Variety (August 1925)

VARIETY VAUDEVILLE Wfediteday, Xkgvat 8«, iccj FLORIDATALES AND FIA SALES Hugh Cameron's Brother Tushes Value ReporU Enough «torle» float Into Times square about Florida property, l>uyB and sal«« down there to keep one reporter hard at work transcribing them. So tar the tales have been but rosy ones, Florida propaganda they sound mostly alike, although thti tellers always claim tha fullest credence should be given. If there is another side It has yet to dis- close Itself but many think it is about due. A general query beard about Flor- ida or other "boomB" in real estate Is "what will the last holder do?" meaning how about the person who finally buys but can't sell? One of the freakiest stories is of a rbrother of Hugh Cameron, who Is a fisherman in the hills of New Hampshire. He had a New York newspaper man out with him the other day, guiding his little motor- row boat to where the flsh might be or should have been. .They fell into conversation with the Cameron relationship revealed. "What do. you do all winter?" anked the newspaper man. *You only have two months for this and without steady work, so your $12 a day can't go very tar" 'Don't need much money In win- ter," the Cameron rer^ied. "I get along all right. Some day maybe I will go to Florida. I have owned some swamp land down ther^ for a long while. They tell me its worth a lot of money now* I don't believe it because it didn't cost me much but some day maybe I will see for myself." The Sparks Circuit in Florida consists of a few picture housea in very small towns. Sparks started with a couple of houses, adding two or three more. None was consid- ered of any real value although one lease held an option tot a cojqisid- erable pleoe of vaoant land nearby. Universal (pictores) recently bought the Sparks Circuit, paying $35,000. n was. lately offered .$3!*0.- OOfl for the option It got at the same time on the land tract. When Wilson Mlzener lately was in New York, he was asked if it were a fact that he had paid $US,000 a front foot for a piece of business propertr on Flager street, MiamL "No, that's not so," replied Mr. Mizener. 'We paid $20,000 a front foot The Mktener group Intends to build a lO-atory office bulkUns on the BitK but the building and everyone in it were destroyed. It was at first thought the I'lersons had been lost but they were safely reported sev- eral days later. The Florida epidemic has hit the Loew building lawyers en masde, it seems. Almost every barrlstet* In that ofBe building is fooling around with the realty bug in Florida, A few also had their fingers In realty ventures more within their terri- tory. OOULD SELLING REAL ESTATE Chicago, Aiig. 85. Tha reaJ estate bug boa centered itself around Chicago, with several members of the profession deserting the field to enter tha commercial game. Frank Gould, former blackface comic, is the latest entry among that field. Gould will officiate in the capacity of special theatrical agent for the firm of Arthur T. Molntosh, with whom he is associated. The latter organization is one of the largest real estate manipulators in the city. BILLING SISFUTE L<ew R«ed and Paul Le Vere have filed a complaint with the V. M. P. A. against Barry and Lancaster, al- leging priority on the billing line, "Two Gentlemen from Nowhere." According to the complaint, Barry and Lancaster are describing them- selves as "Two Men from Nowhere." Reed claims he used the billing nine years ago as Reed and Tucker and is using it in his current billing. CHANNEL SWIMMER BOOKED Henry F. Sullivan of Lowell, Mass., who claims to be the first and only American to swim the English chan- nel from England to France, opens on the K-A southern time Sept. 7. Alf T. Wilton is handling the act. It Is believed the current interest in the great swim brought about by the recent attempt tof Gertrude Ederle prompted the bookings. FAT MARBB RETURNING Fay Marbe will re-enter vaude- ville in a new turn now being readied by Ralph Farnum. Miss Marbe has been mostly jAnylng cabaret engagements since her last appeamce in vaudeville several seasons ago. REWACnBs roar Imperiala. Gordon and Jjtamiam, iddl." Theodore Btvpanoa Cou. ballet, (10). Monty and Cenao. midc«t »M»f letea Best and Pay, •onsa.j. ^ "Spaodah Dreama." r«ni« with HurUdo'a Marimba Orohoataa, (1«). Wood Sisters, (•>. danoin«. Bobby JaeloMNi * Co.. miudelU act. Victor Hyd*. eoadanafd Tcralon of "Tha Naweomaim" Badaoad to 12 people. McAllister and Bhannon« eomady. Fnak ("Rasa") Mtiriihy. eomady skit. Helen Higgiaa (EOscina and Bates) with Bland O'Cannell. Meroer Templeten, formerly aln>- gle, with bis brother Jamea Temple- ton. Hayward and Irwin. Tom Brown aqd 10-pleea musical combination. Brown has appeared as a picture house presentation. ILL AND INJURED^ Elsie White is recuperating at White lAke from a throat operation. Ed Pressler (Pressler & Klasa) waa bitten at Stone Harbor, N. J» by a police dog belonging to Wil- liam Heenan, Philadelphia manager. First National. Ann Wood and Stella Bolton ("Rose Marie") out of ttia show since Friday, owing to injuries re- ceived when in an Auto accident. Miss Bolton suffered a broken nose. SNAKE DANGER.BITTEN The Princess Rajah, at the Fifth Ave. Monday afternoon, was bitten on 'the finger by one of the snakes she uses in her snake dance. The snakes are of the non-poisonous variety but the bite drew J>lood. The dancer finished her act in great pain and swooned as she left the 8ta«e. A doctor treated the wound and she continued with the engagement. The audience was un- aware of the accident. Midget Dance Orchestra Ben Bemie is preparing a musical novelty for vaudeville. It is a mid- get dance orchestra. The diminutive musicians are all assembled and the band Is now ready to go into re- hearsals. RestamMif i .GisMn Rmhh For Pros, at lindisr's Loop Chicago. Aag. U. I^ndy'a Restauraot oocupylng tha whole buihllag in which it la lo- cated will Initiate a sort of Oreen Room in September on its third floor. This will be set aside ««oiu- sively for actors and their pala It will be a alown plaoe i^ere the ad lib boya can get up and find out if they are funny. A piano has been installed and the floor will be made aa informal oa poaaible with the actors at liberty to wait on theraaelvea if they see fit or do pretty near anytblni:. It probably will be th« on^ plaee of Its kind in Chicago. "Spirit" with Whukers Toronto, Aug. 39.' Aithtnr Heldrevh. described as a former actor, was arrested here on a charge of Impersonating Christ. Heldregh is a spiritualist. Two plain clothesmen dropped into one of his seances and during a mater- ialization, one pulled a flaahlight. The congregation promptly mobbed the first cop while the oeoond waiit a^er the "sii^lt," which turned out to be Heldregh in a collection of white robes and whiskers. Heldregh is out for a week on $1,000 bail. WILLARD TAUNG TICKETS Los Angeles. Aug. 25. Willard, "the man who grows," is now taking tickets on the front door at the Pantages local house. Willard has been touring the Pan circuit for the past few years, but said there is no longer a demand for his tj-pe of act. > DOUBLING AT A. C. Atlantic City, Aug. 25. Jack Ostermah in his "Hollywood" act opened last night for the week at the Globe (K-A vaudeville), also appearing nightly at the Beaux Arts cabaret. Rieman Retwrna to A. A H. Los Angeles, Aug. XS. Norman Rleman,. optsrating the W. V. M. A. offices in San Fran- cisco, has reaigned and will return to the employ of Ackerman A Harris. No booker has been chosen. No Ftorida going passenger boat has any space for ai^ beforv Oa* to ben r .- •'' ■ ■ ' "-■ Miami thie summer has held a larger crowd of transients than it previously had in winter. Local board oC trade In the various Flor- ida "boom" towns are attempting to arrange for accommodations. It Is claimed there will be - two new and big hotela in Miami by the opening of the season, also that the Seaboard Line will tun a fast ex- press into that city. A three-day transaotlon in Flor- ida, as reported: 1st da]^*>Paid $1,000 for option. 1st day (pi. m.)—Sold option for fa.ooo. 2nd day—Repurchased option for «6,oeo. 3d day—Again sold option for 120.000. Wayne Pierson, the American picture man, has gotten a break In Florida. Mr. Plerson's brother went down there and Is now rated a mil- lionaire. He advised Wayne to In- vest whatever money he had. Wayne had about $5,500 and gave it to his brother, telling the latter to do the beet he could with it. Wayne's brother lately Informed him he could sell out and get $75,000 for his $5,600 or It he wanted to hold on for a while longer It would be worth much more. Wayne Is hold- ing on. Wayne Pierson and his wife had a miraculous escape In the Tokio eathquake. Mr. Pierson was repre- senting Famous Players over there at the time. Mr. and Mra Pl«>r8on were standing in the doorway of a building and escaped without in- Jury when the earthquake oceurred. ELLA SHIELDS U to the theatr»-gomc pnblic what is to the Amusement Profession-— INTERNATIONAL ■ ---V-,. . .1 / ■ -•, ■ . _ ■■- ■' ■ ■ ■. ^, An communications to REEVES AND LAMPORT, 43 CRANBOURN STREET, LONDON, ENQLANO Nff tAltllES^ ORPHEUmi /At the regueat of Varietv, « Mm iorote a review on the • (/ram there last week. Mr. Uia a conatant flrtt'dayer at the pheum. At the conclusion of hin arti below Mr. Mix ventures the « geation Variety mav use more hit. reoiewa VaHety trusta j Ifte will make that poaaible.) By TOM MIX Los Angeles, Aug. Jj 1 am asked to write a reviewi critique (whatever that is) on Orpheum this week. It is my attempt as a dramatic -reviewer ~t here goes: I have been going to the Orphti theatre for a great many years « to my mind, the best comedian vl ever tickled a Lob Angeles Orphsi audience is A. F. Frankenstein, ( orchestra leader. What some of t acts would do if it were not 1 him I can't imagine, except to 1 lieve that many of them, witki his help, would be run oft the when the show ended. I enjsj Frankenstein so much that I wm buy him a limousine for Chrlita if he would only stop chewing'1 haoco. As it is, he can only na^ open car. Vsluable-on Lot The firat act on the bill was iU tell'a Manikins. These plan would do well in the silent drai It is the flrst bunch of actors I |i saw who really obeys the dired If we could only get some wl like these manikins have on a of picture actors, it would save tl and many expensive retakes. Then came Jerry Jarnagin, piano player, who makes old t sound new. What a wonderful 1 Jerker" he would make playlmr *1 Joint Will Soon Be Mine" on a register. Frank Davis and Adele Dan "The Birdseed Couple," came He is the only man I ever who knows more about beans tl I do. When I waa punching I lived on beans. But when it'^ca to beanology, he has me beaten. '. I still believe I know more about cans that beana come in thaa doeoi -.-J 8irtgin0 Cows Asleep Yvette Rugel, intematlonai pri donna, followed. A great m years ago when I was puncl cows and riding herd In Texas i Oklahoma we used to sing the • aaleep at night time to keep,tl from stampeding. If we had i bad Miss Rugel with us^in tl days what a lot of sleepless nil would have been saved. I wish "Tony," who has an ear music, could have heard hen oould have easily become "Queei the Night Riders." Franklyn D'Amore was assisted Mickey Lopell and Ethel Trueal and gave us a very pleasing ns ber. Then came my old friend & Ward in "Babies," I always « Solly's domestic battles. It rmi a man forget he is in the Orph* so homelike are they. When ft ttarts to pack up and then bi out in another argument 1^ !■'' especially new, but so real you i enjoy it. It is the most homs'l] and home-feeling act today vaudeville. Of course, I si single people do not know what all about, except perhaps they remember some of the argumj between "Pa" and "Ma" In youtJ days. Leader "Steals" Act Jack Benny Is always funny be always hands me laughs. the moment Frankenstein sUrtt the leader steals the act away t Benny. But the big number of the 1 gram was Annette Kellertnan. act always makes me thirsty.' «he goes splashing around In l»ig overgrown bathtub, the '' maksK me feel that I need a * ram not much on multlpHcatiom I could use a lot of flpurcs like Taken as a whole, it was a P" good bill. I was only ^^^^ oerUIn acts that I could m« were not present. The chance life tlma io Uke a crack at em ' have been afforded me. But maybe Variety will let B other shows some day when are on the blU, , Until then. ^ r<"* * ,. 'ieC\J.i^ 'fiii^: .ii3dlac.-»/ir'.-' ■-: >Z.-.-,:!■