Variety (October 1923)

Thursday, October 4, 1W$ VAUDEVILLE TWO VAUDEVILLE MUSICIANS p\iM IN MANN Aa VIOLATION Harry Freizer and Eddie Willis Arretted and Dis- charged in New Orleans—Girls iFrom Memphis Made Charge in Spite New Orleans, Oct. S. Harry Freiser of Stoddard'a Band, and Eddie Wlllia, pianist with Frank Devoe, spent several worri- some hours while under arrest Mon- day charged with a Mann .\ct vio- lation." They were discharged through two young women from Memphis, who stated the men had sent them money to come to this city, failing to possess any proof beyond their own word. " A story says that upon the Memphis young rromen reaching the city and meeting Freizer and WllUs, whom they had first met in Mem- phis, the men gave them the cold shoulder with the girls learning or believing local women were more favored. This led, according to 'the story, to the complaint being lodged by the Memphis girls against the vaudeviUians in spite. The Memphis girls gave their names and ages as Anne McRlroy, 16, and Margot Shane, 19. Margot told the federal authorities she had met Willis In Memphis last week while he wrs at the Orpheum and that FrelZMT had met the McEIroy girl at the same time. The McElroy girl stated she was married but had left her husband. Both girls alleged they received money In Memphis from Willis to pay ■their transporta- tion to New Orlean"*, to meet both men. The r an admitted having met the girls in Memphis but denied hav- ing sent 4Miy money to them. The swofo. statements of the girls with- out corroboration of the receipt of money was Insufflclent to hold the men. After "getting even" the Memphis young women returned home yester- day. FRANKLIN'S CONCERTS Together with Vaudeville Bookings. Laughter as New HACKEn-DELMAR ACT CREATED HEADUNER First This Season by Keith— Follows Idea of New V "Names" l^he first headliner created this season by the Keith office is the Hackett and Delmar act, which was tried out In the stellar position at Keith's Palace. Cleveland, last week, and was immediately awarded the headline position f<tr all future bookings. The Hackett and Delmar revue was shown al the Palace, New York, .tfter a brief break-in period, and held over for the second week. The decision to experiment with ^he act as a headliner followed closely Variety's story anent the scarcity of vaudeville headliners due to the timidity of the bookiag men and the practise of sticking to the old headline acts, many of whom had lost their drawing power. The Keith office will follow the Hackett and Delmar precedent by "making" new headliners this sea- son whenever an act shows the nec- essary possibilities. FAMOUS CROSSES 74; RUMORS OF SEGREGATION DEVELOPMENTS Other Amusement Issues Get Into Forward Swing— All Except Goldwyn Showing Good Net Gains During Yesterday's Best McHuents MARRIAGE UCENSE NOT ENGAGEMENT CONTRACT .HAHIK— —WILLIAM HENRIETTA and WARRINER (S<MNTll.I.ATlNO BONO STAU8) <!«•, I'd lik* to M* "IxmUvIII* f.«a" of "That Old ttams of Mln«," Bittiowh now "I've Mado. Up MjT Mind to rars*t Voa, lint I Con-t l^ Vou Out of My Urart.'' ftnd It slvoo me tlio«e "Hoo«ler lUnro.** Direction: PAT CASEY AGENCY, East Per.sonal Representative: KENNETH ftVAN BILLY JACKSON. West Margaret Irving Says Error Led to Marriage—Now in Vaudeville Alone MATINEE SEPARATION Oloott and Mary Ann Disaolve in Columbia Between Shows • UNDER AGE CHARGE Capps .Children in Davenport, la.. Case Irene Franklin plana a dozen con- cert appearances this season in ad dition to her vaudeville t>ooklngs. Time was offered by concert man- agers from the first of the year on, though the song star does not In- tend going on the recital platform exclusively until next season. Misa Franklin's first concert was under the direction of William Mor- ris and given at Saranac Lake re- cently In aid of the local Day Kursery. Her theory la there Is so little humor in the concert field, the Addition of laughter touches wlU be a novelty. The idea of an evening of songs by Miss Franklin -nam conceived by her late husband and accompanist, Burton Green. She has been col- leotlng and writing material of the lighter concert type for the paat three year*. Jerry Jarnagln will be pianist for Mlsa Franklin's concert appear ances, as \n vaudeville. WALKED OUT AND BACK Swor and Conroy Didn't Like No. 2, But Had To New.Orleans, Oct. S. Swor and Conroy walked out of the show at the Orpheum, Memphis, last week because of dl.ssatlsfac- tion with having been given the duece spot on the bill. The man- ager of the theatre wired the Or- pheum offices with the latter no- tifying the members of the act if they did not return for tlie night show they would be held for the amount of their salary and forfeit all contracts. The act resumed In the second siK)t. They are in the same position at the Orpheum here this week. DIVORCE FOR MRS. BLAIR ChlcaRO, Oct. 3. On the groundfl of desertion and non-aiipport. Florence Cry.stal ni.iir (Crysl.il and Anderson), vaudeville. Was Krnntcd a divorce by .ludRC John C. Sinter in the Municipal Court. Keno.'-lia. Wis. Mondny, from Jciiin Uliiir. She formerly did a vaudeville turn 'vilh her Inst hul)l>v. Davenport, la., Oct. S. Manager Harry Chappel of the Columbia was quickly acquitted in a Justice's court when arraigned on charges of violating the State child labor* laws. In connection with the appearance of the Capps family of dancers and musicians, 1: eluding several children under 16. The court ruled that as far as the manager was concerned, the chil- dren were entertainers and not hired employes under the provisions of the act. State Inspector H. H. Bye who filed the charges, .said he would prosecute the parents. Following the matinee at the Co lumbla Sunday, Mai> Ann removed- her trunk from the theatre, leaving her stage partner, Chaxles Olcott, 'without an asnlstant. It was stated around the stage the disruption meant the end of the Olcott-Mary Anq combination. Dot- son substituted for the night show. Syracuse, N. T., Oct. t. Charles Olcott at Keith's Mon- day, stepped out alone and did hie stuff. Olcott had expected to split with Mary Ann In another week, but the young lady did the unexpected and left Olcott all alone by himself to open here. The result was a revival by Olcott of parts of an old single act. SUES FOR $100,000 Mr*. Golf Phillips Starts Action Through Death of Husband JIMMY DUFFY IN CABARET Opens With Callahan Bros, at The Tent Jimmy Duffy of "Vanities," along with the Callahan Brothers, opens at the Tent, New York (cabaret), next Monday. Duffy's cabaret salary is a guaran- tee of $500 weekly, with alt couver charges up to $1,000 a week. He pays the brothers. It may be Jimmy's life dream to work in a cabaret. ADOPT WAS ORPHAH Mr. and Mrs. George McKay, pro- fessionally known as George "Red" McKay and Ottle Ardine, have adopted a 13-year-old girl Who ar- rived from Germany last week. The child has been an orphan for six years, both parents having been killed in the war. Miss Ardine was once of the Kight Berlin Madcaps and her fam- ily knew of the child's case, corre- spondence leading to the McKays sending for the girl. The McKays hKve two children of their own. The adopted child will be sent to school and later to business college; McKay cannot speak German, but the new arrival has provided interest and he is picking up the chatter lapidly. LEON ERROL U, 8. CITIZEN Leon Krrol. of "Sally," became an American citizen, after 22 years' residence in thi.'i country, Tuesday Krrol, a native of Australl.a. tooK out his first papers in 1905. but »ay« he has l>een too busy since then ti> take out the final paper.<»> Tuesday, nrromp.anlcd l>y AclInR Mayor Miirray Hulburt. wlio artC'l as his sponsor. Krrol visited Judije Leonard Hand in the United State- DIstrirt Court and the latter admin- islered the ritizeivdiip oath Mrs. GofT Phillips, wife of Goff Phillips, the tailor and former blackface, comedian, who was run over and killed by a motor truck on Broadway and 46th street, Sept. It last, has brought suit for $100,000 through her attorney, ^ Joseph 'Strauss, against the Gordon Supply Co. One of the Supply Company's wagons ran down Phillips before a large crowd of Broadwayltes, many of them Intimate friends of the tailor. It la a Maine corporation doing business In New York. Mrs. Philllpa U a slater of Mr*. Ben 'Welch. TOE SCHENCK'S FOTAL DECREE A final decree of divorce has been Issued to Mrs. Amelia Schenck who Instituted action against Joe Schenck (Van and Schenck) now In Bernard and Collier's "Nifties" at the Fulton, New Yoric ' A settlement against Lillian Brod- erick, actress, who was named Is expected by the end of this month. 7. FALL0F8 SPINE TROTIBLE Jimmy Fallon, at Saranac Lake for two years with lung trouble now ha* his back In a brace due to spinal trouble which suddenly developed last week. , Fallon was brought to New York last week with his back i(i a plaster cast, replaced by the brace at the Madimn Sanatorium. He returned to Saiiinac on a stretcher this week McINTYRE AND HEATH ACT Melntyre and Heath will open their Keith and Orpheum tour on Oct. 29 In Boston, They come Into the Palace, New York, the foUowinc week. The act is routed up to May 12, 1924. WALTER LONG FOR VAUDE. Los Angcle.i, Oct. 3. Walter Long, picture character man, is considering a vaudeville offer. He h,\s a crook sketch and expects to go In the two-a-day fol- lowing hl.s nexl picture. CLIPPER'S MUSICAL CRITICS Clipper's reviewers of popular music playing hands are the most expert of the fade. Thsy ar« Ahel, Skig and Bfli. Unu.sed aa she was to the ways of vaudeville, says Margaret Irving, formerly of the "Music Box Revue," where she met 'William Seabury, a vaudcvilllan In that show last sea- son, a marriage license she signed for with Seabury was, she thought, an engagement contract for both. Seabury had been talking to her about vaudeville, his wife now states, and she didn't make any searching examination of the paper he pla<.-ed before her. Miss Irving doesn't go beyond that to the ex- tent of saying she did not know when she got married. Now. however, the young woman Is going Into vaudeville on her own with the "clothes" act formerly done by Edna Goodrich. Seabury is out somewhere with an act of his own. ~ He is familiaf with marriage cerempnlea, his pre- vious wife having been Billle ShaW, DOUBLE DIVORCE CASE Genevieve. Rush Sort of Accumu- lative in Husbands Chicago, Oct. S. Genevieve Turner Rush, a singer at Rainbo Gardens, secured a divorce from Ray Rush only to And that she had never been divorced from her flrrt husband, Louis Turner, of San Francisco She had two divorces pending at the s.ime time as a sort of celebra- tion. She married Rush Sept. 26, 1918, and learned later that she had never been divorced from her llrst husband, though she claims he t^ld her they had been divorced in June of that yealr. It is expected to get the first de- cree clear so that .that first mar- riage will not further embarrass her. SHUBERTS RELEASE 'EM Call Off Production Contract With Quiran and Marguerite Guiran and Marguerite, the danc- ers, received a release from their production contract by the Shu- berts after the act bad accepted an Orpheum route opening last Thursday at Sioux City. The contract from which they were released called for a produc- tion engagement starting about a month ago. When the engagement was not forthcoming the team signed with the Orpheum circuit. Fotlowlng this they requested a release from the Shuberts, which was given. Dan Finn Quits After 14 Years Lynn, Mass., Oct. 3. Daniel Finn, connected with Gor- don's Olympla In this city since March, 1918, for the past two years as manager, resig.ied Saturday after 14 years' service with the Gordon interests. He h.as been succeeded as manager by Rene A. Roblllard. formerly manager of Gordon's Scollay Bfjuare Olympl.-v. Boston. Arthur J. Krawley will remain as asHi.ilant manager. One day late, but coming strong. Famous Players yesterday had lA-o- gressed to 74%, Its best since the drop from above 77. The reports around the ticker in Times square brokerage offices was that some- thing advantageous was pehdinc and even was close at hand, con>'. nectcd with the scheme long dia-' cussed by insiders for the segre-* gatlon of ' the company's theatres. Not a word along these lines has the backing of an authoratative state- ment from the cotnpany Itself, but (he trade has talked it over for a long time as a move that la more or less Inevitable. Not a scrap of dependable data as to the nature of- the plan has come out, but in the light of the stock's progress from 69 and a fraction to better than 74 appears to indicate something fa- vorable ar.d tbe trade tends to hang It on the segragation Idea. Small Supply of Famoue It was noticed yesterday and the day before that the pries advanced pretty substantially on a small vol- ume of business, ^nd from (his It was aken for granted that the «..- calleil "floating supply" was small, much having been withdrawn from th« market, and that the stock prob- ably will turn out to Jiave been pretty well sold up. In aplte of all this the bearish talk continues in the financial dis- trict, but what basis it has nobody knows. Much of it comes from re- liable quarters, but It is vague whll*. the performance on the tape is quit* definite. Loew Goes Ahaad lioew broke from its long dull- ness around 15% and moved up ta 17H Monday and a tip was promptly distributed that the stock was In for a good movement based on bet- ter prospects for a nearby dividend' payment. Tuesday it suffer^ a slight reaction to 16V4, bv»t yester-, day recovered all lost ground and' around noon stood at 17% again. During the maneuvering of the early week nothing happened in Orpheum which remained pegged at 17% .with turnover small. But yes- terday the vaudeville stock got into action and opened at 18. Dealings remained small, but the impression was that it was In for a steady bet- terment, dependent, of course, upon its box office ctanding as the season continues. Optimista Vindicated The first half week did one thing. The market gave some substance to those optimists who were lotd on Monday In their predictions that prices were due for an Improve- ment and advised covering an4 switching to the long aide. There was every appearanee yesterday that the tide had turned, but whether for a definite bull move- ment or only for a temporary bulge, nobody cared to predict. However, at yesterday's best levels. Steel stood at 88%, about 1% up net from the day before; Baldwin was nearly I higher at 118 and Davison Chem- ical, the speculative acrobat, around 49, up from »round 19 during tha worst of the depression ten days ago. YESTERDAY'S PRICES stock Exchange Babbette Busey After Freedom Chicago. Oct. 3. Babi)elle Busey (Miller), a dancer with "Jack and Jill," has entered suit for divorce against John H. .Miller, non-professional, charging cruelty. Actor Turns to Law San Kranclsri>, Oct. 3. B Elkan Cohn, known in vaude- ville Is Buddy Cohan, has <iuit'- the fltsBc to tatce up ilie iiractlee of law. He has located iin office til tills city. Ralu.Hlsli.Ijow.CIOM. r«m. PI*x*r*..lT,8pO Tfli -' r>n . Pf<l 100 tt noldwyn Non*. •<o«w aoo ITH Orphvum aoo 1( No Curb Mies. •1 •! 18 IJ** N«t HOUSES OPENINO The Broadway, Nyack, N. T, playing live acts Saturday only. In the future will play acts Friday and Saturday. The Bijou, Orange, N. J., plays five acts Saturday only, be- ginning this week. Both hounes booked by Kally Markus. The Francals, formerly the Court, Montreal, will start vaudeville, six acts, split week, Oct. 7. Booked by Romm & 'Walters, Fally Markus added three more houses to his list this week. They are Kurti, Bethlehem, formerly booked by Jack Allen, playing five arts, split week; Pearl River, Pearl Itiver, N, Y.. live acts, Saturday only, and the Franklin, Franklin l-'utnaie, .W J, four act.'J, Saturday