Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-22

theater manager the advantage of Sc
| lecting his attractions and furnishing
to his clientele plays and players who
| have for several seasons been barred
| from his house, and these new attrac-
tions are exactly what the theater-
goer is demanding. 1t is an absolutely.
safe assurance that at least twenty
five of the attractions that will be sent
out over the different circuits mem
toned will be of much superior merit
to those which have been furnished in
the past.
Dainty little Anna Laughlin, one of
the Orpheum features the coming
week, has an unusually interesting and
varied stage career behind her for
such a young woman, for Miss Laugh
lin Is only recently out of her "teens."
The star, whose name is SO popular
on Broadway, was born in San Ber-
nardino, Cal, and, when she was hard
ly able to walk, used to "declaim" in
public over there. Finally she went
into stock productions and was one of
the first to ply the child part in
"Editha's Burglar" and the title role
of Little Lord Fauntleroy." Il
It was while doing a little vaude-
vile turn away out in Duluth, Mimi,
that Miss Laughlin was really first
discovered" A. L. Wilbur, the north
ern theatrical manager, was then at
the head of the famous old Wilbur
Opera company, which was playing a
summer engagement at st. Paul. He
heard of Anna Laughlin's work in Du-
luth and sent for the child and her
mother who. incidentally, has always
been with the little Broadway favorite
since the first day the latter put her
foot on a stage (and beforeD. Little
Anna Laughlin," as she was then
known, was introduced to the Twin
City theater going folk as a prodigy,
which she was. At that time she gave
impersonations of famous actresses.
Miss Laughlins real New York de-
but when she made a great success on
Broadway and gained popularity, was
when she originated the role of Dor
othy, the Kansas girl in "The Wizard
of o." with Montgomery and Stone.
She then created the leading girl role
in 1.-THE Top o. the World" another
big New York musical comedy success.
Aside from the powerful influence |
of theatrical criticism to maintaining |
a high standard in the drama as seen |
offices are furnishing the executive |
heads of the big theatrical offices of
this country. Henry B. Harris had |
experience in Boston:
James Forbes, author of "The Chorus
Lady," 1.-THE Travelling Salesman" and
1.-THE Commuters" was identified with
Chicago, Pittsburg and New York
Marc Klaw Of Klaw &
Erlanger was a newspaper man in |
Charles Dillingham; had
experience in Hartford and
New York; George Tyler had his first
experience in Chillicothe, o.,
and Daniel Frohman was for long
time connected with the New York
Even the leading playwrights of
America at some time or other in their
life were newspaper men. Augustus
Thomas worked on the st. Louis
Times, Charming Pollock on the WASH
Ington Herald, Eugene Walter on diff
ferent Cleveland newspapers and on
the New York World, Elmer B. Harris
on the New York Evening Globe,
Charles Klein on the London Standard,
and Anna Steese Richardson, author
Of "a Mans a Man." is connected
with the New York World.
In these days and times newspapers
of this country are furnishing 95 per
cent of the recruits to the businessI
md of the theatrical business. Ii