San Francisco dramatic review (1899)

I leptember 13, 1913. THE SAN FRANCISCO DRAMATIC REVIEW II hive News of Live Wires in Vaudeville Capt. Scott, Dr. Wilson, Lieut. Bowers and Petty OtHeer Iii'aiis — the aetital Polar Party — Starting on the Final Dash to the Pole. Prom Motion Pictures of the Scott Expedition at the Cort. jNew Feature Picture,From Only Two Hunters of Big Dusk to Dawn Game Still Active There is a refreshing erispness in tlic theme and action of this four- piirt feature, in that it is written and produced without an attempt to dodge the main issue in approaching a subject tha't many authors handle most gingerly. Daniel Grayson, a \dung iron molder, is too much occu- |iied with affairs of his union and political matters to pay any attention t<i the women. The foreman and manager at the iron works where he IS employed decide Dan is too much i>f an agitator, and force him to leave the works. An explosion occurs in which several men are killed, includ- ing Freddy Wayne, an apprentice boy to whom he had taken a great liking. This precipitates a strike. Dan is injured in a riot, arrested, and 'taken to the police station, where he imeets Carlena Wayne, Freddy's sis- ter, a laundry worker who has also jbeen arrested on a charge of picket- {ing. Following the settlement of the strike, Dan is nominated for Gov- irnor on the working class ticket. So popular has he grown that all parties are fused to defeat him. Carlena takes active part in the campaign and they make headway until the "con- spiracy" trial is sprung. In this pcene Clarence Darrow, the great jlabor attorney, enacts the actual scene of the trial. The verdict of 'not guilty" brings a wave of enthu- jiasm and Dan is elected Governor, ind with him a majority of the Leg- slature. The passage of a "right to york" bill brings a crisis and Mrs. A.lden takes Carlena, and they in- vade the Governor's office to lend as- iistance to those who are urging lovernor Grayson to sign the 1)111. Powerful influences are brought to irevent the signing. The plea of Jarleiui arouses old memories, and jrayson signs the bill and trades the )en to Carlena for her hand, and hey become "comrades for life." State right will not be sold. A num- )er of companies under the manage- aent of Ernest Shipman will tour 'arious parts of the country. R. T. Cuiiiiingluuiie, big game hunter, late with Colonel Roosevelt, in Africa, lias retired, weary of risk- ing his life in the dangerous pursuit. W. Kenyon has lately retiuTied from Norway to London, for the ])urpose of outfitting for his last expedition into Central Africa. Arthur J. Ayles- worth is already hundreds of miles on his way north from Edmunton, into the unkno^\^l reaches of the IMac- Kenzie Basin with an equipment of everything from cook depai'trnent to sleeping bags, and five thousand rounds of ammunition. Ten pack horses, guides, cooks, assistants, three camera men, a director, and 30,000 feet of film is a part of the equip- ment, and will permit Aylesworth to get everj'thing from hunt pictures to dramatic stories of the frozen north. The expedition will, in part, follow the outposts of the Hudson Bay Trading (Vmipany, for which one of the most noted French-Canadian voyageurs and guides has been se- cured. 'Slv. i\yleswoi'th uiiholds the claim of Wilhluilmur Stefansson, the Arctic ex])l()rer, that there is a tribe of blonde p]skimos, whiter than white men, numbering over 300, and they will be recorded in film, before this intrepid ninirod again stalks south of "53." The Canadian Goverinnent and Game WardcMis of Western States have fortified Aylesworth with documentary [jonriission to depict flu; life, hal)its, and method of killing one specimen of each of the l)ig game of North America, now rai)i(lly becom- ing extinct. Offices for the exploit- ing of this variety of Far North pic- tures have been opened on the ninth floor of the World's Tower Building, 110 West Fortieth street, with Ern- est Shipman, who is interested in the enterprise, in charge of its l)usi- ness affairs. Ed. S. Allen is ])rinci])al comedian for Ed. Armstrong in his No. 2 show, playing the Wise Cuy at tlie Wigwam the" first Iialf of this week. A chorus of eight girls is used and also Arthur Day. Catheryn .\ngus has just acce])tod a vaudeville sketch, especially written fur her by Marry llonncll, a local theatrical nc\vs])ai)cr man. The title is The ISrokcn .Mibi, and the theme is a new and novel treatment of the "third degree" or "sweating" system of the police employed in securing confessions. There arc three charac- ters, one female and two male. The sketch is described as being intensely gTi])])ing and without an clement of comedy. The offering is ])romiscd a ])rcniierc here shortly at one of the liical theatres. The Mission (larden, with dainty and charming Nellie iJrewstcr, will i)c offered at the Emi)ress soon. The Mission (harden is the story of the early days in northern Mexico, just across the line of California. There arc ten people in the cast v.'ith Nellie llrewster, singing the role of Cali- fornia, a Spanish-Indian girl. There are five beautiful songs in the piece besides a number of ensembles and a funny English comedian. r'>illy Sheer, a comedian of much talent and a new line of stories and songs, has an early booking at the Empress. Elsie Stevens, the elastic singing and dancing" souhrette, who is now manageress of the Hotel Taft in Stockton, was in our city the first part of the wc'k nn a visit to her relatives and to do some shopjoing. Elsie says she is ])erfectly satisfied as her finan- cial and business life is a very hapj)y one. She is looking exceedingly well, as is also Kathryn Healy, formerly of the Healy Sisters, who lias been visit- ing her this summer, but will shortly journey East to take up her bookings. Rosie Elsiuere, the talented singing and dancing girl, will join the Monte Carter Company on his trip to Hono- lulu. Rosie has worked for Monte be- fore. .Mid Thornhill, our Ciernian come- dian, came down from Stockton to l)arade with the parlor of Native Sons from that city, of which he is an hon- ored member. He v-ill be here for a few days looking over the vaudeville situation. If long dates are otfered he may acce]H and go on the r:)ad. (icrtrude .Vlvarailo will be ])ro- niotcd from the chorus ol the Arui- strong ISaby Dolls to the position of .soubrctte of one of his musical com- ■ cdv coiu])anies. No better selection could he made as (iertie has every- thing necessary for soubrctte work. Dick r^lack returned last .Sunday from Woodland, where he left the ISrotlicr llenjaniin show. .Sold ( )ut Doctor, at .\iles. where the Doctor pla\cd for a long date; business was good. (leorgc l'"ord and wife left last Monday for Chicago where they go to join the Joe Howard show for the season. Joe is ])laying I'antages house at Los Angeles this week where he closes, then on to Chicago for his own company. Alf (ioulding and com])any were disapi)ointed, not opening at Vallejo; it is said they will open next Sunday, but vviierc? We will see. Yes, he went to \ allejo to o])en Wednesday. Signa Ott, formerly of Oro and Ott, is conducting a fortune-telling office on Mission street, under the name of Madame Wanda. There was a Madame Wanda pl;iying ;i Dalmatian dog act about here in the different •vaudeville houses. She had ten beau- tiful coach dogs. W by has Will Cross not opened yet with his musical comedy company? h-verybody was helping Will to get good chorus girls. Certainly he could get the princii)als; enough of them here. SA.XTA ROSA, Sept. 3.-Ilelen hair, aged 22, a pretty actress, and Harry Latell, an actor, both of San I'rancisco, were married in the E|)is- copal Church here vestcrdav 1)\- the rector, Rev. E. B. Bradley.' Charley Byrne, the principal come- dian of Ed. Armstrong's Xo. i com- pany, is one of the best all around comedians in the West. He is very versatile, doing black face, Irish. Ger- man and Chinese; one as well as the other. A handy youth to have around in any company. Willis West and Hazel Boyd are an emphatic hit on the Ed. Eisher time up north. The press everywhere they have played speak in glowing terms of their good work. Jack Curtis and Lillie Sutherland are heading for the East, where they both are booked with a big burlescjuc- coiujiany to open in Chicago, October 5. They are now playing in Montana. Alma Astor, the charming little .soubrctte, will do the soubrctte roles for Charles Wliii)pern when he opens at the Columbia Theatre, Oakland, September 14. In the past week three moving pic- ture houses have closed in our city— the Pastime, on Market street, near Seventh; one at Haight and Fillmore, and one on Raymond avenue at Visi- tacion, and we could spare a few more. But that don't deter Turner and Dankhen from keeping on building others. Margie Lavell, a chorus girl; Paul Brady and Harry 1 lallen, arrived Tuesday morning last from luircka. John J. W^elch, the man in white, with three chorus girls, remained over to continue working at the Margarita Theatre. Lord and Meek arc ])laying at Dalv City the last half of this week. Regarding the opening of The 1 lip- podromc in Los .\ngelcs a well-known critic says: ".\ good show and a fine theatre," was also the conclu- sion reached .Sunday by the thousands of peo])lc who attended the opening of the new 11 ipiiodrome Theatre. The theatre itself is a great im])rovc- ment over the old .\dolphus. which rt'cently occupied that site. The in- terior has been remodeled through- out and rc-decorated in an artistic manner. The addition of a balcony and many .seats on the lower floor has raised the seating capacity of the house to 3,000. livery seat was filled when the curtain rose at the initial ])erformancc Sunday afternoon. The Woman, a playlet dealing with the la- bor (jucstion, as |)resente(l by the Will 11. Abrams and Agnes Johns Coni- ])any is easily the lieadliner of the ex- ceptionally good bill and was greeted with round after round of a])plause. The story tells of the working girls' successful fight for better wages and hours in a factory. The socialistic ideas brought out in the i)laylet were very enthusiastically received.