Variety (Dec 1927)

: \ - ', ■ CENTS Publlahed We«kl7 at 114 We«t 4«th St.. N«fr Tortc. M. by Vurimty, ^e. AnnuaJ svbiicrlption. BlngU oopl**. tf o«ata. BntorM mm McoBd-olMs matter D«cemlMr It, IMS. at Om PoM Offlot at N«w York, N. maitor tli« »ot •£ Marek IIT*. VOL. LXXXDL No. 8 NEW YORK cm, WEDNESDAY, DECEHBER 7. 1IC7 64 PAGES ENGLAND MONEY |£VA LE GALUENNE^ aHOO'SUBS; AFTER lOOM FOR 25-35^ j^^ Star Could Have Had Salary of $1,200 Uptown— Prefers E>taWi>hmanl of Her iUpertmr Tkmf^ on 14A Street Civio Repertory Theatre Co.'s menbOTriiip $1 a head now totals 8,000 wltll Bva Le Oallienne's ven- ture now practically self-aupport- ln$ and but little endowment fr<tfn Cmo H.\KalHi, Garard Dahl or the original backers. Miss Le Qallienne who aspires to a 100,000 membership has visions of yf p er to ty at tl-M-M liwtead of the 11.05 now charged. The 14th St. bouse baa been grossing between 16,000 and $7,000. topping last sea- •OB'S totakaw It is known that the leading play- «r in the rep movement turned dowa ll.SOO a week from Sam Kar- tla aad Is said to be earning about one-sixth that amount In a move- ment to firmly establish the reper- tory theatre. As a result of her activity, rop activities throughout the oountry have Increased. The Chrle Rep Co. haa an oror* head of about |f«000 a week at tl|0 I4th St. theatre. DETECTIVE WILLI 'LOANED' Helping ftth Ave. Squad During Holida y ■ K wows His Broadway Detective Iklward Willi, one of the ablest sleuths on the staff of CaMla Vom Conkllng. commander of detectives of the West 68th street atatlon, was "borrowed" by the Vttttk Avenue Squad, for the Xmas holidays. Hardly a Xmas season goes by that Willi is not loaned to assist the FlXth Avenue detectives. He was transferred not lonr affo to the staff of Conkllng: because of his Wide knowledge of Broadway. WhenoTsr a "Broadway Butter- fly" is found murdered Willi has been assigned. He has studied con- ditions on the "big stem" and has It vast scouree of knowledge of the evil gentry that make Broadway and Its environs a stamping-ground. ^ "Willi has been the partner of |a*Big" Bill McConachie. He lives at 4S6S Varlo avenue, Bronx. WATCH FOR ART KAUN'S OPENING 7 New York's Newest 7 1 Theatre—1 Too Danbury, Conn.« Dec. I; Tho only thoatro hi ana Him of LHchfleid Id ta httHii a church. A deed filed with the town clerk records tho Mi of the Colony, picture^' : dPHMd h^r George Barber. , ^ Bef<wo taken over by tha movies the Colony grf'p'ntional church. PUBLIC BUYS FILM NEW NAMt ACCENT AND HAIRCUT (»T WES''GIRL FIUI JOBS Jean Williamt, of Syracuse, Beaut Winner, Figured k Qm WhUe Laid Up From Accidont-^Beeame RuMiaa While $25,000,000 Already In- wealed on Open Market Salea—^Another $2$,000». 000 Lookt^Certai Usuel •THE CITT' CAUTIOUS SUNPAY RADIO SHOW IN PENH AliOWED tfaude Bill Sent Through Air, With Non-Set-Ownert lih vttcd to Th ertri Vaudevlllo performande was given on Sunday night, I>ec. 4, In the State of Pennsylvania through une of radio as an excuse for covering It up. This Is believed to be the flrst occasion of such aa event. Celebrating the flrst anniversary of the Pergola, Fox house in Allen- town. Pa... a radio program was broadcast over Station WCAM. No- tice was sent to the residents of the town that all those not possessed (Continued on page 63) Fords far Lobbiet Several th»\itre mann^fers arotind New York tried to procure a new Ford as a lobby display* on and about Friday when the dls<do«ttre of Henry's newest occurred. It was believed with the remark- sble publicity campaign the car re- ceived. It would equal anything of last week's end as a draw. No car could be secured. STEAM KEAT FOR GIBAFFES French Lick, Ind., Dec. A steam heated "apartment** has been set up for the giraffes in win- ter quarters with tho John Robin- son Circus. Ko objection from remainder of tha mtnictrto ta recnUur quarton. Ixmdoa, Not. 27. In the Isst few weeks evei* $25,* 000,000 hss been subscribed by the British publie for British film pro- duotioM. la tho next few «voofcs probably aalhar HM H yWi iHH hs put up. For there are flotations pending, preparing, and Keping. eomo-k^SIIko Britioh IntemstionsI Pictures, Ltd., over-subseribsd sbout sight times before noon on the day of issue—^ are sound invootmonig hsiaiigi they havo concrete assets la pM otliilt and existing-profits. Others are reaoonahlo opooula- tions, but somel There Is a striking lack of orig- inality being shown la tho choice of names. Almost every one Is a - British" something. It may not,be aa asset whea It oomoa-ta market- ing abroad. la-MMlgoholoadteameo the American companies seem to steer clear of anything obviously national. ^ w Tako thorn In" orior 9i tmim: Gaumont-Brltlsh, British Instruc- tlonptl. British International, ^rlt- (C^patlnufdr on mt Zl Pittc TryoiU for Amatewr Piayen St. Louis, Dec. 6. Following the successful perform- ance of "Outward Bound" at the Artists* Oolld, the nowly organised Players Guiyi will start work at once on three one-act plays Which will be put on during the Week of Dec. 19, a traditionally bad week in the »how business. Only two of the plays have so far been selected. These will be Shaw's "Overruled" and ''Behind the Beyond,** by Stephen Loacock. I'uhllc tryouts for roles, which all budding actors and actresses in the city are aokod to atttttd, aro botng held. Lpiuisy Dancing The danoe trend la N4 now apes Chieaga In Its slow rhythms, smooth and laxy, giving the melody fox- trots full play. Vho alHMiMw of tha tunes has done much to en- courage the retarded tempos; also popular song hits which are lodious. BIBLE IS BETWEEN THE PROS AND CONS Couple of Societies Fighting Qm It—Prefer Fighting Thereto some competition for the Oideons called the Anti-Bible Soci- ety. A gent namid W. H. Bryoh Is secretary of the society. He d o e sn't Uke Bibles. • ■ ■ ' - r '^r"*' ". 00'Mlii fellowJlryan and A. B. T. Moore, secretary of the Gideons, are arguing it out with letters. Moore writes to 9ryan, and Bryan to Mooro, and out at flrst bade. TlMro*g no kick in it Bryan is sending copies of the letters to the papers, but it looks like there won't bo much done about it. They need a "name." Bryan says his society Is going to kick the Bibles out Of hotels and dregfrihg rDonia He says It lg a (Continued on page ft) Numb or Dumb? Ogden, Utah. Doc Tho Clvle Repertory ttioatro'o production of **The Cradle Song" played here to an audience larger than \isually greets plays of Its character. It dovc loned that a sreat many of the theatregoers expected to see a musical comedy. They thought the group of nuns on tho stage at the opening wan m« relv the chorus and they waited for the principals to appear. HowoTor, Joe OOSS, local mana- ger» «Ud ho didn't get a kick. Jjom Angeles, Dec. ▲ foraMT Btagfaid •PsUlo^ ski found out the only way to win her way into pictures was to change her name, assume a foreign accent and get aa ageat to pat her a9«r» IMg was done by Jean Williams. 21, of Syracuse, N. Y.. who came to Holly- wood six months ago after two sea- sons in the aSolgCold show. * Miss Willlamfl got Into the ' Fpl- lles" by winning a bathUig beauty eontoot In Byraouse.. When ar- riving here she found that the name meant nothing. All she could do was get work from the Central Casting Offlee. a day now and than. She was here about a month when hurt In an automobile accident which put her in a hospital for live weeks. With nothinff to do but recoup, the young lady's mind began to • function. Her decision was that when she did oomo out oho wtald change her name and assume an ac- cent She figured Russian would be best so she got hold of a lot of books on HiiRslan history and found a name that appealed to her, Sonia Karlov, and took it. Miss Williams ^ then d^dod hor appearaneo mt»t be exotic, and a haircut did thia. Then, of course, she had to have her antecedenU. She told that her«. father was Rnoslaa and hor mothir Swedish. After that she had to get a Job as a featured play#»r, and ran across FVllx Toung, sgent. Over at tho Deicnio Idt, they wort (Continued on page ft) Congress mi Monetoae Washington, Dec. t. Fox recorded the openlnp of Con- gress yr-Hterday on the Movl*'tone. This is said to be the nrHt record- ing of such nature to have been made. Jack Connolly, making the tie- ups abroad for Fox. niade the ar- rangements hor# with Speaker Ix>ngworth and other admlalstra* tion leofiprs. BROOKS THL" t)--'^f Vf)u GO BY J COSTUMES • 43 7 ftWAY fJV TEL^SeO PtNH sssmSMjk9 a/)oo cetTVMM lo simt)