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RARE October 1913 The Theatre magazine with color cover of Valli Valli in “The Purple Road”, image by White. FEATURES On Hits of the Month photos and text on Natalie Alt, Theodore Roberts, Franklyn Ardell, May Vokes, Geo Probert, Irene Fenwick; E. H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe: An Estimate with 6 photos; Whose is the Living Corpse Idea? With mentions of Belasco, Arnold Bennett; The Author of “The Lire” on George Scarborough; The Cabaret Booking Agency by Yetta Dorothea Geffen; Popular Opera at the Century Theatre with photos of Lois Ewell, Francesco Daddi, Milton Aborn, Morgan Kingstonn, Gustav Bergman, Mary Jordan, Kathellen Howard, Jayne Herbert, Ivy Scott, Morton Adkins, Alfred Kaufman; Training an Audience to Laugh by Al Jolson with Jolson photo; Reminiscences of Mlle Rhea; THE PLAYS on “Much Ado About Nothing” produced by Chas Frohman, written by Shakespeare starring John Drew, Laura Hope Crews, Mary Boland, Bertram Marburgh, Henry Stephenson; Frank Kemble Cooper, Frank Elliott, Fred Eric, Sid Herbert, Nigel Barry, Herb Delmore, Ed Longman, Hubert Druce, Malcolm Bradley, Walt Soderling, Rex Kendrick, Murray Ross, Annie Francis, Flo Harrison, Alice John…Drew again and again portrayed with skill, finese, effect…Laura Hope Crews the exponent of Leonato’s niece, more than competent, her success with her public is genuine…Frank Kemble cooper dignified and plastic…Mary Boland visually attractive…generous praise to Henry Stephenson and Sid Herbert…Hubert Druce too insistent in making his points; “The Fight” by Bayard Veiller featuring Felix Krembs, Malcolm Duncan, Margaret Gordon, Ada Boshell, Ray Van Sickle, Clara Mersereau, Frances Stamford, Marjorie Wood, Margaret Wycherly, Del Le Bar, John Dugan, Wm McVay, Ed Mawson, Wm Holden, Rob Kegereis, Chas Sturgis, Olive Murray, Eva Esmond, H. M. Kling, Cora Adams, Fred Moore, Jeanette Despres, Sarah Whiteford, Elza Frederick, Mary Orr, Chas Halton…play achieved much notoriety, dialogue brutally frank…lead Margeret Wycherly, author’s wife, acts with most gracious personal charm and Professional technic…cast entirely excellent…Wm McVay splendid in voice and bearing…Ed Mawson handles repulsive role with admirable discretion…Marjorie Wood play comedy role with humor end effect; “Nearly Married” by Edgar Selwyn with Virginia Pearson, Harry Loraine, Mabel Acker, Jane Grey, Ruth Shepley, Mark Smith, Wm Phinney, Bruce McRae, John Westley, Schuyler Ladd, Georgia Lawrence, Rob Fisher, Delmar Clark, Harry Loraine…action is clock-like precision…Bruce McRae a very engaging, human and attractive impersonation…Jane Grey stolid and blundering support role…Virginia Pearson sketches a Broadway type…Ruth Shepley very fair to look on…Schyuler Ladd and Georgia Lawrence neatly and humorously portrayed; “Believe Me Xantippe” by Fred Ballard starring Henry Hull, John Barrymore, Alonzo Price, Theodore Roberts, Mary Young, Frank Campeau, Katherine Harris; Gabys Deslys; Richard Carle, Earle Mitchell, M. Tello Wenn, Alpha Beyers, Katherine Harris…all the Barrymores very strong in magnetism….John Barrymore’s personality quite remarkable…without Barrymore in this play the action would be quite thin yet it is not denied that the action raises a lot of genuine laughter…Mary Young expertly engaging…Theodore Roberts destined to wear sombreros and jack-boots…Earle Mitchell capitally played…both Frank Campeau and Katherine Harris excellent; “The Temperamental Journey”” by Leo Ditrichstein featuring Ditrichstein, Henry Bergman, Frank Connor, Richie Ling, Edouard Durand, Julian Little, Lee Millar. M. Daniel Schatts, E. R. Wolfe, E. W. Grant, Caree Clarke, Anna McNaughton, Dorothy Ellis, Annette Tylor, Wm Dixon, Isabel Irving, Josephine Victor, Cora Witherspoon, Gert Morisini, Alice Jones…romantic, sentimental, A Belasco success…Leo Ditrichstein gives polished performance…Isabel Irving shows her vastly improved in her art under Belasco training…Josephine Victor and Richie Ling admirable; “Where Ignorance is bliss” by Ferenc Molnar with Wm Courtleigh, Rita Jolivet, Frederic de Belleville, Flo Arnold, Marion Pullar, Kevitt Manton…could not have been better produced than it was by Mr. Fiske, cast admirably chosen yet topic foreign to U. S. audiences…Rita Jolivet beautiful, animated and graceful newcomer…Frederic de Belleville excellent…Florine Arnold also excellent; “Potash and Perlmutter” based on Montague Glass stories with Alex Carr, Barney Bernard, Leo Donnelly, Alex Carr, Marguerite Anderson, Lee Kohlmer, Elita Proctor Otis, Louise Dresser, Al Parker, Maud Brownell, Joe Kilgour, Stan Jessup, Ed Gillespie, Art Pickens, Russ Pincus, Dore Rogers, James Cherry, Harry Aarons, Fred Carter, Gert Millington, Marguerite Anderson, Grace Fielding, Doris Easton, Dorothy Landers, Marie Baker…incidents absolutely true to life…cast is a good one…Carr and Bernard are true comedians; “Her Own Money” by Mark Swan, staged by Geo Forster Platt featuring Syd Booth, Julia Dean, Louise Grassler, Ernest Glenndinning, Geo Hassell, Bev Sitgreaves, Maude Durand…play declines at the end…Julia Dean cleverly played…Bev Sitgreaves clever and sympathetic actress; “The Family Cupboard” by Owen Davis with Wm Morris, Oloive Harper Thorne, Alice Brady, Forrest Winant, Irene Fenwick, Ruth Benson, Doug Wood, Alice Lindahl, Irene Romaine, Harry Redding, Franklyn Ardell, Frank Hatch, Wallace Erskine, Louise Aichel, Barney Johnson…author Owen Davis long successful in melodramas of the outworn sort…Franklyn Ardell a fortunate cast find, the very spirit of irresponsible gaiety his role depends on…Irene Fenwick well played…Wm Morris well acted…as do Olive Harper Thorn and Alice Brady; “Who’s Who” by Richard Harding Davis with Paula Marr, Wm Collier, Wm Frederic, B. B. Melville, Nicholas Judels, Geo White, Grant Stewart, Ed Lester, C. D. Clarke, John Adam, Nicholas Burnham, Fred Conklin, Wm Collier, Jr., Grace Griswold, Leigh Wyant, Dorothy Unger…”Adele” by Paul Herve, music by Jean Briquet featuring Natalie Alt, Crauford Kent, Hal Forde, Georgia Caine, Will Danforth, Dallas Welford; Irene Warfield, H. C. Bradley, Michael Ring, E. H. Barlab, Henry Ward, Chas Frye, Ed Woster, Edith Bradford, Jane Hall, Betty Brewster, Grace Walton, Jane Warrington, Estelle Richmond, Helen May, Edna Doddsworth, Alice York…this play should run out the season…a real operatic find in Natalie Alt with excellent signing and finished acting, add youth, beauty and refinement…Hal Forde equally good…Crauford Kent well played…Georgia Caine acts with authoritative ease…Will Danforth and Dallas Welford amusingly presented; “Sweethearts” by Harry Smihth, music by Victor Herbert and starring Christie MacDonald, Ethel Du Fre Houston, Nellie McCoy, Cecelia Hoffman, Edith Allen, Gert Rudd, Gene Peltier, Gretchen Hartman, Tom MacNaughton, Tom Conkey, Ed Wilson, Lionel Walsh, Frank Belcher, Rob O’Connor, Hazel Kirke, Briggs French…Christie MacDonald’s engaging qualities on display…comic honors fall to MacNaughton, screamingly funny…Edwin Wilson danced with admirable skill; “The Doll Girl” by Leo Stein and A. M. Willner, music by Leo Fall, featuring Hattie Williams, Richard Carle, Rob Evett, Will West, Chas MacNaughton, Ralph Nairn, Carl Judd, Vic Le Roy, Cheridah Simpson, Dot Webb, Emily Francis, Clara Eckstrom, Letha Walters, C. Brodbelt, Helen Dudley, Barbara Bel Babas, Alice Palmer, Lilian Leroy, Edith Hardlow…clean, wholesome with pretty gals, plenty of comedy and clever actors…Hattie Williams excellent… Richard Carle ambles thru in own inimitable manner…Dorothy Webb plays with vivacity, Rob Evett acts well… Cheridah Simpson makes the most of her part…Will West funny; “Lieber Augustin” by Leo Fall with May De Sousa, Art Cunningham, Geo MacFarlane, Wilmuth Merkyl, Grace Field, Vera Dunn, Peggy Caudery, Mona Sartoris, Edna Stillwell, Frank Farrington, De Wolf Hopper, Geo MacFarlane, Viola Gillette, Fred Leslie, Roszika Dolly, Jack Evans…hard to fail when headed by favorites De Wolf Hopper, and Geo MacFarlane, plus a tuneful score and beautifully staged…De Wolf Hoppe plays with usual delicious humor…Geo MacFarlane sings well, May De Sousa pretty and dainty, praise to Grace Field and Roszika Dolly; “When Dreams Come in with True” by Phil Bartholomae, music by Silvio Hein with Tom Aiken, Otto Shrader, Saranoff, Ann Mooney, Ed Garvie, Joe Santley, Marie Flynn, Amelia Summerville, Ann Wheaton, Clyde Hunnewell, Frazer Coulter, Don MacDonald, May Vokes…Joseph Santley and May Vokes delightful portrayals…special mention of Marie Flynn with charming singing…also to Anna Wheaton and Donald MacDonald dancing and acting; “America” by Art Voegtlin, another splendid Hippodrome show,” “Kiss Me Quick” by Phil Bartholomae with Helen Lowell, J. J. Sambrook, Fred Santley, Rich Taber, Rob Kelly, Chas Ashley, Emily Calloway, Louise Drew, Laura Laird, Ed Kummerou, Mary Hastings, Mignon McGibeny, Eugene Bottler, Art Aylesworth…evidence of hasteful writing…FULL PAGE PHOTOS of John Drew and Laura Hope Crews in “Much Ado About Nothing,” “Hamlet” with Julia Marlowe, E. H. Sothern; PHOTOS of Julia Marlowe in “Hamlet” Christie MacDonald; “Much Ado About Nothing” scene with John Drew, Laura Hope Crews, Mary Boland, Bertram Marburgh, Henry Stephenson; “Lieber Augustin” scene with May De Sousa, Art Cunningham, Geo MacFarlane; scene from Mark Swan’s “Her Own Money” with Geo Hassell, Bev Sitgreaves, Julia Dean; William Collier; “Who’s Who” scene with Paula Marr, Wm Collier; “The Doll Girl” with Hattie Williams, Richard Carle; “Where Ignorance Is Bliss” with Wm Courtleigh, Rita Jolivet, Frederic de Belleville; “The Fight” with Margaret Wycherly; 3 scenes from “The Temperamental Journey” with Leo Ditrichstein, Isabel Irving, Frank Connor, Edouard Durand, Henry Bergman; 2 scenes from Edgar Selwyn’s “Nearly Married” with John Westley, Jane Grey, Ruth Shepley, Bruce McRae; 4 scenes from “Adele” with Natalie Alt, Crawford Kent, Hal Forde, Georgia Caine, Will Danforth, Dallas Welford; Irene Warfield; 5 scenes from “America,” Wm Morris; “the Family Cupboard” with Doug Wood, Alice Brady; 3 scenes from “Potash and Perlmutter” with Leo Donnelly, Alex Carr, Barney Bernard, Marguerite Anderson, Lee Kohlmer, Elita Proctor Otis, Louise Dresser, Al Parker, Maud Brownell; 5 scenes from “Believe in Me Xantippe” with Henry Hull, John Barrymore, Alonzo Price, Theodore Roberts, Mary Young, Frank Campeau, Katherine Harris; Gabys Deslys; Richard Carle; Janet Beecher; Maggie Teyte; Berthe Lowelly as Junia; Helen Ware; stunning Valeska Suratt; FULL PAGE ADS Lord and Taylor for Onyx Hosiery; White Auto; L’Art Dee La Mode; ADS for Vogue, Outing, Caruso for Victor; illus. Bauer Chemical; Nabisco; illus. Life; Cushion Astra; Cooper’s Bennington Underwear; illus. AT&T; illus. Pabst Blue Ribbon; illus. Ohio Electric; illus. Budweiser; illus. Egyptian Deities; J&J Slater Shoes; Jolley Leading Lady Parfum; illus. Woodbury’s Facial Soap; Migel Quality Silks; CONDITION: COMPLETE interior 54 pages filled with early stage, theatre, actors, actresses, stars, productions, producers, directors, industry news and history. Was part of bound volume therefore bare spine restapled, no back cover.
