Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-31

are about the only aggregation which
can make this leap gracefully.
| Percy Bronson. the clever young
| Juvenile actor and singer, who made
| such a hit with the Kolb & Dill COM
pany when it was at the Majestic a
| short time ago, has been specially en-
| gagged to play the part of Johnny Jones,
the jockey. Mr.. Bronson has a splen-
| did voice. and is a clever actor with a
| host of friends in Los Angeles
| Peter Lang, the new comedian of
the Burbank company, will make his
first appearance in this piece, playing
the elephantine comedy role, 1.-THE I'm
known" Lang was one of the mem
bers of that famous organization "The
Bostonians," when it was first
launched, and is regarded as among
the greatest of American comedians.
A special chorus has been drilling
for two weeks to get the proper
amount of snap and swing into the
splendid, catchy music, and these two
score of singers will be among the
most notable features of this big pro-
duction.
Marjorie Rambeau will appear in a
new role-that of a prima donna So
prano, and her friends are due for a
tremendous surprise when they hear
her. The entire company will be seen
in the big cast, making one of the most
attractive theatrical offerings of the
summer.
GRAND-Charles Taylors spectacu-
lar western melodrama, "The Queen
of the Highway" will be given it's first
production by a stock company at pop
ular prices by the Girton company,
commencing with the matinee on Sun
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citing type and one of the heaviest
as to scenic productions.
The play will serve to introduce to
patrons of the Grand opera house Ivy
Shepard, who will succeed Neva West
as leading woman of the Girton pro-
ductions. Miss Shepard is a young
woman of considerable stock company
experience.
The play tells the story of a young
woman, who separated from her hus-
band. goes west, and having lost in
terest in life becomes reckless and be-
comes practically an outlaw. After
holding up trains and stage coaches
single handed she becomes a terror
to everyone who travels the road and
finally is known by the title of "The
Queen of the Highway" After her
separation her husband becomes a gov
ernment detective and is selected as
the one to catch 1.-THE Queen of the
Highway" In one of her daring
holdups he is one of the passengers |
on the stage and shoots her only to
discover he has killed his own wife.
There is plenty of comedy woven |
about the principal thread of the |
story and much of it is furnished by |
Cohen, a whisky peddler.
Ivy Sheppard will be seen in the |
role of Belle Diamond, Queen Of the |
Miss Sheppard is thorough |
ly familiar with the role, having ap- |
peared in it during the plays second |
tour of the United States. George |
Webb will be seen as Oscar, the gov
ernment detective. Frank McQuarrie |
will have the principal comedy role of |
Cohen, the whisky peddler. Gertrude !
Claire will be Molly Mapleson, keeper |
of the Wild Horse tavern, and the
other members of the company will be
well cast.
One of the features of the perform
ance is the scene showing the blow
ing up of the bridge and the spectac-
ular hold up of the stage coach in
which four horses will be used.
LEVY 'S-With the continued hot
weather the vaudeville bill at Levy's
cafe is proving a keen pleasure for the
stay at homes. 1t is not often possible
to suit the acts to the season, but in
this instance the predominance of the
singing makes a most delightful sum-
mer program. -
Suzanne Rocamora has proved herself |
a real singer of real songs. For the