Variety (September 1921)

10 .c: :;^ BU RLESQU E Friday, September 2-, 1921 ■L .t'. NEW MUSICIANS' UNION IS SET Associated Musicians, of Greater NeW York Haa 2,500 Members nMi,o new iiuihioal union which rc- plafoM Mutiinl Musical l»rotcctiv«^ I'uion 310, UH the Now Yorli local of (lie American Fodcrntion of Musi- cians having boon granted a cliartiT list weok. will be known as? the As- soiiated Mii'Meians of (ireter Xow York. I>oeal S02. The new organisa- tion has already enlisted a UHMnher- Khii» of li.riOO. Edward ('nnavan has been ui)0|)inte(1 chi iriuan of the Gov- tiinin;? Hvard and M. S. Uauch, src- iMt.irv of the hoard. lOleetions of of- fit ( IS arr scheduicd shortTj-. Meet- in;.'; of tlx li<);ir<I are boing held daily. 'J'lic lieatl<iijarters of the new locnl are in Kreut/.cr llall on Kast 86t.h St.. ri few doors away from tlio old M. M. V. I', union headquarters. A pcneral nieeting is to be called in a w«M»k or so. T1m> new local will hnl 1 n inoetinc with the vau'leviFle pirture and legit managers, within a few dayn to negotiate a wage scale nf::re(>nieut for the coming seasoa. AVasliington, D. C, Aug. 30. With the Theatre managers and exhibitors of Washington organized to en)])loy r.on-uni<»n Hlage liandH and oprratovs :.nd the men firmly statin.:; Iliry wo.ihl not accept any reduction fioi?i t;.i' v; ale now iti j'ffert it was t4ce Wolt«, of li»e City I'ourl her • when a collection of Hoers, necro- niancers and oriental dancing maidenN. rounded up at the Labor Home Car- nival, were arraigned before hi;ii. Throe alleged Iliudu fortune tellers nnd a wou'.an palmist Were sent to jail for ten days, rtnd the man c'er of the oriental dance emporium drew teu <lays in ia»l and a $100 tiiie. The .judge, iit pasHinx sontence on the crew, criticised severely the cir- nival management. T. A. Hodj^sort. of the New York CiVic I^iguo,' testified tluit he had been i;:cnt to* Buffalo on onlers to investigate the oriental dancing exhibition. A number of other members of the carnival wero ordered to leave town immediately. JEB8E7 CITY STATUS Majestic May Stay In Wheel Follow- Ing Settlement Just prior to the agreement reached by the Uniotis and burlcsiiuc people, the Majestic, Jersey City bad withdrawn from the Columbia Circuit. It was intended to play stock burlesquc^t the house instead. Ben Kahn, owner of Kahu's Union Square was to produce the stock polirj. No announcement as to whether the Afajestic would again become a wheel unit could be ob- tained up to ^Vcdncsday, with the general belief that the calling off of the i)ropo8e<l "open shop" programe would place the Iwuse once a^ain on the Columbia Circuit. I- «I'lj r. ■ I I « "CLEAN FIGHT" IS ORDERED IN KANSAS Local Stage Hands Union Instructs Member^-'—Two Show8 Rehearing .') EVANGELINE KATHLEEN MURRAY GIRLS In "Son;;s and Dances" PLAYING B. F. KEITH'S NEW YORK THEATRES Direct on, FRANK EVANS docdeil 1<m1 iv to have tlu question settle;] by .ivbt ration with the !>«'- partmcnt of Labor apiiointing a con- cili:'>tor. At :mi all-day conference betweeii the ManaK(>'.s, exhibitor and em- ploy«'h last week, the original offer of a -0 j)er cint. cut was changed to a cut ol 10 pc: cent, for the Iie;»ds of dop.rtnicnts of the stapc hands and the operators. Wages of the bal- ance of the stage crews to remain the sMiie. Tills offer also entailed the rcdwctiyn in the number of opera- tors re(i\iire.l by the .oca! union from three men to a booth to two men. At tins fonl'M'eiifc this offer was refused liv the \in;oM ; an;l today the questi(;ii of :. ibit r:it k.m was accepted by both sides thus avoiding a lock- (>iit. ,7<)Iin Ctilpoys. Conniiissioner of <\)nrili;ition of the Department of I,;;hf»i-, will |.m side dm itij; the arbi- tration iiH et iiiK"^. POLICE SEEK (Con'inued fri>ni pa-j;*' M) with loadr<l dice, fixed red and blacks and under protection of fixed oflicialK therte thugs robbed the town. The Whole outfit should be in Jaif now." KuffaJv, Aug. 31. "This is nbsoTutely the rottenei«t eituation I have ever heard of in o dfjilistdceinmunity/' aaid Ctiicf Joa-|Backej Lake^ lowi^ GIRL HELD IN $1,000 Betty Dcnpiro ,who has been ap- t>earing with Coldin^ and William's Musical show wuh held this week in the West Side court, on a charjjc of stealing a dress from Angclinc Ko)iai'ciato of (JO.") West 47th street. She waived examination and was held in $1,000 hail. The bail was put up by the girl's father, Michiel, who is in the trucking business at 52r> West 47th street. Kansas City, Atig. .^1.,. Tht leadors and offieert^ of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage .Employees of this city« which includes the picture operators upion, arc declaring themselves in faVor of a clean fight against the two bur*. lesque houses which will open Sept. 4. as open «hop houses. The stage emiUoyecs have secured the .endorse* lucnt of the iVntral Labor Union of. thin city and a general boycott ia planned. It is the expectation to put up a thousand sheets of paper declaring the two theatres un- fair and relying upon the support of the aflBliated unions to keep business away from the bouses. In s«pi>ort of their claims that they intend to fight fair the I. A. T. 8. B. has mailed the following letter to all members and picture operators in the city. "Dear Sir and Brother: • This is to notify you that in the controversy between the two Bur-* lesque houses and Local No. 31, I. A. T. S. E., you are requested to. use no violence or in any way con- duct yourselves as to lose the con- fidence of the public. , "^ "You will remember years ago when the Cirand Opera House was put on the unfair list the gallant and clean fight we wage<l, gaining all we asked. The fight against the Gnyety and Ontury must be fought on the same lines, clean and no vio- lence. "If you feel your committees and officers are not doing their duty, the meeting hall is the place to diHcus.s the matter and not public places. Fraternallv vours. CLEM WRKjIlT, Trea. S. {\ HOYT, Secy." For the first time in the history of Kansas City theatricals two bur- lesque shows are rehearsing here preparatory to their regular season. They are Barney Gerard's "Girls de Looks," which will open at the Gay- ety (Columbia circuit) and Jack Heeds "Itccord Breakers,*' starting at the Century (American). A number of the girls for the Gerard show were recruited here. Both houses open Sunday matinee (Sept. 4) with a fuU .9p^p\i^fpt. V.f flpPP ^»l«jtlM; orchestra. pits an^l' pu, the ^sti^e, No ^ttbw frouW^ of/w^ijfli^.^n^Mj^ ^,,iip. ticipated here. . . • - W rosier .^6'r \''tfrrLv ^i!Y^k^' is Jos. K. Watson, Will H. Cohan, Eddie Green, Peter Frazier, Billy Joseph, I^arry La Mont, Ray Lenvitt, Gussie White, Teddy Stowall and Ilallic Deane, with the following choristers: Bebe Greenberg, Irene Squire, Corinne Francis, I»rretn Darmody, Yvonne LaTour, Dolly Ijq- Mont, Winnifred Finnell, Vivian Hope, Edna Carrol, Emma Nelson, Florence Hart, Jaunnita La Hue Majori« Rome, Emma Condon, Flor- ence Robinson, Helen Boggs, Betty ReVley, Lucille Courtwood, Maxine Blanchard. LOTHROP 8PaN0QB6 TAB WoRiar If rtik« Saolitf It Baiag GrooMietf far f^faaolilaaf Boston, Aug. 81. Mfke Sacka, now hcadisng a4X)-min- ntfc tab rliat waa urtfinally a'^rfrcus- luana^eil offering/was given a Sunday newspaper "slash" thiif week by Geo. K. Lothrap, Jr., head of the BurleaqUe Managers' Association of Boston, which is the group that resigned from the locarnirtnagofk* flssoctatfon in or- der to have" a free hand In the ope:i shop fight which breaks next Monday. In a box in the "ads" was the Tol ow- ing: "In my for(y years aa a show- man, this is the first time that I have given the public my personal indorse- ment of any production, and I recom- fond the Mike Sack.s offering as'one that is better than any I have ever seen, even at higher prices," Whether the splurge was merely to boost a quiet week at I^throp's Bow- doin Square Theatre, or whether the "tab'* ia being groomed to take a bur- lesque wheel franchise under Ix>throp management is not known. The "tab" is carrying a dozen girls at.present, and has be.i play'i s to big business, holding over a week in Lynn last week. J I ■( 111 Gaiety, Utica, Vaudeville IHica, N. Y., Aug. 31. Following the abandonment of the burle.-cpjp policy, the Gaiety (Wilmer & Vincent) opined Monday with three-a-day vaudeviMc. Vorke and Maybelle in Peek-a-Boo Yorke' and Maybelle joined Jean Bedini's "Pcek-a-Boo." which start- ed thi:- week in Brooklyn, Yorke go- ing in as principal comedian. The Six Musical Spillers have rejoined the show. Henry Lewis has returned to vaudeville after a year's absence from the stage caused by a nervous break" down. Lewis is playing the out of town Keith time, doing his single specialty. Clyde Rlnaldo has secured a new woman partner for an act which be will do in vanderilke Ihij seaaon. He ia rehearsing the act at Ilinaldo Villa, NEW ACTS Arthur Hartley ond Helen Patter- son have left the William and Gor- don Dooley act after a full season with the turn. Hartley is framing a new two-act with Miss Patterson as a nartncr. Jim Brady, who has been plaving for 14 consecutive years in "The Toll Bridge," will be seen in "Just a Minute," assisted by Ann Cole. Billy Grady wrote the act. George Jessel will shelve ♦Troubles of 1021" next season and do a new come<ly drama by Sam Shipnum. TiCwis and Xiordon are the producers. Fred Pi.sano and Katie Bingham, new act written by Henry Bergman. A couple of audience plants will com- plete the cast. Lew Clayton (Clayton and Ed- wards) and George Morton. (Kra- mer and Morton) black and tan act. James Doyle (Dixon and Doyle) and Laura Hamilton have formed n partnership for vamievdle. Mr. Doyle was to have teamed with Peggy Parker, but it xvas called off. New Port and Stirk, new act by Paul Gerard Smith, assisted by Sue Parker from musical comedv. Maurice Diamond and Helen Mc- Mahon* (of "Snapshots") are to re- enter vaudeville. William: Howland (Lynn and How- Ian) and P, O. MaUe.y Jennings, late of Intimate,.|p a^.skit. ^enpings is an English comedian. Arthur Pickens in skit * Lawrenee and Beasely, including , Jack Beaiclj. CHICAGO BURLESQUE HOUSES BOMBED Explosives Wreck Parts of Star and Garter and Col- umbia—7 Hurt Chicago, Aug. 31. Sundav mornin;:. Aujr. 2S. the Co- limibia and Sttr nnd (Jarter, two of the (^olunihi.i Burhvque Circuit houses here due to open Labor Day with an "open shop" i>olicv were bombed by persons unknown and considerable damage done. The real wall and stage entrance of the l^olumbij were danmged a» were also pMits of the Star and (iar- ter. Both houses were dark at the time of the exjdosions which oc- curred almost sinr.illaneonsly. Seven | ersonr? weie injured, and battalions of fire apjturatuK t.nd po- lice resorvoM, and thousands of peo- ple rushed to the scene of the Co- lumbia situated in the heart of th*^ •'loop" district. The police have been unable to ob- tnin any clues t<t the bombciiiv • the neareyt n>»o»iM^b«jd' ibeioff .a* peaciloiT 4iote found in. tbn ilrbriia which4Mtad>/: ffTlio. (;aiwRhaa:rha«.i ibt«T^,c«Dlair. jto' ^rgaipsiM vlaboTi** •' - • if let * • ' ; ^ ' 'Aidcmaa < >Ianriee. -F. • KnvnaagV conferred Monday with <'hief of I*o- lice Fit»morris on the ndvisibility <( refusing to iss\ie licenses to theatres likely to r.uffer from l.bor troubles. (Continued on page 60) GO STO€K 4N-^I AT STAT]^ CONGR Announces. *fliiffepend< Burfesque" -^ Taking Advantage of Situation Chicago. Aug. .^1. The'S;tate Congress^ u house wbi has had a great many policies dui its existence, ia,,^vJdently taking vantage of the pttaetkt biirlcii situation and ia being gotten rei for the inaugnratien of a stock bai le.sque policiy. The house ia benig redeeorat and its' seating capdclty ort-'argf One sheets arc being posted-ni the city announcing.the house aa independent bu.rles(iue theatre belonging to any wheel, but wit large stock burlesque company. The-season will open-there I^al Day. I 3 t'dii dioi indfl DOUG AND MARY (Continued from page 1) would be guaranteed $5,000 weekly each, select their own play and the supporting cost. \yhen Fairbanks and Miss Piekford arrived in town there was an unfound- ed rumor that they were here to ne- gotiate contracts for their return to the speaking stage. Aa a matter of fact they were here for the opening of the Fairbanks picture, **The Three Musketeers," the showing of Miss Pickfonl's latest screen effort, "Lit- tle Lord Fauntlcroy," a ten-reeler, and to attend the annual meeting of the United Artists Corporation. Both stars are pledged to the Unit- ed Artists to the extent of three pro- gram productions and one special each year and under that contract it would be an impossibility for them to at- tempt an appearance in the speaking drama. The United Artists meeting was hcM on Wednesday with Fairbanks, Miss Piekford and Charlie Chaplin present from the coast. Jhe reason for holding the meeting so soon was that Chaplin sails for 'England ♦anujr- row. Mr. Carroll admitted that he had made an offer to both Mr. Fairbanks and Miss Piekford to either co-star them or play either one of them sepa- rately, but that they p'eaded that they could not consider the proposi- tion because of their picture con- tracts. Late next week Mr. and l\Irs. Fair- banks ere returning to the coast and thence to Wyoming where Doug, will immediately start work on the screen- ing of the "Virginian." It ie possible that he wilLconsider the former Kyrle Be)>w play, "A (Gentleman'of France" for another special to follow up the l"Mu8keteeri,»<, / BURLESQUE PEACE (Continued froqa paf; J) and American Burleeqix*'Circuits the heads of the I.'A.T. S. R tSti Hands) and A. E. ofM.. (Musician Concessions were made by sides, the roost important grieva of the -managers, "the 'yellow ea: .•system,** being waived for thr months, by the stage hands union. tween now and the expiration of three monthe waiver of the "yell curd" eystem, both sides will, hoi conferences with a view to ai rivi at an understanding as to what position is to be made of the "ye card" jnfitter, when the three moat expires. ThQ union stage hands and mu eians return to work at once^ to grams being sent to all houses of boll Columbia and American circuits. We nesday afternoon, announcing the end ing of the "open shop" dispute. Tb stage hands and musicians go bae to work at the - same scale of wage as they received the past -^088001 The burlesque men had asked for general wage reduction of 25 p< cent, for musicians and stage ha but this was waived in view of- unions conceding the "yellow ca contention for three months. The agreement between the stag handH union (International Allian of Theatrical Stage Employes 0: America) and the musicians imioi (American Federation of Mi <'iaD8 and the burlesque circuits, is for ooi year, ending Sept. 1922. . •Pcacv 'For Opanlnfl ■^Tlff bflrtg^ng' ibbttt bf a .•<m1<* -of flf«?"'^p6rtishoi/* fl^f bV>t<ie>+f *Mlly >^v<^r'rtvff tb the <!tt>'^^i^viV' ^^^ of I. H. Herk president of the Ame can Burlesjue Association. U. K. By nicka also figur<^d'in the settlenieai to a large extent it la said. It is probable that the two ConnI ban & Shannon hobies,' Plain field a Perth Amboy the Felber & Hh houses in Akron, atft Yonngstow Wilmer & Vincent hoitse In Utica, t Stamford Theatre, Stfln>Tofd, a'l which dropped out'of thf Colunib wheel, since the "open shop" figh started, will return to thet'olumbi route again, now that the trouble ha been settled. The same applies to the Penn Cireult*of • one niiftiters ii Pennsylvania, the Hathaway house in Binghamton and several others that left the American ro,utc, recently ow- ing to the "open ah,op". dispute. Joseph Weber, president ,of th American Federation of,. Musician! acted as the repres.eQtati^c 0^ ^^ musicians in the. conference tb* brought about t^c settlement aD< .Tames Lemke, p^csU^enV of the L A. T. S. E. and Richard Gr^.e;!. 3rd vici president of the J.,A: acted in.a simi- lar capacity for the, stage l^ands union. The peace agreement places bur* lesque in a separate and distinct class, as regarda the making o» agreements between' the stage unioni and the managers tov»ring wag« scales and working eondltions. Here- (Continued on-page 00) S * I. ^ I - MARTINI TAB BLOWS Saratoga, Aug. 31. ,The scenery |o/. Martini ii"»'"^ tidns. Inc., a musical' tab^ wbicl pl^ed House's l^oin't^ last week, ha bcfn attached, 'the 'company tn-W galed the Broad^jruly theatre in tbn ci^ for August^ jiut deiparlod at tb enH of the first "^eek! non They agreed to pay the house .fOOO, but ^nly made good with $22.^ an< the ii^tacbment followed. Howard Young, who m»Ms^ inuniBiasioned tt engage l^he stagHt'hawHa a*****'^** ., check fpi^^20, «bi<^<ca9M hark. Boh Martini is U the head of the ^<'"' pany. It wa9 at the Empire thouti iGleni Falli, ^ J^.