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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1908
Page
18
Armstrong and Verne and Amy Stanley picks Burt Earle and Paul Lacroix moving pictures in a local entertainment reel.
The river grove park saw strong patronage after Labor Day with a harvest home a success. A children’s carnival drew about five thousand youths, and two major events are planned: bargain day on Friday September 4 with school supplies and burgoo day on Sunday September 6. Coney closes September 7. A new vaudeville shows today featuring the Three Gypsy Fortune Tellers and other acts, with Smittie’s Band performing concerts.
Lyman Howes moving pictures will be shown at the Lyric for two weeks starting Sunday August 30. The program includes India cities such as Bombay Darjeeling Calcutta Benares and others along with street scenes from Rome Naples and other Italian cities. Birds animals and physical phenomena will add variety to the exhibit.
Colonel Martin keeps to top vaudeville standards as downtown theaters cut Chester time. Winderman's bears headline a large act, with Robert Nome as whistler, Laura Davis vocal talent, and Frank Hayes and Anna Suits completing the bill. Miss Suits draws local favor.
Heuck’s offers an Asian attraction with Panhandle Pete a musical play based on a comic Sunday page. Walter Wilson stars with Charles Wilkins Phil A Gastrock Nellie Nice Jack McGowan George Harvey and a chorus of twenty show girls in varied costumes. The piece blends rural New England humor with strong vocal numbers and engaging scenes.
Miss Marjorie Wood returns from Europe to rehearse as leading woman opposite Robert Edeson in The Call of the North at the Hudson Theater New York on August 24. Three years after entering theatre she advanced from two lines to a starring role, impressing Henry B. Harris and Edeson with her performance.
During the show attendees heard a selection of tunes including Take Me to the Ball Game The Goblin Man Ain't You the Girl I Met at Sherry's and other fetching songs performed for the audience.
The People’s audience is promised genuine fun and sensational features with the Follies of the Day. The company will deliver up to date interpolations including a barefoot dancer and a Rag Time Loola Dancer while depicting living caricatures of Taft and Bryan.
Roosevelt Cannon Fairbanks and other leaders will appear with clever imitations of Warfield Weber Field Mrs Leslie Carter Ross Murphy and Louis Mann. Larry McCale Sam Sidman and other popular figures join the company. a richly costumed chorus of pretty girls provides a striking background.
Vaudeville heads into a season with an unprecedented surge of foreign acts set to perform in America for the first time. Industry observers cite expanding audiences and touring circuits as driving factors behind the bold lineup.
Manager Henry M. Ziegler of the Anderson Ziegler Company describes a growing entente between American and European vaudeville managers. He notes European demand for American acts and American openness to European stars, aided by the United Booking Offices in New York and the Western Vaudeville Managers Association in Chicago. He credits solid business practices for boosting trust and returns, predicting European artists will feel at home in the United States. Manager Stephan of the Zoo plans pink lemonade vendors for the Country Circus, which debuts at the Zoo this week with Holcombe and his band, featuring sideshow acts and a lively circus atmosphere.
The popular Wormwood dog and monkey show remains at the Zoo this week as its stay is extended due to rising attendance. Prof Wormwood showcases his intelligent pets with bicycle riding monkeys drawing repeat crowds and praise for their performances.
The Holcombe Band extends a week at the Zoo with a new weeklong program lineup. Director Holcombe showcases elaborate acts including a comedy titled The Country Circus featuring Edward Montray the singing drummer. The show uses the band as its core and expands the performance beyond the musicians.
The Imperial Hungarian Military Band chief Mr. Ugranyi remains with his musicians in Reich rath's Park for two weeks of concerts ending Sunday. A varied programme includes The Spanish-American War, a highlight of the night. Sonnenleitner's Tyrolean warblers and dancers close their run tonight.
Central avenue theater the Lyceum reopens under Heuck Amusement Company after weeks of redecorating and refreshing. The Rocky Mountain Express melodrama will debut with enhanced scenery and new mechanical effects including an avalanche slide and dramatic flight.
Robert Edeson will debut in the Broadhurst play at the Hudson Theatre on August 24. Henrietta Crosman plans to use the same score in As You Like It at the Academy of Music, originally arranged by the late David Braham, a shareable connection to Adelaide Neilson and Mary Anderson.
Henry B Harris is the only American manager who owns his own studios for making theatrical scenery. The five story studios on West Thirty-Eighth Street are in charge of Joseph A Physioc the celebrated scenic artist.
The Jesse L. Lasky Company announces Alfred Kappeler will be featured as the Prince in The Love Waltz next season. Kappeler originated the role and is noted for excellence in performance.
Public notice announces a beach access fee at Queen City Beach. Details on pricing and payment deadlines are provided for visitors, residents, and seasonal passholders.
Charles Frohman contracts Gerald Du Maurier Mrs H Beerbohm Tree Miss Hilda Trevelyan Sidney Valentine Henry Wibart Norman Forbes Lillah McCarthy wife of Granville Barker and Louis Calvert for his London theaters. Ernest Lawford joins to play a prominent role with Miss Billie Burke in Love Watches. Ethel Barrymore sails to America August 22 and starts rehearsals for Lady Frederick on arrival.
Joseph Coyne and Miss Alexandra Carlisle reached America on August 20 to prepare for rehearsals of The Malluse Hubert Henry Davies comedy. Frohman notes personal bias in dramatic criticism remains inevitable but unfair when focusing on actors as individuals rather than performances.
Miss Mary Mannering and her company begin rehearsals at Daly's Theater for Aida Johnson Young's "Glorious Betsy" to open the Lyric Theater season on Monday evening September 7. This marks her first New York appearance in three years as the play tours the country with success.
The vigorous melodrama The Wolf returns to Lyric with the same Chicago company after eight weeks there. William Courtenay leads in a romantic role with Charlotte Walker Walter Hale Sheridan Black and William Rosell also delivering strong performances in their parts as Hilda a Canadian trapper and a young engineer.
Zoo goers over the past week found Holcombe concerts blend comedy and merit in the program. Interpolated numbers amused the crowd yet the better works received careful reading and interpretation by Cincinnati music lovers. Mr Holcombe spoke enthusiastically about the reception of his performances.
The city’s music patrons praised Mr. Holcombe for a program spanning Sousa two-steps to Wagner’s Die Walküre Fantasie. Despite a large band challenging his ideas, he impressed with dignity in humorous sketches like The Country Band Rehearsal, showing remarkable versatility.
B E Forrester brings Yorke and Adams direct from Circle Theater New York to the Walnut for two act musical comedy Playing the Ponies by Aaron Hoffman author of Bankers and Broker Be the show features pretty girls rich dressing and glittering scenery with musical numbers by Morse and Madden creators of Roger Brothers in Panama.
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