Variety (Nov 1928)

40 VARIETY VAUDEVILLE Wednesday, November 21, 1928 More Keith Shows Daily in 2 Towns Alboe (Keith's), Cincinnati, will change from three- to four-:i^iliiy . bcginnini,' Dec. 24. . Another Keith-bookra house to IncrcMse- the number of shows will be the Ertrle.VPhilaaelphia. Rlateil to acid one to its present three diuly on Nov. i2G. ■ The chanties will a<Ul 15 move pcr- formances to a Keith route without increasihp the number, of acta or thealtres. Houses Closing Vaiide out. of Capitol, Ansonm, Conri., sound program substituted. No-Smoke Order At the urgent rcciucst of the fom- l);iny insurinj,' the I'iilace theatre and building asainst nro, an order was pa.s.sed around. the flCth and sixth (booklnK) floors last week for- biddinp .smoki.nfj. . Hookers and agents were asked to sign, the slip. The ho-smokini?, rule has affected the Palace, building for years but has never been fI.Eridly enforced, Kire laws forl)id smoking in any structure directly above a theatre. Acts Added to Sound Cameo, Jcr.sey City, adds vaudo next week after all-sound for three weeks. The sound policy remains, with vaude added.' reus General &Kecutiue OFftces^ LOEWBUIIDINC AN N E X 160 WEST 46^" ST* DRYi^NT^ 9850-'NEW YORK CITV J. H. LUBIN GENERAL MANAOEB MARVIN" hTSGHENCR BOOKING MANAGER CHICAGO OFTICK 600 WOODS THEATRE BliB'G JOHNNY JONES IN CHARGE a" VADDEVUil'E AGKTrCV WHICH PRODITES MORE THAN IT PROMISES ■ CONSISTENT, EKFICIENT SERVICE SINCE 1913 }. The fatly Markus Vaudeville Agency Astor Theatre Bldg., N. W. Cor. 45th St. and Bwadway Lackawanna 7876 New York City ILL AND INJURED Miss Jackson, with the- Charles Ahearn act, was thrown from the piano box atop the bike propelled by Ahcarn Sijnday hlffht at the Ma- jestic, New York, and for . a time was thought by the audience to be seriously hurt. Although dazed she manajjed to bow out for the finale. A small wheel refused to - work which, caused the accident. . During the act Mi.ss Jackson.does a.varsity drag dance atop the machine in motion. ■ , ' Joseph Regan is lU with laryn- gitis in St. Louis, where he was ap- poa;ring In vaude; Zeppo Marx, Marx Brothers, is out of the show with grippe. Sam . Zolotow of the New Tork Times dramatic department, minor operation performed by X>r. John Carter, staff surgeon of the Times. Zolotow entered the Post Graduate hospltai jast week but is expected out'in , a few. .days. Mks. George Lait, professionally fiessie Milton, recovered from an operation for appendicitis. She is at her home in Los Angeles. Earl La Vere, in Publix's "Teeing Off" unit, who. left it In St. Louis owing to an a.ttack of appendicitis, is recovering. Virginia Dale, drama critic, Chi- cago Journal, is ill at, her home in Chicago. Margaret Ford, double - voiced vciude. .sinEer^.^ taken to Bellevue Hospital, New York, has been dis- charged. Mrs. Ford left the hos- pital in company with friends and is reported resting at Spring Lake, N. J., prior to resuming her vaude engagements. Harry Harris, of Harris and Wea- ver, in the Georgia Receiving. Hos- pital, Los Angeles, suffering with a broken shoulder and bruises aibout the head. Harris sustained these painful injuries when he fell down a flight of stairs at the Continen- tal hotel. . ■ • • ■ ^ • -:■ V Julius Bledsoe, of "Show. Boat.." recently operated upon for appendi- citis and later compelled to return to the hospital for an intestinal operation, Is reported improved. Helen Honan fell and broke her arm in two places while making her entrance Nov. 10 a;t the Minnesota (Minn.) theatre. She is with a Publlx stage unit but may be out of it for a few weeks. Sam Bennett says Variety printed he is leaving Saranac to return to vaudeville. Not so, says .Mr. Ben- nett and he's, at Saranac indefi- nitely, at 41 Park avenue. <• Once again vague and restless rumors are causing Lbew agents to look up at the heavens and wonder if anything is going to fall and deprive them of their present book- ing privileges with th« circuit, J. H. Lubln. told a Variety re- porter that no new franchises had been granted and that no old ones had been cancelled, yet he did pass the remark that he would, be more pleased were the present list cut down. Meanwhile outside the agents have the "wonder if it is to be me blues," Reports still gather rniomeritum that certain individuals hot connected, with the circuit at present are to be glveii floor book- ing rights within the , next few weeks. LOEW AGENTS WORRIED Lubin Would Like to See List Cut Down FIELD RETIEING Chicago, Nov. 20. Norman . E. . Field is retiring as geni, mgr. for Jones, Linlck & Schaefer after 25 years of. service. He got a testimonial dinner at the Covenant Club. 45 Talking Shorts to Date Released by M-G-M East M-G-M has released 45 talking .shorts to date, not Including two Metro Movietone Reviews. .To cre- ate this number of shprts, 16 dif- ferent acts have been employed, with an average of three numbers to each. Van and Schenck have been the frequent recorders. They have made four and are scheduled to make tonr more. Marion Harris has miade four and will make two other recordings later. A number of west coast-made shorts will soon be added, perhaps 10 in all. With nca;rly 75 Loew theatres wired the M-G-M supply is thus far short of the demanfl. Demmy Lamson, agent, has with- drawn from the firm of Lamson and Ruth Collier. Miss Collier will con- tinue operating the busine.ss, with Esther Rosecan as associate. DE.IK ART; (The Other "Beer K'lne") "Sally** Koaled 'em! Now It's nRENE" Sume Plaee, Broadway Palace, L. A. .(And I'm Playlof Madame Xaoy!) >vu6bFS I r KEN BROWNE P. S.: Nadin* Says "Hello" Santa Claus's Gift ta tte Amosemeiit World ANN 1.EMEAU A New Single Comedienne in a Novelty SILHOUETTES" . W^rltten and Prpduced by. CARL McGULLOUGH As the Clock Ticketh^—So Ann Lemeau Clicketh Philadelphia "I-odifep" says: "ANN I^EMTIAU. a popular comedienne, grave the crowd a KAriO-FIItK JUMItT.K OF SONGS and WlSti SAYINGS that kept all at Al^IDNTION to catch the run of thlngR. Iler parodies >VKKk KOVKI. Olid Uer MAKE-UP J.ENT MUCH TO THK BOJLE SHE I SO WELL." LA SIGONDA—NEW YORK—SOON—LA SIGONDA :uE DID XESTER JEFFRIES—Booklns Master KABIi SCHWARTZ—At Piano ACME BOOKING OFFICES, INC. .Boolclng All Theatres Controlled by STANLEY COMPANY OF AMERICA A ronte of 15 weekA within 200 mileR ot Mew York Artists Invited to book direct 1560 Broadway New York City JUDGMENTS Ben J. Sweetland; Associated Glee Club of America, Inc.; $1,919. " Alexis Ruloff; Mme. Andre Sherrl, Inc.; $475. Geo. Reine; Dazians, Inc.; $972. Jarnegan, Inc.; J. Cohen; $285. Carter-Arkatov Prods., Inc.; A. Feklblum; $2,019. . Guido Ciccolini; V. E. Ferretti; $5,060. Anton T. Scibilia and. Clarence W. Morganstern;. Mahleu Costumers, Inc.; $8,1.32. Satisfied Judgment Irvin S. Cobb; M. Dressier; $5,- 691; May 2. 1928. WAIM VICTORIA THEATRE, ROCHESTER, N. Y. ACTS BREAKRiIO THEIB jlCMP EAST OP WEST Can Book Sunday Here Anything from a Single to a Circus ^ NO DANCING JOE woods. Mgr. DORA WINNIE in Their "CRISP REVUE" K.-A.-O. Circuit Personal Bep.: FRANK ETANS TWO IN ONE (NOT A SHOE POLISH) Playing Two Theatres This Week (Nov. 18) PALACE and HIPPODROME Bob and Gale SHERWOOD AND THEIR ENTERTAINERS Featuring LEON LE VERDE and BOB SHERWOOD, JR. With RUSSELL FANSLER, PINKIE PORTER, EMORY FIELDS, CLARENCE MORRISON, BUD CARTER, JAKE MORRIS PRESS COMMENT The "World," Nov. 20 "By .far the best act was Bob and Gald' Sherwood, rushed over from the Hippodrome, where they are on the ropular bill, to nil the place left .vacant by the Moscgaii Brothers, who had cancelled at the last moment owing to sickness. "Hob and CJale Shorwood present a band which looks like a family affair. The lady in the act'plays the. piano, and, plays it well, and the others each do a specialty, the whole thing is routined so well that none of the material which oh analysis might be found to be familiar--stuff was ever held too long, and consequently the act was . continuously amusing. It is a swell act, and on Sunday night stopped the show, a' feat thoroughly de- served." OPENING MUSIC BOX CAFE, NOV. 30, AND DOUBLING IN UPTOWN THEATRE, CLEVELAND, INDEFINITELY Direction: HARRY WEBER DAVE BERNIE and HIS ORCHESTRA NOW K-A-O CIRCUIT WATCH FOR MY OPENING Direction: CHAS. ALLEN Permanent Address: 745 SEVENTH AVE., NEW YORK CITY