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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1908
Page
19
The garden remains attractive through all seasons with a fine animal collection and beautiful grounds. The Cincinnati Zoo, famed nationwide and abroad, ends extra attractions as the season ends, returning to its original aim as a purely treological garden.
Miss Clara Blandick began life aboard a American ves sel under a sea voyage with her father a ship master in the Chinese trade. Born at sea she spent two years eight months on the ship before landfall then moved to Boston for schooling at Radcliffe. She built a notable stage career in Boston New York and on Broadway with leading roles in The Walking Delegate Richard Lovelace Raffles The Christian Marianne The Two Orphans and later works with Walker Whiteside and Cyril Scott.
Chicago musical comedy Honeymoon Trail by Adams Hough and Howard comes to the Grand Opera House next week. Producer Mort H. Singer lauds the show with a bustling plot about a beans ad scheme at a sanitarium and a happy marriage finale.
Murray and Mack bring The Sunny Side of Broadway to Walnut Street Theater marking their seventh straight year as popular Irish comedians. The duo, known for their self formed act, grew from Cincinnati and Indianapolis roots and have led several productions including Finnegan’s Ball and Around the Town.
The Forepaugh Stock Company presents Arthur Wing Pinero's His House in Order at the Olympic this week. The production features John Drew and Margaret Illington and showcases a high caliber society drama praised for its human theme and vivid character studies.
James Howell, a young city theater manager, is buying and completing the Colonial Theater in Columbus Ohio to run it as a stock company. The bill includes Fancies a satire, The Plain Clothes Man, The Two Traveling Bags, vaudeville by Agnes Angel, the Two Moras, Eugene Howard and the Beaumonts with a change of programme on Thursday.
The drama is praised as a brilliant study of marriage and memory with strong performances. It contrasts the first wife's orderly character with the second wife's humanity, as a brother exposes the first wife's vanity and the husband reconsiders his stance. The piece promises a refined production, rich settings, and an artistic triumph from a capable company.
The Warrens of Virginia, a Civil War drama featuring Frank Keenan and Charlotte Walker, begins a nationwide tour after a successful New York run. The Belasco Theater production will preserve full mounting, with Keenan as General Back Warren and Walker as his daughter, supported by a strong company.
Forepaugh Stock Company prepares Margaret Anzlin's Zira for the Olympic Theatre following His House in Order. The troupe first produced the drama in the city two years ago and reenters the stage due to urgent public demand.
Belasco star David Warfield wrapped three weeks in Denver where he set local records with The Music Master and A Grand Army Man. He recalls starting as a programme boy in San Francisco and credits unceasing work for his continued drive and success. He plans a return to his hometown as the greatest character actor in the world.
The Sunny Side of Broadway a two act musical comedy starring Murray and Mack opens at the Walnut with matinee today. The joint work by Thomas Grady book and Boyle Woolfolk music features bright dialogue lively situations and catchy lyrics including Sahara Sarah Butterfly Life and Mr Moon Youre Full Tonight. The production is praised as one of the season s most gorgeously staged shows with a campus setting at Yale University and scenes along Fifty ninth street and Central Park.
Miss Lena Ashwell helped Charles Frohman pick Carlotta Nilsson for Diana in the American production. Nilsson’s likeness to Ashwell promises a vivid, woman led performance in the Diana of Dobsons play written by Cicely Hamilton, with themes of female strength and independence.
Robert Edeson enters week three at the Hudson Theater in The Call of the North by George Broadhurst. Critics praise the dramatization and Edeson in Ned Trent, with a stellar supporting cast including Carter, Jennings, Torrence, Byrne, Mitchell, and Oliver.
The New Robinson reports record crowds since opening with Thursday and Sunday program changes. Manager Overpack to align with Casino Company views offering non objectionable, historic event depictions, moving pictures, life scenes, and amusing sketches for ladies and children. Sunday’s program includes Madame’s.
Eugene Walter’s The Wolf comes to the Lyric after Paid in Full with Wagenhals Kemper backing. The Northwest tale requires a strong cast and features celebrity actors, marking Walter’s latest success after prior hits.
The Odd Fellows' Auditorium under O. T. Crawford enters its second week with moving pictures music lectures and effects. Daily crowds near three thousand show strong appeal. Today's program features new Vitagraph view and Pathe Freres releases with Cameraphone singing and vaudeville gestures. Will Price tenor performs as over an hour of entertainment unfolds.
After The Fighting Hope with Blanche-Sates closes its New York premiere, Belasco will write another play for Frances Starr with the leading role showcasing a new facet of her talent. David Warfield has opened The Music Master and A Grand Army Man and will tour the West before a spring return to New York’s Academy of Music, where he drew record crowds.
Johnny and Emma Ray bring a musical farce to the Walnut Street Theater the week of September 20. Ray stars as the scintillating center with a lookalike comedian in disguise and new songs promised for the revised edition.
Wilfred Clarke, early in his career with Daly’s company, presented an original sketch this week at the Columbia. He is son of John Sleeper Clarke and nephew of Edwin Booth, owns a controlling stake in Philadelphia’s Walnut Street Theatre, and is noted as a leading light in local theatrical circles. His piece What Will Happen Next? is written by Clarke and touted as a bright farce in vaudeville.
New York critics and audiences praise Lilliah Russell in Wildfire at the Liberty Theater praising her transition from prima donna to comedienne. Joseph Brooks directed the production with Broadhurst and Hobart as writers and the show draws strong road and New York praise for its witty lines and acting.
Klaw and Erlanger present The Rof'nd Up in New York at the Academy of Music. The desert drama repeats its Broadway success with a thrilling battle scene and audience cheers as machine guns and rifles fire to the curtain.
Rehearsals for The Brass Bowl, a sensational play adapted from Louis Joseph Vance's novel, produced by Winchell Smith, are underway in New York with the cast preparing for opening.
Prominent cast members including George Barnum Duane Wagar Arthur Barry Muriel Starr Mary Graham and Amy Hodges support Vincent Serrano in The Brass Bowl a play set in New York and Long Island. The story follows a rich young New Yorker and a burglar named Handsome Dan with thrilling episodes contrasting high society and crime. The tour, directed by the Shubert Theatrical Company, will start in Harrisburg on October 1 and visit Pittsburgh Cincinnati St Louis Kansas City and Milwaukee.
Joseph O'Mara, praised by The London Times as the greatest Irish dancer and actor, sails later this month from England to begin an American tour managed by Joseph Brooks and A W Dingwall. He will star in Peggy Macree a rollicking Irish comedy with music and is expected to elevate Irish song and drama in the United States. He is a favorite on the other side.
Joseph Brooks and A W Dingwall have bought the American rights to The Sins of Society, last season's Drury Lane hit. They will produce it later this season with the full Drury Lane production and a gig cast.
Leading Irish societies in New York prepare a grand reception for Joseph O'Mara on his arrival from Ireland. O'Mara is said to command a weekly salary of 1000 dollars as he starts his American tour.
The musical piece In Old Kentucky has begun its sixteenth year with no sign of waning appeal. It has earned over $1,000,000 for its owners.
Henry Blossom's first and most successful comedy Checkers is on its fourth tour to the Pacific coast, extending the show’s reach and drawing new audiences across theaters.
McIntyre and Heath begin their season touring with Klaw and Erlanger preparing a new musical comedy by H A Du Souchet titled The Steeplechasers. They will be surrounded by dancers and pretty leading ladies, with a serious vein to showcase Southern negro type performance. The Steeplechasers will be elaborately mounted and costumed.
Lyman Howe moving pictures are shown at the Lyric in matinee and evening performances today. The first week’s program is to be repeated upon request.
Grace George will undertake a six week preliminary tour in Sardou’s Divorcens before moving to New York City for Madame Fred de Gresac’s Give and Take. The opening date for the new piece is set for November 2.
Percy Weedon is named business manager for Mr. Mantell by William A. Brady, succeeding Frederick Donaghey who ran Mantell’s affairs for three seasons. Donaghey returns to Brady and Brady and Grismer as general representative, while Weedon previously managed the Bostonians and later served as chief of staff for Henry Savage.
Tim Murphy opens the season under manager William A Brady with Louis F Werba. He will appear around January 1 in Chicago as Rupert Hughes’s principal in My Boy, playing a rich Iowan entangled with a titled lady amid Italian court intrigue.
Frank Worthing resumes his Des Prunelle role in Divorce ns for Miss Grace George on a preliminary tour of Give and Take. A special role for him has been provided by Madame Fred de Gresac, with plans to remain until after Give and Take closes.
Miss Jane Corcoran, noted for Pretty Peggy, delivers the season’s first marked success in New York as Mamie Broderick in All for a Girl. The comedy marks Douglas Fairbanks’s rise under William A. Brady and Joseph R. Grismer, with broad praise across newspapers.
Author Harrison Rhodes collaborates with Thomas Wise on a stage adaptation of The Adventures of Charles Edward, based on their latest book A Gentleman From Mississippi.
Play by Joseph R. Grismer and Phoebe Davies explores the orthodox Jew's struggle to harmonize Mosaic law with new social and political duties in a New York setting.
Miss Marie Doro starts rehearsals for The Richest Girl a French farce from the My Wife team. The first performance will not be in Paris but in Boston at the Park Theater on September 21.
Isadora Duncan will present an entirely new musical programme at the Criterion Theatre this week. The numbers are a balanced mix of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony and Chopin's preludes and nocturnes. The concert will continue throughout Miss Duncan's New York season.
Charles Frohman has decided William Collier’s season will begin at the end of September in Atlantic City. Collier will perform The Patriot an international comedy in three acts by William Collier and Haddon Chambers set in the Far West and London.
William Gillette completes the adaptation of Henri Bernstein's Samson aboard the yacht Aunt Polly. He worked diligently as a playwright while serving as captain and will begin rehearsals next Monday.
Charles Frohman rehearses Miss Ethel Barrymore in Lady Frederick. William Collier stars in The Patriot and John Drew in Jack Straw. Marie Doro appears in The Richest Girl. J P Huntley debuts a new Hicks Theatre musical. J M Barrie’s Pantaloon heads to Theatre des Arts Paris. Two special The Thief Companies noted.
John Drew returns to New York and begins rehearsals for the comedy Jack Straw at the Empire Theatre where he will open the regular season tomorrow. His company includes Rose Coghlan Mary Boland Adelaide Prince Grace Henderson Helen Freeman Edwin Nicander and B E.
Miss Martha Rowland Hopple to wed Russell Stearns Dwight in Clifton on Oct 8. Yale alumnus Dwight to be supported by three college chums. ushers include Howard of Vermont and Amherst man Stearns. Various social events, engagements, and travels of Cincinnati families outlined, with receptions and club notices, plus wedding of Marie Lakamp to August Brand in Clifton.
L Davenport, Fred Tyler, Soldene Powell, Charles Hopkins and W Soderling appear in a community notice listing residents involved in local affairs or events. The fragment suggests a committee or group roster and points to an upcoming meeting or action.
William Gillette recalls a tale of delicate handling by professionals. A groom, still in mourning, had married his deceased wife’s sister. A long-lost friend trips him up at a Niagara restaurant asking who he mourns for, and the groom quips for his sister-in-law.
Frank Worthing and William A. Brady present the vaude ville farce with songs known as Mile Epluribusunum in Paris and here as Her Duke and Her Ducats. Worthing is likely to play the principal role in A Little Brother of the Rich adaptation.
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