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Untitled Document Thomas M. Tryniski 309 South 4th Street Fulton New York 13069 www.fultonhistory.com file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/Administrator/Desktop/hello.html2/18/2007 1:13:06 PM THE NEW YORK CLIPPER January 14, 1920 1920 Entries WHEN YOU'RE ALONE (NOVELTY BALLAD) By EUGENE WEST—OTIS SPENCER I'M LIKE A SHIP WITHOUT A SAIL (WALTZ HALI.AD) By KENDIS—BROCKMAN YOU NEVER CAN TELL (COMEDY SON(i) By ALBERT VON TILZER—LEW BROWN SWEET KISSES (NOVELTY SON(J> By ALBERT VON TILZER—LEW BROWN—ED. BUZZELL THAT'S WHAT I CALL A PERFECT DAY (COMEDY SONfi) By LEW BROWN—RUBEY COWAN UNTIL THE TOWN WENT DRY I NEVER KNEW I HAD A WONDERFUL WIFE ( ) By ALBERT VON T1LZER—LEW BROWN THE GREAT AMERICAN DESERT (NOVELTY COMEDY) By ROGER LEWIS—ERNIE ERDMAN BROADWAY MUSIC CORPORATION WILL VON TILZER, President 145 West 45th Street, New York City CHICAGO BOSTON PHILADELPHIA SAN FRANCISCO State-Lake Building 240 Tremont Street 37 South 9th Street Pantages Theatre Building Untitled Document Thomas M. Tryniski 309 South 4th Street Fulton New York 13069 www.fultonhistory.com file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/Administrator/Desktop/hello.html2/18/2007 1:13:06 PM |IM|nilliri!lli|,\\ll,';^l!milUIIIUIII]!ininil»lllllliU\IIU'tr,lllllllllllllllllllllllll!!IIUIHliilli,;'lilMl!)HilUUUlllilll; iiiir,miiiiimiimiiiimmiiiiii>i!Mionv-H!>imn:'iuiiiiiim',iU!iii(7& ATEi W YORK, LTHE OLDCSPT THEATRICA L PUBLICATION IN AMERICA Copyrighted, 1919, and published weekly by the Clipper Corporation. 1604 Broadway, New York. Entered at the Post-Offlce at New York, June 14. 1179, a* second-class mall matter under Act of March 8, 1879 Founded by VOLUME LXVII-No. 49 FRANK QUEEN, 1151 NEW YORK, JANUARY 14, 1920 Price, Fifteen Ontt, $5.00 a Year u LOOT THEATRE OF $2,000 BOSTON THEATRE CELEBRATES Robbers entered and obtained $2,000 loot BOSTON, Jan. 12.—With a score or mora WAYFARER," RELIGIOUS PAGEANT, from the safe of the Clarmont Theatre of old-time stage folk gathere round, the on upper Broadway early Monday morn Boston Theatre today held appropriate cer ing, twenty-four hours after an all-night emonies in celebration of its sixty-sixth HAS PLAYED TO OVER $340,000 guard, maintained by the management, had anniversary. Heading a committee of re been discontinued. Police arrived on the ception was Charles Harris, manager of the During Five Weeks at Madison Square Garden Big Spectacle scene just as the thieves were making Boston Theatre, R. (J. tarsen, General- good their get-away and a lively chase Manager of the Keith interests and Bart Has Been Seen By 204,000 Persons, From followed, resulting in the arrest of two Grady. men, after a score or more shots were After the reception, Quincy Kilby made Eastern Part of Country fired. a speech, which was listened to by such About a month ago Manager Dolliver old-timers as Harrell J. Willis, 00 years received information that an attempt' was With the* unprecedented box-office record More than seventy-five per cent of the old, now cashier of the Milton National to be made to rob the theatre. He noti Bank, who played at the Boston Theatre of a $340,000 gross, representing, at a con persons who have witnessed the pageant fied the police and, in addition, maintafrted have been out of town patrons, drawn from as J. Scott in 18*>4; Mrs. Rachel France, servative estimate, more than 204,000 paid a guard in the building. The guard was known as Rachel Noah, when she played admissions, "The Wayfarer," the Inter- the fifteen hundred or so parishes of the removed last Saturday night. It was the Inter-Church, fully half of that number at the Boston Theatre in 1864; Alfred Church World Movement pageant-spectacle, usual thing, Dolliver told the police, to Becks, who played at the Boston in 1864, having come from the districts about Phila have from $2,000 to $3,000 in the f»afe over closes its five week run at the Madison delphia, Boston, Baltimore and Washing and now is in the Widener Library, Cam Sunday. These facts lead the police to bridge ; W. J. Moorbead. who was a stage Square Garden to-night (Wednesday). ton, it was stated. believe the robbery to have been an "in According to Inter-Church officials, gate hand at the theatre fifty-two years ago; Following to-night's performance, all the side job." Quincy Kilby, treasurer of the theatre receipts for each of the thirty-four per scenery will be dismantled, and together The robbers entered the building through formances, given during the pageant's en for twenty-five yeais: Raymond Finley, with costumes and other stage accessories a three-foot square window in the oper who played in "Jalma" and other spectacu gagement here amounted to approximately will be placed in the store-bouse, where ating booth and reached the first floor, 610,000. Last Saturday's gross was more lar dramas in the Boston Theatre in the they will remain until arrangements for the where the safe was located, by sliding early '80s; Frank Moulton, trapese per than $22,000 for two performances, break pageant's presentation in either Chicago or down a rope. The men arrested described ing all previous records. former at the theatre in 1873; Stuart Boston have been perfected. themselves as John J. Naughton and Wil Clerk, who played Alfred Mann In "Uncle liam McCarthy. A similar robbery took Tom's Cabin," in 1865, at the Boston, and place a year ago in the Clarendon Theatre, Mrs. James T. Rail, who was Msy Mer WAYBURN IS OUT MRS. VANDERB1LT BACKING SHOW located in the same building. rick snd played in "A Run of Luck" at the Ned Wayburn is out of the Capitol, When "Nightie Night" leaves the Prin Boston thirty years ago. Where he has been ever since the opening cess Theatre Saturday for the road, the HOPKINS "PROPS" STOLEN of the house under a one year contract that house will be taken over by the Extension SALE OUSTS TAYLOR SHOW called for his retention as producing direc Fund Committee of the Girls' Protective Arthur Hopkins lost several thousand dollars' worth of property last week when "One Night in Rome," with Lauretta tor. The fact that such a contract is in League and the New York Prohibition and Taylor, will vacate the Criterion at the existence may lead to the matter coming Protective Association, who will present the costuming establishment of E. 8. Frei- singer, at 244 West Forty-second street, close of this week and complete its New to the attention of the courts, for Way- "What Next," a musical comedy by Deans York run at the George M. Cohan Theatre. burn is not at all convinced that he Taylor, for a five weeks' run. Com stock was broken into and robbed. A large num ber of art tapestries and a supply of an The removal is made necessary by the shouldn't still be directing the production and Gest will stage the piece. The show is change of ownership of the New York numbers at the big house. said to have the backing of Mrs. Cornelius cient armor that had been brought from England, for Hopkins, by Robert E. Jones, theatre block, which will be taken over As a matter of fact, though, the revues Vanderbilt. by the Famous-Players Laeky Corporation, put on by Wayburn have not been over were stolen. BENEFIT FOR OPERA FOLKS The properties had been kept at the who purchased it. Another reason for the burdened with originality or brilliance. In removal is that Otis Skinner will open next the first show, one of the big features was NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 14.—In view of the Plymouth Theatre until recently, when they were removed and placed on display at the week at the Criterion in "Pietro." a spiral tower which was announced on the loss of costumes and street wardrobe main Why Laurette Taylor's play should be program as having been "invented by Ned tained by Mile. Margot Ladd and Mile. costume house. They were to be used in the production of Richard Third, which made to vacate so as to make room for Wayburn" when, as a matter of fact, it Fanny Regia, leading members of the local Otis Skinner is explained by the fact that had been used since Rip Van Winkle went Grand Opera company, when the New Or Hopkins is planning, with John Barry- more in the featured role. "One Night in Rome" is under the direc to sleep. In the present show, there is a leans Opera House was recently destroyed tion of George C. Tyler, while "Pietro" number said to be a favorite of Wayburn's, by fire, a benefit performance will be given is being presented under the management where a buck dance is done with the heels at the Lafayette Theatre on January 24. NEGROES TO FIGHT CASE of Charles Frohntan, Inc., the general man of the dancer's slippers lighted. The years MONTREAL, Can., Jan. ltt.—Following ager of which, Alf. Hayman, is connected that this feature has been used would be CITY AIDS STOCK COMPANY the recent judgment in the Court of Ap with the Famous-Players Lesky Corpora- difficult to count. PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 10.—The Chamber peals to the effect that theatres may draw < ion. The management of the house is now of Commerce, to aid the Alcazar Theatre the color line when they wish, a mass "DERE MABEL" OPENS FEB. 2 thinking seriously of devoting it more stock company, under the direction of C.