The San Francisco Dramatic Review (1908)

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO DRAMATIC REVIEW April i8, 1914 Isabelle Fletcher Charles D. Ayres Special StaiTin<;- luis^asjomcnt, Ye Liberty Playhouse, Oakland Correspondence SALT LAKE CITY, April 14.— After a land office business with Shameen Dhu in which Chauncey Olcott was featured, the SALT LAKE Theatre is dark, though Dearie Girl, by Salt Lake's coming writer, Margaret Whitney, will hold forth the last two days of the week. This is not the first opera by this young lady and errors made in pre- vious offerings have been guarded against in this production. Salt Lakers are looking forward with in- terest to this, her latest work. Lo- cal talent will present same, though special care has been taken in se- lecting the various characters, to pick such as are naturally gifted to make the best showing. The UTAH Theatre Stock Company is in its last week. Manager J. H. Garrett se- lecting for the closing attraction A Woman's ^\'ay, giving another real opportunity to that talented Lillian Kemble. Just what this house will offer during the summer months has not been made public. The OR- PHEUM bill is a strong one and if the press agent can be depended upon the bills from now on will all have special merit, some of the coun- try's best in the theatrical profes- sion being touted for early local ap- pearance. This week's bill has no less a personage than P)essie Clay- ton, that nimble-footed, spirited, ti])- toe dancer that has captured so many audiences, in headline posi- tion. Miss Clayton is surrounded by a good dancing companj^ which also boasts beautiful costummg. George Norton and Ada Ayres keep the in- terest toned up during the time that Miss Clayton makes her costume changes, by executing the difficult and intricate steps of the latest dance craze. It would be difficult to pick the act entitled to second honors, Eva Taylor and Com])any having a very laughable farce in After the Wedding, Madge P. Maitland sing- ing a series of original songs in a manner difficult to copy, and Arm- strong and Ford, the English John- nie and the Cop, having a line of patter and some singing that takes exceedingly well. Others: Le Roy and Mora, acrobats; Vernon, ven- triloquist ; and \\'elcome and Wel- come, gymnasts. With the starting of this week the EMPRESS went into the picture game, that is, be- tween shows. Beginning at eleven a. m. the pictures go on and run until two, when the house is emptied for the matinee, and im- mediately after the matinee the pic- tures go on again, continuing until seven o'clock, when the house is again cleared for the nightly S. & C. performances. Manager John M. Cooke, who is still nursing his cold, reports that the innovation is meet- ing with little favor, but the crowds that the vaudeville is drawing are satisfactory. The week's bill is headlined by The Seven Dancing Madcaps, a Maxwell act. Others: Spissel Brothers and Mack; Pat- rick, Francisco and Warren; War- ren and Blanchard; Clark and Ward: and Gladys Wilbur. EAN- T.\GES bill is headlined by Zena Keefe in College Town. Others: Manne and Belle; Max Fisher; Thoshi Japanese Company ; Schrode and Mulvey; and Bob Albright. Sam Loeb and the Princess Company have another laughing show this week, that boasts the prettiest cos- tumes yet seen at the First South Street house. Mr. Loeb is seen in Dutch and Celeste Brooks, who has rejoined the show, is seen in a dainty gown that calls forth loud applause upon her first entry. The stage is prettily set. Cronin and Estelle, clog dancers, are this week's added attraction, special interest surround- ing the latter's Spanish dance, the writhing of which is creating a fu- rore that stops the show. Not long ago the size of the stage in this house was increased and now the front of the house is being re- modeled to provide additional room for seating. A monster house was the order at the Orpheum last night, the occasion being the Ad Club's doings, in conjunction with the reg- ular Or])heum bill, prompted for the raising of funds to finance the trip of local delegates to the natiiMial con- vention. Not a seat was available anywhere. "The \\'ags" just closed a five-week's contract at the Prin- cess and have started a tour of the I'isher houses in their laugh-pro- voking sketch. Oh, You Uncle! Some time ago the Evening Tele- gram arranged with the American and Liberty theatres, both picture houses, for the exchange of adver- tising space for seats at the matinee, which was later extended to Pan- tages. This latter action incurred the animosity of the other theatres, who withdrew their advertising from this sheet. However, as time l)assed they came back to this news- paper that has now, under the new management,-,grown to be the biggest and most important paper in the city. Now an agreement has been reached whereby the Rex Theatre, another monster motion picture palace, is giving away free matinee tickets for newspaper coupons, and, w-ith the beginning of this week, the same proposition has been ex- tended to the Empress, the morn- ing's Herald Republican arranging the exchange. What are w-e coming to—it takes one's whole time to use up the free theatre tickets being offered. Last week we had a fire that threatened to destroy Salt Lake's famous Salt Palace saucer track, but the quick response of the entire fire department managed to subdue the flames with a loss of but $1,500; the grand stand side suffering most. Rumors have it that this summer will again see some of the best pedal pushers in the game riding here. R. STELTER. CARSON CITY, April 15.— GRAND Theatre (W. S. Ballard, mgr.) : A most excellent entertain- ment was furnished last week by Estelle Franklin Gray an d her company. Miss Gray's manipula- tion of her century-old violin was short of marvelous and was highly enjoyable. Florence Crawford's pi- ano playing was the best heard here for many a day. Execution and tech- nique were faultless, and her stage ]iresence was so easy and "homey" that she won the audience at once. The readings of Mrs. Gray were very acceptable and her hearers were disappointed that .she did not appear oftener on the program. Sil- ver Tongue, the Indian tenor, made his last appearance on the same evening and was accompanied by- Miss Crawford, whose exquisite following lent added charm to his singing. A. H. M. SALEM, April 5.—WEXFORD Theatre (Salem Amusement & Holding Co.) : Fifth week of the Rex Plavers. First half: Bought. Last half: The Parish Priest. Play- ing to capacity business and are be- coming very popular. This company includes Richard Darling, Steve Burton, Billie Lee, Fred BeLieu, Sterling Rothermell, Florence Bur- ton, Myrtle McDowell, Guvne Sterl- ing, Inez Graybell. YE LIBERTY (Salem Amusement & Holding Co) : I'amous Players Company pictures. GRAND OPERA HOUSE (Salem .Amusement & Holding Co.): Helen Keller played here March 30th to big business. Coming: Peg O' My Heart. GLOBE: Feature pictures and good effects to good business. BWGH (Bligh Amusement Co.; T. G. Bligh, gen. mgr.): Kelley and Dailey vaudeville. Don Carlos and his dog and monkey show to fair business. Exclusive Mutual pro- gram. Coming for one week, Sun- day, April 19th: Waldermeyer and O'Connor in tabloid dramas and comedies. ALBANY, April 5.—BLIGH (Bligh .\musement Co.: F. D. Bligh, res. mgr.) : Exclusive Mutual pro- gram and good orchestra music to good business for the week. ROLI'^E (Geo. Rolfe, mgr.) : Wylie Hol- comb, violin solos, a good, talented player and pleased the large audi- ences. Licensed pictures featuring Dolly of the Dailys, Edison pic- ture. HUB (Searls, mgr.) : Uni- versal program and Warner's Fea- ture Pictures three times a week in conjunction with the regular pro- gram, to fair business. ROSEBURG, Ore., April 15.— Business here with the Antler's Stock was only fair here before Easter, but I hope it will be bet- ter now that Lent is over. Our lo- cal Theatre, the "Antlers," is a new, up-to-date little hou.se in the Elk's Building. It has all the modern improvements and is a very pretty house. In fact, it is too good for the town. 13-14, Local talent pro- duced ^^■hen We Were Twenty-one at the ANTLERS for the benefit of the Strawberry Carnival, which takes place in May. The stock moved to Oakland, Ore., twenty miles from here on those two nights and played to fair business, and will re- open here tonight with the Princess of Patches, with Mamie Haslem as the Princess. The stock is playing Orpheum Stock 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 Addreis, DRAMATIC REVIEW CORT THEATRE Last \\'cek. Beginning Sunday Three Matinees—Wednesday, I'riday and Saturday Direct from the New York AMnter Garden The Honeymoon Express With Al Jolson Its great original cast of 100 and its cargo of delightful femininity Nights, 50C to $2; all matinees 50c to $1.50 three bills a week. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw is booked April 21st. The Al G. Barnes Circus opened the season here on April 9th. It poured down rain all day, but they gave the par- ade and afternoon show just the same, but were flooded by night and could not show. Fred Knight, who came up to do leads and direct, closed last night and will return to San Francisco. Roster of the stock: E. J. Bloom, company manager; O. D. Bloom, house manager; Walter Seigfried, director; Earl Bonner, Jack Berry, Max Sinclair, Mr. An- nis, Acie Sutton, Marion Adams, Le- ota Howard, Jane Grey and Mamie Haslem. The Columbia Stock Company, featuring a revival of the old favor- ite, East Lynne, open Monday at Sunol and will play returns over the same territory recently covered 1)y the same company with The W hite Slave Traffic. The company carry a nice line of paper and their own scenery and effects. The ros- ter is as follows: George Johnson, Dorothy Carroll, Roselle Fielding, Allan Alden, D. Clayton Smith and