Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-02
DANGERS DOMINATE
NEW ORPHEUM BILL
MELN0TTE TWINS AND LA
VALERA ARE RIVALS
"Po' White Trash Jimmy" and Frank
Fogarty's MonoIogue Hold Own
with Newcomers-Gossip
of Stagedom
BY W. HERBERT BLAKE

The best new act on the Orpheum bill
this week is the melange of ingenious
nonsense given by the Melnotte Twins
and Clay Smith. In an exceedingly
/ lightweight sketch this trio of clever
! entertainers keep their audience con-
/ stantly alert and interested by the dell
cacy of their swift and pointed patter'
1t is the best type of refined comedy
and the good looks of the indistingulsh-
| able twins are not the least of Its
charms.
| La Valera, who is Mrs. Horton For
rest Phipps of San Francisco, gave
pretty exhibition of Spanish dance
| steps, the best of which was the famous
La Tarantella," to the witching strains
of La Paloma." AS dancing, the act
/ is excellent but it must be confessed
/ that the dainty face of the dancer is
too Enthusiastically American to fairly
convey the Illusion of sunny Spain. To
! fancy her a senorita one must forget
i her features in admiration of the MINI
/ BILE feet and whirling costume. To adj
mire her beauty is to forget her role,
which may be fortunate or unfortunate.
| Cupid at Home" is a pleasant satire
on the overmuch bedrubbed club wo-
man. 1t is played tolerably well by
Miss Angela Dolores, Harry English
and Edward Moran. Without dispar-
agement, however, the purely dramatic
/ laurels of the bill belong still to Miss
Lillian Mortimer's "Po' White Trash
jimmy" which bears the strain of
repetition exceedingly we'll The real
/ ism of Jinnys chloroforming is actu-
ally irritating, and ought to decrease
the business of the dentists hereabouts.
If all melodrama were as sweet and
uplifting as this little sketch, one veX-
! ing problem of the modern stage would
/ be near solution.
| Frank Fogarty's smile Is still COW
/ ering his retreat from wltticism to wit
! ticism, while he marks time vocally
until the crowds strangle their laughter
/ to catch the next one. A marked fea-
/ ture of this clever Irishman's method
/ is the order in which he springs his
stories. Each touches a different risi-
/ BILE chord, and no one variety of wit is
! emphasized to safety. The touch of
/ seriousness with which he concludes
his act finds instant sympathy. and the
bit of by-play with the orchestra lead
er is capital.
Marion Sawtelle dances scientifically
and well, and the Knight brothers
caper with her grotesquely, and at
times humorously. The four sisters
! Amatis and the aerial Grigolatis COM
plete the bill.
The sale of seats for John Drew IN
Jack Straw" next weeks Offering at
/ the Mason, opens at the box office to-
morrow morning AS the masquerading
. prince, who revels in the varying in
cognitos of an actor, sailor bartender,
engineer and waiter, Mr. Drew has a
role which is indeed a leap from the
| conservatory models of elegance with
which his familiar stage presence is
most Familiarity identified. Mr.. Drew
/ will play full week at the Mason,
! opening June Z.
An excellent bill is afforded the
patrons of the Los Angeles theater this
week. The Mech International trio do
some very clever heavyweight lifting
and give a good acrobatic act. A
/ quartet of pleasing singers are the
] Quaker City four. whose act takes
! place in a blacksmith shop and contains
some good comedy. Miss Ann Crews
/ little one-act comedy dramatic sketch
tells of a young married couple who are
/ separated. After five years they. meet.
/ The husband is a young clubman and
/ is sitting in his apartments one night
when he hears a burglar, whom he
! catches in the act Of robbing his home.
He is about to call the police. when the
burglar turns out to be a woman, who
/ he finally discovers is his former wife.
| The sketch is well written and well
acted. Frank Bush won many laughs
| with his funny stories and kept the
audience in an uproar during his entire
/ act. Norton and Russell, lightning
character change artists, do some Won
derfully quick acts with pretty stage
settings. Miss Nita Allen and company
appear in a funny one-act railroad
comedy, which is somewhat of
novelty, the stage being set to repre-
sent Pullman sleeper.
The Unique musical company is pre-
senting 1.-THE Seminary Girls" to well
| pleased audiences this week. The piece
/ is a we'll written farce comedy in one
act and is from the pen of j. T. Pende-
CAST, local sketch and play writer.
| The situations are extremely laughahle
and the parts of DIR. Jack and Judge
Jack as portrayed by Pete Gerald and
Denton Vane respectively give the two
a great chance for real comedy. The
part of the German professor, who
! imagines that he is about to die and
sends for his physician and judge, is
in the hands of Jack Martin. He mis-
takes the physician for the judge. who,
| by the way, are twin brothers long
separated May Parker and Annie
Baumann have the roles of Zetta and
Gloriose the pride of the seminary
and who are in love with the twin
I brothers. Miss Adams as the old maid,
Pocahontas, who is in love with the
professor, is extremely funny in her
Wooing. The work of the chorus is
worthy of mention and much credit is
due Queenie Blake, who arranges the
musical numbers. The song numbers
are catchy notably you'll Be Sorry
Just too Late" by Miss Parker and her
duet with Vane, would You Miss