Dramatic adaptation of Common Law to open at Broadway
Butte audiences will see a dramatization of Robert W Chambers Common Law at the Broadway theater on Monday Oct 2. The plot centers on an artist in love with his model and the ensuing struggle with class, mother and sister as another suitor enters and a pistol ends the turmoil. The mother undergoes a moral change as the triangle resolves.
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Robert W. Charmbere
Butte
Mr. Chambers
Neville
Theater Gossip and Stage Mischief Across Town
A collage of show business anecdotes describes a steam crash used in a film to depict a railroad disaster. Harold defends his role after selling discarded gear to a Liebler project. The piece notes revival casts for Sothern and Martin, Potash and Perlmutter, and theatre lore involving A H Woods and Potash company moves.
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Joseph
Jonesville
Harold
Vitagraph Liebler Feature Film Company
Harota
May Irwin
Haile
Peoria
Lil
Brandon Tynan
Riscombte Y Fie
Liebler Company
Showa
Coming Attractions at Local Theaters This Week
Listings show Miss Langdon with pipe organ and pictures at the American theater along with Empress High, Ansonia, and Orpheum vaudeville and films. Broadway presents The Chocolate Soldier, and Les Miserables screens starting Oct 16 with The Common Law. Empire features The Lottery Man and Margaret in Anaconda hosts The Chocolate Soldier on Oct 14.
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American Theater
Empress
Ansonia
Orpheum—Pictures
Empire
Irreverent Play Agent Contest Wonders and Arliss Motif
A derisive Liebler publicity stunt drew four contestants for a prize story based on the Liebler shows. One entrant submitted a seven chapter novelette about a country lad inspired by George Arliss and the stage world, culminating in a grand railway move scene and ambition to become a famed financier. The tale follows Harold’s dreams sparked by Arliss’s Disraeli and a theater portrait in a mother’s room.
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Liebler Company
Nhenage
Kidder
Mary Anderson
Sunener
George Arliss
Disraeli
Ber
Arliss
George Arlies
Harold
Disrael
Bank of England
Sec
Rechristening in Potash and Perlmutter at Cohen Theater
At the George M. Cohen theatre in New York last Monday night a reprise of Potash and Perlmutter featured a role change from Ruth Snyder to Ruth Goldman for the designer character. Louise Dresser, known as Ruth Snyder, was replaced as the designer, prompting a special rehearsal with Alexander Carr, Barney Bernard, and other stars to acquaint the company with the switch.
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George M. Cohen
New York
Cohen Theater
Mawruss
Ruth
Snyder
Goldman
Alexander Carr
Barney Bernard
Louise Dresser
Eliza Proctor Otis
Sothern and Marlowe Begin Five Week Shakespearean Run
FE H Sothern and Julia Marlowe start a five week engagement at the Manhattan Opera House showcasing their Shakespearean repertoire. They perform Much Ado About Nothing eleven times and include Macbeth If I Were King and other plays with limited repeats.
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E. H. Sothern
FE. A. Sothern
Ebien Terry
Hero
Mr. Sothern
Miss Martowe
Frederic Lewis
Don Pedro
Sidney Mather
Dan John
John O'Brien
Claudio
William Harris
Antonio
Walter Connolly
Conrad
J. Sayre Crawley
Borachio
George W. Wilson
Dobber
FE. H. Sothern
Julia Marlowe
Manhattan Opera House
Justin Huntley McCarthy
Miss Marlowe
Illnois Theater
Chicago
Hamiet
Benedick
Beatrice
Forbes Robertson Opens Shubert With Hamlet in New York
Sir Johnson Forbes Robertson with Gertrude Elliott opens the Shubert on Forty-fourth Street supported by a London company direct from Drury Lane. Hamlet launches a short farewell season featuring a rotating repertoire including Mice and Men The Light That Failed Caesar and Cleopatra The Merchant of Venice and Chello with plans for further revivals.
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Sir Johnson Forbes- Robertson
Gertrude Elliott
London
Drury Lane
New Shubert Theater
Forty-fourth Street
New York
Hamlet
Forbes- Robertson
Gertrude Eliott
Bernard Shaw
Chello
Judas
Queen of Waltz Song Performs at Winter Garden
Anne Dancrey the Queen of Waltz Song at the Winter Garden explains she sings only waltz rhythm pieces and ends numbers with a dance. At rehearsal J J Shubert asked for song titles including a waltz from The Paradise of Mahomet. Dancrey asks in French if he knows the opera. Shubert reveals he produced it locally for $50,000.
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Anne Dancrey
Winter Garden
Dancrey
J. J. Shubert
Mahomet
Mr. Shubert
Monsieur
Elsie Ferguson Stars In The Strange Woman
Fans expect Elsie Ferguson to become highly popular in the American stage under Klaw & Erlinger in The Strange Woman a play of American life by William Hurlbut now in rehearsal The plot centers on a woman of advanced ideas the Delphi Iowa setting is used and Hurlbut’s best work is anticipated
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Elsie Ferguson
Klaw & Erlanger
William Hurlbut
Miss Ferguson
Delphi
Iowa
Puzzled inspector reports misfiled cloak and suit firm
A young man presenting as a new factory inspector told the elevator starter at the George M. Cohan Theater on Broadway between Forty second and Forty third streets that a complaint about a cloak and suit factory in the building violated factory laws. He had searched the building without finding the firm and feared reporting failure. The elevator man confirmed the complaint as correct.
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Cohan
A. H. Woods
Mr. Woods
Sawyer Feldman
Potash & Perlmutter
Montague Glass
George M. Cohan
Broadway
Forty-second
Forty-third Streets
New York City
The Chocolate Soldier Triumphs Again at Broadway
The Chocolate Soldier sells out popularity as C F Whitney leads a veteran company at Broadway theater on Oct 15. Miss Antoinette Kopetsky and Charles Purcell headline, with Sir Charles Plevin conducting and Whitney’s expanded production values and new scenery.
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C. F. Whitney
Broadway
Butte
Scar Straus
George Bernard Shaw
Whitney
Charles Plevin
Whitney Opera Company
Antoinette Kopetsky
Nadina
Charles Purcell
Broadway Attraction To Stage Les Miserables Film Version
An exceptional attraction is announced for October 16 to 19 at the Broadway theater. A motion picture interpretation of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables stars a celebrated company of actors in a drama set at the birth of the French republic. The work draws wide praise and will appeal to lovers of great literature.
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Vietor Hugo
Three Firms Open Little Women Presentations Last Week
Three companies opened stages for the play Little Women during the past week. The productions showcase rival castings and directorial takes across local venues, drawing attention from theatergoers and critics.
New Plays in Theatre Season Announced
Ewin Mordant to star in At Bay. Paul Oarne pens Women Disposes a one act comedy. Fue Walter completes A Plain Woman to be produced by Klaw and Erlanger. Mabel and Edith Taliaferro debut Young Wisdom.
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Paul Oarne
Fue Walter
Klaw & Erlanger
Mabel
Edith Taliaferro
Theater Manager Returns From Brief European Trip
Manager Fred G. Berger of the Columbia theater has returned from a brief trip to Europe.
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Fred G. Berger
Columbia Theater
Europe
Great Adventure feature and The Ghost Breaker at Neptune’s Garden
Beecher is featured by Winthrop Ames in The Great Adventure. The Ghost Breaker is directed by Maurice Campbell, who also manages Henrietta Crossman. Neptune's Garden presents a vaudeville novelty with a tank holding 18,000 gallons of water as part of its scenic equipment.
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Beecher
Winthrop Ames
Ghost Breaker
Maurice Campbell
Henrietta Crossman
Honeymoon Express Coming From New York Winters Garden
The Honeymoon Express featuring dancers comedians singers and chorus arrives from the New York Winter Garden in a few weeks with Al Jolson in the company. The Shuberts next stage production I Say stars Walter Jones and co stars Marceline and the temperamental trick mule. David Higgins known for rural plays and Roland Buckstone long associated with E H Sothern have been added to the cast.
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New York Winter Garden
al Jolson
The
Shuberts
Walter Jones
Marceline
Trick Mule
David Higgins
Roland Buckstone
E. H. Sothern
Miss Langdon Gains Honors as Concert Organist
Miss Langdon earned additional honors as a concert organist, praised for her freedom and broad musicianly style in performances.
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Miss Langdon
Chicago Democrat
Emma Eames Signs for Charity Future and Lofted Debut
Engaged by J. K. Hackett for a third season in the Grain of Dust the artist will be featured in the company. Emma Eames is quoted saying she will sing hereafter for charity only and devote herself to domestic life.
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J. K. Hackett
Emma Eames
Gertrude Hoffman Gains On-Program Appearances
A statistician estimates that for every garment Gertrude Hoffman omits she earns her name on the program at least once, suggesting strong visibility tied to her wardrobe choices.
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Gertrude Hoffman
The Master Mind Debut by Daniel Dp Carter in Spokane
With the exception of the play written twelve years for a stock company in Spokane, The Master Mind marks the first dramatic effort of Daniel Dp Carter.
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Spokane
Daniel Dp. Carter
Frank J Wilstach Visitor From Washington
Frank J Wilstach worked with the Sothern Marlow company to disseminate knowledge and was in Washington last week for the purpose.
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Frank J. Wilstach
Sothern-Marlow Company
Washington
Novel tango by gentleman with three young partners
In Her Little Highness Werba and Luescher present a new tango described as a distinct novelty in dance. The number features a single male dancer accompanied by three young ladies, highlighting an unusual staging in terpsichorean activity.
Olga Nethersole Presents Sapho in Vaudeville Show
Olga Nethersole will present a tabloid version of Sapho in American vaudeville under B F Keith management. The production aims to draw audiences with a widely discussed stage interpretation and the star’s renowned dramatic presence.
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Olga Nethersole
Sapho
B. F. Keith
Wallace Eddinger Returns to Lead in Seven Keys to Baldpate
Wallace Eddinger has sufficiently recovered from his recent accident to assume the leading part in Seven Keys to Baldpate.
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Wallace Eddinger
Baldpate
Rumored reconciliation of Anna Held and F Ziegfeld
Rumors persist that actress Anna Held and her former husband and manager F Ziegfeld have reconciled and plan to remarry soon, reviving their previous alliance in show business circles.
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Anna Held
F. Ziegfeid
Madcap Duchess to Run in Rochester Next Month
The Madcap Duchess featuring Ann Swinburne will be produced about the middle of next month in Rochester.
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Ann Swinburne
Rochester
New York Theatre News on Comedy Plans and Cast
The Berkeley hosts After Five rehearsals by William and Cecil De Mille and Wagenhale & Kemper stage a new work. George Cohan works on a Victor Moore comedy, with Moore joining the cast of Forty Five Minutes From Broadway. Texas Cooper to play Sagebrush Charlie in The Roundup. David Bispham to star in The Merry Peasant adaption with score by Leo Fall. Adolph Philipp sells English rights to The Midnight Girl to the Shuberts for a New York Casino production around December 25.
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New York
Berkeley Theater
William
Cecil de Mille
Wagenhale & Kemper
George Cohan
Victor Moore
Moore
Cohan
Broadway
David Bispham
Werba & Luerher
Leo Fall
Adolph Phillipp Company
The
Shuberts
Stage director Edgar Selwyn stages Fair Play comedy
Edgar Selwyn of Broadway fame, noted stage director and writer, has personally staged Aida Johnson Young's new comedy of baseball life titled Fair Play. The production blends theatrical wit with sport world humor and features a lively cast.
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Edgar Selwyn
Aida Johnson Young
Roundup at Academy to Open Season with Star Cast
Klaw and Erlanger stage production The Roundup arrives with three carloads of scenery and 50 actors. R. D. MacLean returns from Washington season to play Othello Brutus and Mercutio in Faversham’s all star cast with Charles RB Hanford.
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Academy
Klaw & Erlanger
R. D. MacLean
Washington
Charles RB. Hanford
Othello
Brutus
Julius Caesar
Mercutio
William Faversham
Broadway Star Opens Season in The Marriage Market London
Donald Brian began his season last week in New York starring in The Marriage Market a three act musical comedy now playing in London. The show is set in and around San Francisco with scenes placed in that region.
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Donald Brian
New York
London
San Francisco
Merry Martyr stars Klaw and Erlinger cast
Principal actors in Klaw and Erlinger's new musical comedy The Merry Martyr are Maclyn Arbuckle Alice Dewey Edith Decker John Holdsworthy Gertrude Vanderbilt and George Moore.
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Klaw & Erlanger
Merry Martyr
Maclyn Arbuckle
Alice Dewey
Edith Decker
John Hioldsworthy
Gertrude Vanderbilt
George Moore
Shadows by Dion Clayton Calthorpe at Fulton Theater
James Forbes presented a new comedy drama called Shadows at the Fulton theater in New York last week. The play is billed as a crime world comedy drama from Dion Clayton Calthorpe, a grandson of Dion Boucicault and Cosmo Gordon Lennox.
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James Forbes
Fulton Theater
New York
Dion Clayton Calthorpe
Dion Boucicault
Cosmo Gordon Lennox
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Miss Lottie Collins
the Broadway
Prorta
Sothern and Marlowe
Forbes—Robertson
Shurbert
Elsie Perguson
the Chocolate Soldier
Ewin Mordant
Olive Wyndham
Janet
Henri Krauss
Jean Valjean
Gene Gauntier
Sidney Olcott
Leone Langdon
Jonses
Brownes
Hapura
India
Cupid
Leo Tolstoi
Texas Cooper
Sagebrush Charlie
Dante
F. C. Whitney
Omic Opera
Victor Hugo
France
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