Variety (December 1922)

rrra:-:'.^. ■^ \ >-'.'"^-. :■ -iK.-ffi'. '"t^TT. 'T;'**'?.?, : 'h'^lff?^^" • VARIETY FYfday, December 29, 1922 f !. i-l'T.^ '-- WORLD'S GREATEST UNDERSTUDY licmarlablr career of Chnrlottr Lcarn-OarrHy. the pride of Chicago, Itrcuusr 3h<^ is nn tutrcss. tt tcifc and a mother — and the pride of the city she "'ill not IcaiC, .-.■■' ., -i; •• ■ - ' Chioapro's favorite player! Chicago's only dramatic star? Chicago's KTcatcst reception get- ter! And not only this, but An artisite who lia.s appeared in more plays in Chicajfo in the last two and a half years; an artiste who has received more newspaper no- tices in Chicago in the same period than any other known persort in Chi. It seems like a fairy tale. No one familiar with the "in.slde" of things theatrical in Chicago will credit the statements. liut enough of mystery! It is Charlotte Learn, whose name Is suggestive of htr work, for she is an undersiu«ly for all shows play- ing Chicago. Miss Learn Is Chicago's favorite player, because she is "beloved" and "regarded with favor," tl\p defini- tions of the teim in the diction- ary. Miss L«earn Is Chicago's only dra- matic star because she is the only dramatic star who does not venture outside of Chicago. Miss Le.'.rn is the greatest recep- newspaper notloes than any other star t>r player. Miss Learn's work la not stripped of its glitter by ttie mer©^ ^te- ment of facta. Xt still appeftfii to be a falry'8, drcaikd to say tjliitt^^ip player Is to enjoy tlie contact pos- sible in her position with welt know^n siar.s and famous players.. To think of r« placing a big star in a lead|nj? thcatra at any time and havfhg the opportunity of measuring on.e'a ability against that of some one of established fame is to" Ijave. a dream fulfilled which many 'people have dallied ^ith. .,«_, vk- Chariot te. 'iWrn played\ot)poslte DoujHas Fairbanks in "AaiYe Sqw" and 'The Man of the Hour" when she was 13 ye.ar8 of age. She played kid parts with 'E^ru »Kendf»ll in •Land of Dollars" and "Swell Rle- gant Jones." "While p'.ayir.g with Ezra Kendall she met J. J. (Jarrity, who was manager of the company. Mr, Carrity is now genej-al manager for the Shubei'ts in Chicago, • Now Charlotte Learn is Mrs. J. J. Carrity. N(>t content to fall out of theat- FRANK VAN 'HOVEN Look at this a;id then look at the front cover and try riot think of me. FRANK VAN HOVEN p. S.—Oh, I, forRot to wish all A Hai)py New Year "HULLO CANADA" AUCTION Properties of de C%urville's Revue ;; ■y"''* Be Sold in Mtyitreal Montreal. Dec. 26. The i>ropprtres of Albert de Cour- Ville's "Hiillo Canada" revue will be sold here Doc. 30 at auction, as the final chapter of the attachment placed on the show by Harry Tate, its principal ^©median, for overdue salary when it appeared here some months ago at His Majesty's. T^je property to be disposed of comprises trunks of clothes, scenery and other,equipment. ■ '. • "Hullo Canada" as produced by Albert de Courville in London and New York as "Pins and Needles" was produced for Canada with an- other title. It played the Dominion and a portion of the XT. S. northwest, with Tate reported finally to have taken over the piece under his own direction for the remainder of the tour, which ended at Montreal. Tate attached under his proper name, Ronald MacDonald Watson. USUAL PANTO "Cinderella" Opens at London Hip- podrome '' ' ■ ■ # ■■ ■'■ _^—^_ — •^ London, Dec. 26. The usual" Cinderella** pantomime opened Dec. 21 at the Hippodrome. It is the customary holiday show of that character. " ■ ■ Stanley Lupino, Clarice Mayne. Daisy Wood and Bert Errol are the featured principals. CHARLOTTE LEARN (GARRITY AND HER TWO SONS ■r". ^ t!un getter because there is an im- portant ring of insiders who realize what splendid work she has done and are attracted by her sincerity and who reward her wherever she makcis appearance. When her recor<l of the last two and a half years is told there will be no q\iestion of the statement she has apjieared in more shows in Chi- cago than any one else in the s.tme l>i I iud. When lier re<«u'd for that period is taken into cojisderatitin it will le seen that she has receiveil more — NOW TOl'UINCJ Kl'ROI'E — ENOS FRAZERE Who Wns nn IndivlOii.il UU In tin- JEAN BEDINI "CHUCKLES OF 1922" at Columbia. New York. N«w In On« of Vodvll't Mo:t Surprito Actt. A.Ulr»-8S <«re of It.-l'.: ItEKVKS & l.A.MPoUT 18 Clmrlnpr <rov« Roa«l, London THE TILLER SCHOOLS OF DANCING 143 Charing Cross Road LONDON Director, JOHN TILLER rical life and realizir.g the need for understudies. Miss Learn developed a vocation all her own. The Ihst was understudy for Elliott,' Conii- stock & Gist's "The Five Millions," holding thie position four months without being called upon to make a siigle appearance. \,-. Then . Mifis L'earn utjde.Pstudied •Fay Wallace^'>nd Rila ^ahjey' in "Kyes of Youth." and hVi(L^:jJt)pUt concluded she^was \o urder.studfy in va!n, when, oAe rUght at the the- atre, she was imstructed to "go on" in Fay Wallace's i)Lace. There were thirty sides to*, this part. Mi8# Learn's gladness, that At length she was to have a public appearance, was lessered by l^er uneasiness that she would adqult herself to advan- tage, but it t^ufned out all right Under.studying more in Cosmo (dramatic) led to her playing .th^ part of the. maid once,, liiji^t-.^hen the j)lay tf)ok to the read Mf;Prt^Le^l7^ was called upon to play Miaij-Lar- rimores role in Kansas, C'ity"'"and other points with such succj^iss that she was irrg«'d to accept an.'ofTef.,to go to Alls'ralia to play regularly, but rofu.sed. •' ', « "While iier present cnp.icily is not just exactly to hor 1 kin^, she Would (Continued on pajjje IS) , KIJICU UUL till I l|^<il.. ing Francene; "JwSci- o Hamilton's "Sc4nft4S" FOSTERS AGEMCY, Ltd. RUSSIANS IN CABARET London, Dec. ;'6. The Balagantschik company of Russian Players opened Dec. 19 at Murray's Club (cabaret). The troupe is along the lines of "Chauv^- Souris," although not nearly as good. ^ / ". ■ i" ^ j' With vigorous vocalizing jirtd fast gypsy dancing they made ideal cab- aret entertainment. ' :.^-."..' '...? ,.„ BEDSIDE CHAKiijc^ "': *V^** ^ BY NEtUE BEVEtL' ' ' \^ ■^.=5X^3 take a childish delight in opening my packages I pleasure as I do. But next week I hope to t^ PHYIUS N. TERRY'S COMEDY London, Dec. 26. "A Roof and Four . WaU«," comedy by Temple Thurston, will be produced by Phyllis Neilson Terry, for the West End opening about Jan. 15. - ■ ■ ■ « ."^ • • •. ' CHEVAHER'S OPERATION London, Dec. 26.. Albert Chevalier .^as undergone a seriou? abdominal operatidn, and is reported favorably progressing. New Cast for "Winter-Comes" London, Dec. 2C. Practically a new cast will, bo In support of Owen Xares In "When W4ritf r Comes" upon fts We.<?t End presentation earlyjin the new.year. Barbara Hoffe will s u-c'c e e d Nares* wife, in'.the/coni7fany,i^ ';;^ ' "Peter Pan't" Matinees ■■' • ■• ' ^on<lon, Dec. 26. "Peter Pan," for matinees only opened Dec. CI at the h?t. James, with I>yn H;<tiling playing Hoek. Ther«^ is a sellout for "eight weeks in advance. '' OKOKGE FOSTE « m M] M m, Mr Edi. '" KKV FOSTEH We Place All the BIGGEST ACTS In England COM.>lLM< ATE TIlKOKiH UIIII A.M .MUUKI.S ACiKN* V, INC 14M BBOADUAY: FLTNAM III 1M>I\U NEW YOKK CITY Revival of "The Windmill" London. De^. 26. December 21 JJert Coote revived his last .•^(•asdu's fairy tale play. "Tln. ^ Win dmtH ,' nt th e Vioto i 'iMi foi* matinees only. Phyllis Dare Returns to Play I..ondon. Dec. 2(>. Phyllis Dare is returning this evening to "The Lady of the Hose" at Daly's. Friday before Christmas and Betty Juat eame. In ajid announce^ Variety goes to press earlier than usual this week, and she wants my copy. It will be Impossible for me to gl;^e a detailed account of my Christmas at this writing. But will say I have a lounge full of packages all marked "Do not open until Christmas." They ^had better contain something nice after testing my will power, to say nothing of having to appease the nurses, who and take almost as much you of my Christmas. From a chain of hotels in California comes this greeting: "Twenty years ago we remember—Eggs were 10 cents a dozen; milk was 6 cents a quart; the butcher gave away liver, the hired girl received a dollar a week and did the washin'. Women did not powder and paint (in public), play PiU a"»l Take or Shake the Shimmie, and •. they were taught to cook at the age of 10. Men wore whiskers and boots, chewed tobacco, spit on the sidewalks and cussed. Laborers worked ten hours a day and never went on strike. No tips were given to waiters and the hat check grafter was unknown. No onei ri was ever operated on for appendicitis, microbes were unheanl ofi< v fcrlks lived to a good old age and every year walked miles to wi«|i»..| their friend?/a Merry Xmas. s-u, "Today you know—Everybody rides in automobiles or (Fords^.u* straining their necks looking at aeroplanes; ])lay8 the piano with;, their feet; goes to sec the movies; liste.is to grand opera on Ji phono--.; graph; has discarded woolen underwear; com!)lains about not hav- ing the liberty to put their foot on the rail any more; swears at their incometax; nmokes cigarettes; drinks hair tonic and cologne; blames tiro high cost of living on the politicians; never go to bed the sam»i .. day they get up and think they are having a h of a time. Thes^ ,' are the days of Suffragetting, l»rotitoering a^nd Prohibition and if you,.*' . think Life Is worth living, we wish you Happy New Year. \[ Yes, we also remember that twenty years ago we had oil lamps (somew>- times minus the oil), few bathrooms or towels in hotels, had to go .to ' the corner grocery to telephone. J'eople died with intestlaal obstructionji before they began operating ftr appendicitis. Eggs may have been on})ij 10 cents a dozen then, but I had ttne of those very eggs for breakfast this, morning and they are dear at that. Women may not have powdered thqir noses in public, but they bleached their hair in private and wore It .ia, public. The Hooichie Kootchie da: ce could hardly be termed "TJae Minuet." It took us all day to go to Y'onkers. We don't have to w*4c miles now to find a friend; we have them i\eaitr. Ac'.orfl worked fqijifj j shows a day. did their own cooking, washing and sewing in /.heir roosa^ Their children slepi in trunks between the showy; they could"t affcgr^j sleepers. Country homes, automobiles, these may have been the "go^f^ old days," but I am glad they are i)ast. Life is worth living just as it^\^f^ This is a fine old world and our job is to mak^ ourselves fit to, liv^ in.^ii^ s .1 .» ■ O. O. :McIntyre, who Is the New Y'ork representative for a newspaper in every city large enough to have a jjaper, shares my opinion that the tendency of human nature is to be kind, and prints the following in his chain of papers. It is 8elf-explanatt>ry. You will note that the young man was an actor. Also pleate note that he is willing to sacrifice J^ Christmas present to some one else whom he doesn't even know;. . i'^^ "From the cell of a State prison In the Far West there came,to r n^ recently a letter^from a young man. He wrote: • . , In the offing, ploughing through the sea of life, a strange bark»,/ flying the flag of The Spoiler, I could not resist the privilege that,th^^ season affords to send you greetings. Every nij^ht a news^)aper w;i.t^.' your articles is pushed into my cell, etc. "It was an uncomplainii g letter, breathing the spirit of one.who ha.i borne the bludgeonings of ch tnce with the unconquerable soyij. A man who had made a mistake, regretted it and waS;ChejerXully paying. th(9 penalty. I replied that 1 would like to .send him syme oigart^^^ and boql^ if it was permitted. The young man is lonely—Jie is far fv^^^^^P^^ And yet I quote in pajt from his reply: ^ . . ,/^ Y'our bonhomie in offering cigarets is hinderetl by an lns>itutjo.nal».^ keynote which urges us to roll our own. Regarding a book, 1,11 com* . promise. There is a lady, a..sick lady, at St. Vincent's In New Y'opk. .Hetr * name is Nellie Kevell, a theatrical prt^ss agent. For th^-ee years she's been featured in a cast—not a typical Morosco; a plaster ot paris and an iron one. I don't know her^—that's my loss. I have' read of the brave way she's playing the game. So, instead of sending me a book, if, it's all the same and. won'l offend you, you might" send it to her; or a flower. There's nothing sentimental about, my wish. I <lo not know her. A*nd you heed not mehtlon my name, for, as Rube Goldberg wpuld say, "^i doesn't . mean anything." Mr. Mclntyre add^, "Miss Revell, who Is an old friend of mine, has been cheered by his message. It will do much to make her C.hristma* brighter." So endeth a true Christmas tale.. .. tv'- It. pleases me veU*y much to have people run In and tell ^yc good-bye before they leave. . In fact, as Trixie Friganza once remarked, my room resembles the tjnion railroad station, where people are either saying good-bye or hello. . Percy Williams came in to say good-bye before leav- ing for Palm Beaclv'for the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Can^pb<;ll came in before thieir departure for their home in Florida. Nornria, Constance and Mrs. Talmadge, Buster Keaton and Joseph Schenck ran in to bid me good-bye just before leaving for California to be gone a long while. Eugene and Willie Ilowaid were among the ones who paid their respects before they started pn tpur. We had a good laugh about ap Incident that occurred etghtepa- years ago when we were all troupi;iQ tojgether. We were all playing.;lhe pee-Wifc time in a Western town. The housQ was an.upstairs barn wher6 theVurtain was operated by the actors themselves, and, a:? the brothers recalled, the piano was stationed just inside the front door to enable the player to double in brass as ticket-taker between tunes. '..•... One afternoon while Eugene was .«;inging a ballad on the stage, Willie, (Continued on page 19) v-M ^*-Put CLASS Into Your Act \Vh'Mh<r it lif VHU«l«vilftv .Mu"ifjil < '..iimiIv. Tab. 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