Bunker Bean play charms with farce and wit
The Chicago run of His Majesty Bunker Bean features Taylor Holmes in the title role with Florence Shirley Lillian Lawrence and Charles Abbe in strong supporting turns. The reviewer praises the adaptation from Wilson’s novel as lively, brisk comedy with moments of farce and solid acting.
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Henry Leon Wilson
Bunker Bean
Mr. Wilson
Lee Wilson Dodd
Chicago
Boston
Taylor Holmes
Florence Shirley
Ruth
Lillian Lawrence
Grandma
Charles Abbe
Robert Kelly
Satirical Portraits of Nature in Vivid Fidelity
A vivid, nature faithful piece carries a subtle satirical edge that enhances its appeal with sharp wit. Its observational tone highlights living scenes and details, creating a compelling portrayal that lingers with gentle humor.
Stars Shine at St James Theatre Show Parade
At the St James Theatre yesterday Mike Donlin ex Giants captain and Marty Mc Hale ex Red Sox pitcher joined a lively bill. Palm Beach Beauties musical comedy one act Into the Light a sensational act along with Rom bas trio Cook and Stevens The Chinaman and the Coon Pearl of the Army Keystone comedy Pathe News and The Bugler of Algiers added variety to the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James Theatre
Mike Donlin
New York Giants
Marty McHale
Red Sox
Palm Beach
Pathe
Algiers
Colonial Theatre opens final week of Sybil with top stars
Julia Sanderson Donald Brian and Joseph Cawthorn head the last week run of Sybil at the Colonial Theatre. Critics hail the sprightly melodious production with sparkling performances and tasteful costumes. Otis Skinner is slated to appear Monday in Mister Antonio at the same venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Sanderson
Donald Brian
Joseph Cawthorn
Sybil
Colonial Theatre
Miss Sanderson
Otis Skinner
Colonial
Mister Antonio
Copley Theatre Extends Run of Arms and the Man
Copley Theatre extends second week of George Bernard Shaw comedy Arms and the Man after a strong opening. Cast members have grown into their parts and the satire drew a large audience last night.
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Copley Theatre
George Bernard Shaw
Take Your Medicine at Hollis Theatre
At Hollis Street Theatre last evening the four act comedy drama Take Your Medicine by Ernest Poole and Harriet Ford received its first city production. The play has seen prior stagings in Los Angeles and a smaller venue, with Henry W. Savage presenting another notable offering.
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Hollis Street
Ernest Poole
Harriet Ford
Los Angeles
Henry W. Savage
Barbary Yoska in New York A Legal Drama of Hearts and Deceit
Hungarian dancer Barbary Yoska rises in New York but falls into trouble as circumstantial evidence in a divorce case threatens him. Janet Reardon the nurse helps him recover while a developing romance unfolds, ending with a California move and a bittersweet resolution. The play blends comedy with courtroom drama and strong performances especially from Linden Carlisle and Alexandra Carlisle.
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Barbary Yoska
New York
Janet Reardon
Barbary
Azalea Henry
America
London
California
Feriner Linden
Yoska
Alexandra Carlisle
Angela Weirs
Agnes Everett
Cardle
Harry Lewellyn
Tanner
Take Your Medicine Medical Comedy Stage Cast Listed
Bertram Marbury Griffin and two lawyers appear with Mark Price as referee. W T Clark manages with Seth Bowker Nicholas Joy as Graham Wallace Marie Ascaraga Jean Barrett Marguerite Fritts as three nurses Nat Sach Herbert S Burns C L Felter in minor roles. Take Your Medicine proves a pleasant medicine to take and enjoyable. The piece remains here until further notice.
Candle Dance Delights Boston Opera House Closing Week
The New York Hippodrome spectacle Hip Hip Hooray at the Boston Opera House will extend to Dec 16. Charles Dillingham approved the extension after manager Lawrence McCarty persuaded him, introducing new features for the finale. Charlotte performed the Candle Dance with four young princesses on steel runners lighting 16 candles amid skating. Delegations from Lynn Salem and Beverly of United Machinery Company watched the finale.
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Crood
Boston Opera House
New York
Charlotte
Lynn
Salem
Beverly
United Machinery Company
Show at Loew's Orpheum Praised as Year’s Best
Yesterday’s Loew's Orpheum program featured The Bachelor Dinner by a 15 performer troupe led by Jack Henry and Rose Gardner. The bill also included Al Wohlman and company, Evans and Wilson in An Accidental Happening, Wessie Farrell and Stanley James, Belle and Mayo, John Le Clair, Lane and O'Donnell, a Keystone comedy, Pathe News, and the photo play The Children Pay with Lillian Gish.
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Loew’s Orpheum
Jack Henry
Rose Gardner
al Wohlman
Wohlman
Bist
Evans
Wilson
Wessie Farrell
Stanley James
Company
Belle’and Mayo
John le Clair
Lane
O’donnell
Pathe
Lillian Gish
Hitchcock brings charm to Tremont in Betty revival
Raymond Hitchcock makes a strong return to the Tremont Theatre in Betty a London musical comedy. The second week opened with a large enthusiastic audience and Hitchcock as an English lord showcases wit and personality with notable songs and a curtain speech touching on topical topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Hitchcock
Tremont Theatre
Betty
London
Cinderella Man shines as a wholesome season comedy
The Cinderella Man is praised as one of the prettiest plays of the season. It is lauded for refreshing wholesome humor performed by Shelley Hull, Phoebe Foster, Frank Bacon, Berton Churchill, Frank Gilmore, Reginald Mason, Theodore Babcock, Percival Moore and Louise Rial.
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Cinderella Man
Shelley Hull
Phoebe Foster
Frank Bacon
Berton Churchill
Frank Gilmore
Reginald Mason
Theodore Babcock
Percival Moore
Louise Rial
Fenway Theatre Offers Chaplin Revue and A Son of Erin
At the Fenway Theatre this week audiences see Charlie Chaplin in Revue of 1916 presenting phases of his screen career and Dustin Farnum in A Son of Erin. The Fenway Orchestra performs popular selections accompanying the bill.
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Fenway Theatre
Charlie Chaplin
Dustin Farnum
Erin
Fenway Orchestra
Agnes Scott Players Headline Scollay Square Olympia Show
The Scollay Square Olympia week featured the Agnes Scott Players in You Cant Beat a Woman. Roeders Invention impressed with acrobatics while Mills and Lockwood and Conrad and Davis delivered fine double acts. Gardellas dogs drew applause and Dwyer and Duval provided humor and dancing. Pictures included Love and Hate and The Princess of Graustark.
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Scollay Square Olympia
Agnes, Scott
Roeder
Mills
Lockwood
Conrad
Davis
Gardella
Dwyer
Duval
Graustark
Park Theatre Plays to Capacity with All Man and Sunbeam
This week at the Park Theatre audiences fill the houses. Robert Warwick stars in All Man as Jim Blake with Mollie King and a strong company. Mabel Taliaferro shines in The Sunbeam as a sweet working girl. Mary Pickford in New York Hat satisfies. The Flirt with Ralph Herz impresses. The Selig Tribune and Madam Calvert receive applause.
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Park Theatre
All Man
Robert Warwick
Jim Blake
Mollie King
Mabel Taliaferro
Mary Pickford
New York
Ralph Herz
Selig Tribune
Madam Calvert
Great Lover Opens Second Week At Park Square
Leo Ditrichstein stars in The Great Lover now in its second week at Park Square Theatre. Word of its merit drew capacity crowds last night with no vacant seats. Ditrichstein’s portrayal is praised as a standout example of American stage artistry.
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Leo Ditrichstein
Park Square Theatre
Mr. Ditrichstein
Theda Bara Returns in The Vixen at Modern Theatre
Theda Bara stars as a vampiric focal point in The Vixen at Modern Theatre this week. Also on the bill is Lillian Walker in The Dollar and the Law, a Cobb adaptation promoting thrift through its plot.
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Theda Bara
Modern Theatre
Howard Atheneum Show Wows Burlesque Crowd
Jack Reid and his Record Breakers delivered an excellent performance at the Howard Atheneum. The bill featured Ella Reid Gilbert Babe La Belle Bob Startzmann Norma Brown Vincent Ducey and the Webster and Hollis sisters with a strong vaudeville side including Mansfield and Stella Francis and Edie Wilson Kennedy and Nelson Foley and Conners and Musical George.
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Jack Reid
Howard Atheneum
Mr. Reid
Ella Reid Gilbert
Babe la Belle
Bob Startzmann
Norma Brown
Vincent Ducey
Webster Sisters
Hollis Sisters
Taz Weatherford
Nat Young
Kennedy
Nelson
Foley
Conners
Musical George
Paul Brady
Bowdoin Square Theatre Offers Vaudeville and Moving Pictures
The Bowdoin Square Theatre presented Meyer's Russian Troubadours and a feature film Undine with Ida Schnall the world champion diver. Major Norman J Sper, famed Boy Scout war correspondent, gave an illustrated lecture. The lineup included Jennings and Mack, Atlanta Fiske and Jack, John Stone, George Murphy, and Bob Harding with The Shielding Shadow continuing. The run will continue with Sam Cohen's amateurs Thursday and bargain features Friday.
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Bowdoin Square Theatre
Meyer
Ida Schnall
Neptune
Norman J., Sper
America
Major Sper
Jennings
Mack
Boston Boys
Atlanta
Fiske
Jack
John Stone
George Murphy
Bob Harding
Sam Cohen
Cheyenne Days Heads Boston Theatre Vaudeville Bill
Gus Hornbrook's Cheyenne Days heads the Boston Theatre programme with 10 performers 12 horses and scenery. Florence LaBadie stars in the picture feature with ex governor Walsh at a recent ball in Divorce and the Daughter. The bill also includes Obrien Havel and company Monday Morning War ing the Schmettons Holden and Harron and the Melody Four. The Yellow Menace continues to enthrall.
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Gus Hornbrook
Boston
Florence LaBadie
David I. Walsh
Plymouth Theatre to Close Run of Very Good Eddie
After a 17 week Boston run and three months at Wilbur Theatre the show moved to Plymouth Theatre but high demand and new bookings elsewhere prevent an extended stay. The engagement ends next Saturday night.
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Eddie
Boston
Wilbur Theatre
Plymouth Theatre
Wilbur
Beacons Theatre Presents Blanche Sweet in Unprotected
For the first three days of the current week the New Beacon Theatre presents Blanche Sweet in Unprotected. On the same programme J Stuart Blackton and Albert E Smith show Antonio Moreno and Naomi Childers in The Devil's Prize. On Thursday Friday and Saturday Alice Brady appears in Bought and Paid For. Dustin Farnum features in A Son of Erin.
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New Beacon Theatre
Blanche Sweet
Miss Sweet
J. Stuart Blackton
Albert E. Smith
Antonio Moreno
Naomi Childers
Alice Brady
Dustin Farnum
Erin
Shubert Theatre to Open You're In Love in Boston
The Shubert Theatre will premiere You're In Love the new Hammerstein musical comedy in Boston on Thursday night. Producers promise Friml quality music by principals and chorus with Hauerbach book and Clark lyrics welcomed with enthusiasm. Charming songs and dance numbers predominate with sensational surprises promised.
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Boston
Shubert
Clark
Yvette Guilbert Opens Wilbur Matinee Series Today
Yvette Guilbert performs the first of two Wilbur Theatre matinees this afternoon at 2 30. The program features medieval chansons and modern pieces, plus violin solos by Emily Gresser with Gustave Ferrari at the piano.
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Yvette Guiilbert
Wilbur Theatre
Wilbur
Jean d’Arcc
American Aristocracy headlined with Douglas Fairbanks at Old South
Douglas Fairbanks stars in American Aristocracy at Old South Theatre playing a Southern bug hunter in a summer resort quest for specimens and attempts at society with notable acrobatics. Mme Petrova headlines Extravagance with Frank Keenan in Jim Grimsby’s Boy and Maurice Costello in The Crimson Stain Mystery.
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Douglas Fairbanks
Mme. Petrova
Frank Keenan
Jim Grimsby
Maurice Costello
Washington Theatre Hosts The Honorable Argy and More
Charles Ray stars as a week minded Englishman exiled to America in search of an heiress in The Honorable Argy at the Washington Theatre this week. On the bill Jack Pickford and Louise Huff appear in Seventeen. Lillian Gish headlines The Children Pay while Blanche Sweet appears in Unprotected on Thursday Friday and Saturday.
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Charles Ray
Washington Theatre
Ray
America
Jack Pickford
Lcouise Huff
Lillian Gish
Blanche Sweet
Waldron's Casino Show Shines with Vaudeville Flair
Florence Bennett leads the company at Waldron's Casino in a lively revue featuring Good-by Broadway and The Reducing Rag. Luke La Pine, Doc Bell, Louise Alexandra, and a dance ensemble deliver clever Hawaiian comedy, rapid-fire garage dialogue, and catchy songs.
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Fred Irwin
Waldron
Florence Bennett
Broadway
Luke la Pine
Doc Bell
Louise Alexandra
de Mont
Kell
Dell
Miss Penmann
Miss Grey
Miss Emery
Gracie
Frank de Mont
la Pine
Florence Emery
Frogland
My Town
Paul Cunningham
Gordon’s Olympia vaudeville bill features varied acts
This week at Gordon's Olympia the Tyrolean Troubadours present A Night in the Alps while the Del Grado Four perform an aerial novelty. The Three Maniacs, Harlan Knight and company in The Chalk Line, and Putnam and Lewis with James Reynolds headline. Owen Moore and Irene Fenwick star in A Coney Island Princess with Emily Stevens in The Wager.
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Gordon’s Olympia
Alps
Harlan Knight and Company
Putnam and Lewis
James Reynolds
Owen Moore
Irene Fenwick
Coney Island
Emily Stevens
War Brides at Globe Theatre Feature Nazimova
The third week of Mme Nazimova in War Brides began yesterday at the Globe Theatre. The film portrays a factory peasant girl and widow with truthful light and shade using Nazimova's mobile countenance. It is a war picture with no actual combat footage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme. Nazimova
Globe Theatre
Nazimova
Franklin Park Theatre Shows Offer Variety Act Lineup
Yesterday at Franklin Park Theatre Edna Goodrich starred in The Making of Madalena while The Villainous Pursuit featured Virginia King. The program also included Comedienne Chevrial, the musical chef Mack, Al Bright and Mack, Pep, Ginger and Pep, the Asahi Troupe and the Japanese wonder workers.
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Franklin Park
Edna Goodrich
Villianous Pursuit
Virginia King
Comedienne
Chevrial
Chef
Mack
Albright
Pep
Ginger
Asahi Troupe
Wonder Workers
Fire damages Horace Mann School Back Bay
A blaze at the Horace Mann School for Deaf and Dumb Children at 178 Newbury Street Back Bay caused about 1000 in damage. The fire, likely incendiary, was fought by police and fire officials for nearly an hour with kerosene soaked material found on the attic and upper floors. Entry was gained by breaking a rear window.
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Horace Mann School For
Newbury Street
Back Bay
Castle Square Theatre Extends Run of Peg o My Heart
The Castle Square Theatre run of Peg o My Heart continues with a second week. Cast members Miss Carewe Carvel in the title role gains praise, supported by Miss Shore Miss Clara Sidney Mr. Stephens and Mr. Christy as audiences applaud and laugh.
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Peg O
Castle Square
Carewe Carvel
Miss Shore
Clara Sidney
Stephens
Christy
Gaiety Theatre Opens Step Lively Girls Cast
Arthur Pearson presents Step Lively Girls at the Gaiety theater. Rich McAllister and Harry Shannon draw the laughs, with Julia Edwards and Maudie Heath among notable performers. Dick Knowles and Mae White deliver strong comic bits, and Clarence Dotson stands out as a notable entertainer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Pearson
Gaiety
Rich McAllister
Harry Shannon
Julia Edwards
Boston
Maudie Heath
Dick Knowles
Mae White
Clarence Dotson
Somerville Theatre Debuts New Cast in Diplomacy
A large audience welcomed several new players to the Somerville Theatre company in Diplomacy. Produced under Kendall Weston's direction, the cast includes Margaret Lotus, Betty Barnicoat, Arthur Howard, and Jack Lewis.
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Somerville Theatre
Kendall Weston
Margaret Lotus
Betty Barnicoat
Arthur Howard
Jack Lewis
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