The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-29
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What Other Playhouses
Are Offering This Week.

| The positively one week only rule
will be broken this week owing to the
absolutely unprecedented demand that
has stormed the box office during the
last last few days. THE Man Who
Owns Broadway the big holiday
show, has swept the public of its feet
Crowds are fiocking to see Evelyn
Vaughan, Bert Lyteil and the clever
Alcazarans caper through George NJ.
Cohan's speediest and best musical
comedy. Capacity houses have been
the rule every night for the last week,
and the seat sale for the coming week
predicts standing room only at each
performance. New songs and dances
and specialties will be introduced.
New Year day will witness matinee
of the brilliant musical comedy, be-
sides the regular matinees-
X
Sold to Satan," one Of the most re-
markable motion pictures ever made,
is the healthier of varied and inter-
esting program which packed the Tiv-
oil from noon till nearly midnight yes
terday. The story, founded upon a
poem by Alfred de Mussett, concerns
the selling of Baldwin's soul, which is
Immediately given a new body, and
the resultant struggles between the
two men. absolute counterparts and
one good and one bad.
AS a contrast to the weird Sold to
Satan" are the comedy films, The
Champion, a snappy keystone pro-
duction. and The Emancipated
Women" equally amusing.
THE Third Degree" taken from
Charles Klein's play. is announced at
the Tivon for next Sunday.
The immense crowd at the Portola
theater yesterday had the first oppor-
tunity afforded picture lovers in this
country to witness the latest innova-
ton in the film line-rnatural colored
pictures made by the Eclectic COM
pany of London and projected with
the story called His Fateful Pas
sion"
His Fateful Passion is a highly
dramatic story with dozens OF scenes,
and each one of them affording color
full expression on the film; in fact, the
five parts Of the picture show in all
more than one hundred and fifty
scenes.
This special reel is being shown in
conjunction with the championship
Bull Fight" pictures, recently filmed
in Mexico
Mutt and jeff in Panama. with
Bud Fishers irrepressible cartoon Gre
ations in all kinds of whimsicalities.
caused whirlwinds of laughter to
emanate from two big audiences at
the Savoy theater yesterday. and will
enter upon the second and last week
of most successful engagement to-
night. This melange of merriment.
music and mirth has taken q really
strong hold here, as its appeal is
universal. the musical comedy not
only pleasing the children, but prov
ing excellent entertainment for those
Of an older growth
There will be a special matinee on
New Years, with the usual bargain
matfnees on Wednesday and Satur-
day. and the farewell performances of
Mutt and Jeff in Panama" will be
given Sunday.
Next Monday George Kleine. whose
productions Of Quo vadis" and The
Last Days OF Pompeii'' have created
such sensations here, will present at
the Savoy for the first time anywhere
the wonderful Cines spectacle. AN
tony and Cleopatra
A Message From Mars" Richard
Ganthony's comedy drama. which has
been one of the most successful plays
that has been seen both in England
I'LL