Variety (July 1923)

VARIETY Wednetday, July i, 192S ^ ^3= r m A/^ Ay 7*€>€t€y€£^€€/ti Ve/Y«V>*<af'^ T xt fxu^fn4n^y'A^/f^n/:»T^arc^J ,5^^ it?^0/aK/9n^yAy S^ ^ X ^Z*<^^ ^^^a -^sfea : » '■^■.■■■: DANCE 3AND WANTED For Fall and Winter Season Extraordinary engagement on Broadway for six or seven-piece clever dance band. The organization we want must be an exceptional combination to play danc^ music and do novelty entertaining. Ordinary Jazz Bands Not Wanted > Apply by letter, Box 230 \ V A R I E T Y 154 West 46th Street, N. Y. City ; .■■-•;..«i of ibis week's bill, were not seen, bat the show as witnessed was ATerage entertainment and pleased a packed house. Grant and Wallace opened with what is probably an acrobatic act which has had musical and dancing interpolations. There was applause at times during the offering, but thay finished with scant applause. Freda Leonard and Jewell Barnette I followed with the same act seen at ttUa house for a aingle day some time ago. Miss Leonard sings pop- ular songs with the assistance of MUa Barnette at the piano and in the renditlon^pirf the numbers. The material is a little rough, but the Stmday audience liked it well The Ramsdells and Deyo danced accept- ably. Minnie Allen and Annie }\ent offered a sketch which is novel in construction and permits Miss Kent to shlnp em a comedienne. The of- fering compels interest. Harry Rappi, violinist and moaol- ogist, plays nicely, emphasiislng a medley of old-time songs is a con- trast to the deluge uf Ja-ia. His comedy is bright. Ch«ilfonte Sisters, billed as "Birds of ParAdlae."' dupli- cate their success of last week at the csfo te-I^ake Fiveck and Clarett closed with a roller skating number which con- sists largely of ditllcult tricks exe- cuted while whirling arobnd Th^ eai-e with which the llyer nssumes iingerous positions while being s^ung around and the expert way m which he regnlns hie position on his skates makes the olTevinr meri-| to- ious. in connection with the showing of "Penrod." The acts were Arren Kids, Stine Trio, Rossow Midgets and Evelyn Sisters. Woolfolk has arranged several revues there this summer. One week recently Little Sousa was there. . Eugene O'Brien is in his 12th and fast week at the Princess and will depart for a road tour, leaving the house dark. SUMMER SHOES Wliite, colors and chic com- binations in dainty designs for all occasions. ANDREW GELLER 1656 Broadway NEW YORK CITY At hlBt Street "Plantation Days" will open at the Avenue July 22 and Maurice Oreen- wald is organizing the company, which will have Chappell and Stin- nett, Seymour and Jeanette, The Crackajack Quartet, and other prin- cipals, with most of the original chorus. The suit of the Le Vans against Charles Bohler for salary for a week booked for Terrace Garden, which could not be played owing to the plaoe closing, was adjusted with a cash payment and other work from the Diamond Agency. The Illinois will open Labor Day with -The Clinging Vine," the mu- sical comedy by Zelda Sears and Harold Levey. Boyle Woolfolk was at Davenport, la., Sunday and Monday for the opening of "Juvenile Kolllos," a show ho arranged for the Capitol theatre ■COUPON AND MOK STRIP WEIDON.WIIIWMS&IKK) FORT SMITH. ARK. Starting July 1 all of the bookings for the Bert Levey circuit will be arranged in Chicago by Paul Gou^ dron. For a time a part of the book^ ings have been arranged in Detroit. Harry J. Powers, with his wife and daughter, sailed for abroad Wednes- day. PROFESSIONAL TRUNKS »'■.,■ Back to Pre-War Prices . Mail Orders Filled F. O. B., N. Y. City. Send for Catalogue. Vted trunks and ahopxoorn tamplc$ of all standard makes always on nana SAMUEL NATHANS SOLE AGENT FOR HAM TRUNKS IN THE EAST 529-531 Seventh Ave., New York City Phone: Fitz Roy 0620 Between 38th and 39th Str ets Charles E. Hodkins, personal rep- resentative of Alexander Pantages in the east, was at Baraboo, Wis., one day last week to attend the funeral of Tony Kcr.ggy. who has loner lived at the Morrison hotel, and who was taken to Baraboo to the home of hi.s sister when taken ill. , BOSTON By LEN LIBBEY In the nature of things an act like the hpadllne on the Keith bill this week cannot be shown in vaudeville houses except during the summer months, when things are at a prac- tical standetill in other lines of In- door entertainment. It is rather unfortunate, therefore, that a larger audienoe than that which will in all probability frequent the house this week cculd not have seen the spot act with H.irland Dixon and Marie Callahan and the 16 Sunshine Girls, running through 20 minutes of ex- tremely clever entertainment. The act closes the show, being one of the few top position acts relegated to this position this season. The show has eight acts and Is a bit shy on the running time. After the animated . '•toons, which fol- lowed a rather long ovorfure by the orchestra, the curtain did not go up on the fret act until 2:30. It came down at 4:30, a little shorter time than is customary, but an improve- ment, in the opinion of this reporter. T%vo hours of entertainment with- out an intermission is about enough and would satisfy. It Is believed, even In the height of the season. Raymond Wllbert with his Jug- -gllng opened the show. Wllbert demonstrates why so many acts playing far up try to kid the audi- ence. He Is an artist at this work and, withoutf overdoing It, kidded the house into giving him applause and he earned what he got. His efforts were directed at making them do the right thing. For a closing number hia bit of making a hoop atcend from one strihg to an- other .while the drummer plays the first live notes of the scale is worth all the attention he gives it. At the Mond.xy show he had thr,,i flops be- fore he got it ovor and he made each flop count. Polly and Ox with their synco- pated comedy, which borderi. on the nut variety, were in the deuce posi- tion and they were followed by Harry Miller and Peggy Fears in an act that has a great deal of value in its dancing possibilities. Florence Brady's billing is most conservative. In the opinion of the reporter. She.*lf the Monday show was ...ny criterion, can be billed with many of the more prominent of the female songsters of the syncopated type that are in vaudeville today. At the matinee she was only on a few minutee when she had the house in her hand, and after her regular routine of three numbers she was clamored for until she had to come out. Two more songs, all well done, with her voice showing a range that ' remarkable, only added to her triumph, and she ac- tually stopped the show, the ap- plause from the small audience that was on hand being on a par with receptions many well known stars received during the real season. Leigh and Jones in "The Lova Gamblers" kept things runninif lively for several minutes, and the comedy strain they started waa further tlgljtened tip by Conlin and Glass with their act. This act has all the giggles that could be desired and went through without a soft spot developing. Bob Hail was on next to closing. Worked as speedily as usual. Not a large house on hand at the Monday matinee, although weather just a bit cooler than seasonable. 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