Variety (June 1924)

' 44" VARIETY ^^MBt«d«y. Jum4.tttl THE BRIANTS (WALTER and PAUL) To 'AU Our Friend* of the "Greenwich Village FoUie^ and in Vaudeville, We Convey Oar Best Regard* AT PRESENT PLAYING RETURN DATE AT THE LONDON CCHJSEUM AND DOING NICELY, THANK YOU PERMANENT LONDON ADDRESS MESSRS. REEVES & LAMPORT 18 Charing CroM Rd., W. C. 2 AMERICAN ADDRESS Care of MARINELLI AGENCY 245 West 47th Street, New York ^ EDNA WALLACE HOPPER (Continued from page 1) fn*. She la free enough, but still hooked, nuttrlmonially. Bert Brown la rated one of the handaomeat men on Broadway. He haa talked the matter of divorce over with Mlea Hopper, taking the posi- tion that he will not ofTend her by atartlng proceedings, but requesting bar a number of tlmea to do so—any DIXON'S Hairdressing Parlor 2626 Broadway, New York B«tw«aa titb and lOOtb BtrMU Phone T4«4 Blvantd* Thaatrtcid Wlas (or Sale er Hire state and under any condltlona she desires. But she balka. When Bert asked her the last time Just why, she looked htm straight In the eye and said, "Because I lore yoiL" The Browns married 14 yeara ago. They have been aaparated nine yaara. It was Immediately after Miss Hop- per's return from a trip to Paris that liert moved to the Lambs club. Something happened abroad. It was understood, that led blm to walk out. Brown was formerly a stock broker and considered a wealthy man. Miss Hopper refused to wed him when be was In boalnaaa with several branches. Including an ofBce at the Plaza. His business was forced to the wall. Two days after a receiver was named they were married. Miss Hopper's claim to being 84 years of age is also looked upon as preaa work. She la within a few montha of Brown'a age, and he la SI —but looka 10 ^eara younger. Miaa Hopper'a birth oertlfloata was destroyed In tha FYlsco fire. Latter, whan BrowB had a cartala traaaac- tlon to flBlsh at tha coaat. It waa naeeaaary for hla wlta'a age t* be clearly aet forth. Upon tha affldavlta of three persons flied in court at that time her age waa establlahed. Mlaa Hopper Is reported cleaning up on tour. She has four advance agents and is playing week stands as a rule. While her regular appear- ances are quite profitable, the real money Is understood to be gotten from the apeelal momlnga for wom- en only. Those sessions are held In the theatre generally, but aometlmea In hotel baUrooma. It la then that Mlsa Hopper takes a bath in view of her audlenc*. Ad- mlsalon to the for-women-only event Is 25 cents, but there Is a sale of prep- arations which Miss Hopper claims will raatora youth to woman of mtd- dla age or beyond. Tha pep-restoring stuff la la the form of pllla. Hundreda of dollars are taken In at each session, women taking ono look at Edna and then grabbing for the pills. tre after the Rev. Dr. Winders, ex- ecutive secretary of the Church Federation of Indiana, and EL S. Shumaker. superintendent of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League, had complained about the film. Kingston ordered the house re- opened when be. found no affidavit was on flle. Immediately afterward. Shanks and Capt. Roy Pope, his personal detective, and Kingston, went to the theatre, saw the picture, and the mayor found nothing In it to cen- sor. The same, picture ran here re- cently for two weeks without moles- tation from reformers. EQUnY'S HRST MONEY (Continued from page 1) Equity duea claims within tha first three weeka. Tha actor tn qneation la heavily In debt. Ha facea a |1,SOO garni- shee proceedlnga and owea $1,600 In debta Ineurrad for hla homo. But hla first money win be a forced col- lection by Equity. It la assumed that If there are many more playera than loba there alwaya wUl ba a long delinquent duea llat In Bqulty'a filea. When- ever auch membera do secure en- gagements they wUl have to "kick in* to obtain paid up standing. Equity lefulera probably figure on the delinquent list, but expect to collect the dues In the long nn. MAYWITHHOLDREPORTS (Continued from page 1) to amend the present Copyright Act When questioned, following the action of tha Houae committee, which in executive session voted to withhold all reports until the next session of Congress, Senator Emat said that, due to "the uncertainty of the situation." he oould not make a forecast at this time as to what would or would not happen. Senator Frank B. Brandegee (R.), of Connecticut, stated he could not see wherein It would be "humanly possible to get any report on any of the several bills out this session with such a few legislative daya re- maining." It la believed here that the state- ment of Senator Brandegee covers the situation and that for the pres- ent the law governing copyright will remain as It Is. Washington seea also that a con- certed attack haa been opened on the Copyright Act and expects that sooner or later the present law will be changed. when vacancies occur on selling stalls. In some instances the actors re- ceive part traveling expenses and a high percentage on sales. In other Instances they are allowed nominal expense accounts m lieu of transportation expenses which in Itself is a saving to the firms rep- . resented and also some extra changa for the performers. The actors are given two weeks* trial to make good as salesmen. If they show possibilities they are con- tinues indefinitely. THE FAMOUS SCHOOL OF ACROBATICS and Stndio for Stage Dancing We Quarante* Raanit*. FAMOD8 BTDDlOfl. HAVBX BlJIU>INO ttS Went ««th StiMt (Mala Vioar) Phoaa ISSa Bryaat NKW TOKK Guerrini d Co* '. TiM LMSIiif tat LmjmI ACCORDIOR FACTORY M M* Ualto* SKIaa Tb« eoly r*rtoi» Uuit maliM anj w of RMdl — ■•il< tt mod. 177-271 CdimkW AnaiM •■■ FrudM* Cm. Canadian Padflc •*iT SPAM* mm woato** T. STBBBINQ, Qeneral Agent, Hadlion Avenue at 44th Street, New Tork RlDiCllLOUS WORK (Continued from page 1) Charlea Jonaa and Captain Edward Sehabart bo aummonod to tha In- quiry. Jonaa ordered tha operatora of the thaatro to atop running "Three Weeks' within IS mlnutea or auffer arraaC Tho operator had no other film to run, and tha ahow was closed. Schubert aent Jonaa to tho thea- ACTORS AS SALESMEN (Continued from page 1) custom has grown to such an ex- tent several New Tork firms are giving the stage folks perferenea Spanish Dancing Stodio TMwh4e bU klnda of Spasdah IhUMee, Alan naa et Oaataaeta. AURORA ARRIAZA ••1 Ibdlaoa Ave., ear. Stth St.. Plaaa tlOC NKW TOKK OITZ rOB gAUEt van Hm of Spaolah Bhamtak CMubs. Oeitaaeta. St*. 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