Variety (July 1922)

Friday, July 1, l«>gg VARIETY 87 JOSEPHINE ■ tt ■! JOHN SAXTON and m 44 NEXT WEEK (July 10), B. F. KEITH^S Slst ST., NEW YORK 11 Direction LEW COLDER CABNIVAIS MUST GYP (Continued from pa«o 10) -jany midway sldeshowB, Its meri- torious show features, its monster and many novel riding devices and jtB vast aggregate seatinj? or stand- ine capacity, -can and does get by, and often with a big balance on the profit side, but When a show is play- ing under ordinary auspices or still ^tes, it would seem the concession )M not only necessary but indispen- The combined gross of the con- cession rentals with many of the big shows means a weelcly aggre- gate of several thou«ands of dol- lars, not including the largr sums of money collected from the conces- sion people for railroad transpor- tation, stateroom rentals and a hun- dred and one other "gyps" that the concession owners are mulcted of weekly, and the large army of well-paid employes they carry with them. That the concession man has been getting the worst of it with many of the shows now on the road is a fact. "When money wa« plentiful and business good there was little complaint. Times and conditions have changed. The concession man now finds himself staggering beneath the weight of a burden he is no longer able to carry. Small Towns* Just Complaints A Just complaint often comes in from a sniall town. It seems that the small town stands in the most danger from the bad carnival. The larger cities get the larger carnivals and a bad fair-sized or large car- nival "works according to local conditions." The small town, how- ever, wants a carnival. It Is the only out-door attraction the town can secure over the warm spell. The townpeoplc want it and usually the town officials favor it, but they arc in deadly fear the carnival secured will hurt the town and its people. Quite often this is so. A small carnival gets the date, believes there is not enough legitimate money from the population and they •go to it." Indications though this season are pointing toward a certain num- ber of the smaller carnivals that are really seeking return dates, hold- ing in their shows to gain a local rep, and trusting that in time they can develop into a larger organiza- tion through reputable showman- ship. While thl.s is a commendable desires and probably could termed good business, it also gives another indication of the times; that the smaller carnival manager sees the dale is not far distant when the bad carnival can not exist. He expects to find an opening if maintaining a good name meanwhile. And he may be right. This may be an example: Variety received this week a letter from the secretary of a Chamber of Commerce in a mid-Western city concerning quite a good-sized carnival. When Va- riety recommends a show, it asks the localities to advise if anything turns up during the stay of the car- nival contrary to Variety's report. Through this method continuous checking up is m«'»intained. The secretary said, mentioning the car- nival rec^f)mmended by Variety: "This show probably can operate open and above board, but it is not doing 80 in this territory. It has been turned out of three towns within the past month and refused admittance to others because of the character of its attractions. We know this show is not entitled to classification in your white or blue list and suggest that you reinspect and remove it from those lists." thermometer standing at 95 degrees and the vaudeville and picture houses almost empty, 15,000 people crowded and Jammed Into Conven- tion Hall here this week to witness a religious pageant, "The Light of the World." KANSAS CITY By WILL R. HUGHES TWELFTH STREJeT— "Oh, You Wildcat," Overseas Hevue. ^ELECTRIC PARK— 'Mid-Sum- mer Follies." MAINSTREET—Vaudeville. PANTAGES—Vaudeville. GLOBE—Vaudeville. PHOTOPLAYS — "The Woman Who Walked Alone," Newnruin; "The Cup of Life," Liberty; "Come On Over," Royal; "Gypsy Passion," Globe. SYRACUSE, N. Y. By CHESTER B. BAHN WIETINO—Westchester Players, repertoire, "Jim's Girl" current. 13. F. KEITH—Vaudeville. BASTABLE: —Opening week of season of light opera, presented by the Professional Players of this city. "The Firefly" current, star- ring Jefferson I)e Angelis, Eva Oli- vottt and Ditmar Poppin. Next week, same visiting stars in "The Chimes of Normandy." Productions supervised by Maxine de Grosa and Nace Bonville. STRAND—•'The Primitive Lover." EMPIRE—"The Deuce of Spades." SAVOY—"South of Suva." ROBBINS-ECKEL- "North of the Rio Grande." RIVOLI—"At the End of the World." SYSTEM—"The Barricade.'» Cool weather during the last few weeks reacted favorably for Syra- cuse picture houses and patronage was better than the picture men had anticipated. 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Tho employes have received notice and the house is running from week to week. It is also stated that should the house close now it will reopen the latter part of August. The theatrical unions have not presented new contracts to the managers for next season. It Is the understanding none will be of- fered for several weeks, as all pres- ent contracts expire July 31. A member of one of the unions said there is little likelihood of the men asking for an Increase, but that the requoHt from the musicians, stage hands, bill posters and picture ma- chine operators will be to, have the present wage scale and contract re- newed. It it quite likely this well be done, although some of the man- agers favor a reduction. Edythe Decker and Richard Bold have been engaged by the Newman management to replace Crossman and Ridge, vocalists. liie old Priests of Pallas Associa- tion, whose electrical parades of a few years ago were the talk of the country, has been revived and the festivities for 1922 will be held week of Oct. 1. All railroads entering the city have announced a rate of one and a half fare for the round trip for a radius of 3^0 mile*'. This has always been one of the prize weeks of the year in theatrical affairs, and the managers drawing this date will be considered lucky. Walter A. Fritschy, local concert promoter and president of the Na- tional Concert Managers' Associa- tion, attended the convention of that body in St. Louis this week. A. E. Elliott, who control.n the Orand, this cily, has taken a 99- year lease on a building site in In- dependence, Mo., a suburb of Kan- sas City, and will ere.t a new the- atre. The house will have a capa- city of $1,200. Joseph Donegan, who has been seriously ill at St. Joseph's Ho.s- pltal with itnruinonia and a compli- cation of other ailments, is reported slowly improving. H«'re Is something for produrinpr managfTH to think .jMiuf. WitJj th» The Oswego-Strand Corporation, the Schine Oswego Corporation and the Oswego Orphcum Corporation have been incorporated to Itandle the theatrical properties that Schine of Gloversville has recently acquired in the Starch City. Syracuse's 1922 Music Festival failed to meet expenses by a small margin, according to the financial report of the Central New York Musi'j Festival Association. The surplus from the 1921 festival will cover the deflcit. The 1928 festival will be held either the last week In April or the first week in May. The association will elect early this month. tlnct shock. Mr. Major was the last manager of the Empire under the lease of the Empire Theatre Co. controlled by the late M. E. Wolff of Rochester and A. L. Erianger. He was popular here. Purchase of the Capitol, Oswego, by the Schine Theatre Co. gives tho Schine Interests all Starch City houses with the single exception of the Oem. The Capitol, closed for some little time, reopened Saturday with pictures, the same policy as that of the Strand. The Orphcum. also closed for some time, reopened Saturday with pictures. The Rich- ardson theatre, now leased by Schine, reopens Aug. 15 with Keith vaudeville. Announcement in Variety last week that th? Kastable here was oft the Columbia Wheel for next season came with bombshell effect here. While the Bastablc was the first Co- lumbia house to call off the late sea- son, the Bastable has a contract which calls for Columbia shows for one more year. Srcphen Bustable, head of the General Amusement Co., operating the Bastable, has refused to comment upon the New York an- nouncement. There has been some talk that tho Bastable might offer Shubert vaudeville. 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