Variety (October 1923)

T^v- Thunday, October 4, IMS VAUDEVILLE AMERICAN YIDDISH COMPANIES WILL APPEAR IN LONDON BeMie Thomathefkky and 30« Players ^^pecially Engaged—^Morris Schwartz Company May Fol- low in January Arrangfrmenta have be»n efTected between C. B. Cochrane of London and Edward A. Relkln, whereby Beasle Thomashefakky will aall for Bros Thomashetaky, will sail (or England In November i»t the head of a Yiddish dramatic stock com- pany. Thirty people who formerly played in the Thomashefsky companies and other Jewish theatres are to be members of the party. The company is ^to open in a London theatre prior to Thanks- giving under the management of Cochrane, and their first produc- tion is to be "The Qreen Million- aire." Followlns that they will do "Three Little Business Men," and other Thomashefsky plays. Early, in January 1. is planned to send Maurice Schwarfk of the Yid- dish Art theatre with his entire company to London and have them present the repertoire they have been giving at the Yiddish Art the- atre In New York. ST. LOUIS YIDDISH STOCK ONE SHOW WEEKLY Last Week Held Two Big Nights—Grossman & Gold- man's Company St. Louis, Oct. I. Bessie Thomashefsky, former wife of Boris Thomashefaky, and Eliaa Rothstein with a company of very capable Yiddish actors opened the Yiddish stock season last week. ,The opening night was capacity, the fol- lowing performance Wednesday night not so good. The r.cxt show, Sunday, again fell off, and the fol- ](>wing performance, Wednesday, was bad, as the weather was very hot. . The following Sunday ^ligM..final appearance of Thomashefsky, an- other, sell-out. ■ Helen Grossmann. original Mrs. Cohen in "Abie'c Irish Rose" on the west coa«t, will replace Thomashef- sky in the local company. It will mark the first appearance of Miss Grossman in Yiddish stock In two years. The company, backed by Gross man a Goldman, is here for an in definite period. Beginning this week one performance" a week, Sunday Bight, intending later to play one- nightera in surrounding territory. For the local engagement at the Odeon, $1.50 top. J. M. Grossman first offered Yid dish stock in St. Louis about nine rears ago, at the Garrlek. The com pany was then known as Relnhardt & Grossman's. *^ ■ The Oerman Theatre Stock Co. ctpened Sunday night to capacity One performance a week. Princi- pals are Felix Marx, comic; Otto Ludwlg, leads; Kurt Herrnfeld, Juvenile; Otto Reflter, heavy roles; Llna Welngaertner, soubret; Katie IfU LufCy. inganue, and Elsa Muea- slg, comedtenne. CIRCUS ROUTES Ringling Bros., B. & B. Oct. 8, Fort Worth. Tex.; 9. nall.is; 10, Corslcana; 11, Waco; 12, Austin; 11. San Antonio; 15, Houston: Vt, Reaumont. Sells Floto Oct. S, Taylor. Tex.; 9, Austin; 10, San Antonio; 11, Gonrales; 12, Cuero; 1,1, Victoria; 15, Lufkln. HagenbKk-Wallac* Oct. 8, Oulfport. Miss.; 9, Mobile. Ala.; 10. Pensacola. I'la.; 11. niew- ton. Ala. (afternoon only); 12, Sel- nia; IJ, Demopolis; 15, Laurel, Miss. John Robinson — Oct. 8, High Point, V. C ;'♦, Bur llnRton; 10. Raleii^h; 11, Wilson; Rocky Mount; IJ, Goldsboro; Wilmington. Al O, Barnes Oct. R. Chlcltasha, C>klf».; 9, I.nv.-- toii; 10, Hobart; IL Altus; 12, I'red- <?ilck; 13, Wichita Fall.s, Tex. Sparks' Circus Oct. »,-Columbia, Mia.s.; 10. Jasper, Ala-: 11. Aberdeen, Miss.; IJ, Holly 2l"l"Rs; IS, Water Valley; 15. 3ack- •fi. Tenn. IV OPERA IN JEWISH SHORTLY IN CHICAGO Morris Dubin, Tenor, Heading Company — Well Sponsored Chicago, Oct. S. Jewish opera will be produced in Chicago for the first time in the ne.ir future. Some very inftueatlal people are said to be behind the project. Morris Dubin, famous tenor, of Rieat success abroad, and Mrs. DubIn, mezso-soprano, will head the company. The first opera will be given at Kimball hall the latter part of thU month. Its presentation will be an InrHaHon affair for critics and the* elite of the J wi«h folks. Plans will be .in.nounced In con- nection with this showing and It is confidently expected that the result will be the loop. Orpheum Boosts on Coast "Phe Orpheum Circuit houses in San "Francisco. Los Angeles. Fresno. Sacremcnto and Oakland have tilted admission prices about ZS per cent. in the last couple of weeks. MME. GUTENTAG APPEARS Sunday in Played in Company Oetrwt Etetrolt, Oct. t. The aecond of « aerlsa of Yiddish plays Waa preaented at Orchestra haU Sunday erenlng in "Olf Dem Weg Zu GlickT ("On the Road to Happinesa"). Mtscha and Lucy German, from Kew York, made their debut here. The company als* Included MadanM Gutentag, recently arrived from South America. NEW YIDDISH STOCK Amphl^ Brooklyn, Open*—Chas. J. Adier, Managar Charles J. AdIer. son of Jacob Ad- ter, is oow maMiginc the Yiddish •tock company at the Amphlon, Brooklyn, N. Y, the only Yiddish bouse In the WiMamsburg district. Adief ia- not unknown to Broadway, having appeared to aevcral musical pieces as an actor. The Ampkion has been dark for several months after playing pic- tures and vaudeville, Gustav Schacht iS' Hie director of the company. This makes the fourth Yiddish stock in Brooklyn. XEMBUSCH HEADS C. A. CO. Indianapolla. Oct 3. Frank Rembuscb became head of the Capitol Amusement Co. laat week when he bought a half Inter- est. The shares were bought from Interests In the Fletcher American National Bank,- which bought the theatre at receiver's sale a year ago. About tn.OM haa been spent upon interior remodeling. Plans to In- crease sealing c»pacltr from 1,000 to S.OM are being considered. Of- flcea of the amusaiMnt company wHI be removed to the RialU build- ing from the Consolidated building. T & E. OF EAST sn)r' AND YU)DISH YAUDE Lease Prospect, Bronx—Firm Books and Manages Actors • Eddie Relkln and Charles Grohl, known in Yiddish show circles as the "K. & E. of the East Side" be- cause of booking activities and man- agement of stars, have aecured a lease on the Prospect, Bronx, where they will offer Yiddish vaudeville. The success of Yiddish Sunday concerts at tba Thomashefsky on 44th street Is said to have ghown the possibilities of presenting that type of performance regularly In an outlying aectlon like the Oranx, whiph has a large Jewish population. The Prospect originally started with vaudeville under Moss Sc Brill. It has since changed policy fre- quently with stock and popular priced road attractions .|>reBented at varjeus times. Relkln A Orohl are reported having secured tite pros- pect under a |L'&.0Of annual rental from tlie Keith-Moss interanta, said to control the house. Grohl la also *IH>nsoring the Murray's rebuilding operation on 42d street. 2.500 Seater for Spri«tgfiald, O. SprlngneM, O., Oct. I. Cliakeres Amusement Co., oi>frut- ing the Majestic herv. has leased the ninl l>l>H-k ndjulnliig the theatre and will erect a 2,500 sentcr. It will house Keith vaudeville and nmt-run pictures in opposition to Qua Sun's Regent, also operating -vnder a com- bination policy. The alle has been leased for SU SUNDAY OPENING AT N. 0. Would Give Aets "Break"—May Adopted New Drieana, Oct. t. The ban oh Sunday performances in Memphis may precipitate this city adopting Sunday as the open- ing day for new bills In the vaud^-- ville houses. If such an arranga- ment were adopted It would worfc out particularly well for the per- formers In that a Saturday oltMlng here would give them ample oppor- tunity to make their next jump for a Monday opening, eliminating the loss of a week, which has been the order of things here (or the poat M years. The Southern houses would get a <)etter booking break imder such ■■ arrangement. In the past many a< the draw aeta have refused to plaiy this time on account of tbo n«-' cessity of losing a week betweoa > this dote and the next jump. . -Mr- Amusement Co. Cictenda J^ Sleubenville, O., Oct. t. '.' The Tri-State Amuaemerit Coaa-' I>any of this city haa extended i((k' amusement holdlnga by acauirinc ^' ZO-year lease on the Strand theatro' at Kaat Liverpool, O. The transfov is effective Oct. 1. ' .Mr. Constant stated the theatr*' would t>e conducted on Its foranr* policy, vaudeville and moving pie*' turea. The Tri-State company operataa' the Strand and Olympic tbaatreg in this city besides operating in- Stanton park. The company all*' plans for a monster new thoam at Fourth and Adams i|treets hero. BOOZE NEWS ;< Clipper every week earriea p a H l ' nent news of prohibition and tliO' .bootlegging Industry. Un^aaod yeara. and construction work un lb* »v,r»io«B of both sidao. "TKo Uquor theatre will .<prlng. , begin In the .«arly Market" and "Rum Runners^ two standing departments. WATCH THESE PREDICTIONS ■TAM UOVKS I* > wonder. U !■ ■transr (hat h« kept avar eram New York co lOMC. ])ro«(lvajr want* avcli artlata mm VAN HOVBN, and the war the flnrai (hraire •■ Broadway ta beinc crowded at e»erT perfarmanof la the beat evIOaAea at the wny hia act la received by the pvMIC. He la the anaat popular entertainer In the country li iHj " lllnil la VlHtsty. Ausaat ts, ISia. "VAN IIOVCH has -era aU skinBad."—!««w York "Wertd." Aacaaat Z4, lt,ia. •Na one di>e« masic like VAN HOVBN."—New York ~r|an. ' Aaraat t4, lOia. (Reprlnlei from Variety of Oelober t. I999f VAN HOVEN WATCH THESE PREDICTIONS ■TMa (allow VAN MUVMN kopt ■• langMag aM the tl»a 11* nukaa wkal ha 4aoo so olala that a bay aC twairs has po iltHiMa 'kaoplna track at what la ■•ing on. ■vanrbedr areand ma waa lauchlnc- I hotlotwd rislit eat. Ms Is a ruaar a»aa ana I Uko him aAa."—"MUOR" la Variety, Awns* M, MM ■Vhleaau la ara«« of VAt« nOVKN, wha aaoMa to he Ibf •noat mpMlar entertainer wha haa siniek Now Tark tm a long timo."—('hiassw "TMbnM," *;««at M, l»IO. VanHoven, Oldest Advertiser^ Starting 15th Year In Variety Above and below this article are the first advertisements Frank Van Hoven published in Variety, 14 years ago this month. Variety then had a green cover and printed on super white papar inside fzlZ aize. Almost continuously since then Van Hoven has advertised in Va- riety. Hia advertisement! never have failed to attract Utentlon all over the world until there isn't much (luestlon that at present time and for several years past Van Hoven as a vaudeville artist's name la the best known Internationally of any or all vaudevlllians. Van Hoven was appearing at Hammersteln's Victoria, how passed, in New York, when flrit inserting his announcement In Variety. He was a No. 2 act and received |75, later receiving tl2S a week at Ham- mersteln's. Van Hoven had come east from the Gus Sun circuit, having no other place to go. The Sun Circuit house managers with persistent regularity cancelled Van Hoven after the first performance In every house. As Van Hoven lias .said: "I made the date for a Sun house at about $33 for llie week, then wrote to the town li^. .le has parity travelled the Slates and tWe Orpheum tour will complete It. Ills contracts abroad are for apiiearancea In Rngland at different periods for the neat alx or seven yeara . . Conceded among Ibe beat of all comedy turns and. drith a unique conception for a laOiMlug' act. Van Hovon developed Into as shrewd an adverliMer as may be found among theatrical folks. It was Van Hoven'x own Idea to use a cut t»f himself with reading matter In Variety every week. His first Contract tor It -read for tt consecutive tlmeo. In between Van Hovon hatf taken type ads lo Variety. Atttaough bis reputation grew all over the world. l-.« clung to his Variety advertising. Only lost December Van Hoven paid fl.OOtf hi cash before publica- tion for the front prgc of Variety's l Anniversary Number, aayiag It waa{ the tibeapest ad he over bad batL Van Hoven has beea free and frank In giving tn^dit to 'Variety for its advertising value. In a letter from Van this week be said: "When I fli^t advcrtUed In that little Va- riety, I saw th^Varlely of today; I was satisfied tmn and I am aatis- Aed now." The. greatest tribute lo Variety as medium in theatricals was that ,_. . , —„ Van Hoven after reaching Kngland, vaudeville on both sides of the I continued and increased bis Variety ocean. At ;>resent he Is on the Or-(advertising through having found to And out how ane> where I could gat a job aa s^tor or aayli-'"'; else for tbo romalador •( the weak aftor Monday attemooa." After a while Van commenced to (eel Iwrt because Sup made bim go to a town to bo cancellod. He aug.i geated to Gua ho be caiM»llcd and paid tmaaedUlefy aftor gIgMng the contract. BuM wouMnt aceopt that blot, aaying aoaM day pocfeapo Van Korea would Mm* a place whore he could reaaiii for two potformaoces. The Bun Circuit was llriiltod In numbers, however, and after Van Hoven had been canned <m all of It and the "shooting galleriea" of those days he could locate, be had to chose some spot, aetectlag New York. ^ e Since then Van Hoven galloped into the tl,OOd-a-week class in Eng- land and America, playing the best pheum Circuit through wishing to prolong his present stay in the States. lie came over here from Ei>gland about a year ago' and has paid bonuses to postpone his Eng- lish contracts. Van Hooven's plar. Is to play all over this country before returning to England. He concluded to re- main too long abroad would not help him here where hia act might be for- gotten though his name remained frc%h in memory through advertls- upon his arrival In London be was almost as well known throughout the EnRlish managerial theatrical circles as he had been on Ihia side. Van Hoven attributed It to Va- riety and also said his Variety ad- vertising was responsible for his large Eng'lsh salary, reaching an .'unauift at the start for Van Hoven over there of larger proportions than be had loo|^ed forward to at the outset of his foreign engage- ments. VAN HOVEN Van HoveVi, the mad magic mad<'.\ ler, la aure a pip. * I expect to. make a wolf hunter' of a golf player out of him before we part from thia Orpheum Circuit. ' ft Is pleasure to be on the bill wMi a fellow who spends ao much money recklessly. Anytime there Is tsheck to be paid he always has a pair of glows on. Winnipeg has gone wet again and thia aure is the Garden of Eden. Van told me that he heard the rrlars weM going to have their summer camp here and he Is going to havo it fixed CO that all drinking actors ^an atay here indcanitely, sending their act to (he theatres by radio. (And aay, that last crack la with apolf>giea to Jimmy Duffy.) DONALD KERR P. 8.—I have been writing ror ad for Variety fourteen years and. as a reJt, I'm letting others do It for me for n while FRANK VAN HOVEN (Reprinted from Vatiely of '■ tot>ct' 9, 19091 Well Unown to l-oth iicl*n»*.<ta •n<l Ihc (jcnernl pwltlic es » pprBlstfnt striver for thr honors of reachtnif the 8f>uth ro> and maUlnt; the Southernerx Uuffh H" looK an ottscrvation at ChAttnnoJica thin we^k. His poiiftlon wan lauffhiturf^i 14 decrees. 21 mlnut«s, and applauiutuite t& dpereo;^ anti 62 nilniH^y Ni>are>M tfcc »««< •r a«tr Bi««lcto«i •f c*nitilia« afid pto vlat(Hi4 pfiwuuh lor a har'4 anJ lonff winter. "THE MAD MAGICIAN" • umirr ilr- (idection of PaV CASEY A magic act '•NlraordnWfy. Indascrlbab'e comedy.