Hammerstein's Roof Garden and Victoria Theatre of Varieties - August 2, 1908 HAMMERSTEIN'S ROOF GARDEN and VICTORIA THEATRE OF VARIETIES Mr. Hammerstein wishes to announce that the Sunday Performances are given to conform with the Sunday Concert Law, necessitating some changes in the Program from the regular weekly bills. Grand Concert Sunday, August 2, 1908 FRANK V. STRAUSS & CO., Publishers, 108-114 Wooster St., New York PROGRAM (Subject to Change) OVERTURE -- Medly, "Bits of Remick's Hits" Arr. by J. Bodewalt Lampe Conductor of Orchestra, MR. GEORGE MAY. 1   Elsie Harvey And the Fields Boys 2   The Five Musical Avolos 3   The Sharp Brothers And Their 8 Disky Belles 4   Countess Rossi 5   In deference to the Sunday oservance A VISION OF SALOME will be omitted, and in its place Miss Hoffmann will present her well known impersonations, including Geo. M Cohan, Anna Held, Eddie Foy, Eva Tanguay, Harry Lauder, Genee, "Merry Widow," "Soul Kiss." Management of Morris Gest. 6   The Quartette 7   Arturo Bernardi 8   Winsor McCay ("Silas") 9   25 Memphis Students With Abbie Mitchell and Tom Fletcher 10   Taft and Bryan Motion Pictuues (sic) By the Vitagraph NEXT WEEK, AUGUST 3 Fourth Week of MAUD ALLAN'S Famous Classic Dances Presented with Exact Life-Like Impersonation, by Miss GERTRUDE HOFFMAN introducing MAUD ALLAN'S Celebrated Artistic Dance, which has been the Talk of London, Entitled A VISION OF SALOME Special Scenery, Original Music, Augmented Orchestra of 80, Under the Direction of Max Hoffmann. Management of Morris Gest. Fifth Week of Bernardi The Greatest Italian Quick-Change Artist since "Fregoli." Changes His Clothes Quicker than a Woman Her Mind. Presenting an Original One-Act Play of Nine Characters. The 25 Memphis Students With ABBIE MITCHELL and TOM FLETCHER Colored Singers and Dancers The Three Joscarys Comedy Acrobats AND NEW FEATURES, Including WILLY Zimmerman Showing how Bryan and Taft would Conduct an Orchestra Unthan The Armless Wonder Plays the Violin and Cornet: plays a Game of Cards and is a Sharp-shooter; in fact Unthan can do more things with his feet than some people can do with hands. America's Foremost Cartoonist, Winsor McCay ("Silas") Creator of "Little Nemo in Slumberland," "Hungry Hernietta" and "Samy Sneeze" in the New York Herald; "Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend" and "Dull Care" in the New York Evening Telegram and the great papers of the country, Offering His Own Famous Original Drawings. Mlle. Louise's Monkeys Elsie Harvey and the Fields Boys Singers and Dancers. EXCLUSIVE MOATION PICTURES The Republican Presidential Nominee William H. Taft The Democratic Presidential Nominee Wm. Jennings Bryan Winsor McCay's act was filmed by Vitagraph in 1911. Starting in 1912, he began animating some of the first movie cartoons. He would draw every single drawing himself, rather than using other animators or techniques to aid in streaming animation. Gertrude Hoffman was later arrested at this theater for performing the Salome dance, but the case was thrown out of court. Notice that on Sunday she is performing impersonations instead of her erotic dance, probably because it was illegal on Sunday (see the note on the front page). Abbie Mitchell and Tom Fletcher were famous African-American singing performers. Roof Garden Exits Red Lights Indicate Exits More Information on Hammerstein's Roof Garden and Victoria Theatre of Varieties... Hammerstein's Roof Garden and Victoria Theatre at CinemaTreasures.com Last Modified July 29, 2023