The San Francisco Dramatic Review (1908)

lO THE SAN FRANCISCO DR.\MATIC REVIEW ISIay 9, 1914' Cort Theatre The Passing Show of 1913, the latest and most stupendous of all the entertainments sent on tour from tlie New York Winter Garden, opens a limited engagement at the Cort Tiie- atre, Sunday night, May 10, with popular-priced matinees on Wednes- day, Friday and Saturday. The cast includes Conroy and Le Marie, the black-face comedians; Charles and Mollie King, travesty favorites who appear to advantage as Broadway Jones and Peg O' My Heart; Eliza- beth Goodall, one of New York's favorite comediennes; Whiting and Burt, singers and popularizers of songs, who are returning to the scenes of their first triumphs; Mazie King, the international toe dancing favor- ite; Artie Mehlingcr, another San Francisco favorite; Teddy Wing and (leo. Ford, dancing experts; Henry Norman, last seen locally in the Da- vid Henderson extravaganza produc- tions; Louise Bates, Laura Hamilton, Ernest Hare, Charles Van, Leslie Powers and others. Alcazar Theatre With Willard Mack and Marjorie Rambeau in the leading roles, sup- ported by the full strength of the Alcazar Theatre Players, and the addition of several speciallv engaged artists, William Collier's farce, I'll Be Hanged If I Do, begins on next Monday night, Alay it. This scream- ing farce comedy, built for laughing ])urposes only, was pronounced b\" the press and public of New York to be the best play of its type ever seen in the metropidis. Constructed on a laughing platform, the iicams of which are hilariously funny scenes, situations and lines, it has all the elements that go to make up a happy evening's entertainment. The much abused tired business man will find excellent food for his digesti<jn in this production, and tlic jtlay is particularly recommended to those people who through si)me fault or another have not had an opportunity to enjoy a good laugh in a long time. In the leading parts, Willard Mack and Marjorie Ram- beau will be a revelation. Hereto- fore, local theatregoers have become used to seeing them in tlie more seri- ous drama onlv. Gaiety Theatre At tile beginning of tlie third week of its engagement The (lirl Behind the Counter maintains its ])opularity with local theatregoers, and ])ids fair to remain a big entertaining feature for .some time to come. .\1 Shean as Mr. Scliniff is a comedy delight. 1 le has unction, art and ease. Daphne Pollard has become a great local favorite for her pretty manner, excellent voice and dainty comedy. Her Dixie number with the little ladies of the ballet is encored again and again at every performance. Ar- thur Clough's .solo offering. The Clierry in the Glass, is the big vocal hit of the show, while The Isle of Cuddle and Squeeze, sung by Myrtle Dingwall and supported by the full chorus, is a close second in popular- ity. Ann Tasker's appearance would lend distinction to any cast, and in The Girl Behind the Counter she is given ample opportunity to display Coast Costume Co. American Theatre Bldgr-, Market and 7th WASDBOBE AND COSTUMES FURNISHES FOS AI.I. OCCASIONS Largest and Best Musical Comedy Wardrobe in the West Phone Park 5104 those (|ualities which have made her a musical comedy star. Maude Beatty as Mrs. Schniff is an admir- able foil to Al Shean's comedy, hiid the entire company is adecjuate in the merry ])iece. The Orpheum The jirograni for next week lea\'es nothing to be desired in the way of novelty, excellence or variety. Odive, the water queen, is the head- liner. She will have the assistance of a school of Pacific ocean sea lions. Master Gabriel, the diminutive comedian, supported by Al Lamar and Vida Perrin, will appear in a new one-act comedy, entitled Little Kick, in which he introduces imita- tions of hirhself in Peter Piper and Little Nemo. Sidney Jarvis, who l)opularized Oh, You Wonderful (lirl! in George M. Cohan's The Little Millit>naire, will make his first appearance here, and with the as- sistance of X'irginia Dare, a hand- some and dashing comedienne, will IJi-ovide a delightful singing and dancing entertainment. Mabelle -•\dams, a violinist and actress, will ofTer as her contribution a little ])laylel. entitled W anda. Leon Kim- l)erly and Halsey -Molir will intro- duce a novelty. Clubland, a story in rhyme and .song. Nick N'erger, the newsboy Caruso, will be heard in ])o]uilar numbers. Next week will conclude the engagements of Mc- Devitt. Kelly and Lucey, and also of Roshanara, who has created an immense sensation in her dances of the Far East. Jean Kirby Creates a Sensa= tion in Seattle Two hundred per.sons, turned away last evening after the S. R. O. sign had done its full duty, missed seeing The Avenue players score a success in their second offering un- der the direction of Geo. J. Macken- zie, new lessee of the house. Jean Kirby, heretofore ca.st in conspicu- ous but light parts, was given her first opportunity to handle a heavy role. Her success was instantane- ous and thorough, for .she won the wholehearted hatred of every sym- pathetic nature in the house last evening, as her audience witnessed her stage domination of her Fool. Miss Kirby is fortunate. I'ncompli- mentary as it may seem, she looked the part of the \'anipire. and, with true artistry, she dressed it as well. Two daring gowns, even for the stage, gave unquestioned atmo- s])here to her Circean role, and her a])pearance was ani])ly borne out by the capable manner in which .she ran the I'amut of emotions for the en- thralling of lier victim. — Seattle P.-I. N. C. Goodwin will be seen soon at the Cort. supi)orted by a notaltle cast, in Never Say Die. a comedy that is said to fit the capabilities of the star in excellent fashion. WINFIELD BlaKe and Amber Amusement Agency il'nder t'ity ancl State I,i<c-nsi) Talent supplied for all occasions. Oiir AUTHOR'S EXCHANGE has on hand at all times a number of original dramatic and comedy sicetches and plays for sale or on royalty. TIVOIiI OFESA ROUSE—3rd floor. Phone Douflasa 400 Spotlights Jack Lait's play. Help Wanted, closed in New York last week after celebrating its 125th performance. In Chicago, where it continues, the 2ootli performance has been passed. There are to be six companies pre- senting this interesting production on tour next season. Mary jRehan has given the best definition of a husband of a famous actress that has yet been recorded. "He is a man who has hitched his wagon to a star," she observed. So far, during their season at the -Alcazar Theatre, Willard Mack and Marjorie Rambeau have been seen in a succession of serious plays, whereas the plots of these plays and the characters the two stars have been called upon to essay in each, dif- fered to such a degree as to allow their versatility unlimited sway, the undercurrent of seriousness in all of them was marked. In I'll lie Hanged If I Do, the William Collier farce, in which they will be seen next week, the two stars will be seen in theatri- cal fare of an entire different stamp. Til is, the funniest farce ever written, will throw an entirely new light on their ability to turn with ease from one .sort of characterization to an- other. A unique offering is scheduled for the Alcazar Theatre, beginning on Monday night, May 18th. This will be the first production at the popular stock house of a double bill, a sort of* dramatic entertainment that has gained great popularity throughout the larger Eastern cities. The two plays .chosen for this occasion are both from the prolific pen of author- actor, Willard Mack. Tlie first play of the evening will be a four-act play of political intrigue and police graft, entitled Men of Steel. This is de- .scribed as a gripping, vital drama of today. It will be followed at each performance by unprecedented re- (juest, by Mack's bully little one-act thriller. Kick In, which recently cre- ated a sensation in vaudeville. In both plays the two stars will be seen in the leading role. Omar the Tentmaker, by Richard Walton Tulley, will be seen very soon at the Cort. Reproducing, as it does, the flamboyant, picturesque life of old Persia it is the most perfect example t)f luxurious stage adornment visible in tile theatres of the English-speak- ing world. So massive is the scenic investiture that only the largest stages in .America can accomiuodate tiie huge stage settings, the i)ict(jrial beauty of which is unsurpassable. Denman Thompson's heart throbs in The Old Homestead, the pathos of llearne in Sag Harbor, and Sol Smith Russell's sentimentalities of A Poor Relation, are of the nature of The Road to Happiness, in which William Hodge will be seen soon at the Cort Theatre. The character of Whitman, the leading lawyer of a small town, which is Hodge's role, fits the quaint star admirably. In fact, he is said to GOLDSTEIN SCO. COSTIMERS GoldsteinsHair and WiK .Stnra Make-<ip. Play Books. Kstahllsh«d Ig-g Uncoln Buildlnr, Markat and Fifth Bti II. I.,ewui GORDAN H. Oppenhalnj TAILORING CO. 933 Markat St., bat. Powall and Maaon Tiira ci;.OTKBS kodxbatb raioai No Branch Storea The Butler-Nelke Academy of Dramatic Arts Now located in Golden Gate Commanderjr Hall. 2137 Sutter .St. Most conip'ela and thoroughly equipped dramatic school on tha Pacific Coast. Courses in Dramatic Art, Voice Development. Vocal Expression, Pan- tomime, r^lterature, French. Dancing, Fan- clng and Make-up. Amateur clubs re- hearsed; entertainments furnished. Send for cataloe. Miriam Nelke. director; Fred J. Butler, principal (stage director Alcazar Theatrel. like it better even than his famous part in The Man From Home. Already the management of the l)opular Alcazar Theatre are laying their plans for the Fair. Just what tiiese plans are has not yet been d-is- closed. but those on the inside de- clare that tliey are of gigantic pro- portions and contain several startling surprises. The .Alcazar is always to the front when it comes to a matter of enterprise. Personal Mention WiLi-.VRD Mack, than whom therij is no more prolific writer for the stag in America today, is now busily et gaged in putting the finishit^ touches to his latest, and what he co: siders his greatest, play. This none other than a drama of the Sa vation Army, entitled IMiracle Mar^ -Mack has founded his new play oil the short story of the same nami which recently apj^eared in one of thi current magazines. He is writing the title role for jMarjorie and witf her will be seen in the first prodiKl tion of it on any stage at the Alcazlt Theatre before the close of the MacliiJ- Rambeau engagement. L.\uRKTTK T.wi.oR will enter upon the last three weeks of her wondef- ful record breaking engagement it Cort Theatre in Oliver Morosco's pro- duction of Peg O" Aly Heart on MoBb- day night in New A'ork. That Miss Taylor and her company are greatly in need of rest after this remarkable run of the Manners' comedy is t^ only reason the play does not o tinuc throughout another summer the termination of the engagement, .Mi^s Taylor and practically every member of her company will have ap- peared consecutively in Peg over 600 times at the Cort. .Also, when the engagement ends, Miss Taylor and, with two or three exceptions, her fel- low players will sail for England for a vacation of several weeks, return- ing to New York the latter part of -August to begin an engagement ol one week at a new up-town theatre now being constructed, and in • '1' atcly after beginning an enga. of indefinite length at the Corl tre, Boston.