Keiths Theatre All Star Bill Charms Boston Audience
An unusually attractive all star bill plays Keiths Theatre this week. John Steel warms audience with songs from Jewish hymns to Tish ballads and recalls. The Courtney sisters entertain with blues numbers and a string quintette. Burlesque Changé Your Act or Back to the Woods draws big laughs. Monologue by Sven Dockstader uses wireless phones. Harry Breen, Tom Bryan, Lillian Broderick perform dances and other acts follow with news reel Aesop Fables and Topics of the Day.
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Keith's Theatre
John Steel
Courtney
Boston
Fay Courtney
Maurice Elliott
Victor Moore
Emma Littlefield
Sven Dockstader
Eveyone
Harry Breen
Tom ‘Bryan
Lillian Broderick
Lucille Jarett
R. Hdldie
Greenlee
Thaddeus Drayton
Cromwells
Great Koban and Company
Flower of the North at Loew's Orpheum Features
The Week at Loews Orpheum presents Flower of the North with Henry Walthall and Pauline Stark set in a Canadian fishing camp. A rescue scene and a neighbor’s property dispute drive the plot as camp life unfolds. Vaudeville follows with colored syncopaters Holiday in Dixie Land and acts by the Theodore Trio Grindell Esther Zeck Randolph and Pathe Wekly. Thursday’s feature switches to One Glorious Day starring Will Rogers and Lila Lee.
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James Oliver Curwood
North
Loew
Orpheum
Henry Walthall
Phiilip Whittemore
Pauline Stark
Jeanne T Areambal
New York
Jeanne
Philip
Dixie Land
Elsie White
Theodore
Grindell
Esther
Zeck
Randolph
Pathe Wekly
Will Rogers
Lila Lee
Snappy Show at the Howard Athenaeum
A strong Howard Athenaeum program by the Monte Carlo Girls drew solid Boston crowds. Arthur Lanning and Sarah Hyatt pleased longtime fans while Jessie McDonald Edna Juice Helen Dawn and Johnny Hudgins stood out along with a capable chorus. The bill mixed music dance comedy and a western film titled The Stampede and included a basketball-on-wheels act.
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Howard Athenaeum
Monte Carlo
Arthur Lanning
Sarah Hyatt
Boston
Miss Hyatt
Jessie McDonald
Edna Jiuce
Helen Dawn
Johnny Hudgins
Joe Stanley
Cook
Mortimer
Harvey
Ted
Frankie Burns
Marion Clare
Miss Padula At The Boston Theatre Tonight
The Boston Theatre bills feature The Man of Stone with Conway Tearle as a rugged lead in a desert romance set in Sahara. Marguerite Padula, daughter of Worcester political figure Daniel J. Padula, appears as pianist and singer amid local performers in a full motion picture style program.
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Boston
Conway Tearle
London
Sahara
Desert
Marguerite Padula
Daniel J. Padula
Worcester
Boston Theatre
Mildred Rogers
Janis
Chaplow
Duval
Symonds
Soria
Dupree
St. John
Pathe News
Aesop
Dickens Sketch at Roxbury Vaud Eville Show
The Roxbury School Centre Dramatic Club presents the trial scene from Oliver Twist at the Roxbury School Centre on Greenville Street tonight. Directed by William A. Hazelbloom the third in a Dickens inspired dramatic series features an all star vaudeville showcase.
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Charles Dickens
Roxbury School Centre
Greenville Street
Roxbury
Dramatic Club
William A. Hazelbloom
Kellogg's Bran Promises Relief From Constipation
Advertisement touts Kellogg's Bran as a natural solution for constipation. Claims regular use with two tablespoons daily provides permanent relief, replacing pills and cathartics, and suggests bran enhances digestion, clears complexion, and freshens breath with recipes and grocery availability.
Back Pay at Scollay Square screens at Olympia Theatre
Annie Hurst stars in Back Pay the feature at Gordon’s Scollay Square Olympia Theatre all week. Hester Bevins longs for city lights, gains riches via Charles Wheeler then faces war, marriage, and a tragic return to solitude. Leena Owen and Matt Moore lead a vaudeville bill with varied acts and a lively finale.
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Annie Hurst
Gordon's Scollayv Sanare Olympia Theatre
Hester Bevins
Jerry Newcombe
Kester
Charles Wheeler
Wall Street
Riverside Drive
Hester
Jerry
Leena Owen
Matt Moore
Marie Kavanaugh
Paul Everett
Doll Sisters
Paul Trumphrey
Back Pay at Selwyn by Fannie Hurst and A H Woods
Edward Harold Crosby reports on a Selwyn event featuring a Fannie Hurst play offered by A H Woods, noted for frank depictions of life and unconventional entertainment. The pairing draws curiosity for its provocative reputation in drama and publishing circles.
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Fannie Hurst
A. H. Woods
Fred Stone in The Duke of Chimney Butte at Modern Beacon
Fred Stone stars as Jerry Lambert in The Duke of Chimney Butte with wild west stunts and a search for a girl, aided by Vola Vale in a tale of rustlers and wit. Wanda Hawley headlines Too Much Wife, a light comedy about marital control and a stormy misadventure. Also showing Lloyd Hamilton in The Adviser and a Pathe News segment.
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Fred Stone
Jerry
Vola Vale
Wanda Hawley
Chicago
Lloyd Hamilton
Pathe News
Fred Stone to Appear at Modern Theatre Today
Fred Stone will augment the photo play programme at the Modern Theatre this afternoon appearing in person for the showing of his new photoplay The Duke of Chimney Butte. He prepared a special series of stunts and will keep them as a surprise. A similar appearance is planned at the Beacons Theatre next Thursday afternoon.
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Fred Stone
Modern Theatre
Chimney Butte
Mr. Stone
Beacons Theatre
Hester
Riverside Drive
New York
Gexes
Algo
Brooklyn Hospital
Final Weeks of Irene at Shubert Theatre Announced
The last two weeks of Irene at the Shubert Theatre are announced with limited opportunities to see the charming musical. Patti Harrold and her associates deliver a delightful performance.
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Irene
Shubert Theatre
Patti Harrold
Miss MacKellar Delights Selwyn in Back Pay Debut
A large Selwyn Theatre crowd witnessed Hellen MacKellar debut as Hester Bevins in Back Pay. The piece traces a young woman from a murky town life to New York glamour, then tragedy, serving as a morality tale on wealth and consequence.
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Selwyn Theatre
Hellen MacKellar
Hester Bevins
Orphans of the Storm Plays Fifth Week at Tremont
Dr W Griffiths Orphans of the Storm continues its Tremont Theatre engagement in its fifth week with two daily showings including Sundays.
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DR. W. Griffith
Tremont Theatre
Fred Stone in Tip-Top at Colonial Theatre
The Colonial Theatre continues to draw capacity crowds as Fred Stone performs his musical extravaganza Tip-Top. The versatile comedian holds forth at the playhouse, remaining a major amusement magnet, with further dramatic reviews on page 15.
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Fred Stone
Colonial Theatre
Ten Nights in a Bar Room at the Globe
Crowd fills the Globe Theatre for Arrow Film Company’s Ten Nights in a Bar Room. Oscar Apfel directs the tale of hard drinking and strife ending with a cautionary log drive feat by Mr. Lowell and a water wagon finale.
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Globe Theatre
Arrow Film Company
Oscar Apfel
Lowell
Washington Street
Desmond Delights Bowdoin Square Audience
WM. DESMOND AT BOWDOIN William Desmond, popular screen star, receives warm applause at Bowdoin Square Theatre. He greets fans on ladies night, with souvenir photos to be given Thursday. The week features Carey style action, The Grim Comedian, White Eagle, vaudeville acts, and bargain Friday extras.
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William Desmond
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Desmond
Harry Carey
Carey
Jack Holt
Ruth Roland
Hayatka
Eugene and
Janet
Joe Rubins
Eddie Leonard
Keith’s
Wahlman and
Mack
Bowery Burlesquers Opens at Waldron's Casino
Joe Hurtig presents Bowery Burlesquers at Waldron's Casino for a week. Headlined by Billy Foster with Dolly Sweet Marty Lemon Russell Hill Margaret White and Justine Gray. Features include The Garden of Eden The Planet Venus and Hades with a Hurtig beauty chorus.
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Joe Hurtig
Bowery Burlesquers
Waldron's
Casino
Billy Foster
Boston
Dolly Sweet
Marty Lemon
Russell Hill
Margaret White
Justine Gray
Garden of Eden
Venus
Hades
Hurtig
MacIntyre and Heath Star in Red Pepper at Wilbur Theatre
MacIntyre and Heath headline Red Pepper at the Wilbur Theatre this week and next with a strong company. The production has drawn better than any play at this house this season and adds numerous features.
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MacIntyre and Heath
Wilbur Theatre
Red Pepper
William Hodge Leads In Dog Love At The Plymouth
This week and next mark the final engagement of William Hodge in Dog Love at the Plymouth. He has pleased his many friends in Boston by his new work and offers the leading part with notable skill. He has created a niche for himself in the profession and fills it completely.
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William Hodge
The
Plymouth
Hodge
Boston
Exeter Street Theatre Ends Griffith's Way Down East
Today and Wednesday the Exeter Street Theatre closes D. W. Griffiths Way Down East engagement. For the rest of the week Get Rich Quick Wallingford will be shown with Grady Walton in Playing with Fire.
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Exeter Street
D. W. Griffith
Wallingford
Grady
Walton
Three Musketeers At Gordon's Strand Theatre Opens Week
Yesterday the audience rode backward 800 years with Douglas Fairbanks in The Three Musketeers based on Alexander Dumas. The plot centers on Cardinal Richelieu's scheme against Queen Anne and Louis XIII with Fairbanks as D Artagnan delivering a restrained romance.
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Gordon
Strand Theatre
Douglas Fairbanks
Alexander Dumas
Cardinal Richelieu
Anne of Austria
Louis XIII
France
Fairbanks
D'Artagnan
Cascarets Laxative Promises Quick Overnight Relief
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a pleasant cathartic laxative for dizziness head colds biliousness indigestion and upset stomachs. It claims two tablets empties bowels by morning with gentle effects unlike salts pills calomel or oil and prices at ten cents a box. Children are said to love Cascarets.
Billy Watson Starred in Gayety Burlesque World of Frolic
Billy Watson headlined the Gayety Theatre in Dave Marion's burlesque World of Frolic. The show drew laughs with his sliding routine and quick jokes. Featured performers included Anna Propp Jack Cameron Nell Vernon Lillian Harvey Joe Bristol Ray Peck and Ed Loeffler with a polished chorus of singer-dancers.
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Billy Watson
Gayety Theatre
Dave Marion
Anna Propp
Jack Cameron
Nell Vernon
Lillian Harvey
Joe Bristol
Ray Peck
Ed Loeffler
Big Pictures at the Park at Park Theatre
The Park Theatre screens Perjury featuring William Farnum as Robert Moore a condemned man amid a courtroom reversal and a brutal sequel. Sally Crute as his wife endures hardship before Moore’s early discharge and a dramatic murder confession. Also shown is The Glorious Fool with Helen FE Chadwick and Richard Dix, a Mary Roberts Rinehart tale full of comic twists and hospital intrigue.
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the Park Theatre
Robert Moore
Wiliam Farnum
Bill Farnum
Moore
Sally Crute
Edward Williams
Frank Joyner
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Helen FE. Chadwick
Richard Dix
Live Ghosts on Screen and Vaudeville At Gordon’s Olympia
The 20th Century Revue headlines a vaudeville bill with Billy Sharp leading a 10 member company. Spoofy from the original play appears in the Olympia screen version alongside Norman Kerry as a German prison camp escapee. Clara Gibbons stars with Spoofy in the plot involving amnesia and kleptomania amid London lampooning.
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Gordon’s Olympia
Anna Q. Nilsson
Norman Kerry
Cyril Chadwick
Trafalgar Square
Hyde Park
London
Melodrama at Somerville Theater In Old Kentucky
Somerville Theatre presents In Old Kentucky a melodrama heavy on scenic effects with romance and adventure. Enid Markey earns praise for a wide emotional range and mounts the horse in the famous race. Arthur Howard stars as the hero who overcomes financial woes through his horse Queen Bess. The cast includes other capable performers and the run continues with Twin Bess starting Jan 30.
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Somerville Theatre
Old Kentucky
Madge Brierley
Enid Markey
Miss Markey
Arthur Howard
Queen Bess
Bess
Father John's Medicine Promoted for Colds
An old advertisement touts Father John's Medicine as effective for colds that linger and may lead to pneumonia, noting 65 years of success in treating colds.
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John
Lotus Eater at Old South Theatre
The Lotus Eater starring John Barrymore screens at Gordon's Old South Theatre this week. Albert Payson Terhune's tale follows Jacques who swears not to set foot on land until 25, then meets love, wanders on a trans-Pacific flight, and returns to a wife who has remarried before choosing duty and a utopian island life. A Christie comedy, The Three Musketeers, accompanies the program.
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Gordon’s
Old South Theatre
Albert Payson Terhune
John Barrymore
Anther
Jacque
New York
Navy Department
Pacific
Wesley Barry
Jacques
William Gillette Stars in The Dream Maker at Hollis Street
Tickets go on sale for William Gillette in The Dream Maker at Hollis Street Theatre. The engagement runs for two weeks starting next Monday with seats limited to this run.
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William Gillette
Hollis Street Theatre
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court at Tremont Temple
William Fox's screen version of Mark Twain's Connecticut Yankee began its second week at Tremont Temple. The adaptation preserves Twain's humor and satire and the storytelling is well presented on screen, suggesting a strong engagement.
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William Fox
Mark Twain
Tremont Temple
Twain
Lancaster Theatre Shows New England Drama Tonight
Lancaster Theatre presents Way Down Fast from the New England play with the charm of homesteads. Bert Lytell stars in The Idle Hick and Bebe Daniels appears in The Speed Girl on Thursday.
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New England
Lancaster Theatre
Yuna
Griffith
Bert Lytell
Bebe Daniels
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