Variety (Sep 1928)

34 VARIETY V A U I) E V r L L E Wednesday, September 19, 19128 M. C's May Tom With Own Units on Chains-Mot Steady Local Draws IL. is roiiiirtvil executivo-s or tlie pfocUit'tidu dt'Piti'tments for several picturo hoiijio chains have decided lp- buiU1 units around m. C's, send- in.!? the latter on tour throughout thtj country. This decision is to be en forced; shortly, Di8eiissions held in the past two vveeks. res:a:rdin^' the drawinf? pow- ers of m. c's t<;nd to show that the box ofllce appeal is mainly to Ji small perpenlacre of flapper trade which is drawn anyhow by the pic- tures. Another reason advan'ced for the discontinuation of the present pol- icy of holding over m. c.s is that they gradually lose their value as a novelty a-s; a new face wears off. The same figuring al.so • applies in sending llie ru, c.s on tour, tlie pro- duction nion estimating that new faces and ..riatne.s will draw more business aro\ihd-the country, Publlx, aniong others, is expected to send aU m. c.s out on tour short- ly with their own unit.s, with a couple of exceptions. $1,000 FOR CANCELLATION But Canadian F. P, Declined Pro- posal by Jean Middleton Boivrintcd Troin N, T, Grapliic Sept. 10 LOEW'S Me 01 MARlMO£MoNA D^NCE (?eVUE. Marino and Mona First New York Appearance LOEW'S STATE Week Sept. 24th Seattle, Sept, 18. . Edward J. Fisher, for Jean Mid- dleton, tried to postpone her return tour of the Canadian-Famous Play- ers in western danada. Mlss Mid- dleton had an offer from England and she figured it -worth some coin to mal<e a switch. She offered Fish- er, F. P. booker licre, $1,000 to cover costs of billing, advertising, etc., incurred by the Canadian circuit, for the postponeinent, •Fisher wired H. M. Thomas, west- ern division manager, ait Toronto. Thomas would not make the change. The . opening was billed for Sept. 24 at Edmonton and he didn't want to disappoint patrons. Keith Vaude Quits Trenton . Willi Keith vaude withdrawn from the Capitol, Trenton, N. .J,, tliat town pnly has one house with stage shows. It is the Lincoln, booked by Lawrence Golde in the William Morris oinces. The Capitol is playing straight pictures. No Longer Behind Bars JOE PINCUS WEST Joseph Pincus, who handles the Mr. Pox Movietone contracts in New York, particularly tha,t depart- ment which signs up th© vaUde- vlUians fwr the talking shorts, Is in Los Angeles for a conference with the west coast Fox execu^ tives. Harry Hollander, Publix Booker . It's Harry^ Hollander who will succeed Earl Saunders ; as act booker for: the Publix circuit. Saunders is returning to the Keith office. 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Drop in and looK oyer the TAYLOR 1028-1929 NEW MObl3L TRUNKS. if you are unable to visit our salesrooms, send for our ILLUSTRATED .BOOKLICT, which will: Introduce you to the Hnest ProfesslonarTrunk ever made. TAYLORVS 115 West 45th Street, NEW YORK, N. Y. 23 E. Randolph Street, CHICAGO, ILL. The Iron grating atop the counter separating bookers from agents on the sixth floor of the Palace building was re- moved Monday. The counter remains. No reason for doing away with the bars announced. The absence makes the bookers look less like zoologi- cal specimens. Shuberts' Defense Is Rogers' Consent J. j. Shubert, Arthur S; Lyons and S. Rdmeyn Simmons, the Shu- berts' general manager, all aver In reply to Harry Rogers Thea,tricaT Enterprises' suit that Rogers had given them written authority to close with Billy House, the come- dian, at $1,000 a week. House, who Is the subject of the injunction suit by Rogers against the Shuberts, opened . Saturday night at the Casino, New York, in "LiUckee Girl" and was accorded, favorable notices. Rogers*. reply to this defense is that he acquiesced with reserva- tions and the proviso he approve supplementary clauses. The. Shuberts further contend that Rogers was proceeding along devious lines In trying to sell House's contract to them at $1,000 a week. House was guaranteed: $325 a week by Rogers in a vaude- ville tab. Rogers denies any neces- sity for such procedure, stating his arrangements with House were legal-and he was privileged to sell the comiedian's services as he (Rogers) saw :fit so long as House received his weekly stipend for the guaranteed minimuni of 35 weeks a sesLSon. Rogers denies that he agreed to accept $300 in cash settlement of his claim from House (or William H. Comstock as he Is known In. pri- vate life), stating he was offered $30,000 for a buy-out, haW of which was to be In cash and^fne balance payiible within one year, but which Rogers avers he refused. The Shuberts' defense Is that Rogers okayed their arrangements with House. Justice Iioula J. Valente, after re- ceiving supplementary papers early this week, reserved decision on the injunction motion made by Rogers, Keith's Fur Show The Keith production department is working on a. fur fashion show to play all Keith theatres in New York and vicinity. Palace iff a pos- sible date^. Tho show calls for,about 40 peo- ple. Including models and specialty artists. The fur fashion show idea has been used In the picture houses for some time with more or iess success. FOR RENT COLONIAL THEATER — GLEVELANDr OHIO^ — In downtown location. Splendid for any type enter- tainment. Just finished recently 12 weeks* engagement of "Wings." Reasonable rental. 1,325 seats. Newly decorated, JOSEPH LARONGE CO., Union Trust Bldg. CLEVEM^ND, OHIO No L. & L. Cuts Arthur S. Lyons, for Lyons & Lyons, denies he is cutting his booking staff. Rufus Le Maire, who is no, longer with tho agency, will continue pro- duction a^isociatlons with Sam Sal- vin, treasurer of L. & L., and a couple of cafe bookers who are oiit wiir be succeeded by new Incuni- biants.. Floor Order Rescinded 'Chicago, Sept 18*: The Keith-Western order permit- ting only one representative from each agency on the booking floor at a time has been rescinded. Partners may once more appear together. 2 TOWNS GO EAST Clilcago, Sept. 18. Keith-booked hou.ses at Lexing- ton, Ky., and Ft. Wayne, Ind., for- merly booked from the Keith West- ern ofTlce here, will have their fu- ture bills laid out in the New York JKeith agency. Leo Young in Met Leo Young has succeeded Harry Padden as chief booker of the Met- ropolitan Booking Offlces, New York, booking vaude houses. . Padden withdrew from the Met several weeks ago, then reported a.s joining the booking stafT of Keith's. The latter deal seems delayed. AiETTE KELLERMAN Now Completing Her FIFTH INTERNATIONAL TOUR Annette KeUcrman Photo Auguet, 1928, DoauvUIe, France—Photo Mauric*. International Theatres That Have Headlined Annette Kellerman to Date UNITED STATES AND CANADA Keith-Albee and Orpheum Circuits ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND Stoll Circuit, Moss' Empires, Variety Theatre Controlling and Syndicate Halls FRANCE Alhambra Theatre, Paris, and Special Deauville Season GERMANY Soala Theatre, Berlin; Hansa Theatre, Hamburg; Liebich Theatre, Breslau, and etc. DENMARK In Revue, Scala Theatre, Copenhagen SWEDEN In Revue, Rolf's Theatre, Stockholm IRELAND • Royal Hippodrome, Dublin . AUSTRALIA TiVolis', Sydney, Melbourne; J. C. Williamson, Adalaids TASMANIA Hobart Theatre; Hobart NEW ZEALAND J. C. Williamson Circuit AUSTRIA Appolo Theatre, Vienna Miss Kellerman presents the speaking part of her ad in the language of the country she is appearing in. TALKING PICTURES In every city of importance, in the above countries, Annette Keller- man's name is a household word. She speaks English, French, German, Swedish, Danish, also Italian and Spanish. Communi- cations for talking pictures should be addressed to HARRY WEBER, Palace Theatre Building, New York. All Commuincdtihn^ HARRY WEBER AfiENCY Palace Theatre Building New York City Personal Direction—JAMES SULLIVAN.