Amazing Film Shown at Tremont Temple
The Boston public viewed Shipwrecked Among Cannibals at Tremont Temple amid extraordinary claims of 2000 scenes. Directors Edward Laemmie and William F Adler chronicles their 14 month perilous voyage to film headhunters of Kia Kita and cannibal rites with camouflage footage. Four daily showings, plus cartoon and news reel, drew crowds despite heat.
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Boston
Tremont Temple
United States
Kia Kita
Edward Laemmie
Carl Laemmie
Universal Film Mfg. Co
William F. Adler
Southern California Academy of Sciences
Orient
South Seas
Java
New Guinea
Laemmie
Adler
Bowdoin Square Theatre Showcases Treasure Island
Patrons yesterday enjoyed Maurice Tourneur's Treasure Island based on Robert Louis Stevenson with pirate lore. Norma Talmadge in She Loves and Lies, plus Eddie Pole in The Vanishing Dagger, and a Mack Sennett comedy provided entertainment. Vaudeville featured Hollis and Guilmert and others. Beginning next Friday extra ads will run on the bill. The Sea Wolf by Jack London is planned for next week.
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Bowdoin Square Theatre
Maurice Tourneur
Robert Louis Stevenson
High Seas
Norma Talmadge
Mack Sennett
Eddie Pole
Hollis and Guilmert
Ed Litchfield
Howland and
Mack
la van Brothers
May Clarke
Jack London
Old South Theatre Reopens With A Yellow Typhoon
The Old South Theatre reopened yesterday as part of the Gordon chain with an enhanced interior and a program of standout merit. Anita Stewart stars in The Yellow Typhoon in a dual role amid thrilling incidents and vivid scenes, drawing high audience enthusiasm. Other photoplays were well received and organ music by Arthur J. Martel was praised.
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Old South
Gordon
Anita Stewart
Cla South
Arthur J. Martel
Burlesque Season Opens at Howard Atheneum
The Howard Atheneum showcases the Tittle Tattle Burlesque Company led by Frank X. Silk with Charles McNally Ida Emerson and a chorus of 20. G. E B. Loth frop Jr presents Barbette the Dunn sisters and the Hughes duo plus a James J. Corbett film The Prince of Avenue A. First Sunday concert set for Aug. 5.
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Howard Atheneum
America
Barbette
Dunn Sisters
Hughes
James J. Corbett
Horace
Charley McNally
Irene Boye
Ida Emerson
Betty Palmer
Howard
William
Jim
Hughes Ono
Ave. A
Tourneur Adapts Stevenson Tale The White Circle at Two Theatres
Maurice Tourneur presents The White Circle adapted from The Pavilion on the Links and based on Robert Louis Stevenson. It opened to good notices at the Modern and Beacon Theatres with Spottiswoode Aitken Jack Gilbert Janice Wilson and Harry Northrup in the cast. Goldwyn releases The Great Accident starring Tom Moore focusing on humor versus grim resolve as the film’s core question.
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Maurice Tourneur
Robert Louis Stevenson
White Circle
Modern
Beacon Theatres
Spottiswoode Aitken
Jack Gilbert
Janice Wilson
Harry Northrup
Goldwyn
Tom Moore
Hip Hip Hooray thrills Gayety audience in humid night
The Gayety Theatre drew a large crowd as Hip Hip Hooray entertained with rapid action. Principal performers Ben Pierce Helen Mac Lain and George Hayes led a lively ensemble, delivering a show that warmed the audience despite hot weather.
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Gayety Theatre
Ben Pierce
Helen MacLain
George Hayes
Mary Young Delivers Second Week At Keiths In Juliet Comes First
Mary Young returning to Keiths with Juliet Comes First a sketch by J M Gribbile featuring witty personages and scenes. Chico Sale headlines alongside Miss Young with Ralph Herz offering monologues and Lois Josephine and Leo Henning performing a lively dancing act. The bill also includes Fay Courtney Holmes and Le Vere, Johnson the contortionist, Jean Duval and company in posed pictures and a photoplay lineup highlighting Ponzi Corbett and Van.
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Mary Young
Craig Players
Keith
Juliet
J. M. Gribbile
Miss Young
Rosalind
Chico Sale
Ralph Herz
Lois Josephine
Leo Henning
Fay Courtney
Courtney Sisters
Holmes
le Vere
Johnson
Jean Duval and
Charles Ponzi
James J. Corbett
Billy B. van
Tel
Beach
Sale
Holmes & la Vere
Russell & Devitt
Jean Duval & Co
the Great
Ralph Herztion
Jas
J. Corbett van
Discarded Woman photoplay thrills Boston theatergoers
The photoplay The Discarded Woman premiered at the Boston Theatre to a large audience and proved a hit with its theme on the variation of a husband. News pictures and topics were shown, and the vaudeville lineup featured Lexey and O Connor, Olga and Allen, Charles Mack and company, Shriner and Fitzsimmons, and Re koma the equilibrist.
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Boston Theatre
Lexey and O'Connor
Olga and
Allen
Charles Mack and
Vahey Appeals Final Plea in Wage Arbitration
Jamese H Vahey representing employees of Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway argues at the State House before Arbitration Board Chairman Hugh Ogden that the public should not be considered in their wage dispute raising pay from 1 cent to 97 5 cents an hour in the ongoing arbitration proceedingsYesterday afternoon the board reviews the case and its implications for workers.
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Jamese H. Vahey
Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway
State House
Hugh Ogden
Arbitration Board
Public hearings on wage dispute for Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway
Mr. Vahey argues public interest and living wages for streetcar workers amid disputes over railroad and coal wage increases. Company counsel defends 51 cents per hour as living wage with financial deficits cited. trustees’ figures show division deficits and potential layoffs. Arbitration decision expected in weeks.
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Henry F. Hurlburt
Vahey
Hurlburt
Massachusetts
Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway
Salem
Gloucester
Lowell
Lawrence
Haverhill
Hyde Park
Quincey
Brockton
Taunton
Tall River
Arbitration Board
Norumbega Park week offers music and films program
Manager Carl Alberto presents a varied week with Colonel Walters and a colonial song repertoire, Derendo Oriental specialty, McGowan and Cheeney vocal and piano novelty, and a 12‑piece concert orchestra. Films include The Broadway Cowboy and The Figurehead, plus Wizard of Oz for two child matinees.
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Carl Alberto
Norumbega Park
Colonel Walters
Lady
Derendo
McGowan and Cheeney
Montgomery and Stone
Wallace Reid shines in The Lottery Man at Park Theatre
Wallace Reid brings breezy charm to The Lottery Man as audiences at the Park Theatre enjoy a two day run. The original stage hit was recalled by many, with Cyril Scott delivering a superb hero turn. Vivian Martin and Bryant Washburn also appear in upcoming features His Official Fiancee and It Pays to Advertise.
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Wallace Reid
the Park Theatre
Cyril Scott
Vivian Martin
Bryant Washburn
Fairbanks Comedy at St James with Slipping Test bill
The Mollycoddle star Douglas Fairbanks plays at the St James Theatre in A Sunshine comedy The Slipping Test. The program includes five vaudeville acts Wright and Detrich James Hamrock Aerial Don alds Brown and Myrtle and the Musical Lands. Thursday Tom Mix appears in Three Gold Coins Company No. 7 and new vaudeville.
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Douglas Fairbanks
St. James Theatre
News
Wright and
Detrich
James Hamrock
Aerial Donalds
Brown and Myrtle
Tom Mix
Tremont Theatre extends run with extra matinee
The Tremont Theatre adds an extra Thursday matinee to the final three weeks of the Mary run due to high public demand and audience disappointment over sold out seats, in addition to the usual Wednesday and Saturday performances.
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Tremont Theatre
Anita Stewart Stars as Vamp In The Yellow Typhoon
Anita Stewart appears as a vamp for the first time in The Yellow Typhoon at Gordon's Old South and Gordon's Olympia this week. The film is praised as thrilling and Stewart's best new role yet. The bill also features five acts of vaudeville, Gordon's Olympia Weekly, and a short comedy.
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Anita Stewart
Gordon's
Old South
Olympia
Henry Jewett Presents Lazy Wubin at Copley Theatre
Henry Jewett opens his fifth Copley Theatre season on Thursday with Keble Howards Lazy Wubin a fantastic comedy for the first time in America. Leading roles will be played by H Conway Wingfield E E Clive Nicholas Joy Blanche Le Roy and Viola Roach.
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Henry Jewett
Copley Theatre
Vivienne Segal Returns from Paris for The Little Whopper Boston Run
Vivienne Segal has spent two months in Paris and begun rehearsals for The Little Whopper. The musical opens its Boston engagement with the original company at the Majestic Theatre on Monday August 23.
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Vivienne Segal
Harbach, Grim‘ and Dudley
Paris
Boston
Majestic Theatre
Fenway Theatre Ends Run With Ethel Clayton and Madge Kennedy
Today and tomorrow are the last chances to see Ethel Clayton in The Ladder of Ties and Madge Kennedy in Dollars and Sense at the Fenway. Betty Brown will be the soloist with a new number of selections. Thursday a new Dill will be seen with Charles Ray in Homer Comes Home and Doris Keane in Romance. Burton Holmes travel pictures complete the bill.
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Ethel Clayton
Madge Kennedy
the Fenway
Betty Brown
Charles Ray
Homer
Doris Keane
Miss Brown
Burton Holmes
Inferior Sex at Gordon's Cambridge Central Square
The Inferior Sex starring Mildred Harris Chaplin contrasts cave era courting with modern methods. A vaudeville bill followed with Corinne Arbuckle Phillips and Eby in The Fakir and the Fairy Anger and Packer in Two Fifth Avenue Types Beeman and Grace in You'll Be Surprised and Russell Williams a popular songster. A complete programme change is planned for Thursday.
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Mildred Harris Chaplin
Gordon
Cambridge Central Square Theatre
Corinne Arbuckle
Phillips
Eby
Exeter Screenings Cover Don t Ever Marry and Hearts of Twenty
This week at Exeter the bill includes Don t Ever Marry with Marshall Neiland and Hearts of Twenty with Jasn Pitts ending Wednesday evening. The remainder features The Man Who Cast Himself and The Girl and the Web starring William Faversham and Blanche Sweet.
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Exeter
Marshall Neiland
Jasn Pitts
William Faversham
Blanche Sweet
Waldron's Casino Presents Riley's Honeymoon Cast
Waldron's Casino features the New Liberty Girls led by Jack Conway in Riley's Honeymoon. Supporting players include Frank Donia Harold Boyd Thomas O'Brien James Oliver William Cathcart Dorothy Douglass Maria Donia Pauline Harer and Helen Clark with the Liberty Girls chorus.
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Waldron’s Casino
Liberty Girls
Jack Conway
Mr. Conway
Riley
Conway
Frank Donia
Harold Boyd
Thomas O'Brien
James Oliver
William Cathcart
Dorothy Douglass
Maria Donia
Pauline Harer
Helen Clark
Trene to Open at Wilbur Theatre Next Monday
The smart musical comedy Trene debuts at the Wilbur Theatre starting Monday August 16. Authors James Montgomery Harry Tierney and Joseph McCarthy hail from the local area with Montgomery penning the book Tierney composing the music and McCarthy writing the lyrics Irene has dominated New York stages for nearly a year.
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Trene
Wilbur Theatre
James Montgomery
Harry Tierney
Joseph McCarthy
Irene
New York
Waterfront Market Report Shows Large Fresh Fish Supplies
South Boston fish pier resumes trade amid plentiful varieties from 21 vessels. Mackerel totals include 3500 pounds by Thelma and 100 pounds by Mascot. swordfish catches from Yafico, Minerva, and others. Bananas arrive from Guatemala via United Fruit ships San Mateo and Esparta. The Landsman.
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South Boston
Thelma
Mascot
Minerva
Julietta
Killarney
Haddock
Cod
Pollock
Ardaker
Grand Marshal
James R. Clark
Angie B. Watson
Adeliga D
Progress
Long Wharf
United Fruit
San Mateo
Puerto Barrios
Esparta
Port Limon
Costa Rica
Shipping News Arrivals and Returns Of Steamers And Barges
Shipping notices list arrivals of steamers and schooners including Venator Svendsen Esparza O Neill and others at ports from New Castle Eng to Norfolk and Searsport. Several vessels return or sail from Philadelphia New York Boston and Portland with barges Paxinos Pocono Pequest and others. A steamer Springfield returns deranged steering gear and heads to Pacific ports.
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Venator
Svendsen
Newcastle
Eng
Esparza
O'Neill
Port Samon
G. R
Nacooehes
Hibbard
Savannah
Neuces
Haywood
Galveston
Atlanta
Braithwaite
Jacksonville
Currier
Wahl
Port Arthur
Tex
Amolco
Harrington
Porto Rico
Dorchester
Ryan
Baltimore
Norfolk
Arlington
Ricker
Selwyn Raddy
Quinn
Philadelphia
Mars
Law
Henry Endicott
George R. Stetson
Horace A. Allyn
North America
Partridge
New York
Hatteras
Pocono
Pequest
Rockland
Prince George
Yarmouth
N. C
Dingley
St. John
N. B
Eastport
Lubec
Nantucket
Carrier
Beverly
Calvin Austin
Camden
Banger
Juno
Tipton
Irish Moss
Davies
Morrison
Triton
EB. L. Pilsbury
Paxinos
Lynn
Mary
Turn to the Right Opens at Arlington Theatre
The Arlington Theatre starts its season with Turn to the Right, a Boston run favorite. Maude Odell Jr makes her debut here alongside James Ellison Charles W Goodrich Sidney Henderson Leo Chalzel Maude Huntley Joseph Striker and others under Shubert policy pricing.
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Arlington Theatre
Boston
Shuberts
Maude Odell, Jr
James Ellison
Charles W. Goodrich
Sidney Henderson
Leo Chalzel
Maude Huntley
Joseph Striker
Joseph Bernard
John O'Connor
Joseph Allenton
George Spelvin
Beatrice Hughes
Orpheum Theatre Presents All Star Film and Stage Lineup
Loew's Orpheum Theatre offered patrons an all star program headlined by Billie Howard and Arthur Lewis in Do You Like Me Douglas Flint and company in Easy Money Godfrey and Henderson in Before and After Rita Shirley in a modern song revue Will Bissett and George Scott Montambo and Nap Sessus Hayakawa led the photoplay The Arabian Knight For the last half of the week The Girl in the Rain will top the photoplay attractions with an all star cast
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Loew’s
Orpheum Theatre
Billie Howard
Arthur Lewis
Douglas Flint
Godfrey and Henderson
Rita Shirley
Will Bissett
George Scott
Montambo
Nap
Sessus Hayakawa
Gordon's Strand Presents Dramatic Bill At Upham's Corner
Don’t Fiver Marry leads Gordon’s Strand show at Upham’s Corner with a program of features including Ethel Clayton in The Ladder of Lies. An entire change of programme is planned for Thursday headlined by Norma Talmadge in She Loves and Lies.
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Gordon’s Strand
Upham’s Corner
Ethel Clayton Oo
Norma Talmadge
Dowling Stars in Riders of the Dawn at Gordon’s Scollay Square
Joseph J. Dowling appeared in the principal role of Anderson, the wheat raiser and heroine’s father, in Riders of the Dawn at Gordon’s Scollay Square Olympia. The Olympia Weekly presents a new comedy and a bill of vaudeville to close the program.
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Joseph J. Dowling
Gordon's Scollay Square
Olympia
Mr. Dowling
Anderson
Olympia Weekly
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Amazing Film
Bowdoin Square
Gordon Chain
Coca-Cola Company
Atlanta, GA
All Druggista
Resinol
Baltimere
Keith's
Chic Sale
Fox Carmen
Railroad Labor Board
Astern Massachusetts Street Railway Company
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
Ogden
Warner Loring
Board of Public Trustees
Wadleigh
Public Service Commission
Loring
Crowley
Fred Crowley
Carmen’s Union
Gordon’s Olympia
Fenway Theatre
Exeter Street
Jupiter
Venus
Saturn
Shipping News
Scollay Square
Saselwyn
Secator Park
H. H. Frazee
Jack Norworth
Condit
Bayer
Frank H. Silk
Battle of Music National — Orchestra
Bmiumawds Singing Orchestra
Kan Sisters
Washington ST
Mile ST
Saturday Evening Post
New England
Charles Lois Josephin
M Charles Pon
Billy B
Sam
Hubert
Little Bidg
George V. Hobart
Ivan Caryll
Philander Johnson
Edith Taliaferro
Copley
Firene’s
Jordan's Shepard
Lazy Lubin
Keble Howard
MAURICE. _TOURN “The White
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Moore
Marshall Neila
Jasn Pitts i
Copley Square
Fenway
Wrilgrims
Cape Cod
Dorothy Bradford
Atlantic Ave
Orchestra
Fort Hill
John Golden
Zane Grey
WAU
Dawn” Deville
Comedy Trene
Paramount Picture
Hicks Aches Ee
Dixey Boys
Strachan’s Nautical Orchestra
Klaw & Erlanger
Man
Ina
Thur
Qruabeg
Auburndale
Wed
William Desmond
Axe
Csr
Sessue Hayakawa
Grace Darling
Chas, Mack & Co
Shriner & Muse Simmons
Lexey & O'Connor
Olga & Allen
Ponzi, Corbett & van In
Bowdoin
Maurice. Tou
CRO
Norma Telmad
Toms
Waldron
Braves
Cincinnati
Wright & Ditson
Borealis Paryan
The
Mancaster
North
Paramount Special
Dorothy Gish
Marshall Neilan
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