Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-12

Sea Waves" Rush city" "A Milk
White Flag" and other pieces along
similar lines.
Miss Tannehill was a member of the
company which opened the new
Tivoli theater at San Francisco, and
remained there until the quake. After
that she played a season with the Sea-
man opera company, and then came to
Fischers.
Marquis Ellis writes me from San
Diego that the Ellis quartet has made
a big hit In that little burg and he
sends along couple OF newspaper
clippings to prove 1t. The notices are
highly laudatory. They couldn't have
been more so had the curly-haired inn
| presarioette written them himself
Probably there are other quartets on
the road. One or two of them may
even have planned to include Spreckels-
| vile in their tour, but they'd better
keep away. Apparently the only music
| the San Diegans care for has the Ellis
name blown In the bottle. by which 1
mean no insinuation whatever against
the personal habits of the young men
who make up the organization Per-
maps they know bottle from a banjo
and perhaps not.
When Mrs. Fiske comes to the Belas-
co theater next June to present Ibsen's
| Rosmersholm" 1t Is moro than likely
that members of the Belasco stock COM
| pany will have an opportunity to go
"trouping." One-night stands are things
heretofore unknown in the Belasco ex-
| perience, but as soon as the announce
ment of Mrs. Fiske's coming was made
requests began to reach the Belasco
office from outside points asking that
the stock company, instead of taking Il
vacation during the three days of the
eminent eastern actress local engage
ment. be sent on tour.
Frederick Belasco hag not yet decided
whether any of these Invitations can be
accepted. He realizes. however, that
they have come from theatergoers who
make 1t point to visit the Belasco
when they come OF Los Angeles. and he
feels their wishes should be regarded.
The matter of time, of course. is the
crux. and this cannot be settled for
several weeks at least.
Mrs. Fiske, bv the way, will be the
first outside star to appear upon the
Belasco stage. Since the house was
opened 1t has been occupied continu-
ously by the stock company, except for
an occasional matinee performance. in
which some few at least of the Belasco
actors have had parts.
Mrs. Fiske's engagement is for three
nights and matinee. June 22, % and "a.
Her acting In "Rosmersholm" has been
one of the few artistic successes of the
current New York season. The play,
believe, never has been presented here,
though 1t was announced for produc-
ton few months ago at the Burbank.
the project subsequently being aban-
doned.
There's a scene in 1.-THE Filibuster,"
which continues at the Auditorium for
a second week, that is quite as funny
as anything L have ever seen in comic
opera. Scoops" an American war cor
respondent, has been condemned to be
shot. The president of Concarne orders
up the firing squad and gives the pre-
Urinary command. The men bring
their arms into position, but before his
excellencia can say "Fire!" o'clock
strikes and the soldiers. recently union
lied by this same Scoops, quit work for
the day, throwing their rifles to the
ground. His excellencia fumes, but
you may imagine what sort of chance a
Central American president would
stand when bucking a properly organ
lied nuiUn. OF course 1t never occurs
to him that he might h. e the job done
neatly and with dispatch If he would
only offer those union men time and
half' for their Overtime"
Work is in progress on Herr Fischer's
new theater to be known as the Chrome
phone, and which will be situated at
423 South Spring street. This is the
house in which our Teutonic manager
to install his new combination
picture and talking machine.
The opening is set for April q.
Herr Fischer now is in San Francis
co, where he expects to place two of the
machines. He will also put one in Oak
land and another, later, in San Diego.
He controls the state rights. and IL
those rights fail to make him rich
man within two years he says he will be
ready to admit that he knows nothing
about the amusement business.
With the new machine you will be
able both to hear and see the merry
Widow waltz" for instance, when the
singers and dancers are perhaps on the
other side of the continent.
Following "a Trip to Chinatown" the
stock company will offer Min
lie Maddern Fiskes drama, Tess OF
he D'JJrbervilles" They wouldn't I'M
lerstand if they heard it in New York,
,ut the same actors will appear in both
plays Then, a week or so later. will
:ome Henry Arthur Jones "The Hypo-
rites" which Mr.. Morosco recently Sc
,ured and which he regards as the best
hing Jones ever wrote.
The Grand opera house will offer this
week a spectacle unique in its history.
1yrtIe SelWyn is TO De transformed into
'.heavy" woman. Heretofore Miss
elwyn has ambled merrily through the
oubrette roles, occasionally straying
rom the straight and narrow path, it
! true, but never has she depicted so
together malevolent young person
s she will portray in 1.-THE Card King
f the Coast
There is plenty of deviltry in this
1elodrama; more feminine deviltry
han Lillian Hayward can handle unas-
listed, and that is going some Conse-
uently Miss Selwyn has been led into
rime. 1t isn't her fault, and she doesn't
Ike it, but when the stage director
sues an order there is nothing for a
weet young actress to do but obey
r resign. Therefore Miss Selwyn re-
gned-herself to her fate and will do
er best to e really naughty If you
ISIS her, however, she is ruite as likely
} cry as to smile. The longing for
isses, you know, is an acquired taste.
lillian Hayward has it, but Myrtle
Llwyn hasn't, as yet.
Miss Selwyn's trouble. by the way, is
i due to Gilbert Gardner, who has
lcceeded Lawrence Underwood as di-
ctor of the Ulrich company. don't
1ow just why Mr.. Gardner thought
yrtle Selwyn could be really devilish
she tried, but apparently he did. He