Variety (December 1922)

iday, IHcember 28, 1928 '••■ "■»"^/;^, VARIETY .«•"'■■■ • ',■, / -• ■ r^^u Uifi* 3=^: 30= \ ALBEE, President J. J. MURDOCH, General Manager F, F. PROCTOR, Vice-President B. F. KEITH'S VAUDEVILLE EXCHANGE .. <: ,.■-.. ., ; ,. ,..,:: ■!•■■■ ..(AGENCY),, *„.,,,.,.::./, ^..,„, „.,..,,,.„,,., 1 " (Palace Theatre Buildings New York) ■ •', • ■. • • ••;.■'' ' '^f'■"./■■ " • '" • .*(■■(:'■■ '•'■■•■•• t '.",.' ■ ■ ■ . ■■ ..■■•.■ ■'-'.■*■..' ■ ■■ "■ , • , **■■'..'• '' ' . ■'."'■' .' • ' " , ■ ' ;■ ■, ■ ^' ■ : - .'■»■> ■ • ■■•,,' •',..■. . ' , - . ■ ■■■■.■,' . ■ . ' • ". ■■ •■ ' ■■■ , ' -i ■ ■■■.■■»■, ,..',.'"■;.' I .'■. . :■■■ ' /:':■/;• ' >' '■"■•■. ■■ - ; Founders y'':-\^-:'-\'':'-^ B. F. KEITH, EDWARD F. ALBEE, A. PAUL KEITH, F. F. PROCTOR Artists can book direct addressing W. DAYTON WEGEFARTH S 'iv. NEWS OF THE DAILIES permisRion fronr the License LU can be obtained every the- In New York, subject to the lucingr Manager's Association, hold a performance on Sunday It, Dec. 31. The object is to 25 per cent, of the gross re- go to the Actors' Fund. of a raid being made. The ex- treme measures the Federal and ^police authorities are talcing to en- force prohibition during the holi- days is the cause. felson D. Basanko entered a plea fuilty before Judge Nott in (Jen- Sessions, New York, when ;ed with having robbed Peggy :ins Joyce of $2,000. le Jewels and belongjngs of the Lillian Russell were sold at tion In it week for a total of |47,- Theatrical people made the |or purchases. roprletors of the smaller type [restaurants in New York are tig of keeping their places closed Year's Eve to avoid any chance ^ow Appearing at The Side how Id St. and 7th Ave. NEW YORK BROADWAY JESTER AND HIS OADWAY DIVERSIONS MURIEL STRIKER I8ABELLE JASON DORA MAUGHN "THE SAXE SISTERS" VERSATILE SEXTETTE irry Xma» and Happy New Tear I to All 1 Mayor Hylan, of New York, re- fused to Mafry Florence Walton and Leo Leitrim when asked to per- form the ceremony. He stated he believed such a ceremony belonged in a church. The couple were mar- ried at the Municipal Building Dec. 14. They will sail for Europe Dec. 30. the cause, and accordipg to one doctor the actress wJl never be able to appear on the stage again. Mmo. Bernhardt had been failing in health since last summer and it is probable that her recent trip to Italy was her last tour. According to report, night the- atre service between London and They estimate that about |200,000 worth was seized and destroyed, while 38 persons died of narcotic poisoning during the same period. The Yellow Taxi Corporation of New York, operating 500 cabs, has purchased 1,000 additional cabs. Alicia Witherburn, concert singer. Paris by aeroplane is planned to be j was robbed of |100,000 worth of put in operation next spring. Jewels Tuesday. Miss Witherburn is I the widow of William Turabridge, Wilmer & Vincent announce they former proprietor of the St. George are going into legit producing, start- ing with "The Black Mailers," open- ing at Easton, Pa., Jan. 8. Members of the United States Grand Opera Company, totaling 27 in number, are stranded in Detroit, and all plans for the season have been abandoned. The company in- cludes Pittsburgh, Cincinnati. Cleve- land and Detroit. The Detroit unit was forced to attempt to raise $8,000 in back salaries, hotel bills and rail- road fares in order to get the com- pany back to New York. The application for divorce by Mrs. Gladys Cook (Gladys Hanson, picture) from Charles Emerson hotel In Brooklyn. Some of the gems had once been the property of Mrs. Tom Thumb, wife of the fa- mous midget. The new death house at Sing Sing will make impossible the Cook, theatrical publicity agent, has .'showing of pictures the night tie been granted by Judge Morschauser, fore an execution. It was formerly at White Plaln.1, N. Y. No defense the custom to present a film on Mme. Harold McCormick has pur- chased the Theatre Champs Elysees, Pari-s. and has taken over with it a nine years' lease. Jacques Hebertot will continue to be the resident manager. The purchasing artist stated she would never appear In her own theatre until she had gained recognition based solely on her merit. was made by Cook. the last night for a man sentenced to the chair. The gells are too far Officials of the Canadian govern- apart in the new structure to make ment have announced that drugs | this presentation possible. The valued at $1,000,0U0 were smuggled only diversion possible will be a Into Canada during the past year. 1 phonograph concert. WITH THE MUSIC MEN turea, silver, bric-a-brac, etc., at his late home, 191 Commonwealth ave- nue. Boston, was valued at |9,207.14 and at his West Manchester home at $450. His pictures were valued * at $50,750; cattle and horses, $34,805. and his musical instruments and scores in use by the Boston Sym- phony Orchestra at $32,755. The Boston inventory also showed that his estate received shares of Ktocks and bonds valued at $1,713,- 624, in settlement of his interest in the banking firm of Lee Higglnson & Company, and that he had an individual interest in th6 same firm, valued at $185,000. In his will he named Clift Rogers Clapp. of 60 "State street, Boston, and Charles Francis Adams, of Con- cord, Mass., as the executors, and directed them to pay all inheritance taxes out of the residuary estate. The E. B. Marks Music Company publicity purveyor heralds that in the ballroom scene of A. H. Woods' "The Masked Woman" four Marks publications are rendered. The invasion of England by Amer- ican dance orchestras has caused much dissatisfaction among the English musicians and has become serious enough to provoke a ques- tion on the floor of the House of Commons. The official protest, of- fered in the House of Commons, was made by C. Jesson, who objects to "the importation of alien bands- men ipto London hotels and music halls while many British players, equally good musicians, are unable to obtain enp:agements and are com Bklward B. Marks is appealing from Federal Judge Mack's decision denying a preliminary injunction against Leo Feist, Inc. The song "Swanee River Moon" figures In the litigation. Marks alleges Feist's song is a melody infringement of a Paul Llncke (composer of "Glow Worm") composition, "Wedding Dance." The court held otherwise, although such musical experts as Charles D. Isaacson and Sigmund Spaeth supported the plaintiff with affidavits. Edwin Franko Goldman, n/kii<^H ♦« -,i,.o=T *h^ ..»^.»»i>...»^.»f the bandmaster, filed an affidavit in peled to draw the unemployment, p^jg^,^ j^^^^,^ ^^ the effect "Swanee dole. Bruce McRae became a grand- father Dec. 11 when a son was born to Bruce, Jr., and his wife, Nell Brinkley, the artist, at their home in New Rochelle, N. Y. The new member will be named Bruce Mc- Rae, 3d. A taxi driver in Cincinnati has installed a radio receiver in his cab as a means of holding business while the -clock registers. An application for the settlement of the estate of Marshall P. Wilder has been filed in the Supreme Court and reveals that the humorist left $204,333. An early estimate placed the total at $77,325. He died In January, 1915. He is survived by a 16-year-oId son and a daughter 17. Harry Poole, Jr., a student in the Princeton Preparatory School, mar- ried Mrs. Mary Claire Connover, actress, Dec. 1. Mrs. Connover gave her age as 24. The boy's father called him home. E. C. Mills was appointed receiver of the Harry Von Tllier Music Co. by Judge Mack this week under $1,000 bond. Mr. Mills, who is ex- ecutive secretary of the Music Pub- lishers' Protective Association, is acting In a similar capacity* as eo- recelver of the Broadwav Music Corp. The latter firm has Will Von Tilzcr, a brother of Harry, as presi- dent, although both companies aro Independent and unrelated. InvoN .. V. » *v A ♦ *^ V .»t ! "ntary petitions In bankruptcy throughout the cdVintry to handle were filed against both concerns music and Its appliances. Tom within a week's space Geraghty, supervising director of the Famous Players-Lasky Corp., Is vice-president of the corporation. Edward Wolf is general manager and Gilbert is president. ■ ■. River Moon" more nearly ap- proached the "Cora Waltz," a non- copyright, than the "Wedding Dance." Marks mentioned in his personal affidavit that he is irre- vocably opposed tt) the modern practise among popular songsmlths at the same time, of ragging classics and plagiarizing others' works. He stated that Feist, through Edgar F. Bitner, paid him $250 to settle an alleged infringe- ment of Marks' "You Didn't Want Me When You Had Me." The Feist song was "Ten Little Fingers." Bitner'a affidavit is that he did it more to dispose of the matter than engage in litigation. Berlin's "Homesick" and Water- son's "Tomorrow" have been in Juxtaposition a couple of times lately. Last week the Loow's State, New York, orchestra played both pieces simultaneously, half the band using "Homesick" and the other half "To- morrow." The Columbia record car- rying both numbers is said to have reached a sale of over 200,000, a rec- ord for any Columbia record of re- cent months. The similarity of the two numbers is readily recognized. It is said the State's orchestra hap-, pened upon the double melody through its leader asking the men to suggest an overture tune. Some of the band said one, and some the other, when the leader remarked it wouldn't be a bad idea to play both American Publishers The members of the Society of Composers, artd Authors on Wednesday divided their fourth quarterly royalty melon for 1922. Although not due until the first of the year the division was decided upon so as to have checks ready for the members be- fore Christmas. * Forty thousand dollars is this quarter's quota. The U. S. Patent Office has finally granted M. Witmark & Sons the right of registering as a trade-mark the "Black and White Scries." This was oppo.«!ed for some years by a chemical manufacturing concern and another business enterprise which claimed the trade-mark dis- tinction of the contrasting colors. Harry Houdini is working on a book through which he expects to expose the fraud methods of fake mediums. The illusionist and magician once posed as a medium in order to gain such data. Sarah Bernhardt collapsed while rehearsing in Paris this week. A heart attack was said to have been The Ben Bernle Band made its first test, last week, for Vocalion. and will turn out a couple of num- bers for it this week. The transfer State appraisal of the property left by Major Henry Lee Higglnson, founder of the Bos- ton Symphony Orchestra, who died at the Massachusetts General hos- pital, Boston. Nov. 14, 1919, which since .December, 1921, has been In the hands of one of j-he appraisers attached to the New York branch of the State Tax Commission, is completed and is likely to be made public within a very short time. Major Higginson was a resident of Boston, and. according to an in- ventory of his property filed there In the probate court in May. 1921, his estate was valued at $2,599,- 694.65. This represented- $2,498,651.47 in personalty and $101,043.18 in realty. His furniture, books, pic- // you eame herm yoa need go no further, for our valuee for Chriat- maa aurpaae anything in New Yorh, and at a eaving of over 30%. f/SpccUl Discount to ' the VtoUuMian Piu/^ Repaired and >^ l^modeled The L. Wolfe Gilbert Music Cor- poration's plans under Its new Del- aware charter call for the establish- ment 0/ a number of chain stores ——-V December 19, 1922. Dear Friend: ' ' My first Annual 15% off clearance sale is in progress. You may come in and take off 15% of the marked price.of any suit or overcoat hanging upon the racks. This is an exceptional opportunity because my store and stock are only a few months old, which fact assures you that the garments are in no way to be considered "back numbers," hut are*this season's (and tliis season's only) latest creations, from the foremost clothing houses of America. Wishing to convince you, I shall endeavor to personally ad- vise you in making a selection. Sincerely yours. * ' ;' BEN ROCK-E 1 Spocialtu Dosianed 1632 BaOADWAY ■ AT ^I^TiBTt-i 3T ■ NEW VOR.K. CITY Tel<-plu»ae Lirrlc J..U7