Petrova's Play Artistic Debut In Boston Controversy
Olga Petrova presented The White Peacock at the Selwyn Theatre in Boston last night. Officials including Police Commissioner Curtis Judge Bolster Municipal Court Chief Justice and Mayor Peters attended to inspect for potential public moral harm after a report claimed the play discussed birth control and other improper topics.
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Edward H. Crosby
Mme
Olga Petrova
Boston
Selwyn Theatre
Curtis
Bolster
Municipal Court
Peters
Petrova Defends Stage Reading of The White Peacock
Mme. Petrova and her company staged the first act without costumes or props and the second act was read in the theatre foyer. Judges and censor heard the text then cleared the publicity as unfounded. The committee approved the play noting its literary value and Spanish atmosphere. Petrova, both star and author, addressed the audience after a favorable reception.
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Mme. Petrova
John Casey
Boston
Jack Holt at Park Theatre leads Conjuror's House on film
Stewart White presents Jack Holt as Trent in The Call of the North adapted from Conjuror's House. Noah Beery stars as the cruel fur factor who strips free traders and abandons them in the 500 mile wilderness. Madge Bellamy and Ethel Clayton also appear in accompanying features Neighbors of Neptune closes the bill.
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Stewart White
Park Theatre
Jack Holt
Hudson Bay Fur Company
Holt
Trent
Noah Beery
Sterling
Factor
Madge Bellamy
Ethel Clayton
Henry C. Jones
New Zealand
England
Mr. Jones
Sir Oliver Lodge
Miss Clayton
Neptune
MISS WILLIAMS AT BOWDOIN SQUARE THEATRE
One of the year's best bills opened yesterday at Bowdoin Square Theatre to crowded crowds. Kathryn Williams the famed film star headlines a vaudeville and film program. The bill features Harry Carey in The Fox House Peters in The Visible Power and Buster Keaton in The Boat with Ritter and Wise and other acts on the vaudeville lineup.
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Bowdoin Square Theatre
Kathryn Williams
Boston
Hollywood
Atlantic Coast
Harry Carey
The
Fox
House Peters
Buster Keaton
Night Cap ends at Wilbur as two comedians stage melodrama
The Night Cap finishes its run this week at the Wilbur Theatre. Messrs. Mar cin and Bolton have turned serious melodrama into a comedy, and the result is unsure. After this week the Wilbur will close until December 26 when Mile. Delysia appears in Afgar.
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Wilbur Theatre
Messrs. Marcin
Bolton
Wilbur
Mile. Delysia
Fenway Theatre Presents Ethel Clayton and More
At Fenway Theatre last night Ethel Clayton starred in Exit the Vamp with Conway Terle in The Fighter based on Albert Payson Terhune. Elsie Nelson sang well completing a solid first half programme. For Thursday to Saturday William Hart stars in The White Oak and A Wifes Awakening with William P Carleton.
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Fenway Theatre
Ethel Clayton
Bill Conway Terle
Albert Payson Terhune
Elsie Nelson
Wm. &. Hart
the White Oak
William P. Carleton
Acquittal at St James in Rita Weiman melodrama
The Boston debut of The Acquittal at St James Theatre centers on Kenneth Winthrop a wealthy businessman acquitted of murdering an elderly philanthropist. Joe Conway vows to pursue the killer while the audience cheers and laughs mix with tense suspense as Walter Gilbert Frank Chariton Nancy Fair Viola Roach receive praise for their roles.
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Boston
Rita Weiman
St. James Theatre
Kenneth Winthrop
Joe Conway
Walter Gilbert
Gilbert
Frank Chariton
Nancy Fair
Viola Roach
Edith Craig
Lucia Sung At Arlington In Season Opener
The opening performance of Lucia at the Arlington Theatre drew a large Monday night crowd. Clara Shear impressed in a nettle role and received an ovation after the mad scene. The Amos Lodge of B'nai B'rith bought out the lower floor for Thursday night in her honor. The company featured strong performances by Rulon Robison, Deacon, Waterous, Northway, Haslet, Boyden, and a stylish chorus.
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Lucia
Arlington Theatre
Clara Shear
Lakme
Amos Lodge
B'nai B'rith
Shear
Rulon Robison
Edgar
Mr. Deacon
Herbert Waterous
Bide
Bent
William Northway
Norman
Edward Haslet
Arthur
Miss Morris
Sporting Widows Open Week at Gayety Theatre
The Sporting Widows burlesque troupe opened a week at the Gayety Theatre with fast dialogue and songs. Al. K. Hall leads a strong cast including Helen Renstrom Gertrude Beck Bob Startzman May and Wallace Fred Steger Dick Jackson and Ed Cassell. The beauty chorus adds sparkle to the lively show.
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the Sporting Widows
Gayety Theatre
The
Sporting Widows
Company of
Merrymakers
al. K. Hall
Hall
Theleas
Helen Renstrom
Gertrude Beck
Soubrette
Bob Startzman
May and Wallace
Fred Steger
Dick Jackson
Ed Cassell
Exeter Theatre Offers Major Pictures This Week
At the Exeter theatre, Man Woman Marriage with Dorothy Phillips is shown only today and Wednesday. Harold Lloyd stars in I Do on the same bill. For the last three days of the week Rudolph Valentino appears in The Conquering Power and Alice Brady in Hush Money.
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Exeter Theatre
Dorothy Phillips
Harold Lloyd
Rudolph Valentino
Alice Brady
Murphy Seen as Answer to Boston Mayoral Hopefuls
Voters urged to ignore rival promises and back John R. Murphy as the practical choice for mayor, promising efficiency and sane leadership in Boston.
Champ Cora at the Howard Athenaeum
Cora Livingston the world renowned wrestling champion performed at the Howard Athenaeum yesterday. She declared open mat challenges for athletic girls in Boston and vicinity, promising a lively week for wrestling fans. The program included Princess Radjah Oriental dance, Ting-A-Ling burlesque, and Irving Berlin songs along with feature films. Election returns tonight.
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Cora Livingston
Howard Athenaeum
Miss Livingston
Boston
Princess Radjah
I. B. Hamp
al Golden
Henry Frey
Irving Berlin
Paramount
Nick Carter
Bon Ton Girls Bring Burlesque to Waldron's Casino
The Bon Ton Girls present A Trip to Fortune Land at Waldron's Casino this week. John Barry George Douglas lead a Boston burlesque style show full of satire and humor with Collette Batiste Lou Barry and Marie Gates among the cast.
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Fortune Land
Bon Ton
Waldron
John Barry
George Douglas
Bon Ton Girls
Boston
Collette Batiste
Lou Barry
Marie Gates
Walter LaFaye
Karl Gates
Bernard Sisters
Casino
Novel Play at Somerville Theatre Delights Local Audiences
The Somerville Theatre presents The Good Little Bad Girl set in Greenwich Village New York featuring a brain operation that shifts the heroine’s traits. Enid Markey stars with Arthur Howard opposite, supported by Jasmine Newcombe Frank Thomas Tony Stamford and others under director James H Doyle.
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Somerville Theatre
Greenwich Village
New York
Somerville Players
Enid Markey
Arthur Howard
Jassamine Newcombe
Frank Thomas
Tony Stamford
Rgen Diveley
George Witherald
James H. Doyle
Woman's Place at Gordon's Central Square Theatre
Constance Tal appears in Woman's Place with Kenneth Harland as her leading man. The program features a strong supporting cast, several short subjects, and a splendid vaudeville bill at Gordon's Central Square Theatre.
Only 38 at Tremont Theatre Delights Holiday Audience
The Tremont Theatre hosted the second week of Only 38 last evening with a holiday crowd who enjoyed the New England life story and its quirks. Mary Ryan returns in a new, charming role and receives capable support.
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Tremont Theatre
New England
Mary Ryan
Jazz and Song at Majestic Theatre by Nat Navarre Jr
Nat Navarre Jr returns to Shu bert's Majestic Theatre with his own dance and jazz company after a boyhood debut. The act features Helene, Bud dy, a real sextet of jazz artists, and a Brendel and Bert Revue with eight accomplished dancers. Notable turns include El Brendel Flo Bert, Lorda soprano to baritone numbers, Marguerite Farrell, Novelli Brothers, Rosalie Harris, Pauline Santley, Burt Shepherd, a Harold Lloyd comedy, and a Shubert Newsreel.
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Nat Navarre, Jr
Boston
Shubert
Majestic Theatre
Nat
Nazarre
Helene
Buddy
Brendel
Bert
el Brendel
Flo Bert
Frank Masters
Peggy Brown
Bob Nelson
Herbert Newson
Lorda
Lordain
Marguerite Farrell
Novelli Brothers
Rosalie Harris
Pauline Santley
Burt Shepherd
Pampas
South America
Harold Lloyd
Romantic Film At The Boston Theater Preview
Elaine Hammerstein stars in The Way of a Maid at the Boston Theatre this week. The bill features vaudeville acts North and Halliday in a rural comedy skit Back to Wellington, George F. Moore and Mary Jayne, Hobson and Beatty musical turn, Weston and company in The Attornies, Tuck and Clare, Buster Keaton in The Boat and other feature pictures.
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Elaine Hammerstein
Boston
North and
Halliday
Wellington
George F. Moore
Mary Jayne
Hobson and Beatty
William A. Weston and Company
Tuck and Clare
Buster Keaton
Gloria Swanson Stars In Under the Lash At Gordon's Old South
Gloria Swanson leads a program at Gordon's Old South Theatre with Under the Lash a South Africa tale based on The Shula mite The story follows Simeon Krillet an iron fisted Boer and his young wife Deborah Robert Waring an Englishman challenges fate and fate perubahan culminates in a fatal shootout The cast includes Russell Simpson Mahlon Hamilton Lillian Leighton Lincoln Stedman Major Jack Allen and Johnny Hines with additional short features and cartoons.
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Gloria Swanson
Gordon's
Old South Theatre
Miss Swanson
Gloria
Alice
Claude Askew
Edward Knobloch
South Africa
Simeon Krillet
Deborah
Robert Waring
Simeon
Robert
Russell Simpson
Mahlon Hamilton
Lillian Leighton
Lincoln Stedman
Jack Allen
Gordon's Pictorial News
Johnny Hines
White Oak at Gordon's Scollay Square Olympia thrills crowds
William Hart stars in White Oak set in the early fifties. Packed afternoon and evening shows at Gordon's Scollay Square Olympia feature a balanced vaudeville bill with John Elliott and the big girls. Brownlee's Hickville Follies with Dorris Roach and Frank Alexander also wows audiences. Echo and Kyo juggle, while Burbank and Bishop sing and dance.
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White Oak
William 8. Hart
Gordon
Scollay Square
Olympia
John Elliott
Big Girls
Brownlee
Hickville
One Arabian Night at Gordon's Strand Theatre Opens
Pola Negri stars in a three day engagement of One Arabian Night at Gordon's Strand Theatre starting yesterday. Also showing Ben Turpin's Love's Outcast, a pictorial Review, and an organ recital by Arthur J. Martel.
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Pola Negri
Gordon's Strand Theatre
Ben Turpin
Arthur J. Martel
Plymouth Theatre to Close The Bad Man Engagement
The long running show The Bad Man will close at the Plymouth Theatre next Saturday night. Star Holbrook Blinn has earned fame for his portrayal of the bandit. The week of Dec 19 the house will be dark and reopen Dec 26 with William Hodge in Beware of Dogs.
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Plymouth Theatre
Holbrook Blinn
Plymouth
William Hodge
Fred Stone Charms Capacity Audiences in Tip Top at Colonial
Fred Stone draws crowded crowds at the Colonial Theatre as his Tip Top revue entertains with a bright extravaganza. He remains the central figure, supported by a skilled company that enhances his performance with notable shooting and entertaining turns.
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Fred Stone
BromO Quinine Tablets Promoted as Preventive
A vintage remedy advertises Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as a preventive for colds grip or influenza with BE. W. Grove signature on the bottle. The ad notes the genuine product bears the correct BROMO spelling and lists a price of 80 cents.
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BE. W. Grove
Hole in the Wall at the Orpheum stars Alice Lake
Alice Lake appears in The Hole in the Wall at the Orpheum this week. Plot centers on Jean Oliver seeking revenge after prison and joining crooks, a fake medium, a kidnapping, and a romance with a reporter hero who also uncovers the mystery. The bill also features Melody Festival and acts by Rose and Lee Be’le Gordon and Healy and Jack Reddy in various acts.
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Alice Lake
Orpheum
Jean Oliver
Jean
Ife
Melody Festival
Rose
Lee Be'le
Lee
Gordon
Healy
Bliss
Miss Healy
Jack Reddy
Popular Farce At The Copley Theatre
The Henry Jewett Players presented The Private Secretary at the Copley Theatre to a large audience. Walter Kingsford as Douglas Cattermole, May Ediss as Mrs Stead, Moffat Johnson as Uncle Cattermole, E. KE. Clive as Rev Robert Spalding, and Percy Foster as Sidney Gibson provided lively comic performances with slapstick and wit. The show offers solid entertainment for a rainy night and remains an enjoyable, humorous production.
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Henry Jewett
Chopley Theatre
Walter Kingsford
Douglas
Cattermole
May Ediss
Stead
Moffat Johnson
Percy Foster
Sidney Gibson
Lulu Best at Olympia
Miss Lulu Bett headlines Gordon's Olympia with a sympathetic drama about a subdued sister in a troubled American family. Lois Wilson Milton Sills Theodore Roberts and Helen Ferguson star in this William DeMille production from Zona Gale novel. The bill also includes Buster Keaton's The Boat and a witty musical vaudeville farce led by Herbert Cortell.
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Lulu Bett
Bill
Gordon's Olympia
Zona Gale
Boston Post
William DeMille
Lois Wilson
Milton Sills
Theodore Roberts
Helen Ferguson
Buster Keaton
Weekly Pictorial Review
Herbert Cortell
Dempsey Carpentier Glove Contest Shown At Globe
The Dempsey Carpentier heavyweight title event is screened at Globe Theatre for the week. The program compresses the entire match from the period before July 2 when Carpentier arrived in the country to the finish as the French challenger is helped from the ring.
John R Murphy Campaign Urges Rejection of Tactics
The statement condemns using racial and religious issues in the campaign and calls for voters to back John R Murphy to oppose such tactics. It urges residents to take a stand for civility and local integrity in the upcoming vote.
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John R. Murphy
Enchantment and Morals at the Modern and Beacon Theatres
The Modern and Beacon Theatres feature Enchantment with Marion Davies as a modern flapper tamed by her father and a popular matinee idol. Morals, adapted from The Morals of Marcus Ordoyne, stars May McAvoy as Carlotta with William P. Carleton as Marcus. Kathryn Williams portrays Judith Mainwaring. Buster Keaton's The Boat, a new First National comedy, follows a leaking boat and tumbling mishaps but falls short of his usual standards.
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Modern
Beacon Theatres
William J. Locke
Marcus Ordoyne
Marion Davies
Miss Davies
Forrest Stanley
May McAvoy
Carlotta
Marie Doro
Paramount
Miss McAvoy
Miss Doro
Hamdi Effendi
William P. Carleton
Kathryn Williams
Judith Mainwaring
Marcus
Miss Williams
Buster Keaton
Mr. Keaton
Keith's Bill All Novelties Vaudeville at Keith's Theatre
Keith's Theatre presents a varied all star vaudeville bill with acts from stilts to a jazz ensemble. Notable turns include Juliet singing and monologue, Duane Bassett on piano, Roscoe Ails and Midgie Miller, Harry Langdon in a comic golf club tale, stilt feats by Bob Pender troupe, and Newton Alexander Ramona dance plus Carroll and Gorman and Maxine Brothers. News reel and Aesop's Fables accompany. Next week features a Christmas pantomime and Houdini returning with new escapes.
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Keith
Miss Juliet
Duane Bassett
Roscoe Ails
Midgie Miller
Harry Langdon
Bob Pender
Lee Wrothe
Owen Martin
Lightner Girls
Newton Alexander
Ramona
Carroll and Gorman
Maxine Brothers
Bobby
Harry Houdini
Hollis Street Theatre Opens Second Week of Mr Pim Passes By
In Boston the Hollis staging of Mr Pim Passes By resumes its second week with Laura Hope Crews in the lead role and Dudley Digges supporting. The comedy portrays an English family tangled by a meddling old man and a capable company sustains the lively frolic.
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Boston
Pim
The
Hollis
Laura Hope Crews
Dudley Digges
Tremont Temple Shows Queen of Sheba Film
Tremont Temple continues the attractive film Queen of Sheba. The biblical tale features the famous queen from Solomon's era and offers exceptional opportunities for the camera with a sequence of remarkable scenes and incidents.
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Sheba
Tremont Temple
Solomon
Cambridge Zoning Plan Presented by Planning Board
Cambridge planning board at Kelley school unveiled a three zone plan dividing districts into business, manufacturing, and residential areas. Professor Harris urged science based city planning and supporters pushed for wide public discussion before the plan goes to City Council. Arthur Comey showed maps of proposed zones and another meeting was set for Thursday at City Hall.
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Cambridge
Washington, D. C
City Beautiful
Arthur C. Comey
City Hall
Planning Board
Final railroad wartime settlement costs total 243 million
Director General of Railroads Davis reported to the Senate that final payments to railroads from war-time control claims and adjustments are estimated at 243,042,060 dollars. He noted cash credits of 152,380,000 dollars are available and larger security sums are held, while refusing to detail settlements with individual roads.
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Washington
Davis
Senate
LaFollette
Republican
Wisconsin
la Follette
Tillotson Recital Impresses Jordan Hall Audience
Frederick Tillotson, pianist, made a notable debut at Jordan Hall with a vibrant performance. He showed personal color and virtuosic spirit beyond his training, delivering fresh readings of Chopin and other pieces. Enthusiastic reception and several encores hint at a promising future.
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Frederick Tillotson
Jordan Hall
Tillotson
Ile
MM Tillotson
Lancaster Theatre Players Star In Handcuffs or Kisses
Elaine Hammerstein delivers a splendid screen performance as the leading player in Handcuffs or Kisses at the Lancaster Theatre. On the same program Lila Lee and Jack Holt appear in After the Show with Priscilla Dean in Conflict and Bert Lytell in Allas Lad fingers in a Thursday change.
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Lancaster
Thea
Elaine Hammerstein
Lila Lee
Jack Holt
Priscilla Dean
Bert Lytell
Murphy for Mayor Brings Proven Municipal Experience
The business leader favors a general manager with verified skills. John R. Murphy has more municipal experience than other mayoral candidates and is presented as delivering better value for citizens' money. He is worth voting for.
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John R. Murphy
Weldona touted as cure for rheumatic pain by user
Mrs. W S Ladd reports relief from pain and swelling after using Weldona for rheumatic joints. She claims stiffness disappeared and stairs became easy. An offer to request a free book and visit a drug department for more information is included.
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Weldona
Weldona Co
Boylston St
Boston
Weldona Man
Houghton & Dutton Drug Dept
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