Courtenay Feted At Selwyn’s Park Square Theatre
William Courtenay opened in Willard Mack’s new mystery crook drama Smooth As Silk at Selwyn’s Park Square Theatre. The play follows thieves released from jail who recover incriminating documents for the police, with a strong love subplot. Charlotte Walker Shirley Warde and Thomas Shearer receive praise for performances.
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Park Square
William Courtenay
Selwyn
Park Square Theatre
Willard Mack
Mr. Courtenay
Charlotte ‘Walker
Boston
Shirley Warde
Boots
Thomas Shearer
Mike Donlin
Johnny Daly
Joseph Sweeney
Freeman Holding
Mary Pickford Stars in Little Lord Fauntleroy at Exeter Street
Today and Wednesday the Exeter Street Theatre presents Mary Pickford in Little Lord Fauntleroy. The remaining days feature Rudolph Valentino and Dorothy Dalton in Moran, of the Lady Letty and Raymond Hatton in His Back Against the Wall.
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Exeter Street
Mary Pickford
Lord Fauntleroy
Rudolph Valentino
Dorothy Dalton
Moran
Lady Letty
Raymond Hatton
Scollay Square Olympia Shows Tom Mix Film
Siegel-Shade fight pictures headline the Scollay Square Olympia program this week with Tom Mix in Chasing the Moon as the feature. The vaudeville bill lists George B. Alexander Hilton Norton Marguerite Padula Morton James Babe Barbour and boys.
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Scollay Square Olympia
Tom Mix
George B. Alexander
Hilton & Norton
Marguerite Padula
Morton James
Babe Barbour
Boys
The Gold Diggers Opens at Tremont in Boston
Avery Hopwood's The Gold Diggers opens at the Tremont Theatre with strong performances. Gertrude Vanderbilt plays Jerry and Bruce McRae portrays the uncle, while Jobyna Howland and Ruth Terry deliver notable comic turns in a tale of chorus girls and romance set against a palatial backdrop.
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Avery Hopwood
David Belasco
Boston
Tremont Theatre
Jerry
Uncle
Gertrude Vanderbilt
Bruce McRae
Jobyna Howland
Mabel
Ruth Terry
Tops
Diving Girls at Bowdoin Sq Theatre Delights Crowd
Five Berlo sisters performed water stunts including high diving in a large tank at Bowdoin Square Theatre. Madeline Berlo praised by Dr Sargent as one of America's most perfectly formed girls. Acts include Wesley Barry Lon Chaney Ben Turpin and Hart Bartlett Stewart Mack Knox. amateur diving Thursday and extra acts Friday.
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Berlo
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Madeline Berlo
Dr. Sargent
America
Bowdoin
Wesley Barry
Lon Chaney
Ben Turpin
Raymond Hatton
Berle
Hart
Bartlett
Stewart
Mack
Knox Brothers
Potter and Gamble
Pearl White at the Boston Theatre in Photoplay Offerings
The Boston Theatre presents Pearl White in a melodramatic drama of aristocrats and money. The program features Lois Josephine and Leo Henning in The Boy and Girl, Clara Barry with Orville Whitledge in For Just a Few Minutes Only, Niobe underwater act, Ben Turpin in Step Lively, Daley Mac and Daley in Skating a la 1922, and Oscar Loraine in The Violin Artist.
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Pearl White
Boston
Lois Josephine
Leo Henning
Clara Barry
Orville Whitledge
Niobe
Ben Turpin
Daley
Mac and Daley
Oscar Loraine
New Strauss Opera at Wilbur Theatre Delights Boston
Oscar Strauss, author of The Chocolate Soldier, presented The Last Waltz at the Wilbur Theatre in Boston. A large audience greeted the premiere with laughter and strong demand for encores, indicating widespread approval of the new work.
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Wilbur
Oscar Strauss
Shaw
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Wilbur Theatre
Adaptation Updates The Chocolate Soldier Cast Review
The article reviews a stage adaptation by Harold Atteridge and Edward Delaney Dunn of a Bram mer and Grunwald work. It notes added vaudeville elements, a sailor character, and new dancing while the score remains largely intact. Eleanor Painter stars as Countess Vera with Eddie Nelson as the comic orderly.
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J. Brammer
Grunwald
Harold Atteridge
Hdward Delaney Dunn
Vera
Prince Paul
Vandalia
Jack Merrington
Merrington
Isabel Rodriguez
Eleanor Painter
Eddie Nelson
Florence Morrison
Walter Woolf
Harrison Brockbank
Too Much Business at Gordon's Old South Theatre
A breezy comedy program tops Gordon's Old South Theatre week featuring Earl Derr Biggers story adaptation Too Much Business. John Henry Jackson starts a 30 day test to double income by serving the married class with a day nursery concept, amid laughter and romantic twist.
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Earl Derr Biggers
Saturday Evening Post
John, Henry and the
Restless Sex
Gordon’s Old South Theatre
John Henry Jackson
John Henry
Hotelleries Des Enfants
Rolling Stones
Pathe News
Sheik Story at Orpheum
The Sheik's Wife shows at Loew's Orpheum this week as a major French drama filmed in Arabia. The plot follows an English girl wed to an Arabian Sheik's son amid strict eastern customs, with striking desert scenery and temple ruins. Leona LaMar headlines the vaudeville portion alongside five acts and a Pathé news reel.
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Loew's
Orpheum
Arabia
Leona LaMar
Pathé
Good Bill at Keith's at Daphne Pollard's Show
Daphne Pollard headlined a Keith's night delivering lively songs and scenes that drew strong audience applause. The program featured Margaret Stewart with William Downing, Beulah Stewart, Ida May Chadwick and her father, Joe Browning, Nila Mac, Rae Eleamor Ball and brother, Jack Wilson with Adele Ardsley and Charles Forsyth, plus a cast of others in varied sketches and musical bits.
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Daphne Pollard
Keith’s
Miss Pollard
England
Margaret Stewart
William Downing
Beulah Stewart
Burns and Lorraine
Ida May Chadwick
Wiggin
Joe Browning
Tom Wise
Miss Nila Mac
Rae Eleamor
Ball ‘and Brother
Jack Wilson
Adele Ardsley
Charles Forsyth
Adams
Lorraine and Cagwin
Pathe Weekly
New Play at the St. James Boston Stock Company impresses
Last night the Boston Stock Company staged A Stitch in Time at the St. James. Phoebe Ann (Ann Mason) loves Worthington Bryce (Walter Gilbert) though he is engaged to Lela Trevor (Viola Roach) for money. The cast delivers strong performances, with Chariton, Kent and others providing notable character work.
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Boston Stock Company
Boston
Phoebe Ann
Worthington Bryce
Worthy
Lela Trevor
Ann Mason
Walter Gilbert
Frank Chariton
Dick Moreland
Viola Roach
Lela
Mark Kent
Jenkins
Orphans of the Storm at Park Theatre This Week
D W Griffiths great spectacle Orphans of the Storm shown at the Park Theatre this week for the first time at popular prices.
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D. W. Griffith
Park Theatre
Musterole Ad Promises Quick Chest Relief
An advertisement touts Musterole as a clean white ointment made with oil of mustard. It claims easy application without blistering and rapid relief, available at drug stores in jars and tubes, hospital size, for 85 and 665 cents or $3.
Fenway Theatre Screens Mary Pickford in Little Lord Fauntleroy
Fenway Theatre presented Mary Pickford in Little Lord Fauntleroy last night. The program included engaging short subjects and announcements for Thursday feature Robert W. Chamber's Cardigan and Beyond the Rainbow.
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Fenway Theatre
Mary Pickford
Lord Fauntleroy
Robert W. Chamber
Cardigan
Wesley Barry Stars in School Days at Lancaster Theatre
Wesley Barry returns in School Days shown yesterday at the Lancaster Theatre and running through Thursday. Constance Binney leads First Love on the same program, with Jackie Coogan featured in My Boy and The Call of Home for the last three days of the week.
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Wesley Barry
Lancaster
Constance Binney
Jackie Coogan
Boy
All druggists sell Adamson's Cough Balsam
An advertisement states that every druggist offers Adamson's Cough Balsam as a reliable remedy for coughs. The note emphasizes availability and efficacy for relief.
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Adamson
Watson's Show at the Gayety Burlesque Spectacle
Billy Watson headlined the Gayety Theatre burlesque show featuring Clarence Wilbur Andy Smith Beatrice Harlow the Morette Sisters and the Carnival Trio. The Monte Carlo gambling halls and race track scene drew crowds while the Morette sisters sang and danced. Barney Gerard's Follies of the Day is set for April 20.
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Monte Carlo
Billy Watson
Gayety Theatre
Clarence Wilbur
Andy Smith
Beatrice Harlow
Morette Sisters
Barney Gerard
Three in One at Waldron's Burlesque Show
At Waldron's Casino yesterday a three in one continuous bill featured Sam Howe's new lavish burlesque with vaudeville acts and a new picture Concert. Performers included Cliff Bragdon Leo Hoyt Helen Tarr Norma Barry Gertrude Extes Harold Carr and Henry J. Coyle plus an extra feature by the Great Leon Cutting a Woman in Half.
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Waldron
Sam Howe
Cliff Bragdon
Leo Hoyt
Helen Tarr
Miss Tarr
Norma Barry
Gertrude Extes
Harold Carr
Henry J. Coyle
Leon
Johnny Hines in Burn Em Up Barnes at Olympia Theatre
Johnny Hines stars as the son of a wealthy auto man who leaves home to prove himself. A mix of hoboes crooks and an auto race fuels the plot while Edmund Breese George Fawcett and Betty Carpenter support the comedy. A Creole Cocktail vaudeville follows with six performers.
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Johnny Hines
Barnes
Gordon
Washington Street Olympia Theatre
Edmund Breese
George Fawcett
Betty Carpenter
Lawrie Devine
Fay Gordon
Franklyn Gates
Ed Wrothe
Owen Martin
Margaret Young
Cardigan Opens at Gordon's Central Square Theatre
Cardigan debuted at Gordon's Central Square Theatre yesterday telling a vivid Revolutionary War story with an interwoven romance. William Collier Jr leads the cast supported by a vaudeville bill featuring Jay Welie Bert Fitzgibbons Lew Fitzgibbons Howard Ross Cook Mortimer and Harvey.
Leon's State Theatre Showcases Argentina Dance Comedy and The Four Horsemen
This week at Leon's State Theatre the standout program features the dance comedy In Argentina with nine performers and the feature film The Four Horsemen. A nine piece orchestra performs Herbert's The Red Mill, alongside a news review and a comedy act completing the bill.
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Argentina
The
Four Horsemen
Herberts
Red Mill
Burlesques at the Howard Highlight Local Show Talent
G E Lothrop Jr presents high class burlesque at the Howard with Dixie Dolls led by Frea dy Binder. Acrobatic feats and clever dance numbers please Howardites as stars like Pep Bedford and Elsie Donnelly perform. The program includes Portia sisters El Cleve Fred Anna Barlow and Texas Guinan in I Am Woman.
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G. E. Lothrop, Jr
Howard
Dixie Dolls
Fready Binder
Pep Bedford
Margaret Hastinge
Bill Mack
Jack Ormsby
Howard McNabb
Ernestine Caru
Harry
Joy
Ralph Rogers
Elsie Donnelly
Ethel de Veaux
Hallie Dean
Bob Nugent
Dave Shaffkin
Bob Williams
Mnhagement
Portia Sisters
el Cleve
Fred
Anna Barlow
Texas Guinan
I Am
Woman
Face Between and Bobbed Hair at Twin Houses
Bert Lytell stars in The Face Between as father and son amid a Western exile plot. A jealous husband drives Tommy Carteret into the mountains while a tragic romance unfolds and a returning spirit-haunted finale follows. Wanda Hawley stars in Bobbed Hair as Polly Heath, with Ben Turpin in Step Forward and Pathe News.
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Bert Lytell
Modern
Beacon Theatres
Tommy Carteret
Tommy
Thera
Wanda Hawley
Polly Heath
ne _ Ben Turpin
Sennett
Pathe News 5Ee
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Fool's Paradise at Gordon's Strand Theater
The Gordon's Strand venue hosted Fool's Paradise yesterday along with other attractions. A comic picture and an act by Arthur J. Martel were also featured in the program.
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Gordon’s Strand Theatre
Arthur J. Martel
Dye Old Dress
A short fragment notes a dye process and a dress item. Readable terms mention dyeing fabric and old attire, suggesting a workshop or household craft note in a historical newspaper snippet.
Diamond Dyes Promised Easy Home Dyeing for All Fabrics
The Diamond Dyes packaging claims simple directions that let any woman dye or tint worn dresses and fabrics. It asserts the dye is tailored not to spot fade or streak, and instructs choosing material type whether wool silk linen cotton or mixed goods for safe, reliable results.
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