Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-26
BLACKWOOD BACK
FROM LONG TRIP
TELLS OF D0INGS ALONG THE
"GREAT WHITE WAY"
Suspicion That Local Manager Has
Plans for Some Big Enter
prise In the Near
Future

An innovation is proposed by Man
ager John II. Blackwood of the Be-
lasco theater by which instead of pro-
ducing plays that have been seen else
where, hitherto untried works of merit
will be staged at the local theater.
Mr.. Blackwood proposes to present
more than a dozen new productions
here for the purpose of arousing in
terest of the old managerial firms of
the east.
The unprecedented success of THE
Dollar Mark" at the Belasco theater
has been found to have attracted the
attention of the chief producing man
ayers of the country to Los Angeles
and the Belasco company in particu-
lar.
In discussing plans of his theater for
the coming season Manager Blackwood
yesterday called attention to the fact
that Klaw & Erlanger and Joseph
Brooks look with favor on the plan of
having some of their plays produced in
Los Angeles before they are made
known in other localities.
BY special arrangement with the Jo-
seph Brooks firm the Belasco company
will give the first presentation on any
stage of a play entitled Through a
window" This production will open
on December 27.
Mrs. Gertrude Nelson Andrews, au-
thor of "Kate shannon" which was
produced at the Auditorium two sea-
sons ago by Florence Stone, is the
writer of this play Through a Win
dow was to have been produced IN
New York this fall with Lillian Albert
son in the role that will be played here
by That's Magrane.
The story deals with the situation In
san Francisco the night before the day
following the fire Joseph Brooks Will
make a special trip from New York to
witness the production at the Belasco.
In some of the local productions Miss
Mary Bertrand will play the chief
feminine role. Klaw & Erlanger scenic
models have been shipped to Los An
geles for some of the coming presenta-
tions on the Belasco stage.
Waste is the title of another new
play that will receive an early produc-
tion at the Belasco theater. 1t is writ
ten by Porter Emerson Brown, the
humorist magazine writer, who is the
author of the already successful play
"a Fool There Was" The production
of "Waste' is to be made by special
arrangement with Frederick Thompson.
1.-THE Gringo," written by Robert H.
Davis, the editor of the Munsey pub
lications, in collaboration with Henry
Kirke, a University of California
alumnus, is another comedy that will
be entrusted to Lewis S. Stone and the
associates of tn Belasco company.
"Hoorah for the Heir" a sequel to
the Heir to the Hoorah," will open at
the Belasco sometime in February
under the personal direction of the
author, Paul Armstrong.
Following this comedy drama of the
west Mr. Armstrong will put forward
another play called Sierra" In this
the Belasco company will have the as
sistance of N. c. Goodwin, who wishes
an opportunity to appear In "Sierra"
with a view to using the play for
starring purposes.
1.-THE Denver Transfer" a new de-
tective play, also will be produced for
the first time on a western stage at
the Belasco. Paul Wilstach is the au-
thor of "The Denver Transfer"
'Red Saunders" a play founded on
several of Henry Wallace Phillips
stories and written by Willard Hol-
comb, also will be seen at the Belasco.
In addition to the foregoing plays
the play schedule of the Bclasco in
cludes numerous unusual and inter-
esting dramatic products. Among
these are George Broadhurst's THE
Garden of Lies and "The Captain"