Variety (October 1923)

i*^;-j. -Ljzranas" S8 VARIETY Thursday. October 18, 1923, Run t«« •Moreland T ft K Kd<lt« Caasldy Ifamel His Ik S M.xhonoy A CocU Ulrton Uiria LONDON. CAN. rntrlrU lat h.ilf Grace Rd'.er ft Olrla IJINTON, INO. (imnd :<! ha:( ruiilan & Wella Karroll * Hfed Jack folli MOI.IN'K, II.T. NfiT Tulare Suiisliiiie (.'li C Sinclair Co ITwa to nil) 2d half 4 Terrace Olrl» Dancing Uoraiw (Two to nil) MKW VMi'I.r.. INO. <iranil •Jd lialC Ar» Nim;? aihaon & Ucllf (One to nil) RO('IIF..STKB Fainilr •Shflvy 7Joy9 II;ini<?l Hia & S ill h.ilf •O Edl'T * Girls ('Jill' lo nil) Blaarta Rer (Two to Oil) TOrKKA, KAN. MoTflty Wonder .Seal ISvana A Ucaa Fela ft Tennrwa Stanlrr McNabk (One to nil) id halt Deeler 8le Co Rckert A Prancta (Three to BID PANTAGES CIRCUIT WESTERN VAUDEVILLE ciiirAco AnierlrMi (21) Armatronic ft rhelpa 7 .Sella Uroa *The Saytqne (Three to flu) Aiinerir4Ui Htrad ft Legal* Johnee ft Jobnaon H Walman ft Deba (Two lo nil) >d half Kellir ft Klttr Oliver I Temple 4 Reverlea (Two lo nil) Knglewoorf raber ft Kins Reverlea (Olhera lo All) Id halt •Two Powere (Othera to Oil) KnteU Cartlaa' friend* Carol ft L Dora Tllrou * Rogera V Benton Playera 4 Byron Olrla (Oae to nil) td hair Strad ft Legata Boreo • (Four to nil) Unroln Hipp. Kennedy A Davia Edwin George •Out of Knickera (Three to All) 2d half Right or Wronr •Harry Walman (3o (Othera to nil) MaJeaUe Swalna Animal* John Oelger Toung Amerli^ Alex ft Elmore Alexander ft rields Kouae David Band (Four t* mi) BL'MINOTON, ILL. Majeatle The Seeb.acka Jimmy Lucaa Co Primr ae Minstrel* 2d hair H Margv ft Ueth Callahan ft BUu Blosnom Heath En CIIAMPAION, ILL' Orpheum Geo SLinley ft Sis Ciut or Kpickcra Marino ft Martin Kuma Co (Two to nil) DEC ATI'R, ILL. Kmpreaa Melroy Misters C.alUhnn ft Bllaa Blossom He.ith En 2d hair A ft L David* (ieorge Morton Harry Faber C3» 1)1 lUQCR, lA- Mnjestle The Saytona MiMlley ft Dujirey T'!h<'osta ft Bonawe (Three to nil) CAIJ'.SRI RO. n.L. Orpheum » Mirno ft B^tti Htonc ft Hayea (One to nil) id hair Johnson ft Baker Blgnor Friscoe El Roy SiatcFs Co JOPLIN. MO. Klerlrle Hl'rletts Marionettes (One to nil) 2d hair Rose Revue Warden ft Burtt K-NS'S CITY, KAN. Elertrle Three Senators Cotton Plckera 2d hair Stratford Comedy 4 Cook ft Vc-rnoQ K"N8A8 CITY, HO. (ilab* Harry Uappl Belmont's Can Op Warden ft Burtt I'ellt Truupe (One to nil) 2d hair Wonder Heal Kvans ft Denn Fein ft Tennyson .Stanley ft MeNabb (One to nil) LINCOLN, NEB. IJbertr Fred l^ewls ' Stratford Comedy 4 Fox ft Allya Ratrie* (One to nil) 2d hair Armand A Perea B Van Alstyne Co Oreat fx-ster (Two to nil) MADISON. WIS. Orpheum Cavana Trio Sargent ft MarvlB Blue Cloud Band Johnny Murphjr 4 Camcrona Waaton'a Model* 2d hair Two Sternard* Harry Bewloy Co Jfellt* Fuller Co Inve Roth Wargarel Severn Co (One to nil) MILWAIIKEK Majeslle Ramsey's Canalres Dave A Tressle B'd Milt Collins Wheeler 2 (Four to nil) MINNKAPOLIS 7th Mtreet Ridiculous Recro Dolly Wilson Co Clayton ft Lennle Doubt Lambert ft I'lah 4 Bellhopa (One to nil) PEORIA, ILL. Pal*e« Johnson A Baker Coley ft Jaxon KIRoy Slaters Co Signer Friscoe I Malvin Bros 2d hair Maxine ft Bobby Ix>la ft Senia a> Bob Willis Primroae Minstrels (One to nil) QVINCT, ILL. Orpheum Caraon ft Wlllard The Lelands (One lo nil) 2d hair Espe ft Dutlon Melody Land (One to nil) RACINE. WIS. Blalto Curtlas' Fnend* Carol ft L, Dore Herron-Giylord Co (Two to nil) BOCKFORO, ILL. PaUra Two Sternada Harry Bowloy Co Mollle Fuller Co Dave Roth Margaret Hevern Co (One to nil) 2d hair CavaiiA 2 Sargent A Marvin Blue Cloiid Band Johnny Murphy 4 Camerons Weston's Models ROSELANU, ILL. Htale Tabor A Creen Bob Penler Troupe (One to nil) 2(1 hair Gordon's Dogs George I.ovett Co (One to mi) ST. JOF,. MO. Klrrlrir B "Van Alyntlne Co Cook ft Vernon Eckert ft Krancls I Desleys Sjs Co I :d hair R ft B Brill Cotton IMekera Fox ft Allen Marlelte's Manikins HT. LOUIS Columbia FIvek ft Claret .Silvers & llnss Leonard ft Jlarnelt Totnmy Toner Co Austin ft Delaney 4 Dancing Girls Orftnd •The MeCraes Watts ft Ringgold Billy House Co Harry Faber Co Klass ft Brilliant Herbe|Lt's Dogs (■rhre« to nil) SO. BEND, IND. Palare Two. Daveya Bmlt Boreo Now nnd The* Stuart'a Rev (One lo nil) 2d hair Margaret ft Morrell Clifford Wayne Ca Jimmy Lucas Co Sherwoods Band (One to nil) 9PB'(IFIEI.I>< ILL. Majestic Maslne ft Bobby Herron ft Gayiord i'omi>lt of Season Frank IieVoo Co It.irr Twlni (One to nil) 2.1 hair Les Kll-ks Itei^an & i'uili.^s In Wr.ins Maiislleiii Diners (Two to nil) 8PB'(<I'-|KI.I>. MO. Klerlrle Rox^ llevue Mack ft .Stanton 2d hair Belmont's C.in Oi> (One to nil) TERRR H.tDTE Hippodrome In Wrong Clifford Wayne Co A Neilson A^ Boys (Three to nil) 2d hair Two Davey..< Now and Then * Compll or Seah'>n TORONTO I'antage* (20-25) P ft K Hanan Louis Winsel Alba DeKosa Co Herbert Lloyd Co Burt ft Uosedale 4 Krrotlea HAMILTON, CAN. Pantages (20-25I Gibson ft Price Bernard ft DePace Jed Dooley Co Holland Romance Al Golem Co CHICAGO Chalrna Joe Relchen Harmon ft .''and* Vsleaka Suratt (Others (o nil) td hair una ft Clark Marlson ft Manley Olga Mishka Casson ft Klem Voulh MINNE.\POLIS Panlagea (.Saturday opening) Clifford ft Gray Julia Curtis Baraban ft Grohs Mllo N Chick Haines Co TVINNIPEO Pantacea Paul .Sydell Parrell ft Hatch Lucille ft Cockle Bernardl Co Watson Sisters Stanley Tripp ft U. REGINA, CAN. Pnntage* (22-24) (Same bill plays Saskatoon 25-27) Mary Blank Co Harris ft Dolly Kd Blondell Co Jewell ft Rita Rocollecliona Lltjonatl EDMONTON, CAN. Pantagea Bill ft Blondy Margaret Hester Co Ross Wyse Co M Montgomery Co A Robins Rarayetle's Dogs CALGART, CAN. Pantagea (22-24) Plantation Days SPOKANE Pnntage* J ft H .Shields Julia Kdw.^rds Evans A Wilcon .Saxton ft Farrell Kddie Borden Co Elsie ft I'aulsen SEATTLE Pantages Diaz ft I'owers Geo Lashay Ward ft Raymond Midnight Marriage 1 laker ft Uogers Prosper & Maret V.VNCOIIVEE, Pantages Trella Co Taylor Howard ft T Grey ft Byroo l.onnie Naee The Parkers BF.LIJNGIIAM VandevUle Nestor ft Vincent P ft O Hnll Billy S Hall Naney Fair .Sarafan TACOMA Pantagea Hitter ft Knapp Holland ft ODcn .Shadowland Joo Roberts Kale ft W:!oy I'osler Girl PORTLAND, ORE. I'antages Johnny Clark I, Burkehardt Ca Rhoda ft Broahell Itucker ft PerrlB Hadja All Travel (Open Week) Cnrlaon Sis A 8 Chas MoratI Co Kileen Stanley Chapman Hall ft .Shapiro 30 Pink Toes SAN KRANCI.SCO I'lantage* (Sunday onentnKI Olga NMli.»Ins Kelly * Wise Hilly We.'.lun Vine ft lemple T.oiiias Tr.>ui>e Carroll A G-irnian LO.S ANt.KI.K.S Pantagea SiriL-iroff .i- .Mi.nia Monroe ft Oration Krylton Sla ft Mack Wells ft K Twins Robinson ft Pierce Land uf Tango SAN I>IE(;0 Panlngea * Noel Lealer Co Sullivan ft Myers Cervo ft Cervo Irving ft Klwood Grant G.trdner Carson Itevuo LO. BEACH, Hoyt CAL. Robbie Gordons Conroy ft O'Donnell Hubbell's Band Ituloff ft Elton Hampton ft Blake Hills Circus 4 (Queens .Syneon't'n SALT LAKE t*antage* Rudlnoff LaPettit Revue Murray Livingntoa Gordon ft Healy Davis ft McCoy Glntaro OUDE.N, UTAH Pant age* Gen Pisano Co Beck ft Stone Ruth Slonehouse Mikado Opera Co Qulnn ft Caverly DENVER Pantagrea Wiltred DuBols Weber ft Elliott El Cola Spectacular T GelllB Trio Tommy Gibbon* COLO SPRINGS Bums (22-24) (Same bill plays Pueblo 2S-27I Passing Parade OMAHA, MFJ>. Worid (Saturday opening) RcnsettI ft Gray Dobbs Clark ft D Rinaldo Juliet DIka Jack Hedley I Barton Revuo DES MOINF.S Pantagea Clinton Sisters Herman ft Briscoe Dorothy NieL^on Co Ed Redmond Co Clark A ONeil Uomeo ft Dolls KANS.AS CITT Pantagea WInton Bros Cornell Leon'\ ft Z LaTell ft Vokes Foley ft LaTour Riiy ft Arthur Alexander Opera Co MI^MPHIS Pantagea Corradini'a Animals Cuba Crutehneld Dalton ft Craig Jack Strouse Yvette TERRE II.VITE Pantikges 1st hair UIls ft Clark Martson ft Manley Olga MiKhka Casson & Klem Youth TOLEDO KlvoU Petrams Nada Norralno I'^ulton ft Burt IrfiFrance ft Byron Myron Pearl Co Dow'ng A O'Rourke Willie Bros INDIANAPOLIS Lyrle Les Gladdons n ft I. Burns Tom Davies Co O'Meara ft Landla Night In Spain ('.tiles Bro.s lAVarre Pingree Co COLIIMCS Jame* 5 Falcons Purcela ft Ramsey Harry Downing C^o Dave Mauley Co Clay Crouch C* Kranx ft While Platov ft Natalia DETROIT Regent MeMnnri.i Mal.ir Ithn.Tils <l;illari'ni Sw Wiirren ft o'ltrien G,iutier';< Toy Shop Mlira r.eon ft Mitzle -/.i»ka Connelly ft Francis I Dance Evolutions Oittlson Jone* Co IJTTLK BOCK HaJeatls t.,ea .Splendid* NewhoR ft Pbelphs Mile Ivy Co North ft Halllday Six Nosses 2d hair Alex Bros ft Evelyn Jans ft Whalea Mile Codes Louise Bowers B'd (One to nil) SAN ANTONIO Majeatle L A B Dreyer Hayes ft Speck Burke Walsh ft !M Ernest Hiatt Macart ft Bradrord Weaver Broa Making the Movies OKLAHOMA CITT Orpiiram (Tulsa spilt) 1st hair Ward A Dooley Browne A La Velle The Showofr Horwood ft Hall Bert Levy TUI.8A, OLKA Orphenm (Okla. City split) 1st hair Little PIpfax Co Orvln ft Drew Arthur Jarrott Co McLallen ft Sarah Blllle Shaw Revu* WICHITA Orpl>»""" R ft W Robert* Miller ft Fears Rogers ft Allen Barber ft Jackson Pinto ft Boyle 2d halt Harry RappI Gray ft Harvey Kent A Allen Holmes ft Lavere Oardell ft Pryor Co FOR AIL OF U. S. (Cont!n'>'d from page 89> though they were being: taken ad- vantage of. even as the dying banker w.^i! held helpless by Tom's rough eloquence. Things happened In "The Kool." Here they only talk about them—all the difference between good and slipsh9d structure. Banker Warren lies dying by inches in his luxurious New 7ork home. He has dismissed the doctors and determined to die alone, attend- ed only by his office secretary. Joey, who serves as nurse, and with whom the audience is left to suspect he has had a stenographer-business man affair, to the great anguish of his intensely religious wife. Warren heai^s men working in the street below, particularly one who swings a hammer all night and whis- tles, and in a whim orders him up as an interesting specimen. Thus enters Tom (Hodges), and with his human philosophy, based on the theory that disease comes to the body through hate, greed or eome other devising of the devil. Disease has its roots In sin, argues Tom in a rich brogue, and to cure diaea.se you cast out sin from the mind. Tom's particular sin came to him "all dolled up as a thirst" that ultimately led him to prison, the death of his wife and the loss of his daughter. With shrewd inquiry Tom gets a grip on the Warren householil situ- ation, and from that plants seeds of thought In the mind of the dying banker, until he is made to think, and thinking, thought banishes dis- e.ise. in his renunciation oX .loey and return to his wife, thus clarifying his mind to the degree that he is re- stored. Which being accomplished. it turns out that Joey is none other than Tom's long-lost daughter. In Tom's unctuous Irish speech it is maile to eocm much more plaus- ible than here appears, although there are some coincidences that go down hard and a lot of fearfully artiflcial drama, having to do with a theft of jewels in the house: the apparent identification of the thief as Tom, and how it all came about. In the end Joey makes It plain that there was nothing by way of statu- tory ofTen.se in her affair with the lianker, so she and his son. long lovers, embrace, with father's bless- ing, and by this sacrifice the banker is made -strong enough to walk and stand through the long concluding p.'Xs.sage. You couldn't expect a banker dy- ing in an invalid's chair to be very dram.atic. so Frank tjoaee was out ot luck for opportunity. B'rank Bur- beck did a capital bit as the family doctor. The others were wooden, p.artirularlv a boisterous Juvenile, Frederick Howard by name. Jtuah. INTERSTATE CIRCUIT DALLAS Miljevllr Tlir.-e Whirlwinds The Doherty-i Danny Iiui^wn Friej ft WilHon ' Lew S.-yiiiiMir (■'» Itillie Mc'lli'ini > ' Vineent l.op.'Z l.li.' FORT SMITH .loie :.l half Royal .SMiieys Three Senaliirw North &■ II I ly B ft J CreiKhl in Petit Troupe FORT WORTH Majestic The I-'aynes llloik ft DunliiD Vul.la llebell A 'Walen lour Itiiliiril .SNi Tj Ilariv Itrtxe .Si>n Jii»'l«er HOI STON Mnjenllr Carcinetii itros I! irrelt &• Cuneen Goidon A Itica Mlhel Mi'Donoiigh Morton ^-<ll-is4 riwor. &. i o' rjy",' GINGER Two-act mu.'iicat comedy by Harold Orlob and H. I. PhlMlps. Slajted by Walter Brooks. I>?'>n Hofle4)rooke's orcheetm feat- ured also. Opened at l^ly'a OOd St., New York. Oct. 1(1. llutli Wareweri NelJIe Breen Mrs. WareweU Willie Pall Marjorie Frayne.. A Buyer Dick Wurewell t'Hx Tounc Virginia War^'weli Joe Bagiey J"»e liagiey, Sr i_Iin^:er' ton ..Olive May Joe Mack Sibylla Uowhan Virginia Andersen Walter Deuglas Norman .Sweel8*>r Ginger". .Leeta Conler Tho*. F. Swift Chas. J. Stine Friends—Vit>le«t I,8rwjs, .^alla Bol- Guerida Crawfoi>l. MabeMe Swor Marie Giylord, Maile White. P.liea Irv ing. .Se^^hle Howar<I. Ona Vaughn. Paui- >-We Win.'^ton. Katheryn O'Delrl, Neiore .Swinton. Florence Guynllier. Uuth Wail- ilell. H»»e Le Boy. Parimount Four Quartet—Jack Oil.!, J»f»per -Stroup. Chas Lanlen. Arn'.»ld Ferrjlta. Harold Orlob ha« done a few good thiiiK.s in rcfpnt years. If memory .■iiTVfS he I'ontributed .a CDUjile or Ihreo .suoce.s.sful musical scores for John Cort's .spon.sorshlp. With Orlob ri.sl^ing .some of his own money, the .advicn wa.s not oa painstaking xf'cmir.Hly. The feature Ijilling over the title, heralding this as "Hvrnlil Orlob's (lalloping Musical Come<Iy" lead.s to that conclusion, although s''Vi^r;il others are reported "In." in- cludinc Thjnia.s lioilkin, Hirry Cort ind (;»»>ri?i? Kelm. a victim of a Ilrooldyn lire disaster early this Ufek "Ginger " l.i a riianomer as applied to the prima and faintly ttuggesls tho iirodiiction in Its entirety. Wal- iiT Hrnok.s tried hard to stir things lip wit'.i Ills staging and his cffort.s were not altogether in v.aln. particu- larly towards tho getaway. rtut nioh p.svrho!og>- was entirely ag.ilnst it by that lime. The llrat hall' pro- gro«.<!od it.s dreary course so pas- .sivoly and uninterestingly tliat the T'jdlonce'.s conviction was too doad- s«t against it. Nothlnir could rouae them thereafter. Whoevo.' Is re«ponslbl« tor the libretto need never boaat of It. It will probably set lt» way to vaude- ville or the tab field as the plot of a miniature mualcal comedy. Elab- orated it doesn't belong. The main theme is that of a trial honeymoon between a couple to test their chances for future connubial blUs. Its development 1« too trantrpcrent. The girl does not love her co- cxi>erlmenter, being In love with the poor cha'p. and It Is obvious what the end will be. It take* two acta and four scenes to tell that, Leeta Corder ao 'Virginia Ware- well ("Olngcr") could have been improved upon and Joe Mack's Jackdonahueishness never excited anybody. Nellie Breen, the Ingenue, was an altogether pleasing'surprise and should be lamped by other managers for future attention. There is also one chorus gal In the troupe who Will probably be an- nexed by a revue producer. She wa« never nrnde out for a formation stepper but ahe sure can atrut her "front" -wicked. A chorus girl specialty number towards the flnish was one of the best things in the show and that's an Idea employed by practically every othe.- burleeque show. The orchestra, u.ider Leon Rose- brookc's direction, enjoys a little calcium attention during intermis- sion, each Instrumentalist soloing a chdrus of "Don't Forget," "plugged" as the' feature number but In vain. The opening'night v.-as marked by many empty ae«t« In the last few orchestra tows as well as on the sides. These were Increased by premature walking out from inter- ml.ssion on. The show's stay is very limited. Abel. note*. He made payment* to tBa company, he says. ^ 6—That the Morosoo HoUIm! Corporation Wtm on the vergrj collapae when the last note w^ signed, and that Leven and Miiu! both knew It, "T CONTESTS STOCK FUBCHASE (Continued from page 11) to pay back $300,000 to the com- pany after he had netted $1,000,000 from its sale. From then the Morosco deal be- came a tangled skein, s^ays Ellis, in bthalf ot investors. These developments came, he charges in his answer to the note suit: 1—Morosco entered a contract to sell liis personal stock given him in the transaction, through Ben Leven of'New York City, who formed the Morosco Sales Company, tiius, charges Ellis, "to perpetrate a tre- mendous fraud on the public." 2—It was discovered that theatrcr leaseholds turned over to the cor- poration by Morosco were burdened by liens totaling $30t),0C0, that other enterprises were in debt and that Morosco was practically bankrupt. 3—That Lcven's sales company started a gigantic stock selling campaign to unload practically worthless stock on Central New York and up-state Investors. 4—That literature containing "atrocious misrepresentations" that the assets of the corporation were free an^clear, and that stock, was paying huge dividends, was cir- culated. The literature gave Im- pression that the Morosco Holding Corporation, and not the sales company, were the stock sellers, is the claim. Inveigled by the literature and talka with salesmen for the stock, Ellis claims that. In (uimmon with other prominent Investors in this vicinity, he sunk $2,100 in the en- terprise, buying one share of pre- ferred ant" four shares ot common stock. Ellis said he paid 4500 down and gave a $1,600 note "to myself at the Third National Bank here. No stock was given him then or later, he says, Ellis, still in the dark as to the affairs of the company, paid $500 on the $1,600' note at its maturity Feb, 11, 1923, and made a new note for $1,000, on which he paid $500 May 11. Then he signed a new note for $600, which is the source of litigation. Meanwhile, he s.nys. he became aw.irc, along with other New York in\e.stor.s, something was wrong. He -charges that, to trick makers of notes to the company, a con- s|>iracy wa.s formed between Leven. the sales company and Nikolai Miller of New York, who now claims to be the holder of the $600 note and who is suing Ellis hero. Kllia cl.Tims: 1—That Ix-veii know that thoii- .s.Tnds of doll.ira paid in by investors were going to pay Morosco's debt.s. 2—That profli.s of motion pic- Uires assiKiiod to the holding com- pany wfre paid upon liens. "—That Leven, knowing notes .ind contr.icts were unoollcct.ible by himself or the Morosco *?ales Coin- p.iny, brouglit in a third party, Miller, ostensibly innocent of fraud, to collect the notes. ■1—That Leven indorsed the notes to Miller without the knowledge of Ellis, who says he thoutlit the PHULT BUSINESS (Continued from page 20) terest. "Ashea of Vengeaii«^'^^ opened Monday. (Capacity irST^ scale 35 and 50 cents, matineea- «iij and 75 cents, evenings.) ' ^ Karlton—"To the Last Maa"'' (Paramount). This Zane Grey ^a» ^ ern yarn considered out of placeta't this house, but business was briskS-i^ than of late, gross going to $3 50?.* (Capacity, 1,100; 50 cent scale.) SMAU K. C. ROYAL DOES $12,000, SEATS 890 —■ -% "Six Days" the Attraction 1 Held for Second Week— 11 "Birth" Also Scores J Kansas City, Oct. 17. "Six Days" proved such a good.'^ draw at the Royal last week that It # waa held for another seven daya, and the prospect la business will hold up. The picture got away Sun- day to a big start, despite the fact it got the worst ot the locations la the Sunday papers, and the advance notices, written from preview runa^ jollied It a little. The Royal, while one of the lead- ing dow^ntown houses, is email, only seating S90, nnd the management boosted the prices from 35-50 to 'S 50-75 for the engagement, with the M result It clicked at $12,000, and wlll'u go three-fourths of that for the second week. The Newman, with Constance Tal- madge in "Dulcy"; the Kelly Danc- ers in an interpretative ballet. Al- leen Stanley, vaudeville feature, and • numerous units of entertainment, fnlle<I to make as big -a. splash In the w^eek'a amusement puddle aa anticipated, but held up to near normal. Star and picture were both well liked by patrons and critica. but there was too much going on elsewhere to give the house any record-bre.aking days. "A Chapter in Her Life" was the Liberty's offering. It failed to at- tract much notice. The picture was. well received, but the count-up was disappointing. The Twelfth Street, now under the management of Jack Roth, who has several ot the leading residen- tial houses In his string, put in an orchestra, featured "Birth of a Na- tion," and boosted the prices from a quarter to 50 cents. The house ia next door to the Pantages. and tha circus billing for the "Birth" al- ^ most hid the Pan's entrance. Thera tS are many visitors In town, espe- cially from Kansas, where the pic- ture ia barred, and business jumped to around $3,000. not bad for thia house, which hoa been hittins arour " 31,500, The pciture has been held over. .'__Z Just around the corner from both S the Pan and the 12tlv Street tha '^ Empress la opening today with mu«. iS sical tabs and pictures, which will, r add another house to the already j crowded 12th street district Last week's estimates : Newman — "Dulcy" (First N«" "'' tional). Beats 1,980; pricea, 40-M , mats.. 65-75 nights. Conatance Tal- madge starred. Completed plcturea of the r"all Festival film testa wera ': shown as an added feature, and- _^ Alleen Stanley, "the Phonograph 's Girl," was the special feature. All '!j Interpretative balled "Dance of tha Hours," by the Kelley dancers, com- pleted an unusually Interesting en- tortalnrhent bill. Grossed around $12,000. Royal—"Six Days" (Goldwyn). seats 890; prices raised to 60-7$. Picture strongly advertised, the no- a tices calling attention that It would i^ not be shown at any other house s for 60 days after this engiigement * Went to $12,000. Held for the sec- | ond week's showing. » Liberty—"A Chapter In Her Life" •? (Universal), capacity 1.000, pricea 40-50. Jane Mercer featured. Pic- ture failed to cause much talk, there seemingly being a lack of appeal Grossed around $5,500. Twelfth Street—"Birth ot a Na- tion" (.seats 1.100), prices raised from 25 cents to 50 cent.". Plrture has been s-en here many times, but has a certain draw on ai-eouiit of its extensive ailvorti.sing. ProbalJly r»- celved considerable patrijn.iRO thl*— time from visitors from Kansas, where t'. e "Birth" is banned. About $3,000. Opposition first runs: "East Siile. West Side," I'antages; "CJuo Viilis." Empress; "Dollar Devils." Globe; and "Noi.-e In Newboro." Malnstroet. Three Men Hurt in Auto Crash Los Angeles. Oct. 17. P.egliiald Denny. Ben Hendricks and Chock Goodrich were badly In- Moro.sco Saie3 Company held tho'jured in .an auto crash near Beverly.