The San Francisco Dramatic Review (1908)

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO DRAMATIC REVIEW January 31, 1914 New California Drama (irant Carpenter's one-act Chinese tra^^erly, The Dragon's Claws, a firamatization of his short story, (Jiian ()uock Ming, which was featured in the Sunset Magazine of January, 1913. has heen presented at The Little Theatre in I'hiladelijhia and has scored such a success tlrat it has heen given the hcaflliner's i)Iace. The sketch con- cerns itself with a Chinatown episode, in which a fortune-teller discovers his wife receiving a call fnmi her former suitor, a physician. The jealous hus- ban'I forces her to sing the < )fle of Thin (the lady lamenting the death of her lover), this being the signal for the nejjhew to slay the visitor as he dei)arts. After its presentation at the Little Theatre on Jan. 19, the Phila- flelphia Lcdi^cr ('eclared that "a drama of such intensity from curtain to cur- tain demanded a theatre nearer its size," and the playwright was compli- mented for "crowding so much into littU Marcus Meyer Has Recovered .\ I'AV V( )KK. Jan. jX.- Marcus .Meyer, the well-known operatic man- ager, who was very ill in the early part of the week, has rec(jvered sf) as to be about tonight. He dropped in at the Lambs' Club this evening and said he felt almo'-t as well as ever. May Irwin Wants Coin from the Southern Pacific !'( )KTI..\.\1), Jan. -iX.May Irwin, the actress starring in .\ Widow by I'roxy, said tonight she would bring suit for S^o.cKJo damages against the Southern i'acific Railroad, alleged to 1 e due for the illness she has suffered here nearly two weeks, causing her to cancel the rest of her I'acihc Coast en- gagements. She alleges that her financial losses are valued at $50,000. .Miss Irwin was traveling from (.'ali- fornia over the Southern I'acific when her train was held up near Dunsmuir, Cal., by a washtnit. The sleeper in which .Miss Irwin was refjuired to re- main twelve hours carried no heat, and as a result she was seized with an at- tack of neuritis, being comiielled to lose one performance here and causing her to cancel her Washington engage- ments this week. Playwrights Dance the Tango M-.W V(Jl<K. Jan. 20.—The tango has claimed another victim. Henry Hlossoni. actor and playwright, has been added to the list of injured that has been growing apace since the <lance craze struck New York. Chas. Darnton, a theatrical critic, broke his writing^ arm while tangoing a few flays ago. Recently als(j a prominent so- ciety woman broke an ankle while trijjping the new stejjs, but IMossom is even more painfully injured. He is suffering today from a broken leg, and doctors .say his crmdition is seri- ous. While dancing the tango I'los- soni fell, twi.sting one leg under his bofly, and fractured one or two bones that e.xtend from the knee to the ankle. Amateurs of Etna Present Operetta ETN.A, Jan. 27.—Ltna's dramatic club .scored a success in the operetta. The Windmills of Holland, given un- der the direction of Ethel Isaacs. The singing was excellent anfl the prfxluc- tion was attended bv a large crowd. Those taking part were .Mary Harry, Wilhelmina; \ erna Hughs, Hihla; Harrison Howell, Mein Herr Herrtu gcnKosh; Mrs. Luce, l""rau Herrto genbosh ; Ceorge Wettach, I'ob Yan- kee; Karl Harris, Hans; Alex Ritz, • Franz; .Marjoric I'^llmcr, Laurel John- son, Helen Nutting, Mamie hinley, .^nnie Callowat, Mrs. Willard, Miss I'Veitag, Mrs. Scthman, .Margaret Luce, Dorothy Denny, Mrs. Hereford, Lottie Richardson, Sadie McDonaM. Lila Davis, Orsen Adams, .Merrill Denny and Earl fJreen, win Imill girls and chorus. The o|)eretta was ac- c'im|)anied by Miss l.saacs as jjianist and Amelia Kappler. violinist. Change of Theatrical Map in Phoenix I'HDENIX, Jan. 27.—Incirlents have been occurring fast an 1 furious- ly here anfl the entire theatrical map f)f this city is changing. Lou Jacf>bs liatl sr>me tnnible with Reeves, who owned the Empress Theatre, fjver a little business matter, enfling by Jacobs tenflering the nfjtice f)f the Cfjmpany. A few flfjors away frfim the theatre was anf;ther theatre, calletl the .Savf>y, a large j)icture house, seating over I200. Jacfibs immcfliately got busy with the manager of this hfnise antl fibtainetl a lease upon it. He |)ut in a new flf)f)r, erected a stage, in fact put it in such cf)nflitif>n as to make it the most mfKl- ern ef|uipi)efl theatre in town, and fjpenetl last night. The f)pening was the m')st tremeuflous thing that ever hapjjened here. Receii>ts were almost $200 abf)ve the recorfl of the business at the Kmjjress. This was jK^ssible by an increasefl cai)acity of five htmdre'l. It was im|K)ssil)le tf) handle the im- mense crowd for the secfmfl show, be- ing cfjmjjletely sf>ld out long before the pictures to the first show were f)ver. The f)pening feature is a tango fiance, in which Claire Simpsfm and I'ielrt) I'erando. a flanring master whf> was im|)f)rtefl to I'lioenix to teach sf)- ciety the tango, ])artici])atefl. Jacf)bs has another jiropfisition umler way anfl that is a rof)f ganlen on the new builfling f»f Kftrrick's Dcjiartment Stfire. I'.DDIK .MiTf iiKi.i. has switchefl al- legiance anfl has gfjne with Efl. Retl- monfl as his business manager in Sac- ramento. Art Hickman has succeeflefl Ivlflie as Jim Post's Sacramento rep- resentative. Allan Crosby has been engaged by Mr. Post to IfXjk after the business end of the James Pf>st com- pany on the rfjatl. WINFIELD MAUDE BLAKE and AMBER i AMUSEMENT AGENCY (I'ncJer City and State I.iicen8e) Talent 8iiiip]|i-i) for aM nccMsinns. Our Author's Exchange li.i.s fin Man I at all tiiiii s a tuitiil» r of original ilr.iinaii< and comely sketches anl play.--' for sali' or on rovalt.v. xIVOIiI OPERA HOUSE—3rd floor. F hone Douglass 400 It Keith to Have Revolving Stage I!. I'". Keith is planning to install revolving stages in all his theatres in firtler U> allow acts to be run in any desired order without stage waits. .As it is nf)W an act in "one " must i)recede a "full stage " act, the whole njtatif)n being set by the ne- cessities fif stage setting. W ith re- vf)lving stages two acts in full stage can be playefl c<jnsecutively withfjut delay. No matter what oc- cuj)ies the ff)otlights, half f)f the re- volving stage, the rear section, can be set with the next act. Bigamy Charge for James Duncan James \l. Duncan, an actor, was arrestefl in Oakland Wednesday by Pfilice Inspectors (Ireen and Galla- gher aufl bfjfikefl ^m a charge f)f big- amy, f)n a cfjmplaint swf)rn tfi by his first wife, ff»rmerly Miss Nellie I'usch, (J2T, firove .Street, whf) claims that she was married tf) Duncan in San Jf)se, September 24, \<)o'^>. .Shf)rt- 1^ after F^uncan's arrest Eva Azer, employefl at a local theatre, and who is said tf» have been married tf; Duncan January 17th fjf this vear, in this city, was taken intf) custfuiy upf)n a charge fif knf)wingly wetlding a married man. Duncan and Miss .Xzer were aflmitted tfi bail in the sum f)f $2fxxi cash or $4fxxj bonds in each case. Orpheum Gets Into Vancouver The exijccteil has lia]>penc(l ami a cftUflitifm that has been fliscussefl cf>n- fitkntially ff)r the past twf) years has been aflju.stefl. I''f)r the past five years X'ancfuiver, P.. C., has been clamoring for < )r|)heum vaufleville. I*"or the past three years .Spokane has not given tf) < )rpheuni vaufleville the suppf)rt that its merits fleserved. The result has been that last week Manager Jfjhn VV. Cfinsifline niafle the shift frf>m Sj>o- kane tf) N'ancouver, a situatir)n that he coiiKI have brf)Ught abf)Ut without witlulrawing the Orj)hcum frf)m Si)o- kane hafl circumstances justifiefl a cfjn- (inuance f)f "big " time in the ICastern \\'ashingtf)n metrf)pf)lis, as his fran- chise extenfls fjver Vancfjuver and is not withflrawn from Sj)f)kane by the leaking of the change. Spf)kanc has fallen intf) the class which IJutte cu|)ies in relatif)n to vaufleville, biii^ l)os.sessed of an Orpheum franclii without the Orpheum. In Sjjokar the Sullivan & Considine shows w l e placed in the former ()rpheum, ;ui the Kmjjress—the ohl .Xnu rican I li atre—will become a |)icture house lu ^ fler S. & C. cf)ntrol. Joe Muller w reirain in Sjjokane as the S. & C. re resentative, anfl James Pilling, now the ()rpheum Theatre, in V'ancouve will cfjntinue as manager of tii; house when it becfjmes the regul; hfjme of Or|)heum vaudeville. He also be in charge of the S. & C. theat in Vancouver—the Inif)erial—anfl w have an assistant who will act as I perial manager. The lea.se of the li perial Theatre was negotiatefl week by Carl Reiter, manager f)f t Seattle ()r])heum, whf) mafle two tri to X'ancouver in Manager Consiflin interests. Cfjncerning the Imi)er Theatre Mr. Reiter said, Saturd night: "The Imperial will seat 121 |)eople and is a steel reinforcetl o Crete building of the first class. Tl ])rf)scenium arch is 25 feet wide ai the stage is 60 feet between side wa anfl 33 feet fleep from the curtain li The Orjjheum shf.>ws will travel in tl future flirect frfjm Calgary to V'a couver, after crossing Canada fro Winnipeg."— Seattle Critic. Cort Theatre v.. II. .Sotliern is again jiroving I remarkable pf)pularity in this city, the present time Mr. Sothern is j) seiiting The Merchant of \'eni(WJ I lamkt, Taming of the Shrew, adp juslin Huntley .McCarthy's roman j)lay. If I Were King. The Shak spearean |)lays nametl afford him o f)f)rtunities ff^r some of his finest ii persf)natif)ns which are so well kno anfl esteemefl by the public as to f|uire no cf)mnient. His revival of 1 Were King has proved an amazi success. If I Were King forms bill ff)r .Mfjuflay anfl Tuesday nig anfl at the Wc-flnesflay and Satunlaf matinees, the remaincJer of the tim being devf)tefl to Shakespearean repel' tf)ire. Mclntyre antl Ileath cf)me t ' the Cort Sunday, l'"eb. 8. I'RES NO. Jan. 26.—The Arir strf>ng company is in its .secf)nfl wee at the Princf^'^ Theatre, offering I Mexico. A. MAYO BRADFIELD (^)fTers ff)r the I-ir'-t 'l ime on the West Coast the Creat Hf)yt Theatre Comedy Success, A BACHELOR'S HONEYMOON I'ositivfdV tlif llf^t i'arcc rnnicdv ''bat Will lie f)ii the ("'fast tliis Scasfm. Live Managers Who Want a Real Show That Will Get REAL Money, Address A. MAYO BRADFIELD, Care Dramatic Review, San Francisco.