The Billboard 1910-04-30: Vol 22 Iss 18 (1910-04-30)

APRIL 30, 1910. The Billboard 11 George Beban, in The Sign of the Rose, played a return engagement the week of April ll to tremendous business. On May 2 the summer season will start with . larger share of moving pictures of the highest quality and five good vandeville acts. rhis polley has been popular for the past two | seasons, and will no doubt prove successful igain. W. H. HASKELL. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Vaudeville Continues in Popular Favor. Legitimate Attractions Noteworthy. e liam Morris Co.'s on Ellis street, is a from the big crew of men working on the ” An entire new set of plans have mad and judging from the drawings nd comfortable theatre will ublic by September. sufficiency prese nt Music judg American stern reality, be open of musical comedy run and evidently all the vau u gers think Its the proper thing Ed Musical Comedy Company is the stellar attraction at the Jim Post the Ameri Company utes, and the also offer ing musical comedy Each of the above « contracts for six or eight weeks addition, several circuit vaudeville *rincess: an; Golden California is om sensational caller Pantages’ the bicy this week. ntract, and goes di is summer he will 1 of hi will ger to he one ) callers included Pierre Four Tossing Lavalles;: J Alexanderoff Russian Oldfields, banjoists; Canada Car and Rarber and Palmer. eatre buliding report says a new be built on the corner of Mission and directly opposite the Grand The York with a He hines war ts manager of a manager mse will Four which took \ g financial After Garrick, artistic ! Dow Clark, from and Georgena Years Press place at and Charles tock Co.; Tommy mor Grey, Little Alma Tuchler, a from The Lombardi Opera Co., Joaquin Wandel nd that gifted violinist. Nathan Landsberger The entertair committee was composed o T nas G. Springer. Gus Keane, Walter An ny, Barnett Franklin, H. A. French and 1 Borough. box-office attraction, Maude hat will be hard to Theatre contained sceipts on the full one-third more. nent. Club benefit April 17, was success The pro the led ment Allen made reach, and had more seating ca run would have She plays a re al ’ Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary, aud made a hit. She received a royal welcome and a load of flow ers. Nellie Nichols, weH-known here, liner at the Orpheum this week, of is the headand easily holds big te opening night saw the house crowded. | | | her position, in spite jon the bill. Nellie ’Friseo favorites, at the old Fisher Theatre. Zarnes and ford cause lots of hilarity with their skit, called The Patent Faker and the The Leading Lady, a tabloid musical showed Miss Marguerite Haney Ed. Coleman and a chorus of six | girls equal to the task. The | bill were all good numbers. The Alexanderoff Troupe of dancers, is indeed a big act for and very clever. Four Tossing a good acrobatic turn. Carlton ; Carmen, si Helm and Cozens and Foster included in the bill. Tony Castellane and Brother, sensational lists, headed t Chutes bill this week. The Bachelor Club, s quartette; Davey and Everson, instrumet Denton and LeBeonf. comedy bar acrobats, and Golden Musical Com | ety Company the big audiences plenty of amusement. Jim Post tured at the several numbers here Craw breezy Lady. when she first appeared Ralph Lynn. good-looking balance of the nine Russian the National Lavalles have Sisters, Helen and Foster ire er; are bi ey ng aLISts: gave Musical American t Mitchell and Miller and Russell appeared in is feaweek. Ab Comedy Company Theatre this comedy, | has long been on the list of | | | | the olio to big business. | The Edwin Emery Musical Comedy Company | opened at the Princess this week, and imme diately won favor. Emery is a clever producer las well as an actor, and knows how to do| | things. In the vaudeville portion of the pro| | gram, Tom Leary. Engene Leary, Athold Grey. Salome dancer; LaVa and others appeared. The Wigwam, Portola, California, Grand and a few other smaller houses continne vaudeville to satisfactory business. RUBE COHEN. SEATTLE, WASH. Work on New Orpheum Theatre Started. With a short the auspices of a committee and Mayor H. C nent business men, the first Saturday morning Considine for the new Orpheum Theatre which will be erected on the southwest corner of Third avenue and Madison street, at a cost f $340,000. After was broken they re paired to the Hotel Washington for luncheon The Seattle Press Club moved into their new club rooms in the Eiller Building, corner Third ceremony under of Chamber officers spadeful the Gill, cits and prom of earth turned ground avenue and University street, a location which is almost in the center of newspaper row. At present they have five large rooms. The furniture billiard and pool tables, buffet and ev erything in the rooms was donated by business men in Seattle. jrnaee me the . established offices The Press Club extends a cordial Invita‘ Mi it om ee ae om ee — i theatrical press agents to call while *e " ntr ind Ses le. . : Ba gage we ae = William Morris closed his engagement on the ag A wee oa ver : a . : The Orpheum Circuit at Denver, Col., and returned ind showed an increase 0’ attendance. © to Seattle. He will hereafter be with the Lois entire Eddy street, from Fillmore to the new) geno Company, at the Lois Theatre. entrance is brilliantly Jleminated in carnival The New Shubert Theatre in Spokane, now colors and very attractive. under process of construction will not be used Eddie Newton, the local song composer, anthor | immediately after its completion for dramatic ef that very popular Casey Jones, has placed | productions, but will be opened with vaudeanother good one on the market, and it has| yipte exclusively with Morris attractions. niready become popular. The name of the new Ed. Drew, who has been in Portland the past one is That's When I Miss You, Dear. He is | two weeks, looking after his interests in that about to publish still another, called All Right. | city, returned to Seattle. He says there is a and this last one will be a hummer. big slump of theatrical patronage in that city. Mr. Fortune Gallo, manager of Ferullo’s ItalArthur A. Green, for several years dramatic fan Band, dropped in to make us a call. The/| editor of the Portland Oregonian, and who is band {is playing a successful engagement at/| ai well-known Pacific Coast newspaper and Idora Park. magazine writer came to Seattle, April 9, to The Weldon Troupe of four acrobats and con tortionists, are playing Southern California, with Texas and Arizona to follow. Miss Edith Mote. after a ten weeks’ success join Robert Mantell, for whom he became press representative. The series of popular concerts given by the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, seaon 1909-10, ful season at the Portola Cafe, appeared at two| ended April 10. when the twelfth concert was special concerts at Reno. Nev., this week, and| given. Mrs. Lotta Ashby Othick, soprano and received the finest of press comments. She goes | Mr. Max Donner, violin, were the soloists. direct from Reno to Denver, and commences LEM A. SHORTRIDGE. an engagement over the Sullivan-Considine Cir cult, working Fast. NASHVILLE, TENN. Mr. J. C. Cohen, the Honolulu !tmpresario, ahieninns arrived here this week. and its making the “ ‘Friseo Billboard office bis headquarters. Mr. | King Dodo Closes Season at the VenCohen says business is good in his line He dome Theatre—A Musical Festival runs the Hawatian Opera House. Orpheum The. atre, Princess Skating Rink, and a couple of Contemplated. picture houses. and is also interested in the hase ball grounds, The Victory Theatre opens again next week; this time under the management of Davis Brothers. Ten cent vaudeville and moving pictures will be the policy. A Hugh J. Emmett, the ventriloquist, was cal'ed here from Chicago, owing to the death of his mother, which ocenrred {In Oakland this week. Plans and specifications are out for a new house to be built in that fast-growing town of Freeno Florence Drake LeRoy. a well-known singer, who appeared last season as soloist with Innis’ Pand at Idora Park. brought suit for a divorce from her husband. George Van Ness LeRoy Joly Trixie, the Fat Girl, was arrested this week, and is charged tn complaint with exhib ‘ting her deformities to the public, to violation of Section 480, Penal Code. She will have a ehance to explain to the judge whether her abundance of flesh ts a gift of Providence, or a ““deformity.”’ She has been on exhibition on Fillmore street the past week, doing an tm mense business, and the report is that the charge was worked up at the instance of some of the shop keepers on the block Otis Skinner, at the Columbia Theatre, filled In a second week, but did not do the business the attraction deserved. The Lambardi Grand Opera Company comes to play a two weeks’ return engagement. May Robson opened at the Van Ness Theatre for a two weeks’ stay. She appeared in The King Dodo closed the regular Vendome sea son. The production as seen in Nashville has been re-embellished and rejuvenated. The Lyman H. Howe Travel Festival make the jump from Nashville, Tenn., to Providence, R. I., from Saturday night to Monday matinee. Nearly two hundred Mystic Shriners, Mecca Temple, of New York City, on a special train from New to New York. Mr. W. BR. Arnold. The Billboard correspond ent of Nashville, Tenn... has written a four act Russian melodrama, the title of which is A Power and Love. The several vaudeville houses continne = to draw well, and excellent bills are being provid of the arrived here Orleans, en route ed by the management of the Fifth Avenne and Grand. The Grand still continues to add ad ditional features each week, to strengthen the bill, and make the shows at this honse the best. Y The Dixte and Crystal moving picture theatres still continue to draw well with the very bich est class of moving pictures obtainable. Man acer Wassmen, of the Crysti! is a creat **hooster’’ of the celebrated Imp. plefures, which are shown at his house on release day. The first official moving pictures that have been taken of Roosevelt's trip to Africa, was shown here at the Elite Theatre. This picture ereated a creat deal of interest with the Nash ville people. The Nashville Musical Festival will be held at the Anditorium, May 11-12. This festival will be given under the auspices of the Nash ville Board of Trade. Three grand concerts will be given, with seven soloists, a full orchestra of sixty pieces, and a chorus of one bundred and fifty voices. W. R. ARNOLD. LOS ANGELES, CAL. Stock Companies are Offering Good Attractions. K. & E. House Dark. This pany hurst week in the Belasco the third week play, The Garden of Lies, a tion of the novel by-that name. This first production of the play on any stage. it has proven a great success. It was produced under the personal supervision of the author. Lewis S. Stone and the Belasco Company are to be complimented on their good work in the piece. Why Smith Left Home Garden of Lies at this house. The Burbank Theatre Stock Company the week of The Lion and the and press and public have been vociferous in the praise of the work of Miss Marjory Ram Theatre Stock Comof the new Broad is is second both j; and new ones are to be placed below. dramatiza| is the | and | will follow The | in | Mouse, | bean, the new leading woman, and the Burbank company. The Love Route will follow The Lion and the Mouse at this house. The Nielsen Theatre Stock Company is suc| eessfully presenting Fron Frou This company is headed by Miss Hortense Nielsen, with Mace Greenleaf in support, and is doing good work and good business. Monna Vanna will follow Frou Frou. At the Grand Opera House, Ferris Hartman and his sir and dancing company, after a two weeks’ run of Grand Opera, are offering The Cingalee to good business. This company is very popular nd is drawing large |} crowds and pleasing them. On Wednesday night of this week and enthusiastic audience greeted the | Kolb and Dill for their annual engagement of t we of Commerce | April 9, by John | Mason Opera playing K. & E. i dark this week for t The Thief will occ tractions, Is Auditorium, Mande Allen is of which were unani this unusual artist. Orpheum this week the Gould. Elsie Faye and Co., Violet Devil, Servant and Man, all good, and the hbold-overs, Ida Fuller. Lottie Williams Co.. The Chas. A. Hearne Co., and Charlene continue to receive share of applause. the Los Angeles drawing mous in their praise of new acts their Theatre, the S. & C. i for the week is Six Phantastic Harris and Smith, Reese Prosser and Brown, Lambert and Williams, and Collins The Lelands, filling the house at every perform I « Toreador Man, respectively. The Regal and The Art and are pleasing. and Exposition of Mary Land, offer their usual high standard of vaudeville, and the Empire has | an unusual bill for a low-priced house. y’s and Clune’s, together with the other moving picture houses, are all doing good business. Much interest has been manifested in the Langford-Flynn fight pictures, shown at several of the picture theatres. The “Sold Out’ sign is often seen in Los Angeles, more often perhaps at the Orpheum, whose patrons are anxiously watching the erection of the new Orpheum Theatre and office building, on Broadway. The work on Tally’s and the Pantages’ theatres is progressing nicely. the former to be the largest and finest moving picture theatre in the West, to have a seating capacity of 1.900. EUGENE . D’INGOMAR. KANSAS CITY, MO. Excellent Attractions at all Theatres. New S. & C. House Soon to be Opened. who was the manager of the Gayety Theatre, of Kansas City, the earlier part of this season, was the manager of Miss Patsy, with Miss Gertrude Quinlan as Mr. Tom Hodgeman, the fascinating little star. Mr. Hodgeman while a resident of Kansas City made many friends here and they all were very glad to give him a hearty welcome. . Miss Maude Adams, in What Every Woman Knows. did capacity business for the Willis: Wood Theatre for the three nights and Saturday matinee she was in Kansas City, opening Thursday, April 21. Miss Eva Lang and capable stock company began a limited engagement at the Willis-Wood Theatre the week of April 24. The first production put on by the stock company was Peter Pan, with Miss Lang in the title role. This is to be followed by Sham and The Rose of the Rancho for a week each. Whether the stock company engagement will be prolonged beyond that has not been announced. “ Mr. Earl Steward, resident manager of the Shnbert Theatre. has told Kansas City that FE. Fi. Sothern and Julia Marlowe will come here for the week of May 9. with a Shakespearean repertoire. The lightest and most charming of the Shakespeare plavs will be presented here, incInding Romeo and Juliet Miss Florence Roberts was Theatre the week of April 17 formation. Little Emma Dunn, in Mother, bert Theatre this week. Miss “great”? Kansas City favorite and this is our first opnortrnity to her as a sure enough star. The Shubert is doing a very rood bdustness this week. Business at the Shubert Theatre the entire season, has never been ‘‘slack,”’ and there is no falling off with the end of the season so near in sight. at the Shubert in The Trans is at the ShuDonn its a see The Prince Chap, the week of April 17, at the Grand Opera House, and The Virginian, the week of April 24, at the same theatre, were seen in Kansas City for the first time at popular prices during these engagements. A permit was secured to make ‘repairs aggre gating $14,000 on the Orpheum Theatre. Mr. Martin Lehman, resident manager, says that the entire house will be remodeled this summer at an expense estimated at $25,000. ‘“‘We are to have an entirely new front,’’ said Manager Lehman, ‘‘the seats are to be. changed All the is to be bolstered up and made stronger and the whole interior is to be redecorated. The season at the Orpheum closes May 14. Sapho, at the Gillis Theatre last week, was well rendered and pleased the patrons. Nettie, the News Girl, at the Gillis this week and with clever specialties is proving very entertaining. The Gayety Theatre closes for the season, Saturday, May 7. The Century is way of business lesque attractions Kansas City is to have a new theatre. is the Empress at Twelfth and McGee streets and is to be a Sullivan-Considine house. The management hope to be giving popular vaudeville shows in the theatre about May 15. The theatre commenced in January but work has rushed right along so that Sullivan and Considine wonld have a Kansas City house as soon as possible. house is still holding and is these weeks. its own in the offering superior bur It was been WM. Ww. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. SHELLEY. Preparations Being Made by. Local Stock Companies for the Summer Engagements. Aa Manager Chas. Emerson Cook, of the Lyrie | Theatre Stock Company, has secured Miss Helen | Wilton, a favorite member of the former Lyric | ri overy. and Char| Theatre Stock Company, and she is greeting her many admirers in The Return of Eve, this week's offering. The popular ingenue, Miss Lillian Raymond. who has been suffering with a severe attack of acute pneumonia, has safely passed the crisis and is on the high road to re{t is also announced that Miss Raymond will not appear permanently in Mr. Cook's Springfield company, but will open there and alternate between the Minneapolis and Eastern companies, The Bijou Theatre is arranging for its summer stock season, opening Sunday matinee, May 8. Manager Theo, L. Hayes, of this playhouse, states that the Klimt & Gezzolo Stock Company, from the Criterion Theatre, of Chicago, will present the work of the summer season, which will run for five weeks. The Child of the Regiment, a Blaney production, which requires much special scenery, will be the ance. , | first stock offering. The Olympic and Princess are offering The | . A new lyric tenor, E. N. Dobson. is singing his way into popularity at the Novelty Theatre. | Mr. Dobson hails from Kansas City, Mo., where he formerly rendered the illustrated songs for the Yale Film Exchange. As Mr. Dobson is from Missouri, he’ll be able to ‘‘show us.” Smith and Brown, those clever dancers, made a sure enough hit when they played the Miles Theatre last week. We will have a chance to see more of these entertainers, as they are booked to appear at Forest Park for two weeks commencing June 21, and also are scheduled for an appearance at the Unique Theatre early in August, on their way West for a tour of the Pacific Coast. W. A. “‘Bill’’ Kelly, manager of the Southern Theatre, is beginning to feel quite paternal since he inaugurated his popular priced childrens matinees for Saturdays. Bill says he counted the heads last Saturday up to seventeen hundred, when his patience gave out, and he stoppea counting, but they kept coming just the same. The Southern has now introduced a system of changing its complete Lill twice a week, which patrons approve of highly. Andrew M. J. Campion, whose face has been familiar around L. E. Lund’s chain of motion picture theatres for many seasons, left his post Sunday, April 17, to take a well-earned summer's rest. It is rumored that Andy is contemplating the matrimonial yoke with a blonde beauty. Congratulations, Andy. Charlie Hardy, of the Great Northern Theatre, Chicago, has been appoirted treasurer of the Lyric Theatre, succeeding T. E. Gill, now auditor of the 101 Ranch. Beginning May 15, the Emma Bunting Stock Company will open for a summer season of stock burlesque at the Gayety Theatre (Eastern Wheel). A large audience attended the benefit for the Actors’ Fund of America which took place took place Tuesday afternoon. April 26, at the Metropolitan Opera House. All the attractions showing here this week participated. The leading lady of The Virginian Companys, Miss Mabel Wright, spent the week as a guest of Miss Tess Maguire, No. 1 East 25th street. Many social functions were given in her hono, We are still receiving favorable reports from our former local stock actors. Henry Mortimer, formerly with the Frawleys, is with the Albee Stock Company, of Providence, R. I., this summer, playing leads; Arthur Jarret, of the Neill’s, is numbered among the members of the Catherine Countiss Stock Company, of Grand Rapids, Mich.; Thurston Hall. of the Ferris Company, is appearing in stock at Toledo, O., while in a rival stock company In the same city are Corinne Cantwell and Kate Blancke, formerly of the Lyric Stock Co. No one can accuse Roy C. Langvay of not be ing enterprising. Roy is now manager of the Lreeum Post-card Store, advertising agent of the Auditorium Theatre. financial secretary of Minneapolis Lodge No. 50, T. M. and vicepresident of Local No. 10, I. A. B. & RB. P. of A. It may be mentioned that Roy has discovered that you can work twenty-four hours without sleep. hODERIC STE. FLEURE. 1 1 } CAL NEWS IN BRIEF) ——— ee Saecnee | 3 } t