The Billboard 1910-04-02: Vol 22 Iss 14 (1910-04-02)

APRIL 2, 1910. The Billboard 11 BOTLED DOWN he Gayety Theatre Building, plying vaudeville to imi = fairs. Mr where he is sup popular-priced theatres Goodwin now has offices in Minneapolis and Kansas City The firm is the Continental Amusement and Brokerage Com pany, and has a larger, broader fleld than most | hooking cencerns WILLIAM W. SHELLEY SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. which recently opened offices in the Sentinel Building, on Kearney street. They report much progress since embarking in the booking busi ness, and report that shortly they will show a big line of real houses under their control. The Merry Widow's two weeks’ engagement j}at the New Columbia Theatre hds broken all records, and could easily have remained for two weeks longer. as thousands of eager ticket buyers were turned away at each performance. Bids Fair To Become The Biggest | Amusement City On The Map. Confidence in the future of San Francisco con ues, and i) a very short time this city will take its place in the very front as the best musemeat city on the map. This week James W. Coffroth has arranged with the Berger prop erty, at the southeast corner of Twelfth and Market (the big circus lot. used the past three vears by Ringlings’) to build a large audito rium Work on the excavation will be com menced at once with the idea of being able to open by August 1. The property is 275 by 275 feet square, and is valued at $1,000,000. The proposed building will be called the Hippodrome, anil will combine all the features of a conven hall, hippodrome and exposition building The promoter declares that he has combined all the desirable features of Madison Garden in New York, with those of the Olympia in Lon don. It is planned to have a clear span of 170 feet In one direction and 225 feet in the other. tion The total seating capacity is estimated to be 18 000, and a moving stage is to be arranged that the compass of the house can be drawn to accommodate 4,000 to 5,000 people. John W. Considine is in the city at present for a short stay. The following was recorded rm Morris Company, hits week: Wil Western, a corporation with Long and Hoyt, to erect a theatre building on the north line of Ellis street, 137.6 W. of Stockton. W. 90 and N. 137.6, for $210,000, This looks like business. The contractors are on the lot with a big crew of men. and it is positively stated the building will be ready in ccptember The trese Club day «venting, given ‘ hat a hizh-jinks Inst Satur in honor of Will Irwia. of « PSiladelphia Evening Post and Collier’‘Lircugh the courtesy of Tony Lubelski, amuse director of The Portola Cafe, Ta Far the famous Spanish dancer, «ppeaired, and rewarded with bravos and continucus apEdith Mote, the California cantratrice assemblage with her fine soprino found it difficult to retire. Car) was also accorded a welcome. was plause. charmed the voice, and Bravo, tenor, Each of the above ladies was presented with a buge bouquet of beauty roses, after which all were welcomed to a repast such as only the Press Club knows how to furnish. The date of the been changed from to September 3.10. The Spoilers company have gone to Honolulu to play a repertoire season. The Central Theatre has discontinued vaudeville, and is now offering melodrama at pop ular prices Edith Helena returned to San Francisco from Los Angeles. where she played a three weeks’ engagement at Levy's Cafe, scoring a big hit. She is playing a return engagement at the Por September 9-17 tola Cafe, and on her reappearance was showered with several beautiful floral offerings. Virginia Harned will appear with the Alcazar Stock Company for five weeks, beginning June 6 Iris, Anna Karenina, The Second Mrs. Tanqueray, Camille and The American Widow will be presented James K. Hackett will begin an engagement as a stock star at the Alcazar, beginning July 11, following Virginia Harned. He will remain about six weeks. and during his engage ment will be seen in Samson, The Prisoner of Zenda Pride of Jenico, Don Qaesar de Razan, Monsieure Reancalre and The House of Silence Hackett has not been seen in ‘Frisco for eight years Local Manager Charles F. Gale, for Shubert Brothers, informs us that he was telegraphed to held the option on the Novelty Theatre, and that Mr. Shubert would reach here within the next three weeks. Popular Manager John Morrisey, of the Orpheum, will leave for St. Louls during April a four weeks’ stay. He will also visit New Pork Ella Garrison, at one time wife of Jules Garrison. dled two weeks ago of pneumonia. She Was playing at the Portola Theatre when taken sick. The Association Managers of Theatres took cherge of the funeral The Merry Widow in this city. This xagement, played for Ness Theatre last of two weeks at the Columbia The Wigwam management announces that they will begin work on their new theatre April aml expect to October 1 During the played to nearly $100,000 includes the previous en three weeks at the Van season, and the present ron Open building of the new house. the shows will be transferred to the Star Theatre. two blocks distant William Morris sent to Manager James Woods, of the St giving him the Rillboard Francis Hotel, a silver pass, privilege of all his houses Visitors this week included Ma dame Mauricia Morichini, late prima donna Manhattan Grand Opera House, New York, who is the headline feature of the Orpheum Dill this week, The following Fillboard callers registered at mr office this week: Young Buffalo W. H. Mack and ©o,., Lakola and Lorain, Harry D. Matthews, John X. Conghlan, Wiraifo Bros., Dave and Pereie Martin. Rem Rrandt, Bert Sheridan, The Huttons, Walter McCullough and James A. Hennessy, Toreat ond Flor d’Aliza, with their troupe of trained) reosters registered one of the biggest hits seen at the California Theatre this week Mrs. Ella Herbert Weston, for a long time connected with Pantages’ Rooking Office. has ac cepted an engagement for a very responsible po sition with the New York Vaudeville Company, ever Sacramento State Fair has | . Wiliams | sketch, | The An extra matinee for Sunday was arranged, and the entire house was sold out in a day. Robert Edeson, in A Man’s a Man closed a most satisfactory two weeks’ stand at the Van Ness Theatre. The play received most flattering press notices. Wine, Woman and Song, with beautiful Bo nita featured as the Star, is composed of a well-framed musical melange, full of good comedy singing. big, attractive chorus, elaborate wardrobe, splendid company, and the best advertised show in town this week. They kept the cozy Savoy Theatre well filled with pleased patrons. Miss Bonita, heralded a famous beauty, lived up to her billing. Kolb and Dill, in a burlesque on The Merry Widow, continue at the Princess Theatre. The Eternal City, seen here on several former occasions was the Alcazar’s bill this week. The Orpheum had Ida Fuller and Dunn and Glazier as double headliners this week. Miss Fuller offered a very novel spectacular fantasy called La Sorciere, in three scenes. The Butterflies. The Spirit of the Storm and The Sor ceress of Vesuvius, a very beautiful and much admired act. Dunn and G'azier repeated their act, called The Messenger Poy. Elsie Faye, as sisted by Joe Miller and Sam Weston, also re peated the same turn they offered at a recent visit Violet King, a newcomer. is a very clev er pianist and violinist and pleased. Charles Ahearn’s Cycling Comedians, held over from last week is without doubt the foremost act of its kind, full of original ideas William Gould does a first-class monologue splendidly. Lottie and Co., and Charlene and Charlene were holdovers. Manager Zick Abrams. of the National, is keeping up the quality of his shows, and of fered during the week: Les Theodors. clever gymnasts: Alf Ripon. Scotch ventrilchuist; Collins and Browe, clever comedians: Moore, Palmer and Co., in sketch called Disillusioned: Lambert and Williams. talking and singing act: Pero and Wilson, jugglers, and two reels of pictures. The Chutes Theatre had Three Yoscarys, comedy acrobats: Dave and Percie Martin, comedy At Hickory Crossing: Don Faybio, contortionist: Four Sullivan Brothers, song and dance turn: Rembrandt, novelty cartoonist: The Flovdels, sensational aerialists. and Martinetti and Grossi, novelty singing artists. The Wigwam. this week in addition to its regular vaudeville programme, offered The Nelson-Wo'gast fight pictures to packed houses. vanieville bill was made up of Lawrence Crane and Co.. magicians; Bernard and Orth, Ferman comedians: Hickman Bros. and Co., comedy sketch: De Velde and Zelda. Sisters De Fare end Hathaway and Sefgel. A remarkably big bill Manager Ed. Homan is pleased with the rapid success the American Theatre is making. This week's offering included Marlow and Co. La Mirette and Partner. Elsie Harney and Bors, Jim Hennesey. Virginia Moore and Jack Golden Co. The Portola Theatre offered Doranto, Chinese impersonator: Small, Sloan and Sheridan, sketch; Lakola and Loraine, jugglers: Annie Morris, coon shouter: Hilbert and De Long, comedy change act. and Le Vere singing and talking. IN OAKLAND. played the Macdonongh Theatre March 18-19. and Saturday matinee. and pleased good-sized audiences. Wine. and Song followed for one night. Robert Mantell follows for a week of repertoire. The Red Mill The Girl of the Golden West, seen here on other occasions, was the bill at Ye Liberty Theatre, and again proved a popular attrac tion. Clara Relle Jerome and her Dancing Toodles, was the headline act at the Orpheum. Winter. Felix and Barry, Reynolds and gan. Charles Rowser and Edith Hinkle. Brothers the other good numbers. The Rell Theatre had an unusual stron¢e bill this week. Girard. the Herenlean Idol: Henry and Alice Taylor. Dolph and Susie Levino. Abble Mitchell and Browning and Lavan, each act registering a hit. The FProadwar vandevile ness Idora Park season in July will present voting DoneReed Central and houses, all report other smaller satisfactory busi opens April 2, and during the Pevain’'s Grand Opera Company eight operas, to be contest The following bands be seen: Thavin’s Band. which will sian music: Ohlmever'’s Band a feature of Mexican and Weber's American will render Rus which will make Spanish Rand and Ellery’s Royal Italian Rend. which will close the season. Cc. A. Hoffman has just returned from oOluln, where he was for several moving picture business. Mr Honmonths in the Hoffman has se cured carloads of burros, and proposes to fur nish the different parks. beaches and amuse ment resorts with real burros for children to ride RUBE COHEN OMAHA, NEB. Alice Lloyd Makes Good Impression and Attracts Business. Alice Lioyd, the English comedienne, = sp peared at the Orpheum the past week. She proved one of the most popular artists to ap pear there this season, The entire bill was above the average, and business was excellent The Krug offered Go-Won Go Mohawk the first half of the past week, to fair onsinoss John EF. Young appeared in The Money end the Girl. at the Brandeis March 20-23. Many who attended expected to see a musical comedy Winona | and Palmer, | | held | The city Woman | but it was a good farce comedy and seemed to please the fair audiences. Courtland Beach will management of J. W. intended to put in open the season under Munchbhoff, and it is some concessions and im prove the place to considerable extent. Active work of putting the place in shape for the opening in May will commence at once. The Woodward Stock Company is offering some good plays, at the Boyd, to fair business. The Robinson Crusoe Girls was the Gayety attraction the past week. were only average, good = acts. The musical parts but the olio contained some 3usiness was fair HW. J. ROOT. NEW ORLEANS, LA. News of all Kinds Concerning Many Attractions. The Victor is presenting some excellent musical comedies and is meeting with big success. Samuel Marshall has been appointed general superintendent of Audubon Park. Since Mr. M: rshall’s ippointment many improvements have been made in the grounds and he is com templating making many more. Manager William W. Stiles opened Crescent Park, at Gretna, La., just over the river from New Orleans, presenting vaudeville, moving pic tures and illustrated songs. and dancing, the feature attraetion being Willette. the Wizard, Man of Mystery, King of Kards and Koins and Master Magician, assisted by Robert Herbert Koepke. The park opened Easter Sunday, March 27. Fischer’s Military Band furnished the music for the concerts and vaudeville. and all the concessions report that they did big business. as the park on the opening night was packed to its capacity. C. A. Chandler is president of Crescent Park, and William W. Stiles is gen eral manager. The New Orleans Dam. Independent Order of Reavers. will give a minstrel show and dance at the new Athenaeum, April 9. If present negotiations go through, William A. Koepke will take over the Audubon moving picture and vaudeville theatre, located in Au dubon Park. The United Ancient Order of Duids of New Orleans have purchased a beautiful piece of property on Camp street, for $16,500, where they will make ineir future home—the building will have all modern improvements. The Algiers Street Railway will be extended from Gretna to Harvey’s Canal and the new Naval Station. A party of one hundred will leave here June 25. via the Southern Pacific Railway, to witness the Jeffries-Johnson fight. The train will be made up of six or more sleepers. Dr. Wallace Woods, of this city. is the promoter. Manager J. M. Dubbs, of the Shubert, is offering the Life of Moses this week and is drawing capacity business. Manager Dubbs states that business has been very good since the inauguration of the new policy of only showing moving pictures and illustrated songs. The delegation that left here for Washington, D. C., to see President Taft, and present their claims to Congress anent the Panama Exposition here, have returned, and with them bring good news, saying that President Taft will support this city in any claim that she may make for the exposition, saying that this was the place for it. The only competitor in the field at present is San Francisco. Things for the big Shriner Convention. to be here from April 11-15, are progressing. is being beautifully decorated with flags, bunting, designs and many other novelties, and the additional illumination that is being placed upon the principal streets will be a thing of splendor. The decorations and illuminations will surpass anything ever made heretofore in the past. Tulane Night at the Tulane Theatre was a | big thing, and the college boys made things hum. Several vaudeville stunts were introduced | from the college and Walter Kelly and Fred Lindsay were | made a big hit. William H. Crane, in Father and the Boys, was the splendid attraction for the occasion, the house being packed to its capacity. Manager Thomas C. Campbell, of the Tulane. is offering Mr. J. E. Dodson in The House son is making extensive improvements around White City, and when ready to open, it will look like qa new park. WM. A. KOEPKE. ST. LOUIS, MO. Good Attractions Mark Passing of Last Week in Lent. With real summer garden weather in St. Louis, this week, and the beginning of Holy Week, the theatres are not prepared to look for any great business, yet the class of attrac tions that are booked is of the best, for with The Melting Pot, Elsie Janis, Mabel Taliaferro and Rose Melville, it will be hard for St. Louis to resist the temptation of disregarding the closing Lenten season. Next week we enter April and the billing of the town for the 101 Ranch Wild West, which will usher in the first outdoor entertainment for 1910. The closing weeks of the theatres will bring some of the very best attractions. Especially is this so of the week of April 4, when come John Drew, Henry Miller and George Arliss. One of the attractions creating much favor, is that of Mlle. Coretta and Little Lord Rob erts at the New Bijou on the same platform. The have captured the women of the city, and manager Max Marcus will not know that it is Lent. Beulah Poynter will come to Havlin’s Thea tre, April 24, for an indefinite season of stock, and from the success of her venture here a year ago, she should run through most of the summer to good business. Charles Williams left St. Louis this week for Chicago, where he again starts on a season of thirty weeks over the Western Vaudeville Circuit. He proved an immense hit over the Interstate Circuit, and his present tour hamuch meaning. The great success of Ruth St. Denis in her dances at the Olympic last week, where she appeared at four matinees, has caused the management to extend her stay to four more performances this week. She has received great praise from the St. Louis press, for her artistic work. Harry Depp, leading comedian for the Elsie Janis company, playing here this week, is to be royally entertained by his friends in St. Louis during his stay here. The Bank Clerks’ Minstrels, of which he was a member before becoming a professional, will give a banquet in his honor and attend the performance in a body. The East St. Louis Airdome Co incorporated this week and will operate a chain of airdome this summer in this vicinity. The company comprises Sam Lears, pres.; S. D. Patterson, vice-pres.: Lucius A. Beadles, secy.; Harry G. Redmon, treas. Mr. Lears, on whom the re sponsibility rests has had much experience in theatricals, in the motion picture field especially, and success is predicted. The first one is in East St. Louis and will open in the early part of April. The fifth annual dog show will be held in the Coliseum, March 28to 31, under the auspices of the Mississippi Valley Kennel Club. The entries are unusually large and one of the best exhibitions of its career is anticipated. Manager Dan S. Fishell announces that the engagement of the ‘‘New Theatre Company”’ will be June 13 to 18, at the Garrick Theatre. Articles of incorporation were filed here last week for the Pingston Show and Scenery Company. William P. Pingston, 250 shares; Henry A. Diamant, 150 shares; Herman L. Schaefer, and George A. Sykes, 50 shares each. To manufacture and deal in theatrical scenery, ete. Capital stock, fully paid, $5,000. Bookings are announced at the Olympic Theatre as follows: March 27, Olga Nethersole; April 4, John Drew; April 10, Adeline Genee; April 17, William Collier. At the Century Theatre, March 27, A Gentleman from Mississippl; April 4, Henry Miller; April 10, Hedwig Richert. Work of clearing the wreckage of the re cent fire at the Avenue Theatre in East St. Louis is progressing and the rebuilding of the lobby is expected to be completed to permit opening its doors in three weeks. Manager Jos. Erber, of the Majestic Thea tre, East St. Louis, has received a handsomely framed testimonial from the vaudeville performers and stage employees for his assist | ance following the recent fire at the Avenue Next Door as the attraction this week. Bus!ness is big. Victor Morley. in The Three} | Twins, will follow, with Grace George, in A Woaman’s Way, next. | E. Shea, in Counsel for the Defense, selected by a | also | selections: | King Dodo is the attraction at the Crescent this week. Capacity business is the rule. The Time, the Place and the Girl will follow. Thos. Dr. Jekyll | tre, and Mr. Hyde, Temptation and The Bells, next. | The Mischief Maker is the musical offering at the Victor last week. Capacity business at every performance. Dope, presented by Herman Lieb and Company, is the headline at the American Music Hall Others on the bill are: The Motor Girl, Miss Elsie and Harry Maryville, liliputian act; Atwood and Terry, Snapshots from Life; | Joe Whitehead and Flo Grierson, Lieut Randall, Cardua and Mande, Keogh and Francis. The Ward Heeler. Francis Moore, and the Ameri scape. Manager William T. Grover is presenting some fine programs since he has been here | changes and is getting a big run. Packed houses are | generally the rule. Next week The Romany | Opera Troupe will be the feature. Manager Jules Ristes is still holding the Or| phenm standard of advanced vaudeville, and pre| senting bills of exceptional merit. This Lulu McConnell and Grant Simpson, Butler and Bassett, Ben Welch, Subers, Coakley and MeRride, Leona Thurba and Harry Madison, Hal Godfrey and Company, Milt Wood, Vittoria and Giorgetta. and the Kinodrome. Capacity busi ness fs being done The Winter Garden is offering The Passion Play, Ellithorpe. the fron man, and five other big acts. General manager Reniamin J. Megginson has secured the Boston Ideal Opera Company for the Casino in his White City, to play a season's engagement in repertoire, presenting the very latest in opera and musical comedies. They will open their engagement April 9. Manager Meggin week | | of this week, in Theatre. He prizes it very highly. Arthur Fishell, assistant treasurer, and brother of Dan S. Fishell of the Garrick Theahas, on account of efficiency, been made treasurer of the New Princess Theatre for next season. His work has made him popular with the public and management alike. Manager Frank Talbot, of the Gem Theatre, has leased the Grand Opera House for one week, and will present Florence Lawrence, who has won fame in her characters for the moving pictures of the Independents, in a lecture on her experiences and art of moving picture studies. Her popularity is expected to cause much demand for hearing. The Mound City Film Exchange has offices here, and will come under the ment of J. B. Parker, who is through his management of the of this city. WILL opened managewell-known various ex J FARLEY. COLONIAL COMPANY CHANGES. Columbus, O.. March 21.—The Colonial Company. under the management Howell, has just acquired some valuable tal ent in the persons of Ainsworth Arnold and Miss Lucile Spinney, formerly leading man and woman of the Fourpangh Stock Company of InAianapolis, which has just been disbanded. They take the places of seconds in the Colonial Stock Company made vacant last week by the departure of Miss Lynch and Paul Warren. Mr. Arnold makes his iritial aprearance Wednesday The Spoilers. and Miss. Spinher Columbus debut next week in Stock of James V. nev makes Hello Rill. Frank Sentra. former stage manager of the Fourpanch Stock Company, takes the position of assistant stage manager at the Colonial, left vacant by Frank Driggs. who left the company at the end of last week. 4 + Sy Sap ei Mug ee SSS oe > Sphinn ot Satie Bae UN gReee aoe 7 + Rg RU ERA ae cle > ERO Pi de AMSA aI a li Pe aE OEIC i Ag