Variety (Sep 1928)

2 VARIETY'S LONDON OFFICE 8 St. Martin's Place, Trafalgar Square 1- AX r» 17 I Kl CABLE ADDRESS: VARIETY, LONDON FOREIGN 6276-6277 Re gent Wednesday, Septem bt er 26. 1928 London as It Looks By Hannen Swaffer TjOinlon, Sept. 14. to bc P.ol«to,l hy ",*"f„,,,, you d6 whst you can?" has monllonea the matter to mc. No manaeer has saW How disEraoe '"ixo^w'linTt^a.ari .aM, at the end ot n,y artiete. -•The facts are enough." I Was Utterly Wrong , fin. ,t, afcost impo'ssihl, to ..edit t^^^^^^^^^ nobody takes the slightest notice. Perhaps you Americans will g et bus-y . I can see a n.ee ^^^l^'^^zSh'^S:"^^^^ This will moan a great deal nioie money lor ^ ^ ^ American SSJ :r^r\S<J'n^^rBrS"^.SSl .e taund,hy °"i;i\°i'ome, years; Sir Oswald Sto„ has h^ business "-»^"^"lt,fnl had o *o 0"is h"°s at h,s prlee, wants fohecome a ■« est tnd star he i onnounoed, In my Now the Palladium has sivon h.m a shake,up. I annpu . ^ Wednesday eolumn, ol the ^any Express the other^^^^^^^^ Cooean and his father «?5^J=°"; nroHieS we^rbooked and that S'i'^i S^rViH^S rhSn r„rpe?:rh?srlswald;e rivals. the Palladium for two weeks, for $5,000 the ;wo. for her—or she Avouldn't go. ■ • . Duncan Sisters Brave It Throggh ..Tonsv well the Duncans persist in coming to London. I believe, with Topsy ■ S::S3r^f^^^U™es to the west Knd it will be- murdered ^^[Jj?^^ ^i,e guy friend told me last night. "Rosetta saved it from aeain, "There is nothing but th\I>uncans in U^^ Duncans in, and \^ » t^r S 5r r hlTmS^ «Us With n. personality ''^S^nk'S^iU be a great success. I say this because;! haven't seen it. "Mommer" Dreanris of Elsie Elsle .anis. ordeal is^tonight, MJJ^,;^:^^ ZXtJt: Joins -Clown in Clover/'a jJ-^Si ^'..'^^^^^^ were still on. sion during a tour weclcs' mi-in, the liehts oi t This meant that. a dress rehearsal wh^^^^^^^ , ^tS'Ta^rrur^eSra^^leSI - weeks. I hope ^''L:rin"tr^sro,rtrtS^t^^^^^^^ sure Elsie's entrance in the flrst act is wione, and. snoiuy a soniic more! ' xoshowi,o^sh.rt^:^"^;:ta:s3;j^--^ ^-i:: ^^i^^^^ thf L^r Jack .Buchanan's absence from That s a uoou $16,500 in three weeks, they were wis^e^ ^^^^^^ p^l^^e. ; After scraping round all over l^naon, " ^nurse if a regular aero- Why Should Managers Read. . I do not know why p^P^e should laugh so ^uch when some one tells them that J. L. Sachs cannot ^ead or write. . ^ . ^ piay .Barrie Baldrlbk. whoso ^"^i^^S^ S two authcfrs pf "Ask called "The Admiral's Secret,' a Fir^ger wriuenuyi^ ..Finding Beccles," told the Daily Ske «l"^te ^e^°"^^2^ as well a successful play Is so much * "^"t^f^ niav yd seldom see one." pick one out. with a pin. I ^^'^j^^^^j^^j^^^flS "W about, read- That is what I call the re^l "lanageua^^flair. ,ng and writing ami all hat soi^ of bun^^^^^^ .. . Still, I db think that, " P"^^^"\J i^^Jg'^just an out-of-date hick play. ; i;ave chosen a \h?pro^amme was a liar, The programme called it a larce. & Cabaret Turns Exposed ^NMiat on earth ha_s happenexl to ^ndje ^Chjrl^^^^^ Is destitute of ideas. "Chariot 1928," ^^ich Is descdbea^^^^ have heard It merely ^J^Pf ^^^f ^v.f. was "l^^^^^^^^ ^'T ^ .how marvelous Hex Evans was. x ^^^.^^^ with fatuous mirth- piano to late supper .people, who have.sM ^ comedian. It ^^Z^^J:'"^^^^^^^^ personality Of any kind, .ust a ^^Lr after son. cabaret, were put ^h^y were by no means good^ enough . wmt bulk.'but brains! _ Chatter in London liondon, Sept. 17. . Fortune Theatre reopens Sept. 24 with Conal O'Koardon'H "Napoleon s Jo-sephine," under the auspices of Tom Walls and Reginald liighley. Edith Evans and Leon Quarter- mairie hold starring roles, sup- ported bv Athene Sej'ler,. Nicholas Hannon,'Leslie..Banks. GEORGIE WOOD I thank the booking executives oC the K.-A.-O. Circuits for their kind- ness in offering me a. route of over 30 consecutive weeks and their con- sideration on many occasions, also for acceiJting my reason fof not signing further dates, the reason being I am continuing with Julian Wylie's "Follies of, 1328." Address BM/JIM, London, W. C. 1, England, Owing to-tho success of the two previous matincbs, a. third consist- ing of folk songs a:nd spirituals, will be given by Paul liobcson at the Drury Lane Sept. 24. On the last occasion, the box or- flee netted, $31395. Paris Chatter I'aris, f^opt. 15.- Miss Elizabeth North, who Is di- recting the rohoarsal.s uf "Broad- way" for C. Wyn, at the Theatre de la Madeleine, will remain here some time as tho technical director^ of the stage. Meg Lemohnier, Ca- nadian, will be in tlu> cast. Gracie Fields is to be .seen in a new revile to bo staged by her hus- bdnd, Archie .I»itt. . Major Keith Trevor, Brliish hus- band of Jane Marnac, iifi.s forhied a sort of partnership with CamlUo Wyn for theatrical : ventures in France. .They have now in hand. "The Trial of Mavy Dugan," adopt- ed by Me. Henri Torres, ]""rench at- torney, and M. de Carbuocia. "Bur- lesque," . probably .arranged by Charles Mere, is al.so listed under this combination. Ivor' NovcUo's new play, "'raken by Storm" (written under the name H E. S. Davidson), comes to the Globe Oct. 1 with a distinguished ca.st, notable for the fir.st appear- ance in. straight comedy of Lily Elsie, others being Constance Col- lier, Viola. Tree, Mabel Sealby, Frederick Volpe and the author. Sir Gerald du Marnier will act as pro- ducer. This in Paris Announcing no suitable, theatres can be obtained this season Louis. Massbn and Georges Ricou, direc- tors of. the Opera Coniique theatre here, have postponed the proposed opera ' tour in California with a French prize troupe until the fall of 1929. By David Sturgis Paris, Sept. 14.. . I am . the Voice in the Wilder- ness in present life and art. Listen to your poet now., I shall return soon. To laugh in the coop where I made mud pies. Telephones, cables, letters are coming. Variety met me in the wilr derness. Gave me oil for the lamp. Vision is the sr.preme faculty. The poet who sees is mocked for a v/hile. Th n he becomes the con- queror of men. The soul sees, the heart feels, the Lraln thinks. Truth Is above feeling and thinking. We are what, we see. The stage is the spirit, the screen Is the soul of the new, universal expression. Stage and screen! Displace the darker self with the brighter one. See values from my vision. The outside will become as the inside. The people will have peace. I will not have laughed in vairi. Ronald Squire and Leslie Faber In joint actor-managership open at the Pi^ince. of Wales Sept. 18 with "By Candle Light," an adapt.ation by Harry Graham from a. Viennese comedy. Moya Mannerlng will also be in the company, returning to the stage after a lapse of years. "Theatre programs nowadays are full of ad a for palmiijts and crystal gazers. They iare being run pretty close by money lenders who, being prohibited from touting , by mail and from crying their wares in the best daily papers; are rushing the theatre patrons hard. Three houses, however, exclude this tVPe of ad. Drury Lane, the Globe and the Queen's under the control of Sir Alfred Butt. Rich and Adair Expectant London, Sept. . 25. Rich and Adair, now In Germany awaiting the arrival of the stork, open in this country Dec. 24 for General Theatres. Rich will introduce the afterpiece idea. Those Postcards The .new I'rofcct of Police Chiappc has started to work on the worst pest Paris affords. The Guide. Tho mugs, who lined the boule- vards and annoyed everyone witli their efforts lo sell dirty postcards if they couldn't get fall guys to take them on for a sight seeing venture, will be mostly ehminatea if not entirely, , , ^ « The Prefect was tipped ttbout one of their rackets which ronsisted of duping one or more persons into going to a hotel to see a lot of nude people, but once the victims were m the place their pockets were riffled and then thrown out, with, the threat that If they told the police they would be killed. "NAP" PLAY SO-SO London. Sept. 25. "^apoleon and Josephine," open- ing at the; Fortune last night (Mon- day) Is a dull, uninteresting play, In episodic style and expensively cast. I^acks box-office appeal. I Mind arid Intellect Spirit and soul? Who knows the difference? Dante, Goethe, Shaker speare, Hugo, even, muffed them with confusion. Mind a.nd intellect? Who knows the difference?. Too much to expect in this Age of the Mule. Mind is the bcrse of intelligence. Intellect Is the ass of ignora,nce. Mind observes life from within and above. Intellect from without and below. Mind is the faculty of truth, the light of the spirit. Intellect is the organ of lies, the darkness of the senses. The sago has the mind of Wisdom. The fool the intellect of knowledge.. Roth and Shay's Break London, Sept. 25. Roth and Shay, seen in the prov- inces by. a Savoy hotel representa- tive, were immediately signed to double there When they play the Palladium (vaudeville). • dies of light. They left the masks of dearth for the mugs of a cafe, The French finally won for them- selves and certainly for me. New Apollo Bill Paris, Sept, 25, Maurice Chevalier is the feature Of the Apollo with a new bill.; Co- median who is in for tw<^ weeks was uproariously received. On the same program are Lillebil Ibsen, grand- daughter of the Norwegian play- wright, who offered imitations ol singers of Internaitipnal repute; Ber- nard Rich, acrobatic dancer, and Moiret and Freddy, stepping novelty. The enterprising manager of this ost.abllshment is reported In nego- tiation for Jackie-Coogan. HENRY CARSON AGCY. 78. Avenue des Champs Elysees PARIS • Cables: BooklnB. Par'" Phone: ElyBoe 09-j9 . , Good Acts Always Needed AMERICANS ABROAD =. Paris, Sopt, 15, In Paris—Conataiioc Talmadge, Gene Tunnoy, Mrs. Ad:ilin Maoaules-, lecturer; Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, C. J. Pannell, radio; Sammy Dorfman, boxer; Mary Ncwcomb. Elizabeth North, producer; Claire Luce (Mrs. Clifford Warren Smith), Thornton Wilder, novelist; Janet Adamson, linger. Stage Supremacy The Paris speaking stage Is far superior to New York or London. As natural Latin Is superior to super- ficial Saxon. The French try every novelty clinging to tradition. They are leaving the artiflclaUty of the screen for the artistry of the stage. Nature—flesh and blood, breath of personality—is art to the French. They know science, too. In Its place. In Its proportion. They will neyef grant the celluloid its present, un- natural pretension. Falconettl In "La Dame Aux Ca- mellias"; Benglia in ''Maya"; rla- quel Meller ln her repertory. The revues with their scenes of mag;ical beauty.. The artistic cabarets with their satirical poems and songs. They create moments that shame the rattle of New York or London. Hollywood, like Harlem, is gasping hcre^ Gi'e<'ian memories are whis- pering to the City of Light, The New York stage .Is a machine for yokels. The London stage a machine for clerks. These Saxon cilies have not the mind of art, the temperament of drama. Poetic imagination Is the practical force of the theatre. What Saxon ma- ■ tnrl.-^iiat-evoi-^hear d of :,thls_.faculty ? "Oveir There" American college boys. Over 40,- 000 in Paris this summer. Swarm- ing like locusts around the bars, But sousler than locusts can ever become. Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stamford, Vanderbill, Dartmouth and Amherst. "Representative Men" from the U. S. A. American am- bassadors every one. Why doesn't Herrick put them to bed in the em- bassy?. A battle royal In a bar near the Rue de la Paix. Cocottes and boulevardlers watching these row- dies yelling profanity and crashing the door.s. Old France Is: getting on to New America. Permission Refusied Paris, Sept. 25, High Soviet authorities have re- fused A. M. Granovsky a.nd his Jew- ish troupe permission to vLsit the United States. Financial failure of the Granovsky company's engage- ments in France is given as th^ reason. The troupe is ordered from Paris back to Moscow. All Is Love Bernst6in is writing a play called "Clomenceau." The growling play- Wright and the grumbling saviour of France. Tt Will be a work of sweet- ness and light. Act 1: The Old Man .Waiting President Wilson. Act. 2; The Old Man Baiting Professor Wil- son. Act 3: The Old Man Hating Reformer Wilson. Act 4: Just Woodrow Among the Doctor.'). Slow, painful curtain.. ■ Chinese Band at Resort London, Sept. 25. Pickard's. Chinese Syncopatore have been booked at Cannes and at the Empire,,^jr^ns»,,^?!:. C .Lewis Turns Homeward Paris, Sept. 26, Ted Lewis is laying off and sights seeing. Expects to sail Oct. 3. SAILINGS Bernhardt or Diise The Cabaret du Ncant, Mont- martc. w'ith Its co.fllns for tables, Its ghostly entertainment, Is an ex- traordinary, show. With a run of over 30 years. What a debate ther-e last night. Which the greater actress? Bernhardt or Duse?" French and Italians—al-ti.sts, adven- turers, cocottes—comparing the la- "Queen of the Night" Texos Guinan. How tliis one has noosed the hulls of fame. Cow-girl quick on tho pull. Sani Hou.ston winkliiig In her dreams. Would she spejik to me now? As she did at 17 West Eighth street years ago? 1 would have tsiken Mildred Adam.s for my rare and radiant bride. I was a glar.e of chintz In those days. "~Tex.aH^fifu^atTvlseS"^^^^ "Mr.. Sturgis is a beard of silk from Don Juan. He is no Dr. Pavk- hurst." I lost the belle of Kfmsas City. i • Oct. 17 (London to,- Xcw York) Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Wallace (Majestic); Oct. 3 (London to New York) R. II. Gillespie, AValter Payne, Harry Foster, Ernest Edelsten (Olympic); Sept. 29 (fjondon to New York), I'^ritz Krelsler, R. H. Gillespie (P.erengaria). Sopt. 22 (New York to London) Mr. and Mrs. Al .lolson, Mark Hel- linger (Olympic). ; Sopt 22 (London to New Trork) Ilia (Malre,-. Lo.iiis Anspacher (Aqnilania). , . Sept, 21 (New "Vork to Pans) =Jolm^Crsl:inri-a ntUf ani lly-^ (r.'ti--ia) Sept. 19 (Paris to New York) H. 11. .Fra7.oo, Ray (Joctz, Irene Bor- doni. Elsie Fpr.^'uson, Charles llack- ctt, Oscar Loraine (Ho do Fr.'ince). 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