Variety (July 1929)

5th INTERNATIONAL NUMBER Pobllshed Weekir at XS4 West 4(tb St„ New Terk. N. bj ▼ariety, lae. Aanaml mbacrtptloa. II*. SlasU oeplea, t( oeata. Batered aa oeooad-claaa matter December tt, ItOS. at tbe Foat OIBce at New Torlc, N. T., under the aot ot March 1, lS7t. VOL. XCV. No. 12 NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1929 104 PAGES N. V. A. M on I^Hsm Ivy (M Sta^ Along to ^ After Krd • V t Tabs of mediocre variety are J .■ I- .'jilaylnff the apple stands masr /:V'!4ueradtDK aa theatres on the Poison - Ivy Circuit aa a supplanter. tor '•; .yaude. " Tabs are perfect for the short roll ^' .'Cuys who won't turn their dumps ^ 'iri.to garages even if they can't con- ;.^ii>ce the locals that.they are ttaea- '-' tr^ ^iio tabs, generally makeshift b( -affairs comprising fourth-rate lay- ''. qffs and others who don't belong, are -"'booking the dates direct on a per- L::^'Gentage basis. When playing to lean business the ; .:^b boys alibi their continuance by ^^ qialming It's -just for a lark. They > fget "the bird" plenty all along the . ' Une and are used to It. ' „.( Aii indie booker caught one of the ■'ffyuisB in a house he formerly booked. !He cornered the manager and told 'V.itlm he'd never get any buslnesj : '-.With shows like this one. H^f VWhat's the diff," retorted the ;^^'-Arabes<iue showman, "I didn't do V';an^. business with your kind of -.>audevllle either." ' ri The tabs stay. !i4i(Nr^l on Browniiig's ' %eefe Boy ifor decision'' ■ ••i , "Pour for ones" made their ap- ~;;3^earance oil* Broadway last week. 5 'Anyone desiring to- see "Decision" •*»t the 49th iStreet could, by present- v^4qg a throwaway card, buy tickets :^l:*t the box office for one-fourth the Vjairlnted price. ' ""'^ form of cut rating arose Ojwhen It was announced that '"Daddy" Browning had bought the i^*ou3e out for the week. He is sup- v;>j)osed to have then left the tickets <' »t the box office for distribution on -■\-ithi8 four-for-one basis. . :>^: •-Businiiss was little better. The •-ahow was slated to slide Saturday . but continues this week. Bom Voice Doable Chicago, July 2. . '^•lliam Harrington, manager of . the Club Alabam, unfortunately .ijlised a tenor voice double when '-■■tailed for trial on charge of con- ducting gambling in his night club. When Judge Helander called for ■5arrlngton,_.jKlu>.ifl_a..llu8kK ^bass- Voiced guy, a shrill little voice" •piped: "Here!" The voice was dragged in front and turned out to : be James Galllgan, Just a good : friend. Asked who told him to answer 'or Harrington, the tenor said his brother made him. Asked who his brother )a, he said he didn't know. Judge Helander gave Galllgan 10 tlays to regain his memory. RoQgh on Albee At the first meeting of the new directorate of the N. V, A^ held Monday immediately after its election, a ; motion was proposed to notify EL F. Albee that'uni^ he became a member of the dub a courtesy admission card would be re-, quired displayed if entering the clubhouse. . . Eddie Cantor, the new presi- dent, killed the motion. lO-Week-OM Siamese Twms Died Eddbitiog Fae and Mae lienz, Siamese twins, 10 we^ks old, died from Internal hemorrhages Friday morning in the Hospital for Babies, Newark, N. J.. The baby twins were born in Mat-- toon. 111., and brought east by Terry- Turner. One of the babies developed an internal hemorrhage af^er the twins had been"on exYilbltlon' in Olmpia Park, Irvlngton, N. J^ for only two days. They were rushed to the boa pital. Remains were shipped back to Mattoon Saturday for interment Presbyterian Cabaret Huntington, W. Va., July 2. This city's only cabaret, Tooner- vllle Trolley, must operate without dancing, according to ruling by the city council last week.. Proprietor secured signatures of 49 neighbors for a protest petition, but it didn't help. Ruling applies to public dancing for the entire city. Marathon Dancer in 3d Month, Pinched on Floor Minneapolis, July 2. The prize won by Palmer Holman, dance marathbner, for 1,738 hours of dancing in the ' St. Paul dance derby was a trip to Jail. _ I Alter „tlie.-.lj.7.38th Jiour, Holman still going strong and regarded as a likely winner, was taken into cus- tody on a charge of selling a mort- gaged Automobile. The policeman walked onto the dance floor to serve the warrant on Holman who was ha.Ued while circling the room with his partner. Unable to furnish ball, he was lodged in the county. Jail. The marathon la in Its third month. CANTO!) ELECTED PRES. BY ACCLAIM First Joyous Annual Meet- ing of Club Since Formed —rPat Casey Turns N.V.A. Over to the Mem- bers—Name Change %a Variety from Vaudeville Most Tourists Pas»ig Up Paris For Rival Europe Play Spot Lures NO MORE SPIES For the first time in Its 10 or more years'of existence the N. V. A. club- house heard an actor's voice in au- thority Monday, when Eddie Canter was elected, its president by ae- iclamation. The entire ticket passed Into office at the taina time. Induction of the officers will jikely be cer^- monied with the start of the new season. Other ofBcers, and also directors, are:' Waiter C. Kelly, first Vice- president; Solly Ward, Arthur Ash- ley and Charles H. O'Dohnell, sec- ond, third and fourth vice-presi- dents in that order; Henry Chaes- terfleld, secretary, and Pat Casey, treasurer. Casey turned the N. V. A. Club 'over to the actors m a snappy ad- dress. As representative of ' the 'major v^j^y interests, Pat told the 200 or tyf tnembers atisembled in the ballroom that the N. V. A. is now their club and to take care of it. He explained that the N. V. A. Club requires $1,000,000 yearly for maintenance; of which the club it- self furnished but a scant portion. "But you do your share," said Pat to the members, "and we (referring to the managers) will do ours. Tho money must be raised." Before concluding Pat struck a pleasant chord for the N, V. A. regulars by sayliig: "There will be no more coppers, stools or spies in this club or the show business if I. can help It. We don't want them In here, don't want them anywhere. I have never been mixed Up with that kind, of stufT, and don'f intend to start now." One of the amended resolutions voted favorably upon was to change the name of the club to National (Continued on page 74) KATZ* HOST MODEBH HOUE Sam Katz, president of Pub- JiJ .J?!it?:*t?i' have the most modern home extarilTJroin' report, when his mansion In New City, N. T., will have been flntshed. It will contain a complete ventilating system and cooling plant. Each room may be regu- lated for temperature, summer or winter, by Its occupant Fans Now Phoning lios Angeles,' July 2. Long distance calls from film fans 'all over the country are the latest annoyance for the picture studios. Although the high cost of phoning prohibits this practice ~ becoming general, there -are enoiigh such, daily calls' tO: make it annoying by tying up the studio trunk I^nes until the calls can be. completed or can- celled. . One man called M-O-M from Chicago and after being connected with, the publicity office asked to talk to Greta Garbo. Finding that Impos- sible the caller taved because . it cost him'^140^ , Other cross-country calls are reported, each motivated by no other ^eslre than to bold a conversation with the favorite screen player. IGssing on the Square to Match a Dove's Lips Jacksonville, July 2. Belles here are osculating a white square Just above their name and address and shooting the specimen to Jonas Perlberg, manager of the Publlx vaude theatre. The winner gets 20 ducats to a Blllle Dove picture. She will get them because, the rouge squash In the little white space is closest in Jonas' opinion to the imprint the original Blllle would have made had her press agent in Hollywood thought of the Idea. While the gag Isn't original with Jonas, the jail metaphor he uses In connection with'the ballyhoo prob- ably Is. Charlie EInteld at First National gets credit' for having contracted the kissing card, germ six montbb ago when he tried it out with Mack Sennett's "Goodby Kiss." CQHAH'S EDISOH SONO In tribute to the Wizard of Menio Park and in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the invention of the Edison tungsten lamp, George M. Cohan has compoiaed "Thomas A. Edison, ■ Miracle Man," fox-trot march-song,- . . :. . . ...^ .. Vosbiirgh's Orchestration Serv- ice of New York is distributing it gratis and tax-free as the publish- ing agent of thei Light's Golden Jubilee Coihmittde. Unique In music publishing an- nals Is that ho copies of this song are to be sold, but to be distributed gratis as part of the nation's testi- monial to the eminent Inventor.' , . Paris, July 2. A survey of hotels and merchants catering to-'tourlsts Indicates that this summer is the worst since the war for traveler'trade. Answer la that the army of pleasure seekers from America is passing up Paris due to high prices ^d the tinfrtend- ly attitude of ihe natives toward foreigners. First ^lass hotels and shops here are charging. more than similar places In New York. Shop keepers generally go In for sharp practice In their dealings with foreigners, according- to experienced travelers. Traditional French . courtesy . Is changing. There atie even native merchants who declare that Paris ^ould t>e better off If there were not' so many foreigners around. Natives blandly explain high prices with a shrug and the state- ment that foreigners can afford .to pay the price. • Behind all these things titere Is also the fact that rival play spots In Europe are- making an Intelligent appeal to the worlil to visit them. 'Every tourist city of any size In Europe is spending money making its inerlts known to the travelers of the world. Paris looks on In puzzled indifference. Popular explanation of .absence of toOrlsts in Paris is "Americans are not traveling this year oti' ac- count of the excitement in Wall Street" Temples' Home on Wheek; Dot a Dish Cirackd Boston, July 2. All the comforts of home are had by Mr. and Mrs. Ij. A. Temple of Chicago, vaudevilfe, artists, at the Boston auto camp in their modem house .on wheels. The Temple, auto house Is 17 feet long, 6 feet wide and 6 feet high. It con^ins. sleeping room, kitchen cab- inet; bath, electric lights, full-length mirror, besides several wall mirrors and pictures. It Is buFlt so strong that a china dinner set is carried and In the 40,- bdo miles the couple have traveled in the bus, not a single dish has been broken. A folding card table is used for dining table, with two regular dining room chairs. The couple do a magical act BROOKS THE NAME YOU GO BY . V>/HEN YOU GO TO BUY L COSTUMES O O-W X .S, w N n 11 N I I. O li M s I I4>37 B'WAY. N.Y TEi ' MlAQ ».000 COSTUMtft TO