The San Francisco call. [volume], December 22, 1912, Page 28, Image 28

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Faces and Scenes in This Week's Attractions at the Playhouses
NEW PLAY AND A NEW
PLAYHOUSE WILL OPEN
Whiteside Brings "The Ty
phoon" and the Imperial
Theater Begins Career
Three new events will tend to make
thie week— reputed to be in theatrical
circles U»e dullest of the year—a mem
orable holiday season. One is the
Christmas present of a new playhouse
to amusement loving San Francisco,
Grauman's Imperial theater. Another
of the epochal events is the coming of
Walker Whiteside in a drama that, at- |
< ording to current report, is a tremen- |
<lous offerlrfg to the drama, "The Ty
phoon." The third event of conse
quence is the return of two favorite
players to the Alcazar, Evelyn Vbughan
and Bertram Lytell.
The Columbia retains "The Rose
Maid," and the Savoy retains "The Mo
tor Girl" as contributions to the holi
riay entertainment of musical comedy
lovers: the Orpheum's road show being I
new, should be included in the novel {
events of tiie .week, and + he Empress I
and Pantagi k proffer entirely new bills, j
The following accounts are submitted !
by the publicity promoters of the vari
ous theater*.
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Cort
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If for no other reason than because 1
A Ai USEM ENTS
near Seventh <vj
San Francisco's Theater Beautiful
MATINEES DAILY 1:30 T05:30 . EVENINGS 6:30 TO 11.
GALA OPENINITSUNDAY, DEC 22
TABLOID OPERA
DE LUXE MOTION DRAMAS
14—ORCHESTRAL SOLOISTS—I 4
"fl Society Circus Tragedy
with its cast of 200 ARTISTS, depicting tJie thrilling and sensa
tional plunge to death of HANS YON HARTEN, the Nobleman
Equestrian.
ORCHESTRA SEATS 25c, FAMILY CIRCLE 15c.
of its unique quality, "The Typhoon,"
as presented by Walker Whiteside and
his fine company, to be disclosed at
the Cort theater tonight for the first
time in San Francisco, is well worth
seeing.
No play has come to the Pacific coast
in recent years that has been more
warmly commended by critical writers j
in the cities it has visited; and, from
all accounts, Whiteside, following the
course he has pursued since his first
theatrical endeavors, has surrounded
himself with a splendid company, every
member of which is qualified to inter
pret the role enacted.
It is especially worthy of mention j
that Whiteside brings to this city the
identical production which made so
much for the success of this strange
and unusual play in New York and i
Chicago. No play given to the stage
during the last 20 years has evoked
greater discussion than "The Typhoon."
Its theme is entirely new to the stage,
and the manner of its treatment is dif- |
ferent from anything ever presented.
The peculiar incidents connected
with the production of this play would
iill a newspaper page. It was refused
by half a dozen prominent American
producers because of the boldness of
treatment which the Hungarian dra
matist had given it. Walker White
side, who was in search of a worthy |
successor to Zangwill's play, in which!
be scored a wonderful success—"The
Melting Pot"—finally secured it.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1912.
Whiteside has been endeavoring to
gWe to the public the best for many
years, and In the character of Toke
ramo, a young Japanese diplomat of
noble blood, intrusted with a, secret
mission to Berlin by the mikado, is
said to have presented a portraiture
entirely new and vivid. It has marked
him as the beet actor of our time. He i
has Burrounded himself with an espe
cially capable company, including Miss
Florence Fisher, Miss Maude Shaw.
Hubert Wilkie, Stephen Wright, Harold
de Becker, Arda La Croix, ChYietopher
Losch, Arthur Sprague, George Spel-1
man and William Weston.
The production comes to the Cort
theater intact and is not a matter of
mere canvas and paint, but is solidly
built upon the stage. Every piece of
furniture and every taoestry Is ex
actly what it purports to be,
There will be matinees on Christmas
and New Year's days, in addition to
those of the two Saturdays.
AMVSEM ENTS
1 7 ' ■ ' ' ' i —-—-^
»UWt AND MOST MAONIKI CENT THEATER IN AMERICA.
WEEK BEGI.V\(.\U THIS AFTERNOON
M4TIXKI-: EVERY DAY '
POSITIVELY LAST WKKK ——————.
ADA REEVE
London's Own Comedienne
NEW SONGS—NEW SONUS
FIESX WEEK OF THE "
ORPHEUM ROAD SHOW .
______________________ DIRECTION MARTIN RKCK
Kngl *BEßT IS CLAR ra K y """ SIGNOR TRAVATO
and MABEL HAMILTON TtIK '"-''entbio violinist
1N "* Y »' A p ß r^xT^'c lT '' JOE-KENO & GREEN-ROSE
j «;-,?£;, barnes i n fl Mus , ca i whizz
a "rai??u«n AM» "HANIW XCIUiM THE STRBET."
THE HASSANS ' New Daylight Motion Pictures
NOVEL WIRE QYMXASTK '"""' ■ ■
OSCAR AND SUZETTE PAUL DICKEY & CO.
IN "THE COME BAOK." IN "THE COME BACK."
WALTZ a Romance of the Campiu
Kvcnins Prices—loc, 23c, 50c. 75c. Box Spbiis, $1 o*>
VMJUineP Price* (except Sunday* and HolMavsi —lOc c ja,,
I PHONES DOUGLAS 70. HOME Ct5TO. "
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V I IWi I/W |f * 1 ffS UL HT M M mM^ r - Market
I yi\fll_| g_L i TJLWJK-ZM Phones:
Ik I flilßi ■iTiiffl A '\Sft i y ,,a_ff||lffas--MMark(rt 130;
J ' - ;\£jPefSj - "tIT TTfl?"
MARKET ST.. OPPOSITB MAbON. chae. H. SCuehlm&o, Majjajer,
Thanbaua«r'« Masterpiece, Starting at MATINEE TODAY
i(Ti ct m it) I » second big week
Ihe Star of Bethlehem vat D M "rTm ■■£•;, i
THE 810 CHRISTMAS PRODUCTION. fViJLK AN I I IHE ■
Tbe Picturesque Muslct! Extraragani*. \ **V/JUJUP JHLIxLJ U r lJ-IJLi
THF "TWO ° THIEVTC w '2-'4g , «!iB 1 M?"
! "THE MOTOR GIRL"
ST» y ,w 2:30: Ni * ht, mt 7:15 -» : «- A Modenj Muelcal Comedj.
IminAVV v f '^,? ee r "h 1::J0 en / S:3 «V MATINEES BATURDAY AND SCNDAT
HOLIDAYS ) Nignte Continuous from 6:80. Prices 23e to $1 00
Columbia
♦— 1 ,—, *.
Of the sparkle and witchery of "The
Rose Maid" there can be no two opin
ions. It stole Into town last Mon
day night masquerading as a twin sis
ter of "The Spring Maid," but its
melodic beauty, its romantic charm and
rollicking humor, dispel the idea that it
need remain in the eclipsing shadow of
the other for a moment. It is the
most charming light opera that San
Franciscans have seen in many a
day, and big audiences at the Colum
bia have evinced their delight.
This dainty Berlin piece trips lightly
from dreamy, langu. rous waltzes to
the clever, scintillating fun of the
Broadway type, and is as crowded with
desirable citizens of the feminine per
suasion as the most hardened first
nighter could wish. It invites com
parison with many a famed success
of the last decade, and in its score,
its comedy and ensemble effects, it
leaves the auditor with the rare and
satisfying sonsation of having basked
In the radiant light of genurne opera
comique.
With its fun, in which nearly every
member of the cast have their oppor
tunity, "The Rose Maid" is a delight
ful offering for the joyousness of
Christmas time. It Iβ a little journey
into fairyland, trimmed with sweet
melodies and dainty young women,
with a plot relieved of any possibility
of oversentimentality by its continuous
fun and with a costuming and equip
ment, all of the standard to which
metropolitan audiences are accustomed.
Besides beautiful Perle Bartl, who
sings the prima donna role of the
little rose girl, the cast includes Henry
Coote, Juliette Lange. Ida Van Tine,
Jeannette Bageard, Ed Gallagher in the
principal comedy role, Deo Stark, Har
ley Knoles, Harry Lester Mason, H.
Tyler Brooke, Wilmer Bentley and a
rosbud group of chorus girls who sing
and dance with unusual voice and life.
A Christmas matinee is , announced
for Wednesday.
The second week begins this Sunday
night.
Savoy
"The Motor Girl," running emoothly
and blithely, will enter upon the sec
ond week of what promises to be an
other record breaking engagernei t at
the Savoy theater with the matinee !
today. This latest production.by Kolb !
and Dill has been revised and changed
in many particulars since its initial j
performance, and it will now bear more |
than favorable comparison with any- j
thing that San Francisco's favorite
comedians have ever presented in their I
dozen years of fun making in this
AMUSEMENTS
LEADING THEATER—EIIis and Market--Phoat 2460^
ILJJK BEGINNING TONIGHT j
TWO WEEKS—Matinees Saturdays and SPECIAL MATINEES
Christmas and New Year's Day, Prices—soc to $2.
THE MOST TIMELY PLAY OF THE CENTURY
'▼JklTjk TnrnT ra E ( »!LY play kvbb vvhittkn
M//I § m Bm P.M. CORRECTLY DEPUTING THE' ACTIVITIES
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mifolntomafimaldtmaticSuccm
yore tr^foog:
THETIDEGOESINANDOIT DAILY
j AT SUTRO BATHS I
\ Possibly nature suggested to the management that^^j
; the old water should go out and fresh come ir^^^j
;; each day. Whatever decided the question,
J that is what happens. One step farther! M fp^
;; They have regulated the temperatures JB^
♦in the six tanks, from the cool ocean^^^ d . f i
I water to as warm as y° u hke Children 5c
I — Swimming: \
n •? A M * Adults 40c, ;
j Open 7A. M. to % f or $1.00.
1 6 P. M. Children 25c,
L~- fo^sl -°°- '
A I O'FARRELL, NH POWtU.
mJVnLinil Home Phoae C 4455
Mat. Today—Last Time Tonight
ORRIN JOHNSON and
MARGUERITE LESLIE
Leading Id
A GENTLEMAN of LEISURE
PRICKS—Night, 2oc to |1; Mat.. 20c to 00c.
Starting Tomorrow \lcbt
EVELYN VAUGHAN and
BERT LYTELL
And the ALCAZAR COMPANY in
"THE FORTUNE HUNTER"
EXTRA MAtIXEE XMAS DAY
Scats Now Selling tor New -Yearn Kit
community. The music is bright and
catchy and the book, which has been
brought up to the minute by Kolb and
Dill, is interesting and amusing.
C. William Kolb and Max ML Dill, in
their respective roles of Louie Bean
lifter and Mike Goosedipper, Gernian-
Amerlcan adventurers who escape from
jail through the connivance of Wil
helmina Lamm, janltress of the penal
Institution, succeed in getting into
ami extricating themselves from more
than the usual number of difficulties.
Bessie Franklin, as Wilhelmlna, shares
many of the laughing honors with the
masculine funmakers. Maude Lillian
SAN_FRANCISCO *
ORchestkA
HENRYtiADLEY-CONDUCm
SIXTH POPULAR CONCERT
CORT THEATER
TODAY at 3:15 P. M.
SoIo!st,GOTTFRIEI>GALSTON,Pianist
PROGKAM BIxar. "Pomp ai
West. Concerto hi E flat, Xo. 1. (iOTTKRIKI)
G.\L.sTi»N"; Hadley, overture. "In BobemH";
Mozart, two m«>vement« from Symiihonr No. ;330,
In G minor; German, thre* 1 dances frwm "Henry
VIII." Steinwey Piaoo Used.
Seats on sale at fhprtnan, Clay & Co.'s, Gort
Theater and Kohler & CUase's. l'rlces, aic tojl.
Berri as Dorothy Dare, the motor girl,
has the best part that she has had this
season. Percy Bronson is making a
Kreat hit with "Southern Melodies"
Dainty little Winnie Baldwin make* a
demure countess and has three songs
which she sings delightfully, and the
rest of the cast is in good hand*. The
energetic members of the chorue have
plenty to do and are kept busy chang
ing their songs and costumes. In ad
dition to the usual Saturday and Sun
day matinees, there will be specla'y.
afternoon performances of "The Mo
tor Girl" Christmas and Xevsr Year's.
Continued On Xext Page
AMUSEMENTS
The Leatlinß I'layhonsp, Oary end Meson BU.
X* TONIGHT
HOLIDAY MATINEE WEDNESDAY
Kegiilar .Matinee Saturday.
The Joyous Christmas Feast of
Music, Fun and Fashion
\vj;rba >ad luescueb
Presegt
me
m>
With tiifi fMaflWt Npw \>rk production of Prim*
i»ouuas. "Ktit* KMilles," Rose
bud Chorus Social Orchestra.
THE CRITICS SAIDt
"A cherrier. cudiilier Cliristtuas gueet couldn't
be desired." —The Kxaminer.
"New production by excpllent cast; is Mtlsfar
tory iv ertT.v way.—Thp Call.
"Perle Bartl, the darling owner of «je» that
send safe and UM men forth Into the Bight
raving."—Tbe I lironicle. »
BPECIAL XMAS WEJK~FE ATUR&—
The Dietin-'-iiihe'l C'niracter 4ctrem
Lottie Williams & Co.
• a It r- -t Ncr V k'- Side
"ON STONY GROUND"
' Tbe Stuanirsr: Fascinating:
In the Mammoth Beautiful J5.0C0 Creation
WitS Us"
WILL OAKLAND
Airerica's Leading Contr\-Teaor
Prices 10c, 20c, 30c ■ 8-BigXma3 Featufes-8
LURLINE
BUSH AJfD I.AKKIN STREETS
OCEAN WATER BATHS
Mvimmintc and Tub Baths
Salt water tfirpet from tbe ocean. Open
and evpuing. including Sundays
ati<l bolida.Ts, from 7 a. in. to 10 p. m. Bp*O
at.jis , pallt-ry free.
The Sanitary Baths
Nstatoriiim ttwttltd Tuesday ami Friday
mornings from y o'clock to uoon for women
only.
III.TEHED OCEAN WATEK PIITNeE' ,
COMFORTABLY HEATED. CONBT*KrtY
CIRCULATING AND FILTERING
Hot Air Hair Dryer*, Eectric Cuiline Irong
and Shampoo Room for Women Bathers Free.
ditASCH TV B*""= V i GEABY ST.
NEAR DIVISADERO.
All"
SKATES Aha .
including ronfe
Admission fa V Cll lO
AT COLISEUM
BAKER AMD OAK STREETS
HALF MILE BACK TO.MGHT