Variety (Sep 1926)

CREEN STAGE TIMES SQ. I MbMrt»UM IT. ila«l« Wl** !• I'^ftt. N. T., «iid«r 'tll« met •€ March t. liTt. ^OL. LXXXIV. No. 7 NEW TOBK CIIT, WEDNESDAY* aBPTEMBER 1,19^ 56 PAGES ADIO'S 1ST RIVAL CUT RATE AGENCY MANY & Jmj J)Uufman's Brother and Walter Reade Op- York Theatre Building tloa t« Jo« I.eblang^s Public Ser- vice in Gray's drug store is to open Mxt wMk. The new bargain asency ^ «k ini BvoaAWnjr. thm tfftnce to Loew's New York Theatre toof. The room In the rear, beyond the sUirway. Im to b«JMe^ Harry Kanfmaa*'^^llMlii^ «( 8. Jny Kaufman, is to conduct the new establishment He is In part- nership with J. Walter Reade, hlsl hrv^Mmit. KtMtoMiMidRiadel bai^ EOdclted the various managers for support in the way of ticket al- lotm«nt, with varying success. &ome (ConttelMd Ml Mimm BADio $250 for Personal Appearance •—Regular Salary for An- Aounoers, $4Ch$76 Weakly Radio announcers may npt grow rich on their regular salaries as •tudio spielers, ranging from $40 $7f weekly. M U*a 41w -^MMXtsm that count most, E ss m lngly. For fiept ember, Graham McNamee, WEAF announcer, wiU earn ^ total |5,7H rypressnting tt permal appearanoM BUrhtly at 1260 9«r. Tn that case, a substitute an- nouncer reU^VM MoNaineo in tho MD FRLaH WJZ'S Absorptioa of WEAF SUrtmff Point ofi Nmr Sekool of Ethwr ighosi Oiler for Miss Ederlo, $100,000 for 20. Weeks by Marcus Ldow, Withdrawn Upoil IH|I» Oado Doing ItH-Cul Vahio ia Hflf faiyMidMiiu current of the early struggle of Rudolph Valentino is one coneeralng his first appear- anoo lll^iiMtvmt wtlh Boanto Glass. Msar Allen, the Fox booker, was booking for Bar- ney Meyer at the timo aad gaw BoBOilo OlEM a Sunday date at the WMt Znd on 125th street, Harlem. With Miss plasp was a new dancing part- iMir bOted aa Radolplio. He could speak no" Singlish. Allen went to the theatre for tho afternoon show. Rudolpho oa tha aidowalk giving Miss Glass* dog an airing. Allen invited Rudolpho to eat, and they repaired to Fay's. Rnialpho triad to Mka Al- ton understand he wanted spaghetti, but the booker mls- imderstood tfhd ordered bUie- ^llsh. BoiM It yoars latir Allen was la the Knickerbocker grill dining and watching a pair of dancers, Valentino and Wini- froi HuSaut. TaiMiCtttO spied Allen, and. coming bver to his table, said: *^ kaov. IS^th .at|«ft-T-blueflsh.' eiaP^ and Typos of CntertaiiMrs lor Radio—''SuaUmins'* Tal- ent Regnlarly Paid by Station—Looks iiho Now Emon Air AFTER ••NAMES'' Radio as an Important ally to the show business is anticipated on a bigger aad novor boCoro heard of scale thia CalW- It is expected that entertainment along the lines of a vaudevUie show will go through tho air, alaeo tlM largest coma i sr e lal otatlon ia the country Is angling for vaudeville talent, under a paying contracL The takiag mm of tho WXIAF (CoattoM OB pago 4«> SOCIAL FUJI HOUSE; nAHOia) HORSESHOE Solidtow MoAiifi Toung glHs applying for chorus girl Jobs in one largo musical oomody prOdSiiar oC- by their mothers. The mothers state they do not wish to havo their UtUe girls go SlMIlt ^M* atrloal oflloos aloaob In the musical comedy pro- ducer's office the mothers are informed that their daughters If givta a position la tiM> will haTt ts r SipipiS!* naked. The mothers do not objoot to that Show prices for —^ ■wlBunero. champs or otfaorwloi^ tumbled over each other, starting with Trudy and ending Monday With Ernest Viotkotter. Tho drop Was from |5,00« to SMM we^ for Trudy with no one wild oftr tha prospects at that flgnrs. ' ^ lAssooing the throo CImuumI bsal- ers for a group ilhe>mur> aoeording to Broadway showmen, wouldn't necessarily increaso the present Channol aoalo. Marcus Li6ew entered the first and largest offer through William Morris for Trudy Ederle, tItt.OM, not, dl- vidod tarts St wocka at IMM fsoh. PuWIx Sdm Mew . Fatal NEWYORKWSI XSW' Before taking up radio announc- ing: which, despite Its opportunity for name and fame, has but little (Continued on page 50) ■ - i f i V ii>i"« . i I II larU'sSnialMWatd^ f ThaoaKpe Sioux City, la., Aug. 81. Tho smanoat wateh to tho ^MSA Is on the wrist of Leono O'Leary, in Idevllle. whose home Is In Sioux City. The ^.(.tch is smaller th .n a dime. . . •, To wind It !• Bi P SHi r y to rotate the back of the case, connected wlt6 the malnsprlivg. The case Is of platinum, studded with finely out m so DUMB' Julius CnMS, S7, a tramp oaltor, is a sadder but much wiser man to- day. Someone told Julius that if he ever came to Now Tortt ho oooM live a llf* of oaao* at <mo«t of tho folks here were saps. The sallorman, to experiment, en- tsrod tho sowa ataoyof M^ifay TlMr. <OoRttaaod oa paga 41) DODGER'HIT HARD-mUD Independence, Ta., Aug. tl. The hole in a wide piece of can- vas, stretched the width of a sag- ging little tent on the Buchanan fair grounds, spelled _ death to a tan- faesd youBS Ma. TlM wiro mosh of a baMhaii mpH fhiii# features. "Two balls for a nickel, folks, flte for a dfmo; an' it's easy ta sock that mask!" chanted a barkig at the hall rack 20 feet away. A tell, muscular country youth yr.oldleadersigns 1.000.000 conhuct Palm Beach, A\ig. 51. Publiz has seized the social plum __ - as represented In a new thoatro for | stoppod, hesitoted a momont, draw R to valuad at IMOS. SOBIARIST'S 1175,000 I4)S Angeles, Aug. 11. Under a ono year coalri^cl/ Frances Marloa win wr^ or pdapt six stories for, Motro^Oold^ryn- Mayer for $176,000. ifhlfl sum is $25,000 more than Miss Mark>n waa paid last yoar by Samuel Goldwyn for tho lamit sum- IMT sC gosnarloa. picCursa projected for this town. Harold Franklin stole a march on several others who were trying to (Continued on page If) 100 Mile Searchlight Ix>fl Angeles, Aug. 11. Electrical engineers at tho Metro- Ooldwya-Vayor studio aro working on what to said to be the l^irgest searchlight In the world. The "lamp" win have aa t<M>,000,000-candle- Eddie Peabody and Band With PubHx for 6 Ywt-Ha» Been at Met, L IL^ This lli^t wilt throw a shaft of Illumination at least 100 miles, ac- cording to Lou Kolb, chief electrical engineer. Tha ihoU iaoitarog tO ia^Mi^ housing a 60-inoh parabolic mirror and lens. It will operato on a 20-feot telescoping tower. a nickel from his trousers pocket and picked up two balls. A dosen fairgoers stopped to watch tha eon* teit Harold Wilder. 34, address simply Linn county, turned hto head aside, and the first ball "plumped** With (Continued oa pago iO) 'HISS TRISCO'B'' LOTAIIT San Francisco, Aug. 31. ''Miss San Franctoco** turned down at which tho had booa cashier for $50. Bioanor Twohig Is tho glr* and tho O^ldoa Gate and PantagM ar * the houses whlrh bid the "vard and a half." Tho Callff>rnia (pictures) to the house tiiat got her. An imporUnt six years' contract with Publlx Theatres Corp., waa signed laat week by Eddie Peabody following consultetlon in New York. { Peabody to the banjotot-conductor-: (Conti nued oa pago 1 » Dancer Wants ImniraMe . Against Partner Marrying What sounds like a press stunt but to oa the level, to Parlo's ap- plication to XJoyd*fl for M 1*«>r* anco policy against one of his partners, Irene, getting married. Darto, Irene and Nadlne, the lattar two wsif, aro at tho Bsaos Aria (cafe), Kew York. Irone (Bostick), has been de- veloped by Dario and tho dancer states hto inocpna from tho act to $(00 which would be nullified through halting on account of mar- rtoge, witi)^ recasting, rehearslngt etc •r iT'o a<ywNs OA uNiFonm iCARN TO SAY . - ..ij ■ J.