Variety (August 1925)

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VARIETY Wednasdaj, August S, 1985 THE FiRST INTERNATIONAL NUMBER publulMd in a tliMttrical will be ismed hy 1 V ¥. niETY , ABOUT AUGUST 26 t« ilABELLE 3HERkAN -»j^-,- 4..C . t> ij^*' - Presents LIONEL (MIKE) AMES in "FASCINATING FEMININE FANCIES" B«ciit^lnK Inatantaneously at every performance, tMroyinc tte oototandlns teatore oC the B. ft K. MilUon Dollar Fur Show Now PUyinc B. & K. Wonder Theatres, CHICAGO, TIVOLI, RIVIERA, SENATE Pmrmmi DirecHon MABELLE SHERMAN 1413 Capitol Bids. Chicago, IIL "VARIETTS INTERNATIONAL NUMBIR,;* cur- •ently, as the initial publication of its kind, is to inaugu- rate* the. i^ue as ^n annual oontribution to the show busi- ness of the world. * This August issue of **VARIETy^ INTERNA- TIONAL NUMBER" will go over the universe to "Variety's", wide world circulation and carry publicity to the most extensive circle of executive readers ever held by any theatrical publication. An announoement for the International Numbar ahauM ba Miit hi promptly to Variety, New Yark NO THEATRICAL PAPER EVER PRINTED ANYWHERE EVER HAD AN INTERNATIONAL CIRCULATION THAT WOULD WAR- RANT IT ISSUING AN INTERNATIONAL N^BER. EXCEPTING VARIETY. VARIETY HAS. VARIETY BUREAU WASHINGTON, D. C •It Tlia Aroenna Telephone C<f1wmb)a 4890 ST. LOUIS By J. LOUIS RUEBEL Manioipal Opara—"Naughty Marl- Qarden Thea tr e F aahton Pa«- OM^and—Popular ▼audevllle. Liberty—Stock burlesque. Mieaouri—"The Manicure QirL" ,. Loew'e State—"A SlaTe of Faah- *' , Kinge and RIvoli—"Havoc." Grand Central, Lyrio Skydome and Omitol—"The Loet WorkL" With Manacer Brennan on -his vacation. Vannah Taylor of the Or- pheum has been In charge of the Grand Opera House. Both the American and the Sba- bert-Jetferson will open Sept. 6. the earliest In many a fall. The Or- pheum, whose liibor Day opening Is almost traditional, will break the tradition by starting Aug. SS. '«U>B8T SCHOOL* MBWkST VKTUODS AD. NEWBERGER Stage Dancing Produotioni and Vaudeville A«U Staged 200 West 86th Street Baherier S4ST NEW YORK CITT By HARDIE INEAKIN National—Stock. "Cheating Cheat- era." Next. "Chlckea Feed." « Columbia — Film. "Baggar on Horseback." Next, "Wild Horse Mesa." * MetropoliUn—"Marriage Whirl." Next, "Lady Who Lied." Paiaee—"Night Life." Hilton Sis- ters, Siamese Twins added. Next. "Never the Twain Shall Meet." Rialto—"Black Cyclone" and "Take a Chance" (presentation). Next, "^ivalhia of the Ice Lands" (film). Lawrence Beatus, manager for Loew of the Palace here. h%d sev- eral specialists working on him dur- ing the past week to head off a threatened infection of his faoe and nose. The specialists were success- ful in arresting Its progress, but Baatus has to undergo ioe packs on his face for five hours each day for the next week or so. J. Dcdy, dramatic editor of Ned Mc- Lean's Waahlngtoa "Post," was killed in an automobllS accident re- turning to Washington from a vlait in Philadelphia. The funeral hera last week waa attended hy praeti- eally eve^jr theatrical man la town as well as Daly's brother orttlca: The National Playara. a 'stock venture that haa provan highly suc- cessful, are to coatlnve through to Sept B, the dosing being the abao- lute limit of the open time t>rior to' the road booklnga at the houae. Rumor has It that a chance may be taken with the President for a con- tinuation of the company through the winter months. It was at the Preaident that Steve Cochran, treas- urer of the National, and Clarence JacobBon, operating the present compan y, fi rst got together and ptt across "Wbtta Cargo" and "Bal^> to local ntna. Margaret SaTsra and her _ pany of daaeac* head the blU at thi' Barle the eorrant week. •* (♦. 1 Fulton Brylawakl, brother o| - Julian Brylawski of the Sarle the* hi atra. and himself a local attorney^ is tha father of ^ son. Tba /ftrand (Loew VandaTin*)^- opened Sunday w^ five acts and a I>loture. Bd Bparrow oontinuss at manajBTsr. Tha successor to Bd Bvaas, who has been handling tha publicity for sevaral years for tha house, but Is now interested witb BUI Moore in the operation of a gaa mnng station "de luxa." haa not yet been announced. *. . . Three men from Barl Carroll'a "Vanities" did a fanny stage turn^ . . ." was all the no- tice the "Star" reviewer gave Joe Cook and Co., who had a one-week engagement at the Missouri last week. Yvonne d'Arle, popnlar prima don- na of the Municipal Opera Co.. will retura to the 6ast next week as Sonia in "The Merry Widow," Ifth and last of this year's productions. Joan Ruth has substituted for Miss d'Arle for the last fortnight in "Martha" and "Naughty Mariatta." Nine full pages In the dailies has been the Missouri's splash oa its new cooling system. STRICTLY UNION MADE M f I Shopworn and Slightly Used Taylor, Hart- man, Indettructo and Bal Trunks alwaya on hand. WK DO BKPAIBDIO. WBirm TOB CATAUMk SAMUEL NATHANS, Inc. Sevsnth Avenue, between 40th and 41 st Streets, New York CMy SOLB AOBNT8 FOB HAM TRUNKS IN TUB BAST II Lmsmv* Sl»7.«St» Harold: Phillips, dramaUc editor of the "Times" (Hearst), now vaca- tioning, pulled a new one on the local folks last week. For the six days his column was given over to a different press agent each day wherein the aforementioned p. a. was given a free Hand to state what he thought of the five dramatic scribes. Including Phillips himself. The boys liked it, as each of them got In plugs for their coming sea- son's attraction. Phillips liked it, too! Bd Daly's "Rartn* to Go" opens the Columbia season at the Oayety, Ira La Motte, the new manager, formerly with the Shuberts at the Belasco, has made the President, another Columbia venture and al- ways a "white elephant," pay a little this sumnler by renting the house to an electrical scoreborad for the l>aseball games. Urn OBBaaeUcot The Mayflower Waihingicm, D. C HOTBL r<» Distinguished Professionals At*., BeMT th« th«atf Tkm Cuardkm of a Good ComtpUucion OTEINS" ARSOLUTHY GUARANTEE: HflKEUP; Hoid9 lAc Contf ot tkt Stagm WANTED SPEOALTV PEOPLE FOR VAUDEVILLE ACTS APPLY Manager Jack Garrison has not yet announced the opening attrac- tion for his Mutual burlesque house. In view ot the police Judge ruling that the Mutual shows complained of by the Federation of Churches, were "indecent," Garrison is going to send his treasurer, Lester Potar, over to Baltimore, the stand preced- ing Washington, every Friday, and report back on each show, listing the necessary bits that have got tp come out before taking a chance on the local police following np the Judge's recommendation that the memhera of the company and their manager be arrested for any further violations. Josephine Daly, sister of John DAVID R. SABLOSKY | 1560 Broadway, New York ^ SUITE 906. BETWEEN 1-2 P. M. BEN F. BERNARD, Producing and SUge Director, U Now Connected With ThU Office HOUDINI WANTS 2-EXPERIENCED ASSISTANTS-2 For the Houdini Road Show Toxtr I Apply by Letter Only, Giving Complete Detail as to QwudiHctaions Address HOUDINI, Variety, New York WILLIAMS and TAYLOK Ssying "AU REVOIR" al B. F. KEITH'S PALACE, NEW YORK. This Week (Aug. 3), Prior to Sailing for England, Aug. iS ^: ' OPENING AT VICTORIA PALACE, AUG, 24