The billboard (Mar 1911)

T h e O i 111» o a r d MARCH 4k 1911. The Amusement Week in New York LAURE TTE TA YLOR Star in Hungarianl Farce, Seven Sisters, Outstiines Play, Which Lacks Action According to Critics—Alan Dale Styles Production Hungarian Goulash MMVKS SISTERS, a domestic farce iu four Mto, adapted by Edith Ellis from the Hnn- ■gaxlan ot Ferencs Hercze^h. Jjgceam Theatre. Un. GynrkOTlcs .. ...... .. Clara T. Bracj- KtrUnka .. .. .. .. .. Alice John SaA .. .... .. .. .. 'Oarlotta Dotjr Ka .. ^. ... ;i Bra McDonald lOel .• .. .. Laniette Taylor ^rka .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Gladys Smith Usa .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Vltdnh HamUton Klara .. .. .. w. Orllla Mars Baron Badvanyl .. .. .. .. Wilfred Draycott Baron 61da Badranyl Gaston Bell OoOBt Ferl Horkoy CSbarles Cherry Klaka SandorSy .. .. Shelley Hull Tom Telekr . John B. HoUIs '■nkp .. ., Bernard Thornton OtoA .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Albac Siindor A recnrring word In describing the Impres- •uoa of the critics npon reviewing the premiere ■•C.Daniel Ftohman's latest .venture which opened at the Lyceum, last Monday, February 20. was tte trisyllabic typical Hungarian' condiment— paprllca. The critics all agree that It Is an es- ■ sn tl al ingredient In. all Hongarian . culinary craatiODB. but are not unanimous as to whether •sough of the favorite condiment had been added to season the dish to the most advao- tinons proportion. Paprika was the word they oallled with Alan Dale getting hungry enough IB Ills treatise to term the sew EYotaman attrac- non as Hnngarlan Goulash. To go on with this ■core of speech, ve find a diversity of appre- ciation of the farce, - just as we find a diversity •T appreciation for the same dish of food. The 3JtU>m>e and Sun find the evening's entertaln- WMBX most delectable with-its innocent cliarm; Tka Times, The World and Herald all' admlt- tnw Its quality, but .convicting it of a notice- tU* lack of paprika, life and compelling spirit. 4lM eondnalon was shared by nearly all—name- W that Eanrette Taylor .was n>ost -engaging in Mf portrayal ot the active Mlcl. On ber work n* Times observes aa fidlows: . . ^ ^(Contliniea on page 09.')' . " "Miss Ijinrctte Taylor, with limited oppor- tunities, was, in fact, the shining light of the performance. To begin with, she Is an actress With a moBt engagingly fresh and dlfCerent per- ■onallty. ' To this she adds the values of a method oC playing nmUM that of anr rise. Is'her hands Mid ' bL^came .i la^Lk^^^.s^ t^^^te boyden, arch, saucy. Irresponsible, and yet al- ways delightfully feminine and appealing.*' The fiction ot the piece is that Mlcl. the fourth in matrimonial eligibility in a family ot seven daughters, having lieen expelled from a convent for figuring in an affair with an ardent young lieutenant, is put back In -short frocks. and pig- tails so that she will not interfere with her elder sisters' chances. The duty devolves npon thiB lieutenant of . finding, snitors for the tliree elder girls, who stand in his way. To -whom be leads unsnspectlsgly to their fates f are a'Jeal- ously.. incUsed colonel >asd: a pliUanderlng Iten- tasant, and for the third he selects a meek young (Continued on page S8.) ' VICTOR MOORE WELCOME To New York—Latest Play, The Happiest Night of His Life, Does Not Contain the Usual Liberal Allotment of Sidewalk Vernacular, However CRITERION TiBEATBE.—The Happiest Night of His Ufe, musical comedy, by Messrs. Junle McCree, Sydney Eosenfeld and Albert von Tilzer. « , Harry Jclllman .. .. .. .. Mr. Phil Byley Martha Jellhaan Miss lulla Balph: Popsy .. -.. .. .. .. •. Miss SalUe Stembler Tom Dawson ., .i .... .. Mr. Jack Henderson Minnie Randolph .. .. Miss Annabeile Whltford, Mrs. Clark -• Miss I*oia Locey Mrs. Dearborn Miss UUlan Stanton Mrs. Washington Miss Rose Leslie Mrs. Madison .. .." .. .. Miss Maud Le Boy Mrs. Monroe .. .. .. .. Miss Dorothy Page Mrs. Adams .. .. .. .. Miss Beryl Marsden Mrs. Wabash •.. .. .. Miss Edythe Gilbert Airs. lake .. .. .. .. Miss Bessie Stewart Officer Flannlgan .. .. .. .. Mr. Jnnle McCree Herman Schnltz .. .. ..Mr, Will A. McCormlck DlckBrennan .. .. ..... .. Mr. Victor^oore Mrs. Blcketts ^. .. .. .. .. Miss Mae Phelps Jane Bfcketts .. .. .. Miss Gertrude Yandertillt Popsy's Uttle Sister .V ; . Miss Emma lattleSeld Ellen Terry Banqueted Hew York, Feb. 25 (Special to The Billboard.} recognition of the services of Ellen Teny, both as an artist and a woman, about two hmi- dredr American. friends -gave her a- dinner at the Botel Astor last Thursday evening, February 28. It was In the nature of a farewell as she i» inon to.sail, for her home. Persona of proml- sance in the world theatric and literary- were present. Inciadlng HanUlton Wright Mabiei who Weatded with Miss Terry at his right, Charles Bamm Kennedy, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Mr. and JsCT. I<»eph H. Choate, Josephine Preston Pea- ■jy. ^tf.; W. A. Purisgton. Mr. and 'MIS. noxman Hapgood, Mrs. Bnunons, Amelia BUjAain,, Wm. A.'^Brady^ Andreas' DIppel. Eob- H* say, _Petcy. Mackayc . Edith i Wynne IbttUaon, _Ulss Carolyn Wells and others Mr. Maole as toastmaater complimented lIIss-Terry ■est emphatically on the great love in which she » SM d In this, country by. those who were for- tnste enough to lie so engaged as to learn her pwMiiisli^ and come in contact with her as a S*tlst. Speeches were also made by Mr. ; Bsinie<l y.. Knte Douglas Wlggln, and Mr. Choate. M tne oonclnslon of the dinner Miss Terry was -UtMallj ghoweted.vlth flowers. MUST CUT OFr FRONTS. In order to carry out plans for the widening OC g ortyrsecond street, .every- playhouse in- tbe -OVWded theatre section betweenSeventh and .. ... .. avennes will have to make some change 'IB' Its front. ■ j Tfae theatre most affected -will he the Bepnb- ne. It is nnderstood tiut Mr. Belasco nHI not tonew his lease for this theatre, when It expires MSt year. .The front of the New Amsterdam Jljni have to be materially altered, as will tbe XjoerlT. Plans for tbe oraamentsi projections of B* New Amsterdam have already been filed witn the Burean of Buildings, Hartz'and Tal- lant being the-architects. - _TIle lobby of the Hackett Theatre is also over OS line and vrlll have to be changed, as is also Bto enoance of the American Music Hall. Tbe fftSc Theatre has a large portion of Iron and ■Uss- over the pavement. All of the changes jum to be made this spring. COMPANY I NCO RPORATED. CentrevHIe, Md., Feb.. 25 (Special to The Billboard).—^The Love Point Beach and Park -Oompany, Inc., has been Incorporated with Ames T. Bright. Walter- T. Wright. H. B. W. mteben. i wnilam 7. Price. Sr., J. FIB Legs. J. O. Legg. John E. George and William J. ECiee, Jr.) as directors for the Urst year. The ;MpitaI stock Is $60,000 divided Into 1.200 shares. Toe company has purchased the Casino, beach, .^•r and farm property In tbe rear, at Love -,Pldnt and Intends to .make tbe place one of the ■flat attractive-resorts on the Chesapeake -Bar. Looking to this end. several projects are ; jllnsdy- iB'Tl ew.', ....jienxy CUve and wife, wlio is known to the- >^gtnsoem as Mai Sturgis Walker, "who appeared ■t-the Hfth-Avenue Tbeatre last week in their •BtertalalDg'sketch of fake msgle.' aie Uying oC this week; so- that Miss Walker may he aear her mother; who la very IIL Tliey will ap- Kiir at the Jfajestlc Theatre;: ;ailcago,' on irch 6. JULIAN EUTINGE. Anastasia Mclntyre .. .- Mr. Cbas. B. Walt Nell -. .. Mr. Jack Fairbanks John .. .. .. -- .. 'Mr- James C. O'Neill Dan -Mr. Victor B, Bozardt Tom .. .. .. ... .. Mr. George W. Steteler Pete.. ......... .. Mr. .Bdward. C. Xcager Cblmm'y ... .. .. .. .. tlx. Hsny SmltUielA Post L. Carried ., .. .. Mr.-. Henry Ward Glad to have yon In oar midst for yoa bavp. proven your calitire in past connections. How- ever, In The Happiest Night, of His Life, yoa are not given as much sidewalk vernacular a» you can take care of, for which reason your vehicle Is somewhat at fault—such was tbe mia and substance of various critical n^ports. Tbe World Urnis the comedian as one ol the best sure-shot slung drllverers in the country and pralBi'B George W. -Lederer .on the defr stage handling of the musical comedy and alto commends Junle''UcCree and Snlner BosenfeU on the book and Albert Ton Tllaer on the mnsle but yet bairns that neither of these competent parts of the production will tte/fonnd In the dusty archives of the future. Thete Is no story, it goes on to-say. Just the Incident of an old man l>elng taken out for his premier vision of the tall sights of New York and where he is taken instead ot to a convention of Chicago widows as is promised, to the real depths of -the Kew York underworld. There la one really catchy melody In the piece, a song In which a Chicago widow, played by Annabeile Wbitford, and Mr. Moore discuss Mew York and the West- ern city with the refrain; Oh, You Cblcago, Oh, You New-Tork.' This l« one of the bright spots of the play, bnt.tliere are many others, yet the critics aver that on the whide the sm- munition in A'ictor -Moore's- new vehicle is not SDflieient for the battle with Broadway. The Tribune lands the'comedian and his vehi- cle in very high terms-even applying the adjec- tive hb'ctUouS to the method of Moore's acting daring his premier performance at tbe Criterion Theatre last Monday night. It^ i^poiuices his (Contlnned on.page .8B.) Kelly to "He and Sbe. Up and Down 3roadway This Is the second week - of the engagement' of the Ahom English - Gravid Opera Company at the Majestic Theatre end Puccini's Madam But- terfly continues as tbe offering. : Chadea Klein's gripping play. The Gamblers, began tbe twenty-first week of its very snccesa- fol engagement at Maxine Elliott's 'xueaire. Klaw and Erlanger have made arrangements -with J. C. Williamson for the production of Ben-Hur in Australia this spring. . With a seventy tlionsand dollar, advance-sale, Get-Bick-Quick Wallingford has settled down at the Geo. M. Cohan Theatre , for> the remainder of the season with the prospects bright: for a second year in the same playhouse. During the past week at the Grand Opera House, David Belasco presented Miss Frances Starr In Eugene Walter's play. The Easiest Way. ' Miss' Starr has for. her support Joseph Kilgoor, Kdward H, Bobins,<'-Jobn P; Bfown, lionise Itandolph and " Violet Band. ' ' diaries'Frobman sailed for' London last Wed- nesday, February 22, on ttae'S. S. Mauretania; and after visiting Paris and Vienna, will-settle down-for some months to come In- the English capital. He will not- tetom to New York until July. - . . ■ ■ ■ The Zel>ra, Paul Potter's • merry farce; from the EVench, entered upon its last-week : at the Garrlek Theatre with Monday-, night's, February 27, performance. • ; . i - > - - > One of the largest theatre parties of the sear son' was held Saturday afternoon; i February 2S, at Maude Adams'; performance of: Chinteder. at the Knickerbocker Thtatre,' by ' the Associated- CSoUege Women's Club ^f New .^Jersey. -. Two (CoBtUiaed on page 19.) Another ■ Cartoon Play New 'Xorfc. Feb. 25 (Special to The Billboard). —Arrangements have been. closed by Mr. Gns Hill, with Bud FIsber, the progenitor of the laughable series of cartoons, Mntt and Jeff, by which Mr. Hill baa secured. all dramatic rights to these noiir world-famoos comie pic- torial stories. Tbe success of the Mutt and JelT cartoons has been beyond all former precedent and these fanny picture stories have created more laughter, more amusement throngboat the length and.breadth ot this.country (they hsving become'B''feature in almost every notable news- paper) than anything ever projected in this line snd it Is safe to pre'<.ct that their advent as stage characters will pndnce a like resnlt. :;A comedy/With tmnsfC; Is: being :vwritten.*«em- -bodying the ludicrous adventures of-this exbeed- Ingly .funny duo and these particular roIeS''w1II -he acted by .two comedialis of-national'reputa- tion who have been selected for their . special ability to create these .ijnnsnsl types' of eccen- tric comedyr characters.^ The production Itself, vrill. be:: npon the. most-^felaborate;;scale - so far as scenery and'; costumes :'ara . eoncemed. . UNDERGOES OPERATION. Oshkosh, Wis., Feb. 2S (Special~to The Bill board).'^Bertie Allen,, of e the team: of: Lcfmrapd Bertie Allen had" an' operation 2-performediVeb. U-at "^St; -Mary's '-HiMpltal -:or'this . elty. "r^.The operation was'SnecessfoI and Mrs. Allen'Is re- corerlDg, ' . -■ Support Hite New York, Fi'b. 25 (Special to The Billboard). John T. Kelly, who has not been In the legi- timate theatres In New Torfc since tbe disor- ganization of the Weber and Fields forces, ha* been engaged by Uebler'ft Co. to support Mabel HIte In A Certain Party. Mr. Kelly's part Is that of Jerry Fogarty, described aa a Charley Mnrpby in tbe making. A lonc or two will serve to remind his audiences of the olden day* at the Music Hall.. MIZZI HAJ08. A remarkable rise In the protesaton. even, for America, Is that of the latest" addition to the Sbubert forces, Mme. Mlzsl Hajos. Miss Hajos, who is but twenty yean of age, was born in Budapest,' Hungary. She made ner first nf- pearance «a a principal at the Sstnhar Theatre In 1908. In 1810, while The Hen Pheasant, in the German version of Chantecier, Miss Hajos was engaged by William MorrU to take the part of The Hen Pheasant In the prodnctlon of The Barnyard Borneo. Miss Hajos played success- fully during the extraordinarymn of this piece, and was engaged by the Shuberts In Deceniber, 1810, to star In -the New Winter Garden. MIb» Hajoe speaks many languages, hot English, ami her stniggles with this handicap have mads her Bs aU the more remarkable. - FERARI returns; V New York, Feb. 25 (Special to The Billboard;. —0>I. Francis FersrI, stter a world Jaunt com prising-Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Belgium, tbe British Isles, and many other places. Is back among the familiar baunts ot Broadway. After telling ns about the Brussels Exposition, at which he was well represented, he Informs us that be and Frank Bostock have once again shsken bands and intend putting on the biggest show in the carnival business, full ot new ideas, and bound to make the other fellows get a hump on them. He has concessions at the Rome Ex- position, which opens in May, having secured the sole rights to some of them such as the Scenic Ballway, his big wild animal show, and others. Tlic Colonel-has with him ran architec- tural plan for bis wild animal show front wlucb Is to represent a galaxy of all tbe dlstingnlshea potentstes of the various nations. It will be tbe biggest used, and comprise the largest organ ever bnllt for show purposes, one hundred and ten keys in all, equal to a band of about fifty. At London he bought a new automobile device, consisting of eight cars and one machine, hav- ing a total capacity of, one hundred and forty ^people. -.liHe also- bought out Baker's Great American Circus while on the British Isles, and will operate thoJatter on the Island this year. In addition .to this be Is to place a large nmuse- jnent creation at Blackpool, England, and also ioti an entirely individual nature at the Crystal Palace:Tbeatre at the time of the King's corona- tion.- The exact Identity ot ttala.'.howeTeri, be as.iyet refuses .to reveal. Tho Colonel will /ex- iplolt bls'tlarge earalTal ictaeme; tbtooghont tba New Bngland States daring the eomlne -season.