Variety (November 1925)

10 VARIETY Wednesday, November 11, 1925 raS FROM THE DAILIES ' Thii department contains rewritten theatrical news items at pub- riahed during the week in the daily papere of New York, Chicago and the Pacific Coast. Variety takes no credit for these news items: each has been rewritten from a daily paper. L NEW YORK White Plains Is agog over the optniiiB there In the Supreme Court Monday of the suit of Leonard Kip Khinelander o annul his marrluKe to Alice Beatrice Jones Khinelander, on the ground that she represented her ancestry to be entirely white. The {l<>ron-e. It was reported, will bo that Rhlnelander was fully a' Ised as to the girl's ancestry and In- alsted on the union nevertheless. Oscar, the famous Oscar of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel. Is announced aa writing his memoirs, citing rec- ollections of 40 years' connection with laslilonable .sew York reslau- svants, hotels and ' trons. , , American photographic ray experi- menter, took the pictures. James Gleason, after a four weelra absence frum the "is Zat So?" cait, rejoined the show Monday. The Shuberts will open the new Forrest on 4»th street In a fort- night or so. It seals 1,200. •Hello, Lola," musical, may be the opener. "The Fountain," by Eugene O'Neill, Is scheduled for production in aloiit n month at the nrcon-vifli Village theatre by the authors, Mac- Go wan and Jones in association with A. L. Jone.s and Morris Green. Denial was made in the .Vew York Times that the .Metropoillan Opera Co. would move irom Us preocnl location to a site further up:own. A quoted statement was maile by •ne of the directors, name not given. A receiver for the Liberty Radio Chain tiiores. Inc.. a Delaware cor- poration, operating radio sliops in New York, Washington and Provi- dence, K. I has been asked In suit nied In the Supreme Court .Nov. 1 The company manu.'actures the Clear.icld radio set. Galllard Smith, who owns 12,000 shares of stock, brought the suit on i 'nlf of him- f ^If a*-'^ other "•'^o'-'-olders. Plans afoot by ihe Women's Na- tional Democratic Club whereby Some reforms cm be made In the movies. The club appointed a com- mliiee Nov. 8 to study the situation. "This is not In any sens^ a "crusade" against undesirable pictures nor after censorship or the exploitation of any particular oroduotion. Ac- cording to the chairman, Amelia §ummervll!e. the plans are »o hel;' edu:;ate the lllm public to the neces- sity of encouraging the r-oducllon of better pictures of tho artistic, ed- iir.TMonal and chara;ter-bulldln^' type. The New York ".Mirror" (tabloid) ran a picture of Beth Berl and her legs. With a caption that an opera- tion had saved "the most beautiful less In Amerl'-a." .^"epJc pol-T-in-r. the (Caption also said, menaced her Ufe. The latest via New York daily tabs Is that the engagement of Con- stance 'ialmailgc and Buster Collier (William, Jr.) had been ' -okcn without stating if it ever bad been positive. Vlto Savluzza, Boston house pian- ist, was found dead Nov. 8 in a clump of busiies in the c )i;ntry near Winchester, \ias8. The polic, have li'ai nt'd that isaviuzza had lei'i home Just prior to the tragedy, tell- inn b.s v^.ie that tie was imougii Willi her and tliat he had found another sweetheart. Jack Dempsey and Jack Kearns were sued last week in Los Angeles by Andrena K. McPhee. nurse, the latter bringing suit for $26,700 lam- ages for injuries received In a fall lo an apartment house owned by Dempsey and his former fight man- ager. for lu premiere In Baltimore Mon- day, had quit rehearsals. It Is un- derstood Montesole will remain as a member of "The School for Scan- dal," with which he has been ap- pearing. Circuit Judge Henry Wade Rogers at New Haven, Conn., granted the appeal to the United Stales Supreme Court from the de- cision of the Federal Constitutional Court, which sal in .Vew Haven on the new Connecticut tllm-taxlng law. A special court had denied a petition for the right to appeal. The .Xmeriran Feature Film Co., Boston, will t.nke the appeiil, although the Fox Film Co., New York, was In the case heretofore. The arrival of Andre Chariot and his company of Chariot's Rovue In New York Nov. 3 resulted In more than passing comment In the New York papers. Tho "World" devoted almost a column. With Beatrice Lll'Ie, one of the prlnclp.nls. was her hu.oband, Sfr Robert Peel, not a member of the oompanv. The Char- lot troupe was serennd^d at the pier by a eroiip of Scottish chiefs, led hy Pipe .Mnlor Angus Prnser. The Revue went rt'"--"' to Rnltlmore. where It opened Thursday, Otis Skinner announced to appear In a new play hy hin daughter. Cor- I nella Otis Fklnner, with Ruose' ' Janney as producer, re'-eitly appeared In lars." Basil Dean, English producer. In a speech befo.e New York club women Nov. 4, Biltmore Hotel, out- lined a plan to lound In London an American theatre. Paul Robeson, Negro actor, now appearing in "Emperor Jones" In London, is announced to appear In New York upon his return In "George W. J. Cotton" by Mayer Portner, new playwright. The main role played by Robeson will be that of an American prizefighter. "Here Lies the Truth " a new play by Ralph Spence, is to be produ.ed In New York by Donald Gallagher. Ml«s ."Skinner •■White Col- Vlvlenne ToMn assumed the prln- cIp.Tl fpmlr<lne rolf In "Apple Sauce" (Ambassador) ATonrtay. George ^Marfnr^r^ve Is return'ng to his fo-T"er role In "A Lnrkv Rronk." the 7»»M!i Penro r'"oe prof1ii'>ofl st tbn Port. V"w Vork. enrl'T In the pe.Tson. Miisl'^al embellishment by Hnrold Levy. "Tho Big Parade," a film "special" by Aletro-Goldwyn, opens at the Astor, Nov. 19. When Fox produces "The Ancient .Mariner," with Paul Panzer • the stellar player, Charles Dennett will handle the megaphone. The Episcopal Actors' Guild holds Its annual beneilt at the Knicker- bocker, New Yo:k, Nov. 22. When Gloria bwanson reached New York Nov, 4, she was aolied by reporters what she Intended do- ing about her B^ampus Pla. ers- Lasky contract. Miss bwanson In- timated she would likely organize her own company when hfer con- tract expired. This Is taken as proof that Miss S.vanson as pre- viously reported In Variety, would have her own producing company wllh United Artists when her F.P - Lftsky contract expired. She has two more pictures to make for F. P. When "The Mnn of De'Jttnv" onens at the t^»->w. Vpw TorV. Nov. n? ni7or.tpo<» of tVip TH^ntri" Oii'l/». 1* w'M b-i'-e Tom Pow^s as one of the rrlnripnlfl. The Triangle Theatre, on 7th ave- nue. New York, has arranged a se- ries of Saturday mornnig shows with the entire program planned for children. There Is also a similar children's theatre at the Princess on Saturday mornings. Elsie Janls returns to New York In a new revue, direction Charles B. Dillingham, after New Year's. Miss Janis plays 10 weeks with her pres- ent "Puzzles" 8hDw at Hollywood (near Miami), Fla.. starting In De- cember. Paderewskl ari^ved In New York from Europe last week to make a tour of the United States In con- cert. What had all the earmarks of a publicity stunt wns the fust ae^i.T' pre-release of a film for film critics seated In the Slkoros'.ty air trans- port Yorktown. 3,000 feet above Long Island. The picture was War- ner Bros.' "The Clash of the Wolves." Music for the picture wa-" supplied by station WGBS, and picked up by the airplane. "Matlnata," one-act play by Law- rence Lanrner, wi 1 bo one ' f th features of the annual beneilt of the L.pi.'>copal Aclur^' «jUiid In the Knickerbocker Nov. 22. Universal Is reported making a big picture called "Combat," di- rected by House Peters, wllh Wanda Hawley principal player. S. W. Straus & Co., Investment brokers, Is out with elaborate adver- tisements for the Issuance of ftr t mortgage 6^4 per cent aerial coupon gold bonds on the new $4,250,000 A special jnatlnce performance of Roxy theatre to be built at 50th-51st Ibsen's "Master Builder" was "Iven | streets and 7th avenue. New York. In the Maxine Elliott theatre Nov. In the ad announcement the coupons tb - are due April 20 and Oct The Shorebam Hotel. Sayvllle, L. T., one of the south shore's best Inown Inns, valued at $6S.000, was de^troyed hy fire Nov. 3, orltrln un- known. The big roadhouse was closed last winter. It) an.l aroLher Is set for :;o •. 13 mats to be continued Tuesdays and I riitays. I'Jgon Brecher p a. od ln- master bul.der, with Eva LaGal- llenne as Hilda Wangel. Others ' the cast were Alice John, Ruth Wil- ton, Sidney Machet, William Kiy- mond and J. Warren Sterling. In Perth Amboy, N. J- several months ago an effort* was made to close the film houses on Sunday t,ui.rrme Court Justice Kallsch then opined that to enforce the law oni.\ on tiieatres would be an Injustice. and he Instructed tne Grand Jury lo Indict every one ioiind Riility « the law's violation. That started something. Now the Sunday "Blue Laws" have been invoked and it Is estimated that between 7,000 and 10,000 persons in Midd'osec c-o'mi. N. J,, which embraces Perth Amboy. New Brunswk'k and other placen are violating the Sabl>ath law. The police last Sunday took names of apparent lawbreakers and will turn them over to the county offlclals for action by the Grand Jury. It Is Hgali:.st the law there on Sundays to buy a cigar, chewing gum, news- p.ipcr. drive; in fact, there were so many alleged violations the whole county win have to go before the G. J. to get the blue law farce straightened out. 20. with serial maturities Oct. 20, 1928, to Oct. 'JO. 1340. S. L. Rolhafel (Roxy) la president of the Roxy Theatre Corporation, the borrowing corpora- tion of this Issue, while W. E. At- kinson Is vTe president and general manager and Irwin S. Chanln, treas- urer, of the Chanln theatre com- pany, which has built several New • York theatres. The value of the completed property . s appraised by Cushman & Wakefield, Inc., Is $6,- 91'5,000 and by W. Albert Pease, Jr., $8,950,000. Prominent stotre and screen play- ers are lending persnnil as w^ll a-^ nnnni^I.Tl piipnort to the d^T^rent chtTch. ra'hedrnl' nnd .fewl^-h Fed- orat'on "drh-es" row helnsf con- ducted, with New Tnrk as the col- lecting ground. R. H. Sothern t" clinlrnian of the nc''>fs' rnmmltf'^'^ for the eonr'^PtloT^ of the Cath'^'lrnl of Pt, .Tobn the Divine. T.nurT Hnne •^rewos. Fr'-^da Tneofotirf nnd TTorrv nnvonnort ^'iv*' '^"on added as p-'oni- bern of the Sotb'>'"n eorntr!'ft<^o Af'o'nb ZtiVor Is rhn'rm.Tn of tb'^ fiioofricii and STP»>n rommlMo" -■I'^ing the .Tewlsh Federation "drive." LOS ANGELES Consolidation of the production activities of the Cecil B. Do Mllle studios at Culver City with the Metropolitan studios In Hollywood was made, with W'm. Sistrom ap- pointed general manager of the joint organization. Bert Kley, acting as general studio manager for De Mllle in the past, will represent the latter In the d.stribullng Held, dividing his time between New York and Los Angeles. In the future only the pic- tures personally directed and pro- duced by De .Mllle will bear tho De .Mllle name. All other productions produced at either the De Mllle stu- dio in Culver City or on th« .Metro- politan lot will be known as '.he Metropolitan Pictures. It Is said that the 1926-27 schedule for Produ- cers Distrlbuing Corp. calls for 50 pictures to be reelased. H. J. O'Fallon was slightly in- jured when struck by an automobile driven by Barney Oldfield, famous racing driver, as he crossed Western avenue in Hollywood. Oldfleld stopped his car Immediately and took O'Fallon to the office of a phy- sician, where his Injuries were at- tended to. Barney then Informed the police that the lights from ap- proaching cars blinded him and he did not see O'Fallon until it was too late to stop. He wns exonerated. The missing manuscript contain- ing the memoirs of Kid McCoy were found by two boys playing In the hills at Eagle Rock. The boys stum- bled over a p.acket of papers, pair of shoes, a hat and bundle of clothing and turned them over to the police. On Inves'Igatlon the packet of pa- pers was found to be the life story of Kid .McCoy, who Is now an In- mate of San Quentln. The papers will be turned over to Mrs, J. Thomas, sister of McCoy. Norma Talniadge. Mr. and Mrs Buster Keaton, and Doris Dean, wife of Roscoe "Fatty" Arbucklc. have returned from a four weeks trip to New York. Miss Talmadge will shortly begin work In ' Kikl" under the direction of Clarence Brown. Kea on will staK preparing his next, story for Metro-Goldwyn release. B. W. VVhltehurst, film promoter, scleral days ago p eaded guilty to a charge of using the mails to de- fraud in a motion picture projec', offering a return of four dollars for every dollar Invested. When ap- pearing for sen ence before Federal Judse James, Whltehurst changed his plea from guilty to not guilty, as. erllng he had certain facts to bring to court which would absolve him from blame. Judge James sei the case for trial Dec. 8. Postal In- spectors Informed he court that Whltehurst, while operating undc- the name of Whltehurst-Marshall Productions, Inc., conducted a let- ter campaign for funds which netted him $9«^. Louis Frledlander, picture actoi. pleaded guilty to con ributing to the delinquency of Frances Wil- liams, 18, extra, and was sentenced to serve eight months In the couni> jail by Judge Archibald, of th- Juvenile Court. The sentence was suspended with Frledlander placed on parole for the period. Lorenzo Carleton, also a studio employe, charged wl h contributing to the girl's delinquency, has been held foi trial Nov. 18. Mrs. Gladys Cavalll requested Supreme Court Justice Mitchell to have her divorce proceedings hold In private. Justice Mitchell named William J. McKeown, attorney, as referee Mrs. Cavalll Is suing Fran- cesco Cavalll, vaudevllllan, for di- vorce, charging the latter with hav- ing shared a Hotel Bristol room with a woman April 29 last. The Cavallls were married In 1901 and have an adopted daughter. The New York "World" carried a e'o../ i.o.n 1 ;(rJs that a dI i"-c r"m?!"a there had been turned on f.« run from the top of an apart- Mayor Hylan last week issued a proclamation calling upon the citi- zenry of .N'ew York to fittingly cel- ebrate Armistice Day, Nov. 11 (Wednesday). The Hearst p.ipers gave consider- able space to a story that Lionel Atwill and his wife had drifted apart and that each was living In a different hotel In Ne ; York. It Blaney and Farrat. English musi- cal come'^lenno. announced as join- ing Fid Zlegfeld's "Louie the 14th." rr-m.nlnlng with that show until Zlegfeld's "Palm Beach Nights" opens at Palm Ren oh Jan. 4. Annual Chr'.Ktmas funds are In the preliminary stages, with bene- fits being arranged, with show peo- ple slated to do their part. The Now York "American" Is one of the first New York papers to arranfr^ for stars and "acts" to appear In bene- fits, the first being starred Sunday night In the Knickerbocker theatre. From Paris comes word that niorla . Gould will present "The Black Swan." a new ballet creation by >TI<^s Gould, when she returns to New York In December, but wherf* Is not stated. A Baltimore storv had two other 'pterests besides I.,oew's In", an- Tliryr for possession of the Century Tnd Parkway theatres there. The •wo hoii'cs nro to be sold to th*^ blrhest bidder and they will go to 'Ither Famous Players, Stanley Co -^r T,oew. According to Julian .^• J'tein, head of the bankers* commlt- . -• i^„-o ond the re-ult sho'-ed | was also reported in the same story fee that desires to sell the theatres Old sol to be a giant reflector which ' that Max Montesole, who had been the highest ofTer so far In $1,800,000. ftilrrors passing planets and projects I rehearsing with Atwill In "Peep In I The bankers believe the price should their Ima^rea. Kiii^a.U Kiegin, an I the Woods," a new play, scheduled be over $2,000,000. Mrs. Maudie McNamee, former stage actress, has been granted a divorce from Norman E. McNamee. The couple were married Jan. 10, 1923. and separated July 20, 1925. when McNamee left home. The de- cree was granted on grounds of cruelty. McNamee Is a musician employed In picture houses. CHICAGO Arthur Schoensiadt, owner of sev eral picture houses, foiled ihrll bandits in an attempt to rob him of the receipts of the Atlantic th« aire one night last week. He wrest ed a gun from one robber and nut the other to flight. A policenuu. coming up, the exhibitor joined ia ..urauit, but the bandits abandoneS their automobile and escaped on foot. " Frank Lawrence, film editor and chief, and H. H. Maehle have tend- ered their resignations to Can Laemmle. Lawrence has been film editor for LTniversal for 12 years. It Is understood that ho and Laemmlo did not agree on certain matters pertaining to the conduct- ing of his department. W. W. Mines will succeed Marco H. Hellman as president of the Los Angeles National horse show for 1926. The show will be held at the Ambassador ho.el Feb, 8-15. The sheriff's dry squad raided the Green Mill and the Nightingale cafes during a Hallowe'en celebra- tion, making 15 arrests. All persons taken Into custody were booked for the violation of the State Dry Act It Is understood the Federal auihor- Ities will institute padlock proceed- ings unless Ibjuor is entirely kept out of the premi.ses, whether served by employes or carried by patrons. Tom Mix has spent $250,000 to purchase some property adjoining his two-acre tract In Beverly Hills. Tho property was purchased from Frederick C, Porter. It wiil add about 15 acres to the Mix estate and will be occupied by Nov. 15 by Mr. Mix and his family. Mix will build a swimming pool, gymnasium and various other buildings on the prem- ises. The Arts Rail, set for Dec 18 at .he Congress Hotel is now organ. 1 lag. 'the following persons have been selected to head the various .roups: Harry Ridings, stage; Erlo De Lamartcr, music; Charles Co' ins, Uteralure; Lionel KobertsoiC nterior decorating; Jonn T Mc Cutchcon. en- .3ts; .McClelland Hartley, ballet; Thomas Wood Stev. ens, director of the Goodman Aa. morlal Theatre, will stage na- geant The Illinois Central Railroad has ''PS,"?^ . *^ bro:idcastlng station. uGES, In Oak Park. ^ The Chicago Opera will go to Miami In two special trains next March. Mrs. Charles Merriam. national presldenV-of the I'llm Councils of America, blames Wlli Hays tor w.mt she claims is the degeneracy of the moving pictures, bulliva-'s (Ind.) most famous citizen hasn't kept his word, Mrs. Merriam says. She fur- ther states 85 percent of " pr"-'-<t lllnls are unfit for children. Nelson Andersun, who gave hla life to save u three-year-o'^ bo • Trom death, has been given a pos- thumous award of $1,C00 bv "Lllj- erty." Anderson was leader of the Keith theatre houso orclieitra to Dayton. O. Coincident with the opening In Chicago of "A Lady's Virtue," the press agent let It out that Mary .\'ash had beon secretly divorced some weeks ago In New York. Jose Ruben, French actor, was tb» di- vorced party. Virglilio Lazzarrl, of the Chicago Opera, has been decorated with the order of the Royal Crown of Italy for "artistic achievement." A. W. Kingdon. of the male chorus In "The Student Prince," acci- dentaiiy let go his uiein while sing- ing the drinking song, and the ves- sel hit Olga Cook, prima donna, in the head. She wore ■* wig to cover up the bump. The Service Club staged a "Nine o'clock Revue" at the Hotel Sher- man, It dealing with the recent visit to Chicago 01 the Prince of Wales. Haddon Roberts, society swain, impersonated H. R. H. A 19-year-old girl was arrested by police for alleged complication in efforts to Intimidate Jack Pierce, actor, from prosecuting two hold-up men. Jesse Lasky, in company with Adoiph Zukor, said that the coming proe-ram of Famous Players will In- clude more comedy and western storied and less sex stuff. H' an- nounce<l also that he had signed W. C. Fields and expected to de- velop a great star out of the come- dian. Judge C. E. White awarded -thd House of David six cents damages' against Attorney Jerome RobblrS of Chicago who, the long-beardei boys said, tried to blackmail them. "Desire Under the Elms" will conclude a brief stay this week after occasioning some horror among the respo table element. "One of the family " will follow. Willis Nance, attorney for Mrs. Florence Couthoi, ticket broker, la in Washington before the House Ways and .Means Committee In an effort to get a tax cut. Mr. Nance .says that on a $6.60 ticket trans- action the box office gets $3.50, the government $2.50 and the ticket broker 60 cents. The North Shot-e Theatre Guild opened with a double bill. Chicago Is first In the production of brass and reed Instrumen*" It la revealed by the Association of Com- merce. In harps, too, Chicago leads the world, it is said, and the Windy City's banjos go to all parts of the world. Fiske O'Harals In rehearsals at the Studebaker of an o'd vehicle ot his, "Jack o' Hearts," never before done in Chicago, 'tis said. William Elliott will return to act- Ing when on Nov. 15 the Garrlck, now host to "Aloma of the South Seas," becomes the domicile of * pleco called "The .Naked Man," by llulcheson Boyd. Tho Broadway Limited on the Pcnnsvlv.anla Uallroad now has a bathtub for Its lady patro"s in I'le observation car. Another innova- tion Is a private comrartment for the stenographer, so dictation won t be overheard.