The San Francisco call., 1913-07-17
Passing Show" Remains for Week
Tivoli Rehearses Another Revival
Former. Leading Man Re
turns to Alcazar With
Bessie Barriscale
Vaudeville and Motion Pic
ture Theaters Announce
Interesting Bills


owing to the unprecedented success
of the Passing Show of 1912" at the
Cort theater. arrangements have been
made whereby this great New York
Winter Garden production will remain
another week in San Francisco, cancel
ing all other bookings in. California eN-
cept Oakland The sale of seats for
next week-the third and last of the
engagement-will open at the box office
this morning.
Sunday night. July %, will be the
last performance of the Passing Show
of 1912" in this city. The following
week the production will be taken IN
tact to Oakland. Three matinees will
be given during the last week
Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.
The Tivoli has scored another re
vival" success this week in the Gilbert
and Sullivan repertoire. Pinafore
has attracted splendid business and
promises for. next weeks reception OF
The Mikado'' are exceedingly bright.
erbe NIil<ado" will be staged next
Monday night. with Teddy Webb as ko
10. Henry Santrey al Pish Tush. john
Phillips as NanlSi Poo, Charles Cal
Iagher as Poo Bah. Robert Pitkin as
the Mikado. Rena Vivienne- as Yum
YUM Hon Bergere as Pitt Sing, Marie
sherwood as Peep 30 and Sarah Ed
wards as Katisha.
Bessie Barriscale will have as CO.
star next week at the Alcazar Forrest
Stanley. who will be remembered by
local play patrons as Laurette Taylor
Yl1a
when that now famous star was play
ing a brief engagement.
The Twaveling Salesman" will be the
presentation. Tt was written by James
Forbes, author of The Chorus Lady.
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Nothing better has recently been con-
trjved in the way of a vaudeville pro-
gram than that promised by the Or
nheum for next week. Miss Orfofd
WILL. exhibit elephants in an act that
eclipses anything presented here in the
trained animal line.
Pat Rooney and Marion Bent will
seek approval with a witty and humor-
Gus skit called "At the Newsstand" ="
LAMBERT. "the master musician plays
the violin. cello and piano and makes
up in full view of the audience to repre-
sent Josef Hoffman, List and Joachim.
Hal Davis, Inez Macauley and COM
pany will appear in modern sketch
bv Archie Colby. "The Girl From
offer a comedietta by Elsie Janis. Ida
O'Day will give her "songologue."
For the second week of her engage
ment irene Franklin will introduce
new songs and impersonations. Next
week will be the last of Theodore Ben
dix and his symphony players.
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The kinemacolor motion pictures at
the Columbia theater are proving the
class this week.
For next week the human interest
story of Nathaniel Hawthorne, "The
Scarlet Letter." the great American
classic, will be revealed in motion pic
lures.
an unusual musical comedy attrac-
ton is announced for the American
theater beginning next Sunday Charles
slphin Will present "the twentieth cen
tury girls in The Foliies of Paris" a
tabloid musical comedy, filed with
dash bright music and real humor.
Alphin will be remembered particu-
larly for the clever productions he put
on at Fischer's in O'Farrell street be-
fore the fire. He is a producer of TN
questioned ability. writer of the
music in his pieces and was the first
man TO produce "tabloids" on the Pa
cilc coast.
Edith wyckof. the pretty young
woman who plays the pert telephone
girl in such Little Queen at the
Alcazar. is another San Franciscan who
has successfully invaded the New York
dramatic field She studied her art IN
one of the local schools and then went
TO Broadway. where she was enrolled
IN one of the companies directed by
Charles Frohman.
Porter J. White and his associate
players are making a pronounced hit
Al the Empress this week in his We
hiele. Scandal" a strikinglv original
sketch. Fred Pisano and Katherine
Bingham score with their parodies and
Irish and Italian impersonations. An
other feature is the oriental novelty
Of Emma Francis and her Arabian
lads
The coming weeks bill at the En-
press bids fair to eclipse many other
Of the very good bills with the Ex-
position -Four as the headline attrac-
ton.
AS the added attraction the Empress
management announces THE Trainer .
a dramatic sketch of turf life. with
Paul .DullzeH. George Pierce and Jack
f1dIEinBLOIl. AOIIIieF leSlllIHdIe play erS
composing the cast.
Arthur Pelkey. claimant for heavy
weight honors in the flstic arena will
top the new bill at the Pantages next
Sunday. This will be Pelkey's first
appearance in this city. AS a fea-
ture, Mrs. Bob Fitzsimmons will pre-
sent a spectacular musical comedy,
"A Bulgarian Romance" Mrs. Fitz-
simmons is assisted by Charles Dano
and II singers and dancers.
Alisky.s scenic production. "a Night
in Hawaii" is a fine drawing card at
the Pantages this week
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a marvellous production or Quo
Nadis" in motion pictures comes to
the Savoy theater next Sunday after
noon. In conjunction with the Quo
Nadis" motion pictures there will be
Stroud's pictures of countrx little
known to Americans-the jackson
Hole region where nature is at it's
grandest
ARGENTINA'S MEAT TRUST