Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-17
Dramatic Section


geous array of tapestry, making a
| stunning stage setting for the Offering.
Another unusual and novel act on
| the new bill is the marvellous perform
| ance under water by Arthur Trout,
who has come to be known as 1.-The
human fish" lie gives a truly wonder
| full exhibition in d glass tank in full
| view of the audience. This consists
of undressing. juggling eggs eating,
| drinking, picking up coins with his
teeth and sleeping. Trout holds the
| record of staying under water for four
minutes.
The Longworths offer a refined mu-
sical act highly artistic in every way.
Both possess fine voices. one soprano
| and one tenor, playing their own ac-
! compartments on the piano. Laro and
| Payne. the acrObatic humorists, will
| contribute much of the fun on the
new bill, as will also Solar and Rogers
| with their eccentric dances, timely
songs and original sayings in their
| Country Kids offering. Completing the
bill is the well known violinist. Emile
| Chevrial who plays the violin with
| most everything but the bow, while he
passes considerable humor over the
| footlghts. Exclusive of these new acts
| will be the new comedy motion pic
| lures.
| MAJESTIC-One Of the most inter-
| estng of the summer theatrical en-
| gagements in Los Angeles is that of
| Miss Virginia Harmed, which will be-
| gin at the Majestic theater tonight
| with "An American Widow" a de-
| lghtful comedy in which the star has
scored one of the most notable sue
| cesses of her career recently in San
| Francisco.
Miss Harmed will bring to Los An
| geles one of the best balanced COM
| panies that ever appeared in the sup
! port of any star. Her leading man
| will be William Courtenay, who made
one of the great hits of the season last
winter in the east in "Arsene Lupin."
Other favorite eastern actors and ac-
| tresses will appear in the specially Sc
| lected cast.
Miss Harned's engagement at the
| Majestic is for a limited season only,
as she will soon have to return to
New York for her preparations for
next season. She has been a footlight
favorite for many years, making her
reputation chiefly in such emotional
roles as "Anna Karenina," but in AN
! American Widow" she will depart from
this line of roles diametrically. The
play deals with the troubles of young
widow of an aged millionaire, whose
will provided that if her next husband
should be a titled foreigner she would
be dsnherited. To avoid this, her
lawyer advises a marriage 'in name
only to an eccentric young composer,
to be followed by an arranged divorce,
after which she is to marry the man
of her choice, who is an Englishman
| who is long on lineage and correspond
| ingly short on cash. An unexpected
cardiac complication ensues, and es-
tablished a most novel situation.
NEW EMPIRE-For the week be-
ginning Monday night, Mr.. Kelly viii
a double bill of extraordinary sire ln.
"The Masqueraders" will be the first
comedy, and will be followed by ''The
Maid of Dundee" The first named is
one of Mr.. KeIly's most laughable pro-
ductions, while the latter is from the
pen of Will IT. Carleton, a clever writer
of latter day farCeS. In offering his
patrons a double bill Mr.. Kelly states
that his object is to present his excel
lent company in a little something Cul
of the ordinary. The situations, mU
sical numbers, etc, of the two produc-
tions promise to be much out Of the
ordinary and will give the members 1f
the company and the enlarged chorus
great opportunities for clever Worlr AS
musical production, or, more properly
speaking, musical productions, Mr.. Eel-
ly's offerings for next week should
prove most pleasing.
ORPHEUM-Vesta Victoria will re-
main at the Orpheum another week.
beginning with next Mondays mat
inee. She will have an entirely new
lot of songs from those in which she
has been entertaining the Orpheum
audiences this week. a special feature
being her Chanticleer travesty.
A charming exhibition will be given
by Maud and Gladys Finney, the
mermads," who are billed as "cham-
pion lady swimmers" Their swimming,
diving and extraordinary feats under
water are most spectacular. These
girls are beauties in face and form,
which does not detract in the least
from the attractivenes of their work.
Peter Donald, the Scotch comedian,
and Meta Carson, his bonnie lassie,"
will receive a warm welcome back aS
they made big hit when they were
here last with their clever Scotch
skit, "AleX McLean's Dream" Their
dancing, singing and oatmeal comedy is
in a class by itself
Merry entertainment will be provided
by Lewis McCOrd and his company
with new farcette, Winning on
Wind" by Fred J. Beaman. Mr.. Nc
| Cord impersonates an impecunious
youth who resorts to amusing subter-
fuges in order to convince his bride
elect and her parents that he is we'll
to-do. He borrOWs a luxurious apart
ment for the purpose and has terrific
time staVing off the exposure that is
always imminent.
Clown Zertho's canine comedians are
the latest of the Orpheums importa-
tions from the other side of the Allan
tic. They consist of a number of
poodles, terriers and a -colored
greyhound, numbering fifteen in ALL
and they perform an unusual lot of
| tricks.
Other attractions will be Grgolatis
bp9utifu1 aerial ballet Warren and
Blanchard, the comedians, and Frank
lin and the Standards in their bounc-
ing act There will be new motion
pictures as usual.
ESS-Commencing with Mon
day matinee, the new producer direct
from New York, Charles Young, will
| begin his regime at the Princess the
ater. "A 100 to 1 Shot" is the opening
| bill of the new playwright, and it is a
safe bet that it will be one of the best
| shows seen at the First street comedy
| cavern for many moons. The piece
deals with adventures of a fourflush-
| ing theatrical manager at the races,
and the action is speedy as a melo-
| drama, while musical specialties are in
| jected at every possible interval, Civ
| ing a metropolitan flavor to the playlet.
| George Clancy, the new comedian, will
| be seen in a Yiddish part this week,
and is expected to become a gerat IA
Vorite with Princess patrons. Gus
Gilmore will be cast as the theatrical
manager and will pantomime the great