Variety (Apr 1927)

▼ A RXBTT Wf^biMdar. April S7, 1927 VARtEmCHiaGO OFFICE. HAL HALPERIN ia Charge Slato*Ulitt ThMitM Bide*. Sull« 520 Ph0—8t qmbpg 0g44-4401 CHICAGO ProftMionala Htt^ th« frf. mm of Varf«ty't CliiM0« OfRM for liif«nli«ti«ii. M«ll iii«y b« •ddr«ttMd ••>• Variety. 8taU-Lak« ^ha* •tra Bldo^ Chicago. It will b« h«ld aubjtct to eall, forwardad or advart^aad in Variaty't Lattar List. Snappy weather, not too cold, •hould have* baen Ideal for business at the Dlversey Friday night, but only about a third of the seats In tha big house were occupiad; Blame cannot be pJaced on the show, Or- pheum unit, four acta '.and after- piece, which provided plenty of en- tartalnmant. Picture^ "Heaven on Whim im Chicago Vi9U Thm— HiU ERLANGER ISatlnee SATURDAY ONLT IX>UU V. WEBBA PreMiite IThd Musical Comedjr Succesa nWINKLE TWINKLE" with E. BROWN ONA MUNSON 0AM H* HARRIS gat. BAM H. HARRIS Praafffit* CRADLE SNATCHERS With MARY BOLAND ADSLPHI Xaa Wed. and flat A. H. WOOD8 Preseats FLORENCE REED ^TH THB DBAMATIC SENSATION "WE SHANGHAI GESTURE" f ^ . By J OHW ^C OLTON ir eUTHBIB MeCUMTIO Twlc« Dallr 2:30 A 8:30 AUDITORIUM TIm SpMtacalar Trlom^ "OLD IRONSIDES" ILLINOIS «»t«Wl»M Only iOHARLES DILLINGHAM Pr«0«ala MARILYN MIUER aad h«r Star Company in 'SUNNY' Aiistenit of Musical Coihedt— AFI WVN MATINEB $9U«VTII1 SATURDAY Om*T Unanimously Acclaimed The Reigning Hit of the Year THE NOOSE Aak Anyone Wha Has 8«en It pKcKSTONE wid*'ra . CUARLB8 L. WACINBR •i i sso el aUea with BnOAB SEtiWTN Preaenta ' RICHARD BENNETT la the Greatest Show Under Canvaa In the Theatre *THE BARKER'' 1^ Keayea Micholaaa ESarth," should have been more of a draw than a hindrance, yet tfaara were wido open spaoof both up- stairs aQi0L down. This outlook, which mUrbt hava excusably depressed those on the stage, did not aeem to affect the work of tha acta, howavar, and tba N. V. A. "congregation" out front, although few In number, were all ^awAka. Tha appplaiiae echoed from the empty spaces, and that helped. Judson Cole, doing nut magic, was in the deuce, and stole -the show. His patter seemed both original and new, and It was combined with real ablhty* A chorus and solo dance cycle, called "Tha Orpheum Dance Ra- vue/' with one exception all virla, followed. Well costumed and con- tains an Indian number good anoint for anybody's vaudeville show. The choristar* war* Ib 1 denca all evenings. Tho openar was Pater Lana, bat- ttf than average exhibition of quick l^«tura painting. A boy and girl aingtng team (not billad) sane In harmony with the chorus as Lane created hla picturea. Unuaualljr alaborata for an opaner. Later the girl singer appeared in a solo dance number in tha ravue and took part in a black-out comedy sketch In the afterpiece. Val and Ernie Stanton worked nicely in tha spot position. Boya went through their own comedy rou- tine and than announced tha after- piece, callad ''Much Ado About Nothing," in which they were the maatofa ot ceremony. The skit was a tab pattMn of tha big ravuas, opening with a typical revue chorus number, the girla seated at desks before a I^Wat drop, pounding clacking typewriters In unison. It was an introduction to the first comedy slcetch, aa office scene, one backgrround piece against a velvet drop. Nut material put over by the Stanton boya Another chorus num- ber and another sketch followed, after which Judson Cole appeared and introduced each member of the unit compansr from a mairielan's cabinet. Show descnrsA A bsttar braak Ib patrona^a, Lenore Ulrle was the name in tha big spot at the Palace this weak. Very lucky, this Palace, to ba ac- quainted with agents capable of dlgginc VP legit "namaa" on an average of at least one a week. These "names" have either been a personal draw and have come through, while in others the theatre seemed content with ofC businesa And in cases whara a new legit "name" could not be found around. Those then on the list were held over in order to heap up tha pace Through this arrangement and because of a general leaning toward legits, thara hasn't bean a ganulna vaude show at the Palace since Its opening seven months ago. That's a long tlma for a theatra to Bdvor- tls© vaude and show something else. Still it might ba tha best way, for vaude ia apparently dead In this town. Give 'em a real vaude bill here and they'll think you're cheating. Miss Ulrlc's personal local follow- ing expected to see her in "Lulu Belle." She crossed them with a sketch, which won't help a bit. The playlet is none too good and only a fair showcase fbr the star, though ,. V AN INNOVATION IN SHOW BUSINEai . « WHEN PLATING CHICAGO — IT'S THB HOTEL LAUREL 178 Rooms with Bath and thower JWEFKLY RATES: SINGLE, $12.50; DOUBLE, $15.00 Ten minutes by trelleir te Sill Ueep theatres, (^ne block from Lincoln Park and Qelf Links. BBAND NBW — LUXVBIOrSLT FURNISHED — CLEAN Coffee Shop in Connection — No Charge for Room Service 1512*16 North La SftU« Street TeiephMis mohaw^; iMt ManateBMoit BERNARD GLATT it la all Ulrlc and never anything or anyone eisew Frakson had them fooled and gaping with his palm work, lie had quarters and halves dropping in his little bucket from the ears, noses and handkerchiefs of the customers in a well done aisle number and wound up by getting a whole pack- age of smokes out ot one butt. That last trick ia a darb.^Frakson deiiced to follow Couat Perronne aBd^nriz Oliver. A brace of so-so acrobats get the break of thehr lives through a flash turn, Mfle. Rhea and Santoro. A fair classical dance routine ia clipped in tha middle to allow for a formal hand-to-hand number. One of the acres doubles to do a pair of ada- gios with Idle. Ithaa and ahows nothing. He is probably Santoro. Only the dancing of Rhea and the sindnt <^f a supporting girl, Marion Harry Rogers Theatrical Produe* tibns. Lew West, picture •house booker, Billy Diamond-Sun office here, goes to New York to line up materiaL SAN ANTONIO By J. FRANK MeOANISL Majaelie—"Ankles Preferred" and vaude. Empire^'^or Alimony Only" and vaude. As t ee "Tender Hour" and ape- Palace —"Should Men Walk Homer* and specials. Texas—"Children of DlToroe" and speclala Princess—"The Red MiU." CORRESPONDENCE All matter in OORRBBPONDKNCB rofeiv It eurrent week unleee otherwise indicated. The eHlee under Correepontfiiiiio l# lliig tMMvW as fellewi and on pageet . ■ ' ^T- CHICAGO Barclay, hold up an act tnat will rate big time when Joe Frisco be- comes a prima donna. Also falling short of his spot was Robins, the 'musical maniac." He Was out of place in fourth position on this pre-' sumably big time bill. Robins is no slouch in an Intermediate show, but lis stucr has been too long in use to rate what he's rying to accom- plish this week. Miss Ulric closed the very poor first part and Ben Bernie, held over, started fllo second. Bernie repeated his succeii of the week before and again copped top honors. Uls gag- ging Is brand new thlO wOek Bad ail of It good. Leo Carrillo, on seventh, was swamped. He came on ts> do a master of ceremonies, but a long show mitigated. Dialect stories faOed to get more than a ripple. He must be proud that he's In vaude. Sergeant Franklin and Roby Royce closed. Business only UAr* iiiih' FASHION DECRBBt FOR ARTIST Sf Gailmofif A Pmtm Pmrmmmni Wav% •"Herh^ Oil Sicam Proc— Complete Artistic Beauty Serrlee GUILMONT & PETERS MARSHALL FIELD ANNEX BLDGL. CHifiAdO rheaaai DBAMBOBM SSll —CBNTBAL 197S HOTEL BENTMERE 601 DIVER8EY PARKWAY, CORNKR LEHMAN COURT — DiT«raay SSlS-ll-U, Chleasa Th« Heme of tha ProfeMloa m with batli. 11^ la 111 Room, ranalng hot and eold water, Jlt.N per week. XABSr DOWD, INDIANAPOLIS KANSAS CITY.». LOS ANOBLBS..*.^ LOUISVILLB ...^ ^iLWAUKBB ..••••••••«.•••. 61 MiNNBAPOUS 61 OAKLAND .....^ PITTSBURGH 61 PORTLAND, ORE...60 ^EATTLE .•«».....«• • • 60 SYRACUSB •«r«>«4i«««*«»»*«««*a 61 WASHIHOTON ..v #1 John J. Ffuining of Brownsville contemplallw 4t hOBMi In ^hat city. Cesi fp||«lot^ Hai OrWckh, iin old-time the- atrical man, has been appointed ex- ploitation head of the new Astea In SaBABtOBte Veroon Geyer, San Antonio or- ganist, takes ^nrer the Morton Grand at thlb Aztec thii "TtV, iiinnssdiBi Ann Qaley. • ■ ~ William Madden is mai Proctor's 68th St. New York. OBITUARY Sunday shows will be revived in Oregon, 111., if passage of a clause In the recent election ballots means anything; 610 citizens there favor them and 514 opposed. In Wheaton, IlL, "Red" Orange's home town, the proposition wan Totod dowB hy a majority of 61. De Sylva, Brown and Henderson open a Chicago office in ^ha Woods buHding sooB with Joey Stool man- ager. Special show announced for cele- bration of first anniversary of Bon- nie Kreuger and band a6 & Jk X.*s Uptown theatre. Aragon and Trianon ballrooms held "Orchestra Feature" nights at which ssTCB full dance bands were used. Sam and Dave Wolf, managing directors, opened new Club Bagdad, 64th street and Cottage Orove ave- Bue. Joe Cook headed entertainers in bif floor show. New shows opened at Barney Franklin's Kit Kat club and at the Silver Slipper. A Roy Mack revue is attracting at latter cafe^ William Roche, manager, Harris theatre. Is trying to book ''The Spi- der" as his next attraction. "Chi- cago'* still reported as headed for this theatric (Contniied ttMB pofo 60 attentions to Dorothy Mhekayo, who affirms she was legally married to Raymond. A news account of Ray- iaMlff» dia^ appears elsewhere in thlp MmM^." ; GEORGE TALBOT George Talbot, 64, manager of Hevakfli *opeira house and former scenic artist of Cinclnnatt died April 20 at his home In that city from pleural pneumonia. His daughter, Floreneo Talbot, in re- cent seasons was a prima deaaa on the Columbia Circuit. A BOS and widow also survive. — . ... MICHAEL J. BURKS Michael J. Burks, 59, circus man, died in St Elizabeth Hospital, Day- tea. Ohiflb Ap^ d6f ^Tho body was sent to Ctiimoi>ftl% OhM^ iWP iBlir- ment. Burks was best known as an ad- vance «agent. At the time of hla demise Burks was ahead of.tho HasoBb^ek ahowa. WILLIAM CULLMAN William Cullnmn, seventy, for* merly tn the box office, Metropolis tan Opera House, died at his home at Atlantic Highlands, N. J., April 21. Mr. Cullman was a life mem- ber of the Treasarora^ Clhb of America. Hugh Reilly Dies at 84 Hugh Reilly, S4 years old, retired real estate man, of 6SS Wast Blst street, and said to be the holder of much theatrical real estate, died after a brief illness. Reilly for Si years was prssideat and chair* man of the McManus Club. Reilly Is reputed to have amassed almost 11,000,000. He came from County Cavaa Whea a youth. Ho went to Harvard University, friends said, but didn't st^y long. He tired of it and he got a Job as a barkeep. It wasn't long botore Reilly opened a "place" of his own. When wealth came he Invested his capital in real estate in the Rialto. He started the late George WashtagtOa Plua« kett on his political career. When Plunkett died, Reilly became ad- visor to the letter's political enemy, Thomas ("The") KcMaaai. Vliir w«fO laieparahle. Sampson Gaidar, 68, state car* penter, who had beea oa thO road with the "BenHur" outfit, died suddenly April 18 in his room in the New Albany Hotel, Youngs- town, O. He was a MvK>n and MB hoBM had hfHi stvoa m nm C. M. Plummer, sixty-five,, bass viol player, Eknpire Theatre, Lewis- ton. Me., died recently. He was akla a member of the Lewlston aad. Aa« bBfB Symphony Orcheetnh. ' Ferdinand Erickson, father ofl Clference Erickaon, treasurer. Doug* las Fairbanks Picture Corp., died April 20 in Salt LakO '^itty Of heart disease. '. . v Dr. Felsem, father of Bobby Fol- som (Mrs. Harold Ij^cmp) died April 19 at Joliet, IlL MORRISON HOTEL CHICAGO Werld's taU««t If 44 reeuM aa« ftalka EUGENE COX SCENERY 1734 Ogden ATeniiB CHICAGO TOM POWELL mm SCENERY DTB 8CENBBT. TBI.OI7B CUBTAINS R. WE8TC0TT KING STUDIOS ftlS W. Taa Barsa St.. C1il««se Ralph Kettering, Chicago repre- sentative, AI Woods, announced "lOth Avenue" would replace "Shanghai Qesture'* at the AdelpbL Dnylfprht saving time went into effect here flnrnlnr Teal" time will continue until October. The Motion Picture Owners' asso- ciation grand ball and movie Frolic at BOW Hotel Storeas Iftqr 6. Goodman theatre repertoire cele- brated birthday of William Shakes- peare with "Twelfth Night." Harry Rogers,- vaudeville and ta]> producer, last week Incorporafed his firm under the laws of Ullnols for 186,666. TIM oorpomia bbbm is fhtel Eastgate ^ThB Seivke of the Best HoUU al a LoiPer CosC* ONTARIO STREET, EAST OF MICHIGAN Little North of tha Tribune Tower 225 ROOMS —225 BATHS Only a 9-minute waQt to any Lk>op theatre^ Overlooking the Lake and Chioago'a Greenwich Village. Special Weakly and Monthly Rsteo to the Profession popinjui-PRiqBD CAPS nr oomnonoii JIMMY HART, Manager The FROLICS THB MOST BEACTDTL CAn Df THB WOBLD it Saat aSd Stre«t (oppo«U« -LT station). Chieas«b Ok Th« Rendezvoua of th« Tboarrieal Stave CIVIC AND POLITICAL CBLBBRITIBB