Variety (October 1923)

VAUDEVILLE '.:* i >«; ^._-:^- if y, October 4, 1823 JERSEY JUDGE SAYS ARBUCEE HAS RIGHT TO MAKE LIVING Grants Injunction Against Interference by Newark Police—Fatty Appears at Krueger's Auditorium —Will Tour New Jersey Towns .Newark, X J.. Oct. ,1. hatiy Aibiicklo appeared AJonJay nieht at Krueger's Auditorium, de- eplle Police Director, Broiinati'cs i>r<ler barring his pcrforwanoe. .Suiuutil JCHrrukis uiid Paul Ku\. iiianaeer ef the Americun I'xliilition CoiTioiation, which Is staginp Ar- b'jcklfc's appcarniiopF, secured jui o*der from Vii,e-Ch.inc(l!or Foster directing Brennan to show cause why ho should not 1)0 restrained from interferinK with Arbuckle's Bhowlng. Karrakis' complaint men- tioned umdnjT other thinsia that Brennah'« 6rder was "arbitrary, oppressive, %lth6tit justification, ca- pricious and not In furtherance cf decency and good ord^'r." The Vlce- Chancell«r issued an injunction re- straining Brennan from Interfering with the apiicarance of Arbuckle. The tnain point of his decision was that Arbuckle had the same rljjht ,«ny citizen had to make hie living as he saw fit. Manager Miller of Kreuger's an- nounced last week that no matter how the court decided he would fol- lnw"T3rennan'» orders, hut he evi- dently changed liis jtnlnd. The recent events in the ease dis- lio.se of the statement of Arbuckle's press agents the trouble at Newark was mere publicity stuff. Kalrakis announces that other 1 ities in Jersey will be favored by Arbuckle's presence and that,those of them that were following New- ark's lead will have copies of the conrl'a decision sent them as a warning to be good. MAY RESCIND "NO DOUBUNG" ORDINANCE Claim Shortage of Feature . Acts Responsible—Differ- ence of Opinion It appear* very likely the order forbidding Iha doubling of acts In and around New York In the Keith houses will be reaeind«d shortly. The l;ist cotiple ot weeks several .lets have doubled in the Keith metropolitan hou.ses of necessity, through what the bookers claim is n shortage of feature acts. The rule banning doubling is still pjtistent,'but has been more or less liberally construed since the short- iiKt presented itself. Some ngontB take the stand th;it there is no appreciable shortage of leaturo turns for vaudeville, but wlK-it is termed a shortage is merely a matter of difference of opinion rc- >;urding salaries, several acts in de- mand holding out against "ciitR"' in the smaller houses. PLENTY OF HOSS-TALK DOWN IN LEXINGTON Back Stage Kritik's Mrs. Sur- prised Stage Manager— How They Finished i Ttli' of wk. at Ijexlngtoii, September 31st. 5 «i>eiit 3 7th of this present wk at tlie IJen All theater witch Is situ- ated in llie heart ot the blue-grass repon of kentucky and will spend the other 4,7th on the Southern I!. It. makiii the Jump down to the coitln and corn wiskee c^)untr»e to open on the Delmar time and as you p.ay me .space rates £o revue the shows the mrs and me play on from back st.ige I will indevor two giv you value reed by a resuma of thiii 3/7th bill but I am afraid it will onlie 1)6 compreehcnsibill two my redder's who are students of the Uacelng Form Sheets, i. e. as playln this 3/7th *k hear witch Is booked out of the chgo olUcc unless 1 Is up on the jargen ot the racelng news 1 wood be at a disadvantage as far as trln two understand what the theater atlachees are talkin about as wen me and the mrs showed up liack stage four rehearsal the stage mgrs greetin was—how is the old stallion and hia flUee—witch In inglish means—how was 1 and the mr.s—then he took hour checks and after givin me the up and down and me havin on a rite smart layout of Eddie Macks scenerte—and lookin a bit chumplsh—he informed me that he takes all bets durin the 3/7th wk ,ind pays off betour the nite show- then he called Morgan Elliott the mgr and told him—that now that the mrg an me wear in that all the entree^ four the 3/7th races wa» in and wen the mrs asks wear we dress he told her we occupied stall num- ber 1 and that the first race the VAUDEVILLE BACK AFTER 8 MONTHS Flint.^Mlcb.. Oct. 3. Vaudeville c»mS b^k to open tlic season at the l^^lace Monday after an abserxse &t eight months. Audiences we^e hungry for It t-fter weeks of tabs. The tab lull is but temporary as one comes in Sunday. Tabs like the Marcus Show havo about, wearied «li this section of liUhlgan. Puthe wkjy wont to the post at 2.15 and'that we ruft In the haiidycap witch was the 4tb race. Racetrack Jargon i wa. hip t,wo him all along and wen I saw a spot i cut in ^ith— what sort ^of condlshlon was the track i.;—and he sed It. was litnin fast—.so i told him hour act was full of wise cracks and we allways run best on (i, f^ist track—anyway he tells us 'iwo way ' in with the orkestra leader and register Jockey colors with the prop m.in and he wood post the momin line odg on the call bord at 11 oclock. the mrs had beq fak'n 't all '" and Wile worrc>d sick as she had a idee that 1 was puttln somthin over and i ^pent ..all the riest of the momin trln, two get her strait on this horse talk and H was wile we was at luMTh.that 1 convince(H her it was all on the up at^d up and that this town beln the home of the ^he^obread and how evcrlo one who lived hear talked — lived — and dreamed horse—and wen she had chewed on a. piece of eteak four about S minets she sed she guest that wasnt all as they must eat It two. This bookmalcer back stage got me in a pip ot a Jam by tellin the mrs about Man O'War beln 8 miles out of hear in stud and i aIlmo«t fell dead wen the mrs tells him that Is my favorif game—she didnt even get wise wen he lafted as she went rite on and asked him what limit stud Mah O'War played —i took the air aft^r that as i was not takin a chance on her next crack—but 1 guest he Sumblled that she was ju.st a dum dora and waent trin twj. pull wise l.s as he went on and explained about Man 0'"War beln the greatest race horse that ever lived, etc., etc., and tells her about how he woodnt sleep without his littel .ponie companonion and (low in his racln days he ue«<] two iake his btlws as ii« passed the ferlni ftand, etc., etc.-V»t) after tliat nothin wood do but 1 get up at 7am and take her out two see hint. Calling on Man-o'-War So she gloms a pocket full of lump suger from the oaffartcia and cold waters me out of a peach of a dream die ne*t -faorTtlh and 1 drag myself down stairs and giv most of hour 3,'7th monie two 1 of these 2nd storle workers who operate with a yellow cab instod of .a gxin and we, set sail four wear Man O'War Is doin his King .Sulonian act—rand 1 must «ay after 1 looked over his box stall with his 3 ft of nice clean straw he Is llvin the life of relUy «• evin his b'tnk makes a fool not of lots of the ostermoors we pay 3 per and \ip four per day—he evin ha» ^ speflbial guy two wash kis teait) and I'll ad he is not missin his raoln' days as all he has two do down hear is be annoye^l by SO gu.vs woitin on him' and a speshial book- keeper keepin hl« <late» strait with a lot of Follies dames of the Ziffg- feld horse cliortu and If i had a -belief in reincfrnashton id like nothin better than two come back as a'Man O'War as he sure is mix,e<l up in a soft racket down hear an Is certainlia the Valentino among thesO'Alies—anyway.the mrw' slii>ed him the coffee sweetener and we got back two the Ben All track ,ln time four the afternoon races and apendld heartwo with apologees two "Zit" Is the racein chart of this 3/7th of a wks program. It is To-Wit: SHUBERT ADS OUT OF PHILADELPHIA KECORD*! Reported Withdrawal Through Uwis',,"Froyc" Trouble^ :.. Paper "Easy Going" rhiladelphiii. O.-t. 3. Th« revokiug of the Shubert theatre's license a month a^o by Mayor Moore because of alleKtd iu- decencies In the Ted Lewis •Frolic'^, performance, ha^ an aftermaih her» WHEELERS LIABLE Leave Vaudevill* for "Follies" the Nev l'"lo Ziegfeld may have to i)ay tlie Keith ofllco $1,100 as a result oC Hcrt .and Hetty Wheeler cancelling .Vtw.'iik for this week and Mt. Ver- non and the Fifth .\venue for ncxi in order to begin n.heursals with ihe new "Follies." The Wheelers were (^icnrd by Ziegfeld Saturday and ordered lo .begin rehearsing Motubiy. They hail already booked the two weeks. a!i.l cancelled them on short notice. The "iilay or pay" eUul^e iipi>lii ^ lo acts dropping out ot bills fur reasons other than illness. The palary ot Ilert anil Uttv Wheeler with Keith was $550. — .Toe Urown, who left the "fii' Cf n- wich Village Follies" at tlie Winter Harden Tuesd.iy, may join th" new Ziegfeld show. Brown wafl rerelv- ing $1,000 weekly, appearing for five minutes during the performance. He asked for his release before ihe "(i. V. FoUlea" opene<1, Lut it was refused. BAND AND ORCHESTRA ROUTES The first dtpartment of it* kind •var carried in ■ trad* paper. In fh0 Clipper 9y*ry wMk. LOUIS B. REMY this week which is causiuL' " Erea^« 4eal of talk In local theatrical^ circles. ^ Th« Shubprta ^have withdrawn all-.S rlioir advertisinj; from the ■'MorniM^S Record," taking effect with yester.:! day's issue. .Notice was tir;ii takes .3 of friction when the early "bulldog" f edition of thp, "Record" came out Sunday evening with ihu Shubert ad.H cut t6 scant five lines. Ths paper sent one of its advertising men up to the Shubert offices Mon- day. Leonard Blumberg. Shubert head here, first declared the action ' had been one of necessity because of a. cutting down of the ap\iropria-^ tion, but later admitted his oflice dl4 not like the arttitude of the "Record" in tl>e recent TeJ Lewis "Frolic" troiible. ■ It seems the Shuberts are sort becau^ Herman Dle?k. dram.aU« critic ot the "Record," testiticd at BKN Ahl TIlK.ilHK Furni Chart. Weather Cloar, Track Fast. (^KXINGTON, Monday, Sept. Hth. Keith Vaudeville Autunui MeolInK, 3 Daya. Steward, Tlnk Hufliphrcy—Placln|r JnAge'. Glen Burt—Weighing Scot., I), JarksoB— Starter. Morgan tailott—Haclng Se«. H. Coleman. Racing atarts at 2.15 Chicago time. ••• InJleatea apprentice aHowance. IXDEX •»||A4=T<EN ALT HANniCAP = Diat. 1 Show, Furae J,7lh. of wka aalarjr. / 1 til jiipt vaiue to winner 3,'7Lh. of big time cut salary, aecond 3 Tth. of est. Chgo. salary, third 3.Tth. of ail the agent can get. Jockey Owner KalTvh O. Parnum—E*iw. S. Ke^Jer. Max Richaid*—Town«end Bold. UlUy Jackaon—Glen Bun. i^haj». Crowl—Mrs. Nelaon. John Bentley—Wlt»lutli waWe. E:agle-Ooldamlth—Wurnelle StabI*. Horaea Weight Start V> V> Fin. Noel and Pfrclval Spec. Set. 4th. 4 a J Powneenit BoJd Co. .^pec. Prap. 6th. 3 S 1 r.dKh LAMond Kppc. Songa. Sth. 1 4 2 •••Nelson Bailey Talk Song". Sr-I. ? 1 .1 Wlnirred,I„uclHe Musical. L'nd. S 5 4- AmoM B Wurnelle Jjkater. Ist. Fitlled up Time Fast. Track txood. . Weat to post at 2.15. At post IS min. overure. - Start good. int. two dea^l fteat. 3nd. easy. 3rd. driving. Noel and Fercival away slow, going gx>od after Miss Noels song:; Jockey went to comedy wip rounding stretch tarn and in a driving &nitkt Deck and neck gi^t up to split 1st. money with Towneend Bold who nin a dancing good race. ESdith l-a Mond away bad but at the ba^f way mark was running sniooth and came around Nelson and Bailey to grab the place money as her rider pleased, Neflaon an.I Bafrl*^y ran a sluggtsh i-a<;e with tlio male half a t>>wer of strength but good as ho was he didnt seem able to carry the added weight, ran a fine race con- sidering handicap. Winifred and I,.ucil]e not at home in thla kind of going but mM Ijear watching after a race or two as they come from a betting^abte. Arnold B WumeUe wac anything but sure ot hH footing and pulled up aa tho_H:h short nf wind and need.s ajot of work to run In this sort of company. P.S.—Man O'War eei if this Papyrus horse gets fresh that he will cut out thi« foolla'around down hear and cum east and show him how two run.' P. S.—m tet what is left of my 3/7th. at Lexingkin that wen Ring Lardner, Con. and ihos other al- ledged humor ritters. ^t a slant at this letter they will get Intwo thcr holea and drag the dirt In after themselfcs—anyway i take great plczyur in agin eighnin, Yur Back Stage Kritik '•K-ALTER C. PKRCITAL (Of A'oeZ and Percival) WADE BOOTH BANKRUPT Vaudeville Baritone Admita tt in Voluntary Bankruptcy Petition Albert F. Wade, professionally knOvTn as Wade. Booth, the vaude- ville baritone, thla week filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in the United States District Court listing liabilities of |5,959i.20 and no assets, personal wearing apparel being claimed as exempt. The creditors are mostly In New York and Chicago for nierchaiidl.se sold and for money.t loaned. W.Tfle's address is given West 46th etreet. BOB KUHN IN DUTCH :?2!> the first hearing and said 8<nn« things to which they took exception. They are even sorer at the fact that, John Dwyer. editor of the "Record,"^ had an editorial a few days later la<; which he referred to having seen ^:i number of "rotten and indecent ''v>;y^" at Shubert houses. As 4 i;:.itter of fact. It was Dwyer wh* called DIeck up at an early hour of the morning and asked him to be present at the hearing. In the course of the conversation between Blumberg and the "Record* advertising man, the latter intimated the paper wad' not seeking the five line a^K and was perfectly wiUInf to canci^l them. "All rlg^t, cancel, them," Blumberg Is reported to haT* said. , . There the matter rests, though tt probably has not helped any by the fact the "Record" ran a rev!""' fl* "Caroline" Tuesday, which was in- clined to knock t^e operetta. Botk "Caroline" and "The Hunchback «t~ Notre Dame." the latter at tb#5 Chestnut, a Shubert house, were re«s viewed Tuesday, but unless tM ■ scrap is settled at once, which !• ' not likely, there will be no Shubert 2 notices In the "Stiiiday Record." | One Item of Interest is that th»'' "Record" has been known for somti time as the most easygoing and^ obliging of all the Philly papers t**j wards the theatres. ...j^ Haiel Page's Trial t160,000 Suit for (b*luw) the w. ll-Unown showman, who la now president, g.-neral man- age!*" secretary and treasurer of Goldwyn pictures in Dallas, is also the owner of Majestic Studios, located-in th&^MaJestlc theatre, with special conveniences for porformers. ERNEST SALAMONS fabove), the famous photographer ot beautiful wrmen Ir rbi.rge of ihe art work (Sketches by Hert I,e\y.) Los Angeles. Oct. 3. Robert H. Kiihn "Three Kuhn.s) denied all allegation.-) which Hazel Page, chorus girl, tiled .iKalnst him in court. She is suing Kuhn for $160,000. .\ccordiiie to the com- plaint he promised to marry her. No date has as yf t been .-et foi' the trial. HARRY FOX AT TENT Harry Fox may buom.- the en- tertainer for The Tent,'a Broadway cabaret, while playing his New- York vaudeville engagements for the Loew Circuit. It Is said, 1( Fox accepts the offer, his wife, Beatrice Curtis, may ap- pepf In ;bo rest'Mii'r>Tit ivitii ',i'ni. MRS. WILSON BACK IN WASH.' "SVashlngton, Oct. 3. ; Mrs. Woodrow Wilson had hef-j nrst vacation during August sine* ; ex-President 'Wilson was stricken j with his present illness. She ''•• J now returned to 'Washington an» = once again Is accompanying the ex* j President to Keith's on piMcti'Mliy j every Saturday night. occiirylM j their usual seats in the mst r"W , on the lower floor. i lAUET OF FRANCE IN FAEO Chicago, O.'t. 3. .lanet Marline fJanet of KrancO. who is at present appearing W vaudeville, has been contracted to* by John Golden to play the title roM In "Cherl," a new French cnni>'ly '»^ three acts. ^ The production will go :' 'C ''• hr.'irs.'il early In .liinunrv.