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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1922
Page
5
An ad touts Diamond Dyes with simple directions for dyeing or tinting dresses skirts waists coats stockings sweaters draperies and more. It guarantees no spots fades streaks or runs and advises telling the druggist material type whether wool silk linen cotton or blends.
An old advertisement touts Mulsified hair cleanser to cleanse and scald hair with water to produce rich lather that rinses out easily. It claims quick drying, soft scalp, and silky bright hair. The product supposed to be cheap and available at pharmacies.
The feature program at Park Modern and Beacon theatres runs this week with wholesome family entertainment. Speck Brown in a country life tale travels to New York after a rich uncle arrives, aided by his dog Hippy before returning home. The Golden Gift follows a young mother who abandons her baby to pursue opera, with a wealthy adoptive father and a happy ending. Ben Turpin appears in Bright Eyes, alongside International News.
Members of the Somerville Post of the American Legion attend a night at the Somerville Theatre to see Pit ter Patter a musical comedy. The event includes invitations to city and state officials and a vaudeville interlude with dancing after the show at Hobbs Auditorium.
An old advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a fast, harmless remedy for indigestion sour stomach and gas. It claims relief within five minutes after contact with the stomach and promotes a sixty cent case sold in drug stores for home use.
The Silent Call film adaptation of The Cragg Pull screens at the Boston Theatre this week with a dramatic hunt sequence and a death cry finale. Frank Mullane presents musical scales and humor in the vaudeville bill alongside Creators and Creatures song and dance acts. James and Etta Mitchell unveil Hazardous fun in the air backed by Galletti and Robin’s comedy surprise Monkey Barber Shop with Ben Turpin offering Bright Eyes at the end.
Edward Childs Carpenters stage piece Pot Luck runs at the St. James Theatre Boston. Amy Jewell from Connecticut loves a married man, a matrimonial agency scheme unfolds with ex crook Jim Patterson and writer Steve McCauley. Love and complications ensue as Amy falls for Steve while Jim’s plans unravel.
Charles Ray, a film favorite, appears in R. S. V. P. directed by himself at Gordon's Old South Theatre. The amusing story follows a young artist in a dingy studio who gains luck through a model who is a former schoolmate. The couple share a dress suit during a banquet, creating comic moments.
The Arlington Stock Company begins its run at the Arlington Theatre tomorrow evening February 22 with The Virginian. Charles Bickford and Florence Johns lead as leading man and leading woman in the production.
The first half of the week at Fenway Theatre features a film version of Back Pay led by Leena Owen and Matt Moore. A collection of short subjects is shown, with Arthur Meyers as the soloist. Also advertised is Adamson's Cough Balsam as a remedy for coughs.
Waldron's Gasino presents a three in one program this week with a motion picture exhibition followed by selected vaudeville acts and a burlesque titled Gérard for 14 seasons. The show features Boz Snyder as lead with Weber and a troupe including Gertrude Hayes Jr and a young chorus delivering lively entertainment.
Boston fans greeted Harry Carey with enthusiasm during his week at Bowdoin Square Theater. He shared career anecdotes amid applause while the program featured The Fox and The Devil Within with Dustin Farnum, Ben Turpin, Helen Chadwick, Richard Dix, and vaudeville acts.
The Lan caster Theatre marked its five year anniversary with a showing of Douglas Fairbanks in The Three Musketeers. A special program on Thursday features Rudolph Valentino in The Conquering Power and Mary Miles Minter in Her Winning Way.
Norma Talmadge stars in The Wonderful Thing at Gordon's Central Square Theatre, praised as a clever mix of humor and pathos. Also showing vaudeville acts and Al St. John's Fast and Furious short, plus other short subjects.
The fragmentary notice describes Richard Barthelmess in The Seventh Day at Gordon's Olympia and a light vaudeville mix with Bert Baker and company. It notes a New England skipper John Alden and performances by Louise Huff and others in a homely natural style.
The Somerville Players and two imports stage Pitter Patter at the Somerville Theatre last evening. Acclaimed for its Diightful music and lively performances, the cast includes Jean Whyte Herbert White and regulars Arthur Howard Rhea Diviley George Weatherald Frank Thomas. Pitter Patter runs this week with The Broken Wing on Feb 27 and My Greenwich Village Girl on March 6.
Wallace Reid and Elsie Ferguson lead the feature Forever at Loew's Orpheum this week. The screen version of Du Maurier and Barrymore stage hit Peter Ibbetson weaves a tale of love across life and death with Victorian settings and ornate photography.
An advertisement urges readers to protect public health by staying in good shape and promotes Gude's Pepto-Mangan as a blood-boosting tonic. It states the product builds red cells to fight disease and is sold in liquid and tablet forms by druggists nationwide.
Musterole promises soothing comfort with a clean white ointment made from old mustard. It claims to rub in gently without blistering like old mustard plasters. Available at drug stores in jars and hospital size tubes. Prices listed.
James E. Cooper presents Folly Town a burlesque at the Gayety Theatre with stars Gus Fay Johnny Walker and Lynn Cantor leading a strong chorus Ruth Rosemond Lucille Harrison and Leda Errol pilot the chorus Virginia Ware The Musical Miss provides a specialty and the California Trio earns applause A male quartet and talents Lester Dorr James Holly Ben Joss Jin Hall and Harry Burt contribute to the show.
Today and Wednesday at the Exeter Street Theatre present Anita Stewart in Her Mad Bargain and Bebe Daniels in Nancy from Nowhere. Later in the week Norma Talmadge stars in Love's Redemption and Anna Q Nilsson in Three Live Ghosts.
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