Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-06
HACKETT OPENS ROMANTIC
SEASON AT THE MAJESTIC

James K. Hackett, supported by
Arthur Hoops, Beatrice Beckley, some
members of the Burbank stock COM
pany and several others, opened his
season at the Majestic theater last
night. the bill being 1.-The Pride of
Jennico" which, by the way, is not
half bad romantic melodrama. Judg-
ing from the applause of the audience
the highly colored and highly improba-
BILE swashbuckling play was well liked.
In 1.-The Pride of Jennico" fair ladies
in distress, knights and noblemen,
good and bad, brave and bold, sudden
marriage and sudden death are mixed
up for four acts with the usual happy
ending, the good prince and princess
safely clasped in each others arms with
dead men heaped all about the de-
serted castle. The play is one of those
which had immense vogue several
years ago and a play in which, Mr.
Hackett scored heavily at one time. 1t
may prove a winner locally.
Mr. Hackett and Myrtle Vane are
the only two of the entire cast who
| appear TO any marked advantage. He
is such a sterling actor and so suited
! in every way TO romantic roles that he
! is delightful as Basil Jennico. MISS
Vane as Michel. the gypsy girl,
was effective but was inclined to over
act at times. Her portrayal saVored
of "blood and thunder" melodrama.
Toned down here and there the por-
travail will become most excellent.
Miss Beckleys pronunciation is eX-
tremeIy bad and her acting only talr.
| Mr.. Hoops has little to do but look
large and handsome, which he does to
perfection. Others in the cast did as
we'll as could be expected.
It's an unusually pretty production
of "The Parish Priest that Charles
King and his company are giving at
the Grand opera house this week. It's
rot only the production itself, but the
play, for it is full of pretty sentiment
| and with an object lesson of which it
would he we'll for many to take careful
note in this present generation, when
| ambition steals into ones soul untll II
crushes everything else.
Charles King appears to splendid ad-
vantage in the role Of the parish priest,
Father Whalen. Miss Agnes johns,
the new leading woman of the King
! company. makes her first appearance
as Helen Durllin, Father Whalen's
niece. Miss Johns has good looks. life
and vivacity and a bright and pleas
| ing personality and her work in this
role was we'll received. Edmond Muir
ply is splendid in the part OF Dr.
| Welsh and Frank Bonner showed HIM
] self COuallX CdDdDlG VI pay MS g
straight" role Although a trif1e un-
easy in her lines, Miss Rauworth
played the naughty, ill-tempered Agnes
! Cassidy well, while Harry Earl and
! T. II. Mcdonald contributed two pleas
| ing character studies Auda Due made
a charming Katherine Corrigan and
incidentally displayed some stunning
| gowns.
"The Two from Texas" another of
| Arbuckle's hot weather playlets, VIII
/ open at the Princess this afternoon,
with Fred Ardath and Roscoe Arbuckle
as the duo from the Lone Star state.
This pair is supposed to be summerlhg
| in Spain and their adventures furnish
the foundation for the fun. The chorus
has been augmented and will back up
the principals in several new song
| numbers.
The twelfth week of "The Dollar
Mark" in Los Angeles, which opens at
the Belasco theater tonight, positively
will be the last of the present run.
John Fl. Blackwood, manager of the
Belasco theater, left Saturday for New
York. where he will arrange for pro-
ductions at the Belasco. He will also
take the first opportunity of seeing
That's Magazine in the New York sue
cess. "The Spendthrift." which was or
iginaly produced at the Belasco.
Miss Helen Grantley in Mrs Oscar
Beringer's latest sketch "The Agi-
tator," is on the Orpheum bill which
opens this afternoon. This has been
obtained by special permission of
Charles Frohman and requires large
cast and force of supers. 1t deals with
the conflict between labor and capital
along new lines. In addition to Miss
Grant1ey, the new bill includes Eddie !
Leonard and company with Mabel |
Russell, James Harrigan, the tramp |
juggler; the Ollivotti troubadours, |
"Swat Milligan," the three Mascagnos, |
Avon Comedy Four and the Sisters |
Klos, making five new acts. New mo-
ton pictures are also included.
Miss Viena Bolton, who portrays the
alley rat in swat Milligan," will be |
remembered by Angeleno playgoers as
the young servant in the first produc-
tion here of paid in Full" Miss Boil
ton is California girl and first played |
in stock in San Jose about four years |
ago She Is the smallest actress on the
stage, being only 4 feet inches high,
but about 20 years old, and not the |
child so many take her to be.