Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-03
STORM CLOSES
THEATER'S DOORS
MUSICAL COMPANY HALTED BY
FLOODS ON WAY HERE
MAJESTIC WILL OPEN TONIGHT
TO coHAN ATTRACTION
"Forty=five Minutes from Broadway"
Troupe Gets as Far as Bakers
field, Then Wires Dis
tress Signal

| 1900 Montrose dismissed them with a
smile on his face, but he probably
didn't relish the situation any more
than did his victims. The trouble
wasn't a "Sold OUT house, though Joe
says he could have sold it out had
the Southern Pacific railroad permitted
1t was merely that the "Forty-five
Minutes from Broadway company was
stormbound in the vicinity of Bakers
field.
The manager of the company got a
wire through late yesterday afternoon
explaining his predicament and asking
that aeroplanes be dispatched to bring
him and his troupe to Los Angeles.
Dick Ferris could not be found, how
ever, and consequently it was impos-
sible to fill this order Motor boats
were suggested but they could have
got no nearer Bakersfield than the
Arroyo un-Secco, because of the rag
ing sea.
A subsequent wire from. the north
brought the information that the COM
pany was making It's way cross coun-
try to the coast line and would arrive
here early this morning.
That's why the Majestic was dark
last night Most of those who had
bought tickets exchanged them for per-
formances IateC in the week. Wher-
ever purchasers requested it, however,
their money was refunded, a fact
which makes the Montrose smile an
achievement In facial mendacity.
The first performance of "FortyfiVe
Minutes from Broadway will be given
at the Majestic this evening with
Charley Brown in his old role of ''Kid
Burns" retired prize fighter; Eliza
beth Drew as "Plain Mary and some
members of the original New York
| cast. The company remains through
the week, playing a bargain matinee
Wednesday and matinee perform
ance Saturday.
A special engagement will be played
at the Mason opera house, beginning
tonight of Edwin A. Relkin's Yiddish
company, from New York city. The
first performance will be of their latest
success, 1.-THE Golden Wedding" writ
ten by one of the most prominent
playwrights of the Yiddish stage, J.
Lateiner. This musical drama is in
four acts, with Yiddish music. The
company is headed by Miss Rosa
Karp, late prima donna of Thomashef-
sky's Peoples theater, New York city,
and David Levenson, late of Adler S
Grand theater, New York. They will
be supported by a cast from the same
city Tuesday evening they will pre-
sent the Yiddish musical drama, "Fath-
performance of the engagement, "The
New World" or 1.-The Green Woman,
with real Yiddish music, will be Of
fered.
The Orpheum's bill this afternoon
will present five acts, all new to this
city Eva Taylor and her players, in
Guiding Lawrence Grattan, will be seen
in Mr.. Grattan's farce, Mrs. Jones'
Smith-Carew." Florence Bindley will
present IAN Evening at Home" with
specialties; Stella Morrisini will intro
duce some Russian hounds in leaping
feats; the Four Floods will contribute
some comedy acrobatS, and Harry Fox
and the twin Millership sisters will
have variety of songs and conversa-
tional bits to dispense, with incidental
dances. w H. Thompson and his
company in pride of Regiment ,''
"Quinlan and Mack and the two Bobs
will remain. There will be. new motion
pictures.
The Orpheum road show will visit
the local house January II. The acts
making up the road show proper are
La Titcomb, in posings and dancings,
"a cheval;" Ida O'Day and company
in "a Bit of Old Chelsea" Melville and
Higgins in a little fun, Hyman Meyer,
"the man at the piano." with his noted
"Chicken Patti and Maud Rochez'
might in a Monkey Music Hail." which
is an act done entirely by monkeys,
even to the orchestra leadership. Three
other acts will be represented, to make
up the usual eight acts of the local
show.
owing to tn limited amount of time
at the disposal of the Harry Lauder
organization, the engagement in Los
11yiJT
day. January Z. But two matinees
and two night performances can be
given to this city. The Caledonia club
has arranged a banquet in honor of
Mayor Alexander and the Lauder
party, to take place after the Friday
night performance. The Caledonians
have taken a block of 500 seats and
the president of the society, together
with the mayor. will occupy box. The
pipers of the Caledonia club and the
members of the Celtic club will meet
the Lauder company on it's arrival and
! escort it to the city hall, where re-
ception is planned. This is to be Scot
lands week, and the Kilties and pipers
will be abroad in the land.
The Burbank theater was too small
| yesterday afternoon and again toe
small last evening to accommodate all
| the theater-goers who wanted to see
"The Girl of the Golden West" Al
| both performances the "Sold OUT sign
was displayed in the lobby long be-
| fore time for the first curtain. In its
| first week and despite the rains, this
| play established q new record at the
| Burbank Yesterday marked the be-
| ginning of the second week. Miss
| Frances Nordstrom, who has been suf-
| fering from a cold for several days, is
! thoroughly recovered and her perform
| ance of The Girl continues delight
| to her audiences. Fl. S. Duffield, who
was out of the cast last week owing
| to the unfortunate death OF his wife
Mrs. Phosa MeAllister Duffield, yester-
| day played his part of Ashby, Wells
Fargo agent, the audience greeting
him sympathetical1y upon his first ap-
| pearance.
Oliver Morosco will leave Los Angeles
Saturday for San Francisco for busi-
| ness conference with Frederic Belascc
and George L. Baker of Portland, tc
make arrangements for the opening OF
stock theaters in Seattle, Portland and
| Spokane under the direction of the
| Morosco- -Belasco enterprises. These
| theaters will be the first outside of Los
Angeles and San Francisco to come into
the Morosco- -Belasco fold. Later houses
will be opened in Kansas City, Denver
Salt Lake and, in fact, in all the
larger cities west of the Mississippi in
Guiding New orleans.
Lewis S. Stone and the Belas9o com
pany will open tonight in the Asecond
Zig week of Gertrude Nelson Andrews