The Billboard 1910-08-27: Vol 22 Iss 35 (1910-08-27)

10 The Billboard AUGUST 27, 1910. BIG TOWN AMUSED\ BROOKLYN, N. Y. Plans for Opening of Theatres Announced by Several Managers. Percy G. Williams’ Orpheum Theatre will re open on Monday, August 29, with the usual high class vaudeville bill. Mr. Frank Kilholz, man ager of this theatre, bas returned from Branford, Conn., where he has been spending the summer, and his time is fully ocupied in getting the Orpheum in shape for the opening. The Crescent Theatre, which is the home of the Crescent Stock Co., will open the season September 5. { The Fulton Theatre, which is one of William Morris’ vaudeville theatres, and which has been playing vaudeville and pictures during the summer months, will commence with high-class vaudeville on September 5. The Gayety Theatre opened here Monday, August : with Clark’s Runaway Girls. The Gay ety has been handsomely redecorated during the summer. Nick Norton. the veteran vaudeville manager, is now located in Pittsburg, where he has cliarge of booking a chain of vaudeville theatres controlled by the Harris Amusement Co. The Casino Theatre opened here Monday, August 15. with Williams’ Imperials Burlesquers, in the new skits. A Glorious Night and Heinie’s Hotel. Harry lL. Cooper, the German comedian, chief fun maker. appears with Ollie Francis, rima donna; Violet Hilson, a chie soubrette; arie Goodner and Allison Hughes, ingenues; William Deery, comeaian: George Thurston, Walter Johnson. and a graceful and youthful chorus, attractively costumed. Specialties by Goodner and Hughes, singers and dancers: Walter Johnson and Violet Hilson. novel sketch; Mile. Cinemais’ Living Mode's, in reproductions of modern ,tmd ancient sculoture and paintings; Deery and Francis, the funmakers. In the olio is an importation from Paris, The Four MeNalleys, in a novel and sensation] act, are a feature. (Continued on page 40.) TROY, N. Y. Lew Dockstader’s Minstrel Show, Full of Novelties, Opens Season. The Lyceum Theatre, que attractions part of the past season, and iater switched to ten-cent vaudeville has been leased until next July by H. R. Jacobs, representing the Klaw and Erlanger syndicate. Mr. Jacobs has commenced booking attractions for the season. The interior is being remodeled and it is expected that the house will be ready in a few weeks. Mr. Jacobs desired to obtain a five-years’ lease on the place, but the owner stated he was unable at present to give him a lease for that length of time. Phil D. Greene, the spiral ascensionist who was at Rensselaer Park a short time ago, has been in and around Troy for the past two weeks, getting booked for the fairs. A reproduction of the Jeffries-Johnson fight, which played burles was given in fireworks at Rensselaer Park, Thursday evening, Aug. 18. Onthank and Blachette, Russian acrobats and head waikers were the free acts in the court. Arthur L. Guy's Novelty Minstrels were at the Rustic Theatre last week. Rand’s Opera House opened for the season Saturday August 13th, with Lew Dockstader and his famous minstrels. The show is entirely changed and all new songs are introduced. The house was packed to the doors and many were turned away. The wetk of August Sth, was the marking of another big week at Proctor’s Theatre. The 8. R. O. sign is the rule nearly every evening after 7-30. THEO. S. PRATT. BALTIMORE, MD. Burlesque Season Inaugurated at Both Houses. The Academy of Music opened August 22 with vaudeville and moving pictures. The shows which were the talk of the town last spring will again be the topic of conversation among the natives. The shows will be given as a preliminary to the opening of the regular season. Manager M. J. Lehmayer is very proud of his theatre, and the fact that the Moose convention is here affords an opportunity for the visitor to see one of the sights of the city and the handsomest theatre in the South. All roads are now leading to the Monumental city. and every train, steamboat and other means of transportation brought in delegations by the hundreds last week. The cause of this mnusual proceeding is the annual convention of the loyal Order of Moose, which is being hela from August 22 to 26. The Maryland Theatre Is the headquarters for | the convention. The city officials began August 14 to prepare for the event. the entertainment of the nounced. The grand visitors has been ancarnival and street parade will be held on Wednesday night. There will be trips down the Chesapeake Bay to An napolis and other places. There will be a crab feast at Rack River on Monday afternoon. An outing will be held at River View on Thursday. There is a good time in store for everybody, and, of course, the visitors will receive Ralti more hospitality which is known throughout the universe. The respective burlesque wheels were set motion August 13, sring In both in and there was a large ga:uhouses to witness the start. Rose Sydell and her London Belles were at the Gayety, and the show was given a good start with the S. R. O. sign very much in evi jence. Rose Sydell has been a regular annual visitor for many years, and her show is always mn incentive to attract a large crowd. The fun hat is created by W. S. Campbell and Johnnie Weber Is worth the price of edmission alone. The Monumental Theatre opened with The Firls from Dixie, and it is a worthy example of a good burlesque show. There are good comelians and other people with talent that go to make up an excellent performance. Adams and *$uhl are the leading features. The show was njoyed by a large crowd. The program for | After closing for a few weeks for renovation and cleaning up, the Victoria Theatre reopened August 15 with a centinuation of its summer schedule. This popular house is always well patronized no matter how the wind blows. (Continued on page 40.) UTICA, N. Y. The Opening of the Theatrical Season is Welcomed by Local Play Lovers. The announcement of the opening of the local theatres is received with great enthusiasm by theatre-goers of Utica. The Majestic Theatre under the management of J. O. Brooks, opened its season on Aug., 17th, with Lew Dockstader and his 20th century min strels. P. F. Clancy, manager of the Hippodrome Theatre, made unusual arrangements for the opening of the fall season, by having an Old Home Week, August 15th. The bill is made up of professional vaudevillians who claim Utica as their home. They are Smith’s Juvenile Cor net Boys. This act is a high-class musical, that takes: Griffith R. Hughes, Utica’s foremost baritone soloist; Graham and Evans singing and dancing artists, and Adam Durr, the old timer, making his first appearance in fifteen years. He is the candy kid of the bill, ia an acrobatic turn of the old variety. The opening of the Orpheum Theatre was re ceived joyously by the patrons of this popular theatre. The theatre has undergone thorough renovation. A set of new scenery and a new picture machine have been installed. For the first half of week appeared Sugi moto’s Japs, acrobatic act of high-class; The Pete Lawrence Trio; Crown Musical Duo, ela borate and out of the ordinary. The later part of the week Geo. B. Sinclaire and the three Percy Girls, singing and acrobatic act; Bal ton Troupe, Europe’s greatest lady aerialists: the Stage Struck Kids’, comedy and catchy songs that please: illustrated songs by Prof. F. Weimer, and pictures. H. GLENN DE VOE. ALBANY, N. Y. Prominent Stock Actor Weds Leading Lady in New York. The Comedy Stock Company at Harmanus Bleecker Hall closed its engagement August 20, with a week of Old Heidelberg. Louis Leon Hall was especially engaged to play Karl in this production. Additional interest was felt by Albanians in the incidental songs by the Temple Quartette, a local musical organization. The previous announced Ann Boyd, for the week of August 22, was canceled in order to renovate the theatre for the fall opening on Labor Day. when Manager Gordon will present The Chocolate Soldier. Succeeding this, on September 10, comes De Wolfe Hopper, in A Matinee Idol, and on September 12-14, Madame X. An equally strong list of bookings will follow. Lew Dockstader played to a big house August 15, at Harmanus Bleecker Hall. He has a good show. Charles V. Burton, press representative of the Comedy Stock Company, has gone to Louisville, Ky., to resume the management of the Bert Lytell Company. Mr. Lytell, who closed a long engagement at Harmanus Bleecker Hall, July 30, was married in New York on August 1, to Miss Evelyn Vaughn, leading woman of the Alcazar Stock, San Francisco. Maple Beach Park is finishing the season a big success. For the week of August 15, Manager Carlin offered the following talent in the open-air theatre: The Russell-Smith Minstrel Troupe, the Grotesque Randolphs and the Three Mad Caps. The Ancient Order of Hibernians had their annual field day at the park on August 17. Manager Rhodes will open the Empire Theatre on August 27, with the Knickerbocker Bur lesquers. WILLIAM H. HASKELL. PITTSBURG, PA. Theatrical Season Launched in the Smoky City. Fight Film Shown. The theatrical season is once more assuming its natural appearance and with the opening of the Lyceum and the Gayety, two more of our theatres are beginning the season. The Grand will continue with vandeville, opening on Labor Day and Harry Davis, manager, promises one of the best of all seasons in vaudeville. As Mr, Davis always lives up to promises, Pittsburg will have a treat in this line of amusements. The Duquesne, which formerly held the stock company which has recently been transferred to the Grand for the summer, has been moving pictures. At this theatre the pictures of the Jeffries Johnson contest were shown last week. They are well worth the price of admission and aside from the interest in the fight are the clearest pictures ever seen here. Last week’s amusements were on a par with previous performances and the stock company at the Grand, in A Stranger in a Strange Land, proved a very amusing farce. The Lyceum, with Beverly, drew full houses. The production was well acted by a very capable company. The Academy. with Tony Kennedy, made an excellent impression and drew a good-sized house last week. The Gayety, with The Bowery Burlesquers, sustained its reputation and gave the patrons an excellent bill. The Hippodrome, bill of vandeville. Considering the warm weather. the smaller theatres, the Liberty, Family and Fifth Ave., have been doing a splendid business with exceptionally good bills. L, as usual, had a high-class L. KAUFMAN, having | OSWEGO, N. Y. Hippodrome, Oswego’s Latest Theat rical Acquisition, Nearing Completion. The business being done at the Richardson Theatre with vaudeville and animated pictures, is truly wonderful. Large crowds are turned away night after night unable to gain admis sion. This fact, considering the extreme warm weather, is evidence enovgh that Oswego is a good show town and vaudeville is popular with the people. The vaudeville features for the last half of week of August 8 were: Queen and Powers, singing and dancing; the Royal Mex ican Serenaders, Bonner and Powers, late of the Anna Held Company, and May Clinton Cox, the world’s famous shooting star, composed the bill. The Hippodrome, the new theatre being erected by Charles P. Gilmore, is nearing com pletion and it is expected that it will be open, and ready for business on or about September Mr. Earl Burgess, who recently assumed the management of the Richardson, is a hustler for business, and continues to spring many little surprises in the-way © fup-to-date advertising stunts. SEELEY NEW ORLEANS, LA. Sidney Drew, in Billy, to Open Season at the New Shubert Theatre. KELSEY. The old historic French Opera House in this city is being put in first-class condition for the coming operatic season. The house is being painted in and outside and redecorated, and many other improvements are being added to it, When completed it will be one of the most mod ern opera houses in the country. About $20,000 is being expended. Work is to be commenced immediately upon new West End Park, the lake shore resort on Lake Ponchartrain. A new sea wall built. being about five thousand feet in length, and beautiful gardens are to be laid out. Mauy new concessions and buildings are to be built, and other improvements to numerous to mention will be added to the lake shore park. About $200,000 in all will be expended on this popular resort before the opening of the 1911 season. The vaudeville bill at the American Music Hall last week included Russel and Davis, In Her First Message: LeNoir’s Marionettes; Wm. McGrath, the up-side-down man, in the Sand Dance, and the latest motion pictures. Cupa ity business rules. The Dierick Brothers. athletes; The Aldines. acrobats; Eddie Ross, the dancing banjoist and comedian; Miss Vera Berliner, soprano and vio drome, showing the newest animated scenes, made up the bill at West End Park last week. Mr. Sidney Drew, in Billy, will open the Dauphine Theatre September 4. This Is the new Shubert house. Mr. Walter R. Brown has been appointed general representative here for the Shubert Brothers’ interests, and assistant to Manager Henry Greenwald, of the Association of Southern Theatre Managers. Mr. Brown will act as manager for the new Dauphine Theatre. ron J. Wilkoff, were the Shubert last week. Mr. Robert Moores has been engaged as the the attractions at announced by Manager Jules Lavolle. The Elks’ Pan-Am.-Expo. Circus has been canceled until some time in February. It will be given one week preceding the Mardi Gras carnival. WM A. KOEPKE. LOUISVILLE, KY. Former Manager of Hopkins Theatre Transferred to Queen City. Greggs’ Imperial Band is still making good with the crowds at Fontaine Ferry. The principal feature of last week’s program was the — of 1812, which attracted large atten on. The Avenue is being repainted throughout and when fin shed it will be one of the prettiest theatres in Louisville. It will be managed by C. A. Shaw, former manager of the Masonic. Miss Lillian Keener was the vocal soloist at the Ferry last week. Miss Keener has a splendid voice and can be heard any where in the park. Hedges Brothers and Jacobson was the laughing hit on the bill at the Park Theatre last week, The boys have splendid voices. kins, left last week for Cincinnati, where will 1¢ he take charge of the New Walnut Street Theatre, which is now being remodeled. The Buckingham opened up Sunday, August 21, with the Broadway Gaiety Girls. Mr. Jacob J. Schilling, former leader of Hop Band, will have full charge of Calumet Dancing Academy this season. ARTHUR VINCENT SHECKLER. ST. PAUL, MINN, Attractive and Diversified Amusement Offerings at all Theatres Last Week. The Orpheum Theatre opened on Auenst 14, and prospects for the coming season look very good. The opening week for a headliner had The Leading Lady, with Marguerite Haney and Co.; The Neapolitans in popular musical classics: The Six Abdallahs, Frank Morrell, The Meredity Sisters, in picture song successes. Miss Sydney tilelds and Co., In Broadway, U. 8. A.; Bert i Lottie Walton and the Kinodrome. ' The bill at the Grand consisted of a produetion of the presenting a reengagement of Sarah Truax in Camille. Fol lowing Camille, Miss Truax will play Zira, with the Neill Co. Neill Stock Co., is to be | The Substitute; Willard and Willard. presenting | linist; Emile Tosgo’s Military Band. the Kino| Moving pictures and illustrated songs by My| new baritone for the French Opera Troupe, as | Mr. Edwin Dustin, former manager of Hop| kins’ Orchestra and leader of Schilling’s Concert | The opening performances at the Metropolitan, August 25-27, were Mrs, Fiske in Becky Sharp and Pillars of Society. The Majestic, last week, had a very strong attraction. The headliners were Dunbar’s Goat Circus, Edward Kunz and Kunz Blanchem, violin and singing act; Miss Itala, novelty and hand balancing: Wolff and Willis, comedy sketch, The County Sheriff; Frozo Trio, singing and danctng sketch; Joseph Cataldo, Italian baritone. and the Majesticograph. The Elks took Wonderland all last week, introducing a number of special features. Nervo, the human comet; Raffin’s Aerial Performing Monkeys; Koehler’s Military Band, Elks’ Dime Museum, Lobster, Third Degree, Gregory's Fireworks, in addition to Wonderland’s sixty-six amusement and recreation features. The features at Wildwood are outdoor attractions, bathing, boating. sailing and also dancing. Gem Family Theatre (J. Gilowsky, mgr.) Continuous motion pictures and illustrated vau deville with full orchestra. Crystal (R. H. Groh, mgr.) Moving pictures and Illustrated songs. Unique (J. T. Mahoney, mgr.) Continuous moving pictures and illustrated songs. Lyric (J. Lawrence, mgr.) Moving pictures and illustrated songs. New Palace Theatre (W. Solberman. mgr.) Continuous moving pictures and illustrated songs, including vaudeville with orchestra. Gaiety Theatre (0. Rath. mgr.) Latest motion pictures and illustrated songs, vaudeville with full orchestra. H. P. WINTERHALTER. OMAHA, NEB. All Theatres to be Open Within a Few Weeks. The Orpheum was the first theatre to open, its inauguration occurring on the 2ist, and the opening bill was an excellent one. The orchestra, under the direction of Albin Huster, includes fifteen musicians, The Boyd will open on the 27th, presentin | Miss Eva Lang at the head of a well ergantned | stock company, to play the season at popular | prices. The opening bill will be Love Watches, | with Miss Lang in the role played by Billie | Burke when the play was seen here last seasou. The American Music Hall will open on the | 20th, and William Morris will offer as the | leading attraction The Barnysri Romeo—Chan| } | tiekler. There will be seventy people in the cast, the same as appeared in Chicago. In addition to Chanticleer, there will be eight acts of unusual merit, making what is said to be the best vaudeville performance ever offered in this city. Frank Phelps will manage the Show Girl Com | pany until] its arrival In Omaha on the 28th, | when he will likely go with one of the other | companies in which Doc Breed is interested for | the balance of the season. | W. W. Cole, of Excelsior Springs, Mo., spent | the past week in Omaha. Mr. Cole is now in | terested in promoting an amusement park at the | Springs. | H. J. ROOT. | | i SEATTLE, WASH. | Cort Purchases Shubert’s Interest Alhambra. John Cort, president of the National Theatre Owners’ Association, has purchased the Shuberts’ interest In the Albambra Theatre in Seattle, and will dedicate the house to the policy of the ‘‘open-door.”’ Pefore leaving for New York, August 7. Mr. Cort made the fcllowing statement. At present there will be no change in the Alhambra’s management, Russell and Drew remaining as managers. Harry L. Cort | is to be manager of the Seattle Theatre; Gilbert G. Barry is to remain as manager of the Grand Opera House, and Carl D. Reed has been ap~ointed permanently as manager of the Moore heatre, and will also act as Mr. Cort’s personal representative when he is out of the city. George Hood will be in entire charge of the Northwestern Theatrical Association. Margaret Illington is to put on The Medea In | Tacoma’s beautiful stadium. The performance of The Medea will be on an ambitious scale, and will have a literary and dramatic importance that will attract literary and classical students as well as lovers of the drama. Miss Iilington is now deeply engaged in preparing her new play, Until Eternity. Just before Dawn, at the Seattle Theatre, Is demonstrating the fact that the patrons of Russell & Drew's down-town theatre can appreclate something besides strenuous melodrama, ~~ the patronage week of August 8 was very | large Charles Newman and Charles Osgood, who have been connected with the Moore Theatre, left Angust 15 for San Francisco. where they will act as treasurer and assistant treasurer of John Cort’s theatre in that city. Seattle is without a doubt a greater Indoor amusement city during the summer months than any other city in the Unlon, on account of the extremely cool evenings, as all of the picture honses and vaudeville theatres are doing a tre mendous business The larger theatres are | closed for a few weeks. John Cort has commenced renovating, paint ing and giving the Grand Opera House and the Seattle Theatre a general overhauling. LEM A. SHORTRIDGR. LINCOLN, NEB. _Season For Regular Theatricals Opens at the Oliver This Week. in Open-Door to Prevail. All the theatres are closed until Angust 25, | when the Oliver opens the regular fall and win| ter season. The Orpheum, with high-class vaudeville, will open on Angust 29. The three moving picture theatres report a moderately good business, The State Fair will be opened here on Septem ber 5 and from the present outlook It promises to be a hummer. Capital Beach, of which L. M. Farman is amusement manager, is being well attended. WILLIAM H, JOHNSON.