Variety (May 1923)

y. May 17, 1923 ■ « i " ' ■ VARIETY 47 zc MOTORS AND SHOWS (Continued from page 1) more than moderate earning capacity. The facts and figure* or the auto- mobile industry just compiled by the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, New York, show there were 12,239,111'motor vehicles la the United States at the end of 19SS. Of that number 10,863,389 are passenger motor cars, the balance being: trucks and farm vehicles. At a meeting of the National Highway Traffic Association held at the Automobile Club of America last weak a statistician stated that if all the automobiles manufactured in this country in 1922 alone were placed end to end they would ex- ceed 93,000 miles, or a sufficient distance to go completely around tie border of the country and then ma straight line extend straight across the land from Maine to Cali- fornia and beyond. • Last year there were/ produced here a total of 2.406J396 passenger motor-cars and 252,668 trucks. That passed the high-water mark of 1920. Which similarly wan the peak year Of theatricals, by 22 per cent, and an excess of 60 per cent, over the automotive production in 1921. The commercial vehicle ' registration is 1,375,725, wtych proves the great volume of cars are for passenger purposes. Not all the motor cars made were sold, but in 1922 there Tfere 12,239.114 vehicles registered 4 In the United States, which was a gain of 17 per cent, over 1921. Among the passenger cars at the end of. the year there were 90,000 taxicabs. The number of motor vehicles for the world numbered 14,507*988, and of that vast quantity 14 per cent -aro owned In this country. New York state has the largest car registration, at the end of 1922 there being 1.002,293 listed. This state also had the greatest gross gain, 190,262 additional vehicles be- ing registered over the year before. The total number of private cars was 781,070. '— ONE NIGHTERS COwL . (Continued from page 1) not Isolated, but appears to exist in many stands. Frequently this sea- son when a road show drew $600 to 1700 for the performance in the one nighter, the manager has expressed displeasure, explaining that his pic- ture trade would be spoiled for a week and maybe longer. Where the visiting attraction played to $300 or less, the local small town manager had no com- plaint, although he* made no money on the engagement and even %tood a loss. The position of the one night manager is that attractions charging $2.50 top, elhaust the theatre spending"* capacity of his patrons and the bulk of the takings for attractions goes to the show, not the house. Such managers ' O ' » * « • *•■*■*•*■*■*»*•*■*•*■*•*■' ■'■'•*■* a 1 b»* at ' ■ *h *■*■'■ * « ■ NEW YORK THEATRES AWARDED THE PULITZER PRIZE At "The best American play representative o/ the value and power of. the stage in raising stand- ard of good morals, good taste, good manners?' SAM H. HARRIS Presents OWEN DAVIS' PLAY "ICEBOUND" NOW PLAYING AT THE IPtf HARRIS THEATRE &3S •t B'wejr Mats. Wednesday and Hat. fSIC BOX THEATRE Ml 45th St. Evi. 8:15. Mats. Wed.-8at. H. RAMUS Prawnia IRVING BERLIN'S SIC BOX REVUE' 8tu«) 19 RA88ARD SHORT. WITH A OREAff CAST t *hBT THRATHR, W. <8tb St. Bva 8:15 wUni Mats. Wed. and Bat. at l:Xfc MERTON OF THE MOVIES With Glenn Hunter—Florei te Nash Harry Lean WUaaa's story dramatised by Gas. 8. Kaufman and Mara Connelly GLOBE Broadway A 46th St. Eves. 1:30. Mats. Wed. A Sat., 2:30 • JOHN MURRAY ANDERSON'S Newest Musical Comedy "JACK and JILL" with Lew Fields. Ana Peniilnfftaa, Clif- ton Webb. Charles Judels and Lain MeCoaaell nri icpn«thS(„nr.B'fiT, Kvm. 130. DCLAOlrUlfatlneet Tbora. A Sat at 1:30. "A HIT, A PALPABLl HIT!'* DAVID BELASCO Presents LIONEL ATWILL in THE COMEDIAN By SACBA OUITRT. Adapted bf Mr, Belsste. I ITTI 17 Thea., ay. 44th St Eva 1:10 SUA A A A-.C Matinees Wed. A Sat 1:30 P. Ray Cvmstock A Morris Gest present POLLY PREFERRED West 44 tb St Era 1:30. Mats. Wed. A Sat. 1:30. HDDSON GEORGE M. COHAN Presents the Hit ef the Town "SO THIS IS LONDON!" "A -HOWLING SUCCESS."— Eve. Post. I IRFPTV THEATRE, W. 414 St. LIDLIX A, I Mat a Wed. A Sat. "Best American Musical Play In the Whole Wide World" GEORGE M. COHANS COMEDIANS la the New Song and Danes Show "LITTLE NELLIE KEUY" Till ETC CO Tseatre, W. 42d St Em. 8:30. I ImCO OU. Mats. Thttrs. and Sat. THE BEL.WTNS Present —> CHANNING POIXDCK'S THE OOL The Play Teat Seesesaai la Setts ef tke Devil. Knickerbocker 1^4^5*11 HKNRT W. 8AV4GS Offers A NEW COMEDY—WITH MUSIC THE CLINGING VINE with PEGGY WOOD Entire Ores with GENEVIEVE TOBIN Staved by WINCHEM- SMITH HENRY MIIJ^R^K A of W BroaS THE SELWYNS Present as "JULIET" THEOREATE8T TRIUMPH OF IIKR CAREER. $1.M; •stlrt tr»t Bale.. 11.56: ea- RifM. hNlealsf hoii- "I Ocsk.. 12; all Box Oflet. tire 2« Belt., JH S S SJ RlflM. risys sse Sets. Fer Mat—All Bale.. $1. Beet Seats NSW at B f% JANE Cowl Nl«M« % 1 00 \fx % J, !M>. Th»ir«. Mat. 75c to 12.00 44 St. Evrg. 1:30. ami Sat.. 7:30. I YPPIIM Thea., ' L. ll/QUIYI Mats Thurs l MOUNTEBANK . Founded on W. j. Locke's Novel with NORMAN TREYOR sad a capable cut. Including Lmmx rewle D17DI mi ir* *™ st - w - 0* Bway. RLrUOLll^ BVENINOS at 1:10 Mata Wednesday and Saturday at 2:10. ANNE NICHOLS' New Comedy "ABIE'S IRISH ROSE" "THE PLAT TFAT POTS •V IN HUMOR" WILLIAM A. BRADY'S MUSICAL COMEDY TRIUMPH "DP SHE GOES" jUjjjjgg New Amsterdam Theatre—W. 42d Street Erenlnn 1:10. POPULAR" MAT. WEDNESDAY. SECULAR MATINEE SATURDAY. A National Institution ZIEGFELD FOLLIES "■•■■ YBBpessa sBsaa^esBBBssaaa' ^t" ■^pr ^^w, claim bis shows affect trade for the pictures* which are steadily profita- ble otherwise, the house earning a bigger percentage of the takings than the cost of the rentals, Asked why at tractions ware booked, small stand managers re- plied, they desired to satisfy their better class trade and so long as the show didn't gross too much they are satisfied. NEGB0 SHOW BACKERS (Continued from page 1) more than a year ago by Raymond F. O'Neill, an amateur director of Cleveland, who Is still conducting the artistic side of the Ethiopians' affairs. O'Neill organised the com- pany and kept it' rehearsing "and readying for twelve months or so. paying half salaries during that time and incessantly preparing for the opening. It was originally intended that this company present negro plays by negroes and for negroes, with the 1 purpose of giving the colored population a national theatre be- yond the hokum musical shows snd the colored versions of the white melodramas and sex shows trans- planted in stock. O'Neill got en- thusiastic and made the plunge for Broadway, with the result that his remarkable enterprise was passed up by both black and White. He will probably' restore the venfUre to its qrlginal sphere, where it can continue as an uplifting influence in the life 'of America's negroes. Otto Kahn, who interests himself in all altruistic theatricals, attended the opening at the Frazee and saw "Salqme." Neat day he communi- cated* with O'NelU and offered sub- stantial backing, It is reported. If the repertoire were held down to txpical negro player and the players devoted themselves to their'own people, Instead of being hawked about Broadway as a "freak" at- traction. O'Neill Is said to have differed with Kahn, but the negoti- ations were not broken off. Evelyn Freer, who made a pro- nounced artistic hit as Salome, Is a yotmg Chicago woman who got her theatrical start under manage- ment of Lait. and Phillips three years *go, and has since developed into star material. Edna Morton of the company is the .wife of the president of the Mme. Walker Company, the corporation that sells the famous klnk-stralghtener that mode the late Mme. Walker' the richest colored citizen of the land and enabled her to build the man- sion near Tarrytown which is one of the show places of that region. The likelihood is that the Ethio- pians will return to the Lafayette and thereafter play the new colored (Levy) circuit in several bills, mostly one-actera by colored authors, with perhaps an occasional lapse into "Salome" and "The Comedy of Errors" presented by them at the Frazee with "The Qhip Woman's Fortune," a representative short play of negro life as a cur- tain-raiser. The enterprise Is playing the Frazee without a guarantee on a straight 50-50 deal. Last week the gross' Was below $2,000. At the Lafayette it averaged over $0,000 and reached 17,000. WILLIE and EUGENE HOWARD STARRING IN "PASSING SHOW OF 1922" Direction ME88R8. 8HUBERT CHRIS MANN .• AND HIS ORCHESTRA PALAIS ROYAL, SAN FRANCESCO, INDEFINITELY! IRVING— —MARY DUNNE and DAYE "FRECKLES and Hit PAL" PLAYING B. F. KEITH CIRCUIT, Direction I. KAUFMAN *M "LAND OF TANGO" BOOSTERS' CLUB Boost No. 3 "LAND OF. TANGO" which Is the outstanding feature of the vaude- ville bill this week here, is remarkable, because it is a refreshing novelty, and fer a bizarre and interesting conception of the tango and a daring and unusual Apache dance,. It is well' worth seeing. "Don't miss it." HAMILTON HERALD, Hamilton, Ontario. VISSERiCO. • - n d Introducing the Original SINGING DUCK Thb week (May 13), Palace, Chicago Next week (May 20), Palace, Milwaukee Week of May 27, Majestic, Chicago NOLLIE WILLIAMS SIDNEY HOTEL 66th Strest snd Columbus Ave. New York City Can ©f HARRY WIJLIJAMS Phona CoiniabM ISM 48th St. Eva. B:»0. sit5. Wed.&Sat. 2:30. TO SLAM CRITICS (Continued from page 1) pangs of stage reproduction, but those of Los Angeles certainly will. The piece is entitled "Schemers" and was written by Dr. William Irving Slrovich of New York. It hi one of four that Oliver Morosco is to try out during the summer at the Morosco Theatre in Los Angeles. The others are "Forbidden," a flap- per play; another entitled "Believe Me," and "The Charwoman," which is the combined work of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Morosco. In "Schemers" the author's script contains the following characters: Alan Gale of the "Yankee," A. Wood Brown of the "Earth," James Cor- hett of the "Events" and Alex Ol- cott of the "Moon-Herald." Of course, It doesn't take any wide stretch of the imagination to figure who these characters are. Whethep they will be depicted by actors who will make them true to type on the stage is a question. When the Los Angeles production is .made it seems certain that the local critics of the town will be des- ignated In the cast with names as near similar as possible. The piece Itself is said to be one of the "twist" variety along the lines somewhat of the "Seven Keys to Baldpate" Idea, with a finish that brings a laugh at the expense of the reviewers. One of the handsomest private theatres in America was opened a week ago in Baltimore, when Mrs. John W. Garrett inaugurated the Bakst decorated auditorium, which was built in her home, "Evergreen," near Baltimore. The theatre, which is small in Its capacity, is decorated in its entirety by Leon Bakst, the Russian de- signer and painter, w"ho spent some time in Baltimore on the work. Using fantastic designs, which *r« marked by bright orange colors an< by deep purples, the artist has left an atmosphere of weird but effect- ive beauty. The Initial program was given to an Invited audience, ar.d Roshanara, the Oriental dancer, was the featured performer. Mrs. Gar- rett, who is a singer of noje, also rendered a program til folk songs. 55 SMARK r\ tranU Broadway and 47th Street "A NATIONAL. INSTITUTION" Dlreetlaa Joseph PlunkHt DAVID BE LA SCO'S "The GIRL of ths GOLDEN WEST* STRAND SYMPHONY OBCIIRHTRA CARL BDOUARDB Conductor »> ears, ga\e The Savoy company, an amateur organization of Philadelphia, de- voted to the production of the light operas of Gilbert and Sullivan, which it has been their rustom to pi-esent every spring' for many Penzance" at the Broad Street May 10-12. This organisation, composed largely of society people, Is also noted for Its fine vocal qual- ities. The cast this year Includes Mrs. A. E. Haslam as Mabel; Mrs. George Millington as Edith; Mis* Sara Bailey as Kate, and Fanny Wister as Isabel. The male con- tingent will Include Nelson Eddy as the Major General, Robert Bolger, E. C. Jacoby, Gerald Etehelle and James McHadden Car- penter. The play was produced uiiu.. the direction of Joseph Craig Fox. Frsnk Vincent, genera] manager, and Ray Meyers, booker, of the Orpheum Circuit, will return to New York today (Thursday), after a mix weeks' tour of the Orpheum Circuit theatres. —— M Ed E. Ford, the Australian comedian, has just returned from a honeymoon 'trip to his native land, where he says things theatrical are booming.