San Francisco dramatic review (1899)

6 THE SAN FRANCISCO DRAMATIC REVIEW September 25, 1909 The Hotel Dale OK THE RIALTO — HOME OF THE PROFESSION-SPECIAL BATES Only First-Class European Hotel close to The Garrlck, Princess, Novelty, National, Alcazar, or Pantages — SAN FRANCISCO SPECIAL — We make a feature of Breakfasts Served in Booms COB. GOLDEN GATE AVE. AND FILLMORE ST. Take McAllister Street and Turk and Eddy Street Cars at the Ferry Correspondence SEATTLE, Sept. 20.— Moore Theatre — Paid In Full is back at the Moore Theatre, and drew a large and enthusiastic audience last night. The interest in this much-discussed play has not abated. The company presenting it this season is extremely good. Alhambra Theatre — Corinne in Mile. Mischief will close her engagement next Thursday night. It is doubtful if a more charming Rosette could be found than Corinne, and the company surrounding her is composed of a number of good singers and dancers. Grand Theatre — The Grand is securing large audiences this week to view Geo. M. Cohan's Fifty Miles from Boston, which is as good as ever. Every member of the cast scored an individual triumph last night. Seattle Theatre — Queen of the White Slaves is the bill at the Seattle and Dick French has given it an exceedingly effective staging. The company has also been enlarged in order to adequately present this sensational play. Lois Theatre — Seattle has at last a first-class stock organization which is capable of big acting. The Lawrence stock company are giving a presentation of The Heart of Maryland at the Lois this week that is up to the standard demanded by this great war play. Special mention must be made of the scenic production. Majestic Theatre — Anna Eva Fay, the White Mahatma, is in the city and opened a special featured engagement of one week at the Majestic Theatre this week. On the bill with her will be the Stellings, European novelty hat throwers; Elsie Crescy, in Fagin's Pupil; Josephine Ainslie, the singing comedienne; Maddox and Melvin in The Messenger Boy and the Actress. The Orpheum presents Valerie Bergere in her little playlet, Billie's First Love ; the Tuscany Troubadours, a sextet of singers, who furnish a rare bit of grand and popular opera ; the Six Glinserettis, European novelty gymnasts, who come here direct from Vienna. Carlin and Clark are German comedians with a "dialect" that is rich and rare. Joe Jackson is a unique bicyclist. Laura Buckley has an entirely new departure in vaudeville, a Protean monologue. She appears in three character sketches and makes up in full view of the audience. Sam Alburtus and James Altos are juggling eccentrics who come direct from Europe with several new tricks and some good laughs. Pantages Theatre— The special feature is Franz's twenty-five Hungarian hussars. Besides, there are such great headline acts as Milton and Dolly Nobles and Cordua and Maud. The Nobles present their famous sketch, Why Walker Reformed. Mr. Nobles is one of the greatest actors and one of the leading playwrights of the country. Cordua and Maud are Europe's most sensational equilibrists. E. Morgenstern. TACOMA, Sept. 18.— Tacoma Theatre — A Knight for a Day, Sept. H, repeated its last season's success. Edward Hume, who scored such a hit in The Flower of the Ranch, furnished the fun in this offering and please'd all. Grace De Mar also contributed to the success of the production. 12-13 — That enjoyable mu sical show, The Time, the Place and the Girl, paid its third visit to Tacoma and was as popular as ever, many of the company having appeared here before in the piece. John E. Young and Elizabeth Goodall are replaced by Robert Pitkin and Elizabeth Thomas, who acquitted themselves creditably in every way. • All the song hits were well rendered and the company an altogether satisfactory one. Sept. 24-2S — The Cat and the Fiddle. 26— Paid In Full. The International Grand Opera Company will appear at the Tacoma Sept. 2829. The artists' course of musical attractions opens at this house in October with the appearance of Mme. Jeanne Jomelli, operatic soprano. Other attractions to follow are Mme. Schumann-Heink, Sembrich, Fritz Kreisler, George Hamlin and Teresa Carreno. The Hall and Stark Minstrels made a big hit this week and divided honors with the Five Merry McGregors. Florence Modena and Charles Gardner furnished comedy in an amusing sketch and vocal numbers were furnished by Flo Patterson, likewise Sharp and Turk, who added to their act some clever dancing. An exciting cycling act by the Three Demons at the Pantages possessed the virtue of originality. The Doric Trio, old favorites here, are always well received. Miss Mabel Martin of the Martin and Maher team was a hit here. The scenic production by Naida and company, with brilliant lighting effects, was a pretty one. Some clever toe dancing was introduced. Markel Brothers were good in imitations and the Justin Romain company pleased lovers of melodrama. The managers of the Grand and Pantages last week announced the strengthening of the bills at their houses, and the excellence of the week's offerings confirmed their statements. A. H. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 20, 1909. — The Salt Lake (Geo. D. Pypcr, mgr. ) : Charles Frohman will present Billie Burke here in Love Watches. This is looked forward to with great interest by Salt Lake people. The Colonial (R. A. Grant, mgr.): Texas was presented here last week to fairly large audiences. This week the Arington players will give the College Widow. John Ince, leading man, will portray the partof Billie Bolton, and Bertna Creighton will take the part of Jane Witherspoon. The Bungalow : Alfred R. Swenson and company will open with the farce-comedy. Hello Bill. Mr. Swenson will be seen in the part of William Fuller. The Grand (A. B. Swenson mgr. ) : The Willard Mack Stock Co. presented Soldiers of Fortune. The cast was good, but did not play to very large houses. This week there will be a different story, as the company is going to present The Girl of the Golden West, with Mr. Mack as Ramerez, and Miss Douglas as The Girl. This is the second time Mr. Mack has presented this play in this city. It was well received the first time, and judging from the way people are attending the play so far this week, he will make another big hit. The Orpheum (H. Sonnenberg, resident mgr. ) : Was about as good as ever last week. Beth Stone did fine as a toe dancer; Herbert and Willing were good as burnt cork comedians ; Sam Watson's farmyard circus seemed to make quite a hit. Next week the bill will include Margaret Fealey & Co., in a one-act play entitled Witches' Hour and Candle Light ; Bob Matthews and Herbert Ashley in their laughing sketch, Held Up; the Six American Dancers ; Frank Conroy ; Geo. LeMaire & Co. present A King for a Night ; the Girl Behind the Veil ; Chas. D. Webber, the juggler, and Master Willie Stafford, a Salt Lake boy who is a good mandolin player. R. HARBACH. LONG BEACH, Sept. 23.— Bentley Grand (L. H. Bentley, prop.; Perry Girton, mgr.) — The Girton stock last week presented Faust in a very creditable manner. The excellent display surpassed anything yet seen in this city. Richard Scott as Mephisto did excellent work. Some clever acting was done by Corbett Morris as Faust, and Chester Stevens as Valuntine, Iva Shepard as Marguerite gave us a treat with their artistic work. Business good. Byde-a-Wyle (Frank Clark, lessee and mgr.) — Good vaudeville to good business. Lundquist. SAN DIEGO, Sept. 22.— Garrick (J. M. Dodge, mgr.) — Sept. 19-20 Dust in Farnum in Cameo Kirby played to two large and very appreciative audiences. Farnum in the title part gave a very artistic interpretation, but the bright, particular star of the piece was McKee Rankin as Larkin Bunce. May Buckley in the role of Adele Randall charmed her auditors with her soft, delightful Southern dialect. Sept. 27 — Blanche Bates in The Fighting Hope. Oct. 3-4 — The Girls from Rector's. The Gentleman from Mississippi follows. Pickwick (Scott A. Palmer, mgr.) — For the farewell week of the Jas. Post musical comedy company, one of the best comedies of the engagement is being given. A Striking Resemblance is the title of the comedy. It is patterned after Johnny and Emma Rays' well known A Hot Old Time. Post in the part of Larry Mooney has the audience laughing from the rise to the fall of the curtain. Millar Bacon in the part of Percy Lovejoy, in love with the farmer's daughter, has a good part and gives an excellent interpretation. May Ashley as the farmer's daughter pleases. Millar Bacon sings I Could Learn to Love You if You Would Only Let Me Try, in an admirable manner. Juliet Mahr scored with Hoodoo Tree. From here Post goes to Vallejo for a lengthy engagement. Next week Manager Palmer will inaugurate a season of high class dramatic stock, with the Charles King stock company. The company will open with Merely Mary Ann. The company is composed of such well known people as Louis Morrison, who will stage the plays, Pietro Sosso, Frank Bonner, Louis Lytton, J. F. McDonald, Harry Williard, James Carley, Eleanor Crawford, Auda Due, Lillian Burnett, Elaine Davis, Mr. King and Miss Rambeau, who will play leads. Air. King will alternate leads with Pietro Sosso. Week beginning Oct. 4 — The Heir to the Hoorah. Queen (E. J. Donnelan, mgr.) — Manager Donnelan has a well diversified bill this week. Frank Bacon and company open the show with their sketch, An Easy Liar. This sketch is a scream from start to finish and is very well acted. Harry Taylor is down on the program as a song writer, monologist and yodler. If he is all of these his act certainly didn't show it. Princess Waldemaroff sings a little, dances and plays the xylophone all in a very clever way. She is a lively, likable little lady, and her act was one of the most enjoyable on the bill. Gruet and Gruet appear in a blackface act. While their patter is not new by any means, they got away with it, and from the volume of applause they received at the close of their act they more than made good. Motion pictures conclude a good show that is playing to excellent business. Grand (Fred Ballien, mgr.) — The Grand has a good show, which is composed of the following: The Two Joers in The Professor and the Newsgirl head the bill and have a good act. George T. Morey, the man who makes the banjo talk, has the regular banjo act. The Hill Sisters have a new illustrated song. Motion pictures conclude. Empire, Bijou and L'nion, with motion pictures and illustrated songs, are doing a very good business. Ringling Brothers, under canvas, 23. The managers of the San Diego theatres have formed an association. The object of the association is to promote a general feeling of good fellowship between the managers of the different local theatres. The association is purely a local one, not having any affiliation with a State or interstate organization. J. M. Dodge, manager of the Garrick, was elected president ; Scott Palmer, manager of the Pickwick, was elected vice-president ; Fred Ballien, of the Grand, secretary ; and J. N. Donnelan, of the Queen, treasurer. Len. Behmeyer, of Shubert fame in Los Angeles, was a visitor in the city last week. He stated he didn't think it would be long before the Shuberts were in San Diego. Archie St. Peter, the well known mining man, real estate owner and devotee of athletics, has embarked in the theatrical business. His many friends will be surprised to learn that he has purchased the Bijou, located on the east side of Fourth street, between D and E streets. Mr. St. Peter bought the house from A. M. Lory. It was opened some years ago by George Rehn, who will be well remembered as a member of the old Pickwick stock company. He disposed of the house to Mr. Lowry. "Montana Kid," the well known prize fighter, is to manage the house. His wife will act as cashier. It is the intention of the management to add to the popularity of the Bijou by adding illustrated songs to be brought here from Los Angeles. At intervals vaudeville acts will be used. Mme. Wanda, the dog trainer, was operated on early this week for a tumor. She is in a very serious state.