Show World (June 1909)

THE SHOW WORLD 17 NEW YORK PERSONALS BY NELLIE REVELL. New York, June 17. has appeared upon the horizon. Tiny Viena Bol- Columbia theater, Brooklyn, in “Swat Mulligan” last week and made a tremen¬ dous . hit. The New York World printed, a special afternoon edition with a half page of cartoons, and other publications devoted liberal s d a c an com^ Miss Bolton’s ef¬ forts. The act in which she ap¬ peared — for it was a vaudeville I act — deals with ,nd is written by Mr. Bulger w York World, in which his ulligan” column is an im¬ mature. Miss Bolton and a ssed as tough kids, are the progress of the game i knot hole and meanwhile i quick fire slang, olton weighs 85 pounds and iy 2 inches high. She is said rfectly formed and has re- iany flattering offers from rn artists to pose as a model of the finest studios in the wiorw. i he costume she wears in the sketch is a cotton dress made for a ten-year-old child. From the way she rolls out her tough lines it is difficult reconcile her with the parts she i previously played in the Isle of Bong Bong, and as the little sister in “'d in Full. hf act met with approval, receiv- five and six curtain calls at some performances. Miss' Bolton is certainly adqrable. She looked so cunning the other night whikf.seated in my room, telling me her ambitions, with her little feet ma@MBches from the floor and em¬ phasizing her remarks with her tiny '■-* the desire to pick her up Jle her was almost irresist- . Her expressive eyes flash and soften in a twinkling and her cupid’s mouth can become very stern. ^JfBolton is well educated, has undoubted talent and it is safe to pre- » brilliant future for her. She her own efforts, earned a rec¬ ognition in the theatrical profession and she seemed supremely happy some davs ago by accidentally meet¬ ing old friends on Broadway. Her mother died in Chicago several ears ago, leaving her an orphan. She | ^^Bed to earn her own living and disappeared from the lives of her friends, who ofttimes wondered what had become of the brave little girl, who, meantime, was having a bitter struggle for existence, which took her all over America, and at one time haded her in New York city, penni- less, without work or friends. Any firl who has been thus situated knows insults, heartaches and hardships which confront a young, pretty and unsophisticated girl who attempts to bokings through unscrupulous secure bool, agents. Harry Sweatnam will go in advance of Louis James next season. Morris and Morton open on the Sul- ®2p°nsidine circuit, Aug. 30. The great Pollard comedy. juggler is in New York arranging his book¬ ing for next season. The Marco Twins sail for Europe June 30 for five months. Bob Fargo and wife sail on the same boat with them for a tour of vaudeville engagements. Joseph, Jr., and William Jefferson will do Robson and Crane’s old suc¬ cess, “The Henrietta,” next season. Wm. Morris has secured Pauline, the great hypnotist for three weeks of this season and all of next season. Pauline has been with the United for over a year. James O’Neill will open a two weeks’ starring engagement, supported by the stock company at the Subur¬ ban Gardens in St. Louis, beginning June 30. He will put on Monte Cristo. Fox & Fox’s dog circus lost all of their props and settings when the theater in the park burned at Aubur- nade. Mass., last week. Mr. Fox is booked over the Sullivan-Considine circuit. Edward Raymond, manager of the Majestic theater in Evansville, fnd., is visiting in New York, accompanied by his charming wife. He expects to return to Evansville, where Mr. Ray¬ mond will assume management of ' Oak Summit Park. Chris Brown is planning a month’s vacation and will take a trip to the coast, making stops at all of the Sul¬ livan-Considine houses. Paul Goudron will probably come from Chicago to relieve Mr. Brown, and have charge of the office here during his absence. Who would ever have thought a few months a^o when Lester, the ven¬ triloquist, was appearing around on the Cactus Circuit, that in such a short time he would be one of the features of Hammerstein’s Roof Gar¬ den? And he is making more than good. William Morrow of Morrow & Shelburs-. was seen on Broadway this week. They have just closed a tour of ninety consecutive weeks. Mrs. Morrow is visiting relatives in Kan¬ sas City and expects to join Mr. Mor¬ row next week, and they will then seek a comfy cottage some place to recuperate. One of the most interesting features of Hammerstein’s Roof Garden and not on the programme either, is the Chewing Gum Contest participated in by the orchestra. The fellow with the bass violin carried off all the hon¬ ors the other night. In fact, the audi¬ ence was more interested in watching the orchestra than it was in some of the acts. Melville Ellis closed Saturday with Lew Field’s Midnight Sons to take a flyer in vaudeville in Keith-Procter houses, was compelled to cancel his vaudeville dates in order to go to Europe for the Shubert interests to look over several new productions, which they contemplate bringing over and putting on the coming season. “The Clavton White is negotiating with ^^^Hames will appear — _ . _ m&evenge” and “The Jealous George Cohan for next season. the general impression that Cohan is _ writing a play in which to star Clay- There is a stray rumor here tnat ton White. It was rumored on the ^^Hreresford will head a company Rialto that Miss Marie Stuart in- tended to "et married and retire from the stage. Miss Stuart denies she in¬ tends to do either and professes ig¬ norance of Mr. White’s plans for next season. Ziegfield’s Revue of the Follies of 1909 opened on the New York roof Monday evening with a grand spec¬ tacular production, which won the ap¬ proval of the immense audience, and is destined to have a successful run this summer. The work of the artists demonstrated the care and attention given to rehearsals, every number working harmoniously from entry to exit. Fred Thompson is sending out a new show from the pen of Porter Emerson Brown, author of “A Fool There Was,” and has engaged several of the cast from the “Brewster’s Mill¬ ions” company to appear in his new production. Miss Emily Lytton, who created the role of Mrs. Dan and made tjhe part stand out so conspicu¬ ously is to play the important female role. Reviewing the situation, it looks as if the independent picture movement was more than holding its own. The American Cinephone Company has had a machine on exhibition here for some little time. All the exhibitors who have had the pleasure of witness¬ ing the work of this marvelous little machine have gone away enthusiastic over the great possibilities of the fu¬ ture of singing and talking pictures. Ann Murdock, that exceptionally clever and beautiful eighteen-year-old girl whom Henry B. Harris promoted to leading woman with Robert Edeson in “The Call of the North,” last sea¬ son, after three weeks’ stage experi¬ ence, will spend her summer with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Edeson at their “Strongheart House,” .Sag Harbor, Long Island. Next season she will have a prominent part in Mr. Edeson’s new production, “The Noble Span¬ iard,” opening the season at Hollis Street theater, Boston, September 6. The whole vaudeville world looks hapnv. well dressed and prosperous. Every one concerned is either very enthused about the cheerful outlook and generous contracts for next sea¬ son or are still suffering from fatigue from long and successful tours of last season. Every one seems armed with contracts. The announcement on the front page of the Show World last week, about. J. J. Murdock having as¬ sumed entire control of the Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association caused consternation on Broadway, and Show Worlds are at a premium. The New York Motion Picture Company of this city has been manu¬ facturing American pictures for the past eight weeks. They came as a pleasant surprise in the moving pic¬ ture field. Their first picture, “Davy Crockett or Hearts United,” was a distinctly clever attempt. Since that time they have gone on improving. Their last picture, “The Squaw’s Re¬ venge,” takes rank with any moving picture ever produced by an American manufacturer. Mr. Bauman, the man¬ ager, tells me that they have six more pictures completed, each of which he considers a headliner. Orlette and Tavlor are presenting a new act at the Columbia in Brook¬ lyn. It is composed of high-class singinp-. Mr. Orlette is the fortunate possessor of an exceedingly fine tenor voice, and while Miss Taylor’s voice is not as strong as her partner’s, yet it is sweet and clear. Her costumes are pretty and the only possible exception the most fastidious could take to the act is the song by Mr. Orlette, “I’ve Been Stung.” The extra verses bor¬ der on suggestiveness and why any¬ one with the voice and talent and stage appearance of Mr. Orlette would jeopardize an apparently brill¬ iant future by smirching his act with a suggestive st>ng is almost beyond comprehension. There have been so many erroneous rumors regarding Archie Levy of the Sullivan-Considine interests in San Francisco, that it is gratifying to be able to record the truth. John Con¬ sidine did not unceremoniously dis¬ charge Levy, neither are they bad friends, nor at sword’s points, as has been continuously reported. They are still fast friends, but Considine felt that Levy had not absorbed his idea of doing business, so he went to Levy’s office, asked him how much he valued his office at and then gave him $500 more than his own valuation of it—shook hands, and parted friends with him, assuring him that if he (Considine) could ever be of any ser¬ vice to him financially or in any way. Levy had but to touch the wire. BRIEF NEWS NOTES. Bartholdy’s Cockatoos will' be at Terre Haute, Ind., next week. Jay Quigley is doing a nice business with his stock company at the Lyceum theater in Duluth. V. E. Lambert, who is spending the summer at Waukegan, Ill., was a visi¬ tor in Chicago this week. Mabel Barrison bought the Schwartz hotel property in Wauke¬ gan, Ill., Tuesday and will remodel it into a ten-room residence.' Agnes De Lane has returned to her role of the pert stenographer i" “ A Lee Parvin arrived in the city Tues¬ day morning from New York and left Thursday for Cincinnati, where he goes to get out a new line of printing for the two “In Wyoming” companies which go on the road next season, un¬ der the direction of H. E. Pierce & Co., of Duluth. John W. Carey, dramatic editor of the Sioux City Journal, is to be wedded to Miss Geraldine DeSalles Burns of Chicago, June 23. Mr. Carey is one of the well-known writers of Iowa. He has written several vaude¬ ville sketches which have been suc¬ cessful, and he has also contributed to several successful musical comedies. William Raymond has been engaged for an important role in “The Belle of Brittany,” which the Shuberts will produce next fall. This is Mr. Ray¬ mond’s second season on the stage. Last season he was Fritzi Scheff’s leading man. Upon his graduation from Yale, where he had taken a prominent part in college music and theatricals, he decided on a stage ca- Bertram Harrison, who has been managing “The Servant in the House” for Henry Miller will produce a new play called “The Upstart” in Hart¬ ford, Conn., June 28, with John West- ley as the featured player. This is a new piece by Tom Barry, a vaude¬ ville player, and it is said to be a comedy on the divorce question. Charles Emerson Cooke is associated with Mr. Harrison in the venture. Frank Wilcox, brother of Grafton Wilcox, of the Associated Press in Chicago, is appearing in a new vaude¬ ville sketch by Gerald Shepherd, called “Billy’s Best Bet.” E. A. Tur¬ ner and Rhea Vanola are also appear¬ ing in the sketch, which will go to the Pacific Coast at once. Mr. Wilcox was formerly with “Parsifal,” the dramatic version of the opera under the direction of Martin and Emery. Eddie Craven, who is playing the' role of the auctioneer, in “The Blue Mouse,” was with the first show the Shuberts ever sent out. It was “The Texas Steer,” and Sam Shubert was then scarcely more than a boy. He had, however, attracted the attention of influential men and he was staked to the money to put out the first ven¬ ture which laid the foundation of the now famous firm. Mr. Craven has been seen in all of the important musi¬ cal comedies put out by the Shuberts in recent years.