Variety (Nov 1926)

MINUTE ON RADIO HAMHOND GETS PERFECT SCORE; ^ARIEnr RAIS TTH CRmCAUY First Critics' Box Score of Season—Gabrid ("Sun^) : Sd F«i^-«8 New PlayB WWi 27 of Hiem M wet—First Dailj Critic to Hit 1^ v Wltk tte MMOA tlM monlM old IS t«ltl •< 11 play* hsv« opened 0b Broadwar. Of thia niuabar It ii^e ideparted as failures. It ia upon these failurea up to laat SatitfdAr that tha tanX xxWkat l>ox aoofo of tha *«»nit Jliila ia JtMised. ' Hammond CHerald-Tribuno") la th#-Itodar, teTinir a^porfaot par- oantaca, althoufirh Gabriel ("Sun"), With but one wrong out oC IS ro- Mewi^ haa .f 10. * A year ai^ Tt playa had bowed In at this tlma. Comparison between the flrat box acora Qf laat year and Cbla Olio cannot be made Inaamuch •a that summary waa publUhed Oet 7. 1925. while this one is a1- inoat a month later. However, the StatlBlloa reveal that the number of ^Mttttfa remain about the same oyer a aimilar period, beglimlng Augtiat I, both yeara. '* Vkoteet of Hammond haTfn^ only "caught" ulna of thi failures is ex- plained through his not starting to offlcially attend first nights until Sept. «7, due to Ulneaa. Ckibrlel and Vrceland ("Tologram") also got re- tarded starts, neither getting un- derway in print before late Au- gust. The romalnd-er of the first.string men generally started with the drop of the hat (*'No More WomOn") ^th Coleman ("Mirror") turning in opinions on more showa, 2|».: than any of the others. . Aooordhur to the Hhowa rorio#ed (Oontliraed on page 63) COUNTRY SIORE NIfiHTS niEGAL IN WASHIMCION Suprtmt Cburt IMm Againtt Theatre Practice—Owners Eqi|tet6d|o EDDIE CINTDR IS PROJECTION ROOM FOR AIM PAID FOR ISNIINIIIES flier kilfrjeelsdl WNkeet Cswelsr Ciei« 2-iiimile ''PIuc*' for His Pictures "Kid BoeU*'—New Na- tional Broadcastiaa Co. Starts Epochal Etbsr Ea- twIaiuMQl Neva IS—Ul- tra P^peipnuis frees Pieiies- Air IN NEW OFFICES ATOP BUMiNG 12 Years Late in **Pickinf Pictures''—Final Adnis- elott of Sliaiilil VMdevilia Head osi IvsporlaaM of Pictures—All>oe Seldoas Sees Vaude Sliow Seattle^ Waah^ Not. 1 "Country Btore** performances, at which prizea are giv6a away to hoUMni of taoiar avmbew S w md with ttekeU of admission to the- aters, are illegal, according to a Su- preme Court decision handed down In Xlat {k>nnty. The decision read that the so* called *'ooii|ktry StoraT were a sta- ble. -■■■>•■•' It ia expo e te e ihat the theatre owners will raise a fund In order to carry on the light for a flnal decision to the United (fRSti* -el ProfresstoB AD English Cast for Eflg. Comedy Secured Here ■■This Woman Business,'* English comedy by Ben W. Levey» product by Dr. Louis Sunfihlne, will bow In at the Wilbur, Boston, Nov. IS. The piece has an all-English oast recruited orer heteh^ ^ ERA iitW Bl# fAT CRITICS'BOX SCORE TYie key to the abbrebiations is: 8R (shows reviewed); R (r>9ht)i W (wrons)l O (no opinion expressed); Pet. (pereentaffe). SCORE OF OCTOBER 30 HAMMOND (•^Herald Tribune^ S GABRIEL ("Sun") tS ANDERSON ("Post") It ATKINSON (''Times'*) IS WINCHELL ("Graphic") 13 WOOLLCOTT (••World") 17 VRIILAND (''Telegram'^ 12 COLEMAN (*'Mirror") 22 DA Le C ' ^A merie a w ^) ....ii g1 MAIItLK rNews'') t1 OSBOM rivening WoHd").......^. If VARIETY'S OWN SCOREi SR VAUIBTY (Combined) .•«••*.•••• M ^- • —- R 9 14 14 14 10 13 9 14 R IS W 1 s 4 3 3 3 8 5 11 W s Pet. 1.000 ^10 .778 .778 J60 •7SS .760 .636 .619 - J71 Pel. Bddie Cantor waa reimburaed at tha f»to of list a HUmito ler hia bfoadoaating laat night (Tueeday) with the Bverready Hour over WBAF, the agreement ealling for a mlnfeBiiBi of IS mlnutea and a likelihood of 20 mlnutea. Since Ed- die also sang in a plug for his pic- ture. "Kid Boogi/|^jmd not^ly^got BOOZE SCARCE i NEW YORK For the first time since prohibi- tion started on ita joke parade, New York la threatened with a shortoncd supply oC ll4u<Mr frogn acroi^a seaa. Boatload after boatlbnd has been seised In reeent weeka, until the rum runners allege that they have been *'tlpped oft." One boat seized the other day outside of New Tork harbor had been okayed by a yIsH- ing batts1!on, with another follow- ing shortly after making a aelsure of 1.500 caaea of Scotch on board. A couple of landing spots on the New England coast, prevIouHly wide open, hare been closed to the boot- leggera, with the only open land- ing plaOe at preaent on the Atlan- tic const above the CaroUnAa_A&ld to be on the Jerney lino. Muat Oeme Prom Canada Uneaa the approaching pcarclty of liquor Is filled In by truck loails from Canada, bootleggers say that imported whiskey and winea Will (Contlnnod on page 4t| A/Vaiiely' Rip A Variety reporter ed a aeoend InTttatlon for « hoiM-oooked MinL After tt he received some iaalde Inform matlon from his hosteaa in the pceae n ea of her huaband, alao a newapaper man. The wife explained that upon •4he flrat occasion aha had not used her best linen and ailTar, beteff In aome donht as ts a Variety man's table mannera. BspeoiaDy skeptical had aha been about his use of a fork. SOUSA AS FILM HOUSE PROSPECT-BIG SALARY B a n (ft Weekly Overhead Mom, llOOOO-llay Aai( $15,000 GuanuilM Souaa and hia band aa a picture houae stage attraction la the ohjea- tive of William Morris, who la In negotiations with Harry Askln, gsn- eral manager for Sousa. flouaa oonoert aeaeoa aa (Oontiaiied on page 41> Breaks for Bootleirxen; Fines on Installments Chicago, Nor. 8. Boetletflac la eommeaeing to be looked upon In these parts as a sub- stantial industry with permanently located cltisens evidently Indulging. At Rook litend the Inatallment plan system of paying flnes imposed on 'loggers has been Instituted. When Edward Simmons waa fined •8,066 for peddling liquor, he made a cash down payment tfC flOO on account to the R. I. court, promis- ing to duly take care of tha bal- ance. Before Federal Jttdga Carpenter h'^re a fine of |5 was set against Truman Warren for violation of the Volataad Aet No eoata. Warren pleaded he had no money to pay flncH. Whereupon a sympathetic or syn- thette oeurt attendant paid It for htak fti tho now e«oee of & r. Albeo being readied atop the *a4ttle Pat* aoe" building, nest door to the Pal- ace, New York, a lonff ehedUke structure ia aald to ba tlM akeleton of a projection room In whibh the head of the Keith-Albee olrenit eaa get a flrot ran en the F. IX OL plo- ture product In whleh X«A Ii BOW financially intereated. The flnal aurrender o< straight ▼attdevfllo to YaadeTtilo aad plo- tursa is a matter of common goealp In the show busineaa, with the building of a projeotton room in the K«A h ea dgn attaw helloviiS 6s bo the flnal admission. Fifteen years ago Maroaa Loew had a projection roMa in hia ofSea and one at hia hemai Brery ^m• portant picture ever plajred in a I^ew houae waa aeen Aral In either one of the rooasa by Hr. Lbeir ho* fore booked. That the head of the K-A circuit haa gotten around to the same thinff IS yeara teter la one of the most slfrnlflcant examples of the changen in the variety end of the show buiilneaa duHng the paat decade. It is no secret that E. F. Albee, ezce>t for aperadie short viaita to the Palaee, New York, da hia tiair ia or out of the building, haaa't fteen a complete vaudevlllo dlow la New York in yeara • i.*^^ • Pres. Coofidge and His Home Town Orchestra Waahlngton, Not. 8. The Palace fLoow pioturea) la tt play the ''Old TlOM Danoe Ordbea* tra," / consisting of relatives of Prestlent Coolldge. with all haiUng from* Plymouth. Vt. tha home oC the chief ezeeutlvo of the natloa, week Nov. 7. Already the White House scribea are laying odda of 16 to 1 that the ''Offlclal Spokesman" is not partlcti- larly pleased with this and will have something to say on it If comment la not forthcoming the t>oy8 are set tc nhoot a lot of questions at the next regular week- ly conference. GOWNS oa imXWQBJtiM itASli TO SAV "BROOKS" ] 1437 BWOADWAY - TL1.3M0PCR >Auo a%oo«a>8ruMt» io sow •