Variety (December 1924)

MGEZOCEiaS ( ■ .■-7*r •■, »v A. ""^T i'lj'^" ,s«>>*,' i .-:■'•■ 3 ■ S'.^- ■■■. - My'''' AMUSEMENTS ■ !.^*;'! ■' • PRICE 20 CENTS rukUafecA Weekly at 114 Wmc «tth It.. N«« Tark. M. T, br Vnrittr. ine. Ananal ■MbwrirtloB $t. tlmgH Balarad •• atoMd «iM* matur DacraMMr IS. IMS. at tk« RoM OSe* M Maw Tork. M. T, —tor tk* Aot •( i.un. 'h^ LXXVn. No. 3 NEW YORK CITY, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1924 56 PAGES CREEN'S BEST MONEY CARD i'WSIQlIIHlOIERS^INniJIS CALUD FAiORS AND ONKiS "(nrMAYBfiSEEN IN FAIR BOOKINGS OF ACIS More ReveUtions a* to Appropriations hj Fairs tor Entertainment and What die Entertainment Actually CosU JciitlM) annual report pat btft Ivf M'lchlgan State Pair AasAfcia- by G. W. Dicklnsan, Its ttecrs- and general manager, under kadule 8, d«p«rtinental expenaM, irs the following: ■nd stand attraotiens f 19,800 ^fraworka 9JU0 ^uto raoas, miac. axpanaaa... 74tt1 Tpt«l ..u...-».......126^1 fhe following attractions appeared It Detroit at the MIchlgaji State Mike Barnea, one of the ex- ntlvea of the World Amusement rice Association, of Chicago, was personal charge. This Is consid- ered one of the prize plums of ^ all Itate fairs and important enough i>r aa official o^ the W. A. S. A. to It personal attention. Felix Bleb, also of the W. A. S. A. works, given credit for running off the Hoar. The following attractions were (Continued on page 37) et Singing: Preferred To Vaudeville or Disks ' Los Angeles, Dec S. ZiUciUe Ryder is r. blind street vlager and musician. She has been ii familiar figure in the down town .veetion as well as the police courts, %irhere she has been arraigned a score if times on a charge of t>egging. However. Lucille says she would titer do this than take a job in a eville theatre or with a record- eompany. ^taeet singing has been very Utable according to her husband, Ryder, who admitted to Judge 'Pe, before whom his wife was aigned en a charge of begging, they owned an automobile, a M radio set, a t4S0 piano, a banjo .nd trombone and other luxuries. Ryder admitted to the court his Ife's income ran from fSO to $85 a day nitd that she was on the streets 8(a (lios a. venr. Judge Pope told him to keep her off In the future and assessed a flne o. 180 or 10 days in Jail. The flne waa quickly paid. FREMCH PLTRS* LOSE $12S,l)0e Gemier Group and Sim- <me Company Both Failures Two companiea of French play- era, respectively headed by FIrmIn Oemlec and Mmm- Slmone, cioatag In New^ York Saturday, piled up a conbined loss conservatively esti- mated at over 1125,000. IC Qemier heads the Theatre Na- tional De L'Odeon, aubsldlsed by the French government The noted (Continued on page 92) MITZI DDE TO LEAVE SAVAGE MANAGEMENT One of Road's Biggest Draws Dissatisfied Over Non-Pro- duetion ot Operetta HOOD FOR BENNT LEONABD Benny Leonard, the lightweight champ. h:iB been booked at $4,000 a reek for a five-week special tour rer tiie Lubllner A Trlntz picture Rouses in Cliioago. I The opening rtate la optional witli alitd by Walter Meyers. Mltsi Hajos, now touring under the Henry W. Savage management in "The Magic Ring," will sever business relations with the Savage office at the expiration of her pres- ent contract in June. , Although MiUi has made no defi- nite plans for the future, it has been (Continued^^on page (1> $16 Gross on Day Indianapoli.1, Dec. 3. This may or may not be a record for low theatrical receipts. According to a reliable report, the Lincoln square, located within one- half bleck of the busiest jcorner in Indiana, took In %i for a matinee and }7.10 at light with Its picture program one day la-st weelr. MID POLt NEeni 11 ClOSE DIKE Swauon in "Wmf of Vir- tiM" Drew $29^724 at the iUvoU Last Weak, as Ataiast «2«,6M for PoU Necri in 'Terbidden Par- adise" the Weds Before —Valentiao ia «The Sainted Devir WiU Not Hold Orer for a Third Week at the Stavnd^ Drew $49,220 in Fbst—Was but a Few Dollars Be- hind *The Silent Accuser" .wtA Dof SUr at the Cap- itol, Which Got $50,004 TTWO NEW ARRIVALS Thanksgiving week failed to show any extraordinary grosses along the main picture lane of New York. Bualneas was good In the four big- geat houses, but nothing to rave over. There was a race between the Strand, with Valentino In "The Sainted DevU", and the Capitol, which had a new police dog star, '¥eter the Qreat," In "The Silent Accuser." The Capitol won out by (Continued on page C6) HENRY MILUR OUT ' OF 1IAGN0UA LADY »> Henry Miller will sever all con- nection with 'n?he Magnolia Lady," which he produced starring Ruth Chatterton at 4he Shubert. The actor-manager will step out Sutur- I (Continued on page 2) ■ e. Deputy Labor Coaunisuoner Lowj of Calif. SCvU Campaign to Drive Tliom Out—Wants Varietj to Assist—^Phoney Posers Injuring Picture Business UQUORPRHIS SUGHEYUP Scotch Advanced to $43 —Champagne .Very Scarce A slight advance la price of Scotch whiskey has been placed by the New Tork t>ootIeggii.g fraternity to $43. Scotch's last printed quo- tation waa SM a case. An advance had been expected and of a stifler increase. It had been said Scotch would go '. • ISO. and t4S Certainly. (Continual on page B2) TRDfl AS CHIEF PLAYER Di ilEART THIEP' Arch Selwyn Producing— Also ''Monkey Who Talks,** Freak Piece No Shows After 6 P. M. Oklahoma city. Dec. 2. Moving picture theatre^, for the flrst time in several y^arx, are show- ing in the afternoon at Mlner.il Wells. Tex., but no sUowh .ire being given after 6 p. ui., in deference to ttie cburci). people. Getting Type'' Actors Oat of Pictures Broadway legit producers may turn to the movies for type actors. ' One producer, looking for a certain type In a olay which he has now In the {unlng up process was tnld to look at an nctor in a fllm show- ing, on Broadway. The actor wait unknown, but the type WBA fiald to have been the thing desired. The producer went In and looked the fl:m over, but made no comment. Arch Selwyn is readying Saoha Gultry'a pUy, "The Heart ThteC." He has engaged Trlnl, George Naab and James Crane. TrinI la a foreign artist who came here some months ag»|Miowii but as a dancer. She will abt the role created in Paris by Tvonne Pritempts (Oultry's wife).' The same manager win later produce "The Monkey Who Talka," . (Continued on page 51) CROSS-WORD TIE-UP Granada, 'Frisco, First to Employ New Fad for Bustneas San Francisco, Dec. 2. Jack Partington, general manager of the Granada, has tied up with "The Chronicle"' for a croas-word puzzle cdntest. At the same time, the theatre will stage a cross-word revue, with a big settlpg picturing a puzalc, movie stars' names being used. The audiences will have tlie r-uz- »le solved. Other iiuzz><i for the conteet will b« disliiliuitd. Jjot Aagelaa, Dee. 2. Deputy Stat* ZAbor rwnmlii slonar Charles T. l^awr baa started a campaign to dri«« froaa kualaesa a number of picture corpenAloas selling stock to Investors aa Uw promise that they or their children would be given atar and* featured rolea in pictures the concerns would make. The nrst of the group, sellers te investors .on the promise of em- (Continued on page 11) "WK' STUNT ARRESTS Los Angeles, Dec. 3. O. C. Pr»tt, Max Burnstein and William Fife, the perpetrators of a fake "bomb" press aK^nt slunt, which endangered the Uvea of many In the San Diego "Union" build- ing when employes began rushing for safety, were held for trial after a preliminary hearing In the local court Pratt was the only one to furnish the required 12.000 ttail. Pratt is manager of .the Plaza in San Diego and Burnstein Is bis press agent. Their explolUtion stunt was worked out in behalf of '<Dyna- mita South" with a phoney Infernal machine planted In the newspaper office. Wben a wisp of smake began curling from the box. a panic ensued, with results whl^h might easily have been far more dangerous. The owner of the paper Imme- diately took the matter up with Will Hays, who condemned In no un- certain terms the > crk of the press. agent and his manager. President Entertains Hays^ Washington, Dec. 2. Will Hays was In Washlngto* dur« "• Ing the past week along with hl«,.^ son. Will. Jr., his brother and thg brother's wife. They were guests at the Whit*', House on Friday for luncheon wltkt". President and Mra. CoolMfee^ ' apendlfig over three houla with tlw | nation's chief executive. Who will nM«S|K>ur ■'onesT ThoSa''ekio hAV* bought traitffiM say— BROOKS COSTUME CO. 1417 BrMitoo T*L MM Pws. N. V. CH» mmI 1/MV C«atwmaa for Rentali ,,