Variety (October 1924)

^-j^iwrr--*^-"-"'^ IT i»'ir«iTVi*fl&;fi:».u<^^.'ir"?V!;iPkC-:^niB3i™f;;^"j^ •T^^^^!^^'^'^ ^^-••r^..r^. ■ffuwww.'wrii VARIETY VAUDEVILLE \^' Wedaeaday, October 1, 1934 p'ni.ii.1. PAM'AGES'BROTHERAND!KPHBI Nephew, 24, Made Cripple bf Service in Two Annie*, Called ''Crazy^ by Uncle—Lad Got $18 Week^—Acciued of Stealinf Poto and Pam I<Ofl Ans«lee, Sept SO. . James PanUse*, 34, a crtppi* a* the result of his service In the World War In the Caoadlan and French araU«8, bears numerous soars about his head and body and Is also par- alysad on his left side. He Is a nephew' of Alexander Pahtacte, owner of the Pantafea circuit, and has been erapioysd for a year or so aa tha star* Aoormaa at iPan- tacM* local bouse. Hl« salait. bi says. Was f 18 weekly. Whan ftttitit an opportunity td run erraads fior actors be was always wdlihf to tfb- lie*, aa it meant added (ticoma to hliA. Most of the erraodf it|m<i| parforaoM coaaiated, of cettlac flood for tb« players lit Oia theatre at Booa* Brotbars oafeteria, oa OUve strsat Whan be obtalMd the fde4. it waf aeosaaary to cet reosptiwies to carry it la. aa w«U a# lufirea. forks aadlqpdoaa., , T«e««a]r«vefllac last w«dk,>taBk Co4iiaiba^ , a Orsak yotlth, ajse kaawn a* ^ Wkr, who was a (rteB4 of ybunr Pantacatt, vlailad <Jka jBoos eafeti^ria. ':tf« toId'P. S. C<)nraa.(Wt tabllsbmeiit.' Conrad phoned t>etec- tives Katsenberser and Gannon froia the Central Station. Then be intemcatad tba infiprqunt and fo<ad the youth was >amee Pan- tafSfc OoBtid kiM»w the dil^ vaDr w«9 and, on aoob'unt of his detannltjr. had been excaptioaally kiad to kWl. Witboat waltioc (or the arfivaj at th* »oilce ha went to the hojtai wMararrounc' Paatagas was coatiat OMt-er the'doori*ay...witb, a suitcase uadar kls arm, Coarad.'Mkad hfaa wImtc he waa coiac. ana tiw lad iSp W id that ha was movinc. Tbaa he 4oea*ed ihe yoath of bSTlns the coCsa talal dtskik sind other articles ' bitloaslar to tba reatauaat. 'Pan- ta«Ba^ aie«ordlat to Ooaraid. admitted ha mt'afia asreed to so with Itim to the restaurant M«*atInM. the two detectlTOj arrived aad in their pr^senct f 14 in eoBoe pots and ather articles belong to %be Boos eatab- IWhment were taken from the ease. Also fonad there were anielefl. such as.towels and linens from noaierous rooming houses and hotels. While the police were assorting the so-called "loot." Pantacee and (ke Informer got Into a battle. Pan- tages toM the ottier lad that he was aa Ingrate for "squealing," especial- ly as he had aided him with flnatices on num^ous occasloss. Conrad after gettihg the property belonging ta him, stated to Kataenberger and Shannon that he would under no drcumetancee make a complaint against the yovtli. Then the police asked him Wbere he was going to move to aa be only had 11 oenta In his pocket. Pantage ststcd he did not know where, but <bat he would find some place. „ ., UnelaiHM^iUMut Sympatli/ ■ .'The tWo djBtectlTea then decided that they would take the young qtan to the oOoe of his uncle, Alexander Paatages, ami see whai the latter would have to say regarding the al- leged petty thefts. Uncle Alexander was net so eager to see James in Mie custody of the coiw. Then, as yetiBg Pfentkges teld It to a Variety man, the detectives told hie uncle wttat had happened. While tbey Were talking the nephew said noth- ing, because he knew It would be useless, lui his uncle had no sym- pathy for him,' Jaasee said. When tha officers had eonchided their ' story and asked the tjte«tt<e nMgnttte What he would dtt la th« matter, Auqai' atataOt la the pre se n c e of Z>«tecMsw X^ttMpkerver in the city Jail, tha^ hkruiide rkfitta, -Well, I'm twt tfMaar 4» «e anylhtag. I knew be is iasan*. AKWAwKb be i* Bay aapbew, yoa vtfi *• what yon waat with him, lock him np or ary. tbli«, or take him back to Seattle whoM IM bclaasa." AkatBcwi la ale* reported to k#V« t«l4 the aOkrers that hta napMw waa la tkc ha»tt a^ Agbtla* wttb aet«ra- As the offlcars were leaving tht ofllce of VaiH««W. hXaM abora thf; theatre, )CataMIWrg«r «fittm ft* w^ recalled by Paatacea. ^ba lattar %M tbc 4«t«ctlva that «ai«^ no cir- aid ha waM p^iUIoUy in tba Btattar. aad that K tba 4atacUTe could parsaa^ the yoath to tatvrn 10 the hoote of his (ather la Seattle, he would stralfht^ tlUacs,eat aad pay his tra a a p e iti atioB thore. ; Tien the officers' took the'youth to the city Jail, where they lodged a complaint agiUnst' him of' *telleged potty laroeay oa lafofpution and belief." Story Hushed (ip ^ The policemen talked to the youth, trying to persuade him to Usten to the propos'.tion made by his Uncle Alcaander and retarn to tIm home of his father. In reply, tba yoath toll the Va- riety BMn, be said: "I wna:d rather g.i to San Quen- tin than home. My father Is only a bouse rmpfoye tkere and ge:« around SCO A week, aaa with that moaey be )uis nin< people, to sup- V>6rT. I eieh s>?nd him a fsw'dollars 4 Wtck Iron\ what I earn. I know what my ancle wiU do; be wlU pay eTcrytbiag.. «o SQuara things and !sTf»i ngr fa-yt, bvtJ»D wJ|l ta^e It out of icy father's pay. ' tt is hard eaSdlfch ict .my father ais it b. aad I would rather wo to Jail'tbaa atak* him pais, tar this adUr." That avealag ererythiag was busbad IB tha aewspapers. Tba nsxt day, la tha j rsa o noa of a Variety reporter, Kataanberger again * en- 4«aForad to gat Jamas to change Ma aMBfO. . H« atjysss d haavDy «a iwkat tt wauM maaa U tha oasa be- aaBM.'pahUc. Tba yaoth was tekl tlwt It aUgbt ba rmrr damaging to his ancle, and might, evea injure him In his b aai ae sa. Howevar. the boy waa ob d ma ta aatf left alaaa far the balaaoa ot tM day. Regarding the property he l>ad in hia grip, Pantagea told tba offlcars that be had paid a deposit at the Bona eatahUsbaaent, Son Drag Com- paq, and other places, wivei-e he had obtained it He stated that when Ooonwd seat hla ha waa oa his way to ratum tt aad recover the «e poalta^ aehleh he had.paid. f<aat Tboraday it appears as though Jamsa. had listened to the entreaties of emisBarles from his ancle, as he agreed to leave that eventeg for the home of hts father ta BeatUe. His (ather, wk« is aoa of two brothers whom Pontages has, it is said, to be tho at^ge door- man of the ^ntages liouso at SaatUe. Through it ai\, Panta(;es and the police Bnaaaged to keep the Los An- geles paners from getting ti>e story. Attachi'j of the Pantages house here speak well of the lad, and said they were aorry for him on account of his crippled condition. aUILO'S OINNEft Second MeetfiHi ^'jm^ Fn^- nal Oraaniaati<ea-Hal4 Um< Waek Til* aoaaonV speond ipaehtg «tf tha fawlah Theatrical .OpUd Waa heM'TMrMay night (Sfeitt 2S)flB tha SbBbart .thaatre. . Owing. if> the abseqpa of Wyitam Morris, the presidWrt, wlMWais eaUed tP fBat? anao lAka, 8am Bernard, :fMQM. vJeo-aPtaMaat, pre«ldad> Batjiard ^a« iBlfr gariated by Sddia C»atac flrst vice-pr e side nt . - Thar* wara a aimtber of speeches, pertaiaiag to tha «iMii,'wid weifara of tha guild. Timra was a discuasla* Abopt maatlags. Tha guild plgaas a Urn Saaday aight meetiaga. stsrttag at 9 p. m. ■■ i. '. f' ■ ' Arraogementg apa baiag mada tat; ia dinner to ba UMt by tha ga4t;«t tha Hotel CoauMMIera, Wab. t 49m' day), with tha antartalaaaent ooea- mittae haadad by Mr. CSaatar... The diaaar wDl-.ba priead at tl| par HOWARD RETURiitO VAUDEVILI£ NEIQiYWEDSCOP PASIoMwilfS WATCH ;.» ■<:■! :^.^ WiUie and^nci^'s Shu- bert ProdndioB Poidb- ^*" ^=^-^p0ne4'"'^*"'"^- '^'- i%:i .f'.v mimt .'.-it JACK baxhey held out Jack Hartley, who waa to have entrained for Chicago Saturday tb succeed Bernard Granville in "No, No, Nanette," suffered another change in plans and did not make the train. BartMy had walked oat of the '^jprteeass Aprir rehearsals to ac- cept the ofrer from the H^H. Pia as u musical, hot held out for |4M or aethiag. Hkrtley returns to vaudervtile next week in his former single on the Keith Circuit, opening at the Bush- wick, Brooklyn. WilUe and Eugene Howard will return to vavdavilltf la tkair two- act Oct e, oipaatag bnt ot tawn, and receiving |8,tOP-wsskly. It ^la, About Blfte years since the two-act, than kaowa aa tba^iow- aid BroBh srs . left vaadaviBa. where they War* reeetvtag around MM a week, to Join a Shubert iiradilctlon. Thay have beoa with tha Sbubarts since that time, most often aaed as a road attraction. Tha Howards are very popoiar on tha road. It is the.paatpoaemest of a Shu- bert ^rodaotloB that permita the Howarda ta retarB to vaudeville. Kaltb'a liaa gtvan tba boys a pres- ent routlag ot six weeks, although from aceooBts the vaudeville time may be mutuaHy extended. No one appears to be possessed of the right information as to the Shubert paotppnameat It is said the Howards believed they were to be sent out In an all-new pfo- dactioo and not a "Passing Show." Tba Howards furnished their oam UtU tar it rrhat's That." It has been known the Shuberte had in mind giving the Howards the ready-made production of the Alice Delysia show, called "Topics," wUcb had pUvyed but a few cities with Delyaia as its star. One pf tha omitted cities w^ Chicago and the Howards were due to have t>een sent right in there for a run. A Young Coalite MaMM and AirtMled in Read« ing Witbin Hour , ta —■ S • .^„;; . „.. dteading, Pa., Sept. M. A young couple, tha respactiva grooin giving l^is name.^as. Harry Fields, OfVPhUiidelptitB, and, Me»- patton ap ractor." n^iie.the jraung woBUui's aaane haa been kept secret, called at t|»a. bagia of a local pas- tor to be awBTfad. ; -> > They teft tba paidoBpka man and WUie, together with Joaeph Bacli, ti>a beat man, who says he is an ac- ta.- acd tM.ls from Philadelphia, tor and hals ffpal f>hlladalphia.. The wrist watch ot tba pastors wife also disappeared. Aa boar latar the police found tha trio and tha yoang bride was wearing ttie wrist watch. Tliey ware jailed. ■' -URXE EFEbraOC - rv T'.^".. ' Cleveland; Sept !•'. ; ' Cleveland aav*a. U> J^ the l;oddo«^ <or tba MortOB , family's anl^laa. Wb4!a KtUy, moQW ,<>( tba ¥<^ton mj|n. |>%ad kjBra ssvMal weeks |ifo, a)»^.spraiii«d her ankle dancing and •f^t tha week io the.core of JSm;- 'tor*. ■..[.., '''■■'-'■■' pppley and Mortoik'opeaid a^'d*^' aslace and Martlia Morton, daagn- t«r ot Kitty, duplicated har mother^ misfortuBe at the .matlneie. The team was out of tho bill until Tuea^ day night t^e Drat Male llaj^tba waa, evap able to'stfiitd qn tha U>- ^Jpiad. a^em.bar.' . '' . ■ .' .' '.''.' ~r Wttllam Wversham hdS started re h e a rs a ls In a vaodeville sketch; Tha iflece la caned "The Red Spider" and Is the w«rk of -Kate Jordan and JuUe Opp, dmstioil wife of Mr. Fbversham. The sapporUng company wHI aomber four. P^varsliim «aa ap- pealed in vaodevOla twhsa' bciera, IB 1«1« yiA Itn. V. .X barred city naeeaaarily wayki iMve been New York alnce. Delysia had a run on Broadway. VtoOawlBg the departara. at the Howards from vaadevUle^ thay liave aot rtappaared. As boya tbey. wer« in a variety quartet and first at- tracted attentioa to tbemselvea as a two-act in a Sunday concert (only) bin en ISBth street The Howards will open Thursday (tomorrow) at South Bend, prelimi- nary tq appealing at the Palace, New York, next week. A bankers' convention in CThlcago wanted the Howards, Isham Jones' orchestra and Al Jolaon. to furnish an hour's entertainment for the money men, without cost considered. Jolson refused. ,, . . Coart^ Iw t erveation with Steel The separation suit by J'Ohn Steel, 'the tenor, Mrainst his wife, profes- sionally Sidonie Espero, has ,been discontinuned through the dislBtsir- eated intarveation of Sulmesie Coort Ji»tl«e Jaaeph M. Praekaaer. Whila no raeoaclHatioa has been efTectad. the proceedings, including the wife's countersttit for a separation have been dropped for the sake of their threc-yaar-aM boy. Mrs. Steel will occupy tha lArckmont. N. T., hoaia and will aflbrd her hasband aO opportunities far trm ga aat visits to tiM boy. Muth Maeria Witli ToaHng Campaay Roth Karris, daBChtar of Wltltam Morris (the mafhager) win play Ar- Isttd aad aaderatody In a road com^ paay vt Itaveatta Haavan.'^ ■ ■ • ■ ■■ ^^'----'vii Caneroa's Ei^Uiuition . A^ioiil Jm in Coll Columbua, Sept. 2i Vditar Varietur: Want to iBtorm yott of the facta regarding tha trouble ware wer« Iq here. Tour correspondent did us an injustice ifi his article of this week'a We were not canned, as he says, aBdourtrunka ware aot ordered au^. of the theatty, and also there \\era na damns iw tha act at all. We did have a slight misunderstand ing on Sunday aad withdrew from the bill for one show only and were to hava gone back Monday night Again he is wrong when he said my partner, Hal Bask, waa held un< der the Mann Act. The proof ot (hat is that ha Is out a free man. If such was the case he certainly would receive a bentence, as hoWAa can escape on that charge, as Vtttt^ know. Xi.,, dlias Nevtna. who he mid w'aklM. pli:atad, was at the time rebearsthg a bit we were to pot in the kbt>:^' ^ How, in regard to myself ahd Wtteu we were held here as witneia^ only. If there had heba any altarcatlott .between ourselves and Mr. James, manager and owner of the Jai^ea theatre here, we wouldn't have be^ii faralshed with his splendid help' and co-operation to bring things out tight. Tudor Cameron. -■'■_■ (Caitaeron and Beck) It mum n*> ,,, 'VI.< ."i VltVI*. ■llO'V ; .:'■ ■ ■l-}>1'.-< . mm Ouytta) ' Sprittffs ^ Faring in New Jenmy Selected . b]r Trustees ,").»*.-■<, The meetiag seJiednled (or . day of the frustees of the iWc y '^. Williams Home ia the dbrectors* room of the Actors' Fund was post^ poBsd until Tuesday, when furtbac plans ware discuBted. Tha irusteas have decided to lia^ the Somerset C!hrystal 8priiia« Farms in Somerset County, Neat Jersey, as a temporary Percy Wil<( llama home. Whan the late VaudettHe magBa[t4 died be left a msgnamimous legaejf to the Actors' Fund whereby thd Percy WllUanvs HomI) could be cre^ atad. the ^eatrlcal man's widow,; however, being amply provided («( daring her life. The trustees of• the Percy WIN liams Home, comprising the follows Ing members: (Prom the Actor^ Fund ot America) Daniel Frohman^ Charles B. Wsili!, Walter Vinoeati K. F. Aibea> Sam A.. Scribner. ||aid KJaw. L. A. Dittenhoefer, attprnijy; for tha fund; (from the MiimlHI Club) Albert O. Brown, Bei:tOK Churchill. WUt^ Lackaye, PfJ*at* ley Morrison, Edwin Milton Rby]«y Samuel B. Hamburger, attorney tor the I,iambs: Mr. Roseabash, execiw tor of the Percy Williams esUtav and WIIHam Grossman (Grossman, Vorhaos A Qrossman), attorney fo^ the estate, at a meeting last wdelf fmnaed a permanent organiaattoa by electing the (Wlowlng ofllcara:' President Albert O. Brown; >loa< president, Walter Vincent; aecra< tapr, Samnel B. Hamburger; treaa* uror, Sam. A. ScrUiner. There is to be a permanent Pere/ Wllilants home, but It will not bd definitely establis'hed antil the death of the wtdiw, who is suffering from a mental breakdown. Ia selectind the Somerset County place the truaw tees have a home that will aBswi* all immediate reqairements until the permanent one replaces it Somsr« set Chrystal Springs covers 64)4 acres about two milea from the V.i U A W. R. R. depot at Bernards* villa. N, J., and M miles from New York by traia or automobile. It la SM feet above tea level, overlookiad the Saaaerast^HiUs aad ia the ceatar of a rich dairyiBg section. Tha O aiBa tae t bonne haa been aaad by the Actors' Fund for a nmpbar of cases, but wlU receive greater at- taat^n throtwb the ntaking af i^ I tha temporary Percy WiUiama Home. MURI£L KAYE KKITH'S l»ALACe, NIW YORK, THIS WEEK (SElrr. S») Vet wMk aan a wal aueeeas at Moaiday atatltaea With KdrdvaaS aad Co., aad acrolMtla «aaea. -' KEim XX7S BOOKED The Palace, New York, will play Nelson Keys week of Oct 19. Keys closed with Chartot's Kevue re- oeatly.