Variety (August 1925)

m yjVeS^twattyf Aop^ W, lOTf VARIETY 51 MAX HALPERIN OF HALPERIN-SHAPIRO AGENCY NOW IN NEW YORK Can Give You Immediate Action • ■■.■ .'. FOR A SOLID ROUTE. TELL ME WHERE YOU ARE PLAYING AND WHAT TIME YOU GO ON - ' ^ WILL GIVE YOU 48-HOUR ANSWER —^ ^ Booking Exclusively with Western Vaudeville Managers' Association and Keith-Albee (Western) ADDRESS VARIETY, 154 WEST 46^" STREET, NEW YORK Phone Bryant 8153 Office Hours: 9 A. M. to 1 P. M. V LOS ANGELES (Continued from page 48) Ing seven percent interest and the remainder are common stoclc. Roscoe "Patty" Arbuckle made his first appearance in a motion picture house in Los Angeles last week since being barred from the screen. Ar- buckle appeared in conjunction with a picture entitled "Screenland Beauties of 1925," in which he did some comedy work. Arbuckle did a talk and dance act on the sta^re. Metropolitan Pictures Corp. was Francis X. Hennessy SCOTCH PIPER—IRISH PIPER VIelinlit (Uuilclnn). Irliili Steo iml Rrotrb nichUnil Diqrer. PIftf parU. VoiMlcTllle. Wuuld join Mutirtl Act, Bur- l«n]aa. Irish comoUan, or Ladj Slncer, Partnor. <A(e betwiM>n 35-4S). Kenned playlpt. Artilro^s VarMy. M-w York Maklnv the World A CLKAN riac« to Live la The WOODWARDS PRESENTATIONS. CABARET, VAUDEVILLE, PRODUCTIONS PERSONAL REPRK8ENTATIVE EDWARD M. MORSE Woods BIdg., ChicaBO, III. elected to membership of the Asso- ciation of Motion Picture Producers. William Slstrom was elected as a di- rector of the association represent- ing the Metropolitan concern. Though it has been announced Marlon Davies' next picture would be "Buddies," Agnes Christine Johns- ton has been assigned to make a screen version of another story. The title has not been announced. Thomas Wilkes has returned from his trip to New'York via San Fran- cisco. Wilkes plans to do several New York shows in his Los Angeles and San Francisco houses this sea- son. Col. Bill Koach. erstwhile man- ager of the Harris interests here, was presented with a gorgeous Elks pin in commemoration of his faith- fulness to the fraternal organization ^Valter Duggan, manager, Selwyn, relurned from a two weeks' sojourn In Paw Paw Lake, where he was the guest of Bill Killifer, former Cub manager. Following an operation for ton- silitis, through which he lost his voice, Tom White, casting director. Famous Players Lasky studio, took an extended leave to recover hln TRUNKS I^arKe variety of USBD wardrobe, prop and acenerjr trunks. Ixjw prices. WARDROBES M low M flO.OO , TRUNKS M low M $5.00 SAVOY LUGGAGE THBATRICAL HRADQCARTKHS SO Kaat 6»th Street, New York S«iay to'WMir !• Ytmn with Bddle Mack Ready t« Order BERTS CLOTHES Confidence and friendsliip are the sweet things of life. Jimmy Conlin, of Conlin and Glass, shows both oy using my wardrobe exclusively at the Riverside, New York, this week (Aug. 17). The PaliUrll# nolldlaar. Room tOt 1576 Broadway, at 47th St., New York ■ health. Fred Beers will substituto at the studio. Maude Fulton, author and stage star, will again write scenarios, having Joined Warner Brothers' scenario staff. Miss Fulton was formerly with Metro-Goldwyn. Roy Healy, (Gordon and Healy), who came from New York by auto- mobile to play the Orphcum Coast houses, has Just been discharged from the Hollywood Hospital, fol- lowing an operation for hernia. Healy was stricken while playing the Orpheum, San Francisco, and brought here for the operation. The Manchester, l,700-8eater, which R. B. Orunauer of the South- side Theatres, Inc., will operate In conjunction with Weet Coajjt Theatres, Inc.. will open as ,a pic- ture house Nov. 15. Isador Kornblum, local attorney and former husband of Carmel Mvers, has written a comedy en- titled "Patsy." Local capital is to back the production, under the condition Edward Royce stage it here. OAKLAND. CAL. By WOOD 80ANE8 Sneak thievee operating back stage at the Fulton stock conducted another raid last week, securing a quantity of trinkets from the rooms of Jack "^- -vorth and Tom Kelly, who is T as juvenile of the troupe. liar thefts took place In the past. Crane Wilbur and his wife (Suzanne Caubet) having been robbed of some valuable Jewels, but refusing to report the matter to the police. An official investi- gation Is now being conducted by Police Inspector William F. Kyle. Norman Field has been relieved of duty as Instructor at the Fulton school of the drama because of his approaching reappearance as leading man of the stock company next week. His place is to be as- sumed by Tom Kelly, who will play juveniles with the stork when the occasion demands. Fiel<l will be associated with Adelyn Bushnell, opening in "The Best People." Jack Norworth will wind up his season at the Fulton this week In a revival of "Charley's Aunt." He has booked one week at the Or- pheum across the bay. The season of comic opera con- ducted by Paul Stelndorff at the Auditorium closes this week with "The Bohemian Girl" with LiUian Glaser and Barbara Blanchard al- ternating as AcJine. Allen Warshauer, nrianai;er of the Orpheum, is on vacation and is re- placed by A. M. Anderson, who was here In 1922 at the old Or- pheum. J. Richard Ryan, manag- ing director of the Fulton, is also on vacation with George Ebey, the owner," batting for him. Indication of the succfess of the theatre season in Oakland last season is to be found In the pur- chase by the Ambassador Realty Co. of a down-town business site for 12-50,000. The realty company is George Ebey, proprietor pf the Fulton dramatic stock. MAINE By HAROLD L. Keith's—Vaudeville. Strand—"Lightnin"*. CAIL. ANIMAL ACTS All Kindt STORED TheatrlcaJ TnuMfor—Storage Warehonao West Side Boarding Stable 34« We«* S8th Street, New Tork (204 Lackawana Empi Meet." "Never the Twain Shall The success of "The Cat and the Canary" at the Jefferson, closed many months, has encouraged the management to book other road shows. "No, No, Nanette," now in Orpheum, Is booked Sept. 21. ,^ .. President Gray, Maine and New Hampshire Theatre Co., opened the Lewiston Music Hall Wednesday night for the soldiers of the 103rd Maine Artillery in camp here. A show was staged at Lake Grove and several pictures were.shown. Stage Shoes I. MILLER 6 SONS • ■c«o«roa<k9«« He World'* larjeA manufaAurer ol theatrical footwear. We fitcnttf* cofopanica, elto iocUviJuAl ordcra ncwToaa ISM Broadway ««6<fcSkM CBHxOO State Street' atMi.Hi ti >i«* a i t iSi t ifc— i a>^>i> KENNARD'S SUPPORTERS Far Oindat, Batklai aaS RmmIb( Ul W Md m.. If. T. PluH.e «0<» CoL ■•iMt fn (^a)fiior<i» 4 HANEL SISTERS and STROSS tRBAI. SIHTRRH) Closing second successful season for PANTAGES CIRCUIT Booked Solid UntU June, 1926 OL.AUDIA COI^EIMAN OPENING ORPHEUM TOUR THIS WEEK (AUG. 16). AT PALACE, CHICAGO Dircclipn MAX HAYES