The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-30
THEATRICAL
LOCAL
BY THE PLAYGOER

9TH the Salt Lake and Colonial
theatres presented first-class at
-..tfons last week in THE Fortune
.--..,er" with Fred Niblo. and MARY
- Pa" which starred Max Fig
1a The Orpheum had an average
~, ana the Garrick showed The
ll-.'.nmaster." which was not up to the
-sn5ard Of former productions at this
use The Girl and the Prince"
-,sved 10 good business at the Shubert.
is5 he moving picture houses had the
XIV change of program.
me coming Of The Fortune Hun
- vgas an important theatrical event
- salt Lake IL is one OF the most
fsiobtful comedies OF recent years.
Sorb for the merit OF its humOr and
,.aoause OF the strong moral lesson of
~ story. Ii is a wholesome play
swusing. pleasing in its sentiments,
and thoroughly moral
.sTbe Fortune Hunter" is staged on
q mqgnifIcent scale. For the third act
sertlng complete drug store equip
Toent IS carried. which 1t takes about
thirty people 10 put in place. Two
s4rloaFs of scenery are needed, though
IN account of the quality Of stage ac-
eessories the play should be called a
eDroperty production" rather than a
"seeuic production"
Fred NlblO. who follows Jack Bar
r,more and Thomas w. Rose in the
name role. is equal to either of the
formec stars, in the opinion OF the
critics lie is the husband OF Jose
mime Conan, sister Of George NJ.
Cotan Of the firm Of Cohan & Harris.
Ill 10 -
1w- rears he has been giving illus
trated lectures in all quarters OF the
globe. Mr.. NiblO said that he wanted
fo travel. and found the lecture tour
a p,easiug method of paving his eX-
peIses This is his first role in legiti-
rate drama for some time. as pre-
viousiy he was for years 2 vaudeville
star
When sam Harris OF Cohan & Har-
ris heard from WincheI Smith, the
author OF The Fortune Hunter" that
Nir. Niblo was the best Nathaniel
Duncan of the three who played the
mart. he travelled from New York 10
Milwaukee 10 be present at a single
matinee for the purpose Of assuring
himself OF the truth OF the statement
The o'clock train out of Milwaukee
that same afternoon carried a we'll
satisfied producing manager. whose
Judgment of M Niblo's work agreed
with that of the author and later OF
the critics.
known on Coast.
Frank Bacon, whose portrayal OF
the role of sam Graham is a perfect
bit u acting, was recently from the
stock company Of the AlcaZar thea
ire. san Francisco. There is no actor
better known than Bacon on the Pa
tific coast. For over twenty years
he has confined his talents exclusively
t0 that portion of the map. chiefly Il
the stock companies of san Fran
cisco. and though he has had fire.
quent Otertures 10 venture upon east
ern soil. he has always remained
steadfast TO the Golden Gate The
Fortune Hunter" affords the first Op'
portunity for other sections of the
country 10 become conversant witt
the finished, ripe art Of Frank Bacon
Miss Alma Beiwin is another Cali
fOrnia product who was discovered
by Mrs Leslie Carter and taken cas-
in her company. She later played
with AIRS Patrick Campbell FOR Two
years. until she came under the man.
agemcnt of Conan a Harris.
T. a. HeffrOn, who played the part
Of George Burnham. was formerly
heavy man and stage manager with
the Willard Mack stock company IN
this cts. His appearance Tuesday
night was his first i'm the present role
as he had only joined the company in
Kansas City. from whence il jumped
10 salt Lake. He had previously beer
under Conan & Harris management
in "The Member from Ozark" one OF
their elaborate failures of the present
season.
Catches the Name.
Among the amusing features Of tht
play are the MISUNDERSTANDING thai
arise from the facial cOntOrtiOns Oi