Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-16
BY SHIRLEY OLYMPUS


opera house for season of forty
weeks. The. other big event Of today
will be the initial production of the
Hldridge- Heustls play, "The Eternal
Three" at the Burbank. The return
of "The Prince of Pilsen," with Jess
Dandy and an all-star cast, the intro
duction of Howard Scott to Burbank
audiences; the debut of Eleanor Cor
don as leading woman of the Belasco
company and several other events will
make the week full one, theatrically
speaking.
Ferris Hartman has become not only
a favorite but fixture in the amuse-
ment world of Los Angeles. His re-
cent tour Of the north left this city
more or less barren Of first class
musical comedy during the summer,
and his return will be the signal for
renewed activity of car lines running
to First and Main street
From that ubiquitous .conglomeration
of garrulity and Heterogeneous informa-
tion, Jay Barnes, learn that the Hart
man forces will be bigger, brighter
and better than ever before" Also 1
am informed that there will be new
members Of the chorus who will surely
turn the heads Of some of our most
promising youths. and that the class
of musical comedies to be offered will
be 'pippins" with not single demon"
to mar the entire season.
Praises be, for have memoryi
In the list of offerings Manager
Cavanaugh will make 1 am told there
are such successes as king Dodo"
Chairman should shine therein), THE
Girl Behind the Counter" 1.-THE Beauty
Spot" "Fantana" and Walter De-
Leons onliest own. "on the Campus"
which made a big hit up north
Messrs. Hartman and Cavanaugh re-
turned the other day from New York
with half dozen trunks filled with
musical comedy, so there seems to be
no fear that Los Angeles will get its"
during the winter months.
Since the Hartman company steamed
away to other fields one little Los An
geies girl with the company has come
into her own. I refer to Miss Myrtle
Dingwall, who is now the prma donna
of the organization. Miss Dingwall's
rise in her chosen profession has been
remarkably rapid Less than year
ago she was a chorus girl But being
possessed of more than ordinary good
looks, an abundance OF enthusiasm and
much talent. she soon was cast for mi
nor roles, in which she made good.
The illness of the Hartman prima
donna proved a fortuitous circumstance
for Miss Dingwall. She was asked to
attempt the big role seized her op-
portunity, sang as she never sang be-
fore and pleased everybody. The re-
suit was that Manager Cavanaugh
soon offered Miss Dingwall the prima
donna roles, which she has been sing
ing ever since. Miss Dingwalps rise is
the result or ambition coupled with
hard work and talent and shows what
may be done by any young woman
similarly. endowed.
Whatever may be my judgment Of
"The Eternal Three" after have seen
it at the Burbank theater this after
noon, want to say now that | believe
IT concerns a big theme and has GER
tain elements of a good and a great
play. Mr. Eldridge, one of the au-
thor is a, newspaper editor Of no mean
literary attainments. Whatever he
writes will have the merit of literary
value. OF Mr.. Huestis 1 know moth.
ing. But of Mr.. Morosco, who has ta-
ken a most active interest in produce
ing "The Eternal Three" we all know
a great deal. Mr., Morosco's judgment
on plays has been pretty good, as, for
instance '"Fhe Rose of the Rancho"
which was presented first on the Bur-
bank stage. Let us all hope that "The
Eternal Three" will be as great, first,
for the authors salSes, and second for
Los Angeles sake, because you know
the authors are local men.
I haven't the slightest idea who or
what 1.-THE Eetrnal Three" may be.
The title sounds like a new patent
medicine, a secret society, or black
hand signature. There'll be some sat-
isfaction in learning what "The liter
nal Three" means.
Tohn Blackwood has worried many
a night for several months, 1, am told,
because the leading woman, or leading
women, of the Belasco organization
seemed not to suit the demands of
Belasco audiences. Poor John went
all the way to England once, fgura-
lively speaking, He Travelled UP and
down the coast. He journeyed to New
York twice, actually speaking, looking
for a leading woman who would suit.
And then he returned to Los Angeles,
here to find exactly what he was seek
ing-an actress who can act! Poor
Johns quest Is much like that of the
two children in "The Blue Bird" We
nearly always find our greatest bless
ings within easy reach and not over
yonder, in some far away promised
land. 20
Eleanor Gordon is a Californian, even
a Los Angeles woman if judged from
one standpoint. Her husband is and
has been an Angeleno for long while
and though Miss. Gordon had to come
from Boston, where she had been play
ing special engagement, Los Ange-
les may claim her as it's very own. I
have seen Miss Gordon act and I con-
gratulate Manager Blackwood upon Sc
curing her for his company. She will
please Belasco audiences in a very
marked manner, or misjudge the
public.
Enthusiasm is one of mankind's
greatest heritages Directed 1t causes
light to shine In dark places, makes
aerial navigation possible, and life less
gdull gray and monotonous. So it's
8fine to come in contact with such en-
thusiasm as possessed by Florence
Fisher, whose "Vera Revendal" will
be a pleasant memory to the thou
sands who have seen her in Zangwill's
great effort, "The Melting Pot"
For the two-fold purpose of securing
ideas and making SOCIAL calls, I made
n tour of the theaters the other day.
7 sought to learn from players who
have appeared in the same role hun
dreds of times what their ideas are
as to the merits or demerits of pro-
tracted engagements In the same play.
First / called upon "The Chorus
Lady" and / went i'm by the foyer en-
trance, not via the stage door. When
I asked Rose Stahl about the matter
she replied that she found as much
delight in being Patricia O'Brien on
the thousandth performance as she did
the initial presentation. Said Miss
Stahl, "I am grateful for the play.
and therefore l enjoy playing The
Chorus Lady, You see this play has
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