Variety (Nov 1926)

VARUETY rIV I UKJua r 1926 1lfAN»G SEX'AMD Under $20,000 at Century- Embassy, S11,000» and Mat, S89OOO1 Best Showings Baltimore. Nov. 2. The week brought som«» surprises In the lirst-run picture lliioup. "Miiuuatest" ut tho HivoU, was PMnid luid 4liB't do anytkLos out- flaadtec at Ike Imx •Sm^ "The Wan las Sex," »l tha Loew-Cr*atury, alto failed to stampede t^« fek Two houses reported unusual b«8teMft. Kmbaasy, with "The Quarterback." and the uptown flrst- rua Warner JietropoUtan, with **Privata Isay Mvrpby." Ettimatet for Last Week Century — "WuninK Sex" (8,000; 25-76). Norma .Shearer apparently atiti far fruD K e. a«rety im tkla town. La8t week her latest ran into at iff oppoaitloa and Kuve ground. Main damage to matinees and 0Kur«d larirely in tbe ffdiieed cross. Well under I29.000. New—"One Minute to Play" <1»- 800; 25-50). Well advertised and started oil welt but slewed up greatlr. Only ftfer at aboot E m b a 8 s y—"The Quarterback" 0.4M; 3»-C0K Drew wel) wilb ex- ceptioA ef BatMrday Mtlnee. Around $11,000. ♦ Waraar-Met.—"Privaie Isay Mur- pky^ 0.att: OmoM bet for racial reasons. Outstantftn* week in spite 9t opi^oMtitn. About $8,000. H t p»edrome — *'M«nry Oavattcr'" and vaud (2J!00; 2&>40). Show gtn- erally liked but buaineaa followed grenera) trend and eft. Afe«K l^.&M. 1&-85). House la now running on strletly sec«Ml-nHi poUcy wklli top sealed jtoura to 9itk Oppaalllttt to Boulevard, another 24*nMi house In the north-central sectlMk Latter en sylft week polity. M te wJ^^t I3.M0. Garden —"The Bhte Eagle" and vaude (2,8««; 25-50). Strong vaude bill aided and publicity heavily ex- ploited "Bltie Eagle." Malntahaed three-w cek Skverac^ when general tread SELLING M AQORS' FUND TO M PEOPLE WHO OWN rr For more than 40 years the Actors' Fund has functioned as the theatrical pro- fessiQiis ONLY ORGANIZED CHARITY. la thtmt years iu uaat^bitts ht$ bcMi unittralteted t» nfievntf distress. v ^ ''^ Fromi the time it was inccwrporated (Jtme 8tb, 1892) the Actors' Fimdk was mever in such peril of b^utkm^tcy as now. Despite the most strict and economic control (it costs less than 10 per cent to administer every dollar tliat is reccKyed) ;^ mllse yew ending last Mmj tbe total, timne liotn all sources was $l7M4n^54* Ttore was expended last >eiur $214,574-^ ^stmrscfliient of $36,097.60 tiMi^" than xtu$ Tfcitued, The U. S. MINT COULD NOT STAND THAT STRAIN, year after year—H alone an organization ftmctiomng soUl^ as & ChoiU^ aivl siq^poffted only by free will cotUribtttioas^ ' - : m ujm fm mm to ihe TKATuciu. nwEssnn n IS TROUT m mum of the snuz" ff mm> sflwwEs the mnssmms^ swrai ii; Iktmmjk tbe cowrtes^ nf ^Varidy,'* gW^n^ space to this and other funds* ad- vertkementa vidMUft a pmuf*B coit to Adors^ Ftwd, there is a kapt that nonhfft el tfto ProfessSoa «iid Patrons of lie TWUbre wli» r«id.*V«itqr^ li^ 'iiay it yndk eaalT hy h e cmiing anmnl or life n i et nher s •!^tlie Adoei^ Fi Mi d. . ff TOO MAKE YOOR UVWG DSECTUf OE INDUmi intSKP TBE PKOFESaOH OF AIDS^^ Actors Av«nta Office Attaclbea Boeki Skow Stage Hands Tkeatre Attackee Ciron mud CavmTnl People Scenic AHitte Tkenlncel Arrenntenti Trnk Mekert MMiic PnWsiiera ^ EmpI^ Ifjreew People TieeilHcei' PineM 4b Anybody and Everybody Connected with Jfoiy Bmcomm Aetkm MenUmn of the Actont Fund ond Carry a Membership Token for a Pocket Piece Fmr PtofeeeioMU (Active): ^2—AniiMl Mfimhifikip t? $6&--IJfo MeMbenkip—$90 (Uie Memherahip m Betk Cleaeei Fer Kb»4PfoleeeMMJb (Atftociale): May Be Secured on iMplUgO MJIIBL PRONMAN President SAM A. SCRIEMER Ti THE ACTORS' FUND GolmkML Theatre Buildiaf NEW YOBja CITY 't^ft^ttt le lie el • uriee el MMMeeoMntsb tpece fe JleiePi^ PImmI ntmytyT) » t: le fte IbM WMt Kerv. a. Hollywood and IjOS Aacelea hKf bssa Mtsed with a sraze for personal effects and works of art. owned by screen actors ol ikokSi. It Is sow aatts the thtar for the Ithn HnitllSrieA te pot IP Iheir rooda at auction. The tatest of these ie Brya»t Washburn, who prior to mov- ing to a new home hi Bererly Hills is dtepoainr hfte house* held teniahioas freaa his BeUywoed home iMidsr the sactieneer'a hammer. IMsplay advertleiKv ef the sale ia carried in the local daUtea lanyBOQ ^^SPECIAL^ F. F. rtleaaing '^tark Lave," Flus, Show Nov. S. *nWark X«va'* a stsry of the Ksilli tucky mountains made for Famous Players-Laaky by Carl Brown at a coat e€ areuad la C«l«« to bs reltaaid as a *%psclal.'' It Is ahaed far loai^ leeilll tlia iMf'Sit* ie& Whh each print el the piciure a lecturer' will be carried, who will converse ah tl vrnwinds. "The Big Parade" is generally construed, as having b^n one of tbe chespesc *1ipS6la1iir* ever timMri at a eost sf around tttM tfc^ PaiKC» $18iSO0> Neariy Doidifed Any Otter Hmise Washiarton, Nov. 2. (miisttd White Poputstioiu 380^- ooe> Sverxthinr was scain the Palace. The combination ef Rnhiioe'. Wee WllKe Robyn and **The Temptress" proved too mneh for t)M^ elher down- town hoQsea '■•■r::->>-'r„v Rubinoir^ hisclK to fhr a repeat, scored even tnsre emphntieal^, if possible, thsit «a pvelviMs visile while Robyn. tsa eewMlai sab* fftantfaUv to the draw* Con t roversy ever the «a re- ported elsewhere, did not develop here» the picture cettlac splendid notwas' as wen as - getter. Last Week*a Cslimatea Cr^fcumhia — Maiy Piehtard lo ^' g ^a ri s wa '^ 411. <UMa; SMS) IMsappeinted en flrst weeh with t SlLtatw hence I6.3«« of second week [ not nnexpectea. Meirepolitan—"Gii^h>" (P. XI C) Art lAndr^'a Orchestra i%JfAA\ 40-60). Not op to ' pMvtias wsSh; about PahKe— The Temptre«wr' tC. M- G) and RubineC also Wee WilUe Robyn. (2^39«; 3S-M>. Rise in tern- pesatare givlns town almost sua»- mer heat cut aheri tadicaUions et early part of week, for record breaker. Went te ftasot. however. iUal«e->*'Miani«rht Sun** CUJk (1,- STS: S&-5a>. Jieus<» tn. ''dunaia'' RenMieRllna wtiii incident In instnl- lation of sta«i hShMT seiM. liSS* week IS.1ML Thn W. C. Rnndv' innnsaftlan at the eoVared uptown Lhtcehi is not ent as hnpne Isff. V tn Crawfords at Paramoiut Chicago,. Nov. 2. Mr., and Mra Jesse C^rawfora wttl leave fhr New Tortt after Cmw« ioira stasss si the Chisagn Nov^ ll» They are to be featured at the organ In the new Panuanaat thea«« Ire. ^ • . Los AP < > >eH N9V. t., Bmaeia has hsea seleetsd by F. B, O. for the Feed in "Mother;* Kathleen Norrisf widely read stoiy. Ne dhreeter or snppertlBg cast an* •ft Pan! Ash' Thie Weelr Columbia^ cent'*': Met Paifci.ce. •*War lajr Ftonttea" (Cbpyrlaf^ Kscalfl- aon" EMcfaell Picture Loe Angeles, Nov. t. ]Mia-€to)awYn>]ktaser final Kelly, Haines. It in an osiginnl sSory sd hanebaU raRb jack NORTH Tbe Bwdun Baatbkster •f-.i. NOW STRAND. NEW YORK Direction WM. WORRfS fMAT pwuLAM smoHH: CCmBUAft HENRY FINK Have Jaat ISsasd Witk FUrCHOU smI KAMO to le Pmtwei^ Rent Wkat tb Lk IkaM' M H S^: pie antl Mjuraa lMli«v« thsp haiw scorv^ an«tiMr sicnina Hearr vuau ttua aopelar alaciag .... thie week at Loew'a atafte TaeaSrsw Aad I S s i i ev e aa too; tw he m a rval —laiasa, wtth a rMt veraimaBtx* wlthMU the eld et a er aMMMiue aMke-an. Vtaa wkie dnens veer aaat« la med. t» la^ mt. m» hae a woaSwftf pe i staa iai , and •vavythime be aaid or aid »e«MS te «IMi fli*oni aiavt te teish. He works fast anil clean; haa aa exceptional alBslJie voioo fer a •«>iviedian. Wken fte Mins a balLud aJt tlie cloM •£ bia act thaw <4ooTn«il to Iht a tear in (>v«ry note. ••I i>«r.swittlly havo n<»r«r eti|oy«»d an act a«ywh»»r» am I dM BSnry Fink Ut0t nlsht: aad. iudflring tioaa the appiaaite and «*B(Mti.-Cfi he rnceivud from tho audl«nc«>, he waa wlutt, I aalelU laraer aa owr-nt^ht sensation. "VoteoaM to AiinUMo. Mr. Fiuk! Wa aeed. stoer asia liko ro«. ABd« X Miflh% add. Pancbom and itu4*tod toe hoiae Mch goo^ pkobora." VMal In Care Of FANCHON A MARCO TU FINEST People 1 Have Ever Worked For