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VARIETY Wedne8da7, July 9, 1924 AU REVOK, BUT NOT GCXM>-BYE 1 1 THE CHAMPION STRONG MAN OF THE WORLD Concluding a Record-Breaking* Triumphant Tour Bid* American Adieu—Sailing S. S. ^'Columbus/' July 10th Returns to the U. S. A. This Winter. Having No Representative, Agents and Managers Address All Communications Direct 1819 BROADWAY New York City » U. S. A. VILLA BREITBART Friedrichsthal BERLIN, GERMANY BREITBART .>v; N. B. — BREITBART, the Superman of the Ages, Has Broken the Topmost Attendance Records Everywhere as Eaoily as He Severs the Links of the Strongest Chain Th Palace cornea back strong this week with regular mid-season vaudeville, with Fannie Brice In the lights. Ann Greenway comes from a cabaret revue In Chicago and provides the musical comedy touch capitally, while Brown and Sedano's string quintet provide a -welcome relief, and register strong- ly in consequence. The only fault at the opening matinee was its length with only one act, a Jap closing number, do- ing a number of minutes that can be set down in one figure, and with four numbers running In excess of 20 minutes, while Miss Brice doing more than twice that long. Bobby Randall apologized for doing an en- core number by citing that the show was running long, and in all held the Stage for 27 minutes, too long in ■pite of his unquestioned success. Neville Fleeson, song writer, and Ann Greenway in "Samples" held the stage 23 minutes with as clever a number of the kind as vaudeville has known. The show in strong on novelty (Tom a standpoint of accepted vaudeville. Migonetto Kokin and GUARANTEED STORAGE Fully Insured FREE Afl au acrommodntlon to the th^ftfrlcal profeaAion you can • tore your furs with Uf> FREE OF CHARGE Tou are under no obligstton. Our recomniendatlona are many hundreds of theatrical patrona. Blumenfield's Fur Shop 204 State-Lake BIdg., Chicago Phone UKARBORN IZ3S WORK CALLED FOR Our R*><rMeM—AmrCM In SkMr BiitiaMI Co. started it with a two-people revuo placed to cIo.se the show at the I'alace last September and bet- ter spotted opening. Mis.i Kokin does a Ilusslan number and so does Mis.s Brice, but with the headl,iner next to closing this conflict Is min- imized. Henry Hegal and Co. give novelty to a burlesque of vaudeville with acrobatics specialized. Al K. Hall, with a '24 version of "The Sap," now placed "at the stage door," wa« forced to an encore, but maintained the character by turning a speech into comedy. A spot effect with a song done by Stanley* Mack was particularly effective. Mr. Fleeson has provided some material which makes his number with MIsa Greenway delightful throughout. Randall is doing prac- tically the same act as at the Pal- act In February. ■ Elizabeth Brown presents three dances, high-grade vaudeville accomplishment, and her partner, Sedano, handles her splen- didly and gives the final number a finish which compels enthusiastic appreciation. The string quintet scored biggest with an Indian num- ber, though M. Jewrev.sky's violin .solo stood out importantly. After MI.SS Brice the Kitaros, Japs, closed thd show capitally, al- though the performance ran too long for it to be possible for this worthy act to hold all the people in. same routine that they Introduced in the big act. Walter and Mae Siegfried In com- e<fy sketch could not seem to get .started. The first three minutes fell short. The idea Is there, but could .stand a little bolstering by insert- ing a few sure-fire "gass." as the .situations are humerous. Bi:iy Farrel an^ Co., a singing and dancing revue, were the first real agency, is spending his annual va- cation at his home at Fort Smith, Ark., where he formerly was stage manager of a vaudeville house on the Hodklns circuit and from which he graduated into the profession as a ohalr equilibrist. Jean Boydell has been placed under contract by the Orpheum circuit for three years. Miss Boy- dell had her first important .show- ing at the Palace recently. Frank A. P. Gazzolo, manager of the Studel-aker, is going to run ex- cursions from points within 300 miles of Chicago to see "Abie's Irish Rose." Earl Stewart, manager of the CORRESPONDENCE Th« cities under Correspondence in this issue ef Variety are as follows, and on oaaes: ATLANTIC CITY 31 BALTIMORE 30 CHICAGO 30 INDIANAPOLIS 33 LOS ANGELES 33 SYRACUSE 31 WASHINGTON 31 A good bill that played to half a house at the Majestic with little encouragement from the audience. Bartram and Saxton and Pisano and I.,.'indauer were the outstandiag hits of the afternoon. Clal^e and Atwood, mixed comedy knockabout turn, opened the show to a handful of people and barely got over. The act worked hard and did not cut, but the results were futile. Bud and Jack Pearson, dancing team in grotesque make-up, proved adequate in the deuce S'pot. The boya are offering practically the ARTISTS VISITING CHICAGO!!! lARE GEORGE LEIDERMAN'S Best Food INVITED RENDEZ-VOUS CAFE o.X».r,;V. I y|3|J Diversy Parkway at Broadway orciTestri'*'' bright spot. It starts a.<» a two- people turn, but is interrupted by an old couple in the audience. The usual talk follows, with the couple invited on the stage going through a routine of singing and dancing that scored. The act outside of it being a novelty la entertaining. Bartram and Saxton scored ef- fectively. The boys look good and possess highly cultivated voices. Rose Maurau's Revue, six women and three men, is poorly arranged. As the turn stands It is a good flash for the smaller houses, depending on the bagpipe finish to put it over. Pisano and Landauer had a hard time getting their talk across, but Landauer's singing and the flnish helped them. This act no doubt would have registered stronger had the house been larger. Clemmens, Belling and Co., a nov- elty animal act, made an excep- tionally good closer. The pony kicking the ball out into the audi- ence had the hou.se In a continuous uproar. Karl Karey and Han.son and Bur- ton Sjsters were not seen this show. "Artists and Models" has an aero- plane that flies above the racetrack and ball parks exploiting the show. Charles Lynch, owner of the Tlflfln, North avenue, has had plans drawn for a new theatre on North avenue and Major streets, on the outskirts of Austin. Ben Tldwell, who books tlie Michigan tlmo in the Carrell Orpheum theatre at New Orleans, La., was called to Chicago as relief manager for the Palace. State- Lake and Majestic in Chicago dur- ing the summer period. The Chicago Are department went to the rescue of a couple of lone women with big bundles who were caught late Saturday night in the Delaware building. In the loop, when forcing an entrance over the Are escapes of the second story. Explanations developed that It was Mme. Lenore, a theatrical modiste, with ofllce and shops in that build- ing, with an assistant. They had worked late to complete a gown. In their eagerness not to disappoint, the women mad'e appeals to men outside, .soon attracted a crowd, and the re- sult was that the Are department got busy, with a flnale which pro- vided a laugh. BALTIMORE BY "T" According to a banner hung by Manager Ramsdell In front ot the R. Westcott King Studios tttS Vu nar«B St., CHICAaO, ILk Tel. West USO 'SCENERY THAT SATISFIES' VMoor Cartala* PletAre Settiasa Djt Bcenerr SpeclaUnta to VandeTiUe Creatloa* Baltimore Hippodrome last week, the Fourth of July was made fa- mous by "The Fighting American.". The "caps" are Manager Ram.s- dell's. ■.■ * The Maryland Motion Picture Theatre Owners hit the trail for Havre de Grace last Tuesday, where they assembled at the Hotel Bayou. Norman Clark, dramatic editor of the Baltimore "American." \.as on hand to represent the very necessary "fourth e^'tate." S. L. RothafM, otherwise "Roxy," was in town last week. He went down to the "Sun" building, stepped out on the platform t^side the loud ' speaker rela> ing the big show in Madison Square, and told of the plans of himself and "gang" in be- half of the radio outfits for dis- abled soldiers. Leonard McLaughlin, manager ot-. the Auditorium, the local Shubert house, is back after two weeks in coolest Colorado, and busy with the summer repairs and improvements to the North Howard Street play- house. Manager Sorlero of the White- hourst theatres, announces local talent Will be once more profes- sionally represented when Jose- phine Rochlitz, a mezzo-soprano, appears as the vocal unit on the Century program week of July 14. This is the second "Request Week" at the Maryland, the local Keith house, and for the second' time Willie Solar la in the bill. CHICAOO OFFICES OF AlIEBICA'S BEFRESEZTIA- TIVE MUSIG PUBLISHESS HARRY A. PEARSON, Manager IRVING BERLIN, Inc. Cohan's Grand Opera House Bldgt LEO FEIST, Ine. ROCCO VOCCO. Manager 167 N. Clark St., opp. Hotel ShermaN Fbeaa Dearborn MM '■^ JEBOME H. SEMICB: A CO. J. B. KALVER, Manager EDDIE LEWIS, AssL Manaa«r 634 Stata-Laka Building ^ FIiobm: Ceatnl 40to and DMu1>ora •■■ SHAFIBO, BERNSTEIN & CO. JOE MANNE, Manager Cohan's Grand Opera House BIdg. ART LANDRY'S BAND NOW IN FINAL WEEK OF SPECIAL LIMITED ENGAGEMENT AS SPECIAL ADDED ATTRACTION AT T. & D. THEATRE, OAKLAND, CAL: I Band Under Personal Management of FRED MEG30N Watch for Our Next Announcement