Variety (Sep 1928)

0- 36 VARIETY V A U D E VI L L E Wednesday, September 19, 1928 Loew's Sues State, Buffalo, for Eiiffalo. Sep I, 18. The .NfiU'Ciis Loow. Udokinfe'Apoiicy of Xi'w York has bj'uiifflit suit against 111o Buffalo Locw's State Co. for $10,000, clainiinii: that sum to bo duo it by rouson of payments aiid aclvancos made to actors on account of salaries and for other expenses . coriheoted with . the overhead and Gperaliun pf the local State theatre prior to. the closing of the house last M.'iy. Tlio local company in its answ;er to the complaint sets up a counter cliym for $500,000 cl;uviaf;es by rea- son of losses sustained by-it through the alleged improper inanasemont of the theatre .by Xoew's .and tlirough th© termination by the Loew booking, agencies' of its con- tract witii the.locaj company. prior to the date sot therein for'the said termination^ By the contract previously exist- inR- between the parties, Loew's was to. act as afj^nt .for the local holding company in the management and operation of, the theatre for which services It was to receive $100 per week and 40! per cent of the profits. The Loew's Buffalo Company al- leges that the booking agency abused the agency.and th6 trust im-. posed upon it aiid while acting as such agent, operated the theatre for its own private gain, contrary, to and in derogation of the rights of its prinoipal, the I6cal company. JUDGMENTS Fortway Amus. Corp.; Spencer Turbine Co.;. $1,112. Myer Port; M-G-M Dist. Corp.; $1,737. Welcome Amus. Corp.; London Guarantee & Accident Co.; $40. Sam Kessler; 13. Stroock; $141. Jerome Rosenberg; Kothitiere Mort; Corp.; $7,19G. ' . "^^^ ■ oew Breakfast Mats Breakfast matinee at bargain prices aro employed by sev- eral downtown noighborhood-S in New York with object to build up m.atinee trade, espe- cially in houses in business .sections. Lowe's Comniodore started it two weeks o-SO by offering the early shows for 15c. It broufrht a retaliation from lo- cal opposish with grinds go- ing as low as Be to off- set -tho Loew opposition and get the morning crowds in. Keith's Producing and Playing Units, but Independents Lay Off General &Kecutiue Offices 160 WEST 4©^"ST* BRYANT- ^SSO-NEW YORKCITV J. H. LUBIN GBNKRAL AtANAOEB MARVlO. SCHENCK BOOIUNO MAMAGEB CHICAGO OFFICE 600 WOODS THMTEE BU)'Q JOHNNY JONES tN CHARGE A VAUDEVir,I.E AGrr>rr WHICH FRODVCES MORE THAN IX FROUISBS CONSISTENT, EFFICIENT SERVICE SINCE 1913 Thef ally Markos YauMlei^ency Aster Theatre BIdg., N. W. Cor. 45th St. and Broadway Lackawanna 7876 New York City ACME BOOKING OFFICES, INC. Bonking All Theatres Controlled by STANLEY COMPANY OF AMERICA A roate of 15 weekn within 200 mtlos of New York Artists invited to book direct 1560 Broadway New York City Ed Lowry's 1st Year As SL Louis M. C. St. Louis, Sei>t. 18. Ed Lowry, the Skouras Brothers' Ambassador Theatre's master of ceremonies, whose popularity with St. Louis theatregoers surpasses anything of the kind for duration In the history of theatrical affairs in this city or this section of the country, last week celebrated the completion of the first year of his occupancy of the Ambassador stage. In. celebration, Lowrjf was pre- sented with a renewal of his con- tract, with a three-year cla,use. Under the contract, Skouras Brothers are entitled to, Lowry's services at any of their St. Louis theatres, but it's a safe bet that Ed will be left right In his own little gold mine at the Ambassador. "RUNNING WILD" SALARIES Colored Show Closes on Coast, Owing $1,766 Loa Angeles, Sept. 18. Following the sudden and pre- mature closing of "Running Wild" (colbred) Sept. 15, after two weeks at the Mason, claims amounting to $1,766 have been filed with the state labor commission against Miller and Slater, owners of the coast rights to the show. Actors and their claims are, Brownfield and Greeley, |845; Lot- tie Gee and Edith Spencer, $743; Marlon Gee, 1J97; Juliet Tureaud, $63, and Billie Clark, .|17. Last three were chorus iris. Miller and Slater paid $100 on account Immediately after the filing of claims-. "Running Wild" was booked for four weeks at the Mason. Reade Hearing Adjourned Attorneys for Walter Reade ap- peared yesterday In Chancery Court, Newark, N.. J., before Vice- Chancellor Backes and asked for a postponement of case in which Reade seeks to have the Trenton- New Brunswick Theatres Co thrown into receivership. Reade, who Is the complainant In the case, alleges, that the Keith people are trying to take his stock and deprive him of his interest in the five New Jersey theatres in the company. The order to show cau.se why a receiver should not be appointed will be argued before the Vice Chancellor, Sept.' :26V ' - ..: The Keith Circuit Is producing units, although issuing a recent ord'er to Independent producers tliat no bill spots are available and to stop producing units for the present. Pressure brought to bear upon the circuit production department* by aflllliatcd circuits and managers is said to have inspired the continua- tion by the circuit. Seveml of the but of town operat- ors have pronounced the units the best business getters they have lilayed this season, putdrawiiig names, pictures and freak acts. Fred Sclianenberger of Baltimore is reported as one of the managers completely sold on the unit enter- tainment.' In addition to booking every unit available, he is said to favor billing an ordinary vaudeville show as a unit and. adding an after- piece if necessary. The alacrity with which the ."of- fice" units are booked as compared to the independently produced unit is illustrated in the cases of the Harry Carrol and Jay Flippen units. The former was immediately routed, but the Flippen units haa been playing pick up time and is only booked a few Nvceks ahead. It was produced by Max Hayes, the agent, "This condition is causing the inde- pendent producers to lay off produc- tion until the demand reasserts it- self. U's Talking Shorts Unlversal's. talker future includes talking shorts. To date they have made but one such subject by Bailey and Barnum, who have also appeared on Vitaphone, It is possible Universal Will make arrangements to produce talking shorts in New York adjacent to the supply of vaudeville and produc- tion talent. 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