Variety (December 1922)

;• IH' ."■ 7*f-7—"^'ItM'' •"» JPiridiiyf Bccember 1, IMt VARIETY II N'T TTT a I (k,* ,:^^ ■'>:.:■•■. r^-v *^' T •.. «r ->, './^ ■^■. wait;;; \> :*>>'. Until the last moment to procure your space for the •■»'. ',.■, 17th Anniversary Number of ,.'^' , ■•• .V To Be Published DECEMBER ■ *' ■ t.., SPECIAL NOTICE m This issue will reach every corner of the globe, and your an- nouncement will be read by ever> one in show business. It will be the most attractive special number ever issued by Variety. AN ATTRACTIVE PROPOSITION IS OFFERED THOSE WHO WILL SUPPLY ORDER AND COPY ON OR BEFORE DEC. 1 V; Apply at any Variety Office for details ■•i BALTIMORE By ROBERT F. 8I8K Nixon'a Victoria reopened Satur- day with a large attendance of out- of-town men. The theatre was burned last year. Repair work was Started at once under the direction of Harry A Hcnkel, who is local representative for the Nixon and Erlanger interests. The rebuilding of that historic playhouse in general effect is one of simple magnificence, making the Victoria equal to any other Baltimore picture hou»«». The Stanley Co. is interested and waa represented at the opening. Robert Wayne, formerly manager of Loew's Hippodrome here, has re- signed and has accepted a position Sn the stock company which George Marshall is operating at the Ly- ceum. His first role is that of Dr. Watrous, the coroner, in "The Nightcap." It Is expected that he will continue wl|h the company in other roles. Mr. Wayne became manager of the Hippodrome to suc- ceed George McDermlt, who re- signed to take control of the White- hurst theatres here, but who has since left to manage the Boro Park at Brooklyn. K.' E. A. Lake, for- merly a traveling representative for Marcus Loow, has been appointed manager of the Hippodrome, and his appointment as house manager makes him the youngest on the string. Wayne's position in the New Ly- ceum came to him as a Joke. He is a friend of Ek H. Curtis, director of the company, and met him on . e street recently. Jokingly he told him that he would like a part in the company, A few days later, when Curtis was casting for the new show, ho sent for Wayne, who is large, has wavy hair and is im- posing looking. He fits the part of the coroner to a "T." M INERS MAKE UP Est. Henry C. Miner, Inc. FORD'S—Billls Burke In "Rose Briar" ^ AUDITORIUM—"Lillom.* LYCEUM — "The Nightcap" (stock). MARYLAND—Keith Valideville. ACADEMY—"Rose Girl" (unit). PALACE^-^'The Bon Tons.'' GAYETY—Stock burlesque. FOLLY -MUTUAL—Burlesque. GARDEN-POP—Vaudeville and "The Storm." HIPPODROME—Loew Vaudeville and "The Hound of th« Basker- villes." CENTURY—"The Man who Saw Tomorrow." CENTURY ROOF—Cabaret. KENNARD'S SUPPORTERS 249 l¥ Mth At.. N. ¥. Phone Fits Roy 0S44 S«n<1 for C«»«loini» H'M PROFESSIONAL TRUNKS Back to Pre-War Prices Mail Ordart Filled F. O. B.. N. Y. City. 8«nd for Catalogu*. Used trunks and shopworn samples ot ail standard makes always on hand. SAMUE NATHANS ROLE AGENT FOR II A M TRUNKS IN THE BAST I 529-531 Seventh Ave., New York City Phono: F.tz Roy 0620 Between 38tb and 39th Streets "Sally," which played at Ford's last week, did remarltabie business. "Sally" came in at $3.60, filling the lower floor almost entirely at the majority of performances and sell- ing out the balcony and gallery at each performance. The estimated gross for the week was about 130,000. At the Auditorium Fay Bainter 4n "The Painted Lady" en^ Joyed excellent business despite the critics panned the show rather se- verely, picking it out as a bad piece of playwriting and suggesting many changes. They praised Miss Bainter's ^performance, however. BusineRs for the week probably touched over $12,000. flat. The Vaudeville portion was weak. However, it is worlda bet- ter than the "Oh, What a Girl" unit, which opened here and proved the prize lemon of the season. This week started off well at the Auditorium with a packed house to see "Liliom" and at Ford's Bltlie Burke was also given a good recep- tion. ROCHESTER, N. Y. By L. B. SKEFFINGTON LYCEUM—Mrs. Fiske in "Paddy," flrst half: "Marjolaine," last half. CORINTHIAN —Rochester Play- ers in "The Charlatan,' last half. FAY'S—Shaw's Circus, Worslcy and Hiller. Hanlon and Clifton. Clinton Russell and company, Dun- levy and Chesleigh, "White and Barry; film feature, Lon Chancy m "Flesh and Blood." EASTMAN —"The Ghost-Break- er," with Wallace Reld. jrtlms—"East Is West," Regent, all week; "Trouble." Piccadilly, all week. Th^ vaudeville business 'at the Maryland started off with huge business Monday night and with all tickets for Thanksgiving Day sold out before the night was over. Three I performance will be given on the ) holiday. The Academy's (Shubort , unit) business started ofl" with a poor Monday matinee, poorer than I \ifliial, but niffht business was excel- lent and will propably continue ro, 1 due to the two-for-one plan wWrh the Shuberts have been using down here to boost business. It aided I materially with the "Gimme a Thrill" unit show. "The Rose Girl." which recently closed for repairs, reopened in Bal- timore, and although it was salia- factory from the standpoint of comedians and scenery, the entire performnnre seemed to fall ralhei Since the Rochester Players opened the Corinthian as a com- BOOK STRIP' VVElDON^WILLIAMSJrLiCK) r 0~R t S MIT H ARK. munity house, with a high-class professional company, that house is rapidly coming back into its old- time popularity. Last week the company did the best business of its season so far, and critics here are agreed that the company is excellent. This nveek on the last three days It will present "The Charlatan." Stuart Walker's players present- ed "The Book of Job" Monday night at the Corinthian under the auspices of the Council of Jewish Women. Tuesday and Wednesday nights the Alhambra Players, Knights of Col- umbus, presented "The Girl of the Golden West," with Harold Heaton of the Rochester Players in the lead. SKURTAWDKLUSIVE STYUS MARCUS LCBVS ANNEX 1WWEST4CI! STIKr C^^HONt O/^ t ANT fl r» «i c Dorothy Dodd ^ (Formerly Dodd and Nelson) Will Appear Shortly in an Act of Specicd SongM and Talk Written by GEO. KERSHAW and RAY GARDEN CHARLES HSRRY K: T»RODENCF HARVARD HOLT and KENDRICK '••'i'",.. ••■ 'V I in "THE BIG GAME" VAUDEVILLE'S INTERNATIONAL CYCLEOLOGISTS I J 1*, .,.■.!■■ • B. F. KEITH'S PALACE, NEW YORK, NOW., ,„ j, iiit ii,'! :• i'nf «■.. uikiV .lift Direction HARRY FITZGERALD