The San Francisco Dramatic Review (1908)

8 THE SAN FRANCISCO DRAMATIC REVIEW January 17, 1914. THE SAIT FRANCTSCO Dramatic Review Mualc and Drama CHAS. H. FASBEIiI^, Editor Issued Every Saturday 1095 Ma/ket Street Cor. Seventh Room 207 Address all letters and money or- ders to Til* Ban Franolioo Sr&matlo Kavlaw T«l«pIion«: Market 8622 ^ Entered at San Francisco as Second-class Mall Matter. Established 1854. Murdock MacQuarrie is a Happy Married Man and Has Been for Years ]n The Dramatic Review of De- cember 20 there was an item to the effect that Murdock MacQuarrie had married Mae Peterson in Oakland. The item was authentic, but unfor- tunately it did an injustice to our friend, the other Murdock MacQuar- rie, now with the Universal Film Co. in Los Angeles. "Mac" has been married over eleven years, and if ap- pearances go for anything he and his wife are a very happy and congenial couple. Mrs. MacQuarrie is that well known and brilliant song writer, Clarice Manning, and for our own sake we hope there will not be an- other Murdock MacQuarrie bob up to get married without first obtain- ing permission from The Dramatic Review, as the long and enjoyable friendship between Mr. MacQuarrie and the editor of this paper would hardly stand the strain once the Scotchman got it into his head that we were hunting up namesakes just that he could have the pleasure of disclaiming responsibility. "Mac" solemnly avers tiiat he lias already answered hundreds of in(iuiries, and the end is not in sight—nor is the stamp bill. Herbert Bashford Achieves Another Success On the evening of Monday, the fifth of January, the Bishop players, under the directit)n of the author, Herbert Bashford, produced for the first time on any stage the three-act play. The Voice Within. That it was well received is speaking mild- ly. The large audience was most enthusiastic in its demonstration of appreciation, and applause alter ap- plause greeted the many stirring, telling climaxes of the story. Tech- nically it is well written. The story revolves around the lives of a charming, good woman, married to a scamp of the lowest order, and leads ultimately to the divorce ques- tion and the necessity of heeding one's true conscience or intuition. The Voice Within. It is told in a vital, gripping manner. It reminds one in the beginning of Paid in Full, but makes out quite differently. While some of the conditions, such as a girl of refinement and educa- tion marrying an illiterate man, and a man rising quickly from a mere laborer with a trade to a position of political prominence, seem incon- gruous, still it all works out all right, and the story is likely too true, not only figuratively but in reality as well. The action takes place in the living room of a modern l)ungalovv. Mr. Bishop and his as- sistants cannot be given too much praise for the excellence with which the stage was appointed for the play. There are seven characters, which were in capable hands. Alice Flem- ing handled the part of Helen Mc- Wade in an easy, clever way. An- thony Smythe played the mean part of Tom McWade, the good for noth- ing husband, just right. Albert Morrison as Henry VVarring, the upright attorney of excellent repu- tation, was delightful. He has great poise and ease of manner, and that is just what the character needed. Henry Shumer was cast as Mex. Murtpy. As Maggie Burns, the girl who has been ruined and cast off by Tom, Jane Urban did good work. Tlic Rev. I<'oster, a typical old school minister, in the hands of Walter Whipple, had a most consistent in- terpretation. Marta Golden played Ann, the maid, in her usual clever manner. The entire cast was excel- lent and rose splendidly to the in- tense dramatic climaxes in the sec- ond and third acts. Mr. Bashford is to be com])limented. and we wish him all success with this and any future etTorts. Adele Blood Sues Actor= Clergyman fcr Divorce Nl'W YORK. Jan. 9.—Sader Rus- sell Davis found himself today in a legal mix-up by being sued for di- vorce and named by another party as co-respondent. That old triangle of two women and one man developed a fourth side today when none other than .'Kdele Blood came forward and asked the Supreme Court to relieve her of the bonds of matrimony. Miss Blood is Mrs. Davis in private life. The three people forming the already developed sides of the lopsided tri- angle are Frederick Esmelton Bryant, stage director and actor, who uses the Esmelton part of his cognomen for theatrical purposes; Mrs. Louise Power Bryant, his wife, who is known on the audience's side of the footlights as Jule Power, and Davis. Miss Blood came into the limeliglit only today. She alleges her former clerygman husband has been paying far too much attention to Miss Power, who is his stage partner. Cader Rus- sell Davis, known as Edwards Davis, the parson-actor of Oakland, famous ])rincipally for being the husband of the beautiful Adele Blood, is the cen- tral figure in the sensational proceed- ings noted above. In her complaint, Mrs. Davis charges numerous in- stances of misconduct on the part of her husband. These were located in various sections of the vaudeville cir- cuits on which Davis was touring, and include Pullman sleepers, the Buslnvick Theatre, Brooklyn, and various hotels. Ten years ago, Davis, then pastor of the First Church of (fhrist in Oakland, resigned at the request of the congregation and eloped with Alta Margaret Kilgore, a member of the church choir. When resigning Davis announced that he (|uit the church for the stage to ele- vate the latter. He began his work of uplift in New York and incidentally was divorced from his first wife in 1906. Following the final decree he married Miss Blood. Her beauty and histrionic ability immediately secured an Orphcum engagement for them and later resulted in her engagement as leading woman in Everywoman. Davis toured the Orpheum Circuit, with The Picture of Dorian Grey in which he was seen in ()akland and San Francisco and later engaged Mrs. Bryant, whose stage name is Jule Power, as leading woman in another vaudeville sketch, The Kingdom of Destiny. I^st June, while walking with Mrs. Bryant, he met the latter's husband in front of the Hotel Flan- ders. New York. Bryant immediately attacked Davis, administering a se- vere caning, and Davis, when re- leased by the enraged husband, made a swift and undignified retreat. Mrs. Davis' home is in Alameda, where her mother was formerly a teacher in the Mastick School. She is there now and it is her custom to spend her vacation there. Sader Davis' rnliimhiA ™atre \/\/l.UXLlMl.aTH( lUDING n*YHOllS( Geary atnl Mii.son I'hone I'"r;inkliii l."")!) BeKiiiniiiK Moiilay. Jan. I!i — I.i.st Six Nig'hts: .Mutinies Wi-iliu-.-; lay ami Satiirilav KLAW and ERLANGER Present OTIS SKINNER (By ai raiigenu nt Willi Charles Froluiian) In An Arabian Night KISMET by Kdward Kiioblaiioh Produced and Managed by Harrison Grey Fiske Sunday Night. Jan. 25, the Musical Oornpiiy Triumph, Adele GAIETY O'FABKi:!.!. OPPOSITE OBFHEUM Phone Sutter 4141 "IT'S WORTH WHILK" NONK FUNNIER IN AMERICA The Girl Ae Gate •Saturday Night—l,ast Time ISENX: FBANKUir Sun.lay Malinc- HOWABD AND I^VBENCi: In lonjunctlon with Bickel and W'atson Matinee Dally at 2;30 George Kleine's Glorious Photo-Drama, ANTONY K CLEOPATRA Every Evening at 8:30 All Seats Reserved, 25c and 50c NOTE: Antony and Cleopatra will only be seen at the Savoy Theatre in San Pran- clico. ' 15 Monday, Jan. 2G. The Traffic In Souls mctliods as pastor of the Oakland church were decidedly theatrical. It was his custom to appear in he pulpit Sunday evenings in evening dress. OrpKeum O'ParraU Street, Bet. Stockton and PoweU Safest and Most Magniflcent Theatre In America Week Beginning This Sunday Afternoon Matinee Every Day PEBFECT VAUDEV1I.I.E FBAKTR KEEITAIT, the American actor, and his company In Vindication, hy Willard Mack; FBED I.IB'DSA'7, famous Australian hnshman and stock whip expert; EDITA SHOWAI,TEB. "The girl of the yolden voice;" AIiBEBT VON TILZEB, American popular song writer, and DOBOTHT NOBD; SHABF and TUBEK, the chocolate dandles; BEBT FITZGIBBON, the original Daffy Dill; MABTIN JOHNSONS TBAVEI.OaT7ES; WOBLD'S NEWS IN MOTION VIEWS. I.ast week MAUBICE and FIiOBENCE WALTON, world's most popular hall-room dancers. New program. Evening prices: luc, 26c, 60c. 76c. Box Seats, tl.OO. Matinee prices (except Sun- days and Holidays): lOc, 25c, 60c. PHONE DOUOZ.AS 70 LEADING THEATRE Ellis and Market Sts. Phone, Sutter 2460 Second and La.st Week Starts Sunday San Francisco's Supreme Sen.satlon Ar< h Selwyn Presents Margaret Illington 111 Hii.\ai-.l \iilliT's Irresistible Drama, Within the Law Xi^lUs niul Saturday .Matinees, $2.00 tn 50c; "Pop." Wednesday Matinee Monday, Jan. 26: E. H. Sothem and Julia Marlowe Alcazar Theatre O'FABBEI.1^ ST., NEAJt PO'WEX.t Phone Kearny 2 Week Commencing Monday Nlglit, Jan. It— Matinees Thursday, Saturday, Sunday I'lngas' inenl Kxlraortlinary of America's Foremost Irish Actor, Andrew Mack Su|.ported by the .Mcazar F'layer.s In the Heautiful Knniantlc Irish Play, Tom Moore Hear Maek .«iiiK The tiern.s of Ireland Prices—Night. 25c. to |1; Mat., 2Bc. to 60c. Empress Theatre Direction Sullivan & Consldlne Sid Grauman. Manager Frank H. Donnellan, Publicity Manager January 18, 1914 The stunning and statuesque SIX DI'VINO NYMPHS; WHYTE, PEI.ZEB and WKYTE, flfteeu minutes of musical nonsense; the cyclonic gymnastic comedians; THE THBEB YOSCABBYS; JAS. P. MACDONAXD, in or- iginal songs and sayings; OBVUiIiE BEES- EB, the Paderewskl of vaudeville; HEB- MANN and SHIBI.EY present The Mysteri- ous Masquerader; I.ANE and HOUQHTON, the rural comedians. Other attractions. Essanceescope, showing' the latest Tlews from the motion world. J. M. OAmBt-C f. e. L. MOCBKIT Francis-Valentine Co. PRINTERS or FOSTERS 77 7 MISSION ST. 777 MISSION ST. SAM rRAMCIBCO We Rrint Everything HEADQUARTERS FOR THEATRICAL AGENTS Send Bills of Lading to us, ytre will takm cmrs ot your Paper ^mutter tea* I^Home .1*777