The San Francisco Dramatic Review (1908)

12 THE SAN FRANCISCO DRAMATIC REVIEW Alay 30, 1914 JACK MAGEE and His Hig Company of Musical Comedy Funmakers — 26 People Opened May 17 at the Wigwam Theatre, San Francisco and Went Over W ith a Rush BRODERICK JANE OTarrell-O'Roarke Company AVESTERN STATES TLME SULLIVAN 6c CONSIDINE W. p. REESE MAURICE J. BURNS PAUL GOUDRON San Francisco Repiesentativft Denver Representative Chicagro Representative Empress Theatre Bldg. Empress Theatre 6 North Clark Street R. J. Gir.FILLAN CHRIS. O. BROWN Seattle l{etirfsinlalive New York Representative Sullivan & C'lnsiiline BMif. 1465 Broaiiway Vaudeville The Orpheum I-Ieadline honors of the Orpheum hill are shared by Robert T. Haines, who always brings with him a new and interesting i)laylet, and who has for this visit the best he has yet offered, The Man in the Dark, by Wm. J. l-Iurlinit, aiul IJessie Wynn, the lady dainty, who earns the title by her strong personality and neat manner of singing her songs. Next to these two, and efjually a headline act, are Mathews, Shayiie & Co. with their sketch, Dreamland, and the Aerial Llo\ds, who close the show with a wonderful horizontal bar act. The Man in the Dark, as presented by Robert T. Haines, introduces a gen- tleman burglar of the Raffles type in the home of a banker. At the rise of the curtain the entire house is shroud- ed in inky blackness. The voices are heard in the hallway and a button is ])ressed and the hall lights up. Mrs. iulwin Gordon (as played by Ester \'an Eytinge) and Jack Duane (by Chas. Wyngate) are there, having just returned from the opera. The re.st of the stage remains dark, while Duane, her lover. ])leads with her to go away with him. She consents and a match is struck and tlie face of Haines is-seen lighting a cigarette. The lights are turned on and Haines informs them that he is a burglar. He decides not to take the jewels which he came for, but instead forces a check from Duane for $20,000, on a condition that he will not tell Mrs. Cordon's husband of tlie i)roposed elopement which he, tlie Inirglar, has overheard. The husband then ar- rives home fnmi his labors at the bank and Duane is sent on his way, hus- band and wife are re-united, Haines returning the check to Mrs. Cordon who is to send it to Duane, for, as he .says: "The man who has nothing but his money needs plenty of that." The sketch is cajjably acted, not only by liaincs. but also by the other mem- bers of the company. P.essie Wynn sings a new style of songs, not of the type usually done in vaudeville— Cuckoo, Crow Little Mushroom, (Jrow, and a number of dialect ofil'er- ings were unusual. Miss Wynn is petite and dainty and wears a number of charming gowns. The sliow is opened by ()terita, a Spanish dancer, assisted by Sig. .Matias Turrion, who excels as a Castanet soloist. The holdovers from last week, and who continue as big favorites, are Horace Wright and Rene Dietrich. Lillian Shaw and Henrietta de Serris with her living rei^roduction of works of art. The Empress The show at the Empress this week is varied and pleasing. Howard's .An- imal Circus, consisting mostly of big black bears an;l little black bears, opened the bill. Whittier's liarefoot Way gave some good whistling num- bers in a novel manner, incidentally introducing Whittier's ])oem, thrown on a mural drop. Berry and Herry rendered several good selections on various musical instruments and exe- cuted some sad comedy. Matilda and Elvira, typical Spanish dancers, were pleasing and graceful. David Wal- ters & Co., co:nposed of George C. IX'nton, Mark Parrfitt and Ulauch Morrison, ])resented a melodramatic playlet, entitled Salvation Sue, remi- niscent of The Girl of the (ioldcn West. George C. Denton as Lone- some was very natural and pleasing. .\ dancing contest between the couples rei)resenting the Army and Navy, re- spectively, was given as an extra numl+yr and was well received. A I)rize will be awarded at the end of the week to the most popular couple, as proclaimed by the audience at e'fer}- ]K-rformance. William Morrissey an i Dolly llackett, smart songologists. are clever and original. The Peerless Pic- chianis closed with .some thrilling springboard acrobatics. The Pantages There is such an exceptionally goo<l liill this week that it is difficult to pick the best act, but Al Fields and Jack Lewis, with their skit. The Misery of tlie Hansom Cab, come near to tak- ing first honors, ])roving their title to "comedians" by keeping the audience in .shrieks of delight from the moment they appear until their exit. The bill opens with a novel form of moving ])ictures by the Halkings, comedy mechanical shadowgraphists. The pic- tures are in profile, like stencils, but are made so ingeniously that when they are thrown on a screen framed to the size of an ordinary picture they move according to the development of the scene, one especially diverting fea- ture being the illustration of modern warfare by means of a fort, a battle- ship, torpedo boats and an airship, which all i)erform with great realism.. They also show a hunting scene and a comedy scene on the I'owery. The trained game roosters of Torcat and I'lor d'.Miza are another drawing card. They include several acrobats, a bicvclist and a bantam clown, finish- ing their ])erfonrance with a very funny prizefight between two feath- ered heavyweights in gloves and tights. The two ])retty Gcrhardt sis- ters sing some excellent songs in good style, with fresh young voices of wide range and power, the sojirano being especially fine. Tracey, Goertz and Tracey contribute some songs, dances and patter, with Edna Tracey doing some clever piano work. The dra- matic end of the i)rogram is held up bv Landers Stevens, Georgia Cooper and George Clancy, in The New Chief of Police, a playlet that throws an in- teresting sidelight on the cfi'ect of closing the red-light district, and is acted by all the comp.any with dignity and earnestness. The Luigi Picaro Troup offer some whirlwind acro- batics, that rivals the best of the Arab troupes, and the bill ends with comedy motion ])ictures. The Republic I'lrst half of week: .\bram and \'ane, assisted by Rupert Drum and Geo. H. John.son, presented an ex- tremely clever dramatic ])laylet, The Substitute. Packed houses greeted this clever comi)any of dramatic peo- l)le at every ])erformance. The Col- umbia Quartette and Madame Schell's lion act, and two feature films, com- plete the program. Second half. May 2<)- —Jesse l>ell. The Girl on the World, in several new and up-to-date songs, divided the hon- or of the second half with Clara How- ard in a musical act. Miss Howard sings and dances cleverly. Dave Mar- tin, a clever Hebrew comedian; The ()rpheum Duo, and Strofolsky's Rus- sian rroui)e com])lete the bill. The Princess The Stanford Singing I'our pro- tluced some sweet harmony from oUl as well as new songs. Mack O'Xeil. a .Scotch comedian, amused his audiences with new and original stori.es. Hart- ly Wonders and Royal P>arcofer. a deter entertainer, closed the bill for the first half. In the second half of the week's bill such clever acts as Ger- ald P.. Griffin, O. IJ. Wise, entertainer: Davis. -Allen and Davis, in a sketch. .An .Amateur; Peg and the Linnet, and Lorenz, the great iiypnotist, and three reels of pictures were ])resented anil well ajipreciated. The Wigwam jack Magee's .second week oju-ned .'>unday with his very, very funny skit, Roo.sevelt in South .America. Jack, in his Roosevelt make-up and in his songs of the Roosevelt com|uests, w^as a big laughing hit. I le was ably assisted by Clarence Lydston, Billy Hayter, Wm. Spera, Heinz Auerbach, Marion Stuart, Blanche Janet. Frances Kerry, jerry Eaton and Clare Clay. The two vaudeville acts were furnished by The iienos, acrobats, and Ling and Long, comedy jugglers. The seet>nd half of the week saw Charley .Mphin's The Broadway lielle, and in it Magee and iiis company scored another success. The two acts used were The Hartley Wonders, jumpers, and Lester and Lester, in song and dance. Booliings At the Sullivan & Cnnsiilini-. San Fran- cisco office. tlirouKh William P. Roe.so. tlu-ir sole booking agent, for week of May 111, 19M. EMPRESS. San Francisco: The Skatells. Green, McHenry and Deane, I'our of a Kind, Julian Rose, Paul Azard Trio. EMPRl-SS. Los An- geles: Ryan P.ros.. Williams and Offices — Iionaon, New York, Cliicatro, Denver, I^os Aug'eles, San Francisco Bert Levey Circuit Of Independent Vaudeville Theatre! Executive Ofllces—.Vlcazar Theatre Blilg., CFarreU Street, near Powell. Telephones: Home C3775 Sunset, Douglas 5702 WIGWAM THEATRE Mission Street, near 22nd Street JOSEPH BAtJES, Gen. Mgrr. San Francisco's fim st and largest vaufle- ville, musical comedy theatre. Seating capacity. 1800. Now playing JACK M.-VGKE and his 26 comedians, singers and dancers. Capacity business. Pri<-cs: 10c. 20c. 30c Western States Vaudeville Association Hcmboldt Bank Bldf.. San Francisco Ella Herbert Weston, Gen. Mgr. Se<.;ai. -Mein Liebschen, Al Herman, Parisian Harmony Girls. EMPRESS, Salt Lake: Dor.scli and Rus.sell, Harry Rose, In Old New York, The Usher Trio, Cecile, Eldred and Carr. EM- PRESS, Sacramento: P>erry and ilerry. Whittier's liarefoot Boy, David Walters & Co., Morrissey and Hackett, The Picchianis. ORPHE- UM, Ogdcn: Pope and Uno, Louis Granat, The Punch, Bob Hall, The Mermaid and the Man. EMPRESS, Denver: Ed. Marshall, !Maye and Ad- dis. Canfield and Carlton, Erank Mul- lane. Imperial Pekinese Troupe. EM- PRliSS, Kan.sas City: :Moffett-Clare Trio, Hong iHmg, Jas. E. Sullivan & Co., Olivotti Tr(5ubadours, Top o' the World Dancers. Joe Rhoades' tent show (|uit a sec- ond time last Sunday, this time in An- lioch. The outfit is in soak there and the company gradually straggling l)ack to town. The band boys so their instruments and uniforms a got enotigh money to bring some of tlie actors hack with them. Rhoades and Mrs. Lester.the character woman, are on their way to Chicago. '