The billboard (Dec 1910)

14 The Billboard DECEMBER 3, 1810. BIG] AMU SE BROO KLYN , N. Y. Max Rogers and C. William Kolb appeared tor the Brit time as joint comedians in The Summer Widowers at the Sam S. Sbubert Thea- tre here last week, they being- engaged to strengthen tbe show owing to the fact that Ire oe^ Franklin withdrew from the cast during a croba tic Tct^wa's^e^tni^t^ra^Ion 1 wltt'toe and Cady's Beauty Trust at tbe Star last week. Frank E. McAleer. a Brooklyn boy, recelTed his many acquaintances here last week. Mr. McAleer is manager of Rice and Cady's Beauty Trust. Kyrle Bellew has returned to his old play. Raffles, and Is appearing at tbe Montana Theatre this week. - - The Man Prom the Sea. a brand-new vaude- ville act, which treats of the mysteries of wireless, was seen for the drat time at tbe Orpbenm last week, where it scored a big hit. A big special production of Tbe Bohemian grl Is booked for Teller's Broadway, week of In future the Court Theatre will be known of Melodrama." There "The of thoroughly aea- . will present of ALBANY, N. Y. Law Fields. Nat Fields. Edgar Selwyn and Margaret Hire were In Albany. November IT. for the performance of William Collier In I'll Be Hanged If I Do. at Harmanna Bleecker Ball. Mr. Selwyn Is part author and Mr. Field, manager of the a how. The force waa going through tbe process or being whipped Into shape for tbe New York opening at the Comedy Thea- tre. Not. 28. and tbe caat was changed by the addition of Mlas Mand Gilbert and Frederick Eamelton. Mr. Esmeltun took his part on one day's notice. He Is known in Albany as the of the Comedy Stock Company. i oilier. Jr.. aged ten. made his debut aa an actor In this play. So great a success attended the performance of tbe Metropolitan Opera Company In Madame Butterfly that Ben Franklin, the local Impre- sario, hopes to secure at least one more date before the season closes. During the engagement of Walter Damroscb on November 19. a handsome new scene, suitable for concert settings, was disclosed. It Is the work of John Corert- The engagement of William Collier, at Bar- manna Bleecker Hall recalled the fact that Manager Gilbert Cordon, of the Ball, started hla theatrical career on tbe. beela of Collier. The latter was call boy at Daly's Theatre and boylab prank li . was dismissed i. who rose to high place In WILLIAM B. Cllbert Dalj'e glee this rousing good Klpp. manager of tbe • Harry the BALTIMORE, MD. The plana for the west Fayette street, have been completed by the architects. 0. G. Slmonaon. of this city, and W. McElfalrlek. of New Tort. The theatre win be erected directly opposite Ford's Opera House. The buddings on the site will shortly be rased and work on the new structure stsrted. Tbe bnlldlog will be a handsome structure of the modern French design. It will be the first theatre erected here with a prominent street front snd sn alley In tbe rear and with open courts on each aide. The main floor has three large entrances and fonr exits besides which lead Into the open courts. There will be wide enf wltbln the theatre leading to tbe _ gallery. Each has fonr separate and _ exits and stairways also leading Into the courts. The audience can leave the theatre In- three different directions In the quickest possi- ble time. The seating capacity will be 2.000 and tbe theatre will have all tbe modern conven- iences snd equipped with all the modern safety devices known In bnlldlng construction. The stage will have a proscenium arch 40 feet wide and obstructed depth of 33 feet. Tbe entire stage, dressing rooms, stslrs. etc.. are separated from the auditorium by ma or fireproof walls. The bunding will be proof properly ventilated and heated, bril- liantly Illuminated and eonlpped with an ef- - flelent sprinkler system. Special attention has been given the acoustics and the seats will be so arranged that the distance from the curtain line to tbe back of tbe aodltorinm will be less than tbe width. The lot la 1S5 feet deep and 90 feet, 6 Inches wide and especially adapted for Ita purpose. The main entrance wfll be large and the artis- tic decorations win be very pleasing. The fa- cade win be of stone, terra cotta and brick. Iron panels, a handsome Iron snd glsss marquise snd plate glass. There vrtn be a atone on one side and a cafe on the other side of the main entrance. There will be a rathskeller .In tbe basement and bil- liard and pool rooms on tbe second and third floors. Tbe bnlldlng will cost about $150,000. Bids Will be asked about January 1. anil tbe bnlldlng WW be completed ' about the latter part of Angnst. Local capital baa been Invested In this enterprise. The Empire Theatre Company . wan organised and Incorporated under the lawa of Delaware and la a subsidiary corporation of the Empire Circuit Company, a corporation of the State of Ohio, which'latter company and Its officers and directors" have contributed tbe of the capital required for this en- was a hot time In the old town Nor. "•■.-I event of the ^jear^ la Olrls. chairman and master of ceremonies. The great success of the ball waa dne entirely to bis ef- forts. As a result of his industry and activity be waa branded with tbe letters—B. F. O. K-. which means Best Fellow On Earth. All tbe society ladles from the Parisian Widows and Rector's Burlesquers were present as well as members of other compsnles plsylng In tbe city. SILVAN SCHENTHAL. PITTSBURG, PA. Quite a bit of welcome news to local theatre- goers was the announcement that commencing Monday. Nov. 28, tbe scale of prices at tbe Du- inesne Theatre will be reduced. Tbe question of a reduction In prices hsa been under considers lion for several month*. The Moiart. Club opens ita season Thanksgiv- ing night at Carnegie Mualc Hall, presenting Faust. A chorus of two hundred will partici- pate. Miss Ellen Terry delivered a lecture at the Nixon Theatre Tuesday afternoon to an over- flow audience. Miss Terry delivered her lec- ture from manuscript except at Intervals, when NEW HAVEN, CONN. that S. Z. magnate or New Engl Hyperion Theatre, now In local F. The most vital the ' 'i7rcb7sed T tbe cased" and U rtin"by tbe It is reported that the price paid- by Mr. Poll was 1200.000. The Shubcrla' lease does not ex- pire until Msy 1, 1014. Whether the new own- er will make any effort to get tbe Sbuberta to sell ont their lease before tbat time can not be learned. It la said that roll will entirely re- model the Hyperion before be books for It any attractions under bis management. Another vital change and one that effects the Immediate future la the return of Mr. Eldridge to New Haven as manager of the Hyperion. Mr. Eldrldge succeeds Mr. Wlswsll, who bss gone elsewhere In tbe Sbnberts' Interest. This being football week tbe theatres have done a rushing business. Over at tbe Grand, where Tbe Arcadians was tbe attraction. Mr. Yack discovered that speculators hsd secured between 73 and lOO of tbe choicest seats which waa a tragic thing In hla eyea as he la deter- mined to keep his theatre tree from every thing of tbat sort. * THE LYMAN (TWIN) BROTHERS AND PATTI ROSA, 21. the musical farce that la road this eeaaon. record on the she elucidated upon certain qnotatlona. Miss Terry'e readings were ss thoroughly enjoyed aa ber previous visits, when she waa aeen to ad- vantage in deeper roles. The advance sale for tbe respective concerts to be given at the Soldiers' Memorial Hall are satisfactory. The first concert will he given Monday. December 6. by the New York Philhar- monic Orchestra (Its first appearance In Pitts- burg). The second concert In tbe series will be given by tbe Boston Symphony Orchestra (which baa not been beard In Plttabnrg -for sixteen years). The third and fourth coo certs In the series will be by tbe Theodore Thomas Orchestra of Chicago on February 21 and Marcb 27. Tuesday night, at tbe Alvln. Miss Mand Lam- throat affection that her understudy, Miss Nan Hrenn.ni. was compelled to take her place. Miss Brennan acquitted herself admirably. Harry Barwood, Conway Tearle. David Glass- ford Rosa Rand, and Allison Sklowortb are In the city rehearsing with Mlas BIHIe Burke her new piny. Snranne. Mia a Burke closes In her present play tbti week. Mr. John SteppUng la the new addition to the Davla Stock Company. What might have been a serious accident hap- pened at tbe Dnqnesne when tbe bat pin In the bat of Miss Mary "Hall, tbe leading lady, came in contact with an electric light wire. There was a flash which frightened tbe audience and players, but Miss Hall was equal to the occa- sion. Mlas Haifa hand was badly buroed. On next Sunday tbe Alvln stage will be en- larged to accommodate The New York Hippo- drome Spectacle, which appears at the Alvln next week. I saw a letter from Mr. Geo. L. Marion to Mr. Sydney Wire. In which Mr. Marlon expresses bis many thanka to tbe many charitably In- >r their ^eealatance. Prom^tne LOUIS L. KAUFMAN. An Injunction wss brongbt agslnst tbe brad man In tbe deal who Immediately appealed tbe esse, but Mr. Yack kept a watch, detailing tickets shouId*'b«"sold'o "Tbe^o' "l*" It.w*SJ . awe.Jb.^M. jm/Mr.°Y r !Jk. onTle^ A big event In theatrical circles this week opening November 20. la the flftb anniversary of Poll's New Theatre. Preparations for It were most elsborate. It waa on the nlglit of Nov. 20. 1905 tbat Mr. Poll opened hla splendid vso- deviiie theatre to tbe New Haven pnbllr. Prominent men from all over tbe State were present sa Mr. Poll's guests. They Included the Governor of the Slate, an ex-gnvernor. the mayor of both New naven and Hertford with men high In professional circles snd tbe com merrlsl world from all tbe large Connecticut towns. It waa a brilliant opening and the anniversary celebration Is to equal It In every way. JEAN I'A It DEE CI, A UK. CLEVELAND, O. ""^™" The N « w York Hippodrome Cirrus en lour with 25 cara and 800 performers, will spnesr at tbe Hippodrome week of Dec. 8. This will be In competition with tbe Adems Royal In- door circus which Is booked here tbat week under the auspices of the gbrlners. That original methoda and ilathe; advertising are sure to bring about practical results, waa successfully demonstrated by Manager L. II. Becht. of the Mall Theatre. Mr. Beeht. who Is the pioneer In the motion 'picture business In Cleveland, haa s e c ond tbe- exclusive rlghre for Ohio In the much talked about Bnffalp Bill fllm, and Incidental to .In prxsliwil m he took the unprecedented step In motion picture business of tsklng a fnll half-page of adver B*«\J" * w » t '" nln « ***■ papers. Sunday. November 20 tbe number of paid admlaslima was the largeat In the history of tbe Mall—even surpassing the record day of tbe recent Cuya- - Opera House at Chicago Junction opeoed vaudeville, November 12. Tula bouse had dark for a year. Boaa snd Shaw, mualrai boga Co. Centennial. On Monday. Nov. there were over 2.000 paid drcde wen turned away, and Indiana under the Buck Bailey * Co., who ture. giving dally parades, are a part of the advertising acheme. 0. M. Weailey la tbe ad vanra man. while Bob Sherwood, an announcer of circus fame, la the official lecturer. As evidence or tbe system under which tbr modern film exchange la operated and prepared to meet all emergencies. The Victor Film Ex- change, which suffered a Ore laal week losing tbelr entire stock of 105 films, the service waa 'nit slightly delayed In a few Instances and ths exchange did not lose a single boose aa tbe re- sult of the Ore, The Bert Marshall Vaudeville Circuit haa taken over Ave houses of tbe Moae Beta C- cult and five acta of vaudeville have been In- s tailed In each bouse. The Nor walk (0.) bouse opened on November 21. while the Find lay (0.1 bouse opened on the 24th. The Opera House at ~ ' with been nondescripts, were oa tbe bill. , opening the bouse, and they are reported to have been a riot. The Bert Marshall Circuit la now book- ing houses from Toledo, o . to Kocbeater. N. Y . and aa far aoutb as Wheeling. W. v«. Among the acts plsylng on this circuit may be mentioned: Boaa and Shaw, Frank DuVall The Two Highlands, and The Sonera, gymnasia.' Tbe Sanrord "■ time for a 1 giving. Eva Thatcher and Company opened oa tbe Cleveland Vaudeville Circuit Tbankaglvln- Da' They will play stock repertoire tor fifteen weeks and then lump West. Tbe Olympic Stock Company, an aggrearat1"n of fourteen people, who have been playing stock for the past eight years, have also been secured for the Cleveland Vaudeville Circuit. They have a new play, entitled In the Service of the King, a story of the French revolution, which they will produce shortly. The roster of the company la aa rollosrs: J. H. tVvereux. Leroy Deveraux. Lenta O. Shea. John Biggs. Alfred Reed. Wm. Chase. Richard Baggerty, J. Hyaeh, Geo. Howard. Mlsa L. Beth. Miss Leu- ore Deveraux and Mlaa Anna Dwyer- Tbe roster of Kchoeus' Happy Yir i ii gsi *»-s. playing Cleveland Vaudeville time, haa been augmented by tbe engagement of Mlsa Frieda Semler. who la a dainty character DON - CINCINNATI, O. This week a new poller gnea lain affect at though Col. I. M. II aanasi nasa l t on miprfit. Edward L. tbe Morris of tbe Orr sgrr. Commencing this week, sixteen acta coo stltute the program. It la announced that later In tbe aeaaon a hill of aa maay aa twenty acta will be presented. Angela Dolores, a former member of tbe local Pike Stock Company. la tbe new leading lady of the Forepaugb Stock Company at tbe Olympic Theatre. Hersrbe! Mayall returns aa leading man. Roth made tbelr first apiiesrance Sunday In Brown of Harvard. Charles Maekay and l.llllan Kemble. who. until this week, played leads with tbe Forepaugb Company, have gone East. It la probable that tbe Lyceum Theatre will not be reopened this season. Thai lloldeu Stork weekV n bot P ^wed *'t w'" 'uSS "* SEE* tbe dangerous eood permit Ita further ■.A. Boshnell. a eai of The Tlmea-Btsr. osl the Orpbenm last week. "Pony" Joe Altman. tbe roller skater, waa Claudia Kendel. on the art staff at married November 22. to of thta elty. Tbe new Family Theatre , which la being creeled on tbe site of the old Mslestlc concert hall on Vine street, will be opened about the first of I he new year. Popular priced vaudeville win be tbe policy. laaac Lloaoa will be local manager of ihe house. Charles McKlnney and Mlsa Fred. Helns. members of the Jardln de Parts Olrls. plsylng at tbe ~ retrv, last week, were mar- by^ Squire Bell, j McJCIuney, gave Ms ZoU and Rogers, two local Cincinnati bora, mule their debut last week at lb* F.tnprr.s On Monday night the local bank clerk, with their Mends, occupied the entire Urat Boor, and when the boys came on, they were given aa oration lasting more thin flvo minutes. With »mb en- thualaam It Is no wonder that their art went with a rim that Justified tbe bnntts of applause tbat were numerous and frequent. Both boy I were reclplrnta of beautiful boqueta or flowers on the bank clerks' night. Miller Hoggins, second haseinsn of the St. I /nils (National League) baseball club. Is oper- ating tbe Mnslc Hall Blnk tola season. The rink game la not new to i Huevtna. who waa formerly owner and manager of tbe Princess Rink on Walnut Hills. MONTREAL, QUE., CAN. Two.new theatres for St. Catherine street are praitlcnily assured. One of the tola la situated at the corner of Blenry and Br. Catherine, and the nth r at Rt. Alexander and St. Catherine. Aid. J... Robinson ha. admitted that the Mor- A oompl.t. Hat of Wring in the cltiea In th# d#p>rt" 18.