Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-27


A speed battle on bicycles, a horse
race between the heroine and one of
the chorus of villains and a mad mob
scene are the chief nerve-tinglers of
the thirty thrill power Lost River"
presented by the Girton stock company
as the second attraction of its engage
ment at the Grand opera house. Lost
River Is an old favorite with ardent
connoisseurs of melodrama. 1t is one
of the old pieces that retains its youth
because of its appeal to the human
sympathies.
1t is the story of a sweet girl, beau
tiful in her innocence, who remains
faithful to her lover in spite of many
things which should fill her with mis-
givings. First there is a spurned
sweetheart of the hero who endeavors
to persuade the girl that he is tickle
ness personified. The girls own grand
mother reminds her constantly that
her mothers life was ruined by her
father, whom she met and wooed under
circumstances similar to those which
attend the meeting and after life of the
younger lovers.
Roy Clements in the part of Robert
Blessing and Neva West as Ora made
their first appearance with the Girton
company yesterday, and they met with
instant success. Miss West is beautiful
and is extremely well fitted for the
emotional parts which she will be
given an opportunity to essay with the
Girton organization. At the fall of
the final curtain yesterday afternoon
both she and Mr.. Clements had assured
places in the hearts of Grand patrons
The support of these two excellent
melodramatic stars is remarkably well
selected in the presentation of Lost
River" Among those who may be
given credit for the popularity of the
piece are Frederick Palmer, Agnes
Johns, Minnie Janichi, G.. Lindley
Phipps, Chester Stevens, Frank Nc
Carrie, Charles Damon, John Phillips,
Herbert Horne and George Wilson.
Mrs. Fiske and the Manhattan COM
pany will inaugurate their engagement
at the Mason opera house tonight In
Becky Sharp" The play is dramat-
ization of Thackeray's novel, Vanity
Fair" made by Langdon Mitchell The
principal characters are Becky Sharp,
| Rawdon Crawley, Lord Steyne, George
Osborne, Captain Dobbin, Sir Pitt
Crawley, Joseph Sedley, Miss Crawley
and Amelia Sedley. The action begins
at Miss Crawley's residence in Park
| lane, London, and ends at the German
village of Pumpernickel, so that Becky
| Sharp is shown as the social comet of
bohemian. In some particulars Mr.
Mitchell has necessarily deviated from
! the novel, for he could not otherwise
| have made play of 1t.
At the Wednesday matinee Ibsen's s
pillars of Society will be the bill.
Margaret Anglin will give one per-
formance of Mrs. Danes Defence"
| at the Mason Saturday, July 8. On
| Vri6 nj
and Saturday matinee Miss Anglin will
play THE Awakening of Helena
Richie"
John H. Blackwood, manager of the
Belasco theater, returned from trip
to New York yesterday we'll loaded
with new plays that will be seen on
the Belasco stage in the near future.
I'm the immediate future" said Mr..
Blackwood, 1.-The Belasco company will
make known for the first time on any
stage a new play called The 1nsur-
gent, by Harry Beach Needham, who
is attached to the editorial staff OF
Everybody's magazine. The play deals
with American public life and has to
do with a young political leader who
| ultimately assumes a place of proml-
nence in the conduct OF aHalrs al
| Washington. The Interloper,' by
Joshua Bates, gives promise of scor-
ing a pronounced success. The City
That David Built by Edward f.
Madden will be produced on the Be
| lasco stage by arrangement with
| Cohan & Harris, while the same firm
will supervise the local production OF
Get Rich-Quick Wallingford, in
which Clayton White, we'll and favor
ably known to vaudeville audiences
will have the name role"
'The Servant in the House," "Twen-
ty Days in the Shade" "The Galloper,'
"The Regeneration of David Corson,
| "Mrs Gorring's Necklace" The Royal
Mounted" and host of other plays
will command the early attention OF
Lewis S. Stone and his associates OF
the Belasco organization during the
| summer. Claiming Pollock's play
| "Such a Little Queen" will be used
to celebrate the sixth anniversary OF
the theater.
"Going Some,' the Paul Armstrong
and Rex Beach comedy of western
ranch life that has achieved such an
out-and-out success at the hands OF
Lewis S. Stone and his associates OF
the Belasco company, will start on its
| second week tonight. The production
of 1.-The Wolf will follow Going
Some"
The Balloon Girl, the reigning nov
city of the vaudeville season, is the
headiner of the new Sullivan & Con-
sidine bill opening at the Los Angeles
theater this afternoon. She is a
charming young feminine aviator who
sings catchy songs to her audience
as she drives her miniature illuminated
balloon through the darkened theater
floating over the heads of the audience
in the balcony or down so close to the
lower floor that she can touch the
people with her feet. Many times she
has been known to make an audience
roar by just missing some nice bald
head in the front row.
Not since the days of ]. K. Emmett
has the public heard such a beautiful
yOedler as Matt Keefe, who is another
important member of the new pro-
gram. Keefe is assisted by Joseph
Bruno, the noted harpist. Others on
the new bill are the Wilton brothers,
Fields and Coco, CorcOran and Dixon,
Smithe and Arado, exclusive of which
will be new comedy motion pictures
The next offering of the Girton COM
panv at the Grand will be Charles P.
Rice's popular thriller, THE Counter
feiters.' Rice bears a reputation of
being able to put more big situations
in every act of his plays than any
other writer of this style of play, and
the next weeks production promises to
uphold his reputation. Rehearsals for
"The Counterfeiters" will commence
this morning.
KARA" the juggler who for years
has held the reputation of being the
greatest in his line, will soon be seen
at the Los Angeles theater. Other
| star attractions booked for early ap-