Variety (May 1926)

fAKIKTT Wednesday, May 5, 1928 NEWS FROM THE DAILIES This department contains rewritten theatrieal new* items at pub- lished during the week in the daily papers off New York, Chicago and the Pacific Coast. Variety takes no ersdit for these news items| each has been rewritten from a daily paper. NEW YORK United Artists has agreed with the Phoebus Film Company of Ger- many for Pickford, Fairbanks, Chaplin, Talmadge and other U. A. productions to have precedence in Phoebus operated theatres. Phoe- bus* has about 1,200 theatres throughout Germany. Phoebus is a rival of Ufa in that counry. Betty Blythe's London damage suit against G. B. Samuelson, Brit- ish film producer, ha3 been settled out of court. Miss Blythe com- plained that Samuelson broke a contract he made with her in con- nection with "She." Incorporation papers for a new New York Sunday evening paper were filed in Albany. The paper will be known as the "New York Evening Inquirer," and published by William Griffin, former vice-presi- dent of the American Press Asso- ciation. This will be New York's second Sabbath sheet, the "Sunday Leader" having made its appear- ance three weeks ago. lished competent residence In the State of Rhode Island. Betty Pierce and Benjamin F. Berlin (wealthy), of Chicago, wed at Greenwich, Conn. for 170,000. She may build a new homo In Cart hay Center. Ray Freeman, Long Beach avi- ator, was killed while piloting the Brea Humming Bird, one of the smallest airplanes in the world, at Loftus Air Field, near Brea. Calif., during an -*.r meet and carnival. Col. William D. Mitchell was sched- uled to fly the craft, but could not appear. Fixing of sentence for "Kid" Mc- Coy, who is in San Quentln for •cllling Mrs. Teresa Mors, was post- poned 90 days at the ex-fighter's request. The "American Mercury filed suit to enjoin Postmaster Gen eral New and Postmaster Kiely from Interfering with distribution Julian Harrison, Hollywood art director, had his nose and mouth has I remodeled by Dr. Joseph Ginsburg. Howard N. Jackson, claiming to - m A . . , be an artist of Culver City, was through the malls of the magazine. I arreste d when he attempted to dis- "Hatrack," Herbert Asbury's short story in the April Issue of "American Mercury," which caused the magazine to be barred from the mails and much noise and com- ment besides, may be seen on the stage in musical form. Harold At- teridge has obtained the dramatic rights. Thais La Pe, dancer, received considerable publicity and pictures in the tabloids upon filing suit for 1500.000 against the Hotel Commo- dore. Thais alleges that she was ejected, the ejection being rough, from the hotel Thais' legs, bruised In the scuffle, according to the com- ^plaint, were amply exhibited in tab- loid pictures. Marjorle Rambeau is defendant In a suit filed in Supreme Court by Minnie E. Webster, former per- sonal representative and manager for the actress. Miss Webster al- leges that she was engaged by Miss Rambeau at a salary of $100 a week and 10 per cent of the actress' earn- ings. She worked for 27 weeks, she says, and received only $500 of the $3,700 due her. Joe Woods, agent, and Harriet Towne, dancer, may wed. Reporters of the drama were given ample material to pun on at the meeting Friday of chorus girls to decide something or other. Only about 20 of the ensemble ladles showed. The punning reporters con veyed the fact that the meeting was called for the purpose of find- ing a new name for the ladies other than "chorus girl." This following the furore created by robe ln a 8treet car h ere . He con- barring of the April edition of tne tinued hla actions despite the at- publlcatlon because of an alleged tempts of the crew and male pas- immoral story. | sengers to stop him until a police- man arrested him on peaco disturb- The Greenwich Village Theatre I ing charges. Police say he was announces five new plays for pro- | drunk, ductlon noxt season. They are: "Viva Mexico," by Michael Gold; "Sumpin* Like Wings, Rlggs; "Room at the P. McEvoy; "Love of Three Or- The 232 Club, Masonic film or- _ _ by Lynn I ganlzation, la working on plans for Room at the Top." by J. | the Pageant of Liberty, which will be staged July 6 at the Coliseum by anges," adapted by Gilbert Seldcs I patriotic organizations. from an old comedy by Gozzl, and •When ln Rome," by Laurence Stalllngs. In addition either a Three actresses and two motion picture leading men were allowed Shakespearean or a Eugene O'Neill to leave the Marcel Cafe here when revival will be done. no liquor was found on their tables during a raid. Federal dry agents, Clara Clemens, who made her le- I however, arrested C. Marcel, pro- gltlmate debut here last week ln prietor, and seized a collection of Joan of Arc," by Mark Twain, her imported wines. father, announced that she has re- I ceived an invitation from the Under the heading "Jack Bu- French Government, through So- chanan Takes Mile. Nazimova clete des Femmes de Frances, to Home," a local daily announced give a performance of the play in I that the English actor has leased Paris on Bastille Day, July 14. It Is believed Miss Clemens will ac cept. the Russian actress's Hollywood Boulevard house during the run of "Chariot's Revue" at El Capitan. new Hollywood legit house. Ethel Barrymore may appear next season ln the dramatization of John Arthur Clayton, stage and screen Erskine's "Private Life of Helen of actor, applied for first papers before Troy." Miss Barrymore Is now in the U. S. naturalization clerk. He vaudeville. I f> avo bis age as 38 and birthplace as Bleethlngly, England. CHICAGO Plainclothes men and Prohibition Agents Cohen and Simonson, in a "determined drive" against West Side speakeasies, raided six of them. Gold Club, 215 West 47th street, raided second time within week, and Enrico Ricco, waiter, ar- rested for the second time, also on charge of alleged possession and sale of liquor. The speakeasy at 141 West 60th street was raided, and Lester Green arrested; 409 West 45th street raided and relieved of 120 gallons of alleged wine, and George Cairo arrested; 229 West 4»th street raided, and James Lelu-rer arrested; 432 West G2d street raided and Benjamin Brad ley arrested; 302 West 52d street raided and Lawrence Balen ar rested. Frank Sebastian Fenole, cafe , owner, divorced by Marie Rose Fe Harry C. Molr, Jr.. owner of the no i 6 i ast month, was faced with Morris hotel, is back from a three another divorce suit, brought by months' vacation at his winter home I May Belle Sebastian Fenole, another ln Miami. He was a passenger on w i fe# wno claimed that he was al- the wrecked northbound limited, but I ready married at the time of their escaped uninjured. 1 wedding in 1924. Guyon's new Paradise ballroom is I James Townsend, production man to broadcast from station WGES, I a ger for the Rudolph Valentino unit, Coyne electrical school station. I working in the sand hills near Louis Panico and his Paradise ball- Yuma, Ariz., was struck on the head room orchestra will be the dance I tt nd injured when a desert typhoon music feature. I and cloudburst struck the camp. , Valentino and about 125 others In an effort to raise money for the playing in "Son of the Sheik" had $100,000 exenslon fund of the Chi- I ] e ft the previous day for Los An cago Junior school, stage stars pre- | geles. sented a benefit performance Sat- urday night at McVlcker's. | Jack Dempsey will be declared a fugitive from Justice if he fails to Sonny May, witness for Muriel I appear in person to answer specd- Seely of "Gay Paree," failed to make ing charges at Madera, Cal., May a case for her at the hearing of her I 26. Floyd Fltzsimmons, promoter, charges of assault and battery I appeared in Madera and pledged against Richard Bold, singer in the I that the champion would be there company. According to May, Bold | Q n the date set. spanked Miss Seely with his cane and then "socked her ln the eye." \ a search Is being made for Albert INSIDE STUFF ON SPORTS Red Orange's Candy Royalty Of the several articles labeled with Red Grange'f name the royalty so far earned through a five-cent candy bar seems incredible. When n New York some weeks ago the football star received a check for $15,000. He and his manager C. C. Pyle have now split $59,000 in royoN lej from the candy alone. The royalty Is K cent for each bar. A Chicago firm manufactures the confection, retailed principally in the Middle West. Grange's soft money gotten through using his name 'or a sweater is also considerable. Mike Rodden in Hockey Mike J. Rodden, sporting writer for the Toronto "Globe." has been appointed coach of the St Patrick's team In the National Hockey League and will also continue his newspaper work. The first thing done by Rodden to rebuild the Irish for next year was to sign Dr. Bill Carson to a St Pat contract at a salary said to be the highest of any player n the league. Carson, who was captain of the University of Toronto squad during two of their years as Intercollegiate champions, was one of the most sought of amateurs ln the game. Last season with Stratford he was the leading goal scorer ln the Ontario Hockey Association, al- though his team was out of the running. Rodden has also arranged for the transfer of contract of his brother Eddie, now playing on the Pad no coast Cartoonist Now felling Tips "Ike Abestos" Is selling tips on the races, $25 weekly, with four 'specials" promised. Bills are being given out at the Jamaica track to that effect. "Ike" is the cartoonist formerly on the New York "Evening World" and later on "The Journal" who tipped winners in his daily cartoons, without charge. They attracted no little attention for a while. DallyTn On Racket' A racing daily that is getting most of its Income from tipsters' ad- vertisements seems set to open up in opposition to the tipsters it ad* vertises. The paper is announcing a pamphlet for $6 each that contains the same information the tipsters charge for each day and pay the paper to advertise it. Bookies Paying $6 Weekly With the start of the metropolitan racing season at Jamaica last week the bookmakers in front of the grandstand «.galn pay but $6 weekly for the privilege. That amount Is to cover incidentals and is not paid to the track, direct. The daily charge of former days for bookmakers at the New York tracks has been done away with. It's likely the members of the racing association did not wish to chance being that closely connected with "oral" betting. Betting Commissioner Barred Among the early Incidents of the Jamaica meet was the betting com- missioner of a well known and high betting turfite being "requested" not to attend the meeting. His principal was not at that track on the day the "request" was made. No publicity was given the incident and the track direction wanted no publicity on It The same turfite when debarred ln the South during the winter applied for an injunction against discrimination being exercised against himself. Small Attendance At Start Small attendance marked the early days of the Jamaica meet last week. After the opening and until Saturday the daily crowd did not exceed 5.000 people. Friday the grand stand looked bare. In the club- house a couple of the largest books did not go on. Most of the at- tendance was the wise mob or snapshooting class with few of the public pfesent In betting it became the matter of dog eat dog, making it all the harder both ways. One observer said either the betting public had gone broke or had left so many markers with the books none dared show up, with not enough new ones to replace them. FIGHTERS IN PICTURES Winesses for the accused stated that Thaheld, inventor of the Humming he only pushed her aside. Judge I Mrd, the plane which crashed with Joseph Schulman dismissed the I Kay Freeman at Brea, Cal. It was charges, much to the apparent dls- I feared that Thaheld, whose car was gust of Miss Seely, wh« threatened found in Santa Ana canyon, had to take the case to a higher court. I become insane when his friend was The Rlalto wiseacres say that all killed by the falling plane and com publicity concerning the affair | mitted suicide, should be followed by the familiar sign (advt). | Jean St. Cyr, wealthy clubman of San Mateo, will sell his Burlingame Edward Peple's farce, "A Pair of estate with the possibility of corn- Sixes," was presented as the annual i n g to Hollywood to enter pictures, play of the- Socand Buskin Club of Loyola University in the Goodman theatre May 4. Jack Osterman was hit over the head with a ginger ale bottle ilung by Kathryn Bay in Texas Gul- nan's night club. Jack entered the club, according to the story, and saw Kathryn sitting at a table with William Boyd. According to a tab- loid, almost everytne knows that Jack and Kathryn are in low, or were. When Jack exhibited his tem- per, Kate threw. It was around 6 in the morning. Someone tipped "The Mirror" to the story. Pending her suit for divorce from Samuel R. Fadden, music publisher. Mrs. Thejma Fadden of 269 West 72d street, was awarded $75 woek- c 'ly temporary alimony. Mrs. Fad- den charges her husband with mis- conduct with a woman. The Fatl- dens were married in 1918 in Indi- ana. John Barrymore has signed a one-year contract with United Art- ists. His first picture will be "The Vagabond Lover." Nina Wilcox Putnam, charging desertion, was awarded a divorce from R. J. Sanderson ln West Palm Beach, Fla. Miss Putnam said her husband left her ln 1923. A pre- vious decree of divorce, granted ln January, 1924. at Providence, R. L, was vacated when It was shown that Miss Putnam had not estab- Dorothy Devore has left for a four-week vacation in Honolulu, , where she has theatrical Interests. Geraldlne Markham, dancer, who filed suit for $100,000 against Wol- j Both Harry Langdon and his wife, cott Blair as a result of injuries she Rose Frances Langdon from whom snys she received while riding in his he is separated, denied that either automobile, is just seeking pub- Intended to bring immediate divorce llcity, according to Mrs. Watson proceedings. Mrs. Langdon is Blair, Wolcott's mother. "We did hiving at the /home of the pair, everything for the girl that money while the comelftan is residing ln could accomplish after the accident," a bungalow on the United Studio Mrs. Blair said. "When she signed | lot that release she had recovered com plctely." » | Ora Carew, screen actress, was arrested in Santa Monica for falling Contracts have been let for the I to stop at a boulevard Intersection enlargement of the Coliseum to ac- while driving her car. She gave commodate the thousands expected bail for her appearance ln court and to attend the International Euchar- | her age as 33 istlc Congress to be held in Chicago during June. | J. Van Den Akker, Hollywood jeweler, obtained Judgment for $1,- Herman Doyle, carpenter, arrest- I 500 against Constance Bennett for ed on the complaint of Minnie Reed, three bracelets he made for her whom he offered a career and $100 | which were returned, a week as a dancer in his act ln vaudeville, was fined $100 by Judge I James Cullen Land Is, screen ac Frank M. Padden in the Town Hall tor, was ordered to pay Mignon Le court Doyle claims he has a black- Brun Landis $350 back alimony ln Los Angeles, May 4. More pugs an . ex-pugs are being used in "Woman Power," the Harold MacGrath story, Interpreted for the screen by Harry Beaumont at the Fox lot, than one can see in the ring at fistic encounters. Among these working are Gene Delmont, Bob Ryan, "Texas Kid," Frank Brondatta. Charlie Sullivan, Frankie Adams, Johnny Trambl- tlas and Jimmy Dime. The story is that of a wealthy young fellow who after dissipating decides to reform and goes to a fighter to train, squaring himself by ringside encounters. Ralph Graves ; playing the male lead with Kath- erlne Perry opposite. Also in the picture are William Walling and Ralph Sipperly. William Counselman Is supply- ing the comedy for the picture. free act and was promises. serious ln LOS ANGELES Jack Coogan, Sr., was named sec his I four days or go t: Jail. Lend la re cently paid off part of the debt he owed his ex-wife, but failed to come through with the total amount The divorce action brought by Dr Harry W. Martin against his wife, retary of the "Pageant of Liberty" Sylvia Breamer Martin, screen ac« committee which will stage & tress, was dismissed when a recon- tableaux at the Coliseum here on | dilation was effected. July 6. Mrs. Lois Dana Gibson, mother Jaquellne Logan has sold her' of Muriel Frances Dana, screen Beverly Hills home to Eph Asher child, was awarded $15 a week all- Pari-Mutuel Upheld in Mont. Seattle, May 4. Pari-mutuel betting on horse racing won out la the Supremo Court of Montana. Suit had been brought to recover a "bet" lost at the parl-mutuel ln Helena during the state fair. The court's decision said the $2 put up by reputed owners of horses as an entrance fee !s not gambling, ln conflict with the Montana state penal code, and is permissible. mony from Harry K. Gibson wnon she testified that she had dislo- cated her hip and wus unable to work. Judge Gates ordered Mrs. Gibson to the General Hospital for inspection to verify her story. BOXING FRANCHISES FOR TWIN CITIES ASKED Minneapolis, May 4. Tom Andrews, sports writer and promoter of Milwaukee, was in town conferring with Fox & Krause, burlesque impresario?, and Harry Hlrsch, manager of the Gay- ety, with regard to obtaining the boxing franchises for Minneapolis and St. Paul, now owned by a group of business men, headed by Captain Billy Fawcett, publisher of Whiz- Bang and other magazines. It Is understood that the..essential fea- tures of the transfer of the fran- chises to the Andrews group have been worked out to ir"tual satis- faction with the Boxing Commis- sion's okay assured. Two fight clubs, one In each of the Twin Cities, will pass to the new syndicate. Harry Hlrsch will handle the Minneapolis club, while another theatre manager, William Pickens, of the St. Paul theatre, will handle the St. Paul club. Andrews will act ns match maker. Ronald Korstnngen, known as "Knockout Kelly" In boxing circles, was held to answer murder charges growing out of the death of Christie Hlackmore In 192r.. J:!at■kmr.ro die d of a fractured skull resulting from Ml Booking" Conviction Convicted of bookmaking in the Court of Special Sessions William Harrison, clork, of 538 West 181 st street, was sentenced to 30 days In the workhouse, but the justices suspended the sentence upon Harri- son's promise to refrain from mak- ing book ln the future. Harrison was arrested Jan. 28 by Policeman Joseph McCormack of the Third Division who testified to having observed the defendant ac- cept numerous bets on races from men who visited Harrison's store. When the detective arretted the clork several "pay off" slips were found In his pocket. being attacked on a street corner after a tiafilc accident.