Variety (January 1922)

22 VARIETY Friday, January 20, 1922 -' // You Have a Good Act I Can Book It If You Have Ability pome and See Me t JOSEPH L. KERNAN 245 West 47th Street 418 Romax Bldg. NEW YORK ■ WANTED IMMEDIATELY W&**^&\^ffi an MMHW1IIIIUM CORRESPONDENCE The cities under Correspondence in this issue of Variety are a* follows, and on pages: 1 3ALTIMORE • •.....".' , 27 BOSTON 23 BUFFALO 22 CLEVELAND .27 DETROIT 29 INDIANAPOLIS 25 KAN8A8 CITY 28 MONTREAL 30 NEW ORLEAN8 22 PHILADELPHIA 26 PORTLAND, ORE 28 ROCHE8TER 28 8T. LOUIS 24 8YRACU8E ...25 TORONTO 38 WASHINGTON 24 made it impossible for Leopold to give the theatre his entire attention. BUFFALO BY SIDNEY BURTON Majestic—"Two Little Girls in Blue." Excellent business. One of most favorably spoken of produc- tions of season. "Gold Diggers," next. Shubert Teck—Vaudeville. Vaudeville competition feature of week. Shubert vaudeville Teck did capacity, Lew Field's unit, but had no apparent effect on Shea's. Suc- cess of Teck apparently deciding Shuberts to continue vaudeville policy as a third consecutive week with Adele Rowland is announced. Shea's bolstering bills. Much of Teck patronage due to novelty. Local critics bewailing, that by tak- ing one of the only two available theatres, Shubert vaudeville is keep- ing meritorious shows away from the town. As previously announced, the Academy, which is to be abandoned as a burlesque house, will go into a pop-price picture policy. Rumor has the switch scheduled for Feb. 5. It is understood Samuel Carver will manage the theatre with I. H. Herk, the owner, also interested in the operation. Carver en'joys the distinction of having put over the > The FOUR FRASERS SCOTCH MUSICAL ACT Saxophones, Bag •Pipes* Cornets, Banjos. Singing—Daneing. Direction ELMER JEROME Empire with an 11-cent policy, after that house had been practically abandoned. Vincent McFall, manager of the Criterion, has been transferred by the Shea Co. to the Hippodrome. Gus Shy. with Elsie Janls at the Majestic, was recognized by a host of P.uffalonians as Augustus Scheu, a former local boy. Gus started his professional career hereabouts as a trick trap drummer. NEW ORLEANS By O. M. SAMUEL TULANE.—De Wolf Hopper in "Ermlnie." SHUBERT- ST. CHARLES— "Greenwich Village Follies, 1920."/ LAFAYETTE—Pictures. LYRIC—Bennett's Carnival. STRAND—"The Little Minister" (film). Grace Schoen, last year in the Orpheum's box office, is now the treasurer of the Shubert-St. Charles. Harry Jackson is doing remarkably well with the Shubert house. It will proafebly show a handsome profit on the season. The Orpheum is using about 10 different ballyhoos in sending over "Sawing a Woman in Half." Max Fink's orchestra is discours- ing splendid music at New Orlean's newest restaurant, "The Oriental." Noel Strauss has returned to again take up dramatic duties on the Times-Picayune, but will not handle the work exclusively. The paper has abolished the post of dramatic editor. Arthur B. Leopold is not now ac- tively connected at the Louisiana, although retaining his financial in- terest. The press of other matters • • • w • . • KAmuBouu/mart .SCENIC STUDIO flRTISTlQUfc ORIGINAL DESIGNS IH SILK EFFECTS SCEMERy AMD DCCORATIOMS• STUQIO I55VU. 29TH.5T.ny.C.Ptl0rtCCHtLSEA8956 sn mo—MRWaUm sixth .\ ,i> **.w< ..i Ati.<i< - Your Only Success Is to Have Scenery Made by Experienced Scenic Artists Capable of Executing Everything You Wish. Curtains, Stage Settings, Cycloramas in All the Newest Mate- rials and Patterns. Come and See Us for Designs and Our Reasonable Prices. All Our Work Is Guaranteed. Terms If Preferred. We Specialize in Flexible Aniline Painted Trunk Scenery. Almost an ideal small timer at Loew's Sunday, with speed, comedy, youth and smart appearance the high lights. Business was tremen- dous; The feature film, "A Private Scandal" liked. -r - King Bros, gave an excellent start. King and Rose were retarded some by a blue line at the beginning that should go out, but lifter showed enough stuff to register soundly. There is a sprinkling of "hoke" with the newer matter, all nicely routined with the returns mounting right up to the end, where the turn falls some. The young men need some- thing for an exit and probably real- ize it. Martin and Courtney had little, trouble connecting, getting laughter without half trying, the male mem- ber quickly bridging over the sag- ging spots. His method of taking bows might be considered pompous in places. A dark stage and "spot" would be preferable in the sofa bit. Hudson and Jones looked like a couple who were trying with their riding dialog that is an attempt to do something away from the con- ventional. The girl's charming per- sonality was no small %sset in send- ing the act over a solid success. She holds production possibilities. Bernice La Barr, who followed, is another who could do something in a show. With her four male assist- ants she romped in an easy winner. The boys in the school room portion could throw away the ancient gags now used. They are the one jarring note in an act that is classy most of the way. twentieth anniversary this weak by giving the "natives" a nine-act pro- gram that in scope is far in excess of the usual layout. Horace Goldln's Illusion of "Sawing a Woman in Hair* forms the pleqp de resistance, although splitting the top position with Jack Wilson. The booking de- partment has the "Sawing" turn seventh, with Barbette closing, not a happy arrangement. Manager Piazza switched the turns, sending the. show forward thereby. The Goldin mystery turn should be spotted last. Reo and Helmar bowed in hand- somely. Real athletes, these, minus pose and Btall, who sent their feata across in masterly manner. Nanon Welch in "Baby Mine** disproved the efficacy of the boiled down comedy f~r vaudeville. Only the broadest lines and business aroused atten- tic .. Adams and Griffith, the old- timers, felt their way during the first minutes, ascending as they progressed and ultimately achieved certain success. Harry and Emma Sharrock are pausing too long dur- ing the opening minutes with dress hooking, running to unreasonable lengths. The farceurs were sure as always when getting into the mind- reading stuff, scoring easily. Wood and Wide were a distinct surprise in their travesty, "All Right, Eddy." contributing the smartest buffoonery of the year. The pair are second only to Wil- liams and Wolfus in the melange, and can be accredited as having fully arrived after struggling for years. A bright conceit, this, and welcomed with open arms. Tom Smith ^uched the heights with low comedy, elaborating the chuckles into v "itable gales of laughter, and eventually earning the applause hit. Smith has come to be a vaudeville Chaplin with a com- edy vein that should lead him far. ■ Barbette went the aeriallsts of the standard sort one better, doing everything they have done, with an addenda of a whale of a feat to close, coupled vith a surprise re- vealment, showing him to be a female impersonator. Here they thought his moment the best of the kind. Jack Wilson was but moderately successful. Perhape it was his as- sistants, who are but fair in point of ability, or it may have been his material was less meaty than is cus- tomarily the case. Servals Le Roy presented "Saw- ing a Woman in Half" with supreme suavity, disporting with the debo- nair seriousness expected of illu- sionists. The feat is a masterpiece as offered by him, and created a stir. WANTED: POSITION AS MAID. New York location preferred. Formerly at Shea's Buffalo for nine years. CLARA JON KM 213 Wert 51st Street. New York. Apt. 1. Phone Circle : Do Yob Remember VINCENT and JENNIE * FROM THE Old Bartholdi Inn Tiny Invite you to partake of their delicious food st the -LITTLE RESTAURANT "ITALIAN KITCHEN" 246 Wert 44t* Street Nw Yer Next Deer te little Taeatn It looked like everybody in New Orleans was trying to get into the Palace Tuesday night. The bill was of the superior sort, ranking the best in months. Coit Albertson in what looked like a new act was headliner. Stuart and Harris did something right at the start. The burlesque juggling and other foolery set them nicely for the others following, and might have achieved even more with at- tention to routining. The prise guffaw comes with the hurling of the prop ball into the audierce. The bovs should exit on it. Fa-nie Stimpson and Earl Bean had a corking idea to open, which had them watching intently while highly amusing, and could get some- where by calling in an author to keep the atmosphere throughout. Fannie Is the works of the act, get- ting salvos at the end with an ec- centric dance that can't miss. The central portion of the turn could stand smoothing out. Frances Nordstrom authored "The Tale of a Sail." the Coit Albertson vehicle, pleasing in its way at pres- ent, but capable of being elaborated with attention to demands; at pres- ent it is just litrht vprbiage between a man and a girl sailing to Bermuda, with the deck of a steamer foimlng the locate. Tt tfl interspersed with two songs which merely shift things s'nng to the old aonlesauce climax. Caits Brothers, appearing for the third time at the Palace, were a success. JoFonhlne Amoros made a cork- ing closer, hoifline them whilt* reg- istering in all parts of the house. The prettv girl now used might look better in female attire. TV O pheum is celebrating its COMEDY SENSATION OF SEASON and WOL Presenting "EROM SOUP TO NUTS" NEW YORK KEITH HOUSES UNTIL JUNE