Producers face high costs and big risks in revues
Feature on the economics of musical comedies and revues. Producers like John Golden and Nichol Nichols show large profits from hits yet risk losses of hundreds of thousands when shows fail. Fronted by star salaries, tour costs, scenery, and costumes drive up initial investments far beyond standard dramas.
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James Muir
John Golden
Ohe Nichols
Abie
Broadway
Misa Nichols
Canal Fulton
Nk Fisher
Orcas
Presbyterian Unday School
Emma Burk Ider
Mary Mashie
Belle and
Grace Kirk
Lillie Barnbaker
Nna Donnewirth
Emma Burkholder
Emma_ Oberlin
Mary Mathie
Anna Rhoades
S. W. Stophiet
Will McLauchlin
Charles Weil
Clyde Gainey
Evelyn
Wiliam
Massillon
City Hospital
Fred Fitzpatrick
Circleville
Maud Patterson
Wadsworth
Paul Jones
James Gilmore
Lisbon
Walter O’brien
Jack Snyder
Akron
Bisker Familea
Frank Bricker
Cleveland
Glen Steiner
Orrville
Daniel Ketter
Enree Ruehiing
Morrison
Ugh Oh
Navarre
Arva
Sotineachter
Springfield
A. Butler
Mulhauser
Carl Bloomfield
Smith
Grippe
Anneal Streby
Laa
Roe
Aree Blank
Jon Sanaee
Paul Jo Len Cave
Alliance 6
Pa Wodine
Lucinda Huthyy Carr
Chews Dlen
Man- Mre
Marge
Zellare
Belle Craig
Who
Kurtz
Aaron Jones
Ssell Smit
Russell Zimmer
Cantonee
Eines
a _ Lane
Gertrude Ruehling
Minerva
Mat Champ Meets Star Wayne Munn Shows Priscilla Dean How Easily He Handles His Opponents
The report highlights a match where a celebrated mat champion faces star Wayne Munn while Priscilla Dean observes. It notes the challenger’s ease against his foes and the star power surrounding the bout.
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Wayne Munn
Priscilla Dean
Broadway Theatre Costs and Figures Face Shifts
The article outlines high costs in musical revues with actors stages crews rents and advertising. It notes pay to writers composers and lyricists with postwar price pressures. It also reports industry moves including Channing Pollock plays abroad and new ventures like the Little Opera Company of America and Opera Prayer Inc. plans.
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Ziesfeld
Music Box
Channing Pollock
Europe
Berlin
Vienna
Max Reinardt
Mr. Polock
London
Prague
Little Opera Company of America
Princess Theater
New York
Iindividig@als
Theodore Dreiser
Sherwood Anderson
Horace RB. Liveright
Fanny Hurst
Jane Grant
Walter Lippman
S J Kaufman
Conde Nast
Frank Crowninshield
Opera Comique
Little Opera Company
Provincetown Players
Patience
Greenwich Villene
Grove 4
Opera Prayer, Inc
Lucretia Bort
Fiske Kimball
William Lyon Phelps
Jesse Spalding
Deems Taylor
Viola Dana Stars in The Heart Bandit at Lyceum
Viola Dana appears in The Heart Bandit at the Lyceum with Milton Silla opposite her. The Bowery girl bandit tale follows Molly O Hara dubbed Angel Face by Spike Malone and his crew as she travels with him on a crime spree.
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Viola Dana
Metro
Lyceum
Milton Silla
Miss Dana
Dana
Fred Kennedy Myron
New York
Bowery
Molly O'Hara
Angel Face
Spike Malone
Spike
Molly
Molly’s Escape Turns to Romance at Country Estate
A truck crash forces Molly and Spike apart and she seeks protection at Mrs. Rand’s estate. Molly feigns amnesia to stay, outwits the butler, and forms a bond with the elderly hostess. She nurses Mrs. Rand as romance with John grows, leading to a dramatic finale.
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Molly
Spike
Mrs
Rand
Tory
John
Samual Goldwyn Reports Europe Trip on Motion Picture Conditions
Vivian Rich rests in Del Monte California after finishing work on the serial Idaho. Goldwyn toured Europe assessing cinema conditions during a lengthy journey.
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Samual Goldwyn
Europe
Vivian Rich
Delmonte
Calif
Idaho
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