Variety (July 1924)

EP^' WednesAiy, July 8, 1W4 VARIETY 33 llUIar Carl ft M»tm«»» N»e« * C.rlUl. joiner * Fo.ter B,mln»ry Bo»iia*l» gam B M*"" IrfCIaIr * Sampwn MONTBBAI. liMW Bell * LeClalr Polly'* Pe»rl« t Rounder* _ Ckulfleld RJtoW* Co jnCWABK, ». i- Boy * Arthur Murray * QerrlaB pardo It Archer Gordon ft Qray Queena SyncopntioD MKW OKI.BAK9 Creareat Downey * Clarldge Hilton Beria Caverly ft Wald Clark ft VHIanI Oeorrla Serenadern OTTAWA, CAN. lioew Pnra Croaa ft B Sammy Duncan Kerr ft Bnal»n ClaTk ft Roberta pance 6hop PAUSAnES. M ( Belllolta Aerial DeGOff* ■aymoya PBOTIDBMOB t. Palarmo'a Canlnaa ■ AM Bock Harrla ft Vaugha td halt 3 tt 3 Bnma Herman Berrena Foater ft Van STB'FIBU). ltA9S. Vwmiwmr J tt 3 BttrD* Herman Berrana roater ft Van (One to All) td halt Palarmo'a Canine* ■ * If Beck Harrla ft Vauchn (One to All) TOBOKTO T«av«-Bt. Morton Broa Frank Jonea The Honeymoonera Jan Rublnl ft Co Jeaji'a Clrcua WHITB PLAIMM 8tat« B ft B Conrad Liawia ft Roarera Morin 8ia Co (Two to All) Armand ft Perea Ford ft aoodrlcbr Janet Adair (Two to ftll) Fanwtck Slaters Veraatll* Bteppan Whltfleld ft Ireland • Beltorda TOtXDO, O. rmatMMta UttU ToBhl Nortblane & Ward Bherrl Revue C:*rl MoCullouth 4 Tallerona COLUMBVS, O. James Iran* Travatt* Heart of a Clown Tnck ft Clnn The Sherwoods (Two to All) INDIANAPOUS Lyrle Couchaa Jr Friend & Sparling Maureen Bnglln Will Stanton Co Pan ft Whit* Masellos IiODISVn.LE, KT Strand t liondona Tur*lly Maaaart Slaters Ed Blondell Sherman Van ft H Hugh^a ft Merrlt DBTROIT Bcgent Raaao White A Button Lawlor ft Oraser Currier MoWIlllams Fagan'a Band Rogera ft Doanellx Big Qeorg* MUes Tork'a Puplla Kraft A I^mont Roesltto Co Harry Abrama Wylle A Hartman Hollandera GUS SUN CIRCUIT WANTED '-, Specialty PaopU for VaudavilU ' AUoCOMEOY SCRIPTS Boom 221, Strand Theatre Building New Tork City FAHTAOES dRCUIT BUFFAI^ l4tfayett« Erford'a Oddities Chaa Moratl Co Rnghea Barke Co TAllman A Kerwin Twlnett* Botia <>> OENKTA, N, T. T*nplc lat halt Li DeVine A Cn (Two to nil) NIAOAKA FAL»l CatarMt . Li DeVlne Co Sterling Trio . Knight A ilawtelle Dancera Fr Cl'land 2d haU ' W Karbe A Slater Penny Bartlett A B Wylle A Hartman t Anderaon SIstera KOCHBiSTEnS Victoria Wylle A Hartman Penny Bartlett A B li halt Sterling Trio Knight A Sawtelle WABKBN, PA. UbalftF Floretta Shuffle Along.4. Dancera Fr Cl'land WESTESN VAUDEVILLE TOBOKTO rantatss (»-n) Jeaa Jackaon Tr McCarthy Slatera Jerry ft atria' Frank Farron (lertle Falla Co HAMILTON Paatagas • Uanaual J Xelly ft Brown Salllvan ft Myars Lndlle Benataad J F Conrpy Co cmcAOo Chateaa lat bait Davis A Fell* Miller A Capman Hal Johnaon Co CIccollnl Slatko'a Ravus HINNKAPOUS Fantars*. (Sunday opanlngi Derby A Terry Jerome A Evelyn B'way Entertainers R A B Brill Xverest'a Monkeys ' BEOINA, CAN. Psatacea (7-1) (gam* bill playa Edmonton 10-12) I< A B Dreyer Cantwell A Walker Chief Blue Cloa4 Meyers A H'neford (One to nil) CALOABX Fantag** Wonder Seal McOreevy A Petera Bohemian NIghta Bmlth A Allmaa 11 Pearl Dancera 8POKANB Pantagcs The David* Harkell A aay Eaatmaa .ft Moore . Dlnas Belmont U> 1 White Ktthna SAM FBANCI8CO FaMagas (Sunday opaning) DeViae A Gould Ruth Mix A Co Clifford A Marlon Shettalla FoMas L^Franc* Bro* UW AMOKUn (Sunday o»enlng) Balmus Irma ft C Chaa Keating Seymour A Cunard Stateroom It Tonle Qrey" Co DuBarry • BAN DIBOO Paurtagas Harry Tsuda Pureclla A Ramsay Nolan Licary (}e Ben N<* <)n* LARoaarlta Oriental S'naders IX>. BBACH, CAI.. Hoyt Sherwin Kelly BrgQttt* A Herman WellB A Rclair t Franda Renault Tllyou A Rogers Qautler'B Brlekl'era BAL-r LAKS ' Fantacaa Mary'a Pony Van A Tyaon Warner Amoroa t Liana A Freeman Kajiyama Roland Travera OODEN. VTAB Faatagea Adair A Adair Baye* A Smith WlgglnavUI* I Chuck Haas Alexander CHfCAGO .liaJ*aUs (Hair* A Atwood Karl Kary Hansph A B Sla Mr A Iilra Selgfried Bartram A Saxtob Rose Maura Rev Clewiena B Co Billy Farrell Co Bud A Jaok Pears B A J Pearaoa (On* to All) MINNKAPOU8 7th St. John McUnn Bdwarda A Dean Blenore Bella Co Ray Conlin Ben Marks Co McGrath A Deeds Tony A Qeorg* Co MII.VfAlJKBB Majestic LAdor* ABeckm'n Brown A L.aVall* Carnival of Venice Bllty Beard 1 Original Bilanka (Three to nil) ■OCKFOBD, ILL. Falaca BUI Utah Co Bradley H'n'ay (Four to All) ST. PAVL Palace Russell A Pierce Jack D'SylvIa Rev L. A H Wilson (Two to nil) 2d half Golden Bird Walter Brower (Three to nil) 80. BKND, IND. Palac* 4 Chicago Steppers Margie Coatea Ibach's Entert'ners (Two to AU) 2d halt Bill Utah Wright Dancers (Tbrcs to nil) ST. LOUIS Otaad Anna Vivian Co L«land A St. Clair Kendall Byton A S Leland A St Cla'r D narnet,t. Co Melville A Rule Trovato Jean Boydell i Melvlp Bros (One to All) lack of brilliancy In any one of tltem. The HarrinKton Slaters, second, are pretty and sweet, but have a lot to learn about vaudeville. The opening song is satisfactory, but the others fall badly to make an audi- ence forget the girls' limited vocal powers. An Improvement la the solo dance of one of the sisters which has been made into a fairly enjoyable little number. Two of the three changes of costume might be dropped for something brighter and more in the mode. Third, Zelaya, who has been around the three-a-day long enough to realize its patrons can't be fed on classics alone, conseequently he delivers a line of chatter on Jazz. He talks as fluently and garrulously as a sm.iUrtown barber. Mile. Nina and Co., fourth, were unable to hold up the spot as it should be. Mile. Nina's oriental dance is the real thing, but the rest of her work and that of Bacon and Fontaine, a roller-skating team In support, is nothing more than small- time opening or closing material. The turn did Just fairly well closing a flrst half that was almost devoid of laughs. After Intermission, Murray and Gerriah connected with the nearest thing to big-time standards on t le bill. The woman's Imitations may not be life-like, but are enjo ble and that Is all that Is necessary. She is a talented performer and coupled with her partner's likable personality shapld climb consider- ably, particularly with a few changes in the present act. Kelly and Wise, Bob and Chris and Walthour and Princeton (New Acts) followed, the flrst two getting their share of laughs and applause, but the last messing .up their bi- cycle work considerably at this performance. The fllm was Negri's "Montmartre." OBITUARY HARRY ANDREWS Harry Andrews, stage director of the Vaugfian Glazer Players at the Lyceum, Rochester, N. Y., and on* of the best known of stock directors was fatally stricken Sunday during a dress reheansal of "The Fascinat- ing Wid6w." A hemorrhage wa« given as the cause of death. Andrews, at the a^ of 9, was considered a vioUn prodigy, and later Joined the orchestra at the Frost Club, Buffalo. Inclining to a stage career, he Joined Jamen O'Neill, who was then touring in "Monte Crlsto." Later he went with the Wilbur Opera Co., and then be- came associated with Rose Stahl and Eleanor Robson. His start as a director was made with the Alhumbra Players in Brooklyn. 31nce the beginning of that work, 30 years ago, he handled many noted stocks throughout the country and' concluded as generil stage director for John Cort. Ho put on several shows for Q^orge Broadhurst, but bad been with Glaser for the past two seasons. private hospital In Cambridge, fol- lowing an operation. He was bom In Russia 44 years ago and bad lived in Andover for the last IS years. Besides his wife he leaves four sisters and three brothers. HARRY BOOKER Harry Booker, vaudeville veteran, picture actor and director, died June 28 in San Diego, aged 74. He had been III for two months. Booker first played vaudeville In ■N MKMOKY of a real friend X J. ROSENTHAL Who died July 12. 1921 JOHN CARNEY . Waldron's Casino. Boston JOSEPH W. SMITH Joseph W. Smith, former opera singer of Boston, died last week at his summer home in Hillsboro, N. H., aged 60. He was born in Eng- land and carAe to the United States when four years old. His opera career began at the age of 21. He sang in the flrst hers are aaily a few mrlglnal Jokes, aad aaost er Un as ■>* la Caasvaaa ' HELEN BIRM!NGH.i\M NAMiiy CNAsm astcai e. DaMarla I Mgbton A J'phlns llobt McRIm Co &ose Kress 4 SKATTIX Pantagcs Cannon A Lea Patrice A Sullivan Andra Sherri Revue Dewing A Buddy Jo* Fanton Co VANCOUVBB, B. C _, Pantage* Plerlot A ScoHeld Buddy Walker The Magleya Wills A Robblna Horo Caatis Orch BBI.UNQHAM Vaudeville Heddlngtons North A South Ulllan Oonne Roy LaPearl Co Trapa Beau B * I.ady F TACOMA Pantages . wlUe Bros Bart A Kern Ooaler A Lueby f«nder A ArmstCft Janet Adier's Fan-l POBTI.AND, ORE. Pantages Tangerine l-nlt TBAVEI. ^ (Open Wrek) winni* A Dolly DKNVKB, COVO. Pantagsa Th* Rios Casson A Klem F StafTord Co Jack Btrona* Chaa Ahaarn O COLO. SFBINGS Barn* (7-9) (Sam* bill plays Pueblo 10-12) Sonla A Escorts Jos Bernard Co Perman* A Shelly Sonla De Calve Morrlsaey A Casper Moscow Art Co OMAHA. NBB. Pantagcs Torino Wallace A May Orvllle Stamm Co Joe Jackson KANflAS CITY Pantage* Burns A Koran Kdna W Hopper Barly A Insight Uycnn Jnps ° MEMPHIS Puatag** Barto A Melvln Race A I2(lRn IiOve Fables Palo A f'alet Girton Qlrls Ol'INCV. I I.I. Pantagm Louise A Mitchell CITY , (Continued from page 31) ored team, deticed it to fair re- turns with chatter, songs and danc- ing, winding up with a Jazz cake- walk that provided a fast flnish. Kmerson, conjurer, followed (New Acts), Maxon and Brown, two men, angled hard for laughs with flimsy talk stuff, but flnally managed to win the crowd with buffoonery and dancing. Fred and Margie Dale offered their usual- dancing, anything but sensational, with the downtown au- dience withholding responso until the latter trotted out musical in- struments and tore off a fast fin- ishing dancei Nathans and Sully, another mixed team, also with dancing, were the nearest thing to a hit on the bill and suffered little through follow- ing the Dales. Nathans and Sully are accomplished dancers with an expert sense of showmanship that made their numbers go over with a bang. Nell McKlnley, singing comedian, closed with songs and clowning, working with a plant in a stage box, who more or less stole Neil's thunder through having a better voice for ballads. Nell dragged him in for three numbers and took as many encores, due to the melodious voice of his assistant. "The Spltflre" was the feature picture AMERICAN ROOF Individually the acts at the Amer- ican Roof flrst half were not so bad, but collectively comedy, flash and up-to-date snap were mi.ssInK. Re- sult was a show excfeedlfigly mo- notonous at times. Monday night It was really cool on the roof, so much set the .arms of the Eighth Avenue boys ere. t nn vn<l the thin dresses Of their •i.Is and nobody Hcemed to care. i;ut l)us<lness looked as bad as at some of the legit shows further u,> the bloek. There was just nliout one-quarter c.-xparity in the or.hes- tra and not much on the shelf and m the boxes. Noel Lester and Co. 61icnpn with an entertaining hodRc-iiodt;^ that Includes mftKlc. rope-walkinp. ven- trilo<|UV. JupRling and plenlifiil hoke. A good-looking girl U assisting Lester, whose ability In all these different flelds makes up for his KEITH'S, BOSTQN Boston, July 1. If you Mk them at. the Keith house in thia town, "When the show starts," they will tell you, "Five minutes past two," if It is a matinee. But that didn't mean anything Mon- day, for the show didn't get started until well after 3. Some of the acts bad already shown and the program was under way at about the sched- uled time, bat there was a noticeable lack of entertainment for some time after the curtain went m> on the flrst act. and the result was to ful'- ther petrify a small audience who seemed t9.be wishing that the Keith people would allow them to, take off their coats. The flrst break came when Mack and La Rue, the opening act, failed to show, and MeiUno, Listette and Kogan were pencilled in. Running several minutes with full stage the proper classlflcation for this act was still In doubt when they closed. It is three men. Probably they con- sider it a comedy-acrobatic act. The house could not see it that way. O'Rourke and Jackson, in second place, were a couple of boys who could Rlnp: numbers that have been more or less popularized with ease and a certain value. Neither was capable of stirring up an apathetic house to any extent. The Amelia Bingham act, divided with the Hllliam act for star honors on the bill, was on next. "Big Mo- ments from Great Plays" is an awful tough diet for a vaudeville house during the summer. It is something like offering roast beef to a person who craves milk. There are some who cannot produce enough Imagination to visualize Amelia Bingham as "Tosca." The high tone which the Bing- ham act would hrlng to a bir was speedily lost with the next. Rome and Gaut. Outside of the difference In build between these boys, there Is little else about them or their act to suggest comedy. Not a new act here. The B. C. Htlllam act did register better than anything else on the bill Hllliam must have realized he had a fairly tough Job on his hands when his act started, and kidded the house more or less with the proper spirit. For a star act he was placed pretty well up on the bill, followed by Duel De Kerekjarto, a violinist; Deagon and Mack, with the Three Longflelds, closing the show. IN MEMORIAM OF MT SI8TBR Mrs. E. S* Cohenl Who passed away June lOth. 1S24 May Her Honl Best la Peace HARRY GARLAND the early seventies as a member of the team of Canfleld and Booker. Hts last appearance in this Held was In "The Walking Delegate" with Jim Corbley In 1910. Some time later he entered pic- tures, playlns in Mack Bennett's Keystone Comedies. For the past four years he has acted in and di- rected comedies for the Fox studio* on the coast. A widow and sister survive. . . opera company of Keith A Batch- elder, opening in Philadelphia and later appeared at Keith's, Boston. He also sang with 'the old Castle Square Opera Company in the Union Square theatre. New York, and in all theatres on the Keith circuit where opera was produced. Later he became leading tenor with the Milton Aborn Opera Company and also tenor with the Jules Orau Opera Company. He Is survived by his" widow, Mrs. Lura F. Smith, and a son, Harold W. Smith of Boston. Mrs. Mary Jane Ford, one qt Oie oldest colonists of Australia, died at her home. Caulfleld, Melbourne, J«>4e 20, of Old age, being 91. She was the mother of Ed. E. Ford, the Ald«- traltao facial comediaa, now tilKfr Ing Keith time In America. Mrs. Ford had the distinction of belnctbe Florence Nightingale 'of the Aqs^ trallan Goldflclds, she being the flrtt nurse to arrive at the Castlentta^e, Victoria ^oldrush. In the early Ms when an epidemic of typhoid f«vM> was carrying the miners off Vks sheep. The mother, 74, of Libby BlOB- deli, died at -her home In BalldiHii, L. I., following a stroke <tf paralyidS. The father of Tom Watsrs disd June 27 at his borne In Sbenaiidodi. Pa. Ob>-< B>6e FRED H. HAYWARD Fred A. Hayward, M, ,for SO years connected with the theatrical busi- ness, died last Thursday in the Post- Graduate Hospital, New York. He had been suffering for many months with cancer of the liver. He was associated at one time with the Shuberts and prior to that with the old Vance and Sullivan or- ganization. In the last four years he had been In Plymouth, Mass., op- erating a hotel. Caroline Friend, the widow, survives. Funeral services were held Fri- day at 597 Lexington avenue, with Elks Lodge No. 1 in c'..-rge of the services. Interment was In Kensico cemetery. NOTES Charles Brown, who recently withdrew from the cast of "The Top Hole," sailed for London Sat- urday to spend the summer with his family in England. This is his flrst trip home in three years. With business not being any too good of late, a new wrinkle In get- ting attendance for the house has been the distribution of passes by a gas service station on the free park- ing spa-je belonging to the theatre to the customers. Blanche Picltard Smith, reported around Chicago and in the show boHintsB, . U urgently requested to cominui. Irate with her family ut K' rjoston avenue. Auburn, N. J. HARRY COOK HoraUo Greer Cook, known pro- fessionally as Harry Cook, tO, honorary president of the Los An- geles Society of Magicians, died in his home at Los Angeles, June 2S. Cook was a native of Connecti- cut and served through the civil war. He was present in Ford's theatre, Washington, at the time President Lincoln was assassi- nated. A good many years ago he appeared on the stage as a magi- cian ai.d since his retirement has never lost Interest in this fleld. A widow, daughter and grandson survive. About 35 years ago Mr. Cook wrote an expose on spiritualism. Gallagher and Shean are not to be i>roje<ted In "The Politicians," but are having an entirely new mu- sical VI men for their next season starling vehicle. OTTO ERNST 8CHMID Otto Ernst Schmld, «0, former manager of the German Theatre Company of Cincinnati, died in that city Saturday following an opera- tion. Schmld belonged to a family prominent in the theatre both here and abroad. His wife, Elsa Corty, who survives. Is an actress with the same Germany company. Schmld went t< Cincinnati In 1897 and won popularity as the leading man In the German stock company managed by his sister, Louisa Sf hmld. f'ince the war Schmid had been engaged In the linen and em- broidery Importing business. LOUIS RE8NIK Louis Rcsnik, owner of the Colo- nial theatre and also a cafe In An- dover, Mass., died June 21 In a lOc WEEKLY about CARNIVALS CIRCUSES ALL OUTDOORS MUSIC RADIO :: DISKS A BANDS ORCHESTRAS M 1 NEWS and REVIEWS ■*c* 72nd Year Ammrict^M OUmat Ami mmt Papmr The onl., papef In the worM de- voted exclusively to Outdoor Amtise- ments. ^_^_^___^^_^_^__^__ OUT WEEKLY. tOc