Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-17
INVASION MAY BE
PLAYED IN THE EAST
WAR PLAY HAS CHANCE TO
REACH BROADWAY
Farm Yard Scene Makes Trouble for
Player In Burbank Stock COM
pany-New Bills at Unique
and Fischer's

Following a telegraphic request, the
complete manuscript OF Julian john
sons new play Invasion" was mailed
yesterday afternoon to New York city
and it seems likely that the play will
have IA Broadway production. The AS
ISOLATED Press sent out from Los An
geles an extended review of the play,
and yesterdays request for the man.
uscript followed Immediately. The
telegram explains that the request was
made after personal talk with Oil
yer Morosco.
Gavin Young of the Burbank thea
ter has his troubles. THE Dairy
Farm" is to follow Invasion" at that
house and Mr.. Young has been en-
trusted with the duty of acquiring
the live stock required for that piece.
He must find calf and train the anil
NAL so 1t won't have stage fright. He
must also obtain hens, a rooster or
two and a few ducks and he must
teach them how to act behind the foot
lights. Likewise there win be a horse
and perhaps a few sheep. The scene
is a barnyard and 1t is to be realls-
tically populated.
Miss Maude Beatty, formerly of the
Burbank and Majestic theater forces,
returned to Los Angeles yesterday from
Fresno where she has been prima
donna of a musical stock organization
under the management Of Nat A. Mag
ner, also manager for Kolb & Dill. The
company closed a profitable engage
ment last Saturday night.
"The Soul Kiss" company will de-
part from Los Angeles after the fare
well performances, matinee and night,
today, at the Majestic.
Two pretty girls WHO know how to
sing, dance and entertain are the Earl
sisters, who are headlined at the
Unique theater this week. They pre-
sent a singing and dancing act In
which they make several exceedingly
quick changes of costume. Unique
audiences are giving the act very
cordial reception. Jay Page comes in
for his share of applause for his in
teresting clay modelling. The subjects
he selects are well known to most of
the audience and the rapid manner in
which he does his modelling adds to
the pleasure of his act.
Cohen, the Frenchman," by the
/ Unique players is humorous. AL.
Franks as Cohen, who endeavors to
impersonate a Frenchman in order to
bring business to the boarding house
he Is running under the name of a
French hotel, has one of the best roles
he has yet essayed. He mingles the
two dialects ludlcrously. Laurel At
kins-Blair as his wife, is excellent, as
is Hazel Salmon as the daughter.
centric maid. which she does well.
Herbert Cramer as a fire-eating col
onel and Annie Baumann as his wife
get humor out of the parts. During
the action of the piece several songs
are rendered in an attractive man
ner. Motion pictures and an illustrat-
ed song make up the remainder of the
program.
1.-TWO Twins" which is the comedy
being presented at Fischer's theateT
this week, gives the various members
of the company ample opportunities
for fun making which they take adj
vantage Of The piece affords James
Kelly and Harry Oaks better chances
for comedy work than the piece last
week. They play the parts of two
I Irish twins, retired plumbers, one of
whom has an ambition to enter soci-
ETY.. He is coaxed to do so by his two
daughters, played by Anna Robinson
and Deglow Clark, and he gives a
dinner at his home to the gallant Cap
| tain Jinks (Charles A. Fagg), who has
shown his daughter much attention
during a visit to a summer resort.
The daughter has the menu made out
in French, which the cook, an excel
lent character part played by Miss
Lillian Massey, does not understand,
so she seeks the servant, only to find
that he Is away and his place is be-
ing taken by one of the brothers. The
situations of the piece are not over
drawn and much fun without horse
play Is the result. Several catchy songs
are interpolated. The work of the
eight girls composing the chorus is full
of ginger and aids materially in the
production.
William 4. Kahler the young COM
poser, will collaborate with James Guy
Usher of the Belasco stock company In
the writing OF an opera, for which the
| friends of the authors confidently pre-
dict great things. Details of the work
will be given out later, the name of the
piece being kept secret owing to the
requirements of the new copyright law
Bradlee Martin. who will be well re-
membered for his work as character
man with the Belasco company about
two years ago, viii appear soon at the
Los Angeles theater in a vaudeville
sketch which he has written and in
which he plays the leading role.
William Yerance will make his re-
appearance with the Belasco company
after an absence of two years in the
production of Charming Pollock's play,
''In the Bishops Carriage" which
opens next Monday night.
| George M. Cohan will shortly have
two new theaters where he will be able
to produce his own plays. Ground for
one of the playhouses has been bro
ken. This one is located at the north
end of Long Acre square, at Forty
seventh street, New York. The other
new theater will be built in Chicago
in the "loop' district. The exact To-
cation is being kept secret for the pres
ent. owing to the fact that Mr.. Cohan
wishes to secure a small piece of
ground adjoining the new theater site.
The two new theaters will be combi-
nation houses, and Cohan and Harris
will do the booking for them. The
two new houses will put four theaters
under the management of Conan 81
Harris. At the end of the present sea-
son of "The Yankee Prince" in which
Mr.. Cohan is starring, he will retire
| from the stage and will devote his
time to constructing and producing
plays.
Vail Returns; New Cars
Walter L. Vail. president of the Vail
Motor Car company, arrived home
| from Phoenix Monday evening, where
/ l. 4 HI.