Variety (May 1923)

Thursday, May 17,'1983 : • * * VARIETY Jum S la Farm. It lated into French and will bo pro- duced «t Um Odeon. Tbe title vole wlH bo played by Franeis, a Ben- gali, who to expected" to bo o hdu- John Cort'a next witt bo entitled "That's That." Tbe bQOb> is being- finished by Harry L Cart, who !• writing it in seclusion at Lake Saranac. Irene Fenwick has come out with a definite public announcement that oho will marry Lionel Barry more as soon as her divorce is made abso- lute, which will be about July 10. "Sun-Up," by Lulu Vollmer, will bo the next theatrical venture at the Frovincetown Theatre, opening May 34. John Franklin Phillip*, dramatist and poet of Great Nook, L. I., has boon made defendant in a separation oait by his wife, Mrs. Pearl Dibble Phillips, who charges that her hus- band was too fond of a certain mar- ried woman. John Drew will be honored by Dartmouth College w{tb the degree of Doctor of Literature at com- mencement ' this spring. President Brnest Martin Hopkins has notified tbe distinguished actor to be pres- ent at tbe ceremonies at Hanover, H. H., June 19, to receive the hon- orary degree. ■ Fire broke out in the operator's booth of the Valentine theatre, tbe Bronx, N. Y., the night of May 9 with about 540 people in the audi- Benjamin Greenberg, the ter, assured tbe patrons that thorn wan no cause for alarm, and they left the theatre without any signs of disorder. The daasage was slight. The feature picture was "The Third Alarm." THE BEST PLACES TO STOP AT Leonard Hicks, Operating GRANT CHICAGO Special Rates to the Profettion Hotels • i LORRAINE 417-419 S. Waba.h Avenue noneers w noaseKeepmf, r unrated Aparnems (of the better kind—within means of economical folks) THE DUPLEX 330 Went 43d Street 7132 » • film rights for Frank Craven's **First Year** were purchased May 9 by the Preferred Pictures Corpora- tion nt a price announced as $100,400. Three and four rooms with bath Modern in every particular. Accommodate three or more adult* $12.00 UP WEEKLY YANDIS COURT 24L247 Went 43d Street Bryant 7t1t One, three and four room apartments with kitchenettes, private bath and telephone. Directly went of Times Square. Room arrangement creates utmost privacy. RATES: $17.00 UP WEEKLY Refer communications to M. CLAMAN, 241 West 43d St. It is reported that Lou Tellegen bo seen on tour next season in Wilson GoJHson's "The Sheik." This show was tried out on the road Oris yenr^ under the title -Desert Bands." bat snot with little success. Arthur Hopkins, who recently re- turned from Europe, ban announced be would curtail bio producing my bo serious trouble Producing Monogem* lien and the Actors* Equity Ho says that John will return to Broadway Hot" in the fall, afterwards playing short engagements in the larger American cities, London and possibly Paris. Hopkins will pro- duce two new O'Neill dramas, "The Fountain" and "Welded," but is making no definite plans regarding them at present Rehearsals start shortly for Wil- liam A. Brady. Jr.'s, first production, "God's Pal," by Theodore Liebler, Jr. Margate Gillmore will be the te •■ .• » The Burlesque Club will give a benefit nt the Columbia, New York, May St. to raise additional funds for the club's new quarters on 4ttb street. Henry M. Lenny, an employ* of the Sells-Floto circus, was billed by John Winston, n colored circus workman, at Brldgeton, N. J.. Mat /week. Winston, who is still at large, r is reported to have struck Lenny with a circue stake after a violent altercation. Will Rogers leaves to do four pic- tures for Hal Roach in California in a few weeks and bin place in the "Follies" wiB be token by Bddie Cantor. The Park Avenue Street Fair, in which society women were ma- terially aided by prominent people of the stage, took in more than $102,000 far the benefit of u ' lbi db d children during the four days that it was held . T\V£RN 154V* WEST 48TH STREET - East of Broadway. —— A CHOP HOUSE ^ OF nCHTWNAL mlJ(lT| 8 emb^ W m%hV >0 ^lcony ^1 of , the iRialto, New York, Sunday afternoon J to see the first showing of the Wil- Frattk Naldi, who claims he*is a brother of the actress, Nita Naldi, has charged Charles Williams, an actor, and Thomas Barns, a' chauf- feur, with assaulting him when he went to visit his wife. The woman, Flora Owens, claims that she is not NaKU'a wife and that the other men are her friends and were right when they ejected him from her apartment early Thursday morning. Mngis- trate Obarwager of the. West Side Court, New York, has ordered an Investigation to ascertain whether Naldi and Miss Omens ire really married, meanwhile holding Wil- liams and Burns in $Mt bail each. OEL'S One Moment West of Broadway at 41* Street lard-J,phneon and Firpo-McAoliffe fight pictures, nearly caused a riot when there wan n delay in present- ing the film. Tbeywalted while the news reels were being shown, but they lost patience when the feature tirture was flashed upon the screen and began roaring and generally manifesting their disapproval in such a boieteroua moaner that the manager wna forced to stop the •how. He explained that them had been an unavoidable delay, and offered to giro the audience return tickets for Inter in the afternoon About Sot took them, returning at tbe appointed hear and watching tLe fight pictures quietly. Peggy Wood Is to house about it chorus girls this onmmsr at her farm in North Stamford, Conn. Should there bo an overflow, oho will to spend their fives of real very rural i Nearly $1*4,400 the three big Sunday night, performance at the opera house wan the novel given by Fred Stone after he received an ovation for his clown buck -and- win* dapc vancing to the footlights, Stone told of his conversion to religion last February on n snowbound Montana train. «. More than twice the number of pictures released in 1922 will be re- leased by Goldwyn this year, ac- cording to F. J. Godsol, president of the corporation. Of these tbe Gold- wyn studios will produce 14. Cos- mopolitan Productions 15, and Dis- tinctive pictures t. Last y before these sn ergem only 22 pictures were "The Open Gate,' MacGregor and will be produced Werba. Edgar J. Burseere, by Louis F. • 350 HOUSEKEEPING APARTMENTS IRVINGTON HALL I HENRI COURT *** ^JS «•*«*••* . »1» W«irt 41th Street ««<• Circle J 1«30 Long»cr. HILDONA COURT 241-147 Went 46th Street. See* Longacre. ^^sr^xss^ -* mmnmMt *** "*"** ^ I14A0 UP WEEKLY-%704* UP MONTHLY largest maintainer of houaekeeplng furnished, directly under the supervision of the owner. Located in the the theatrical district. All ftr epoouf bulldinga ' Address all communications to CHARLES TENENBAUM Principal ofllee, HikJeoa Court, Ml Wont 46th St., Now York Apartments own bo teen evening*. Office en coca loading. itts P. T14I7 PCDTU A furnished IrlE. DtLKltlA APARTMENTS COBPI.BTK FOB HOtTSflKKKPINO. CLEAN AND AIM 323-325 Watt 43rd Street NEW YORK CITY Private Batn. S-4 ] C««e»la« f© (he tao pvefeeslei STEAM HEAT AND BLBCTB1C LIGHT fort • ■« ivonlonee of f 1S.00 vw ■ THE ADELAIDE 754-756 EIGHTH AVENUE Mm end glib fiuisB Om ARISTO HOTEL 101 West 44th In the h«»rt of the wl« fvow T wvH FOR THEATRICAL FOLKS with bath gtt itet-iies to prevent them from nsing bio ages an author of a motion picture entitled "The Girl Who Came Back." He claims that be wrote a amy by that name and sold the. picture rights in 1917. but that the prebent photoplay version Is nothing like bio original story. William A. Brady and the three members of tbe east of "La Flamme" who were arrested for giving a sub- scription per f ormance of tbe play on a Sunday night three months ago. were discharged May 14 by a grand Jury in New York City. *< ■ HOTEL HUDSON t t end Up Single o*Z and Up nabob Beam 102 WftuT 44th STREET NEW YORK CITY HOTEL FULTON On she Bear* of Bow York) S S and Up Single $14 end Up Double ekmr Beta* Bet aa* OeM Water and TBhsisi 2S4HS West dtta street NEW YORK CITY Oppertte M. V. A. Florence Vldor. picture actress, has admitted a temporary separa- tion from bar husband Xing Yldor.L " tbe film director. She claims that f had been very bad since tbe govern - Earnest Schelllng, c o m po s er and pianist, was presented witlt the Dis- tinguished Service Medal last Tues- day morning at Governor's Island, N. T. He wan a captain in tbe army during the war and served as Mil- itary Attache at Borne, Switzerland. sf tbe loadte* liabss of Uterafsve $1 Our Special: A Sirl©in Steak sad Potatoes (lay Style) $1 In the PRILL with SPECIAL RESERVATIONS far LADIES The Chateau Laurier City Island, N. Y. t NOW OPEN FOR SEASON OF ;-: * 1923 .-: {Beautifully Decorated. Dinty Moore s Wonderful Orchestra Excellent Shore Dinner at $2.50 and exquisite a la Carte service Management Julius Keller William Werner Prince Ski, famous motion picture dog, died in Los Angeles an May 11. This snow-white Russian wolf- hound was valued at $5,400 and its owner, W. B. Harkinn of Culver City, was paid $30 a day for Its services, which consisted chiefly In strollinjr through beautiful gardens with richly gowned Aim queens. William T. Tikjen. world's tennis champ, played the title role in Booth Tarkington's ••Clarence*• at a special performance given May It at the Lyceum, New York, for the benefit of Life's fresh air fund. The sup- porting cast was recruited from tbe Concord (Mass.) Players. tbe Idea is for each to seek notation of the problem of individual hap- piness and self-expression. Florence Walton, American dancer, opened on May 14 in a new summer revue nt tbe Marigny the- atre, Paris. Her husband. Loon Lei trim, is dancing with her. Mies Walton Is conducting n supper club after the performance. It is named after her and she to tbe chief attrac- tion this season. marriage Barbara LnMarr wh took place bust wo saBBOfl eo-reopoodeBt In a divorce suit filed by Mrs. Oscar Maryatt. Mian LaMarr denies tbe charges and says that she will sue for $100,004 for ^defamation of character. Mr*. Leslie Carter has brought suit for $504,000 against the Toledo Times Publishing Co., charging? them with slander and libel because of an article printed about three weeks ago. New York Supreme Court Justice Tierney has awarded a verdict of $500 to Mrs. Celia Wray, who sued Loew'n Theatrical Enterprises for $35,000 because she had been forcibly ejected from the 14th Street the- atre after a dispute with an usher December, 1920. Samuel R. Goldlng. playwright and lawyer, has summoned the Pre- ferred Pictures Corporation to court Tbe maximum admission price for tbe Players Club revival of "The School for Scandal" will be $10 on the opening and closing nights and $* on the other performances. Tbe show opens the first week in June, rehearsals beginning on May 11 under the direction of William Sey- mour. Tbe eaat includes John Drew, Tom Wise. Robert Man tell, Ethel Barry more, Edwin Milton Royle. Walter Hampden. Relnald Werren- rath, Henry B. Dixey. Frsncie Wil- son and Violet Keroble Cooper. Six-day marathon dancing con- tests are tbe latest thing in Paris. Bach team is composed of two couples, who may relieve each other whenever they wish. The winners are chosen on points of ability, grace and endurance. During the day the contestants are permitted to wear soft white shirts and collars, but from f p, m. to 6 a. m. full evening dress must be the rule. ment had sought to close it time ago aa a public nuisance. Judge Mclntyre has refused to dismiss the ind ic t m ent against tbe thirteen defendants 4a tbe "Ood of Vengeance* trtgL The amy is to be read in court by Assistant Dtetriet Attorney Wallace and judged an to its morality for n public perform- once. Tbe dailies on front page stories concerning the supposed disappears era of Lydla Lindgren. once s o p r a no wttb tbe Chicago Grand Opera Co. Her hus- band. Banal Qns saa, an operatic tenor, believed that she bad been attacked by crooks who were after the $15,400 worth of Jewelry abe waa wearing, and Instigated a nation- wide search. However, Miss Lind- gren was found tbe next day la Bog ton. where she bad) gone to a sawyer, never dreaming that a commotion would be caused by her absence. Owen Davis* play "Icebound" was awarded the Pulitzer prize for $1,000 as the best drama of the year. Murray's Roman Gardens on 42d street will be closed this Saturday nlfcht and the building wHl be re- modeled and used for store space. Business in this famous okl cabaret At a social given at tbe Aster Hotel on May 11 by tbe Drama Com- edy Club, the entire first act of "Whispering Wires" was presented. Jamee Madison gave a twenty-min- ute, talk oa "Vaudeville—Past and Present." Preferred Pictures have bought the screen rights to Belasco's play, "The Boomerang," by Winchell Smith and Victor Mapes. Roy Cummings, who has appeared In seversl Broadway musical shows as an acrobatic dancer and come- dian, was recently discovered living in Derby, Conn., with two women In apparent domestic tranquillity. Cummings married Helen Gladyngs, a dancer, ntne years ago. and t h e y have a little girl of five. They quar- reled and separated, and then Cum- mings married Irene Shaw, who was playing in "Jack o* Lantern." A little later he met wife No 1 again and invited her to live with him and No. 2 in order to save himself $160 a week alimony.