Variety (August 1925)

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»i*-.*f^.::o>.\3B?t&-aw * »■. .;r?r!Srf^£7.'*i«T'. WtdnMdaj, August It, IMS CABARETS VARIETY CABARET REVIEWS ^\ FROUC Chicago. Aug. 5. There !■ An over-indulgence of "Cbarleatoa" in Um current revue Ht the Frolic, presented under the title of "Touring the Alpe." Three •rlnclpale and a group ef w^l- Irialned oboriaters execute the new 4«Bce fr«QuentIy and coherently. Jiidglng from the way the custom- er* accepted the "Charleston" it looks tike it haa finally connected with the Windy City terpslchoreans. The show Introduced several new novelties for floor entertalnmenta that, when not lavishly presented, aoMSW a oo^iedy vein. Roy Mack M again credited with the produc- ing, and though it does not measure ■p to some of his previous efforts from a production standpoint it neverthelees quallfles for a mid- aummer entertainment. There are eight principals and 10 ehorlsters. - Joe Lewis, Lydia Har- ri% Marie Russell, Alice Rldnor, Qua lialkay, Horace Rowe, and Grant and Adair are the prinoipaia Joe laawts is master of ceremonies, in- troducing the individual members and contributing several comedy numbers which registered solidly with the capacity crowd on hand tor the opening performancoL The opening consists of an intro- ductory number, headed by Rowe, displaying a weak tenor. The latter Is backed by the chorus garbed as nurses and singing lyrics pertaining to the birth of a new revue. The girls discard the aprons in view of the audience, going into an evolu- tion of dance steps, including buck, ■aft shoe, and waltz clog, finishing Kntb a fast "Charleston." The «horus is a big asset towards the auccess of the revue. Marie Russell puts plenty of at- mosphere Into the show. The girl demonstrates several styles of danc- ;,ring intermingled with songs. As a J; *VharIeston" exponent she topped V Everything along those Hnes. Alice *!' Rldnor, another Charlestonian, also ;f ioored, though following Miss Rus- % wM had a tendency to detract from '^ker performance. Liydta Harris . ^bandies the vocal numbers, appear- :; Ing in each of the four parts. Mias ^ Rarrla is a good delineator of the ''"pop" numbers, and seems to be a favorite out here. She Is a hold- over from the previous revue. Grant and Adair, mixed team, contribute ■tralght and grotesque dances, get- ting over. Gus MulHay divides hia 4ime between playlig the mouth tHHtM and dancing. Be handles both nicely. Austin Mack and bis Century fierenaders supply the music for the revue and dancing. This is a Cork- ing dance comblnatfon, and for the epeAing performance handled the soore of the revue excellently. The boys also vocalise nicely during dancing. 8ix table workers kept things boiling during the Intermla- songs engagingly. Miss Athlone. incidentally, is a personality girl. Al Lents and That Orchestra (Band RevMws) are a versatile aggregation wlio enjoy a popularity all their own. Jack Wilson. Thursday night, made his debut as special master of ceremonies. Wilson brought down a good show with hini and, incidentally, a large theatrical con- Ungent The CastiUian Gardens seems to be getting unusual play from the profesh. Wilson works In white-face, and although he is sometimes prone to throw oral bouquets at himself this frank as- seKlon ef the ego is partially eoun- terl>alanced by the show he has as- sembled about him. AI and Jack are going after their roadhouse on an elaborate scale. Vincent Lopes has been signed for special week-end appearances as has Texas Quinan and her Gang, and the intake already has proved the value of this exploitation. The fall season will see Blgelow and Lee heading their own cafe in New York, and Al and Jack are Rimllarly planning a new form of after-theatre entertainment op Broadway. Abel. ■Ions. W*' Credit must be extended the two ;,^^ proprietors, Ralph Gallett and Jake t-. Adier. Both are genial hosts and 1^ good mixers, attending, personally, !),!' to the wants of the customers dur- y ing their stay. v^^ Castillian Gardens '■'t' AI and Jack Goldman, operating this roadhouse at Lynbrook, L. I., established a vogue last year of elaborate roadhouse entertainment which has made the other Merrick road establishments step to keep pace. The accepted standard for- merly was a dance band and that's an. Al and Jack (with Ben ellm- Imated from the former triple part- nerehip) framed elaborate shows which have forced their contempo- raries along the road to do likewise. Mrs. Helen Gallagher is hostess this season. Bee Jackson, the Charleston cutie, is the Individual terpslchorean highlight. Blgelow and Lee, from vaudeville, are a likely two-man piano and song combination, and Miss Athlone, an- other vaudeville recruit, does pop MUwaukee Roadhouse Owners Win First Round Milwaukee, Aug. 11. Milwaukee county roadhouse pro- prietors have won their first round in the fight for life against the Federation of Churches, a group of realty men and the Milwaukee county "anti-eveirthlng" commit- tee, who have been hounding the board of supervisors to crush the roadhouses by refusing them li- censes. The roadhouse owners, ri^presented. at the board hearing by the cream of Milwaukee's legal talent, were victors In the first set-to when the supervisors refused to turn down the applications for licenses, but instead ordered a continuance in the matter, permitting the places to run without licenses until the board meets again. Attorneys be- lieved this a sign that the road- house keepers would win their battle. The fight on the roadhouses cen- tered about the two largest and most ornate In this section of the Northwest, Chicago included. Sam Picks and The Golden Pheasant, bot^ representing Investments of ?Ore than a quarter million dollars, ere the storm centers. The complainants are "afraid" to bring charges against the various town and country clubs and frater- nal houses where they know liquor is consumed and conditions exceed the roadhouses because the "elite" of Milwaukee belong to these ex- clusive clubs and withdraw their support of the church and other organizations If attacked while the roadhouses are the meeting place of the working classes and mod- erately salaried people who cannot fight back. QUESTION BEAUTY WINNER Plenty of Squawks Over Picking of "Misc Chicago^ at Trianon Chicago, Aug. 11. There Is beginning to be talk about the manner In which "Miss Chicago" was picked last week by tbe Trianon Ballroom. One amateur detective discovered that in the July SI Issue of TTrlanon Topics," Issued before the final con- test, a cut of ^Mlss Chicago" with a question mark for the face had depicted the winner with long hair. As most of the contestants were bobbed and as the long hair angle made the story twice as attractive for the city editors, plenty of squawks are being registered, with some even going so far as to demand a new set of judges and a new con- test. "Miss Chicago":,goes to Atlantic City in September tq compete for the "Miss America" title. S. F. Union Invokes Rule For Mandatory Work San Francisco, Aug. 11. The new union ruling locally about Keeping a man for at least six months goes generally Into effect Sept. 1. The union's decision Is that an orchestra leader if, after keeping a man two weeks finds him satisfactory, he must keep him employed for six months. The band leaders do not fancy this Idea particularly since it en- courages loafing and laziness whloh. if It becomes too obnoxious, neces- sitates the trouble of arbitration' before the union board. It la also detrimental to desirable orchestras. The union provides for a triplicate contract. One is be- tween the employer of the band and' the leader; employer and musicians; and leader and musicians Hence, if a crack band should receive an at- tractive offer from a Ziegfeld or Dillingham for a production in tbe mlds,. of its engagement, be can- not dare break away or be open to union charges. LEADING ORCHESTRAS I KVIWC AARONSdN AND HIS COMMANDERS NOW RITZ CARLETON HOTEL AT LANTIC CITY, N . J. THE ORIGINAL BrnJway EHterUhers now with "ArtbU and Models" C«». APOLLO THEATRE, CHICAQO Indefinitely WALTER DAVISON ACE BRIGOPari And H» 14 VirtiniaBS 240 Weet Slst Street NEW YORK WHJHIR DE PARK \ AND HIS Cotton Pickers •PICKIN* COTTON" Plajring Dsace Tour IMr««*tM JACK PIQKI. les* B*««y. K.T. and kis LottisTille Loons T ow lu g Orphasai Olwstt Back hom* In I^oalsville for tb« Munmcr, •t Bainbew 0»rd«BS OPKNIMO JVI.T etta CHARI£SDORN|@t@ and Hia Orchestra Playing at the magnificent Kansas City Athletic 9itl>, Kensas City, Mo. BNa4«M«lii^ MlshW Thntssh StottM VICTOR RECORDS The sheriff's office raided the Plantation Cafe, Culver City, last Sunday nlgbt. Several hundred pic- ture people were thrown Into Sr panic when seven were arrested for having liquor in their possession. The same place had been previ- ously raided by the same ofllelala 5.. if I. I Tone, Power and Brilliancy Send for FuU Detail! of the Ultunste in Bsnjos LDDWIG'& UIDWIG 1S11 N. Lincoln St., Chicago, III. 'CEAKIESTOF TABOO OT IOWA Des Moines, Aug. 11. The "Charleston Wiggle," the terpslchorean creation of Miss IHl- Cuta, a local dancing teacher, who Invented the steps to provide a ballroom exercise not too tiring for the old folks, is causing no end of furor in this city. The youth of the city took to it like a flapper to a hot-dog and overnight the town was practicing the wiggle. But along came Harry L. Brooten, titled supervisor of the public dance balls, and east a spell over the se- ductive motion. He has issued orders that any one demonstrattng the step in public be ejected forth- with and Instanter. "No matter how popular the step Is, the com- mission regulating dance halls won't allow It—It's Indecent," he said. So that's the end of the Charleston In 'tis capital of the tall com state. , Home Enle for Dance Halls Madison. Wis., Aug. 14. County dance hall ordinances do not apply to a city having its own regulations under a new law. At- torney General Herman I* EHtern so advised L,. W. Bruemmer, dis- trict attorney of Kewaunee county. The law enacted by the recent legislature provides dance hall regulations enacted "by a county board shall not apply In any city In such county which has an ordi- nance regulating dance halls or other places of amusements. ISW LICENSE POWEE IN ILL. Sast Dubuque, 111.. Aug. 11. County boards of supervisors in Illinois are given the power to li- cense roadhouses and dance halls by a statute passed by the recent legislature at its last session. The law provides that the board may license, and therefore control and regulate roadhouses and dance halls operating outside corporate limits of cities and villages. For the first time the board be- comes a law-enforcement body. BENNAGE WITH B. B. CIECniT Fred Bennage succeeds Phil Tyr> cell as western representative for the iNatlonal Attractions of N. T. Bennage was western field repre- sentative for tbe ballroom eireuit In the JMUL Edward R. Luce, cover- ing tbe southern territory, will be associated In Chicago, U. 8. Lines Bootlegging Stories continue to trickle into New York of bootlegging on the boats of the U. S. Lines. It is said that other than this, passengers New York bound are permitted to ship liquor of any quantity on board a U. S. steamer at Cherbourg (Paris) with the understanding it must be gotten rid of through drinking or thrown overboard by the three-mile limit on this side. Davis* New Rosdheuse Uriel Davis, brother of Meyer Davis, has left for Cleveland to get plans set for a new' country club along the lines of the local Chateau Le Paradls. Davis will launch the Cleveland venture and operate it for a group of business men of that city. Dsve Bernie in Miami Miami, Aug. 11. The Club Lido has changed hands again. Dave Bemle, who heads the orchestra here, has been named gen- eral manager of the cafe on behalf fo the new owners and will super- vise all entertainment In addition to tbe dance muslo, FOR DETROIT IT'S SLEEPY HALL and HU Orckestra After •emplMias a -ub C orJUM Aug. 11 cagenMBt at Clob Crilloa. Chtesc*. OMBlBC Jal* 1, (or r«tora •nsasamaBt at csOSa x>xvaov. PARia rSAJica. Permanent addrees, H. Y. P. Club. 821 Plymouth CL, Chicago DAVE HARMAN AND ORCHESTRA OM «oon TED HENKEL and kis Orchestra LEIOHTON'S CAFETERIA 19t B. mes d w ax , I,«s laMlis VIRGINIA HOTEL LONG BEACH K. V. O. n. MsMly, MiM «• UlM The Oripial Memphis 5 ON DANCE TOUR DirecUon BERNIE FOYER 1674 Broadway, New York PRYOR MOORE ORCHESTRAS I'l.iylt .; I' .ily :il ■.he A MOUH MItOI HKtTtlUAS I III IT WIfOI -I. liKl III.MIl A I l» Nl IH( rl.V. -.11.(111. I>\\(l- «li«< II 1-^ I U \> RADIOLIANS RAY WALICR, Director tm KOMTH A« CHUMMY CLUB 711 7th Avenue, N. Y. C. ■<9rM«»(«Uv«i HARBT FSABI, CABARETS Irie Gray Is considered a "find" in Paramount'H search for new screen faces. She was "discovered" by Walter Burgess In the Roseland ballroom's bathing beauty contest. Burgess being manager of the Rose- land In addition to an offlcjal repre- sentative for F. P. He had Tom Terrlss and Randall Rogers present at the contest who are equally en- thusiastic. DAN GREGORY i| Al Herman Wins Judgment Clarence Robinson, colored per- former in the Club Alabam, New York, had Judgment for 1112.50 en- tered against him last week by de- fault. Al Herman sued for managerial services rendered, alleging Robin- son failed to meet commission pay- ments reguku-ly. Crystal Palace Orchestra Exelusive Victor Record Artiete Mth Street, aiaar BrotUHiar. Hew y«ik MAL HALLETTH and his Versatile Entertaininf Ban4 Ptrmmtft^ addrses. Box 61% Lawrenee. Maes. TOURING NEW ENGLAND* Management! Charles Shriebmail FLETCHER HEN DE lSgNl AND HIS Roseland Orchestra voummiA aaooap Aaxisn AT ROSELAND BALLROOM Broadway end Bist St., N. Y. O. Ofigiaal hdJamS | Record and Radio Artist« New Playing Cinderella B«Hr«em Steest amt aneSway. Hew Yesk VOlOn MOKTOII, IFRANK kESSEERl and Hie MUSIC WEAVBRB with ELIZABETH BRIOB i PlaytBs Kaith-AlbM aad Orpkeaas Clrsntta Parmanaat addraaa: | OSM M. V, A., MS a«er rttk. bAVfe f EVTtan a»d his Symphonic Syncopaters Tha Pas] Whltaman af tlM OelereS Orehaatras Maae, Chlwgs, The SANGAMO EAND DICK t-KIBKBT, KMOBT DACOHBSR Now at tha Powhatan Hotel Roof 's Most KMtaaive CHARLEY STRAiarr AKD HI8 Rmndmxvotu Orchmstra KaodaaTaaa Oafa, Ohiaac*, ni. Alao Jack Johaatona and His SankOVSS Orebaatrs. <A Charlaj Stralsitt TTsitK MR. Al TUCKER [ SOCIErY ORCHESTRA Keith-Orpheum Circuits Dl t ea t laM HARRY STODDARD""] AMD HIS "Streeti of Hew York Orohettra'* Keith-Albee and Orpheum Circuit* DlractloB ROBB A CVRTIS PKR. ADO. miABH CLUB. N. T. r Govt. Has **Fired'» 570 Fed. Prohibition Agents Washington, Aug. 11. A total of 670 Federal prohibition agents have been "11 red" by the Government, from the time prohibi- tion went Into effect until Nov. SO. 1924, according to the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment Of this number 102 were dis- charged for extortion and bribery, 40 for conspiracy, »6 for miscon- duct, 36 for Illegal disposi t ion of liquor, 44 for Intoxication and 1 leg assault.