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64 V A RIE Wednesday^ IHcember 18, 1929 ■REMEMBER?- When B. P. Keith's Palace, New York, opened (March 24, 1913) with a bill compoied of Ed Wynn, Taylor Holmes, la Naplerkowska, "Speaking to Father,'' Ota Gygi, Hy Mayer, "The Eternal Waltz" and Four Tanis ? It cost $6,925 and was ronndly panned? When Weber and Fields, in black- face, played 2Q performances daily at Morrisson's Music Hall, Rock- away? When Mae West was billed as "The Original Brinkley Girl" ? When an act pirated another act's material, it was considered neWs ? When "Variety" had a green cover? When present members of the Royal Order of Cnt-Throats were doing their catting independently ? When Hammerstein's Victoria had the largest free list of any theatre in the country ? When a pansy was a flower? -AL TRAHAN- The Above box will bo printed weekly in VARIETY, fliving inieresti'na fmcts of the show business, past and present. Mail contri* buttons to At Trahan, Room 908, 1560 Broadway* New York AL TRAHAN Takes this occasion to thank pub* licly those producers who have kindly, hid for his services: AARONS & FREEDL£Y "Heads Up" LEW LESLIE "hitemationaJ Revue" EARL CARROLL "Vanities" MRS. RUTH SELWYN "Nine-Fifteen Revue" A. 4. BALABAN Publix Circuit WM. MORRIS London and Paris REMEMBER? When Al Trahan was jmt an acro< bat (some say he still it) 7 When W. C. Fields and Joe Cook were just jugglers ? When the Boxy, New York, grossed $664,406 with /'The Cock-Eyed World'* in four weeks (Aug, 3-30, 192d)? When Tony Pastor's was the "Pal- ace" of Vaudeville? When Al Trahah first tore a tele- phone libok in half (how he teiars twa at once) ? When the Eeith and Tucket Cir- cuits created American YaudeTille ? When, breathlessly, yon rode the elevator up and down between shows at the American on 42d Street and Eighth Avenue, New York? When business was good? When Al Trahan wasn't a head- liner? " 'Tou could fool some of the people some of the time^ but you. cant fool the managers all of the time" ? -AL TRAHAN- The above box will bo printed weekly in VARIETY, giving interehting facte of tho show, business, past and present. Mail contri- butions to Al Trahan, Room 908, 1560 Broadway* New York Under contract to Radio-Keith Orpheum Circuit until july 30th, 1930 Appearing Palace, New York, Dec. 28, at which time offers will be cheerfully considered for the coming season by my manager CHARLES MORRISON A Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year to All