Variety (November 1924)

i^4 $Jil4*.. I CABLE ADDRESS. VARIETY, LONDON V ^ 8 SL MpurtiQ** Place^ Trafalgar Square F OtLE. I G N =*^ (jONPON QFflCE i ^^ ^ ^^fedM^y.'NovemlietU. I92i LONDOirSNEW Mgrt^ ktvolye '^Liying In** ' Syctem ior, Ch<Nruten London. Oct. IS. Th« aharpnMS ot th« Actora' Aa- Boclatlon in trailing managera who •re paying !«•• than tb« minimum waff* to chorus riria and the flgrht •calnat the bogus, in which it la al- lied to all other organixatlons. baa led to a good deal of InveBttvepeaa on the part of tbe >MI ta^M «r the ahow worid. The latest stunt la to employ girla of below mature age, but with ma- ture build on the livlag-ln" bystem. By tbla the management pay all lodging blUa,' etc., and allow their dupea a little pocket money, gen- erally about %1M a week. Thta. however, may be cottaldaratoly re- duced by a syatem of flaip.. One woman, apecialUlng In cheap troupea ofdanoekt has Juat contract- ed to aoppiy alx well-developed jroUBgstera to act as cborua and ^lltneeni for |I0 the lot., and aome- thlBg l|ke a doaen sptaU-time r^vue iAalia^ra are known to be en> gaged la tkla new toiln of white IBID BABIES' "JAM" ' ^ 'f '; I^ndon. Oct. 15. .Fred Barnea, light comedian, 1^ about to receive aome publicity he probably would rather dodge.' Recently Fred w^ vei7 mu^ In hta cups. Tbla reaulted In hia ap- ceaxaOQe At Mar4boroug)i Street, charged with "being . drunk in charge of a motor car, falling to sipp and give particulars, aftejr a|n accident, and driving a motor car without a licenae In Hyde Park." In the end Barnea was remanded in hla own ball for $5,000. I attJJVER STOCK UP !ri' . Undims. Nov. t. ik'.A to«p in <|iiot«tk»na from six to fltUoi ahlJMnga wtthla thr«e mbntha (or OuUlver Ciroalt atock baa brought wHh it reports that laslde pri'vate purchases of the stock reoeatly have l^n made. - Thla te naked with rumora the IDiuberts'ttf Ifew York have re- opened i w t o tlnt lona for tb4 dvOH* fr Cirentc - It laanld «v«r ta«re that Vari«tya |prematm<e atcrr of the deal on be- tween ChcrMs OnDtVer and Lee ttiQberf preiieniied the Btegllsfa In- tereata frqin ateiirfhr the quantity of Ottlllver stock tli«r wanted at the minimum Bgure. Gulliver's lionden theatres of Ya-; rleties CorVk 1ia> declared a five ^r cent, dividend for the past 7ear, which meana there is a re- serve fund amounting to $500,000 ^ioT the CtuIUver chain of bouses. \ In addition, eight separate corpo- -vTatlona, controlling ttuit many pro- vincial theatres ot tl>^ circuit de- .'clared dividends ranging from Z'Jfieven to N per cent. /■ Agents ^^ing bookings with '^^e Oulliver controlled houses have 'been told the circuit is bringing forward all vaudeville routes, and .Will play legitimate attracUons next ., year. Gulliver but recently decided to Withdraw vaudeville from the Ox- ford, which procedure goes into ef- fect Nov. -S with the musical, "The Butterfly." opening at that house Nov. 10. ENGLISH MEET ON PlSCSh-TAX \^jnericaii Maker* De* Iwrred from Brituh Songs for 5 Year* LMidon, Nov. J. Eliminating of the Import tax on phonograph records was the rea- son for £:ngllsh mnatc publiaherb and gramophone mannfacttireri to meet in conference. Tfhe purpoee of tbe confab waa to dlscuaa the in- creased Importation <»f dine reeerda. since the dropping ot the Import stipulation. To offset to some degree tbe in- flux of wax reoordinga, prInclpaCy f^om America, the publlskera-acrMd witA tbe manafaeturers not to per- mit foreign, record makers to nae their pabUabed song* during the next St* year*. LONMHTS CAT BURGLAR IS FORMER ACROBAT Police After Criminal Who's Bid for Faroe I9 Based on Speed and Results >» ArliM in "Old EnglUh' *■ London, Nov.' S. George ArMaa la aaillng for Amerl ea to appear there in John Oalswor thy'a "Old English," currently at the ^Haymarket here. ' Mr. and Mrs. ArUss will t)e on tbe ''Barengaria." leaving this side Nov. U. 'OUIOKZV WIHOrVAQAIl Paris. Oct. M. T. Bllvestre has revived Pierre WoUrs comedy, "Les Alice BrMkes." at tbe Theatre du Vaudeville, re- placing "Maman," a flop. The present cast includes Vargas In the part created here by Fran- cen, Treville (role formerly held by P. Bernard), JofTre, Cousin, Mmea. Irene Wells in her original role, and Jeanne Provost. ia 1«M WILLIAM MORRIS AOKNCI (KO. IMaam BMc I4M Brandway, M«w Tarti Lackawaana (t4*-I ., TBE nw lADT BUBIE PEGGY (yNEDL etarring in a revival of Sir Jamet M. Barrie'i •THi. UTTIE ?niIISTEB" LONDON ADDRESS—VARIETY London, Oct. >t. The police are huntiog for an ex- pert criminal who has earned fer himself the aobrlauet of the "cat burglar." Bla name and haunta are well known, but he 'baa hitherto evaded capture. Before taking to a life of burglary he waa an acrobat, and In that capacity was a member ef aeveral well-known troupes play- ing In vaudeville and clrcuaes. - It waa while touring with - tbe Banger show that a series of petty thefts brought him under suspicion. Leaving the show he almost Inune- dlately, so it is thought, embarked on a career of crime. Spotting his victim he await* his opportunity, then mounts the sides of houses with cat-like agility and speed, entering by the nearest win- dow which permits egress. His raids are of the lightning order. In one case a woman came downstairs to attend to a front- door caller and returned to find ^eraelf robbed of money and Jewels. Another Instanca waa of a family llstienlng to radio In a downstairs room retiring halfway through the show to And themaelves completely cleaned out. WAUES AT BAIL 8A1IB London. Oct. 24. The first public engagement of the Prince of Walea on hla return home will be Nov. 6, when be will wltnesa the third of the aeriea of baseball games between the New Tork "Giants" and the Chicago "White Sox" at Stamford Bridge. The King, Queen and Prince Henry will alsf be present. I aaked Harry Aahton to write my ad. and he said: . "Well, they've seetf that face of yours In that spot for going on sixteen years, and your getting old and should be rioh by now. At least, your mother telle me. you're the champion wanta^to- know-frbere-every-peanr-goea geek in tbe world. Charlie I^oy la Bddle Koy'a handaomeat aon and doing a great alngie and JuatsettJtMF atsrted, and If you want to put taim apAoe to goa4 aae. di:op out a irtak aad give the women the worid over a chance to look at a (real smart coming alonir ananpy meaaa aqfMthlng^tn show bwatneaa a ab«t at tttlL aaeond page and a rest Crttm tMaf time- Vom atuflC yon force on us".) Bo I said to Harrr, "Are you going to write this ^' i>r am I golpg to wrlta tUa ad."* So «• Jtast mailed In Cbartie'a pletui-e tlutt we stole off a wall and said. "Let's let this great coming comic write hia own ad." FRANK VAN HOVEN U. & A.. EDWARD S. KKULER England and Farla. LEON ZBITLIN. P. 8.—Charile, don't ten Ben Schafar anything al>ont Zaka. Van. DELYSIA'SSISOO CABARET OFFER Piccadilly Hot^ London, Wants Her—Mailer of -Vocal Strain ■i London. Nev. S. The Piccadilly hotel la negotiating wiih Delyaia for her ai>pearance at t2,S00 weekly. It U the largeat aal- ary ever ttald a alngl* cabaret artlat ill London. The proposal Is that the French star sign a contract stipu- lating a stay of four weeks with an option. .The only obstruction Is whether Delysla's voice can stand the strain of singing twice nightly. She would be obliged to sing three songs in the restaurant during the dinner hour and a like number in the ball room at midnjght. OLD VK. REBUILT BOOEZD AT BOm ABD MlUn London, Nov. S. Marguerite and Oill and the Forde Sisters have been booked for De- cember In Rome and Milan, alter- nating between the two towns. Marguerite and Gill will open In Rome and the Forde Sisters In Milan, then replace each other. Current London Attractions Paul Tausig & Son. tbe steamship agents, of 104 Bast 14th street, Issue monthly an Illustrated card of the current theatrical attractions In London, called "What's On In Lon- don." The card may be had gratis by ap- plying to the Arm, which malls it out. London, Oct. 22. After five montha' rebatlding and redecoration tbe "Old Vic" will re- open with one ef tbe finest and beat equipped stagia in I.ondoa. Lilian Bayliaa, tbe managereaa, baa f*- tomed f^om her Sooth African trip and la optimistic as to the future. Thanks to the generosity of Sir Oeorge Dance, author, composer, and provincial manager, the por- tiona of the old theatre taken over by tbe Morley College night nchoola have been reclaimed and a further gift of $10,000 given to the college for new premises. Apart from a heightened and deepened stage, aeveral new dreastng rooms have been added, with neW wardrobe and ofllce accommodation. The Old Vic is the theme of the "high-brow" and Shakespearean enthusiast situated in one of the lowest quarters of London. Its ad- mirers spent years in extolling Its virtues, yet wh^n C. B. Cochran moved the company to the New Oxford for tha season those who shouted loudest took good care to keep away. "Society" at one time "had a craze for "slumming" and visiting the Old Vic,, has become a sort of theatrical counterpart to this. The opening Shakespearean show will be "Othello" and the opera "Carmen." , li.liM A>en Sky Above Us Who :pwni. tb% larsMt notion p^ctm* terefnt Be, Car fhe ^tw Tork proprietors seem to have the claim to themselvea. Sir Oswald Stoll declarea his new Aim houae at Baker atraat Wlfi lyt; jthe finest In the world. But any answer baaed on facta auoh aa theaa win be wrong; the largeat cinema acreen the world owna ia the open aky. At present the smoke-writing aeroplanea of the "Dally Mall" have the monopoly. No rivals contest their sphere beeaoae no other enter- prise baa realised the aky la the graateat advertlalng medium yet discovered. Ita value may be Judged by tbe number of rubber-necks who rtak (heir lly^ among faat traffic to gain a gllmpae of an aero- plane dla^argUift amoke. , Sooner or later the aky will be exploited. Advertiaements will, natuntUy, become more and moN striking as the public taste he4i coatm Jaded. Later on, perhap^, films win be broadcast on tlw 8ky-»< by the asethoda of the deaert mirage—^Just as entertainments are nowi sent by wfareleaa through, the alri The sky is owned. It cannot, un- , less special legislation ia passed,: beco^ie a government monopoly in the way that the atmoephere in England has for ths purposes «<. broadoaatlng. Just as the sky above CYery country in the .world belongs to that oountry and no other, so. the sky above every eataU over hare belongs to the proprietor of that estate. '.•./ LaM ""Up to the Sky" ' ^ According to Kngllah Uw. From the earUest times eve^ land-i' owner baa owned hU land "up to th^ sky." Thla haa so far been'' considered a "legal fiction." But it has*been*acknowledged in prln-"' ciple. r Thus, If your nelghbor'i pears hang beyond the fence or boundary" line of His orchard where It adjolna yoUr land, those pears are youri' Why? Because the air they han* in is yours. If your neighbor, like' Jack in the fairy story, had a magic beanstalk which slanted so that it grew above your Und, yon could plant a ladder, erect a fence and have the princess at the othfr end for yourself, while the police' warned the planter of the beaha not to pass beyond the boundary. That Uw was passed before flying was thought of. What is tme of trees or bulldlnga must be true of aeropUnes. as the law appliea tO peara and applea alto appUta to patrridges and pheasants. At preaent no landowner troublea hia head about tbe smcrice-' writing aeroplanes, lost aa no gaa manufacturer troubled to get a price for by-producta in the early days of the Industry. Time teaches value; it irUI teach-raltie of tha skr. 'r ^1 2 Amer. Sincera Dropped Off Bin at CoUsemn London. NoT^ •» Lola FuUar'a dancers were axcel- lently received upon opening at the CoUaeum thla afternoon, aa aleo were Marguerite and QUI. Roy Barton and Imo Stoaly«,;twd American'boya. who have been aing- Ing In Paria cabarets for some time. opened on the bill, but were not ap- proved and dropped from the run- ning order. . n „.j. ,».,^i, :; Barrie's Revivals liondon, Nov. 8. Sir James Barrie has given ua no new play sinoa "Mary Rosei" As pracUcally all his VDrica, apart from early efforta, have been re- vived, he has taken no part in the present season. At Christmas, how- ever, "Peter Pan" will celebrate his 21st birthday, when OUdys Cooper plays the part for the sec- ond year in succession at the Adel- phi; and "A Kiss for ClnderelU" will be revived at the Haymariiet for a series of matinees. MAinrZQUIHS FOK "FOLLIES" Paris, Oct. 24. Marie Genet (French) and Betty Shields (English) have sailed to Join the Ziegfeld "FoUies." They are professional dressmakers' models and win parade in the lateat creations of certain Parisian coiktu^lera. AETIBnO—THAT^ ALL London, Nov. S. "Armistice," a new play, la one of tboae artlatle anccesses, but aeema anlikely as a commercial proposition. AUSTRALIA; ' (Continued from page 2) running under Fuller-Ward man' agement. The Royal has the following acts this week: Hetty King, Edna Thom- as. Walter Weems, Laveen and Cross. Renee Riano, Ed Lavlne. Dudley Dale. De Martel. Ross Baker. Acts at TivoH Include Scott and Whaley, Bert Levy, Beryl Beresford. Eve Lynn, Ted Mar;el. Winter and Bunny, Fred Lake, Holloway and Austin, Hilo Duo. "East of Sues" Is In its sixth week at the King's and alill pulling. Muriel Starr featured in this Wil- Momson-Talt success. At BtJou following acts current: Millie Doris, Niblo and Owen. Mil- iian and Girls, Corelti and Da via, I.rf)rn« and Lnnoe, RnHlsh R«>vuf>. Htridi WilkNt Bdcfi London. Nov. S. Ivan Mordktn. formerly damitatf partner of Pavlowa, and his *com« pany of four, will sail on the "Hemertc." Nb*. 2«. for the StA<i^s. The principal danseuse, Madame Bekcfl, wUI not embark for Am«r- ica but is going to Scandinavia. ., Mnsical End of Moecow ' Art Wm Come to N. Yj ~ •• Landon. Nov. 1 I The manager of the Moscow Art Theatre is here arranging for the local appearaaaa of hia players in June, either at the Dmry Lane or Covent Oarden. The Russian entertainment will be in two parts, dramatic and musical, with the latter complement de«lg> nated as the unit to later go to Naur Tork under the management of Mor« ria Gest. DEATHS ABBOAD Paria. Oct. 2(, Bduarde Reia, well-known Po; tuguese pA>ducer of Usbon, died suddenly of apoplexy, aged t8. SAILDTOS Not. 11 (London to New York) Mr. and Mrs. George Arliss (Ber- angaria). i Nov. 8 (New Tork to London) Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Sdelaten (Ma« jeatic). . NpV. 8 (New Tork to PariaV Betty LaJne (De Graaae). ^ Nov. 1 (New Tork to London)| A. H. Wooda (Homeric). Nor. 1 TLondon to New York). Walter Moore (Baltic) Nov. 1 (New York to London) Jack Haskell (Homeric). Oct. 20 (New York to London). Mrs. Eart Carroll (La France). Oct. 2» (New Tork to South* ampton), Alan Dwan (Paris.>. Oct. 22 (New York to London). Lynn Overman and Mrs. Overman (France). Nov. 20 (London Vo New TorkK Ivan Mordkin and company ti four (Homeric). Nov. 19 (New York to London). Mme. Karen Bramson (Paris). When in London Stay at THE PICCADILLY B*»t food— B«rt ■•rvlce —BMt room»-- Beit avcrytlilns. -^^S Better cable for a ream. ^S. "PIQUDILLO; LONPOH^ TKLBTHOMK B^DICOTT MtS THE TILLER DANCING SCHOOlJ joim Tn,i.cR Prceldeat MART MAr Secretary OF AMERICA, Inc. TEMPORARY ADDRESS 225 West 69th Street NEW YORK Dlrectprs MART RKAD KBNB TODD Attorney *j NATHAN BUnKAW^^ m