Only 38 Opens at Tremont
A Tremont theatre review highlights Only 38 a play by A E Thomas based on a Walter Prichard Eaton story. Miss Ryan leads as a widow with two children in a small town setting, supported by a strong cast including Percy Pollock Ruth Mero Neil Martin and an accomplished college student ensemble.
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Mary
Ryan
Tremont Theatre
A. E. Thomas
Walter Prichard Eaton
Booth Tarkington
Stanley
Giddings
New York
Miss Ryan
Percy Pollock
Ruth Mero
Neil Martin
Bob
Bonnie Briar Bush in Orpheum Week Film Run
The Bonnie Briar Bush plays at Loew's Orpheum this week with Love Will Find a Way as its theme. The Scottish tale follows a shepherd's clash with his daughter over Lord Donald Hay and ends in a happy finale.
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Bonnie Briar
Loew's
Orpheum Theatre
Scotland
Donald Hay
Margaret Turnbull
Ian Maclaren
Donald Crisp
Mary Glynne
Alec Fraser
Lord Donald
London
Famous Players-Laskey Company
Fred
Melville
Stetson
Mack and Dean
Homer Miles
Roughneck
Reiff Brothers
Mae Marsh at Bowdoin Square Theatre
Mae Marsh drew a large audience at Bowdoin Square Theatre with talks on her film future. The program featured Fighting Mad with William Desmond, Disraeli with George Arliss, Be Reasonable, vaudeville acts, and a souvenir photo distribution. Next week Kathryn Williams appears in person.
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Mae Marsh
Bowdoin Square Theatre
D. W. Griffith
van Camp
Grace Gould
Molly
Williams and Taylor
Tobin and
Vincent
Kathryn Williams
Charles Ray Shines In Two Minutes To Go At Olympia
Charles Ray wins dramatic football themed tale in Two Minutes To Go at Gordon Olympia theatre as audience applauds a college plot of redemption and romance. The show features vaudeville acts including Eddie Vogt in The Love Shop and Lew Brice & Co in Stick Up Your Dancing along with Fay Gordon Gates Franklyn Minus Sense and Mack Sennett Comedy Be Reasonable.
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Gordon
Olympia Theatre
Charles Ray
Charles
Eddie "Vogt
Lew Brice & Co
Fay Gordon
Gates Franklyn
Trovato
Gordon Olympia Theatre
Hollis Stages Milne Comedy Mr Pim Passes By
The Hollis presented for the first time in the city an English play by A. A. Milne titled Mr Pim Passes By. The bright comedy delighted audiences with novelty and strong enactment as Mr Pim charmed and misled.
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Hollis
A. A. Milne
Mr. Pim
Mr Pim Brightens Boston Stage With Light English Comedy
A light comedy delight features Laura Hope Crews as Olivia Marden and Dudley Digges as Mr Marden. The play centers on a doddering visitor from Australia, mistaken proofs of marriage, and a ward’s romance, all set in an English home.
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London
New York
Boston
House of
Carroway Pim
Marden
Australia
Laura Hope Crews
Olivia Marden
Dudley Digees
Mr. Marden
Alison Bradshaw
Leonard Mudle
Erskine Sanford
Theodora Shubert Engagement Draws Crowds In Final Week
The mammoth picture Theodora plays at the Shubert Theatre with Rita Jolivet in the title role delivering a rare performance. The elaborate production and ingeniously worked story details attract many patrons as the final week unfolds.
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Theodora
Shubert Theatre
Rita Jolivet
Oddest Show Heads Lancaster Theatre Run
The Oddest was the offering at the Lancaster Theatre yesterday and will be seen today and tomorrow. Also on the bill David Powell stars in Dangerous Lies. On Thursday Elsie Ferguson leads Footlights with Dangerous Curve Ahead as an all star addition.
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Lancaster Theatre
David Powell
Elsie Ferguson
Exeter Theatre Presents Williams Hart in Three Word Brahd
Hart returns in a western role at the Exeter Theatre today and Wednesday with Molly King in Suspicious Wives. Anita Stewart stars in The Invisible Tear for the remainder of the week alongside Bebe Daniels in The Speed Girl.
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Exeter Theatre Today
Wednesday Williams
Hart
Molly King
Anita Stewart
Bebe Daniels
Mystery The Night Cap Charms Wilbur Theatre Crowd
At the Wilbur Theatre the Mystery show The Night Cap draws growing audiences each night. An excellent company delivers constant, hilarious comedy despite the play’s ambiguous theme.
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Wilbur Theatre
Tuneful Opera at Arlington Impresses Boston Audience
The Arlington Theatre stage production of Love Tales of Hoffman drew a large, appreciative crowd. Helen Allyn impressed in multiple roles while Rulon Robison, Emma Linslee, Deacon, Fein and Henry delivered strong support in a well received performance. Tickets are on sale for four upcoming attractions starting December 12.
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Arlington Theatre
Hoffman
Boston
Helen Allyn
Olympia
Giulietta
Antonia
Clara Shear
Rulon Robison
Emma Linslee
Nicklausse
Deacon
Fein
Goppelius
Cochenille
Robert Henry
Miracle
Boston Cadets
Madge Lessing
Lively Howard Show Delights Patrons At Athenaeum
The Puss Puss Company presented a high class burlesque and vaudeville bill at the Howard Athenaeum featuring Ray Read and a cast including Mattie De Lece Viola Bohlen Emily Nice Lee Hickman and Kenney and Hollis. Acted by The Two Doctors and Six American Belfords with “The Freeze Out” film next week promises Cora Livingston the world champion lady wrestler.
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Howard Athenaeum
Puss Puss Company
Ray Read
Mattie de Lece
Viola Bohlen
Emily Nice
Lee Hickman
Kenney
Hollis
Boston
Janet
Eugene
Harry Carey
Cora Livingston
Two Stars At Twin Houses At Local Theatres
Pauline Frederick stars in The Lure of Jade at the Modern and Beacon Theatre. The plot centers on jealousy, scandal, murder, and Sara Vincent’s voyage to the South Sea Islands, with a gun for revenge. Alice Brady stars in Hush Money, a tale of wealth and hush money, with a hospital ending and family reconciliation. Be Reasonable, a Sennett comedy, and International News complete the program.
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Pauline Frederick
Modern
Beacon Theatre
Alice Brady
Sara Vincent
Miss Frederick
Sara
South Sea Islands
Thomas Holding
Arthur Ranken
George Fawcett
Lawrence Wheat
Sennett
Billy Bevan
Mildred June
Invisible Power at Fenway with Peters and O'Brien on bill
Last night at the Fenway theatre featured The Invisible Power with House Peters. Eugene O'Brien appeared in Clay Dollars on the same bill, a Lews Allen Browne story with amusing and dramatic Hick Town moments. Justin Hall played pleasing piano pieces enriching the program. For Thursday to Saturday the lineup includes Don’t Tell Everything with Wallace Reid Gloria Swanson and Elliott Dexter, and Alice Calhoun in The Rainbow.
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Fenway Theatre
House Peters
Eugene O’brien
Lewis Allen Browne
Hick Town
Justin Hall
Wallace Reid
Gloria Swanson
Elliott Dexter
Alice Calhoun
Thurston the Magician Delights Selwyn Theatre Crowd
Selwyn Theatre presents Thurston the magician in a highly successful engagement praised for elaborate illusions. This week marks the last of the run with a future attraction listed as Mme Petrova in The White Peacock beginning December 12.
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Thurston
Selwyn Theatre
Mme. Petrova
Fred Stone Shines in Tip Top at Colonial Theatre
Fred Stone leads the musical extravaganza Tip Top opening at the Colonial Theatre with talent and snap from start to finish. The show features a feline courtroom, Barker’s shop plot, a chase to Arizona, a whip snapping routine, and a Valentine theme finale. Vivian and Rosetta Duncan charm as Barker’s daughters. The Six Brown Brothers entertain with saxophones and receive encores.
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Fred Stone
Tip Top
Colonial Theatre
Barker
Tiptop
Arizona
Big Chief Tiptop
Stone
Vivian
Rosetta Duncan
Brown Brothers
Keiths Theatre Vaudeville Stars Shine In BostonBill
A balanced Keiths Theatre program in Boston last night featured top acts led by the Mosconi Brothers with Verna and Willie, Trixie Friganza, Burns and Freda, Martha Pryor, Bob Geraghty at piano, Laura and Billy Dreyer, Langford and Endertek, Dooley and Sales, and Jack Wyatt’s Scotch company. Steve Freda received a silver loving cup presented by Representative George Costanza on behalf of North End friends.
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Keith
Boston
Mosconi Brothers
Verna
Willie
Trixie Friganza
Trixie
Burns
Reda
Martha Pryor
Bob Geraghty
Laura
Billy Dreyer
Howard Langford
Inaendertek
Dooley
Sales
Jack Wyatt
Steve Freda
George Costanza
North End
Final week of The Three Musketeers at Globe Theatre
Douglas Fairbanks stars as IV Artagnan in the final week run of The Three Musketeers at the Globe Theatre. The Boston audiences have drawn large crowds since the film's arrival.
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Three Musketeers
Globe Theatre
Douglas Fairbanks
IV Artagnan
Boston
Last Tucker film at Gordon's Cambridge and Strand
The final production of George Loane Tucker starring Betty Compson opposite Robert Ellis was shown at Gordon's Central Square Cambridge and Gordon's Strand Theatres yesterday. The program also included Harold Lloyd's I Do and a big vaudeville finale at both venues.
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George Loane Tucker
Alice Duer Miller
Gordon's Central Square
Cambridge
Gordon
Strand Theatres
Betty Compson
Robert Ellis
Harold Lloyd
Plymouth Theatre Ends Boston Run For The Bad Man
Holbrook Blinn savors new laurels as Boston engagement of The Bad Man nears close at Plymouth Theatre with few remaining chances to see him in the title role.
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Boston
Plymouth Theatre
Holbrook Blinn
Bunty Pulls the Strings at the Copley Theatre
The Copley theatre staged Bunty Pulls the Strings with Eva McRoberts Clive and George Tande delivering strong comic performances. The play’s dialect and brisk pacing kept the audience laughing as Bunty seizes opportunities amid a colorful cast including Sammas Biggar and a perpetually irate aunt.
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Copley Theatre
Bunty
Aberdeen
Eva McRoberts
Mr. Clive
Wweelum
George Tande
Rub
Clive
Miss McRoberts
Mr. Jewett
Jewett
Mind Reader at Majestic Delights City Audience
Leona La Mar billed as The Girl with 1000 yes features telepathy tricks at the Majestic Theatre aided by an assistant who foresees audience questions. The act promises a long forecast of economic recovery while Nora Bayes heads a second week with encores. Others include Felix Bernhard and Sid Townes in a jazzy sketch, Charles Howard as an inebriate, and multiple musical acts.
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Majestic Theatre
Leona la Mar
Nora Bayes
Boston
Felix Bernhard
Arthur Terry
Johnstons
Joe McCormack
Billie Regay
Tom Lewis
Four Paldrens
Two Silents Today at Central Theater Somerville
Patrons of the Central Theater in Somerville saw The Empire of Diamonds Scrambled Wives and a new Harold Lloyd comedy with the latest Pathe news. Today and tomorrow the concluding half features Charles Ray in Scrap Iron and Alice Brady in Dawn of the East.
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Central Theater
Somerville
Empire of Diamonds
Harold Lloyd
Pathe
Charles Ray
Alice Brady
Tremont Temple Show Promises Queen of Sheba Screen Hit
Tremont Temple presents The Queen of Sheba, a well paced story filmed with skillful photography. The picture appears likely to join the house’s string of successes and draw crowds.
The Sheik and Be My Wife At Park Theater
Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres star in The Sheik drawing audiences at the Park Theater this week. Also on the program is Max Linder in Be My Wife making the bill a two film stand.
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Rudolph Valentino
Agnes Ayres
Max Linder
Priscilla Dean Stars in Conflict at Scollay Square Olympia
Priscilla Dean appeared on the Gordon's Scollay Square Olympia screen last night in Conflict her first picture since Reputation The screen version of Confl et shows Dean as a leading emotional actress Other attractions include a highly selected vaudeville bill led by Beth Beri company and short film subjects completing the program.
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Priscilla Dean
Gordon
Scollay Square Olympia
Clarence Budington Kelland
Seek Auto Driver Who Injured Girl
Boston police search for the automobile driver who struck Pearl Laskey a 15 year old girl of 40 Wentworth street Dorchester as she crossed Greenbrier street. She was thrown to the street and taken to City Hospital with scalp abrasions and a probable fracture of the right ankle.
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Boston
Miss Pearl Laskey
Wentworth Street
Dorchester
Miss Laskey
Greenbrier Street
City Hospital
Come Out of the Kitchen at St James captivates Boston audience
Thomas Playhouse presents Come Out of the Kitchen at the St James Theatre in Boston with Nancy Fair as Oliva Dangingfield. Walter Gilbert plays the Northerner who wants only white servants, while Mark Kent portrays Solon Tucker and a broad cast fills the kitchen and house with comic complications.
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Boston
St. James Theatre
Nancy Fair
Virginia
Oliva Daingerfield
Ruth Chatterton
Miss Fair
Walter Gilbert
Jane Ellen
Mark Kent
Solon Tucker
Ralph Remley
Aubrey Bosworth
Oliva
Jane Miller
Frank Charlton
Harold Chase
Florence Roberts
Viola Roach
Rose Hubner
Garden Frolics Burlesque Blooms at Waldron's Casino
Pearl Hamilton dazzles with serpentine dance as African dance influence inspires the show. Ed Holder and his educated mule deliver top comedy amid a lively cast including Lillian Bessent Donna Hage and Dot Stewart. Boston audience applauds the new burlesque production at Waldron's Casino.
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Pearl Hamilton
Lou Powers
Ed Holder
Waldron’s
Casino
Hippodrome
Boston
Waldron
Lillian Bessent
Donna Hage
Dot Stewart
Out of Dust at the Boston Theater
A Boston theater feature highlights the western themed play Out of Dust inspired by Frederic Remington sketches. The plot follows an Army captain’s wife lured away, the captain’s retirement, the family reconnection, and vivid frontier battles. The vaudeville bill includes Jack McLallen May Carson Fro sinia the Wardells LaCosta the Three Falcons and Newhoff Phelps.
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Boston
Frederic Remington
Remington
Fort Sheridan
Jack McLallen
May Carson
Frosinia
Wardells & LaCosta
The
Three Falcons
Newhoff & Phelps
Get Rich Quick Wallingford at Old South
Rufus Wallingford stars in Get Rich Quick Wallingford at the Old South theatre directed by Frank Bozage. The adaptation by Luther Reed spoils the flow with a shift from afternoon to night, but the cast delivers strong character work led by Sam Hardy Doris Kenyon Billie Dove and Norman Kerry making the lengthy tale engaging for fans of solid acting.
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Rufus Wallingford
Movieland
George Ni. Cohan
Mr. Bozage
Luther Reed
Walingford
Blackie Daw
New York
Battlesburg
Iowa
George Randolph Chester
Wallingford
Sam Hardy
J. Rufus
Norman Kerry
Dan
Doris Kenyon
Billie Dove
Blackie
William D. Hayes
George Washington
Battles
John Woodford
Mr. Mills
Jerry
Sinclair
Thriller at Somerville Theatre Delights Local Audience
Somerville Theatre presents A Fool There Was by the Somerville Players. Jessamine Necombe earns praise as the vamp and Arthur Howard impresses in a heroic role. The cast delivers a strong melodrama with notable subtleties and dramatic strength.
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Somerville Theatre
Somerville
Jessamine Necombe
Tit for Tat at Gayety in Boston Burlesque Spectacle
Joe Hurtig presents Tit for Tat at the Gayety theater featuring Helen Spencer and George Niblo in a lavish burlesque show. The large cast, 30 chorus girls, flamboyant costumes, and a centerpiece sketch Ridiculous to the Sublime drive a lively evening of humor music and dance.
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Gorgeo
Joe Hurtig
Boston
Johnny O'Donnell
Teddy Ulrich
Elinore Wilson
Anna O'Donnell
Jimmie Connors
Bstino
Nery
Weldona Promises Relief From Eighteen Years Of Rheumatism
Mrs. M. F. Harkins of 916 Broadway Chelsea Massachusetts endorses Weldona as a cure for long lasting rheumatism and neuritis describing swift relief after use. The ad urges readers to obtain Weldona from local druggists or by sending for a free book and notes Weldona representatives will be at Houghton and Dutton drug department to discuss the preparation.
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Sloan
Sloan's
Weldona
Weldona Co
Boylston St
Boston
Houghton & Dutton Drug Dept
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Orpheum
Bowdoin SQ
DAME
Stoddardco
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Eversharp
Eveready
Kodaks
Washington Street
Raanncin
Union Hat CO
Casten’s
Hanover St
the Hollis
New
York
Edward H. Crosby
Exeter Theatre
Arlington
Boston Singers
Howard
Kenney and Hollis
Tiger
Helen Rich
Keith Bill
Mosconi Bros
Burns and
Freda
Gordon’s Central SQ
Copley
Jewett Forces
Majestic
Central Theatre
Tremont Temple
Scollay SQ. Olympia
Thomas
ST. James
Old South
Cohan
Chelsea
M. F. Harkins
Broadway
Chelsea, Mass
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