Variety (May 1909)

VARIETY 37 "T"H i 3 VOINJ Tl I LOVE MY WIFE but OH! YOU KID DON T TAKE ME HOME "I REMEMBER YOU" .' . :■ h .:■'..!: x : :: a JUSTON 1C MA GIRL si ^i; art m'.Ai' rm i V :.(■■! s' a ; : ! \ *\ lil ,-HIHMAN ].OUSK AND ST.]' IMS' i;«)KN k -l HARRY VON TILZtR MUSIC PUBLISHING CO.. 125 West 43d St., N. Y tity Sun).—As good a Mil an any here this Reason. W. H. Kldrldge, violin aololst, pleases; Van and Vedniar, favorltea; fSardncr and Stegmillcr. Lit In pretty Hinging number; Harry Ijike. fair amount of good comedy; John and Alice Mc- Dowell, the big Kcrenm; MltcI Admont, charm- ing singer; the bill is closed by an Italian gen- tleman, rejoicing in the name of Bartolome Pur- pura, who presents an old illusion of the Galatea order on a full stsge with a rather "swell" netting and the usual draping and shading of light used In illusions of this kind. Purpura glv»*s a neat performance but Is handicapped by being unable to speak English and by the want of aome preliminary magic to open the act. VALENTINE (Callle & Kunsky. mgrs.).—Vaude- ville and m. p. to fair business. CROWN (Chan. Nassr, mgr.).--Good business. Acts are Nell Gwynn. soubrette; George Pnlllns, Irish comedian; Alf Doherty, blackface, and Slg Chal- dona, equilibrist. The Royal, Sunbeam, Super- ba, Princess, Victory all doing well NOTES.— HIJou Dream, shooting gallery, controlled by Cullle & Kunsky, has closed owing to poor busi- ness.--The Farm opens 3u. as does I^ake Erie Purk and Casino. SYDNEY WIRE. UTICA, N. Y. Shiihert, Fred Berger, Jr., mgr.; agent, U. B. O.i.-- Keelcy Brothers, comedy bag punchers, good; Jessie I.ewen and Ada Mitchell, s. and d., very good; Five Musical Mel^arnera, very good; Armstrong and Verne, good; Edgar Allen and Co.. "A Fortune Hunter's Misfortune," excellent; Ylnle Daley, very good; Three Ernests, acrobats, very good. ORPHEI'M (Ford Anderson, mgr.; agent, J. Wood). — Louis Granat, whistler, good; Rose Falniar, singer, excellent; Carlos Dogs and Ponies, very good; Geo. Harris, 111. songs. HIPPODROME (P. F. Clancy, mgr.).—Harry De Coc. equilibrist, excellent; Arthur I.eo, s. and d.. giMxl; Frank and Montgomery, s and d., very good; Joe Qi.inn, ill. songs. D. J. C. WASHINGTON, D. C. CHASE'S (II. W. Dewltt. mgr). -Nat M. Mills, Hinging humorits, hit; Eva Taylor and Co.. in "Chums," cleverly acted; Volta, electric wizard, good; Herman Myer. the man ut the piano, pleased; Cornalle and Eddie, acrobats, ex- cellent; Nonette, second honors; Evans and I^ee, good. GAYETY (Win. S. Clark. mgr). - "Bowery Burlesquers," return date. LYCEUM (Eugene Kernan, mgr. ).--Al Magee's "Octoroons." E. S. WINNIPEG, CAN. DOMINION (W. B. Lawrence, mgr.; agent. Win. Morris). —James J. Morton, moiiologist, tre mrndous hit; May Tully and Co., "Stop, Look and Listen," very [tlensing; Muriel Windew, vocal. well received; Memom. ineniory tests, Inlcrest lug; Al Shean and Charles Warren, "(juo Vadis Upside Down," good; Laredo mid Blake, acrobatic, giMMl. BIJOU (Geo. Case, mgr.; agent, S.-C.i. -Ren- nee Family, musical, went big; Alice Lorcttc and •Ben." bright, splendid turn; Sados, Juggler, good; Mondo Gleudov er-Raymond M anion, "Christ- mas on the Conistock." excellent hit; Carlta Day and "Picks," ginnl; Frank Petrlck, good. ILITi: (John McDonald, lessee; agent, (J. II. Webster) -Princess Tnrpeia. handcuff escape artist; Eva Thatcher, character songs; Jeanne Clutiilcrainc. \nciil. (Jooil hill. HIKHI. WORCEflTEH, MASS. PARK (Samuel Grant, mgr.i. -M. p. and III. songs. NICKI.E (Samuel Grant, mgr.). M. p. and III. songs PLEASANT STREET (Fred Dean. mgr). M. p. and II). songs. - WOR- CESTER t M . Shean. mgr.).- M. p. and 111. songs and vaudeville. Rosa Nanvnone and her troupe of trained birds went big; O'Donell Brothers v and d.. i<«>k well: Manny Worth, comedian monolo^lst, verv good; Sterling and Chapman, Scotch singers, big. W. M. SHERMAN. Trade Mark FILMS Trade Mark Released IN/le 190 d "ELOPING WITH AUNTY" A very funny comedy, in which the young lovers outwitted Dad, who considered himself "a wise old owl." Dad decides to aend the girl to Europe with Aunty to get her out of reach of this undesirable suitor. Aunty, of course, must have a new gown, and the lover follows her and buys a duplicate. Thus attired, he passes himself as Aunty, and, instead of going to Europe, goes to the minister's home, where he reveals his identity and is married to the girl. So Papa is forced to make the host of what he considers a bad bargain. LENGTH, 614 FEET "TWO MEMORIES" The young lovers quarrel over a trifling matter, and, both being stubborn, will not give in. Ten years elapse, and we And the girl an indifferent woman of society, while the man in at the point of death. He is seised with a longing to see his old sweetheart once more, and she, in the spirit of jest, visits him only to And him dead, then fully realised how different things might have been if they had not been so headstrong. LENGTH, 3 18 FEET ELOPING WITH AUNTY. Released May I "THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH" Beautiful Adaptation off Dickens' Famous Story '"■' \ r\ There is no novelist that is dearer to the hearts of readers than Charles Dickens. His stories are all so homely, peopled with lovable characters, that the heart at once goes out to them. Most popular among his works is "The Cricket on the Hearth," a story founded on that dear old superstition that the chirping of the cricket was ominous of good luck and woe to the household when it is hushed. The Biograph Company, appreciating the sentiment of this work, has taken special cere in mak'"g this production evinoe the true atmospheric tenderness intended by Dickens. The settings are typical and the scenes have the local color, while the characterisation is of the quaint old English type. All this is vivified by superb photography. The story is so well known to everyone that it would be useless to dwell at length on it. We feel the subject will be a distinct feature. LENGTH, 905 FEET THE CRICKET OH THE HEARTH. BELEA8E DATS OF BIOGRAPH SUBJECTS MONDAY AND THURSDAY OF EACH WEEK. SET Oil OUR MAIL LIST AND KEEP POSTED IOGRAPH WRITE FOR OUR DESCRIPTIVE CIRCULARS Licensee of the Motion Picture Patents Co. 11 E. 14th STREET, NEW YORK NOTE.—The corporate name of American Muteaoope and Biograph Company has been changed to BIOGRAPH COMPANY. When answering advertisementt kindly mention Variety.