The San Francisco Dramatic Review (1908)

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4 THE SAN FRANCISCO DRAMATIC REVIEW April 4, 191 Correspondence PORTLAND, March 10.—HEI- LIG Theatre (Calvin Heiliff, mgr.; Wm. Pangle, res. mgr.)—The Blue Bird closed a successful week at this theatre last Saturday night, and again Portland playgoers enjoyed ]\Iater- linck's fascinating play. For the young as well as the old there is untokl joy in this production, and to the latter it is mystic. The young- sters playing the leads were the same as last season, and W. II. Denny as Dog, and Cecil Yapp as Cat, played their respective roles in a manner that one cannot forget. Last night at this house, the Oregon University Glee Club. Henrietta Crosman opens for three nights commencing the 2nd. Peg o' My Heart follows for week of 12th. The Chicago Grand Opera Co. open their engagement at the Orpheum next Thursday night for four per- formances. There is a large advance sale of seats and everything points to a successful engagement. BAKER Theatre (Geo. L. Baker, mgr.; Milton Seaman, bus. mgr.)—Jerome K. Jer- ome's brilliant satirical comedy. Miss Hobbs is this week's bill at this house, opening with the usual Sunday matinee. As we all know, Miss Hobbs is the lady who hates men and loves trouble, but who eventually falls from her high pedestal of hatred for the sterner sex—the usual course. Miss Shoemaker was charming in the name role, and plaved it right up to re- quirements. Playing opposite to her and as the the man who tamed her was Louis Leon Hall, and tliis capable actor was equal to demands made by the role. The other minor roles were well su.stained in the usual hisrh-class Baker manner. Next week. The De- serters. LYRTC Theatre (Keating & Flood, mgrs.)—Business is good at this theatre, and the patrons are of- fered good, clean, wholesome musical comedies everv week. Billy Onslow is the head of the bill and company at present occuping the house. Keat- ing & Flood have three companies in all, one located here, one in Seattle and one on the road. ORPHEITM Theatre (Frank Coffinberry, mgr.)— David Bispham, the noted American baritone, is this week's headliner, and the others appearing include Ben Dce- lev & Co., Bernard and Harrinoton, Bill Pruitt, Keno, Walsh and Mc\- ro.se, Morgan and Rice, and the Stan- leys. PANTAGES Theatre (John Johnson, mgr.)—Capt. Jack's Polar Bears arc featured, and the balance in- clude Davett and Duval, Barnard, Finnity and ISIitchell, Morette Sisters, Gregorie and Elmina, and T-awrence Johnson. EMPRESS Theatre (H. W. Pierong. mgr.)—The Top o' the World Dancers are the headline act. Others appearing on the bill this week are Moffat and Claire, Hong Eong, Olovetti Troubadours, and James Sul- livan & Co. A. \V. W. SALEM, March 22.—BLIGH (Bligh Amusement Co.—T. G. Bligh, gen. mgr.) : Inside of the White Slave Traffic ])icturcs shown here two days to good business; good picture. Kellie and Dailey, vaudeville, exclusive Mutual pro- gram. GLOBE: Feature pictures and good orchestra. YE LIBERTY (Salem Amusement & Holding Co.) : IMonday and Tuesday, Fa- mous Players Company pictures shown for ten cents to good busi- ness. Licensed pictures to finish. GRAND OPERA HOUSE (Salem Amusement & Holding Co.) : Dark. Coming, March 30, Ilelen Keller. WEXFORD (Saiem Amusement & Holding Co.) : The Rex Players showed here to capacity business for the week. Good, clean stock corn- pan}' and pleases. ALBANY, March 22.—BLIGH (Bligh Amusement Co.—F. D. Bligh. mgr.) : Exclusive Mutual pro- gram including The Mutual Girl. Added attraction for the week : Bal)y \'i(det, clever dance and song artist; made a big hit. I'riday only. The Inside of the W hitc Slave Traffic was shown to about fifteen hundred people. A good, clear and instruc- tive picture. Coming, for one day only, Sunday, Paid in Full, in five reels. March 31, U. of O. Glee Club. ROLFE \Geo. Rolfe, mgr.) : Geo. Kleine day Sunday to good business. Licensed pictures and W'ylie Holcomb in violin solos. Miss Holcomb is a talented violinist and l)leascd the large houses during the week. VANCOUVER, B. C„ March 29. —AVENUE: 30-April 4, Martin Harvey, supported by E. de Silva and his London company, in The Breed of the Treshams; The Only Way; and A Cigarette ^Maker's Ro- mance. PANTAGES: Harry Bul- ger, star of many musical comedies, heads a fine bill this week. CO- LUMBIA: For the first half of the week, the bill at this ])opular house is composed of Calliope Trio; Dore and Holford; Rogues and Finone; .Albert Ross, and pictures. Last half: Manna Loa Four; Oliver and lUackwell; Barlow Comedy Dogs; and F.mmie Beebe. ORPHEUM: This week's bill is headed by the sensational illusion, Neptune's Gar- den of Living Statues, with a com- pany of twenty. EMPRESS: The clever stock com])any at this house is presenting with great success, the famous farce. Excuse Me. IMPER- IAL: Sullivan and Considine vaude- ville to very good business. CO- LONIAL: 30-31, The Marriage of Figars in pictures and Mme. Am- onta Carmen. SALT LAKE CITY, :\farch 31. —MAXIM'S CA1"E is .still leading in ])oint of local popularity, with its cabaret entertainment offered, con- tinued changes and additions keep- ing things fresh and bright. The noted tango dancers. Pony and Leddy. are still there, and the after- noon teas at which the much-talked- of dance is taught by the.se two la- dies, are growing more popular every day. Manager F, L. Wille not only furnishes first-class cab- aret, but meals tastilv cooked and neatly served. The SALT LAKE Theatre did only a fair business with the De Koven 0])era Company, though the offering of Robin I food with Bessie Abott prominently cast, was one of par-excellence. Th* last two days of the week, the AVinter- garden Company in The Honey- moon Express, with .M Jolson fea- tured, did a business that I doubt very much whether it paid expen- ses. The first part of the attraction amounts to little, and one is just about convinced that the attraction isn't much, when the famous stair- case scene is thrown, and the fun, fast and furious, with all the nu- merous girls in pretty costume changes, works into a pleasing cli- max. Al Jolson is, of course, the whole show, and this clever per- former can entertain when others have failed. This week, Belasco's The Stranglers of Paris in picture form, holds forth, with Chauncey Olcott on deck for next week. The UTAH Theatre is starting out the week with big business and well deserved, too, for we have no less a personage than George Barnum in the title role of Rip Van Winkle. The rest of the large stock company, including llallet Thomp.son and Lil- lian Kemble, Richard Vivian and George Morell, are prominently cast. The ORPHEUM bill is a strong one, without a weak spot. The head- line position goes to The Knight of the Air, in which George Dameral is being featured. The musical comedietta opens amid long rounds of api)lause for its beauty, and the next moment the beautiful strains of its bewitching music flit through the air. The pretty .set and beautiful clothes are augmented by shapely women and good voices, and with such an entertainer as Mr. Dameral at the head, satisfaction is eminent. Next from point of local appre- ciation, comes Chick Sale, who was such a hit not long ago with the Road Show. He has changed his act slightly, substituting several funnyisms that are i)erhaps a shade better than those heretofore used. Others are Maxine Brothers in tumbling, in which act the dog, liobby, is introduced. Marie Bishop, vit)linist; Kelly and Pollock, bits of nonsense well selected; Demarest and Chabot, musicians that call the cello, violin and piano into play; and Sylvia Loyal and her Pierrot, a unique novelty in which a "swarm" of ])igeons are introduced. Mana- ger John M. Cooke is introducing something absolutely new at the Empress this week, in the living models, arrangements having been made with the Keith-O'Brien Store here, for the display of the season's latest feminine wearing apparel on living models, four beautiful girls apjiearing nightly in the different gowns amid beautiful surroundines. The bill that the S. Sc C. people have sent here is headlined by Bert Les- lie, the king of slang, in Hogan the Painter; he is dispensing the slang in his usual clever manner. Charles B. Lawlor and two daughters in The Streets of New York comes in for second honors. Others: Earl Girdellor, Rich and Lenore, Burke and McDonald in My Good Friend, and the Jessika Troupe of tumbling .Satans. Manager F. R. Newman re- fHirts the present bill at PAN- T.\GES playing to the biggest busi- ness in the history of the house, more people being handled through the doors between Wednesday and Sunday night than in any other pre- vious seven days. Sunday, to meet the demand for seats, it was nec- essary to give an additional perform- ance. The bill is headlined by the sensation. Vice, treating with the white slave question. The sketch shows the doings in the Vice In- vestigators' chamber, the various women of the underworld being vividly portrayed in daring fashion. The balance of the bill is made up of Monohan, the skater; Lillian ^\'atson, singing comedienne; the Dreyers, dancers; and the Uyeno Orpheum SXocl Company G. W. PUGHE, Mgr. THE BEST LITTLE SHOW IN THE WEST G. W. PUGHE RAYMOND HATTON LOUIS KOCK WILLIAM LEINO FRANCES ROBERTS AVIS MANOR Permanent Address, DRAMATIC REVIEW Japs, eight in nund)er. Sam Lofj has another laugh-])roducer at t ' PRINCESS this week. Jack L mar has closed with the conipar t The Hotel L^tah roof garden is pr ^ gressing in good shaj^e an<l ever j thing is expected to be in rcadine for a strenuous season when t warm weather sets in. Tentati plans, if carried out, will make tV second to none in the country, ai the entertainment to be offered w be of the highest order. R. STELTER. Dates Ahead AL. G. BARNES' ANIMAL CUS.—Roseburg, April 9; Col Grove, 10; Lebanon, ii; Albany,' .Salem, 14; Silvcrton 15; Portlan 16-18; South Bend, 20; Centralia, 2 .\berdccn, 22; Olympia, 23; Tacom 24-25- ORPHEUM STOCK CO.—Tami town, .\pril 3-4; Sonora, 4-!?. THE SHEPHERD OF TH HILLS (Gaskill & MacVitty, In< owners)!—Bluffton, .Xpril i ; Huntinf ton, 2; Decatur, 3; Logansport, 4. THE SHEPHERD OF TH HILLS (Gaskill & MacVitty, Im owners)—Cincinnati, ]\Iarch 29-Api 4: Louisville. r. THE SHEPHERD OF TH HILLS (Gaskill & MacVitty. Im owners')—Guthrie Center. 6; Stuai 7; Add. 8; Schallcr, 9; Wall Lak 10; Boone. 13; Ladora, 14; West Lil erty, 15; Washington. 16; Mt. Plea ant. 17; Burlington. 18. THE SHEPHERD OF TH HILLS (Gaskill & MacVitty. owners)—Spring Valley, 5; Tol^i 6: Henry. 7; Geneseo, 8; Erie, ' Dixon, 10; Bloomington, 11 ; I^ Sail 12; Streator, 13; Ottawa, 14; Poi tiac, I5i; Rantoul, 16; LJrbana, l{ Danville, 20; Rossville, 21 ; Kankake ?2: .*>o. Chicago, 2'?-25. THE SHEPHERD OF TH HILLS (Gaskill & MacVitty, Im owners)—Parsons, 7; Coffeyville, i Nowata, 9; Claremore, 10; Fayetti ville. 13; Eureka Springs, 14; Auror 15; Columbus, 16; Pittsburg. 17; Ca thage. 18; Joplin, 19; Springfield, X Lebanon, 21 : Rolla. 22. SEPTEMBER MORN (Rowlan & Clifford,owners ; Wm.Lemle.mgr —Oskaloosa, April 16—Ottumwa, i; Keokuk, 18; Ft. Madi.son. 19; M .Sterling, 20; Decatur. 21; Charlestoi 22 ; \'incennes, 23 ; Olney, 24 ; Evan ville, 25 ; Terre Ilaute, 26-27; Mui cie. 28; Marion. 29; Wabash, .3c Bluffton, May i ; Ft. Wayne, 2-3; Di fiance, 4; Wapokoneta, 5; Lima. < Kenton, 7; Tiffin, 8; Elyria. 9; Po Huron. 10; Flint, 11; Bay City, li Saginaw, 13; Lansing, 14; Jacksoi 15; Kalamazoo, 16; Battle Creek, i;