The San Francisco call., 1908-10-15
Dustin FARNUM
MAKING A BIG HIT
"Squaw Man. More Success
full Than Brilliant Actors
Former Great Play
All Local Theaters Announce
Splendid Attractions for
Next Week

Dustin Farnum, in the brilliantly
successful production of The Squaw
Man. is filing the Van Ness theater
to the doors at every performance.
The star has made even a bigger hit
in Edwin Milton Royle's play than he
did in The Virginian," which was ac-
counted till now his finest portraiture.
The next offering at the Van Ness will
be the successful racing play. Check
ers,' by Henry Blossom.
AMERICAN
William H. Conley and his able COM
pany of singers, com medians and dan
GERS are pleasing big audiences this
week at the American .theater in The
'.broilers" is the best seen at the
American. "A Knight for a Day the
new musical comedy, will be seen at
the American next Sunday afternoon.
1t ran for a year in Chicago and had
a successful season of several months
ln Broadway. Bobby Barry, Gertrude
Hutcheson, Elsie Herbert, Eleanor Irv-
ing and other well known players are
in the cast.
ALCAZAR
The unanimity of press and public In
reference to THE Hypocrites" is COM
plete. The drama is declared to be
the most finished production which the
Alcazar company has ever staged. The
play Is a masterpiece of construction
it>is thrilling and deeply moving, and
climax of tremendous power and force.
Salomy Jane, Paul Armstrong $
dramatization of~Bret Harte's story. is
announced for next week, with the new
leading woman, Evelyn Vaughan. in
the title role.
PRINCESS
Ferris Hartman. is making The
Ameer' extremely popular at the Prin-
cess this week. The next production
In which the famous comedian will be
new players will be seen in the COM
pany- They are Elsie Schuyler. singing
soubrette and Robert Lift, a comedian
of great ability. On Monday evening.
October 26, Kolb and Dill and their
big eastern company will begin an en-
gagement In their recent success,
| Playing the Ponies"
| ORPHEUM
The eccentric Gennaro and hfzaS band
have created the sensation of the
vaudeville season at the Orpheum this
week, and with the new comers an
nounced for next week will make up a
| bill that has never been surpassed at
the Orpheum. Charles Kenyon's play
| by Lyster Chambers and Clara Knott
| 1t has made a hit all over the Or
pheum circuit. Redford and Winches-
ter. two clever burlesque jugglers; La
L
and HILL aerial artists, and the newest
| and best of this weeks bill will con-
stitute the program for next Sunday
afternoon!
LLOYD SCOTTS TRAVELS
/ The judgment of the large audience
last night at Christian Science hall
was that Lloyd Scott's travel talk or
| Egypt was by far the best of the
series The scenes on the Nile the
pyramids, the temple of Isis and the
wonderful motion pictures illumineo
Pharoahs which has never beer
equaled in this city. The lecture will
be repeated this evening and on Sat
urday afternoon. Ireland will be the
| topic for tomorrow and Saturday
nights, after which the course will be
repeated in Oakland at Maple hall.
VALENCIA
The Sign of the Cross is proving
a profitable and entertaining vehicle al
the Valencia this week. "Graustark'
a dramatization of McCutcheon's IA
nous novel which has long been num-
| bered as one of the best sellers" will
| be the attraction for next week 1t is
thrilling story of the love of ar
American for the queen of a mythical
! kingdom in Europe, and its dramatiza-
| tion was a foregone conclusion as /,
contains all the elements that go to-
ward making up q splendid and excit-
/ ing drama. Robert Warwick will be
| the American lover and Miss Willette
Kershaw will appear. as Queen Yotive
NATIONAL
| A pleasing show at the National the
ater has been drawing big houses al
| week Louis Chevalier and company In
| Lucky Liar are at the top of the