Variety (May 1923)

• i Wednesday, May 30, 1923 VARIETY 30 JAMES MADISON says United States soldiers art compelled to visit a dentist •very six months. No wonder everybody speaks of them as -well-drilled." _,—,-^ " _, i a-Bar-iaaass-ni | ~"—~TT"T* BU8INE88 13 GOOD with me and a liberal proportion of my orders for exclusive acts come from those for whom I have written before. „ My laugh laboratory is at 1493 Broadway, New York. I ALSO I88UE every month a COMEDY SERVICE (the highest priced printed matter in the world), each issue containing a new and strictly original monologue, double routine and miscellaneous gags. It's intended exclusively for top- note hers. No. 11 now ready, price $2; or the first 11 issues, $12; or any 4 for $5. Yearly subscriptions (12 issues), $15. LETTERS When trndlng for mall to VAItlKTY tddrrM ftlnll Clerk POSTCARDS. AllVKHTISINfi or CIRCULAR LKTTKH9 WILL. NOT UK ADVKRTISBD. LKTTKRS ADVKRTISBD !N ONE ISSUE ONLY. rsrs^c: wmm^m Adams R Allen William A ion Edward Archer A Belford Avery Wilbert Barnard Babe Barnes Billy Bennet Girls Bennett Daisie Bennett Irene Holies Ned Brooks Fred Browning George Buck John Carter Herbert Hark Floret ta Courtney Viola Cook A Vernon Curran John Davis A Delmore Geo Dixon Frank Drew Beatrice Du For Babs Dunn Bernice Fay Eva Febronie Hiss Gamble T , Glendenning Peggy Graft Victor Griffiths Jack Hart Mary Hartt Leroy Hayes Willie Hicks Trixie Hindes A Gross Homer Frances Hughes J.ina Heseey Jimmy Jarvjs Jean CHICAGO OFFICE: A taenia XIIss I Bolles Ned Keith Eugene Kennedy Helen Kittle E Kuhn Blanch , Lamont Laddie Lang Willie Lester Miss N Martin Alfred Martin E Merwlck Marie Meyers Walter MacBride J McDonald T \ Morris Manny Murray Harry Nevens Betty Nip Mrs. T Norton Clarence O'Brien Dotty O'Connor «'haa Oantxer Earl Peralto Laura Petters Hennerita Phillip* A Roberta B Roy A Arthur Sawyer Mathcw Sels Emll Shone Hermine Stein Sam 8tephen Murray Sterling* The Taylor James Tucker Elinor Barr Twins Walsh Qeraldiiie Weston Wm Wilson Anita tmkiHon Lucclle Ballet EKda NOW ON DISPLAY A WONDERFUL COLLECTION Vf MID-SUMMER HATS Something Different. 160 W. 45th St., New York City Two Doors East of Broadway >«% Diicounl t* N. V. A. I from an N. V. AL8Q TO PROFESSIONALS A. TOM BROWN AND THE SIX BROWN BROTHERS ♦ IN THEIR 9TH SUCCESSFUL SEASON WITH MR. FRED STONE IN 'TIP TOP 4 ARE NOW FEATURING AMERICA'S GREATEST WALTZ HIT w* £%fh ^k^T Tom Bro * rown's Success Is Due to \f\% Judgment in Selecting Melodies That Are^lost Enjoyed by the Public "LOOK TO THE WEST FOR MELODY" bbbV 11 HE Sherman play & Co. MINNEAPOLIS Arcade Song Shop SAN FRANCISCO 608 Pantages Bldg. CARL LAMONT. Prof. Mgr. SEATTLE BOfrALD JOHNSON, Prof. Mgr. Sherman Clay or Co. Diflg CHAS. HEINZ. Prof. Mgr. NEW YORK 56 West 45th Street RICHARD POWERS. Prof. Mgr. LOS ANGELES Superba Theatre Bldg. LEONARD VAN BERG. Prof. Mgr. Burten Effle Barnes Stewart Bimbo Chas Burton Richard Carllnr Hilda dake Edw M Cunard Grace Chadderton Lillian Demtnr Joe Day George Delmar Gladys Fair Polly Flo rests Fesena Gibson Hardy Ocorgalls Trio Gibson Jean Hardy A Gibson Hyde Marian Harcourt Leslie Harlty Cliff Harris Jack Johnson Brother* Knapp Kick Keasler Clarke. Khaym Ketch A Wilma Kary Karl Kingston Bobbie Meakln "Walter McGowan McGulrl Stanley Morrison A Daley Mason Billy Simmons James £ Santrey NAB Smith Olive Co Southern Jean BALTIMORE By ROBERT 8I8K LYCEUM—"Way Down East." CENTURY—"Rustle of Silk." RIVOLJ—"Within the Law." sec- ond week. PARK WAY— "Bra ss." NEW—"Masters of Men." CENTURY ROOF— So This Paris," third week. assisting J. Humbird Duffy and his group of singers who are presenting the Gilbert and Sullivan operas at th« Century* Thomas D. Soriem general manager of the Whitehurst theatre, has opened a contest whereby vocal aspirants in the city get a chance at a hearing. By this method he has enlarged the chorus and it is now composed almost ,en- tirely of recognized voices In the city and of Peabody Conservatory students. t Is T. M. Welngarten, operating the roof revue, will open another show of the same type at Atlantic City next week. His chorus in Balti- more will remain here, while most of his principals will be taken to the new show. So far his show here has been a success and has been in keep- ing up to the. normal business of the roof. A new show will be pro- duced here next week by Jack Mason. His cast of principals here includes Melo Jocelyn, dancer; Marie Horn, toe dancer; Elizabeth Haywood, prima donna; Muriel De- vine, and Joe Tenner. In an effort to recruit the chorus ■ COUPON I BOOK STRIP l_ j WELDON.WILLUMS&LICK, FORT SMITH. ARK. SYRACUSE, N. Y. By CHESTER B. BAHN B. F. KEITH'S—Vaudeville. Open- ing summer season. Six acts and picture, "Master of Men," current film. Two shows daily. Prices cut, with 86c. top at night. Summer garden opened adjoining theatre. Free soft drinks served. Free candy for children Saturday and Sunday matinees. TEMPLE.—Vaudeville. STRAND—All week, double bill, "Bell Boy 13" and "The Pilgrim." ROBBINS-ECKEL—"Fog Bound," first half; "Trail of the Lonesome Pine," last half. EMPIRE.—"Has the World Gone Mad?" CRESCENT—Double bill, "Frivol- ous Wives" and "Hunting Big Game In Africa.** 2UVOLI—-"Bella Donna." l?X th * * neatri cal flold in the North I wlllreopen with vaudeville Aug.* 22. •Cduntry. having already taken over = nouses in Canton and Gouverneur Established THE ERA 1837 THE SI II1KMK PROFESSIONAL OROAN OF <iRK\T BRITAIN The John Robinson efrcutf will play Water town, N. Y„ July 6. The Buckley-Ferguson Produc- tions, Inc., of Bingham ton, started Saturday on the third of a series of films exposing methods of fraud- ulent stock operators. The new pic- ture is "Maybe Motors." In the cast are Gordon Standing, Aubre Wells, Dean Raymond, James Phillips, Mrs. Curran, George Parr, Eetelle Raymond and J. H. McCarthy. Three months in jail and a $50 fine was the sentence Imposed upon Thomas Miller, Watertown barber, whose auto ran down former Sen- ator George H. Cobb of Watertown, chairman of the state picture cen- sorship commission, when he pleaded guilty to a charge of driving a car while Intoxicated. Cobb suf- fered concussion of the brain. A stage wedding will be the final stunt at the Avon, Watertown, un- der the Empsall-Sesonske regime. C. H. Bennett and Mildred Ovitt will be married on the stage of the hous^e this week, getting a $160 prize offered by the management. The Kobbins Enterprises of Utica take the house on June 2. Advertisement rate, 8*. per inth; £38 per page. Classified advertisements: Com- panies, thcatrt^ arllf»«. nuiMiinn* and miscellaneous, wanted and wants, ate, time lines, Is. w»., each additional line 9d.; displayed lines Is. Annual subscription, I POHt prepaid, V. H. A.. 15.00. - ., - . A . Kdltorial. Advertising and P.ibllklilna; OftVes: SS Wellington Street. Strand. ' Laok © f patronage caused the l/omlon. W.C.3. Phone Regent 454C-47. Cables: "The Era, Loatlon." sudden death of the Joseph Pay ton Players' gunmcr run at the Ly- ceum, Elnrnra, the company closing Saturday with the final performance of "The Common Law." The Ly- ceum will remain dark until late August. Payton may establish a stock company in a Fitchburg, Mass., theatre. C. ,J. Rose, field representative of the Schlne Corporation, is now in charge of the Strand, Carthage, for that theatrical operating concern. Quartet, Cherniavskys, Bauer, Thi- baud, and a half dozen more nation- ally and internationally known figures in the music world. Sousa's Band will appear at the State Armory here on July 31, un- der the auspices of Tigris Temple Band of the Shrine. A theatre will be erected in Pu- laski by a stock company now being organized. -Back of the ven- ture are James and Aleck Papaya- nakos, who once held a theatrical monopoly Jn Watertown later sell- ing out to the Bobbins clique. The Papayanakos brothers are returning An unsuccessful attempt to house the Old Dumbbells in their revue, "Full O' Pep" at the Orpheum on account of the arrangement made by a stock company resulted in that company going to the Avenue which has been dark for months. In its out of the way location and a gen- eral disposition of the theatre going public not to attend that theatre on account of many inconveniences the Dumbbells took their first "flop" In Canada this season. When the Orpheum closed this season with vaudeville instead of the house remaining dark the open time, due to the dilligence of Man- ager W. A. Hartung, has been al- most completely filled, either with road show or locol attractions up until the end of July. The house Pulaski will be the next town added to their string. They hold an* op- tion on a site owned by the Odd Fellows. The new theatre will be devoted to pictures. VANCOUVER, B. C. Moving picture houses and Pan- tages will afford practically the only amusement for Vancouver until fall when the Orpheum will again open its doors for the season. With Vancouver recognized as the gateway to the Orient, this city, has been flooded with more musical artists on their way to the Flowery Kingdom than at any other time In Its history. Some of them have been going some coming back. Krelsler, Cortet, London String FRENCH SHOES Far Oa_and Off Stag* Ss-ni-ft sfSJMai Mhsi VSMS *••« it CatsU« Uf West 45th St., at No. 154 Opp. I.rwum Thea. Bet. B way and eta ai The Finest Summer Fare Sold at an Exceptionally Low Price SAVINGS OP 0VEH SQ% Special Ducount U> the Profit ion Fur* Repaired and ■\emodcled ARE YOU GOING TO EUROPE? Sleam-hlp sroomnsasttona arranged Filers. Boats are solus very toll, a s all Llaee, at Mala Osaea «"»«!« early, Foreign Maaay boaahl and .old Liberty Honda bo.aht and -old PAUL TAUIIO A SOW. 104 Bast 14th •<.. -few Tark. Phone i Itsrvesaat «130-6137. HAP FARNELLL and FLORENCE Finishing a Successful Tour of the Orpheum Circuit "LOTS o'MAMA" Direction JOHN BENTLEY —— — m sT