The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-06-23
WILLIAM A. BRADY TALKS
OF OPEN DOOR MOVEMENT
Well Known theatrical Man is
Here, Coming to Join His
Wife, Grace George.
PUBLIC GAINS BY NEW DEAL

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manager and producer, arrived In CAL
J umet today, having come from New
, York to join his wife. Grace George.
who with her company appears at
the Calumet theater this evening.
Mr.. Brady is one of The leading ana
most enthusiastic producers who have
declared for "open door," and he says
the success of the independent move
meut is already assured. Every cir
cult as well as every individual thea
tire I'm the United states and Canada,
will surely be benefited by the new
deal" declared Mr.. Brady. THE one
night stand houses will, perhaps, dur
ing the coming season, and in the
years to follow. have a greater number
of first class attractions than ever be-
fore, as the big producers fully appre-
ciate the loyalty of the one-night
managers who so promptly fell into
line when the fight against the syndi-
cate was started.
"Klaw & Erlanger practically re-
ceived their death blow, so far as con-
! trolling theaters in this country Is
concerned, on Saturday last, when, as
last resort. they made the producers
proposition whereby they were to re-
ceivc portion of their net profits for
the privilege of playing the houses
| that they control. Their proposition
was turned down so quickly that 1t
must have made their heads whirl. At
the present time | consider that the
trust is down and out, so far as DOM
mating the policy of the producers
and managers of the country is con-
cerned
"The next important news | am OK
pecting to hear is that Henry w. Saw
age, now the strongest producer iden-
tilted with Klaw * Erlanger, has de-
clared himself in favor of the open
door. Last Saturday, at our meeting
i'm New York we closed deal for con-
troll of the Chamberlain a. Harrington
circuit. with the string of theatres
that are included i'm this circuit we
have the connecting link to a chain of
playhouses i'm the United States. We
have also recently brought under con-
troll the Lcath circuit of theatres, con-
ssting OF the Academies of Music in
Richmond. Norfolk, Newport News,
Petersburg, Roanoke and Lynchburg, in
the South. This is one of the best cir
cults in the country, as all of the cit
les mentioned give first class attrac-
tions profitable business. The direct
ors of the Lcath circuit have declared
unanimously for the open door The
possession OF these theatres was more
stubbornly contested for by the trust
on one side and the theatre owners on
the other than was the control of any
of the other circuits. Since winning
over the Leath and Chamberlain a
Harrington, circuits, | regard the war
for possession of combination houses
practically at an end.
should Klaw & Erlanger, as heads
Of the theatre trust, put into reality,
instead of on paper. their plans for
building theatres i'm order to retain
the remnants of their cxclusiveness II
will mean an expenditure OF millions
of dollars OF somebody's money, as
suredly not that of Klaw * Erlanger,
who have not yet even suggested will
ingness to place their accumulation OF
considerable wealth derived from the
efforts OF those who have been affiliat-
ed with them into such Il lottery. All
theaters are now open to the attrac-
tons of Klaw and Erlanger, as well as
others, and / would ask, why build
more and thereby subject the invest
ors TO almost assured loss simply to
crafty personal animosty? Also. why
force the producing manager to bear
the losses that will certainly result
from competition should opposition
houses be built?
More Attractions Coming
"This is my first visit to the north
ern peninsula of Michigan, and am
| favorably impressed with the little l
have seen of it. This is the only theat-
rical circuit i'm the entire United States
| that | have not been over. AS To the
prospects of securing a greater num-
her of attractions than the houses In
/ the iron ana copper ulStiiCt nave h''"
in the past, l will say that prepara-
tons are now being made for the
booking of n number of leading stars
and other attractions over this circuit.
plan on sending good many of my
companies this way and as the Shu-
bcrts have contracted with John Cort
TO send all of their party attractions
To his Western theatres the coming
season. / feel certain that the iron and
copper districts will get a good many
OF them. Up to this time your theatre
patrons have not had an opportunity
to see many of the great stars, but II
your people will only give them sat
isfactory business many of them will
be sent this way. IL costs more &c
send our shows To the upper peninsula
than to most Of the circuits, as tho
railroad jumps are long and some OF
the towns are not any too good al
their best. All things considered.
think the coming season will be tho
best that the producers and theatre