Variety (May 1926)

46 VARIETY LEGITIMATE Wednesday, May 86, 1926 SHOWS IN N. Y. AND COMMENT Figures estimated and comment point to •oma attractions being successful, while the sams gross accredited to others might suggest mediocrity or loss. The variance is explained in tl.e difference in house capacities, with the varying overhesd. Also the size of cast, with consequent difference in necessary gross of profit. Variance in business necessary for musical attraction as against dramatic play ia also considered. •Abie's Irish Rose," Republic (210th Week). Run leader went into fifth year on Broadway to ex-* ccllent business; taking* last week well over $10,000; better- ment though list generally de- clined. 'Alias ths Deaeon," Hudson (27th week). With pooling arrange- ment this comedy will go into summer; business around $8,000 earns a pro At. •A Night in Paris," Casino de Paris (Century Roof) (21st week). Though downstairs theatre went dark when "Pinafore" stopped, roof house still making good; rated above $20,000. •At Mrs. Beam's/' Guild (5th week). Subscriptions have counted and final production of Theatre Guild rated strong enough to enter sum- mer going; $14,000 last week, a slight drop. "Bride of the Lamb," Henry Miller (10th week). Not expected to go into summer although drawing rather good trade since moving from Village; approximately $9,- 000 weekly. "Bunk of 1926," Broadhurst (Cth week). Revue changed; really two shows, additions earning from cabaret; cast changes next week; last week claimed nearly $11,000, but with extra advertising figure not profitable. "Cradle 8natchers," Music Box (38th week). Season's best laugh show still making money; on rep should ride through summer; last week about $14,000 again. "Craig's Wife," Morosco (33d week). Sire to go into hot weather; mat- inees still strong; got around $12,- 000, which is real money at this time of season. "Derrick Gaieties,* Garrlck (3d week). Quoted above $8,000 in second week, at a $2.76 top; vir- tual capacity indicated; revue strengthened by new numbers this week. "By the Way," Central (22d week). Held over this week, out of town bookings not being consummated; English revue rated around $11,- 000; will open in Boston for sum- mer engagement.* "Great God Brown," Klaw (18th week). Albeit not more than mod- erate business, O'Neill drama ap- pears to be turning small profit; grooved around $7,000. "Greenwich Village Follies," Shu- be rt (23d week). Final week; ran at 46th Street through winter with average takings $23,000 to $24,000; lately down around $16,000 mark; "The Shanghai Gesture" moves here from> Beck next week. "lolsnthe," Plymouth (6th week). Best Gilbert and Sullivan revival In years; drawing repeaters and smart audiences; may last thiougb hot weather; climbed last week to nearly $18,000. "Is Zst 8o?" Chanln's 46th Street (74th week). Just about $7,000; even on pooling basis, doubtful If much profit earned now, but hold- over comedy success will stick as long as possible; cut rating lib- erally. "Kongo," Biltmore (9th week). Mat- inees not so good but night trade holding; last week not much change at about $9,000; house and show satisfied. "Kitty's Kisses," Playhouse (4th week). Moderate money musical; to stick will probably require summer salary arrangement with company; last week up a bit; about $9,500. "Laff That Off," Wallack's (31st week). Good In the cut rates .with moderate grosses, but claim- ed to have been profitable right along: $5,000 to $6,000. "Love 'Em ami Leave 'Em,** Apollo (17th week). Leaves here Sat.; takings approximated $5,600; about an even break through sharing terms and cast revision; house will reopen Juno 14 with White's...'.'.Scandals"; "Love 'Em" may move into Times Square. "Love in a Mist," Gaiety (8th week). Dk^ "Poxneroy's past" h"*a»down- stjalra. drj^w; cut rated upstairs; business around $3,000; claimed satisfactory at this time of year. "Lulu Belle,** Belasco (16th week). Absolute capacity claimed here; last week again over $21,600. "No, No, Nanette," Globe (37th week). Looks like another three weeks, when new "Follies" is due to follow; Indicated takings last week $15,000 to $16,000. "Not Herbert," 49th Street (12th week). Cast changes impend, but modified co-operative policy will continue if attraction remains; moderate money show; around $5,000. "One Man's Woman,** 48th Street (1st week). Only production premiere of the week; succeeded "The Climax.** revived for one week, but got nothing; new show started Tuesday night. "One of the Family,** El tinge (23d week). Week-to-week basis; will try to stick through June; has made longer stay than first indi- cated; estimated at $5,600 last week. ''Pinafore,** Century. Closed Mon- day night, revival playing one day over seventh week because of benefit; expected to hold over, but business slipped badly after a few weeks; house dark. - "Pomeroy's Past," Longacre (6th week). Estimated getting $7,500 last week; failure to climb caused salary slash; .management aims for continuance through June. "Sex," Daly's 63d Street (5th week). Word-of-mouth advertising be- cause of raw lines and situations bringing plenty business; claimed over $12,000 again; real money here; show attacked by tabloids. "Song of the Flame," 44th Street (21st week). Suro to go through June and may last a bit longer; operetta success, but eased off lately; claimed over $23,000, which still earns a profit. "Square Crooks,** Maxlne Elliott's (13th week). Has been getting $4,000 lately; on co-operative basis, otherwise it would, have closed some time ago; planned . to continue another four weeks. "Student Prince," Jolson's. Shu- berts decided to end engagement last Saturday; trade shrunk un- der $10,000 mark: holdover show, with run being 76 weeks. "Sunny,** New Amsterdam (36th week). Even musical leader slightly affected last week ^ at some performances; at $42*500 pace is only $1,000 under standee business of winter; leads all. "The Cocoanuts," Lyric (25th week). Summer edition will be shortly announced, dated some time in June; new Berlin num- bers to be inserted; last week about $21,000. "The Girl Friend," Vanderbllt (12th week). Estimated at $10,500 last week; that figure slightly profit- able since salaries cut and sum- mer arrangement made with the- atre. "The Great Temptations," Winter Garden (2d week). Got some ex- travagant reviews, as usual, for Garden productions; rated a "heavyweight" and big business Indicated; first seven perform- ances over $35,000. "The Jau Sinaer," Cort (37th week). Another week or two; business down to $7,500; George Jessel to stick over the time limit set; liberally cut-rated last two months. "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney," Fulton (29th week). Continuance now a matter of weather; cast will not play through summer and busl- ness down near even break mark; $16,000. "The Patsy," Booth (23d week). Business has steadily held to around $9,000; figure profitable both ways; comedy well liked and should stick. "The Shanghai Gesture,** Beck (17th week). Pace has dropped $3,000 or $4,000 in last two weeks, but $23,000 still leads non-musicals; may go under $20,000 during June, but expected to move upward thereafter; moves to Shubert Monday; Beck goes dark. "The Sport of Kings," Lyceum. Closed last Saturday;, about low- est gross show on the list of regular theatres; costing plenty to producer; under (3,000; played "throe ivcpKb. ' TnT~Vagabond King,** Casino (36th week). Perhaps outstanding^ operetta success of season; among leaders through winter; rated around $26,000 now; indefi- nite. "The Wisdom Tooth,**, Little (18th week). Doubtful of lasting much longer as show cannot operate at little money; approximated $7,000 last week in small house. "Tip Toes,** Liberty (22d week). Announced a new edition t Mon- day; musical success held to ex- cellent business until a month ago; rated around $19,000 now and still profitable. •-Vanities," Earl Carroll (47th week). A few weeks more; new "Vanities" due in July; business estimated around $17,000; new show to be alone "night club lines," too. "What Every Woman Knows,** Bijou (7th ' week). Holding to $10,000 and more, surprising even the -management; revival rated among successes. "Young Wood ley," Belmont (30th week). Over $7,500 and still profitable in this small house, but will dose if pace drops much lower; will have a season's run to its credit. Outside Times Sq.—Revivals—H_ittle Theatres Walter Hampden closed his sea- 40 BROADWAY PLAYS (Continued from page 44) Beck); "Bride of the Lamb" (Mil- ler's); "Cradle Snatchers" (Music Box); "Sunny" (New Amsterdam); "Iolanthe" (Plymouth); "The Great Temptations" (Winter Garden), A continuation of the buy for "The Shanghai 0future" has been ar- ranged for that attraction when it moves to the Shubert next week. Cut Rates Have 24 In the cut rates there were 24 mKows listed at "hair price on Mori- day. They were "Love 'Em and Leave 'Em" (Apollo); "Young Wood- Ivy" (Bteltztur.ttr -"Xv/r.gu" (Bilt- more); "The Patsy" (Booth); "The Bunk of 1926" (Broadhurst); "Van- ities" <Earl Carroll); "By the Way" (Central); "The Jars Singer" (Cort)- "Sex" (Dnly's)' "Square Crooks" (Elliott); "One of the Fam- ily" (Eltlnge); "Is Zat So?" (46th Street); "Not Herbert" • (49th Street); "Love in a Mist", (Gaiety); "Alias the Deacon" (Hudson); "The Great God Brown" (Klaw); "The Wisdom Tooth" (Little); "Pomeroy's Past" (Longacre); "The House of Ussher" (Mayfalr); "Bride of the Lamb" (Miller's); "Kitty's .Kisses" (Playhouse); "The Importance of Being Earnest" (Kltz); "Greenwich Village Follies' (Shubert), and "Laff That Off" (Wallack's). (Cepnlgat, lttf, by Variety, 1mm.) son Saturday with "Cyrano" and "Servant in the House"; "Juno and the Paycock," which moved from Mayfalr to Mansfield, also closed Saturday (one week in latter house); "The Importance of Being Earnest" (revival),. at Rlt», about $6,500, meaning some profit; "The Climax," revived at 48th Street, closed after one week; "The House of ' Usstter" very bad at Mayfalr; "The Romantic Young Lady" and "The Dybbuk" final week at Neigh- borhood; "Milk Kings," Triangle. (Copyright, me, by Variety, In.) PLAYS OUT OF TOWN THEY ALL WANT SOMETHING! Mamaroneck, N. Y., May ?.Q. Herman Gantvoort presents "They All Want Something," a, comedy 6t social di- versions by Courtenay Savage. From the novel "The Dark Chapter." by E. J. Rath. Staged by Arthur Hurley. Herb Wheeler Edward raw ley Hilda Kilbourne Helen Spring Wade. Rawlins William T. Tilden 2d Grosver\pr '....Joseph Green Mrs. Kllbourne Carmllla Crume Mr. Kllbourne Frederick Burton Billy Kllbourne Billy Qulnn Kane Kllbourne John- Gallaudet Valerie Valerie Dade Virginia Virginia Morris Jack Merrill Johnnie Lewis Minnie Harlan Irene Shirley (,'hauncey Smith Jack Irwin Annabelle Helen Ambrose PLAYERS IN THE LEGITIMATE JOHN BYAM Management LTLI ANDREWS LEON ERROL in "LOUIE THE 14TH" ILLINOIS. CHICAGO it I tt AS Mi Rateg for Card* HALF INCH *sss tt times ONX INCH — 931 10S 17ft 1 * EDNA COVEY "THE DYING SWAN" ILLINOIS, CHICAGO FLORENCE MOORE "Greenwich Village Follies" 8HUBERT. NEW YORK 0 "MERRY MERRY" VlTH MARIE SAXON This Weak, Plymouth, Bottsn i ■» William T. Tilden 2d. rated the best tennis player In the world and at least one of the worst actors In the same territory, chose the brand- new Playhouse of Mamaroneck for the out-of-town opening of his sec- ond attempt on the legitimate pro- fessional stage. His first was "Don Q, Jr.," which recently flopped In New York. The Playhouse has been built by the Mamaroneck Playhouse Hold- ing Corporation. It is a local proj- ect; 100 stockholders, mostly local, financed the 1,300-seat house. It has a policy of feature pictures and try-outs, thus making this place another dogtown. Mamaroneck has a population of 10,000. It can draw from the surrounding West Chester county. Samuel McAndless appears as the owner and Ernest Kopp house manager. It's a rather un- usual house and somewhat of an ex- periment, with an organ furnishing the music during the Intermissions of a legit play. "They All Want Something" wants a good deal in almost every department^The piece is a partial dramatization of E. J. Rath's novel, "The Dark Chapter," and has been done by Courtenay Savage. The play tells the story of a mys- ^cry man who comes to the home of the Kllbourne's, a newly rich fam- ily of Rldgefleld, Conn. It is put together in a prolog and three) acts. The proiog shows a tramp appearing at the door ana taken in for reform by Mrs. Kll- bourne, who has a passion for such work. The action, both proper and Im- proper, gots under way when the trump turns out to be a most as- tonishing person who Is liked by everybody, knows everybody's busi- ness, attends to everybody's busi- ness quite ~"f>«essfully and is a very mysterious person indeed. The author-celebrity who was coming to the big party gets married in- stead, and so they make the tramp tho celebrity. Edward Pawley, a naughty younK man who wants to marry Hilda Kll- bourne, the daughter of the family, for her money, Is the villain, but ho is foiled by the tramp. In its present shape the piece is a pretty weak affair, with only scat- tered and rather pale humor. Un- less -a great deal of improv4ng Is done in the sticks "They All Want Something" can hardly stand much of a chance in New York. Except for Billy Quinn as the fresh young son (the same Billy Qulnn with Tilden In his other play) none of the players approached half-way even to a break-in realiza- tion of their parts. Young Qulnn does some clever work, and if any one carries the play along the af- firmative line he does. It looks as if the author wrote* • a good deal of it for him. Tilden hasn't improved any since his last attempt, appearing almost amateurish. Except for the inter- est his name carries as a tennis player he falls to register. He has excellent poise and appearance. Several cracks about tennis, In- serted for the player's benefit, are clever but mauled in their delivery. The tennis player seems to be tak- ing himself seriously as an actor. The supporting cast, with the al- ready excepted Billy Quinn, isn't any too strong, hut here improve- ment doubtless will be made. "They All Want Something" will play the Now England houses for a few weeks with Its plans after that yet to be determined. Pratt. A Woman Disputed Among Men Cincinnati, May 18. Tn six episode*, presented by the Stuart Walker stock, at Grand. On4 of the Living Dead Paul WrUrht Old Marietta..^ Elisabeth Taylor Marie Au«re...t Ann Davis Yank Trinkhard Elliot Cabot Frlodrirk Hartmann Mr Kay Morris A Oendarme Clark Keene <*auehois Edward Forbes Franz Ralph Glover Lieutenant Zlnn.« Clark Keeney A Grandfather Boyd AsMn A Father Edward Forbes Henri Lolneay Paul Wright Vat*erlne Louleay Reglna Stanrteld Comte deHreville France Dendsten Oomtesse deRrevtlte Paull Breystedt Father Hochanibeau Aldrlch Bowker Dr. Illvet Harry Ellerbe Pedestrians. Soldiers. Orderlies, Gunners, Nurses, Stretcher-bearers. Doctors. a girl of ths streets who reforms be- cause of a great exnd new found love. Trite as it is, this threadbare plot might, under fresh and peppy treat- ment, be made into a fairly convinc- ing play. But Dennison Clift, the author, has aspired to no greater claim of originality than to ths copying of somo of tho picturesque language of "What Price Glory." The war story developed in the fourth, fifth and sixth episodes are realistic enough but the effect is continually weakened by Inartistic comedy and feeble attempts at pro- fanity. The rest is a combination of hackneyed situations, banjU coa*. vernation and" obvious theatrical- isms. "A Woman Disputed Among Men" in u poor and unreiMialn^d melo- drama, lacking the punch, suspense, and swift tempo a real thriller should have. Stuart Walker's company and hit direction did all possible to save ths play, but they couldn't do enough, McKay Morris's work stood out. Ana Davis cries and weeps through five consecutive scenes, never overplay* ing. WaM. GOLD AND DUST Kansas City, May 20. Comedy drama la three acta and fire scenes by Lura Farrell. Produced and pre- sented by the Kansas City Theatre at Ivan- hoe Temple theatre, Kansas City, Mo. Dave Black Lewis Shores Ben Lynch Arthur Leslie Williams Frank Lynch Lewis Oabbert Martha Lynch Lura Farrell Anne Woods Lels QaylorA Jim Clemens James Loa*an Abernathy George Flint John H. Barr Arthur Fox Don Q. Summers Time—The present. **A Woman Disputed Among Men" had its premiere at the Grand the- atre here, by the Stuart Walker company. The play is a sordid and tiresome triangle on the basic of the World War. It contains hardly anything that needs be disputed among men In- terested in serious and sincere drama. There are moments of beauty and moments of absurdity. Some of the characters are finely drawn, others are grotesque. The argument built up by the author risen here and there to a circus and then peters out into triv- iality. A very poor beginning Is made m the prolog, not because it is drab and tragic but because it lacks verity. It is easier to fathom A. H. Woods, that shrewd dealer in dramatic sensations, and his rea- sons for becoming interested in this play, than in trying to understand Stuart Walker's reasons for produc- ing i*. The late war is tho baoKground. It is built on. IhCj ol<y old, theme of Ths "place" of this little comedy* drama is "Tent City," a new mining camp situated in the rugged district of Death Valley on the Mojave Des- ert about 30 miles from the main line of a railroad. A branch Una runs to the camp. Service consists of a train every other day, those days being designated as "Train Days," which have considerable to do with the action of the play. The return of the mining engineer on one of the trains leads up to the climax. The play was written by Lura Farrell, who has been on the vaude- ville time in playlets of her own writing. * It is the story of the terrible lone- liness of the woman, Martha Lynch, in the great camp, with only rugged men for associates. With the thought of giving her a companion and at the same time securing a teacher for the son, Ben Lynch has invited his niece, Just out of college, to visit them. The play starts with the young woman's arrival. She is a wonder to the men of the camp, and all fall for her on sight. They shower attentions and gifts, and in return she gives them much of her company—so much that the lonely aunt Is scarcely noticed. She grows bitter toward the girl, who has fallen in love with the en- gineer, and attempts a whispering campaign of scandal. The son has been helping himself from the fam- ily money box, afterward excusing it by saying the parents had always told him the money was part his. The mother, thinking he was using it for gambling, attempted to lay the shortage to the girl, but could not go through with the accusation and admitted she had given the niece the gold which she claimed had been stolen. About this lime the younj? mining engineer, called to Los Angeles, and who the aunt Insisted had gone to find a wife, after playing with the niece, returned, alone, for a happy ending. The play in Its present shape is slow and draggy—Just talk and talk, with scarcely any action. Even the author is not satisfied with it. She will probably add another character and strengthen some of the others. For its premiere It was nicely staged: The action all takes placb in the , combination office-sitting room and . sleeping quarters of the Lynch fam- / ily In their camp hotel. The set im a divided one, with a deck for- the) bedroom, and at times the action is in all three places. 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