Variety (Jul 1928)

68 VARIETY FOREIGN Wednesday, July 25, 1928 By Eric H. Gorrick Sydney, June. 23. Several shows ,go outvln two. •weelis to make vi'ay for new attrac- tions. One or two shows have not been able to stand up for more than a few weeks. Some blanied the cold weaithet—it's winter here now—for the poor business, but the wise ones claim that the two new film houses have been responsible. "Top Hole", is doing Just fairly at the Empire, but will probably last until "Mother Machree" (picture) opens In a . month or so. On the night the show was seen only the lower floor was open, the balcony being closed. ' . . "Princess Charming" will close in two weeks and opera will follow. Leon Gordon will close "The Man Upstairs" this week" and f ollo\r with a revival of "Scandal" for W.-T. A revival of "White Cargo* to then scheduled. Muriel Starr is reviving well known proprietor of the Na- tional Hotel, Cairo. Formerly the Pavilion L-ido, it is situated to the rlRht of the Zamalek Bridge on the Nile Following artists appear every night: Lyna Marlys, the Duo Es- Piino, the Trio Adonis and Dinah Georglhl. TRector's Club Orchestra Is the instrumentation, has been re Chatter in Nice narrow, escape ^''"^'iiuh"}he*'"cel&ed^^^^^ Chevalier's con- orN^hSb Ri'^'nltnt^nl^^^^^^^^ ^^'-^onr^, ^^Ira^.^^ Of ^^f^".",..- Klsh Bey.. Program Gbrky's .gift of,a chateau-from the ajout sucii tn^^^^^^ o^TstV <^ a-rVanco-Aral, cK>r^y. I soviet- government, and . ^udloy ^^^^^r^'StoSe'^ W ;s." Artists include CWf. pj^i^ Malone's wet Fourth J^ly^ ^orl^ wlth^ .ella, DUO ^Sr^^K^S llJ^s^onrating should .ear ; Nice, July 15,. I ter average than all Europe put to- Between Avery Hopwood's drown- gethen _ v„t thi^v never ing at Juan Les Pins. Alice Terry's -Not only TheyV^alJ^^^^^^ In in automobile have grown smug, i ney re . aivyxya name of Klsh onsists of a i For a Kiss." Artists Include Chlf ton and Ponpon, Arthemis^e^, _Ma^^ ^hat ought to be featured in this. I J^ijy ^^^^^ Amln Sidky's troupe is attracting I week's commlque from the Cote ^here will never be a country in large nightly audiences. Last pro- d'Azur. , .. Europe that can build a stone wall r-am was an operetta in four acts Hopwood's death, coming "Ornt i ^^jj ^^^^^ long as American . entitled "My Wife In the Army, K gj^^^ j^^^ them and remove Majestic Is presenting "A Reno composed by Anim Sldky^i^n. in ^ which is. Frank . „ . Hollywood. Germany has Divorce," and ."The. Pioneer .Scout. | east: ^o.^^-j^^.^f ^S^'o?^^ Gould's . place, between here and f^^^ J^eoveredfrO. Chafik an^ others. Dancers are Cannes; was a mighty sad affair L^j^ ^^^^ i.^^ several years ago lohaiton Mimi-Mat-teni, Fina and it was made even worse by the fact L^^j^ jf this Russian menace looms Perfecto'r. | that the playwright's mother had strong enough you can bank on their left London for Rome, intending to. pj^^upe talent, being dragged by the lon^' I join him there and then go on with hair into the harems of Hollywood t him to New York. It took 4Jiree under Carroir management. Palace stock company presenting "Please Get Married," Bijou has a tab re- viie under Fuller mainajremont. Following acts playing the Tivoli: Shlshtel's Wondercttes, Mezza and Adrienne, Miirdo and -Wynne, , J. J. Collins, Hazel Stalllngs, Irving Rose, Bob Barlow, Bert Errol and Capt. Winston's Sea-Is. Films "King of Kingsl' in last weeks at Capitol. * * . ^ "Mother Machree" now m third week at the Auditorium, meos" and "Doomsday." Around the'Continent Preparations are bing made for the forthcoming grand opera-season at Her Majesty's, Sydney, by W-T. The Last opera venture by the organiza Pictures Metropol<i Cinema—It's a time since Thomas Melghan ap- Otis Skinner, • Chevalier jyo^Vi^ ^r.'^rT^^.ight^ 1^^^^ I still these sc^^^" bring in some and will follow with "Nice People'.'| heavy overhea d. , . L Jn„me5. ' : I get in touch with Mrs. Hopwood. strangeloot. sometimes. Lasky's for a short season. Margaret Ban<- *Our Betters", at Actor's Federation is appealing to I ^ A^iUm^purely Egyptla.n and ere- I l^e finally arrived on Independence I ^.agging of* Maurice Chevalier is an V^^^nl^itflin^'^ilivSek^un^^^ the Arbitration Court for new award ated by Amedeo Puccini. ^ndJ^^^^ The shock was more than she example. Chsyaller Js a sort of the Criterion ^last week unaer members. Case is now being schultz, entitled S^^a the Gypsy. J' and she collapsed. French Al Jolson. They go nuta been re-presented. emphatic success. Cast includes: comedy) • is playing at vne oper<i House; and "Rio Rita" is still doing ation. enormous business M the St James Telller and his band doing for the ^Fullers. Seats .are se^^^^^ Dance, Mel- weeks In advance' with compieie k ^^^v^ This Is Tellier's second] sell-outs. *„i%.Ar»,iaT. at visit to Australia. Tab revues are still popular at rullera', with George Wallace aa Ben Fuller has applied fori the featured comedian. permission to erect a big broadcast- Football," featuring Richard Dix I after'din'her, though complaining of I the profession. ^Is wisecracks are - - indigestion. So the tideless blue all smudged, even for the French, MSrrinean, where Shelley met so they'd be straight dirt in trans^^ his death, played a similar role in lation. What Paramount can do the life ei S^e greatest farce WHter hhn^^^^ a^n^ of his time. here if you ever could feet the cans Chatter in Alice Terry's Coloring Alice Terry's. smashup was . one of those "almpsts" which make the —— * A^^tA^A tA Ins station atop the St James thea- mvoll management „'Jffl'*!j^i*^ trl. Sydney, take a fling at revue after trying Btraight vaude for a considerable] "The Ingenues," 'Amerlca,n feml- revues before, but has always m- i g^^^^y ^^-^^ ^^^ly ^j^^^^ This time, how- ' ■■ • » Paris, July 15. ^ Irene Bordonl says that the reason so many European artists are not In the past the Pennsylvania censors. Be- sides he-, has a good looking pan. Sings too. Baritone. And he draws plenty. In Nice .he iLews section on a dull night. She L^.^^^^^ top, which seems like was in this car of the chief camera- Lathing till I tell you I saw sweet man and he smashed into another Raqugj Meller at the same house a car. Result: two. wrecks, a lot of weeks later for about 60 cfents. time. Tivoli has experlmente^^^ band, wiu' be.at the TlvoU, | recbgnized when ^P^^yJ^f^ 7., I volatile . French accusations and a T^V about $24;40 cheaper than you [United States la tnai xney la." w \ », ^^r,Aintr laflv I 1 ■bw^a.^nrav turned to Vaude. ever, It looks as If the revue tnmg 1 jYank O'Brien and Janice Hart 11*:"^^!^ of" the'American and the la here, to stay. „^ have arrived here from •America to | - | wrong * ^^oQT, VhA viifference in sllelitly shocked leading la.dy. I gaw her on Broadway, attempt to grasp the difference m | J^^^^^j^jg department was all | chevalier has some funny twists on . Miss .„,^.,^ Terry being a character. He budgets about 90 Joe and Harry Kelso are pro- | g^-' - tab fevues for the Fullers. I ®*";^„^h .tar who went to brunet in her ukulele-playing hours, per cent, of the family fwag for his ttuclng the unit under title of _Ace ____ „ *u^^Sof« «mde V n^ihe for She has ditched her wig altogether own clothes, though his wife Is a High." Kelso brothers, assisted by Maurice Diamond has quit Em- the States and * J°J^ f^^^^ "Three Passions" thing, trouper, too. Brave man. Maurry Kelly, are an asset, but the Theatres. Ltd... to Join Hoyts. herself explains that the only way for this one pic- He is hot due to arrive in Holly women are not very strong, ^o'' He will stage the presentation pre- for foreigners going to America to Always before, except intone ^® "-^^^^^ ^ has, bo he belnr mainly. comedy._Tom K^^^ _ ^^,,,33 ,3 3pena at .^^^^ | t^ure.__she has w^^^^ ^_ . women are not very and his saxophone band score. Jack poUowing acts have been lined up weeks attending the theatres But now she's dived into the perox Muaerrove staged. . • ^, for this arrangement with W-T: , .^j._.York studying effects. Ges- Ide and came up a Swede. Vaudeville takes up a portion of k^je^o, Mardo and Wynne. Premier J°^^®^^5°^^.^^^^ „e cOn- the bill with Meazza^nd Adrienne. p^ur. Carre ^^^d Carlotta. Fred tYtes^and de very «° ^ ^ Collier's Vplce JSncers, outstanding. . Hodges, and Russo and Bradford, aidered riotous -^uroi» oo noi young ^^onieji J Vaudeville acts will still continue T,,efe will be 42 people on the stage, get a tumble In the States, accord- .«rhe Lion and the Mouse' re to play here and In other States I ing to Irene and should be changed L^l^^ j„ y^rlety handed up a latigh •ontroUed by this circuit. | "The Showdown and "Wife before Offering them, by its gentle doubt about the Wil ' — ' \ 1 Savers'* will be two specials offered _—— Ham Collier, Jr., voice, remarking Following acts are playmg tn« by Paramount this month. Two M,k«i nftll'a Dilemma tt.at if csoimded different in differ tJnlon Theatres Klne-Vaudeyille Australian made pictures will short- Mabel Boll • Pilemma . ^ that "^sounded ^^l^^^^^^l'^^ . circuit- Martls and Reynolds, Mar- Uy be ofl:ered fexhibltors. J These are 1 Mabel Boll admits that, she has | ent places, as if somebody else tin and Marie. Huniphrer 'Bishop "The Far Paradise" and "The Ador- ing else, it will be a change of rackets. He. has . been playing the same role in the music halls for 300 nights without a break. Newport Co., Head, Hugo and Romona. Wanda and Easter gavage. Metro- politan Pour, Santell and Co . The Bnos, O'Brien Sisters and Mack. Professor Little, Commonwealth. Band. Rene Rich. Kamo, Red Pep- per Jazz Band, The Redheads, Laurie and Ralne, and Dewar and Dawson. Pictures ♦♦Wings" will finish a splendid run at the Regent this week and will then play "The Gaucho" for an ex- tended season. ■ ^ "King of Kings" finishes its sea- eon at the Prince Edward in a few weeks. This house is popular and draws upon the elite for its patron- age. Hal Carleton Is mainly re- sponsible for its success, . "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is still play- ing successfully at the Crystal Pal- ace for .Union Theatres, y v „, Lyceum has "Burning, DayllghP^ and "The Pioneer Scout" this week. Martis and Reynolds appear on the able Outcast." got to the Atlantic if ehe ever were speaking the lines he appar- wants to return to the good old enUy uttered. When I press- „ , , ^ ,„«rU. S. A. She said tbat she would agented a Harold Bell Wright piece ^ Capt Lyon and Warner, tlw two ^ the nerve to face her in Arizona in Which Collier Played j j^i^g also on the staee, ^h^'^^?^. "K^ng^sl^^r^^^^^^^ Ulm. leave for America today with back by boat She says she will' (Continued from page 2) once a well-known actress, and the films of the flight It is the Infen- ] fly home within two or three weeks, tion of the Americans to release the picture in America and to split I Mile, Lucie Brille, who brought the profits with their two compa-n- 300.000 francs damages A Mr. Hancock, a,n American ' of Cameraman' Burning SQjena Royle and Frederick Wor- lock have been stopping at The A French cameraman who does Viking, the only modern hotel in flne scenic shots generally but flops Newport Ina Claire at the old- interiors, had his usual .luck in fashioned Muenchinger-Klng. Roiio l^"m.«ti.^'''™^o"fln^,^'.^? f IliainsYWcomedie-Francaise, Jost I °" j;^;;^^ h;"rJ''"whVn the 1 Pe'ters. Philip.Tonge and Livingston were their debt and also gave them full tract was terminated immediately gj^j.jeking for ,th6 blood of the scratched he began not been "new" for a generation. rights to the pictures of the flight after her flrst appearance and not on the .'understanding that any yoted upon by the company at a profits be shared with. Warner and j-e^lar meeting. Lyon. ' ThQ two .xlrmen, together with their American pals, refused many offers for a stage appearance in this country although offered a big fig- ure by the T^voll people and one or two Ttt^ovle'rhahagements. ' An angle to the flight Is that one Mary McCormic, who has quite a niche with French audiences, is back to do her stuff at the opera. cameraman. But the wise cranker I Mr. and Mrs. Hany Oelrlchs ar- haT llt out for his next Job, h^^-^ M%1 C^^^^^^^^ drid of miles away, in Carcassonne, a son Of Mr. and^Mrs. Charles May S^lst Pe-^ j--^-- - ~ ^r^ ^ri^?S France a waned ^^^^J^V^^^^^^^ JOO | ,^^3 Jong known to vaudeville year-Old history. The director is | ^^^i^al comedy as Dorothy stage. • . , Lyric Is playing a second release "The Circus," together with "Burning Daylight." Martin and Marie stage attraction, „_ .,, Haymarket presenting "For All monv Only," "The Pioneer Scout and Humphrey . Bishop Comedy Co on the stage. ■ ' Empress is grinding out three second runs^"The Circus,'' "That s My Daddy" and "A Reno Divorce. i>lccadllly has "The Prince of Ad, Tenturers" for an extended season MELBOURNE Wllliamson-Tait's Melba opera iieason is an artistic success. Pto- Sons lri?lude "Thais."—ra es of Hoffman." "Dirdre In Exile," "Pag- llacci" and "Faust." ^ . ■ ■ , . "Rookery Nook" is being played at the Comedy by an English com- uany under W-T management ^ "Tte GirrWSid''^i3:Still a -"^S^tf^J^^Z-oi "The pats," rW-T) takes place tonight at the King's. Cast includes Irene Homer, Brandon Peters, Eileen Sparks, Vera Gerald, Sam Wren and A S. Byron Pullers look good with 'Good News" at the Princess. Show opened last week and to huge success. Cast Includes Hal Murray, Victoria Regal, Dofothy Merrltt and Al Ham- mett and band. Ernest Rolls staged and Al Fisher did the dances. "Luck of the Navy" is being • "An "epen^ air- mo vie - was r ud ely Interrupted outside of Paris the big broadcasting ^station here picked | other eve when an unruly auto truck ran through the audienQjB killing thinking of attacking the strong- hold . with a siege gun. up and put on the air the actual messages received from the Southr ern Cross when the fliers were mid- way between Suva and Australia. Egypt By Edward Asswad Cairo, July S. At Diamantl's Gardens and Res- taurants, Maedi, English Nights have become popular and are a reg- ular Thursday night feature. Program Includes the White Knights and orchestra, songs by G. French Producers In Daze This new "speak louderi please" two persons ahT irrjuS"many"Tt I gag of Hollywood is ^^ojit making slems that all the chairs were the Frencb P^-^^^f^^*^^- J^^t occupied and many who could not Just got around to taking a belt sit down were standing on the side- at the American Juggernaut v«^ith walk and in the street The driver the aid of John Law, when along claimed that it was so dark that he comes . 'this new Frankenstein did npt *see the folks until he was monster—Phone, anything or what- upon them. He was freed at once, ever you're going to call it. The European producer in consequence Light Populiar | is gnawing his knuckles with In- Jardon. - Each has had a previous divorce. Looking strangely like Valeska Suratt, Mrs. Oelrlchs wears, even early in the morning, several ropes of pearls, Enoch Light and his band have decision. He hates the idea completed a very successful Paris It's going to localize his present engagement He played at the Gau- product if it succeeds, and even mont palace, one of the largest pic- more so If he Joins the mad rush, ture houses in the city for about And with him are all the deaf dicks ^1,?C.n""^„ISS'^r»cai^r^^^^ months and then JoU-ed f ^» dancers Blue Room, one of the mo^t elite they can't hear the spoken smut 01 : night clubs here for a similar period, the average French farce. It all A successful concert was given by The latter place has, folded for the warms me in my splendid Isolation. M. de Caro, Greek baritone, at g^jj^jj^gj. for ~ It convinces me anew that Groppl's Rotunda before an appre- ' — _ — American adaptability, the capac- ciative-but^flmall==^au<I ience.-^^=^---=l^--^^=.;j^j^^j5g^j^^^ Tamlrls, dancer, who interprets Jig time, will always beat the wet- rythm and color as depicted in the nursing laws of other countries in 20th. Century was well received at this mad, mad movie racket. Entertaining William H. Vandeirbiit had Selena Royle, R'.llo Peters and Mr, and Mrs. >-. E. Matthews \ out in his motor boat one day last week. Ina Claire was guest of honor , at . a luncheon party given by Mrs. Jo- seph Harriman, with a tea planned by Mrs. Maude Howe Elliott for Miss Claire and Frederick Worlock. Mrs. James Denison Sawyer, one of the most fashionable hostesses at Newport, had many notables at the dinner party she gave for. Mr, Peters and Miss Royle. By way of reciprocity, the "Ib- betscn" cast gave a supper after the last performance, in honor of Mr. Vanderbilt. De Caro will sing at the Scala, Milan, this winter. San Stefano Casino, at Alexan ^^^^^ drla, reopened with a grand ball ^ ^ ^ recital the other night. Iler and fete entitled "Spring Dream. Two Jazz bands playort alternately, while the Boule tables drew a large crowd. Exhibition of dancing by Miss Dalgue and M. Sayar and a ballet by Mrs. Gordon and M, VasI daring had a partlculsu- appeal to the • French audience. Hollywood Raiding Europe Said as much to a German direc- tor who has one big international the I hit to his credit and an English Jerome Medrano, son of founder (the cloWn Botun-Boum) | producer who hopes to have many folf and'their troupe of eight ballet I ^-ho died many years ago, has per- [They had been panning American girls. sonally taken In hand the manage-[productions but it seemed to me rr-f T.-of T'i.,T, u in ih^ Hient of the Cirque Medrano, from that even In thf^lr mediocrity the The new Kit Kat Khib »K in the | I American producers made a far bet £'^':!^x^L^;l^„^X'^^c hanSs oToeoV-^ Caiomirls," ihe, I September next Xmericans Abroad Paris, July 15, In Paris: Marguerite Johnstone, Virginia McHaney, Mary McCor- mlfck, Peggy Hopkins Joyce, Mabel Bell, Mrs. Frederick McLaughlin (Irene Castle), Alfred Lund and wife, Lynne Fontaine, Irene Bor- donl, Charles Rogers, Mary Chaney, Frank La Forge, Kathleen Ho'vard ("Harper's Bazaar"). Paul Althouse (Metropolitan Opera), Morris Gcst. Henry Waterson. J 4 Percy Hutchinson