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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1919
Page
14
The Daily and Sunday Post begins a series of first person narratives by members of New England’s division recounting real wartime experiences. Readers can expect continued installments across upcoming editions.
In July near Belleau Wood at the Chateau-Thierry front a Boche two-plane chase ended when a German craft, pursued by two fighters, was engaged by a friendly machine gunner. The German planes dipped and fled as an anti-aircraft burst opened, but the fight concluded without loss to the Americans.
An ad proclaims kidney disease risks and urges readers to use Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules. It claims kidneys filter blood, warns toxins cause many ailments, and promises improvement within 24 hours with continued use to prevent future attacks.
A witness recalls a close approach by enemy forces within a few hundred yards. Gunfire and aircraft illuminated the scene as four six-inch howitzers stood at the edge of the woods. The French position was observed but not shelled, leaving the attackers to retreat.
Bernard Granville returned from France where he served as an aviator and performed on stage at Keith's Theatre yesterday. The program also features Pat Rooney and Marion Bent in Twenty Minutes with Pat and Marion, the Barrys in The Burglar, Gaxton and company in The Junior Pardner, a songlogue by Harry Cooper, Sybil Vane’s song repertoire, George N. Brown the walker, and a burlesque by Rooney Barry and Brown.
Florence Reed drew large crowds yesterday in Her Code of Honor at the Park Theatre. She led a cast with William Desmond and Irving Cummings in a tale of two young lovers facing separation before marriage. The programme also included The Midnight Patrol revealing Chinatown crimes, Macistein The Liberator eighth episode, a Vitagraph comedy, and the Pathe weekly.
The Scollay Square Olympia presents Salome for the third week with a frame praised as more lavish than typical drama. Theda Bara stars in Boston amid enthusiastic crowds. Also on the bill are a Geraldine Farrar home life film, Dustin Farnum Mae Marsh and many others with strong vaudeville and comedies drawing praise.
The Boston Theatre features Mary MacLaren in the star role of The Amazing Wife with a thrilling plot and strong opportunities for the cast. Vaudeville headliners Ross and Wyse plus Tuba Meron Betty Read and a glass novelty, Loughlin and West in Cafe Lonesome, and James Gowlin with Myrtle Glass in A Fool and a Flirt. Kinograms will show daily headlines.
Nazimova’s latest film Out of the Fog opens at Franklin Park Theatre this week. The young lighthouse keeper heroine charms audiences as vaudeville stars headline an all star bill and a new Vitagraph comedy adds laughs. The second half of the week brings an entire programme change.
Mellie Williams and her company present The Queen of Hearts The Blue Devil Girls and A Day at Coney Island at Waldron's Casino this week. The return of several renowned burlesque performers supports Williams in a three show slate Friday at 2 15 5 and 8 15 o clock for the great parade.
The Waldorf Theatre offers Claude and Marion Cleveland in Still Arguing and Bert Morrissey with Vera Morrissey and Elsie Mains in a vaudeville bill this week. The screen features Taylor Holmes in A Regular Fellow with a full second half program announced.
The Douny sisters and Harry Fox headline at the Shubert Theatre in a lively run of Oh Look. After Lent, audience attendance has grown, and no engagement termination has been announced yet.
The Fred Stone company performs a profitable run since Christmas Eve with strong house attendance. Ziegfelds Follies set to open a brief visit on April 28 in the city.
Mary Pickford appears in Captain Kidd Jr at the St James Theatre the first part of the week on a bill with five vaudeville acts a two part comedy and the Pathe News. In the last half of the week John Barrymore Paramount Charlie Chaplin and new vaudeville are featured on the program.
The report urges decisive action to back victory, urging readers to buy bonds as the final stretch approaches. It underscores the urgency of financial support to ensure success.
The Howard Atheneum features Old Home Week with the burlesque Round and About led by acrobatic comedian Fred Binder. The cast includes Mae Barlow Anna Armstrong William Jennings and others with Teddy Russell directing dances. Vaudeville acts Pons and Pons Grey and Parker Day and Layton Nellie Marlin and a film with George Walsh Never Say Quit.
At the Orpheum Theatre this week the leading vaudeville act features Sergeants Shea and Bowman from the U S Tank Corps recalling France with doughboy humor. Also performing are Chisholm and Breen in Her Cave Man and Constance Talmadge in The Veiled Adventure. The late half bill promises Chung Hwa eur, Charles Morati and company in Stupidity, Mel Eastman, Knight and Sawtelle, Frank Shields, and on screen Charles Ray in Greased Lightning.
A photoplay starring Gladys Brockwell portrays slum life romance and misery with honest and dishonest residents. It includes intimate pictures of Geraldine Farrar Dustin Farnum Mae Marsh and other film stars plus an extra vaudeville bill.
The charming comedy Adam and Eva ends its season at Park Square Theatre next Saturday evening after debuting to public favor. The company’s entertaining work drew quick audience approval, leaving many to regret its departure. Why Marty? is announced to follow on April 28.
The Exeter shows Constance Talmadge in IXpermental Marriage and Dustin Farnum in The Man in the Open on Tuesday and Wednesday. Fred Stone appears in Johnny Get Your Gun and Alice Brady in The World to Live In for the last three days.
After a two week interruption the mammoth photoplay The Heart of Humanity resumed at Tremont Temple yesterday afternoon. Audiences again packed the big hall as the story proved highly entertaining and the photography a marvel according to attendees.
Pleasant memories return as Arlington Theatre presents A Temperance Town with William C. Masson as Mink Jones the town drunkard. His first public appearance this season draws laughter and applause while the stock company including Ayres Kent Robinson and Blanchard supports the show. Next week will feature Max Marcin's drama The House of Glass.
Tonight and tomorrow the Fenway Theatre screens Dorothy Gish in Pepper Polly and Shirley Mason in The Rescuing Angel. Thursday debuts a new Dill featuring Bessie Love in The Yankee Princess and Bryant Washburn in Something To Do, a tale of a rich idler and his hobbies. Charlie Chaplin in A Dog's Life has been added by popular demand.
Melodrama of the recent war unfolds in the Majestic Theatre second week with thrilling deck scene of a Yankee cruiser sinking a U boat. Edward Mackay Suzanne Jackson and Jean Stuart star in the leading roles.
The Codman Square Theatre presents Three Joys in a variety act Georgia Emmett the Irish Lassie in songs and dances Francis and Love Australian entertainers Updale's Animals on screen news pictures a comedy and a new photoplay An entire change of bill on Thursday
The Gayety features the Maids of America in Without Rhyme or Reason a burlesque musical revue led by comedians Al K Trall and Bobby Barry. The show includes pretty young women and lavish scenery and costumes.
Paramount star Charles Ray is showing this week at Powdoin Square Theatre in The Sheriff's Son. Elsie Ferguson's The Marriage Price screens, and Fatty Arbuckle with The Man of Might continues. Souvenirs distributed Thursday evening with extra acts on Friday night.
Nazimova shines in Out of the Fog drawing crowds to Upham's Corner Strand. Shirley Mason appears in The Rescuing Angel with steady appeal. The program includes The Strand News Weekly and comedies. Tom Mix returns Thursday to Saturday with Fighting for Gold and Priscilla Dean in The Silk-Lined Burglar.
Constance Talmadge stars in The Veiled Adventure at the Globe Theatre during the first half of the week. Dorothy Dalton appears in Green Eyes on the same program. A Thursday change adds Charles Ray and Edith Roberts from Paramount in Sue of the South.
Stage life stories unfold in Pettigrew's Girl with Ethel Clayton in the title role. The companion feature A Courageous Coward explores life in San Francisco's Chinese quarter on the same bill with Sessue Hayakawa.
Dorothy Gish appears on screen at Gordon's Central Square Theatre Cambridge this week in Peppy Polly. Also showing Bryant Wash burn in Something to Do. An up-to-date list of features accompanies the program.
An upbeat call to rally around a Lean Over Boost initiative as a team builds morale. Organizers urge members to come together, share ideas, and push for collective improvement in performance and cohesion.
The Beacon Theatre presents Ethel Clayton in Pettigrew's Girl a chorus girl drama and A Courageous Coward featuring Sessue Hayakawa along with news pictures and short comedies on the program.
The Henry Jewett Players staged the final performance of the season at the Copley Theatre with The Middleman. Tonight the same organization continues with a new program.
The Thunderbolt by Sir Arthur Pinero will be offered for the first time in this city marking a premiere for the local theater season.
The Plymouth Theatre presents a farce with the theme do not judge by appearances. Principal roles are played by Robert Ober, Arthur Alvesmith, Isabel Irving and Srelene Lackaye in a witty, amusing production.
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