Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-18
Syndicate Gets Risbee

at Bisbee, yesterday left Los Angeles
after very successful business trip,
during which he closed deals with John
Cort, the theatrical magnate of the
west, for the appearance in Bisbee of
many high class performances. The
same attractions will be offered at Tue
son and Phoenix, where the company
represented by Mr.. King owns conces-
sions.
1.-THE coming season Bisbee will have
the best of Klaw & Erlanger shows and
those directly under Mr. Cort's man
agement," said Mr.. King. Dates for
Tucson and Phoenix will be likewise
arranged Cort and the K. & e. people
have closed all gaps to successful OPP
position. 1t will be necessary for the
Shuberts to jump either from San An
tonic, Tex, or Omaha, Neb., to Los
Angeles, a ride of sixty hours, unless
they play in some house of the Cort
group. The $5,000000 the Shuberts have
can easily be spent in railroad fare in
the handling of few big attractions.
Cort has all the Arizona concessions
worth while and the New Mexico,
Nevada and Utah concessions, so that
the Shuberts are shut out and will have
to make a long leap to reach Los An
geles. / can guarantee more proht-
able house in Bisbee for one night for
any first class attractions than Los
Tucson and Phoenix. Arizonans will
be pleased with our arrangement with
Cort and the so-called trust.
A clever bit of hot weather foolery
is THE r. H. Mark" the Fischer Of
fering of the week. The comedy COM
pany has been augmented and in this
vehicle unlimited opportunities are Of
fered for the display of their talents.
Flo Morrison is bewitching as Mile.
Rena, Partisan danseuse and sensa-
tional actress of San Francisco, while
Hugh Metcalfe does neat bit of
character work as a foxy old youth or
so. Billy Onslow is clever in the role
of owen Riley, while the rest of the
ail-star cast are placed to advantage
Laura Banks makes a decided hit as
an Irish boarding house keeper.
The musical numbers and the dane
ing by the Roly Poly girls are attrac-
tive. A pleasing speciality is the Biddy
dance, in which the Roly Poly girls are
featured with Billy Onslow
Christine Hill and company in a
playlet entitled Fate" form one of
several strong attractions at the En-
pire this week. The scene is laid in
an italian city quarter and the story
is brimful of the love, joy, hate and
sorrow of humble lives
Christopher. a def magician, enter
tains very cleverly with his black art
being assisted by Mile. Verona.
Very seldom is such clever contor-
ton work seen in vaudeville as that
of Genera and Theol, who appeared
here recently with the Sells-Floto
shows.
The Lucier trio, harmony singers, are
among the best seen at the Empire for
some time.
Al Franks, with illustrated songs, |
and the latest motion pictures COM
plete a good bill.
Miss Mercedes Temple. who left the
Morosco musical comedy forces few
weeks ago to Join Kolb and Dill, has
resigned from that company, When
"a Milk White Flag" is staged at the
Burbank in three or four weeks Miss
Temple will again be seen on the Main
street stage.
Willis Marks of the Burbank stock
company has been engaged to direct
the Los Angeles high school senior
play next month He will also produce
a play to be given in June for the ben
eft of the city Playground association.
Wilma Stech, a sister of Miss Olga
stech, the new kolb and Din SOU
brette, has gone into the chorus at the
Majestic
"Weiner and Schntzer' will follow
"Playing the Ponies" at the Majestic. !
The previously announced revival of
II lonesome Town has been postponed
until next month.
AL Levy has given all kinds OF ban
auets in the past few years, but last
night was his first experience In cater
Ing to an elephant. The walters in the