Variety (May 1923)

■ . VARIETY - TttlMPfl Thursday, 17.11 & F. ALBEE, President J. J. MURDOCH, General Manager P. P. PROCTOR, Vfce-] ■ 1 y B. F. KEITH'S EXCHANGE (AGENCY) n H»**><81 i .■ % — r > ;. iu (Palace Theatre Building, New York) Founders * ■ B. R KEITH, EDWARD F. ALBEE, A..PAUL KEITH, P. F. PROCTOR WEGEFARTH ■ AMALGAMATED ■«-» ■ VAUDEVILLE AGENCY 1441 Broadway, New York Phone PENNSYLVANIA 36*0 CVDoM^&wSSkSL ^CVSLOSOVSOtk. BOOKING DEPARTMENT, Palace Theatre Building NEW YORK ■ ■ EXECUTIVE OFFICES BUte-Lake Building CHICAGO ■ !■ I .JZ~ ■ • 0 BOOKING 12 WEEKS Hew York, Philadelphia, Washington, Baltimore and intermediate towns, ae STANDARD INDEPENDENT VAUDEVILLE AGENCY FALLY MARKUS 1547 Broadway NEW YORK . Bryant 60*0-6061 • GAIETY THEATRE BLOG. ACKERMAN & HARRIS SB EXECUTIVE OFFICES: 7 THIRD FLOOR, PHELAN BLDG. MARKET, GRANT and OTARRELL 8TREETS 8AN FRANCISCO & ELLA HERBERT WESTON, Booking Manager SEVEN TO TKN WEEK CONTRACTS NOW BEING ISSUED. BERT LEVEY CIRCUITS VAUDEVILLE THEATRES ALCAZAR THEATRE BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO PAUL GOUDRON, CAPITOL BUILDING, CHICAGO Detroit office, 206 Breitmeyer Bldg. Marcus Loews Booking Agency General Executive Offices IPEW BUILDING ANNEX 160 WEST 46™ST EW YORK JHLUBIN GENERAL ALAMA6SR CHICAGO OFFICE l6o2CapitolBldg SIDNEY MWEISM AN INT CHARGE 15 YEARS AGO P From Variety, Dated May to, 1908 ♦The United Booking Offices made known Its adoption of the pay or play policy on all contracts, agree- ing that acta would not be cancelled, shifted or postponed in their time Without their cosscnj. At the same time the principle was made known that acts who played opposition .would be declared "unavailable." .{The operation of these policies started colnciUentally, but was not retroactive, and acts which had been previously regarded as oppo- sition started with a clean slate. j ——— § ^ The use of pictures was spread- ing rapidly, especially for summer purposes. Julius Cahn declared films would be the policy for at least 60 of his low scale legitimate houses for the warm weather. Ed. Bloom, general manager, was handling the .enterprise. American acts were on the point of going abroad, including both those who held bookings and those who were making the venture "on spec." Frederick Edward Mc- Kay offered Blanche King and Jefferson DeAngelis as a team to the vaudeville managers, but the double salary was so high there was small probability it would be accepted. a venture at Des Moines. Barney was not yet* a burlesque manager on his own then, but it was ex- pected he- would get himself a franchise the following season. Nat Carr. then in his brother's part In "Wine, Women and Song," and Gypsy Longworth, show girl, were married in New York Harry ZiOonhafdt leased the Doric, Yonk- e>rs, from Jesse L. Laeky, who held th# house on a lease from Henry Myers. 4 H was estimated that at least 200 Percy G. Williams had sponsored a popularity contest to decide by vote of the vaudeville fans who was the best liked single woman In vaudeville. On the final count Irene Pranklin stood at the head of the list with Eva Tanguay second and Alice Lloyd thirtE This brought Miss Franklin almost overnight Into vaudeville prominence and she was "made" as a leading headliner. Variety printed a set of verses by Ed Gallagher, then of Gallagher and Barrett, entitled "The Day They Do Away With Commissions." Clara Barry joined Felix and Barry, introducing lhe youngest Barry to the stage. Picture rights to stage and book material were regarded with some confusion, but a far-reaching de- cision by Judge Lecombe 1A the U. S. Court in New York did a lot tS clarify the situation. The court ruled in the case of Harper Bros. 'and Klaw & Erlanger against Ka- lem that a screen production actually reproduced the material of play or book and the film producer must pay royalties. The natter at is-sue was an unauthorized screen version of parts of "Ben-Hur," of which • K. & E. owned the stage rights and Harper Bros, the book rights. Before that it had been.con- sidered in some quarters that liter- ary material could be used without authority. The case before Judge Lecombe became a leading opinion, furnishing precedent in later liti- gation. the Orpheum, was in New York getting people for a stock burlesque proposition for'the Grand, Los An- geles. Billy Lytell was picked to direct the organization. John T. and Eva Fay had tried a vaudeville show at the 14th Street, New York, but hadn't done so well with It in two weeks. The man- agement reduced the scale from 50- 75 to 10 and 20 cents and takings looked up. Ben Welch and Jeanette Harris had been married In New York and the announcement came out from Pittsburgh, where they were play- ing. Walter Keefe, then assistant manager of the western vaudeville managers, and Adele McNeil of St. Louis, were married in Chicago. Barefoot dancers were enough of an innovation to arouse comment. Barney CJerard, who had been managing "The Bohemians" for the Miners, signed one and intended to introduce her during the summer in | The burlesque wheels used to draw their jpext .season's opening dates by blind lot, stands and shows being picked from a hat. This year the drawings-^ere set for June 20 for the, Western wheel and June 17 for the eastern managers. There was talk of a new bur- l»*qiiA wheel to cover Pacific coast territory. As a preliminary Clar- ence DrOwn, California manager for < i ■ INCORPORATIONS New York Charters Jollyland Amusement Corp.; Am- sterdam, realty, etc., $5,000; F. J. and B. and C. H. Collins. (Attorney. C J. Hefferman, Amsterdam.) Newsies, Manhattan, slides and motion pictures. $20,000; C. Heller, J. Leit. H. Ohm. (Attorney, Q. M. Saoh, 27fi nth nv«v> Rite Amucsment Corp., Manhat- tan. $6,000; E. Smith, A. A Crane. H. G. Ginn. (Attorney. K. J. Ma- honey, 100 Broadway.) Tophole Corp., Manhattan, thea- tres, $25,000; J. C. Cohen. E. L. Bishop, S. Cohen. (Attorney. W. Klein, 152 West 42d St.) 'Special Enterprise, Manhattan, motion picture film, $20,000; A. B. • SEEUSWHENINCALTFO] MEIKLEJ0HN and DUNN " Amuaement Manager*, Theatrical Agent*; Personal Representative*. Vaudeville. Road Shows. LOS ANGELCS-MaJettic Theatre Blei. doer. C28I0. Pie* 5*14. • SAN FRANCISCO—PantaeM Theatre Bias.. Seer. Desflat SOU. Carrlck, J. Berger. (Attorney, H. Kosch, 1540 Broadway.) Newark Theatres, Newark. Wayne Co., $5,000: H. L. Bramerd, L. 7 If*> Hoofman, H. P. Dyberg. (Attornej L. G. Hosklns, Geneva.) Film Traders, Yonkers, $20,000; Kaplan, M. L. Lesser, W. Bennett (Attorney. F. G. Knorr, Albany.) Oietaseope Pictures Corp., hattan, $250,000; F. F. Palmisoa. Herts. (Attorney• E. M. Evarts, #Sroadway.) Rialto Recording JLaboi Manhattan, 2,500 snares preff stock, $100 par value; 2,500 common stock, no par value; jaram Smith, John L. Gorman Louis J. Shramek. (Attorney, Clar* ence M. Eubanks, 140 Cedar si N. T.) African Golf, Manhattan, theat etc.. $5,000; N. Na/arrOi M. Mc (Attorney. A. Seigel, 1547 Broad- way.) Art Direction Georgette Labli Manhattan, theatree, 410.000; J. Schmid. W. E. Vogel. M. H. (Attorney, D. Burke, 40 Erchi Pi.) H. el B. 8. Theatres Corp., Man- hattan, motion pictures, $5,000; H. F. Cohen, M. B. Lelnwander. W. D* Cohen. (Attorneys, Stedman St Mark, 128 Broadway.) Delaware Charters » R. W. Smith Amusement Corp* $50,000; Ralph W. Smith, Wm. Glyck. Edward B. Johnston, New York. (Arley B*. Magee, Dover.) Bernard! Greater Shows, amuse- ments, $50,000; Wm. Glyck, Ralph W. Smith, Jessie E. Glyck, New York (Arley B. Magee, Dover.) Duplex Motion Picture Industries* import and export motion picture machinery, $1,000,000; Francis H. Hibbard, Chicago; Thomas Lamon, E. Forrest Powell, Philadelphia. (Harry Hudson, Millsboro, Del.) Dissolutions Chicago Gaiety Theatre Co., Man- hattan. Reel Amusement Co. (H. A. Pierce), 130 North Clark street, Chicago; $20,000; M. H. Koven. Lightning Coin Changer Co., Ill West Adams street, Chicago; $150,- 000; P. B. Boyden, G. D. Smith. JUDGMENTS Big Pictures, Inc.? Kimmel Press, Inc.; $209.76. Evsn Borrowes Fontaine, aleo known as Evan Adair; fi. St. John; $129.20. . Jess Smith; Motion Picture Trade Paper Credit Assn., Inc.; $104.70. Radio Film Co., Inc.; City of New >^.rk; $45.05. Raymond Film Co., Inc.; City of New York; $45.05. Rube Bernstein; Clcmons, Inc.; $503.20. Sheldrake Loch Amusement Co.. Inc., Philip Herman. Morris Saper- stein. Hyroan Clreen, Abraham Mln* koff and Ellsworth Baker; J. Ber- man; $3,173.18. Amalgamated Exchange of Amer- ica and Harry Grossman; Auto Brokerage Co,. Inc.; $709.45. Amalgamated Exchanges of Am, Inc.; G. M. Tilt of al.: $815.20. Amalgamated Exchange of Am., Inc.; M. J. Wohl & Co.. Inc., $50.73. Nat Bernard; A. Bernard; costs, $1o9.65.- J Felix Isman; L. Conn; $05.30. Ziegfeld Follies, Inc.; Olive Cor- nell; $7,405.45. E. Darwin Reed; Mark Spiegel Roalty Corp.; $112.30.