Variety (Dec 1929)

VARIETY Paris Night Clubs By Abel Green Pax'ls, Dec. 16. Paris nlte life Is shot. What little Is left is making a special play for the American and British element or, at least, any and all who speak English. A review of the new spots, and the new shows, -flnds the Chateau, formerly the Chateau Caucauslen, a Russian cab., now parenthetically billed as the Chez Ord Hamilton. Latter Is English and a fair piano Havana By Rene Canizaret ' Havana, Dec. 19. Saturday, Dec. 14, marked the opening of the Sevllle-Biltmore hotel's winter seiEison. Victor Rod- riguez and orchestra of 10 la fur- nishing the music. LaFayette and LaVerne, dance team, come from the Embassy Club, Toronto, fpr 10 weeks." Another attraction are the Mexican warblers, Altamlrano and legist who makes the mistake of | Gonzales, girls. Starting New Tear's Eve, Veloz and Yolanda open here for 10 weeks. endeavoring to- improve on Cole Porter and Noel Coward when "Let's Do It," "I'm a Gigolo," et al., I Armenonville; Havana's newest are basically excellent and should rendezvous, op^ed Dec. 6. not bie tampered with. Real hit of Place aimed for the class trade the place is Rex Evans, from Loh-r j and Is located on the fashionable don, and making his first Paris ap- Fifth avenue. Mano Lita Barcelo, pearance, who has grasped the Spanish dancer,, has been engaged Paris Idea. Walty Sisters and for the full Season. A dance band Krotkoff, AUna De Sllva, song- and native combination supply the stress, and Eddie Vltch,. talented | music, pantomimist, complete the show, Chateau Is supposedly a class Group of circus performers are epQt, and any class room always here to Join the Publllones Circus attracts elderly dowagers and their touring the Island. In the party gjgs. Hence, why the m. c.'s who are Lisseta and . Carl Hansen, Rosa IshQUld know bettier persist In of- Castaneda, Francisco-Moreno, Ar- fending the spenders with song's turo Perez, Margaret, Martha, about gigolos' Is not understand- | ijarle and Hans LIns. FOREIGN Perfumers Sne Mohar Oyer Pan Line in Play Budapest, Dec. B. One theatrical lawsuit here is the case of Chanel, perfumers, vs. Perenc Molhar. Molnar'a new play, '•One-Two- ■Three," presents a bank manager, who. In order to Insure perfect ser- vice and efficiency, displays a per- sonal Interest In the private affairs of his secretaries. "While dictating a business letter, he remarks, "You should use Molyneux 22. It Is 18 percent cheaper, than Chattel and smells 37'percent better," Chanel is suing Molnar for 20,000 pengo damages. Paris Chatter Wednesday, December 25, 1929 able. Sitting next to three a. k. heavyweight femmes, escorted by a pair of debonair and sleek Argen- tinians, brought that home effec- tively. Plantation . What Paris has needed since "Blackbirds" seems to be fulflUed at the , reopened Plantation. This Two more wired film houses here. Apollo and Tosca, both neighbor- hoods, have Installed RCA small reproducers. Prado theatre started showing "Broadway" with Spanish dialog a,v mo Dec. 16. The flrtit feature with Montmifftre^spot rs^stlfl under'the I Spanish to be exhibit ed In Cuba- omnipotent Paul Santo's direction, ^ ^ , . ii/r«^i„« but with Lou Mitchell, colored Artlgas Circus sailed for Mexico American, as the leading spirit City after playing six weeks here Mitchell canie over. 12 years ago to good business, ■with the war and remained here, —-—- mowing rich with the first colored Hilda Allison now dancing at the . jazz band and later with Mitchell's,. Montmartre cabaret. ^ the first American-type quick -^7 ^- , . '^''lunchery, then going broke at the Zackie Moore'a orchestra Is at track. The original Mitchell's was the Tbklo Club. Zackie Moore^ and •sold out to French Interests but his 13 men made the trip from MitcheU's name sticks to the rue niinols to Florida by car. They •pigalle eatery which Is a gold mine are doubling at the Campoamor with Its ritz scale for. early tf. m. I theatre, breakfast foods, chiefly patronized, by the theatrical and .nite element. Such Itiems as 10 francs (40c) for a hot. dog and seven francs (28c) for American coffee—nothing else than the concentrated George Washing- ton brand—gives an Idea of the ficalo* ■ ' ■ Mitchell has now given his name to a similar eateir, on the street floor of the Plantation, with the nite club upstairs. Here, unlike America, where, jonly Chinese joints Anti-American Uproar (Continued from page 3> forget that every adaptation jglvesihere. They have the American un- adaptor or librettist. wore a freak bonnet and glasses Arguing the native point, the K^hlch were supposed to register "Paris-Solr," daily journal, says the demureness. Treadmill football native Frenchman will presently scene at the finish Is jeaily awfuL ■ . * , , .iianinvin^ One number has been Interpol have to loek for shops displaying duet for Pasquali and Le^ the sign, "English.not spoken here, monnier called "Baby What»" and replacing the familiar''Ici on parle this is o. k. Francals.^' ' "New Moon" Clicks One of the signs of the times is "New Moon," tfetltled "Robert le the gr^owth of the new 5 and 10 Pirate/' with Andre Baiige first rate franc store chain, copying the Wool- as the* Pirate, Is Undoubtedly a siic- worth technique. The Woolworth cess at the Chatelet. Answer is that people have titores Bcatteired all over I the Schwab & Mandel operetta haa Europe. been Ihtelllgentiy adapted to Its "R««n;« NoijvelW new audiehce by Albert WlUemeta "Bonnes Nouveiie* with Alexander Fontanes and Mau^ "Good N«ws,'' naively titled here yj^g Lehmann its sponsors. "Bonnes Nouvelles" 0"®'*^.*^*°^: In this remote theatre, holding London Chatter London, Dec. 6. All quiet on the West End front. Paris, Dec. 15. Mario and Norrls, American col- _ . ^ t m i ^-'-^ «.o oemev ored team, last In London, to the French taste, t^® ^f"®^!**® *,r?^ this production will prosper, where- Beau Brummel, Cannes, for the being ^"ogethw^ too .American "Good News," another Schwab . ♦ , «f inra.1 Plan- gridiron 8P*"J, " .^^^ & Mandel musical piece, and winter, by way of the local Pla«- L^yptery to these nationals. "Shanghai Gesture," which have the tation. . top of that, the piece has De®n ^^^^^^^^ Having tea In a book store Is no grossly miscast, wlth_ particular |,aveh't much of a chance, novelty. W. H. Smith's bookshop reference to^Jane Aubert in ^«ie ^^^^^^ ,^ infectious melodies did has a tea room «^°Tt »V *t^; S**^^^ ^^^L^^^^ help "New Moon," while parently does more biz frorn^ that Tprk by Mf^'^y., JfX^'ead mu^^^ productloh, the staging and the source, at times, than downstairs. ^ ^""It'^^t^tl^J^^^^ playing of this excellent compa™ Big biz here is ^'poste prlvee/^ as though he ^egM^^^ do much to restore faith In French meaning a discreet private ^post-of- of cissy comedy role. ^ ^^^^ .^^^ It proves among othet flee addresa where secret cp"e- He Is a gorgeous looking crea- thih^a thit the French kno<7 how spondence may be mailed, received ^^^^^ 1,^^ not there histrionically t,, gtage musical entertainment. The and forwarded between amorous J gp^j^^g^ Pasquali (he made Wslaicference.In the cased Under exam- parties who would keep such letters 1 parla- debut in clasisical pieces at inatlon is that here the manage- aWay from their regular addresses. :| j.^^ came nearest to clicking Ln^nt had the taste and Judgment t» In the comedy tole of GUe^- 'Shy. jj^ tune with French tempera^ Meg Lomonnler played opposite in j^ej^^ ^ater to the natlon's llk^ the Inez Courtney role. She seemed for tuneful music, instead of^ af to be aiming at la. Zehna O'Neal im- "(J^jiod News" offering alien ma- presslon but failed to come through. Serial without compromise. The ••Varsity Drag" number pro- ^^^^^ Danielle Bregls are jected by a group of Allan K. D03- q^j^g the equals of William O'Neal ter girls and boys was the stand- Evelyn Herbert, who created out. This dancing group of Eng- Ufce same lead parts In New York, Ush boys and girls Is the real hit ij^jj^ ^^^^^^ ^j^^. ^.^j^g^,^^ is as efV of the show. Rest is a. dead loas. Ug^tj^^ j^,,g,^ returns as was the Nobody can dance, nobody can ^sing ^^.j^jj^^j^^^ 3a.net Flynn, la and nobody has the comedy trick Kj^^ Nellie Breen role, would be > with this alien material. Jane Au- gjg^^ talking pictures, bert has no voice and Meyer Is a pj^ying as though she might be vocal fliv. Besides, the heavy PVh- pg^yy irigijthe name suggest* licity dealing with Mile. AubertsL^ g^gg^t 1501^^^-^^a ^^^^ ^s a fln^ court fight with Nelson Morris, the [ trouper. Chicago packer, doesn't mean a p^oau^tjon Is pretentious, with thing here. ensembles bringing on 126 people ^Just as l»ap^Ji«J. °f and numbers ill having choriises ot the music of "Hit tbe Deck at the Ug ^ ^ children. The Mogador, over-famlllarlty of the| Monthly service costs from six and one-half francs to 50 francs ($2) annually. One place, in business since 1890, does $20,000 annually from Its 10,000 subscribers alone, hot counting the many other serv- nces and conveniences afforded. New Russian Eagle cabaret Is the .most ipxpenslve joint In Paris, Per- haps In the world. ''. Such Items as 610 francs ($2,40) for a peach Melba, or 72 cents (i8 fra,ncs) for coffee gives a rough idea. nual six days of fine weather. After shooting two reels of color, I Elinor Glyn found bier two cameras , , ,. ^„ staging Is splendid, only crltlclsM Grade Fields' pash Is a tandem L ^ ^jjonj^ea. Now talk of Public with the songs due ^he u that they have done Bomf hiechanicals Is a handicap. Poor l y g g^^ ^^^, This ihcludel, black and white throughout. Henry Oscar and Milton Rosmer 1 libretto by iUidre ^Wlllemetz^ '^"^ one questionable olio specialty bj* isy switching each other over as Henri Varna_ doesn t help. Charles g^^^ a prop baby and one of thrive on one-fllght-ups, the class auio^ spots afe either on street level or Insurance for Jay walkers. above; very few In the basement. There's actually a move to stop busy =„*v ... — , , .i,^ K<.v.».««ti, oal"*— "—» ^ ' -- The Plantation Is an all night Kipping. ' to who shall finally play In "People Prank, the behemoth comedian as j rawest things to be seen In spot and hidd fair to become a geh-; Robert Loralne's busy parrot- Like Us." Oscar's three up, and six Beef, igot something hy shrewdly p^^lg gtllj jj^.^^j^p^^^ eral wind-up. Entertainment is fast Lpa^jnlng shows to go. following the American production s p^j^^g and of the accepted American col- J ^* ^j^j^^jgg,, is Aldous Hux- Film censor's had sound Installed, technique and business. Petit ored standard. Quartet of snappy |,_^,^ I Up to now he's had the dialog read Jimmy, 14-year-old child comedian. gals, a "crazy" male hoofer, other i«y^s^|atesi. "Shanghai Gesture" Would have been a real hit if he I The only" dramatic offering of the hadn't been choked off hy Mlle.J new trio frem America Is "Shang-^ Specialists, arid the Versatile Four I Phllis Dare the latest to be to him while the picker's running. S£&%^»quSSJ^a5^5 r^3h film producers have got P^v^lSSStS^^^, tSe & pTS S; from Victor Pejrlslno of the Chez those color blues. first Income tax demand note. Wl«i the Foster girls. ». TfoS Th^r nremlero Victor. They're quite a bunch of chorines dressed In newspapers usually arrives in the festive post. Production IdeM are a headache Apouo. a ms premie^^^ performers, including a jiouple of L^e latest gag to brighten British All the American film men now | ; «w ^^iT they vocal.sololsts who know their lyrics. Li„g. try to pass themselves ofl! as Eng- ^ lSrif« "HnJifltlc Jaud^^^^^^ Russian Eagle Not content With getting married, Ush gentlemen. Arid all the English- New York, this town's sending Old • cmemauc gauaineBs. "L'AlKle Russe" is another class the Aga Khan made a talker about gentlemen try to look like American English dancing teams to the States. Truth Is the piece Is beautlfulif room, also, perhaps, the most ex- it. film men. American, walking Into the pool Produced. Its success Is in doi^M pensive restaurant In the world. Reginald Denham Is boasting that • Town's got the giggles at the w^iy room at a leading hotel, offered to owing to the Parisians'sopmsucai - Catering to archdukes, princes, and ^as the first to turn down "Jour- New York spices up "Murder on the play anyone present and give 'em ed attitude toward melodrama, in the like, the management cannot Lj^y.g jjnd." Second Floor," by giving London a handicap. Youth took him on, this case the audience giggled arxa aflord "seconds" in edibles and the Christmas revivals Include Ian police revblviers. ; watched him make five and then littered at Madam© Godam s dra- "'mu,*^<^'^°S^rifJ* Hay's "Sport of Kings." No big-scale road excavaUons in knocked off BOO. Turned out to be matlc speeches In such scenes M ,riTl? Le^w2C ASe?ica^^^ Adrian Boult becomes M. D. at the theatre belt Traffic's getting Llndrum. the explanation of tiie exchange o.t If th4 ortelnai VlSoi^^^^ Denia Nellson-Terry booked for babies Just after they were born._ Boardwalk, Atlantic City, as his tlori In May. I Two distinguished looking for- the lights In "House And the Ar- . The French are not P""°"}fJiJ praetickl ivBstaurant associate. To Anna May Wong's name. In Chi- Feigners swindled a number of shop- row," scheduled British talker. heavy on dogmatic religious beuewj Weiler belongs no small credit for nese, on her dressing room door. keepers by the camera racket. Posed Itobert Loralne and William Pol- but they resented several the general quality of everything, go many war books now the re- as Journalists preparing copy, with lock in a huddle because they can't references in this play, notably tnaj Russian Eagle is a room which UjQ^ei-g juat catalog 'em under one illustrations, for a South American find a femme lead for "The Perfect pf the cocained Poppy telling tno does $6,000 & week in wine al^^^^^^ paper. Wife," which Loralne will shortly Madame "Fou're as much my averaging 500 bottles at 260 francs | j^g^j^ French, out of "Mr. CIn- While the shopkeepers and assist- produce. Pollock authored. mother as the Virgin Mary. ders" to play Puck at the Old Vic. ants posed, photographers, from the For the flrst time in-years only detail Is to be eliminated, said »W' With smash-and-grab raids in strategic position in which the large one revue in town, "The House That Keith Trevor, husband and manager ($10) a quart (average price) with certain vintages running up to 300 francs. That's plenty high .for] ^ ■ Paris~'where there^s'no prohibition I vogue, town has. quite a Chicago ftlr. l camera had been flied, transferred H and the vineyards are almost next Green Is the craze color for furs,: silks, etc, under cover of the door. Of this $10 a cabaret makes brides. black cloth Into the box from which $8 profit, costing the house $2 a . You've got to fling "psychological the camera had been taken, bottle top for the best brands, al- breakfasts" if you want to be in the Closing scene was an entertain though ^of the $8 margin theJSo^^^ ment. for the personnel of a big ^''r'J^ifJ' tS^]^, wr«i^^^ Looks as though London's going store, two of whose temporary Is the big draw. PrSSams weX* to as keen on m. c's as New | members were detectives" vided into tw^ parts, Russian in York, . . , , motif until midnight and French for Stuart Paton, who left British In ^ •-^^l.the supper crowd. Skarjlnsky, a ternatlorial after telling 'em what he , clever sort of Bert Fltzglbbpn, is thought of 'em. Is over a nervous . m. c. with his coi*kIng specialty of breakdown rhyming and ad llbbing in verse poj. signing 100 copies of a limited 'about the various personalities^ at L^itlon, Arnold Bennett got nearly can Prebs Club and Impressed im- papers, '^"^"lnenS5iy;'="^A="1sympathetic-"ffongster Is Geo. Tristal, tenor, with an al- ternating string and Jazz orchestra, latter Bela Rex's. Unofficial fea- ' ttire of the Russian Eagle Is Remi- soff, the chef, who, the management avers, was culsihe overseer of the Imperial Court of Petrograd. Menu tends to sustain the ballyhoo. Connected with the Eagle is the Bar Tlenda, which Is' also a luncherjr. Jack Built,", at the Adelphl. I of Miss Marnao. ^ Joe Sacks' latest Is "Dancing Playing was a bit slipshod at tnW Shoes." Not the act. Sounds like a performance, but it will Improve musical. Now looking for players with attention and the production and others. probably will carry it along. MI89 Showmen In the flood areas are Mamac, besides being star of tne offering free parking for boats. piece, is manager of the Apollo ana —=Robert-Gourtneidge-«--pet-i8^The= Damask Rose," which he hopes to bring to town. Folks are suggesting England should scoop the first Ibsen talker. P. G. Wodehouse is telling the world about Hollywood. With all the floods around, folks are asking why, with 51 weeks of rain, we can't store enough water to save us worrying during the an- Financlal papers now plugging their 100 per cent. Wall Street news service In ads. Gordon Selfrldge, true tO tradi- tion, grabbed columns by takirig Ciarheto to . a dance and grabbed orders by booking Alec James, star footballer, to sell things in his sports department during the Xmas .rushr^::-^^^ ^—- ■ Backstage talkers are flopping.. Two-Inch heels are now the regu lation height. Warmest December record. Frank Harvey out of "Jew Suss" through ill health. West End dives are -putting up notices stopping the girls from smoking. Might offend the boys. Having endured Jazz music from Now that Suzanne's selling, frocks in Paris, folks''are talking about a film comeback for Betty Nuthall, H, Lloyd Da vies, footba.ller, and Molly Bouchier, out of "Dear Loye," engaged, Fle'et street art dealers have a run on Alice White. . Self-winding watch proving the most popular Xmas gift. —Complete—^underground—railway: model In central station. Cost $10,000 to build, but It draws twice that nuniber of rubbernecks, a minute. ' Gordon Self ridge, towns* biggest store showman, has decked his Ox ford street frontal with a line of Jack-in-the-boxes, all about 12 feet higlj. Central figure is Santa Claus I scaling around 26 feet. has a considerkble following whicn should help. She does very well witu the part, although missing the sin- ister note Florence put Into it. Alice Field as Poppy and Paulaise as tne Oriental prince are excellent, atio Jean Worms as the Englishman i» satisfactory. . .^^ Charles Mere, president Dramatists' Society, did the adap- tatIoni---^f ollowlng—- John^^-Ci)im|.. original perhaps too literally »» . stead of making a free version near er to French preferences. ^^t^^^Jlg, tory speeches are over-long, play of a nude girl, tactfully nan died in the New York Prod;i9**?5 here Is ma<|ie brutally raw- -^"f^n storm the doors for this detail " New York; here it doesn't mean » thing. Barsac plays the nude.