Variety (October 1925)

IC VARIETY Wednesday, October 7. 1925 Rewritten news items which have appeared within the week in the NEWS FROM THE DAIUES Daily Papers of NEW YORK CHICAGO COAST This department caitains rewritten theatrica! news item* as publishac* f^uring the week in the daily papers of New York, Chicago and the Pacific Coast. Variety takes no credit for these nuws itemss -"^ i:->i every one has been rewritten fronrt ■ daily paper. NEW YORK Tho morn;n;;'s "N'ows" ami "Mir- ror" havo bo>;iin idciiiicul cuntests to llml "Now York's most beautiful girl," offpring the wiiinrr a filni contraot. Tli«; "Xows" is tied up With F.'iinoiis Playeis. while the "Alirroi" Is aligiu'd with L'niveisa' A 56-story hot^l, the tallest in the \*or;d, will bo huilf on the Cornelius VuiultThilt estate, 5th ave., at a7th and 58th streot^s. The cost of tho proposed piojcot will amount to 125,000,000. . at Kllis Island. The elder Barhaios L-ai)ie to tlii.s countr'- in February, 1924, and are playing at Malorl'.s theatre. New York. U the plea to Davis fails, the cliil- dren miy bo admitted for four months as visitors. They will then have to return to Italy, but eaoh year may come over for the four month stay. Jiarhato and his wife were admitted under the DllUnyham law, which permitted actors to "en- ter permanently." Vivieniio S^sal nnnouni'OS she Will .<!\ie Hoboi t Amoa for a di'.orc". Miss Sega), It was repor'.ed, said little othor thun that she contom- pl.ited naming a "well known ac- tress." i^nies and Allss Mogal were married in 19113. Mrs. Lydia Locke Maiks Dorn- b'afer, much married opera siitK^r. wa.s indicted ly a Federal grana Jury on tho charge of causing an obscene ;ctter to b»» sent through the mails. She pleaded not puilty and was held in $1,000 bail by'Fed- eral Jud>;e Kstes. The iniUctmont followed tho com- plaint of Arthur S. Marks, president of the Skinner Organ Co., her foi- mer husband, who "charged Mrs. Dornblaser with sending a letter at- tacking the morals of his present wife, to her. At the time of her divorce from Marks, Mrs. Dorr- blaser was given a large settlemen with the agreement that if she would lead a moral iife until Oct. 1. last, Marks would pay her >50,000. It Is now hinted that Marks' pres- ent charge is being used as th< means of slipping out of the agree- ment. Mrs. Dornblasers name broke ln;o the dailies last year when she turned up with a child she al- leged belonged to Marks. It wah later proved the infant was not hers but had been taken from an asylum Temporary permission to remain In the United States untiK Feb. 1, 3926, has been granted Mrs. Hannan Chaplin, mother of Charlie Chap-it. The now T'nivorsal Artists, of which S. Hurok Is managing <ll- rei'tor, is negotiating for two New York theitres, it Is said. An announcement purported to have come from Aline MoGill. r-r- self, stales that she and George Webber, wealthy Chicago rc.tltor, were recently divorced In the . ecord time of three days. Photos of the y<ju:hful features of tho "rejuvenated 'Faiwy Ward h.avo been decorating front pages of New York's tabloid papers the past week. The pictures begin when the actress arrive from Hurope. .__■ Charging her with bigamy Ed- ward Edwiij Greene vaudville actor, was granted a divorce from Virginia Beatty by Justice Lydon in Bronx Supreme Court. Greene jumped in from Chicago, where he Is playing, to appear at the trial while his wife failed to appear. Ureene.said he returned to their apartment one day and found his wife with another man, whom she later confessed to having married in 1921. "When she married Greene, Miss Beatty is alleged to have said, she thought that her previous husband was dead. worth, P&ul McAUIster, Basil Uath- bone, Frederick Worlock, Krnest Stallard, Olgu Lee, Royal Tracy. "The Patsy" will give a profes- sional matinee at the La Salie In honor of Ashton Stevens of the "Herald-Examiner" and Charles Collins of the "Post." Mabel WIthee and Gerald Gilbert (Tell Me More"), with Marie Arm- .strong Hecht were reported to have n.irrowly escaped a holdup. MarlMe Mansfield was crowned "MIPS Centennial" at the recent 100th birthday celebration in Ia- fayette, Ind. Jazz is tied with grand opera for third place In the vote being tabu- lated by the Broadcast Listeners' Association. The radio fans voted their preference as 1, classical; 2, old-time songs; 3, jazz and opera. A temporary Injunction restrain- ing the management from selling alcoholic liqaors has been Issued against Colosimo's. The cafe Is .still open on probation. B. & K. have booked Universal's i "Phantom of tho Opera" for a run [ at the Roosevelt. Marjorle Leach, actress, turned heroine when she captured Frank "White, alleged robber, last week. Miss Leach was returning to her apartment last Monday, she said, aikl met White and another man on the stairs. When she got to her door she saw it had been "Jim- mied" so she turned around and ran after White. She caught him and held on to hig^arm. screanjirT tm- til attracting a poircemnn. Whit* was held in $1,000 bail. Ganna "Wal.ska McCormick, l&pera diva, before sailing for the United St.i es last week, siKned a contra n with the Clnes Company, French fl'.m concern, to .star In a forthcom- ing- production. This is Mmo. "Walska'B flr.st motion (licture ven- ture. William llershberg, plo leer film man, shot and killed himself Oct. 4 at his home, 4908 .Sheridan road, Chloa'Ro. Fifteen years ago llershberg was a partner of Balaban and Katz in •the Community Picture Theatres. When Halaban and Katz began to erect their "palace" theatres he left them to continue with liis small lieiphborhood houses. He ha.] seven of them and later lost a fortune iWhen the larger theatres developed. Mary Spas, whom the millionaire Browning warned to adopt, denies she will marry El "W. Ferrari, actor, as was reported. Dorothy Martin, former wife of Edward Hillmari, and Samuel Roth- steln, son of Arnold Rothtseln, are married. The narrative had it that Mr. and Mrs. George W. Martin ad • mltted their daughter had been so cretly wed to Rothsteln a month ago. The Methodist Episcopal Church in its annual conference last week declared war anew on the stage, citing New York's naked shows as the reason. This branch of the Protestant church in America Is very power- ful, numbering about 4,000,000 com- munleantM. It is also closfily allied with Uie Methodist Eplscop;.'. Church, South, a division forme^I during the Civil War_, and the -Methodist Protestant Church. .The Methodist Church has Urns had a ban against the theatre witich lias recently been partially raised, and last year Us ban on danoini; (Continued on page 11) "Tell Me More" when It departs from the Selwyh will Jump direct to Los Angeles. . "Kosher Kitty Kelly" will be fol- lowed by Anne Nichols' "White Col- lars" at the Cort. Soviet music from Russia will be played by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra piis winter by way of contrast to native music. The Harding, newest of the Lub- llner & Trlnx houses, wfll open Oct. 12 with 50 couples to be married in the theatre during the day. "Greenwich "Village Follies" will come to the Apollo when "Naughty Rlfiuette" has run its course there. The Charlotte Cushman Club of Chicago is open. The club accom- modates 21 young women and Is situated at 2826 S. Michigan avenue. George J. Goumas. proprietor and manager of the Mabel theatre, got Into print With the assertion that Len<>fe Ulrli first appeared before the public on" the stage of his the- atre. Mary Martin, who won $100 by remaining tied for 28 hours in the l)lack hole Of the museum ship "Success," has been hired to answer questions regarding her feat for the heneflt of the curious who pay to go aboard. CHICAGO Henry S. Paine, president of the Chicago .Magic Co., lost hi.s left hand and three fingers from the right In an exi'oslon last week; lie was the manufacturer of magical devices j and was mixing powder for a magic I stunt when the explosion occurred. 8l'.1»,»; J The oonillfion of Jack Pid.ford ilurinii Ills recent illness is attribu- ted to bis overwrought nervous con- «lition (hiring which he is said to have **.'l#^«»*n,)e poa«eijHetJ,_^ itli vi"l<'nt V'al- ousles of hiswIfe.'^ni-nVn^JWU*^ ^^, This lii'iy have been ilie cause ol' the recent reports of a marital rift between tho pair. Plckfor.l denied any break. Appearing in West Ride Court, JjUriUo U.antazoff, dancer, charged Patrolman McKeon with unreason- ably inter'orlng with her and two friends as they were golii..? homo •arly Sundiy morning. The police- man said that his accuse.- ;tnd a Miss Edelstein had torn his nuifonii while MI.ss Kielstoln's brother had eiilled him some vile names which Included "swine" and "cheaij con- ■tablo." The policeman asked for adjourn- ment until he could get a brother oflloer to testify for him. "My Son," after one week at the Playhouse, transfers to the Central which Is concluding its stock poli<'y. It is announced that the proposed production of "A (5ood Bad Woman ' at the latter house Is off. Flo Ziegfeld, In town, makes I'lalni that he will i-rect a theatre to bear his name iii tho l.iOop. Three thousand Austrlm film act- />rB parndod the streets of Vienna as n protest against the Importation of foreign films. Cesaro Forinlchl, baritone with tho opera, arrived in,Chicago with the announcement that during the summer ho bad loosed hlm.self from Ills wife and is now engaged lo va- pouse Gf'a»;<!.41»»Hit', iilso a hlngor. Morris Gest from his suite in the Congress Hotel lust week gave out interviews to the effect that Chicago will at last see 'The Mlrcale," to be produced by himself, starting Feb. 3 for four weeks at the Auditorium. .''Ix bundled seats will have to be removed to convert the house into the semblance of a cathedral. Lady Diana Manners will play the -Ma- donna, and Iris Tree, daughter of Kir Herbert Beer, will play the nun. Shirley Warde, leading woman for .some tiino wUh .the stock at the Central, has been gr.mted a divorce from Reginald Warde, who deserted her a yi'ar after their m.inlage, leaving behind a mass of unpaid bills, she alleged. The husband Is a movie actor. The wife received cus- tody of Cliarmlaii, two^y ear-old daughter. AS the last resort, plea iia« been made to Se<'relary of Labor i)>ivin ..im r.i t) admit the two children of (iaetanollts Ne\ «n<1 Rmni.a Birbato, Itallnn actor Lceuni < and /jiiice.K.i. who are belntr fin'. "The Grand Duchess and the Walter." .Mfred .Savolr's new French comedy, produced by Gilbert .Miller .vlth Elsie Feiguson as the «tar, has w York premiere lU tho l,y- )ct. 1?. In snr>port of Ml' s ned I'eruiivon will appear .Alison SUip- LOS ANGELES Margaret Cullen Landl.s, actress in "Lady Be Good," collided with a motorcycle policeman In Holly- wood, while driving her car, caus- ing the police officer to suffer frac- tures of the lower vertebrae. The officer is in tho hospital. .Miss Landls was held blameless for the accident. Billy Alvln, an actor, was denied a divorce by Superior Court Judge Walter S. tOat^§,4rom Georgia Mar- Sim. ■ - ■ '^ ■■ ■ --". —■■■ -■■'.; '■ •■ i--'.'T'JSSi^ Mrs. Marson was unable to ap- pear at the trial, she being In New York, and had a girl friend testify in her behalf. The suit was brought on grounds of desertion, but the court felt that Mrs. Marson should be present before a decree could be granted. Evelyn Carewe. stage and screen actress and sister of Ora Carewe, admitted she was the wife of John Lehners who is being held In .Sac- ramento In connection with the death of Al H. Hroyer. Miss Carewe Issued a statement, in which she said that she and her son had been separated from her huHb.ind for 12 years. She is living at Venice with her sister. 1?^'onne Chappelle. dancer and screen actress and wife of Mel Kid- dle, a press agent, filed .suit against the Pacinc Electric Company for $7,702 damaitcs. The coinplaiiit as- serts that the machine in which she. was riding with her husband on .^ept, 3 was struck by an electric car and that she sustained nnmr ous Injuries for which she damages. asks William Johnston, 20, film actor, who pleaded guilty to a charge of forging Eugene O'Brien's name to $200 worth of checks, was sentenced to the State School at lone by Judge Sidney Reeve. O'Brien had re- quested that the court tre&t the boy leniently but the court felt he could not grant probation in the ease. S. 10. Stone, night watchman and utepfalhcr of Jack Hoxle, tllm actor, was Indicted by the Los Angeles grand jury on two charged of mur«- der In connection with the slaying of Nina and Mae Martin, asod 9 and 12. more than a yeof ago. Stone at the time of his indictment w.as in the county jail serving a six months' trial on an ass.ault charge. Superior Judge Hahn, to whom the indict- ment was returned, ordered that he be hold wlthotrit "ttail. Hoxle, wh6n Informed of the Indictment of hl.s stepfather, asserted he would not take any steps In assisting In his defense against the murder charge. He said, "1 do not see any reason why I should." Alice Terry, after an .absence abroad of almost a year working In "Mare Nostrum," which her hus- band. Rex Ingram, directed. Is in Los Angeles for a brief visit with her mother. Mrs. Ella Teafe. Upon the conclusion of her visit here Miss Terry is to go to Nice, France, where her husband is to make an- other picture in which she will play the feminine lead. lice commission from Is.-uinr i.pr iTilis to any persona to ..p,.,-,,« dance halls where interiningliM" of races will be permitted. The reason for this measure is due to the ( ie» that Oricntajs and other fortii,-n e'le- ment have been patronizing' dance halls where white girls arc iis.d for dancing partners. The council will provide in tha ordinance that white women be pro- hibited from doing any bu.->iiics.s at the places with members of the ml ored races. The police have i,een making numerous arrests where they have found while women in the company or Orientals. According to reports, Jack Demp- sey has allowed Jerry the »;rttk his trainer, to follow in the foot.-tcp.s of Jack Kearns and Teddy Havo.i. u Is said that Gus Wilson, an KiisU.sh trainer, has replaced Luvaili.--. which is Jerry's right name. i Gladys J. PYy, known on the screen as June La Vcre, was granted $40 a week alimony, pending the trial of a divorce suit she has brought against Elmer M. Fry, shoe salesman. Mrs. Fry, told Superior Court Judge Gates that she was married on September 11, 1924, and sepa- rated on their first anniversary this year from her husband, because of cruelty on .his part. She said that one night when she chlded her hus- band for telling big lies to their guests he administered corpor.-W punishment upon her. According to the Montana Su- preme Court, which affirmed a de- cision over tho lower court, Rich- ard T. Rlngling, circus man, must pay a judghient of $322,480 to Hans p;ierlng and M. S. Cunningham, cat- tlemen of Helena. The suit was brought in connec- tion with the organization of a new cattle company to release from fi- nancial difficulties the Taylor's Fork Cattle Company, which the plaintiffs in the action own as part- ners. Pauline King was granted a di- vorce from Chas. L. King, Jr., screen actor. Mrs. King asserted that her husband was very jealous, would accompany her when she did her marketing and h.ad the habit of ac- cusing her of flirting if any friend spoke to Ijer in his absence. She also charged that he was stingy and only bought her three pair of shoes and stockings in six years. King was ordered to pay her $60 a month for the support of herself and two children. George .Melford upon his return from Alaska will marry Diana .Mil- ler, screen actress, Nov. L'.'i. AUsg Miller is playing opposite i'.uck. Jones in "The Cowboy Prince" for Fox at present. Miss .MilUr was formerly the wife of William Boyd screen actor and Melford was also' previously married and is now waiting the interlocutory decree to become permanent. A deal whereby Gore Brothers and Sol Lesser become affiliated with Henry Newlan of Denver, who con- trols the First National distribution for Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico and Utah has been perfected. The deal provides for the erection of theatres by the Joint groups In Denver, Salt Lake City. Ogden. Cheyenne and other towns in that territory, which require an Invest- ment In the nelghlwrhood of $3,- 000,000. Syd Chaplin was injured at .San Diego when he struck some piling after diving from the Coronado ferry, while making a scene for "Nightie Night Nurse." Hi-' injuries were not serious. ' "While engaged in a spec-.acular pirate fight, during tho making of "The Pirate,"» Douglas Fairbanks was cut deeply on the left side of the nose. He was fencing with Fred Coi*vena, expert swor'Unian. One of the thin steel points on the latter's rapier was thrust Into i-'air- banks' face. The studio offlcials say that a pebble on which Corvena slipped was responaible for hla misr judgment and the accident. Superior Judge Guerin, on grounds of de.'Tertion, grained Gladys E. Sills a divorce from Milton Sills, screen actor. The couple were married in London, May 26, 1910 and, according to Mrs. Sills, on Oct. 11, 1924, her husband told her he did not love her-«Mid did not care to live with her any rtiore, and left her. %^e couple bAve a daugUfcf, XK«:,'« otMy, 14, who win live with her mother. Sills is making a picture In the east. Freeman Wood, picture actor and his wife, employed In the Art de- partment at the Paramount studio, have separated and are living in different atwdes. It is said the cause of the separation Is that they had too many guests In a house that had too many rooms, all of which interfered whh the profes- sional careers of the Wood'.s. Bert T-ytoll. picture actor, was or- dered by .Superior Court Judge Thompson to pay $316 to Pauline H. Mulr, Income tax expert. Mj-s. Mulr brought suit for $544 on grounds that she agreed to prepare an amended Income tax report for the actor, for which she was to get 10 percent of the refimd for her ser- vices. Lyioll, she declared, only of- fered her $150. The court decide<l on the compromise figure after lis- tening to the evidence. An ordinance will be adopted by tho city council *ft |)rohihH (ho po- Llsting lii.s liabilities as $S.S2a.97 and assets at.naught, Frank Mayo tiled a voluntary petition of bank- ruptcy in New York. Among Mr. Mayo's creditors are Leopold Godowsky, pianist, and, as the father of Dagmar, his former father-in-law, to whom he owes $2,006 on loans. To Llcetig * Englander, his theatrical agents m Hollywood, he owes $250. Other items Include personal bills such a« hotels, laundry, etc. One daily had j It that Mayo's financial embarras- mcnt is due to heavy alimony and expensive gifts to Dagmar CodoW- sky and Ann Luther. With her automobile colliding with a car driven by M. C. Ross in Molly- wood, Kitty Doner, star of "Lady He (Jood" was slightly Injured. Mlsi Doner was on her way to I be thea- tre at the time of the accident. She was attended by a surgeon aiil pro* «ed^ to, the Mason oyeri hoiise, Whapc n)uiMna playing. '"'^ v>M/i, Wallace Beery was arre.-^ted fo' parking his aut|moblle too long on a thoroughfare In Fresno. When arraigned before' Justice of the Peace Smith a sentence of live dayi In jail was Imposed upon biin. '* was suspended on condition '*"'*.? attend the automobile races in that city, which he promised to d'>. Mrs. Inez Withers claims tiuit her husband is a wonderful actor. He. on the other hand, assorts he's » bad actor, so It Is up to Sopei-ior Court Judge Gates to decide whether Withers is right or his wile. Mrs. Withers brought suit f'>r di- vorce, and asked that her alimony be allowed her in proportion to her husband's Income, which slie saia was around $400 per month. Uitliorfl. on the othor hand, declares l.c ^-''^ * hard job earning $100 per nioiith. Bi» attorneys also Informed the couri that, as he was not 21 years oi aK*' he could not be compelb.l i" 1'*^ alimony. This point led .UiiU> "'•l''^^ to order the submission of ''t"'**- before he woiiM make .t dii -i'>r>.