Variety (August 1924)

^f^'^^ VARIETY -,". ..-5..- r^ jS*: .."'.>».•■■••■■■ V^iS^'V VAUDEVILLE :^:^« ^^3|~ T We4i»esday, August 80, f " . 1 , 1 1 '1 J. r, r I , t s; <^ -n. MMJEADING VADDEVniE ADS MADE SUBJEH OF INVESTIGATION ■ w*!;*- *-^' V'-' i'-' ' V. M. p. A. Receive Complaints—^Rialto, Newburgli, N. Y., Known Offender—Papers'Publishing Ad- ▼ertisements Will Be Informed Understanding fn London Itar ^ will Appear Over There M * * Ttav Vaudevlll* Manacers' Pro- tecUv* Aaaodatlon bam b«vun an in- vMtlcaUon of vaudevlll* taouMS Which plac« mlsleadlnir a<>vertJM> ihmta In aewtpap«ra 'recardlnf vandeTlll* acts. Many oomptadntt . hav* l>««n ree«lve4 from patrons of housM that tbla practice la bccomlnc obnoxloua. A complaint wa« filed thla week acalnst the Rlalto, Newburcr, N. T., an Independent vaudeville hothri The house is alleged to have inserted a misleadlnar advertisement In a 'Peu^hkeepsie dally reKar<nng the ensarement of LotUe Rule, a girl ^ pianist, who played one week at the ,4 Hl|>podromft as a Inember of an eni- . serable. fbr wblcb she received {SO. i:^ Aecordtnr to th*' advertisement Miss Rule played a four week's en- gagemenl at the ITlppodrome. Emily Barl, bn the same bill In the same house, is advertised as a headliner from Keith's Palace. Miss Karl ha< never pl«y<)d the Palace, according to tbe Keith bookers, or, at least, not in recent years. The Kanagers' Association Is pre* partal^'* bomplaint to ^ iUed with the newspaper carrying the adver- ttssBMsit. The complaint will st^e the facta and request the paper t6 inv«sttgat» similar sUtements in future. HARRY CARROLL'S CAST "Pickings" Opening Sept. 3 at Loa Angeles "Beaucaira" at Pavilion Iiond6n, Aug. It. "Monsieur Beaucaire." the Valen» tino picture, wilt open at the Pa- vilion about Sept 1. ^ . JuUan WyUe is stag .g the prolog for the Valentino plottu^ It. Will have music and dancing. Nios as Frsnch Hollywood Nise, Aug. i». According to local reports a com- pany has.been formed, with a cap- ital of 1«,0M,«M Xrancs. for the purpoea of building a largte studio to. eoeupy 149,000 Oquara metres, which it Is hoped will be the French I<oe Anaelea. The scheme Is headed 1»y Andr« Legrand, formerly with FUm d'Art, and his brother Jl^ean. , liCs Angeleft, Aug. 1*. "Pickings of 1924" First Crop, a musical produdt patterned along the Unea of the Chariot Revue, will have its initial presentation at the Orange Grove, formerly Grand ave- nue, on Sept. S. Harry Carroll will sponsor the offering'' for which Ballard MacDonald has supplied the boo'., and lyric-, and is doing the staging. The music Js being written by Carroll and Arthur Freed. It will be presented in two acts and 28 scenes, with seats for the opening performance ^Ing scaled at fS top. The cast Is to include Will Mor- rlssey, Elddie Borden, MlC^le Miller, EMdie Lambert, Ernes Young, Mis- sion Play Trio. Carroll Wine, iJle- nore Putnam, Sanrimy Cohen, Si sette and Murray, Vercell Sist BlllUs Beck. Kdward Martin, Gra- cella and Kusell, Willard Hall, Hasel May, r d a fbonis of 12 Orange Blossoms. ■nje cast Is entirely Equity. Carlflton Hoagland U geirsral man- ager for the producer. « THE JOW jMRRYMORES ROIT lONDON flOl^ f^: Naxt^aMn •: «!■ > ■*,• I^ondoB, Aug. it. Vhe John Barrymores have rented the Whistler house'as their reisl- denoe over the winter. . Arrangements to rent. are said to havs been made by ICrs. Barry- more. It ts understood It means that John Barrymors will play la Lon- don next season. ACTS AT COLISEUM Tennis Players Among Debuts of This Week in London ers; TOUITG CRAIO IH "DEAB SIS" Rlchy Craig, Jr., dancer with the Sixteen Sunshine Girls, has been signed for Philip Goodman's forth- coming "Dear Sir," formerly called •Canity TTatr."^ OfFTOCABADA < Fiarls. Aug. 1>. Plorre Magnier will leave early in September for a three months' tour to Montreal and~ Quebec, with a rep- (totre of iFreifch comedy and a troupe recruited B)»iniy from the Porte Saint MarUn Theatre here, Chicago, Aug. 10. The company will includa Rene ix>u Payton, colored music wHter Montis. Almettes snd MII9 Andree* was last w^k called to New York AAS0H8 BEMAIMIIK} ABROAD L.ondon, Aug. 19. Alex. Aarons will remain over herf^Vintll the'new show opens at the Wlmer Garden. It la Aarons' intention to look it over for expor- tation to New York. Young Aarons (son of Al) has beeif Over here watching his success- ful property. "Stop Flirtlne." that closes lu long run the end of this month. ^ WBITIHO1BOOK FOB EBBOL London, Aug. 19. Arthur Wimperls will sail tomoiv row on the "Homeric" to write thf adaptation of the German play in- tended for Leon ESrroi. produced by rio Ziegfeld. Zleftfeld is now repo.ted to be in- terested in the Anterican toiir of Raquel Ifeiler, in association witi: Charles B. Cochran of London an'I the Selwyns of New York,/^ ' ;» ' Pasca'.. tUBLESQUS MELLEB IS D01JBT .•>nCon, Aug. 19. ■Taneys Arabian NightSt"" open, lac Saturday at the Queens, Is a burlesque melodrama by Walter' aackett. SllghUy similar to "Apple John, { "PanaysT* was cordially received by 1 a friendly house, but Its ultimate niocess remains mucn In doubt. 'o collaborate o.. the music for the new Leon Ehrol show. Paytoh is said to have contrib- uted 16 numbers and three eiisem- Ibles towards the new production. ■:T ■:■■•■ * • • liOndon. Aug. If. The tennis playing champions' act opened at the Coliseum yesterday. They acc the British team. Moder- ate attendance received the .turn very nicely, but it doesn't seem llkeiy to become pbpuUr In the vaudeville manner. Selbinl and Albert, yilmal inipei ■ sonations and bicycle turn, (ot a good reception.. Another new act to the Col.'s pro- gram was the .Three Karrys, con- tortionists, and a remarkable act of Its class, but anatomically, repulsive. =*=«*= MORRlSEirSWALKOUTOF LEA^ ITATCH Oir ON LADIESI •t& : V Mrs. HaWft^^rb^ i&d Mftldkine SheaA HaW^pi. tal and Show, but Don't Know WHat to Do--i Mbrruey Off with Midgie Miller to Join*iCast- JOYCE HOTEL STOCK Eddie Nelson Suing to Recever $1,000 Paid for 10 Shares Sddie Nelson Has started suit to recover $1,000 from the Joyce Hotels, Inc.. and Frank Joyce (Alice Joyce's brother), which be P|aid in 1921 for 10 shares of com- mon and 10 of preferred stock In the hotel corporation. Nelson alleges a written guaran- tee by Joyce to redeem the stock at any time demanded, but that this promise has pot been fulfilled, although requested on several oc- casions. Keiid^r a Goldstein, ar^. Nelson's attorney*. 1. arg.: BACX WITH Ay(»rs Addle Miller and Prank Corbett are replacing Harry Goodwin and Arthur Fields in The Avon Comedy Four. Both were formerly with the Avon Four. Will Moirlssey's exit from t revue, "Watch Out." to appear la Harry Carroll's revue on the coast has thrown Itedame Staerrl, eo«' turner, and Morrlssey's partner in the enterprise, into temporary' t^Mlo. The madame i« partlculart|^'i<)^t over Will's leavetaklng. es^icMiiQy when he didn't even stop 'td< ''Mqt goodbye. ''"' Will evidently figured- negotiations for the revue were not moving'ihip- idly enough for htm. He tht^ibcbt he'd grab the Carroll assignii;(*^t« calculating the revue might 'ifii^ up by the time he ^ad fulfllti^' bin engagement on the Coast and CQuld ^et back in time fOr "Watch Out." , Vmile Win was afllxlnf JttW'lri«> nature to the Carroll cotitHiet; Madaime Sherrl had landed the ad- ditional capital for the' revue. Now nil are at a standstill waiting upon Morrissey to make a decision J|f to whether he Is goln^ througl)'| with the revue venture or wants to te counted out of it. Mnie. Sherri's plans cahl tUfiht . (Continued on page 24) ■ ■ ■* -1. -I.' 1 I • II , I s' ,'•!•■• i' . .^-t. ;'"v...--> Ji,.- • ■, . ., -.jt- ■ ... ■'. ,.'; f GestCouIdii't Locate Transformed llieatre tiondon, Aug. 19. Morris Oest returned to London yesterday. This morning the Lon- don dailies had front page stories announcing ' Oest would produce. "The Miracle" la London and in a transformed theatre. , ' Later to&ay, when Oest was seen by a Variety reporter, he couldn't i.c^r, which theatre misht be tri^sforined for him. and said, any- way, . the revival here is indefinite until Lady Diana Manners returns. Lady Diana falls on the Prince of Wales yacht ("Berengarla") Aug. 2S. English Producer Engaged To Stage Shubert Shows London. Aug. 19. Fred Leslie sailed last FrMU^. He Is engaged.to staike productions for ths Shuberts in 4few York. MELLEB FILM Of LOIDOV London. Aug. 19. The Raquel Meller picture, "Im- perial Violets." was shown yester- day at the Scala and splendidly re- ceived. It's the same picture privately viewed In New York last winter when brought over by C. BirCochran. but never rele€Med on this side. MOBA BATES' FCaAL WEEK London, Aug. 19. ' This Is the flnisbing week for Mora Bayes at the Empire, where she has headed the bill since the house reopened with vaudeville. Next Monday and foK a run> of six weeks Frank Tinney will step into the Empire's headline spot and { billing. ; FAVLOWA'S HEW BALLETS London, Aug. 19. " Pavlowa will return to Covent Garden for a month's season com mencing Sept. 8. In her repertoire will be two new ballets ,one with an Egyptian set- ting, the other with Spanish at- mosphere. r-' BELASCO WANTS FEBGUSOB London, Aug. 19. Negotiations are on between Da- vid Belasco And Klsle Ferguson for the latter to p)ay in Belasco's pro- duction of "Tiger Cats" in New ''•' ' Robert Loraine will go over to 4iUie the niale l«ad. >*.*<'. L% M<nni8 and Her Songs "^i- iLMjiBRiLiJmja^-:^: \ ■ '■ MISS ELLA SHIELDS. regulating the crowds rushing to hear "Surlingten BertW* .?&•• , ThU article ha» been torirten'bp Vie Cocle»ey «ieinb«r 0/ tike ■ liondon office. Due aUoipanee thbuld perhapt be made for Ma, natural pride in hit feUoi$-eitiaenesa. The American critic of'tSt London of floe ia atitt nncoNvinoed. How Ltiy Morria uHU be- r9^^ ceivrd in Hew York ia. to Mm; probl^maflc. He ftipUta there in., iwMc\ to be saM /or her aa a panrtrayer af London tWP^*. ^*'* ^'^'iT. sure they «oiO be recogniaable to the average New Tork vtmde- . ^>iUe yatron. While London audiences are cragy over Nora. Bayea* — art. New York .has greeted London's most tjrpteal perf< laiy Morris. That Is The astonishing aspect of Tatlety conditions over here at present. Music haB eriticlsRUi {n tlU/daily news- papers show a wide knowledge of cosmopolitan stars, suob as Orook or iRaquel Meller. But naUve talent Is utUrly neglected. WtB FyfTe, for Instance, was "discovered" by a critic n week or tw* . ago, .bough this successor to Sir Harry lAudes kan been • leader eH'*' the profession for several y«Brn. ^ ■ ,.«*,■,,. .j. "^ AneMMT Marie Lloyd '^\ v V , Possibly New York will- greet Lily Morris—during the seasM «C^ 10 weeks the Keith circuit has booked her for—as another'^srlir Zjloyd. Then she Will be able to claUn on her return more fregnenC engagements in the West End and less extensive tours In the prov- inces. A manager may even have the sen^ to persuade her to bs the star of his revue. Tet she is by no means a novice. Her first lob was In the cbanig of a Drury Lane pantomime, nt 10. The next Christyaas. she' te« . came a principal boy in a provincial pantomime.. Te^r after ysnv she was booked to play in the same romantie role, although year "by year she became less suited for romance. lAst Christmas Miss Morris played "Aladdin" at a London subur«- ban house. It was a ahocklng ease of waste. AH her oemio ^f| . had to be suppressed in oTdes that she might vainly represent imtfi ' self as a gallant youth with heroic instincts. ' t If she opens her act In a song that carries no costume wlOi IC'' you will probably wonder why one should go ont of. his way ta' boost her arrival In New Tork. "I wonder if he believes ms aoV or "With his toes turned up" are the songs she gsnerally leads off with. Those who know her will applaud; those who are not ae- quainted with her style will wonder what Is causing the enthusiasm. "He's Only a Working Man" When she reappears they will understand. Her second eong af^ present Ut "He's Only a Working MaiT* Her f^ee wears a s«e" .expression of snxiety; her back ha» the bend of a hard worklMt* charwoman; her voice, which was harsh and strident in the ssntf' about the admirer who disbelieved she had a husband until he tett" the blow, has become as soft as sympalhy. The chorus goes: I wake him every morning when the clock strikes 8— ^'■ I'm always punctual, never, never late— '.f^: With a nice cup er tea and a round of toast,' - 'v '-^"^" '*' The "Sporting. Life" snd "The Winning Post." ' - " iT' Making gestures eloquent of tucking her husband In bed-aiHT smoothing his pillows till you begin .to visualise the slumbering fonb. She explains how she must see to his comport before she goes,ite-j'; work for— '■• "'-■' I'm only doing what a woman should do , * •,*'■''■ • 'Cause he's only a working man. vvS.N;, Song of Cockney Bride iL>^ As a contrast to this picture of- drab femininity, her next song is the outburst of- a Cockney bride, "Gettin' Married Tomorrer Momin.'" Her hat resembles a flower seller's barrow straisht from Covent Garden. "Her dress is of the loudest shade of yellow; her stockings a:-e rainbow hued When she dances the real Hampstead Heath dance and we hear the familiar refrain of "Knees Up, Mother Brown," those stockings and some KtiU stranger underwear become visible—an old wheeze, but sureflre hokum. Skeptics may explah that Lily Morris is too old-fashioned 'of<^^., New Tork, as if fashions matter (i tinker's cur^ to a real artist. Lily Morris may not be the greatest music hafl artist In Liondon-^ - Will Fyfte, for one. is streets ahead of her—but she is undoubtedly, the finest living expopiei)'- ot the Cockney style of entertainment. If London audiences caiLgo crasy with excitement when Nora Jayes slnjts o' Kentucky (thou^ the man-in-the-street over here does not^^ l^now whether it is a river or a horse)lf It, so very unlikely New" York audiences will be IntereJtted' when Lily Morris Sings of .the OM Kent Road? .1 Or is America Rv>i11clen(^ interested in the amusini; ^Id^ of the Coclfney to at least tempoirsrlly forget tlfere'is a way *own south " In jytxUr Uiy Morris wm dWnae. ' " .'^ ' K • < ■ \- ui^^m. :i.^A .-;■. idttAi;?'"! ."»^iSrk..v.'.J'^Wtita"».-»i i»ta\Aiij„.>--