The San Francisco Dramatic Review (1908)

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12 THE SAN FRANCISCO DRAMATIC REVIEW April 4, 1914 SULLIVAN & CONSIDINE W. p. REESE MAT KU't; J. lU KXS PAUL, GOUDRON San Francisco Representative Denver Representative Chicago Representative Empress Theatre Bldg. Empress Theatre 6 North Clark Street R. J. GILFILIjAN CHRIS. O. BROWN Seattle Representative New York Representative Sullivan & Considine Bldg. 1465 Broadway Vaudeville The Orpheum Olga Nethersole, in her much dis- cussed third act from Sapho, is the hcadhne attraction on this week's bill, although she is not by any means the most popular contribution. In fact betting is even whether Herman Tim- berg, late comedian of School Days and now doing a "single," is not a dangerous rival for first honors, with The Three Varsity I'ellows—Burns, Kilmer and Grady—running him a close second, which, perhaps, is to be accounted for by tlie fact that laughter is always more popular than tears. Be that as it may, the audience pays Miss Nethersole the sincere and well-de- .served tribute of sitting in wrapt at- tention during the forty minutes or so that is given over to her intense emo- tional drama, and while the applause that greets its close may not be so clanrorous as in the two aforemen- tioned cases, it is none the less spon- taneous and Iicarty. She has an ade- quate support in A. E. Winnington liarnes, as Jean, Constance Raymond as Francine, and Alfred Donahoe, who.se I'Ucle Cesaire is an unusually artistic study of the treacherous old man. Herman Timberg is a Hebrew comedian. With a hand-me-down cos- tume, a few Hebrew songs, some real- ly good violin playing and nimble ac- robatic dancing, he captures the house with no apparent effort. As The Three \^-irsity Fellows, Burns, Kilmer and Grady contrive to look like the real thing, to dance some conventional stej)s in a very attractive manner, and to sing some catchy songs with good voices, that blend very harmoniously, finishing up with an original and higli- ly diverting imitation of a deaf and dumb college yell, which is one of the hits of the program. Scattered Dreams, with Dale Winter and May Field as two chorus ladies in the act of getting out of bed, falls short of being as .startling as it threatens, in spite of the unconventionality of the undress uniform in which the ladies j)rance and sing. Another singing number is the demi-tasse prima donna —whatever that may be—^Helen Rug- gles. The bicycle act of Mosher, Hayes and IMosher has several inter- esting noveUies. and the two hold- overs, the Jumping Hartleys and Paul Armstrong's i)laylet, To Save One Girl, with the world's news in motion views, finislies a very good bill. The Pantages The show at Pantages this week is the best they liave had in a long time. It is decidedly musical in character, every act containing singing and dan- cing, and generally botli, with the ex- ception of the Riding Duttons, who close the bill in their unusually good Equestrian Act Beautiful. Clara Stevens & Co. give some graceful and varied dancing numbers. Tlie Fula Lee Quartet, consisting of four charm- ing young ladies, render several pleas- ing vocal selections. Duncan and Holt, black-face comedians, are very funny, and in addition to i)ossessing good voices, are clever eccentric dan- cers. The Pi-iestess of Kama, which has played here before, contains many ])leasing dancing and vocal numbers and is effectively staged. Cecelia Rhoda and George Cranipton intro- duce an operatic playlet, entitled Be- tween the Reels, which enables them to show up their good voices to advan- tage. Patsy Doyle, the big sad man, had several women in the audience almost in hysterics over his jokes, which he delivered in a sort of mono- tone, never clianging his expression or position. This unusual bill contains more performers who can really sing and dance than any other ever pre- sented at this theatre. The Empress No one seeing the Empress pro- gram this week could possibly be dissatisfied, for a bill with a wider scope of so diflferent acts has not been seen at this house for some time. First and foremost is the jug- gling Kara, an act to be seen more than once to be enjoyed. Amusing to old and young is the Staine's Comedy Circus. The antics that three men go through to try and ride tlie mule have kept the audience roaring the week long. A novelty violin act introduced "Mike" New- man, the popular Empress leader, to tile public. 1 lis artistic playing with -Miss DeWolf was a delight to music lovers. In rajiid succession lulith Clifford did some good character iniper.scMitions, while Mack and At- kinson had .some bright, snappy dialogue with good numbers. Kier- nan, Walter and Kiernan, in their travesty on Macbeth, were funny to the extreme. Bobby Zeno and "Lit- tle" Eva Mandell "with the accent on the little," .showed their versa- tility in a marked manner. Miss -Mandell's original Nobody Loves a I'at (iirl was one of the best things on the bill—and when she tangoed, oh! oh! Two such people, who can talk good comedy talk, sing, dance and play the piano (notwithstanding avoirdupois) are not usually found. The Republic A welcome reception to the favor- ites greets Abrams and Johns nightly. These popular players have won a l)lace in the hearts of the Republic l)atrons that would make .some stars envious. Their little playlet, A Wo- man's Friend, is one of the neatest and most complete in their repertoire. .Sliirley Lewis opened with his Sun- shine Girls for the last half, featuring i\ul)y Lang. The act readily won the audience and, barring a slight cold. Miss Lang will become a great favor- ite. The balance of the bill consists of Blanchfield and Cameron, two very clever artists, and Suennen, the news- boy violinist. .As usual, the house being .sold out night. The Wigwam The return of Mimte Carter and his company last Sunday was greeted by a great, big, enthusias- tic house, and Carter, in one of his Izzy iniper.sonations, assisted by W alter .Spencer, (ieorge Weiss, Earl Hall, I">ed Weiss, Blanche Gilniore, Blanche Trelease and Dale Wilson, kept the audience in a jfdly mood. On Wednesday, the regular change was made and another of the series of Izzy was used. The two acts for the last half were De Rosa's troui)e of cats and pigeons, and the liletso Duo t)f eccentric comedians, who were well received. Through the courtesy of Messrs. Bauer and Pincus, a ^fission teacher of danc- ing exhibited a company of clever l)oys and girls, after the second show Thursday night, and then they sold pencils for a local charity, which netted $69.69. Jim Post follows Carter on April iJtli. The Princess The Bert Levey .show this week consists of a number of splendid acts, as follows: First half. Great Westin, Van Buren and Spinetti The Hoyts, Hampton Sisters, Ed Dale. Second half: Three P>rowns, Sergt. Davis, Millard, Ray and Com- pany. Cutting and Rose, Hamilton and Cooke. Bookings At the Sullivan & Considine. San Fran- cisco office, through William P. Reese, their sole booking agent, for week of April 1914. EMPRESS, San Franci.sco: Fred St. Onge & Co., Ed. and Jack Smith, Gwynn and Gossett, Bessie Brown- ing, I've Got It. E:\IPRESS, Los .'\ngeles: Dennis Bros., Berke and Korae, Rossow ^lidgets, R. E. O'Connor & Co., Murray Bennett. EMPRESS. Denver: Four Ladella Comiques, Nestor and Delberg, John R. Gordon & Co., American Coinedv Four, Adas Family. EMPRESS, Sacramento: Staine's Circus, Mack and Atkinson, Edith Clifford, Kara, Kiernan, Walters and Kiernan, Joe Fayton's Athletes. EMPRESS, Salt Lake: Bounding Gordons, Brown and Blyler, Rose Tiffany & Co., Jennings and Dorman, Sebas- tian Merrill & Co., McAIahon and Chappelle. EMPRESS, Kansas City : Barton and Lovera, Katherine Klare. Richard Milloy & Co., Joe Whitehead, Sylvester, A Day at the Circus. Orpheum, Ogden, April 9- 11 : Patrick, Francisco and Warren, Spissell Bros. & Mack, Gladys Wil- bur, Joe Maxwell's Dancing Girls, Warren and Blanchard, Clark and Ward. New Policy for Empress Theatre The Empress Theatre's new pol- icy of giving a continuous perform- ance from 11 a. m. to 11 p. m. started Sunday morning. The doors open at 10:45 a. 111., and the performance begins promptly at ii a. m., with the most interesting feature photoplays obtainable. The program includes at least eight feature photoplays, which continue until i p. 111. and continue with two performances un- til 5:30 p. m., again repeating the great photoplays, which will run up till 6:30 p. 111. and continue with the usual two-night shows up till 11 p. ni. On week days, the performance also starts at 11 o'clock in the morn- ing, with the photoplays, and con- tinues until 2:30 11. m., followed with the usual vaudeville show up to 4:,30, repeating the ])hotoplays up to 7 p. m., and again gixing the twii-night vaudeville i^erformances, which will run until 11 p. m. Offices — Iiondon, New York, Clilca^o, Denver, Iios Aug'eles, San Francisco Bert Levey Circuit Of Independent Vaudeville Tlieatrec Executive Ollices—Alcazar Theatre Bldg., O'Farrell Street, near Powell. 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Films Cause Trouble While Douglas Crane and his wife were dancing the tango on the roof of the St. Francis Hotel on March 21, for the purpose of being photographed for the benefit of a charity perform- ance for the Ha]5py Day Home, a mov- ing-picture operator surrepetitiousl^ got within range and caught the danH cers from start to finish. Then he sold the films, and the pictures were put on at the Portola Theatre. This is the complaint made by the Cranes and their manager, Fred Iklasco, and Su- perior Court Judge Seawell last Tues- day issued an injunction, which was served on Ralph Pincus at the Portola Theatre, stopping further display ot the ])ictures until the action has been threshed out in court. The R. O. Film Manufacturing Company is made co-defendant with the Popular Amuse- ment Company, owners of the Portola Theatre, in the suit. It was this com- pany's operator who is said to have stalked and caught the Cranes on the roof of the St. Francis. Ralph Pin- cus says that he bought the films fro the company without knowledge of an of the circumstances as alleged, an that he exhibited them merely in line with his duties as general manager providing attractions for one of the most poi)ular playhouses in this city. P.elasco says that the exhibition of the pictures has injured the drawing pow- er of the Cranes as a theatrical attrac- tion $10,000, and he wants damages to that amount. He also demands that the film company turn over to the court all the films they took, so that they may be destroyed. The case comes up in the Superior Court on .April 9. \'aleska Surratt is headed this way, via the Orpheum.