The Billboard 1911-10-14: Vol 23 Iss 41 (1911-10-14)

The Billboard Gen : PO? PE PMID. sine OCTOBER 14, 1): — Cc) NCINNATI, O. ever had, and will be among the banner attrac. | bids fair to continue. Mr. Stubbs won his spurs MILWAUKEE, WIS. ic. tions on the wheel this season. with the stock going public at Olentangy Park 2 U i wr 4 ‘i i q > “Tt . A good tne on éttrattions Was offered at te ner will soon eretines Ln om in Lanne Mag ——ae . go ty = Things theatrics] in Milwaukee are very t eal beatres th a week siness or the coming event at the American, ca ason. inere. AUSUSIUS BPS pias aero brisk, and the outlook is good Th the . pod gn and busines Fire Water while Sue Van Duzer, (Mrs. Stubbs) is the ef © varion. im general wae sbout as good as any so far this E. J. Wilbur is not missing the old town of | ficient leading lady ° : theatres throughout ‘the eity are presenting thy ——— Buffalo much these days. He is too busy at the WILLIAM H. CAMPBELL. pest im the amuesment Sere The GerwanTheatre. Company bead an ausAmerican Theatre Wilbur becoming vers pecs. The Sullivan & Considine house, the Buy ress piclous opeping at -the, Grand Opera House on popular at the melodrama house has thus far this season been attracting large the, evening of Octeber 1. Alma Mater, a : “ . crm “ VANCOUVER, ee houses, and the shows are well up to the ones Student drams by Victor Stephany, was the oe as aor Om on inane a seen at the Majestic, the Orpheum house this offering. Director, Otte Ernest Schmidt and the b ; a fi ed. Tt “4 ae G at ! , season 1d © Ts © h organizati: w enthr ut is not confirm ne Rew ite s oo 5! A company is being formed in this city in The Crystal, the opposition to e E . r) members of the organization were enthu Clair Street for the Great Divide natin ‘ 1 lead i ont m the Empress siasticaily received, and the new members were air € or e t JACK TIERNE y cluding its personne the eading a 4 which is booked by the Miles Cireult of thea also welcomed. men of Vancouver with a capital of a ha tres, has been doing good business. James M. Allison. manager of the new stock oo poe o~ ag of “ Ses hen The Shubert Theatre, Jocated on the east company that will open at the Orpheum Thea » or ae wate BET . opmen 1a® side of town, and recentl~ opened by the Shy tre on October 15, returned to the city October MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. been taken oa the southwest corner of Hornby berts, has as their week's offering: Will Hodg 5, after a week's absence spent in New York Smead and Georgia Streets for $250 and it will expire i. The Man from Home Susines« to be frank comacting for new plays for‘ the companr. Saturday afternoon, Sept. 30, Manager 8S. L oct ber 22. The purchase price oe =e is lacking in this handsome Iittle house, (, js Soul of last year’s big productions will re| Rothapfel of the Lyric Theatre, where the pic _ ——e extend over a period opm perhaps due to the fact that it hase been closed cetye their initia] introduction in stock at the | tures de luxe are being exhibited, threw open The le interest at ¢ ted cent payable —° ae for a number of months, and as soon as Mil 0 um his house to the Boy Scouts of Minneapolis to | be land has a frontage of 125 feet on Hornby wankee realizes that the excellent attractions iss Elsie Esmon?, who was a member of | witness the daylig rht picture play, The Star | Street — 120 ca “corns RF og > ~~ of the “‘lee-git’’ are seen here it will do better Mme. Nazimova’s company last season, and] Spangled Banner The Scouts, about 1,800 ae a _ ua oy 4 ene * ild George A. Bovyer, general publicity manager Wilson M lIrose, formerly leading man for Julfa] strong, attended in uniform and were addressea | #'* “'7 ady busy preparing plans for the bu : of the Sullivan & Considine Circuit, ix sow loMarlowe, Virginia Harned, Ethel Barrymore and| by Mr. Rothapfel, who was formerly an officer ad wuich gy gy of the _— Ay cated in Milwaukee, and booming things im other leading stars, have been announced as] ip t! marine service, on the art of signaling. aye ty ag rnics age >. c Me mense for S. & C. interests here He also has the leading members of the new Orpheum Stock During the week of Sept. 24, when the Mace | 2770.00. .: re Pm sane s “ the Empress under his personal direction Company. The initial production of the com-] Murray Troupe sang at the Grand The atre here, gy ar nae — of eo ee! weed William Gray, formerly manager of the Bm military play, Tbe Commanding Officer, being the | jn this troupe, appeared in the te court. nage epee Pe Cee oe ee ay. Mr. Gray expects to locate in some western first time ever played in Cincinnati George | Tuesday. Sept. 26 in an assault pom betters Klaw will take a large share of stock in thi town in the near future. Leet. the stage director of the new company, is | case in which Miss March was the defendent and os wc 3 Ww Considine oni Mc:Maver Miller of A number of local theatrical managers and already ip the ctty superintending th building Miss Clayton the plaintiff. Plaintiff claimed | seattle were visitors bere last week. Mr. Con. ‘°asurers entered the order ef B. P. O. E and painting of the scenery for the first play. | that the defendant attacked her in her dressing | \; “ pa « tn ene of the beet theatre | 1S. 80 lest week Harry Hart’s stock company inaugurated a P fter ¢ Mond: tot rforms : idine states that this is one of the best theatr Robert Schonecker, formerly audi tor for the new line of stock at the New Lyceum Theatr: Sept = oa a ae a eee towns in the country .~ only fault Ren Herman Fehr interests locally, is the local we th Coemer gene _pevalar Gyattty Ball Selec ie» omasive to Les’ tng t sin gat city is that no Sunday shows are a manager of the Star Burlesque Theatre this T gr al —— a : i ’ tor of the new Seville Miss Isabelle Fletcher, for the past two years “*?"" cane Abery. Gagtich Opera Company. reper Avenue, the Milo Theatre | leading lady at the Empress Theatre, returned J. H. Yko ire. promises to have a very successful en aging 7 & " vement at the Lyric. opening October 15 Joon several other picture | to the company October 2. Miss Fletcher has ae judging from the mail orders that are pouring estve os & “ay _ Ln i Ae the largest \lowing of ps ‘ . —— that NASHVILLE, TENN, into the hot-ottice for seats en on BZ ebue, AO to ate ever appearec in th cit ite ‘ riends irties “ — . saine to have a seating capacity of | out in full force to welcome her retur ' Stelia Law. whose stage name is Beulah “9 “ : ade _ . . The Seventh Avenue vanderille house the Grace, a vahileville performer of this city, on to cost In the neighborhood of $75,000. | The City Council, owing to the strong ob9 The | ts do Saturday night September 28 attempted to slide down a n he milding will commence in the jection raised by the Ministerial Association, re bs L . eee clothes line from her room on the second spring, amd theatre will present Jewish van fused to allow Sacred ¢ be held at the ~™ a3 Vase = ; de e a‘ s exclus le t re yan er “ ous 31 ln -venpings one of [tt * } was ee : — geo _ % Pe 7 iA — Saeeee teen 7 ; ‘ -_ oa New : cal ‘7 ne ilies = tt > ¢ Be ~ 9 ne "Saennner out that ig ss Vatde mother, w was anxious she . —™ . SY ous: s0Cal . — a le Sg. mage e ; , e. and that Jake otha When abc = ten By ey, Se Hebrews are hailing the new institution as a | George Case of the Orphenm heatre, is very a had ate ‘c oe Emat ak she relinquished her hold on the rope apd fell lecidediy assured success, neat and is causing much faverasle comment hos led “a is up to the ground, breaking her ankle and cutting Daniel R. Thompson of Minneapolis and Rock by the public and is resulting in is theatre a “ # me her bands ford, Minn.. and administrator of the estate of | doing capacity business will t : that t! : I : >; i rife vittie Thor 30 y as k > mminic Theatre is e latest acquisition 6 Oe ©uS ‘ a Mr Sernaridi, proprietor of a local Fifth | [8 wife, Kittie B. Thompson. who was killed The Dominion Theatre is the latest acq fee oe” haeiiianeal aamaiih; tin alten’ Avenue pietare mom, tanced over — per cent] 2 an automobile accident on Crystal Lake and to Vancouver's moving picture theatres and is ot te “—-= veg chet’ Magi a ’ . : : ~ 9 . he comes ‘ 4 7 tr . § re pit ug . oviie ar t of, his receipts for ten consecutive days to | lion Avenues, North, September 16, 1909. being | One of > —— m t in th , omere a _thea me high-Clase vandeville Beans such as the Or Miss Anna Laws, secretary and treasurer o1 struck as she was alighting from a street car | tre is under the managem n of. t i a iam thé-loeal Re@ Cross Soci@ty, to be used by that | "Y an automibile ériven by Fred H. Camp, man , cues chang pen pany so * Rnsiness has not fallen off one bit with the body. ager of the Twin City Wonderland Park, has | tawa it is likelv that the new Canadian Copy moving picture theatres cock house does its Milton S11) joined the Mother Company at|>egun action in the courts against Mr, Camp. | Tight Law, which Includes a section am yg A share of business from week to week. It has the Lyric Theatre here October 1, playing the | 1sking for $5,000 for the death of his wife. Mr. oan anh a A, © been announced that Manager Wm. Wassman 1s part of the elder son. He was the original in| Camp was acquitted at the time of the accident, | ¢ssion as was Intended bj e to remodel his house again and even make it the Hackett Theatre Company, and his engage-] of a charge of manslaughter in the second deistration. +s e “ am -~ Rate ter whe op a ; . At tl ont f Pacific Coast Fire Chiefe ™ore up-to-date in size and seating canarcity ment here did pot give any evidence that he] <cree, and at that time time Mr. Thompson t + gaye = ntl “th ; nestt n Pe how t W. R. ARNOLD had been ont of the part for some months, agreed not to bring any action against Mr, | 5©/¢ In this city recently the questio nella John O’Dennell, a local boy, who appeared | Camp, but it now appears that Mrs, Thompson's | T #¥late a ~ y yee ae at the ag Sn week of October 1, received a atate consisted of this claim against Manager Boe ygpeee ood —— poh Ring = SPOKANE, WASH g-ovation frem his many friends, particularly | Camp. ‘ . SS ns ~ 2d cell . on the night of October 6. when several hundred George W. Paige, a local boy, is now on the M. MeLEAN of-them attended the performance in a body. road with a company presenting The Girl from Madame Emma Eames and her husband, Em Cincinnati wilt be one of the first American] Rector’s. Amanda Hendricks, who also claims SEATTLE. WASH. ilio Gorgouza, arrived September 26, direct from cities visited by Kaubelik. the violinist, this | this city as her home. is appearing with one of é Europe to open’ a tour in Spokane. The dis year. _The-evenimg of November 9 is an-| the Madam Sherry companies. Dorothy Elliott, tinguished honeymooners bave been married three nounced as the date for his appearance. another Minneapolitan, who was to have apThe managers of theatres in Seattle have months this month and are on a five weeks new Em ry Anditoriuom, in the new $50 peared in the role of Youth in one of the Sav bad no complaint so far, as they have all been concert tour through the West. Spokane ix 000 0. M. I. Building will form a theatre com-| age Everywoman companies, was seriously in| doing a splendid business since the 1911-12 seathe first stopping place. ey tn all ite appointments and will probably | tured in an automobile accident here last week, | 80n opened. Gertrude Hoffman opened a two nights’ ep the Bome of the Cincinnati Symphony Or-} and was forced to give up her engagement for Joun M. Cooke has resigned as manager of the gagement and matinee September 27-28, and chestra. The Sfare is suficientiy large to ac-]| the present, and remai t Empress Theatre and will shortly leave for pleas d large and appreciative audiences. ‘The P ’ n at home to attend to commodate,-by-addim a false platform over the | her wounds New York City to re-enter the dramatic end symphony erchestra, which contributes te the ds. 3 > phony orchestra pit, @ very Iarge orchestra. The stage Manager Wm. A. Steffes. of the Northern | of the amusement business Mr. Cooke will be success of Gertrude Hoffman's Saison-des Bal will have a dent of 45 feet, and will permit] Theatre of 404 20th Avenue, North was ad. | Succeeded by Frank Donnellan lets Russes, is under the direction of Max the use, If oceaston should require. of elaborat: | vised by Captain George Sinclair of the North An offer for the purehase of the lease of Hoffman. scenic — HB nlasterers and decorators | Side Police Station, that the Jesse James films, | the southeast corner of Second Avenne and The stage hands struck Monday night, Sep are now and the auditorium will b | which were put on one night. Friday, September | Seneca Street, where are located the Lois Thea tember 25, just about the time the theatres finished in “ghout at two months. 29, would have to be discontinued on account of | '™ and the Germania Cafe, was made Septem| were to open. They were only out ope day TOLEDO, O. ‘Thos. Conley, the hustling one-night stand man at Bowling Green, 0., bas called and claimed that the Pewell Rep. did the biggest week that he Das ever Dad in that town. It was his fair is now a full-fledged manager at Premont, O., and has vaudeville attrac. tions for epem dates. He expects to have a chain of theatres im that vicinity this fall. John Brobaney and his side partner, John Hogan, are with as this week with Paid In Fok. ve a coast and southern tour for the p SMR OTT: Keith's Bas opened and the business so far is 8. R. O. Joe Pearlestein, the local manager. is angry because the house is not larger. Thomas Sewell, with his Little Girl That He Forgot did a fair week at the American. Mr Sewell claims that the bookings are great and his cast is the same and leoks for a big seasm. Johnny Johnston, in the afivance of Beulab Poynter Company, called on me en route to Detroit. Johnny claims the new attraction that Miss Poynter fs offering ig doing big on the Stair & Havite Circuit. The old-time billpester, Murphy, of Steuben ville, O., Is In the advance of The Little Girl That He Forrot. Murphy knows the advance work from A fe Z. and is making the show something te talk about. Chester Sergenf. the booking agent of the Arcade Theatre, has opened bookings in con nection to hig house here with the new Col umbia at Deftreit, which opened in that city the past week. Chet. has the knowledge of the vaudeville world and will make it go if at tractions have anything to do with It. Al. Wissel and bis attractions are sfrong at the Anditerfom. They are coming in bunches for the Shuberts* house. Ross and Fred have the old limited car that will eateh anv train at the Onion Depot. They are secon fe have the first Chinese boy in the world to run th . Across the fic bomb struck town, and Manrice Harw Cafne arrived with advance stuff and much conversation for the week's doings at the American. Sidney Wire has been heard from. He is in the advance Of Jack Singer’s Painting th: Town Company. Sid. is headed this way and great doings for the White Ways when he arrives. Joe Hawley has not closed the Robinson's Shows Word thas been received from towns in South Carolina. Cohn McClintock of the 101 Ranch fame. | with us with Brady’s city production of Wa Down East. Cifarieg is «till the Little Johnnr Jones agenf with the colf stick. Mat Masher, for many years absent from our midst, f« with us for the coming of Thomas BE. Shea. Mat has been dving vaudeville durin: the bot summer days and with the long greem+ t a new snmmer home dowa East. this year is among the pest offerings t . a having a bad influence over the young people. The films were brought from Chicago by George W. Hinton, and this gentleman stated that he has taken the matter up with an attorney in an endeavor to find a law to enable him to prevent the police from interfering with an exhibition of this film. If so, he intemded to put them on at another local picture theatre. Complaint had been entered with the police by Ed ward Brademan, of 411 20th Avenue. North. RODERIC STE. FLEURE. ‘COLUMBUS, oO. After financial difficulties galore, Messrs James and Murphey who, for a period of eighteen months have been endeavoring to interest capital of sufficient strength to enable the m to finish their ‘“‘pop’’ vaudeville house on ‘ Broad Street, have been successful. Work is progressing at a rapid rate and it really looks as though the house would be finished by Thanks giving. The house, so rumor goes, will play 8. & C. acts. There is conjecture and wide diver sity of opinion among local showmen as to whether the house will be a winner or not, the wise ones having in mind the stiff competition from the Keith house. The latter named house features ten and twenty-cent matinees, with eight acts. Everyone who personally is ac quainted with James & Murphy are wishing them unbounded prosperity in their venture as they are both very popular Harry Clay Blaney, whom as its very own, is playing the High Street Theatre the first three days of this week. in Across the Pacific, to turn-away business The Blaney boys both saw the light of day here and practically grew up in Columbus. Their wel! wishers are legion and any Blaney attraction ix assured a rousing business here. For a real applause getter you will have to hand it t The Old Soldier Fiddlers playing the RB. F Keith Theatre this week. Last night the capac ity andience emitted enough applause from tholr systems to satisfy ten headline acts. This act is truly a wonder. Nothing of particular moment to it, except the sight of five old *‘vets’’ on the same stage and surrounded by the same Old Glory. Their rendition of The Star Spangled Banner was the signal for an ovation rarely seen anywhere. Columbus had the honor of being the first city to see Liebler and Company's production of An Affair at the Barracks The head of the Liebler firm, Mr. George C. Tyler, was here for the premiere. He accompanied the company to Chicago, where it goes into the Grand for a run. Columbus critics and audi ences liked the plece very much Work at the New Hartman Theatre goes on apace. It will be Thankegiving or later before the house is finished, in the meantime no K & E. attractions have been seen here this sea son for want of a house to play them tn. It is with great pleasure that I can write of the very solid success that Harry 0. Stubby: is making with bis new Southern Theatre Stock Columbus claims Company. Since the opening a week ago, in Brother Officers, business has been great and ber 25 to William Bloch, by J. D. Williams, a theatrical magnate, and will probably build a modern theatre in the near future. The Broadway Amusement Company taken out a permit to construct a ture theatre, corner Broadway in the center portion of the Arthur Elwe!l, for the past year manager of the Lyceum Theatre, has been transferred by the People’s Amusement Co. to their Portland lessee of the property millionaire Australian have moving pic and John Streets« residence district offices. Thomas Smith. treasurer of the Lyceum, will succeed Mr. Elwell Mare Klaw of New York City, arrived in Seattle Sentember 27. and during his stay in Seattle will be the enest of Clarence RB. Blethe of the Seattle Daily Times, at the Ranier Club The placing of a splendid comnany of stock nlayers, headed by stars of national renown, in the Moore Theatre. next summer to keep the house oven through the year is part of a, plan John Cort. who now is in New York, is working on The plan is part of a scheme Mr Cort has worked out to keen the doors of all his Western playhouses open during the sum mer as well as the winter months The idea wes borrowed from Los Angeles, where the ex reriment was given a trial this summer, and wes proved entirely feasible Emma Carus bas been engaced by Manag. Cort for the leading role in Jingaboo, which Is a musical version of the Ditrichstein farce, Before and After LEM A SHORTRIDGE SOUTH BEND. IND. Patrons of the a rare treat in Oliver Onera Tlouse have many store for them this se Among the early October bookings will be found Ethel Barrymore in Witness for the Defence: Seven Sisters, Walker Whiteside and the Newmen Travelogves The roster for the Orpheum Theatre's staff this season is as follows: W Martin. nest. manager and press representative: H. S, Cohen, treasurer: A. L, Saville, stage manager; Earle Veen. chief electrician: George Connell master of properties: Miss Bertha Stark, leader of orchestra. The house t« controlled by Allardt Prethers end Merens Heilman. The Indiana Theatre hae been converted Into a picture honse and will be ron as such the bal ance of the season. The theatre was used as a burlesqve bonse until recently, when it was closed for alterations. Mr. Earle Keen, chief electrician at the Orpheum Theatre, come off. He renorts a recent visit of the stork and says he has the finest little electrician that can be found anewhere, to say nothing of his ability as a vocalist Mr. John Dovglas O'Hara renewed acqnaintances in the citv recently. Mr. O'Hara plave the nert of Mr Rattles In Get-Rich-Onick Wal. lingford, and is « verv clever character retor, He was a stndent at the University bere for a bumber. of years, aod le well remembered. KE. 8. DICKENS. ean is wearing the emile that won't | when they fixed up their grievances. E. AXELSON NEW JERSEY GOSSIP. The Hudson Theatre, ing nine vaudeville proven successful, at the Empire capacity business The Vale Stock Company remains at the Gar ety Theatre, Hoboken, for the winter, playing seven days in the week. 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