The San Francisco Dramatic Review (1908)

12 THE SAN FRANCISCO DRAMATIC REVIEW April 25, 1914 Vaudeville The Orpheum This week's ImII is an unusually good one, varied enou^a:li to suit the most catholic palate, and the place of honor, artistically, belongs to David Bispham, holdover. While his voice begins to show traces of wear, his infallible taste, his method, his enunciation and his dramatic fire are as potent as ever, and his singing of Danny Deever remains the standard of interpretation for that thrilling song. His is the only serious part of the program and he has a mighty rival from the humor- ous side in Harry Gilfoil, whose "difTerent" souse creation, Baron Sands, is a joy forever. He sings A Stranger in New York in a wheezy voice, gets ofif some convivial jokes, plays a flute through his fingers, gives a nocturnal back-fence cat con- versation and imitates some auto honks with a realism that captures the house. The comedy gymnasts, Keno, Walsh and Melrose, open the show with some novel stunts and set a new standard for high kicking, when three plates, held aloft in as many hands, are knocked off in rapid succession by one pair of feet. Jack Ward and Eddie Weber trip nimbly through several costume dances that form A Minstrel Boy's Conception of Art; Ed Blondel quietly makes a hit with his sketch, The Lost Boy, and Ruth Roye, Prin- cess of Ragtime, and Mistress ol Grimaces, jerks herself through some confidential songs. KartcUi on his slack wire is another sen- sation. He defies the laws of gravi- tation with an easy carelessness that keeps his audience a-tremble and puts a picturesqueness into an other- wise astonishing act. Ben Decly re- peats his last week's triumph in The New Bell Boy. Annette Wood- man and Guy Livingstone continue to please w^ith Terpsichore's Latest ■Vogues, and The World's Xews in Motion Views finishes the Ijill. The Empress The bill this week is headed by the Six Imperial Pekinese Company of athletes and they bring down the house with their feats of skill, which includes a daring slide from the bal- cony to the stage by their hair. Al- ma Tuchler, a clever San Francisco girl, made her appearance in a novel singing act. Canfield and Carlton provide some good entertainment with a skit called The Hoodoo. Other numbers include The Chinese Festival, Tony Lubelski's old Xight Follies of San Francisco, with a- cast of fifteen persons, introducing The Dances of a Million Diamonds. This act is really the hit of the bill. Frank Muldane, the Irish Hebrew, and Maye and Addis are seen in a sing- ing and talking skit, and Edward Marshall draws cle\er cartoons. The Pantages One of the best bills that the writer has ever witnessed is at the Pantages Theatre this week. Frank Richards and Louise Montrose open the bill with some very lively and witty dialogue, singing and danc- ing. Phil La Tosca, that talkative juggler, has a good line of gags and a wonderful repertoire of eccentric juggling. Herr Rittmeister renders some very good music with the vio- lin. Milton and Dolly Nobles, in an excellent comedy sketch, entitled The Auto Suggestion Club; Arthur Rigby, black-face minstrel man; Howard Brothers, introducing^, their original novelty banjo act, and Mile. .\dgie with her troupe of trained lions add neat value to a truly fine bill. Taking the bill as a whole, there is not an act but what is worthy of being a headliner. The Republic The usual good business is in force here this week and a mighty good program is being ofifered— especially strong the first half of the week. Fir.st half: Abram, Vane and Rupert Drum; Dumitrescu Troupe; The Priestess of Kama; \'aughn and Everett; Nardini and Lwellyn; The Nevilles. Second half: Abram, Vane and Drum; Grand Opera Four, and four other acts. The Princess Bert Levey's idea of vaudeville is good and is being appreciated by an ever-increasing attendance. The bill, first half: Mack and Phillips, in comedy and song; Harris and Randall; Arthur Dumais in mono- logue; Van, Hoft'man and Van, fashion plates; De Remee's Horses. Second half: Carlo Cunello, singing peddler; Link Brothers, acrobats; Cody and Cody; Boothe and Boothe, comedy jugglers; Anna Mack Ber- lein and company in My Boy, Dan. The Wigwam The Jim Post Musical Comedy Company, now on its second week, is offering for the first half is en- titled The Bells of Arcadia, a musi- cal travesty that certainly is a scream from start to finish. Herb Bell and Al Bruce, those funny CDmedians. carry off first honors with the able assistance of Frank Harrington, Frank Earle, Dee Lor- etta, ^label Howard and the Honey Girls. The balance of the bill in- cludes Link Brothers, who perform some fast and furious acrobatic an- tics ; Boothe and Boothe, singing and juggling duo, who are very good; and a Pathe comedy picture closes the evening. For the last half of the week the Jim Post Comi)any arc playing another clever musical com- edv skit by Al Bruce, and the bal- ance of the bill includes Geno and Mandell, and The King of the Ever- glades, the alligator act. Bookings At tlie Sunivan & Considine, San Fran- cisco ofBce, throuKh WlUiam P. Reese, their sole booking agent, for week of April L'«. I!il4. E^l PRESS, San Francisco: Will Morris, Thornton and Corlew, Dick Bernard & Co., Four Quaint Q's, Orville Stamm. EMPRESS, Los Angeles: Moffatt-Clare Trio, Hong Fong, Jas. F. Sullivan & Co., Oli- votto Troubadours, Top o' the World. EMPRESS, Denver: Patrick, Fran- cisco and Warren. Spissell Bros, and Mack, Gladys Wilbur, \\'arren and Blanchard, Clark and \\'ard, Joe Maxwell's Dancing Girls. EM- BRODERICK JANE OTarrell-O'Roarke Company Highest Salaried Tabloid Stock Presenting Onlv Royalty Bills Special season at FRED VOIGT'S THEATRE, FRESNO, CAL. SULLIVAN & CONSIDINE W. p. REESE MAT-RK'K J. m il.VS P.\UL GOUORON San Francisco Representative Jjenver Representative Chicago Representative Empress Theatre Bldg. Empress Theatre 6 North Clark Street R. J. GII.FILIjAN CHRIS. O. BROWN Seattle Representative New York Representative Sullivan & Cnnsi'iine Bldf?. 14ij:i Broadway PRESS, Sacramento: Ed Marshall, Maye and Addis, Canfield and Carl- ton, I'rank Mullane, Imperial Pekin- ese Troupe. EMPRESS, Salt Lake: Staine's Circus, Mack and Atkinson, Edith ClifTord, Kara, Joe Fanton & Co., Kiernan, Walters and Kiernan. EMPRESS, Kansas City: Bounding Gordons, Alfred Lattell & Co., P>rown and P>lyler, Rose Tiffany & Co., Jennings and Dorman, Sebas- tian "Merrill & Co. ORPHEUM, Ogden, April 30-May 2: Fred St. Onge & Co., Gwynn and Gossett, I've Got It, Ed and Jack Smith, P>essie Browning. Vaudeville Notes J. H. Niickols. manager for the New Columbia Theatre in Van- couver, B. C, and representative for the National Amusement Com- pany, controlling a string of houses across the border, has announced that the Empress Theatre in Vic- toria, B. C, is under the control of Ms firm. Vaudeville will be shifted from the Crystal to the Empress. The Crystal will continue with pic- tures. A daughter was born on April "th to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Curtis in Seattle. ^^ivian Marshall, one of the diving girls in Lottie Mayer's act, was married in Spokane Saturday, April II, to Otto H. Fries, the German comedian with Lasky's Six Hoboes. Both acts are on the Pantages cir- cuit. Charging extreme cruelty and al- leging Mildred Jones to be the co-re- spondent in the case, Rose Bories, who resides at 418 Arguello Boulevard, Thursday filed suit for divorce from Leon Bories, manager of the local branch of the General Film Company, 138 Eddy Street. She asks for $225 a month alimony, $1000 for coun.sel fees and a division of community |)i-opfrty, which she estimates to be worth approximately $40,000. Tlie California Motion Picture Co., located at San Rafael, started opera- tions this week with a complete organ- ization. The following is a list of the principals. Beatriz Michelina, Clara Beyers, House Peters, Andrew Rob- son. Mr. Nigh, Mr. Joy, Mr. Ilollins, Marshall Zeno and Mr. Bennett, who all have a good reputation as motion- picture actors. The acting company is under the mana.gement and personal direction of Lucius Hender.son, with Mr. Landsburg as assistant. The company expects to turn out some of the best feature films that can be pro- duced. OtBces — Iiondon, New York, Chicag'o, Denver, Iios Angeles, San Francisco Bert Levey Circuit Of Independent Vaudeville Tbeatret Executive Offices—Alcazar Theatre Bldg., O'Farrell Street, near Powell. Telephones: Home C3775 Sunset, Douglas 5702 NEW WI6WAM TMEAIRE Bauer tc PlncuB, Props, and Mgra. San Knnuiseii's newest \'audeviUe Theatre, luxuriously eciuipped. Pre- senting musical comedy and vaudevillet ."Sunday, for two week.s. Monte Carter ft Co., then Jim Post & Co. Western States Vaudeville Association Htunlioldt Bank Bldg.. San FnuiclBCO Ella Herbert Weston, Gen. Mgr. Charles II. Cassasa has been ^ ])ointed conductor of the official Expo-i, sition Band, having been chosen by the denartmcnt of music of the Pananun Pacific International E.xposition. GiLMOR Brown is playing leads for tile Frank Thome Company in Ari-i zona. He writes that business is good and the engagement pleasant. Letter List The fnllowinsr letters are being held al The Dramatic Beview office subject to orders Asteu. F. <;. Mitchell. R. H. Archer. Claude Film Co. Bradfleld. A. Mayo f2)Manor, Avis Brown. Gilmore (tele-Newman. Walter (4) gram) O' -er. Constant Brvant. Nana Priest. Frank Carney, Cliff. 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