Variety (December 1925)

w^ .AMUSEMENTS TIMES SQUARE ft PRICE 20c lit,' PS" m iV s: Publlaiird Weekly at 184 West 46th St., New rork. N. T., by Variety iao. Annnai ■ut»crlption ST Blnsle coplei to centiu Knirivd aw keeond class matter Derember it. 11)06 at tba Foat Onit:<> at New Tork. N T^ undor tb* Act of March I ll7t VOL. LXXXI. No. 6 NEW YORK CITY, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1925 56 PAGES 'PADLOCK' IN HIGHEST COURT SAMPLE OF COUNTRY GONE INITIIIl flPPEH THEATRE CRAZY, READ THIS| 15 pLicfOBEFOBE SUPREME BENCH iRocKetter, N. Y., About 300,000 Population, with Enough Theatre* Getting Many More—Cana- dians Coming In to Build Big House Rochester. N. Y., Dec. 82. Burpee A West of Montreal, owti- •r* of a chain of picture houses, break definitely into the Rochester territory vrlth 11,000,000 building program. Ground for two new the- atres will be broken within the next Itwo weeks and a third will be started |- (Continued on pagre 48) PRmCENTS AND BOOZE r. p. R. Members Resign —Drinking By-Law HER husband; SALM'S FILM Count's Appearances with It Offered—No Takers Several members of the T. P. R. eatrical Press Representativea) ve resigned as a protest against recently inserted by-law which tes the organization goes on ree- •rd against drinking among agents • and managers. One of the members wlio with- drew stated that he didn't mind his •Bployer asking him not to drink B|i (Continued on page 48) " frank Mansey, Bachelor, Dies, Worth $60,000,000 At the time) of the sudden illness *f Frank A. Mun.scy, multl-milllon- »ire publisher, which caused his lleath Tuesday morning, it wus be- ^eved by his InUmato friends that ^ was about to m.irry Mrs. Ted . 'Coy, divorced wife nf the foot hall •tar, who married Jeanne Eagela . rtortiv after Mrs. Coy divorced him ' ta Paris. Munsey was a bacliolor, 71 years ot nge. For several ytai.s, starting \ Wter the separation but before the •^ftvorce of the Coy.s, lie had been ••arkedly attentive to Mr.i. Coy. She ••cently superlnteml'd the redeco- Mlng of his Long l.'iland mansion tad estate, preparatory, pecmlngiy, » becoming mistress of It as Mrs. •tinsey. Mrs. Coy Is the mother of two ^ ttildren. She was an Atlanta fc •ociety beauty, daugiiter of a Judgd, ' Jembcr of a blue-blooded Dixie ' «mily. i Munsey 1h said to have left about ♦W.OOO.OOO. Count Salm m-ny be seen on the screen In America or he may not. It may depend largely on the man- ner in which "Will H. Hays and the M. P. T. O. A, will view the matter of showing a motion picture with the Count (n the leading role. There la such a picture In this country now. It has be?n he.-e for about six months and its title most ap- propriately la "Her Husband." In the light of the present legal en- tanglement between the count and his wife. Mlllicent Rogers, it might be looked upon as a sure fire attrac- tion. Not only the picture with the Count in It Is being offered about New York at present, but the Count himself Is also a possibility with personal appearances. The picture was made in Ger- many. It is an adaptation of a novel entitled "The Red Rider." Fern Andrea is tlie woman star and plays the heavy. A Gorman with social connections in this country and abroad who has l)een here several times and worked in a number of pictures here, brought the film over, having se- cured the North and South Amer- ican rights. Some time has been (Continued on page 48) MISS LA MARK RECOVERING Los Angeloa. Dec. 22. P.arbara I>aM;trT is reported to be on the road to recovery in a quiet bungalow near Mount I^owe. It Is understood here that en- deavors are now beinfj made to ne- gotiate a new screen contract for her with an indepoiidtnt producer. i New Evangelist Stops Business Mason City, la., Dec. 22. Social activities werj practically suspended, show business sagged badly and dancing was pushed into the background here the past month while Dr. James Itayburn, former railroad man, conducted evangelistic servicea la a tabernacl* tuilt for him. Detroit Action from 6th U. S. District — Defendants Allege Value of Property Destroyed—Claim Right of Trial Before Jury— Phil Kling Brewing Co. in Original Complaint—De- fendants No-w Individuals —Doerr's Inn Padlocked CONSTITUTI ON AUTY JERSEFS RUM ROW'S '49 CAMPS SEEKING GIRLS IN NEW YORK Men Saying They Are Vaudeville Producers Invade Casiing Offices—Girls Leave Town on Trolley Cars Upon Discovering Nature of Resorts Variety Bur«a«i Washington, Dec. 22. The twnstitutlonallty of the Na- tional Prohibition Act. concerning padlocks, has reached the United States Supreme Court for final de- termination. Kurt Kling, Rmilie Kamper and Josephine Kling, owners of the property housing Doerr's Inn in De- troit, padlocked, filed a petition for a writ of certiorari to review the (Continued on page 8) EVELYN GOSNELL WALLOPS ACTOR John Deverell, English, Doubly Surprised Air"Sampfc»" A new ^wrinkle on radio advertis- ing to gauge the range of the audi- ence Is the Mystlkuni hour Sunday afternoons from WBMY. It Is an- nounced free oninpies will be for- warded on rt'cjuest to the radio listeners-in. This is the tirst time such an offer has been made titrough the air. With radio's llstencrs-ln having liecn trained to expert sonietblng for nothing, a natural heavy demand is looked for, if WHNY can pass the word widely ctiougli. Paid Whiteman Rejects F. P. Offer for $1,000,000 Paul Whiteman has rejected the offer of Famous Players, amounting to over IKOOO.OOO. Instead the band- master will continue upon Ills con- cert tour with a po.'tsll.ihty he may go under the direction of William Morris for the future. Famous had proposed to White- man a guaranteed salary of $9,000 weekly, 40 weeks to a season, for three years, amounting to 11,080,- 000 In bulk. As a road attraction Whiteman plays to tS.tO and often 15.50 top. Evelyn Gosnell has left the cast of "Naughty Cinderella," following a laughable incident back stage at the Lyceum, New York. It started iis a harmless bit between her and John Deverell, an Knglish comedian. When the second act curtain dropped during a recent night per- formance. Miss Gosnell, who had a tiny vial of perfume such as given away to patrons, poured it on Dev- ereli's hair. The fluid happened to trickle down Into his eye. He gave utterances and a nasty and hasty terra. The actress said nothing at the time but told the stage manager she would ge< an apology after the show. She had further Incentive, since tlie Knglishman went to her dressing room Ijelween acts and re- (Contiiiued on page 48) Take Lee Seriously San Francisco, Dec. 21. I>ee ShiiluTt, on his maiden coast trip, spent a f(;w talkative d.tys hero the past week. Mr. Shubert spoke liighly of Sun I'Vanclsco and proml.sed to iiiuko a i)roduclng center of tliis city. Also he will l)ul!d a theatro or two In Frisco. The ea.stern manager compli- mented the dl.Mcriminatlon of local theatre patrons, saying it was too bad that the city had to depend on travel worn troupes from the cast; therefore lio and ills brother, Leo stated, woul(f produce shows right on the ground for the benefit of the coast's theatre patrons. The local papers reported the interview seriously. Sleek appearing gents suspected as being cappers for " '49 camps" operating along the New Jersey rum row liavo been Infesting ofHces of easting agi nts lately In quest of girls on pretext of being vaudeville producers. Several agents accepting the or- (Continued on page 4<) BREAK-IN 'CUTS' ARE BREAKING PRODUCERS Keith Office Act Makers Say They're Through- Cuts for Half a Season NAT'L CHARLESTON CONTEST Talk Is lieard of an all national Charleston contest In Chicago. If It peters out a New York crowd of men will .<»tare it. State ch.'iiniis are being devloixd a la Atlantic City bathing beauty pageant. . ._ ■_ No standard Keith vaudeville producers, so far as Is known, in- tend producing for vaudeville next KOHSon. The producers interviewed are unanimous in voicing the opin- ion that producing acts for vaude- ville Is a thing of the past, due to the current systems of booking acts wiilch necessitates tlie producers holding large casts together at cut sal.iries. Producers claim the chief obstacle Is the break-In period, i-'ormerly figured aH about two weeks it now (Continued on pa;ce 49) Cabarets and Equity There is talk of unionizing the cafe performers with the Equity Chorus branch taking care of the choristers as in the musical produc- tions and tlie prlncipjils coming into Equity Jurisdiction. Several complaints against cab- aret managements over contract violations lias given rise to sucli proljabllity. ^k> GOWNS--UNIFORMS C^ FOR EVERVBOOy WHO IS ANVBOOy ON THE STA6€ OfiSCR£EN..D<ai(SIVEv D£5IG»1G fr/ lIADWe STYli CREATORS BROOKS'4^v^§S^;^ ~—*l.»0lR0Cvt«3fUMe» TgalMT———