The San Francisco call., 1908-08-20
TUNFFUL MELODY
AT THE AMERICAN
'T'he Love Tales of HOFFMAN,"
Will Be Produced Beginning
With Sunday Matinee
"The Man of the Hour to Be
the Next Attraction at
the Van Ness

'eThe Love Tales of Hoffman," will
be produced at the American theater
next week. beginning with Sunday S
matinee Edith Mason, Thomas Persse
and the rest of the company from
across the bay will be heard in the
roles in which they made fame for
| themselves, and an augmented orches-
| ira will adequately interpret Often
bach's exquisite music. AT the Old
Cross Roads is doing an excellent
business this week and will close after
the performance Saturday night. There
will be the usual matinee.
VAN NESS
| formance of The Great Divide" Satur-
day night. There will be a matinee
in the afternoon. George Broadhurst's S
the Hour" will follow on Monday
night Cyril Scott has been engaged
| TO play the title role, Ethel Brandon,
| bricks, Felix Haney, William Lamp
and Everett Butterfield are among the
| players in the cast.
PRINCESS
Ferris Hartman has made a sensa-
| tional hit at the Princess theater this
week. The house is sold out at nearly
every performance and the comedian
| is given at least one ovation a day.
Sunday night The Idols Eye" will
/ be seen for the last time "IThe Toy
Maker, with Hartman as Guggen-
heimer, will be produced for a week,
commencing Monday night. =,
ALCAZAR
White Whittlesey and the Alcazar
players are scoring their greatest hit
! thus far this summer for s.HeartSeaSe"
gives them better scope for individual
and ensemble effectiveness than did
any of Whittlesey's preceding vehicles.
third act set, with the Invisible sing
ers accompanying the dialogue, being
most artistic.
] For next week Brother officers" is
announced with Whittlesey in the role
/ of Lieutenant John Honds.
ORPHEUM
! An exceptionally good bill at the Or
pheum this week is reaping its reward
in capacity houses The entertainment
/ for next week will be of equal merit.
The De Haven sextet will present THE
Understudy''; the four Baltus will make
/ their first appearance; Eugene and
Willie Howard will be seen in The
| Hebrew Messenger Boy and Dolesch
and Zillbauer will be heard for the
first time in this city in Viennese
songs.
NATIONAL
The National theater has been
packed to the doors at every perform
ance this week. Sid Grauman's new
bill of eastern attractions has cer-
I tainly made good. ZayeH and Vernon,
at the head of the program, have more
than met expectations in their ingeni-
Gus and diverting turn. Next weeks
performance, to be introduced Sunday
afternoon, promises even better things.
| George NJ. Laing will be a big fea-
| ture on the bill.
CENTRAL
Lovers of comedy melodrama are en-
/ joying treat this week at the Central
| theater, where Kidnapped is being
| given spectacular and thrilling per-
formance. James Corrigan, who has
just rejoined Howelrs players, is win
ming much applause and the balance
/ of the cast is perfect. The scenic ef-
! fects are unusually good and the leap
/ by the hero from the Brooklyn bridge
is one of the most thrilling episodes in
modern melodrama. 'Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde" will follow Monday night.
CHUTEs
| This will be amateur night at the
/ Chutes. The matinee Sunday will pre-
1 sent an entirely new vaudeville bill in
which Hugh Lloyd and his wife, Grim
minis and Gore, Santelle, Nelusco and
/ Cora Thomas will appear. The popu-
! larity of the skating rink shows no
| signs of abating, and the concessions
| in the amusement park are being lib
orally patronized.