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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1915
Page
9
Edward H. Crosby reviews the Wilbur Theatre season opener Nobody Home as a lively musical farce described by producers as jolly and musical. The plot is hard to pin down with analysis, yet the production fulfills its three billed factors.
A lively summer entertainment at the Winter Garden features Lawrence Grossmith as a north country aristocrat and Adele Rowland as a leading prima donna. Maude Odell Laura Hamilton and Helen Clarke display charm and talent in synchronized dance and comic turns. Nigel Barrie excels in dance and romantic roles as the chorus impresses with fresh faces and handsome costumes. The audience responds with frequent approval noting novelty and lighthearted merriment.
The Lewis Grace and Girls' company drew applause at Scollay Square Olympia Theatre featuring scenery and effects. Osborne's Dogtown Revue with Rags the dog received praise. Harrison West Trio and Park and Shaw performed songs and dances. Pollard the Gabby Juggler and Elliott Rodgers offered organ selections. A four reel feature Shadows From the Past and Hearst Weekly No 67 plus other releases were shown.
The Howard Athenaeum drew enthusiastic crowds as the Tip Top Girl Burlesquers showcased a witty, varied program. Printess Luba Merofft led vocal numbers while Frank Harcourt, Helen Spencer, and George Niblo impressed. Caprice Lewis wowed with aerial feats and Caprice Lewis and the Moscow Duto added to the acts. Thursday features Hockman vs Weidermann wrestling. Friday includes Sam Cohen’s amateurs along with the regular show. a Sunday concert completes the bill.
The Birth of a Nation remains at Tremont Theatre in Boston for two more weeks after protests prompted the extension. The film’s Civil War battles mob scenes romance and score captivate audiences as the regular season resumes with The Song of Songs on Sept 6.
The B F Keith's Theatre program features Nat M Wills the happy tramp along with Mazie King Tyler Brooke Great Bell Family Mexican Troubadours Winsor McCay Mary Hlen Augusta Glose Frances Nordstrom William Pinkham Tony Hunting Corinne Frances Binns Burt and a special picture A Twentieth Century Courtship. Final opportunities to see Mr Wills in vaudeville this season.
Park Theatre presents Paramount stars Marguerite Clark and Sam Bernard in a weeklong program. Clark stars in Helene of the North with strong stage and screen appeal, while Bernard debuts in Poor Schmalts showing his comic versatility. Also featured are Charles Frank's Paramount Concert Orchestra, Grace Palmer soprano, Park topical review, Pathe News travel series, and a Charlie Chaplin comedy.
Bowdoin Square Theatre promotes a busy slate of vaudeville and moving pictures. The week highlights include The Juggernaut five reel railroad wreck tale with a dramatic rescue, Chaplin in a new comedy, The Fighter the Pedler and the Girl, A Holiday in Dixie, and next up The Diamond From the Sky followed by Romance of Blaine. Scarlet Sun starts Thursday with Sunday concerts.
Mme Olga Petrova stars in The Vampire at the Boston Theatre for the first three days of the week, praised as a top American emotional actress in a thrilling photo play. The program also features Ring Lardner’s You Know Me Al film with baseball stars, Chaplin and Pickford, and daily concerts by Nichols and the Fadettes. The week ends with The Chalice of Courage six part picture, plus dramatic feats including a cliff fall and a bear sequence starring William Duncan and Myrtle Gonzales.
The Gaiety Theatre opened its season to a capacity afternoon audience in a newly decorated and furnished venue. The bill features The Maids of América with Al K Hall and Don Barclay, a strong chorus, and a celebrated Temple Quartet. Talent includes Joe Morris as the wandering German and Miss Talbot with noted vocal talent.
Abe Attell featherweight champion for 12 years led a vaudeville program at the theatre yesterday to lively applause. The Walsh Lynch company staged a rural comedy Along the Erie with strong audience response. Also featured were Cook and Stevens in Hicksville Minstrels Kahazawa Trio Japanese jugglers Andrews Red Bottle and Driscoll singing. The Romance of Hasie and other new feature photo plays completed the bill.
Loew's Globe Theatre presented an all star program headlined by Harry Brooks and company in The Old Minstrel Man. Eddie Foley returned with Trené LaTour and others including Harry Rose Leonard and Louie and the Duquesne Comedy Foir. George Driscoll sang a new hit while The Romance of Blaine and additional features topped the bill.
Waldron's Casino presents a revue led by Tom McRae and Jack Miller with 40 performers in two musicals and an all star olio. The opening satire Smoke Among the Gypsies features Shirley Lawrence in burlesque debut, plus Alaska or Bust and The Sporting Pikers. A Belmont race track setting includes a treadmill race between a horse and a bicyclist.
The Olympia show featured Green, McHenry and Deen delivering heavy scoring in a vaudeville act. Ida Bayton offered violin and change artistry in a neat specialty. The Three Bounding Desmonds performed a trampoline routine. Revue of Re Vues titled The Birthday Party drew solid audience response. The Cox Sisters Lulu Sutton and Geoffrey Whalen presented photo lectures and pleased the crowd. A slate of new releases included The Woman Hater.
A Norumbega pool theatre presented a musical about a society leader and his devoted secretary amid romance and dowry schemes. An excellent cast and chorus performed while moving pictures added to the night, with readiness for Governors’ visit Thursday at 7 30.
Park Square Theatre opens this morning as Selwyn & Go presents Twin Beds by Salisbury Field and Margaret Mayo. The show stars Madge Kennedy Rax Cox John Westley Leo Carrillo John Cumberland Alice John Jane Seymour with the original Broadway cast. Fred Wright will manage Park Square and Plymouth.
Paragon Park at Nantasket Beach features two new acts this week the Pendleton sisters in dancing and Agnés Lee in flying trapeze. The Maganette Trio Art Spaulding Mlle Camilla and Frosini provide music with souvénirs and modern dancing by LaBlanc and Lorraine drawing enthusiastic crowds.
Viola Allen elevates The White Sister at the Modern Theatre in a photo play adaptation. Her stage experience and beauty translate to dramatic pathos and refined touches, delivering an acclaimed performance in Crawford’s work during the current week.
The Majestic Theatre enters the second and final week of Arrah-Na-Pogue with Andrew Mack as Shaun. C Blanche Rite stars as the title Irish lass, delivering winsome charm. Sandy Chapman and the company perform competently. Matinees daily.
Long box office lines formed at the Shubert for the modern morality play Expérience ahead of an indefinite engagement beginning next Saturday. A clergy preview is set for Friday night with no general sale. The New York company of 82 actors presents Expérience at special prices.
The White Feather by Lechmere Torrall and J E Harold Terry will open Plymouth Theatre’s fifth regular dramatic year on Labor Day afternoon, marking a notable success of the past season and a strong start to the new season.
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