Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-02

- HARLES FROHMAN has reach
ed the half century mark He
viii not be pleased to sec this
fact in print. Possibly he will
not even have remembered the amt
versary-and surely no one else will,
for Judging by appearances, he might
be anything between As and so. No
spinster on the shady side Of the half
century mark balks harder at talking
about her age than this short, rotuud
dynamo Of executive energy who. be
ginning without bank account %
years ago, has made himself a con
trolling factor not only in American
but I'm English theatricals
Few people In Sandsky. o., where Nj.
Frohman was born on June Il, 1860,
will remember the little boy who lcfe
the home town when only IL years ga
the make his own way in the world He
chose New York because his brother
Daniel had gone there six years before
and had prospered sufficiently to be-
come a reporter on the stan of the New
York Tribune Through his brothers
influence he secured position as night
clerk IN the business office and attend
ed school during the day. The age Of Ia
found him an advertising clerk In the
office Of The Daily Graphic by day and
a ticket seller in the box Office Of Hoo
lcy's Theater brooklyn, by night
At n young Frohman marked out q
theatrical career FOR himself by quitting
the newspapers and taking a company
presenting "Our Boys" TO Chicago Al
20 he organized Haverly's Mastodon
Minstrels and took them u Europe. II
has been said that he played cornot
in the minstrel band. This Is untrue
TOR Charles FrOhman Is not musical
The little theatrical agency in Broad
way. near Thirtieth street which was
the real foundation Of Mr. FrohinhL
success. was opened IN 1885, when ne
was "A years old Bronson howard
was one OF his clients, and when the
latter's shenandoah failed az lhe
Boston Museum In lsSS, young From
man detected rs faults ana perSuaoeu
MIR Howard to rewrite 1t. The change
having been made he secured the
American rights But he had no money
with which to produce II. flnMly ne
persunded Al Hayman Of san Francesca
and w. Il. Hooley OF Brooklyn 10 tlsh
81 500 each, and IN the three Succeeding
Years made the. uiay earn N50,@H, pay
ne s5OO0O TO the author. From mat
daV Mir Frohmhu has financed his own
A. 20 Inc organized his first stock com
,any. at 80 he moved into the New En'-
Miro Thpatpt and began 10 ufN' lN-''
auctions on a large scale Al u ~" op-
taincd his first foothold in l. ndoh oy
leasing the Duke Of York's Thenter.
Today finds Nj Frohman the man
,gcr OF four theat,-s In New YORK anu
,hree iu London ~" has 1thtf indlr,ct
interests in 10 houses here and nan a
Jrz.'n In the English capital lie also
controls 40 American trasShng com
panies ana supplies attractions LOT
about 100 houses scattered thrnusnou'
the country,
N the United states alone Mt FROM
man controls 1900 players HIS salary
Ust In England shows 600 moro Among
ttern are 10 leading Arerican star I
and about half that number abroad
During each year he makes about w
dramatic productions In both countries
and AT the height 81 the season moves
! oO1 playerS over the railroads weckly.
10 has. besides ~ skilled stage dirrct
rs mad % master carpenters. ensitEa 4
i'm he mechanical wu.k of his produc-
lions ~ master electricians. not en-
Moved in his theatcrs. but engaged on
cxp. rimcntai work. and four costume
desigucrs. whom he keeps travelling
Constantly abroad he divides his own
time evenly between New YORK ana
London. 81.
John Corhin. formerly literary direct :
or Of the New Theater caused good