Show I Ii i John Col h fie fie- western theatrical at ma magnate mag mag- nate natsi who a amade made as much noise In tn les a In jn the ulc past pat few years as 18 any f b again demonstrated d hi his capacity ca ca- capacity I H latest move mo Mr Ir Cort has thrown i t time lime In US playhouses 1 open to all al and will wi hereafter book both the tue I er and ond tho time Klaw jer r r 50 0 o such uch ext extent nt as 88 may be re requested requested re- re quested the producer and Ind accepted b by him r-Cort r bars ban none He lie his has hD been assured ed r rial least thirty first class at attractions attractions at- at It- It tractions y the Shubert each Ie on ro otto coming five fhe years ears but In Inthis Inthis inthis this ar he lie do does I not den deny M I I HM Erlanger time for or their with th t I Frank rank Curzon ur n one on Of th the th ilg biggest C l London Mr Curzon Cur Cur- managers A t year ear ago Cur Zen zon on onI I visited America and saw Miss diss Cosman Crosman Cos- Cos man pia play As You Like It and ha has since been trying to make an I. I a agreement with wih Mr Campbell At last the matter maler ham ban hal been settled and anc Miss Crosman Is to become a n fixture In London London- New Now York York- and Chicago have havo liked th the Cohan Cohnn and Harris Harris' production Uon of or Winchell Hunter Time The Fortune FortunO Smiths Smith's comedy so 80 well wel that records record havo have been n made In both cities clUes for long tong runs and capacity at at- at The story llory of uC tho the city chap who goes to ji jt country town to work worl out the tho scheme J whereby he Is II to win a fortune by leading the country countr heiress to propose marriage mariage to film Nm Is II full tul of or bright lines clever situations and withal carries caries a alesson alesson 0 cever lesson leson trite and appealing When the pia play Is trie sent on tour lie Its Is reputation will wi have havo preceded It It I. I and It la is predicted that The Fortune Hunter Hunt r will I hold triumphant triumphant tri tri- sway throughout tho the country country- countr Enough h bookings 1 have havo been beon requested by theatre tre managers t to keep the pia play going I und and southwest at to keep P the tho play going unc more than two years S on tour lour I Of or th the the- three new ne companies which Frederic Thompson Is II organizing to pin play r S 4 I s. s h 1 j S 1 I g S. S 1 Sr s e SS 5 I w J 4 4 i 4 tY Ii m 1 r I t eLf S. S 9 S 'S fr S 'S rt iM iMa a 23 S Vt V e a Miss Iss ray Pay Lo Loo io who plays play tho the title tito role rolo i iii in Maritana to bo presented at the tho Sa Lake theatre Saturday matinee and ad night May 21 by the Sa B. B Y U. U flera cra company attractions M M Cort ort has been ben assured of or most If it 1 not I. I of or the tho following at attractions attractions at- at tractions for th com In season James JamesT T T. Powers Power EddI Edd Foy Jefferson do de Angels An- An gels galls eells Lulu Gla GIa Blanche Ring Soth- Soth em cnn and Marlow Frank Daniels Mario arlo Dressier Dresser Berth Bortha Kalsh Oily Mme Nazimova Uary 8 ry Mannering Bertha Galland Gailand John Mason Iason William Faver Fa Elot Florence Roberts RoberR I Low w fB n rt Williams Marie Tempest Viola Wn lian Wilton I Vlon Walker ld Dustan Farum Farnum Bes- Bes sic Abbott Abbot May lay IrwIn Gertrude Gertrude Gertrude Ger Ger- trude Elliott Elott De Volf Hopper Marie M le Cahill Leslie Cartel Carte Max carte Max Sarah Sarh Bernhart Bernhardt Forbes Fobes Fisan J Lawrence awrence Irving Iring and Mabel Sam am Bernard Ber Der- nard The Tho Chocola nar Soldier The rue City The Lottery Loter n Lulus Husbands Husbands Husbands Hus Hus- bands The Tho The Jol Jolly Bachelors T The e KU in Girl and Alias Alas Jimmy Valentin The excellent theatrical conditions tha exist In tho eh west will wil unquestionably bh be greatly stimulated b by tho the f the these e splendid splendid did cUd attractions man many of or when Wi have ha never before been l een en presented In his 19 is territory Robert Edeson Is said to save lve found a worthy sequel to the time profitable profitable profit profit- able art In a a called Where the Trail Trai Divides su ested by b Will ti novel of oC that Tame me ono one nl act of or which Mr Edeson performed publicly pub- pub Icly for the tho first time at tho the ct s' s fund Cund benefit In Minneapolis v vIf If U you OU want to see sec IC Henrietta Henrieta Cr man see sea her on her next visit here here for Cor K I. will wi be bethe the last opportunity In many if not forever Miss Mis MIs Crosman Is 1 not rea g ging to o quit qui the stage stae for she realizes realize she has a lot of or work to do sh r retires s. s but but the tha opportunity that she has hu been longing for has baa come at I last st For years Miss Crosman has haJ had her eyes eos and soon foon sho she 1 Is gong go SO- jag In ng there At last the London managers managers realize that there Is z a woman In America Americ who can take Ellen Elen Terrys Terry's place and Maurice Campbell has entered Into a long Jong contract for Miss bliss Crosman's appearance Tho The Spendthrift which is now cro crowdIng crowd crowd- dIng d Ing log the Hudson theatre two are arc Intended In in- tend tended d for road tours tours one tours tours-ne one will wi begin It Il season on the Pacific PacCe coast in lit a fey fe weeks the other thel will wi bo be seen cen In tho ho and and the third will play In Now New York Seldom In the tile history of American heat theat has ha th there ro been beon a dramatic of oC such sueh proportions as to Justify Its pro pre b by two companies under th same tare management In two theatres In th tin same samo saro city simultaneously But Porte Portel Emerson Brownes Browne's arraignment of olous extravagance has calmly almly Ignore all al other other- precedents of oC the spring sea season season son by attracting such cro crowds that hun hundreds of oC people have of ot necessity bee oer turned away so there I la is plenty o of run rea reason ra son for tor its It being accorded the tho honor 0 o establishing this new and unique record Elmer Emer B. B Harris the author author of I Th lh I Of Offenders renders and author co-author of oC ShamIs Sham Is 19 living In a cabin In tho mountains mountain c ceaster eastern easter Tennessee where who h he j Is completIng Ing a now neW play for Henry Henr B. B Harris which son will wl bo be flay produced this coming sea season S S S Smith the author authol t of Bobb Burnit in which Wallace Valace Eddinger cr 1 l featured and which opens In tn Now August 15 15 sailed for London Wednes Wednesday Wednesday day to to complete arrangements for tor th ii presentation of or this pIn play In l that t city thi coming season Mr Ir Smith will wi return 1 Ii 1 time for tor or the first performance In Jn Nov No York City CI S S The Fourth Estate Joseph Pattersons Patterson's drama dram of o the tho N Now Nw York Yerk Ad Advance vance vanc and arid the debauching of or tho the judi ca clary y is published In complete te novel t forn fornIn fornin In Jn the he Green nook Book Album for June Tt all al star company which has beer bee Organized to a revival of Si Charts Charls s' s I. I L. L Youngs Young's Youngs famous drama Jim the n at the Lyric theatre beginning beginning be bo ginning on Tuesday next will make mako mao i tour to the Pacific coast const after tho the con elusion of Its Nest Nc NeV York en engagement This company under the tho i t. t 5 14 tt t 4 r t 1 fj f jt r E 5 1 C t D 4 5 I It t t 14 I f s. S. S S GIRLS FROM PROM MELODY LANB WITTS WITT'S LN A quartette of or good singers who tomorrow will wl lie be le afternoon at tho the Orpheum all 11 week week beginning S ot of f VI William am A. A Brady Limited d. d the tIme no noW nOv In which Mr Ir Brady and th the urn are jointly Interested 11 constitutes in Jt Its It personnel a I wonderful example of or the great strength of tho the producing pro pro- pr- pr forces of oC the tha allied aled Independent Interests Not ot only are Mr Brady and the Shubert Hubert Interested In th the tho actual mana pm p- p m mont ment nt of this organization but buL Wilton who plays pla th the title tte role ole is lenty lent b by y Liebler Sz Co tho the third of tho the most mos important allied dramatic producing concerns con- con corns erns now aled booking through the Sam S b. b Shubert book booking In agency This nil all ni star Jim the tho P Penman coman company company com com- pany an will wi thus take tho ho place of oC the tho projected pro- pro J nil all ni star musical organization which the ho hubert Shubert announced for Cor or a 0 coast const to coast const tour beor before Mr Brady Brad luaU allied himself with them Owing to o the thc number of musical stars required by y Low Lw Fields and the Iho for or their summer productions hero here and andin In n other leading cities It w wa found that an all star dramatic production would be bemore bemore benore In al more nore t feasible and of or even greater Inter Inter- Ht st st. H It 1 was decided that no play would bettor better meet the popular demand In all al tl sections of the tho country than Jim the uie Le Penman enman S S Arrangements for or Mm Mme B Bertha rtha th the tho starring next season beginning In early autumn have hav ha 1 been completed Mme will b be seen Been In two plays The Kalch wi 0 first to 0 be bo offered will wi be Youth a translation h by Herman c Bernstein o of or a R aGerman German entitled In the tho or original Ju by Prof ProfI Max I x of ot Munich The end second la is a RUA Russian drama b by 1 Georg Erastov entitled rJ Sold which has already ady been produced with success In tn Russia and which has hr-a hlo been beon accepted for tor lending leading thoa- thoa production next season by hy tree res In Paris Berlin and Vienna The Tho translatIon of oC Sold Is also by Mr lr Bern- Bern stein tein who sho ton Is IE the tho American representative of or Count Tolstoi and who Is 15 well wel known as 81 tho the author of or two novels no els Contrite of oC Israel Hearts and In th the Gates s Mme mE Kalich will wi DC be seen In both hoth Youth and Sold during her New York engage engage- I men ment t. t I Mm Mme W was wag S to 11 0 appeared d as asa asa a regular star glar under the Shubert management management mann man man- n during during the curr current nt season bu hut but was WS prevented from roTa undertaking her regular reg reg- res' res work Illness from ular b by a protracted which ho however r sh ahe recovered In iii time timeto to o appear at It the New ew theatre In The Tho Witch Ich scoring her m most st notable personal personal personal per per- success and creating on one of th the tho most moat notable sensations of or the the initial Central Park season at the theatre In West With Ith Mme appearing under their direction OB as a 1 regular star tho the Shubert will wi next season enjo the distinction of controlling three fa famous ra- ra amous a- a mOlS In speaking English lh-fp lh actresses ses of foreign foreign for tor- eign origin origin Mine N Marietta ManIt ta Oily and Ime S S S Mme NazImova's success in Little LittleE theatre which E Eyolf ol at tho the beautiful new bears her name again calls call nt attention to the fact act that Rh she 1 Is tho the only actress who whoever whoever whoever ever has made Ibsen's dramas commercially commer commer- cia I profitable Until this remarkable Russian woman startled started New York three years yean r e ago b bj by her vivid portrayals of oC the title rol role li In Heddi Gabber and of oC Nora ANora In A Dolls Doll's Dols Dol's House Ibsen was considered a fa fad of long haired men mn and short shot haired women worn worn- en and his plays were given only at ape ape- pe dal cial matinees b by h high h brow stage societies socie- socie ties tes or In the tho c evening bill bi b by stars who had ambition to gratify But the tho art arl and personality of 1 Mm Mn mI Nazimova so O Illuminated and vivified d deah each of or the these so dramas that the they becam c mc II a 1 rago rage with wih the ordinary ordinal amusement seeking theatregoers How 10 Ic legitimate te was this condition was proved when her success In The Master Builder was equally as great On tour the lie situation was the same sam as a In New York Until her advent th the mere Idea of pr using Ibsen's Ibsen plays plas for fat a C commercial tour tom of or America Ameria would have hav been Leen considered preposterous But a nn all other cities flocked to see seo her Hedda Nora and Hilda Hida Just as New York ha had done i And now sh she shei has more than repeated repeater I former triumphs with wih her production o of Little Lite Eyolf a 0 typical Ibsen drama dram which all al mone money seeking stars and manag managers man man- ag agers r havo o shunned in the tho past Little Eyolf got as presented at nl Naz Nazi Nazi- Nal- Nal I movas mova's mO ls Thirty ninth street theatre is ar n a r conquest conquest- conquest for the tho beautiful Russian n as a an anI I actress as a a 0 producer and a as a It stage e d It- It rector Her portrayal of Rita Allmers AImers I Ia Is Isa a vital and varied characterization I tion touched with wih the tho spark of oC genitis Tho The entire play is revealed ro in a viVid i logical convincing manner which bespeaks bo be- be 3 speaks the guiding hand of oC a master o of r stae stage craft craf That hand was Mme Ime as Sh Rh She SheI I rehearsed th the play h herself developing the 1 to h her f t o own n interpretation inter inter- of oC Ibsen's Ibsen purpose and meaning I The scenes were designed built buit And nr painted paint paint- ed d from ideas Idea given by her The furnishings furnish furnish- f ings properties draperies etc W were re o oher of her personal selection No 10 other actress S today looks as ao carefully into all an details o or of i production That is ono one reason reson of oC h he her r sweeping success f Then the tho whole holo matter mater resolves Use itself Into this Ibsen novel nover nl Cr before was wa donna done don na mJ by Mme Ime Her entire entre outlook out out- o took look tok and work Is of the different order The Tho offer of or Sir Ed Edward rd Moss 1088 and Oswald Os Os- wald Stoll Stol to Martin Beck Deck of or bonus bo be- b- b 3 nus If I he lie would call cal off or all al his plans plas for forthe the vaudeville vaude le invasion of England land In has been ben refused reused Morris Morris- 1 erfeld Jr the tIme president of oC th the Orpheum circuit ar arrived arrived ciS ci'S ci ar- S rived In New York last lat Tuesday and after i an extended conference with Mr Ir Beck Becka r a cablegram was as sent ent to London which apprised the English vaudeville magnates of oC the refusal of or their offer I The Tho fact is the Orpheum people far from withdrawing from the thi European field feld are contemplating increasing their i interests tl there re Negotiations arc now being bo boIng be- be b- b bIng Ing carried on between Martin MarUn artin Beck am and the managers of oC the principal vaudeville lo aude theatres in Hamburg Hambur Vienna and Cologne Cologne Co Co- r logne with wih a 3 view of or combining these houses with wih the Berlin Orpheum in tho the same saro manner that the Orpheum theatres theatre t are aro organized and combined In this coun coun- try tn In Vienna the tho principal vaudeville house houge the Apollo Apolo Is managed by Ben Den Dieber Diebel under the tho direction of a board boan of oC directors and stockholders among whom hom are aro man ninny many members of or tho the arle uris- The in Berlin Is under the tho management of oC Herr Her Steiner and an affiliation between that tha house and the tho Berlin Orpheum Is 1 be beInS beIng being be- be Ing InS arranged S S S Accredited d writers rie on theatrical subjects who contribute entertaining articles to the Green Book Album for June are aro Ire |