San Francisco dramatic review (1899)

8 THE SAN FRANCISCO DRAMATIC REVIEW October ii, 1913 THE SAN FRANCISCO Dramatic Review Music and Drama CSAS. H. FASBEI.Ii, Editor Issued Every Saturday Address all letters and niuney or- ders to The San Francisco Dramatic Bevlew 1095 Ma/ket Strett Cor. Seventh Room 207 Telephona: Market 8623 Entered at San Francisco as Second-class Mail Matter. Establi.'!liea 1854. Vera McCord W-ra McCord. who has been en- gaged for a special season to head the .stock company at the Oriental Thea- tre, is one of our most distinguished young leading women, an. actress of most unusual intellectual attainments. Miss McCord is one of the very few .\mericans who has a secure and acknowledged position in P'ngland as well as at home. She has had a very interesting experience in England, having appeared under the manage- ment of Charles Haw trey, playing Manuela, the lead in The President. She also appeared in stock under Mr. Mawtrey's management in London, and so successful was her engagement under this leading manager that she was afterwards starred for nine months throughout England. Return- ing to her native land Miss McCord appeared under the management of Klaw and Erlanger in Via Wireless, afterwards going on the road and be- ing featured in this play. Following this came an engagement under Chas. Frohman's direction, playing the lead with liruce McRac in The Flag Lieu- tenant at the Criterion Theatre. Her ne.xt engagement was with James K. Hackett in Sampson, and after tiiat Miss jMcCord was seen at the Gar- rick Theatre in New York City, be- ing featured in The Zebra, a delightful farce which, although it did not get over, she considers afforded her one of the very best parts she ever ap- peared in. Following this came four months in The Nihilist, and last sea- son saw her appearing with Henry Miller for nine months in The Rain- bow. Illness in her family called her home and cut short some work she had planned along very ambitious lines. A. E. Thomas, one of our greatest young playwrights, has just written a new comedy called The Di- vorce Fund, and it is planned tiiat Miss McCord shall create the leading part. Thomas is now negotiating w^ith Oliver Morosco in behalf of Miss McCord. She also has another new play in which she will be seen short- ly. At all times a serious and intel- ligent student of the drama. Vera Mc- Cord may always be counted upon to bring out the best points of any char- acter, whether it be an ordinary one or one of commanding importance. It is her delight to grapple with parts that do not appeal to the ordinary ac- tor, and in the pursuit of this inclina- tion she has made some of her big- gest hits. William Bern.\rd, who lias just gone to New York to do directing for tlie Shuberts, has just sulfered a stroke of paralysis that has comiilcte- ly disabled him. Mr. P>ernard's many friends here will be sorry to hear of his misfortune. Correspondence SACRA.Mh:.\T( ). October 6.— (irand: .\fter many long and weary preparations, Ed Redmond ajjpears before us as a star in David Harum. .Mr. Redmond is not very well, has a wretched cold and the aches that accompany it, but in spite of that fact, he gives David l-farum the ar- tistic touches that make his a most lovable fellow. He attains the mark set for him and more. Merle Stan- ton comes next, in her clever char- acterization of Aunt I'olly Bixbec. Ilert Chapman is a l)ig hit in the bill, playing Zeke .Swinney. He ab- solutely could not be beat. Miss Paylor has not much to do but does that little nicely, the same being the case w'ith Paul Harvey in John Lennox. There were no other start- ling evidences of cleverness unless mention might be made of the Wid- ow Cullom, played by Leslie Vir- den, but there is no criticism to offer on any of the parts, all being fairly good. The play itself is some ])lay, and the crowd likes it. The general build of the piece is even with the usual make of the thor- (lughly excellent compan}'. Orphe- um: Highest honors are carried away by the miniature musical comedy. The Little Parisienne, with Mile. Valerie Serice in the title role. There is a cast of twenty and the offering has the most elaborate and expensive setting on the circuit. It is tuneful, catchy and clever from start to finish. It is a whole bill in itself. The gowning of the act is especially wonderful. The Regular is a comedy act of two girls who don man's garb and start slumming with a man who thinks they are men. Natural complications set in, and there is much material for trouble and fun. J. C. Nugent heads the act, which is a good one. Carl McCullough does a turn that is neat in the extreme. Carl is a clever boy, formerly with Mclntyre and Heath, and he brings some stulT along with him. He is a good singer besides. Ben Light, the champion ragtime piano player, is here with Charles Delniore, who sings. Both sing. Both play. Light is the goods al- right, and you'd have to go a long way to find his equal. Their offer- ing is appreciated enough to stop the show for more. Hoey and Lee do another doube, parodies and top- ical talks making the gist of the act. The Lunatic Tumblers, justifying their caption, finish the bill. Em- press : Straight from six months at the New York Hippodrome with one of the most expensive ward- robes in the business, the Seven Bracks come to the city in a daring exhibition of acrobatics. They are wonders, as their reputation would go to show. Six months in one place is a long time. Marse Selby's Chicken Dinner, a quaint, pathetic, heart story, is the vehicle of John P. Wade. It has been here before, and we always like it. It is a pretty little act, prettily acted. The Hu- man Phonograph is a scream. Won- der if he does it all the time, or does he lay up after show hours? He surely is good, and gets the house all the way. The Society I-'our are some dainty girls. This is a good musical act and well taken at every show. Hurst, Watts and Hurst are fresh from study abroad, and find new fields to conquer, con- <|uering said fields easily. They are real singers. La bVanc Brothers do balancing work interspersing it with musical stuff, such as playing while they stand on one ear and other easy little things like that. They get by easily. It is a fairly good bill. Clunie: Officer 666 for one nip-fit, Thursday. Seat sale great. Satur- day, Mrs. A. W. Scott and company in .Mary Magdalene. .Advance g(j- ing big. K.MAX NOT MANX We .•-■a> . r.iu .lust .\i To.ss tlic Way, at 222 FOWEI.I. STREET Exclusive Ladies' Tailor and Habit Maker Our Buyer Has Just Returned From Paris. Telephone Douglas 3094 THE ORIENTAL THEATRE McAni-ster Strt-t-t. near Market. Plume I's Market 130 Tliis Week. OVEBNIGHT Philip Bartholomae's Great Farce Conieily Commencing Tue.say Kvening, Oct. 1 (. The Confession By James Halleck Reid One of tlie Strongest Plays of Recent Years Popular Prices Matinees Wednesday. Saturday. Sunday iiarsaiii .M.iliner Wediiesilav. l;.'iC. msm OPERA ItOUSE Eddy Street, nr. Market. Fhone Sutter 4200 'I'his Afternoon r.'nd lOvenins. Ija.sl Times of Oirofle-Qlrofla ('oiiirnt'iiciii.L^ Mnnil.'i ()c-tciljer 1.".. WESTERN METROPOLITAN OPERA COMPANY Repertiiiie t'.ir lir.st week: Momlay. Wednesila.v Matinee and Saturday. Alda, with Crestani, Anitua. Chiodo. Monte.santo and Sesona; Tuesday, Thursday and Satur- day Matinee. I^a Tosca, with Melis and Sesciiia; Wednes(iay. Friday and Sunday. Canuen, with Tarny, Schiavazzi and Mascal. I'rices: $:; to .">(ic. Boxes, seating eight. $1'0. Mail orders filled. Send funds to W. H. Leahy. Tivnli Opera House. OrpKeum O'FarreU Street. Bet. Stockton and Fowell Safest and Most Magnificent Theatre in America Week Beginning This Sunday Afternoon Matinee F.\erv Dav UNPASAI.I.EI.ED VAXJDEVII.I.E IiUIiU GIiASER with Thomas S. Blcbards in the playlet with music. First Iiove; SWOB and lAACK, realistic impressions of Southern Negroee; THE IiANODONS in their original travesty. A Nigrht on the Boulevards; KI.UTIITG'S ENTEBTAINEBS. consisting of performing pigeons, rabbits, cats and dogs; EMUiV DABBEIiIi and CKABI.EV CONWAY in their novel comedy, Behind the Scenes; MAUDE IiAMBEBT and EBNEST BAI.I.; ED. WYNN & CO. in The King's Jester; NEW OBPHEUM FIC- TITBES. I.ast week CHABI.OTTE PABBV in Into the I^ight. Evening prices; 10c, 25c, 50c. 75c. Box Seats, $1.00. Matinee prices (except Sun- days and Holidays): 10c, 2Bc, BOc. FHONE DOITOXiAS 70 v.. H. Uow ELL, who has become the sole lessee of the Lyceum in San Die- go, writes that there is no truth in the rumor that is going around to the ctfect that the Lyceum Theatre will close. Columbia m IUDIN6 PUYIMUa GOTTLOB. MARX & CO.. Managers Corner Geary and Mason Phone Franklin 150 Second and Last Week Begins Sunday Night. (><tol)er 12 Wednesday Matinee at Special Prices—25c. to $1. Kvenings and Saturday Matinees, 25c. to yi.SO Klaw & FrIanKer's Massive Pii.duction of The Trail of the Lonesome Pine with Charlotte Walker l!v Kiifjene Walter From the Novel of the Same Title by Jolin Fox. Jr. Monday. Oct. 2n, the Joyous Musical Ro- I11.1IH e. The Connt of Iiuxembourg LEADING THEATRf EUla and Market Sta. Phone. Sutter 2460 Sei uMil and Last Week Starts Sunday Joseph M. Gaites Presents the Beauteous Pride of Two Hemispheres, Kitty Gordon in \ ii ti>r Herbert's Rest Comii' Opera The Enchantress Nights and Saturday Matinees. 50c to $2.00 "Pop." Wednesday Matinee ('oniin>< .Monday. October 20 — WXLHAM FAVEBSHAM iu JTTUPS CAESAB Alcazar Theatre 0'FABB£I.Ii ST., HEAB POWEUi Phone Kearny 2 Week Commencing Monday Night, Oct. 13, with Matinees Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, The Alcazar Company ill IClnier Harris' ('harming Comedy, Your Neig'hbor's Wife With Charles Buggies Specially Engaged for His Original Role Prices—Night. 25c. to $1; Mat.. 25c. to 50c. Empress Theatre Direction Sullivan & Consldine Sid Grauman. Manager Frank H. Donnellan, Publicity Manager October 12, 1913 SEVEN HAFF'T HEABNS 'VrHEEX.MEK, the largest comedy bike act in vaudevlUe; extra added feature — Boland 'West an- nounces the new froUcsome farce, THE TAMEB; the merry mirthsmithi, SIITOIiE and COBCOBN; the musical comedy duo, BBIEBBE and KUTO; the noted character comedian, GEOBGE F. HAIiIi; the human salamanders, THE NAQ7FYS; DAIST TA'Z'IiOB, comedienne; other features. The Empress Ferfectlon Flctures, showing latest views of the jnotlon pictore world. J. m. OAmBLE J. R. ROCHE C. G. (.. 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