Billboard advertising (Sept 1910)

72 Xtie Billboard SEPTEMBER 3, 1910. OTTOKAR BARTiK. BALLET MASTER OF THE METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE. NEW YORK. AND HIS BALLET Ottokar Bartik, Ballet Master of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, will send the Original Bohemian Ballet on the road this season. This same Ballet was a feature attraction of the Metropolitan Opera House for the last two seasons, where they played in Smetana's Bohemian Oi>eia, The Bartered Bride, under the musical direction of Mr. Gustav Mahler with Mme. Enuny Destinn as leading lady. The Ballet is a creation ot Mc. O. Bartik, including dances which are called Polka, Furiant and Skocna. The Prima Ballerina is Mile. Nadja Pushkinovai the seventeen year old artist from the Royal Opera, Moscow, widely renowned for her toe dancing. Mr. Sasha Smirnoff, of St. Petersburg, well known throughout the world, will take the lole of the leading male dancer. This BaUet, which includes the same dancers from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, wQl be ready for the road by the end of September, under the management LONDON SEASON FORECAST. (OnitliiDcd'from pace 18.) In icxiimt relatbrnahip wUcb can ngt lie eermu- ted to tbe woman. AB tUs, togetber witb. the enimeUtloa at socialistic doctdnea, oad an at- .tadE npot tbem lor the Pop e m. rtnnrfrr tbt- aiaitlr 4itiodnced In lUa saidan, 'a aeaie 'wUtta. :.to'lie itittlnsir enimn In..^^ com- atin of poap and. pnttlaeaa—la aald to bam iMcit mtetwoTen witb. an alisorlilnsir latetestlns ; lore Btof7. ^nie end. wblcli la dactOied as ••aattafactocr," U not eenTentlially luppr. brtaga Boma and Boaat together to aniwer for tlie death at BomdU. whom ahe bu k&led. Hiss TItten Bnme. the ronnt; Anstrallan, la to plaj . file leadias part^ while Got Studios wm Ik the BoaenT; aad^eaum Steel. BonL HalUwell Hoblies wUL Ba7 the Pope. Tumlax to TanderUIe, one at the lint thlnn we In Londea notice U that the miles will . ahortly 'be here once more. Uoat torelsnera tall me that they can not anderetand the hnmor of the Follies. I snppoee It la that It Is ot the pecullazlr native Tarlety. bat tbelr eombina- tlon oC Taziety and tinrleaqne appeals to most of OS bete IzresiatlblT. and the continual tiesh- ' neas of their entertauiment Is never appieetitied elaewheie. Ther iven at the Apollo on Ansnst 27—ttaer bat reeentir concluded a two Tears* Ton at that fiteatre—and the program vUI be entirely composed ot novelties. Xhe piece de retfatance wul be a very elaborate ahlt at a pageant, on the mounting of which Fellaaler haa expended more time, money and tboogbt than I on any ot his prevuns piodnetlaiii. finee an- ! • thns have assisted him with tbe book and the i lyrics, but his little company of nine, Inelud- i ing himself, will not need angmentlng, even 1 tor the most spectacnlar scenes. The moslc t ' ban barlesqoe Is to be revived with entirely * new tnms, and last, bnt not least, the theatre I has iieen redecorated and retomlahed thioogh' i oat. i Xbe great novelty at tbe Collseom this year I win be the appearakoe of Sarah Bernhardt tn } -vandevina. mnr rthoasand poonds—(20.000—Is ^ tho small amoont she Is to draw tor her four ^ weeks' show. Working this oat at lltty-two thonaand poonds a year, this Is Just ten times as much as Is paid to tbe Prime Minister ot W Great Britain! I hope the Divine Sarah will ^ be satlafled. Can one wonder that the world is i fall of stagcstmck little slrls when a little pile like tUs awaits a tcp-notcherl It Is not as It she bad even a company to pay out ot It; It Is now deOnltely amnged that ahe will ap- pear alone in seleetlcms from ber list of .trl- nmpbs. Sbe opens on September 19, and al- ready Oswald Stoll. the manager. Is making great preparations for the hnge influx expected. ' AH the same, at tbe risk of high treaaosj, I venture to think that tbe tnm won't be worth > what Is-being paid for It. Twenty years ago, perhapsi—but a sew generatlcm has arlaen that < : knows very little aboat the great actress and perhaps cares leas. - ■ In [the -Tandevine world, however, the great event of tbe .commg seaaoa will be the opening \ of the Fanadlmn. the great new botldlng erect- ed by Walter Gibbons on.-tbe site of the <dd Hen^er's-Cirens. aD December 1. Situated witb- la a atone's tfaroir Of Oxford Circus and with- in ftmr mlhotea wane at .Pleeadllly Circus tbe new tbeatre la ri^it dead In the heart of ZiOn- don and has ^eat posalbllitleirrln'store.- It will really >ft - tmnatny nr «■« t.«nraiii«TT mag- nllleence. Its marble'work vrlH; be a marvellous thing in itsdt.- There vrOI' be hmirloas re- freshment rooms—one- of. fliem i wfll: :Ii(dd elgbt hundred persons. 7%e stage win be one of the largest in Xondoir and like the :C<dIaemn, wl]l be en the remlving principle so that four scenes can be set at oaee..v.'.--.' --r;.^.:- -.. For ^ opening week Hartbi Bacves;'Will ap- pear In a conoenaed veralon of Tbe Only. Way. with, oC comae, the great 'trial and execntlon scene. Bealdea this. Gibbons, on bis recent visit to New Xorfc, picked np a big bathing act which he tnamnm to stsT fOT ul be Is woTth. The zest of the program la to be top-bide. Aboat the ume date as the opening of the Palladlam, Gibbons Is also opening another great -vaudeville theatre at Ijewiabam; a district in. the southeast of Kmdon. This wal.be-an extraor- dinary -baUdlngj.'qnite nnlQae In' Its - way. It wOl be (for a time) the largest variety theatre In the kingdom. There ia a line arched entrance with a ^fias roof, and adjoining the theatre is a aeparate dome bunding which will contain tea- rooms, vraltlng-room and a stage for cinemato- graph and other shows. He is also bnlldlng an- other theatre at Croydon, which Is likely to be bigger even than the I«wlsham Hippodrome. Olbhons appears deeply interested In bis re- cent New 'xork visit. -"I was most Impressed with < the remarkable liospltaUty I everywhere leeeived," he says. "I wag there only eighteen daya,- bnt I woold have liked to have made It "In one respect, however, I was not partic- nlarly impressed. That was as regards the va- riety bonzes. -'Why? -WelL In the llrst place, 1 found, as tar as my American experience went, that tbe vaudeville-hoosea were by no means so handsomely appointed or as commodious as onrs. - *1n tlie second respect, the general entertaln- ment was not ot socb all-aroana excellence as is found In the better class London booses ot tbe sort. In the third place It atmek me that the shows were not. worked with tbat briakaesa or anuirtneas that we are acenstooied to dnd in onr own ballaL'-mat do I mean by that? Wdl, there seemed to be a general Slackness of work- ing-the turns or acts. Mowsdays we. In. the BngUsh variety bonaes, work oar turns tbrongb In quick 'ancceaslen—and with perfect smooth- ""^"In New York and 'round about there, tbe va- riety managers and atage managers seem to me to adopt a kind of bappy-go-lnck, bapbazard method In presenting their programa. Often the show came oat as an ill-assorted bodge-podge. Even their act-drops and tableau curtains seemed to work at their own sweet will—and to come down when tbay shoiddn't and to stick half way-when they sboold. "I found the theatres worked on a better method, I am iveaMng of the musical play- houses and places where a similar light enter- tainment Is given. These theatres struck me as being idiesd of most ot our English ones, both as theatres and aa regards the Ugbter and brighter method of presenting their goods. .One thing, however, stmck me as pecollar in these theatres. That is tbe chorus always seemed ta be the star turn. It seemed strange to aee tbe choras toping tbe blU the whole time.?' I dare say Gibbons' views wtn meet with: some criticism from yon. However, he tavone' of the biggest men now In the vandevllle Ini8l< nekS on this side, and ao, for what they : are worth, his opinions ought to carry weight. : CLEVELAND, O. (Contlnned from page 13.) again. It has been thoroughly remodeled and' tbe seating capacity Increased over 400. Aa np. to-date cooling plant has been installed. < The' management offera acta booking flieir honsa foar. weeks' solid booking, inclndlng Cleveland, Buf- falo. Ottawa and Montreal. The Orptaeam, A. J. Morris, manager, hooking Independent, promises a rare offering of artists of aa good a qnality as can be obtained for pop- nlar-prlced vaudeville. Tbe PrescIIIa, vaudeville: Proctor Ceaa. owner and manager. wHI open aboot September IB. Tbla.is the only house in Cleveland on tbe Ona Bod Cirenlt, and Manager Ceas promisea the result will be the very cream of acta playing on the circuit. The Majestle Theatre. West 2Sth at. This honse was built by a stock company as a West Side theatre some three years ago. The hooie will play vaudeville attractions, and some ot the amaller mnalcal comedies daring the season. ^ TAtlDBVIUiB AGBNTS IN CLEVELAND. The Cleveland VandevlUe Co., Inc., a com- bination ot the Intereata of J. H. Farrell and Co. and J, O, Braaee, booking amall time boosea in Cleveland and vicinity. Bert Marshall, booking amall time local houses In Cleveland and vicinity. Tbe Associated Theatres Company, Inc., Bae D. Henkle. president and secretary; Joe. Bowers, vice-president; Bay r, Hamlin, tteataier. TUs company Is booking entire compsnies of musical comedy, minstrel and ^ dramatic- Into one-night stand taonsea thronghont the Middle West; While they hold a booking license, they are not going after vaudeville iKxdcings at tiie present time- Performers should be particularly careful in Cleveland about accepting Independent bookings offered by parties who are Irresponsible. . TbeT& are to-day 65 bouses in Cleveland play- ing vaudeville outelde tbe big down-town places. In addition to this tiHere are nameroiu pictare bouses plsylng. vaudeville one night a week or OD epecial occasions. Cleveland is to-d^ not only the industrial and commercial tenter bat also the theatriesl center of tbe Middle West. New playa are constantly rehearsing, musical comedies are being produced bexe for tbe first time, snd It Is a favorite spot on tbe circuit tor performers and entire companies to lay off for a week, breaking a Jnmp, due both to tbe cheapness of living, the theatrical center being comined to four saoatesb and the econ- omy at which they can atoek up on necessary supplies and equipment. Taken aa a whole, the theatrical season 1b Cleveland onght to be bigger and better than ever before. Managers vie with each other to aee which can produce the beat bill, and the re- anlt is bound to be gratifying botb from tbe atandpolnt ot tbe art of the profession and the appredfttion of their patrons, tbe public. - Oolonlsl Theatre.—/The farewell offering of the sommer stock company was Angoatln Daly'a adaptation of the Toi Sehontan farce, The Bapo of the Sablnea. which la eaUed A Night Off. Tbe Colonial Players oonldn't have hit npcn a better farewell selection to send their par- tleolar clientele tume smiling. Mr. I/rum did the most skilled -work of ths season as Snap, the crashed tragedian. Mr. Graham, too, sar. priaed by playing the old proteaaor moat dl- vertlngly. Mm KInna was engaging In her iiart ot Nishe, while Eliza Warren and S^ranklyn B. Bayinond were particularly well received. The Lyceum > Theatre.—The Port ot Mi—iny If en had its real opening at the Iijrcenm. Thia play ran a few weeks last season around Cblcsgo bnt the entire piece haa been rewritten alnce then. The Port of Missing Men has been dram- atized and staged under the direction of the Inde- fatigable Edward B. Bcae, the dramatlxer ot David Bamm, Blchard Oarrel, Bapert of Hent- zan, etc., and be baa put-Ida best talent Into his work In this play. It Is a story ot diplomatic circles,. With a taste of wild sdventnTe, the most thtUllng events taking plaee at the Fort of Missing Hen, -a place in Virginia, so called be- cause It was the camp of aome Oonfedenits soldfers who lefosed to snrrender at the dose of the war. Tbe atmosphere, the situations, tbe climaxes snd the. movement remind one moch of tbe Olrl of the Oolden West. ^-Mr. Hugo B. Koch, In his portrayal at John Axmltage^ la a aeeond Henry Miller In - Us: acting. Bis lines come oat so easOr, so natnrally. The sltna. tlona, tenxe and melodramatic, are handled with a kid-glove atyle. with no eating ot aeenery so commonly adopted by aetora-under similar altnatlona. O. B. aallam^ -whom- a recent New THE ORIGINAL YOUNC BUFFALO KO. THe Ooeqialeil Norelfr larksnait Xnttodacing' His Famous Trained Dog and Roosters. STREET ADVERTISING ON HORSEBACK, Furnishing a Goigeous Display of Equipr ment and Trapping;s at a small extra fee. Appeartn|( in Vaadevllle'Oaly. 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