The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-30
REVIEW

Banker Lockwood. from which he de-
riVes the sObriquet of ''Blinky" Dur
ing. its New York run. it happened
that a well known Wall street banker
Of the name Of Lockwood. who had
the same unfortunate habit also
acquired the name of "Blinky Lock
wood" and is now known by no other
on the street
The naturalness Of the players in
The Fortune Hunter" is generally
noted. Costumes and makeup are
simple. and il is said that not a single
member of the company wears a wig
As for Frank Bacon, he merely adds
few touches of rouge and is ready
10 go on He does not even enter his
dressing room until after the first act
is over.
The Fortune Hunter" holds the
record for a long Chicago engage
ment among non-musical plays. 1t
ran for 1872 consecutive performances,
its nearest competitor being THE Man
From Home" with 3OS. Following
last summers season in Chicago. the
company was joined by Fred NiblO
and played Columbus, Milwaukee.
Louisville. St. Louis. Kansas City and
salt Lake. From here it goes TO San
Francisco and other cities of the coast.
fAtIlt1llUtEs O1tlCus
Because Max Figman spent month
in Ogden five years ago rehearsing
Ann Lamont" in which he was CO.
star with Florence Roberts. he cut
short his salt Lake engagement to
present Mary James Pa" in that
/ city His Ogden friends would have
considered themselves shabbily treat
/ ed had he passed them by and
though il required a special train out
/ of Ogden Friday night TO get the
company into Los Angeles in time for
/ the Sunday opening, he gave Friday
10 the upstate town.
Mr. Figman. who was booked for an
| eastern season, says that business in
( that section is so phenOmenally bad
that his plans were changed and
western time was hastily secured.
/ Plays on which managers have law
/ ished elaborate productions are prov
[ ing failures in the east, and retrench-
ments are now being made all along
the line. BY the first of January.
however. il is hoped the theatrical
| business viii improve.
At the beginning of the year Mr..
Figman viii himself appear in new
play, whose name he is not ready to
announce It is by a celebrated play
wright, and is a buoyant society COM
/ edy in which Mr.. Figman will have
a role more nearly like that he played
in THE Man on the Box Although
| personally enamOred of the part of
| Hiram Perkins. Mr.. Figman is deter
/ mined that no one role shall dominate
him or absorb his talents 10 the ex-
/ ciusiOn Of others For that reason he
is willing 10 relinquish MARY James
/ Pa"
Likes Hiram Perkins"
Mr.. Figman likes Hiram because of
/ the psychology of the mans nature.
] While faithful 10 the lines of the au-
thor. Mrs Ellis Furness, he has added
/ largely 10 the conception in pantO-
mine. in characteristic expressions,
and by giving rein 10 his own fancy.
The result has been a distinct addition
20 stage types
Tn playing a character like that of
Hiram Perkins. where il is necessary
10 maintain illusion. Mr.. Figman
thinks il best TO avoid curtain calls,
I and rarely consents 10 give one. He
/ feels thar the continuity is lost in a
/ characteriZatiOn which is 50 much out
OF the ordinary. Since he is known 10
I be a ready and witty speaker. audi
/ eRees lose in enjoyment what they
have made up TO them in artistic ef-
feet.
Orpheum Not Good.
The Orpheum bill had a number OF
interesting acts last week, although
the whole program did not total up as
much entertainment as is usual at the
popular vaudeville house. Manager c
/ y. sutton found the arrangement OF
the acts not to his liking. and after
the Sunday matinee when il is his
custom TO Try them out. he made sew
eral changes that improved the gen.
eral eect. He placed Arthur Bowen,
the singing cartOOnist, second on the