Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-12
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(Readers of The Herald may be assured
that the statements made in this column are
not paid for advertising, but published as
unbiased and, as near as may pc, aeeurnso acc T..e
information. The dramatic editor OF Inc
Herald wishes to be responsible for every
thing printed these pages; he does not
wish to publish premature eul0gy OF "a
play he has not seen, except as ne Knows t its
assumed merits to be real. Press agents
will please remember these facts in prepar-
ing copy for submission to The heraiu'-
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AUDITORIUM-Joh Mason and ms
New York cast will offer '"The Wltcn-
ing Hour" for two weeks, beginning
Monday evening. This play of Augustus
Thomas was so pronounced departure
from the conventional that many man
ayers were wary of producing IT, put
its history has been that of an IN
stantaneous and continuous success
The idea of mental influence, various
ly described as telepathy, thougnt
transference and hypnotism, hgures
prominently in the play, Whlcn
grows out of the killing of his
tormentor by youth goadeu
to madness by the sight of a cats eye
Jewel, of which he has an heredltary
horror. A gambler of strange hyP-
motto power is the good angel or tne
VOllnp man, ana III Il SCGlC VI A'~As
dramatic grip he tests his mesmerlc
abilities by preventing his enemy, the
relentless prosecutor of the boy, from
firing revolver by simply looking MS
foe in the eye and telling him ne cam
not pull the trigger. The denoueInenI
shows the imagined power OIL coLSel. llS,sn,.
trated thought upon the jury, Whlch
is made to acquit the slayer, and sat
isfactorily adjusts a pretty love story,
which is intertwined slSillfully with the
main action. -,
Mr.. Mason plays the hypnotic gam
bier. The leading woman role is as
sumed by Amelia Gardner
MASON - Dustin Farnum brings
"Cameo Kirby" Monday night for
= weeks engagement. Booth Harrington
and Harry Leon Wilson have laid the
scene of the play in Louisiana. Inc
time is the early thirties. Eugene,
nicknamed cameo" Kirby, is a ro-
bust. nimble-witted Mississippi river
gambler, whose high regard for the
honor of his profession has brought
him face to face with a staggering
problem. The men who surround MN
are unable to understand his view
point on life, and out of their slowly
gathering hate grows series OF ex-
citing situations, in which the element
of suspense is said to be skilifully
utilized The literary reputation of the
authors should assure a finished prod
uct. An attractive setting is furnished
for the dainty romance which keeps
pace with the march of the heavier
action. =
promised, including May Buckley, Nc
Kee Rankin, Maud Hosford, Donald
Gallaher, Gordon Johnstone, John Har-
rington, Burr Caruth, William ID; car
ter, Nora Shelby, Ruth Lloyd and Jane
KordriaIx
The piece was staged by Hugh Ford
with the assistance of the authors.
RJTRBANK-The stock company this
afternoon will produce Leo Dietrlch-
STEMS ferce-comedy, Before ano
After" The author of Are You
Mason?" bettered the fun of that roar
ing piece, in the opinion of many
when he wrote Before and After II
has had a popular career in the east
young doctor invents powder
which is Intended to bring joy to the
confirmed crouch All the characters
in the play are desperately miserable
AT the beginning of the action, anc
the doctor tries his ''joy powder or
each A young business man, attel
taking, elopes to Saratoga with
chorus Girl whom he introduces t.
society there as his wife, notwithstand
ing the fact that his real helpmeet !:
at home and happily under the int1u
ence of the drug. At length the be
logged brains of the couple clear, anc
they are joyously reunited.
John w. Burton returns to the Bur
bank cast after an absence of si2
weeks to play the part of James
Jeffries.
BELAsCo-A heavy demand foi
seats induces the management tC
continue the production of Edwin Mil
~ an0the e1
week, beginning Monday night. The
personal popularity of Lewis S. Stone
who has returned to his old position
of leading man in the stock company
after a summer vacation, has beer
amply attested by the ovations which
have greeted him the last week.
1.-THE Squaw Man" is a clean, strong
human play, we'll constructed as t.
climaxes and possessing a dignity il
its last act which distinguishes anC
accentuates the tragedy. of its out
come POLITICALLY and with some truth
the press agent says, "The atmospher'
is so convincing that the spectator!
live for the time being in the very
heart of aristocratic England and il
the wholesome truth of the grea
vest
Robert Brunton has provided some
ample and attractive stage pictures
The individual representations hav'
DeeH dQ0HutlSiy biSdeOht .piO e1iiN I'm
in these COLUMNS. The production is {
big one necessitating the employment
of a number of specially engaged
players.
MAJESTIC-Kolb and Dill will CON
tinue to dispense smiles for another
week in Dream CITY," recast b,
themselves from the original Smith.
Herbert book and score, with th'
addition of some bright new song hits
In addition to the regular perform
ances, two extra matinees were giver
last week, and the demand for seat!
has been very gratifying to the man
agement. 1t is announced that thi!
will be positively the last week here
of "Dream CITY," as F<olb and Dill
have new vehicle now in rehearsa
which they are confident will eclipse
even their former popular triumphs ii
this city.
ORPHEUM-The press agent insists
that we uncork our bottle of super
latives this week. We hope he is
right. The Curzon sisters headline the
new weeks bill in an aerial act, ir
which they hang from slender wires
by their teeth alone and complete theil
act on terra firma with a skirt dance
They have just returned from the
London hippodrome and their pictures
are eloquent of their personal charms
John World and Mindell Kingston
have just completed world tour
They dance and sing, and are said tc
have many foreign triumphS to theiI