Boston Theatre Offers Varied Double Bill This Week
The Boston Theatre presents Melting Millions a tale of a young man and his fortune and A Child of the Wild featuring June Caprice set in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Mrs Vernon Castle appears in Patria while the Royal Hawaiians head the vaudeville lineup. Hale Norcross and company perform Love in the Suburbs the Stantons Montrose and Atlen and Kerslake showcase pigs and Bon Bon Riot is a film attraction.
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Boston
June Caprice
Blue Ridge Mountains
North Carolina
Vernon Castle
Hale Norcross and Company
Washington Theatre Presents The Princess of the Dark
Enid Bennett stars in The Princess of the Dark the tale of a small blind girl on the Washington Theatre program Anita King Wallace Reid in Golden Fetter and Francis X Bushman Beverly Bayne in The Great Secret headline the bill at the Washington Theatre.
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Washington Theatre
Enid Bennett
Anita King
Wallace Reid
Francis X. Bushman
Beverly Bayne
The Love Mill At Colonial Theatre This Week
The Colonial Theatre presents The Love Mill with favorable reception and quaint music. Principal female singers are Alice Hegeman and Tessa Costa. On Wednesday evening Ralph Herz appears as the German count. The following attraction is Boys will be Boys, an imported musical comedy with music by Oscar Strauss who also wrote The Chocolate Soldier.
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Alice Hegeman
Tessa Costa
Ralph Herz
Oscar Strauss
Gordon's Olympia Showcase Promises Sincere Sins and Arts
Gordon's Olympia filled to capacity with Gordon's Olympia Pride the second of the Seven Deadly Sins and Marguerite Clark as an attraction. The Fortunes of Fifi played as a companion bill while Otturo Bernardi and company performed with 42 costumes impersonating over twenty characters. The Five Musical Gormans and Stewart and Lewis also appeared as notable acts.
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Gordon
Olympia
Marguerite Clark
Fifi
Otturo Bernardi
Gormans
Stewart and
Lewis
Sterling Worth
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Quick Relief
Millions use it to end grippe misery with a dose every two hours for a total of three. It opens blocked nasal passages and eases feverish symptoms, sore throat, and headaches. Priced at 25 cents, it claims prompt relief without inconvenience and warns to buy only the genuine product.
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Pape
Red Top
Hill
Houdini Solo at B F Keith Theatre In Stunning Escape
Houdini headlines a week of vaudeville at B F Keith's Theatre. The show features his upside down Chinese water torture cell escape and a $1000 air challenge. Other acts include William Gaxton and company Kisses Johnny Dooley Yvette Rugel Ernest Ball Marie Stoddard Emmet J Welch and the Musical Johnstons Mrs. Vernon Castle in Patria seventh episode.
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Harry Houdini
B. F. Keith
Houdini
Berlin
Russian Secret Police
London Constabulary
Johnny Dooley
Yvette Rugel
Ernest R. Ball
Marie Stoddard
Emmet J. Welch
Minstrels
Johnstons
Three Jordan Girls
Vernon Castle
Orpheum Theatre All Star Bill With Notables
An all star bill was offered at the Orpheum Theatre yesterday headlined by Lewis Belmont and Lewis. The lineup lists Hendrix Padula the Milano Five Storm Marston Harris Lyman the Buch brothers Dearmo and Marguerite. Featured pictures included Max Lander in Max Comes Across the latest News Pictorial and Stage Struck featuring Dorothy Gish. The entire bill will be changed on Thursday.
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Orpheum Theatre
Lewis
Belmont
Hendrix
Padula
Milano Five
Storm
Marston
Harris
Lyman
Buch Brothers
Dearmo
Marguerite
Max Lander
Max
Dorothy Gish
Park Square Theatre Delights With Fair and Warmer
Park Square Theatre presents Fair and Warmer praised for liveliness and tasteful spice. Madge Kennedy shines as a sweet unsophisticated wife while the supporting cast underpins her performance.
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Park Square Theatre
Madge Kennedy
Clara Kimball Young Stars in The Prices She Paid at Modern
Clara Kimball Young returns to The Modern Theatre this week in The Prices She Paid. Marl Williams headlines Arsene Lupin on the same bill, featuring the exploits of the famed criminal in an exciting screen presentation.
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Clara Kimball Young
Modern Theatre
Marl Williams
Arsene Lupin
The Fortunes of S ifi and War Brides at the Beacon
Marguerite Clarks appears at the Beacon Theatre in The Fortunes of S ifi during the first half of the week. Mme Nazimova stars in War Brides, with Mrs Vernon Castle in Patria. Blanche Sweet performs Those Without Sin and The Wrens of Virginia, while Florence La Badie features in Her Life for His on Thursday through Saturday.
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Marguerite Clarks
Beacon Theatre
S'ifi
Mme. Nazimova
Burlesque Night Thrills at Howard Atheneum Show
The Pacemakers Burlesque at the Howard Atheneum received strong audience praise for two burlettas Running to Form and In the Stretch. Star and supporting acts including Frances Farr Lillian Smalley Lillian Crawford Nellie Montrose and the three Daring sisters drew lively applause along with musical numbers by Eddie Healey and performances by the Barrett brothers and Wilson Bob and Harry Bartlett.
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Howard Atheneum
Frank Damsel
Manny King
Jack McCabe
Jack Pearl
Harold Whalen
Frances Farr
Lillian Smalley
Boston
Lillian Crawford
Nellie Montrose
Annie Goldie
Housely
Nicholas
Barrett Brothers
Wilson
Bob
Harry Bartlett
Eddie Healey
Vaudeville Bill at Loew's St. James Theatre
The vaudeville bill led by Paul Armstrong's Woman Pro poses at Loew's St. James Theatre yesterday with Pierson and Rose Clark and Lewis Wemers and Burke and the Josephus troupe. The screen program featured Max Linder in Max Comes Across with News Pictorial the 18th episode of Pearl of the Army and the photo play The Reward of the Faithless. The entire bill will be changed on Thursday.
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Loew’s St. James Theatre
Paul Armstrong
Pierson
Rose
Clark
Lewis
Wemers
Burke
Josephus
Max Linder
Max
Julia Arthur Stars in Seremonda at Hollis in Final Weeks
A large crowd greeted Julia Arthur and her company as Seremonda opened its final two weeks at the Hollis. Review praises Arthur and the ensemble. The next attraction on March 12 is The Tailor Made Man, run by Cohan Harris.
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Julia Arthur
Hollis
Miss Arthur
Cohan & Harris
Shubert Theatre Ends Run of Hileen With Strong Attendance
The final week of Hileen at the Shubert Theatre drew a good crowd including many repeat attendees. Vernon Stiles leads an adequate company as the show closes, with Flora Bella starring Lina Abarbanell scheduled for March 5.
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Hileen
Shubert Theatre
Vernon Stiles
Flora Bella
Lina Abarbanell
Franklin Park Theatre Week Offers Drama Musicales Vaudeville
Viola Dana stars in Threads of Fate at Franklin Park Theatre along with Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne in another chapter of The Great Secret. Catherine Crawford leads a fashion girls revue with Maurice Prince Joe Dealey and Dave Manley in a Dorchester vaudeville bill.
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Franklin Park Theatre
Viola Dana
Francis X. Bushman
Beverly Bayne
Catherine Crawford
Maurice Prince
Joe Dealey
Dave Manley
Bernhardt Begins Her Farewell Tour at Boston Opera House
Mme. Sarah Bernhardt opened a week long engagement in Boston marking her first vaudeville appearance there. She plans a farewell tour across America and Canada starting last week in Brooklyn with two daily performances and a program featuring two pieces from her repertory.
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Mme
Sarah Bernhardt
Boston Opera House
Boston
America
Brooklyn
N. Y
Canada
Bernhardt Stars in Madame X Scène and Camille Tribute
Last night Sarah Bernhardt portrayed Raymond Fleuriot in Madame X and repeated Marguerite Gautier in Camille with restrained emotion and masterful delivery. The company included Jean Angelo and Claire Rochester among others, with encore performances planned including Cleopatra and Joan of Arc as vaudeville acts accompany the shows.
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Camille
Raymond Fleuriot
Mme. Bernhardt
Jean Angelo
Jeanne Mea
Mile. Boujault
Marguerite Gautier
Armand
Claire Rochester
Romaine Fenton
Harry Breen
Tom Brown
Mme
Wucille
Albert Donnelly
Jeanne d’Arc
Waldron's Casino Burlesque Troupe At Waldrons This Week
The Midnight Maidens burlesque company returns to Waldron's Casino with acts including A Night in a London Music Hall. Featured performers include Grace King Fern Bigelow Meechan Clara Gibson Helen Byron Hanscom Vernon Billy Barry Harry Hearn William Hoyt Charles Gordon Pam and the beauty chorus. The shows Stolen Sweets and Wine Woman and Song headline the burlesques on stage this week.
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Vaude Ville
Waldron
Boston
London
Grace King
Fern
Bigelow
Meechan
Clara Gibson
Dorchester
Helen Byron
Hanscom and
Vernon
Billy Barry
Harry Hearn
William Hoyt
Charles Gordon
Pam
Exeter Street Theatre Presents First Half Week Bill
Vivian Martin stars in The Wax Model alongside Lionel Barrymore in The End of the Tower on the Exeter Street Theatre program with Metro travel shorts and Sidney Drew comedy Her Obsession. The second half features Lessne Haya kawa in Bach to His Kind and Mary MacLaren in The Mysterious Mrs M with Bray cartoons and Burton Holmes travel pictures.
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Exeter Street
Vivian Martin
Lionel Barrymore
Metro-travel
Sidney Drew
Lessne Hayakawa
Bach
Mary MacLaren
Mrs. M
Bray
Burton Holmes
Park Theatre Week Features Notable Casts and Plays
The Park Theatre presents The Web of Desire with Ethel Clayton and Rockcliffe Fellowes. The Promise stars Harold Lockwood and May Allison with a strong absorbing plot. The Great Secret features Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne. Sid ney Drew offers Obsession with Miss Vilanche Parquette, a noted oratric singer, as a special engagement pleasing audiences.
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the Park Theatre
Ethel Clayton
Rockcliffe Fellowes
Harold Lockwood
May Allison
Francis xX. Bushman
Beverly Bayne
Sidney Drew
Vilanche Parquette
Plymouth Theatre Getting Married Captivates Boston Audiences
The Plymouth Theatre production Getting Married has drawn full houses in Boston for a week with William Faversham directing a skilled company. Henrietta Crosman Hilda Spong Charles Cherry and Lumsden Hare are among the strong cast. On March Richard Walton Tully will stage The Masquerader with Guy Bates Post in the lead role.
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Boston
Plymouth
William Faversham
Henrietta Crosman
Hilda Spong
Charles Cherry
Lumsden Hare
Richard Walton
Tully
Guy Bates Post
Copley Theatre Presents The Passing of the Third Floor Back
Henry Jewett Players staged Jerome K. Jerome allegorical comedy at the Copley Theatre last night. The Boston version by Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson depicts a third-rate English boarding house visited by a stranger whose guidance changes the residents. The company captured the roles with skill and the performance was highly commended.
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Copley Theatre
Jerome K. Jerome
Henry Jewett Players
Boston
Johnston Forbes- Robertson
Copley Theatre Company
Miss Spring Time at Tremont Theatre Draws Crowds
The current Tremont Theatre attraction Miss Spring Time remains popular through summer. The musical comedy has drawn crowds from opening and features Frank McIntyre Harrison Brockbank Hether Pettit Zoe Barnett Wilmuth Merkyl and others leading the company.
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Tremont Theatre
Frank MclIntyre
Harrison Brockbank
Hether Pettit
Zoe Barnett
Wilmuth Merkyl
Majestic Theatre Announces End of A Daughter of The Gods Run
The Majestic Theatre reports the engagement of A Daughter of The Gods is near its end. Annette Kellermann as the heroine performs remarkable diving feats captured on film, with Loston noting the impressive photographic display and entertaining narrative.
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Majestic Theatre
Loston
Annette Kellermann
Castle Square Presents A Fool There Was in Second Week
The Castle Square Theatre confirms the emotional punch of A Fool There Was as it begins its second week. William Courtleigh portrays the husband and Edna Conroy reveals the adventuress, with Hallett Thompson Tracy Single Tillian Lee Anderson and Iithel Wichman in supporting roles.
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Castle Square
William Courtleigh
Edna Conroy
Hallett Thompson
Tracy S’ingle
Tillian Lee Anderson
Iithel Wichman
Gaiety Theatre Hosts Up and Down Town Burlesque
Charles Waldron brings Bostonian burlesquers Frank Finney and Florence Mills to the Gaiety this week in Up and Down Town. Close seconds include Ida Emerson Mae Holden Emma Harris Murray Bernard and J P Griffith among others. The chorus is large and the show ranks among the season’s best.
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Charles Waldron
Frank Finney
Florence Mills
Ida Emerson
Mae Holden
Emma Harris
Murray Bernard
J. P. Griffith
George Banks
Arthur Kelly
Eddie Brennan
Bowdoin Square Theatre Sees Mixed Program Tonight
Bowdoin Square Theatre offered The Little Girl Next Door a white Slave film about Chicago vice conditions plus moral uplift messaging. Mrs Vernon Castle appears in Patria continuation and The Great Secret features Bushman and Bayne. Vaudeville includes De Dions animal circus acts Dayton and Dayton Tempest and Velvenry in Foolish People We Meet plus stars Greta Lee Tuehey Burke and Eddie Healey. Sam Cohen’s amateurs Thursday and bargain night Friday with extra vaudeville.
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Chicago
State Vice Commission
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Vernon Castle
Francis X. Bushman
Beverly Bayne
de Dio
Animal Circus
Dayton
Tempest
Tvlenry
Jennie Murray
Greta Lee
Tuehey
Burke
Eddie Healey
Sam Cohen
Wilbur Theatre Presents The Blue Paradise Continues
The Wilbur Theatre continues The Blue Paradise with growing favor. Viennese style music charms crowds. Principal performers include Cecil Lean Vivienne Segal Cleo Mayfield Teddy Webb and others.
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Wilbur Theatre
Cecil Lean
Vivienne Segal
Cleo Mayfield
Teddy Webb
Vitalitas display opens in Boston promoted by Col Akin
An advertisement promotes Vitalitas a mineral tonic claimed to surpass waters of Carlsbad Hot Springs and Bath. Col John Akin general manager oversees a Boston exhibit at Woodward Drug Co 102 Tremont St inviting the public to sample the remedy described as beneficial for indigestion chronic stomach ills impure blood rheumatism and debility with a free demonstration ongoing.
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Carlsbad
Hot Springs
Bath
Vitalitas
Boston
Col
John §. Akin
America
Woodward Drug Co
Tremont St
Swamp Root Promises Back, Kidney Relief in Ad Card
Advertises Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a physician prescription for kidney and bladder diseases. Claims years of use and rapid results with thousands of cases. Offers 50 cent and 1 dollar bottles or a sample for ten cents, to be sent to Kilmer Co in Binghamton New York and mentions Boston Daily Post.
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Dr. Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Boston Daily Post
Lanc caster Theatre Adopts Continuous Show Program
Lanc caster Theatre Lancaster and Causeway Streets near North station shifts to a continuous bill from 1 PM to 7:50 PM daily. Opening act yesterday featured George Beban in Hills Sweetheart with Edith Storey and Antonio Moreno in Money Magic. The program included vaudeville, Miss Sophia Charak selections, and an organ recital.
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Lanccaster
Lancaster
Causeway Streets
George Beban
Hills
Edith Storey
Antonio Moreno
Sophia Charak
Dangers of Misused Drugs Highlighted in Digestive Health
The article warns that indiscriminately dosing the stomach with various medicines can cause long term damage such as gastric ulcers. It advocates avoiding drugs that fail to neutralize acid and recommends pure bisulated magnesia as a safe antacid to counter excess acidity after meals.
Oxidaze Aims Help For Asthma Sufferers In New England
In New England asthma and bronchitis patients have reported speedy relief from a treatment named Oxidaze introduced by Dr. Eugene Howard. The compact tablets dissolve in the mouth and ease airway passages for a natural, comfortable sleep without habit forming drugs, making them affordable and pleasant to use.
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New England
Eugene Howard
Juggis
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