Variety (Mar 1927)

VARIETY VAUDEVILLE Wednesday, March 16, 1927 Orpheum in Memphis Memphis, March 15. Orpheum vaudeville may return to this city and on the site of the former Orpheum, destroyed by fire. A. local syndicate Is to build the theatre, says J. P. Edrlnston, owner of the property. It will be to the Orpheum circuit for 25 Unit With Watts Jean Paurel is producing a vaude unit featuring James Watts. Other acts to be fitted In are Butler and Parker, Frolic Four, Jeanne Upham. Herbert Kingsley and Eight Albertlna Kasch Girls. PALM BEACH DON SANTO World's Flash Black Bottom Da near OF BUTLER and SANTO "PORTLAND PRESS HERALD' said: "Don Santo Is wow with danc lng act and he sure can step." "Don Santo, a sleek-haired young man, li the wow of the spot with a flashing black bottom and a hot Charleston. Don Santo can step and wrlrh. with the best of them. He's the epitome of the jass erase." "PORTLAND EVB. EXPRESS" said "Don Santo has what Madame r.ii nor Qlyn so tersely describes as "IT,* although he Is of the male persua sion—and does the liveliest versloi of the B. B. seen here this season.' PERMANENT ADDRESS: Variety, N. Y. C. An Idea of what the wealthy members of the exclusive Rath and Tennis Club here think of money may bo obtained from the fact that approximately $25,000 was spent to stage a Persian pageant which ran 20 minutes at the Persian costume ball. Not over 300 members and their guests paid $20 each to ait on sliver cloth cushions in the terrace of the club - s patio and view the midnight performance, staged by Mrs. Joseph Urban. Harry Fender, musical comedy tenor and member of the club, and Raefelo Diaz, operatic tenor, were the only professional members In the cast of 15. Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. _ utton and Mrs. William Randolph Hearst were the other principals. An outdoor stage was especially built for the occasion with a set- ting designed by Joseph Urban, equal to anything he ever did for the "Follies." All this for a per- formance that ran but one night. No curtain was used, entrances and exits being made by way of a silver staircase. Charles Hanson Towne, poet, wrote the prolog in blank verse and Harry Rosenthal, orchestra leader at the club, composed the ballet and incidental music. It's certain that the costume worn by Mrs. Hearst as well as that of Mrs. Hutton's set them back plenty. A setback of that kind means nothing to Palm Beach society when it attends the many eostume balls held Tiere annually. New York costumers with branches here get from $50 to $200 and over a night for costumes with no ques- tions asked. Big Rill Tilden appearing in "They All Want Something" at the Miami Reach Garden theatre last week drove 140 miles every day in order to compete In the tennis tournament at Palm Beach. Tilden looked worn out completely when he met Manuel Atonso in the finals Friday but managed to win the singles tennla championship of Florida after a gruellin* fire set match. $250,000 in Pledges The midnight revue for the Palm Reach Hospital fund at La Touquet realized about $(,000 at the gate and about $250,000 is pledge*. Mrs. Stotesbury, Colonel Bradley and Mrs. Louis Q. Kaufman were listed as the bia; donors. The revue staged by Wallace Milam, Ned Wayburn dance Instructor, who has been teaching society here the Mack bottom, had Irving Caesar as master of ceremonies. Society dames appeared in sev- eral of the flash numbers Wayburn regularly uses in the Junior League Follies while the black bottom dancing class held Its graduation exercises. Isa Kremer, Harry Fender, Harry Rosenthal, Nina Wilcox Putnam, Irving Caesar, Lucille Milam, Happy-Go-Lucky Lads also appeared on the pro gram. Guy Bolton and Joseph Schenck were among the arrivals here last week, with Marcus Loew giving a dinner in honor of the latter at the Alba. Run of Tough Breaks Jules Nassberg, tenor sax with Rosenthal's orchestra ' at the Bath and Tennla Club, claims some sort of record for a three-day run of tough breaks. Monday he went for an aeroplane hop, paying $1 a minute. The plane ran out of gas and the pilot landed three miles off the Palm Beach Inlet in a rough sea and had to be towed in. Tues- day the Palm Beach Bank where his season's savings of $S50 were deposited announced a suspension, and the next day his car was badly smashed in an accident. Orpheum Cuts Down Ads San Francisco, March 11. The Orpheum and Golden Gat* theatre* have made a drastic cut In newspaper advertising with the lo- cal dallies, much to the annoyance of the business offices of the Ave papers. The former space allow- ance of the two Orpheum Circuit houses was on a 40-Inch minimum basis, with space running a* high as 50 inches for special attraction*. They are now down to a rigid 1»- lnch basis. The forty-inch rate and the eighteen-inch rate while effect- ing a saving for the houses, raise* the price per line. JUDGMENTS Outdoor Advertising, Inc.; McA Elec. Sign Engineering Corp.; $3,581.82. Same; Stanley - Mark Strand Corp.; $4,172.10. Andy Wright; Bowery & East River Nat, Bank; $2,079.33. Claremont Palace Gardens, Inc. and ano.; Gen. Fire Proof Door Corp.; $518.00. Edna Wallace Hopper; N. T. Tel. Co.; $48.83. Sidney P. Lash; • J. Patterson; $328.85. Satisfied Judgments Fox Film Corp. and Wm. Fox Vaude. Co.;" Jewel Carmen, $59,- 406.21; May 25, 1925. Same; same; costs, $284.45; Jan 31, 1927. West as Headliner on Bert Levy Time Chicago, March 15. Eugene West, the song writer, has been booked by Emory Ettleson, of the Chicago Bert Levey office, to open as a headliner on the Levey coast tour March It. There are Indication* that the Levey office has raised its salary limit since numerous recent addi- tion* of houses to Its route and is making a bid for several "names." Hines With Loew Harry Hines opens next week on a Loew tour booked through Walter and Edwin Meyers. This Is the first time Hinea ha* played for Loew since Shubert vaudeville. Another Loew route ha* been ex- tended to Billy Hamilton and or- chestra. Hamilton was with Vincent Lopes before taking a band unto himself on his own. PAUL SAVOY AGENCY 112 Madison Avenue Thone: Randolph is is DETROIT, MICHIGAN Fastest growing agency In the Middle West. Standard acts, wire or write. NEW HOTEL ANNAPOLIS 1 Washington, D. C. In the Heart of Theatre District 11-12 and H St.. Next Week (March 21) Loew's State, New York LARRY CLIFFORD and co. in "SHOW LIFE" A syncopated revue in throe scenes with J. WARREN LAWLER, PEGGY PHILLIPS, DOROTHY WINTER and ED. LEE DAVIS . by IBVIN B. DAMP Booked solid Over Lo»w Circuit Direction WILLIAM MORRIS Money in the Bank The closing of the First Bank and Trust Company In Palm Beach last week tied up the savings and checking accounts of most of the performers and musicians at the clubs here. George Lamaze, form- erly of the Plantation, whose El Patio restaurant wa* one of the biggest moneymaker* here this season, claim* the crash cost him $10,000; Harry Rosenthal lost $3,700; Sam Grlffenhagen, of the Venetian Gardens, was set back $6,000; Benjamin Abrama, manager for Meyer Davis, had $4,200 on de- posit representing the earnings of the Happy-Go-Lucky Lad* of Har- mony (Hilton. Daly, Mowen); member* Rosenthal's Bath and Tennis club orchestra amounts from $350 to $500; your correspond- ent $25. The Farmer* Trust clos- ing Monday wa* another wallop, es- pecially for a couple of Broadway- Ites. They left her* late last week with a check of $1,600 on that bank to deposit In New York. ATTENTION TO ALL PRODUCERS AND MANAGERS All girls in act known as "IDA MAY CHADWICK AND HER DIZZY BLONDES" are under yearly contract with me and are not at liberty to work for anyone else without written release from me. This act is routed over Keith and Orpheum Circuits and must not be interfered with. All dance steps, routines and formations sre my exclusive property and are to be used in my act only. Your courtesy is appreciated. SIGNED: IDA MAY CHADWICK The Happy-Go-Lucky Lad* of Harmony who followed the Yacht Club Boys Into the Touquet closed last week after a three weeks' en- gagement. The room. Is scheduled to close any day now, leaving the bulk of the night club business here to the Venetian Gardens, do lng big business all season. The Lido Club has also been getting a big share of the late season cabaret business. Long Run Ends Caesar La Monaca and his con cert band which came to Holly wood, Fla., during the height of the real estate boom days on a four months' contract and remained for two seasons, has been given closing notice. Previous to his en- gagement here La Monaca was at various California resorts, Miami Beach and Newport, R. I. Strenuous efforts were being made by organ- izations here this week to raise a popular subscription fund to keep the bandmaster and his organiza- tion of 21 men here over the sum- mer. Unless negotiations for a summer engagement at one of the Jersey shore resort* materializes La Monaca may tour Europe with his band. Marcus Loew BOOK1NGAGENCY General Executive Offices LOEW BUILDING " ANNEX 160 WEST 46 th ST* BRYANT 9850-NEWYORK CITV J. H. LUBIN GENERAL MANAGES MARVIN H. SCHENCK BOOKING MANAGES CHICAGO OFFICE 604 WOODS THEATRE B'LD'C JOHNNY JONES IN CnABGE — mm BERT LEVEY CIRCUIT New York »• W. 47th St. OF VAUDEVILLE THEATRES Mala Office: ALCAZAR TIIF.ATRR BtJILDINO BAN FRANCISCO Chicago Woods Bnlldln* Kans. City Chambers Bid*. Dallas Melha Did*. ACKERMAN & HARRIS EXECUTIVE OFFICES: THIRD FLOOR, PHELAN BLDG. MARKET, GRANT and O'FARRELL 8TREET3 8AN FRANCISCO ELLA HERBERT WESTON, Booking Manager LOS ANOELES— (II CONSOLIDATED BLDO. A VAUDEVILLE AGENCY WHICH PRODUCES MORE THAN IT PROMISES. CONSISTENT, EFFICIENT SERVICE SINCE 1913 The Fally Markus Vaudeville Agency 1579 Broadway Lackawanna 7876 New York City NIBLO and SPENCER and Co. In "A Thousand Miles from Nowhere" By ALLEN SPENCER TENNEI Playing Keith-Albee Theatres From Now On Management: HENRY BELLIT POPULAR RADIO ARTIST Assisted at Piano by LOVE DAVIS Thanks to Messrs. LUBIN and SCHENCK NOW PLAYING WITH BIG SITCEB8 AT Direction GUS ADAMS NEW YORK LOKW HOI SE