Variety (August 1925)

VARIETT BURLESQUE Wednesday, August 86, 1925 "BILLBOARD" PROMOTING DISCONTENT A peculiar circular letter has been sent out by "The Billboard." Its contents wouM seem to seek to promote discontent, and the letter reads as advocating unionism by organized forces of burlesque. Addressed to "Mr. Advertising Agent," the letter has been sent to ail of the Columbia burlesque theatres. It commences, "Fraternal Friend," and ts signed by one of the paper's staff men In its New York office. The letter holds several paragraphs, one reading: " "Alone, you can do little or nothina to protect or promote your own interest, but in cooperation with the Theatrical Press Repre- sentatives and the International Alliance of Billposters and Billers, you can become *n indispensable factor in burlesque that cannot be ignored. "If you mn not already a member of either, make immediate application for membership, thereby pre-assuring protection for your position. "A word to the wise is sufficient." What direct connection there may be, If any. between the T. P. R. and the Billposters, the letter from '"The Billboard" does not state. The Billposters' alliance is an arm of the American Fed- eration of Labor, but the Theatrical Press Representatives are not so aligned, although "The Billboard" may believe the T. P. R. Is a union body. Burlesque men seeing the circular letter accepted it as a vague "feeler" by "The Billboard" as to how the advertising agents felt on unionism. It was also looked upon as an effort by the out- door weekly to create discontent within the ranks of burlesque. MODELS AND THRILLS (COLUMBIA) Peck ft J.irboe production, with "comely scenes, orlslnol lyrics and music Inierpolated by Dalph SinKer. MuHieal numt>ors produceU ky Hilly Koud. Staged and produced under ^jKTson*! ■uperrlalon of Harry Jarboe." *Hi. Jarboe waa formerly a bouse inanaser (or the Columbia Burlcsquo Circuit. This •how Inst (enson under title of "Ilippely Bop" <0«o.) Peck * Kolb. Bom* of former pro>luclijn retained, with all new prliiclpala and chonis. Prlnclpale; Gerdee Orette. Otto Oretto Jr.. Sthel Abbott. Bvelyn Wbltney. Ver% Win- ton, Den lj>Tine, Otto Oretto Sr , Ella Jolin- ■on. Bill Pavia, Billy M. OrceDe, Geo. Oretta To be temperate this may Ije set down merely an a bad burlesque eh-jVf —intemperate is may be la- beled terrible. Starting at 8.30 and ending at 11, there happened in between the drearies': tw<i and one half hours ever passed in a burlesque theatre. It's a toss up between the principals and the material. Nothing got any- thing. If the material wer« there the principals were not, and if the principals had material, the chance^ were that they would not have known what to do with It. During the intermission at least 100 people from among less than half an orchestra failed to return Monday evening. The gaps could be seen at the start of the final part. That this Is the show's second. Week is no ofCset There is little here to build with. Among the women is not one who means a thing to a burlesque company, while among the men it might be said that Ben Loring and Billy M. Greene should have a chance with some material at least worth while for Jtnyone to handle. The matter of muffed cues, ad Itb- bing made necessary to cover up, and ragged work at times may be p:aced aga:inst the early start, but even with that there is nothing left. The show broke in last week on the Poughkeep.sle-N e wb u r gh split. Whatever the trouble here Is could have been noted then for It's a mat- ter of people principally. It may as well be accepted before .the week is over that there must be an eniire revision of this show. Any Columbia man may detect its shortcomings by writhing out In front while the audience alIow.=i every bit of business, all gags, song'j *nd numbers to die standing up. For the first 40 minutes there •was hardly a handclap, and that loneiy noise was made by a hilari- ous fellow in the orchestra whom the special officer kept an eye on How the house as a whole kept from raszing the entire performance Is a wonder and speaks wonderfully well for the reformation of the gal- lery by ihe Columbia house man- agement It's too bad to send this slam in on the opening of the Beanon at the Columbia and against Geo. Peck's Bhow. but it's the only thing to be ■aid, for Peck & Jarboe. producers of this attraction, may as well con- elude they cannot put this one over as it now stands. Mr. Jarboe is proKram-credlted with supervising the staging. Unless he actually did he should be glad to remove the line. Jack Singer Inserted a couple of BCtMifs. One is Singer's old "Su- marine" tr.avesty, now closing the porformancp, by far th© only bit to appiiiach funniment but ruined for nearly its whole time by the prin- cipals playlnK in it. Tlie bedroom •cene is another capable of fun un- der proper hamlllng, but it did Blighty little here. Louise Mesfreau, prima donna. adviHPd Variety Monday morninK •he had withdrawn from the show through illness and sUKgestod that Jf billed, it be montioncil. Mls.s Mp.»«tt;au was proKramt-d but the show's rnannper s'ntotl hrr siirroH- sor. not programed, Is Vora WInton M'f" WInton hrirt the htindicap of rushing In on short notice. Other- MUTUAL GIBCUIT Band Box Revue — Corinthian, Rochester. Chick Chick — Oayety, Wilken- Barre. Cunningham E and Gang—Mutual, Washington. French Models—Garrick, St. Iiouis. Giggle*—Empress, St. PauL Girlie Qirle—Gayety, Scranton. Happy Hours—£^ route. Hey Ho—Gayety, Brooklyn. Hollywood Follies—l.yrlc New- ark. Hotsy Totsy—31-2, Cohen's. New- burg; 3-B, Ii. O. Hurry Up—Gayety, Baltimore. Innocent Maids—Academy, Pitts- burgh. Jackson E and Friends—Empire, Cleveland. Jaxz Time Revue—Empress, Cln- clnnatJ. Kandy Kids—Garrick, De4 Moines. Kuddling Kutiea — Trocadero, Philadelphia. Lafftn' Thru—Strpind, Toronto. Lament Jack and Bunch—Capitol, Indianapolis. Make It Peppy—Gayety, Minne- apolis. Moonlight Maids—Howard,. Bos- ton. Naughty Nifties—En route. Night Hawks—Savoy, Atlantic City. Pleasure—31-2. L. O.; 8-5, Park, Brie, Pa. Red Hot—Calumet, Chlcag}. Round the Town—Gayety, Mil- waukee. Smiles and Ktssea—Milea-Royal. Akrtin. Speed Girls—Cadillac, Detroit Speedy Stepper*—Olympic, New York. Step Along—Hudson, Union Hill. Step Lively Girle—Majestic, Jer- sey City. Stolen Sweets — Mutual-Empress, Kansas City. Sugar Babies—Gayety, LiOuisTllle. Tempters—Star, Brooklyn. Whiz Bang Babies—Garden, Buf- falo. Ckveland oo Clean-np Cleveland, Aug. K. Safety Director Edwin D. Barry opened fife this week upon theatrical obscenities of all shades and de- grees. The Empire Mutual (bur- lesque) theatre, was the first to fee(' the heavy hand of censorship. Lines declared by Director Barry to be "vulgar" were slashed unmercifully. Manager George Young, of the Empire, later declared the parts stricken from the show were not nearly so vulgar as alleged. Further investigation of theatricals here has been forewarned by Barry. COLUMBIA CntCUIT NEXT WEEK (Aug. 31} Bathing Besutles—Xttplre, New- ark. Beet Show in Town—Gayety, De- troit. Black and Whits Rsvus—Colum- bia, New York. Bringing Up Fsthsr—Casino, lirooklyn. Burlesque Carnival—Empire. To- ledo. Chuckles—Sl-X Academy. Rich- mond: S-6 Academy, Norfolk, Va. Fashion Parade—Colonial, Utica. Foiliee of Day—Palace. Baltimore. Gay Old Time—Gayety, Buffalo. Golden Crook—11-1 Van Curler O. H., Schenectady. Happy Moments—Empire. To- ronto. La Revue Parisian—Caaiao. Bos- ton. Let's Go—Lyceum, Columbus. Lucky San»bo—Star and Garter, Chicago. Look Us Over—Gayety, St. Louis. Miss Tabasco—31-1 Wheeling, W. Va.; 2 ZanesvlUe, C; «-5 Canton, O. Mcdels and Thrills —Empire, Brooklyn. Monkey Shinee—Casino, PhUadel- phia. Mutt and Jeff—Gayety, Rochester. Peek-a-Boo—Orpheum, Paterson. Powder Puff Frolic—Gayety, Bos- ton. Rarin' to Qo—Gayety, Pittsburgh. Reynolds, Abe—Miner's Bronx, New York. Seven Eleven—SI New London, Conn.; 2 Merlden; 3-6 Lyric, Bridgeport. Silk Stocking Revue—Olympic, Cincinnati. Steppe, Harry—Hurtig A Sea- men's. New York. Step On It—Hyperion, New Haven. Talk of Town—Empire, Provi- dence. Watson, Sliding Billy—SO-S Lyric. Dayton; 3 Springfield C; 4 Terro Haute, Ind.; 5 Vincennes. Williams, Mollis—Gayety, Kan- sas City. Wilton, Joe Club—Gayety. Wash- ington. Wine, Woman and Song—^Co- lumbia, Cleveland. Burlesque Engagements The Columbia Casting Exchange has booked the following players with Columbia shows: Dorsey By- ron, "Bathing Beauties"; Sebastian Meza, "Chuckles"; Belle Stanley, 'Harry Steppe's O. K."; Ernest R. Whitman and wife, 'Lucky Sambo"; George Fitzgerald. Kavanaugb and Ramon, "Stone and Pillard Co."; Andy Martini, Bob Capron. Mann and Hale, "Irons and Clamage"; Cleora and Bob Bros., Frasler Trio, Leddy and Leddy, "John G. Jer- mon"; Peggy Aheam. Daisy Dean, "Reynold's Rounders"; Oballo and Adrienne. "Peek A Boo"; Lola Pullman, "Happy Momenta"; Louis Colonna. Lunch and May, Morlen and Mason, Joe Forte and partner, "La Revue Parislenne"; Rex Weber, "Joe Wilton's Girl Club"; Hazzard and Spellman. Vic Plant, Jack Gib- son, Marie Tyler, Jack Harrington, "Mollie WUliams." r PROBABLE HGHT WINNERS AND PROPER ODDS By JACK CONWAY . THURSDAY, AUGUST 27 "' Dexter Park Stadiunt BOUT WINNER Willie Harmon vs. Rsy Mitchell..>...Harmon ...^ Eddie Anderson vs. Jackis Snyder....Anderson „».. Jos Qlick vs. Tony Palmar Glick .....««w FRIDAY, AUGUST 28 Rockaway Bsach Club King Solomon vs. Romsro Rojas Solomon Golden City Arena Joey Silvers vs. Psts Hartlsy Silvers ....*» Msrty Silvers vs. Jos Kaufmaa Kaufman .... Pal Silvers vs. Tommy Dovins Silvers ! ODDS »*««ft*jkA 3-1 t s s * s e s • 8*5 — .-... 6-5 ... ..... 2-1 >...«••. 9'5 •••... .sven 2-1 SATURDAY, AUGUST 29 i .■■--.'■■■'■',■■■■, • ■ ■* ■ '>,'.,- Commonwsalth Club Black Bill vs. Young Dsnioo BIsck Bill 7-5 Cirilin Olano vs. Lew McFarland Olano 2-1 Ridgewood Grove Joe Silvsni vs. Carl Carter.. Carter sven Jim Sigmund vs. t. Jondex Sigmund 7-S Murrsy Gitlitz vs. Chief Halbran Gitiitz even . Selections, 287; Winners, 1»4; Drsws, 35; Lessrs, 88» - INSIDE STUFF—ON SPORTS 4 Piratss-Giants' Orsat Draw New York made more fuss over the week-end double headers stagi by the Pirates and the Giants than it has for the last three Wor] Series. Reserved seat tickets were at a premium while Pittsbu was still in Brooklyn and the postponement of Friday's two games, d« to rain, addad to the general confusion. On Saturday reserved sas pasteboards were selling at $5 a smash with none to be bad. while « Sunday the price soared to $10. One spec is reported to have rid bin self of SOO of the Sabbath stubs at the latter sum. The New York cl' came from under the Friday situatlion by making those tickets good ft today (Tuesday) and refunding where the demand waa insistent. The official attendance was quoted at 106,000 for the double headt (Saturday and Sunday) with the local dallies giving a column of the front pages Sunday morning to pan the police and the management ft the way the Saturday jam was handled. Seat holders couldn't get net the park and some 80,000 still outside. The stands were practically f4 at 12.46 on that day, an hour before game time^ Big-Hearted. Bookie Last week at Saratoga the smart money was badly fooled when rank outsider. Miss Stanley, romped home an easy winner in a six f urloj race. But aot all the books prospered on that race, for there was well concealed tip played by a few bettors. One in the clubhouse approached a layer and asked for a $20 bet Miss Stanley, quoted at SO to 1. The bookie replied: "Sure, and wrt the slip 10« to 1 for that baby." Bo the "sucker" copped a |3,000 bankro Slim Picking for Bookies The bookies are not getting fat at Saratoga. One waa report) 1300,000 in the box with only half the meet over. Only a lot of upsil of favorites can save that chap. Among the bookies. M. 8. Sheedy yn noticed. Mike was willing to take or make a bet. and is reported Into ested in one of the books. Scouts Watching High Schools Big league ball club scouts are keeping close tabs on high school niiu for future greats, folng so far as to coach the kids through the summi An example is a Phillies scout, who has been at Atlantic City for son time advising Al Hedley, a first baseman, whom the scout rates wonder. George Smith, a kid pitcher in the same city, may go um contract with the Giants. . However, Smith is anxious to attend P< and it is likely McGraw will permit the boy to develop at college, hoi ing a string to him meanwhile. -t '« lOl wise Miss Mesereau's illness Is, or was, if not serious, fortunate, for no one can appear to advantage among this bunch. Choristers to the number of 18 are nicely dressed and fairly good- looking, but some of them need the twice dally performances for awhile to permit them to take their fee; off of the floor with more ease. Also they can stand rehearsals for the next 30 dayn. Not really the opening of the Co- lumbia seaKon but the start of the theatre's season with "Models and Thrills" playing a preliminary week Jack Reid's "White and Black Re- vue" will mark the official season's" opening at the Cnlumbi.'i next week The censor committee can .sit right in on the Peck A Jarboe pro- duction. NauKht can better it ex- rfptlng new people and other ma- terial, in the m.-ilii. Tlie perform- ance is rle.in and as Is, the box- otfieep will lie le.in if continued. intne. CHICAGO'S RODEO WU BECOME ANNUAL EVEM Eddie—MILLER and BENARD— "THE MINUTE MEN OF MELODY" The pre-eminent exi>onents of Harmony and Syncopation, feature for Vaudeville and High Class Picture Theatres. Showing (this week), August 24. , . August 24-27, Jefferson, New York. August 28-30, Coliseum, N#w York. Picture bourns, WILLIAM MORRIS ofllee. For vaudevlUe, ARTHUR KLEIN. ^^ —1-, - . Ben A pos4U*e Chicago, Aug. 25. Tad Lucas, cowgirl from Doui las. Wyo.. was the only particlpai in Tex Austin's rodeo at Grant Fai Stadium last week to win more one prize, .'^he copped the f< riding crown and the relay chi pionship for women. She colleci 11,100. The largest cash prize, $1.3' went to Rube Roberts, Dewey, Okl who bested the field at steer wr ling. Calf-roping honors went Louis Jones of Crlstoval, Tex., $1,000 cash. Other winners Include: Lo Trickey, Pendleton, Ore., eowi bronco riding, fSOO; Chester B Ft. Worth, Tex., fancy roping, f Frank Burns, Cheyenne, Wyo., co' boys' relay. $300; Bob A.iklns, Mil City, Mont., bronc riding, $1/' Buck Stuart, Ft. Worth, Tex., riding, $dOO. Simultaneously with the awan of prizes it was announced by 11am Mann, of the Association Commerce, that the rodeo will come an annual event here. $200,000 required to stage the r was quickly recovered by ^^^^ tendances of from 60,000 to 7» with the final receipts not only ting a profit to all concerned, providing a fund to guarantee year's contest. Many of the rodeo conU'S' taav0 gone to Aurora to pariici In the Central States Kxposit