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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1915
Page
9
Eugene Walter presents Just a Woman at the Wilbur Theatre with Josephine Victor in the lead. The production is a radical reimagining of a previous work, offering a heart rend ing story of a forgetful husband and devoted wife, with strong scenes and a suspenseful fourth act.
A steel mill couple rise from poverty through the wife’s reforms and savings aided by a mill colleague’s invention. Prosperity tests the husband’s resolve as he relapses into drink and sues for divorce. The wife endures, and the plot reveals conspirators headed to prison. Josephine Victor leads a highly emotional, demanding role.
The review praises a female lead for artistic restraint and peak moments in the final act. Walter Hampden as the husband dominates the portrayal of despicable traits, with Wallace Worsley as the lawyer and George Stuart Christie in a tasteful small part. The piece lauds the overall quality for theatergoers this season.
The Bowdoin Square Theatre features eight prominent amateur divers led by Ethel Youngdoll and Marie Cobert in a week of exhibitions. Contests continue tonight with a Wednesday winner’s championship for New England. The bill includes vaudeville acts Joe Hardman, The Four Xylophiends, Gridelli Company, Moore and Jenkins, Dovey and Dovey, and songs like Mollie Dear and Memories. A 40,000 gallon tank sets a dramatic stage with artistic mirrors and plants.
A strong vaudeville program at Loew's Globe Theatre featured Joseph K. Watson whose Abe Rabbible impersonation drew loud laughs. Oscar Lorraine impressed with violin comedy, plus the Thomas Players in Dad and Mother, the Doughertys in song and comedy, Rose and Price acrobats, and Rogers and Wood in a novelty act. A lineup of recent photo plays completed the show.
A full evening at Scollay Square Olympia showcased high class vaudeville and feature photo plays. Acts included Johnson and Lane the Mozarts Snowed In Will H. Fox in a musical monologue Hotel Lads and Lassies by Charles B Lawlor and daughters and the Ellis Nowlan acrobats. The five reel Mutual feature The Buzzard's Shadow with news and other releases concluded the program.
William Gillette presented a revived play last evening at the Hollis Street Theatre opening the second week of his engagement. The production shows lasting appeal as a humane thread runs through the drama despite aging fashions.
Boston audiences praise Gillette in Secret Service with his Captain Thorne bringings and quiet poise. Helen Freeman, Edwin Mordant, Irene Haisman, and H. G. Bates deliver strong supporting turns as the telegraph office drama unfolds with exact detail and suspense.
Tremont Theatre presented Fighting in France last evening in a brief engagement. The films show war-begrimed veterans acting without knowledge of being filmed, producing dramatic realism born from public demand and absence of paid actors.
The Show Shop a four act comedy by James Forbes was presented for the first time in this city at Park Square Theatre last evening The piece described as something about the stage recalls Forbes other works The Chorus Lady and other productions are noted in relation to the author
The Show Shop is a light farce about Jerome Belden who aims to block Bettina Deans acting career by financing a doomed play in New York. The scheme backfires as the production and cast achieve success, ending in a happy, humorous finale with strong turns from George Sidney Max Rosenbaum Zelda Sears and the rest of the admired ensemble.
The Boston Theatre offers a strong program led by Bessie Barriscale in The Golden Claw a tale of wealth misused for happiness The Best of Enemies a Keystone Sennett comedy and The Janitors Wife Temptation plus Douglas Fairbanks in Double Trouble all drawing large crowds and positive notices
The St James Theatre showcased The Labyrinth featuring Gail Kane in the lead, drawing strong audience praise for her screen artistry. Vaudeville acts Fiddler and Shelton, Frank Bohm Players, Rogers Pollock and Rogers, Leach La Quinlan trio, Laird and Thompson, and a Pathe News reel also entertained. Thursday’s feature will be The Siren's Song with Mike Diane and Charles Trowbridge starring.
The Only Girl by Henry Blossom and Victor Herbert begins its final weeks at the Shubert Theatre in Boston before moving to the Majestic Theatre next week. Fans will not lose the show as arrangements have been made to transfer the musical comedy to the Majestic for continued engagement.
The Colonial Theatre adds another musical comedy to its list with The Girl Who Smiles. The operetta drew large audiences during its Boston engagement and features genuine vocal performances and substantial dancing.
Victor Moore headed the Paramount Company five part comedy Chimmie Fadden Out West at Exeter Street Theatre. The show plays through Wednesday evening as part of the weekend bill.
The company announces its new offices on the eighth floor of the Oliver Building at 141 Milk Street in Boston as part of its expansion in productive catalogs and advertising planning.
A galaxy of stars at B. F. Keiths features Alexander Carr in An April Shower as a Bronx father with a devoted daughter. Miss Cunningham charms as the daughter. Ernest R. Ball performs popular songs and new ditties. Will Oakland leads At The Club with a Hollywood parody. Frank North and company in Back to Wellington delivers laughs. Delores Vallecita rides trained leopards. other acts include Delmore and Lee, George Quigley and Eddie Fitzgerald, Skeet Gallagher and Irene Martin, Bara ban and Grohs. The Pathe Weekly shows British submarines at Charles town navy yard and high tide at Atlantic avenue.
The Park Theatre showcases Fanny Ward in The Cheat a social drama from Lasky and Turnbull on Long Island fashion scenes plus William Faversham in One Million Dollars as a criminologist with occult powers. New music selections by William F. Dodge and his orchestra complete the program.
Grand opera scenes draw praise for strong voices and elaborate scenery at Gordon's Olympia. The Joe Derko troupe of acrobats stands out, with ventriloquism by Elwood and Snow, a political comedy by Manning Sloane and company, comedian Ernest Dupille, and Rowe and Jones in dance, plus new photoplays completing the bill.
Margaret Anglin opened week three at the Plymouth Theatre in Beverly's Balance. The Paul Kester comedy delights with sharp dialogue and satire, trusting the audience to catch its points without heavy guidance. Anglin delivers one of her strongest performances as Beverly Dinwiddie.
The Wins ters burlesque group presented a polished show at the Howard Athenaeum with sparkling costumes and songs. Notable acts included Snitz Moore and George B Scanlon in their Boston return and Mile Veola Oll ie Oden Mae Butter Eddie Boyd and the Field brothers. Amateur and circus acts are promised Friday before election results are announced tonight.
The Gaiety Theatre hosted Sam Howe in Kissing Girls with Eva Mull and Margaret Flavin. Howe proves funny as ever with amusing situations and strong audience applause. Mull impresses with numbers and Flavin, wife of Sky Umsky, captivates the crowd.
Final week of the Fighting in France photographs at Tremont Temple draws thousands. The exhibit shows scenes from the firing line with stark realism and teaches about the machinery of modern warfare.
Boston audiences crowded the Majestic Theatre yesterday to see The Battle Cry of Peace in its last week run. Men women and children packed the house at both showings and greeted the production with unprecedented enthusiasm as it delivers its wartime message.
Waldron's Casino hosts Joe Hurtig's Social Maids burlesque all week with George Stone and Etta Pillard leading a fine company. The show features Busy Little Cupid a musical burlesque by Leon Berg with music by Will H. Wodery. Stone and Pillard are hailed as top dancers with a strong chorus of Broadway favorites and daily matinees.
New films arriving from New York headline Fighting in France at Keith's Bijou Theatre. The Gourmiers or African Riders of the French army ride on Flanders sands in wartime action alongside other scenes of gas warfare, Metzeral flag capture, British ambulance work, and French infantry prisoners.
Castle Square Theatre audiences welcomed Derwent Hall Caine in his first U S appearance as John Storm in The Christian. The production drew curiosity for a rarely staged drama and highlighted the actor’s vigorous, well graced performance and his convincing portrayal of both priest and man.
The American String Quartet with Edith Jewell assisting presented a superb program in Jordan Hall. They performed Schumann in A major and Gliere variations, plus Mozart Quintet in G major for two violins two violas and cello, noted for its beauty, detail and expressive restraint.
Soprano Mme Destinn and cellist Mr Casals performed at the Copley Plaza Hotel under S Kronberg with pianist Mr Ebell. Destinn sang works by Smetana Keinzl Dvorak Puccini Grieg and Liszt. Casals offered six movements of Saint Saens and pieces by Boccherini Moor and Razumovsky. Ebell played Chopin Debussy Ravel and Rachmaninoff with authority.
The Modern Theatre shows two first run features, William Fox production Her Mother's Secret starring Ralph Kellard and Dorothy Green, and Paramount's The Unknown with Lou Tellegen. The Secret centers on a heart-string drama as events lead to a denouement and adjustments.
Miss Maud Binch fails to recover $10,000 from former employer Mrs Con stance in a slander and malicious prosecution case. Suffolk county jury reports they are unable to agree after hearing the case in Lowell.
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