The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-05-12
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THEATRES
CLEAR BREAK HAS BEEN MADE
With THEATRICAL TRUSTS"
Klaw and Erlanger Will Not Send
Any of Its Shows to Local
TheaterS.
PLENTY OTHER ATTRACTIONS.

The New York Review. paper fea-
turing stage news. gives over an entire
page to a discussion OF the change
which has come over the theatrical
world as a result of the theaters of the
northwest declaring for an "opcn door
policy. John Cort is quoted i'm a three
column interview, i'm which he pays
his respects To Klaw & Erlanger i'm no
uncertain terms. The feeling display
ed i'm Mr.. Cort's remarks and running
throughout the discussion of the change
i'm policy on the part of the theaters of
the northwest indicates that there will
be complete breach between the
Schubert Brady Cort combination and
allied interests and Klaw & Erlanger.
Klaw & Erlanger will doubtless refuse
to send any of the attractions they
control into the northwest, and the
theaters in this region will have to de-
pend on the independents" for their
bookings. This will mean a different
line of attractions. on behalf of the
independents" assurance is given that
it will mean more plays and better
plays.
Mr. Cort says he was led to desert
Klaw & Erlanger i'm favor of the Schu-
berts and the independents" largely
by the fact that the latter offered for
the season of 1901 a much more at
tractive galaxy of stars and plays than
Klaw & Granger, who. he charges.
failed TO fill their contract with him
during the season now drawing to a
close. Mr.. Cort is confident that the
"open door" theaters will get more and
better attractions under the new ar
rangement than they have had under
the old.
Mr.. Cort. after the Schuberts and
Julius Kahn, is the most important
factor in the association of 1000 thea
ter managers formed i'm New York last
Saturday. He now controls over 100
theaters i'm North Dakota, Montana,
Idaho, Washir n, oregon. Arizona,
Utah. Califor British Columbia and
Nevada. He is the booking agent for
these houses, and they delegate to him
the power of filling their time i'm ac-
cordance with his best judgment Mr..
Cort was the pioneer theatrical man
ager OF the coast, and his circuit was
built up largely without effort on his
part. by managers of theaters coming
TO him and urging that he take the re-
sponsibility of booking their time for
them. Now he can book an attraction
for a continuous run of four, five or
six months. i'm theaters under his gen
eral direction.
The G. A. Marshall theaters social !
ed. i'm which group belong the iron and
copper country houses, and whose
managers are affiliated i'm the North
western Theatrical Managers associa-
ton, which meets at Milwaukee to-
day, comprise group of forty theaters
i'm Minnesota, Wisconsin and upper
Michigan. as follows: Minnesota. Du
Iuth Hibbing, saltwater Two Har-
bors. Virginia, Preston. Red Wing and
Winona; Wisconsin-Superior, Keno
sha Merrill, Ashland. Manitowoc. Eau
Claire, Fond du Lac. Green Bay, James
vile, La Crosse. Marinette. Oshkosh,
Sheboygan. Wausau. Appleton Beloit;
Michigan-Norway, Hancock. Ishpem-
ing. Marquette, Menominee, Iron Noun
tain, Calumet, Sault ste. Marie Lake
Linden, Ironwood. Escanaba, Gladstone
Manistique, Ontonagon, Bessemer.
The Marquette, Ishpeming, Hancock
and Calumet theaters are usually book
ed for the same attractions, and they
with Menominee. are considered the
best theatrical towns i'm the upper PEN
insula. At the meeting at Milwaukee
today the managers OF the Marshall
theaters, so-called, will doubtless rat