The billboard (Mar 1911)

MARCH 25, 1911. illlllillllllilllllllilllillllllS ^llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll= =lllllllllllilillllllllB sllllllllilliillllllllllllllllllllllllliniillllllilllllis IT* T^T np iiiiiiiimiiiii "VT VAT O ="""i""""i T TVT 13 13 T 1j|^ i 1^ 1 Xi jCi VV O X 1\ iiiimiiiiiii| ifi TV i S2j a i niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiE SAN FR ANCIS CO, CAL. BYled's Tbetttre^ in FreBDo, after a few weeks of nodeTlUe, taaTe changed policy and the boase la now occupied bj a dramatic stock company, Tbe Six Comallaa, catapDlt acrobats, wUl make tbeir first California appearance (second season) at Sacramento, April 10, at Pantagea Tbeatre, witli Cliatea, Saa Ftanclaco, to follow. TUB offlce receired newspapem from SbanKbat, contalninc aceounta of tliree TandeTllle theatres recently opened. At tlie Bljoa Theatre, tbe Wil- son Sisters, singers and dancers, are billed as the premier feature, and tbe press notices taj they are the beat act of Its kind yet seen. Chaa. Mackaye was another act, and aeven pic- ture films are shown. At tbe American Vaude- Tllle Tbeatre, Tbe Oldflelds, comedians and ban- Jolsta. topped tbe bill. nank Voater. Violet Boanetta, and Uaggte FTaser are the other num- bers. Seats are sold in advance at fl.2S, tl-00. and 60 cents Mex. Another bouse is called Victoria Ball, and Pearl Lovell, MIsa Irma De LePomme, Tbe Two Colliers and Frank King make op the blU. Tbe Henry UeRae Bepertolre Stock Co. oiiened the new Dippenbrock Tbeatre at Sacramento, Uarcb 18. Tbe company Is composed of the foUawIng: }. 0. LiTlngaton, Cbarlea Ring. Sher- man Balnbrldge. Robert Webb Lawrence, Jamea Ony Usher, Uargaret Oawald, Bamona BadcUffe, Claire Sinclair, Georgia Woodtborpe and Mar- garet Kimball. The KatioDal Theatre, Which made considerable money for tbe Granmani, closed Its doors as a S. ft C. house. The boose was leased to parties who opened It tbe following day, Sunday, starch 5, as a flve>cent TaudeTllle and moTlag picture bonie, offering fonr acts and four reels of pictures. - Ererybody Is wondering at tbe out- come. . Will It, Oreenabaum, our Impreaarlo, baa .teued tbe luge hall la tbe new Bcottlah Rite Temple, located at Van Ness BTenne and Sutler street, and hereafter all his mnaleal oSertngs ind other attractlom wUI be seen at the new hall. Tbe eapseity to <mt l,tOO. ^lessandio Bond, the lyric tenor, appeared be- feie a capacity boose at tbe Colombia Theatre, leeratly. Billboard callers last week Included Cbarlea Cheater and Co., equilibrists; Ktbel May Bar- kare, Tiollnlat; Arlxona Trio, Jngglers, equilib- rists and acrobats: Tbe Jesters, novelty magi- cians; Bessie, Juggler; Howard and Graf, and Charlie Carroll. Tbe following acta opened at tbe Orpbeum Theatre, Seattle, week March 12, and are traTel- ing toward San Francisco: Claud Glllbicwater and Co.. Mile. Bland nnehllch. Three Ulssee West- on, Bussell and Devltne, Udnotte Twins and Qay Smith, Konen Bros., and Bedinl and Ar- tbnr. A bill was passed at Sacramento, March 8. (or tbe regulation of moTing picture shows. Tbe bni paiaed with twenty-three In favor and ten against. The chief provision of tbe bUl, which, according to Its author. Is to protect tbe chil- dren and young girls of tbe State from evils that abound in some nickelodeons. Is that enough light shsll be maintained while tbe show is run- ning. HO that the face of everyone In the and- lence can be plainly seen. Other provisions are that no children under 16 years of age, unac- companied by a guardian, can attend moving picture sbows after 8:00 p. m. in the winter months and 9:00 p. m. In the aummer months. Ouirles Cole, of Pantages Circuit statf, left tor Denver, March 8, In the interest of the Clrenlt, Grace Cameron, operatic singer. Le Marguerite, national dancer, and SIg. LeonardI, tenor, are " the new twoklngs for Portola-I-oovre Cafe. . Judging from the immense business being done at the Oarrick. the finest and latest of moving picture tbeatres. It Is. an enviable fact that the numerous- Picture theatres alon« FiU- mon street are fast losing ground and some Win be forced to close. TUe faulty wiring. In the Xyrle Moving Pic- ture Tbeatre In Stockton.: destroyed the bonne March 8. • The fire ocenrred early In the morning and as tbe Lyric waa sltnsted between two solid high-brick buildings, it saved the deatmc- tlon of. one of the most Important business blocks In Stockton. A gsrsge. located next door, with ten automnhlles. was also destroved. Tbe total loss wss fl.t.OOO. A new aim exchange, called the Variety Film Kxcbange, located on McAllister street, near Market, was totally destroyed March 6. Owing to tbe quick response of the lire department.' the large hnilding In which the Him exchange waa located, waa saved. B. J. Arnold, the Portland carnival man, was a Blllbosrd'Caller lant week. Also J. J. De- vsaux, who in onrnnlKlng a dog and pony show for a tour of California, which starts out In April. xhis offlce received a letter from Martlnetti and Grossi from Auckland, N. Z.. dated Feb. 10, They Just played Dnnedln. They play a return date at the National Tbeatre. Sydney. KtnJB COHEN. BllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllillllllililllllllF The Queen and Polnsetta, motion picture bouses, have been reopened, Tom P. Getz. who is conducting the recently restored Bamonar Olarrlage place at old San Diego and a former theatrical man known from coast to coast, to on the amusement eommltteu of tbe Panama-Oallfomla grooml breaking cele- bration. The city has lately been the beadqoarteia of the Seltg Company, whose bioscopes liAvv beea busy In tbe vicinity. Princeas, Plekwiek and Gaiilek" Theatres re- port good bnslneas with add-out signs In fre- quent evidence. Glenn Cnrtise, aviator. Is established at North Island, <ust across -the hay. He Intends to give frequent exhlblttoas, supplemented by balloon ascensions by Aeronaut Young, The writer recently visited Grossmoat. the magnificent mountain village laid out by Wm. B. Gross of tbe Isls Tbeatre, wblch already num- bers among its property holders a number of theatrical people. Tbe resort is superbly lo- cated on the cre«t. of a mountain, with a view on every side extending to the San Bernardino mountains on tbe north and the Cotonado lalands of Mexico on the sontb. A picturesque inn is there to cheer and welcome tbe traveler, and lower until he to poraaded to beecme a lieauty spots of the world. BOBT. HAYS. Ellllllllllllillllllllis 3lillllllllllllllllllilllllllllllliiiillllllilllllllllirs SAN D IEGO , CAL. Plans «re lieing made for the i;n°onniI-bri'akinK eelebrallon on the Pansms-Callfornla exposition •Jte, to occnr some time In tJie late aprlng. Dick Ferris, the Los Angeles promoter and theatrical magnate, wlH be in charge of amuse- mepts and has oponed offices In tbe Union bnlldlng. Couut DoLenneps wlU be present and ""li '""^ In the ceremoniea. Wnlter J. Fnlkerson wUl sooa begin con- stnieiion of a now theatre, the Mirror, with a jesting eaiMiclty of 050, at tbe comer of Third S "trwts. Fulkerson formerly conducted the Grand and Jewel In this city and the Jtoptre In Los Angeles. The Mirror will *B ■SS!^ "hoot July I and will cost f3S,aoo. , . John Cort was a recent visitor to the city, 5rJr* "^HiS, l.lJ""'k over the situation regarding the new |!IOfl.OpO Spreckels tbeatre now In course of constmetion.'> • . irl Theatre la soon to be the home of SiSh? *omedy company beaded b- Lew SJk' ^""1 Genevieve Dehaven. riiik™ "™7- playhouse of. Palmer and h? "PW'y helnir completed and wUl oe ready for opening within a few weeks. SEAT TLE, WASH. V«7 few of tbe theatrical people who bare played Seattle have not visited the "Bathskeller," corner of Second avenue and Cherry atreet, as this place has been a Tendezvoua tor theatrical people the past ten years. They now will have to seek ottaer quartos for about a year, as the building in wlUcta this popular resort was located tass been raxed and will be replaced by the Hoge building, an elgbteea-stoiy steel flrepNot lNriU- ing. aiie management of. ihe X.ola 'Theatre ]iav« made arrangemeots Whereby the' orchestra in that boose to to come under tlie muuceaneat laA dlrectlm of FMb AdleaMn, one <a 8Mttle*s favorite leaders and solo vioUnlsts. .la drtalnlng Adleman for the Loto, AUnnr Eellle beileves he bad seated a ten-sMke. Slia patrons of tbe theatre are likely 4o agree with him, as Adleman is not only a splendid vioUnist but an exceedingly popular one. Claire Sinclair, formerly Identlfled wUh Bussell and Drew Stock Company at -the Seattle and Albambra Tbeatres In this city, baa Joined, tbe forces now engaged In paying Lena Blvers at the nrlncess Tbeatre ta San Flandseow Mr. Jobs GcilBth. -ae legitimate actor end one of the few tragedians now left in the eonatrx. will open a limited engagement at tbe Alhombra Theatre on March 26. Mr. Griffith will being. bto own leading man and a special leading woman will he engaged for the Grlffltb season. George J. Mackenzie, Klaw and Erlanger's representaitlve and cnansger in Seattle, haa re- ceived word from Bolter ana Sons of Chicago that tbe first slilpment of eteel to be used In the new Metropolitan "nieatre has been sent. Bobert Webb Lawrence, who bas been a mem- ber ol the Sacramento Stock Compeny at Sacra- mento, Cel., Tetnmea to Seattle If arch 8. S. L. Jenkins, a well-known theatrical scene psinter, left Seattle Mardi 8 for Vancouver. B. C. where be will fulfill an engagement of six weeks at the Avenue Theatre. The new play- bouse will be finished In aboot five weeks. John M. Oooke. who bas been menagec at tbe Grand Tbeatre in Taeoma .has retomed to SeatUe. • - LBU A. SHOBTBIOOE. Hotise shortly. Mr. Alf. Goulding, formerly stage director of the famous Polbitd LiUipntlan Opera Company, is acting as coach. Barney WHllauu and May Wright, well-known in the mnslcal comedy line in this city, sre now In vaudeville and are touring the Pantages circuit. Walter H. Blake, a local, boy and member of tbe I. A. T. 3. &, has returned from OaIl> fonla, where he has been ptarlng Tandferllle for the past six months. J. M. McLBAN. TORONTO, ONT. This city to without a doubt tbe moaicil center of Canada. Our fame has spread t-t New York and London. Two hondred and twenty thousand dollars was spent on music alone this season. Fifty thonsand was spent In choral concerts alone. The news is current that Shea's old theatre on Yonge street, named now after the street. Is to be taken over by Barry Brock, of Buffalo, who is also In control of tbe Fran- calse Theatre In Montreal. Mr. Brock, It to said, will remodel and decorate tbe Interior and bring same up to the strict fire regulations In regards to exits, etc, Popnlar vandevllle and pictures wni be tbe policy of the new manage- ment. The local stage hands want an increase In their wages. Carpenters get at present $< a week; property men $14 |)er and electricians $14. They ask for an increase, from 2S to 3o per cent, all around. The local managers have the demand under condderatton. ' JOSEPH GIMSON. MONT REAL , CAN. Fred LeClair. late manager of the ftaneals. passed sway on March 18, from heart and limg complications. Through 1 tlie efforts of the Moving Piotnre Association the tax of $1,000 bas been reduced to fSOO. and a stm fnrtber reduction the Montreal Ooondl Is expected. _ N. W. a HANMON. PROVI DENC e, R. I. Cdi B. A. Harrington has a large force of men at work at bto two parks. Bocky Point and Cres- cent Park, getting things in shape for tfae.simimer season, which opens shortly. Kany new attrac- tions are being installed. v _ Mr. Geo. F. Collier, manage^'ot the West- minster Tbesitre. snnonnces a snmmer .seasgn of blgta-class vandevUle and motion* pntaics. to open May 8, ISll. Bnabuos to boamIng>t oil theatres In spite of the Lenten seasoni:_-• ■ W.. B. aBKBMi VANCOUVER, B. C. If the plans of several local capltallBts axe carried oat, Vancouver will have a Wblta City In operation tnto summer, no promotem of thU enterpriae are applying for at lesee on fonr Mocka of land in Hastings towaette. on which they propose to expend $300,000 In clearing and erect- ing a large variety of novelty amusements, work on which will be commenced as soon as the pre- liminaries in securing the necesssry land and the sanction of the government bas been obtained. One of tbe chief features of the White City will be one of the largest and finest artificial ice skating rluks In Canada. The site of the pronoseu White City to situated two blocks east i of Hastings Park, the borne of the Vancouver exhilittlon. The committee In charge of the T. A. M. bene- fit to be held April T have things running smooth- ly and the benefit Is an assured success. Man- ager G. R. RIcketts has kindly donated the use of the Vancouver Opera House free of charge. Manager Walter Sanford of the Empress Thestre and Manager Geo. Calvert of Pantages are tend- ing every aid to the committee to make tbe benefit a big success. There Is a paasibility that Albert Chevalier. England's greatest character actor, wUl be seen lu Vancouver tbia spring. Frederick Sblpman, wlio ronductcd Melba's Canadian tonr.. to ne- trotlailng with Chevalier for a limited toor of Western Cansds this spring. The following Is from the Johannesburg Star's notice in dealing with the new company that recently opened at tbe Jobanneeburg Empire: "Miss Leighton's best song Is Past snd Pres- ent, and It la accompanied by Miss Leigbton'a most gorgeous costume, a plum-colored Georgian creation." Edward Terry, the distinguished English sctor, was the guest of Mr. and Mro. William Murray during hto engagement here. He was also en- tertained by the Sedety of Londoners. , Paul D. Bowse; well-known park builder, who Is at present In Callfcrnta, la In negotiations with local promoters for the erection of an amusement park and is expected bere shortly. - The Curtis Musical Comedy Compsny opened at the Grand for an engagement of tour weeks. Tbe Bernard Musical Company opened at tbe Belllngfaam Theatre, BeUIngbam, Wash, tor a four weeks* engsgement. The Rex Theatre, Olympla, Wash., Is now being booked by the InternatlousI Amusement Company of this city. The Vancouver Amateur Operatic Sodety have started rebesrsals for Tbe Miksdo, whlA will be prodDced by them at the Vancouver Opera MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Jack Martin, a member of The Beauty Spot Company which played at tbe local Shnbent Theatre March 2-4, died at tbe dty liospltal here MarcSi 0 from pneumonia, agnravnted by pul- monaxy tuberculosis. Ber. Q, L. Monill, chap- lain of the local T: M. A. lodge, and Bev. James B. Freeman offldated at the funeral, wlilcb was held at Amor's nndertsklng rooms. Mooey for the tnulal was telegraphed by a brother in New York City and deceased wss Interred in Lsymans' cematery. The wibole af- fair was extremely sad, as Martin was com- paratively a young man and engaged to be married, according to reports. Eugene Hosmer of tbe Orpbeum Tbeatre es- tablished a record for himself when be played In two dttes In twenty-four boors. Mr. Hosmer to a member of the Mlnneepolto Symphony Ordwstra. also playlns strins bass, and on Thursday night. MarchS, lie^ayed In Chicago. aiTlvIng here In time to. play at ttw Fkldar matinee at the Orphenm. On Friday evening Us biotber musicians In tbe Orplwnm orchestra Resented bim with a. beautlfnl. bouquet Oit the close of tbe overtnrei Manager A. 6. Bainbrldge, Jr.. of the Lyric Theatre bas made two moves towards strvnfftheD- Ing the present Lyric Stock Company. He haa engaged as second man Brlgluim Royce. who has appeared wMh Booth and Barrett. Marie Walnwrlght, FrederI<A Wade, Otis Skinner snd other stars. He haa also secured George E. Lask ■as dbtecrtor for the company. Mr, Lask bas staged all Sbubert attractions during tbe past season and bas «lso served as stage director (Or Charles Frohman, Henry B. Harris and David Belasco. Paul Goudron, Chicago represemtatlve of the SnlUvan and Consldlne vaudeville circuit passed Sunday, March 5, in the Mill City, arriving in the ffioroing and departing on the night train. While here he was in communication with Manager Jack Elliott of the Unique Theatre, the S. & C. local house, and with Messrs. Brewster and Alfred Hunt of the S, & C. forces. Msnager W. P. Gallagher of the MUee Theatre announces that as soon as spring weather sets In the work of remodeling the tbeatre will be begun, the object being to double tbe present seating capacity, broaden the stsge and re- arrance ithe gallery. Mr. Gallagher believes that the work can be completed In two montba from the time of commencement, and tbe archi- tects who designed both the Minneapolis and Detroit Miles theatres are now preparlnR tbe plans. After changes have been accomplished tbe theatre will be about one hundred feet wide and will seat 1,0S0 persons on tbe ground floor. The stage will be thirty-five feet wide, with seven feet of added depHt end a seven-foot apron will be built in front. Tbe orchestra pit win be enlarged to accommodate a ten-piece ordiestra, and the boxee will be entirely rebuilt. The Kallary front will also be materlaUv changed, and the entire In- also be materially changed, and the entire In- terior will be redecorated. Tlje yrork of re- construction wUl be accomplished almost entirely from the rear. Mr. Gallagher also states that It Is possible that an agreement may be eoosum- mated between C. B. Miles and Alex Pantages by which the Miles sad Pantages drenlts can pisy acts tor twenty-six straight weeks, besides wUch. time atrangements may bo made with Independent theatres so tbait an extremely loag drcnlt will be formed. The Miles interests have twelve houses, four being owned by AH. MUes and a fifth being built In Peoria. Uncsi are fourteen tbeatres on tbe Pantages Ume, so that the eomblnstlott will enable Pantages to place the Mts In Bsstem boase* and Muea to do likewise In the West. It ta alao said that not over ttwee daya out oc the twenty-alx week* wonid be lost In makUw y^oittr- . - BOOKBio aca rusoaa.. DENVER, COL. With the present week ends tbe Sbnbext theatrical season in Denver. With the present month the lease of the Auditorium .expires, bnt Miss Dressier doses. 1 tmderstand. the playing period. Candor compels one to say that tbe. sea- son has been charaetertoed by disagreements, disaster and dlsconrtesy. Nothing In the lit* of the CTintlng management will be so becomin g as tbe leaving of it. Few of the rosy promlsea made at the beginning have been kept; tba con- tracted "doUar for the best seaU" has, dssptte tbe sincere efforts of tbe mayor, been conatantly violated, and wUle tbe dty, no doubt, has done Its utmost and best In the matter, there has been ctmttnnsl bickering between vtolting com- panies, the Sbnberts. their representatives snd tbe people, so that an luisatlsfactory aeason comes to the rather Ignominious close. The eon. dltions have been rather curious, and the telling of them may prove interesting. Last foil, when there were donda on the theat- rical firmament and It seemed tbe much abused syndicate was in progress of dissolution. Mr. MiK:!ourt listened to the voice of tlie siren la tho person of that dashing soldier of .l^attnne. John Cort. broke away In a measnre'from tbe moacings of Klaw and Erlanger and proclaimed the\ sentimental, but impractical '.'open door." He 'entered Into a combination In which he agreed to pool the receipts of tbe Auditorium, tba Broadway and the Tabor, accept hto share of the profits of the three snd bear hto abate of tbe losses. It losses there were. On tbe face of It, at tbe time. It may have aeemed a good business arrangement. It p^bsbly was tor the Sbtibert people. It might have been for all con- cemed If the original ^an bad befla adopted and Mr. McCourt bad been made manager of all tluce honses, Bnt that was not done, and while I am not toftunned on tbe subject, it Is fair to suppose that It baa taken about all tbe profits of that fine money-maker, the Tabor, to pay the losses of tbe Auditorium. Occasional Isrge audiences at lowered prices do not pay extraordinarily large expenses. Common sense and stem business prtnciples have to be factors in tb» theatrical game as In any other commerdal enter- prise. And the fact remains that whUe all want tbe best and plenty of tbe best, a dty of the else of Denver wtti not support two high-class attractions running at the same time. -Divide the bmlness and money can not be mode. Can- didly, too. It does not seem quite fair tor tbe dty to go Into the theatrical business, or any other business In opposition to any one or Doonr of its tax-paying, llcense-psying citizens. The city might as well open a department store at the-Auditorium in opposition to our great Six- teenth street enteiprlses. The principle of the thins is tbe same. But I imagine after this year's experience with the Shuberts the mayor win say "never agato." A long white feather in the plume of the admlntotration are tlw Sun- day afternoon and night free concerts.. They have been productive of much good, have dented the public taste, have made ■ decided mark In tbe uplift of the dty. Bnt shonldn't the pro- gressive msyor*s mission as a snrvcycA ot amnse- ments end thereT It Is, on the whole, a pleasant reOectton that with tbe departure of the Sbnberts. things wm assume tbeir normal conditions and Hr. MclTourt wUI come'rinto bte own again. He has made new sprlqr bookings for the Broadway, and they are of a cliaracter to command respect snd warm approval. - Thta-to the list for the next four months: Boymmtd Hitchcock, Blanche Bing. Sarah Bernhardt. Madame Sherry. Sothern and Marlowe. BUUe Burke. Sbnies of 1810. Bulb St. Denis, Nance O'NeU. Tbe Girl In the Taxi. Tbe Uly, John Ihew, Ethel Barrymore. There are one or two others llkdy to be here who are of equal attractiveness, so that the spring season, dramatically, was never so prom- ising as now. And tbe fineness of it to, Mr. McCourt will sec to It that a majodty of the best seat In that pretty house wIB be sdd, as . rnle, for $1.00. ^^^^^ BtSLSm. TOLEDO, O. Already carpenters are busr night and day. on tbe new ten-cent bouses tbat.WUIIam Bettls. the manager of the Sunbeam, is to handle. One win be located oo St. Clalr street, opposite the New Keith's bouse snd wlU play contlnu- ooa vaudeville. The other location will be the Collestum, which wss formerly a roller skatlnir rink, at the corner of Ashland and Bancroft streets. It looks like Toledo _will soon be much of a ten-cent town from tbe new bouses tbst are dally springing no. It to said that Dudley, the slnger-and enter- tainer of the Hong Konr. has left for th" Golden Gate State. Dudley was some card ami will be missed. ^ j i_ „„, The Davis Brothers are busy, encaged in get- ting their shows together for the coming sum mer. It will be some show and the boys de- serve much credit for the attractive line of material that they win offer. Reports sre beard from Abe Shapiro, manager of Dave Lewis Comimoy. now appearlnir in cni- cago. that business is great. They ate expcdeil to play Toledo soon. CContlnned on page 48) A complete list of attpaetons ap- pearing in the cities mantianeH on niia paB« is givan in tho dspart- ment iieginning on page 22.