The Billboard 1910-04-16: Vol 22 Iss 16 (1910-04-16)

10 The Bi llboard APRIL 16, 1910. BIG TOWN NEWS BOILED DOWN PHILADELPHIA, PA. Vaudeville Teams Split. Dick Welch. Very til. Al. White, the local dancing master, has been offered one of the piers at a local summer resort, but owing to his large amount of work fixing up acts that are laying off, he was compelled to let it go. He bas seven shows to put on this | summer in New York. All of his acts are) working steady. Rovha and Gleason were Billboard callers this week and said they look for a better season | with their show, Pastime of the Plains, than | ever before. They will take in Pennsylvania | end New Jersey this season, and Rocha’s new feature is spinning the rope while dancing on | broken glass. Bid best regards to friends. Dick Welch, of the team of Collins and Welch, fa lying very ill, with cancer of the jaw, at | St. Joseph's Hospital, 17th and Girard avenue, | Philadelphia, and would like to hear from his | friends. The Warwicks are split, has a new act in which he is introducing a character lightning change. He has an idea which will give him the benefit of taking his own instruments on and off the stage, allowing him to work in one, without the assistance of J and Mr. Warwick one. Tooy Baker is at his home in this city, arranging to take a minstrel troupe out for a tour In the southern states this summer. Myles McCarthy, who was with The Goddess of Liberty Company, which will close its season bere on Saturday night, will go into vaudeville with a sketch. (Continued on page 44.) ST. LOUIS, MO. Miller Bros.’ 101 Ranch Plays St. Louis. New Theatre Contemplated. St. Louis is now experiencing the best part of its theatrical season as far as attractions are | concerned, and it is regretted that these same attractions can not be brought here earlier, so that we could report capacity business. As it is, the business done is good, for, after the Lenten season Is over, there is always a falling off in the general business done at all houses and %ur season is as other cities’. We ere now getting ready for our first glance at the sawdust, for we have the city billed for | written and based the appearance of the 101 Ranch Wild West, on April 16. Then, the advance for Ringling | Brothers’ Circus is in the city and will start billing in the next few days. On April 23 we will open our first amusement park, and then the summer season will be on in full blast, | The Nickelodeon Censorship bill, as it was) called, and which was passed by the city | council seme weeks ago, was defeated last week | 7 the lower branch of the Assembly, the House | of Delegates. The vote opposing it was unanl| mous. The bill, modeled on the’one in existence | in Chicago, provided for the censorship by the ; chief of police, or by some one designated by him, of all moving pictures which were to be shown in local odeons. The films, after passing inspection, were to be licensed. By this action | the motion picture people can go along as here tofore, without any objections being placed on their pictures other than those by the film companies themselves. (Continued on page 44.) CINCINNATI, 0. | | Theatres Continue to Draw Well. Manager Martin Returns to the City. ia For the first time in many seasons, May ae Prince Chap Company, St. Elmo Company. Andi| torlum Stock Co., Empire Burlesquers Co., The is in Cincinnati. Despite her firm resolve quit the stage, she is again before the foot| lights and is as funny as of yore. Other theat| rical ettractions continue to draw well in spite | of the prevailing warm weather. Muring his previous visit to the city, De Wolf | Hoppe entertained the boys of the house of | refuge with a special matinee performance out | at the city’s famous institution. It is expected | that he will repeat this treat for the youngsters | when he comes to the Grand Opera House short| ly In A Matinee Idol. The Lyric season will close on May 14. Maneger John Havlin, of the Grand Opera | Honse, has returued to New York for a few | days. He will be back in Cincinnati shortly to again take up the work of arranging the big) actors’ fund benefit, to be held on Thursday afternoen, April 21. Hia'tie Lorraine, formerly of the Sam Bernard Company, was in the city for a few days visiting relatives. Miss Lorraine will rest up a bit | in New York, preparatory to filling vaudeville | engagements abroad. She expects to sail for | Europe early in May. | Cincinnati is one of the few western cities | which will see the detective-thief play, Arsene | Lupin. this season. Colonel tke Martin, manager of the Orpheum Theatre and Chester Park, has returned to Cin| cinnati and will get busy Immediately in pre paring Chester for a gala opening. Robby Carroll, of minstrel fame, and Lillian Rrevonrt produced their laughable comedy, Fif teen Minntes for Lunch, at the Robinson. on Coney Holmes’ Circuit. They are now at the Plaza, Norwood, Obio. (Continued on page 44.) BOSTON, MASS. Excellent Week of Grand Opera. sip—Theatrical Gosand Amusement. The greatest week of grand opera which Boston has ever known is filling the enormous anAitoriums of the Roston Opera House and the Roaton Theatre to overflowing with enthusiastic citizens, and established without a doubt that | i | efit is Boston is an opera loving city. The Manhattan ‘Opera Company presented at the Boston Theatre Strauss’ opera, Elektra, with Mme. Mararin in the title role, while at the Boston Opera House the Metropolitan Opera Company gave Alda with Caruso as the heroic Rhadames. At the end of the performances at each theatre the audience went wild, applauding and cheering for several minutes. The combined box office receipts of the two houses for the night was $25,000. Louis Burkhardt will be given a testimonial | at the Colonial Theatre, April 10, the attraction being Creatore and his Band. Mr. Burkhardt is the advertising manager of the Colonial, Hollis, Park, Tremont and Roston theatres. The first presentation of the first drama ever upon the American trotting horse was given March 29. at Jordan Hall, un der the auspices of the Metropolitan Driving Club, and is the work of Wilber Dudley. (Continued on page 44.) MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Several Theatre Attaches Preparing For Summer Season. Park News. Nat Wills spent a few days at the Radisson Hotel last week, jumping from New York to join his fiancee, La Titcomb, who was playing at the Orpheum Theatre. T. L. Giil, treasurer of the Lyric Theatre, left Minneapolis for St. Louls, where he will join Miller Brothers’ 101 Ranch, which opens April 14, and will act as their auditor again this season. A. J. Bainbridge, Jr., the manager of the Lyric, will also leave in time to jom the 101 Ranch on their opening, and will occupy the position of press representative, in which capacity he has distinguished himself in past seasons. Mr. L. E. Lund, manager of the Isis, Novelty and Wonderland theatres, has just recovered from a siege of typhoid fever, and his smiling face is once again seen on the Mill City Rialto. Minneapolis is glad to hear favorable reports of many of her old-time friends. Dorothy Toye, who resided here for some time, is being featured in a big revue at the Paris Scala. Henry ©. Mortimer, who was leading man for the Frawley Stock Company at the old Lyceum theatre, will be seen next season with Lawrence Irving and Mabel Hackney in The Three Daughters of Mons. Dupont. Pete Raymond, of local stock company fame, and later with The Golden Girl, has joined the forces of The Imperial Players, which is a St. Louis stock company, and Williams Jossey, who was also seen here in stock, is leading man with this company. Ralph Stuart, who owned and operated the Ralph Stuart Stock Company at the Lyceum Theatre here. will be seen in the new production of The Upstart, and George Soule Spencer, formerly leading man of the present local Lyric Stock Company, is cast in the new Henry B. Harris production, The Commuters, a comedy by James Forbes. (Continued on page 44.) KANSAS CITY, MO. Big Benefit to be Given. Negroes try to Suppress Play The following companies and theatres will be represented at the monster benefit for The Actors’ Fund of America, at the Grand Opera House, Friday afternoon, April 22. Maude Adms, Florence Roberts, Vesta Victoria, The Ginger Girls Co., and a few vaudevillians whose Dames have not been announced. This is the most interesting program ever given in Kansas City, and with the Kansas City spirit, it ought to be the most successful. The enthusiasm the theatres and company managers are manifesting in the benefit suggest that the standing room only sign will be in evidence. Mr. Marin Lehman, resident manager of the Orpheum Theatre, is stage manager and director for the benefit, and with his genius in this respect, and his known ability for making a success of anything Into which he enters, the benbound to be the biggest ever. Mr. O. H. Buckley, business manager of the Willis Wood Theatre, will be about as glad as any one In Kansas City when the season closes. Mr. Buckley, in addition to his duties in this capacity, bas for the past several months been acting manager, press representative, assisted in the box office, and several other little things. Mr. Buckley usually spends his summers at Cayuga Lake, New York, and these warm days of spring are suggesting to him many pleasant hours at the lake, and he longs to be off. (Continued on page 44.) SEATTLE, WASH. A New Vaudeville House Now Under Construction. Work on the new Orpheum Theatre, to be built by John W. Considine, was begun April 9th Mr. Considine turned the first shovelful of earth and dedicated the structure to the pleasureloving public of Seattle. This theatre is to leost $240,000, and when completed there will be no finer vaudeville theatre in America. Managers Russell and Drew, of the Alhambra, |have decided to play national opera at popular prices, and will present The Fortune Teller for one week, commencing April Sth L. A. SHORTRIDGE. BALTIMORE, MD. The Penalty Receives Ovation in Baltimore. A New Theatre. Arnold Daly appeared at the Academy of Music in The Penalty. The play was written by Henry C. Colwell, and he has produced something that is quite interesting and enter taining. The play deals with divorce, and this social question Is handled in a very clever manner. The supporting company includes the following: Hilda . Spong, Dorothy Rossmore, Kate Easter, Edfft Baker, Emmet Corrigan. Campbel Gollan, Scott Cooper, Charles Laite, and Charles H. Riegel The scenes are laid in the fashionable section of New York, and requires some luxurious mounting, which has been supplied. Mr. Harry A. Henkle, business manager of the Academy of Music, is much perturbed over the loss of a bunch of theatre tickets. He was riding on a Linden avenue car last week, and a light-fingered artist cansed $20 worth of tickets for orchestra seats to lift from his pocket with the utmost ease. The tickets were for the benefit performance to be given Mr. Henkle and Treasurer Jobn Litle ot the Academy of Music, April 18-19. In the same envelope with the tickets were some well-written press notices for the Arnold Daly production, The Penalty. From the present outlook, Mr. Henkle, will have to make good for the loss of the tickets, which were to be sold for his own benefit. As he has lost the record of the exact location of the seats, each ticket will have to be closely scrutinized as it is presented on the night of the performance. Joseph Brodie is making preparations to erect a new vaudeville and moving picture theatre on the site of his present theatre, 1120 Light street. The new building will be Lshaped, and cover a lot 70 by 178 feet. It will have a capacity of 1,000 persons. SYLVAN SCHENTHAL. BROOKLYN, N. Y. Theatricals Waning and Much Activity Noticeable Around the Parks. The theatrical season in Brooklyn is gradually drawing to a close, and in the course of a few weeks many of the theatre managers will announce their closing dates. Great preparations are being made at Coney Island for a prosperous season. The large amusement parks will open May 14. The new Brighton Beach Theatre opens May 16. Brighton Beach Music Hall will open earlier than usual. Frederic Thompson will present many new attractions at Luna Park this season. one of which will be the famous Trip to the Moon, which will be produced on a larger scale than the production that made Luna Park famous years ago. Barnum and Bailey’s Greatest Show on Earth is extensively billed for week of April 26. The American Music Hall in Rockaway Beach will open again this season, management of the Morris Circuit. William Trimborn, who has successfully managed the Fulton Theatre here for the past two years, has been selected by Willlam Morris to manage the American Music Hall this season. eled and painted, and many new are being added. The press agent has already started his campaign and states that everything will be new but the ocean at Dreamland this season. Frank C. Bostock’s Wild Animal Arena, at Dreamland, has been thoroughly remodeled and re-decorated. and several consignments of wild animals have already arrived The show this season promises to be more sensational than ever before. GEO. H. HAKES. ALBANY, N. Y. Unique April Fool Joke a Valuable Advertising Stunt. Company, was the work of the fertile mind of Manager J. Gilbert Gordon, of Harmanus Bleeck er Hall, Albany, N. Y. In various parts of the city, In front of stores. were placed large barrels, the tops covered by a wire screen. On the sides of the barrels in flaming red paint were the words: “Danger! Snakes."" Of course this warning made the onlooker curious, and peering carelufly throngh the top of the barrels, the sight and be under the | Greater Dreamland is being thoroughly remod| attractions | New Orleans will send the Creole Kitchen, with several colored mammies, to the Actors’ Fair Fund. Nothing but Creole foods and beverages will be sold at this booth. It is rumored here that the American Music Hall wiil keep open all summer. The Orpheum people are contemplating keeping open during the summer months, but have not reached a definite decision as yet. Mr. Joseph H. DeGrange, vice-president of the New Orleans Railway Company, announces that West End. the park on Lake Pontchartrain, will open May 1, with vaudeville, moving pic tures and military band concerts. The acts that will participate in the Actors’ Fund Fair, at the Tulane Theatre, April 8, are as follows: Thos. E. Shea, Grace George, Eva Taylor, Signor Travato. Ed. F. Reynard, The Two Arkansas, Jerre Sanford, Stewart Col lins and his Banjo Girls, and one or two others. The sale of seats are reported as being extra heavy. The Boston Ideal Opera Company was the opening attraction at White City, April 1. Manager Thos. C. Campbell announces that In the Bishop’s Carriage will bring the Crescent to a close April 17. The Three Twins, with little Miss RBeaste Clifford, returned here week of April 10, Shrina ers’ week, for a return engagement WILLIAM A. KOEPKE. SAN FRANCISCO CAL. Two Local Parks Open. Continues Vaudeville in Favor. Saturday was the big opening day of Idora Park, Oakland. and thousands availed themselves of the beautiful weather and attended. Francesco Ferullo and his Italian Band of fifty pieces were the opening attraction, and were welcomed. Everything looks clean, fresh and new, and all the concessions did a big business. Anna Woodward, who was playing an engagement at the Bismarck Cafe, left suddenly for Chicago, owing to the sad news that was conveyed to her that her father, mother and brother were killed in an automobile accident. The Alhambra Cafe, located on Powell street, just around the corner from the Orpheum, opens April 16, and will play vaudevile acts, particularly singing turns, a feature. Edith Helena has accepted a week's engagement at the Chutes Theatre, and opens next week. John Morrisey, the dean of vaudeville managers of the Pacific Coast, for over twenty years resident manager of the Orpheum (the mother of all the Orpheums, left Saturday, April 5 for a four weeks’ visit in the East. He will stop over at St. Louls on private business matters, and also take in New York, to visit his sister. The folowing well-known performers paid The Billboard a visit during the week: Miss Edith Helena, the prima donna; Miss Georgia Harvey, member of The Red Mill Co.; Jas. A. Hen nesey, monologist; Max Duffek. the musical con tortionist; Lazaro Brothers. singing duo; The Great Svingali. hypnotist; L. Allen Rates, vocalist; Miles Quartet; Raymond Smith, sketch artist, and Helen Byron. The Princess Theatre opens April 9 with vau | deville at popular prices. Luna Park, San Jose, opens April 9, under the labor unions’ auspices. Both the National and American theatres are now running Independent moving pictures. The Rustican Trio arrived here this week having just finished their contract over the 8S. and C. Circuit. They came direct from Den ver, to fill a six weeks’ engagement at the Portola Cafe. Miss Christine MacLean. one of the popular members of the Alcazar Stock Company, died April 1, at Mount Zion Hospital, where she was taken last Wednesday in an unconscious cond! | tion from an overdose of sleeping powder. She was about thirty years of age. and usual’y played character parts. She was the wife of that met his eye was a reminder in prints that | | Rert Lytell was playing at Harmanus Bleecker | Hall. | away. Manager J. Gilbert Gordon. of Harmanus | Mleecker Hall, Albany, N. was one of the guests at the Friars’ dinner to George M. Co| han, at the Astor, New York, on April 3. | WM. M. HASKELL. NEW ORLEANS, LA. |New Amusement Place is Planned. | White City Opened April 9. Dr. Ladwig Whellner. the German song iIn | terpreter, who made a big Impression here upon |} his first appearance, will return here some time this month and give a second recital, A big amusement palace, natatorinm and ice and roller skating rink is planned for New Orleans. The compony its headed by Mr. Mor| rison, and the building will eost $250,000. It | will be open summer and winter. It idea to run roller and ice skating, vaudevillle and many other amusements. “Stung!"’ was his comment as he walked | | will be In readiness by Ralph Bell, who travels with the Alcazar Road show. Kolb and Dill closed at the Princess this | week, and go to Los Angeles for a short season A clever April fool joke, which. at the same time proved a good ad for the Bert Lytell Stock | Nonette, billed as the Gypsy violinist, carried off the honors of the newcomers at the Orpheum this week. She is a gifted artist, with lots of magnetism, good looks and pretty costumes. and answered half a dozen curtain calls at each performance. RURE COHEN. LOUISVILLE, KY. Work on New Theatre Being Rushed. Parks Will Open May 1. The new Walnut Street Theatre construction, it is hoped by now under the management, the summer months. It | will be managed by Irvin Simons, of the Prin cess Amusement Co., and will present vandeville and pictures. running four shows a day, This will be another theatre to be booked by the | Sun Circuit. |} although just starting ont, is the. The Masonic will open with a stack eompany, April 18. which halls from Svracuee, N. Y.. where it played a two-years’ ron. Tt ts called The Robt. Blendon Co. The firet play to be put on is called Mme. Sans Gene. an adaptation from the French. This plece has made a big success In New York, but this will be the first time {ft has ever been seen here. It is a comedy with some exceptional dramatic situations in it Clarence P. Zollinger, the young Lonuleville song writer. has written a new song, entitled When Jeffries Whips the Coon. Mr. Zollinger. has written quite a number of song successes. (Continued on page 44.) |