Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-11
MISS RAMBEAU Is
VERSATILE ACTRESS
EXPERIENCE GAINED FROM
NECESSITY
Says She Went to klondike but Re.
fused to Walk Home-Harry Earl,
Former Manager of Unique
Theater, Disappears
by SHIRLEY OLYMPUS

Angeles Is another long jump, especial
ly IL in San Diego the jumper happens
to be playing in a stock company ana
jumps to Los Angeles to be leading
woman of the Burbank theater.
Such is in brief the history OF Miss
Marjorie Rambeau, who will open her
engagement at oliver Morosco's Main
street playhouse March q In Zangwilfs s
interesting comedy, Merely Mary
Ann" Miss Rambeau, who has no
hesitancy in admitting her 20 years
she looks no older-will become through
her engagement the youngest leading
woman in any stock company OF I'M
portanee In the United States. That
she will make good in her new assign
ment is a certainty, for her years do
not signify theatrical lnexperience.,
Miss Rambeau has been trained, in
the sternest of stern schools-necesslty
When but u years of age she maze
her first appearance. Two years later
she was playing Camille.
Anent Camille, she told q little story
which shows she has a sense OF humor.
ut was in Portland" said Miss Ram
beau. 1--WE were playing "Camlll'
The audience came from afar ana
wanted to get home early. Every
night | had to cut my big scenes TO
night / went to the manager and said;
You will Just have to give me more
time to die | cannot die in two min
utes If you have to close the theater'
I got extra time and made greater
hit dead than alive. l look PACK on
that time with a great deal Of thank-
fulness for not many actresses are per
mitted to choose the amount OF time III
which they may die"
The northwestern part OF the united
States, big as 1t Is, was not large
enough to confine Miss RamDeau, SO
she hied herself away to Alaska. tor
n time fortune smiled upon her ana her
efforts Then the fickle goddess looked
In another direction, with the result
that Miss Rambeau was many nliles
away from home, and the walking was
not good. -.
.Tll open n dramatic school," said
she land teach the miners to make
love" Which she did, with great sue
cess. She did not allow them TO use
her as model, however. 1t is sald
Miss Rambeau is responsible Tor more
happy marriages in the klondlKe thah
any other human being.
From the Klondike Miss Rambeau
finally escaped. Since that time sne
has been playing in various parts OF
the United States, always with the
a,eatest success. She has portrayed
scores of parts In the New YORK sue
cesses, pirated of course.
In appearance Miss Rambeau IS
COMPOSITE of Mary Garden and Eleanor
Pohson She is not small and yet not
large. In fact, she is just about the
right size She has large eyes, voice
which ripples with music or noun
tain stream, and personality which Is
hound to win many admirers.
There's an apple known as the Ram
beau. It's pippln. ,,.. 4.
The Burbank's new leading woman Is
a Rambeau.
Harry Earl, former lessee and man
ager. also star performer, etc? etc,
of the Unique theater folded his tent
like the Arab and silently stole away
just a week ago last si hlsntii o,i,no o
ITnioue theater company, several alna-
teurs. a landlord and some others Won
dered for a day or two where the gen
ial Harry had gone. Then came
teIephone message saying that al WIlo
wanted or needed money should can
,,pon the Earl attorneys. All the at
torneys had to offer was the Ice
pjtrhor and the stony glare. There
upon said actors got together WIN salu
landlord and others and decided 10 run
The IJniuue theater on cooperative
basis. such is the program now pc
ing carried out at the little mousse
in Third street just below MAN. sue
cess has crowned the efforts OF the
courageous, Just as it always does
The actors are giving a better show
and PLAYING TO more money each night
than at any time under the Earl
regime. 4 ,oaa
last night by Jack Ward, VINO Is the
directing force of the Thespians, COM
edv bills win be presented in the ~
tuye The company is worthy or pat
ronage for there are several members
of IL who have exceptional abilty.
one is at a loss to understand MT
IoaT1's sudden disappearance. He was
doing good business, but II reports be
true he was rather backward in pay
inc certain bills. 1t is reported there
is now outstanding something IKE
s15O0 against the theater. If the pres
ont nlayers continue in the Unique II
will be but a short time until all
the debts are wiped out.
"sweet Kitty Bellairs" will continue
at the Burbank theater for another
,veek-its third and last. This an
,'o,ncement was made from the Bur-
hank box office yesterday afternoon
tha demand for seats having virtually
comneued oliver Morosco to continue
the run.
Al Levy. for his cafe chantant bill
beginning Monday. has secured prob
ahIv the best line of artists that he
has yet presented. on the bill are
Miss Helen Byron, the petite come
dienne; the magnificent Spanish TRIO;
Mile. Hon Bergere, a prima donna from
the royal opera at Budapest; Jeanne
Fletcher, Scotch character singer OF
ballads who appears in costumei MISS
clara van Zandt, who recites In the
afternoons and sings at night, and
Signor Sirmo Lecagli, the eminent ltal-
ian baritone and violinist.
Members of 1.-THE Right of Way
company arrived in Los Angeles yes
terday and will remain here until their
onening at the Majestic theater next
sunday night At the head of the
ORGANIZATION are Hallett Thompson,
p. Aug. Anderson and Miss Arleen
Hackett.
only five more performances of "The
Man of the Hour" remain at the
Belasco theater and on Sunday night
the play will have been given for sixty
consecutive performances Monday
night the Belasco players will open in
Mr. Broadhurst's famous farce, What
Happened to Jones'"
Ferris Hartman has secured Harold
Reeves for the baritone of the opera
comnany at the Grand opera house.
Mr. Reeves will make his first appear
ance sunday afternoon at the opening
of "The Girl from Paris"
Following the matinee at the Los