Variety (July 1922)

ay. July 7. 1922 »i I WISH TO THANK MR. P. DODD ACKERMAN FOR HIS WONDERFUL DESIGNING AND PAINTING OF THE SCENERY FOR "A NIGHT IN SPAIN" Costumed by MARCEL GRATEFULLY IVI. GOLlDEN^ PRODUCER WALTER L ROSEMONT music director THIS WEEK, HEADLINING B. F. KEITH'S 81ST ST. THEATRE WEEK JULY 10th, HEADLINING B. F. KEITH'S BRIGHTON BEACH THEATRE Direction HARRY WEBER BALTIMORE By ROBERT F. 8ISK CENTURY—"The Woman Who [Walker Alone." NEW— The Spanish Jado." PARKWAY—"The Sleep Walker." PICTURE GARDEN—"The Glory Of Clementina." BLUE MOUSE—"The Devils Paas Key." WIZARD—"North of the Rio Orande." GARDEN—'For the Defense" and pop vaudeville. HIPPODROME—"The Great Ad- ▼enture' 'and Loew vaudeville. MARYLAND—Keith vaudeville. CARLIN'S ARENA — DeWolf Hopper in "The Mikado." The Kivoli, pictures, will close for two week.q. During that time a Kimball organ will be in.stalled. This house is the old Wilson the- Fred Waldmann KANSAS CITY, MO. 20 yoara with the Columbia Amunement Co. •^ood luck and more power to them.* atre rebuilt. It has an orchestra of 30 under the direction of Felice Saverlo lula and the organ Is being featured In performances between 4.30 and 7.30 p. m. Two* organists are employed. Nixon's Victoria, one of vhe the- atres owned by the Nixon-Nirdlinger Co., is being rebuilt inside following a tire of several months ago. The largest crowd that has yet attended a performance in Carlln's Arena greeted DeWolf Hooper in his opening performance of "The Mikado." The performance went oft without a hitch and applause was frequent. a split-week basis In conjunction with the regular picture features. This will leave the Elmwood the so(e straight picture house in the dis- trict. BUFFALO By SIDNEY BURTON The Olympic, closed .since mid- winter, is scheduled to reopen Labor day with pictures. The theatre will be operated by the Monument Amu.sement Corporation, which also owns and operates the Lafayette Square. The Regent and the Victoria, local neighborhood houses, will inaugu- rate a new picture vaudeville policy beginning Sept. 1. The two theatres will play three acts of vaudeville on PHONE CIRCLE flU COSTUMES OF ORIGINAL AND EXCLUSIVE CHARACTER FOR PRINCIPAL CHORUS AND -^-rr 17 Yean With Frank Harden. Ine., VAUDEVILLE PERFORMER Richard C. Pox has resigned as manager of Select Pictures here and will take charge of the Black circuit of New England picture theatres, recently taken over by Pasamount. Arthur Amm. manager of Shea's North Park for several years past, has been appointed manager of the new Eastman at Rochester. He will take up his new duties about Sept. 1. DESIGNS AND ESTIMATES SUBMITTED 1658 BROADWAY AT 5l»t STREET. N. Y. CITY A Street car men's strike, embrac- ing every city.and suburban trolley line hnd including every man in the street car company's employ, tied up Huffalo completely at midnight Saturday. Not a wheel has turned since that time, although negotia- tions have waxed furious daily for a settlement. The effects wer«> apparent imme- diately upon business at all down- town theatres. Theatre men were unanimous in stating that the strike is a body blow to business, already wavering from the heat. Over 1,000 specially licensed bu.ses, taxis and other conveyances have been rushed in to take care of normal trafflc, with rates fixed at 10 cents per person. Community houses reaped the bene- fit early part of week. MONTREAL By JOHN M. GARDINER IMPERIAL—Vaudeville. LDEW'S—Pop vaudeville. ALLEN—Allen Concert Company. Feature. "Mr. Barnes of New York." CAPITOL—Capitol Opera Com- pany. Feature, "The Sin of Martha Quocd." STRAND — Feature, "Strange Idols." The story reported to have thrown considerable light upon the disappearance of Ambrose J. Small, Toronto theatrical m.agnate. involv- ing a niy.sterious "Dr. Gray." his wife and a little hotel in this city, is evidently a fake. Local and Toronto detectives unanimously agree that the whole concoction was CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES TO Sam H. Harris ANNOUNCING OUR NEW SONGS ARE NOW READY FOR NEXT SEASON IRWIN DASH WILL BE GLAD TO DEMONSTRATE THEM FOR YOU JEROME H. REMICK & CO. 219 West 46th Street NEW YORK CITY, the hallucination of some imagi- native minds. The story was puu- lished here by some of the papers, but entirely ignored by the others. Five persons were seriously in- jured when the automobile In which they were driving was struck by a special train on the Canadian Bfational Railways at tae level crossing of the road De La Reparation in the town of Laval de Montreal, near Pointe Aux Trem- bles. The train was traveling to- wards Montreal, oearing the ap- paratus and stock of the Barnum & Bailey circus. The automobile was traveling north towards the Notre Dame de la Reparation Church, and the driver failed to see the train until he reached the crossing, and was unable to stop in time to avoid a collision. Troubles over love affairs are be- lieved to have caused William C. Strachan. 48 years old, to epd his life by closing himself in a gas- fllled bathroom at his home, 4a Mc» Gill College avenue, apartment 4. Strachan was found lying on the floor of the little bathroom in his one-room apartment. The door had been tightly closed and the gas Jet near the meter on the floor had been left' open. Strachan was naked except for his dressing gown, which he had thrown' over himself. In a letter which Strachnn left in his room were instructions that his body be cremated and that his clothing be disposed of according to his will. "My friends said that I would not do this, but I knew better," he said. The letter hinted at a love quarrel. The suicide of "Billy" Strachan remc^'es from metropolitan life one who was a quarter of a century one of the most noted men about town and for a great part of that time led that part of the young sporting and theatrical bloods who made the well-known hotels, night cafes aa^l theatres their headquartert. Thrown into theatrical life, no doub| to a certain extent by the interest his family had in His Majesty's theatre, known previously as Proc- tor's, he was closely allied with theatrical people of a score of years ago. "Billy" Strachan, as he was known amongst his friends, at one time controlled at least one season at His Majesty's, where the popular Lotta Ltnthicum starred in stock, and their acquaintance ripened iii marriage. She and Beryl Hope were probably the most popular stock actresses In Montreal in later days. Incompatibility of temper, however, resulted in Strachan and his wife becoming estranged. For some years Strachan wa.s the le.ssee of the Theatre National Fran- cais on St. Catherine street. East, and later on went into a sort of general brokerage and advertising business. At one time he was quite well-to- do and was always a hail fellow well met, never grudgint? money and -spending or lending it with a free hand. Of jAte it was s. :J l)i:it he was not doing so well financially and he had been away in the United States for quite a while; but it was under- stood that he had frcm his father's estate a certain .income for life. 1 I NEW UNPUBLISHED SONG NUMBERS We can supply yoa with the hind of ■onfT material yo.u want to improve your act and we will gladly demonstrate thos« which may prove available for up. We ftive you an opportunity to use a song before It Is stale. CALL TODAY ^^ ltOOMM04. ROMAX BLDO., 245 West 47th St. (West of Firoadway) NEW YORK CITY EDDIE MACK TALKS: No. 90 Congratulations to the COLUMBIA AMUSEMENT CO. on its 20th Anniversary • nd wishing it prosperity for many more years to come. EDDIE MACK 1582-1584 Broadway Opp. Strand Theatre 722-724 Seventh Ave. Opp. Columbia Theatre y WELCOME BACK TO COLUMBIA AMUSEMENT CO. With best wishes from BILLY ROTHBERG GAYETY HOTEL, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. .s SIXTH ORIENTAL TOUR . DANIEL FRAWLEY COMPANY_ COMMENCING IN HONOLULU LATE IN AUGUST '.jirr 1 Appointrrieiits made by letter or telegram addressed to T. DANIEL FRAWLEY Waldorf-Astoria, New York City, after July 7th