The San Francisco Dramatic Review (1908)

6 THE SAN FRANCISCO DRAMATIC REVIEW April 18, 1914 Send for New Catalogue Stating Kind Desired THEATRICAL CATALOGUE tf Shew Print- ing. Repertoire. Stoclc. Circui, Wild West, Tent Shows, Etc. FAIR PRINTING. Fairs. Races. Aviation, Auto. Horse. Stocli Shows, Etc. MAGIC PRINTING. Hypiiotltin, lllnsront, Mind Reading, Etc. MINSTREL PRINTING. While or Colored, With or Withoui Title. Etc MOVING PICTURE PRINTING. Etc. WESTERN PLAYS, Etc. FOLDERS of Non-RoTBlty Plays with Printing. Show and Thiatrical Printers Lithographers, Engravers National stock Hangers and Posters on Hand for every Kiid of Amusement Enterprise WRITE ST. LOUIS OFFICE - 7TH AND ELM StS. Correspondence XJ'.W YORK. Aiiril 12.—After a week of rehearsals on the stage tlic Xew York Hippodrome reopened Thursday night with a spectacular re- vival of Gilbert and Sullivan's J I. M. S. Pinafore. A notable cast was re- cruited, largely from the grand opera field. In conformity with the Hipi)o- drome policy, two i)crformanccs will be given eacii day. To accomplish this an alternating cast has been en- gaged. It is as follows: Sir Joseph. H. Brockbank. W. C. Gordon; Capt. Corcoran, W. Hinshaw, B. Peacock: Ralph Rackstraw, V. Dalhart. T- Bardslcy; Deadeye, .\lbcrt Hart. E. P. Parsons; Boatswain, Eugene Covvles, E. W. Marshall: Josei)hine, R. C. Sav- age, H. Hcinemann; lUittercup, Fay Templcton, J. Jacoby: 1 Ie))e, Elise Marryette, Grace Camp. Josephine Jacoby is familiar to all New Yorkers becau.se of her identification with the ]\retropolitan Opera Company. Ruby Cutter Savage enjoyed the same dis- tinction with the Boston (!)i)era Com- pany, while Messrs. Hinshaw, Dal- hart, Bardsley, Peacock and Marshall have been identified in opera both in this country and abroad. Miss Hcine- mann is widely known as a vocalist in the concert field. A chorus of 400 picked voices supported this splendid cast, making an ensemble such as has never been heard in Pinafore. One liberty has been taken with the work. Interpolations have been niade in or- der to make a comjjlete afternoon or evening's performance. These inter- polations are exclusively from the works of the authors. To take full ad- vantage of the possibilities of the Hip- podrome stage the period of action was changed to the early part of the nineteenth century to permit of scenic embellishments otherwise impossible. In the latter respect in all matters of naval tradition and technic the utmost care and fidelity have been observed to insure correctness. The marine feat- ures and scenic investiture are the work of Arthur Voegtlin and the .stag- ing of the production the work of Wil- liam J. Wilson. * * * Just Jones, a farce by William Oahame, had its first performance upon any stage at the Mishler Theatre, .\Uoona, Pa., last week. The production was made by the Play Cori)orati(Mi. The cast in- cluded Eva Dennison, Stanley Dark, Julian Little, George .Sumner, .Mexan- der Calvert, Philii) Leigh, Clara Mackin, IMary Sullivan, Donald ?.rc- Millan, Florence Cierald, Thomas \'. Morrison, ^loira Kingsley, Dorothy Grey, James T. Frawley, Thomas Donnelly and Harri.son Fowler. * * * The Winter Garden will have a special afternoon. .Ml the actresses and women writers who are wearing something new for Easter have been invited to attend, and the doorman has been instructed to deny admis- sion to anyone wearing a hat or gown that looks like last year's vintage. There are to be prizes, too. * * * Anna Pavlowa, the only .\nna Pavlowa, returned to New York last night and was given an enthu- siastic welcome bv a splendid audi- ence at the M.VnH.ATTAX OP- ERA HOUSE. She opened a two weeks' engagement with new dan- ces for which adjectives have not yet been coined. And she is sur- rounded with an excellent company. Amarilla, a gypsy ballet in one act, was given for the first time in .\nierica and was one of the prin- cii)al features of a fine program. It is prol^ably the most human of all the dance dramas that Pavlowa has given in this country. Done to Mus- covite melodies of Dargomiszki, Drigo and Glazounov, the piece re- veals I'avlovva in many moods. The best scene is where, as a gfj'psy princess, she vainly tries, in a dance of passionate abandon, to win back the love of the Count, who, as a rus- tic swain, had w'ooed and won her. Se\eral other divertissments were also given and enjoyed. * * * It's a rather curious fact that the two most-talked-of books of the year, l->ank Pollock's The Miracle Man and \\'. J. Locke's The Fortunate Youth have two great features in common : both have Faith as a mo- tive and each is destined for stage production. The name of the man- ager who owns the dramatic rights of The I'ortunate Youth has not yet been announced, but as this latest and mt)st charming of all Locke's long chain of delightful novels has only been published a fortnight and its sales are already going ujjward by leaps and hounds, the announce- ment will proi)ably not be long de- layed. So far, in spite of the fact that Locke ranks higher in the fa- vor of linglish-speaking readers than any other novelist, only two of his novels have been dramatized since he first bounded into fame fif- teen years ago. One of them was his first great success, Idols, which achieved a mild success in London, only to be destined to failure in this countr}- when produced at the Bijou by Lenore Harris some three years ago. The other was The Morals of Marcus, which also encountered the same fate—a big success in Lon- don with .\lexandra Carlisle in the leading ride and only a half-way suc- cess here when played by Marie Doro. With regard to that Book of Faith, The ?\Iiracle Man, since the fact became known that George M. Cohan was making a drama out of it, no end of discussion has been aroused as to the identity of the ac- tors and actresses to whom Mr. Co- han will assign the leading roles. The question of the actress who will play the heroine Mr. Cohan has set- tled already by announcing that the rede will be played by Gail Kane, now appearing in one of the prin- cipal roles in the Seven Keys to Baldpate. For the role of Madison, the crook and adventurer, who de- vises the scheme of turing the aged Patriarch into a I'aith and Trust Com])any, Cnlimited, rumor has it that Mr. Cohan has selected John •Miltern, the actor whose portrayal of a second-story man was such a dominant feature in The Man In- side. As for the Patriarch himself, bets are being oti'cred on the Rialto that this nece.s.sary but rather thank- less role—the Patriarch hapi)ens to be deaf, dumb and blind during the course of the story—will be played by either James O'Neill or Ben Johnson. All of which rumors, whether true or not, are at least in- creasing the interest in this very un- usual book. * * * A fair-sized audi- ence attended the concert at the CEXTl'RY last Sunday, with its usual varied program. The orches- tral work was generally satisfactory and included .Meyerbeer's Frackel- tanz in U flat, the overture to Ver- di's Xabucco, Elgar's Pomi) and Circumstance and a requested num- ber, the Meditation, from ]\Ias.sanet's Thais. Helen Stanley sang E'er Since the Day, from Charpentier's Louise, with great beauty of tone, especially in her high notes, which are of remarkable smoothness. Ow- ing to the indisposition of Miss Ewell, Miss Elford sang the Flower Song from Faust. ^Ir. Kingston sang the aria Sound an .\larm from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus, in his excellent, clear, ringing voice, and Messrs. d'.-\ngelo, Taylor, Chalmers and Kreidler added to a generally satisfactory program. Messrs. Pas- ternack and Xicosia conducted. The Board of Directors of the Century Opera Company has decided to have the alterations for the purpose of increasing the seating capacity be- gun on the Century Opera House Building on April 20th. Conse- quently it has been decided to end the sea.son at the Century Opera House on April 19th, instead of, as originally contemplated, on May 18th, and to open it again on Sep- tember 14th next. In the final week, litginning Monday, April 13, seven performances of Victor Herbert's Xatoma will be given. G.-WIX D. HIGH. STOCKTOX, April 16.—YO- SE.MITE: 13, Evelyn Xesbit Thaw and her vaudeville show to big house. 14, Stratford-L'pon-Avon Players in The Merry Wives of \\ indsor, fine company to good re- turns. 15-1^), The Orpheum show is delighting well-filled houses. Topping the bill is Paul Arm- .strong's playlet. To Save One Girl. Others are The Hartleys; Burns, Kilmer and Grady; Bill Pruitt; The Stanleys: .Matilda and F^lvira; Win- ter and Elvira; and Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Castle in pictures. 17, Mrs. Douglas Crane in Her Soul and Her Body. (iARRICK: This house, newly remodeled and redecorated, opened last Sunday with clever Monte Carter and his great corps of assistants to three packed houses. This company is about the best in its line, and the stay will most likeXy !)e long and profitable. Carter is undoubtedly the best Hebrew come- dian in the West. Too much can- not be said of the supporting ])rin- ci])als and the chorus. The costumes were new and fresh and the corned)' and songs went over big. KIRI)Y: Dark. COLOXIAL: Pictures and vaudeville to nice business. IWCOM.'X, .\pril 9.—Between bookings of road shows at the TA- C( )MA Theatre, motion pictures are being shown. The Scott pictures, with Charles B. Hanford as lec- turer, followed the engagement of the Peg o' .My Heart performance last week, which did an excellent business, and the Inside of the White Slave Traffic is being shown in i)ictures until April 15th. Mon- day and Tuesday The Blue Bird pleased large and delighted audi- ences. The play is as pleasing and the children as clever as when they were here two seasons ago. Scen- ery, costumes and other property of The Firefly, which a])peared at the Tacoma Theatre recentl)', were re- leased to the company .April 6th by the sheriflF after the Tacoma Thea- tre Company had filed a bond in the case of Manager MacKenzie of the Theatre at Bellingham against Manager Hammerstein of The Fire- aggregation. The Bellingham Theatre management is suing Ilam- merstein because The Firefly's date in the northern city was cancelled. The music show was to have ap- l)eared there a few days prior to its local performances, but instead sped on to Tacoma and all that the Bellingham folks knew about the show was that its private cars had "I-'irefly Company" painted on them Wednesday and Friday evenings oJ each week are gala nights at th E.MPRESS Theatre, because of added attraction of a large num of amateur acts, many of which dtfr- l)lay real talent and ability. Worio on the new building for the motion picture theatre to be controlled by the Lews on C Street is progressing rapidly. Anijther new picture house is going up two blocks away, and a number have been added to the residential districts. Tacoma and other Puget Sound friends of Lec Lindhard, who was the populai leading man at the Princess Theatre last season are pleased at the newf of his engagement with a first-clasJ company in Chicago. EMPRESS Theatre: Dick Bernard, brother oi Sam, wins many admirers at this house this week in a well-acted and amusing comedy sketch. .Xs.sociated with him are liart DuPree, W. V Black and Eleanor Parker. Orville Stam proved to be a really remark- able athlete, hrank Thornton and Deborah Corlew have an attractive sketch with added song and jest The I'our Quaint Q's provide com- edy as does Will Morris and hif bike. Entertaining pictures afliC music finish the hill. P.AXT.AGES Theatre: To recall the clever en- tertainment furnished in byegone days by Harry Bulger is to regrel his present commonplace act, wi the exception of his really gz imaginery tango. Tom and Sta -Moore were back, providing fun anf good clothes. V^ery good jugglinj stunts by Johnny and Hazel \\ ag ner and rough-house acrobatics tha' are sen.sational by the Five Terribh Terrys have caught the crowds Vera Berlinger is a fair violinis' and Bettina Bruce and Charle: Keane had a sketch that gets over COmed}' pictures jjrovide addition* entertainment. A. H. .