The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 13, 1910, Page 14

14 CORT IN NEW YORK; BY PEN AND PENCIL THE STAR—FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1910. ATTORNEY PLEADS FOR MRS. |HUSBAND PLAYED HOOKEY; By United Prose KANSAS CITY, M Ma Dr BOC toda M uN " t ‘ ' led 5 ‘ penit ri nw nvieted on A 1 t 1 been tntr r t Hyd t hang th a y " at ' hE to J ‘ The Dr. Hyde, Mra Mf No-l ‘ Thi Picture of John Cort Is Reproduced from the New York Re | frantically eailing View. It Will Hardly Be Recognized in Cort’s Home Town per off r K s ws ne 4 Colgaté Baker, writing he New| was he who, tak advantage of ; 8 ag io i York Review to say the singular situation and opportun | aoring h John Cort an ities of his position, assumed the 8 State shingt “John Cort role of a dictator to the theatrical - ro see 5 world, a role that he had no real . 1 ge. t right to ass ; ¢ t atres, ext arck, N 1 t maxi " 3 D., In the East h . pe the West, anc Va B. to be a ( my c ea bars C., in the North A gt posit ingles ahth in the South ake n en ar € M anita arr And most powerful ‘ age c lischarges ave Ure circuit In the world. For iw one ke of his 5 a t wa t Mr. Cort was content to a! ‘ hat I wiped ff ’ & Erlanger to act h ‘ s 4 exclusive bookir ts their dictation as to wha tions be shoul ny in his houses. and following t policy laid down by them, because he thought that by so doing he best served his bu hess interests 9 Finally Awakened. “But I never realized @ays ago,” Mr. Cort « “that this ‘Theatrical s it was called, was the cious busfness organizat world. “As long as I was supplied with ® sufficient number of suitable at fractions [ was satisfied to let _ things run on as they were. 1 want ‘ed results, good shows and contin Nous bookings. I did not bother my- || Self to inquire into the methods : ursued by Klaw & Erlanger as ‘ ig as they served me well in the apacity of agents and employees but things have changed, my jp have been opened and I have f ed another opinion * “However, | will be perfectly frank in saying that the principal reason | have taken the booking of my theatres cut of the hands of Kiaw & Erlanger and adopted the Open Door policy is because Er- Tanger was able to furnish me with a line of attractions that could make any kind of a showing againct those offered by the Shubert forces. “What was called the “Theatrical Syndicate’ is dead, but the truth is there never was a syndicate. The claim so often made by Erlanger ‘that there was no theatrical trust fs true, in a sense, for he did not ave a dollar's interest in any of the theatres of circuit and the other circults which he d through booking arrangements. We Managers gave hi his power when We put the booking of our theatres dm his hands. We could you or any other man, as powerful as Erlanger was if we gave you the exclusive right to book our theatres «and dictate what we should play gud what we should not pla “I have found Erlanger took ad vantage of his peculiar position and the extraordinary power we dele gated to him in many 8 which we did not approve of and never in tended. Through his absolute con trol of all these theatres, West, || North, South and st, he alway _ fompelled the producing managers “to go to him for time. He could drive any individual theatre man @ger in the country out of business if he chose to do so by refusing to book his house. He could exact ex orbitant terms from the small cour try town manager, allowing the Manager just enough to eke out a bare existence. His opportunit for oppressing managers throughout the country were unlimited. Might Have Done Good. “Another man in Erlanger’s pos! tion, a man with high ideal ot honor, of public duty; a man whc had the true interests of the theat rical business at heart, would hi been a wonderful force for good a & blessing to everyone connected with the stage. Never before in the history of any busir were | such great powers concentrated in ‘one individual as were given to A L. Erlanger, and think how he has used them! “it should be remembered that in reality Erlanger was nothing but || our employe, our agent. When we Special placed the exclusive right to book || 4),;° a bsrim our theatres with him we did not us - SE8S0N intend to make him our master. It coats are mad ume ee cloth GERMAN - AMERICAN BANK. 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