Variety (Sept 1929)

Wednesday, September J85, 1989 VARIETY <TUre« Belle Baker Jerome & Gray Wlnslow 4 . Wni Ebbs ButU Mix T'nlt (OlUers lo^tUl), Jiiniiiy Allardt Cora qreerio : . ("ountesfl £ionla- Qo Hitriy Ilowara . The Brian la Kdltli's .(2H> Ijarlmo.r . &. Huason- 0 niosrtom, & June ijovk'ard fimlth. tlQ Sydney Marlon Co. Serbva . ■ . ■ (21) ■ . ^ J B Gavanau^jii Cronln & Hart / . prtwors & Jarrbtt Claude & MaTlOT); ' B & G Sherwood.Co- riTTSItt'lMJH Harrl« (!{8) KTar.le .HusBell ■ Minor & PetorBon Biiyard & Cook . Feather Creations (Qhe to nil) ■ ■ . ..:.C21)- .: JJarty & Nancy • Gva. Mandell Harinohlca Band (Two to All) SYltACUSK KoIth'B <2tl) I<eatrlco Joy Burns & Allen .. O'Connor l''amlly (Two to fill) . (21.) Foster KiiKan & C Blood & Thgndor Murray & Ch'lcsfrts IIini»u«Ir»nvo. Scnorltii Aloaneis Ituth Vord rimse & I^atbur John Steel ■ ; ' ... . Stanley '.Bros & A Crockett -Mnalneers LouOanieron Jlfi'e- ■Marvehfea Hilly (Uason. Rhapsody In Silk ; ■ trento'n )■ ■ CttiJitoi ■ int half (28,-1) . Vic' .Lauria. . VtJ.ice . ot R-7C.-0 . : (Three to nil) 2d halt (2r4) Art. Henry. Co. Voice of W-K-O ■(Three to nil) ". • -28.'half (26-?7) UQVSTOX, TEX. . Slertlnl (3Q) . 2 I^adelhifl „ I Slim JackBon ■ Smith & iSftwyep 1 BIta Gould Ma'/cttl TjOwIs Co , Maje.sllc (30) I Mlaculuia • . J)UBan, &.,Parker •' Sully & Thomas Mary Haynis Lind.say J^lasoon Co MOW Oni.BANS .Orphcum (itO) Bob & Lucy Ollotte Mevhnn Newman Irvinff: H(l\viir(ln 15 Syncopallirs ■ . ((jne lo ini) Association SPinN0FII3I,D Palace <S3) Indian tiummer (OthtTs to fill) WATEKIttKY let halt (23'':2S) Songs I Love (Others to nil) WORCESTm I'ulnie (23) Idea of Beauty (Others to mi) MYERS-HAYS RACING NEW YOEE EXCLUSIVELY pE$IGNEb GARMENTS POR GENTLEIVIENi BEN ROCKE 1632 B'wayi at 60th' |St., Yj. Clt> Metrop'tari Singers . a .-ipales / Talbof Kinney Girls (One t» n)l).i Ist hdlf (as-l) ■ Bose - X;ouls'6 ' Co..' Jiidson Colo Bbmaino & Cdstle . (One to. nil)- . . 23. half (2-.4) • Baby Bobby Buster Hayes & Cody - Carter & 4 Albii gis (Two to nil) Zd halt. (25-27) Mario Kussell . Paiintleas .'' Miller & P<St6r8on : Feather iCreatlona (One- to flllY ; . BIOHMONn Kcllli'8 ;(2») Bcchco: & Rubyatte . Krans! &• Kauffman Hlles, & Mansncldi Bob .Hall Btop-Tjook-T.ilsten',' ■ Pulaeo (28) . Baclanova'.. . . . ' Buck & Bubbfeg Dave. Apbllo'ii Co' . Australian Waltes f (One tiJ nil) i ■ ■ : (2.1.) : ■■ I Oiscn &■ Johnson Bobby. May. G & A Falls ; ... Smoke ■ Screen '^ • ■O'Connor Family- ! SAN FRANeifSCO ; Orpheuin (28).-^^- 1 "Wilton & Weber - Belle .Baker ^- (Three to fill) -^(21) Siamese. Twins - Bby. Cummings Co Albert CarroH Jos Regan - Taula Paqulta & <? .■ Joe' Mcridi - Davis &• Parnell SAN DlE<iO Keith'H (•<{») "White & Manning Can field & WTu tp Maryland Cblle^'ns Bert Hanlon . dlbort Bros gCIIENlECTADY .Proctor's ■ .1st half (28-1) Maryn Bellllt Co liloyd Ibach' Entrs (Throe to fill) 2d half (2^4) Honey Glrr Mlnsfls (Others to fill) ' 2d half (25-27). Campus Colleagues Smith Strong & Lee Max & His Gang iJbe, May & Dottle Palm Boarh Girls SEATTLK Orplieaih (28) Golf Fiends Rtiddell & Ponffgan (Others to fill) (21) Ray JIulihg ■Wilkin^ ,& ■Jyilklns Ircn'e Vermlilon Co (Two to ftU) ■pnbY ■ '. Proctor's- : 1st ixalf (28-i) ; Honey GIrl MinsCts (Others to nil) : Sdihalf (2-4) J &' B ..Cavanaugh Smith Strong & Leo Lloyd ibach Enters (TWO'to nu) 2<1 half (25t27) Eno Tr •Tabor & Green -; Mai yn BoHUt. .Co (Two- to nil), -.: ' .Coijiitbi. : ist. half ■ :(2i5-i)' ;. Henry Lewis Jr' '.. Geo K Arthur . Urrioks & RUshi. Village Green Club (One to my 2d half (2-4) , Harrington Sis Gob Brb;a(lhurst Cb Joe - Davcy Walter Dare WiihJ (One to nil) . 2d half. (25-27) , Llbonatl Clrlllb Bi'os Thanlc You Doctor Dunn & West, Rev (Ono to fill) VANCOUViB Orpli^um (28) .Rose's Midgets V. Dillon & Parker Dbti Cummlhgs Ruiislan Art Circus (One to nU) . .. .. . (21) Golf- Fiends Rudell . & Doneisoli (Three to mi) - .WHITB: PLAINS: . <KcUh'B 28-1) Walter Dare AVahr Summers' &. Hunt Chas Hamp Roger «i Wynn (One to fill) ■ ..: : .WlNOTPEi^O . Orpbcam (28) Sawyer" ife .'Eddy. Gbas & BarroWs Blood &. Thunder Flo Lew 1^ .Pbllbpk .& DUnn .(21) Marcus Show. Grace Doro (Three to nil) ^ YONK15IIS Keith's 1st. half (28-1) • 2 Davcys . Hunter & P^rclval Signer Friscoe Co (Two to fill) ' 2d half (2-4> Geo K Arthur. Co Hall & PUlard C'1>:K KAl'IDS, lA. •Iowa' ', Ist ' half (20ri) . . Roni'as Tr. . Tolly & O7I Fclh . & Tennyson - (TVYO. to nil.i)-• 2a half (2-.D) Geo- Dbrmondb Co : Suxon lleea: & iC Stan Kivanaugh- . (Two. to fill) .. DAVKSr.OKT, lA. -t^repttol. . Ist.half (29-1). ■ Snodzer Jr. ' Del Ortos . Jimmy Allard Co . 2d. half (2.-6): . .: .. Romas Tr I'olly & Oz Blue Slickers. , 1>£S .MOINES, lA. Orplieuin ist half 1(29-1) .: Lee Masoii & Sunny Vox A-'Vt^arters . .. Nat 0 Haines. Go ' , 2d hiilf (Z-'U) ' Del QttoB - Snobz'cr Jr '.'. ■ jinlfmy Allard Go INPIANAP., IND. I.yric (28) Whitehead. & Aly^z :Enchanted- Forest ■ (ThYeo to fill) : LiNOOrN, NBBi . Stiittrt (30) Herh Williams- Co (Two to Jill) - LONIDON, CAN. r -. ■ - - iKtew's'. ■ - . Ist Half (30-2). l3d. & Jay McCrea Victor Ollybr Co Jo*. Tho'piii's SaX'tet • :.2d half -O-.S) .. RIvorsMc (28) • Gordon'"a Dogs ', "\Vinlfred..& MUls Sn-ni.o'-Butli'r .(Jiihg . lie'seor EnlfoiiV . (One: tb fill). OIL CITY. PA. -DrrtUo 2d half (3-5) ' .(Tharm.*: <;■'.' Clayton &-,Tjeonard Jules' Howaird . Gray & GbWl)oy Bd' (One to;nil) JVOCnPO|t1>> ILL. •Paliiee."''. 1st halt (29-1) ^ ■ jjaihtoi) Bros Geo D.ormonde' & P (Throb to fill) . • ..2d half (275), Bobbins & J.ewctt Jos -Nletneybr'Co '. (Three , to nU) : , SIOUX CITY, lA.;; -Orphcum • ist; half (29-1). . Miller & Wilson "Ada Brov^ri; • .. Le Paul. ■ Vern. BathbUrn Ce Barry & Whitl^dge . ^23 half (2-5).r • Lee^Masoh &-.'Sunn'y. Nat G -Haliies Go' ■ Vox & Waltersv (Two to;.fill) . : : SO. ItRND. IND. : palaces : . l^t hilf .(29rl) Nixb'n Si Sans ■ Jbs Nlemeycr Co. Sun'Pong Lin Tr (Two to fll!.)- ST. L01IIS, MOk tir^nd ,(28) ^ Glided Cage " Harry Fiddler, . : CuiwnDva ' Koof ': Kentl('i;g' ■ ■. ': . B.obby' Arnst Olivu. B'radi' v. / ■ Murray •Siiiilh^ / Jer ry. Fried ma n' Bd Chstinan Roytil . •Al- Shayne .-Rev-- -Irwin' Abrahams' . \ ipiintcatt Madrid ' Jack:.Whil.e- . Arthur Brown • Tonla'Ihgi'o'>-' •'•' '.'Dot James -• ' - ■; Pat .Harrington Monlrealers Bd .'.,, .Maty Lee-.'. Gebrgle Tapps. . ■ Aligla .Johnson , Connle'B Inii Leonard Harper. Rv Le -Rby Smith Bd. : . Cbtton Cliib ' Dflih' Healy: Rev. B.erryV Bros - -• 5 •Blaze'ra -'-' K ■^i. 111.1' Dlxp.n .., Josephine Hal) Litha mil : • Duke . Ellington Bd £v«!rglndGS L« liby Prlnit Rev ICddIc Davla ■ . Kawh . Jordan Thelmii' Edwards- .McCunn.. Sis ■ Keith. Rayno Tlra Kewln • .Marie ■ Ucgan'.. Joey. Ghanoe Bd : Qflil^iond^a Tcrr«ce :Win.baitldnd's Rev Ada Winston' Peggy. Bolton . 'Kay ;.Gre.ch.' .'Joe . Strbracy :'. RoSallQ Wyntie Dot :CroNvley Shirley: La Mar Loretta. Flushing Mlldrtd. lx>rraino. Landau's Bd Paramount. Boter Roy Ingraham. Bd CHICAGO BOB BERGER^ 'The Waffle Eingf's Reatanrant' KNOWN FROM COAST TO COAST . Wliere All Perfortnbrfl Meet .Combination Breakfast Served- Until 4 Pi M. ; Next to! Metlropolitah Theatre; BOSTON . Op^n .UbtU S A. M. 'Frdnkbnburg .Co - Bell's Ilawaiians .-.' (One tb- fill) . . I MEItiPinS,'^ TBNN. Orplieum . (28) I May "Weyer Co Doyle •& Baize Leo Galo .Ensemble Alcxande.r (& Peggy Walter Hiers Joe Eahton Co'. .. MILWA'KEIS, 'WIS. Dears ■& Ideas Angel. & Fuller (One to .fill) WIN1»S0B. CAN. Capitol ■ : iBt half (30-2) .Frankenbcrg Co . Beirs. Hawallans ' (One to nil). . . 2d half (3-6) Ed A 'Jay.McCrea' Victor Oliver Cjo . Joe Thomas Sax'tet :'AIat>am , KUty Cbhn Dorothy Durnell Blliy Meyers Bernie Adler . , A.mbdssadcoret. Esther Diir'neii ■Thelma Vlllird . I.Louis Stbver '• Isabelle Oerbdrdt ;Frert Villani .. Jimmy ;;Noqne Bd Brl^Ige...;. I. Bbimo Vincent Mary Stone' Benita Frede eidrjta . Bill Kranz Bd- . College Inn F'rank L(Bus6 Sleepy Hall .Bd . • Colb^inio Vassllu & klister Bomo .'Vincent Ahgelo Lotto.- Vivian Smith Margie . A: . Xarle :.. DeUs ■ . Earl Rlckdrd' Kirfay ' & Do <?age Alvira Morton Cobn Sanders Bd A-olica Geo McQ.U^en :. Nelle Nelson'- Phyllis Rae Llscheron &■ Alice Irene Faery Ju^la Gerily Buddy Hbwa Edrle '.Hoffman Bd ' Garden Allah Castle's. . ' Eddid CUftord Cecil Lehman Babe Payri.e,~ ,tip^vi. . LoVis: Bd piolden ■■ Piuiiivklp M Shernian Bd.' Green. »^^^ Joe ' Le w is -, '■', ' ■Verne!. Buck- Bd , \ Lincoln Tayerp Riay. Miller Bd Cbrlas & Louise Rick 4? Snyder Helen Savage Cdrnieh DiGloVannl Rhphael Herble iSeil^r Bd Stables Don Ulsh • . Johnny Dodds-Bd Terrace" Garden Peters- & Farrell Que C Edwards Bd . Turkish ysilage lelbeh Tanner - Sarah ' Thebbold •Pep' Hunter . Jackie :Hamllp : :Buste Darnell. Hall Gait.. George De Cotita Margie Ryan Freddie , Jdnls Bd Uptown VUIage j .OarrigaD'e Bd Vpnitir Fair Romo Vincent Geneve Butler Snydbr & Walton A'rt Panstead. VThlte HonM Mickey Chercp Bd Stanley-Fabiaii WASHIN&TON ISLIZABIsni, M. J.: BitB ., Ist/half (28-1) . Carl Shaw Co .' I-H & Bill Hutchins (Three to nil) " ■ 2a half (2-4) I Brooks &■ Rush . (Othei-s to fill) I HOBOItE^f, N. J. Fabian ' . ,. 1st half (28^1) Jack Trainor Co Dooley '&' Sales (Three to-fill) idlialf (2-4) H & Bill Hutchins (Others to fill) patebson; N« J. - Begehi • 1st half (28-1) Charles .Murray (Others to fill) : , 2d half (2-4) Hustoii Ray Hunter & Pisrclyal (Thriee to fill) ■.' Afiftor'' ' 1 HapTpy Walker Ore Chanteeler |,Meyer pa via Orch Carlton Meyer Ddvia Orch • ,lA>tne Irving Bornatelft Q: . ModHlIon/ . J Slaughter Orch Le Paradls Meyer Davis Orch Swahee Meyer Davip . 0»:ch Mutual Wheel SOUTH AF RICA TOL' K: Chevalier. Bros • Bwing ..Eaton • Billy Gilbert Co Harris fe RndoUffe Edna: Torrcnco' Co ■ •' ■ ■' St. IXMJIS .. •' Orplieum (28) W.arlng's Penns,'' ' .Dorothy Tjee Ldmont 4 . .(Two to flii) , ■ X21):'. .James Barton Pollack & Duiin Hill Billies' Lee Gall Ensemble (One to flll) . ST. PAUL Orphcum (28) Corbett & O'Brien Diinn & West Rev (Two to fill). 2d halt (25-27) Kennedy. Kramer Dainty, MdrlO! Eddie I'ardo Co Chinese Show. Boat (One to nil) ^ YOlJNGSTOWN Keith's (2M) internat'l Rhythm Willie Sojor Anderson & Graves Rde Paniue.ls .6 Brown Bros 2d half C26-27) . FrldUln &..Rhoda .Tohnny 'Hymah: Lcatrlce Joy , Burns' fc. Allen , .- ' ' Polar Pastimes. I ANN A'ri.B, MiCli' Michigan ist half (29-1) Henry Santry Orch ("Two to fill) 2d half (2-5). Henry Sahtry Orch (Two to fill). FLINT. MICH. Palace Ist halt (29-1) ■ , Tom Waring . I .Garden _ of . .R.oses ..; (On© to fill) • 2d half (2-5) Nixon & Sarts (Two to fill) JACKSON; MICH. ■, Capitol ,. ist half (29-1) I Iblings & Thomas Joe Roberts (One to fill) p .2d half (2-B) E 'Sanderson. CO. I Kay Davidson ■ (One tb nU). K'L'M'ZOO. MICH. • State .jst half (29-1) B Sanderson Co Richards .& Church Princess, Pat .2d.half (2-5) Argo & .Young Edgar Bergen Co Shuron & Duvrles LANSINO, MlC'U. Strand . 1st half (29-1) Butterfield Annual Syncopation Show (One to nil) " 2d. half'(2.r5) . RichdrdaSft Churfch (Two-tb nij) pOntlac; aiiCH. . ■ state '^ Ist half (29:-l) Argo &.;Young Shadkbvd & Wllsbn (One to fill) .„ . .. . 2a half (2-B) • . Butierfleld AnnuAl Syncopation Sho-w.' (One tb fill): JOLIKT, ILL. . KInlto I ; ist hdlf (30-2). tiockett & Page Co I Keller Sis & Lynch (Ono to nUr 2d, half (3-5) Mllller.&Wilflori' Fein & Tennyson ■ (One to fill) ivAl'KEGAN. .ILT.; . GeneM>e (20) . Vern Rathburh Co Fraiikel Ac .Dunlcvy Glorious .Girls,. . Interstatel ATTjASTA'. _ Keith's (30) .The Cnnslnbs Nash & Fateiy Chttrles Ray rarnell & Florence <Ono to flll) , BAIiLAS Majestlo <ao) * Aces & a Queen Courtney Sis B ■Wells & 4 Fays (two to fill) FT. WORTH, TJEX. Majestic (30) Zellla Sis . Col Jack George Loretta & Bd King Natacha NattovA . (One to fill) Week Sept. 23-3ff: . Bare Pacts-Bjiftalb;-80; Victoria, Bbches- ter ■' • - * ^ :■ '--.--' Best Shbw In Town—Qayety, Montreal; ■30, Oayety, Boston. ' . , __ Big Revue—Howard, Boston; 30, Mqd?m, 'i*r0vlfl6Jic?» . - ^ . Bohemians—Mutudl; Indianapolis; 30, Qar- "^i.Bowery Burl'esquers—Hudson, Union City; 30, Gayety, Brooklyn. . - _ Broadway Scandals—Lyceum, Columbus, 30; Lyric, Dayton, . . . ^ Burlesque Revue—Gayety, Baltimore j ao, Gayety,. Washington. ' „. ', • Cracker Jdcks-^Blackstone, South Bend, 30. Majestic, Fort Wayne,. ' .„ Dainty Dolla-Gdyely, ' Loplsville; ■ 30, Mutual, Indianapolis.^ .,1 » . . «/» Dimpled Darlings—Gayety, Boston;. 30, State, Sprlngneld, . ^ J' Flapper Follies—Lyric, Bridgeport; 30, FOX, Jamaica, N. .'Y,. _ , Fi-eii'-h Models-1/. O;.; 80. Pala«e, JMln;. neapolis, ■ ■ Frlvbitles—Majestic, Fort Wayne;. 30, Palace; Detroit. • Get Hot—"Victoria, Rochester;. 30, Colonldli Utioa'" Ginger Glrls-Caslnb,.: Philadelphia; 80, Gayety, Baltimore. ' w Girls Froin 'the Follies-Star, Brooklyn; 30, Columbia. T., C.^. , •• Girls From Happyland—Gcilonlal* Utica, ■30, Howard,'. Boston; ■;•: .. .. '-..;. '^v. Girl.s; in Bluer-Empress, C!inclnnatl; 8U, Gayety, Loui's-irllle. . . ■ .^i Hello Pnree^Lyrlo, .. Daytpn; 80,- Biht I prMs, : Cincinnati'.. . . . . '■'. ' . ■ •„-. High 'riyeri5-23-26,- Lyric,:. Allcntown; 26- '28. Orpheum.; Reading; 30, Star, Brpokiyrf. Hindu ; Bellefs-^EmpresSi Chicago; . 30, Gary, Gary. ■ .^j ■: ,; .„ '' : Jazztlme Revue—H,. fk S. Apollo, . N, T. G.; 80, OrpheuiTi, Patersbn. kuddllng Kutlcs—Academy, PUtBburgh; 30, Lyceum, Columbus, . Lafflrt!.-Thru—Empire, Toledo;. 30, Grand, I 'Altron ' Lid Lifters-Palace, Detroit; 30, Elmpire, '^jlu-rry; Whlri-Gayety, KapBait City;. 30, Moon, Om.-ihn.: '. -. . - v, n/v Ml-'ifhlcf 'Make'rB^PaTaec, Mlnnenr-^'Hs; 30, LyetiSm, .vVt, Paul. . MooiJiglit Mtiid*!—Grand, . Akron;.. 30 Cdluiniil.^, Clev(.'I,'(hd. . ... ^, ',„' Moulin Rouge—Fox Jamaica, N. T.; 30, tj.Bjnfeiaa£a;--y.^X.-lC. (Continued from page 26) from Indlo leaders Allied with Myers, fend sympathetic with the five-yooir eontract mo'vement. The total, . according to these leaders and other produ<;cr interests, was pledged by the two film companies aa their initial .financial part In th<J cfimpaign for contracts and Ihdie Veliof;.-- ■ ' - • . <3onfirmatipn of the asicomcnt to produCe on e. picture during tlie f»ve year life of the frun<;hi'sc and, After negativie' costs have ^ been niot, let the Myers gt-Qvip dlsrtribiiitc it at what profit they may be nWe to' ot> tain, has beort riiadc by Tlff.any. While the exhibitors .uhclerst.and the baine for. Radio, it is claimed hy the 'antl-Myers, '/interests •.•that. the; Sarnoff plctm'C subsidlaliy . has yet to. get tlie okay of-its directorate liy this x'esiKlGt and: the same soui*ces express Goijifidence that an; afllrmo,' tion will ne.vor b<^ obtainffdi ■ The; antis, who are l^ecplnff a recbr.d of. speeches mad© during franchlse-meriibership b a 11 y .h.O o s which so far ha've.hcen.staieeifl I'll 14 cities, 'are'dubipus of'th.e 'n.xirrtbe'r of playdCLtes- announced by Steffes; saylrjg that tlie figure bfCver 2i,«00. is gr.dssiy exaefgerate.d.. Tiffany, however, -at" the same ilmo substantiated;its claim 'of; 400 of the fi'anchises .by opening its books.' That Cbmpaiiyis sal^s head pr one of his assistants Is present at every jiie.ettns with; exhibitor^,- iSo : far 'the cpinpaiiy , ejtecutive's claim the pow-WbW in Miriiieapp^^^ netted ' Tlfffhy 100 ; Ipti^; ternacrs, while :2Q were registered Iri Oklj^^^^ homa Citiy; ■ 40, Oiiiaha, Neb.-; .35, M^iiwaukee.... -. These-. figuVes:. were iiresented only after th^ Jflntls «xs- serted that bbtlv Radio and Tiffany only g^ot Jseveni In .Minneapolis, one in Omajia, and. none .in. Oklahoma -city.:-.';.;>.''':''^'./^^- All, rourid ?idmli8sipns. are made that Tiffany has obtained flv« times th6 number of franchises secured, by Radip sin<ie the ia.nrieuncement of the -agreemeht by both companies. Wher<r"Tiffahy has. been plugging the franchises . in iti advertising copy arid coveriris sions. Radio, it It aisp; obser"v;ed, has done comparatively little cam- paigning since the initial arinounce ment. ■: •" , Radio's Statu? iRadio's status is open' to tw6 in terpretations that were widely jnade through the trade, especially during the past few days, ; : The aritls, , however, express a number of beliefs, put8ta,nding among which is: . ' :That -first oruns are of primary feoni^ideratloni represefttlrig apprdxi mately 70% of the. intake on each picture that they should be consid ered before the final 30%, called the velvet, should be gone after. Inti-, niation, from high producer source??; ,is that wholesale .signing of Indies for first showings of their product may cause big chains to do some, go-hying on playing the same pic- tures, "' '.•'■••. -.' Tiffahyltes,; in reply tP the latter* talk of a "joker" which will, protect tlienii L. A;^Tourt^'s Wall Street, connections, in iaddlilon to his per- .sonal Assets estimated by employees at $80,000,000, a;re;- the big factor here. That the company thproUglily in^ vestigated this Myers proposition and is backing it to the finish, is another Tiffany irctaliation to the charges, affoat. Tiffany Certain . So certahi arc Tiffanyites of the success of the franchise systiem that they reveal the coinpany is serious- ly: cCiitcifnplatlriK dicrti]bllng its pro- duction isehcdule ^or the .second year of the franchise,' TliiS -wbuld bring the schedule iip, to over 50 features, . Reports from the cPWipany also are that if Tiffany i.s forced, into dra,stic retaliation it; miay acquire theatre Interests, in 15. of the biggest; key. centers to pro.tect .the first T"" situaiiPn.^ '•.. '■'. ■-■ ■'' ••'. .. - - > Indicatlonis of a breali in.thc Myera machine, which so far has igcared a iBpecd and ismoothness foreigni* to anything previously existent lit-' the indie exhib field, were alsar ma,nlfested last week. They came just after Radip announced an error in price for its cheaper talker equip- ment. Veteran loaders, ■v\'hb svfing large, groups of indies; opeiily re- sented the wording of Myers' ac- ceptance to the adjustment., They tcrmed. lt "too-soft'' arid even "apdl* ogetic'' when it was up to the equip- , mont people tp ijtilize the adjectives; ' wiiich they ignPred. • -"",:.•■■■''■.. Hays'vPosition ■. '-. './'. .^he Hays; office .sinCie its inc.ep- tipri has been knowri to.havc sought an opening in Indie ranks Sufficient^ , ly wide 'where It could .is.top in, arid:: wield dictatipri. While, its breaking [ down the barriers to gain coritrpi of i the Mbtion.-Plcture. Thcati-fe;'Owners. Of Amoricifli,. throiigH 'that outfit a^^ : .cepting;. ;the' support ■ of ; produced : owpfid arid ^iiffiiiated houses; Was ■ Plcay for ' the past twpi years,: the . MyersV .entrance ,has.. chariged, the :cbmplexlbri of-i the, entii-e; indie fi.eld.. With ' many loyal .representative iridles still thrbughbut the cpuiitry . .to. serve as agitators",, the nipyement hpw beine launched by tlie produc^i ' eiTs' aissbciaL.tipn Is.;6ne. where .exhibs ' in every, distributirig zibrie will., be . organized.:; They;, in • turn, . .accbrdr ipg tp the forniul{i, will nahie a di- >. reetor Who, .■with , 31 others, .will;. drawr.up .national lines, similar to. those alpng 'vhifch the M-, .P. Ti O,. A. in. its. tinsubsidized days f urictibned.;, BBIiXiErORT Palace (ZSy [wheels . . - (Others to- fill) ILARTFORD Capitol , iBt half (23-26) Bows & Beaux Coscla ft Verdi I (Tbie« to .'fill) >MW JIAVJCN rnlace (23) Sweethearts (Others to ttll) POUT CnESTER C'upitol (23) : iHt half .(^3-25) California Capere >^«>th«rs i« fill) . 'Xaui^hty^'iftle&T-Giiyety, Brooklyn; So, Casino, BoHto.n. . ,„ \, 1 , oa Nlte. Club Girls—Oayety, W<ashi,nglon; 30, Aciid.imy, PlltKburgh. , ... 4 , , Nlta.Llfe in Paris—Oarrlck, St.' Louis; 30; Gayiity, Kansas Clty,^ . ,, on Oriental Girls-State, Sprlngf.cld; 30, (firand, Hartford. ^ ^ " „„ Parisian Plapper»-23-25, Wedpeway; 20- 28.. Schenectady; 30, Plaza, Worcester. , Pretty Babies—Columbia;' 30, Gayety, ^PusB'paBB-l.. O.; 80, Gayely. Montreal, ■ (Coritlriued fr.pmi. pace 6^^ eo-RCA associatlbh is in the rinak*- lrig,;:bearip& dP'wn .heavily on tfie. patriotic . ari'giel -.'vvhicli ;lnvblvesr tjfie. bid argume.nt of. France . becomlnjg; Amerlcariizcd or Anglicized, a line of' poiitlcal. hopey th.it has been much . used in-. Prance . an.d oyer Europe in the last year or two. ■' ' Argues ■for Progress CJornigllbTi; although vlce-presl-;; dent of Fr^ricp, is erigag'ed Iri urg^: ing Gaumorit-Prench Pathe inter- ests, who .in close assbciatlbn, tp arrange' A~ tJe-up betweeri' G?iU'^ mbntrPathe and Radib Pictures for dlsti'lbutiori in the U. S. ofr-their Frerich.product and also for a source . Of Suiiply in recording and repro- ducing apparatus. ;0^^ arg.uririents of iHu- rej,. de Va^ucPi'beil Is Urging that the French ■ Iridustriy associate Itself with ail promptness iri Order tp. put Prench ..,creative : artists, directors: and technicians; at work iriitriedi- ateiy ; Instead- of leaving them i(Jle while; a ;.natlve sound goes th.rpugh a long experimental process Wliich might, in the end lead nowhere. Difficulties, thrown in. the wa,y. of the progressive faction in Franco; arid success of. the opposition to- American buislnessli illustrates, again . the ease.with' whieh arili-American sentiment can be inspired in Eurbpe; The same spirit ma.rked the whole political campaigh surrounding the French quota, proposalc. Business . exijedlency ■ was disregarded; the voice of '■ the exhibitors anxious for': American pictures carried nb -weight agalrist the argument of self-inter- est masked in patriotic pretense., Americaps here find iri varyirig degress t'-.e isame feeling all over Europe where SVispicjon of America^ money .and pi-estig^ everyw^—:') hampers . . International. bu.siness. Popuiar sentiment Is easily swayed by insincere politicians arid business, men who .seek : to gain their bwn ends by raising the bogey man of "American propaganda", threaten.lrig national ideals Of fJrt,. 30. to. Radium .Queehs-d»yoty, IViilWauitec; 80, Hayriiarket, Chicago; ' ,: - '^ Rf-cord Bredkers-Ncw . Empire, .Albany; Wcdgieway, Schcnec'aUy.:.. '. . Social Maid.-)-Oriihi'um', Patersbri; . 30, Ilu'inon, Union City. •Sporty . Widows — Casino, Boston; Ch«lno, PlHladt'lphia. . .Siep Lively CljrlK—Gayety, Sf-ranton; Lyric, Allonlown; Orphcum^ lUadl.rig. RcndinK. - „ ^^^<•p <jn It^-Colgmbla, N. T.C; 80, New Ifirnplre, Alhany, •. . . .Sttpr-c Show—Modern, Providence; 30, Giiyelyj .S crgint on. ^ . . . . - ^ ' . _ '=T?ilg!iTTnipn!K=M5mr=^n^ Kp'wi Girls-Grand, Harlford; 30,. Lyric, Briilc;»'|>ort. ' : Tuke A Chancc-Giiry; 30, BlankBlone, Si'Ulh . H<)nd. 0, 'l"empterS":Lyceum, St. Paul; 30,. Gayety, Milwaukee. - . - i„ ,t "Watson's .Show—Empire, Newark.; 30, 11. Whoop<e GIrl8--lIoynmrkf;f, ChlcapO;. 30. TZmvrr-HH, Chlr/iK<). ' Wine. Woman .nnd .^^ong -Irving Place, N. y» C.; 30, Kmpjre, Newark. . / Unsettled in N. Y. . u ' In Ne-w York the status of the Pranco-RCA deal appears to be.un- settled. Josejih Pi Kennedy arrived on the '*Ilo de France" yesterday (Tiicsday). Jt. was expected that both Jladib* arid Paihe.. .will . sit in bri conferences. pVer the .French sit^. ..uatibri.'.;','/■;■'■.'■;';■, ' ■ ■ • .'Keririedy representing; Pathe 'was iri negotiations ■vvith: Prarico .while' abrodd. It: Is understood that iladip/ i!nd Pathe were joiritly; interested in a prpppsiilon to ,make dialog Ccatures • in France and in the Frcneh language with .PvCAr In. li- censing -both compariies tlify are fffttlng In on the ftroiirid lio'or. in the rn'.atter of :i.nf=^illatibri i'ropositlon is;sornf'WJiti,t bofjoud- Pd. Robert Kan»', .duo ti) .«-'ail this woMc, has IndV^finii/ ly po.«»r.fnf'd it. Alth6uj.;h n^p'.'rtC'd iis:" i.rc.'-i.'-cti\o K'--no,ral prf'dii'.'tlf'n iriroiafTi I for Iho jj'rarico-ilKO.profliK'tion nlliant-e, he Path.. V Ear?' Carpenier, and orchestra fbmplete- an origag<:mt'iit at the (Jhfi.se hotr], .«<t. .lx)Uis, In Decern* b'or and -will go. to the Casino Nucio/ial, Cubu, to play until April.