Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-06
COMING ATTRACTIONS

BELASCO-Haddon Chambers play,
"a Modern Magdalen," which will be
presented this week at the Belasco, was
used in the cast with immense success
by Amelia Bingham, when Hobart Bos-
worth, the Belasco stage director, was
Miss Bingham's leading man. In this
weeks production Blanche Stoddard
will have the Bingham role and the
production will be a counterpart OF the
original. The play is said to abound in
strong situations and the characters to
be skilfully drawn, while throughout
the entire four acts of the piece runs a
delightful vein of comedy, rich in satire
and providing a bountiful supply OF
rare fun. Lewis Stone will have the
part in the Belasco production that
Hobart Bosworth played with Miss
Bingham. All the sother popular Be-
lasco players will be concerned in the
production, as well as score of spec
tally engaged actors and actresses.
Following "A Modern Magdalen" the
Belasco company will offer Eugene
Presz's comedy Mary, Mary Quite
Contrary in which Henrietta Crosman
achieved success in the east
BURBANK-Begin with a mat
nee this afternoon the Burbank theater
stock company will appear in produce
tion of j. M. Barrie's successful play,
THE Professors Love Story"-a piece
similar in the sweetness of its story to
"a Bachelors Romance" which created
favorable impression at this theater
on several occasions. Los Angeles, 1T
is said, will be the first city to see the
play at popular prices. The story
briefly told is as follows: An absent
minded professor while engaged on an
important scientific work uncons ciously
falls in love with his new secretary, a
charming young girl many years his
junior. As a result he finds himself un-
able to complete his work or to devote
his entire attention to his usual scien-
tifc pursuits. Still being unable to as
certain what is the matter with him he
consults his doctor who advises him to
take a vacation in the country, which
he does, and quite naturally takes his
secretary with him. In the freedom of
the country, without business cares te
worry him, he falls deeper in love than
ever and eventually comes into the full
realization of his true condition. The
end is of course pleasing and well
brought about.
GRAND -9Broadway After Dark is
the name and theme of the next offer
ing by the Ulrich stock company at the
Grand. The play Is the story of an un-
scrupulous trustee who endeavors to
conceal his mismanagement of the es-
tate placed in his charge, by having his
confidential clerk, who knew of his
misdeeds, placed in private insane
asylum. The villain is a well known
figure on Broadway and his associates
on the Great White way are characters
in the play A feature which will at
tract considerable attention is the scene
in the Broadway Athletic club on
ladies' night when the festivities are
interrupted by three-round glove con-
test between Kid Dalton and Kid Web
ster, two we'll known performers at
Tom McCarey's fight tests at Maud
Junction.
LOS ANGELES-'Hoot mon. every
body hold on!" is likely to be the catch
word this week all over the city, as the
Los Angeles theater is to present tonight
Victor Herbert's comic opera, "The IDOLS
Eye" which is linked with the name of
Frank Daniels, the popular comedian
THE Idols Eye has only been seen once
in this city, and that was when Frank
Daniels played it here at the 81 scale of
prices. Carl Haydn, the handsome young
tenor, who has q host of admirers In this
city, makes his first. appearance with
the San F'ranciscans tonight and will be
lam Blaisdell the new comedian of the
company, who scored a hit in 'The
Strollers" last week, will play the role
of Abel Conn. the part originated by
Frank Daniels. Judging by his record,
Blaisdell should fairly revel in the role
of Conn, and as he has a lot of new
verses for the song. FAIRY Tales" he
should be a big feature of the produc-
tion. Aida Hemmis beautiful voice will
y ~ In Of
Maraquita and George Kunkel will play
the Scotch vagabond McSnuffy, with his
constant cry Of "Hoot, mon" Arthur
Cunningham is to sing the role of Don
Pablo Tabasco. the part he san with
success in the Tivoli in San Francisco.
MASON-Local theatergoers will be
given an opportunity to see a production
that caused more comment in New York
than any other five plays produced last
season, when THE Vanderbilt Cup" comes
to the Mason opera house tomorrow
night. It is a thoroughly ''horseless'
drama, the automobile being the motive
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