Variety (September 1925)

VARIETY VAUDEVILLE Wednesday, September 2, 1925 THE FEMININE SIDE At the Palac* Georgle Price, Nora Bayes and the good-Iooktngr steppers of the "Danceland" number received tlie major portion of tlie Monday matinee applause at the Palace. Georgie Price apjipared on the program twice. His imitations met with approval, but his second sketch (a playlet on clothing store salesmanship) was accepted less cordially, although food. Mi.'^s Baycs sang songs full of pep and sentiment. The chief dancers in the "Dancelniul" niinilier were Muriel Kaye and Mildred Burns, with Alice Haynumd serving as soprano soloist In four of the act's five scenes. Miss Bayes came on the stage wearing a pink satin coat trimmed in deep pink ostrich plumes. The coat was bordered and lined in blue. Her frock was of bloom-piiik crepe de chine, cut one-piece, with silver beaded .V-sli.nped desitrns. It w.ns .sleeveless. She also wore silver "loth ■Uppers, and during one s( ng she carried a large pink feather fan. She placed a long lace shawl around her shoulders, a poke-bonnet on her head, a bead bag in her hand for a third song. In another number she added a tan chiffon coat and tan hat to her outlit. The "Dancelanders" had a chorus of eight girls besides the specialties. Both dances and costumes were welh chosen. The "weaving laces" turn was undoubtedly the prettiest and would have remained among the brightest spots on the program if Muriel ICaye had not done a "Charles- ton" in front of the other dangers, all of whom wore old-fashioned, hoop-skirted, heavily-.aied gowns in no way related to Miss Kaye's dance. Miss Kaye's previous Indian dances as well as her ballet number had more than proved her cleverness, and her "Charleston" would have been good against any othe.' bacl-^roimd, but it was inconsistent against the mountains of dainty lace. Mildred IJurns was highly entertaining In the Holland number, where she and Linton IIopps were featured. Both she and the chorus were attired in Dutch frocks. Hers was of deep blue silk, long while silk apron, tiuhtly laced basque over a thin white waist. She wore a blue Dutch cap with white flairs. The chorus was dressed in checkered olue-and-whlte Dutch skirts, blue bodice over a white waist with short, stiff, puffy sleeves. The chorus wore white Dutch caps. This was a charming and enna^infr act. And, as a man In the press box said: "Those femnies can flirker a fierce foot!" Not far behind these three In applaurc, although she Is not nearly BO well known, was Margit Hegedus, vlolinl.st. Here is a delightful girl gifted with true musician.«hip and a mode.st temperament. At no lime does she strain to gpin effect, although her numbers were out of the ordinary. The audience frankly liked her. She wore a frock of finely woven silver-thread :ace over a satin bafUground of peach pink. Her Blippers were of silver cloth. The skirt was moderately short and the neck of the frock was moderately low. It Wiis sleeveless, and the waist was plain save for a lesign of silk blooms on the left shoulder. These blooms were heavily embroidered and served to emboss the skirt as well. Miss Hegedus plays and dresses In excellent taste. THEATRE ROMEO BEATEN UP KEEPING "DATE" John Andrea's Tryst to Beach May Have Been Lure—2 Men Appeared Bt John, N. B., Sept. 1. Win«, women and song have been blamed as the downfall of many males, but John Andrea, em- ployed In the Strand, North "'yd- ney, has met misfortune solely through women. Andrea was lured to Indian Beach, a lon3ly spot near North Sydney, after the theatre had closed at night, to "keep a date" with a feminine friend. The feminine friend materialized. So did two In- dividuals who resented the atten- tions of Andrea to the'woman. She happened to be tied to another man, it is claimed. The two men assaulted Andrea, beating him severely for some min- utes. Andrea cried for help, but none responded. The woman br( ke all feminine records for getaways. With their flsts the two men pounded Andrea about the head and body until he became unconscious. They then disappeared. Andrea was found by passersby and carried to his home, where he was treated by a physician. It was necessary for the medical men to devote three hours to Andrea before the victim regained consciousness. Andrea's face and head bear many bruises and cuts. Although Andrea knows his assailants, no '^barges will be laid. It will be several weeks be .'ore the assaulted theatre or\ploye and town sheik is back to normal. He had received several warninga, but had evidently not heeded them Whether he will forsake sheik'sm now Is for the future to decide. His assailants have threatened extermi- nation as the next penalty for the theatre Romeo. THEAMS Brooklyn, N. Y. Fort Hamilton Parkway and <7th stVeet. Owner, A Mlshkln, (0 Court street. Value and policy not given. Buffalo, N. Y. $100,000, 822-S24 Tonawanda street. Owner, Riverside Amusement Co., care architect. Bacon and Lurkey, Erie County Bank Building. Policy not given. Chicaao. $750,000 . (Four Cohans, remodelled.) 119 N. Clark street. Owner, George M. Cohan, 1840 Broadway, N. Y. C. Legitimate. Chicago. 11,500,000. (Paradise). Crawford and Park avenues. Owner, National Theatre Corporation, 7642 Cottage Grove avenue. Policy not given. Detroit. Campau and Davison avenues. Owner, J. C. Lasky. 433 Klrby avenue. Capacity, 200. Value and policy not given. Gary, Ind. $35,000. Broadway near 25th avenue. Owner, Piroo.sky Brothers and Kosmanoff, care architect, Isador M. Cohen, 708 Broadway. Capacity, 200. Policy not given. Indianapolis, Ind. 19th and Alabama streets. Owner, Little Theatre Society of Indianapolis, care Chamber of Commerce. Value and policy not given. Indianapolis, Ind. $150,000. 4213-21 College avenue. Owner, Clyde Uealty Company, 111 Monument Circle. Policy not given. Milwaukee, Wis. $350,000. Kinniklnnic and Homer. Owner, Bay View ; Realty Company, 174 Second street Policy not given. New York City. $400,000. Southeast corner University and Tremont avenues. Owner, Louis H. Kaplan, 1475 Broadway. Policy not given. New York City. Westchester avenue, between Beach and Lawrence avenues. Owner, Rosedale Engineering Company, care architects, Meisner and Uffner, 505 East Tremont avenue. Policy not given. New York City. $1,000,000. East Fordham Road, between Belmont ' and Cambrelllng avenues. Owner, Jerome Avenue Exhibition Company. Inc., 1475 Grand Concourse. Policy not given. North Tonawinda, N. Y. Owner, Main Realty Co., 15 West Swan street. Buffalo. Value and policy not given. Racine, Wis. Owner, Rialto Amusement Company, Racine. Value and policy not given. Red Bank, N. J. $500,000. Corner Monmouth and Broad streets. Owner. Walter Reade, 112 West 84th street. N. Y. C. Policy not given. Red Bank, N. J. $300,000. Monmouth street, between Pearl and Maple. Owner, Joseph Stern. 207 Market street, Newark, N. J. Policy not given. Springfield, III. $25,000. North Grande avenue, between 8th and 9th streets. Owner, Theodore Gray. South 11th street. Policy not given. Sullivan, III. $30,000. Owner withheld, care general constructors, Hagerman and Harshman, Sullivan. Policy not given. Washington, D. C. $9,000,000. 14th and F streets, N. W. Owner, National Press Club, Albee Building, 15th and G streets, N. W. Policy not given. Mcdish Picture "Hell's Highroad" Is a film with an inspiring title and a disappointing follow-up. There is nothing trivial about a reception gown which Helen Sullivan wears In one scene, nor about the one Leatric^ Joy wears at this recep- .tion and at a grand ball. If clothes make a filml then this one is a huge success. Miss Sullivan's gown Is fashioned of black satin on straight lines in the back and over the hips. Diaped up toward the belt line in the front. It is finished at the edges in a wide border of small feathers. The dre.ss Is bizarre and becoming. Miss Joy's dress is of bordered crepe, the design runnin? perpendicularly. Tlje sleeves arc long, but flowing. Both hers and Miss Sullivan's gowns liave long trains. Miss Joy's evening gown, worn later, is a black satin shirt, silt at the sides and meeting the white chiffon and beaded bodice a few Inches above the normal waistline. The train is extraordinarily long. The Majestic, Brooklyn, N. Y opens Labor Day with H. B. Warner in "Silence." The State, Utlca, N. Y., reopens Sept. 14, playing five acts on a split week, The prospect, New York, reopens the last half with a combln-ition of Nor does Marion Ni-xon's charm save It. She is an attractive young | Jewish and English vaudeville play- woman and plays well with Mr. Denny. But she is not plot-proof. And jj,™ four acts on a split week, what a pity to cast Pauline Garon as the designing woman, for she Is ijijjg strand - Bayonne N J Is be- still young, pretty and vivacious enough to be the ingenue. She's a much j^g readied to open Labor Day with better flapper than a goid-digger. Much.* j^ picture policy. The DeWltt, Bayonne, N. J., re- turns to a vaude and picture policy Labor Day. Pale Comedy It is very difficult for an audience to believe that a successful young business man would permit himself to be accused of a secret marriage with a designing little gold-digger and later of a robbery without some legal protest. Perhaps the false logic in the film accounts for the fact that "Whore Was I?" is but the palest of light comedies. COLORED PLAYERS SCARCE with the advent of more colored shows and mixed casts on the Co- lumbia burlesque circuit, the colored playing ranks of New York have been heavily curtailed. Harlem re- vues and cabarets have been espe- cially hard hit. Fall preparation of new colored revues present an almost entire change In chorus personnel. HOUSES OPENING ) Simply Dressed Film "The Man Who Found Himself" fails to make clear the reason for the title. If this picture is any criterion, trimming on fashionably dressed Women's clothes has become de trop. One may usually jount on it that what Julia Hoyt wears is la dernier cri, but when the other women of the picture also go in for the sirnide and uhadorned, then the echo of the last cry ha.s been heard. Jewels also seem to have been dis- carded with the fuinniy-duMles of trimmings. Long sleeves are obvi- ously preferred. Julia Hoyt has tliem In a silk spurts frock. Her blouse Is made In the long-waisied middy (fCect; her skirt is pleated. Her hat is fash- ioned of felt and is very smart. Long .sleeves are also in Virginia Valli's sports outfit of silk, hut her blouse, in middy style, has the added dis- tinction of a V-nock with a bow tie. The letter's hcusc dresses are rigidly simple. Two accordion pleated ruffles form a skirt for one dress which has an absolutely plain waist with tight short Hleeves and a round, unadorned neck. Miss Hoyt's and Miss Valli's simplicity is of the expensive variety and Is not easily emulated. Lynn Fontaine also dresses in plain lines, but she chooses embroidered nets, shadow laces, or alternating rows of contrasting chiffons for her materials. Trimmings would be superfluous even in a trimming era. Little Mildred Ryan also wears silk middy frocks and occasionally a sheer, soft party frock devoid of extras. CENTURY'S NIGHT CLUB (Continued from page 1) According to plans it will be the last word In night clubs and will be financed by the Mi«ner Interests Voca Ratan is said to be tire lar- gest development In the boom lands of Florida and Is rated a $5,000,000 proposition. Realty men "In" on the east coast manipulations admit the Mlzner project is easily the classiest of all the boom developments to date. New York Is to have a night club in which there will be a couvert charge of $6 per head. It .11 be located In what was once the bar at the Century theatre, bcln? re- fitted for the purpose. The schehie is to conduct a smart night place with a limited member- ship. Just what the original fee is to be for members Is not decided but all guests of members will be taxed $5.^^ Parisian cabaret show has been contracted for and the place will be known as Ches Fysher. Fyscher Is the French cafe man who operated a restaurant along Continental lines on 45th street some years ago, the venture falling. Fyscher in coming to Broadway again Is bringing eight artists from his Paris cafe. In addition to the French enter- tainers in the Century club they will also play in a revue which the Shuberts are preparing for the Cen- tury Roof theatre. JOE WOODS ATTACHES Wants $237 From tilritman's Tab Alleged Due Chicago, Sept. 1. Sam H. Grisman, owner of a musical tab company entitled "How Come," hired Joe Wood as advance agent. Later he gave him four weeks' notice, claiming Woods' practice of drawing In excess of his salary was an unsatisfactory work- ing arrangement. Woods got out an attachment claiming $237 due him. It was serv* ed Just as the show was leaving Dayton last week. Grisman was compelled to post the money with the city clerk. The case will he argued in Day- ton next week with Ben Ehrlich representing the tab owner. Constance Bennett'* Clothes Constsnce Bennett's clothes, r.ither than the plot, are outst.andlng In "My Wife and 1." Among the several faults \» the unforgivable one at the end of not ringing true. The son accidentally shoots his mother. Both he and the father rush to her as she falls. What would be the natural course of procedure ujuler the circumstances? They don't do It. Not once <ij either offer medical attention or ai)pear to be taking care of her wounds. Speaking of Miss Bennett's clothes, slie wears a black velvet evening gown, fastened on the right shoultler with a buekle, more striking than tasteful, but suiting the role. Several little velvet panels flare out each time she takes a step, attracting attention. The gown is cut Into a V-neck, both back and front. No less bizarre but a little softer In out- line is her picturesque negligee of black lace, fashioned like a coat, over a satin foundation. I-ong tight sleeves, two deep lace ruffles on the skirt, profuse ribbon bows everywhere, mark this strange negligee, which Is far more dainty than servlcable. Bert Levy Adds 2 Los Angeles, Sept. 1. Bert Levy circuit has added two more houses In Southern California. One Is the Bard Adams In Los Angeles, a new house opening Sept. 10. playing four acts and feature pictures. The vaudeville will play Sunday and Monday. The other house Is the Victoria at San Pedro, to play five acts Fri- day and Saturday, beginning Sept. 25. JACQUES HAYES (Formerly of Santos and Hayes) Presenting her new act entitled "15 Minutes In Hickvllle. and produced by Mr. Chat. Lovenberg. This week (Aug. 31), KKITH'S IU\ERS1DE,,New York. CANTON'S PALACE Canton, O., Sept. 1. Ground has L.en broken here for a new house on Market street to be built by the Palace Theatre Cor- poration, Ed. E. Bender, president; Charles Wolf, vice-president; Sol Bernstein, secretary and general manager. The house will have a capacity of 2,200 and will be known as the Pal- ace. The policy will be Keith-Al- bee vaudeville and picture.^. It will open In September, 1926. The same owners operate the Lyceum with a similar policy. EDWAEDS WITH SPITZ A. A. Spitz, of Providence, who recently announced the formation of a tab producing department for his picture houses and also others, has engaged Leo Edwards as the producer. The first tab will be colored, with 17 people and named "Mississippi Days." Billy Mills will be featured. Other tabs will bo white, six in all. playing about 75 minutes, filling In for pop vaudeville in the mixed act and picture bills. Conceived Louis Morgan as Ind. Booker Chicago, Sept. 1. Louis Morgan, tabloid niiinager of the Cliicago Kelth-Albee ollice for the past year, has resigned and will o'perate as an Independent booker.. Coney Holmes is in charge of the new combination policy of the west- ern Keith Albee oince.