Variety (November 1924)

VARIETY »« vy--' I""' '1'»'':"^^!*PIP^ Wcdnesdajr, NoTember 5, 1924 J, -(T ^:t>^ .-•rit AMERICA'S MOST VERSATILE DANCE ARTISTS J '»■. .' >, a. to ««»«. A.. U«y 1»« olo«d Adt .n«.gcm«.. «iA "ARTISTS AND MODELS of 1923" Jter . ™. o< Shew m,.*., We otfer $100.00 and weekly royalty for the best idea wbmitted for a come^r daiice.* ■ ^^ > Th tote who remember .eebig our GaUaglier «id Shean comedy dance in "ARTISTS AND MODELS of 1923" wiU have an idea what we wish. ROSE and ARTHUR BOYLAN ^,12 West End Avenue, Frecpart,i-.L .* -*^.-- V- • - •t«.! i.' 8b.»ld tw. t moi« iT«.n. .ubmit th. iW «ilect.d a. b« .t. e.eh will b. .warded th. full .mountof th« prl«. ott.r»d. ' I • • "~ I4MM mwt lb* r.o.tr.4 •• .r balor. p^t^mbar 11, 1»S«;, ^ ST. LOUIS By JOHN ROSS Th« Municipal Theatre AmocU- tton at a meetlnc laat week elected 40 members to serve on its board of I. directors for the ensuing year. i' David B. Russell was again selected jl to manage. I The IVew Toy theatre opened last i week. "The SoiU of the Drama." I |k«t offering, was directed by Harry 'yyR. McCain. ;* "Liberty MaldS" (stock) (Oscar Dane, manager)'Start with a dress rehearsal at lO.tO Saturday nights, ;;, public adniltted. The PersMpg (stCK^c) Is picking np in attendance weOly. i; A few of the relics of the old NEW UnpiUislied SoBg Nombors m r. oaa nsplr zo« wUh.the kia« at ■•■« ' .jiaUrlkl yan waat te loiprvr* ye«r act, :*mA w wtu 0iMt iiinmtrate thoM ■y . wtUoh mMW pfera kvatlakU fM* bml W. ^ mtr» 7o«'sa epportaalty t« um • •ob* f.;B«foi« It is StJlIi., i CaU Today ROOM US ttROMAX BLDO, 245 West 47th St. ' (WMt •« Olympic, recently rased, will be pre- served to recall memories of famous actors,'actresses and popular plays of bygone days. M. BardUlo, a member of the or- chestra on tour with "Ten Com- mandments." had hia hair com- pletely burned oft hU head and has severe burns about the face, 1» others received slight bums, and ISO spectators were nearly panio- strlcken when the stage of the C»rand. Alton. 111., was swept by flames late last week. Approx- imately 160 persons, tnen, women and children were In the th^tre when the Are, which gutted the en- tire rear end of theatre, swept across the footlights and into the balcony, where some persons were reported to have been burned but not seri- ously. M. Bardlllo, It Is said, started to flee fr«m the building With other members of the orchestra when the bias* was discovered, but returned to the pit to get hU musical insUu- ment. * When the "Golden Crook" played the Gayety .(Columbia faurlesaue) several weeks ago its prima donna. Eda Mae (&nlth) received oodles of publicity through George L. Zlm- merer. a wealthy, real estate dealer, filing papers to adopt her, and Mr. ZImmerer's wife filing a divorce suit naming Kda Mae Smith. The depo- X«w T«k Oiy' sitions were taken last week aaid again Bda Mae (Smith), prima donna, comes in for some more pub- licity. This time Geo. U ZImmerer does the talking, remembering he made no comment previously, he stated, before the special commis- sioner, he took an Interest in Kda Ma« Smith because of her jpouth and talent. He became acquainted with her through friends. Mrs. ZImmerer in her deposition said she w>a0 obliged to support threir three chU- dren. At< time suit was filed ZIm- merer was seeking t» adopt Ada Mae, who b&s been designated as "over tl years of age." MtsslMlPpl Valley Trust-Co. re- ports the selling of property in the downtown district to the Skouras brothers' enterprise*. The repwt states the. Skouras* wUl build a movie palace on the site. The pur- chase price of the property la said to be over $1,000,00*. The project, it is said. wiU be flwanoed by Henry Ferris, of the First NaUonal Co. (a banking and trust company here*). ruU both afternoon and evening. It will repiain four weeka. Detroit got \i» flnit gllmpsa of the Eaolty PlAyers.' Ino.. productions this week with the opening of, "Blz- presslng WUUe." It opened to good business and was warmly praised in the local papers. Actual construction work on the Grand Riviera theatre, to seat S.SOO, has been commenced. It is being built by the C. W. Mup« l*t*rest8, cohtroUng a group of hlgl^-class motion picture and vaudeville houses. It win be devoted to vaude- TliM and second-run filai% W. S. Butterflekl, hsM of the Bijou Theatrical KnterprliMs, he'.d open house In the firm's new quar- ters in the Film Building last Sat- urdar. The occasion celebrated the move ef the JUJou headquarters from Battle Creek to Detroit: I^oratn, O., has started a 2,000-u, theatre In the tornado wrecked cl It will be ready tn spring. Jack Greenbaum, of the Mat field Opera house, announced tk they were building a' new thea< In that city. Robert McLaughlin, operating Crystal Slipper dance hall, will l an outdoor dance floor In conjui tton with .the SUpper. He haa lea I:' ,■,'-: THEATRE MANAGERS, ATTENTION! TIIIUU(!!6nilllG«<»)[MA!iM (Betvveeii Cincinnati and St. Louis) (Between Omaha and Chicago) OPEN FOR GUARANTEE ONLY! '^BOZO" SNYDER and BARNEY GERARD'S GREATEST ''FOLLIES of the DAY'' 28 SpecUcular Scenes, including the $150,000 "Dia- mond Hor»e»hoe" Scene GREATEST AND MOST SENSATIONAL BOX OFFICE \ ATTRACTION IN BURLESQUE 38 WEEKS IN BOSTON—1 SUMMER IN NEW YORK WRITE or WIRE IMMEDIATELY te BARNEY GERARD DETROIT <r By JACOB SMITHS" SHUBBRT-DETROIT—"EUprtiss- ing Willie." OARRICK—"The Fool." TBMPLK—"Fables of 1>J4" and Keith vaudeville. NEW DHTROIT—"The Thief of Bagdad" (second week). MAJESTIC—"Daddy liong Legs" (stock). , OAYETT — "Wine, Women and | Song" (burlesque). CADILLAC — "Red Hot" (bur- leAaue). CAPITOL—"The Silent Watcher." MADISON — "Merton of the Movies." BROADWAY STRAND — "The Siren of Seville." FOX-WASHINGTON—"The Cy- clone Rider." ADAMS — "Hot Water" _ (third COLONIAL—"Dynamite Smith." As a picture attraction, Glenn Hunter Is all the rage in Detroit this week. He Is appearing on the Capitol and Madison first-run screens in "The Silent Watcher" and "Merton of the Movies." This Is the first occasion that Hunter's films have been given a first run here. The Ferry Field and the Orpheunn are jiow on a split-week policy, after having experlmentad with full- week bUls. '■ tf*'n * 9 ' *V*'9^'V s^ CLEVELAND By PHIL SELZNICk HANNA—'an the Next Room"; "Expressing Willie." OHIO—Eighth and last week^v. ■"Th* Ten CommandmenU": "Music pBox." METROPOLITAN' — "B u n n I n' Wild": Hell Bent fer Heaven." EMPIRE, STAR. COLUMBIA, BAND BOX—Burlesque. Moe Horwits, president Of Wash- ington Theatre Circuit, opened his eighth house in Cleveland last week, the 79th Hough. The theatre is in the-East End, seating 1,000. H. L. Horwltz and Jack Greenbaum are the managers. "Plain Jane" opened the Hanha season properly last week by being sold out at every performance. G. E. McCune, manager of the com- pany, put over a number of good press stunts. Tuesday night the en- tire company headed by Joe Laurie, Jr., entertained at the Hanna res- taurant. V . :■ ., ^hoes I. MILLER 6 SONS I.HC.O.rO.ATC*, The "World's tartest manu- CaAurer o£ didatrieal £ootwear.| We fitentire'cotepanies. also' individual ord^.. .; ...1 *.' .7 jccwToaa 1554Broadw< CHICAGO Y State Street" ! .. «M«MC |> |yjiM>ti>i»iti COLUMBIA THEATRE BLDO. N. Y. CITY The Oriole Terrace opened a- new show last week In time for Hallow- e'en celebration. Margo Raffaro, Lew Jenkins and Pauline Anderson, together with a chorus of 20 girls, are featured. Henry Thies orches- tra continues. After the nose-dive taken by "The Ten Commandments" at the New Detroit only a few weeks ago, the big opening on "The Thief of Bag- dad" came as a pleasant surprise to the management. Capacity was the The sponsors of "The Miracle" and the Metropolitan Opera got behind a stay of the Chicago Opera for four days in February. August lUg of FtunouM Powd* JAMBS TbMMrical Drag Now Owaad by Osili«. SlM.rs. niN'T "ifffl Txr 4»?' the Wonderland. I — I IBM Broadway NEW YORI BEAUMONT STUDIOS TH« T lACm WH MUt A Ll, TRK 8TABH OBT THKIK 0TAOB SBTTINOS. SBrmos wvu namK D on kbntal bam8 fob amatkub thkatu-, CAM, CLUBS, LimB TBBATBBS AND ALL OTHBB KMTBBTAINlfKN* pinroflBS. orr-or-TOWN obdebs gitbn stbcial attention. Chlekaring lOttS-lOSt* 225 WEST 46th ST., NEW TORK w.^.'^S* Esat. •I'- ifir' EDDIE RECTOR of EDDIE and GRAYCE RECTOR, iOassy Kreob Kids," ''ARTISTS AND MODELS/' ASTOR, NEW YORK AND AT THE SAME TIME FEATURED WlTt^ THE CLUB ALABAM REVUE Eddie is the first to introduce the "Ragtime Soldier Drill" that is being used with such good effect by Florence Mills in "Dixie to Broadway." Eddie is goaling 'em with the original version, nightly, at the Club Alabapi, where he .. is also scoring big with his own creation, a "Bimbo Bambaline" tap dance. FOLLOWS A RESUME OF EDDIE'S PROFESSIONAL CARREER, WHICH STARTED AT THE AGE OF NINS 1910—Mayme Remington (one of the Picks) 1913—"My Friend From Dixie" (J. Leubrie Hill's Co.) 1914—"The Darktown Follies" (played Hammerstein's Victoria, -N. Y.) 1915-1922—With a partner, was known as the team of "Moore and Fields," and played all the best vaudevHle, including Keith's and Losw's entire circuits. 1922—"Strut Miss Lizzie"-Times Square and Earl Carroll theatres, N. Y. 1923^-Teamed with Leonard RufRn as "Eddie and Leonard." 1923—*'Lisa/' at Daly's 63d Street, N. Y.; became featured dancer. 1t23—Teamed with Qrayca (Mi's. Rector), and featured at Lew LcsIh "Plantation Revue," at 50th Street and Broadway, N. Y. 1924—At the Astor, The Club Alabam, N. Y., and featuring hia own sty of buck and wing, as taught to him by "Toots Davis" of Da« and Stafford, reputed as one of the best. EDDIE RECTOR, a master clanot»r, wiU invtruct a lUnited number in Buck and Wing, Waltz Clogj Eccentric and Soft Shoe Dances; Routines Arranged ^ '•'»^<'^ •V' *«' y* - • ^ • EDDIE RECTOK (Direction Arthur Lyons), Club Alabam, 216 West 44th Street, New York jHioiie Lackawanna 7854 S't ,♦.1. Ill I; 1:^5 I ii>,.'>.j