Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-05

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AUDITORIUM-Tom will open
the second and final week of the rollick-
ing rah-rah and lariat comedy, Going
Some," which has pleased substantial
crowds since its opening last Tuesday.
Manager Behymer announces two per
formances for Saturday, as we'll as the
customary Labor day matinee.
The story of the play is tolerably
familiar to local theatergoers from fire.
quent repetition in the columns of the
press. 1t is a bright, breezy tale of col
lege life, with the desert instead of the
campus as a background, and with six
shooters, bronzed cowboys and an
earnest musical appreciation as a high
ly decorative border. There is real
character impersonation and a streak
of vivid action to set it off.
Despite the sober fear in which every
dramatic critic should stand before the
awful name of Paul Armstrong we can
not say that Going Some is faultless;
at least, it is such jolly show that it
gives one little time to seek for flaws.
We believe even Mr.. Armstrong; arch
enemy, the sneerlng police reporter,
would write that Going Some is some
go"-if he weren't quite as much
creation of the playwrights brain as
Cloudy or Willie, the killer.
MAsON-Dark.
BURBANK-"S "Strongheart," by Will
liam C. De Mile, an American play CEN
tering around the life-tragedy of an
educated Indian who loves white girl.
1t opens this afternoon, with Byron
Beasley playing the title role and
Thomas Dixon, jr.. has said no carping
word about idealized miscegenation-a
fact significant of the curious regard
which the Caucasian has for the people
of the soil whom he dispossessed by
force of arms.
De Mile wrote "Strongheart" for
Robert Edeson, and that accomplished
actor toured in it with pronounced sue
cess. At that time Mr.. Beasley was his
leading man and played the part of the
brother of the girl with whom Strong
the Mason Oliver Morosco saw Mr.
Beasley act in this part and engaged
him as Burbank second man on the
spot.
The white girl loves the Indian in
"Strongheart's' story, but both are con-
fronted by the barrier of race. Strong
heart feels that he cannot trample it
down without treason to his people, nor
can the girl, Dorothy. Womanlike, she
nevertheless is willing to ostracize her
self from her little world for the big
lonely life of the prairies and the
tepees, but Strongheart overhears the
violent protests of her brother and her
friends and refuses to accept her sacri-
fee He returns to the reservation
alone, and their love becomes only a
sweet and poignant memory.
There will be special matlnees to-
morrow Oabor day. and Thursday
(Admission day..
BELASCO-Lewis S. Stone will re-
turn to the Belasco stage Monday
night after three months vacation.
Mr.. stones return will be made in the
first local stock production of Edwin
Milton Royles famously successful
play of the west, "The Squaw Man"
The production will celebrate the
fifth anniversary of the Belasco the
alter. while at the same time intro
ducing a number of new members OF
Camp, William B. Freeman, Harry An
drews. James e. Usher, William Har-
ris and Mrs. Lewis Stone, or Mar
garet Langham, as she was profess
sionally known few years ago. The
latter will make her temperance on
the Belasco stage in the important role
of Nat-U- -Ritch. The production prom
ses to be one of the most elaborate
that the Belasco stage has ever dis
played.
The first performance of "Ihe Squaw
Man" will be given Monday afternoon
at a special Labor Day matinee, and
there will be the usual Thursday Sat
urday and Sunday matinees during the
week. 1.-THE Squaw Man" has had so
great popular success that it is still
being played in the high price syndi-
cate theaters in the large cities of the
east, while it is proving veritable
dramatic gold mine in England, Ger
many and Australia. There is spirit
of heroism, of self-sacrifice and of
great love pervading THE Squaw Man"
as we'll as virile humor. 1t is big
play that abounds in laughter and
pathos, and one that bids fair to rival
other famous American dramas for
many years to come.
Mr.. Stone will be seen in the role of
Jim Carston, the young Englishman,
who, to save the good name of his
cousin, leaves England and settles in
wyoming, Where ne marrleS young
Indian girl, who twice saves his life.
Miss That's Magrane, whose work on
the Belasco stage last week made her
an immediate faVorite with local the
ater- goers, will be seen in the role of
Diana, the part originally played by
Julie Opp. Every member of the Be
lasco company will be seen in the per-
formance of "The Squaw Man" and in
addition there will be two score of
specially engaged PLAYERS
MAJESTIC-The musical comedy
"Dream City" the new vehicle which
Kolb and Dill will exploit for the first
time tonight, is said to be their most
ambitious effort, calling for an un-
usually large amount of scenery and
a chorus of thirty-six girls and twelve
men, the largest Kolb and Dill have
ever carried. Mr.. Kolb went east after
his recent engagement at the Majestic
and obtained from Joe Weber the en-
tire rights to Dream City" and also
purchased outright, all of the scenery
for the play. He then engaged Miss
Doris Wilson for prima donna, and
was fortunate in meeting Adelaide
Harland, who will be rememb bered as
the Chorus Tady in the original pro-
duction of "The Land of Nod" Mr..
Kolb signed Miss Harland for char
acter soubrette. The new leading man
of the organization is Boyd Marshall,
who originally occupied the same po
sition with FRITZ Scheff in Mile.
Modiste." He also created the leading
role in s'The Lady from Lanes" Other