Variety (Sep 1927)

VARIETY Wednesday, September 28, 1927 ST. JOHN, N. B. By WILLIAM J. McNULTY Til.' Community. Willi a picture policy Dnly. has been opened ns a netshhoi liDod house in wM.it was rorini'ilv tlie town of CatUtim. N. H., iimv a part of St. .luiin. The scale Is 25 cents for two ninhtly performances and 15 cents after- noons. This house repl.iees the KmpresR, which was destroyed by Are. The Community Is one of the halls lir a newly recumtructed nunlclpal bttiMlac* The Queen Squara, pictures. St. John, N. U.. was reopened after belniT closed for a week. Efforts to cIo.MR this house by authorities have failed, as the local m.Tvor has stated the theatre Is the safest In town. A demand by the bulldlnt; Inspector that a numhor of seats he removed was refused by Fred Selby, •adiibltor. The Opera House In St. John, an «tf-and-on pletttrs house for two years, which has been dark since last spring, will be reopened Oct. 3 by F. .1. Carroll, with a dramatic Stock company. A eroup which re- Oently closed a summer sto6k en- Sacement at the Bijou In Rancror. lie., win open Intact In St. John. TOLEDO By HALPH HeiNEN Empire — " Mildred Cozierre "- JM. n. A.). Keith's—Vaudeville-pictures. Rlyoll—Vaudeville-pictures. Panthaen—"Lile of Riley." ^inaaaa—"The Way of All Flesh. • Vitttsmpla—"WlMH »ICtin Iioves" ICovletone - VltaphonC Lsew's Valentin* —"Bi* Varade" 9d week. Palace—"Metropolis." I.,eonard CJrotte, the new ninn.Tper ©f Loew's Valentine, surcceUa John lIoManus. who has .bean MUBMd ■lanager of lioew'a In Twoiitd, Ruth Wales Melody Man. reor- itanlzed dance band, opemd the Sea- son at Vollmar's Park. The Rhythm CaTalters are playing M Indeflntto engaAemMt at Madl- •OB Gardens. Bohhy Savaffe. Mary Stanley PepTKy fircer and Dorothy Wolf? are featured at the newly reopened Oreen Mill Oard(m wUh Xmt Wat- ttman's oriohtMw. Harry ("Cas") Lewis has re- tained Kddle Davis and Kntertain- •rs at the Edgewater Inn. Ray Bradley and orch<stra have •iBned for a tone *nsag«mant at the Palmetto. BRONX, N. Y. C. A. Bloon, tormarly at the Bronx Plasa for Chulaa Ooldreyer, now ■lanagint Barriif Wast Bnd theatre. Joe Davis haa succeeded M. ilald- Bts as manacer of ths Tremont. Mme. Malytna Lobe] has been en- kased by Nathan QoUlberE and Ja- cob Jacobs under a full-season con- toaet for their TiMMi ttoek nt the Prospect, IjOuIh theatre does not until •fter Jewish holidays. TAYIOR'SSPECIAL FaU Slic Frofeisional Wardrobe IinajK $50.00 Uberai aMsaaMS sa year eU WMta iHa Msw Cataloase QUALITY, trSVICI Ua<«r Muamant tl*M MM TAYUIR'S 1X7 mentmAtm, M B. ■saislili Bt. MBIT VOiMK OBWAOO HARTFORD, CONN. Capitol—"Metropo1is"-vaude, Strand— 'Til? Parade," "Drop Kiik." Majestic—"MaRic rianie." Palace—•■rnilerwmlil." 'I'ii enien. Save My Child." Princess — "ll.uM - Uoilod Hag- gerty.■ State—"Beverly oC (Jrauatark." Allyn—"The Blood Ship." Julius NtiRsnian Is now leader of the Strand orchestra. TLiz-tford now has a nisht club In f'luh ANVtrtliy Mills i-unnlnt? daily except Sunday. Worthy Hills, pro- prietor, bruailcasts twice each week. He has hooked for the next few weeks Kaye and lloche. "Honey" Post and Goodie Galloway. The Hartford Symphonic Orches- tra'bpena its winter season shortly with Harry Chlseic, II, concert master. I^eonard Cline. playwright and author, sentenced to jail In Rock- vllle. Conn., for one ye.ir on a charge of manslaughter, will devote his time while In prison to writing five novels. A course in dramatics is being of- fered students at tha Hartford high schools. Julie Wlntz and orchestra are fea- tured at the Bond Hotel here. ROCHESTER, N. Y. By H. O. tANDKRSON Lyceum—"Old Ironsides.-* P i ec ad i 11 y —"The Woman on Trial." Regent—"Breakfast rit Sunrise." Eastman—"Hfii -11 ur." Fay's — "What Happenod to Father"-vau(le. Temple—Vaude. Gayety — "Foolin' Around" (Co- lumMn). Corinthian—'Trivolltlcs of 19iS ' (Mutual). The Lyceum held over "Old Iron- sides." and "The Cocoanuts" (Marx lirotliers) has been put off until next week. The Eastman has "Ben-Hur" at popular prices this week. The film played the I,>'ceum about a yejir ago as a road show. "The Blnr Parade" comes week Oct. 2. This tllm has played the Lyceum twice. The Piccadilly, redecorated, with a new stage setting and a second box offlce, celebrates Its llth anni- versary with two films, "The Woman on Trial" (Tola Negri) and "Alias the Deacon." while J. Gordon Baldwin and lIuKh Dodge will offer an orean and piano novelty. C. Sharpe Minor, organist-enter- tainer at the Lafayette theatre In Buffalo the past year, will be at the console In the new Rochester thea- tre, which opens late In October. Tha Lyric theatre safe enwkad last week with a KM was loss. ATLANTIC CITY By viNCE Mcknight Apollo—"Yes, Yes, Yvette." Stanley—"I-onesoitie Ijadies.* Virginia— Moon of Israel." Earl a—"Quicksands"-vaude. Colonial—' I'rinco of HeaJwaiters. Strand—"The Missing Link." Capitol—"Tillie the Toller." City Square—"The Secret Studio." Savoy—"Desires of Itas." SYRACUSE, N. Y. By CHESTER B. BAHN Wieting—"Be Happy" (Columbia), last h.iir "Night Hawk." B. F. Keith's—Vaudeville and pii - tun^<. Temple—\'audcvlll6 and pit tures Savoy—"Red I'epper"; last hall "Sli|>pc^- I'avei.ients" (sto<-k hur- lesi|Ue).w Crescent — Pictures and vaude- ville (Ind.). Strand—"Cnmillo" and Vltaphone. Empire—"Twelve Miles Out." Eckel—"Swim, Qirl, Bwlm." Rivoli—"On Ze Boutovard" and "The Fighting Hombra." Syracuse—"The Midnisht Kiss" and "Whispering Wires." Regent— See You In Jail." Harvard "Si>eclul Delivery." Palace—"Too Many Crooks." Swan—"liough House Rosie." The Syracuse Symphony opens its third season, dliMtton Vladimir Shavttch, Oct 8 in Keith's theatre. Pep Bernard and Orchestra, Syra- cuse jazz band filling dance hall and night club engagements, la re- ceiving .1 vaudeville tryouL thlii week ut the Temple here. Date Curtis, who staces the stock burlesque at the Savoy, rehearses his troupe after the last night show, working from 11 p. m. until about 3 a. m. The Savoy operates on e grind policy, opening at 1 and run- ning until 11 p. m. The bill is ch.anged twice weekly, two shows l>eing actually In preparation whll-^ a third Is being played. The United States Marine Band is booked hero for Oct t at the Armory. Removing one of the principal obstacles to a two weeks' New YorK State l'"air next year, the Syracuse Central Trades and Labor Assfembly has gone on record In favor of statr legisl.atlve a<-tion changing the pres- ent law which makes it Illegal for the fair to run on Labor Day. Th, local unionists, in return, ask that they be permitted to assume full charge of the fair's program for Labor Day. Binghamton's newest theatre, the Ca|)itol. owned by Frank Stente. and under lease to the Binghamton The- atre Co., headed by M. E3. Comer- ford of Scranton, opened Sept. 2l' with vaudeville and pictures. The house win be under the active man- agement of Ned Comblte and David Cohen, Binghamton, Tho Capitol changes bills twice weekly, playing live acta with films. Herbert Voges. Cleveland. O., is the organist. The house plans to Install Vltaphone. DALLAS By RUDOLPH DONAT Palace—"Shanghai Bound." Majestic—"I'atd to Love." Old Mill— l.<jsl at tho Front." Capitol—"The Lone l-:;igle." Pantages—"Naughty .Nanette." Palace—Lou Forbes and orchestra with ".Montmartre," Majestic—Bngdon and Uorrisey unit show. Pawtaiaa—Bud Morgan and Co. Booking director Hob O'Donnell. of Interstate's Majestic here, found himself In deep water last week when his stage force walked as a result of disagrcnnent concerning salaries. Ite dratted the whole office force of tho headquarters and or- ganized what he railed tha "Inde- pendent Wonder Workers." Melklejohn & Dunn, dramatic stock promoters of Los Angeles, who have leased the Cirola here, Dallas' stock playhouse, annoimced Oct, 1 for their opening data. The company will be known aa the "Circle Players," at 76 cents. Blanchard McKee has assumed his duties as general manager. Ttie State Fair of Texas opens Oct 8 and will continue until Oct. 23, 16 daya. It is Texas' greatest annual show event, and is visited by more than a million and half people from every part of the south- west Last season was poor as re- sult of the terriflo crop failures. OMAHA, NEB. By ARCHIE J. BALEY Brandeis—"If I Was Rich" (Clem- ent-Walsh t»layers). Riviera (Publix)—"Young Amer- ica" and "The Stolen Bride." World (Pantages)—"Mothm-" and va ude. Sun—"The Big Parade." Gayety—"Night Lite In Paris" (Mutual). Moon—Joo Marion Playera and pictures. Al Evans, head of Riviera stage shows, has signed a new contract with Fubllx. His first contract called for ten weeks. As a result of big Sun has held over "Th. another week. business the lii^. Parade" Vera Oodetl is the new organist at the Rialto (Publis). 8h« (or- tncrly played the Broadway, Council Bluffs, la. "What Price Glory" closed after two weeks at the Bckel Friday giving way to "Swim, Girl, Swim." Fox picture which had grossed $13,- 000 the flrst week, drew 88,000 the second. It was tho first picture to be held of er for a second week in a local first-run house sine* "Way Down Etost" at the Strand. Larry F. Warrell Is now treasurer of tho Apollo. William Hammond has returned to the Garrlck box onice, PhiladelpiTia. Julius Free- man succeeds Warrell as assistant treasurer. The Steel Pier closed its season Sunday with t^o concerts by the United States Marine Band. The Garden IMcr will feature dancing four nights .a week. J-I'.litie McKnlght opened Saturday with his orchestra, coming from a summer engagement at Virginia Beach. STRICTLY UNION MADE L Hartmann, Oihkoih ft Mendel Tronki ■ ALL MODELS—ALL SIZ ES ON HAND AT tmmAfVt KIDVCUI FUVU ALSO 1,000 USKO TRUNKS OP EVERY DESCRimON WM DO KBPAnilNa. WBITK FOR CATAIX>a. SAMUEL NATHANS, Inc. BM Seventh Avenue, between 40th and 41st Streets. New York Citv ■ou Aammrn von e a m mtrnvani ran maui lyocal Rialto Is convinced that not only have times changed, hut col- lege students with them. In other years students at Syracuse Univer- sity have been a collective thorn In the flesh of local exhibitors, with the boya quite likely to take pos- 8es.-!lon of a house it tho spirit so moved. Naturally it was » oostly business for the managers. This year the Harrisons, operating the Empire, tried an experiment. They invited the entire freshman class, and sophs to boot, to the the- atre Thursday, turning over the house to them for the evening screenings of "The Heart of Mary- land.*' The party was aa ortlnrely as a West Point drill. So Harrisons propose to make it an annual affair. Ithaca at present la witnessing a battle between rival professional dancing schools. Three are in the field this fall, and prlos cutting is tha order of ths dajr. Albert P. Kaufman, local Schine district manager, pulled a new <»nc here this week, when he sent New Year greetings to every Jewish family—over 3,000—in Syracuse. LOS ANGELES (OoBttnnod from page 88) man was granted a divorce from Frederick Aloysius Zimmerman, drummer in an orchestra. Wife said her mate didn't speak to her for four months. In a raid on the Lighthouse Tav- ern, Twenty-thiixl street and liay- niond avenue, Signal Hill. W. E. Kobertson, prot)rietor: Rose Webb, cook, and Kddie Hrown, waiter, were taken Into custody. William R. Burke, 26 actor, C020 Carlton Way, Hollywood, was ar- rested on a charge of liquor pos- session In violation of tho Wrtght I^eonard Keel, full-blooded Chick- asaw Indian, accused of murdering Reuben Brlce for the affections of Tootsle Simpson, cabaret entertain- er, was held for trial in superior court by Municipal Judge Balrd. Tlie flghh over the girl took place Si'pt. 4 on the front porch o( a pri- vate home. OAKLAND, CAL. By WOOD SOANES Marjorle Rambeau goes from here to the Columbia, San Francisco, di- rection of Ralph Plncus, for n. period starting October 3. The Fulton sea - son here starts October 2 with "The Last of Mrs. Cheynex»" featuring Ruth Rcnlck and OeOrge Barne.< Charles Carroll remains house manager at the American with Ward C'asady as assistant and Jack Qault press agent. The house Is now uart of the West roast Theatres chain. .\t the T. \>. Casady w.ts repl.-iced by l>oniiuic Isahella. He Is the sec- ond man to icavo the Orpheuin serv- ice for the West Coast. A few weeks ago I'hil I'hiUlps. press agent, changed to the T. & D. here. Horace lleidt, orchestra leader, American, was moved to the Campus in Ber- keley and replaced toy John Coletti Al Lyons remaina at tha T. * II. 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Bernlce Lewis, picture actress, nied wa^e claim for $85 against the Asfloclated Independent Producers, picture concern. She also claimed she paid $460 for stock on promise of ft part In a film. HuJnlph Sc'liildkr;ivit appeared In frdeial court to rcrcho hl.s Anal Aiiu'iican cltizonsliij) jiuperH. Srbild- kraut, natiw of Au.striii, maintained his citizenship in Vienna durin? his frequent tours of the United States. He cams to California about three years ago. AFrs. Miriam Lloyd Wright, re- cently divorced from Frank Lloyd Wright, Chicago architect. Is on tlie coa$t asplrlnj? to break Into pictures, it Is said. iShe was former- ly on the legit stage and is known to be a sculptress. Johnnie Drayer. luinhand of I'Uhel Drayer, known on the screen ns Ethel Hall, and who was drowned< In Merced river while working In a Fox picture, was awarded $1,242 in- Kurance when he contended he was partially dependent on his wife. The Industrial Insurance commission order ed the insurance company to pay: i--^ Mrs. J. Etliel Stary. nlilow of C. K. Stacy, who recently died from blowing a trombone In the Longr Beach municipal hank, was dven a death beneftt of fS.ISO by the city of iMng Beach.' Th* raUns WM by tho Htate Induttrtal AeeMmt ooai- McDermott Lar.ttft ICcBlsa Aubrey Ifmck * Earl Mack Neal. Mailer Jack Marahall O.orc* Millar rr.4 J Mill. Tom Morton Dorothy Munk Otto N.iacke Cha. T. Newman W II Norman Karyl Norton Lottl. Oat.nnan Jack Pan Aaa* ■ Padlarial •» Pappaa Tern Powara Ollle PnaiAr R Pymm FAB Randall Fred UPed & Iiucy Hhpa Mils Rlnaldo J Robbln. IXrIcht Robertson Ouy RoblnTOn Charll. Roffars A Ktnv Rom. * Duna Rosemont*. 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