The San Francisco Dramatic Review (1908)

12 THE SAN FRANCISCO DRAMATIC REVIEW March 14, 1914 SULLIVAN £c CONSIDINE W. p. RKKSE BERT PITT MAN PAIL GOUDRON San Francisco Representative Denver Representative Chicago Representative Empress Theatre BIdg. Empress Theatre 6 North Clarlt Street R. J. GILFII.T.AN CHRIS. O. BROWN Seattle Representative New York Representative Sullivan & Considine Rids:. ItiiS Broadway Vaudeville The Orpheum A good bill is playing at this house this week and ever)' act goes over with a zest and speed that is refresh- ing. The Hockney Company, a foreign (jymnastic unicycle iioveUy. opened the bill. It is a corking opener, the drunk hit going over to big applause. Billy Rogers, in a series of imitations, was well liked. James F. Kelly and Emma Pollock, in sf)ecial drop in two. were big favorites, bringing back old memories and finishing with the old favorite, IMaggie Murphy's Home. Some finish to this act. ^larie Lloyd was a hold-over from last week. Grace Carlisle and Jules Romer opened after the internii.ssion, offering a pleasing violin and singing novelty, closing in one. Theirs was a pretty offering. Henry Woodruff and Com- pany followed in a comedy, entitled A Regular Business Man. Mr. W'ood- ruff is a positive riot in this playlet, the action keeping up a furious pace from beginning to end. Mr. Wood- ruff's support is excellent and the piece is one of the best comedies seen in many a day. Ray Samuels, assis- ted by an accompanist, followed, working in one. and put over five songs to a big hit. Collins and Hart, in a burlesque strong act. closed the show and put over the laughing hit of the bill. They held the audience to the finish. The News of the World in i)ictures followed. The Empress A packed house greets a very ac- ceptable bill at each performance this week, the program including some exceptionally good acts. The one most pleasing to the audience, judging by the a])i)lause, is The Dance Contest, presented by Sid Crauman. Twelve dances in all arc given, by different performers the repertoire including an Indian dance, Dutch dance, Sailors' horn- pipe, Castle Walk, waltz by two San ]<"rancisco Chinese and several others. The Dutch dance caught the approval of the audience, with the Sailors' hornpipe a close second. Tim McMahon and Edythe Chap- pelle, in Why IIul)l)y Missed the Train, keep the audience in fine hu- mor with their clever dialogue and repartee. The Rose Tiffany Com- pany, in Cheating the I^evil, present a good playlet, in which Earl Mc- Lellan plays the part of I'red Strong, a lawyer, very acceptably. P. O'Mally Jennings and Edna Dor- man, with Mr. Jennings as "The Bit of English" in A Bit of English, amuse with their patter. Brown and Blyler, entertainers de luxe, live up to their title. Their ])rescntatiim of Take Me Out to the Ball Came is very cleverly rendered, though a trifle noisy. The liounding Gor- dons have one of the best acts on the bill. The smaller of the trio gives an enlightening and entertain- ing display of clever somersaulting and accurate landing that took the audience's breath away. All three are very good and the time alloted for their act passes only too cpiick- ly. Sebastian Merrill and his Yip Yaps, the whirlwind cycling come- dians, cause much merriment, at the rate ot a laugh a second. Their tandem somersault from a high trapeze to the stage is an act of daring personified, if nothing else. A moving picture held everyone in the audience and completed a fine bill. The Pantages The program for this week is u]) to the usual standard, in fact- it is a little better, as it is more vivid in its entertainment. Harry (iirard & Co. f.Agnes Cain I'.rown) are the headliners. presenting a northern rt)- mance especially written for Mr. Girard. entitled The Luck of a To- tem. "The (lirl" — Agnes Cain Brown—has a beautiful high .so- prano voice, clear as a bell. Mr. Girard also has a fine voice, and got on very well as the sheriff. There is not a bad voice in the whole com- pany. The scenic effects and cos- tumes are very good and tj'pical with what one would find in the North. Zena Keefe, with Gaxton and Cameron, present In College Town, a musical skit with a chorus of good looking males, in which Miss Keefe comes to college dressed as a freshman, and plays pranks on her sweetheart. Miss Keefe makes a very acceptable boy. Cameron is a very clever dancer, with a good voice. Gaxton would make a typical college "rough," and when he comes in dressed as a girl his antics bring down the house. The piece is re- plete with pretty dances and songs and clever chatter. Rizal and Atima open the performance in a series of whirlwind contortions and balancing feats, whereby they rightfully earn their title of the Hexiljle gymnasts. Manne and Belle, nicknamed "Those Ragtime Maids," follow with a line or raggy songs. Manne, or possil)ly its Belle, has a voice like a man. Anyway, they have several cute changes in costume and a good way of putting what they have over, and that's what counts. Walter Schrode and Lizzie Mulvey, in Bits of a The- atrical Agency, offer a skit rei)lete with clever dancing and originality. The Hughes Musical Three, dc luxe instrumentalists, oft'er a diversified musical program, using the banjo, cornet, violin and saxaphone with e(|ual facility, and rendering pretty pieces in a way that is highly enter- taining. John Merry, black-face comedian, in Tales Told for h'un. has little to tell that is new, but has a humorous way of telling what he has got, and has a couple of original .songs. He gets a good hand from the audience and gets by with his happy-go-lucky way. A laughable cfunedy motion i)icture concludes the performance. The the- atre has been crowded all week. The Majestic The two offerings at the Majestic this week are very good. In the first half, besides some interesting motion pictures the entertainment consists of .Albert and Razelle in The Stage Within a Stage; Lola Norris in songs and specialties; the Will R. Abrams and Agnes Johns company pre.sent A Wife's Devo- tion, while that singing four, Mas- ters of Harmony, surely enact the part. The last half of the week's program and the end of week-day vaudeville at the Majestic consists of Schepp's Famous Dog. Pony and Monkey Circus, Palmer and Robin- son in The Lady and the ]\Iounte- bank, Charley Reilly & Co. in The liells of Shannon, and pretty Lola Xorris. Henceforth at the Majestic, commencing next Monday, feature pictures will hold sway until Sun- day afternoon, when a vaudeville jierformance will be put on for matinee and evening. Pretty Lola Norris, who has become so popular to Majestic audiences, has been en- gaged permanently to sing at each performance throughout the week. Two, three and four-reel feature pic- tures will be run from the best com- panies. .Shortly a brand new screen will adorn the stage, larger and bet- ter equipped to fit the feature i)ic- tures. The management contem- plates a few alterations in the line of interior decorations, new car])ets. etc., to enhance the public comfort. The Republic .\ dandy sliow is i)rcscnted by the management this week, from feature pictures to the last act. The first half of the weekly program consists of Conway Sisters, two Scotch las- sies; Palmer and Robin.son, The Maid and the Mountebank ; Landers Stevens, Georgie Cooper & Co. in The Reno Express, a "nielo" in one action ; Playes and R. Ives, dancing and singing duo, and Deane's Mani- kins. The last half consists of an interesting series of motion pictures ; Vera. Nulano, an operatic soprano wftli a fine voice and pleasing per- sonality ; Major Wright, a clever ba- ton wielder. and his sensational dan- cing bu.gs ; Landers Stevens, Georgie Cooper & Co. in The Bells; Ben.son and I'.clle, late of the Winter Gar- den, New York, entertaining sing- ers and dancers, and Deane's Mani- kins. This completes a program that is interesting and entertaining from beginning to end. The Wigwam The Three .Musical iirowns start the first half of this week's perform- ance at the Wigwam, l-'arley and Prescott, acrobats; Dancing Duo, a photo-play de luxe, and Monte Car- ter and his dancing chicks are at their be.st in Izzy at the Races. The last half of the week is also a very good performance. A first-run movie (Vitagraph), The Speeder's Re- venge, sets the ball a rolling. Uni- holz Bros., novelty harp, violin and brass instrumentalists, are there a million, as are Clark and Lewis in The Traveling Salesman and the Village Belle.' The X'illage Belle, by the way, has some voice. Pathe presents the latest and a most in- teresting weekly, and Monte Carter and company present Izzy's Trip to Panama, which is well acted, Izzy causing many a hearty laugh, and the dancing chicks come in for their share of applause. The Izzy trio—Clark, Archer and Fox— render a bit of harmony that is very pleasing and are well appreciated by the audience, and, by the way, the Wigwam is playing to packed houses right along. OtBces — Iiondon, New 'S'ork, Chicago, Denver, Iios Angeles, San Francisco Bert Levey Circuit Of Independent Vaudeville Theatre! Executive Cilices—Alcazar Theatre Bldg^ O'Farrell Street, near Powell. Telephones: Home C3775 Sunset, Douglas 5702 New Wigwam Theatre Bauer Sc Flncus, Props, and Mgrs. i San Francisco's newest Vaudeville Theatre, luxuriously equipped and with every improvement, will open with a superb vaudeviUe Wll, Wednesday. July 2t Western States Vaudeville Association Humboldt Bank Bldg.. San Fntnclsco Ella Herbert Weston, Gen. Mgr. The Princess r>ert Levey presents his usual good show this week to fine houses. The first half consists of some very clever acts: Mile. Fannie, European musical tight-wire artist; Eckard and Eckard in burlesque magic com- edy ; Herbert Medley, baritone, and Proval, the whistling ventriloquist, and Margaret and her six dainty dream girls (all dreams, too), with a movie of interest. The second half consists of some fine acts: The Blestsoes, eccentric comedians; Prof. W'etmore, novelty musical act; Howatson and Swaybelle. the Eng- lish Johnny and the California girl; Margaret Favar and her six dream girls in a spectacular scenic novelty production, and Anna Mack Berlein & Co. in the artistic comedy success, Darby and Joan, and two excellent movies make up as good a bill as has been seen at the Princess in a long while and is adding to the pop- ularity of the Princess. The return of Howatson and Swaybelle is an event, for these two actors are un- usually clever and have an act much out of the ordinarv. Vaudeville Notes Monte Carter will conclude his highly successful entertainment at the Wigwam Theatre on Saturday, Mrs. J. J. Ci.uxTox, the beautiful wife of .Alexander Pantages' riglit hand man. left last Saturday for a short visit to Seattle. Mrs. Cluxt. n is one of the beauties of tlie North- west, where she is a great social favorf ite. \ Jack Golden's Vacation is Over Jack Golden has organized a musi- cal show, to oyjen at the Market Street Theatre, San Jose, on the 2J'\. for an indefinite stay. It is need- less to say that Jack has an Ai com- pany of 15 i)co])le. In his support are Mrs. Golden, I'lorence Youn;.;, Mabel Darragh, and Harry Hallcn. Will Cross and Jack Doud, and eight pretty and dancing Kewpic Dolls.