The Washington herald., 1908-01-19
ACTORS WHO'S WHO?

mer company presenting The Man Of
the Hour" is well known IN washington
having appeared here ia Previous eeasors
Mr. Johnson is a graduate Of the Charlie
Frohman school, II the phrase may ba
used, having made his first hit in thar
managers production Of Belasco and ne
Miles Men and Women, which created
such a Juror fifteen or sixteen years ago
Among others who were seen with tbs
Young actor in that drama were Fradarscl,
de Belleville, Nannette COmstCck William
Norris. Maude Adams. Odette Tyler. and
Annie Adams. Later, Mr.. Johnson was
again seen, playing the role OF Garvin
Dishart with Miss Adams In 'The Little
Minister" Again he made his appear
ance I'm "The Christian" playing the role
Of John Storm. and later was seen as
leading man for Richard Mansfield and
Ethel Barrymore. Only a short time ago
lie appeared In the ail-star cast which re-
vived Belasco's production Of Leslie Car
ter's first hit, 'The Heart Of Maryland"
In the part OF Mayor AlWyn Bennett IN
the Broadhurst play Mr.. Johnson has a \
role admirably suited % his personality
and methods.
Many inquiries have been made con-
cerning the teachers with whom Olga
Samaroff has studied. and since her great
success not a few unwarranted attempts
have been made 10 gain credit through
her
When little more than a baby she was
taught by her grandmother who had
been a distinguished German pianist
When she was nine years old she studied
with Constanun Won stenberg for four
months. Then she was taken 70 France
and put in a convent in Paris. There
her teacher was the celebrated Harmon
tel. pere, who guided her studies for sew
eTal years. From Harmontel, peTe, she
went to Charles Marie WidOr, the organ
ist of St Sulpice, and then she was adj
mitted 20 the Conservat0ire, one OF twelve
successful applicants out Of 17s. and the
only American woman ever admitted 10
the Conservatoire piano classes. In the
Consevat0ire she studied exclusively with
Deaborde
After leaving the Conservative she
travelled in Europe for two years, and
then returning 10 this country and stay
Ing for a while IN Washington, she took
a few lessons Of Ernest HUtchesOn, Of the
Peabody Institute. In Baltimore. Shortly
after this she was married and. going 10
live in Berlin. she studied with JedliCska
until she returned 10 this country in the
summer OF 1904
The fact that Robert A. Fischer IS
playing the role OF Horrigan, the boss.
may be one Of the reasons why "The
Man Of the Hour" has proven such a sue
1 cess. Fischer has developed the faculty
for joining the casts Of plays that live
for many seasons. The most recent dem
instration OF this happy attitude On his
part was his ten-years-long rendition OF
the part Of the squire in Way Down
/ East lie might still be bossing that
+ historic New England household and
nightly driving Phoebe Davis into the
most fTlghtful suowst0Tm which Joseph
/ r. Grismer invented had not William a.
/ Brady decided that FischeTs huge pro-
I portions and JOve-like voice were emf
nelly suited 10 the part Of Big Dick HOr-
/ Tigan in Broadhurst's play. The actor
/ took the part dOffed the jeans OF tie
farmer. donned the frock coat and other
habiliments Of the city man, and went
/ after another Iong-distance record. After
a continuous year in New York and six
J teen weeks in Chicago, the belief seems
/ justified that, whether or not Fischer Is
( a mascot, the play Is a hit OF the hit
/ test type. The story Of THE Man Of
/ the Hour is Of modern city life, and the
/ part Of HoTTigan is that Of a political
I boss who dominates all civil affairs. Il
/ is a powerful. dictatorial character.
/ politically omnipotent. and the plot
turns upon the decline and downfall
/ Of this man and the machine he has con-
structed. So realistically has Fischer
( impersOnated the boss that every city
E T.
/ ular boss. All of which rebounds 10 the
/ credit Of Broadhurst and Fischer, who
aim to put a political boss" behind the
I foOtlighJs and seem 10 have succeeded,
/ Henry Miller. though English born, has
never acted in London. His entire pro-
/ fessional career has been in America.
/ He expects TO appear before his fellow
/ countrymen fer the first time in The
/ Great Divide" next summer. Mr.. 1IHIers
/ boyhood was spent in London and his
youth in Canada. his parents having
moved TO Toronto when he was eleven
years old. His cO-star. Margaret Anglin,
also was raised in Toronto, but they
never met in that city. In fact. N1r.
Miller went on the stage before Miss
/ Angiin's parents moved 10 Toronto from
\ her first home. 81 Johns, " B. AIT.
/ Miller's first theatrical experience was as
utility man IN a stock company in the
/ old Lyceum Theater IN Toronto. While
/ there he studied elOcuti0n and acting with
/ that famous veteran, the late G. ".
Couldock TIE actor-manager' first am
/ bilious engagement was with Nine. Mod
/ jeska, with whom he had good schooling
/ in Shakespearean repertoire. From Mod
/ ieskas support he went to that Of Ad8-
/ laide Nielsen. in whose company he play
ed a wide variety OF classic parts. winning
( q schooling that has been Of lasting good
effect upon his career as actor and as
producer Mr. Miller then became a MEM
/ Der Of AUgustin Days famous organiza-
/ ton. when il included Ada Rehan. John
/ Drew. Otis Skinner, Digby Bell, James
Lewis. Charles LeclerG and Mrs. Gilbert.
/ Mr.. Miller's career from the time he be-
came leading man OF Charles Erohman's
Empire Theater Company is familiar his
tory. At the Empire his great successes
were in Liberty Han" Sowing the
Wind" The MasQueraders, Michael
and His Lost Angel" &C. Then he be-
came "A star, presenting 'Heartsease,"
Hamlet" darcy Of the Guards, The
Only Way" The Tanning of Eelen,'
Joseph Entangled." "Grierson's Way"
and other plays.
Margaret Angin. who will appear in
her most effective role, Ruth Jordan, IN
'The Great Divide" at the Belaseo The
ater the coming week, became a leading
woman and then a star more rapidly
than any other actress Of corresponding
position on the American stage Miss
Anglins apprenticeship lasted but little
more than year. For one season after
leaving the Empire Theater Dramatic
School, in New York. she played small
r.r+. ,,stb Tor,es p.N-sYu ia 4NFODta