Variety (Sep 1927)

SCREEN CENTS PubllalMd WMkIr >t 164 Weat 4Cth 8<., New Turk, N. T., br Vartrtr. Inc. Annual aubxrlptlon. IT. 8in(l* coplf*. tt CMila^ ■aland m Moond cl*« iiuttM- I>ac«mber >:, it(S. at th* Poat onoe at New York, N. T.. under tka act oC llarafei Iltt. VOL. LXXXVUL No. 8 NEW YORK CITY, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7.1927 64 PAGES MARCUS LOEW WEPT FOR FAMOUS ORGANIST 0.0 JAZZ; EQUALIZATION OF HIE SEXES" GoH Clutard of Liverpool [ ion of America After Never Befolt CaAiedral Changes Opin- Arrival Over Here—^ays Womm Be FnMi4ft St. Ix>ui8, Sept. (. Let th« long-haired toea of synco- >aied mUBlc lend ear to what one of the most faitious cathedral or- eranlsta In the world has to say about Jazz—and then try to aqoare themselves with th« «Uier bis parts of the world. ■Harry Ooss Cusrtard, organist of the Lilverpnol (England) Cathedral, says on the point, and to the point; "Your American music which is legitimate Jasi is lilce your sl(y- ■crapers, in a manner, Koi, lM»ftr as It Is sincere, it Is good. X ex- pected to find the skyscrapers over here ugly, liut I ha\-f found them beautiful. I expected to nnd your Jazz ugly, but I hare found It «ulte the opposite. I am not a purist. 1 like legitimate Jazz, when it is ar- tistic. I would hate to see Engl.tnd (Continued on page 58) JO WS GROSS CAN REACH TO $60,000 ON WK. LoH Angeles, Sept. t. Al JoUon can possibly gross dur- ing his week at the MetropollUn, Commencing Thursday (Sept. 8), for which he will receive, himself, »17,- BOii. fr..,,! jr,r.,000 to $60,000. A top scale of 65c. will bo In ef- fect throughout the entire time in- eiudlng th^ week end. At present It Is 40c. afternoons and 65c. nights. Metropolitan's gross record is held by Ollda Gray on stage for week enaing April 10, 192S, with "Goose ^ng.o High" (picture), $4S.OOO. Second hiprh was gotten week end- •'^'■P' 17, 1924, with ' Cily That Sleeps' as film feature and Ta.lln. n*.. V j.a 111(11 itfiLiuiv n. Julian Eltlngo on stage—140,00». Average weekly overhead of the Met. Puhllx house, operated hy West coaat Theatres circuit, is 123.000. . Pictures ii..ii]iillv piiv.,1 ,1 \hi- (Continued on i>age ii) ExpeiMive EfficioBcy An executive in the booking offlce of a large vaudeville cir- cuit In New Tork walked Into the chief's sanctum, proudly asserting: "Last year I saved you two million dollars in aalaries." "Tes, and you cost US Ave millions In busineaa," was the answer. Sorta Bmnped Questkm Of Cbibiqia's Lednre Kansas City, 8tpt. 1. A despatch from Indep6ndeno«, Kansas, says: "PhU Bowland, of St LauIs, actor, with th* Redpath-Homer Chautauqua Circuit, w«a-jMM|id here and lined 1210 for VHsiUnn of liquor found In a car he was driving. "The car under confiscation be- longed to the Chautauqua company at Kansas City, Boland said. •"The Chautauqua lerture li'*re, afternoon and niRht. wa-s *Ih rro- hibitlon a Failure';' and 'Name Your Own Poison.'" Charles F. Horner, of this rity, president of the Horner Cunserva- t<)r.v. Slated lie had been inluinned of Boiund's arrest by the inde- pendence manager, "Our manager wanted to know what to do," Mr. Horner stated. "I instructed lilm tci ({•'t another aetor. And as for Bo- land, let the law take its course." e'WHy SAD OVER BEST BELOVED Outataadinc Figur* in Ail Theatredom Dies Sudden- ly on M<mm1*7 Morning^- Little Change Anticipatihl in Operation of Loew'a, Inc. — Best Organised Theatrical Circuit li 'tfjS. SERVICES TOMORROW Mar«ua Laaw eautad Broadway te wp, for the first time since Broadway ever heard of Marcus Loew, the most beloved man of all •hew business for all time. And on a holiday, Monday, when the news of his death at his coun- try home, Glen Cove, Long Uland, found few believers until II MHW no longer be doubted. Incredibly then it sped and seeped over the country, into all places, that Marcus Loew had paised on. Mr. Loew had been ordered to bed last Saturday, after having spent as he said one of his moat enjoyable vacations at the tempo- rary summer ho.^no of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Schenck, al .'iaratoKa He had been In bed since, with com- plications arising from a \onts dis- ordered stomach culminating in a ^implication that bore too strongly upon an already weakened heart action. Early Monday morning he passed away while In slumber. Mr.<j. Carrie Loew. his wife, and their two son.s were in the house. It Is be- lieved a severe siege of pneumonia on (he Pacific Coast last winter also lett iis mark upon an overtaxed heart. Though Uabor Day, Times i!quare looked tlit'oiigh tears as one con- rirm«-d to the oUi.r that Miueus Loew liad died. Willi ihe hal.ilues of llie S<4uaie m'/sllv absent, those remaiiung used up all oT their time (Continued on page () SOOAUY OFFICERED DUTCHESS COUNTY FAIR SWAMPED BY RAIN Gentlemen Farmers Exhibit at Rbinebeck, N. Y.—^ pgden MUU' WodtJUaM* T««nrWm at IVelgHt. AftamottB HM ia wi y* A new racket has come Into existence with the sudden yearn by certain males for hideaways conveniently mld- town in location. This has prompted a couple of the less prominent nite clubs to be- come "il.iy clubs" as well. The places are thrown open at noon and the two or three couples In the place generally nvake It worth whil*. UlcMay revenue nfttimes eStMda the evening income. TIA JUANA DOG RACES ''KILUNG" SAN DIEGO $25,000 to $100,000 Daily in Mutu«l»—Amusements Badly Hurt by Sport Acrott Border Ix>g Angeles. Sept. 6. Doc ia< Ing al Tiu Juana Is killinur the outdoor amusement and the- atrical business in San Diu;;o. A dog track oiv ned at Tia Juana Hot Springs, three miles below Tia Juana, two months ago with the I'uri-MutucI betting system. It has been handling from $2u,0i)0 to IIUO,- 000 a day on tlio six days u week It Is open, with Monday the closed day. Mission Beaeh. an amusement re- (Conllnued on paga 47) lUilnebeck, N. T., Sept. I. Continued rain put • M*«r datttper upon the Dutcheaa CmUMT fair here last week, dimming •at! ef tlie best rural and social eviMta Wt- its kind in the country. The Dutchesa County is an up and coming agricutaurai and society affair. Founded In 1841, U is now nearly 90 years old. In spile of disastrous weather, this year's fair hod all the materials for a first class display. The layout bore the marks of a fair that had its whole rummunky behind It, Interested ,'ind ro-operal- Ing to put It over. Dutchess County has a pros|>er* OUB, lonK-eslahllshed farnilnt; roiii- mnnity to form the haeklione i.f a f.ilr and the teiiitory is dotted with the niaKiilliceiit farm estates of New York society people who ex- hibit and servo on the fair buard, (Continued on ptgt ft) RENO WINS ON GROSS MARRIAGES .*^an I'V.in'fA-o, s^-pt. 6. .M;ilriaKe lifense liusirieHs h.is taken a deeided flop here since the new California Anti-Oin Marriage law went into effect Aug. 1. From Allf 1 to 24 there was a falllnK oft of 1 ;l in the nutnher of lli.enses I.-- sued as eompand with a year uru. Keno, Just across the border In .Nevada, shows a brisk pick-up In the license Industry, with reports slating that the murrlago bit t* booming. The new California law retinites a lapse of three days hetweeii Issue of llcens^ and perfornis-nee of cere- m^'tiy. Intended to iiut a stop *to hastv weddlnifs. The purpose of the law. It l« pointed out hy Its sponsors, was for "fewer and lietier marrl.ises." BROOKS u.> buy COSTUMES OOWIXS AND INIFOUMN i«»T away. n>t . —1—"«i»o tMoe wmiM M