Variety (July 1922)

Friday. July "28. 1988 OSWALD WOODSIDE KENNELS WOODSIDE LL iP FAW^ —KBNDALIi Savoy and Capps «A Few Different Things" Booked Solid—W. V. M. A. Wirt. RiPrH«nt«tUH: POWELL 4 DAN FORTH C«tt. Representative: ALF. T. WILTON lODSON (X)tE The Talkftllv* Trlckntrr now ON PANIVIGES CIRCIIT "Judson Colo made his first ap- TK>a-ance hefore an En^'lish audi- ence It the Empire. FinHbiiry Park. ma act was well received." _TME MAOIDAN. I.on«Ion. EriKlw nd. Dany Includes W. E. Holloway. Claude Allister, George Zucco, Fred pei'main. Fred Morfran. Joseph F. Graham, Dorothy Fletcher, Flor- ence Leclerfi, Leslie Graham and Cbeiiy Hardy. , , ,• . •Alexander Aaronsohn and Julius Darewaki have decided to produce the new musical play, "ListeninK In" at the Apollo. July 31. The book jH by Worton David, with mu- sic bv H<:man Darewski. The cast Includes Her- an l>irewski. As romantic a story as was ev« r written by novelist' or playwright i8 revealed by the UaKic suicide of Major M. (J. Herbert, tho manager of a Palais (U* Danse in a big country loun. In childhood he was sent to the school of some i>hilanthropic iocicty. There he met a young woman, the daughter of a famous artist, who lived in a large mansi<»n next to the school. She was musical and the boy studied hard to become a musician. The boy" left school and enlisted, still carrying on his musical studies. His time up, he became the bandmayter to his old school and met the girl again. Py this time she was becoming v.cll- known as a poetess and composer. Despite the difference in their social position they became betrothed and were married, the bride exchanging the man.sion for the cottage. The war broke out and he enlisted again, later obtaining a commission in the Royal Artillery. He fought in Finnrp, Italy and liussiji. retiring with the rjink of ma>or. He became Interested in the entertainment world, the slumv> came, and unable to face i-overty he took his life. VARIETY H. W. Wieland, the oldest agent In the country, died in London at well over 80. He was the husband of Zaeo, gymnast, who.«e unconven- tional costume crtate<l a lug sen- RAtion when she appea:ed at the old Westminster Aquarium nearly a quarter of a century ago. He ran a continental circus which . wa.« "commanded * by practically all the crowned heads of Euro|»e. and was for some years general manager lor Barnum and Pailey. Later he man- aged the Crystal Palace, and later still the Alexandra Palace. One of hia notable achievements was the booking of Mrs. Langtry for h'^r fir.vt American tour at what was then con.«-idered an enormous salary. The box recently owned by the Duke of lUiecleuch 'at the Alb» it Hall, together With its base of 1>00 years, is being offered for sale. These boxes, together with a num- "ber of stalls, were leased to original subscribers when the hall w.'«s liuilt in 1872, the leases being for a term ^ 9'jy years; £200 got a seat, ^10,000 a box such as is now being ortored. There ar<j 1,341 proprietary Bfats in the house, 695 of which are stalls. The ownerships goes on from father to son, are sold, or given a-vK'ay *>y their owners. On the occasion Of a big gala show many are sub- let, and many of the leases have Men bought up by dealers. i.'^igel riayfair, the producer of The Peggar's Opera" at the Lyric. Hammersmith, has secured an 0|?errtta by Dame Ethel «myth for <nrly production. She is also responsible for the libretto. Her Dest known opera is "The Wreck- ers" and she is ah;o famed as a Diihtaiit suffragette «nd the com- poser of their battle march "The March of the Women." She has recently conducted a newspaper uradc against the n(^glect of Pritish conipo.mrs and herself on particular u^!i i*'^'*^^^ bands; Hot new operetta •»i'i Prf'f-'onted in conjunction with ine PoRuns Mate," for the music "* which she Is also responsible. Archlf. Parnell, for many years D«oking manager for tb« Vaiiety RUTH HOWEU DUO America's Premier Aerialittt The Only Lady la AmericA Doing tb« Toe-to-To« Catch. Playing Keith and Orpheum Circuit*. Bastem K^p.: JOE 8ULMVAN. WMlern Hep.: JACK OAKDNKR. CHAS. and CECIL McNAUGHTON Let's get acquainted now, so next season the new act will need no in- troduction. Direction MARK LEVY JACK and JK8KIR I.N' A Cycle of Smiles and Thfllls STILL VACATIOM.NCi Pooko«l Solid Next Seanorj on Ori-hiuni an<l Inti-rstato C'lnuita. IHrectiun; JACK OAKDNKK LESTER CHARLES CALVIN & O'CONNOR "IN THE DARK" BOOKED SOLID Dir.: HANLON A. TI8HMAN TRIXIE FRIGANZA AT HOME 1530 Formosa Avenue HOLLYWOOD, CAL. GEORGALIS TRIO Sensational Rifle and Pistol Shooting Ptayino W. V. M. A. and B. F. Keith (Western) Circuits Direction SIMON AGENCY John Keefe "The Corn-Fed Boob" A New Act in Preparation NEW YORK THEATRES I 8AM H. HARRIS Attractions Sam U. Hains lei. ; luyikux au*. I Evct. 8:30. Matt. W«d. and 8«t. at 3 .30 Six Cylinder Love A Stm CoiiitMly by Win. AQtbony ftltfiutrc with ERNEST TRUEX — OflO- WeM 4Mi Rl F>M.. Rift. Mttta. WhI. St Sal at 3:13. CGRT WAIIACE ^ MARY EDDINGER ^^ NASH in "CAPTAIN APPLEJACK" ■■■'■•OO- MUSIC B&X. WMt 4Mh Btr««t. Tel.: Hryanl HTO. C>iM. t;|5. iiala. WkI. and Sat. at t.lt. 'Bait Wutlcal Shaw Cvar Matf* la AmeHca." —OI.OMB IP. V.l.^|. G fi JE R.L r N '8 MUSIC BOX REVUE I— Witn a Cait at Matropaiitaa Favorltaa — S —MAKR— R A N D oontrolliflg organization, but who has been unfortunately out of har- ness for the past two year-s owinK to ill hcaltli, haH joined Daniel Meyer, Ltd. Sir Ccorgc Tallin, the Australian manager, is here ou busincsw for J. C. Williamson. Ltd Wlien he re- turns he will have a lar^e number of British productions and will have arranered Antii)odcan visits for a number of native "stars" Oscar Asche with his full company re- turn with him about the rnidiile of tJie montli, and will take the com- plete ))roduction of "Cairo.'" Asche iR a native born Australian. During his stay he will produce "Chu Chin Chow" and a number of Sh.ikes- pearian plays. Another enpaKcment is that of Lady Forbes Hobcrt.son who, in all i-robability. opens in "Woman to Woman." Irene Van- brut;li .'ind Dion Houeirault will also po out later. On the musical sWe he h.i.s ac(iuired aW the CJ»orge EdwardeP, Ltd., productlona from .!;imeH Whitp for five yearft, includ- ing the "Lady of the Jiose" and "Whirled into Happiness." He has also secured "yally" which he will do at Christmas. Australia is also suffeiing from reaction and the big spending <lays are over as they are in London, but the cost of running a show has been doubled. the big gala performance at the Hippodrome was one of the suc- cesses of the night, will join Andre Chariot and Paul Murray at the Vaudeville when a new revue is staged there. Meantime he will appear in "Mr. Budd of .Kcnning- ton, S. K.." a new play by H. F. Maltby which Frank Cury.on an<l Herbert Jay will produce at Brighton during August. Lew Herman. Ameriran "girl act" producer, i8 here and will produce a new shC'W in his own special line for Moss Empires. This will be staged in nine scenes and is entitled 'A Wliirl of CJirls." The opening date is ,Tuiy 2\ at Nottingham. If it,goes over he will I'roduce a series of acts. Norman J. .Norman will produce the American musical play, "Angel Face," in the provinces prior to bringing it to the West End. The conii)any will be British, After being .away from England for K) years. Max Malini, the magi- cian, is back in I^ondon. The inter- vening years have been spejit in entertaining E.astern royalties and notabilities. He .«?tayed in Japan for 10 years. He is now arranging a London appearance, but not on the music hall stage. He has, so he says, never been on a stage. For a long time past many of the big suburban vaudeville houses have been playing programs vastly different to those for which they were built during the boom yeais. Melodrama, f.arce and revue form the basis of many of their attrac- tions. The i)resent cry ag.ainst high vaudeville salaries is likely to ex- tend the change. It is more profit- able to stage a good dramatic show on a "cert." or percentage than to face the cost of a big vau<leville j Iirogram with the items of which (most theatregoers are tired. This I week at the ICilburn Empire, "Min- /strels of 1922"; Ilford 'Hipr)odrome. '^"Bulldog Drummond"; Islington Empire, "Baddy the Next Best Thing"; Shoreditch Olympia, "A Koyal Divorce." Alexander Aaronson. who is Lon- don's latest theatrical speculator, and is already running Arthur Bourchier in "The Bisk" at the Strand, and has .vince taken over the Apollo, iias now acquired the remainder of Josej'h Benson's lease of the Little. Tlicre, in conjunction with Jose Levy, who has apparently given up all thoughts of .starting his Clrand C.uignol series again, he will ]>iesent English versions of French plays. Herbert Jay Is about to produee another of the long list of i-'lay.-- which arc announced as destined for London's West End .after a pro- vincial "tryout." Few, however, ar- rive in the West End. "Tiu Limpet" will be done at Eastbourne, the ca.-t :ncliitling Sybil Arundale. Edward Coml»ci jnree. Stanley Turn- bull and Hubert Harben. Dr. Walford Bodir. who in his way is Britain's gie-atest showman, is reopening in London after many years' absence. The occasion e»f his last visit*-was the sce-ne of great demonstrations on the part of nied- ioeil . students who wrecked his surgical and medi<al stores in the Black friars Bridge road and were eiuite e'(|ual to treating the theatre at which he was appearing, the Canterbury, in the .^ame way. The trouble arose from hi.? use e>f the initial letters "M. V." and his pre- tense to the posse.'-sion of certain medical degrees from some remote .ilieged America.1 coIIck^'. Eventu- al! v ilie Jaw .stejiped in. and after a triiil which was mufh funnier tiian anything he's ever done on the ^tage tlir letters "M. D." disap- peared. He explained to \ho court they actually meant "Merry DeviL ' In thope days he was a .vort of fcc- ond "Smuali" and was in perpetual trouble with the medical students throughout tlie country owing to his claim of pos)-«s.<-ing phenomenal healing powers. Mine then he har quieted down considerably. Al WotKls has sailed for home minus the rights of any English plays, barring Somerset JSIaughans "East of Suez," which he had previ- ously acquired, but with a trunk- loael uf Clerman goods. He says English playwrights have fad^d e)ut and it requires a detective to lind one. The titles of some of his ac- qui.sitions al les'ist possess the true' Woods atmosphere: "The Ba<l Girl." "The Bathing Oirl," "The Woman in tiie Mask." being examples. Charle's Dilljngh.am also returned .'i lew weeks ago with only two Brit- ish plays to his credit, but botli ge)od ones. "Loyalties' arid "Tons of Money." Mrs Patrick Campbell will pro- dui«' "Voodoo," known m New York as '"Tabeto," iit Blackpool, July 2U. She will hV supported almost en- tirely by negroes who .'ire now on their w.'iy here. Bobert Court neidge 1r saiil to be ( onte'ni|)lating the productie»n of another play founded e>n a nove;l by the late Uertrude Page. Tubby Edlin. whose unexpected appearance in a front cloth during •\\ National InatltutloD"—fl'wav at 47 mt. Uire'ction JoH4>nu Piuokrtt —BceinniRO 8UN0AY. JULY 30— LATEST PRODUCTION MARSHALL NEILAN'S '•FOOLS FIRST'' A Ktartlliiir Praina With an All KtMr 4'uiit. (it KIHKT NATIONAL ATT«A<T|e>.N) Aim! An KnterprUtnir MuNlrnI I'rorrttm 6TRAM> KV.HI'IIONlr ORCIIK8TUA CAKI. Er>OlJAnDB. Conductor I 'VPItf^ THEATRE. 43d 8t.. W. of Um:xy. Li 1 I\1V^ TWIfK l>/ILY — 2 30 an*l « 30. UII.MAM POX PrrHrnta TUE fiKKATENT MOTION riCTURE KI>KCTACLK OF ALL TIM EH— NERO BELASCO Wrst 44th .«?t. Kva. US©. m^^m.ts-m.^^'s^ Miit. .Safurday only 2 30. DAVID BELASCO Prefentt LENOREULRiC « KIKl A Nvw rh.mctoi Sdi.ly bi A.\I>UI< PICARD. CM f\TiV BROADWAY, V*l-iVyDI-i^— and Forty-Hlilh St, Evenings 8 25. M.ita Weil. nn.I Sat. 1:20. CHARLES DII.I.INOIIAM PrescDta 'GOOD MORNING DEARIE* with a Caat rl N T. Favorltaa HOIK)SCO LvisasoMATavift *SAr.7.w THE BAT — THE BEST MYSTERY PLAV IN TOWN -^ —NEI.UYN TIIEATKE. W. 42d Ht.— • BARNEY BERNARD and ALEXANDER CARR in a new roine«1y "PARTNERS AGAIN" By Montague Cilaaa A Juira lUkfit (joodmao. Pricea; Eva. $2 50. llata. Wed. A Sat. New Aina((«rdam Thrst %V. 4i6 Btrttci Kvi-B. 8 15. PorULAR MATINRR WKtiNESDAY. KfK- Jblatinet» 8AT. A National Institution I ""1^ ^M ^M ^ifl ■ * Press and Public Praise 1.1 I I n . "FORGET ME NOF A LOl'lA J[V«^^^|jSTON I'KODLCTION METRO PICTURES Corporation Distributors "Ai)>lM><l)r «>tr, ran sit nonclialatitlj, tttifpusD Uii-fti H'i-ti(-N nuist tic 4 iilliiiiMr UiNit Hiijr pro- iiHHlnnal (Title."—Alaa Dal*. N. Y. American. "Wti;it a irKMlfl It ultouM tw for MiiiuitMtn < ravlnit procurer and ti)« wiklrywi accnarlM." —Evealnv Mall. "A stt>ry aa ^wtt-t as the flowfr hIiob* nam* It lH).ir».'- News. "litre Is iiKKuiLie iiffi."—N. Y. TIaiaa. "It is one of tlioM: |it(turea (U-MKne<l Ut mukt |><>n|ile ito wlial Oiry lovn lH-«t Id tU). rla. rry." —Narrlette Unrfrrtitll, N. Y. Trikuns. ItKOAnUAY AT 44tli HTKERV CONTIMOIH NOON to II !». M. CoolfNt nay to reHrli OitfrioJk—Atli AVKNI'E III N—2 Idorka weat on 44tli Ntreet TlrkrtN on niiIc at all l'nit«>tl lla|>iiinrMM Cunily Htorca aM well aa fliratre boi oMcc AT rilE AMERICA'S ORCMOST THEATRES AND HITS.— Oireetien. LEE and J. J. SHUBERT ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^%^^^^^^^%^^^^ 4.%TII HTKKKT A ItilOAnWAV MATJNEPS^ WKDNfc.'il'AY AND «ATUItL>AT. MARJORIE RAMBEAU In th«' <'(irintly i'lassjc THE GOLDFISH -MOVES TO SHUBERT THEATRE MONDAY— NATinWAT 'I h'« , 4lNt. W. of Hway. nnilWi^Ar* iiioNK nHVANT lf.€4. The all-Indian pl;iy, "The flod- dcHS, " produced for a few rii.itJneeR at the Duke of York's, and if now at the Ambn.»'sadors, )« a I out lo lose itK claim to being "all Indian" by the inclu.^ion in the cast of an Amtricin d.mcer, L-'iurkn, Very few mana, rs are makinK arianKcmcntH f.'ir ahtad and all are nnii.sually r«ticent about the.r plans. I'^usincFH buckf c] up consitlerably with the cold rainy MpoU, tut weather ex|)crtj' proyhcFy a return to the tropic.« (lnr;iJK the coming week, and, if lhi«? comes off, the pull of the river and the playing Jif Id.*-' will h<»l<l good until Septem- ber. Apart fioiu lb.ft the theatrical woild IS threatened by a Beries of induptrial troubles, the exi.stenoe of which will by no means cnrcurage speculation. First tbf're is the € ANARY Matinees Wed. and Sat. DC^l^iyiKJrt 1 |.;»p, H ;<o. Mat* Tliuni KjI. a THE HUi hit: T^'KEMPY' r^ WITH GRANT MITCHELL And Th. NUGENTS pcpi IDI ir* 42.1 Kt . W of I) way *^*-'* V-rOl-iIVi* Kru ft 10 MaU a ao Mnta. W«;«ln«miny and .Snturrlay, 2.30 "ABIE'S IRISH ROSE" Hj AVNIu NKIIUI^ With an All-Star Cast VVIIIlt;i UdlUtfll Mutn. Tuix. Thurs . Mat. Arniwn Kuiii Proaenta TiiR woRiJ>'H c;kratkht kkvub SPICE OF 1922 Hy JACK LAIT; Sl;ig«<l l>y ALL/N K KOHTKH TH MONTH-BuoD.;,;;',y;„";i'.t 8enaon'f) HninrtrHt i'omrtif THE DOVER ROAD A. A. .Mn.NKi ' CHAS. CHERRY r. RAY C0M8T0CK aad MORRIS CE8T frataat B A L I E F F ' 8 Chauve Souris From MOSCOW —Otrtct from lONOON—PARIS NKW I'K0<;KA.M CENTURY ROOF THEATRE •2«l BTRKKT A CBNTRAL I'AHK WKST CntrnnrA on lt'J<i Kt. I'hone ColiixuUun HMO MATINREH TUKH. and HAT.. 1 80 Nightly At N.SU TIMES SQ. THEATRE Malin<'ea ThuraOay and .Sutur<l;iy, 2:30. 44 9f SUE DEAR New York H l.H^ffi. C'lran»-«t an-I Mo«t PaMcinutuiK Ml'hlCAL I'LAY ~ J r Z A II I T — threats ried lockout of musicians, then the trouble with the touring ariors who are being threatened with the loss of th h LZ minimum as set forth In the touring contract, and th© vaudeville "cut " contro- versy. In the M.trlybone Cotmty Court Thomas Jamieson Stilling I^tyd, a iiarriHter, sued Kitty (Joidon Astc)ri ntherwiKe Kate VVilloughby. for the return of the M.SH. of his play, "The Tame Cat," five guineas damages for breach of contract, and the re- turn of JL 25 def>o«it paid in iiii.uiriii)^ liir pi uuiii iioii. I'iairiiiff • ontraclid with defendant to pro- duce his play "it the Ambassadoni. he to i>ay her X GO. (iwing to a coal .<<iriko the pl/iy was not produced. Pefendaiit v.iid she spent six weeks in prejjar.if ion .ind npent £53 of her owii mone-y. I'linb.e to present the I)Jay at the AmbaH.^iidors, she had offered fbrer niatinees at the Phill- b«aeh Jlall. Kensington. (iivlng Judgment for plaintiff, Jim Honor said it was no defenso having enteretl Into a (ontiact to say that the carrying out of it was beytmd her control. .•^