The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-10
III. F0SSE TO Be
MANAGER Of
AUDITORIUM
Veteran Theatrical Man and
Former Manager for Shu-
berts, Wins p. G. Post

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Louis J. Posse. former manaEer
Of Polls. the Garrick and the shp.
bert Belasco Theaters, mas been ap-
pointed general manage Cf the
Washington Auditorium, ii was an.
nounced today by the BOARD Of
directors.
In making the announcement, the
board stated that Mr.. Posses ap.
pointment was In keeping with tho
policy Of having an Washington
management and executive direction
in the new auditorium to De opened
in the near future.
Mr.. Fosse Is q resident OF Wash
ington, with q home at IT'S s
street northwest. He is thoroughly
familiar with the Capital, having at
various times manager three Ot the
city's leading tl1eaters and more
recently having served as general
manager OF the Shubert theatrical
enterprises in Washington.
Started In BOX Office.
Mr.. Fosse got his business start
In the box office In the old Hooley
theater, now the Powers, In Chi.
cago his birthplace. That was lust
about the time the late eighties were
turning into the early ninvt:es
when L. J.. was g. mere boy. He
later went over to the Gran1 Opera
House, where he achieved quite a
reputation for himself; leaving
shortly after the Worlds Fair and
an association with III. y. Jacobs,
famed in the theater, 20 as suisse
quent promotion at the Grand
Opera House in Syracuse, N. r.
For seven years after that period
Of his life, Mr.. Fosse managed the
Colonial theater in Cleveland, Ohio,
having under his theatrical wing
the Vaughn CHASER stock company,
which hit histrionic heights In that
section. From there he went as
general manager OF the clancy.
Spooner Amusement Company, and
manager Of the Metropolis and the
Cecil Spooner theaters In New II tx
and the Bronx.
s. q. Poll was at this time max
ing his greatest strides In the Nut
meg State, with theaters in Hart.
ford and New Haven, and L. j.
Fosse felt the lure for the Land of
Joined forces with Poll, the success
OF these enterprises became 50
great that house was opened in
Washington with Jim Thayer, now
general manager for all the Poll
retired from this position Fosse
was sent 70 take his place and re-
nlaified in Washington several
years.
From Washington Mr.. Fosse hit
the trail for Brooklyn and took
over the general managership Of
and in Newark, N. ]. In this
years OF his life. After a slight
vacation he came back to Wash
ington, where his friends hope he
win remain always.
Managed "Our Mary"
During the course Of his career,
MIR. EOsSe has been associated with
and has come to know intimately
many Of the famous persons in the
theatrical world. In fact, he has
had q hand in the development OF
actors and actresses whose names
are known wherever the theater
holds sway. For example, he re.
calls the day when he saw great
possibilities in child actress, then
under his management. She was
known as Gladys Smith and ap.
peared in q play called For a
Human Life" That child Is now
. famous on the screen as Mary
Pickford.
OId-timers will recall Ward and
Vokes, who played In IA Run on
the Bank" Johnny and Emma
Ray, in "A Hot Old Time" and
Master Gabriel, in Buster Brown.
Mr., Fosse managed all these and
more. He also managed play for
Douglas Fairbanks, then a juvenile.
The play was The Detective" pro-
duced by William A. Brady in New
York. So Louis J. Fosse, to pre-.
sent the name In all its managerial
dignity, knows a thing or two
about the theater.
Is Life Shriner.
Mr.. Fosse is a member of the
Masonic order, q life member OF
the Shriners, a LIFE member of the
Elks. and is affiliated with other
fraternal and civic. organizations.
During his Washington theatrical
connections he endeared himself to
the orphans Of the city by arrang.
ing and conducting a number OF
large parties for the unfortunate
little ones Of the National Capital.
Ana%nIo Eranca C;.l.;.