Variety (Apr 1928)

36 VARIBiTY V A U D E V I L L E Wednesday, April 18, 1928 FAULTY DIVING TANK Three Accidents in "Diving Venus" Turn at Los Angeles i.os Angeles, April 17, . Thevf w((VQ three casuaUios while the ".Diving Venus" idea waa ■ at tioew'fs Siute hei-e las.f weok. . • • Tli> ta.nl< used in the act was built at a luoal studio and It was not large enough for the ^safety • of the divers and svy'immers. The fir.st to be injured Avas Wayne 3radfciri'.! who sustained a two- Inch ea>-li in his foot caused by a protruding- bolt. Then Jimmie Faw- cett hit a side of the tank in a dive and strained his thumb, while Helen McCabf almost jolted out her In- eldes whon . she hit the water in a dive and had to retire from the act. Sophie Tucker on Water . Sophie Tucker sailed last mid- night (Tuesday) on the Aqultanifi, changliig her sailing date for Lon- don from April 21, THOSK VJ211SAT1M0 I).\NCK11S MURIEL AND FISHER ForentoHt Exponents of tlie Bowery Dance—Feuturea In 'l»arl9liin Frollcs'^^- HARRIET HARBAUGH COIVIEDIENNE AppcorlnK a0 "MAMA" HI Sol Gould's Act. "SPAIN" K. & A. HOUSES EXCIXSIVEI.T MARRIAGES Harry Danforth, agent, to Connie Campbell, April 11. In Chicago. Mrs. Danforth is the daughter of her husband's former partner. Norman Piillatt, dancer and vo- calist, and Guy Voyer, vaudc pro- ducer, at Rochester, N. Y., April 10,. by Rev; Andrew Gillies. Tom Rooney (Earl Carroll ofHce) to Daisy Ford, in >iew York Apftl 12. Miss Ford was with the Guy Voyer vaude act. Guy "Voyer to Norma Pallat, at Rochester, April 10. Miss Palla.t Is leading woman In the Voyer vaude act. Elizabeth Allen to Robert Mont- gomery, April 14 at City Hall. New York. The bride is with "Broad- way" Go,, Newark. The groom is also on the stage. Carmen Fay DeKuc, actress, to Harold A. iJlOrgo (non-pvofes.sion.al) at Eagle Rock, Cal,, April 14.. Bride is daughter of Eugene DeRue, film director. ' Ray Logan, treasurer of the Our- ran, San Franclsqo, to Lauretta Bai-ry (non-professiQnjal), in that city. April 12. NATTOVA HEADING UNIT NatacharNattova will head "The Moth and the-Flame" unit for Pub- lix opening May 25. John Murray Anderson is producing. . The title is derived from Miss Nattova's dance creation of that character, she objecting to being identified with the one dance idea, but overruled by Publix. : ' SONGS AND DANCES P EARL J W I N S . Jpiuylu; West Coast Tlieatrea inth Xluinks to Fanchon and . Marco MIX AT HIP Tom Mix and his horse, Tony, make their first New York appear- ance on their present K-A-O toiir the week May 21 at the Hippodrome. This date precedes Mix's date at the E. F. Albee, Brooklyn. Mclntyre-Heath for Shubert Mclntyre and Heath were signed to a Shubert contract this week. The minstrel comics , will be as- signed to one of the now Shubert shows. 4 Men Meet Death From Burns in Car Crash Edward Civerly, 26, flyman, at Keith's theatre, WTiite Plains, died last week in White Plains, N, Y., hospital of burns received in an auto accident on the Tarrytown road April 2. Two other men, ^ohn MdConnell and George McConkey, said to be members of the same theatre crew, also lost their lives In the same ac- cid«Snt. The L A. headquarters, New York, has no names like theirs on the "Westchester County local (3^0) roster which coyera White. Plains. A fourth member of the party, James Brady, lunchroom proprietor in.Elmsford (suburban) was burned alive <at the time. . i'he men were riding in a two- door Ford sedan on the Tarrytown road hieaded for White Plains. In turning aside to avoid a collision with another car, the.men crashed into a temporary gas main, placed .there during road construction., The impact broke\the cap of a .12-inch gas main. Illuminating gas/poured fourth and was ignited by a spark from the motor's /exhaust. McConhell and McConkey in the front seat jumped to . safiety and made heroic efforts to extricate the other two in the rear sejit. .. Caverly was carried put and rushed to the hospital but Brady;was burned al- most beyond recognition, Publix Grabs Pepita And Moss and Fiye Los Angeles, April 17. Pepito, musical clown who finish <es his e-igagement at Grauman's Chinese next week, will take up a Puhllx route of 82. weeks imme- diately. Early in June, Moss and Prye win begin a similar length tour for this circuit. Both bookings made through the local William Morris agency. ... ILL AND INJURED Leon Leonidoff, assistant produc- tion director at the Boxy, is back on the Job after a month's Illness. William, (Bill) McCarthy, stage manager with. Fanchon and Marco units, taken to O'Connor -Hospital, San Jose, CaL, with Internal hem^ orrhages. Condition is hot critical. Rufus Freillng, sta.ge doorman, at the Granada, San Francisco., is in University Hospital for bbseryatlon concerning stomach ailmients. Eddie Brandstatter, proprietor of the Montmartre cafe in Hollywood, Cal., is in the Hollywood Hospital .suffering fi-orh a damaged skuir fol- lowing an automobile accident. Edith Spencer Is quite 111 at the Hotel Trfenla, Chicago. She is the vaudeville partner of Lottie Gee. Wells Hawks, convalescing from a long fllpess, continues to show improvement. He went upstate (N, Y.) last week to remain In- definitelyi Ferne Sns'dor, chorus girl in Put)llx*3 "Hands Up" unit, which recently played the Seattle . (Ore.) theatre, fell from the stage plat- form Into the orchestra pit. She seriously sprained her leg and was sent to her home in Los Angeles. She was replaced In Portland by a girl, from a. local dancing studio. Johnny Biii-ns, vaudeville, Is in the American .Hospital; Chicago, with pneumonia and inflammatory rheu- matism: Neil Klngsley, after a severe IH- riess, Is out. Art Henry has had to take time out to have some sinus and- appen- dicitis trouble looked after by the docs. The Encopia troupe dropped out of the Rlngling-Bamum circus at Madison .Square Garden, New York, la^t week because of Illness of several of its members. The troupe will return when the ill members have recovered. Write to ill and injut^-ed Seattle, April 17. Leas than l{40'0 gross was realized Friday by the N. V. A. midnight benefit show at the' Orpheum. None of the other theatres In toAvn giave any attention to the affair, though not objecting to acts appearing. About half the turns announced a,ppeared. In the'middle, of the per- forirtance Eddie Peabody, acting as m. c., pleaded illness and retired, first cailintj Leo Carrlllo from the audience to officiate. Tickets were |1 top. Marcus Loew General &Kecutiue Offices LOEW BUILDING AN 160 WEST 46™ST* BRVANT-9850-NEW VORK CITY J. H. GENERAL MANAOEB MARVIN H. SCHENCK npOEING UANAGEB CHICAGO OFTICB 600 WOODS THEATRE B'ID'G JOHNNY JONES IN CBABGE BIRTHS Mi", and Mrs. Paul Sloane, April 7, at Hollywood (Cal.) Hospital, son. Father is film director, recently with Pathe-DeMIlle. Mr. and M;rs.' PhU Ryan, April 7, at Hollywood (Cal.) , Hospital, son. Father is general manager of Met- ropolitan studios for Pathe. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. (Johnny) Johnstone, daughter. In Brooklyn ■Hospital, April 11.. Father is man- ager of public relations department of National Broadcasting Co. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Kramer, April 10, in Detroit, son. The father owns the Kramer theatre. Mr. and Mrs. Jack R. Spicer, at Wilkes-Barre, Pa., April 4; son. Parents, both professionals, are at present conductingr a school at Wilkes-Barre. Mr. and Mrs. Mfirty Joyce, at their home, 175 Central avenue, Leonla. N. J.. April 13, son. Father is In vaudeville; mother professionally known as M. Flora Joyce, theatrical manager and producer. Pan Out of Ogden Ogden, Utah, April 17. Through the. sale of the Orpheum theatre property to local interests, Pantages vaude there will discon- tinue after this week. Notice has been given the or- chestra. ■ An unannounced option was given on the property at $125,000, with the sale just made , to a local firm by the option's holder at $i55,000 Houses Opjenjbg^ Three theatres have Inaugurated a flve-act split-week policy: Capitol, New London; Palace, Norwich, and Capitol, Middletown, Conn. Empress, Montreal, new 4,000- seater erected by Canadian Consoli- dated', Ltd., will .open with a vaud- fllm policy April 29. Five acts on a split week, booked by John Coutts Agency, New York, Frank Gersten's new house, Bo- gota, N. J., opens April 30. Will play combination programs. Doris Rue at Oriental Doris Rue, now winding up her fourth week at the Palace, New Orleans, opens at the Oriental (Publlx), Chicago, May 13. N. V. A SEATTLE FLOP Cess Thaii $400 Midnight Show's Groas'—M.. C. Leaves Stage Lyons* Chi Office Chicago, April 17. Lyons & Lyons of New York have decided to open their Chicago of- fice In the iFoxiv Cohans Theatre Building. At the outset Joe Lyons (no rela- tive of the partners) will bo in charge. * ITAL ClOTH FOR DROPS 36 in. wide at 75o ft yd. and up A full line of eo)d apd silver bro- cades, metal cloths, gold and sliver trimmings, rhtncstones. s p a h e 1 e s, tights, opera hose, .fitc, etc. for stage- cpstumos. Samples upon request. X j. Wylie & Bros., Inc. (SacoosHors toi Slcgmoa'^ft Weil) 18-20 East 27th Street NEW YORK A Positive Ult in "Hit the Deck" FRANK and JACK MAJESTIC, LOS ANGELES AHTIIUR MINNA MILLARD and MARLIN In "KOLLEGE KAPERS," Written by Henry Bergman Tills Week (April 16). DOSTOX. MASS. Next Week (April 23), rOWELI. and PORTT.ANO Direction MILT liEWIS ACME BOOKING OFFICES, INC. Booking All Theatres Controlled by STANLEY COMPANY OF AMERICA A route of Iff weeks wltltln 200 miles of Xew York Artists invited to book direct 1560 Broadway New York City A VAUDinnLLTiTAOKWCr WHICH PBODOCKS MOHK THAN IT PROMISES CONSISTli:XiT, EFFICIENT HEKViCE SINCE 1913 Astor Theatre Bldg., N. W. Cor. 45th St. and Broadway Lackawanna 7876 New York City AN ENGLISH NOVELTY THE VARI-VOICED ENTERTAINER AN OUTSTANDING SUCCESS AT THE ROYAL COMMAND PERFORMANCE 1927 A Recognized Feature Act, at the London Coliseum, Alhambra and Victoria Palace Since 1925 OPENING NEW YORK, WEEK OF APRIL 23, AT HAMILTON (APRIL 23-25) JEFFERSON (APRIL 26-28)