Woman Given Death Penalty for Plot to Kill Husband
London reports the murder trial of Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters ends with both found guilty of killing Thompson's husband. The jury convicts after a two hour deliberation, and Judge Shearman sentences them to be hanged. Thompson collapses, Bywaters protests innocence.
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Herbert Rates Jazz As Only For Real Musical Artists
Victor Herbert, dean of American light opera composers, said jazz is music only when performed by top artists. He warned that non musicians produce horrible sounds. Speaking in his Westminster apartment before heading to stage his new production Orange Blossoms, he described his work method and preference for writing while standing up.
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Victor Herbert
the Westminster
Mr. Herbert
Boy Burns Clothes Playing With Matches In South Boston
Five year old John Erbke, son of Anton Erbke of 18 Athens Street, South Boston, ran screaming on Eighth Street after his clothing caught fire from playing with matches. A passing truck driver rolled him in burlap to extinguish flames and handed him to officers. he was hospitalized with only slight burns to legs and thighs.
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Anton Erbke
Athens Street
South Boston
Eighth Street
City Hospital
Lon Chaney Sizzles In Shadows At Modern Beacon
Lon Chaney delivers his finest portrayal as Yen Lin in Shadows, adapted from Daniel Wilbur Steele’s Ching Chinaman. The film features strong turns by Harrison Ford Marguerite de la Motte and John Sainpolis with a faith inspired conversion. Also showing Affinities a light comedy about married life starring Colleen Moore and John Bowers.
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Shadows
Modern
Beacon Theatres
Daniel Wilbur Steele
Ching
Mr. Chaney
Yen Lin
Harrison Ford
Marguerite de la Motte
John Sain- Polis
Colleen Moore
John Bowers
Exeter Street Theatre Shows Feature Daniels and Meighan
Today and Wednesday at the Exeter Street Theatre Bebe Daniels stars in Pink Gods and Thomas Meighan appears in The Man Who Saw Tomorrow. The latter half of the week presents Constance Talmadge in East is West.
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Exeter Street
Bebe Daniels
Thomas Meighan
Constance Talmadge
The Man Who Saw Tomorrow at Gordon's Theatre
Thomas Meighan starred in The Man Who Saw Tomorrow at Gordon's Theatre last night. The program also featured Gladys Walton in The Lavender Bath Lady along with newsreels pictorials and comical shorts on the bill.
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Thomas Meighan
Gordon's Theatre
Gladys Walton
Scol lay Square Olympia offers Wallace Reid vaude bill
Wallace Reid leads the Gordon's Scol lay Square Olympia Theatre program with Agnes Ayres and May McAvoy in the Clarence feature. The bill includes the latest news pictorial and comic pictures along with a strong vaudeville lineup.
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Wallace Reid
Agnes Ayres
May McAvoy
Gordon's Scolay Square
Olympia Theatre
First showing of Trifling Women at Gordon's Central Square Theatre
The program features the new Buster Keaton comedy The Frozen North with short reels. The feature was presented yesterday at Gordon's Central Square Theatre, marking the first time the film has been seen locally.
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Gordon's
Central Square Theatre
Buster Keaton
Dan Coleman Headlines Waldron's Two-Act Revue
Dan Coleman and the A Girls drew strong crowds at Waldron's Casino with matinee and evening shows. James Lee supported the act, recalling a famed melodrama from years past. A lively cast, a youthful chorus, and a burlesque boxing bit provided much of the comedy along with Inez de Verdier Alma Bauer and Ette Buckley.
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Waldron
Coleman
James Lee
McCarthy
Arthur Dunn
Inez de Verdier
Alma Bauer
Andette Buckley
Comedienne
Charlie Raymon van & Rector
Norma Talmadge in Smiling Through at Globe Theatre
At the Globe Theatre yesterday Norma Talmadge starred in Smiling Through. The main vaudeville act featured J J Clifford the hypnotist with startling feats. Other acts included a funny comedy and a new serial. Thursday’s program changes to a new photoplay Sonny with Richard Barthelmess and Viola Dana in the leading attraction.
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Globe Theatre
Norma Talmadge
J. J. Clifford
Richard Barthelmess
Sonny” Ie
Viola Dana
State Ballroom Dansant Draws Nightly Crowd
The State Ballroom hosts a regular dansant this evening with a well appointed hall and modern equipment. Music is under the Lambert Brothers with courteous management making it a popular local dance emporium. Other dansants occur on Thursday and Saturday evenings.
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Lambert Brothers
Spauldingell
Quincy Adams Sawyer Returns to Screen With Blanche Sweet
Blanche Sweet returns as Alice Pettingill in the revived stage favorite Quincy Adams Sawyer at the State. John Bowers excels as the title character while Lon Chaney falls short as the unscrupulous lawyer. The picture lacks convincing realism with labored comedy and a quaint New England village setting, and the rescue at the falls provides the expected thrill. International News Pathe Reviews and a Sonnet comedy When Summer Comes complete the program.
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Quincy Adams Sawyer
Blanche Sweet
Miss Sweet
Alice Pettingill
New England
John Bowers
Lon Chaney
Roaring Falls
Pathe
John Gilbert at the Boston Theate r The Love Gambler
Western star John Gilbert appears at the Boston Theatre in The Love Gambler. He tames a wild horse, wins a kiss, and faces melodrama as a cast-off woman and her child seek marriage for legitimacy. The plot tests love between the ranch owner's daughter and the hero as a dying woman's request shapes a temporary union. The vaudeville is exceptionally good this week.
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Pan Gilbert
Boston
Cupid
Folly Girls at the Howard Burlesque Show Thrills Boston Audience
The Howard Athenaeum hosted the Folly Girls with the slogan Always a good show. Bonnie Lloyd excited the crowd as a rising burlesque star while Ernie Mack provided comic flair. The bill also featured Kenney and Hollis in The Two Doctors and films Man of the Forest and Law and the Woman. Election returns announced for tonight.
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Howard Athenaeum
Ernie Mack
Bonnie Lloyd
Boston
Jessie Rece
Evelyn Fields
Grace Trebor
Billie Tanner
Oscar Lloyd
Ray Kolb
G. K. Lothrop
Kenney
Hollis
Frank Wilson
Brent Hayes
Man of
Singed Wings at Orpheum starring Bebe Daniels in San Francisco tale
At Loew's Orpheum yesterday the film Singed Wings featuring Bebe Daniels and Conrad Nagel drew strong notices for its powerful story of a wealthy Spanish family woman forced to dance in a waterfront cafe to support her grandfather. The program also included Adler and Dunbar in A Study From Life, Lucy Gillette and company, and other acts. A Mack Sennet comedy When Summer Comes and a pictorial news item rounded out the program.
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Loew
Orpheum Theatre
Bebe Daniels
Conrad Nagel
Miss Daniels
Bonita
San Francisco
Adler and Dunbar
Lucy Gillette and Company
Bert and Mattie Walton
Browning
Davis
Roberts and Boyne
Mabel Blondell
Mack Sennet
Sin Flood At Bowdoin Square Theatre
The Bowdoin Square Theatre opened with strong film and vaudeville offerings headlined by The Sin Flood featuring Helene Chadwick Richard Dix Ralph Lewis and James Kirkwood The Man Who Loved God with George Arliss was also shown Mack Sennett’s When Summer Comes drew interest The Le Maze Trio and other acts performed with future dates including Tom Mix in Arabia teased as next week’s top card
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Bowdoin Square Theatre
Helene Chadwick
Richard Dix
Ralph Lewis
James Kirkwood
George Arliss
Man
God
Gouveneur Morris
Mack Sennett
le Maze
Tony Cornetta
Jeanette
Harry Shields
Kinkaid
Donaldson
Van
Tom Mix
Arabia
Getting Gertie's Garter Farce At Somerville Theatre
Somerville Theatre hosts a lively week of Getting Gertie's Garter a risqué farce with Harry Bond and Ann Hamilton in lead roles. The ensemble delivers brisk action and humorous complications with no serious harm. On Monday Dec 18 the sixth annual Crosby play Behind the Screen premieres with seats on sale.
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Somerville Theatre
Gertie
Harry Bond
Ann Hamilton
Edward Harold Crosby
The Beggar's Opera and Other Attractions Listed
Continuing attractions include Hollis Bull Dog Drummond Park When Knighthood Was in Flower Plymouth The Dover Road Selwyn Down to the Sea in Ships Shubert Daffy Dill Tremont Captain Applejack Tremont Temple Oliver Twist Wilbur The Bat.
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Hollis
Park
Plymouth
Dover Road
Selwyn
Shubert
Daffy Dill
Tremont
Captain Applejack
Serious Farce At St. James
The Boston Stock Company at St James staged The Ghost Between by Vincent Lawrence as a blend of drama and farce. The plot follows a widow who forgets mourning her first husband and falls for a cavalier while realizing the surgeon who aided her is her true love. Gilbert excellent as the doctor Nudson pleasing as the widow Carney lively as the third angle.
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Boston Stock Company
St. James
Vincent Lawrence
Boston
St. James Company
Mr. Gilbert
Miss Nudson
Mr. Carney
Temptations at the Gayety Opens with Parody and Song
The Temptations of 1922 opened at the Gayety Theatre yesterday led by Don Clark and Danny Murphy. Joe Yule starved the pace with a nut character while Johnny Crosby as Caruso of Burlesque sang solos. Exie Butler wowed with yodeling and saxophone. Inez Smith and Ruth Joyce impressed as ingenues. Jules and Helen Lebarbe delighted ParisianMontmartre dances in Apache.
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Gayety Theatre
Don Clark
Danny Murphy
Mr. Gallagher
Mr. Shean
Joe Yule
Johnny Crosby
Caruso
Mabel Clark
Exie Butler
Inez Smith
Ruth Joyce
Jules
Helen Lebarbe
Folieres Bergere
Paris
Montmartre
Henry Jewett Players Preview The Casalis Engagement at Copley
The Henry Jewett Players revived The Casilis Engagement at the Copley Theatre. The story follows an English life centered on a rich young man’s engagement to a music hall singer and his family’s efforts to block it. Phyllis Cleveland repeats her clever chorus girl role.
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Copley Theatre
Cassilis
Copley
Phyllis Cleveland
East Is West at Gordon's Capitol Theatre Opening
Constance Talmadge stars in East Is West shown at Gordon's Capitol Theatre in Boston with a 20 piece orchestra and Francis J Cronin organ recital. The feature runs with educational and comedy reels and continues at Gordon's Olympia this week with two daily shows at 2 and 8 pm.
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East
West
Gordon
New Capitol Theatre
Boston
Francis J. Cronin
East Is West
Gordon's Olympia
Vaudevill
Miss Talmadge
Ming Toy
Miss Talmad
Fenway Theatre Showings Highlight Derby and Stars
Last night at the Fenway Theatre Mae Marsh headlined with Norman Kerry and Walter Miller in Till We Meet Again. The Kentucky Derby offered a thrilling horse race scene on stage or screen and Lloyd G. del Castillo received an enthusiastic response after his organ recital.
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Fenway Theatre
Mae Marsh
Norman Kerry
Walter Miller
Lloyd G. del Castillo
Lancaster Theatre Presents Popular Western and Stars
The crowd enjoyed The Cowboy and the Lady at Lancaster Theatre with Mary Miles Minter and Tom Moore leading. Priscilla Dean appears as Cigarette in Under Two Flags. Thursday adds Wallace Reid Betty Daniels Conrad Nagel in Nice People and Zane Grey's When Romance Rides.
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Mary Miles Minter
Tom Moo@re
Priscilla Dean
Cigarette
Wallace Reid
Bete Daniels
Conrad Nagel
Zane Grey
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