Variety (Nov 1927)

Wiftmfty. NoMubw ». 1M7 OUTDOORS VARIETY 17 fnrld Agocy Splits Up; Binies-Ctnllters Stick Worid AmuMMBt Co. Is ofllelia- \f dUliUliil Dac. 1. This BAme an- > ijouncement has hit the street eT«ry year, but im now poa-i-tive-ly. Tha World Co. eonalata of Alex glOAiM^ Thearle Duffleld Fire Works Co., P. M. and Mike Barnes, and Bd Caruthers, a strong contend- tr to tho Barnoa faotlen Ainone: kooklnga for the eastern atata faraa. It ts understood that Barnes and Camthera have taken offices in the Four Cobaaa BuIkUnr. When this waa reported aeveral weeka ago Caruthers remarked that he wouldn't allow Fred Bamea to splurge in bis Moal atyla. Tlia Now York office of the World Amusement will be abandoned. It's doubtful If Bamaa and Caruthers wm hav« M aaatani ottea. Bamaa Is known for his high pressure methods and royal anter- tainlBf; Caruthara uaea more auave waya and poUtiaa for tala buainaaa getting. Sloane will maintain his own of- flcaa ](>ooking his auto contests in- dapandantly, aa wan mi tha Tliaarle Duffiald Co. Negotiations opened some weeks ago for tha World to line up with a Naw Torit d«itdaor booking agency fen tkroiigb; VmM wara miles Honlage Bros. Snt Sctty by Higgnnn South Bend, Nov. 29. flattlement was made In United •latea District court hara of a suit brought by Samuel Griffin, receiver for Heritage Bros.' 10-car circus, against Jerry Muggivan, Para, Ind., om «f tha ownara of tha Anarican Circus Corp. It was stated In avidence that Heritage Bros.' Co., Burlington, N. C, had bought the aireaa an m ooBdltlanal aalaa ean- tract on whiah th«y bad pAid ateut $25,000. Tha ahow had toured tha United Statea and Canada and waa In Western Kansas when Muggivan, deciding that tha oparatora could not ftttUll their agraamant, raooyered poaaession, and shipped the prop- erty back to Peru. Mr. Muggivan atated that they were to pay |660 a week and ware a e v eral niantha be- hind in the paymenta. Heritage Broa. sued to racover the amount thay had paid In, less de- praelatloa. Fhra dajrb wara ooea- pied In the hearing of evidence be- fore Judga Thomas W. Slick, but the plalntilEa settled their claima for |S,iM!. Among the witnaaaaa wara Muggivan and J. D. Newman, of the American Circua Corp., and Walter North 111. Paik Pn^ect Rookford, 111.. Nov. 39. Tampa Qardana, Inc., recently organized by a group of Rock- ford residents, with $76,000 capital, la preparing to open an amuaement park, alght milaa north of here, May 30, which would draw from 260,000 northern Illinois and south- ern Wlaconain raaldanta. Tha tract covera iana Acru, rwtth 496 feet frontage along the north Second street road and 1,030 feet deep. John P. Barker, A. W. Burr, Mrs. Pearl Parkar and Paul R. Berg akn Incorporators of the project. Kroup. Every charaatar aaamed to ba rightly cast. Tha ouutanding plAyar la Arthur Sinclair who. too. is in charge of the company. In the role of Fluther he served out many a chvckla. He. like the others, used the wrong words, comparable to the aable players in our own "Porgy." Fluther lovad hla **derogatory" and used it for most any purpose. Sara Allgood is one of tha best among tha woman. Too fond of grog at times, she comes through in the pinch and is a victim of a Tommy's bullet. MaHa CNall. wid • owed Mrs. Gogan with a consump- tive daughter, makes her drab char- acter very likeable. She lOToa to dwell on the topic of death, but It is mure amusing than one would ex- pect. Sheila Richards as the young wife who loses her mind when her young husband Joins in the fight- ing also made an Impression, as did J. A. O'Rourke, playing an excitable old boy. Then there was Kathleen Drago aa tha acarlet woman in a pub, on for Juet one act, and Sydney Morgan, a type prone to argua only for the cauae of labor. "The Plough and tha Stara^ la the flag of the labor faction. They didn't Uka it In Dublin when tha rebellioua BOldlara carried it Into tha aaloon. Of the plays to be given thia one will probably ba liked best. That tha Irish Playera* aaaaon win ba actually profitable is not likaly but thia new invaaion la real theatre and maat faitareatlng. Like some English plays which have been brought over there can be no cut- ting and apaadlng. a handicap. But back stage might eliminate some of the intermission waiting. Over 20 minutea batwaan tha aacond and third act Ibaa. Motlrar'a Wedding Gown (YIDDISH) Melodrama In four acts. Wiltten by M*t Q»b«l and 8. Stelnbers. Produced an'l tupervlwd by If ax Gab«I. ata.rrlns Max Oabel. Co-starrlns Jennie Goldstein. Max Oabel's wife. At Max Qabel's People's the- atre. Max Gabel director and general SMB* acer. Not. 18. 92.20 top. BimoD Walleratela Max Osb«l Rom. his daaclMr Jennie Oeiaateln Dave OppenhelSi «... David Tanover Dr. Sol Btelmaa... David Popper Mrs. Modes.. Salcbo Schorr Mrs. Mem«rov..«««««««*«.....«MBM. Poaner Lila Rich. Miss Ptwraon Mme. Loeb dam HoalaeMn Max Oppenhelm Jaooa Hoehotetn Dlna Oppenheim. hia wife..Mary Wlloaaky B«na Oppenhelm France* Slncoff VJctor Bers Charlae ODhen Dr. Horowlta Samuel Stelnbers Mlaa Zlemaa Harriet AUinan Marsaret Anna Blum THE IRISH PLAYERS (Continued from page 50) to tha types and other things that axcite the Irish. Monday there waa a flock of cops around the front of the house and plain clothes men were scattered inside. In tha gallei'y were 125 men ' Who bougbt alngla tieketi and there • was a tip that trouble might start. Ho commotion, though during the eecond act the gallery did some hissing. The character of a woman of the ttreeta appeared to be the objection. The play has to do with the Irish rebellion that followed tha war. The author pictnrea how bia people will Ji^ht, be roused to bloodshed at the drop of the hat. drink their whisi^y consistently, argue and acrap among themselves. Through the play is the atmosphere of poverty, as au- thentic as the way his people patch up their little quarrels in a Jifty. Shd help each other in times of trouble. And the O'Casey knows. He came up from the depths, from digging ditches for an existence to the position of an amloaat play- wright. ^Por the average playgoer the Beriona portlona of the play will probably mean little, except the tragic conclusion. But the comedy is po certain that it must amus<. The company la an exceptional The Oabels are the sole and im- disputed dispensers of two bit melo- drama on the E^ast Side. In the past 50 years Max Qabel haa become synonymous with mellera. Gabel stands for tears—whenever the Yiddish housewife flnda Ufa unbear- ably happy »he buys baraalf ad- mission to a Gabel show with the inevitable understanding that aha will ba given ample axeaaa ta an- Jay a hearty cry. Hera, alao, ahe ia afforded the unique opportunity of waepiag to the accompaniment of music and In con^Miny with hundreds of other deeply affected ladlaa. The boxes looked like back alleys on waahday Friday night. That box scene couldn't have been more ef- fective If it had been staged. Every dame, and mostly dames filled those seats, had a clean, newly starched hanky In front of her face^ joyfully up .flying same to eyes and nose. The linen display stretched around in a complete, gapless circle. But. from reliable and authentic reports, this Is practically light fodder compared to the past efforts of the Gabels. Last year's produc- tion was so powerful that three women in the audience fainted dur- ing one performance. That' created a precedent and more faints fol- lowed. Three Irish cops, standing In the back for a look-in, broke down and wept like kids caupht stc^tog^BBLoa, on that memorable Even the stem Variety critic was I moved. Not on account of his own emotional reaction but becauae three ladies on either side, bodies wraokod by sobs and eyes from which tor- rents of water gushed in an un- .stemmed flow, discus5w?d their grief aloud. One even asked, nay in- sisted, that hC pass an opinion as to whether the Gabols were Justified in making cash customers bawl so hard that it actually hurt. Still, there Is no doubt that the East Siders want their drammer top heavy. In order to be effective it must be laid on with a shovel. And Max Gabel—author, producer, direc- tor, manager and star—knows how. What could be defined as the most yellow type of meller on the EJng- llsh-speaklng stage might be ac- cepted as a farce In thia neighbor- hood. With the.se objprts In view It can be underftood why Oabel created the monstrous, avaraclous lawyer, Oppenhelm, who kf-pt his son's wife in an insane asylum for five years so t hat h e ce uld a a a ul tb a man dage and marry tha boy to a girt of ^^ealth. His daoghteir apparently lost, Wallerstein, thr ni'jsirl:in, fropp mad. He is discovered on the docku In rags Ave years after bis daugh- ter's disapp* aranre and hrouKht to the attention of Dr. EJdelman, an old friend. H'.'ivy artin'^ry In the tliird art The old musician remembers noth- ing of bla paat Bla grimy Angara clutch at a mysterious bundle of rags w hich he preasea to his heart. In U he aaya be'baa hla little daugh- ter's tiny, bleeding heart. *1 fooled them," he murmurs with a pathetic leer, **tbey thought thay took her from me but here, In this little bag. I have hidden her heart All these years I have sheltirad It and It haa comforted me." That started the water works. Frances Sincoff and Victor Berg handle the comedy or risque part. This pair become aggravating in spots where, tor Instance, the man arguea with tba girl aa to whether they will have children. Then they oiiok up a scheme wherein the girl is to tell her uncle that she's been taken advantage of and about to become a mother of one or more children. They wouldn't recognize any other brand of comedy here, so it must be okay. Besides. It is com- paratively mild alongside of the other Tiddlah productiona. Gabel and Miss (Goldstein form an irresistible combination. The man- ner in which they can play upon the feeiinga aC thair avdSanoa Hi MMTk- able. The cast In aupport Is weak and probably Inexpensive. Keeping his running cost low and playing to ca- pacity Qabel ia operating profitably. In tha second act the curtain de- scends and film ia used to show the old musician ruahing to the dock in a taxi in an attempt to stop his daughter from sailing for Europe alone, under the delusion that her husband la almid MlK Novelty Ultad. Mori. WAUER OWNER OBITUARY HARIIY J. RIDINOt Harry J. Ridings, 69, for nine years western repreaentatlva of cleorge M. Cohan in Chicago, diod Sunday night at his home, 71 Grace street. Great Neck, Long laland, of stomach trouble. At tha time of his demise Mr. Ridinga waa oom- (Catimad flroBi dt) look about Naw Tork city ahd find it perhaps overcrowded with men, women and children, all of whom are happy and smiling, all of whom are hopeful, I determined many years ago that to truly represent people you must ba like them. So it is that to many I appeared a little bit different, because I tried to be like the people whom I had sought to represent, to be normal, as they were normal, to be as happy as they were happy, and to be as peaceful as thigr WWf naaoafuL (Applauae.) • The great difllculty and the great temptation that comea to man in publle lite la to ba bigger than the people that they represent, and it cannot be dona. Jui^ aa 1 believe that tha FHar* aught to give arery public official a dinner and tell him about himself, ia tha hope that he be more normal tha day after. Just so I believe that all public men should be prohibited from reading newspapers. Not because of the criticism that is leveled at them. That is constructive, that is help- tul. aa all criticism ia when it ia constructive, but the great danger in public life is for men to read in the newspapers a boost about them. And with the avwaga man, one compUmantary notice in a news- paper drives him mad to get an- other and geaeraUy apalla tha and of hla pubua Ufa. Friar Abbot ar.d Brother Friars, you have paid a eompl|;neat to- night that haa not mivatd. Toj have made one Individual in the City of New York quite happy. A majority of the aiz -mflaiaii will probably tomorrow before noon try to destroy the happiness that you have made tonight, but It haa baen so emphatic, it has been so pene- trating, that no matter what hap- pens tomorrow, no matter howso- ever unpleaaant it may grow, and It may, there will run through my mind the gentle observations of WiUle Collier (laughter). I will know there is a good deal to look forward to In "Bugs" Uacr's de- scription of civic pride (laughter), and I will raaort to that proeeas of ollmlnatlon aa prescrlbod by Dr. Hitchcock tonight (laughter). And then, of eourae, I eaniiat Vllia Eddie Cantor out of my mind while the "Follies" continue (laughter). I am yary grateful to thoaa who have come here, and this picture that I see before me tonight will be one that it will take more years perhaps than I shall live to efface from my memory. I thank you. (Loud applause.) Giving Credit Friar Abbot Cohan: L^idies and Gentlemen, before we proceed with the entertainment, I think it Is only fair to those who have done the actual work and have promoted thi.^^ dinner that we at least give them a vote of thanka. There are four young men who have worked night and day in making these arrange- ments, as ayerything seemed to bo put off until the eleventh hour, and it necessarily meant night and day work. We have to thank Mr. Fred Block, Mr. Joe l^iurie, Mr. I. H. Herk. ami the new Dean. Mr. William Morris, Jr., who is the son of a very won- d*'rful fellow. (Applause.) Kow, lad ies and ge ntlemen, if you will give your attention to this end of the hall we will listen to the bravest talent In New Tork. (Laugh- tor and applauso ) (Almost imm»'dlately afterward Friar Dean Morris m<'ntioned Wll- linm Degnon W♦'in^H•^g^r, Frinr Secretary, at sharing in all of UK- credit. With JYlar Abbfit Cohan re- vr> Tfully acknowledging hia over- sight.) My Darling Beloved Wife HELEN KENNEDY (Mra. Chas. A. Koatar) I d b i Hir. ». T. Paased away at Saturday, Nov. It. Her k>ving memory will live forever with Har haartbrofcen huirtttand ■ • CHAS. A. KOSTER pany manager of "Just FhB^iir'' at the Casino. New Tork. Mr. RMInga was a close fHwid of Cohan'a, thafr buidneaa connec- tions being severed only last Sep- tember when the Shuberts took over tha bofllcing eontrol of tha Four Cohans thaatra, Chioago, whieh Mr. Ridings managed for Cohan under the old name of the Cohan Grand Opa#a Ilovaa. Mr, Rtdliiga raaljned and came east to live. Mr. Ridinga waa bom In Boaton ALFRED GERRARD Died Navantibar 29, 1106 wMm ill* irtt thaatrioal aathrlty waa with Henry W. Savage. He was agent, then company manager and Anally general manager for fiavaga. Hla long aaaiNMillMl with Cohan then followed. Mrs. Ridinga and a four-year-old daughter aanrlye, alao a brother liv- ing in Byraense, N. T., where the body wag fast Mar*. t| dor . In- terment.' HELEN KENNEDY Helen Kennedy (Mra. Charles A. Koatar) M. pHHlk iawi, diad to Liberty, N. T.. Nov. 19, where she had gone for har health following DM Nov. 30, 1924 fVER MOURNED I. Llttla thaatra aarly thia fall with **RoaMaelii' Raiuid.'* Claire Alexander. 29, one of the early Mack Sennett batiiing beau- IM LOVING MKMORT QW Mr DtLT Father BORIS FRIDKIN Wbe Passed Away NeiK. Ulf Uo Frklkfai tSaa. died to Alhamhm. OaltfH Nov. 16. from doobla pneumonia. She waa tha firat winner of the annual Venice bathing girl pageant. Her husband. Richard Calltea, an auto dealer, and her parents, Mr. and Mra. Tbomaa Alexander of Culvar City, annrlm'' - ' ' "Jimmy" Reardon proprietor for years of the Corinthian Cafe, under tha Cortothiaa Theatre, Rochestar, M. Tn Mutual buHaa««a hanaa. dlad aC My i>Mrtr BORIS FRIDKIN Wko Passed Away Nev. If, IttC. OoM bat win never be forsottea hy ais lovlsa Wife and Davghtcr, Anna and Ailef^n Fridkin Nov. 19 after a short illness. "Jimmy" waa known to hundreds Louis Bernstein, for n&any years official timekeeper at Promoter Tommy 8lmpaaB*a boxtag shows to Oakland, and prominent California sportsman, died Nov. 2t. A wlla Md daughter survlva. ^ Mra. Liialla Liilwiwiid Moor% songwriter, whoaa **nhded Lovf Letters" was a l,MO.OOO-copy hit Ia BORlTraDKM Away Nev. If, itst. Wt* Mi link B. IblHurapkB several yeai» ggi^/Mi^lllt*':.it' ll' Maw Task. Qarfield Tarrant^ 45, barlt0B% dlad Ngr. ft Mi fbg ta]. Haw Toit. Paul Buseh, 71. founder and own- > ^ the Buach oircua, dlad Nav« ^'mmiim>m^l»i n\t ' ■■■ill'-/ a complete, hfahkdfiwn laat anmmer when playtog diMil to- VMinan, N. J. Miss Kennedy is survived by her Kennedy, A. Koster. Miss Kennedy last year appeared In ifaad(wrl»fe V ! m ii m ^_ fj^^.y * prima doiitoi'togaTiiMl/pradihi^i^^ DEAIUS ABROAD THIODORE WESTMAN Theodore Westman, 24-year-old actor, and author of "Solid Ivory," Card ^ ThatUu I •w\nh to tikk« thli mcanB of th<ini inr th«i m«mt>«ra of thi Na- tional Vaudeville Artlifta for their beautiful floral ofTarlnga In memory of my darllns wife HELEN KENNEDY produced on itroadway two seasons .if^o, died suddenly of pneumonia Nov. 82 in a K«w Tork hatai His last appaaraaca waa at the Partly llgv* :di», Leys Delteif, 70, well knoWE French engraver, died in Paris. Albert Amavlella, 80, poet (French), dlad at Maatpalllar. AuguaU Navalli, Itatti died In Florence, Italy. Lucien Lambeau, thor, died in Paris. Dario, 12, Juvenile clown, son oC M. Darlo, dlad to'^arlli^ . : WiUialm dahannnw, to, naiif^l author, died at Copeniiagett* Mme. Valle Velle. 45, Germda operetta singer, died in London. Mother of Louis Masson, oo« dbraotgr gf W Parla.' Larry Lawranaa has aayarad neotlnn with Bill Mock, Loew agent, to enter the Independent booking deld on hla OWK. Jimmy laWm fbnaa rly wHh Par* amount, haa joined the publicity ataflr of United Artists. He will have charge of preas booka. "Bathing Beauties." revue pro- duced by the Loew Circuit compris- ing winners of a contest held by the Loew Clrenlt, may play a faw mora dataa bafora foldliig vp. I ini i lAiA