Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-21

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| Los ANGEL ES-Vaudeville.
MASON-"The spendthrft."
| OLYNIPIC-"Political Folles."
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
! PRINCESS THE Isle of Arcadia"
BELASCO-The BeIasco company
will offer Hoyts comedy, "a Contented
Woman" next week. This satire on
"Votes for Women" was written long
before the movement for a general en-
franChiesment for women folk was
started and while there have been a
number of plays dealing with the suf-
fragette problem written since, none
has superseded "a Contented Woman
for really delightful comedy treatment
of this muchly discussed question.
When Hoyt seized upon the women
ve-a-right-to-vote law in Denver as
the basis for his play by running a
young husband and wife against each
other for the office of mayor, he pro-
vided three acts of rare fun. OF course,
for the purposes of the play, the wife
comes out triumphant at the polls, but
at the last moment, when she realizes
that, after all, the proper sphere for
woman is her home, her political
enemies make the convenient discovery
that the mayoress- elect is not of legal
age and therefore not qualified to as
sumo the office to which she has been
elevated.
"A Contented Woman" will give the
Belasco company many opportunities
for fun making.
Richard Vivian will have the role
of Benton Holmes, the young husband,
while Helene Sullivan will be his
stage-wife. who wins success at the
polls. Ida Lewis will be the Aunt
Jim Of the performance, and should
give a capital impersonation of the
husbandbaiting female who goes so
far in her fight for women as to wear
masculine garb-event including
pants"
Following this hilarious Hoytian
farce, the Belasco company will give
for the first time by any stock COM
pany Charles Ram Kennedy's great
play, THE Servant in the House."
Hobart Bosworth will have the i'm
portant part of Manson, with Frank
Camp playing the drainman and the
Others of the Belasco company in
roles in which they will find excellent
individual chances for good acting.
BURBANK - "The Talk of New
York" is acknowledged to be the best
musical piece ever given at the Bur-
bank theater, and this George M. Co
han melange of drama and music has
proved SO popular that it will be re-
peated for the week beginning with
the matinee today.
Percy Bronson as Kid Burns does
the best work he has ever done in Los
Angeles. He makes the slang hero a
real, live character with much genu-
inc humOr and shows himself worthy
Of ci1
Marjorie Rambeau, cunning as ever.
sings with delicious sweetness and
wins many encores, her "Mary Got on
at New Haven" being especially liked.
Myrtle Vane wears some of the most
striking gowns seen for some time and
sings surprisingly well. Her ballad,
Love Makes My Dreams Come True"
is the most important number in the
show from musical standpoint.
And speaking of gowns, the entire
Burbank feminine contingent shows up
especially strong and provides a liv-
ing fashion plate that is of great in
terest to all women.
Jennie Metzler Urban sings MARY
Took Her Calves to the Dairy Show"
in captivating style. Peter Lang sings
in his own splendid style. Harmon
MacGregor and Ethel Won Waldron
furnish lot of fun. David Landau,
Frederick Gilbert, Fl. S. Duffield, Pete
Clancy Norman Heap, Willis Marks,
Jack Belgrave, Louise Royce and all
the other Burbankers are at their live
liest. The chorus is bigger, stronger,
prettier and more musical than ever
BRISTOL PIER-A trio of notable
voices have been secured to augment
the Bristol Pier cafe company during
g,
remarkable contralto, has been engaged
for solo work. She will render seven
numbers during each evenings per-
formance and at today's matinee.
Another star is Estella Bird, So
prano, who has just left the stage to
become an entertainer. She is reported
to be one of the most pleasing soloists
who has reigned in New York for sew
eral seasons. Miss Bird will include
issima" and "Senora" in her offerings
to Bristol Pier guests. She also will
be heard in duet with Miss Glen.
Frederic Vance is the third new
member of the company. He comes
with the reputation of being a leading
professional baritone and pianist Mr..
Vance will sing and play at each
performance. Tho great Lambert has
prepared a number of late selections
for the week, while Lancaster Ladies'
orchestra will render several new Sc
lections. Other artists also will be
heard.
GRAND-James Jyrle McCurdy's de-
tective play, THE Yankee Doodle De-
tective," will be the offering of the
Girton company for the week COM
mencing with the usual matinee Sum
day. This play is one of the most ex-
citing melodramas ever written.
The scenes are laid i'll and about New
York and Coney Island, the latter be-
ing one of the particularly spectacular
scenes of the play, although all Of
the scenes require an unusually elab.
crate and complete stage setting. This
will be one OF the best melodramas
that the Girton company has ever Of
fered and for this reason alone special
care is being taken in preparing an
unusual scenic production.
George Webb will have the role OF
Jack Dandy, the Yankee Doodle De-
tective. In this role he will play no
less than five distinct characters. Miss
Iva Shepard will make her reappear-
ance after weeks absence from the
cast in the role of Bess Lee, and Liz
liam Hayward, who may be renlem-
bered as one of the biggest favorites
of the Ulrich company, will make her
first appearance as Fanny GraysOn,
the woman accomplice of Joe Randall
which will be played by Chester Stew
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