Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
PERENNIAL MURRAY
AND MACK REAPPFAR
SLAPSTICK PAIR IN "SUNNY
SIDE OF BROADWAY"
Lively Show, with Good-Looking
Chorus, and New Costumes and
Staging, Presented at
the Majestic
BY LEMUEL PARTON

Murray and Mack's Sunny Side of
Broadway" at the Majestic. would be
vastly improved if they would have
the stage carpenter overhaul the piece
and railroad few of the jokes off to
the roundhouse. They have a good
line of foolishness, some excellent mu-
sical numbers, good dancing, staging
and costuming and a pretty and agile
chorus, but the joke department is
sadly in need of refurnishing. Can you
beat this: mo, you will not drink beer:
if there is any beer around, this old
gray beard will get it," It is small
wonder that Eighth avenue in the
Broadway scene is twisted clear around
sideways. There were several hits
among the song numbers, including
Most Every Town Has a Broadway"
my New Motor Boat" I'D Rather Be
a Billy Goat" TN Those Good Old Col
lege Days" and 1.-The Girl with the
Winning Smile" Clarence Backous,
the basso, is especially good.
Murray and Mack are as funny as
ever and get away with the rough
stuff in the same old way. There is
lots Of action in the piece and alto
gether it is one of the most effervescent
productions which has found it's way
into the sage brush for many, many
moons. Miss Lulu Ryan has a good
song, "Meet Me at the Stage Door,
Johnnie" but she became so personal
in singing that she drove one impOr-
tant looking parsonage out of box.
The man Indignantly demanded his
money back at the box office, declar-
ing that he was not Johnnie" and
did not propose to be insulted. The
men in the opposite boxes did not
seem so particular and showed no signs
Of leaving when the fascinating Miss
Ryan turned her reflector over their
way.
One of the hardest worked men iTf
the travelling aggregation is Harry Ed
ison, the trap drummer. He is relied
upon for all the strange noise business
during the gambols of the playful MUIR
ray and Mack, and they keep him bus
Ter than a pup scratching a hole in a
tin roof. If you want an unpreten-
tious; frolicsome tumble of happy nom
sense, see "The Sunny Side of Broad
way
Henry Miller's romantic success,
"Heartsease," will be given it's first
stock production in this city tonight
by Lewis S. Stone and the Belasco
theater company. "Heartsease" was
one of Henry Miller's most famous
starring vehicles and has not been seen
in this city since White Whittlesey
used it on his western tour five years
ago. Mr.. Stones rendering of Eric
Temple, the part created by Henry
Miller should be well above the stand
ard which has characterized his work
in former Miller productions. The
piece is a costume play and Scenic
Artist Brunton has promised many ex-
traordinary scenic effects. -.
Mrs. Shelley Tolhurst, president of
the Friday Morning club, has sent to
the executive committee in charge of
the Glazier benefit a handsome dona-
ton from the club before whose men,
bers Mr. Glazier appeared only a short
time before his death. In recognition
of this kindness the committee has ten
dered the officers of the club a box for
the benefit performance to be given at
the Majestic theater Friday afternoon.
Committees to serve in the theater
have been appointed as follows:
Souvenir programs, Mrs. oliver Mo-
rosco, chairman; Mesdames Harry Me-
slayer, A. Byron Beasley, Charles York
and Charles Eyton; pictures, Miss Nell
lie Baldwin, chairman; the Misses Fay
BANTER, Margo buffet, Virginia Crosse,
Maude George, Louise La Grille and
Fanchon Lewis; flowers, Mrs. John
Burton, chairman: Mesdames Richard
Brunton, Leland Bagley, Henry Stock
bridge and Charles Giblyn; the Misses
Clare Merch, Pearl Wisebrook and
Annie Burton.
Members Of local No. SO, International
Alliance Of Stage Employees, have vol
unteered their services, as have also
members of the Musicians Mutual Pro-
tective association.
Despite his intention of doing one
show a week Ferris Hartman will con-
tinue "It Happened in Nordland' for
a second week. Two overflow houses
during last week demonstrated the
soundness Of his Judgment. "The Ten
derfoot'' will be the next offering.
A prize fight, a beautiful woman choked
to death, a horse race, a gypsy camp. an
ambush in the woods, Covent garden at
night, Newmarket hall, a dashing hero, a
dazzling heroine, a girl driven from home
a young man driven to suicide romance
adventure, death, drink, run daggers, dis
aster and dope-yeu get it all-in single
performance of Sporting Life" which
opened yesterday afternoon at the Burbank
theater.
To say that the show made hit would
be speaking in accents too mild and meas
ured. 1t was the big scream we might
venture, hesitatingly, that some Of the Incl
dent is a trife adventitious in its relation