Variety (September 1922)

• . • VARIETY "Friday, September 8, 1922 <^ % *r «, ' * * 40 WEEKS M. 49 WEEKS VAUDEVILLE PRODUCER FOR Stage and Style The Actress is the advance agent for Fashion — Knowing this she visits shops where the styles are not only new—but au- thentic. As the largest makers of theatrical shoes in America, I. Miller also provides equally modish street wear styles. I. MILLER Feminine Footwear B. F. KEITH VAUDEVILLE AGENCY ARTISTS OF ABIUTY GUARANTEED 40 TO 52 WEEKS a year. Can use clever people at all times.' M. THOR, 402 Romax Bldg. 245 West 47th Street, New York City Also wish to hear from producers with good script by Will Morrissey for the show which he prdduced at the Play- house this summer, which he called "Hollywood Follies," Morrissey never thought this title would be broad- cast and used for most anything. Hereabouts the use of Hollywood has become contagious. Looking over the roster of attractions that use the name in some form or other are found "The Hollywood Follies," one of the Shubert vaudeville units; "The Hollywood Flappers," a tabloid act produced by Harold Orr; "Sins of Hollywood." a comedy-drama playing the one-night stands in this vicinity, and a cabaret show. "Holly- wood Beauties,'' in.a local restau- rant. Frederick J. Ireland has again embarked in the dancing field here by opening a studio. Broadway at Forty-Sixth Street Open until 9 p. m. In Chicago—State Street at Monrcc and hoofing in a clean and convinc- ing style. Even though he followed some of the best terpslchore'anists on the vaudeville stage. Little Billy had the customers taking careful notice of his contribution of step- ping, with the result that he round- ed out his stay on the rostrum in successful fashion. Next to closing came a ton of comedy distributed by the tried and true duo—Williams and Wolf us. Even though this team have shown hereabouts repeatedly the efforts of Herbert Williams never are wasted, for the folks just thrive on his en- deavors and encourage him in un- stinted fashion to let them have more. He and Miss Wolfus with their aids and trick contrivances occupied the stage for some 30 minutes. Ruth Howell Duo made aerial ob- servations of the passing throng from their contraptions suspended from the gridiron of the house. The Howell turn is nice and pleasing. and one worthy of an audiences time to witness, but was unfortu- nate in this respect due to weather conditions; otherwise they would have held in a good portion of the throng that were craving to get out and whet their parched throats. Loop. The Appleton. Applet on. Wis., re- sumed vaudeville Sept. 3, playing five acts booked by Boyle Woolfolk of the association. times during the 30 minutes the organization held the stage. Ernest Hiatt put his stories, gags and humorous nut recitations over for big laughs. His long-winded nut song at the finish scored a hit. Lloyd and De Voe. next to clos- ing, scored exceedingly well con- sidering most of the routine is the same as when Lloyd appeared with other partners. The boys start and finish with singing. De # Voe Is a clever and versatile comedian. The combination looks strong. Frank Hurst and Connie O'Don- nell varied their routine from last week. They repeated big. Tonie I Grey and Co. scored a nice comedy success with good laugh material. The girl as nurse does excellent straight for Grey's black-face com- edy. Oakes and Delour started the show well with ballroom dancing. The whirlwind finish was applauded heavily. The De Marcos, another man and woman dancing team, hav- ing a Filipino sextet on string in- struments, closed the show and held the audience nicely. at best was but a poor exhibition of fencing. The comments evident- ly reached the ears of the manage- ment, for the stunt was abandoned early in the week. Turner & Dahnken have opened a new theatre at Richmond, Calif. It is equipped with every modem convenience. Monday being a holiday, the Rialto ran five and one-half shows. This was done by having seven acts For Lease: A new, modern Theatre in Akron, Ohio, with all equip- ment necessary for operation RENT REASONABLE COMMUNICATE WITH The Dietz Realty Company Corner Case & River Streets E. AKRON, OHIO to a shift and the last shift having only five acts. That m*yle it a rather short performance, which started off with Ward and Zellar. They are two men who juggle hats about. One of the men. a comic, gets much out of his double joints by falls and tumbles. They gave the show a fast enough start to allow Rose Valyda to come in strong with her double voice singing. Miss Valdys chose her songs wisely and sueeeeded in getting over without trouble. Austin and Delaney, using a hotel drop, on fourth, did not have a bit of trouble in climbing into a singing and dancing hit. Both of the men are polished in their work and sprinkle a • bit of comedy to season up their pleasant offering. The Variety Four ran the rounds of harmony and comedy. These men look well and give a neat ap- pearance. The voices are tastefully blended. Moore and Shy. a big. fat man and an under-grown fellow, got much out-of their difference in size. This team Is always a sure-fire and has not missed an many times as seen in this vicinity. They have teamed I together for a long, long time, and as-long as they stay together, even though they don't change their act much, they will make a hit with the audience. Carson's lievue is an un- usual bit of dance entertainment with three women and three men. The act has a Gypsy set, and though at first the impression was that the act was of the usual type, it picked up in speed to a show-stopptng finish. Each of the members do special- ties and register individually. The act Is neatly and classily costumed. well staged and proved a relishing bit of showmanship. Songs, dances and instrumental work complete the range of talent this act runs. Jack and Mary Graham arW Franclll not seen at this SBow. William L. Sherrill made a trip to this city to complete negotiations with Muriel McCormick for' her debut on the celluloid. Miss Mc- Cormick is the granddaughter of John D. Rockefeller and the daugh- ter of the McCormicks of the In- ternational Harvester Company. She has it stipulated in her contract with Sherrill that neither of the family connections shall be used toward obtaining publicity. Miss McCormick has appeared in amateur shows in Chicago and created a stir through her talents. She is to be known professionally as Navanna MiCor. Paramount week in Chicago has a good representation, carrying the loop by a majority with "The Gilded Cage" at the Chicago, "Blood and Sand" at the Roosevelt, "The Young Diana" at the State-Lake, "The Good Provider" at the Orpheum and the outlying houses playing six of Paramount's releases. Paramount has exploited this Paramount week very heavily. No record is claimed by Walter Downie, booker with the W. V. M. A., but just the same he held the Chicago record when he booked 43 acts in one afternoon besides mak- ing out the contracts and sending photographs himself. Downie han- dles the family time in Chicago and vicinity for the association. Max Richards, formerly on the books in the Association offices, who resigned his position some time ago, is now in the ranks of the agents, having associated himself with the Jesse Freeman agency. When the idea of the use of the name of '•Hollywood'" was devised RAYMOND MATTHEWS COMPOSER and ARRANGER 413C. ir.r.s Broadway, New York City H. HICKS & SON 675 Fifth Avenue, at 53d Street Have a little fruit delivered to your home or vout friends—take it to vour week-end outing SAN FRANCISCO VARIETY'S SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE iwntagks tiieatkk BUILDING Theodore Roberts In "The Man Higher Up," with De Witt C. Jen- nings, is drafting capacity audiences at the Orpheum. William De Mills has supplied Roberts with an ex- cellent vehicle, dealing with psy- chology. His vaudeville engagement is limited to one week, due to pie- ture contracts. An ovation seldom it' ever equalled was tendered him here. Roberts is a German brain specialist who by installing fear Into the mind of a political boss, re- sponsible for the death of the Rirl he loved, makes a nervous wreck out of his victim, death coming to him In the doctor's office, where he goes for mental treatment. The doctor informs him that at the stroke of nine a time bomb, which ticks continually, would explode. The ruse is effective, the poiiti Ian dropping dead from tear. As the time approached for the explosion two women in the balcony fainted. Max Fisher and orchestra, repeat- ing, held fourth i pot, scoring tre- inend"iid\ Their rendition of some numbers stopped th:> .'.how several Jess Willard. topping the Pan- tages bill, filled the houses at each performance Sunday. Gene Doyle introduces the pugilist, following talk about a match with Dempsey. The ex-champ appears in full- length tights, bows and starts skip- ping rope clumsily, and then pro- ceeds to box three brief rounds with a sparring partner. Willard is slow on his feet, fat, unsteady and dis- plays nothing to justify his return to the ring. He does not utter a word during the time he is on the stage. The balance of the show held some dandy entertainment. The Lome Sisters with Lew Alter at the piano presented an attractive rou- tine of dances that was favorably received. The girls make numerous costume changes and as their work is together in each dance the pianist is in the limelight throughout. "In- door Sports" had the audience laughing at the start and held up until the finish. Rob Willis with good stories gained good returns. Gordon Wilde and Family opened the show with shadowgraph work. The act, unique and containing many worthy features, scored very big. Ward and King, No. 2, pleased with talk and scored with dancing. Princess Rajah, headlining the Golden Gate bill, was received with considerable interest. Alexandria, a comedy xylophone turn playing a return engagement, held the next to closing spot quite well. "Tango Shoes" went over to a decided hit. Janis and Chaplow are doing a new act credited to Emerson and Bald- win. It contains some old ideas re- vamped, good for sure laughs. Janis is doing a Yiddish character, with his violin work still the high spot. Miss Chaplow'a voice is another as- set. Heras and Wills with their good comedy acrobatic offering closed the- show capably. Snell and Vernon opened on the rings, work ing in street ck>thes due to a bag- gage delay. Hobart Bosworth recently "shot" scenes at the famous Argonaut mine at Jackson, Calif., that was the scene of a big disaster last week when 44 miners were en- tombed when the main shaft of the mine caught fire. Rosworth was in Los Angeles when the news broke. He wired to the Motion Picture Corporation in San Francisco to rush a representative to the scene and offer whatever aid was pos- sible. Frances Williams opened at Taifs last week. She is a Jazz singer and dancer. Hal Reid. publicity man for the Tivoli, incurred the wrath of the police here last week when he erect- ed a huge banner advertising "The Masquerader." The banner was stretched across the street in front of the theatre and shortly after it was up the police department or- der, d the management to take it down. The Knight Sisters have joined Jack Russell at the Century, Oak- land. Charles Baker, Wilkes' scenic artist in Los Angeles, has been brought to San Francisco to re- place Eddie Williams at the Alca- zar and is now engaged in paint- ing several big productions that Thomas Wilkes has announced for his newly acquired theatre in this< city. Thomas Wilkes' production, "Nice People." with Mary Newcomb as the star, will open in San Diego Sept. 11, after which it will go to Los Angeles for a week and then play. up the coast, due here at the Co* lumbia Oct. 1. Richard Bennett in "The Fool," also a Wilkes produc- tion, is now playing at the Colum* bia. At the conclusion of "The Fool" Bennett will remain for an- other two weeks to present a second new play, "The Rear Car," that had its premiere at the Majestic in Los Angeles. w^ Sam Griffin's Original Premier Minstrels Opened their season at State. 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