Variety (October 1924)

■»'l)l»rf ^'"if ' WMnesdajr. 0c«ober 1. 19^ b U 1 1 U K I A L VARIETY COLUMBIA dBGUIT rnbOabad WMkly ky TABUCTI, Mm* MlTaroM^ F i li H i rt rti« WMt 4«lb Mr««t Haw Turk Cltf L BUBaCRIUTION: Auwa »1 t r»r»l«».....^.M ■faHIl* CoplM M CmU Vol LXXVL No. 7 FaTATSMKNT Or THB OWNERSHIP, e JfAMAOBMBNT. XmCVUATlON, BTC.. k RBQniRKD BT THB ACT OF CON- r atLsaa, of auoubt m, mis. Ot VarWIy, paUlAad WMkly at Ntv Tork. M. T.. for October 1, 1M4. flt«U Vt N*w Tork. Oaasly of New Tofk, ■•.:"•• ^ ' B*fM» mi. a Natorr P«Mle l« an4 for tba Btafa aad Coaatj aforaaald. paraoadty aMMWM moM WIvarman, wko, hairin« baan tfnijp avom. aceordlnc to law. dcpoaaa aad ■aya that ha ■■ the adltor of Variatr. and that tka fotlowina M. w tha bast of hta kBovladsa and ballaf, a tnM atatamaiM of tba awpanhlp. manaaaaaaat. ale, of tba aforaaa.4 publlcailon tor tha data abowa In tba aba** ca»(loo. raqalrad -by tba Act ot Auvuai 24. I»13. cmbodlad la Sactlon 441. , Foatal tawa and Rasniattona. prlntad an > tba rrverar of tbla forat. to wit: " ' 1 That llie namca end addrcaaaa of tht Bubllaaer, editor, manavlnB adltor, ai>d ^ MalDcaa manacar, aro: ' Fubltahcr-Variaty, lac.. IM Wrat 46th atraat. New Tork city, mitpr—Slma Sllvernan. IM West 46th atiaat. N«w Tork atty. Maaaftar Kditor—None. Bualaaaa Manasar—Nona. > 2. That I ha owaara ara: Variety, Inc., 154 Went «6tb atroat, N«w Tork cKy. SInM SUnanaa. IM Waat 46(b atreet. New Tork atty. Mdney BlWermaa. U* Weat 46tb atraat. New Tork city. S. That tha baown boadholdara, BMrt- •acaaa aad otbar aacurity boMara ownlna ar boldlna I par cent, or mora of total amonnt of boada. mortsaBaa or other aacur- Itiaa. ara: Nooa. 4 That tita two paraBrapha nan abora, bIvUb the n a m aa of tba ownais, ■teekbold- ora aad aacurity holdara. It any, eontalB sat only tha llat of atockbaldara and aaour- Ity haldaia aa tbay appear upon the booka •f tba oampaay. bat alao, la eaaea wbara tbe ataobboldar ar mevritf bolder appeara upoD tha booka of the aaaapany aa traatea or In aav other Bdnclary ralatlaa. tha naaw •f tba paraan or oorpacatlOD for wbooi aaeb .; tntotae U actias. U ^vuu. alao thai tba 'v aaid t^D parasrapba ooatala atata m aata ambraclnB anaat'a fall kaowladsa and ba- llaf aa to the clreamatancaa and condttloaa vadar which atoekboldara aad aactnrlty bald- on wbo da not appear opoa tba booka af tba company aa traatraa bold atock and aaouriuaa In a oapaelty ether tbaa that of ' a be^a'flde owaer; and tbla aSant .baa ao reaaon to beltava that aay otbar paraoa. •■BoeUtloa or eoapocatlaa baa aay lataraat. direct or ladlract. la tba aald atock, bonda 'i ar other aacurltlaa than aa aa autad by •. Tbat tba avaraBa ■amber of poplaa n( each laaua of tbla poblloatlon aold or Btatrlbutad. IbreaBb the malla or otber- wlae. to paid aubacrlbara durlnB the alx i n onth a prccadhiB tba date ahowa above "la (Tbla iBformatlon la raqulrad trom daily pvbltcattona only.) t Blma BIlTarman. fi Bdttor. i' . Sworn to aad aabacrlbad 'before ma tbla ^; Md day ot September, l*t4. ik (Seafj Bllaabatb A. Rellly, v: Notary Ptiblle. li, (My commlaaloa expiree March It, Itit.) MEWS OF THE DAILiES AnotlMr mBint)«r of th« "nnney riSht Clab" la said to b« Jean Whit*. MBter of Oeorgle. Aeeordinc to a N6W Tork daUy. MIbb Whlt« waa In- itiated Into- tha organisation some r-itlm« a«o while appaarlns with Tin- ^ JBay In a Hammerstaln play. The ■how waa on Its way to Chicago for «ui engagement there, and Jean waa In her nightie ready to retire, ac- eording to the atory. There waa a knock at her atateroom door. It waa the porter, who aaid she waa wanted by Mr. Tlnney to talk over a new 'script. t Wrapping a kimono around her, Jean followed the porter into 'Frank'a car. At the door a hand Jumped out. grabbed Miss White and puUed * her in. In the room Mr. Tlnney be- I can to Ulk. "My leading ladlea have alwaya been In the habit of being ;;Crlandly to me." "Have I ever been ' anything but friendly toward you?' •zclalmed the young woman. "1 don't mean friendly," aald FTank. "What I mean la FRIBNDt.T." Then came the original and unique Tlnney beating and biting; clalma the atory which appeareu in the New Tork daily "Mirror" Monday. Thla atory waa linked up with the tale of Tlnney and Mary McDonald, which happened In Chicago. Mlaa McDonald la now with Ziegfeld'a "PDllies." Miaa White la rather well known along Broadway. Vivian Tobin, younger alater Of Genevieve, haa foraaken the stage. She sailed on the "Majestic" Satur- day for France, where she will at- tend school. Last Friday Peggy Joyce Morner and her royal husband. Count Gosta Morner, visited friends together. It Is said that Peggy's attorney haa withdrawn her separation suit. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wrister, at St. Francis Hospital, San Fran- cisco, daughter. The parents are Doyle ana Wrister (vaudeville). Marie Chouranoft, Runian, will I aoon leave for the United States to appear in New Tork productions. Julia Hoyt will have the leading role In "Expressing Willie" when it opens in Chicago Oct. 12. Ray AfiUer's Advertisiiig Splurge _ « This laaue of Variety, commemorated to th« Band ttaA Orcbaatra or Mualc and Cabaret department ot the paper, carries In It a unique innovation in show buainesa adTertlslng—the four pages of and by Ray Miller. They aro on the front pagOi Inaido front. Inalde back and back pages. It ia not the first time Variety haa carried four pagea of adrer- tialng by a aingle advertlaer In a alngle iasue. but It la the drat time a alngle advertlaer has aelected the four moat coatly pagea of Variety to advertlae on. Spends $12,000 to Advertise Again it la worthy of remark tbat Mr. Mlller'a advertlatng In thla Iasue la not hla first in Variety. Ray Miller waa the flrat orchestra leader of the preaent flood to use Variety for trade advertlatng pur- poaes—^n fact Mr. Miller haa atated that hia iMoks ahow ho has spent I1Z.0O0 to date advertising in Variety. That the name of Ray Miller stands with the foremost leadwa and - leadera-bualneaa men of the popular music field may denote that hla advertlatng appropriatlona have not been wasted. Not only la Mr. Miller accounted one of the foremost popular band conductora aa well aa orchestral director, but he ia commonly referred to aa "the amartest business man among musicians," not ordlnacry compli- mentary comment when it ia recognizea tbat auch musiclana aa Whlteman, Lopez, Specht and Terkes are alwaya "placed in the shrewd class when it comes to matters of business with mualc. Miller'a PaUeo-Hip Roeerd Not the least of Ray Miller's accomplishments and one Mr. Miller may not aj yet have had brought to liis attention la that through himself and band playing thla week at Kelth'a Palace, New Tork, it raarka him as the flrat vaudeville act to leave Keith's New Tork Hlppodromo to next appear at the Palaee. The Miller orchestra finished a two-week engagement at the Hip Sunday night (Sept. 28), opening Monday matinee (Sept. 2t) at the Palace. Previously the booking rule In the Keith's office had been for acts to first play the Palace, the l>est known and highest grade vaudeville theatre In the world. The Miller band at the palace this week is featured on a bill costing that theatre in salariea alone flO.OM for the week. For consistent and continuous advertising, advertising, however, placed by, Mr. MlUer in Variety at what the bandmaster has deemed opportune times, there could have l>een no better endorsement of Variety aa an advertising medium for the ahow buainesa than to hare thia ahrewd mnslc-ahowman at thla date and at thla Betght of bis career spend the largest single amouat ever paid Variety by a lone advertiser in a single laaue for the four preferred pagea ot this issue. Miller Modest With all of the advertising given Variety by Ray Miller, Mr. Miller never haa requested a "press notice," has never been given a "write up," and all of the rejporta that may have been printed by Variety at>out Miller, his business enterprises^ or associations, have been purely news Items. Nor in this issue or for it did Mr. Miller sub- mit any special story or other reading matter, nor does ho know that this article on hla advertising is to appear. RIGHT OFF THE DESK \ Bj NELLIE REVELL .Saturday night marked the end of the Women's Activities Exhibit at the Commodore hotel. I was present—sitting in the fiower-decorated booth which the committee in charge had kindly donated and set up for the display of "Right Off the Chest." The magnitude and number of ex- hibits were impressive, also the hospitality and kindness of all the exhibi- tors. Everyone left their booths to visit me. I never had so many cui>s tyt tea and Mmp.ies ot svorythlng presented to me In one evening in all my life. ■' ^ ■' - ^^■'^r " "Sit still, I want to cut your silhouette," requested Beatrice Sherman as she approached my booth. "Tou will not." I fairly screeched," nobody is going to cut anything cf or from mo." I protested. "'Oh, but this won't hurt a bit," she pleaded; "see the one I cut of the Prince of Wales." Seeing that it waa only a chance to have a picture taken, I atood for it or "sa,t" for It after admonishing her to ignore all over one chin. Rose O'Neil, who gave to the world that Joyous kewpie doll, came over to in- troduce me to the newest addition to the kewpie family. ^ INSIDE STUFF OB VATJDSVILLS Not that it makes any difterence and it was no one's affair anyway,* but as a matter of fact and record the Prince of Walea did visit a night club (Club DeauvlUe on Eaat S9th atreet) and was there for two hours befo^o anyone in the place knew of hla presence. No one would have known ot It at all it the SSth atreet police atatlon bad not called up the DeauvlUe to aak If the Prince'a wallet had been found In the place. One of the dailiea printed the atory, excepting the above jMrtlon. It seems the Prince and a companion had gone calling, visiting an apa't- ment on 72nd street. The Prince missed-his wallet. It waa found and re- turned the next day. The Prince vialted the DeauvlUe with hia male com- panlop. That night club is not brightly lighted (aa an added attraction for women), so H. R. H. seemed no different from anyone else to the staff and membera "While the Prince left a lovely message of gratefulness and apprecia- tion when leaving Liong Island for Canada, ho must have gone away also with a thankfolneaa he could not expreaa. If ever a guy had a -bunch of newa hunting hounda at his heela, it was the I>rlnca But the cBauf- feura hanging around the Long Island eatatea came Into New Tork and told more storlea about the Boclal set or sets down there than the news- paper men ever commenced to find ouC ' ° Last week and In London, before Imogene Wilson was due to arrive on the "Columbus," Frank Tlnney commenced to decry bis friendship for her. Tlnney said he did not Intenfl to meet the girl and Incidentally took a wallop In type at his wife (Edna Davenport) by telling the re- porters he was 'her fourth husband and that she had tried to sorvo him with papers at the pier in Brooklyn when he was leaving, although hav- ing sent him a friendly message to the boat. The chances are that Bubbles' departure trom New Tork was cabled to London with the Information she was going over at Tinney's request. It may be assumed that some friends ot Tlnney In London told Frank to step easy on that stuff If he wanted Imogens to remain in England. Abroad they aro not so rough with immigrants as over here, where they stop them at the port and send them to Ellis Island, perhaps to be deported. In foreign countries tourists are permitted to land, but undesir- ables receive an official call a day or so later when they are Informed to keep on moving. Imogene W^leon said before leaving New Tork she waa going to Paris, via London and look for a theatrical Job. That waan't a bad route or story for her. Last week one o: the New Tork dallies dug up a story about Tlnney and Jean White (sister of George) when both were with the Hammer- stein'a "Sometime" cdmpany. It had the Tinney-Wblte incident t>arallel- ing the Tinney-McDonald affair and Just as much so. No one in Times square or the Loo^ ever had heard about it before, with the "Sometime" show about five years last atorehouaed. Mlsa White called at the office of the daily and gave verification of the atory itself to a reporter, who may not hav.? heard ot "Sometime" before. Just an instance of how far the sensational dailies will go to get or make a story. Nothing so far has arisen In New Tork to back up the cabled reports from London that I./ee Shubert ia taking over the Gulliver English circuit. Gulliver's general manager, Michle, has been in New Tork and In frequent conference with Lee, but that seems to be about as far as it has gone. Just what the Shuberts would or could do with an English mixed circuit such aa Gulliver's, distributed in many places and not overbur- jlened with big house.i, would perplex Broadway showmen, If Lee got the hunch to take the British houses. Some years ago the Shuberts operated the Waldorf in London for a short while, with many Londoners not having forgotten it. On hia recent trip abroad, Lee seemed to be In negotiation for Berlin theatres. It raised an outcry in the Berlin presa, but nothing more e«me ot lU The exhibit waa hekl un<]er the auaplcea of the Bualneaa and Pro- resa;onal Women's League—and everything made and uaojl by women waa on ahow. - But bosUes the merchandise and profe^ional booths were those dealing with women's political activities. Theae wore very interesting. Frmn those In charge of the Republican booth I found out Just what la the manor with the Democrats, and from thoae at the Democratic booth I learned what mean, low-down cuaaes the RepubUcana have Shown themselvea to be. Nobody got my ruictlon. I waan't telling. But due to the fact that thia ia my firat campaign (women weren't voting when I took to my oed five yeara ago; you can inoaglne how thlnga Im- pressed me. I came away wearing a CooUdge button. (Hope Wells Hawks or Sol Bloom don't read tbla.) Mrs. Elisabeth Sears, president of the league; Mra Adele Scott, execu- tive secretary, and all others connected with the show are to l>e con- gratulated on the success of their efforta and I want to thank everyl>ody present for the kindness shown ma I got writer's cramp trom autograph- ing my books, but I didn't mind that. . 1 waa too intoroatod and happy. Incidentally, I aaw the lateat faahlona for everything effeminate except layettea. I suppose those for whom the layettes aro mads don't, at their age, worry about stylea The exhibit was held for the express purpose of osplotting women's actlvitlea enterprise and progress. Then after tho fashion show the whole thing wound up with a wedding. I guess, after all, that getting married Is also a part of woman's business. Incidentally, this was the first time I'd ever risttsd ths Commodore hotel. (It's boon built since I went In storage.) And I do wish that Mr. Commodore would familiarise his elevator Starters and bellboys with the geography of his hotel. When I asked for the Park avenue exit I was taken by elevator to the main floor, and I find that hobbling around the lobby with a crutch and cane Isn't a very pleasant sadlng to sn evening's entertainment. Just for tfie Information oC the uniformed young man on the main floor, let me say, that you go to tho messalne floor to find the Park ayenue exit, where a taxi can bo had. I'm Just changing "from" to "to." I used to rocelvo Tlslts "from" my friends, but now I go "to" my friends. Last week I talked over from thj Somerset hotel to the Columbia Theatre building to visit Sam A. Scrlbner, head of the Columbia burlesque and the man through whose cfTorts burlesque tias risen to about the cleanest part ot tbe show world. No, I didn't aak for the principal boy part in one ot hia ahowa. Tho l>urpoao of the viait waa to thank Mr. Sccibner and hia aaaoclatea, Rud K. Ilynlcka and J. Hert>ert .Mack, and all the burlesque world for their kindness, support and interest In my new book. %Iy old friend. Walter Hill, seemed surprised, yet glad, to see me. He swallowed the lump in hla throat and piloted me in to aee his boaa. Burleaquo waa the fleld ot amusement In which I had been the leaat active, but it rsspondM quickly and generously and almost to a man. I thank jrou. For the beneflt of th^ gentleman who Is waiting until I get well enough to give me a party up at Ben RUey'a Arrow Head Inn—I have already been there. (Betty wanted to know if a dash went In thia aentence.) Tea, I daahed up there. Juat atopped In for a cup of tea (or what have you), but Mr. and Mra. Ben thought I looked like I needed frog lege. Boyle's Thirty Acrea made famous by fistic encounters, isn't in it with Riley's thirty acres surrounding his charming new Arrowhead Inn. It's hard to believe wo have that much rustic beauty so near tho heart of tho city. My nurse discovered reoently that a pair of baby^ Moks can not bo purchased within the Times square district. Dog collars, bells for kittens and things of that aort can be found In any number, also everything from doughnuts to Rolla-Roycea for grown folka. But no chlldren'a aocka. I suppoae people In the Time.; aquare district don't have children, or if they do, they're too human to sock 'em. Dear Eva Davenport: It aeema impossible to reach you with a letter. If I kond It to Loiur Branch you have gone to White Plains. I aent It to Oedney Farms hotel on Saturday and the hotel burned down SuBda^. And there waa nothing Inflammable in that letter. ' '- / I aaw a traffic cop talking to a nurse girl In the park the other day. I Just wondered it the nurae girl had been exceeding the apeed limit. Dear Nellie NIchola: Tea, I aent the booka to your frienda. Tea, I writ my iwrne In them. In fact I writ all of my names In theme. Dear Loney Hasklll: c ■ I can not attend the meeting of the Harameratein Alumni Thtiraday, because I tun going to visl'. the Inmaea of the Beth Abraham Home for incurablea on that day But anything you do Is all right with me. Billy Van haa one of the beat ideas of what ahoufd conatltute a theatre .larty. Flrat, you have U, have your dreasing room in a theatre with a >viiidow opening out in to a viata of tenement houaea. Then you have o see two glrla looking from a window in the tenement and tryini; to ind a little of beauty in thi rubbish and disorder of pocket-size back .nrds. This happened to Billy and after he had seen the girL; there • c'veral times, he culled ac.-oss the courtway. "Have you seen the show yet?" "No, not yet," was the reply of one of them. "YTou see, I'm a cripple, and this is my friend who takes care of me when she has time. So we don't get to go out much." But she and her volunteer nurse did go out, for at the next matinee of The Dream Girl," in which he is playing. Billy reserved the whole front row for the little cripple and all the friends who had been Uking turns caring for her. And if any one asks me, that's the kind of a theatre party to give and thofs the kind of a dream-girl to give it for. Thanks for all of the Jewish New Year greetings—and the same to you and many of them.