The Washington times., 1922-09-14
Shuberts Enter Upon
New Venture With Big
List of Star Players

" class theaters throughout
tho country open next
week with the first of the
Shubert vaudeville unit shows 1t
will not only mark new type
OF entertainment for the amuse.
ment world but also the initial
effort to supply real headline at.
fractions at a 81 top price.
In floating this new venture
the Messrs. Shubert have asso-
ciated with producers who know
every angle OF the two.a day
business and have launched a
vaudeville war profitable alike to
the headline entertainers and the
amusement public. The Shuberts
have been able to offer perform.
ers a route Of forty full weeks
over the new circuit and the.
inducement has been sufficient to
attract the best in the list of
entertainers.
Leading the list Of those who
have affiliated with the new cir.
cult are Joe Weber and Lew
Fields, the famous team of come.
dians who are reunited after
years in the managerial field to
head a unit attraction, Others
who are heading shows which
will be seen during the season at
the Belasco, the Washington home
of the circuit, are the Watson
Sisters. Bobby Higgins a Co, SiX.
teen English Daisies, Blarce Ring,
and Charles Winninge.. Herman
Timbers, George Jessel and the
Courtney Sisters, Roscoe Ails and
Kate Pullman. Vera Michaelena.
Gertrude Hoffman, Bessie Mccoy
Davis, Johnny Dooley. Nonette.
Whipple & Huston. Eddie Nelson.
Roger Imhoff. Helen Ely. Lon
Hascall, George Price. Louis
Simon and Shep Camp. Charles
Calvert. DeHaven and Nice. Rush
Ling Toy, Fred Hillebrand, Sara.
noff. Ethel Davis, Jimmy Hussey,
Sylvia Clark. Julia Kelety, Frank
Orth and Mile. Codee. DeWolf Sis.
ters, Cark & Verdi. Mccoy Il Wal.
ton, Harry and Willie Lander. JACK
Edwards, Olympia Desvall, the
Commodore Band. Frank Gaby,
Kramer & Boyle, Dan Walker. Rita
Bell and Evelyn Mcbride. These
are but a few OF the many, and
the revue. which will provide the
second portion OF these entertain.
ments will utilize the services of
500 chorus girls.
Producers who sponsor the va.
rious units include E. Thomas
Beatty. l. III. Herk. Jack Singer,
Arthur Klein, Davidow 4 LeMaire,
Lew Fields. Max Spiegel, jack
Reid. Arthur Pearson. Al Jones.
Barney Gerard. e. l.. Butler. Jenie
Jacobs and Jack Morris. L. LAW.
w cpGi nilu w
lander. Eddie Dowling, Joseph NJ.
Gates, Finkelstein & Rubin. Henry
Dixon and George Gallagher.
The initial show for Washington
will open at the Belasco next
Sunday Afternoon. when Barney
Gerard's "Funmakers," which 'fea-
lures Jimmy Hussey, fresh from
his Broadway triumphs in Spices
Of 1922" will be the attraction. In
addition to Hussey, James B. Car
son, recently featured in the Zieg.
field Midnight Frolic, and Harry
Hines will assist in the comedy =.
sprinkled through five acts Of
vaudeville and a miniature revue.
Broadway, guaging the prospects
of the country for amusement busi.
ness, estimates a healthy season
through the reception which the
first units which opened last week
encountered. The Weber & Fields
show played to $16,800 in it's try.
out week in New England before
going to open the Majestic Theater
in Boston. This is believed to be
box office record for an attrac.
ton playing at 81 top.