Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-27
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again in the present. He has, how
ever, learned something. Pretending to
be mad and to think himself still in
the past, he shows up Sir Brian for a
coward and wins the Lady Rowena's s
regard
The comedy moves brislSly through
out 1t is, indeed, an interesting, if
humorous, study in social evolution,
and should prove one of the most popu-
lar of the Burbank's recent offerings.
Henry Stockbridge will play Francis
Wilson'S part of Sir Guy, A. Byron
Beasley will appear as his rival Sir
Brian: Miss Blanche Hall as the Lady
Rowena. Miss Louise Royce as her
chaperone, William Yerance as Jew
banker, Lowell Alice Taylor as his
daughter, Harry Mestayer as Sir Guy
facetious friend, the court fool of the
long ago; John w. Burton, his butler
seneschal. Others in the cast are
Frederick Gilbert, H. S. Duf1eld, Margo
buffet, Fanchon Lewis and Madeline
Del Mar.
GRAND-The stock company this
week offers "A Mans Broken Prom
ise," another of Lillian Mortimer
successful melodramas. The play un,
folds a love story of interest ana
abounds in comedy Marjorie Dalton
for the first time during her engage
ment at the Grand, will have an op-
portunity to display her talents as an
Interpreter of emotional roles George
Webb will play the principal male role,
while chester Stevens, Harry Earl,
Grace Rauworth, Alice Lewis and the
other members of the Grand stock
company will be found in congenlal
parts The management promises q
zI,,I,. to esfa mir
declares the production will be one OF
the most complete of the present melo-
dramatic season at the Grand Every
Tuesday afternoon the management
presents a gold watch to some woman
playgoer.
MAJESTIC-"Th Weeks" will be
continued another week, beginning to-
night and including the usual Wednes-
day and Saturday matinees. The play
is Mrs. Glyn's own dramatization of
her financially successful novel, The
story is doubtless familiar to most the
atergoers. One wonders whether Mrs.
Glyn would maintain seriously that her
play has the uplifting qualities its ad-
vertisng claims, though she does argue
that it is not immoral, and that her
central character, the queen, is not
bad woman. The production at the
Majestic is elaborate, and the acting
conscientious Miss Beryl Hope, in the
role of the queen and Harry c. Browne
as the young Englishman, head the
cast.
ORPHEUM-Mabel Eite and Mike
Donlin, whose clever act deserves to
be treated seriously as a neat type of
vaudeville at its best, are the head
liners next week in sketch labeled
"Stealing Home" The press agent
asseyerates that at will be a base hit
h lie n
way to knock good attraction in ad-
vance Mabel has our entire appro-
bation in anything she desires to un-
dertake behind the footlights, and II
she is responsible for Mike, we'll have
to steal him permanently from the
baseball page.
Another y-eight-point headliner
is Claude Gillingwater, who with his
company appears in "a Strenuous Re-
hearsal'' Mr. Gillingwater assumes
the character of an actor VINO gives
dramatic instruction during his lels-
ure hours. A rich Mrs. Jones comes
for some lessons, and in the midst OF
the rehearsal of a fervid love scene in
walks her supposed to- in Africa
husband, with laughable and mutually
explanatory results. Mr.. Gillingwater
has with him two pretty collaborators
in Theresa Dale and Catherine
Strelitz.
clans whom Martin Beck imported ex-
clusively for the Orpheum circuit.
They have accomplished the seemingly
impossible in training a canary to
accompany them with its own notes.
They are given to the oddities in musl-
cal expression, and combine humor
with skill
Billy Van everyone knows. Billy is
a yearly visitor. His patter this year
and his songs are well up to the
average.
Holding over are "The Sunny South"
Donald & Carson, Frank and Jen La
tona. and the Baader-LaYelle trio,
with new pictures.
Tuesday night will be baseball night,
when the Angels and Vernons will be
guests at a box party, and all the am
ateurs in town are expected to be out
to give Mike Donlin the glad hand
Los ANGELES-Manager Bovyer
presents a carefully selected bill for
the current week beginning with to-
morrow's matinee There will be no
holdovers and the management prom
ises a strong array of talent. The
feature act will be Al Cameron and
company, comprising a male sextet,
who will present what is announced
as a military story in song called THE
Last of the Regiment" Harry Bur-
goyne direct from the big English
music halls, is a faVorite London char
acter singer who will introduce the
newest coster ditties. Harry lie Claire,
as an impersonator. will present a
series of clever limitations of famous
actresses and his latest hit, "The
Devil" A comedy sketch entitled
'Home Sweet Home" will be offered
by Burt and Anderson. Burt Shepard
the Australian whip manipulation:
Zena Keith, a rapid change artist and
singer of latest songs, and new motion
pictures complete a varied bill
WALKER-The Ito-Kimura troupe of
jap juggers will try to wrest headline
honors from Miss Madeline Rowe, re-
tained for another week in a new act
Miss Rowe will also sing a new illus
trated ballad. Ford West will sing,
dance and tell stories. The Walker
scope and the TraVelette are still there
Joseph Manley will sing a new illus
trated song and George Nelson has
arranged a pop concert"
JNIQUE-Continuin the combina-
ton bill plan, the Monday matinee will
disclose a headline attraction in the
Zamloch company, who dub their nov
city magic act "Spiritua Mistegoria."
They do not, however, compel you to
pronounce or define it. Buchanan and
Russell offer a comedy sketch and Dale
and Dale are singers and dancers.
"Casey's Courtship'' is a comedy offer
ing James 7. Kelly the author, has