Variety (June 1924)

-■^c*-'-^-^^: ^.v^-w • Tr^>?i ^ VARIETY WtdnaOmy, June 26, 1924 r VERSATILITY-ORIGINAUTY—PERSONAUTY FLO- UJE in "TELLING TALES" By FRANCES NORDSTROM This Week (June 23) B. F. KEITH'S, BOSTON Represented by MORRIS & FEIL RODEO RIDERS HEROES (Continued from page 3) th« direction of Ruth Allen, an American actress, and she announces her intention of bringing the or- Canlzatlon to London. The programs now being staged mr* In the nature of variety per- formances with long tallcs by Prince UTTLEJOHNS RHINESTONES"^ 2S4 Wast 46th Street. New York Tovalou-Hoenou, of Dahomey, about negro art. Plays are scheduled tor presenta- tion and, among others. Nan Bagby Stephens' "Roseanne" Is being con- sidered. M INERS MAKE UP Est. Henry C Miner, Inc. WANTBD — SOCIAI. DIBECTOB AT ADVIiT CAMP, experienced, to coach theatrical!, entertainment* and all locial actlvlttra. State ezperlence and aalary expected. Addren Room 1401, >1 Court St., Brookljrn, N. T. Another Lehar operetta la being talked about. This is "When the Lark Sings," which may be seen in London ere long. His previous mu- sic mixture "The Three Graces" did not fare very well, though "The Merry Widow" goes merrily from revival to revival. "Morals." The intention Is to e^lve the piece at the summer resorts and bring It to London in the early fall. Additions have now been made to the Coliseum act drop which con- sists of portrait figures of theatrical celebrities. The additions include the flgure of Sir Oswald StoU's mother, Mark Hambourg, Vesta Tilley, Anatol* Fr<aic« and d'An- nunzio. Joseph Kessler is bringing over Max Gable and Jennie Goldstein for a season of Yiddish plays, opening at the Pavilion, Whitechapel, the home of Yiddish drama and pulling on the biggest Hebrew audience In Great Britain. The company opens June 18. The Three Hundred Club extends its activities far into the summer, making a production June 29 of "A Comedy of Good and Evil" by Richard Hughes and promising an- other before the fall. When Jules Eckert Goodman's play "Chains" is done over here by J. E. Vedrenne, It will be renamed / 80N6S _ THAT FIT IN ANY ACT ANDMAKe A BIGACT BIGGER. The Song of Songs' InIheGardengfToMorrow' LOVE'S First Kiss After some years' rest Herbert Darnley will return to management in August. His new show will have Fred Kitchen as the star. The players In the first Grand Gulgnol four plays to be produced June 10 are Norman McKinnell, George Bealby, Cyril Cattley, Stock- well Hawkins, Richard Bird, George Owen, Henry Oscar, H. G. Stoker, Nora Johnson, Isobel Elsom, ' Ivy Williams. Bealby was the leading man during most of the long Grand Gulgrnol run at the Little. The pub- lic are voUns for the revivals they prefer. some heartburning In the tiord Chamberlain's offlco. "Our Betters," at the Globe, reg- istered 300 performances May >0, and "The Parmer's Wife" 100, June 6. "The Green Goddess" also reached 300, June 2, on which occasion Mary Merrall took up tfae part created here by Isobel Elsom. The next at the Savoy may be a new play by Monckton HolTe, unless It is decided to put the Rafael Sa- batini play, "The Snare." Into that theatre Instead of the Garrlck, as at first Intended. It Is certain "The Lure" Is not alluring enough to at- tract the public much longer. E^ SUCCE9SF0LLV FEATURED BV HEADUNEACTS PROF. COPIES AND ORCH. SENT UPON REC^UEST CHAPPELL-HARM5.INC. 185 MADISON AVE NEWVbRK Dolores, who, before becoming the adored of Chelsea's long-haired art colony, was a member of the Pav- lova company. Is shortly going to make her reappearance as a dancer in a West End revue. AMEBICANS IH EUROFE Paris. June 15. In Paris:: Jesse L. Laaky; Ret- nald Werrenrath, baritone; Wil- liam Dana Orcutt. novelist; Ersa Pound, poet; Major E. Alexander Powell, explorer and Journalist; Edna Ferber, novelist; Leopold Stokowski, leader of Philadelphia Symphony; Carmel Myers, picture actress; Juan Johnston; John Heath, pianist; Ina Claire, Leonore Ulrlc; Mrs. Frieda Hepole; Lionel Barrymore; Irene Fenwick; Lester Donahue, pianist; Mr. and Mrs. J. Delaquierre; David Mannes.^ con- ductor of Metropolitan concerts; Julia Lee; Marguerite St Clair; Gerald Gerome; MaNe Dressier; Richard Crooks, tenor. R. Giolitto. of the N. Y. Metro- politan Opera, passed through Paris, having landed at Havre with the Savoie passengers. William Martin, formerly a mem- ber of the Harvard Glee Club, ap- peared with Marguerite Namara in the leads of "La Vie de Boheme" at the Opera Comique, and both were given an enthusiastic recep- tion. Douglas, Fairbanks. Jr., has ar- rived in Paris with his mother and will remain throughout the sum- mer. 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