Variety (Apr 1927)

VASZBTY LEGITIMATE WednMdar, April ST, 1927 IRUMFS" LOSES TUCK WHEN FMANCES FAIL *^eart8 Are Trumps" folded up PMtiuuiently iMt week ait the Mo- roMM^ Ntir Torfc. w^en additional oatHal eottid not be raised to earry tbo i^ieoa furUiar. . The ourtala was hold Mondair vwmting, whSB tha salaries dus for tUs iMvtoos wsek had not been paid. John Searfes of Equity told I he company they need not con- tinue further ualese their claims w«rs mst. At the eleventh hour Henry Haron, producer, appeared upon the scene with William Birnea, who ttald off ths otttstandiiie claims mnd the performance waa griven. Bimes is in no way fi«socIated with the production, but Ls said to have met tint salaries due to friendship for OLD TIMERS AS LIFERS 25 Years at Dues Payers Reeef- niaed ty TfUMiiPfrs Qi^h A flock of aieiilniat the As tor Sat- urday, bat the Mr Idea; was Old- timers' Nifirht. a special stag event conducted by the Treasurers Club of America in one of the ballrooms. Convening at 12, the boys in- ducted into life membership three slivered-haired lads who had faith- fully kiclved in with the duea for the past 26 years. The vets are Jed F. Shaw, Charles J. I^yon and Albert Greenspocht. All Joined the club March 10, 1902,* and automat- ically became lifers last month. There were eats, of course, the menu being: worded in Oreek of the Milt Gross brand: Wecetable soup, peeokies, hvas reddish, rust blflP. mesh pututters, bins, froolt slHd. rolls or budder tuss, upple pitch or stromberry pie and Intppsrkoffee. Also plenty of so forth. 8 SHOWS OUT In all eleven attractions are off Broadway's list, the cloainip croup includlnir four shews whieh wave taken off suddenly last Saturday. "Fog-Bound," presented at the Belmont by Richard Hemdon, was taken off last flatmrday after play- ing three weeks and two days. A drab sort of drama, it could com- mand no attention and got less than |I,OM weekly. NEW AMSTERDAM^*** 5^ WwtBMiHy a tetanUr. tiH mtmifiitm A ffT<fttii. lis. INm^ 1>II«LINOHAM PresMiU TWO Mary Eaton SHOW^ IB the MuBiclt! Comedr Htt •ONE "LUdtTT (««• Pmii WiutaaMn and him gr^t orchMltm Sescrved Seat* 'at f 1.SS ZIEGFELD THEATRE atMtest Laeeh niow Ever Prodvosd Sth Month — Sentn 8 Week* Ahead Clark & McCullough in the RAMBLERS with MARIE SAXON and RBMARKABLB CAST ara. l Mats. We^-^ Sat. Qpod Ssato %U iEOBOE WHITE'S AFOLLO RIO RITA OLOBIFVUfO THK AMESICAN CIRI, Ticket* at Bex OSIee It Week* Akrad TNC CRCATCtT WW CVES rBODUCCOl HENRY iULLER'3 Tff^JSi. ■tm •M. MA«k VMM. A «AT., t:M GIIiBEBT smUSR Preeents Holbrook Blinn la raUlfC MOLNAR'S <THE PLAT'S THE THING' "FOG BOUND'' Opened March 30. Drew pAns from ail reviewers. Man- tle (''News") called it "la- bored." Dale ("American") termed it "doee of willies," while Vreeland ("Tsleflram'') put it' down as ^4wk and dolorous." Variety (Abel) saidi "Not a ss r v i eeaMe stegs sffMntf.* "The New Torkers,** an Intimate revue independently presented at the Totten, tff-Mter, closed last Saturday, playing six weelcs and two days. Expectation were to move to s. larger houses but the sluMT failed to nake the frade. rePDLAS MATS. a SA«.. 1:11 GEORGE WHITE'S SCANDALS OOOn BRATS AT BOX OTKICS rOR ALL PEitronMANCEB MBW FRAKCINB LARRIMORE IN tatlrioat Comady by MAURINC WATKINt MUSIC BOX iSt^rj&JS mmiitt HfT.T Tiws.. W. 8t E«al J» * Mat*. Wed. and Sat. t:M Helen Ford in the rtterl/ DifTereiit Alinilcal CfMMdj PEGGY-ANN with MoCONNKLL ELTINGE w-t42d«t. ■vp.Mt Mata. Wed. and Sat. «<K ALL XEAMS GO 10 SEE m riA DELIGHTFUL coMso>r — Ilamiaaid UeraM TrifeuiM AJucKerpocKer Matt. wed.. sat. tjt Am ladlspatable 8«o«eMl A. Ik MILAMOBB praMnts Eddie |Powiing »^ Honeymoon Lane RVk Tear —ANNE NICHOLS' —Sth Tear ABIE'S IRISH ROSE ROADWAY By Phillf Dmahii A Q*rae Akk«tl BROAOHURST JSt. 44til8t iMLim Msa. Wed. asat S:M Z6IRLSQ WANTtDO TH MONTH LITTLE TIIEATRB Weet i4th 8t. Bvenlas* at 1:30. liATS. WSb^a SAT. at l:ll. >riailI7G en ll>*''i . VV. 4M St Sn. 8:S0 IIIVICn? OVc* M.its. Tlitiis. & Sal.. 2:30 A. II. \VOOI>8 preH<>nt« CRIME a MatodrasMi ef M«w York's Underworld with J.^MRH BKNNIK—CHRHTBB MOKKIS and Caet of lOS JANE COWL in **Th#> Rn«fi to Rome' 99 PLAYHOUSE ywiy £ tfriiS IF YOU DONT ADVERTiSE IN VARIETY DON'T ADVERTISE BiLTMORE •I^i^w:i "The Barker" with WALTER HUSTON la- Week eC April IS THE SECOND MAN Week at Maj t PYGMALION OLIII n Y>>»«-. W. Ud St. Uvea. S:30 \*ygLM UMtt. nmn. tmd Sab. I:30 Week off April 2A THE SILVER CORD WaA of Miw t Ned McCobb's Dliughter *»u»^Ogqen Mate. Thurs . A Hat. i M78 Week of April 1!.% RMHfTYOUARE Wei'k of M»j 2 MR. PIM PASSES 3Y riARRIPK - "'hSt h>n-n 8;40 PLYMOUTH ffi.j!«A«rr* Tom Ooahlttt'a Cemady "The DevU i"'f" Cheese** Munageniont of Arl>a TihxlKi't Br Arrsais»arat wltk'.CkarlM Uopklas ■'THE NEW YORKERS^ Opened Msrch 9. Atkinson (nrimes*^ Isbeled It *Yrs1l snd awkwsri revue.** Variety (Absl) prsrfistsd •Vvon^t last.- '^h^ ^ngMwsdr prtBSBte< Mt the 40th St. by the Shnberts, was taken off Saturdaj after playinir s week and a day. It was hopeless. **Ths Crown Prlaos^'* prmm^td at the Forrest by the Shuberts. is due to ciooe Saturday, wliicii ends the sixth week. The drama was paced around ff.OOO at ths Start, but dropped stsodUy to around $f,OM or 1 *nrHE CROWN PRINCE" Opened Marsh Coleman (''Mirror") predicted short run. Osborn ("Eve. World") praised it as ''stronfl snd drsmstie." Gabriel CSunr*) dismisssd It ss "stuffy." Variety (Abel) said: "A olass sttrssfiSfi for olsss trade, which means its ohsness ars accordingly limited.? ^^e French Kiss." first offered as "The French liady," stopped at the Bijou last Saturday. It opened six weelcs tLgo at the Ritz, movins first to the Central and thMi the Bijott. Loss than |S,»00 wsskljr. "THAT FRENCH LADY" Opened March 14. Gabriel ("Sun") and Anderson ("Post") predicted it was attraction for cut rates. Winchell ("Graphic") led the adverse comment with "Advise the sponsors to bury it in mothballs and savs thsm* selves s lot of currency.** VaHoty (Ibee) saidx "Mod- est grosses for limited ment probable." "One Glorious Hour," In^sps^d* cntly produced at the SoIwyn« wtXL be talcen off Saturday after playing about two and a half weeks. Busi- ness last wssk was loss than $8,000. ''ONE GLORIOUS HOUR." Opened April 13. Severely flayed. P ais f " American") graded It ^PMMIbvs,'' While Hammond ("Herald") stated "no evening so nicely com- pounded of tedium snd trssh in equal parts." Variety (Ibee) termed It "flat" and predicted a flop. "Set a Thief," independently prs- sonted at the Lyceum, will stop after 10 weeks. Ttie mystery piece opened at the Empire, moving here, though business was not promls- Irrr. Tnkinpra latoly hSTS bssn around $4,000 and loss. "liye, Bye, Bonnie," presented by U Lawrence Weber, will elose at tlio CosmopoHtan ending Its 16th wook. It opened at the Kits and later moved hereunder a cut rate drive which sent ths gross to $16,- mo. Avora?re trads was around tbo $11,000 mark. In addition three repertory com- panies will end their seasons at the TBEASUBEBS SHXT Aaron Ueiwlts, formerly urer at tbs Sltlnffs^ Now Yorlu Is now In chargs oC ths bO|E sfllos at the Century. Jack Pearl, assistant at the E21- tlnifo, is treasurer at ths 44th Strsst NomiMi Stsla resignod from that lattsr lisuss Inst flatnr- day. "BLONDES" CLOSING The original company of "Gentle- men Prefer Blondes" wiU wind up its season in KOwark, N. J.. April SO. JuneAValkcr and Geoffrey Kerr will enter vaudeville under direction of Albert Lswis. AHEAD AND BACK Karl N. BsnMtete, publlelty for "Hoop La." Jack Francis, at;ent and news- paper man, and Sylvester Sullivan have teamed to do general publicity, their firert account buinji; the Texas Gulnan show, opening May 19 at the Music Box. Arba Blodgett, company manager of "The Devil in ths Cheese." Helen Robinson Rstires Helen Robinson, casting agent, lias retired from the agency field because of bad health. Her agency has been taken over by Louis Hal- Istt snd John Lans.' PLAYERS IN LEGITIMATE DIRECTORY, BILLY ARUNTO Fsstuf^ in ''LIPQ mov* GAIETY, LONDON LESTER W. COLE LEADING MAN «Mith • "PEGGY-ANN" VANDERBILT, NEW YORK HEYN EBY-ROCK "HONEYMOON LANE" KNICKSMOOKVII. NSW YORK RAYMOND GUION ««RAOL« tNATCHBRt* HARRIt, CHICAQO MARGARET IRW AS THE SPANISH SIREN" IM -THE DESERT ^O^" CASINO, NEW YO DOUGLAS LEAVm Featured in "GAY PAREE* ALVIN THEATRE, PITTSBURGH ADA MAY ••RIO HITA" 2IBQPBLD, NSW YORK TOM PATRICOU acOROE WHirrt "scandals'* APOLLO. NEW YORK INDBPINITELY R03E PERFECT with OEOROE WHITE'S "SGAHDAIA" APOLLO, NEW YORK NOW IN KroilTH MONTH "BYE, BYE, BONNIE" Opened Jan. 13. Atkinson ("Times") called it "routine musical comedy." Winchell ("Graphic") prsdictsd msdsr- ate run. Vsristy (Absl) ssWt "Msd- •rsts run with out r«ts hsip." ond of the week—the Civic Reper- tory, American Laboratory and the Neighborhood Playhoussti SELSON CHARLES SNOW awl GOUiMBUS in ••OH, PLEASE" En Tour DIrootion CHAS. DILLINGHAM ETHODID TERRY AS RIO RITA >rio'rita^' SIBOPBLD, NEW YORK JACK WHITING in -THE RAMBLERS" LYRIC, NBW YORK INA WILLL\MS in "YOURS TRULY" SHU8ERT, NEW YORK > VIOLET CARLSON PRINCIPAL COMEDIENNE in •n-HB NldHTIMOALB" GREAT NORTHERN, CHICAGO EWING EATON Doing Single Act in Vaudeville KEITH-ALBEE and ORPHEUM CIRCUITS Direction HARRY WARD LEON ERROL Starring In "YOURS TRULY" SHUBERT, NEW YORK EDNA HIBBARD in QBNTLBMBN PREFER BLONDBB Dh^lon EDGAR SBLWYN MARY JANE Formerly with The Ziegfeld Follies Now with '•YES, YES, YVBTTB" BOSTON JOHNNY MARVIN FRATURKI) IN "HONEYMOON LANE" KNICKERBOCKER, NEW YORK CLARENCE NORDSTROM in •'QUEEN HIGH" . AMBASSADOR, NEW YORK ANN PENNINGTON MOW IM aiaiim Moim GEO. WHITE'S "SCANDALS" Apollo ThMtr^ N. Y. MARIE SAXON WITH "THE RAMBLERS" LYRIC, NEW YORK GEORGE SWEET "BYB, BYB, BONNIB^' RRP. LOUIS SHURR JACK THOMPSON in "PEGGY-ANN" VAMDERBILT, NEW YORK NANCY WELFORD LEAOINQ LADY "LADY DO" LIBERTY, NEW YORK MARJORIE WHITNEY Fsstursd with EARL CARROLL "VANITIES" EARL CARROLL, NEW YORK