Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-10


pseudo-minister, and surprised many
by showing a deep understanding of
| light comedy. He resorted to no tricks
to bring out the laughs, as they say In
stage parlance, but compelled merri-
| ment by his own acting and person.
ality. Marjorie Rambeau was prop
erly demure, properly pretty, properly
| gowned and properly lachrymose as
the daughter of the misjudged old par
! SON. The role is one which calls for
| the freshness of youth, and Miss Ram
| beau has that in abundance. Though
! his role was small Jack Belgrave made
| an individual hit as Adolphe, the cos
| tuner. Mr. Belgrave suited dialect,
actions and makeup exactly to the
! character of the bourgeois French
man. Grace Travers as a much mar
ried woman with n theatrical past,
whose desire for the nice things of
life led her to knock for admission to
a prison, was convincing. Ethel Won
WaIdron was delightfully."- ingenue as
Helen Smith. Florence Oberle as the
parsons sister and housekeeper was
stiff, amateurish and out of her ele-
ment. David Landau as the district
attorney satisfactorily enacted role
wherein he portrays sort Of half cad,
half villain. Others in the cast filled
in the empty spaces properly
AL Lawrence, 1.-THE Prince of Good
Humor," will be the particular star of
the new Sullivan & Considine bill
which opens at the Los Angeles thea
| ter this afternoon. He is one of the
| few real comedians now appearing in
| vaudeville, and his success all over the
| Sullivan & Considine circuit has been
| instantaneous. Lawrence was for
merly the star of the Grace Cameron
opera company. He has a line OF
| Jokes, patter and limitations which he
| hands out in a rapid-fire way that
gives his audience no chance to stop
| laughing.
Lawrence Is not the only stellar at
traction, however, for the new bill con-
tains the names of Grey and Peters,
one of the funniest and most daring
cycling acts now on the stage, ana
Williams and Weston, the German
aristocrats, who offer a line of talk
a la Kolb and Dill. Both of these acts
are we'll known wherever vaudeVllle
plays a part in amusement. Other
acts on the new bill are Stokes and
Ryan, two clever young entertainers
in eccentric dances and timely songs;
the Fassio trio of sensational Euro
pean equilibriStS. and RaWSon ana
Glare in their original novelty called
| yesterdays"
The Ferris Hartman company Will
commence rehearsals this morning on
the Grand opera house stage for
"Mary's Lamb" Richard Carries IA
nous musical comedy hit, in which
Comedian Hartman will open his sea-
son of music. fun and girls next Sun
day afternoon. With the arrival yes
terday afternoon of j. A. Raynes, who
will again WELD the baton over the big
Hartman orchestra, every member OF
the company is here, with the eXcep-
tion of Mr. and Mrs. Hartman, who
are now on their way from New YORK
city
A force of workmen will commence
this morning on the work of redeco-
rating the interior. The house, inside
and out, will present a brand new ap-
pearance before the opening next
Sunday.
The beauty chorus this year will be
bigger than ever as will also be the
orchestra, and one row of seats Will
be taken out in order to accommodate
the extra players. The plays given
during the season will be selected
from among the best of the latest
metropolitan successes. The sale OF
seats will open Thursday morning.
The Girton stock company reopened
the empire theater on Third street
! Yesterday afternoon with a spectacu-
| lar production of Charles P. Taylor
well known play success, "Fallen by
! the Wayside." The theater has been
! prettily decorated and made into a
cozy little playhouse admirably suited
to melodrama.
Although there is not quite the stage
room to be found at the Grand, the
production yesterday was satisfactory
from every standpoint and was given
rousing reception by a big audience.
"Fallen by the Wayside" is an inter-
! esting play from curtain to curtain,
and although it is minus the guns,
/ shooting and other elements that
usually furnish the excitement in mel
odrama. it has plenty Of thrills and
excitement produced by spectacular
scenic effects and not by bullets. 1T
is a play with moral in which jeal-
ousy and liquor play an important
part in destroying an artists home.
causing his wife to run away with the
| "heavy man" and leaving the artist,
Thomas Lindsey, a drunkard. There
are many big situations and strong
4 climaxes, and after eight big scenes
the story has a most satisfactory end
ing for everybody, and every one
leaves the theater with a pleasant
taste in his mouth.
! AS the ARTISTS WIG iva shepard does
some strong and convincing emotional
acting, and Roy Switzerland appears
! TO much advantage as the artist
| Thomas Lindsey. chester Stevens. as
usual Is the villain who makes himself
! thoroughly disliked and gets loudly
hissed. and finally dies from excessive
drinking, while Lillian Hayward plays
the part of the adventures, Kate
Warren. Gertrude Claire has another
good character part of Mary Malone,
the Bowery bud, and as usual succeeds
in keeping her audience in good humor