Variety (Feb 1927)

PttbUahMl Wttkljr at 1S4 WeaC 4<tli St.. New York. N. hj VArlety, lac AnauAl mabacription. |7. 8iacU oopiea, 20 cents. mmi&f€ M Mooad etaM matter Deoember It, at tha Poat OSaa at NairTark. N. T.. under the act of March t. 1871. LXXXYL Ne. 3 NEW YORK CITY, WEDNESDAY, IBBRUABY 2. 1927 MPAGES i NEW YORK'S DIRllST PUYS QVEZOARTISISGUARANIIED UP TO SSJIIIO FOR ONE CONCERT Af^Cbrmack in Lead, Plus Percentage—^Two Colored Artiste—Kriotler SocMid «l $4^750—Many AUeM Included—Ealimates on 300,000 P(H[>ulatum l^urea below are based uiran criiaranteee for one-nisht i>aid con- cert artista in citiea of around jMO,* populiitioii. QiMtritlff HMLy be aofme^hat hlg^r in Imeg^t towns: John McCormack t^JOOO Frita Kriaalar 4,750 AmoliftA Qalli-eui«i 4yM Paderewtki Mitcha Elman 4,000 Faodor CHaliapin 4,000 Will lUftr* tjm Mary Qai^den 3,600 Kubalik 3,500 Italand Hayea (colored) 3,200 mm*, Alda 3,000 8erge Rachmaninoff ........ 3,000 Mme. Schumann-Heink 3,000 iSdiijamin Gigli 3,000 MM^inalli •.• • • • .OjOOO Alfred Spalding 2,500 Jehn Charles Thomas 2,500 Florence Macbeth 2,500 OMMine Parrm> ........... 2,000 Rath Draper 1,900 Paul Robason (colored) 1,250 Roland Hayes, colored, is l^nown aar on* of the best draws on the eaMem concert stage. Pftut K<»b«w «on, also a nepro, appears as well on the playing stage. The John McCormack guarantee in understood to be literally ttaiA, {Continued on page 34) Mtm. Official Tips Girls On Mayor in Next Town Lynn. Mass., Feb. 1. Mayor Bauer, who has gained fune as a morality advocate through his banning of spicy nhns and his orders to cnrb wild New Yeur'« par- ties, faces a new problem in the form of scantily attired cabaret girls, now dubbed "union tsuit ladles," who on at least thiee otca- siona, have entertained at private •hdws staged behind double barred doors. The nearly-niido ><iii«(rs and dancers previously performed at Olottcester, It is said, and were told by at least one c ity official to watch out for Mayor Bauer if they ever Were booked here. —U tej f Wig, and that t s the ¥ 9tmm for the barred doors. Tn addition, eeaiinels were posted to delay the iMi'egress of police if tlie Mayor got Oi\e of the "union suiters** nearly broke up a party when she do- toauded payment after wiggling and became necettsary for a prominent «>tii!en to pass the hat. The first ^und netted |2.6«. MERGING K.-iL AND OIU'HEUIM^A. REPORT Los Angeles, Feb. 1. Representatives of a national appraisal organisation aro Mking a tour of tho Orpheum Clrouit houses with the purpose of getting the realty values of the propsrty as weU as buildings ami their contents. It is said that B. F. Alboe has engaged these appraisers with a x'iew to obtaining the physical value of the Orpheum properties before he contemplates closing a deal wliereby the Keith - Albee and Orphouni Circuits will bo -^ono. The appraisers were working in the Orpheum, Hlllstreet and Broad- way Palace here last week, and are going to San Francisco to malce a survey of the Oir|rtieuni Golden Gate theatres. Ames a Weigh Dubuque, Feb. S. Bigbty'^iive hundred pennies are collected each month from a half dosen penny scales in Ames, la., according to a survey. It means that 8,500 iwrsons, ap- proximately 80 per cent of the pop- ulation of Ames, weigh themselves every month. "Rfrtfary^—Mence Washington, Feb. 1. It Is declared here that if the Samuel Hopkins Adams book, **Revelry,** is produced by Sam H. Harris, as an- nounced, it will be the most serious promoter of stage censorship visible at the mo- ment. Each of the political party's fi icndliness to the sCAgd Will be alienated from the legiti- mate theatre, if that dramati- sation Is presented, is the opin- ion of w<'il-informed men in Wasliin^iton. the Adams book Is allsgtd to attack the private life of a former President. 9 SO-CALLED ARE STILL CURRENT 'rriia Capthr%*' '.'Naw Ymk Bx&lia»«a/» *«Sak/^ ^'Amarican Tragadr," *'Lulu Belie/* 'Traying Curve/' "The SquaU/' "Virgin Man'' mud "Night Hawk" Dirtiasi af Dirl Shows Failiiriis Anmig D k U as t Plajrs af This Sea- SOB Are "Pearl of Great Price/* "Red Blinds/' "Galloping Sheik" and "Saed af lh# imfta" GROSWft In tho listing of the dirtiest fists of this season in New York, Variety presents in bulk such plays, with the synopsis of each by the Variety reviewer who cauglic tho ihoir St its opening. In estimating the S>V•I^• age weekly gross and profit the in formation is set forth for what it may ht wortiMls4piiiasttaa^ (Continued os ^ic* 41) GINGER ALES IN NIGHT a Ginger ale is becoming an active competitor in the night clubs and liquor plaoes of Mow Tork. There are several brands with a reason for the night clubs to buy fM>mo of them. Soning in pint bottles fbr ft to (Continued on page $ty FLORIDA NEEDS YEAR Miami, Feb. 1. It was the sfoso of picture mf>n in convention here last week ttmt Florida will need a year to fully re- cover from its bumps. ANOTHER LONG STEP TAKEN FOR Raa^SMONOPOUSTICAIRGRAB 7 Pacific Coast Suiions Sands Nat-Work to 9Ch- '\\ " ■■■■ • ■ > Sfludl Circolaftion Opportunity for OuttklaHl '. r WJZ DiKUinM "Oppotittoii" Order LARRY FAY HOPS TO TOP OF SllCra LIST iMnf Fay, •mythlag la the Sigllt llfs bolt 'oopt !• Is taking that >lPsr» Slso i-opplng to tho top of tM gstfkor list Larry has deoidod to go "angel- ing" via show producing. Having lost $140,000 last season in Florida, some more this season in New York and another $120,000 when he thought a "production" would gtt htan money in a cabaret, Larry says he's qualifleS for the top. or slightly above. Having a b. r. left, Larry isn't worried over iwfaat play. Tho play will always locato tho oola Is Larry's belief. It will be Larry's first show. •A If* his last. goash*s Jewish Comedies Los Anffeles, PeN. 1. Hjl lioach is to make a .series of Tewish comedies starring Jtft De- vorska, Russian actor. Leo McCarey will direct. jll^wiii^ Smut Renews U. So Censor Proposal Washington, Feb. 1. Tiie "Evening Star," of WjiHliing- ton, Kolved the <iuestion as to pub- lication of the "IN acheH" Browning testimony with the following in a one-column box: '*Actlng on Us conviction that the full details of tho Browning sep- aration trial are not proper mate- rial to appear in Its columns, 'The Star* will, during the course of the trial, print only sueh facts In the case as may contain genuine news value." This copy was run daily under the head of each story published. As a reaction to the "Peaches" testimony was the introduction in the House by Rep. Wilson (D.), of Mifi.sl.sMippi, of a bill creating a Federal magazine censorship board. The bill, he states, was intro- duced fo r fear the magasines would pick up the "I'eacheH" and Daddy BrowniHic tt'Stimony bf-yoiul the line drawn by the dailioH and featme it heavily. W'ilKon also stated that he in- t'^n'ls to mal<«'. a .•^|M'»'f h (,n tbf flo<»r of tiie Houite, during whirh he will produce M magaisines whhrh ht> claims are publiiihing objectionable articles and picture<i. Tho haro statomomt of the fila- ttonal Broaaeastlng Compaay^s noif^ addition of soYon mors stations to. its raAlo Botworii, glTlag it a total of 96 for the grand hook-up^: speaks for itself ae.s^;:i>sasl bis Other: monopoly. N. B. C. has repeatedly denied Itft "air grab," but with the affluent, radio broadcasting corporation financing the best there is in radio entertainment, tho lesser statloi|l may secure llttlo ether "oiiettli« tlon." The new septet is the Pacific Coast chain Including KPO, San Francisco: KQO. Oakland; KFI, Los Angeles: KFOA and KOMO. Seattle: KGW, Portland, Ore., and KHQ, Spokane. * President Coolldge*s Washing- ton's Birthday addross will be broadcast as the premiere feature of the 35-statIon network. The N. B. C.'s estimate of * 20,000,000 radio audience via this chain !« an indication of radio's (Continued on pa^e 23) SECRH UNDERSTUDY'S CHANCE OF mm Chicago, Feb. 1. Apn Harding, suffering a nervous breakdown, was forced to with<hraw from "A Woman Disputed" at the Olympic. She left for New Voik and a two-months' rest on doctor's orders. It offered the chance of a lifetlmo to Louise Quinn, local girl, who folk>wed the star in the lead role opposite Lowell Sherman. Miss Quinn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Quinn of ('iiirjit^o, had a minor role in the second act. She had been studying Miss Harding's role in private. Upon the star leav- ing she requested a try-out and was elevated to the lead ^imrne- d lately. Her previous experience had been '. arnitt. ur work ,im<1 mi<i< k FOR EVOyBOOy WHO i§ 4Nysso/ ON THE STA6E OR SCRrEN..DCaUSrVE*i^ KSISNS 0y LEAINNS STVLE CREATORS BROOKS ISK'*^