The San Francisco Dramatic Review (1908)

arch 14, 1914 THE SAN FRANCISCO DRAMATIC REVIEW 3 Los Angeles is Quite Agitated With Uncertainties LOS ANGELES, March 11.— le Merry Gambol, with Marie ■essler, is still being announced, d the atmosphere is still rife with mors and speculations dealing ith possible musical stock com- .nies, the return of the Morosco stock, with changes of name to e New Belasco, etc. We suppose at out of this chaos will come in- resting order. * * * Mr. Beck, igust potentate of the Orpheum Drld, is in town, as well as several her vaudeville notables, and they LI say there is something brewing i that line. * * * The bright lights j. the big city seem to have been i o much for our own Charles Rug- ( es, and after but a few weeks in - ew York he has taken unto him- t If a wife, marrying Miss Adele ;' owland on March the fourth. * * * i liarley Murray, who refused to re- i rn to New York, as per instruc- 3ns of the Biograph Company, has I [jned with the Keystone Company. I us Pixley will also remain in Los t ngeles. * * * Andrew Robson, a ^ ember of the late Little Theatre I :ock Company, is playing with * lorence Stone at the Republic. * * * • ;ss Dandy and Frances Cameron .) e to be seen at different theatres jese days, as both are awaiting re- ;arsals for Austion Pinochle, soon i be produced at the Burbank. 1 AUDITORIUM: The Chicago i rand Opera Company opens this i eek with Rigoletto, in which Titto j ufFo, Florence Macbeth, Aristode- "f o Giorgini, Llenri Scott and Emilo I )pear to make it especially inter- ^ ting, and Cleofonti Campanini to )nduct his wonderful orchestra in :rson. The next attraction is Mary arden in her favorite role, Le )Ugleur de Notre Dame. Caroline /hite will sing the Jewels of the fadonna. Thursday brings Parsi- .1; Friday, Louise. Saturday rings Lohengren, and at the ma- nee, by request, Titto Ruffo will jng Hamlet. BURBANK: Rita's Romance is sing launched this week and prom- es to be a winning venture. From le moment Selma Paley comes on le stage, voicing the beautiful aria cm Traviata, to the closing scene, I which she sings herself away in le midst of lovely wild flowers, lis little comedy is gay and joyous, bit of fun and music. The story lis of the American and his wife 'ho are mistaken for a prince and n opera singer while sojourning at German watering place. Confusion )llows confusion, laugh follows lUgh and song follows song. It is II so simple, so gay and so spark- ng that it cannot hel]) being suc- essful, and when to this is added lome excellent character work and rtistic scenic effects, the whole is lost satisfying. Selma Paley as- umes the role of an Italian prima onna, to which she brings the harm of youth, .some gorgeous ■ wns and a voice showing clearly I c value of a rest. The Baroness Khenberg of Grace Travers is re- Mete with the charm of faultless act- iig, for which Miss Travers can al- jVays be depended upon. Forrest ntanlev plays Rita's husband and loes it exrceedingly well. Arthur '■urckly, in the part of the prince, sings well. Walter Catlett has a comedy role, from which he draws all the possible interest. I'lorence Oberle, Mary Mooney and Bessie Tannehill are a trio of gossips, life- like and convulsing. Bessie Tanne- hill's songs are one of the delights of the performance. Thomas Mc- Larnie gives the role of the doctor its due dignity. Rita's Romance, with the combined efforts of Leo Ditrichstein, Benjamin Hapgood Burt, Sylvio Hein and Oliver Mor- osco, to say nothing of the art of the Burbank players, is carried to success. EMPRESS: The Adas Family, seven in all, clad in yellow tights, and possessed of a strength and suppleness to a degree of perfection, have a thrilling and sensational act. The American Comedy Four put forth their popular songs in a happy- go-lucky fashion that catches the fancy of the average audience. John Gordon and players fly madly about in a sketch, called What Would You Do, in which the plot becomes such a snarl that the disentangle- ment seems a surprise. It is well done. N. D. Nestor has a big and well handled voice, and Bess Del- berg a pair of nimble feet, so, in a turn called In Love, they sing and dance and patter through a lot of nonsense that pleases. The Four Ladellas are gymnasts of the slap- stick variety, whose clever tumbling- is carried off with enough comedy to make it one continued laugh. The customary Keystone pictures are there to finish the bill. Dr. Carver's Diving Horses are the most thrilling offering this house has handled, and the huge tank used is equally wonderful. It is a splen- did sight to see these beautiful ani- mals dive from the roof into this tank, and when the "girl in red" ap- pears to dive on the back of one of them, clinging closely, while the horse turns over three times in the water, the sensation seems to have reached its climax. Tom McGuire belies his name with his Scotch bal- lads. Dailey's seven youngsters make Happy School Days a 20 min- utes of song and fun. The LaSalle Bros, are clever enough to elicit many encores. Virginia Thornton and Mr. King remain from last week and offer a clever sketch, played in their happiest style. Agnes Burr is a dainty comedienne and the Seven Sicillian accordeonists al.so remain with a lot of new selections, while three sets of pictures complete the joys of the bill. MAJESTIC: The interesting pho- to-drama, Traffic in Souls, is being shown here. This is a picture deal- ing fearlessly and truthfully with the situation and carries conviction. MOROSCO: The Candy Shop has been re-stocked and its offerings are more toothsome than ever. Wm. Rock and Maude I'ulton offer all their choicest bits, among them be- ing the Devil Dance, as ambitious as it is artistic. Kitty Doner, irre- sistible and irrepresible, and is everywhere at once, and the same time. The balance of the hai)])iness and fun is created by Will Philbrick, Oscar Raglan, Maude Beatty, Fran- ces White, Helen Goff, Frederic Santly and Al. Shean. There is no rhyme, but plenty of beautiful rea- son in the success of The Candy Shop. ORPHEUM : Gertrude Barnes is a wonderful girl, in radiant raiment, fascinatingly lovely in face and fig- ure, and clever enough to forget it all and just be funny. Anna Lehr, who has deserted the movies, ap- pears in a fairly good bit of drama called Little California, scenically beautiful. It is a melodramatic tale of early life in California, in whicli Miss Lehr appears as Rosa, child of a greaser, adding sympathy by ap- pealing methods. Frank Montgom- ery does a most excellent bit of char- acter work and the balance of the cast—Jack Sulzer and Edwin Wal- lace—are satisfactory. The Two Maxines and little spotted Bobby are always welcome, because they are clever and interesting. Demar- est and Chabot are among the very good numbers, playing on 'cello, violin and piano, and by way of good measure add some clever dancing. Goleman remains with his animal act. Willa Holt Wakefield brings new and delightful songs to this week's bill. Eddie Leonard and Mabel Russell also remain with dancing that is much better than their songs or jokes, while Dr. Carl Herman disturbes the at- mosphere with his electrical stunts. New pictures and splendid orches- tral numbers close a fine bill. PANTAGES: Last week's sen- sation remains to become this week's interest in the .sketch en- titled Vice, which is more than or- dinarily well presented. The Uyeno Japanese acrobats have a new and novel set of stunts and the two tiny members who are tossed about from hand to hand and foot to foot are almost the star performers. Their act is beautifully staged. Monohan is a roller skater who, not only ex- presses grace in every curve and gyration, but also gives an exhibition of broad and high jumping. Bill and Laura Dreyer open with a grand display of fireworks and keep up the blaze of glory with a lot of brilliant dancing steps. REPUBLIC: Florence Stone opens-her third week at this house with a sketch by Richard Berry, in which she receives the able support of Andrew Robson. Mercury is the title and it deals with a new and novel idea in which the tense and thrilling situations are handled mas- terfully by Miss Stone and Mr. Rob- son. The Chipola Twins are dainty dancers who can sing as well. Price Ludwig is a bit of cleverness done up in a very small package. Rose and Stuart draw the laughs with (Jerman fun. Cycling Crane is as funny as he is clever. Fred and Eva Hurley get their share of encores be- cause they are clever entertainers. Querry and Grandy have a lot of trapeze work that is sensational and skilful. N. B. WARNER. STOCK'I'ON, March 9.—Yoscmite 1'licatre: The Wolf last Sunday ])laycd to only fair l)usincss. The Or- ])iicum show this week consists of George Damcrel and Company, Chick Sale, Foster and Lovctt, Louis Hardt, Marie Bislio]), and Sylvia Loyal and her Pierrot. Kir])y Tiieatrc: Dick Wilbur opened the week with War Z Ranch and on Wednesday presented Uncle Tom's Cabin to good business. The old play was well presented by Billie Quin, Marshall Zeno, Armine THE FLAGG CO. ACTUALLY EMPLOYS MORE ARTISTS and MECHANICS THAN ALL THE OTHER STUDIOS ON THE PACIFIC COAST COMBINED. BECAUSE -NINE-TENTHS OF THE THEATRES USE FLAGG SCENERY. THEREFORE, FACILITIES and VOLUME LOWER COST. 1638 LONG BEACH AVE., LOS ANGELES Coast Costume Co. American Theatre Blclg-., Market and 7th WARDROBE AND COSTUMES FURNISHED FOR ALL OCCASIONS L.-irgcsl and P.cst Musical Comedy Wardrobe in tlie West Plione Park .^IKjl Lanihy, Geo. Johnson, Dorothy Douglas, Zoe Bates, Helen Hughes and the old favorite, Dick Wilbur. The company goes on the road next week, and then to Vallejo for a week. SAN DIEGO, March 9.—Spreck- els Theatre: March 8, Henrietta Crosman was seen for one night in The Tongues of Men. Clever com- edy, clever star and company. Rob- in Hood comes 14. Sam Rork is in town, coining money with a new fad. He has a company of dancing boys and girls who visit large stores and hotels, dance with patrons and give free dancing lessons (tango, etc.), under the auspices of local booster clubs. Of course, private lessons bring in the money. Em- press : The stock company in its second week is giving The Squaw Man. Business is encouraging. Coronado Tent City: Clans Spreck- els has been appointed general man- ager of Coronado Tent City and will assume personal charge of the re- sort at once. G. A. Cheney will continue as local manager and T. P. Getz, for several years proprietor of Ramona's Marriage Place, will be in charge of amusements and con- cessions. The new general man- ager has already outlined many changes and improvements, which, when completed, will go far toward placing Coronado in the front rank of America's noted pleasure resorts. Work has already commenced on one of the most important improve- ments, that of constructing a con- crete filled bulkhead and promenade on the ocean front. This will cost about $25,000 and extend the entire length of Tent City. It will be fully ten feet wider than the present bulk- head, affording more space for ve- hicles, as well as a broad board-walk {or promenaders. Dates Ahead FOLEY & BURKE CARNIVAL CO.—Alameda, March 31-April 4; Modesto, 6-11 ; Merced, 13-18; Bak- ersfield, 21-26; Stockton, 29-May 2. PEG O' MY HEART (Oliver Morosco)—Victoria, March 18-19; New Westminster, 20; Everett, 21; Seattle, 22-28. Wu-MS Goodhue is in town—and busy? yes, some. Willis is handling the advance for both tiie sensational l)icturc. Smashing the Vice Trust, and Ciiauncey Olcott, the big box office wimicr. He will put out a coui)le more films of the white slave picture and has engaged Wm. I'ullwood and Chas. Thell to go ahead of the two shows.