San Francisco dramatic review (1899)

Till-. SAN FRANCISCO DRAMATIC REVIEW December 18, 1909 THE SUCCESS OF SUCCESSES SILVER THREADS By MARTIN V. MERLE. Staged by WM. ROBERT DALY. STARRING Richard J. Jose l&ft&tffip NOW PLAYING NEW ENGLAND Address: Broadway and 39th Street, New York. F. S. CUTLER. Manager. TURNING THEM AWAY THE E wd. Armstrong' Musical Comedy Co. Now Playing to Capacity Business. Grand, Vancouver. The Best Musical Comedy Company on the Pacific Coast. WHY? Because We Have the Best Shows. Because We Have the Best Comedians. Some Class to This Bunch WM ARMSTRONG, EDW. ARMSTRONG. GTTS LEONARD, GEO. HOWARD. MISS ETHEL DAVIS, MISS CLARA HOWARD, MISS DOROTHY LEE And a Chorus of Ten Baby Dolls We Played Pickwick, San Diego, 20 Weeks. We Play Here 35 Weeks. CALIFORNIA MANAGERS: Write us for time after January, 1910. • EDW. ARMSTRONG, Manager. 8 Sanford Dodge San ford Dodge, whose likeness appears in this issue of The Dramatic Review, is now en route to the Pacific Coast. Mr. Dodge made his first tour of the West last season and was so well received that he is returning again and in the towns where he became acquainted last season splendid receptions are assured. The name of Sanford Dodge has always been connected with the best forms of the higher drama and he is one of the few men now prepared to hold up the best traditions of the stage, following in the footsteps of the great ones of the past, such as Forrest, Booth, McCullough, Barrett, Irving, and Mansfield, and those of the present day, including Montell, James, Hanford, Sothern, and a very few others. Below are a Bessie Van Ness'Husband Driving Bus NEW YORK, December i.— When a pretty and popular young actress like Bessie Van Ness quits the footlights to marry a millionaire's son, like George H. Mulligan Jr., and then finds that the young man has to steer a motor bus on Fifth avenue to keep the wolf from the door, one might expect love to fly out of the window. But Mrs. George H. Mulligan Jr., in the little home at 207 West Eightyfourth street, where the young couple live with her mother, declared that she was proud of her husband's pluck. She didn't have a word of criticism for the elder Mr. Mulligan, who has turned his son away on account of his marriage. "Oh, yes, it's true,'' she laughed, "George is driving a bus, few abbreviated press comments of Mr. Dodge and his work. Mr. Dodge as Mephisto established himself as an actor worthy of consideration. His voice is a strong, melodious baritone: his laugh sardonic, and he rises to dramatic heights. — Phoenix. Ariz., Press. He is steadily advancing in his art and is very convincing. — Daily Journal, Logan, Utah, October 2gth, 1909. Mr. Sanford Dodge is one of the greatest actors of the present time, and gave us a splendid performance last night. — Pocatello Daily Tribune, October 21st, 1909. The best Shakepeare that has been given in our city for years. — Mr. Prank Arnold in Logan, Utah, Daily Republican, November yd. .Sir. Sanford Dodge plays Shakespeare, well and is the best actor we have ever seen here. — Rapid City, South Dakota, Daily Journal. and they call him the 'Million Dollar Kid' at the garage, and he doesn't mind it. But I tell him that hard work won't do him a bit of harm. Why in the world should we expect his father to take care of us? We're able to take care of ourselves. We're young and enthusiastic and happy. Of course I want to have a home of my own ; and we'll have one, too, as soon as we can save $500. We're going to buy a cottage in Orange. If George would let me I would go back on the stage just long enough to earn that $500. You can understand that this is harder for George than it is for me. He was used to spending $100 a day or more and to the luxuries of his father's house. I never had those things, so I don't miss them. It is possible that my husband's father was angered by a report in one of the papers a few weeks ago, which quoted me as having said I would marry George if his father would cut him off. I wouldn't blame Mr. Mulligan for being angered by such a statement, but I never said it, or anything like it. The day George took me home and introduced me his father was sitting on the veranda. He acted a little queer and I asked him if he would not shake hands with me. He did and then walked away. Then* George's sister ordered us both put" out of the house. It may be that George's father is giving him a lesson in self-support. When George wen) to him a few days ago he said : 'a you love your wife so much, why do you not go to work for her?' George offered to work for his father as chauffeur, but Mr. Mulligan refused and told George that when he was his age he was a millionaire." Mrs. Mulligan showed a small trunk containing a few pieces of clothing belonging to her husband. She said that was all that had been sent to him by his family when he asked for his personal effects. Mr. Mulligan Sr. is a millionaire contractor. He has a beautiful home at Morris Plains, N. J. There was a report that he had allowed his son $10 a week and had declared that he should get nothing more until he was 35 years old. But the young man's wife said she don't know of any such plan. Burton & Lucas are now managers of the Opera House, Coalinga. The Novelty Theatre of Visalia is ready to play combinations. Ringl ings to Revive Forepaugh The Ringling Brothers will have three big tent shows on the road next summer — the Ringling Circus, the BarnabyBailey show and the SellsForepaugh enterprise. The aggregation last named was permitted to have a vacation last season, but the circus business in general was so satisfactory that it was determined to revive the old concern. To this and a fine new equipment is being built in Barbadoo. Wis., where the Ringlings have their winter quarters, and the show will start upon its rounds in the spring as spick and span as at its birth. John Ringling is at present in Europe with Mrs. Ringling and Mr. and Mrs. L. N. Scott, of Minneapolis. They have already visited London, Paris and other big cities, and are now about to begin an automobile tour of Southern Germany. A combination has been effected between the Bentley and the Long Beach theatres and the two San Bernardino theatres, whereby stock companies will alternate between the two cities. The Girton Stock Company closed at the Bentley and goes to San Bernardino for three weeks. The Long Beach Theatre and the Unique at San Bernardino will be devoted to musical comedy and vaudeville. 1 Manager Foulkes is the new man at the helm of the Setma Opera House. "Grand Opera House," Kansas City, Christmas Week Then Start for Coast Trip AS THE SUN WENT DOWN By Geo. D. Baker With ESTHA WILLIAMS Address ARTHUR C. AISTON Sole Owner Room 304 1505 Broadway N.Y.Clty Tel. 941 Bryant