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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1918
Page
8
Maude Fulton starred as The Brat at the Majestic Theatre last night amid strong forms of praise. The play first drew big notice in Boston and critics nationwide have kept a favorable verdict on the production.
Miss Walton rounds out the role of a gutter accent waif whose heart remains true in a story of adversity. The performance features strong acting by Edmund Lowe as the novelist brother and Percival T. Moore as the harsh author. The supporting company includes Rank Kingdon Leslie Palmer Ruth Holt Boucicault and others. The engagement is limited.
Bayard Veiller’s melodrama winds down with its last performances. George Arliss debuts in Hamilton next Monday, coauthoring the piece and starring as the central figure.
Donald Brian offers some of his best work in Her Regiment at the Shubert. Victor Herbert provides tuneful score and fitting numbers for Brian. Audry Maple impresses with a sweet voice and charm. The company features clever players. The engagement runs two weeks more then Clifton Crawford curtails with Fancy Free.
William Collier stars in Nothing But the Truth at Plymouth Theatre with two weeks left. The production features Lillian Lawrence Rapley Holmes Charles Walton Arnold Lucy Ned Sparks and a strong supporting company delivering a lively central performance.
Park Square Theatre has drawn hearty laughter for two weeks with The Naughty Wife. Four principals Charles Cherry Francis Byrne Lucille Watson and Beverly West anchor the light comedy. The run continues for two more weeks before Potash and Perlmut ter in Society follows.
An advertisement touts Freezone as a painless corn removal product. It claims a few cents cost and immediate relief from corn pain, followed by easy removal with fingers. The copy emphasizes the product’s effectiveness and lack of humbug.
A druggist advertises a tiny bottle of Freezone for a few cents promising to rid feet of hard and soft corns and toe calluses without pain or irritation. It cites a Cincinnati genius as the discoverer of Freezone.
The Colonial Theatre reports its current attraction Hitchy Koo as the best draw of the season. Raymond Hitchcock’s performance showcased his comic inventiveness with Leon Error assisting. New leading lady Mabelle Cedars impressed as Gladys Brown the American heiress in an engagement described as limited.
The Copley Theatre becomes a hub for modern war drama with Inside the Lines drawing capacity crowds since opening night. The German intrigue and British vigilance tale is well told and held to the end with a satisfactory performance by the Henry Jewett Players.
The Man Who Came Back continues at the Wilbur Theatre with two weeks left in the engagement. William Gillette will headline A Successful Calamity next, with Louise Rutter as his leading lady for the first time.
Tremont Theatre continues to draw large crowds as The Boomerang entertains with brilliant acting. Arthur Byron Wallace Eddinger Martha Hedman Ruth Shepley headline a strong company delivering superior comedy and performance.
Waldron's Casino presents Jack Singer's new burlesque The Broadway Frolics featuring Bertha Delmonte in a key role. The two act eight scene show includes Star Lon Hascall with Wilbur Dobbs Hileen Sheriden Jim Ten Brooke Mark Thompson Jack Nichols Rich Simmons and a 25 member chorus. Evening shows start at 7 45.
The Scollay Square Olympia shows The Heart of a Lion with William Farnum as Barney Kemper in a tale of romance and betrayal. Also on the program are The Fly Cop with Billy West, Mosher Haynes and Mosher bicycling act, Schooler and Dickinson piano, and a lineup including the Van brothers Danny Addison-Dolan Genaro Gold Enid Bland illusionists and Olympia News Weekly.
Park Theatre manager Thomas D. Soriero earns praise for an engaging bill headlined by Harold Lockwood in Broadway Bill. Bar Sinister follows sharing a poignant Civil War era tale. Comedian duo Mr and Mrs Sidney Drew entertain, Pathe Weekly draws interest, Park Symphony Orchestra provides live music, and Henry Kelley remains a crowd favorite.
Franklin Park Theatre presents William Farnum in The Conqueror through Wednesday night amid early struggle for General Sam Houston recognition. A comedy Are Waitresses Safe? plays with the Belmonts Walter Hayes and Andy Lewis act in vaudeville. Edith Storey stars in The Eyes of Mystery Thursday to Saturday with Pathe world events and another vaudeville change.
The Forty Thieves burlesquers led by Charley Mac presented a lively program at the Howard Atheneum yesterday. Beatrice Mignon May Kearns Eda Davidson Mollie Gilmore and a talented chorus drew praise while Roy Sears Jerry Mandy Nat Brown and others provided festive vaudeville acts including Lucy Gillette the champion lady juggler and the Bowery courtship duo McLaughlin Evans.
The Public Defender features Frank Keenan as the district attorney with Alma Hanlon as Mary Reed and Robert Edson as the public defender. John Sampolis plays the accused in a drama of intrigue and justice with a thrilling aeroplane fight and a stay of execution. The program adds Stampee Riders the six strong Western cowboys and the champion woman roper, plus Miss Chalfonte Ruby and Inez dancing, Marie Stoddard vaudeville caricatures, Newell and Moat musical duo, Lawton the comedian, a film comedy and news reels.
The Orpheum Theatre features The Girl From Holland led by Joe Howard with 10 performers plus Harry Breen in The Traffic Cop by Taylor and Howard. Other vaudeville acts include Charles Lowe and the Sterling girls and Mahoney and Auburn. pictures show The Keys of Righteousness with Enid Bennett and a news reel. Thursday adds Howard Kihel Herbert Regal Mack and White's circus. Alice Brady stars in The Knife as the leading picture.
Gayety Theatre opened a week long engagement by the Golden Crook company drawing large audiences. Star Billy Arlington leads an unusually big cast with admired players Frank De Voe Eleanor Cochran Harlie Mayne Hite Reflow and Pall Mall Trio among a 24 member chorus delivering singing and dancing innovations.
Gordon's Olympia presents Idle Wives a social mirror piece about a woman trapped in a society marriage and idle role. The Fly Cop brings Billy West and vaudeville acts including Ishawaka Japs acrobats Wer ner Amoros Trio and other acts with pictures.
Castle Square Theatre shows Winston Churchill's The Crisis in picture form this week with Bessie Eyton as Virginia Carvel Sam D Deane as Abraham Lincoln and George Fawcett as Judge Silas Whipple. The program also includes Matt and Jeff comedy a travelog Hearst Pathe News and Miss Prim's School. Late week features J Warren Kerrigan in The Turn of the Card and Corinne Griffith with Ewart Overton in a love and danger drama.
The Huntington Avenue Theatre presents Miss U. S. A. Wednesday and Thursday with Caprice, a Prince School graduate, and The Love Doctor starring Earl Williams. Other features fill Friday and Saturday.
Exeter Street Theatre screens Raffles with John Barrymore and The Wife He Bought starring Carmel Myers along with Stella Maris featuring Mary Pickford and The Studio Girl with Constance Talmadge. Pathe News is shown at each performance.
This week at the Modern Theatre Madge Kennedy stars in the photoplay Our Little Wife a lighthearted farce. A companion feature Hidden Pearls with Sessue Hayakawa leads and shorter films complete the program.
Eddie Shevlin of Roxbury defeated Paul Doyle of New York by a wide margin after 12 rounds at the Douglas A. C. Chelsea in the feature bout. Shevlin used superior skill to dominate from the second round, delivering punishing body blows as Doyle clung to the ropes late. Preliminary bout saw Paul Demers decision over Kid Lee in 10 rounds.
Entries for the Greater Boston Inter scholastic meet close this afternoon led by Arthur W Hale of Huntington School. The event at the Boston YMCA Saturday drew over 100 entries with Noble & Grennough entering 19 athletes coached by Dick Lewis. Team captains include Philip Wesseltine Franklin Nichols Ben Hunneman Robert Sagendorph Dick Patridge Richmond Page Wellington Caldwell Billy Otis Coburn and Tebbetts.
William S Hart stars in Wolves of the Rail as a railroad detective delivering heroic feats including boarding a runaway engine to avert a crash. Vola Vale Dorothy Dalton Fatty Arbuckle and The Dark Road feature, with vaudeville acts and an upcoming Mary Pickford Stella Maris engagement planned for next week.
Victor Hugo's tale of Jean Valjean is brought to the screen at the Globe Theatre with William Farnum in the lead. The film enhances the novel's key events with detailed photography and a cast of well known actors, offering a vivid, cinematic portrayal of Valjean's ascent from degradation to respectability.
The St James Theatre presents a mixed program with Charles W Dingle and company performing An Irishmans Halloween in the first half. Other acts include Clifton and Kramer Florenz Duo Pinto and Herbert Dyer and Ben Coyne. News Picture Victorial and Stella Mario with Mary Pickford. Thursday and rest of week feature Down Home Ten Henry Horton and company in Uncle Toms Dilemma Donovan and Murray Tracey and McBride and the Kremka brothers. Clara Kimball Young stars in The Marionettes.
This week at the Beacon Theatre features Madge Kennedy in Our Little Wife and Sessue Haktawa in Hidden Pearls. Additional films are also listed for the program.
The Lancaster Theatre presents Dustin Farnum in The Spy this week with a German intrigue plot. Also showing The Divine Sacrifice featuring Kitty Gordon and for the week’s second half The Apostle of Vengeance with William S Hart and A Game of Wits with Gail Kane.
Advertises Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a physician prescribed kidney liver and bladder medicine. Claims a long tested strengthening remedy supported by druggists and invites readers to request a sample bottle for ten cents from Kilmer Co in Binghamton New York with a note to Boston Daily Post.
Edward G Barrow emerged as Boston Red Sox manager after a bid by Frazee. Carrigan declined due to business, Toblitzell to captain, Barrow to coach from the bench, and efforts to add two outfielders two infielders and a pitcher continue amid league trade limits.
Irish Patsy Cline and Johnny Dundee both of New York waged a brisk twenty round battle in New Orleans with the bout ending in a draw. Neither fighter could gain a clear edge as they exchanged blows throughout the night in a high tempo light weight clash.
The Menace by Edward H. Crosby received its first stage performance by the Somerville Theatre Players at the Somerville Theatre yesterday before a large enthusiastic audience. The cast, rushed to prepare their parts, delivered a decidedly successful show.
A timely dramatic stage work blends suspense with humor as a love story unfolds. The plot centers on a German plot to blow up a factory supplying American soldiers, but the hero foils the plan in a thrilling climax.
The Somerville Theatre players delivered strong work in a play directed personally by Arthur Ritchie. John Dugan earned praise for his Jefferson Petersham with notably convincing acting. Brandon Evans portrayed William Walter, a Kaiser agent, with realism.
Arthur Howard and Adelyn Bushnell headline Oberon Players as Edward Manners and Dorothy Williams in a patriotic romance. Ruth Fielding and J Gordon Lawrence charm as Frances Williams and Richard Hastings with graceful comic turns. Elbert Benson stood out as Thomas the butler while John M Kline and Arthur Ritchie played General Stuart and a corporal. The plot centers on a mansion midnight murder scene with a deserted shed and distant factory for a thrilling finale.
Dr. Leonard Sugden continues a second week at Tremont Temple with The Lure of Alaska a travel talk and motion picture program. The screening features icebergs glaciers mountains streams and resource images of gold mines fisheries gardens and dairying farms plus visits to rarely trodden sections. He explains how modern transportation opens up the scenic land and traces the Argonaut trail of 1897 98.
Fred Fulton, heavyweight contender, beat Tom McMahon of Newcastle Penn in Denver Colorado. The referee stopped the 15 round bout in the fourth round as McMahon clung to the ropes.
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