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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1917
Page
6
An advertisement touts Plant Juice as a cure for stomach liver and kidney troubles. It cites Mrs Anna Eames of Warrenton Street praising renewed appetite sleep and energy after using Plant Juice and notes a representative from Houghton & Dutton Store explaining the remedy to locals.
Advertisers claim Osidadezae relieves asthma and bronchitis symptoms by a single tablet at bedtime. Patients report easier breathing, less disruption, and a restful night. Sold at Liggett's and Riker Gaynes drug stores and druggists nationwide.
The Henry Jewett Players presented Pillars of Society by Ibsen at the Copley Theatre drawing praise for a solid performance. H Conway Wingfield led in the role of Consul Bernick delivering the dramatic confession with a firm touch and clear grasp of the character.
Fans pack Scollay Square Olympia to see George M. Cohan in Broadway Jones his first film role. Charlie Chaplin appears in The Cure, while The British War series shows naval life and fleet operations. Vaudeville features Diavolo Follow Me Girls and a musical turn by Hall Allsworth Merrick.
The Garden of Allan enters its second week at the Boston Opera House with a selected cast and large company. Superb stage settings showcase a caravan at dawn and the desert garden as the production nears the final week of its engagement.
John Drew began the last week of his Hollis Street engagement in the title role of Major Pendennis. The audience filled the play house as the popular actor again demonstrated his artistic fit for the character, though his Boston visit is brief.
The Park Theatre showcases Alice Brady in Darkest Russia this week with her notable dramatic display. Frances Nelson delivers a strong emotional turn in The Power of Decision. Mr and Mrs Sydney Drew perform Putting it Over on Henry with Francis X Bushman and Beverly Bayne in The Great Secret.
A photoplay program tonight at Tremont Temple presents How Uncle Sam Prepares detailing every branch in its work and schooling.
Stuart Holmes stars in The Derelict with strong support and Fox standards. Charlie Chaplin’s The Cure heads the comedy lineup. Patria with Mrs Vernon Castle, battle scenes on the Texas border, Mirano brothers Flying Torpedoes, The Irish Immigrant with Larry Reilly, plus dancers and topical review fill the vaudeville bill. Boston Theatre Orchestra led by Charles Frank.
Jean Bedini presents French Folly at the Gaiety Theatre to capacity crowds. Cast includes Mimi Harrison Pam Law rence May Meyers and Harry Jackson in burlesque debut for Bedini. Charlie Mac as Cutie and George Brooks as Francis Y Pushman headline a lively line with Al Ricardo ventriloquist and Davis Stafford blackface performers in the Jail House Now.
Manager Frank Dore presents a strong week at Franklin Park Theatre with Viola Dana in Mortal Sin portraying a wife who sacrifices for her husband. Charlie Chaplin stars in Easy Street, while The Great Secret moves through several scenes. Vaudeville includes Reddington and Grant in The Boys from Bounce Inn, Jack Polk, Chappel and Tribble, and The Swart Brothers in The Broken Mirror.
The Modern Theatre features Florence LaBadie in When Love Was Blind a tale of a girl who regains sight and believes her lover is with another woman. Pauline Frederick stars in Sleeping Fires a story of mother love and sacrifice. The bill shifts later in the week.
The Gin ger Girls present patriotic burlesque at the Howard Atheneum with Ben Small in the lead. A 20 member chorus impresses, with standout acts by the Dorothy Southern Trio Helene and Emilene Pierce and Maizee. Other notable turns include Hiraro the magician John Goss the blackface comedian and the Carburys dancing specialty.
Large audience fills Gordon's Olympia for a four part program headlined by The British War motion pictures showing a British submarine and underwater cruise. The bill also features The Hidden Children with Harold Lockwood, The Martha Washington Five, On the Edge of Things, Jones and Sylvester's business and chatter, Grace Hazard and the Valdares with singing dancing and bicycle tricks.
The Orpheum highlight featured George Prim rose and an eight member burnt cork troupe in One Good Turn and Extra with Lipson Vaudeville in a Legitimate Way. The program also displayed News Pictorial, Dorothy Phillips star vehicle The Girl in the Checkered Coat and Chaplin’s The Cure.
The Dolly Sisters, famed for their grace and allure in His Bridal Night, enter a strong second week at the Wilbur Theatre. The light farce draws broad appeal across all classes of patrons, signaling sustained popularity locally.
Prominent Boston doctors fail to reach eczema case of B S Slater at 564 Washington Street. Slater marks D D D liquid wash as best remedy and urges others with skin eruptions to try the prescription, noting many cures and recommending to readers to consult their druggist.
Bowdoin Square Theatre offers a free American flag to all patrons as part of a busy week featuring Adventures of Buffalo Bill with its Indian campaigns and chiefs Sitting Bull Red Cloud Running Hawk. The vaudeville reel includes the Three Kundles tight wire act and acts by Brown and Dumont Manley Jordan Arthur Lloyd Denny Morrison Joe Daly and others. The program also showcases episodes of The Great Secret Patria and multiple silent features including The Lost Lode Barred from the Bar and The Fugitive.
An all star vaudeville bill presented by Marcus Loew at St James Theatre featured Adra Ainslee in Kiddie with strong laughs. Also appeared Burns and Kissen, Sullivan and Mason, Bert and Lottie Walton, and Roberto and company. Screen offerings included News Pictorial fifth episode of The Mystery of the Double Cross An Old Fashioned Young Man with Robert Harron and Chaplin’s The Cure.
The seventh week of Guy Bates Post in Richard Walton Tully's The Masquerader began at the Plymouth Theatre last evening. Post plays two men who look identical but differ in character, and he differentiates them with notable artistry.
This week at Fenway Theatre Charlotte Walker stars in Sloth the fourth Deadly Sin while Mrs Vernon Castle appears in Patria. On the final three days Anita Stewart and Charles Richman co star in The More Excellent Way.
Waldron's Casino features The Behman Show a week of burlesque and vaudeville novelty. Martelle stars with a prominent role. Ameta Pynes showcases classical dances with Bert McCarthy and a troupe of expert dancers. The Bud Snyder troupe adds comedy bicyclists. Blutch Landolf the pantomime, and a cast including Wilbur Dobbs JohnFE Cain Blanche Newcombe Lucille Manton Sam Hyams Victor McDonald and a new strong baritone. A large chorus of beautiful young women accompanies the acts.
The New Beacon Theatre shows Alma Hanlon in Pride and the Devil with tense scenes and heart interest. I Wathlyn Williams and Theodore Roberts star in The Cost of Hatred about a lifelong revenge quest. Charlie Chaplin appears in The Cure and Mrs. Vernon Castle in Patria.
Park Square Theatre's Fair and Warmer continues to draw diverse patrons at Back Bay Playhouse. The merry production pleases many with its human touches amid broad humor as the season runs toward closing.
The Globe Theatre presents long and short photo-plays, comedies, novelties, and latest news pictures in a continually refreshed program. Marcus Loew strives to improve the all-film bills with an entire daily changeover.
Shubert Theatre presents Hall Caines The Woman Thou Gavest Me in its second week of an open run. Derwent Hall Caine as Martin Conrad and Mabel Taliaferro receive strong praise while Edmund Breese as the cruel father and Whitford Kane as Father Dan win accolades for performances. Other cast members include Mme. Yorska Crauford Kent Mabel Carruthers and Maude Milton as the show draws wide audience and discussion among theatregoers and clergy alike.
Tremont Theatre Boston enjoyed a strong audience last evening as Booth's comedy began another week. John Paul Bart, played by Grant Mitchell, proves a welcome center of the story in a novel treatment of a popular tale.
The Flame by Richard Walton Tully will be the Majestic Theatre attraction next Monday night with seats going on sale Thursday morning. The Latin republic story is praised as one of the most beautiful productions in recent years, comparing favorably with The Bird of Paradise and Omar the Tentmaker.
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