible for the weekly news events camera men to shoot the arriving celebrities, brought a ifistinct a^ of courtesy that was remarked by everyone. It was the arrival of the B. F. Keith Oir- eaK Boys Band whidi marched up Broadway headed by a banner read- J male member doea the hard work H. Brown on that date, and opriags a few new .hand flops Giesea, who has been doing tkt that look diSeult His winner comes booking of road shows coming oat whea he does some somersaulting ^^^ ^^j, ^ill move to 1039 Market down a flight of short-step stairs ^^^^ temporarily until the new bouncing oa his bead and lighting Q^^n^jn theatre is completed. Ruaeo on his feet one notch Ibwer. Har in Conscience <,m j^}^^^ in "The Tip" and Con- ^•'-^'??**i^*?" I stance Binney in "Such a Little *" eondade tb«» bHl. The Ho<t«e With n ronscience III Pawall Saa Fraaalaaa Partlaad, Ora.'oV-en A. C. BLUMENTHAL&CO.,Iiic. REALTY BROKERS SPECIALISTS IN THEATRICAL FINANCINC. LEAC.NG AND CONSTRUCTION IN THE WEST. 58 SUTTER STREET SAN FRANCISCO HEADQVARTERS GREEN ROOM CLUB Thespians' Rendezvous Supreme Cafe Marquard BIG REVUE FEATURES COLUMBIA g^j>j FRANCISCO ""CLi'S will acoompaay Oiesea. To date no bookiags have been made for the Curraa untiF tbe lat- ter part of October when the first road sbow will appear. Meanwhile the Century is to undergo renova- tions aB4l will probably open by tbe middle of the month with so«>e fe«t- ure picture. WIFE ASKS HALF San Frundsco, Aug. 31. Fr&nk G. Parker, theatre man of Stockton, is defendant in a separate maintenance suit filed by his wife hist week. The plaintiff asks for half ownership in Parker's theatrical propertieii in Stookton, Manteca and Pasadena. ing *'B. F. Kritfa*8 Circuit Extenda Greeting aad Beat Wishes to the Loew drcoit for the Saceess of the New Statie Theatre." The band then remained on the former K. of C. hut triaagle and gave aa iaq^romptu con cert catertaiaiBg tile crowdo that filled tbe street from carb to curb from 44th to 46th Streets Then as tbe notables of tbe Mtage and screen began to arrive the crowds grew so unmaaageahle that it was impoasihie for the p4^ce on foot to handle them. As each of tbe fav- orites arrived, the big are ttgbts were shot OB aad the d^aeraa began to griad and that was the due for the crowd to posh forward to try to seo who was being ''shot**. Theda Bara waa ahaost swept from her feet and the world's heavywe^t •'i*«iHipio» Jack Deaipsey fared no better wb«i bo shovrcd. Tbe aMonted ^ops wero th* only thiag that aared the diamp from remaialBg out oa the street and never getting into the theatre. Ha same state of affairs prevailed aa Nonaa and Coastanee Talmadge a#^. paared accompaaied by Joe .s< nendu lames J. Corhatt aad BiUy Van, Do- raUaia, Bichard Barthelmes^ u4 •cores of others ev>aHy known (a fame appeared. It waa long after 9 o'doek befort the crowd showed aay aigas of weak- oiiBg Ib their determination to stidt to the laat. The Weekly cameran«i| slipped from their platforms $mti weat UMir way, hat the «fawd still stuck. Paarwta Tawptad Later it became ippareat why tbey were atieftlag. ' Sameone raised a ery of *^iare comes Dpug and M&ry^ pad tha Jam that waa apparent earlier in the arealBg ttarfed an ov«r agaki. It waa a false alarm, however. «ad from that time on tiire crowd dwihr died. ^1 Mary and her husband witnes*iea the opening of ^TPhe Whee " at the Gaiety. Those of the business ^ of tbe picture fraternity in the lobby during the evening could not under- stand why tbis duo of stars figur^^ they could afford to pass np ^ managed to gaia the curb !n front of the house, but there they were in daag^ of hciag avaaifKd aj tbe crowds until thoae ia charge <if the poliee arraagesBeata managed to get a couple of monnted men on lo !f:e sidewalk ami dear the way frou the street to the house. Later it W9S accessary for one of the mounted officers to ride iato the 1o*>by of (he hooee to dear that «pi2e of the oBoh that managed to filter ia oao by one past the poliee lines on one pretext and another until they com- pletdy filled the lobby apace. Groat ShawMaMhlp And it was all done with show- manship! Showmanship that got down to tbe first esentials of the game, that of attracting crowds and making them stand and wait for 1 something to happen! Tbe crowds --' : - did gather and they did sUnd and ««*J« ^^T** ,. . ^ * * i that One distributmg bead stated tnat THEATRE it Symphony at Calambta San Francisco, Aug. 31. The eleventh season of the San Francisco .Symphony Orchestra will open at the Columbia theatre Octo- ber 28. A series of twenty-eight MAUDE rULIOV TOUE OFF San Francisco, Aug. 31. Tbe Maude Fulton-Hobert Ober road engagement scheduled for Cali- fornia small towns this month has been called off by W. A. Bnsco and Fred Giesea. whose offer for an out- right purchase of the stars and com- pany was refused by George Bbey and Ralph Pincus, sponsors for the Fulton engagement at tbe Curran, which closed last Saturday after three weeks. "Pinkie" and "Sonny," Miss Fulton's latest plays, were used at the Curran during that stay and concerts has been planned for I it was thought these would be tbe neighboring cities of the bay region, i plays for the road tour Alfred Hertz is in charge. WidenMm ia manager. A. W. I.oew, as the biggest single indepen- dent factor in the picture exhlMb' ing world, undoubtedly spent mors than IT.'AOOO a >ear with the United Artists for the Pickford and Fair- banks product and that the coniin*^' dal sease of both of the sUrs shottM have been sufficient to make the* see the value of being on hand. Some of the rough worker-^ «lo"J the curbs managed to get *»<>^^ a number of balcony seots for T^ House and were offering them »t ^ a seat. There were offers of ^^*^ early in the evening to doormen »•* other atUches of $10 to slip a <^nip^ past the doors. One doorman «•*■ that he could hove cleaned a eowjJW Tbe Curran engagement averaged I of hundred if be had bad »<eutH to about le^OOO weekly. get rid of.