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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1915
Page
6
The audience packed the Shubert Theatre last night as the musical farce Midnight Girl drew cheers and laughter. It delivers clean wholesome entertainment, standing among many girl plays as a strong laugh producer and spectacle.
Miss Romaine leads a buoyant production backed by about 70 performers. The show features lively musical numbers, bright costumes, and a strong ensemble including MacFarlane as the male lead and George as a winning co star. The audience enjoyed the spectacle, dance, and vocal tunes throughout.
The week presents the final opportunity to view the wild animal motion pictures shown by Raymond L. Ditmars. The sequence highlights the balance between wild fauna and cinematic storytelling, drawing an audience of plovers and other viewers.
Edward H. Crosby notes that Sardou's Diplomacy remains timely due to its faithful portrayal of human traits. The piece, revived by a renowned trio, showcases Sardou's technical skill and enduring relevance despite modern dramatic advances.
At Hollis Street Theatre last night the play Diplomacy impressed a full house with William Gillette Blanche Bates and Marie Doro in leading roles. The production offered a modernized version of Sardou’s story with strong performances from Elliott Dexter Montagu Love Norman Tharp Bertha Fordyce and others.
Mantell and company open the second week with Shakespeare’s King Lear. Genevieve Hamper, Florence Auer, and Genevieve Reynolds shine as Lear’s daughters. Fritz Leiber as Edgar and Guy Lindsley as the jester impress. The thunderstorm in act three stands out. Next up is King John with Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth on matinee days and Thursday and Friday evenings.
Dave Gordon's burlesque show at Charlie Waldron's Casino features Maude Rockwell as lead with Ben Small and Ross Snow as top comedians. The two musical comedies set in New York and Paris showcase Berlin music and a strong chorus, with Flo Davis and Jimmy Gallagher in key acts.
The Plymouth Theatre hosts Cyril Maude in Grumpy with large audiences and high enthusiasm marking nine weeks of engagement. The play and star sustain unwavering popularity and are flagged as the season’s likely top success.
The whirlwind farce A Pair of Sixes continues at Ye Wilbur Theatre drawing a crowded crowd last evening. The comedy hinges on a poker game between two quarrelsome partners of a pill firm to decide who runs the business for a year and who will serve as servant with a lively cast led by Frank McIntyre and Maude Eburne.
The Castle Square Theatre revived Charles Kenyon's Kindling last evening to strong audience approval. Mary Young and William P. Carleton again distinguished themselves. An afternoon performance of Snow White preceded, with the run to continue until Thursday when Harvard prize play Common Clay will have its first showing.
The Cort Theatre will close its Boston engagement after 19 weeks this Saturday night January 16. The show Peg O My Heart has established a long run and its absence will be missed as today’s stage offerings lack worthwhile plays.
Bessie Clayton starts a week at B F Keiths Theatre with Lester Sheehan, greeted as one of Boston’s top dance teams. The program features Clayton solos and a Clayton Fox Trot, plus Conroy and LeMatre comedy sketch The New Physician and other acts, including Pathe Weekly News war pictures.
Bowdoin Square Theatre drew crowds for Smashing the Vice Trust a moving picture praised by social workers. The program mixed vaudeville acts including Potash and Perlmutter, Daley and Cramer, La Vasseur the Modern Hercules, and a Joe Fondulier accordion act with Love and Haight Egyptian specialty. Thursday brings circus and amateurs. Friday features a 15 act cabaret. Sunday concert continues.
The Singer's Midgets form the leading act at the Globe Theatre as they tour from Europe. They perform six vaudeville acts including animal, equestrian, acrobatic, and musical numbers. The lineup this week features Harry Armstrong and Billy Clark with new songs, the drama Justice, and Lyrica. Later in the week Bob Archer and Blanche Belford perform The New Janitor with Emile Subhers, Mat Kelf, and Freddy James bringing comedy and juggling.
The Tremont Theatre presents Seven Keys to Baldpate, a George M. Cohan mystery farce. The Cohanesque production delivers brisk melodrama and loud thrills, ending with a final twist that reveals the entire sequence as a playful joke on the audience.
The Henry Jewett Players at the Boston Opera House gain praise from critics and the public for their Shakespearean lineup. Box office reports are favorable as "As You Like It" continues this week. Next week features "Romeo and Juliet" starting Monday.
Gertie created a mild sensation at the Bijou yesterday and drew roars of laughter from the staid house audience. The bill also features Signor Pratt and Signora DeMarky with Carolyn Weeks, Mary Coughlin, Pritchard and Dane in Out in the Great Alone, plus folk dances and new film plays led by Rose DesRosiers and W. L. Wales.
The Noisy Students headlined at the St James Theatre in Boston yesterday with Madge P Maitland as a leading attraction. Also featured were Goebert Billings Circus and Cole man Goetz, noted as Americas youngest songwriter.
The City Belles burlesque company stars in Tea Days at the Howard Atheneum with a lively burlesque and a strong supporting bill. Notable performances include May Brown Mae Alberta and Babe Wheeler among the leading lovelies, plus comic acts from Bison City Four Gladiators and a contortionist duo the La Due sisters. The program features singing dancing and a Sunday concert and drew a hearty reception.
This week at the Grand Opera House patrons enjoy a bright wholesome burlesque by the Monte Carlo Girls with 20 charming dancers. Principal comedian Harry Welsh wins applause while Eva Sullivan and Dolly Morrissey attract attention. Notable turns by Chubby Fairmont, Harry Keeler, Bert Saunders, Fred Binder, Joe West and the Big Four Quartet enhance the show with lively songs and a Paris themed finale.
The film of Charles K Harris immortal ballad After the Ball opens a one week booking at the Boston Theatre. Herbert Kelcey and Effie Shannon star with Barney McPhee in pivotal scenes including a 186 foot plunge from High Bridge in Harlem River.
The Modern Theatre offers Your Girl and Mine as its feature photo production this week. The melodrama aims to bolster the woman suffrage cause with gripping scenes sure to satisfy even the staunch antis. The program also includes latest combo and dramatic photo plays plus an organ recital.
A Hastings Show two act comedy titled On and Off the Earth entertained yesterday at the Gaiety Theatre. Dan Coleman stars in a celebrated Patricia O'Brien role with Eileen Sheridan leading the feminine cast in engaging performances.
Orpheum Theatre presents Bessie Reno and George B. Reno in The Misfit Army as the top bill this week. Other acts include Burton Hahn and O'Donnell Robin the comedy juggler and Chabot and Dixon. The Noisy Students will head the second half of the week with Madge Maitland Goebert Billings circus Wamunds Basil and Coleman Goetz also appearing.
Gordon's Olympia Theatre features the five Byrons in an excellent entertainment plus Weston's Minstrels in The Comedy on Wheels. Bankoff Trio performs up-to-date and classic dancing. Reed and Tuttle and others with the Olympia Stock Company present Blood Money while photo plays headline the program.
New England relief ship Harpalyce to depart from Commonwealth docks for Rotterdam carrying clothing provisions and toys valued over 200 000 dollars. Cargo includes flour and hundreds of cases of condensed milk with 4000 bushels of wheat omitted. loading to finish tomorrow amid government and public support with invitations sent to Governor Walsh and Mayor Curley.
The Park Theatre opens with The Girl of the Golden West headlining the week. Starring Mabel Van Buren Theodore Roberts and House Peters the photo play is joined by amusing short subjects. Park Symphonic Orchestra Park concert singers and the Austin organ accompany the program.
The Toy Theatre extends Across the Border through the week of Jan 9 with The Two Mr Wetherbys following. Marié Beulah Dix war plays draw comment while a Peace Night with peace workers attends Thursday.
The Colonial Theatre announces the engagement of The Girl from Utah is limited to this week and next. Julia Sanderson stars as the heroine with engaging charm, Donald Brian remains a favorite, and Joseph Cawthorn handles the principal comic duties of the show.
This week at Scollay Square Olympia Morosco Musical Melange leads a 16 performer company. Clark and McCullough, the Ishakawa brothers, Tyrolean Troubadours, Demarest, Whittier, Ince and company in Dr Smart's Dilemma, and Bovis and Darley appear. Three reel film Stonewall Jackson's Way and other dramatic and comic photoplays shown.
The Belgian Relief fund subscriptions were announced yesterday by Joseph H. O Nell treasurer. Previously acknowledged 164086.80 dollars.
About 1200 people attended the Malden inaugural of William M. Blakeley as mayor to succeed Charles Schumaker. Blakeley did not make recommendations to the incoming City Council as the Board of Aldermen elected John G. Robbins chairman and the Common Council chose Hugh I. Walker president.
Victoria Jubilee Lodge No. 115 of the Order Daughters of St. George reports a $38 collection for British widows and orphans. The donor, A. H. B., gathered funds from friends at Prides Crossing New Bedford and Boston.
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