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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1915
Page
6
The play Too Many Cooks presented at the Plymouth Theatre last night delighted a large audience. It centers on a soon to be married couple building a small home with wholesome love making and side splitting fun.
Frank Craven both writes and stars in Too Many Cooks a clean American comedy about a young couple planning a home while relatives and a strike complicate matters Craven directs with a long seasoned company producing a smooth performance that captures nostalgia and gentle humor for a broad audience.
The Toy Theatre presented Brieux's Blanchette in French as a three act Comedy. M Claude Benedict impressed as Rousset with Mme Meurville and Mme Diska delivering emotional roles. A small village tavern setting frames Blanchette choosing love and realism over ambition in Paris.
English comedienne Marie Tempest returned after an absence of seasons to the Majestic Theatre Boston presenting Henry Arthur Jones comedy Mary Goes First with members of her company from London.
A concise review praises the English satire Mary Goes First for its witty lines character drawing and situational comedy. Miss Tempest shines as Mary with lifelike charm while W Grahame Browne and Kenyon Musgrave deliver strong work as leading man and knight. The strong company, including Kate Serjeantson as Lady Bodsworth, carries the production with polish. The show runs this evening through Saturday with matinees on Wednesday and Saturday, and Miss Tempest also presents The Marriage of Kitty with The Dumb and the Blind on Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
Sam Sidman Gertrude Hayes and Chester Nelson head a large merrymaker crowd at Waldron's Casino for What Does the Public Want Barney Gerard's Follies of the Day. The cast features Hayes Sidman Nelson and a lively travesty on Three Weeks with strong impersonations and elaborate scenery and costumes.
Bert Bakers Bon Tons wowed audiences at the Gaiety Theatre yesterday though Baker was sidelined by sudden illness. Jack Magee filled Mary Bakers part and earned strong notices while Lucille Manion Midgie Miller and Mercedes Alvin led the female cast. Billie Jackson and Frank Murphy scored a big hit with the rough house dance.
Herr Oscar Starr, billed as the strongest man, headlines a six act vaudeville bill at the National Tremont and Berkeley streets. He offers 500 dollars to any man his size who can lift his weights and 100 dollars to any man who can outlift him. several challengers appeared but none matched his feats.
Robert Edeson, a leading romantic actor, appears in a photo adaptation of David Belasco's The Girl I Left Behind Me at the Modern Theatre for the first half of the week. The program also includes The Master Key latest installment, Pathe Weekly, and other short photo-plays.
Hazel Dawn delights Colonial Theatre patrons in The Debutante during the second and penultimate week of her Boston engagement. The sparkling operetta pleases music and laughter lovers with a deft blend of melody and mirth as Victor Herbert’s score proves popular and enduring.
The Henry Jewett Players staged Shakespeare's Julius Caesar at the Boston Opera House last evening. The revival mirrors a familiar production with long intervals since prior local performances.
A large audience witnessed a polished production led by R D McLean as Brutus and H A Tonge as Julius Caesar. Jewett portrayed Cassius with strong final scenes, George Relph delivered a poised Mark Antony, while Vivienne Whitaker Calpurnia and Viva Birkett Portia impressed in the supporting roles.
The Gay Widows burlesque company performed at the Grand Opera House drawing approval from two major houses. The show featured James E. Dailey as Mike Callahan and Joe Taylor as Hane Dinkle with Marie Beaugrade as the lead and a chorus including May Abbott Janet Faust Bill Armstrong Eddie Lovett Celia Thomas Alice Alton Ruth Troy. The Five Alarcons jazzed the program with Mexican songs and Rosa Alarcon nicknamed the Mexican Melba delivered several classical numbers. Rita Alarcon’s dancing pleased audiences. The second edition toured New Point Comfort with similar merriment.
The article praises Trentini the leading light opera prima donna at the Shubert Theatre in the updated engagement of The Peasant Girl with Clifton Crawford. The second week opened last night to a large audience, confirming the popular pairing of these stars in operatic comedy.
The Park Theatre offers a distinguished program headlined by Marguerite Clark in The Goose Girl, a lavish Lasky Paramount adaptation of Harold McGrath novel. The production features stunning photodrama and high acclaim for Clark’s starring performance.
The Tremont Theatre will bid farewell to Seven Keys to Baldpate in Boston after one more week. Since its New York debut the play has drawn strong crowds, but cities with long-booked engagements force Boston to end its showing in a week.
Cecil Lean headlines a Boston bill at B F Keith's Theatre with Cleo Mayfield James Billings and the four Marx brothers in Home Again a two scene farce The program includes Sophie Barnard Bird Millmann and a cast of diverse acts plus Pathe Weekly newsreels of local events.
Gordon's Olympia Theatre presents Motor Madness an action filled act praised for thrills. The Olympia Stock Company shows The Soldier of Peace a strong sketch with Kelley and Berg comedy singing and talking acts. Other acts include Duquesne Comedy Four Milo Karma and company Gallarint Four magicians. The Master Key serial played in two parts.
Roland West and company of players in The Last Hope prove a top vaude ville act. Also appearing The Mon arch Comedy Four Olga and Sidney, Carroll and Hickey, Jimmy Reynolds, Arno and Stickney, Helen Davis. The fifth Exploits of Elaine episode The Poisoned Room shown. Thursday Billy Reeves to headline remaining show.
Scollay Square Olympia Theatre presents a varied bill this week headlined by Snyder and Buckley in the Two Men Band. Theatrical Agency features Schrode and Mulvey, Honora stars Eddie Foyer and Francesca Redding and Company, Garden of Mirth troupe, Meredith and Bestrey and the Hamilton Brothers. Photoplays include Tracked by the Hounds and War. Mary Pickford appears in The Italian Barber, a one reel comedy drama.
At Franklin Park Theatre corner Blue Hill avenue and Columbia road the first three days of this week present Lavelle and Ross in eccentric modern dancing the Van Cooks in Fun in a Chinese Laundry Russell and Moore in a comedy skit and Williams and Oxley. The feature photo shows Marguerite Clark in The Crucible.
Last evening the Castle Square Theatre hosted another week of the play Common Clay drawing a large audience. Mr Kinkead's drama provokes discussion with its outspoken text and bold storytelling. Miss Young shines as the heroine delivering a balanced performance between sentiment and sensationalism.
Johnny Eckhardt presents a history of boxing with early rules and famous fighters shown on screen. The event includes Zallah burlesque acts and a lively lineup from the Booker Arabs to the Cullen brothers, with next week featuring Al Delmont.
The Globe Theatre's program featured La Titcomb in a $10,000 production with lavish costumes and scenery. Acts included Jasper the thinking dog, Lew Wells with sax and comedy, The Three Kelps, and Foster and Foster, plus a feature on The Exploits of Elaine episode The Poisoned Room. Thursday Willard the man who grows appears next.
The Boston Theatre presents Ben Hur with broad audience appeal. The production preserves the spirit and reverent treatment of General Lew Wallace's novel, featuring the nerve training chariot race and galley conflicts amid vivid characters and romantic episodes.
Boston audiences applaud Charles Frohman’s production of Diplomacy at Hollis Street Theatre. The three week engagement features stars William Gillette Blanche Bates and Marie Doro drawing large fashionable crowds and setting local records.
The second month of A Pair of Sixes opened last night at Ye Wilbur Theatre to a crowded Boston audience. The comedy has kept the city laughing for four weeks and shows no sign of stopping.
A yesterday program at St James Theatre featured the Roland West players in Just Half Way alongside Chris Richards Elizabeth Cutty the Belleclaire brothers and the Gliding O Mearns. The fifth Exploits of Elaine episode The Poisoned Room was also shown. Thursday will bring The Last Hope a sensational drama by the Roland West players.
John Cort presents What s Going On a new musical farce at the Cort Theatre starting Monday February 1 for a two week run. The two act play is set in a Catskills summer hotel and features 18 original numbers sung in bright lilting tunes.
Mayor Curley calls for organized public effort and cooperation of all agencies to address unemployment. He urges public arousal and action, arguing state aid and coordinated measures are needed to effectively care for the jobless.
The Mayor warns Massachusetts faces a sustained unemployment crisis and urges state public works funding, federal appropriations, and a permanent unemployment commission. He notes 1100 work applications at City Hall and calls for non layoff policies by businesses while promoting cooperation across public and private sectors to ease distress.
Tremont Temple continues showing Les Miserables in motion pictures now in its third and final week. The film has delighted Temple audiences with a thrilling story and enduring human interest through all nine reels.
William Faversham appears in Francois de Croisset's The Hawk a modern French life drama in a month long Majestic engagement. The play is noted as the season's principal dramatic success.
The School Board fully exonerated Henry E. Meyer, janitor at the High School of Practical Arts, from payroll padding charges. It also delivered a sharp rebuke to the Finance Commission for its handling of the affair, accusing it of only partial investigation.
The board found the charges against Mr. Meyer baseless and praised him as a faithful, honest, and efficient servant of the school committee. It urged that if the Finance Commission does not finish its investigation, evidence should be presented to the school committee before any public release to avoid injuring an innocent person.
London reports trench life amid rain and cold with hot meals served by messengers. Soldiers need strong blood and good digestion, or illness follows. the ad promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to aid digestion, cleanse the liver, and improve blood, sold in tablet or liquid form with mailing address in Buffalo NY.
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