Billboard advertising (Dec 1911)

DECEMBER 2, 1911. The Billboard 9 WEEK IN NEW YORK CITY RIA LTO GO SSIP (terns of the Week Partaking of Interest to the Reader Who Wants to Know What's Doing on Old Broadway, With An Occasional Hint About the People He Knows The Winter Garden Co.. with its wealth *f diverting, lively entertainment exempllfled t f vera Vloietta. the Vlcneae musical offering, now"enter* its second week of popular favor. OTth an all-star company, of which every member Is an established Broadway favorite, tils iheatre has reached a decree of popular- it* ereater than at any time since Its opeu- Z em Deslya. Jose Collins Stella May- iew. Kathleen Clifford, Al Jolaon, Frank Tlnnev. Harry Pllcer. Melville EMs. Van Benselaer Wheeler. Jumps B. Carson. Clarence Harvey. Barney Bernard and Billle Taylor comnrise a small part of the most Important cast gathered In recent Tears In a single musical organization. • The Shuberts announce that this will be the lwt week of the engagement of their great musical comedy sncceaa. The Kiss Walts at me Casino Theatre. This production has now olayed In New York for more than 100 nights, and has been received generally as one of tie most popular and worthy snccesses of the re Buoty Pulls the String*, the Scotch comedy, under the management of the Messrs. Shubert and Wm. A. Brady at Wo. Collier's Comedy Theatre, continues to draw "capacity audi- ences" to absolutely every performance. Mon-lay evening. November 27. will mark the opening of a new production at the Klne- macolor Theatre. 40th St., which will be called Xature's Wonders, the most beautiful pre- sentation in pictures of any sort which has ever been made. The subjects are of varied interest, includ- ing a series entitled. Sunset on the Nile, which is without » doubt the most faithful and Korgeona pictorlalizatlou of tropical grandeur that has ever been produced. The Three Bomeoa has caught the popular fancy at the Globe Theatre, where it la in the third week of what promises to be a very successful engagement. The excellence of the cast and Its splendid production provided by Messrs. Drefua and Fellucr Is largely respon- sible for Its vogue, while the music of Ray- mond Huhhell Is being whistled all over town. The Three Romeo*, the new American musical comedy which the Dreyfua-Fellner Company is presenting at the Globe Theatre, has proved to immediate a popular success that Charles Acts New to Gotham fOUS QUEENS ABB A JOKER, singing and Dancing. 12 minutes; two; Fifth Avenue. This waa rather an unusual act with which to open the show, but nevertheless that was the spot that it was assigned to at the Fifth ivenne last week. The act was formerly known on the "small time" as The Empire Girls. In its present shape small time la the answer for the turn. There la room for a lot of improve- ment In It ever for the houses of that class. The opening number baa no place in the turu at all. The girls might also be utilized to back np the young man In his first rag num- ber. THE FLORENTINE SINGERS, (S), Operatic Selections: 24 minutes: full (special aet): Fifth Avenue. Marlon utttefleid presents The Florentlm Singers. So Mat.* the program at the Pit Avenue Theatre last week. Marion Llttleflel » to be congratulated for she has without a <K>obt as gnod a singing organisation rendering operatic and classical selections a* there Is in »anileville. Not only has Mtsa LIttlefleld R cnml a flrst-elass singing company, hut »he ha Jeen fortunate enough to secure female members rw her organisation that are - possessed of an abundance of beauty as well as vocal ability, the opening number waa tbe singing; of Tran- raerel as an ensemble. Tula was followed hy another concerted effort, a medley of old Italian ">'«. Miserere, from II Trovatore. was next siren as a dnet by soprano ana leuur with the Mlnurc of the company as a chorus. The effect f as very pretty and the soprano showed remark- li.t "'"'".v. Three, other numbers follower" r'".Annie I.aurle by the company as a closing number. There was applause enough to warrant three hows after this, but the audience was not »U, J." 1 " 1 two encore numbers were Insisted ,1™- "'"ft as a whole is one worthy of the feature iwjslt lon on any big time bi ll. Vom!* s V°"* Players have been viewing New iow with » sort of perturbed cnrloalty. All M.rJ r . ttpiwesslons have not been pleaaant. •IK"'* V^bloc. for Instance, says: In* .? .T k " cltT gone mad. The raov- l? m * ,,T ' ,r ' , »' , mcnta drive me nearly frantic. ■ reel iiorfcctly panic-stricken to think that I Atria. r f. 10 r *' m « ,n •« this Jnmplug toyland "mag the run of Runty. Train v I tried ?a^!!7'". , , ^ ' ,, ''. T thoughts on the skyscrap- In I > ''"'"hops, but a kitten 'fankled' ™ wool an(1 oharlot <j r iving at breaikneek iw? r ,"~ ro "»d that It never covered al- "*» "me before my eyes, so that I gave It meat m ,V. 1,on "L ,c<,,,n * rtvslcaily weak and "art i '"""•erned. terrlded for rear my fare nf „'." romc ■ moving advertisement and that nv t.„' m * a<l mouth were revolving round A ^!'hm i funning down my neck." A Sf'ttl ahly sincere impression I* this. JeCov" 1 ', *J; a,lt ™ ■.»• arranged to star Nellie t£it ,„ ?n*l £.""2t ,n * nPW American comic iwa called The Dancing Prince**. Dillingham, the manager of the Globe, is an- nouncing tbe sale of seats for six weeks in ad vane*. Tbe following eaat baa been engaged for Cy Wliittaker's Place, a dramatization of Joseph C. Lincoln's novel of the same title: William J. Brady. Wallace Owen, John Marble, George Thompson. Will P. Nugent, Henry C. Mlllarde. Jane Ferrel, Maud Elburne, Edith Norman and Carolyn Lee. A short preliminary tour, be- ginning at Waterbury, Conn., on Monday, No- vember 27. will precede the appearance of the play in New -Tork. GOOD BI LL AT C OLONIAL Program Last Week Contains Old Favorites and Affords an Evening's Entertainment Sans a Single Dull Moment. Mabel Hite Divides Honors with Other Acts New York, Nov. 27 (Special to The Bill board).—Although there were no new acts on the bill offered at the Colonial last week, their program waa of such sterling quality that there was not a dull moment from the moment, that the first curtain was raised until the Pathe weekly closed the show amid the strains of Puc- cini's Madame Butterfly. Seldom if ever has there been a program that has so universally satisfied an audience been offered at the Wil- liams bouse. The house was in early and the audience was generous In applauding from the moment that the De Mont Trio, who opened rue MME. MUREAL. Starring In Vaudeville. PERTINENT PATTER E. H. Sothern has presented to the Dramatic | Museum of Coiumbls University several val- I uable theatrical souvenirs. In the collection 1 are David Qarrlck'a walking stick, a pair of ; his shoe buckles, once tbe property of EL II. ( Sothern's father, and presented to him hy { the Rev. Charles Klauart: also Edmund Kean'* sword, that he wore as Macbeth: Edwin Forest's brooch which tbe actor wore In Ilamlet: Edwin Booth's King I.ear nigs: Llston's snuffbox, and the elder Sothern's Dundreary whiskers. Mr. Sothern has aim presented to this Dram- atic Museum si veral of the original scene mod- els designed for the production of his Shakes- pearian plays. The one hundredth performance of The Siren at tbe Knickerbocker Theatre will be given on Friday evening. December 1. and. In addition to the pleasant surprises promised the patrons of the performance, the members of the company have planned a celebration of their own In j honor of Donald Brian. I Arrangements are In progress betwen Liebler ; * Co., owners of The Garden of Allah, and < Gaston Mayer, the French manager, looking to , the presentation In Paris of the Century Tbea- ! tre spectacle. Mr. Mayer plans to make the .' production in the French capital in the autumn • of next year and will employ tbe sceulc artists , who built the local production. Msdame Slmone, < whose European engagements are under the i direction of Mr. Mayer, will play the part i of Domini Enflldcn. given here by Miss Mary ' Mannerlng. Marie CablU and her company have begun : rehearsals of The Opera Bali, a musical com- * edy adapted from the German by Sydney Rosen 1 fold. The original score by Richard Oouberger , will be used. The suit brought by Florens Ziegfeld Jr. to enjoin Joseph Hart. Clayton White. Percy G. Williams. Benjamin F. Keith and the United Booking Offices of America from producing in vaudeville that part of the Follies of 1911 known as Everywife was discontinued by order or Judge Lacomhe of tbe Vnlted States Circuit Court. Counsel for the plaintiff represented to the court that the matter had been settled. To encourage politeness among the men In charge of the box office of his varioues ,theatres. Percy Q. Williams Is going to award three prises to the most courteous treasurer, assistant treasurer and telephone operator. A committee of persons unknown to the box office men have been assigned to make tours of the eight Wil- liams houses between now and Christmas and decide Inst who are worthy of the awards. The three prizes will be. $100 to tbe most polite treasurer. $50 to the most oolite assistant treasurer and $25 to the most polite telephone operator. ', Douglas Fairbanks sailed for Havana on the Ward liner City of Mexico to be gone several weeks while the dramatization of The Fortunes of tbe Sun is being got ready for him. Elmer Booth, another actor, and Carl Pfeiffer. Sh rlff of Rock County, Col., went along. Mr. Fair- banks said the trio would try to walk from Havana ta Matanzas and back in seven days on a wager. ' • Rex Beach has signed contracts with the Authors* Producing Company, whereby that or- ganization secures tbe dramatic rights to Mr. Beach's latest novel. The Ne'er Do Well. There has been vigorous competlton among produc- ing managers ever since the novel was placed on the market to gals the rights. The play will be ready for production early next season. show, took the stage. The - turn earned sav- ers! bows. Following Lee White and George Perry man- aged to plant a deserved success with the au- dience. Miss White has an inimitable manner in rendering her songs and is so fnil of person- ality and magnetism that she wins her audi- ence from tbe moment that sne appears. .Al- though so early on tbe bill the duo were a ver- itable riot, Lind. th e female Impersonator,, who has but lately returned from abroad, waa as- signed to the third position and while he did not receive any extraordinary applause during the act the ••wist off" at the clow made. It necessary for him to respond to the applause with a speech. . Laddie Cliff, the little English dancing com- edian on next to closing the intermission, sang three songs, danced a lot. told a few little stories regarding rather and at the end of his turn received enongh applause to "clean up" any vaudeville bill of ordinary calibre. As it was he was but one removed from top honors. He is a splendid artist and folly deserving ail suc- cess. Miss Valerie Bergere anil her Company cicsed the intermission by appearing in the sketch. Judgment. The playlet holds the in- terest to the last but the climax Is lacking. Opening the second .part. Barnes and Craw- ford, in Tbe Fakir. Immediately placed the au- dience in good humor. The male member of the team with his rapid-fire comedy, ready wit, a little of Jim Morton's style and an ability to ad lib. earned no end of laughs. Mahle Hite. who followed, easily cleaned up. The little singln- comedienne has Improved wonderfully since the days of Tbe Merry-Go-Rouud and had the audience with her all the way. She looked most charming In the costume that she wore for her opening number. This made her burlesque attire later on In tbe act all tbe more effective. Next to closing, Jones and Deeley, In The Hotel St. Reckless, earned several recalls with the song for the closing In one. Joe Hart*a Bathing Girls were tbe rounding off feature to the bill. Tbe light effects were applauded, but the prima donna could be improved upon. Grace Carlyle has been engaged for one of the principal parts In Tbe Marionettes, support- ing Mme. Nazimora. Miss Carlyle has been in the company of such stars as Henrietta Crosmaja and Margaret- lUington. She was one of the original cast in Maggie. Pepper. Fifth Avenue Bill Ordinary New York, Nov. 27 (Special to The Billboard). —The show at the Fifth Avenue waa rather peculiarly arranged last week. Ont of a pos- sible eight, five acts scored clean hits. The arrangement of the program was the cause of a rather slow opening to tbe show. But after the proceedings were once under way the bill rounded out beautifully and proved a delightful entertainment. Four Queens and a Joker (New Acta) held the OTening spot with little effect. The "No. 2" offering gave tbe show a real start. Work and Ower were the act. These two comedy acrobats have an act that Is second to none In its class and the boys while only doing alx minutes' work, so constantly and swiftly that they are fairly exhausted at the finish. The aet was a laugh throughout. Tbe next turn let the show down again. Mr. Harry Linton and Anita Laurence offered The Piano Store. Tbe art Is a quiet one and seemed particularly slow following the slap bang offering that preceded It. Raymond and Caverly followed in tbe fourth spot and although tbelr tnrn la old and familiar to most everyone, they managed to score a laughing hit. But the art was not a shining sneovs* because °f tbe fast company that fol- lowed it. The talk that the duo offer smacks of a tuonolog that a certain German comedian of- fered some three or fonr years ago. The show, however, was started with The Florentine Singers (New Acts), an offering tPat will bold Its place In the big time ranks for some time to come. When the applause for thl* offering subsided Marlyn Arhuckle and his lit- tle company appeared In The Welcber. and scored the applause hit of the p-rformaice. Next to closing Walter C. Kelly. Tbe Vlr ginla Judge, held forth, prefacing bis regular tnrn bv a number or short stories anent his recent travel tour. Kelly kept the audience laughing until tbe last mhmte and be left' them when they were wanting more. The Isbkawa Brothers held the closing spot and placed a solid hit over tbe footlights, holding the audience until the very last, with frequent applause Interruptions. The Pathe Weekly was tbe closing feature. BUCKNER OPENS A SCHOOL. New York. Nov. 27 (Special to The Billboard). —Arthur Bucl-.ncr Is In the limelight again, this time ss the promoter of a vaudeville school. The trick bicyclist, who In tnrn has been booking agent, vaudeville circuit man- ager, Sunday Concert promoter and everything that Is In vaudeville, baa evidently acquired a new backer and Is going after tbe school pro- position on no mean scale. lie will teach all branches of vandevllle entertaining from hard- shoe dancing to acrobatics and hag a corps of competent Instructors under bis supervision.