Variety (March 1925)

20 CENTS AMUSEMENTS PRICE 20 CENTS r I SEXY' PICTURE CRAZE 'COLD' [2 ACTRESSES LEAVE NEW PLAY; i FAMILIARITY FROM SCRIPT the Near Future*' Written by Phytician-^-Called for Hand-Placing of Feminine Anatomy by Male Character*—Complained to Equity TiMtve actresses are said to have Ithdrawn trom Um oast of "In le Kear Fature," a medical play, blch opened for special matlDSM t Wallack's yesterday (Tuesday). Complaints were made at Sfpiity hat the piece, which abounds In [jnedlcal terms, called for characters apposed to bo physicians placing; hands on various parts of the itlents' anatomy,, presumably In course of examination. :^The actresses were a4;i^8ed that (Continued On page 8.) !COND TRACK U MIAMI FOR NEXT WINTER le Group Owning Present Track—65 Miles North of City Miami, March 10. Miami Is to have anpther race ick for next winter, making the cond here. Both are mile tracks, same group building the cur- Ffent course will lay out the second. )It will be 65 miles north of Miami within five miles of Palm ich from where many track reg- ulars now motor. A season of racing for 80 days 'aurlng the winter will be divided between :he two tracks, 40 for each. The first track, opening this sea- (Contlnued on page 6) WOODS REJECTS %\mm FOR ADELPHI Paid $425,000 for Chicago House Two Years Ago— Wants $1,250,000 New Style Rehearsal Newark, N. J., March 10. A stunt new to Newark was pulled by two dancers In a music ■bop. They came In, asked to have * dance record, and tried It out la I* booth. Hearing a sound that was Hot easily identified, a clerk stole * look and discovered the two try- ing out dance steps one after the other. They kept this up for a long time and then came out, explained thpy didn't care for Jthe record, but, feeling conscloug-strlcken, bought •1 package of needleto. Chicago, March 10. Aa otter of $1,000,000 for the Adelphl theatre building has been rejected by A. H. Woods. He wants |i,zso,eoo. Woods purchased the Adelphl building, which includes the Plant- ers' Hotel, two years ago for 1425,000. He improved the property at an expense of $186,000. , The intending purchaser is local and after the properfy as an in- vestment. The 11,000,000 offer in- cludes the tender of a lease to Woods for the theatre for 81 years at 165,000 a year. Woods now re' celves 145,000 annual rent from the hotel. A short while ago Woods sold his share of the Woods theatre and made a profit of |450,OO0. 1 , Eddie Arlington Cleans $215,000 SeUing Claridge Eddie Arlington, formerly well known outdoor showman, is again active In manipulating New York hotel properties. Last week he dis- posed of the Broadway Claridge. He is credited with having developed it from a losing propofUlon into a money maker. It was at Arlington's suggestion that the owning corporation turned the street floor Into stores. He was thus able to secure the Claridge (formerly Rector's) at a rental con- siderably under the first figure asked, the stores being the only out whereby the hotel could be made to pay. The new leasee of the Claridge Is Louis Ooldle, said to have con- trolled a number of picture .tnd vaudeville houses which he dis- (Continued on pace 0.) FILM FOR NUT SEn m. NOW SET Bic DistrilNiton fiad Public Tendency Toward Meio- dramatic Thrillers and TkrUiiac Comedies—Er- \ hibilors Also Want Ric- tores in Demand—"Sex Appeal" Producers May Find No Distributing Mar- ket — Hays Also Laid Down Law— >InTestigation at Box Offices as ETidence ^ f BLANK (IOWA) 'ANGBJNG' TROUPE OF HOLLYWOOD FILM ACTORS Latest Report Bunch with Ten Remaining Continu- ing on Commonwealth Ba^iis—^Bryant WaaUMnm i^ticksy but Joe Muri^y Blows—^Barnstorming "CLEAN FILM" SLOGA The ruling fashion in screen en- tertainment for the coming year be- ginning with the product that is to be released in September is to be melodramatic thrillers of the most virile sort and thrill comedies. That has been the edict as far aa sev- eral .of the big companies are con- cerned. All of the energies of the production departments have been (Continued on page 34) WHITEMANAT $1,000 DAILY $7,000 Weekly for Leader and Band at N. Y. Hip RADIO ACENTS BOOKING 14 HOUSES Routing Ether Artists- Stern db Green Place First Show Gratis Radio may not mean anything to every performer, but It is open- ing up a new field for some. Radio artists receive no remuneration for their services from le broadcast- ers but their iwpularity and fame via the ether* leaves them open to bookings on the outside. Stem and Qreeri are a firm of agents who already have 14 single tilghts lined up for radio talent to make personal appearances in pic- ture and burlesque houses. The theatres include Miner's. Bronx; Ilurtig St Seamon's; the New De- (Contlnued on page 9.) MAURICE IN DRAMA Denver, March 10. It fs reported around town that Paul Whiteman and his orchestra will appear at the New York Hip- podrome (Kelth-Albee) following the close of his concert tour early in May. Whiteman will receive at the Hip $1,000 dally or $7,000 weekly as long as -he remains there, according to the 8tor>'. Wlilteman passed through here on his way to Pueblo where he gives a concert tomorrow; 12, at Colorado Springs and he will appear in Den- ver for two days, 13>14. The Paul Whiteman Orchestr.i with Whiteman conducting ap- peared two years .igo at the Palace. New York. (K.-A.) for a run. when lt« salary was $2,MS a week. ilirii-a<"#ii DecMc :our\>t .Moines, la., March It. Tha tour4»t the Cosmic nroSue- tions Corporation picture stars Se- came a rout hers when rtierUTs,' sheaves of legal papers, artistic tern, perament, desertions, bill collectors and Bhrlners chased around until the town was dlixy. It was t: s greatest movie show the land "where the tall com (rows" had ever had. Out of it all. Bryant Washtwrn announced he had assumed the ihan- (Continued on page 8.) Maurice (Mouvet) is training his new dancing partner, Barbara Ben- nett, at the Club Lido, New York, dally, and will continuf the rehear- sal aboard the "France," on which both sail Saturday. On landliig! the new team will do a trial engage- ment in the Alps resorts before in- vading Paris to take up the $4,000- a-week contract signed for Maurice and Lenore Hughes by Maurice's brother and manager. Before sailing Maurice signed a contract for a series of double-page stories of his life, loves and adven- tures for the Hearst syndicatea. On his return to America in Sep- tember he plans to surprise the show world by starring In a drama with his new partner, who Is an ex(>eti- enced young aclresn, having ap- pearM with bcr father, Rlchanl Bennett, in "Tht liancer," nnrl re- cently an IcadinR women In "The Stork." The play is being written now. ^ KAHN'S $16(1000 LEADS SONG TAX LIST Paying Heaviest Duty— Lyric Authoj of Half of Current Hits ,^ Gus Kahn, with his sensational list of ^It songs last sea s on. wIM probably pay the heaviest Incoms . tax for 1924 as a songwriter. His Income last year is estimated at $16«,0««. Kahn, a Chlcagoati, Ji'.st new Is the lyric author, of prol>ably half of the current song bits on the market, an idea, of how prolific his output is. Kahn wrote exclusively for Rem- ick* for some years, delivering a fair proportion of hits, but not un- til he stepped out in the last two or three years as a free-lance did the magnitude of his work assert itself. His versatility in writing anythint; from comedy songs to ballads singled him out a sure-fire (Continued on page 8) 7?pSTUME» >I> COWNS-UNIFORMS- K^ Foc EvesyBoey WHO IS ANVBOoy ON THE STA6E OR 8CREEIL.EXailSNE * PeSICNS By LEADM6 SryiFCREAIORS ■ I -* inn nnanniMi •OOecOSTUMSSTOI ntt fofs..