The San Francisco Dramatic Review (1908)

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II lO THE SAN FRANCISCO DRAMATIC REVIEW May 2, 191 4 Cort Theatre I !cL;innin;^ next Sunday niylit. May 3rd, Oliver Morosco's produc- tion of Peg O' My Heart, undoul)t- edly the most successful comedy drama that has been at the Cort Theatre for a number of seasons, will enter upon its final week. The three scenes of the plaj' are laid in a small town in England, the home of the Chichcstcrs. They are a proud, unnatural family who have accepted the responsibility of educating Peg, an unknown niece, for no other rea- son than the urgent need of the in- come that is offered. Then com- mences the deliberate attempt of the cold-blooded family to make life a Hades for a child just budding into womanhood, whose life has lain along different lines in which a father's love and tenderness made up for the lack of money. Alcazar Theatre Willard Mack, author, will be in- troduced to the patrons of the Al- cazar 'IMieatrc next week when the brilliant author-actor's newest play. So Much For So Much, will be produced for the first time in this city, beginning on next Monday night. Several of Mack's one-act plays—all of them plays of intense dramatic action and situations— have been seen here at the Orpheum, notably. "Kick In," which he and his talented co-star played recently, but this will mark the first presenta- tion in this city of one of his long plays. Mack's new play deals with the problem of the working girl—in this instance a stenographer—and what she finds herself up against when she enters the business world. Unlike most plays on this subject IMack does not present his heroine as the customary sweet, innocent young thing. On the contrary, Mary Brennan is sophisticated to an alarming degree. She tends to show that a girl working her way through the world can take care of herself —that she can go so far and no further—if she is made of the proper stuff and has the stamina to resist the temptations that are bound to lie in her path. Marjorie Rambeau, than whom we have had no finer or more versatile young actress in our midst in many moons, will have the role of Mary Brennan, which she created in the try-out production of the play in Salt Lake City during last Christmas week. Willard Mack, besides appearing on the bills as the author, will also be seen in his orig- inal role of the young reporter to whom Mary is engaged to be mar- ried. The two stars will have the support of a picked cast from the Alcazar players and the presence of Mack, himself, will prove a valuable accessory to Stage Director Butler in his production of the new play. The Orpheum The Orpheum announces for the week beginning this Sunday matinee a record breaking bill with six new acts, including four of the most cele- brated headliners in vaudeville. Ros- hanara, who is generally conceded to l)e the only authentic exponent of the dances of the Far East, will in- troduce three distinct novelties. Theodore Roberts, who has been too long absent, will divide the head- Coast Costume Co. Amezican Theatre Bldgr.. Market and 7tli WARDROBE AND COSTUMES FURNISHED FOR AI.I. OCCASIONS Largest and Host Musical Comedy Wardrobe in the West Phone Park .'■>104 line honors and appear in the title role of "The Sheriff of Shasta," an idyl of California in the early days. He will be supported by Florence Smythe and a specially .selected company. McDcvitt, Kelly and Lucy, capital entertainers, will bid for popular favor m the laughal>Ie skit, "The Piano Movers and the Actress." Hilda Thomas and Lou Hall, comedians of versatility, abil- ity and ])opularity, will appear in their new comedy sketch, "The Sub- stitute," which abounds in laughable complications. Charles D. Weber, the eccentric juggler, has no superior if any equal as a controller of the intricacies of equilibrium, and his feats with all sorts of commonplace articles are simply wonderful. John- nie Small and the Small Sisters are aptly named. Although small in stature they put over a really great act, in which they offer different .songs and unusual dances. Next week will be the last of those im- mense sensations, Neptune's Garden of Living Statues, and Alice Eis and Bert French in "Le Rouge et Noir" or "The Dance of Fortune." Correspondence SAN 1)1 ECO, April 28.—SA\'OV Theatre (Scott Palmer, mgr.) : Walk- er's I Ia])])y Girls, headliner. good; Rogers and Clinton, song and dance, fair; the Three Pavens. musical, fair; I'na Lee's Quartette, good. GAIETY Tiicatre: Lew Dunbar and his Expo- Fairest Girls. Small 10 and 20-cent house. Fair show. ISIS Theatre: Dark. SPRECKELS Theatre: Mis- clia Elman, violinist, big business; fine. Coming: Mrs. Douglas Crane in Her Soul and Her Body; The New 'S'ork Grand Opera Company in Faust. EMPRESS Theatre (R. r.eers Loos, mgr. ) : This is a fine com- I)any of Mr. O'Farrell's and really worthy of mention. S. D. has never been ai)le to boast of a stock company, and those that have played here kept on giving the same shows all the time. They ])roduce nothing but royalty ])lays here and produce their attrac- tions .splendidly. Prices ten to fifty. You may tliink that after reading a few of my reviews that I am partial to this house, but such is not the case. They put on the show and act it, and to my way of thinking, give a $1.00 show for fifty cents. Mr. Loos is an old-time theatrical man and one of tile first to open a theatre here, and I know that he has lots of friends arnuiul San I'rancisco and fm-ther north. Tiiey are playing The Great [olrn Ganton this week and everyone is fine. I am enclosing copy of pro- gram. Next week a local playwright i)y the name of Austin .\dams is go- ing to produce a new play. The Acid Test, and the people here are await- ing its production with considerable interest. Y'ou will doubtless recognize his name with that of the author of The r>ird Cage which is running in New York at the present time, and The Landslide, which scored such a WINFIELD MAUDE BLAKE and AMBER i AMUSEMENT AGENCY (fniler fit.v anj St.ite I^loensfj Talent supplied for all occasions. Our Author's Exchange has on hand at all times a number of original dramatic and comedy sketchi and plays for sale or on royalty. TTTOZiI OPERA HOUSE—3rd floor. Phone Dougrlass 400 tremendous liit (down licrc an\'way ) a year or so ago. The cast is heaikd by George V. Dill and Edna Marshall and Clarence liennett. All produc- tions are produced under the per- sonal supervision of Roy Van Fossen. who. by the way. is getting to be quite a favorite with the theatre-going pub- lic. Scetiery is being painted bv Paton & Rickeman. C. D. GIBSON. MARY'SVTLLE, April 26.—Peg O' My Heart, with Peggy O'Neill in the leading role, j^layed to a full house last iiight at the AIARYS- \TLLE Theatre and to a ver}' ap- preciative audience. The entire com- pany was fine. LARAMIl-:, Wye. April 24.— OPERA HOUSE (H. E. Root, mgr.)—Faust played here tonight with Salvatore Giordano in the title role and Nora D. Argel as Marguer- ite. This was Laramie's first grand opera and the high class production was very well received. Well written articles, accom- panied by photos, appear in the Pill- board of Rlarch 14th and the Mirror of .■\])ril itS, giving out efficient I>ill- board and Opera Hou.se manager well earned praise. ?^Irs. Root en- joys the distinction of being the only practical lady manager and is an artist in her line. JOHN \\'ATT. Personal Mention "1 A.M a tremendous admirer of the young people of the stage whose tal- ent is developed in California." .says Robert Hilliard; "they never fail to make good when they go East, whether in musical, dramatic or vau- deville work. The California trade- mark is quickly recognized by New Y'ork producing managers." Annie Mack Berlein, the well- known character actress, who scor- ed such a tremendous success at the Alcazar Theatre a few weeks ago in her original role of Mrs. Pates, in Charles Kenyon's play, Kindling, has been especially en- gaged for the role of Mrs. Brennan in AVillard Mack's new play. So Much for So Much. Mrs. Oi.r..\ Hn.i.iARi'. bride of a week, was a radiantly beautiful figure on the opening night of The Argyle Case at the Columbia, and .saw her husband. Robert Hilliard. receive a tremendously enthusiastic San Fran- cisco welcome. In lier box jiartv were Lieut. Robert P.. Hilliard. U. S. N., and a number of his fellow officers and their wives from the ?klare Island Navy Y'ard. E. D. Pkr ic. formerly of San Fran- cisco and for the past five years mana ger for Robert Hilliard. was about tlie hajipiest man on the Coast last week, when his little ten-year-old na- tive daughter, Miss Marjorie Price. GOLDSTEIN SCO. COSTUMERSsiislS ., , „ and Wi(f SfSfii Make-up. Play n.mks. Kstaldl.ihed 1171 Iilncoln Bulldinr, Market and Fifth Ita H. Uewin H. Opp«nl)«|| GORDAN TAILORING CO. 923 Markat St., bet. FoweU and Kaaoa FINB CI.OTSXB MODKKATX FBIOI No Pranrh Stores The Butler-Nelke Academy of Dramatic Arts Now located in CJolden Oate Commander Hall. L'lSi Sutter St. Most complete an tlioroughly equipped dramatic school on th Pacific Coast. Courses in Dramatic Ar Voice Development, Vocal Expression, Pan tomime. Literature, French, Dancingr, Fen clng and Make-up. Amateur clubs r« hearsed; entertainments furnLshed. Sen for catalog. Miriam Nelke. director; Fre J. Butler, principal (stage director Alcau Theatr>'). pu])il in an Eastern convent, sent hin a distinguished card, showing a per centage of from 98 to 100 per cen in all lier studies. She has developci a remarkable talent for painting am draw ing. Willard Mack, the excellent auth , or-actor who is at present appearing for a brief season at the Alcazai Theatre with Marjorie Rambeau ir a series of high class dramatic pro ductions, is the author of seven lonf plays and a dozen or more one-ac' plays, the latter all playing the big- ger vaudeville circuits throughout the country. His latest play, Sc Much For So Much, is to receive its first presentation in this city at the popular O'Farrell Street playhouse next week, beginning on Monday , night, May 4th, with the two star.' ; in their original roles, supported by the full strength of the .Mcazai players. Spotlights (iuy Bates Post will l)e seen in Omar the Tentmaker at the Cort Theatre shortly, with the identical cast that supported hifi in New Y ork. The ])lay is by Richard Wal- ton Tully, another Californian wlii has become famous alone the Great White Lane. Omar the Tentmaker is said to be the most elaborate pro- duction that the .\merican stage has known, surpassing even Kismet in its lavishness. Jack Lait, author of Help Want- ed, now playing in Chicago and New York, will collaborate with J. C. Nugent for the production of The Birthright and The Eternal Ques- tion, in which John D. Rockefeller will serve as model for one charac- ter and John D. Rockefeller, Jr., for another. L. Li.ovn Cr..\RKK is jobbing with the I'^d Redmond Comi)any in Sacra- mento and is proving to be a yoiin;.; actor of decided merit. Ms