Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-15
Theaters

'"The kissing Girl" with Miss Texas
Guinan in the title role, will be seen
for the first time in Los Angeles at
the Majestic theater Sunday night. The
original version of this new Viennese
opera was by Leo Stein, author of
the libretto of the famous Lehar opera,
1.-THE Merry Widow" The English
translation is by Stanislaus STANCE
and the music is by Harry Won Til
ger. The seat sale opens this morning.
"The Prince Chap" an idyllic love
comedy, will be the pre-Christmas bill
at the Burbank following the current
Offering of "A Message from Mars"
The play was presented at the Bur-
bank a little over a year ago with
great success.
The advance sale of seats for that
much talked Of musical production,
1.-THE Queen of the Moulin Rouge"
opens this morning at the box office
of the Auditorium theater. The piece
is said to be a correct portrayal of
Paris night life, but not risque or
offensive.
The Six Musical Cuttys, a family
sextet of instrumentalists who have
Just returned from a successful tour
of Europe, will be the new topliners
Of the Orpheum bill next week. Gal
lahan and st. George in an Irish char
acter study, 1.-THE Old Neighborhood;"
d. j. Andrees posing act, Studies in
Porcelains," and the Temple quartet
are also newcomers. George Beban,
who has made a profound impression
in 1.-THE Sign Of the Rose" the Jew
ell manikins, Grant and Hoag and the
Asahi troupe remain. The bill will
be largely a musical one, in keeping
with the holiday spirit.
William Farnum, who is best re-
menbered by his depletion Of the title
character in the original "Ben Hur,"
will be at the top of the Orpheum's
Christmas week bill, in a sketch called
"The Mallet's Masterpiece" which tells
the story of how the Venus de Milo
lost her arms.
The orpheum road show, Martin
Beck's own selection of an ideal
vaudeville bill, will be in San Fran
cisco Christmas and New Years
weeks, after which it will come to
Los Angeles. In the road show this
season are La Pia, a dancer; How
ard, Scotch ventriloquist; Flo Irwin
and company in a new sketch of a
comedy nature; Rigoletto brothers, the
of entertaining, and Melville and Hig-
gins, who were a hit In last years
show. The Rigoletto act is said to be
remarkable. The men give COM
plete. varied vaudeville show by them
selves.
Harden, whose speciality is escap-
ing from handouts, straitjackets and
other devices for confining unruly or
demented prisoners. and who is at
Pantages this week, will have his
work cut out for him tonight when
he will attempt to escape from what
is known as a "Crazy Crib" in which
he will be confined by George f. Mil
Ter, sergeant In the United States
marine corps, and Frank e. Hooker
a private in the army, both of whom
are in Los Angeles on recruiting duty.
The men challenged Harden to this
test after he had wiggled out of a
straitjacket into which they buckled
him Tuesday night. The escape is to
be made in full view of the audience.
This week will be the last of "old
Heidelberg at the Belasco theater.
Next Monday night the company will
present Hoyt's hilarious comedy, "a
Stranger in New York" which when
given two seasons ago by the Belasco
company ran for two weeks to crowded
houses. In this Lewis S. Stone will
have the role of the Stranger, who by
innocently picking up a letter OF in
PRODUCTION from the corridor of hotel
gets into innumerable complications
that provide the basis of three acts
Of genuinely good fun During the
action of the play a number of pop
ular song hits from recent Broadway
shows will be introduced by Mr.. Stone,
Charles Giblyn. Lloyd Bacon, Adele
harrington, Frank Camp, Mr.. Ken
nedy and Miss BESSIE Tannehill, who
has been specially engaged for the
production.
"The Toymaker" Audran's delight
full "little journey to the land of make,
believe" will be the vehicle in which
Ferris Hartman and the members OF
his company will make merry at the
Grand opera house next week begin
ming with the Sunday atinee. "The
Toymaker," full of the true holiday
spirit and atmosphere, is a particu-
Iarly appropriate offering for holiday
week. Ferris Hartman will play the
role of the old Nuremburg toymaker,
Johannes Guggenheimer, and Mug
gins" Davies will be seen again as
the wonderful mechanical doll. Toys
will be given to the children at the
Tuesday and Saturday matinees.
The second Sullivan & Considine
road show will reach the Los Angeles
theater next week. commencing Mon
day afternoon This aggregation of
vaudeville celebrities Is headed by
Billy Van. the Assassin of Sorrow"
Van is offering a new monologue.
Others of almost equal Importance on
the new bill will be the five Colum-
bians In their spectacular BALLET of
the Roses" Charles Wayne and his
company, offering the novel comedy
sektch, 40 A M, or the Morning
After" John Dillon. with a fund Of
mirthful melodies; Seymour and Rob
inson, comedy acrobats: Cox and Far
ley in new songs and dances, and new
comedy motion pictures