Variety (May 1923)

« ■ \ VARIETY Thursday, If ay 17, DAVE •• •• AND HIS Sensational Dummy Dancer BOOKERS PRODUCTION MANAGERS "Are You Listening 99 AL H. WILSON THAT'S ALL What some critics said: "Morning Telegraph" Springfield "Daily New" ■ ■ ^ By SAM McKEB Loew's State Al If. Wilson Talks Into • Stole .-___,, «.„_. AmMin.+ department ef en espectall £$ Wn^s^fesiMt^ po " k » Palace yesterday, w of n»»rim.» Delight talned the famous phot The Dummy Dancer in my act and business of dragging a real girl out for bows is fully copyrighted and protected. Infringements on this piece qjc. business will be prosecuted. ; Protected by Material Department of N. V. A. under No. 3842, also Variety, and copyrighted under the U. 8. Government laws. May 14—Keith's Fordham and Moss" Coliseum, New York May 21 — Moss* Broadway, New York May 28—Moss' Regent, New York, and Nixon, Philadel- phia June 4—Grand 0. H., Phila- delphia June 11—Keith's, Washington June 18—Keith's, Boston June 25—Riverside, New York July 2—Keith's, Atlantic City Direction HARRY WEBER Al H. Wilson Is nothing- short of monologistlc triumph with hla magnetic personality; his fund wit and his fin* Al H. Wllften Seeree Ununoal Hit at the Palace Theatre Al H. Wllfton. veteran of musical com- edy, was the headllner in the vaudeville especially good bill at which also con- photoplay. "Man- slaughter." Ordinarily the film feature would overshadow the vaudevilte^pro- gram. as it is the last world ia screen ind of atories. Ihis ready • roductlon> &X , t hftd ta pUy »»cond uui^t..!"^*! Kr.tiT^n. «<"«• t»»is time, as 'Mr. Wllaoa ia his the audience Is like that of: a orHliant Cttng , on , eratl0 n of wit and nonsensicall- humoriat sure of himself and his listen- M h d ^ paofcoi house eating out of era. seated at a table with a small group h h „ w j> h|- haild Ha ca » tell a of appreciative friends Only a> remark- t f men can and n „ ak „ . <Ar# able artist can accomplish this when ap- you Listening." U Ideal for vaudeville, peering before b«tween two and three H# alao d a ||ttu yode „ nfc and rtn „ house nd person* The State »udienoe M ia a wa that getM thera over w , th laughed joyously at that and his many _ •» emD hasta other yarns, many just off the jest grid- mw mpnt T die and a new twist to the old ones. After all. it is the method of the teller with his appreciation of humor that makes a joke worth while, and. Al H. Wilson certainly knows jokes and knows how to tell them. x He mingles jolly song with his talk. In this he rums to Teutonic tunes. In his »» Brooklyn "Daily Eagle Keith's Bushwick Al H. Wilson, billed ae "Late Star ef Many Productions," Is one of the real comedians te be seen and heard on the stories tie Is great on Irish djalect. He vaudeville »tage. W'leoa ^ alwaye^erig- starred successfully In German-American »•»»•• wllt f h .«» • h *« h compliment to pay plays for years. Alao. he was capital ia *• » vaudeville actor. • aa Irish romance. No woader the de- _ ., M scendants of both races claim him for one of them. He i" a credit to either. He uaderstsnds sentiment la song while sticking to comedy. He has a ludicrous routine about the quartet assembled near , Al H. Wilson, next to closing, with a a keg ef foaming lather. bunch of hoke—just what they want at "I wish I.had some of the foam I blew the State, incidentally, and capitally han- away." he comments, "and the rest of died by Mr. Wilson, a monologist who the quartet here." knows his business. He seemed to think Then he tackles each one's efforts, slag- they couldn't hear him all over theyi ing into his yodling: house also, but they did. He clicked for 'Hi-lee. hl-lee. I once worked for Keith, a speech after a little' jockeying and talk I now work for Loew." about bows that was nicely camouflaged A real performer is Al H. Wilson. through good ahr.wmanship. Variety Loew's State • i no IRENE BORDONI ■ Phete by Apetfa. "It is so easy to apply and gives such a de- lightful sensation that nothing could make me miss my two applications of Mineralava a week and my everyday-application of Face Finish. Mineralava is part of my everyday toilet." —IRENE &ORDONL • No photograph can do justice to the majestic beauty of Irene Berdoni. Her perfectly formed features and her radiant complexion' have sent hundreds of audiences iut> rapturous wonder. Of course*— % she uses Mineralava For sale at your dependable Drug & Dept. 8tore. rams VIVADOU nbw tork Ditiributor I ^ ineralavcv tfttjBeautij Clay y** Far Productions, address 61 Tiemann Place, N. Y* For Vaudeville, see Jimmy Plunkett from the glare of Broadway, in fact $0 per cent, of its patrons were folk of the theatre. Rogers opened about 20 years ago. The Acacias, dancing. Paris, un- der control of Harry Pilcer a-cou- ple of seasons ago. has reopened under the direction* or Marjorie Mom, Kngllsh dancer, and George Fohtana, who has been dancing in Paris for some time. lished over a century ago and at that period was the most luxurious coffee house in the world, even sur- passing the Cafe Bauer of Berlin in reputation. event that the band was a disap- pointment. Instead of that the band was switched back to Milwaukee. William E. McOonell. secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. Alex- andria Bay, N. T. (Thousand Islands) has the following proposi- tion which may interest jaze band musicians or combinations who face an enforced vacation during July and August. Musicians witling to perform for evening band concert* a couple of hours each night may be interested In Mr. McDonell's proposition of a vacation at the re- sort in exchange for the service., The instrumental work is solely confined to the evenings leaving the rest of the day off. The Chamber of Commerce has very little money to expend for this purpose and hit A victory for dancing has' been won in the action* of Commissioner A. A. Sprague of the new Chicago administration, who has come out favoring Sunday dancing on the Municipal pier. Under the Thomp- son rule Sunday dancing was pro- hibited until the city hall bunch put on the Palace of Progress to break the ice. "I don't think Sun- day dancing is any worse than Sun- day golf." said the new commission- er. The dancing season at the pier opens Memorial Day. The Little Club is being redec- orated by Remlsoff, who did the Chauve-Souris interior artistrifes on| on this idea as * possibility, the Century roof and also the Club Petroushka, in which he is associ- ated with Geneen and Mclsaac, who are also his partners in the revival of the resort under the 4^th Street Theatre. It will open Labor Day as a Russian cafe, called Bal-a-gan, which in Russian means sideshow. Leona Pierce, cabaret singer, took poison in Chicago claiming that she had wearied of "night life," and hesitated to return to her parents in Montana. She will recover. Milt Britton, formerly of Frank and Milt Britton, has been booked with his 11-piece combination of musicians and entertainers at Raven Hall, Coney Island, for the season, opening May 30. 41 The Ned Weyburn floor .show and revue was set to open at fhe Shel- burne, Brighton Beach, Monday. The Meyer Davis Orchestra and 20 chorus girls were to be features. CABARET a (Continued from page 10) . days ago/ It is in the hands of re- ceivers. A block away from Jack's, the Rogers' establishment was one, of the most flourishing in its day. I The world famous Cafe Lultpold It was particularly favored by pro- Jin Munich has closed on account fessionals who chose it as a change 'of poor business. #J*» was estab- Oan Blanco of The House That Jack Built, Chicago, is in New York, lining up a summer show for his house. He Is at the Hotel Astor. Whitsman's Cafe de Paris or- chestra, engaged by the Orpheum Circuit following the ending of the season of "Scandals" at the Illinois, Chicago, did not make as good at the Palace, Chicago, recently as expected. The original plan was to play the band for three weeks at the Palace, but that was abandoned be- fore the first week was completed. The band opened for the Orpheum at Milwaukee, where it registered a very big hit, but it is explained now that Milwaukee has not had so many jazz bands as Chicago and New York. The tentative bookings had the Cafe de Paris bunch at Mil- waukee one week, then at the Pal- ace in Chicago three weeks, with an underline for changing the third week to the State-Lake in the The latest Broadway story ia of a young man at the race track, looking somewhat shabbly, but with a strong tip and without a bookmaker know- ing him although he knew one (said to have been Johnny Walters). Ap- proaching him. he said, "Mr. Wal- ters., will you take a bet from me on this racer* "Run away kid.* the bookie after a swift glaafa "Too busy." "But Mr. Walters." said the youth, "I don't know anff else and I want to bet. Please a bet from me. You see I know even if you. don't know me, and/1 all right, I'll pay If I lose." "Go away from me," answered Walters, "and save your money." "Oh, please, Mr. Walters," pleaded the young man. "How much did you want^to bet?" asked the odds layer. "$2," spas ,the answer with another pleading "Will yer let me?" "Go ahead then and get through with it," tesUly replied the bookmaker, thinking It was better to take the bet than (Continued on page 39) ■ ORIENTAL SKIN PEELING Youthifles face and skin la a marvelous way without detention, fiasy, Safe had Inexpensive. The rage Of Paris and London, intra* duced by the eminent Bae> li.Mh dermatologist. Doctor Gibbs. who now personally conducts this famous treat" ment at the N. Y. COSMO-PLASTIC INST., 347 Fifth Ave. owgftt, *!$** Literature sent Free on requeaL__^_ ARE YOU GOING TO EUROPE? Steamship accommodations irmncrd An all Lines, at Mala Ofllee Prlcea Boats are aolnic *ery falls arrange early. Porelfra Money fcoagjht and sold Liberty ffon<!« bought and sold. N PAUL TACSIG A SON. 104 Bast 14th* St.. New York fheje»«tiirve*ast «nn-«i.i7 . .. 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