San Francisco dramatic review (1899)

THE SAN FRANCISCO DRAMATIC REVIEW June 14,1913. A group of principals in Henry IV. Smvgc's production of Evcry-a'oman at the Cort Theatre, coinmencing June 15. Margaret Anglin, Actor- Manager In licr forthcoming ])roductions of Antony and Cleopatra, Twelfth Night, The Taming of the Shrew, and As You Like It, A^argaret Anglin will next season step to the forefront of American ]inKlucing managers. To design the settings and costumes of her repertory, Aliss Anglin has en- gaged Livingstone Piatt, who from all accounts, has been working miracles for the past two years on the tiny stage of the Toy Theatre in I'ostf^i. and who recently made a notable Shakes])earean production in lioston. All four of Miss Anglin's productions will be mounted simply and imagin- atively, and will vary radically in general tone and effect. Twelfth Xight, for example, is not to be Eliz- abethan, but lllyrian, with suggestions of the Moorish. As You Like It, on the other hand, will be pure luiglish, an old colored engraving of the coun- try woodlands. The Taming of the Shrew will be pure Rennais.sance, and more impc^rtant, Christojjher Sly is coming back to the ])lay again, a res- toration that hasn't been in vogue since Augustin Daly's time. Antony and Cleopatra, which will be the feature bill of Miss Anglin's repertory, will show us a new Alexandria, yet the real one, the Alexandria of commerce— the mart of the Eastern world. It will mix all the peoples and all the arts that circled the Mediterranean. Thus into the architecture will creep an occasional classic sugge.stion, and Cleopatra will vary her Egyptian cos- tumes with the Greek and Roman. The play will be cut to its essentials of love and humor. All but the nec- essary battle .scenes will be eliminated. In the action of all four productions there will be only one or two long waits, and in these Mr. Piatt has ])lannL'(l little ])antiimimic incidents illustrative of the action i)assing at the time. Miss Anglin is now en- gaged in the business of selecting her company, amongst which will be a number of stars and actors identified with the Shakespearean field of the drama. To Film the World, Ship- man's Plan CHICAGO. June 3.—Erne.st Ship- man, theatrical manager, and lately identified with the manufacturing and cxi)li)iting of feature films, sto])ped off in Chicago for a few days last week, en route to New York, where he meets with a syndicate of moving picture men, who are planning a cruise of the world aboard their own vessel, for the ])uri)ose of making moving pictures in countries as yet unexplored with the camera. The expedition will be composed of a picked company of twenty moving picture artists, three directors, four camera men, two scen- ario writers, and the necessary techni- cal and mechanical stafif and the crew. .Arrangements are also being made to have a noted scienti.st aboard with an equipment of the most i)owerful microscopes procurable, for the pur- ])o.se of adding scientific films to the releases. One or two newspaper men and magazine wTiters will complete the j)arty. The main purpose of the expedition is to secure five and si.x reel subjects of international interest, such as The Conquest of Mexico, The Rise and Fall of Maximillian, The Sacking of Old Panama by Buccaneer Morgan, The Pirates of the Spanish Main, The Horrors of the Rubber Trust, etc., all of wdiich will be aug- mented by vivid and realistic environ- ment and local color. One, two and three reel dramatic and humorous stories will also be manufactured, in- terweaving the members of the com- pany into the historical, legendary and natural stories of the various countries visited. In addition to those subjects, books of fiction having their settings in, the tro])ical or sub-tro|)ical coun- tries will be illustrated on the spot, and released in multi])le reels varying in length according to the importance of the theme. Contracts will be exe- cuted for a three years' cruise, the first log of which will be the West In- dies, Central and South .America. .Ar- rangements have already been made for seven thousand feet of film per week, which will be released through various sources, as the syndicate will manufacture for the open market. Data is in hand for almost every craft, oi)en to purcha.se or charter in the American or British waters, including the Nourmahal, the yacht of the late John Jacob Astor, now riding in the harbor of Rio de Janeiro. The ves- sel selected will be ecjuipped with all the ec|uipment necessary for manu- facturing and finishing both negatives and ])ositives without delay, and the pojnilace of the various countries vis- ited will be given an opportunity of seeing the pictures before the com])any departs from their midst. In this con- nection, some valuable advertising contracts will be entered into between the company and the governments and publicity departments of the various countries visited. Ernest Shi])man. who will be identified with one of the business departments of the undertak- ing, is no stranger to the foreign countries that will arise. He has piloted theatrical companies around the world on many occasions, and gave the Kilties P>and a 45,000 mile jaunt, twice crossing the ecjuator. Mel- ba, Nordica and other musical celeb- rities have toured the Antipodes un- der the ShijHiian banner and I high D. Mcintosh, the Australian s])orts pro- moter, netted over $200,000 out *<{ die lUirns-Johnson fight |)ictures under Mr. Shi])man's maniindation, wiiich caused them to penetrate to e\ ■ ' > (|uarter of the globe. Plans now i ing carried out indicate that this i> ; eign-made film manufactured abn.iMl the first floating studio in the hist'iiN of moving i)ictures will be ready 1T the world's markets by next Novem- ber. Raymond Hitchcock is Having the Time of His Young Life Raymond Ilitchcoek has fallen un- der the infiuence of Ah Jim, pictur- es<iuely ct)stumed Oriental atten-I ant at the St. Francis Hotel. Jim's vivid green suit was the In--t thing to attract Hitchcock's atten- tion when he entered the St. I"raii< foyer two weeks ago. Through an interpreter he .sought the celestial's assistance in obtaining a duplicate of the green suit. Ah Jim complied in part only. He would not get the green. That is his i)articular color, of a hue that fairly screeches. .\o one el.se has ever worn a suit just like it, and i)erhaps never will. lUit he brought the actor a bkie c^- tume. \\'hen Hitchcock api)eanil in the lobby and clubroom of the li ' tel Tuesday night, he created a sen- sation. He was garbed in Oriental dress and radiated with emer.ild, sapphire and lapis colors. He wi re the thing to the theatre, but during the performance a friendly fellow actor sent it back to the hotel in a bundle, so that he wa.s compelled to return in his usual clothes. Xcw he has ordered other suits of purjile. l)ink, green, lavender, heliotrope and cherry red. He says he will wear them in New York if his friends and the ])(dice ])ermit, and if they don't he will use them for pajamas.