Variety (Oct 1928)

56 VARIETY OUTDOORS Wednesday, October 10, 1928 Robl. Moores, Vagrant, Once Circus Treasurer Qulncy, TMasa., Oct. 0. A slianiUUnK. unkomi't flRUVo of a inan, unsliavon. and with clothos badly torn, stood before JiulKf Avery in District- Court bore last Week and heard the judjre seiitonci^ him to tiix months in the N^)rf^JlU . county ,in 11 at Dedhnm after plead- jnK Kuilty to a charge of va^ran-jy. He is Kobert I-I. I^loores, formerly treasurer be the St-lls-Floto Circu.-', ■ ■vvho saw a fortune ..oC $40,000 dis- appear under traffic circum.stancoq. Twenty years aKo Moores stood, vcarih;^ cap and sown, on the graduation exorcises platform u< KinK's College, Winslow, Out., an^l . rocoived hU degree, granted cum laude, flis mother was a noted Canadian painter. She furnished the youni? graduate with ampK> funds as he fared forth. Kobert accepted the theatrical business as his life work. lie was a success. Within, a few years he was trca.s- . urei- of the Sells-Floto Circus and making a name for himself in the show world. Ten yeai's ago Moores had ?10.- 000 In the bank. He owned a hand- some home in Med ford, Mass. lie had taken as his bride, a beautiful young bareback rider from the circus, who gave up the lure of the tanbark to pre.side over th^ Med- . ford liotiie. Then came a son, but the child died in infancy. The wife was taken ill. Doctors feared her mal- ady was Incurable. It was suggested'that the young circus blTlcial move his wife into the. country. Accordingly ihey went to Newton, N. II., and pur- chased a farm. The $40,000 that had been in the bank dwindled. The Modford home was sold for $15,000. Finally there ' was no money left. Moores, reduced to penury, came . to Boston jlind began to try to find work. He tramped the streets for days without finding employment. His wife, still UU remained on the New Hampshire farm. JFinally Moores, penniless, hungry and discouraged, approached a po- liceman in Milton, suburb of Bos- Ion. He a.sked tlui most direct route to Newton, N, H. Hi.s ap.- pi»ar:uioe stamped him-as a tranip- When taken before .Tud^e Avery Lhe man, his' mind evidently numbed by his hardshii)S, pleaded guilty to tlie vagrancy charge with- out "telling the judge his tragic story. After being, sentenced h'^ told newspapermen. Count on 100,000 for Cleveland Air Events Cleveland, Oct. 9.. Cleveland expects 100,000 people froni the entire country for the National Air Kaccs, the aviation convention and the National Aero- nautics Kx-pnsitlon, to be held here in September, 1929. Floyd J.. I-ogan, Ohio mepiber of the National Aeronautical Associa- tion, led the successful fight to bring the race.s to Cleveland. Head- lined events are to, be three dis- tance air races, to termina:to at Cleveland airport. One will be from some centr.al Northwest city; an^ other from probably L-os Angeles, and the third fi'om the Southeast, The aeronautics e.Kposition and convention will be staged in the civic auditorium, and the. races and other events at the airport, A f\ind of $250,000 is being raised to finance the events. MML OYN'S KICK (Continued from page 1) across the street from "Tt." whicli Mhe had written for Clara Bow. A friend of Madame Olyn'a attend- ing "Blindness" heard two people in front of her say "Why l-1Unor (;lyn has made a lady out of Tau- line Stark. I don't like this sort of thing. JjeVs go across the street and see "It." ' - Believes In Art. Madame Glyn still clings to her belief In the art of the movieg. She hopes that some day there will be a little theatre movement in the movies so. that artistic real pictures for a sophisticated New York audience may b» produced without consideration of the audi- ence In OshkQSh. • Madame Glyn thinks that "The Singing Fool" and "Street Angel" are excellent pictures, and that her picture, "His Hour" was without "inaccuracies.'^ She Is now writ- ing a story for Greta Garbo called "Tiger Charm," really another ver- sion of "It." The tiger Is the most fascinat- ing and interesting of animals,; she. says, and it seems has plenty of "It." FAIB MEN MEET DEC. 4 Chicago, Oct. 9. International AssofciUtion of Fairs .uid lixposltlons will hold Its an- nual convention at the local Audi- torium hotel," Dec. 4-5. Ralph T. Hemphill of Oklaln)nia City is secretary. CARNIVALS Traver's Cooch Shows Danbury, Conn., Oct. 9. , Travcr's Chautauqua Shows -(Car- nival), which have operated several years without girl shows and loud- ly advertised the fact, had two wide- open cooch tents facing each other across the midw;ay on their date here last week. Variety was mistaken In Us re-' port that George Mence contem- plated retirement from agency busi- ness in favor of a haberdashery line in Chicago. He handled the brief vaudeville appearance of Tele- vox for Keith and then, faUing ill. quit that agency. He is recuperat- ing In Chicago and will be back at the agency business when doctors say he can return to work. FILM ACTORS CUT DOP (Continued from page 1) for proceedinar with production. Most produclnff Organizations "are not equipped to turn out talkers. To most picture men • the talkers represent an enigma. No one, as fa;r as one of the executives In- terviewed could find out, has any Idea as to how it should or will work out, but everyorte Is willing and anxious to talk, about it. Meanwhile, only Fox and Warner Bros, studios show Increased activ- ity with Pathe just comijig into the field. First National Is flmdlng it diffi- cult to get suitable actors with voices to take part In the court- room scenes for "Changelings." Over 50 prospects have been given voice testa last week with only one found to meet the requirements. This was August Tollaire, French character actor. (For currant week (Oct. 8) when not otherwise indicated.) Alamo E.\'po., San Antonio. H; & B. Am. Co., (Fair) Lincoln- .u.M, N, C.' •Braun c*t Kelso, Clem well, Tex. JJernardi Idxpo., (Fair) Alva, Okla. liernardi, (Fair) Danville, Va. Boiiton Am. Co., Ilazen, Ark. Brodbeck Am. Co., Stafford, Kan. Brown t*i; Dyer, (Fair) Elizabeth City, N. C. Bruce Greater, Weldon, N< C. Uunta Am. Co., (Fair) Columbia, SC. '"Ce"ntra;i States, (Fair) Dublin, Ga. Cetlln & Wilson No. 1, 8-20, Hen- derson, N. C. Coe Bros., (Fair) AlbertyiUe, Ala. Coleman Bros,, (Fair) Stafford Springs, Conn. Cotton States, (Fair) Bernice, La. Crafts Greater, San Bernardino. Cal. Dixieland, (Fair) Natchitoches, La. Dodson's Expo., (Fair). Brook- haven, Miss. Dodsbn's, (Fair) Columbus, Ga. Edwards, J. R., Belmont, O. F. & F. Am., South Hill, Va. Fairly, Noble, (Fair) Paris, Ark.; 15, Atkins, Ark. Fleming, Mad Cody, (Fair) Car- rollton, Ky. Francis, John, Breckenridge, Tex Cloth's Greater, Amelia, Va. Gold Medal, (Fair) -Tallulah, Gray, Roy, No. 1, Lagrange, Tex. Gray, Roy, No. 2, Center, Tex. (jreenburg Am. Co., Santa Rosa, N. M. ' Gruberg, Max, (Fair) Darlington, SC. 'names. Bill H., No. 2, (Fair) Au- brey Tex. Hansen, Al C, Mcndenhall, Miss. Harris, Walter, Fair) Rector, Ark.: 15, Lepanto, Ark. Harris Expo., . (Fair) Pickens, S. C. Hlirs Greater, (Fair) Wendell. N. C. . . Hill, Hugh W., No. 1, Lawrence- ville, Ga. Isler Greater, Guymon, Okla. j. & H. Am. Co., (Fair) Lewls- burg, Tenn. lOc Gate; No Joints; New Carnival Scheme Chicago, Oct. 9. Carnival.s are finishing up their seu.son and with few exceptions have had a good year. It was found that by putting in a 10c gate the outdoor shows averaged from around $1,200 to $1,800 a week gate, which made it possible for them to do away with many concessions. Rubin & Cherry have announced for the coming year absolutely no concessions for their shows outside of the corn game. This will allow the Rubin & Cherry shows to play anywhere and everywhere. ^S^ : ^ Jonos, Johnny J., (Fair) Meridian, Miss. Kellic-Grady, Kussellville, Ala. Krausc's, Moultrie, Ga. Laughlin, J. VV,, (Fair) Clarendon, Ark. Leggettc, C. R..- (Fair) Lecsvillo, La, ■ ' McGregor, Donald; No. 1, (Fair) Franklin, Tex. Martin Bros., Courtland, Ala. Martin & Noe, Luxemburg, Mo. Metropolitan, (Fair) Apex, N. C-; 15, Gaffney, N. C. Morris & Castle, (Fair) Dallas. Miller, Ralph R., Canton, Miss.; 15, Frankllnton, La. Miller's, F. W., Midway, (Fair) Olla, La.; 16, Donaldsonville, La. Mississippi Valley, (Fair) Tyler- town, Miss. Murphy, D. D., (Fair) Granada, Nalll, C. W., Oakdale, La.; 16, Ruston, La. Page, J. J., (Fair) Winston-Salem, N. C. Poilie Shows, Harrisburg, Ark. Reiss, Nat., (Fair) Greensboro, •iS'. C. • ■ Rice Bros., Lawrenccburg, Tenh.; 15, Cuthbert, Ga. ; Rock City, (Fair) Douglas, Ga. Rubin & Cherry, (Fair) .Concord, N. C. Rubin & Cherry Model, (Fair) Cornith, Miss. Snodgrass, T. L., Broken Arrow, Okla, Sunset, (Fair) Coal Creek, Tenn. Sutton, Great, Marked Tree, Ark. Texas Show, Needville, Tex. Wade, W. G., Balnbridge, Ga. Western Am. Co., East Bend, N. C. Wortham's World's Best, Little Hoclc A.T*lc« wise, David A., (Fair) Sparta. Ga. Zeiger, C. F. United, Boise, Idaho. ANNOUNCEMENT! GORDON BOSTOCK'S CIRCUS * THE WORLD'S GREATEST TRAINED WILD ANIMAL CIRCUS Opeiis Dec. Ist^F^ EARL'S COURT EXHIBITION, LONDON ACTS TOUR UNDER CANVAS TO FOLLOW WANTED: A FEW MORE FREAKS AGENTS: CLOW NS U. S. AMERICA CLAUDE W. BOSTOCK 225 West 46th Street New York City ENGLAND REEVES & LAMPORT 42 Cranbourn Street LONDON