Variety (April 1926)

VARIETY floppy ROMANO Real Estate Faimily' PAUL FROM THE S. S. AQUTTANIA And the Best ORCHESTRA He Has Ever HadI En RouU to London to Opon at tho EmproM Rooms BBOAQCAST A "GOOD-BYE" TO ALL THEIR FRIENDS To Ereryone for Many Fayort and Kind Meuai^et ^ To Radio SUtioni WJZ and WMSO To the Moulin Ronge Cafe Management To the Colambia Phonograph Co. To the Music Pabliihen To the iigenta for Their Many Kind Offert To the Sngliih Oovemment for Our Pennitt ARTISTS, MUSICIANS AND ORCHESTRAS who dmmm real European represent€diom and action, communicaie with CONSOLIDATED ORCHESTRAS ' SUITE 221, 1585 BROADWAY STRAND THEATRE BLDG., NEW YORK CITY P. ^ —Jack Clarko^ Solo Amorioan Raprooontativo of tha Kit Cat Club and Piccadilly Hotel, London, sailing with uo, alaa joins with •'Au Ravoir." CHICAGO CO (Continued from pa^e 45) aeer for Metro-Goldwyn in this lo- cality, to act as chief assistant to Max Ascber (vice-president) in the formation of an Independent book- ing combine for the amaller theatre owners. Rozellc will purchase pic- tures for the Ascher circuit and as- sociated theatreit. Scribner was In Syracuse last week for a conference with William R. Cahill, who dlrecta the Temple. The Temple, ttlnce it opened,, has been tlevoted to pop vaudeville and Alms. It is IdeaJly suited for burlesque. The house is a couple of doors away from Keith's, and but a short dis- tance from the site where Loew will build. A. A. Van Auken is the house manager. New Amiterdam 'SnSiS* S-*'*' Mats. W«d. * 8at.. sTfO Mu»f«». Dtlllnchaa A CIcffaM. Mb. Dte. CHABLSS DILLINOHAll fffWWU _ MARILYN MILLER 'SUNNY' Arlatocrat of Maaical Comedloa 171II TONTHEA.. W. 41 St. Bra. I:S« CHARLES DILMNOHAM praacBts INA CLAIRE ta a Gemedr br Fredariek Leaadale The Laat of Mra. Cheynesr* vllk Roland Tooar aa^ A. U. Matthawa Statad br Wlnehall Bmltk ■ " Chuim r^l^Jw. B> * St. Bra. 1:10 DlltiittMi Mata. Wed. A Sat.. 1:2* H. H. Prasaa'a RoaB4*tka-WorM lioileal Sanaation . NO. NANETTE LOVISB OBOODT Star Cast Pf>PT Thoa., W. 48th St. Even. 8:S9 ^^'^^ Mata. Wed. and 8at., 2:30 George Jessel in **The Jazz Singer^' NEW 4TH EDITION VANITIES JO« C06K. rnANK TI.NNET. JTH^IUS TANNEN DOBOTHT KNAPP. Uom BeauUTuI Girl la World Thea.. ftOtli 8L and 7th Ava. Matineaa Thuradax and Saturday EARL CARROLL •r Tha' Chicoso Daily News has gathered statistics showing that Chicago's younger Charleston dancers have talcen in over $1,000,- 000 In tha past five months, with 660 of the child strutters sharing the dough. Sam Levin, one-time general manager for Jones, Liuiclc A Schaefer and later manager of Grauman's Million Dollar theatre, Los Angeles, returns to Chicago to lake charge of Aacher Brothers' new Highland theatre (south side), opening May 12. The Arthur Gale Players, alter- nating between the Crocker thea- tre, Elgin, and the Fox, Aurora, three days in earh town, are mak- ing a neat little profit with stock at 40 cents top. George A. Chenet, local Shubert manager, but now acting in tha ca- pacity of company manager for the Wilcox Stock at the Wlctlng. puUed a fine publicity yarn on Saturday. He caused a telegram to be aent to the Connecticut prison ofllciala re- questing the loan of the suit that Gerald Chapman wore before hl» execution, for uae in thia week's production of "Silenco.** Iiocal papera gave tha story a plny on Sunday. Jack Innis,^ who will play general business for the Frank Wilcox Stock. Hal Brown and £rh; Claver7 Ing, members of the company last year, also back this week in **8i- lence." Clavering and Brown are both with the Wilcox-Newlng stock In Scranton this season. 4 11 RIat Carme Romano, formerly in the show business and now affiliated with his brother in the Lawrence P. Rdmano Realty Co., is contemplat- ing opening New York offices for that firm in the near future. The Martin Sisters, scheduled for Keith's the first half of tha week, failed to open Sunday. Illness of one of the girls, plus non-arrival of-the act'a baggage, given aa tha reason. i Hey! Hey! Look Who^s Here TUBBY GABON They say he has an intsrest In the Minf* WILLIE HOROWin "la Pt^raaa** 1 Both theae rolobrltioH are prod- : nets of New York's Kaat Side, hut still they bought Chicago real <'8tate from Carme Romano. A^'Tiat more can you ask? How about you? Tos ara cordially Invltad ta Join thla happ7, prosperous fumlljr. Wrtta, Call, Phone or Wire for full ,fraa details. No-Money-Uown Flan. CARME ROMANO Gkneral Manager Lawrence P. Bomano & Co. Boom 1506, 10 S. La Salle St. CHICAGO Members of National Association of Reel Estate Boards Dave Manley, performer, who was a member of the Will Cunningham aiKncy, has severed his connections with that firm and Is now afniiated with the Max Richards agency. The annual Herkimer County Fair win be held at Herkimer on Sept. 6-11. £}nglewood theatre, only about 10 blocks away from the new Tower theatre, is advertising Or pheum circuit vaudeville, although the only acts It plays are "break Ins" at "showinB" salaries. The dlf ference between the two theatres Is that the Tower theatre uses the official Orpheum circuit script. The Tower theatre opened last Sunday, playing a three-a-day pol- icy with 80-cent matinees. The first bill Included Franklo Heath, Harry Burns Co., Huprhie Clnrk and band, Albortlna Kasch (Jlrla and Braille * and Pallo revue. SYRACUSE, N. Y. By CHESTER B. BAHN Wisting—8d week, stock. '81- lenca." Savoy—Burlesque and film. Strand—"Don Q.' week. Empire—'>ja Boaat," week. Eckel—"Sandy." week. Rivoli—"Blue Strenk." Patent—"Throe Faci'H KaHt." Crescent — "CTallfornla Straight Ahead." Swan—"Wild Hor.-^o Mesa.- Harvard—"Irene." The rrturn of Syracuso to the Co- lumbia HurleHqiie Wheel r.o: t Rea- son is re;?anlcd here as certain, with tho Temple, operated by the Cahills. named as the medium. Sam 8. EHmlra will get Its first circus of the season on May 27 when tha Sparks outfit Is scheduled for the old Maple Avenue driving park. Grace Presbyterian Church of Os wego will experiment with pictures ns a substitute for the usual Sun- day evening service. The Syracuse "Herald" will award a silver loving cup, emblematic of the amateur Charleston championship of Centra New York, to tha winner of a Charleston contest to ba held at the Temple April 29. Syracuse's newest neighborhood theatre, Harvard, opened Sunday. The houHe, of Spanish type in de- Hig^and seating 1,000 on one floor, is loS^ated on Westcott street, and will cater particularly to the Syra- ruae University section. Phil Smith, veteran local exhibitor, is operat- ing the theatre with a second-run policy. Admission, 26e., with 10c. for kids. Harry" 3. Berns of New York is at tha console. The MARX BROTHERS ''COCOANUTS UK a tnvmoff obxat mJBIGAl. -HIT IRVING BKRLIN'B ORBATB8T IfUfIC A OBO. 8. KAUFMAN'S CUrarMC Book LYBIC Th«».. W. 41 St. BvM. at 1:10. MaU. Wed. ft Sac. I:S« "PETKR PAK-A&nRIC&N.**—TvlemiB. The WISDOM T««TH I ITTI F ^Mt 44th Bi. nwrndatK ^Illf n Thea.. W. 12nd 8t. Bvs. !:<•. Matinee* Thurs. * Sat. TIIR THKATRB GUILD PRESENTS M CHIEF THING A comedr by NICOLJIS EVRBINOFF Translated by Hemnaa Bernstein and Leo Randole were married in 1920 when Miss Tanser was but l<i and still in high school. They separated shortly afterward. Miss Tanzer made her theatrical debut in Zlegfeld's "Fol lies" in 1923. and since then has appeared in many pictures, her most recent work being In Oloria Swan son's "Fine Manners." She is known professionally as Rodna Petrle. M0R08C0 IVit' wJ"*" V- o"** • »• Mats. Wed. and Bat, t.S* Whw U Ske the Talk ef tha Tvwat TBB DRAMATir n«T CRAIG'S WIFE I Bjr OBORQB KBLI.T ^ with CHRYSTAL HERNE Dir. A. 1*. 1 IBEf<TY ^ «♦ Mata MUSICAL COMEDY TRIUMPHI TIP-TOES with QUCENIE SMITH, ALLEN KEARNS, ANDREW T0MBE8. HARRY WATSON, JR. ^ RPLJkSrO Thea . W. 44 St. Eva. |:20 ""-^^^^ MaU. Thur. A Sat., a:2t DAVID BBLASCO Preaenta LENORE ULRIG as LULU BELLE Mjtrf m Btf^rlc Th«"a.. 46 St. A 8th Ar. ITiarilD DeCK MatH. Wed. & SaU A. H. WOODS PresenU aORENCE REED in THE SHANGHAI (XSTURE by JOHN COLTON DEAREST ENEMY Tha Slifiiisita Musical Suecaaa with HfeLEN FORD and CHARLES PURCELL KNICKBRBOCKBR THBATRB. B'waf and SBtta St. (Dir. A. L. Brianser). Mattneea Wodnaadajr and Saturday MUSIC BOX IjSiuTwW^r.'" CRADLE SHATCHERS M Sparkllac. Clarar. •etatlllatias Coaiady with MARY BOLAND And a Wondarfwl Caat LONGACBE Thaa.. W. 4S 8C Bva. I t! Mata. Wad. Jk Bat.. t:ltt The BUTTER and EGG MAN VABDEBBIIT 5J.!!r W J''«.Mj2 LKW ruELDa* m:w musical combdt bit "THE GIRL FRIEND" With BVA PUCK A BAM WIIITB LYCEUM S-t — •* Sat. at 3:30. Th* Elmer Brown, for some time pant general stage director for Henrv Miller, will substitute for Rnlph Murphy as stage director of the WiUox Stock at the Wletlng this y«'ar. Murphy will stick to vuudc- vlllo. Returning to Wntertown, her homo city to visit, Rachel Tanzer, ivcturo actress, revealed ^that Hho had socurnd a divorce from^her bus- bond, Walter Clute, Walcrtown mu- sician, about a year hijo. Tho Clutcs The "Ten best plays of 1925-26," from the Syracuse viewpoint, are listed by "The Herald" as: "The Student Prince.'* "The Rivala" (Tylera :evlval), "What Price Glorj'," "A Lady's Virtue," "The Show-Oflf." "Danqlnflf Moth- ers," "White Collars." "Artists and Models." "The Gorilla" and "Arab- esque." SALT LAKE CITY By GLENN PERRINS Fred Dahnkrn, here on a tour of inspection, said a new $250,000 the- atre, seating 1.500 people, ^111 l>e erected at Boi.se, Idaho, by the Fred Dahnkea Theatre intoresta. TbrilUac Mrttary Plaj vidi 1.000 L*a«hi the SaU Lake theatre, will play three ni£;htti, beginning April 22. Theatres last week received big play, due to the annual Latter-DaV Sainta conference, when thousands visited thla city. After the meet- ings in the Mormon tabernacle, ths crowds thronged to the theatres. .-I ^ .V ^^ft:- 3^ Julia Arthur In "Saint Joan,- at STRICTLY UNION MADE ARE YOU GOING TO EUROPE? StramNhlp arcnmmodatlona arrnnsod on all LInea at Main Ofl«^ PrloM. Iloata mrt> aolna x^rj fnll; arranirf* rmrij For^lffn Monry bouvht iin 1 Molt). T.lliM*tj Honda boaaht and aoM. 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