Variety (June 1924)

i;»r:i; > "^v * .V-.-- ;-*r^'«*i» -- Wednesday, June 4, 1924 VARIETY '47 Hallo, haOOk hello* Vto • food olw won K« 9m tho aUN tkat** alway* ftwrt <na two fma, IMWIB ud DODT. w«r« a tic hit at th* Ifaw York Hlppo- Crom* I*^ VMk and I * T Cl«ara war* « Mc hit with liowla and Dody on Broad- ▼ay. UYOGARS Tho Show World's VhTorltoa Wt 7th Ato. X. T. Oppu Colambia Thoa. PRANK- -OLIVE ROSE and THORNE Herman Ore«n wtya he don't care wbo writes' the alogana for Bob Murphy*!' Meal fiumxner reaort. BINGHAM fSAACa. South Royal- ton, Vermont, aa long as he la able to ro there and enjoy It alL Mose Oumble aayls, "Better than Blackwell'a Island and auperlor to Sing Sing." I All defendanta aentenced to Bing- ham Beach will etart aerrlng their aentencea July first BOB MURPHY and ALF. T. WILTON, Sponaor just concluded 45 weeka of con- aecutive playing, so will now do some consecutive fishing at "The Shack," Tustin. Mich. No Jumps for ua boya; we're per- manent fetock actors. Orpheum, San Fjnfmclsco, last week, and thla week and next week. No fares, no ex- cess, but the Jokes, the hoke and the cotnmlsh continue. >, • • t J* • ■' Tone 9—Orpheum, San Francisco OLSEN and JOHNSON THERESA KITTY O'CONNOR SISTERS - ."I. NOVELTY SINGING Just Completed 78 Consecutive Weeks Over Orpheum and Keith Circuits Direction WIUJAM JACOBS BILLY HUB ZUHN and DREIS Dementas Americanusr—Habitat North America KOTR—Zahn and Dreii closed their season Jane 28 at Seventh Street Theatre, Minneapolis. Mr. and Mr*. Zuhn will accompany Mr. Drela to hit farm, where they will spend their vacation at EAGLE LAKE, MINN. The act will open Sept. 1 for five week* at Philadelphia. robins Into the M. P. A. or Shirt>ert camp, saying they have not Inter- fered with EJqulty's direction of its organization. The McCeok opinion about the SO- SO plan was: "The court la not prepared to find It unlawful. The Equity actora have •xpresely abandoned the extreme position previously maintained. The contract can not be aald to Im- properly Interfere with competition, since admittedly more than ninety per cent of all actors are already members of Equity. On Ita face it la not unreasonable or conducive to grenter control of the profession than already exists." Managers 50-50 The court appeared to consider the Idea of the round robin ar-' rangement and the subsequent formation of the new managers' association about BO-50. The justice devoted much attention to the in- ternal fight tjnong the managers. The decision stated that the P. M. A'a bylaws make provision for ac- tion against members who secede. The court's comment or the 80-20 agreement Itself was that it Is "neither illegal or unreasonable." Equity, which had hesitated about going ahead with the new contracts pending the decision, yesterday had »1I members aecure the new forma. The uaual two weeks' notice form with the changed conditions (printed In thla week's "Variety") is called a "minimum" contract, rather than "atandard," the term used for the P. M. A.-Equity form. Managers in the M. P. A aald they were glad the court had up- held their action. One of the Shubert faction leaders said: "Don't Like Our Facet." "It's a funny thing about that other crowd. They are willing to take on the same 80-20 agreement, but object to our bunch. We are willing to turn over the agreement to fem and have them drop the charges against us. Looks like they don't like or faces or something like that." With the court finding no objec- tion to fi ■ bolting members sign- ing with Equity, the fravity of the charges filed against tho Shubert group may be lessened, although the court stntea action for such matters Is provided for in the bylaws. Barclay in "Be Yourself" The principal comedy role in "Be Yourself" has been given to Don Barclay. This is the new Jack Mc- Gowan-A. Baldwin Sloan musical which Willie EdclsteIn Is produc- ing. Get Your New Act Now Wa are here to write new onaa or doctor up your ^\fi one. Wa write anything from ape- eial aonga to musical comedy. Tad Charll*^ MacI£AN\WIl^N I Baainaaa Haaacer, CHARLIE VyiLSON Batal MarkwoU. Mow T«rk A Bobby named Henshaw, Whlla aeeklni; an Bncore, Met Mlsa Vera Van Attan, A aweet la«8 from Manhattan, Who Jumped up and at em' And la now both HENSHAW and ENCORE Two New Sports in Towi| 4 ENGLISH MADCAPS CISSY, BLSIE, WALLY and the world's wonder wing dancer, ZELLA Look out for their new act. For next season will present a whirlwind of novelty in the dartce world. Something entirely Agent: ALF T. WILTON FRED MACK Manageress: CISSY MADCAP ALEXANDRIA and OLSEN Clowning, Hokum Laughs Galore, Oh, you" Sophie Tucker Weber Girls and'^iok'e Not one dull moment. COOK and COAN Klassy Klowns Klowning Funmaklng Supreme Rollicking Humor Our after-piece la a scream. Lay offs we have none I should say not Count our laughs?? Impoaalble, they come as fast aa cannonahot. Tber* ain't no fll«( on we*. Bora, ther* ain't no flies on we«. There may be files nn eome ot you cvyib But there ain't no flies on wee. LADDIE and GARDEN with apoloslea to Pop Cameron, tell t-oula I have another aolf suit. IDA MAY CHADWICK Pemtanent MaiUng Address N. V. A. CLUB, NEW YORK CITY BURT SWOR OUT OF MINSTRELS-INTO VAUDEVILLE Direction HARRY WEBER Blanche Sherwood and Brother Booked Solid Keith and Orpheum Direction MARTY FORKINS CABABEl (Continued from Page 7) unique experience a few nights ago of nursing an unpaid dinner bill of $64, and then falling heir to a check for the like amount, signed by one of two tired, young business men who visited the Village to forget their cares. The two looked good, from the business angle, and Babette chatted with them as their bill mounted from $16 to $60 ai.d kept on climb- ing. But when Babette turned to chat with some fresh 'customers the two birds disappeared. Patrons going from Raymo's to Jimmy Kelly's, three doors away, laughingly carried the story along and Babette, learning i)i. boys had slipped into Kelly's, dropped on 'em, but the best she got was a check. Sydney Carloa (Carlos and Min- erva), while merry-making rt the Con' Mine Cabaret, Greenwich Vil- lage, came near slipping through the door of a "hoosegow." A number of performers, and tho usual motley throng of guests, were playing about when two prohibition en- forcement agents, who had been sitting around, discovered a chap strengthening his ginger ale and decided to "make a pinch." When the blow fell It chancerf that Carlos was leaning playfully against the cash register and the agents, assuming he was tho pro- prietor, said: "Slip on your hat, and come along." The owner "piped up," and caught the pinch, thereby allowing Carlos to breathe a little easier. Texas Guinan, resigning from the Beaux Arts, Is reported to have signed aa hostess for the new sup- per club In a building in Weat 46th JACK DANGER What the manager of th4 James, Columbus, thinks ot^ HARRY GARLAND Mr. Harry Garland, Jamea Theatra, '^^y^-'.j- Columbus, Ohio. Dear Mr. Garland: Tou are caualng patrona of th4 Jamea Theatra and nyaelf no and of amuaemant and-high-claaa anter^ talnment thla waek. and It glvea m* pleaaure to aay that I am mora than pleased with our bill this weak, an4 that you are filling tha next-tO'^ closing position as It should ba dona. May you have great auocaaa in other theatrea that are fortunata enough t6 have you aa ona ot th^ acts. Very truly yours. Benrv f' tiger, Mgr, HARRY GARLAND \ Touring PantagM Cire«dt ■'■■■ «• ■ 4 I m Tt ETHEL SEELEY praaanta AND HIS BANJO KINGS A Distinct Novelty with an HAWAIIAN ATMOSPHERE How on Pantages Ciremt for liquor violations. John Cornall, Charles and Robert Cornell ara co- defendants. The Marlborough caf« and restaurant la operated by th* •Cornells. street, formerly the home of the Friars. The club opened this week. It Is reported that Fay, former taxi man, is back of the new night club. .,. Louis Stillman, 85, 914 Hoe ave- nue, Bronx, owner of Stlllman's Gymnasium at 918 Eighth avenue, where most of the prominent pugil- ists train, was arraigned before Magistrate Levine in West Bide Court on a charge of conducting boxing exhibitions without having a license from the State Boxing Commission. Stillman waa amn- moned to court after Captain Wil- liam Kelleher and Lieutenant ISd- ward Frye, West 47th street sta- tion, testified that they entered the gymnasium and were charged 26 cents each and then witnessed sev- eral boxing exhibltlona Stillman claims they are not exhibitions, but merely tho men going through the routine of training and condition- ing themselves for fistic encounters. Stillman was paroled until Mon- day, when he will be represented by Senator James J. Walker. "The Passing Parade of 1024" Is the title of the revue opening at the Rendezvous, Los Angeles, his week. Gordon Fielding is doing the pro- ducing of the show which will have 12 people. Tha season 1:. over in Havana. It ended abou* April 15. Thi-re Is no demand at present fo.* dancers or cabaret acts In that Cuban city. Reports have been around scnneone has been Inquiring of agents In New York for dancing teams in Havana. Padlock proceedings have been begun by the Government against the Broadway-Marlboro Realty Corp., 1^9 Broadway, Acw York, Floranea Schneider, 24, 10< Wasf 69th atreet, former dancer at Mou- lln Rouge, withdrew, her complaint of grand larceny against Joseph Dickson, 28. 2128 Broadway, and Charles Thomaa, <0, 330 Weat 86th street, when they were arraigned before Maglatrate Levins In Waai Side Court. Tha dancer had charged both men with atealing a diamond atudded watch from her following a poker party in hei! apartment last Sunday morning. Miss Schneider told the maglstrata that following tha arrests she had found tha watch on the floor in a corner. Both men wcra dismissed. COURTNEIDGEBACK j At 64, Raturna to Stage After 80 Yaara Away Ix>ndon, June 8. After 30 years' absence from tha stage as an actor, Robert Courts neidge has returned and Is appear* Ing In the provinces In a revival of the old farce "On Change." Sixty-four years of age, he waa famous in the provinces as a pro* ducer, notably In Manchester, lone before the London publis had heard of him. Then he produced "The Arca« dlans" at the Shaftesbury. Other ot his successful West End shows hava been "The Bohemians," '"^tie Cinema Star," "Tha Man from Toronto," "Tom Jones," and "Paddy the Next Best Thing." He waa also instru- mental in presenting a provincial Shakespearian touring company for seasons at tha Savoy.