The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-01
CURTAIN DROPS ON } BIG SHOWS AS ACTORS QUIT Producers Fail To Meet New Terms Of Thes-
 plan Union MANAGERS SPLIT ON CONCESSIONS Convention Visitors To Miss Mueh-Talked-N
 Attractions
BY wESTBROOK PEGLER RE.nasnz XEirR Hm Tke ARe-HeTaiA-

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 NEW YORK, May 31--As the unlOm actors demonstrated five years agO, when they walked out of their false wMiSkeES and property dress xwHtS, art is Labor, and the twain have met Saturday night the wmiOm actors o. five Broad way ShOwS- two of Shem great sue- eesses, walked Out, and the sign 4closed" was hung 0n the glass doors of Maxine E1llOtt1ss the Booth, the Kmiekerb0ekeF, the Sam H. Har- ITS and the COrt theatres on or about Broadway
 Two of the great shows on Broad way and three of the minor sue cezses were eloSS@ by ediet of the actors umiGm, otherwise known as the Actors EqwIEy association The great pieces which thu$ Sueeumbed to the demands of WniOn theSpian- ism were Seventh Heaven" which has rum for T04 consecutive per fOrmAnces after am uncertain start two years zgO, and 4sRSim," which had mot ceased to batter on the ears of Broadway audiences i'm 646 sh0wS-
 FaEn6 t9 1&eg3 Terms
 The producers af the five shows which were Ur@eRed tn eAgse- had faiIed to meet the new terms of the Actors Eguaty ASs~claf5Om- Perhaps 1t should be eKpaaEned thaa wHem the Hmiam net OTIS, the martyrs of the f1Rxt strike. wOn their cause m 1918. after paradimg BraaawaE- weAHimg FAseaEL< on their shoulder haaGex and zheePGsh expressions on their EaelAe cnmmHenzmeez. they In- sisted fhh1 new aereememt must De neEosiafed i'm 1894. whereby an man nmssn mummeHS must be thrUwn Out of empsosmemH-
 Nneh hRx trznEEired S1IRre that time The Wmium actions have gHS-m Im slightly and SD have the naa50riry of the stand pa4 FuOaRceRx-
 A few weeks aSO the Larger group of proannRES deserted aieir old association and fnsnne@ am o@tfin km@wn az the Managers Protecaive association, for the purpose cf makimg terms with the 6etEawined wmimm aes1aS \ few of the PrpdarerS rgf@s<M to talk terms, how erer, and ahRF aRe tine hamdIers of the productions which closed SaturdaF night
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 The ShmbeHax IoalkeM over the sitm- zt1an, belmg hmslmess nnRm and real es- tate dsmReES i'm the fIrsa PIacR- and aF- fasts in the serom@ pHzce- They fore SAW G&nt the wmR@m acd@rS wguId whip thean t0 a fFzzzas If a showdown came on June I, 1&24 So the Shuberts and a large eARDemt of other producers i'm the cid mamaxgHSS aSsIuciatiam- abam- aomea their Gad ideaEs and their old aetermimaH50@ and aHteTEd their posi- tl0n- ThRF f1wmd a number of others, DgEabay RAnuEmE ZRegfsIMv i'm couzn- mAmeR with HTeir aMdmiBms-
 Art mlght be art butt BWsiness was buEdness- TheEsEnTe they @uir the pro- durang mama@HRx7 aSsueIzHR@m which had made sarh hEave f1Sha aSnTmSt the nnFae5Bms &eanamms of the un6am i'm 1914, and fSrned a new UWtfIt of aImues- Mnent ma%mAaPS- known RS the Man aEers Protective association Harris, and q few others. whD hsld principles above box @ffRce EecHip4S. refused to surrender. and held unGether as the old prOa@rEng MzamagezST association
 A Sh0rd mme ago the eaPiuWIaHImG or quitting manage1S- agTeeA t@ q modified schedwle of terms Pgessmted by the unlam- They azzemaea to eglstith9us like this=
 There sassHH be fsur wnEgm aetars to every mun-wm6a@ aeamr inn their casts 6zzaM Pay Dwes
 The 0unaxl1m8a B1m-wm50m actor shall pay FegmRar dues to the wm59m- just as though he were a nne@ber Im enjoyment af fl1l pEiviBeSrs
 AM mamagers m@d subscribing to the RgrerDsnE. 3AaM be EeEwHrRd to employ aal-Wmnolm 4r aHl-m@m-wmbgm casts.
 Now ii is admittedly impossible to lind a aM-mun-umium cast for a play which has mu@re thAm half s dSzRn aea0ES beeRRse nugS1 of the act@ES be- long nD the wm6nm- I'm wGher wuFdzs the EERnd-pRt wamRgEES. who refused to sur render when wnza 0f 1heHr associates d3d weEe delivered over t@ the enemy wdth aoahiag hua sheir dieHeTmImatiGHn to sux1Rim them
 If they dlrad thglr new m0m-umI0u FlRyRns they WEEe a<semtimg to the -70Pen shop demand of the equity.
 That is why the KhswS are closing
 Not naay -&eremah Heaven" -Rain, The SwAms- -LaaIiPgPs amd The NeEWgRs Wreck -Rm gramd financial and arTRSahr SsDEressRs- butt perhaps two othHrx wiia he xREIa STePpdmg Stomes4" in wh5ch Frad St1me and hlS daUgh- ter are the stars. and -The Outsider" a drama
 In other WmEds when the visIt0rS come bs New York for the TfemoeTatie national cumwemG6E@, theF prWhabiY will mias two of dlhe SlhDwS ahAT they have been reading ab1ut for two ssRz1mS and three CT five others Wh6ch have been running sance last fall