Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-30
CORBFTT PLAY IS CUT
TO VAUDEVILLE ACT
"PaIs" to Be Put on at Los Angeles.
Orpheum Will Replace AdVertis-
ing Curtain with More
Attractive One

Pals" the play which brought
James J. Corbett, Hal Davis and Inez
McCauley into prominence three years
ago, has been pruned down to a 20
minute vaudeville sketch and will be
presented by Edwin Carewe and com
pany as the headline attraction at the
Los Angeles theater next week.
The rough edges in the staging of
"Du Barry" at the Belasco are being
gradually smoothed out, and Stage
Manager Andrews is receiving many
compliments on his successful handling
of the big sets for the play. The seat
ing capacity has been taxed at every
performance thus far, and the manage
ment probably will have to remove the
orchestra from the pit and put in eX-
ira seats to accommodate the crowds.
Dave Silverman, who some time ago
made his first appearance on the stage
as the Old Clothes Man in the BelaSco
production of THE College Widow
has again felt the call of the footlights
and next week will again be seen at the
Grand, where he will play the role of
Jonas Podkins in THE Day of Judg-
ment," which is based on the theory OF
an "unwritten law in some murder
cases. 1t is also whispered about the
Belasco that Mr.. Silverman is seriously
contemplating leasing the western
rights to David Warfeld's old success,
"The Auctioneer," and putting himself
forth as a star.
Fred Getzler, property man at the
Burbank theater, is studying the new
science of aeronautics. He has sent to
Washington for such patent Office rec
ords as bear upon the subject. He has
n the WTjcht aero
plane and the Bleriot machine, and yes
terday he started work upon a heavier
than air flying machine of his own,
war aeroplane for use in the Burbank
production of Julian Johnson's war
drama, Invasion" The machine will
be thirty-fve feet in length and when 1t
is completed will be an accurate model
of the latest aerOplane construction. At
the same time Thomas Storie, the the
ater electrician, has been carrying on
a series of experiments to secure a new
cloud and fog effect to enhance the pic
ture of the new warfare, conflict
fought in the air, the flying death de-
scending swiftly upon the unsuspeeting
invaders.
The seat sale for "The Time, the
Place and the Girl" in which Robert
Pitkin and Jessie Huston will be seen
at the Majestic theater next week.
opens at the box office at o'clock this
morning. This is the piece that estab-
lished a new popularity record for mu-
steal comedies when it was played in
Los Angeles last season. Mr. Pitkin
was formerly a prominent member of
the Kolb and Dill forces and has many
friends here. He is a cartoonist of
ability, having gone on the stage direct
from the art room of a big eastern
newspaper. Prominent in the cast is
Miss Elizabeth Goodall who played the
nurse last season and who returns in
her old part
| The Orepheum's new curtain, to take
the place of the hideous daub splashed
with advertisements, which has hung
so long in that theater, has arrived,
and is now being hung, preparatory
/ to use after Sunday night. The con-
| tracts on the old curtain expire with
| tonight but it was impossible to hang
| the new one in time to use October 1.
! However, it will be on view with the
new show Monday afternoon.
The Orpheum announces a new pro
gram book for Monday next. 1t will
have the same cover as is now used,
but will be doubled In pages, and will
be printed in orange and black, with
a tint under each. section devoted
! strictly to the theaters use, including
each program number. 1t will also
contain an editorial page" and some
extra pages devoted to new attrac-
tions and gossip.
The last of the Jack the Giant Kill
Ter" matinees will be given at the Orph-
cum next Saturday afternoon.
The seat sale for Honeymoon Trail'
will open at the Mason today
"Charles the First" the almost-hu-
han baboon, which Martin Beck cap
tured recently in Europe, is now on his
way west and will be an attraction at
the Orpheum shortly. This animal
does almost everything that man
does; eats with table implements