Variety (November 1911)

VARIETY The Sensation of the Day The Song That is Unquestionably the Biggest Hit in the Country Oh! You Beautiful Doll By BROWN and AYER "If You Talk in Your Sleep, 2. My Name" By BROWN and AYER Write or Call No need of any comment. It's the most original song idea of the year. A hit from the minute of it's conception. GET TO IT QUICK Professional Copies and Orchestrations in All Keys Now Ready DETROIT JEROME H. REMICK & CO., Music Publishers 131 West 41st Street, New York CHICAGO Last half: Dorothy Lamb and Co., Valle Berry and Wllhelml, Georgia Trio, Momo't Arabs. The Jewel, Palo Alto, opened for vaudeville and pictures October 21 to big business. M. G Murray is manager. Bert Levey is booking. SAN FRANCISCO By BOBKBT A. HAZEL. VARIETY'S Ban Francisco Office, S08 Market 8treet. (By Wire.) ORPHEUH (Martin Beck, gen. mgr.; agent, Orpheum Circuit).—Howard ft North, sub- stantial hit; Maud Hall Macy ft Co.. very good, act going big; Sager Mldgley ft Co., clever farce, well received; Brgottl ft Lilli- putians, exceptionally good; Lillian Bcher- elber, pleased; Nat Wills cleaned .up again this week; Six Brown Brothers, repeated suc- cess; Pedersen Bros., scored. Capacity busi- ness; exceptionally good bill. EMPRESS (Sid Grauman, mgr.).—Arte Mysterle, novelty; Nellie Brewster ft Amster- dam Quartet, went well; J. Frank Burke ft Co., hit of bill; Hoey ft Mosar, fair; Harry Bourton ft Co., pleased; Freeman ft Dunham, hit; Kate Fowler, passed. Business good. The Hughes Musical Comedy Company, now alternating between the American and Gaiety theatres of this city, sail on the "Sierra" for Honolulu to play eight weeks at the Bijou. The management of the Savoy is looking forward to a good business, as the future bookings should Interest Frisco. This week, "The Traveling Salesman"; week 5. "In Old Kentucky" week 12, "Don't Lie to Your Wife"; week 19. "Polly of the Circus"; week 26, Rose Melville in "Sis Hopkins" for two weeka assistant manager. The Dlephenbrock opened as a stock house, but proved a failure. John Morrlsey, manager of the local Orpheum, has returned from French Lake Springs, where he and Mrs. Morrisey spent four weeks. The Unique, Petaluma, resumed vaudeville October 21, business good. Professor Kenney is manager. Bert Levey, circuit agent. Pamona will soon have a new theatre with seating capacity of 800. Mr. Barr, of Barr and La Salle, a vaudeville team well known on the Coast, is responsible. Emma Eames and Emlllo De Gogorca gavi a concert at the Scottish-Rite Auditorium October 24 to capacity business. Clarence O. Rlggs, general manager of (he Adolphus, Los Angeles, the largest theatre west of the Rockies, has signed an exclusive contract with Bert Levey to book the house Benny Benjamin, sporting writer, died Oc- tober 18 at the home of his elster in Berke- ley. Mr. Benjamin had • wide circle of friends among the profession. The University of California Mandolin Club will soon leave San Francisco for the Ha- waiian Islands They will appear at Honolulu for several weeks. Roger Lewis, the representative for the Will Rossiter Music Pub. Co., Chicago, and author of "Oceana Roll." is here, with a view to locating an office In San Francisco. He Is boosting Rossi ter* s latest hits, "Let's Make Love While the Moon Shines" and "Mammy's Shuffle In Dance." The Four Benos leave 16 for Manila, booked by the U. 8. Government for the exposition to be held there. After they continue on to Japan. China, and India, covering In all a period of two years. The Mystic, Petsluma, a new house, will open with vaudeville and pictures Dec. 1. Seating capacity, 800. John A. McNear will be manager, Bert Levey booking. Martin Kurtslg, manager of the Gaiety, an- ticipates opening the Globe In the Mission, when he can secure a competent cast of players. George Elwln Wlllats, a well known com- poser of San Francisco, and Jane Marion Van De Grift were married October 21. "The Flower of the Ranch" opened to crowded houses at the Savoy, October 22 Monday and Tuesday business dropped to about half. Mr. Flesher, the manager of the company, said the cause of the decrease In business was due to the San Francisco pa- pers, which, he claims, are the most un- just of any throughout the United States. PORTOLA LOUVRE RESTAURANT (Her- bert Meyerneld, mgr.; Lester Fountain, amusement mgr.).—Mme. Leovalll, Luisa Cer- chlettl, Mario Hedlger, Mario Cortada, Billle ft Mlna Rhodes, May Woods, Lillian Touvin, La Bella Ines, Bernat Jaulus A Orchestra. The Dlephenbrock, 8acramento, opening 8. playing Orpheum shows the last four days of each week, will have Henry McRea as manager and Ed. Levey (late of the Chutes), PORTOLA THEATRE (Alburn ft Leahy, ingrs.; Bert Levey, circuit agent).—Henerlck & Wright 8lsters, Gustave Trio, Three Mor- rises. Dalton ft Travelle, Shepard ft McDon- ald, Beverly Ashton, Merel Lewis, Joe Mur- ray. ANDERSON-GOINES DIAN BIG NEW YORK SUCCESS Special Added Attraction A STUNNING LOOKING GIRL—WITH A CARLOAD OF SWELL GOWNS STARTED IN RIGHT AND GOT THE RIGHT "SONGS"-Will Possiter's " ROLINA i» I'D LOVE TO LIVE IN LOVELANP." ETC When amtxoertng advertitemmtt kindly mention VARIETY.