Arizona republican. [volume], April 05, 1914, SECTION TWO, Image 16

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THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 5, 1914 1
News Of The
Theaters,
Music
Holy Week, the worst in the the
atrical year, finds every theater in
Phoenix working overtime and draw
ing bumper audiences. The Elks of
fers the Mexican Players in the early
part of the week, "The Wolf" on
Thursday, and a strong man exhibi
tion on Saturday and Sunday, whilo
on Friday night the Phoenix Choral
society presents Stainer's "The Cru
cifixion" at the South Methodist
church.
The Elks is occupied every minute
of the day and night, for when the
Mexican Players are not being
prompted through their excellent per
formances in the old-fashioned for
eign way, and the road shows are
not using the stage, the Phoenix
amateurs who are to present "Secret
Service" under the auspices of the
B. P. O. Elks, are busy rehearsing,
while the walls echo with the roar
of cannon, the rattle of musketry,
arid the boom of drums and the ring
of martial music. Whatever else it
may do, here is a play that breathes
the martial spirit and the effects ob
tained are really quite remarkable.
It promises to be quite different from
anything else that has ever been
done by amateurs here and should be
a most pleasing novelty.
The cast is well up to the standard
hitherto set by this organization and
April 14th, 15th And 16th will see
stirring times at the Elks' "heater. '
Art Rick Changes His Mind
There is weeping and gnashing of
teeth In the vicinity of First and
Adams, better known recently as
Theater Alley, and it is all on ac
count of one Joachim Rickard, more
Popularly known to fame as Art
Rick, who is second only to the re
nowned L. B. J. as a grabber of
black type. This is a case where he
would forego the black type, if he
could, for he hates disappointment,
and lie had a grand scheme. Nothing
less than the production of an hon-cst-to-goodness-Chinese
show, not
only with local color, but with local
sons of the dragon to play leading
roles in their own jargon. He ad
mits that the idea was slipped to
him, and that while he had thought
of it himself a long time ago he had i
forgotten it until he found a memo '
on .his managerial desk last Wednes-
clay. He lost no time in getting in j
touch with one of the leading laun- j
dries in town and in his best Chi
nese endeavored to paint the
glamor of stage glory in such
alluring ways that the hefi-d chink
would forsake the wa'shee-washee
game for the bright lights -of the
Phoenix Rialto. But for once his
eloquence failed him. After talking
for a good half hour, and using every
adjective in his vocabulary, he was
informed, in excellent jnglish, that
the laundry was a much cleaner
method of making a living than the
' ' f v
j liant voice than Miss Frcnistadt; but,
! she is lacking in the wonderful qual- '
Hies that place Miss Fremstadt ab
solutely at the head of her profes-
i Kion.
I The greatness of Miss Fremstadt
j is all the more wonderful because it
i has been acquired. Everything that
i she Ik, is the result of hard work
r.nd dogged application. A triumph
of mind over matter. By nature a i
contralto, and with a voice of not!
great range nor exceeding brilliancy,
the toiled year in and year out to
make herself a dramatic soprano. No
d'scourasement was too great, no
set-back too heavy for her to over
come. Unceasing toil finally brought
her to the place she aspired to reach.
j and the trials and tribulations, the
i heartbreaks and disappointments, but
served to broaden her knowledge of
the world, the flesh and the devil.
and added to her stature as an artist.
Her Impersonation of Isolde has
never been .surpassed and it is doubt-
ful if it has ever been equalled,
while her Brunhilde in "?'ttenlam-
erung" stands alone, at the extreme
: pinnacle of perfection in tragic sing
' ing and acting.
i If she is to make a tour of the
I country in concert, the country at
large is to be congratulated, but a i
winter without her at the Metropoli
tan spells woe to the Wagnerltes of
New York.
John Drew and Ethel Barrymore
One of the most interesting theat
I rlcal events of the spring will be
the joint appearance of John Drew
land Ethel Barrymore in a revival nfiaa!d:
lb, $ ml i
j At the Lion !
I ' i
1
use the same cast that is presenting
the play at the Comedy theater in
the film version. I
In speaking of his reasons for j
turning down this offer Me. Elliott ,
Sardou's "A Scrap of Paper." Charles
Frohman has just made the an
nouncement that these two famous
stars will be seen at the Empire
theater in this revival early in May.
Of course, everybody knows that
jMiss Barrymore Is Mr. Drew's niece,
j She made her first appearance on
; the stage with his company in
! "Rosemary" when Miss Maude Ad
! ams was a co-star with him. Their
"This proposition shows mor? '
clearly than any transaction between
the movies and the theatre-men the '
close encroachment of filfndom upon '
the spoken and actually - present
drama. j
"They proposed to keep out of the j
biggest western cities, strictly. They
proposed to take up all of the small j
wesurn time, anu to make me
partner
A Scene From The Wolf, Elk Theatre, Thursday, April 0.
stage, and that the Chinaman did
not wish to be a actor, and
that anyway it was the first of April.
If you want to make a hit with Art.
ak him about it.
Olive Fremstad Leaving Metropolitan?
There is a very persistent rumor
that Miss Olive Fremstadt will not
We with the Metropolitan Opera com
pany In New York next season: but
that she is to make a concert tour
of the country. If this is true it
will be a heavy blow to the Metro-
j politan for there is nobody on its
roster who can take the place of this
wonderful -dramatic soprano.
Her Isolde, Brunhilde, Sieglinde
and Venus stand alone today, and in
all the :'nnals of opera there have
been but three artists who have
compared w iih her, Lilli Lehman,
Lillian Nordica and Milka Ternina
and these great artists have passed
J out of the operatic world.. The only
: woman approaching Miss Fremstadt
today is Johanna Gadski. She is a
the enterorise. Yet the
; last appearance together was in "The i success of the play precludes such
j Bauble Shop," in 1905, after which j a thing, as I think the camera wo-.i'd
; -vi lis Barrymore . Decame a star in have a deleterious effect upon the i
.ner own rignt. piece while it is still fresh in its
I metropolitan career not because of
Down a Movie the photography itself, for motion-
Offer j plays have reached the stage of
I William Elliott, whose first mana- achievement where the best may be
j ferial effort has given New York the proud to contribute their inventions
J greatest comedy success of the sea-I "nd their services but because you
j son in "Kitty McKaye," has Just I cannot, so far in this game, offer one
turned aown a big offer for the set or people an article for a ouarter
A beautiful Duotone, 9x18, of the Battle
ship "Vermont" from a photograph taken
in a heavy storm, given
FREE
to all who call for it at our store,
ceptionally striking picture. Be
An ex
sure to
get one.
w
Rede will Music Ccmpany
movie rights to this play. It is said
great artist and has a. more bril-
: that a leading film company offered
t.im $2f.,000 for the film rights, the
I release to be made not before June
! lirst and they agreeing to show it
j only west of the Mississippi river and
to keep out of the big cities there:
i but Mr. Elliott turned It down, be- I
lleving there was much more money j f my next
1 in the play itself. Th idea Was to ' companies at
of a d illar, and the same article to !
other people for two dollars no mat- i
icr now you cnange its form, nor
how widely apart you mierht" nlace
the offerings. In other words, I very i
much fear that motion-iiictiirinz
'Kitty MacKay' in Cheyenne would '
have a very deleterious effect on one tral
San Francisco; not because the Ellis
and O' Parrel street patronage would
have attended the Cheyenne movies,
but because they would have heard
i about it and 'Oh, it's in pictures
now!' is a thoughtless comment
which has ruined many a fine piece
I of play property."
Phoenix Choral Society
On Good Friday night, at the Cen-
(South), the
Methodist Church
year 'Kitty MacKay' i Phoenix Choral society will given Sir
the Cort theatre, in I John Stainer's beautiful cantata.
"The Crucifixion." under the direc
tion of William Conrad Mills of the
Arizona School of Music.
Of all the various handlings of the
passion and death of the Savior, none
Is more beautiful than "The Cruci
fixion." Like all of Stainer's music,
it is simple and churchly and highly
symbolic of the events it portrays.
No more suitable vehicle could have
been chosen for this season of the
year.
The .soloists, in .the cantata will be
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and the exclusive feature service "Famous
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week. The General Film Service will be
used for the changes on Sunday, Thursday
and Saturday. Each of these changes will
contain a special feature that of each
Thursday being the world famous "Pathe's
Weekly."
On Tuesday and Wednesday of each week,
the "Famous Players" will - hold forth.
Each of these productions is made with an
All-Star cast composed of America's fore
most actors and actresses among whom are
such celebrities as Mary Pickford, James
K. Hackett, Mrs. Fiske, James O'Neill,
Sarah Bernhardt, John Barrymore, Cecilia
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trey, Edmund Breese, Dustin Farnum,
Hot art Ecsworth and many others, with
Daniel Frohman as managing director.
Only the largest of the New York successes
are produced, the entire version of each
play being shown, some using as high as
nine reels to the performance, no play us
ing less than .4500 feet of film.
COMING
Mary Pickford In . . "The Bishop's Carriage
Lillian Langtry In . . . ' His Neighbor's Wife"
Dustin Farnum In "The Squaw Man"
James O'IMeil In "The Count of Monte Cristo"
Malcolm Williams In "The Brute''
"The Sea Wolf
Hobart Bosworth In
"Valley of The Moon
Cyril Scott In . . "The Day of Days
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