Variety (August 1924)

[CE20c '^i'[. AMUSEMENTS PRICE 20c • ■• f -■•* f ' -'. :f V :>. P«bltali«d WMkIr at If« WMt 4Mk St., Maw Tqrk, M. T, kr VMtotr. lae- AaawU ■ubMriptloa IT. Wacr* C0t»0a M orata Kat*re4 aa aaeoad daaa mattar Daeanbar tl. IMS. at tha Paal <Mtoa at Maw Tark. N. T, aadar tha Aat aC Maaek t. 1(T*. VOL. LXXV. No. 12 NEW YORK Cmr, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1SI24 56 PAGES OUTDOOR 'DICTATION' FLOPS iLANTAWAS AGAINST LYCEUM; GOING m HAU^ AND THEATRES Puurles G. Palmer, Head of K. K. K. in IllinoU and Creator of Klaaqua KJantauquas, Gives Scope in First Intenrieir—^No Money Making Objecttre Chicago, Auc S. KUntauqua* wUI contlirae the QUI and winter months, ; taailfl and op«ra hotwea instead I tents. This «tU Institute the first op- litlon the Xiyceum circuits hare ezperieoced, as it directly cuts I on their field. . JJl Klantauquas on the road are >w being equipped with specially (Continued on page 50) OPERA NEXT SEASON ON RADIO Chicago. Aug. %. To hear the opera next season thcr liuaio lovers will have to go to the NNra and pay. .With this decision is another— Skat the local broadcasting o( opera tl discontinued, and for ail time, lest seeuion, during which the op- iyj»» was freely broadcast, it became MHHdent that the cheaper seats re- IpWned unfilled. ^- MINISTER IN LEAD "^hfnk You" Next Play by Lake Placid Club p'V ■ lAke Placid, N. Y., Aug. S. F J Behearsals are now being held for i 'Thank You,"' the second of the plays which John Golden has given 'oyalty-free for production at the »*ke Placid Club. .The lead is to be played by Dr. Henry E. Cobb, a New York divine, 8>»*8t at the club. The other roles *U1 be played by guests and em- ~ as was the case with the mentation of "The First Year." HELLO, SUCOR! The first of a asrias of anec- dotes from th« colorful lif* and rare personality of ths fats Harry N. TamnrMn, ba- loved showman and aiditar, appeared in last week's issue and was hailed as a tid-bid of refreshing reminiscence. Publication will continue in- isms by one who knew him definitely of typical Tammen- intimately and loved him much. Watch for the weekly "Hello, Suckerl" stories. "Hello, Suckerl" in this issue is on pa)H 34. cMm ii[RS FIILTOMimiTIIIX UMinEE MABEL NORMAND OFF ^0 GOOD CIRCLES" "Pranks" Are Now Out for Picture Star—Continuing With Sennett Los Angeles, Aug. 5. Mabel Normand is tl^rough with pranks and traveling in circles which'do her no good. Such Is the statement she has made to Variety. Miss Normand says she has turned over a new leaf; that since the Dines shooting affair she haul not come into contact with either Dines or Edna Purviance, and Mabel (Continued on page 53) DUCK OF A FISH STORY Piltsfleld, Ma.s8., Aug. 5. Charles Dubers has trained a duck to flsh in Onata Lake, Pitts- fleld. He ties a fish line and a baited hook to the leg of a tame duel- and lets the duck swim back and forth across the lake. According to Dubers the duck Hwnm across the lake and back eight limos, bringing a pickerel each trip. Bi VV. J. politic, in his . natlon.'il A.ssoclat eat mr paying porta. •. II Bryan, Good Pay Chicago, Aug. 5 nryan. In spite at his busy life, finds ti»ne to fiend early checljrto the Inter- I.,yccum md Chautauqua ion He is one of the old- bers, and one of the best one*, the association ro- !*• Legi«biHy« Coa»- iMpmM of Little Um Tkroofh Members in Majorttjr DisregMrdinc the Comeuttee't Doe* and Raim for ReguiMtiea ofi Outdoor AanuemeBtt — Dick ColKiu, Pepvty Cbm- misMoner* Quits Disciuted —Of 74 Menbers Left in Committee, 80 Not in Good StandjnK—^Tom L. Johnson Resiarning FIRST **CZAR- FAILURE MAUDE ADAMS MAY RETURN TO PLAY IN SHAW^ "SADTT JOAT .V NegotiatioiM Now Under Cloiwideratidn hj Famom aikI Populwr SCM^--Skelck of Can«r>-tw» li dents Attacked—Reasons.for Great Success Chicago, Aug:. S. With the end of the .Showmen's I^egislative Committee, now In sight, comes the first crash of the amuse- ment regulator, or "Csar," of which there are three. Will H. Hays is in the successful lead of the picture industry. Augustus Thomas has (Continued on page 30) ^TTffi RIVAI5" WITH MRS. FISKE AND STARS Charles L Wagner Piloting One-Night Tour in Con- cert Fashion An all-star revival of "The Revivals" is planned for the big cities this year, headed by Mrs. Fiske, with each engagement for one night and to be played in the (Continued on page S3) USE FOR MAKE-UP Vt. Garage Man Wise on Lip Stick and Powder Puff Brattleboro, Vt., Aug. 5. A new use for lip-sticks and pow- der puffs has been discovered here. Paul i/annin. song writer, and Con - gressroan Frank Oliver, of the Bronx, New York City, drove into town and stopped at a garage. One asked the proprietor how their auto headlight reflectors could he brightened in accordance with the state law. The garage man. sug- gested that the reflectors be given a coaling of lip-sHck and then a powder puff be used to remove the creamy m^aM They did. It worked. Character Actress . Always Kept Busy A character actresa applytnc for' a Job from one of tha Broad- way casting agents pulled a nifty last week. Her face wa« fa- mUtar, bat the caster couldn't place her (and that goes both ways). Finally he asked what she had been doing last season, which elicited the retort: "Most of the time I was om- tng In to «ee you and the other days I was rehearsing at Bryant ball in shows that never got out of rehearsal." Maude Adams may return t* tb» •tace this aeasoa. In tba tltte r«b» of Oeorge Berasrd Shaw's "Sstat Joan," wbteli B. C. Wbltner k«s. takan over from the Theatre ChdM and wlU tour. Necotlatlons are now on with this moat famous of AoMrlcan actreas—i who returned from abroad last Monday. She has played the Joan role In a play by Scheltar and la (Continued on pac* 4t) LEGION AGAINST DEMPSEY ON SCREEN Movement Inaugurated by Mass. Post—Resolution to Go Before Nat'l Convention Maiden, Mass., Aug. 5. The Maiden Post of the American Legion has launched what la In- tended to be the start of a national campaign again.<)t Jack Dempsey as a hero of the screen. The veterans unanimously have adopted a resolution catling upon the delegates to the state conven- tion of the Liegion, to be held In Pittsflcld later this month, to in- sure action in every city that has a post. A copy of the resolution has been ordered sent to the na- tional convention of the L<egion, which will be held in San Francisco in September. The Maiden veterans want Demp- sey banished from the screen unless he confines his appearances to the role of a pugilist. Quartet of "Names" A concert novelty of the new sea- son will be a cjuarfet consisting of Mme. Prances Alda (wife of Ouilio Oatti-CasAJSza, director of tho Met- ropolitan), Carolina lAzzarr. I..aw- renre Tibett and .another singer ds yet unannounced. They are routed for October through Charles 1/ Wagner, manager. A quartet organization containing such names has not appeared in concert bookings here for many years. K-I^Y POSTED GREEHNGOF Los Angeles, Aug. 5. K-r-a-Y! That Is not the nigning off of' a broadcasting station, but is a greet- ing to those who know or are lni> tiated into the secret order of tha Ku Kluz Klan. It means "Klana< man, I Oreet You!" During the past few months the Klan has muster^'d considerable strengfth in Southern California an* the entire Stata. It is claimed that there are around 125,000 members of the "White Robe" organization (Continued on pa^e 4S) THIRD OPERA PRIMA Mm*, de Cisneros Following lnt»- Vaudeville Mme. EJIeanora de Cisneros, tlM flr«t American woman to sing In the Metropolitan Opera, will open in Keith vaudeville at Mt. Vernon. N Y. Aug. 8. With Mme. de Cisneros on Kellh time, this circuit now has three fa- mous prima donnas, the most prom- inent being Mme Johanna Qadskl, who comes ovor in October for a vaud<-ville tour: Mme. Bernica d*- I'aflqu.'Ui. now plivylng, and Mme. Cisneros. COSTUMCfll Yours for next season should be ordered now FRUM BROOKS-MAHIEU 1437 n-way T*l »SM Prnn. N. T. ONr 11tCXX) Costumes for Rentsi