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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1920
Page
8
Moffat presents Bunty Pulls the Strings a Scottish life drama at the Coplay Theatre this week. Viola Roach as Bunty dominates scenes while Noel Leslie as Bob Biggar and cast members Lamine Newcombe Matthews Clive and Wingfield deliver lively performances. Henry Arthur Jones The Liars is in rehearsal for a likely Feb 15 opening.
At Loew's Columbia Theatre yesterday Madelaine Traverse in What Would You Do and Gladys Leslie in The Midnight Bride. Today Wallace Reid in Hawthorne of the U S A and Florence Billings in False Gods. A vaudeville show also offered. Midweek Maurice Tourneur's Victory and When a Man Loves, Friday Choosing a Wife, Sessue Hayakawa in The Beggar Prince. Saturday Marion Davies in The Cinema Murder and Speak Easy with a Mack Sennett comedy. vaudeville carefully selected.
Shirley Mason stars in Her Elephant Man at Loew's Globe Theatre with a vivid portrayal of circus life. Monroe Salisbury appears in The Phantom Melody, while The Land of Opportunity honors Abraham Lincoln with Ralph Ince as Lincoln. The week features Judy of Rogues Warrior with Mary Miles Minter and The Last Straw starring Puck Jones.
Malden Auditorium features Dwisht Meade of the Temple Stock Company in a life like portrayal of President Lincoln in the current week’s attraction Abraham Lincoln the Greater American. Meade provides discerning, intelligent Emancipator performance with strong support from the cast. The Naughty Wife will be presented next week.
Rol Cooper Megrue's comedy Tea for Three closes its Park Square engagement after two weeks at Selwyn's theatre with Arthur Byron Frederick Perry and Laura Hope Crews in the cast. The show departs this Saturday evening February 21.
Gerald Griffin and company present A Romance of Ireland with Griffin's rare voiced singing of Irish tunes. Mason and Gwynne in The South of Today plus the Mystic Hanson trio and others share the bill. Shirley Mason appears in Her Elephant Man. Ralph Ince stars in The Land of Opportunity as Abraham Lincoln. Mary Miles Minter's Judy of Rogues Harbor runs for the last three days.
Pictures and variety acts illuminate the Codman Square Theatre this week. Norma Talmadge appears in The Isle of Conquest along with the latest news events a new comedy and a photoplay supplement. For the last half of the week Confession stars Henry B. Walthall.
The Somerville Theatre staged The Five Million by the Somerville Players with tense drama and sharp dialogue. Elsie Bartlett as Midge Monahan and Malcolm Fassett as Douglas Adams lead a capable cast including Audrey Baird Tallulah Bankhead Booth Howard Jerry O Day Henry Crossen and George Wetherald. Next week Roi Cooper Megrue's It Pays to Advertise is announced.
Ethel Clayton stars in The 13th Commandment and Harry Morey in The Birth of a Soul headline the first half of the week. Thursday Friday and Saturday Bryant Washburn appears in Too Much Johnson and FPinid Bennett in The Woman in the Suit Case as the later program.
The Washington Theatre presents Bryant Washburn in Too Much Johnson Enid Bennett in The Woman in the Suit Case and Charlie Chaplin in The Fireman Thursday Friday and Saturday Harry Morey in The Birth of a Soul and Ethel Clayton in The 13th Commandment will be the attractions.
The new film Should a Woman Tell? led by Alice Lake opened yesterday at Gordon's Olympia. Ralph Ince's Lincoln picture The Land of Opportunity was also shown on the same bill. Arthur J. Martell performed recitals on the Olympia organ. The Elm City Four topped vaudeville, with Henry and Moore in At the News Stand and other acts completing the programme.
The Boston Theatre presents The Great Air Robbery as the leading film of the week, featuring aerial abduction and a near 200 mile per hour pursuit with a heroine rescued. The vaudeville lineup includes The Primrose Four, Loring Smith and Eunice Sauvain in The Camera Men, Frank Matthews and Ada Ayres in Hard Boiled, the Four Ortons, and the Dancing McDonalds trading whirlwind terpsi choreography.
The Fenway program today and tomorrow includes Olive Thomas in Out Yonder Harry Morey in The Birth of a Soul and the Lloyd comedy Bumping Into Broadway Thursday Sunday and Saturday feature Robert Warwick in The Soul of Knowledge and Eugene O Brien in The Broken Melody Both films are strongly cast and well chosen.
The bill for the first half of the week features Constance Talmadge in A Virtuous Vamp F B Warner in Haunting Shadows and Pathe and Ford week. The remainder presents Nazimova in Stranger Than Death J Warren Kerrigan in Live Sparks plus Pathe Weekly and Prizma natural color pictures.
Nazimova starred as Sigrid Fersen in Stronger Than Death at Gordon's Cambridge Central Square Theatre. The program included five vaudeville acts such as The Four Jansleys Risley The Rose Revue Murray Voelk May and Hill and The Three Song Birds of Fame with an upcoming photo play and vaudeville change scheduled for Thursday Friday and Saturday.
Nazimova starred yesterday at the St James Theatre in Stronger Than Death earning new laurels for her lead role. The vaudeville program featured Dave Thursby the classy hobo Jim McDermott in a novelty act the Hudson sisters and the Holman brothers. Conductor C Tor Elec tor introduced a novel idea in theatre music. The second half promises Tom Mix in The Cyclone a new vaudeville and comedy with news films.
Hundreds crowded to view the sensational photoplay The Confession at Franklin Park Theatre. The powerful drama features top screen stars with a weaving love story and a thrilling plot. The Mack Sennett comedy and vaudeville acts supplied strong entertainment.
Theatre goers in Boston may catch the first performance this afternoon at Plymouth Theatre. William A Brady presents Owen Davis newest play The Wedding Ring to local audiences, noted for Davis earlier works At Forty and his popular reputation.
Reval, Feb 9 The Associated Press reports that exports from Soviet Russia commenced with the arrival of two car loads of flax outward bound, marking the start of shipments from the Soviet Union.
George Arliss starts his last week at Hollis Street Theatre in Jacques Duval a drama that showcases his range from heavy to historical pieces. The capable company includes Elizabeth Risdon as his leading lady. Following this, Feb 16 offers Bob with Helen Slayes in the title role.
The Wilbur Theatre wraps a six week run of the farce Too Many Husbands noting strong audience response and praise for both the production by A. H. Woods and the performers. Next week on Monday February 16 Constance Binney and Henry Hull star in 39 East.
Charles Dillingham's musical comedy enters its concluding week at the Colonial Theatre. Boston theatre-goers praise the show and its merry story and tuneful music. Prominent cast includes Joseph Santley Dorothy Maynard Ivy Sawyer Scott Welsh James C Marlowe Bobby Higging and the Duncan sisters. On February 16 The Royal Vagabond will premiere in Boston with a well-chosen cast.
The Ed Wynn Carnival began its second week at Tremont Theatre last evening with Mr Wynn as leading comic spirit. The production features a talented company, impressive scenery and costumes, and ample light entertainment designed to elate audiences with laughter.
The Plymouth Theatre hosted Owen Davis melodrama of mystery marriage and murder titled At $45. last week, despite blizzard and slick streets, drawing heated crowds as the fourth week of the Boston engagement began last evening.
The Rose of China bowing at the Shubert enters its second week after a strikingly successful opening in Boston. Frank Mc Intyre and Oscar Shaw draw the crowd, with Jan Richardson and Cecil Cunningham delivering polished performances.
Entering its fifth week in Boston Pollyanna draws crowds to Tremor Temple to see Mary Pickford’s portrayal of the glad girl. Whittier plays Pollyanna and delivers the crowning effort of her screen career, bringing joy to viewers.
The English songster Winkie Bard headlines at Keiths Theatre with distinctive British cabaret flair. Anna Held Jr. rises in musical comedy and vaudeville, aided by Harry Gilfoyle. Joe Cook offers a One-Man Show. Jay Dillon and Betty Parker perform Nic-Nacs of 1920. Daly and Berlew dance, Parish and Peru present an eccentric novelty, and the Naces close the program.
At the Waldorf a new musical organization, the Waldorf Musical Comedy Company, opened a limited engagement and will change programmes twice weekly. For three days the show presents My Wife's Husbands, a musical farce set in New York and Palm Beach. Danny Lund leads with a 15 girl specialty. The Leachwood sisters Elimore Glenn and Tony Cook are prominent. Barry Myers sings At the Jazz Baby's Ball, with Bessie Palmer as prima donna. A motion picture is shown each performance. Later the week the company will present In Panama, a new farce with music.
Scollay Square Olympia presents Fairbanks production When the Clouds Roll By with The Land of Opportunity as extra attraction for the birthday week. Vaudeville features include Pique and Fellows the Dreen sisters Allen and Walton in At the Candy Booth Ray Conlin in Preparedness and rural Rubeville with 10 clever people. The Olympia News Weekly and a new comedy complete the bill.
Charles Ray leads an exceptional bill at Upham's Corner Strand with Red Hot Dollars and The Right to Happiness. The program includes Strand organ selections, Strand News Weekly, and a bright new comedy. Enid Bennett headlines The Woman in the Suitcase for Thursday through Saturday, followed by Anita Stewart in The Mind-the-Paint Girl.
Mary Young and associates begin the second week at Arlington Theatre with The Outrageous Mrs Palmer. Despite bad weather, attendance remains large and interest in Miss Young's impersonation is strong. Cast includes John Craig Minna Gale Haines Eugenia Blair Keith Ross and Charles Bickford.
True to the name the World Beat ers burlesque company played at the Howard Atheneum yesterday drawing praise. Walter Brown and Jack Kinneard led the comedy while Leona St Clair May Hamilton and Louise Stewart attracted notice among the stars. The Harmony out and Roy Beverly ranked with the favorites as 20 girl chorus impressed. The vaudeville lineup featured Travilla Swartz and Clifford and Jimmy Dunne with William Russell also seen in Eastward Ho. Next week Sliding Billy Watson will headline.
The Bon Ton Purlesquers present a two act musical comedy at Gayety Theatre this week. A tale of an erring husband seeking red liquor and facing domestic scandal, the plot unfolds amid prohibition era humor. George Douglass and John Barry lead a cast that includes Harry ONeill Jack Strouse Mickey Feeley Lucille Rogers Jean De Trisle and Babe Barnett with a singing and dancing chorus.
Messrs Jacobs and Jermon stage The Sporting Widows at Waldron's Casino for the week. A strong company under capable managers offers a production praised for scenery and costuming on the Columbia wheel. Leading comic Al Is Hall charms the crowd with merriment, backed by June Le Veau Billie McCarthy Alice Rector Charles Mack Ed Aiken George Weist and a large chorus of attractive young women. The burlesque features abundant humor and bright novelty.
Hundreds enjoyed The Miracle Man by George Loane Tucker at Bowdoin Square Theatre for the week. The cast includes Thomas Meighan and Betty Compton. Also a return engagement of Charlie Chaplin in Shoulder Arms was offered by request.
Park Theatre mids this week offers On With the Dance starring Mae Murray and David Powell. The film follows a young Russian dancer and a New Yorker through a tale of romance and urban adventures set against New York life. Supporting cast includes Alma Teil John Miltern Robert Schable Ida Waterman and Zola Talma.
This week at the Modern and Beacon Theatres features a three act program led by Charles Ray in Alarm Clock Andy a tale of a shy salesman who becomes bold and ascends to the top job. Dorothy Dalton stars in Black Is White by George Barr McCutcheon offering stylish gowns and strong acting. Harold Lloyd appears in Captain followed by further acts in the show.
The act shows why he grows in popularity with street fang by his clean fast comedy. The news weekly and travel pictures complete the programme.
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