Variety (Sep 1927)

Wednesday, September 81, 1»27 VARIETY C9 NEWS FROM THE DADiES ThI* dapartmtnt containi r«wrltt*n tli«*trlc«l ntwi Ittmt at pub- lithtd during th* waak in th* daily MP*r* of Naw York, Chicago and tha Pacific Coatt. Variety lakat na aradit for thtM MW* Maine; aaah haa baan rawrittan from a daily papar. NEW .YORK «!• Uch I>*t worn by the lat« #M*r HMiUn*nt«in liwt befor* bis Stth wUI b* pliuwd In th* comar- SoM of the now HunniMMMa tlw- «!(• on Bro*d w«y. Attendance for four plays to be oroduced by the New Playrlghfs In their theatre at 40 Commerce street U solicited In » nibacrtptlon cam- paign, a memberahlp to* of tC being charged for the aeaaon. The first production la "The Belt," by Paul 7. Slfton, scheduled for Oct. 15. Uaelstrate Macrery fined Helen rUnt )25 for driving paat a atreet car from which paaaengers were allshtlng. In retaliation the actreas Invited the court t« witneas open> Ins night of a piNr In which ptae Ui to open soon. A purvey by the Spectator Com- gany of New Tork tihuws that 187 Americans carry life Inauranoe of $1,000,000 or more. Rodman Wana- nialcer, merchant, carrlea t7,S00,O00, and Babe Kuth, Jeaae taaky, Wil- liam Fox and Adolph Zukor have 16,000,000 each. Joseph ;m. Schenck la insured for $4,260,000. The 000,000 group includes Gloria Swan- aon and Jack linrrymore. Charlie Chaplin, Mary I'lckfoid. DougKis Fairbanks and Will Kogers are In- gared for $1,000,000. In a statement for tbe preaa E. F. • Albae paid vaudevlllp wm a«*«r so stable and firmly eatrMMdKtd M It is today In America. Adolph Zukor, when his attention was called to the statement vaude- ville is dying in England, offered the polite opinion that vaudeville has its customers and pictures theirs. Robert Brown, negro, Is held In tS.OOO ball on charges of attempted extortion preferred by Lorraine Brox (Broz Slaters), who aald she 'luUI (Iran him tS for infonuM^n ^Itat would idad to rae«?a>y of Jewels shd luM lost TIM in toma -Monwaa nUe« aa ficMt toM, ^ . Kme. Aim Nasimora haa iieopme • dtlaen of the United States. ander Woollcott, In his Sunday col- umn for the "World"" i>assud on a tew good ones he had Been. The best. according to Alex, was on a University ot Wiscon-iin Hiv, bear- ing the dignlllea lliio o£ ■May- flower," and underneath the ex- planatory subtitle: "Four Puritans cam* across In this boat last falL" John V. L. Hogan, Inventor ot tiio Rlngle dial control radio receiver, is suing live companies for infrinye- ment of patent. They are tlie Amer- ican Boscii Magneto corporation, ytowart-Warner corporation, Freid- i-isemann, Charles A. Fresliman, nc, and the Splitdort companies Hogana patent exi>lres within IS months and he wants to collect roy- alties from the concerns named. A runaway horse created havoc among after-theatns crowds on Broadwajr Saturday night and tram- pled a boy to death. (Th* b«y bad Just st*pne4/rom a theatr* Md> hi* motben The MarlboroiiKh-nienhelm Hotel company lias prulefctcd tlie erection of grandstands and court on the Boardwalk for the annual tall pag- ant, claiming it is in direct viola- tion ot the boardwalk easement deed prohibiting use of the beach side ot the walk and the territory beyond for commercial purposes. Seat tick- ets, pageant progranip aaA «|tt*r«r> tides are being sold. Administrators of the estate of Amelia Bingham revealed that the - aotreas left aa estate of "more than ^UMtMP." TlMgr ta«a*tth*TaliMin Swr tlP.tOO." At a luncheon in his honor given Wf the Anglo-American Press Asso. eUtkAi In Paris, Mayor Walker eX' pialaed bis usual tardiness as coa- pated to the promptness of the Lord wqEor of London. "What else has m^ltui Uayor got to do but be on timer Walker said. "A Lord May- or's Job is to support a purple cloak, look like a Shubert cliorus boy, and be followed by bearers of a mace PWord which he never uses." Charged with printing and offer Ing for sale take press passes to the Dempsey-Tunney flght, Jacob ICeaaer, clerk, and Frank Uross, Vdater, were arraigned la Harlem < «eiirt and held in 41,S0e ImU The body of a man kUM A«t< SI IV a New Tork Central* train has been identified In Bellevue morgue as that of Uonel Strachey, noted Walter and literary editor of the Paget Literary Agency and Motion ■ Picture Service. David Wheeler, head of the agency, made the Iden- Jlncatlon. Changing his plea from not guilty to guilty of tlio mui-aor ot Wilfred P. Irwin la.st May 16, l.eon:uil Cline novelist, w.as fined $1,000 and or- dered to serve a year in Tolland county jail by Judge Kdward Yeo- man In Hockville, Conn. The maxi mum p( nalty Is $2,000 and IB years, Cllne began his sentence, announc- ing he has five plots for novels upon Which h* win work. and are alleged to have stolen cash and jewslnr totaUng |1*,«0(>. Six bandits held up Jimmie Malone's roadhouse at 89th anil Central Park avenues and robbni the employes and patrons of $1,(100 and J,Mvt lr>. Four of the hoMups L-ai-rieii piatols. while the other two were sawed-off fchot^un experts. Miller is alleged to have refused to return to Slngli. The latter Is now In the east. The sanity hearing of Russt'lt Scott, on tritil for the murdtr of Joseph Maurer, loop pliarmacist. lias been continued until ISept. 20. Scott was saved from th* gallows by order ot the Illinois Supreme Court. Thomas Rowley, known to police as "Wild West Gambler," was cap- tured after a chase by Policeman Rudolph Ziska. Rowley is wanted on a murder charge, brought In by a coroner's Jury aiter tb* death of Walter Clark. Mrs. Jean Pepiilveda w;»^ granted a divorce from Carl Sepnlveda. movie Blunt man and de^tble for prominent film actors, on the grounds of failure to provide. James L. Dundee, boxer, SCt'i .South Burlington avenue, was ar- rested on sti>;picii>n of robbery at Venice by Uetective Lieutenant." Brown and Jolin. Aocordiii;^ to a reiHirt by the police I)unthH> has been associatinLT with hij.-u kers ami is well tiuppiied witli money. Baptist and Presbyterian ministers have voiced their protest against the Dempsey-Tunnoy fi^lit <>n tlie grounds of "unnecessary bruialily." Traffic in the loop on the night ot tlie big flght wUl b* lUPIlt to aU but persons going to the VIsM. About two dozen persons arrested as bootleggers may have to be treed as a result of the mysterious disap- pearance of two cells full ot "evi- dence" at the Dea Plalnes street stPktfpll. None of the policemen ktfrat iwytbing about it. C. E. Beck, owner of the Rose, Pastime, and Castle theatres, has made a deal with "Tex Rickard, whereby the 'Tunney-Dempsey flght pictures will be sliown in his the- atres exclusively Friday, the day after the flsM.. AU thn* thsatres are in the HOn Slid PM* Isi 500 each. Sales of Col. Charles A. Und- bergh's book, "We," have reached 190,000 copies, according to an- nouncement from G. P. Putnam Sons, Ltd.. publishers. The firm's advertising manager, figuring Lind- bergh's royalty at 20 percent unof- ficially, estimated the CoL has re- ceived «U,OM. Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler, Inter- nationally famous pianiste who died In Chicago August 10, left an estate valued at $300,000. She left $1,000 to the Jewish Charities, $3,000 to the Zeisler musician's fund, and her iiu.sband, Zigmund, gets onc-lialf of the residue. The other halt Is left in trust for the benefit of her three sons. Dr. K B. and Paul B. Zeisler of Chicago and U B, Zeisler of New York.. • ■ .', . A truck load ot "evidence," seized by prohibition agents In a raid at 1638 Burlington street, was forcibly taken from the agents by a gant' of 12 armed hoodlums. The empty truck was later found with the in- sorlptiaM '^thutfi roar' «iwlk«« «pon Vt- __ Six policemen ot the Fillmore sta- tion were suspended by Chief Hughes. Tiio cops raided the home of Anton Lachman, 4343 Kinzie street. Upon arriving the officers said they found high-powered beer. The six are alleged to have shaken down Lachman for $350 graft. Three bandits held up Martin Jewell, night clerk at the Sher-Lak Hotel, but only got ISO for their trouble. They were after the re- ceipts of the Old King Cole restau- rant, owned by the hotel corpoia- tion. After a long argument, the bandits were convtSMd th* WKt» re- ceipts were not te th* Migllt datrp possession. 'The Ship," Cicero gambling Joint owned by "Scarface" Al Capone, WbK raided agaAi. £Ught patrol wagons were used to convey the 40 men ci4>tar*d in tb* raid, which was crnduciiKI Itjr O^tata Jam«s DPver- eux. " . At a meeting of the Desplalnes Camp Ground Aasoclation, Dr. John Thompson, pagtor of the Chicago Temple. toM htp audience that the church must compete with the pic ture houses for attendance, provid- ing amusement along with the church services. A 28-year-old rcd-hraded woman prohibition tipster Is the latest. Jean Ford, since droppfil from the gov- ernment's payroll. Is the temme. She is alleged to have conducted a wild party at the Curve Inn; on the out- skirts of Chicago, to "gather evi denoe." William Roman, the pro prietor, was held In bond of $1,000. Ills attorney, J. F. Bolton, remarked; "It Is only a matter ot one prohib ition agent serving drinks to an other." In an .address before the Chicago Bar Association, Illinois Supreme Court Justice Floyd E. Thompson said that refusal to obey a Lad law by a great number ot people who are normally law-abiding, does not mean a breakdown ot the Judicial system. He said it was sometimes a good Idea, as it brought the law before the eyes of the law makers, who could then take the law out of the statat* Domestic discord in tlie llome of Zenas K. Meeker, vocal teacher, was responsible for a suit for divorce tiled by Gretchen N. Meeker. In Su- perior' Court. Meeker earns tsnn n month, according to his wife. The couple were married In Ventura on May 10, 1927, and separated Sc * 4, last. Mrs. Meeker asks $200 a month alimony. Pauline Hampton, lii, l.eauty prize winner and picture arlress, made an unsuccessful attempt to eoniniii suicide by taking an ovenlose of sleeping powders because lier en- gagement to Chester Bennett, pic- ture director, had been broken off. The actress at first gave her name to police as Pauline Giles. She Is re<--overing. Karlyle Walton, theatrical di- rector,. waa.aiBt up for one year on (Ca at l Bu e d oa page 58) BILLS NEXT WEEK (Continued from page 41) Bdwin Oeorsa Thoniaa J Ry«n Marall i ailaar A Haley noanMpelltM 4 Battarr ta Bronx KINGSTON. N. T. KinKHton J<1 lialt (22-!E> Mahoncy * PauII l.aurlp & Scott I.fona Co (Two to (111) lANr.\STKH. PA. CoUwUI id half (:2-25) Jim Luoas Wllaon & Kcppel (Three to fltl) liOl'ISVILLK. KT. Katloaal td half (23-:s) Adler A' Dunbar Stepping Alonfc Hunter & Perrlval Gordon Kibbler (One to nil) let halt <2l-2a) S Uennett Broa Levan A Bollea Kelly Jackaon Co Harrlaon A Dakljk Blossom Hostll CP' id half <$•••> LOS ANGB^ Because "newspaper men were treated with discourtesy and be- cause certain photographers seemed t* be favored by tho committee," JJayorRulTn has Intimated Atl.antic City's beauty jiapeant will be ban died by a dlffer< nt committee nex year. The local cliamber of com- merce has always elected the com- wtee, with Armand T. Nichols as wotor-general. Henry Harrison sent on nniioiin''^- '"'"t to 14 {>ew York newsp ipi rs plating he wouU be married to Mary t-arolyn Davles, author, in the chapel of the Municipal building oept 13. But Mary exjiluined Hi^nry was Just a modern caveman and made that strategic move to rush aer Into marriage. She thinks he is • ale* boy, but Moved by the signs on the col- ^ ™,..i„ l«Klate fllTver la "Uoed .News/'Alex: dli» bound and gagg-id the couple In a statement to the press George W. Clff?-, proinnter of the Tunney-Dempsey tlKht for Hiokard. told reporters he was conducting the scrap solely to boost tbe civic sphrlt ot Chicago. Oemldino Ogle, 16, of St. Louis, and Mrs. Betty Burton, 19, ot Alton, Illinois were found sleeping on r til n. h at the Illinois Central R. R. station. The girls, who claim to be eliorus pirls. .s.-iid they left a vaude ,nit at I'ln.i, Illinois. Their total capital w.i^ $4. Lee Sini^-, railio pianist, snd his •wlf<> wer« gvri^.iiKly—lajurcul in an automobile accident. Sims was taken to the John H. Murphy hos- pital where physicians said his condition was critical. Police state the accident was unavoidable. Ernie TounR, producer, and his wife were held up In their apart ment at the Davis hotel. The ban Elsie Janls, stage actress, cur- rently here in '"Oh, Kay," at tlie Mayan, Is being sued In Municipal court for $319 for failure to pay a pajama bill. The case la set for trial iSept. M. . Paul F. Mahewey. •eatnetor, eoa- victed ovar'a y*ar ago af aian- slaughter In oonneetton Kflth tbe fatal I'asadena Bowl grandstand collapse during the Tournanient of Hoses in January, 1926, was exon- erated by Superior Judge Edward T. Bishop when he appeared tor a new trial hearing after having served over a year of a one-to-lu year sentence in San Quentin. Ma- honey was called for retrial on a state supreme court tPelPlPB fllW- tainlng bis appeal. Mrs. Helen Hobnan was granted a divorce in Suiierior court from William S. Holman, vice-president and treasurer of the Christie Stu- dios, following testimony heard by Judge Schauer in which Holman was accused of cruelty charges. A proiK-rty settlement v,iis effected. Holman was re('« ntly mixed up in an a.x-ident in wliicli K\el>n IO,it;an, picture extra, was injured so badly fiiie is marred tor life. The girl, who drove her car into a steam shovel on a dimly lighted street, mentioned Holmaa In a number of letters found on her alter the crash. I.aytOB a Map Haunted (Ttoes to atl) UOmKLL. MARS. Kelth-i Id lialf (2:-^^) Baa Carmen Fern A Maris Paco Canalno A J Any Family I.OU1H London Mathcwa &. IJyre H.\NCIIE8'R. N. U. r«l«e« id half (22-i5) Geo W Moore Marvin A- Rosers .t Wynn ( Beaaicairea (Two te PU) MKADTTIXB; TA. Park !,1 li.-.lf (22-25) Manlitin *"o Hunn K Weat Hay & Klona iTko to nil) MeKEESF'RT, PA. KKWnrROH. K.T. Proctor's 2d halt (i2-2G) Marko A Jerome Meinarest & Deland Hldnry Grant Cuckoo Cbaa Dlng'o N. IX)NDON. CT. Keith's td halt (2:-tS) I.dimyB (Others to (III) OTTAWA, CAN. CllfT Joltn«.ia ,1 * It l.il'.irl Il.trto A- Clark. Noel l.i'^lcr Sherldaa Sq. 2d half (22-:;) Wallace a Uar A A I. Barlow Uoran Kivea . Holt tVaIr Kummcra S (One to ail> rL.\TT8B'<l, W. T. Ptrsad id halt (2i-tl>. Oolton A Plitney POK'n.AKD. ME. Krilh'l 2.1 ii,iit (2: r.i) ItxiU'io Jli .Mai, y Frank ilushea Jinks A Ann lla>n)ond I'ika Mill . n \- Krant'la Ki;,l, 11 ,v li,.i-,iL;..o I'OKTNMUITU l.«roy 2.1 half (22-U) J.-i.k l.,-e fli,.r:;.,ii shiota.s l.'as,-> & Warri-n (Tivo to nil) POl'UIIKEKPSIE A«OB 2d h:ilf 123-26) Clllt & Itoil.llir Brook A Kuah Harrey Berea Ford Anderaoa A Pony Frivolity Kevue imoviDTB. a. L Cullen Landls, screen actor, prom- ised Assistant City Prosecutor Wil- li.nni Krowl th;it ho would be pood and ke.'i> up his alimony pioni' iils to lii.-i former wife, MtKnon l^e ilriin. pieture actress. Landis agreed to pay JliiO a month toward tlie sup- port ot his daughters, June, 9, and Verette, i.- He Is supposed to pay $350 a month. Landis recently married Loca Heame, former wife of icddie Bllton, picture easting agent. Vernon Hamilton, attoniey for Swan Sincli, young Hindu iiriii'<■, disclosed :i>.w developments in th'- Intter's P-^-.il row with Mrs. Kliz.i- beth C. T. Miller, his erstwhile !«i troness, when he announced hts de- parture for San Francisco to recover some $30,000 worth of gold-embroid- ered Oriental panels, which Airs. M halt <lS-23) a Sherin A Co Kan A Dnmk* Arcarrt nres Foley .* XaTenr (On* to atl) MONTRKLtt.. CAS. Mobile 2i1 half (22-2i) Sui'brn.s lln liaf'r .Marinn A Martin Jtidaon Colo Suite 1< BuMh Bros MT. TKKSOS. K.T. Practar'a td bait (12-ie) Billy Caaey Mack A Manns Bobby O'Nell BrcndatA Burt (One to All) NASHVI.K, TENS. Prlnceae Id half (22-20) T.' van a Tlollee Bloaaom Il.'ath Co Ma^'in A Ke'-l.-r Hlchard Vintour Oene Ore^n lat half (2e-2l) Ho l iaiPl a B t llia rd Paker a Wye < haney A rox v„< * Walters lioKi.n: y Tr MEWARK, v. t. Prsetor's id lialf (22-2t> R'.lnff North Il'iaacil A Krasi M half^it-it) Jansleys May A KlldulT Francis Readlnc Oenaro Co (One te Pll) PAnXBB'O, W.TA. Smoot 2.1 half (22-25) Kokln A OallettI Maaon A Keelar aenrpoM (Thtn* to All) PAgPAIC, M. g. New Montaak id half (2!-it> Seymour Sr Howard I'arker A Donalds'n Phllaon A Duncan (Two to nil) PATER80N, K. J. Resent id half (22-15) S Sallori May Uaher Scanlon A Rcanlon (Two to nil) PHITADELPRIA Brondway id halt (it-ii> Wilton A Webor B'way Whirl Laaalle HaaaonAM (Two to nil) tlroaa Keyn 2.1 half (22 26) i.nuth^rn ''o KlinxiT it.-v Hi,v.-n Mcyuarrl* (On.; to nil) Enrle (1») T.ane A Veronica Hope Vernon Roye A .Maye Cromwell Knoa A I'ryor Co White * TKrn'y Ilelln llaker » ;il.e Mauaa lOnu to nil) (inwd O. H. id half (22-25) Ja'k Conway UftK-H' Mi'llCll T<a',' Wflpy (Two to nil) SIlOB id half (22 25) Morley A Anger Chlncao Co Dwyer A Orma Ferry thf FroKman (One to nil) riTTSBimf.H, PA. Davis <tP> A A J Correlll Anderann Broa Frank Mrdlynn ItarKer A Wynna Mrm of Opera Erneat lllatt Sandy T.anK Co (20 It.:lioe t ItuI.vattB ll.ri. I..*, n ft Ilr-.w II Tom llriwerd Co Wilbur Mack Alma Kellson Trahan A Wallace Jack Kedinond llarria (1») Mldset Folllea Cuoiicr A CIKtoB id half (22-25) llnyea M A Hayea Keleo Broa (Threa to nil) 'bcadinc, pa. Baiah 2d half (22-25) Plplro Foley ft Maniino Treaauroland .Siiiitb & liarker L«meau A Vounp aidaiOMo. ta. 1*H* M halt (ll-lt) Psrialan Art- Minor A Root Ann Clifton. Sandy A Dooslas iMW A L«a BOCBMTKB, M.T. Tenspl* id half (22-25) PonKlnni'a 4;o (^ehan A Carrctsoc Racine A Ilay Echos of Slialn Creedon A Davis Flaahes of Art 1st half (2t-tl> Art Henry Mason Dixon Co T.unn a White Behoes of Spain s saiiora Tlub ^Anderson Co (One to nil) SOIIENKCTADT Proctor's Id ba|a (t2-25) Jimmy Cucaa Laddia A Garden Watson a Woods Pranklyn ArdeU Nell MeXInlay MOBWAix. or. Sands A Doons Wa>burn's Prom Tabor A Oreea Claude IleCarr (One to nil) i;«) Oils F.iwlir Hearst llroa Senna A Dean Carl Freed Oreh (Two to Oil) TRENTON. N. a. raplMI id half (22-11) Hartlnl Tr ArtI* Mehilncar Booney S Dell A O'DaU (One to nil) raoT. N. T, PrarlM's td bait (11-11) Billy Purl Honey Co l>a>riin & nanes llewKt X- Hall Great J.ihn..i.in Priniroae A Seannon TMOS riTT. MA rapltnl 2d half (ii-tl) Fultcaro I,an,-aa"r & l-eaflsfg Flanh.a (T«,i 1,1 1.11) tTK A. N. T. tinlefy id half . 2: 25) Wally Sharpies Howard A .Mack (Thraa to BID WAaaBN. a. Id halt (tt-M) Fields A Pink 1 Blosaoms (Three to ail) 8PaiN«FIRM>, O Palaeo id half (22-26) T)ennett 2 AraMan N'laht Gilbert A May Dccaro 2 A Timollcl Stan llUKhes BTRACrNR, N. T. Capital id half (22-26) Fred A Dalay Rial Heai^t Broa Gray Family Frank Farnura Anffer A Fair Colonial < l»t half (2<-il) I.unn * While ' Kt:li'H'n of Spain 3 ."-'alltira Hob An'Ieraon Co (Two to nil) 2d half (2«-» Art Henry Mason Dixon Co ((j;hera to till) TOLEDO, O. Keith's id half (22-25) Jim Jam Jems Ktlllwell A Fraser Harrison A Dakln Mr A Mrs N Pbll Johnny Iterkes Forbe's I'rout Rev lat half (2Cl;a) Onaelps of 1927 (Olhcra to All) 2d half (lt-1) T.ottio Athortott Pessy McKolcknIs Rostr Imhoff Co (Three t« SID ToaojTro, CA!r. UlppadrsBn (19) Rafaso Co td half <li-ll) Ttlue nrass 4 0 llunn.' I Lays Hazel Klaluft Gloria Devow (On* to ail) WASHTOlt, B. A Bsrin (IS) T. Faulkner Ce. Texas 4 Hit* Beflow Ce aek Mttrpby Hasotttra (25) Dublin 3 Sydtil & Spotty Minor A Root Wtmw Timb, Bar'd A Bas Panlia* KoMh's (IS) Xaryl Norman Trahan A Wallsee Chain A Arehar Countesa Sonla Jack Rrdmond Mary Marlowa 1 Ares Nellie A 8 KousS (25) Uoyd A Frlco Jack Donnelly 0s Willie Mauaa (OI)^*rs t«t W) PnlMw 2d half (12-16) Pita A Murphy Bra Wblley A ad Pora Caprlea Chasnola* Bohn A Bohti (One to nil) WILMINO'N, 14 halt (It-H) Powars I _ Bnknr* BainrOS 1m Darenp. Vent Sablnl (One to nil) WOONH'KET, U, Blion 14 halt (11-11) . Jo* Msrks Moran Sis Edltb SolilmaB , (Thraa to III) WOaCT-R, MASa. Palaeo td half (22-26) Groh A riano Co Jark Joyre Ann A Frank Co Billy flhone Prlnrees Wsbletha TONKEBD. N. Proctor'a td half (22-lf) Will Aubrey ailon Rich Dills 4 Fred I.,elshtner . (One to nil) TORK, PA. Tork U. H. (IS) Prlnrton A Yala yeatrrtho'iKhto Ashley A .^harp Stanley A Elea , Jamca l.«a TOVKoaTovni. Katth-Alkee td half (22-21) Goaslpa of 11127 (Others to nil) 1st half (24-11) Wally A Zells Ada Brown Brnest Hialt Mam of the Opssa Hoylo A Delia (One to nil) id half Ctt-U Julia Dyka Cahtll A Walls Toby Wilson Ce I'siil'-ls A Kamae Woo.Ilan.I Rev (One to ni') Myrtle, Brooklyn, Has Stock \aud.;villo la out at;aln ui the .Myitlf, lirooklyn, N. V, wit;i the liousc reverting to stock LuriesquOb Company Includes Ai Watson, An iark All, Bemte Ctarti, IMMIa .Miller, ray Normaa. Babe Iaiaslt% Helen echoeffer.