Shaw Play at the Copley
Shaw's Man and Superman draws a good crowd at the Copley Theatre. Leslie Neel debuts as John Tanner with Jessimine Newcombe as Whitefield. Cast includes Craske Wingfield Roach Clive Chippendale Ediss Wingard Waram and Matthews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copley Theatre
G. R. Shaw
Shaw
Leslie Neel
John Tanner
Jessimine Newcombe
Whitefield
Leonard Craske
Octavius
H. Conway Wingfield
Viola Roach
E. E B. Clive
Julia Chippendale
May Ediss
Ada Wingard
Percy Co. Waram
Cameron Matthews
The Cyclone at Boston Theatre With Tom Mix
The Cyclone at the Boston Theatre features Tom Mix in dramatic horsemanship scenes that push belief and thrill audiences. A vaudeville lineup includes White Black and Useless followed by Their First Quarrel with Tom Kerr Edith Ensign and others in Silent Nonsense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Theatre
Tom Mix
Mix
Billy Duval
Merle Symonds
Tom Kerr
Edith Ensign
Hazel
Vivian Follig
E. M. Gordon
Ida Day
Bowdoin Square Theatre Showcases WWI Sinkings Reel
Patrons saw a reel depicting Allied ships sunk by U boat 3 totaling about 80 000 tons, described as pathetically realistic. Also shown were Paramount Aircraft special Behind the Door Gouverneur Morris Theda Bara in The Lure of Ambition Pearl White in The Black Secret Lloyd comedy Pathe news and five merit vaudeville acts Bargain night Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Paramount Aircraft
Gouverneur Morris
Theda Bara
Pearl White
Lloyd
Pathe News
Marie Cloff returns to Plymouth stage in At 9 45
A large Plymouth audience saw Marie Cloff reprise her Ruth Jordan role in At 9 45 after illness delayed the Boston opening. Dorothy Bernard covered briefly for the part before Cloff’s unexpected comeback in the cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Marie Cloff
Ruth Jordan
New York
Boston
Dorothy Bernard
Film Schedule At Loew's Globe Theatre This Week
At Loew's Globe Theatre the week opens with Sessue Hayakawa in The Beggar Prince and Mary MacLaren in The Pointing Finger. In the latter half Olive Thomas stars in Footlights and Shadows, with Harry Carey in Gun Fighting Gentlemen also on the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loew’s Globe Theatre
Sessue Hayakawa
Beggar Prince
Mary MacLaren
Pointing Finger
Olive Thomas
Harry Carey
Keiths Theatre vaudeville bills high character acts
Yesterday at Keiths Theatre a notable vaudeville program featured The Girlies Club a musical comedy with a 16 member company led by Bobby Barnard Ella Comes to Town with Jean Adair drawing laughs and misunderstandings Moe Devitt Kelly and Quinn The Piano Movers and the Actress with Ann Gray harpist Ed E Ford the Australian comedian Margaret Young the Murray sisters Peggy Bremen and Delmar and Lee also appeared in the program
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith's
Girlies’ Club
William B. Friedlander
Bobby Barnard
Jean Adair
Ella
Miss Adair
Moe Devitt
Kelly
Quinn
Ann Gray
Ed E. Ford
Margaret Young
Murray Sisters
Peggy Bremen
Delmar and
Lee
Local Theatres Highlight Tin Pan Alley and Great Towers Mystery
Columbia Theatre features Albert Ray in Tin Pan Alley and Gladys Leslie in The Great Towers Mystery. Vaudeville spreads include Enid Bennett in What Every Woman Learns and Florence Billings in The Heart of a Gypsy. Midweek shows star Norma Talmadge with She Loves and Lies and Marguerite Clark in Luck in Pawn. Friday marks Frank Mayo in Little Brother of the Rich and Dorothy Dalton in His Wife's Friend. Saturday presents Monroe Salisb ury in His Divorced Wife and a Mack Sennett comedy Ladies Tailor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Albert Ray
Gladys Leslie
Enid Bennett
Florence Billings
Norma Talmadge
Marguerite Clark
Frank Mayo
Dorothy Dalton
Monroe Salisbury
Confession on Screen at Central Square Theatre
The Northwest tale The Confession screens this week at Central Square Theatre Cambridge. Vaudeville features Janet and Warren Leland in Paiatography Murphy and Klein the Fearson Trio Allman and Nally in Vice Versa and Bervacs in an indoor circus with a complete Thursday Friday and Saturday change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
Central Square Theatre
Cambridge
Janet
Warren Leland
Murphy and Klein
Fearson
Allman and Nally
Bervacs
Wilbur Theatre Presents Too Many Husbands Final Weeks
The Wilbur Theatre began the last three weeks of its engagement with Too Many Husbands. The play follows a woman who has tried two husbands and aims for a third, a comedy designed for laughter. Cast includes Kenneth Douglas Estelle Winwood Lawrence Grossmith and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Theatre
Kenneth Douglas
Estelle Winwood
Lawrence Grossmith
Sale date for Sir Harry Lauder at Boston Opera House announced
Announcement of the sale opening for the week's engagement of Sir Harry Lauder at the Boston Opera House. The sale begins Monday February 9, with mail orders accepted at the Opera House or the Shubert general ticket office in the Little building and filled in order of receipt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Lauder
Boston Opera House
Opera House
Shubert General
Aida Opera Opens Final Arlington Week
The Arlington season ends after three months with Verdi's Aida as the finale. Miss Eden stars as Aida with Mr Sanford as Radames, praised for vocal prowess and dramatic presence. Other leads Miss Barron, Mr Deacon, Mr Goltra, and Mr Gels receive note for strong performances. Tonight Miss Stover debuts as Alda with Sciaretti as Radames and Miss De Sellem as Amneris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Arlington
Aida
Cairo
Egypt
Miss Eden
Mr. Sanford
Rhadames
Verdi
Miss Barron
Amneris
Mr. Deacon
Betty Be Good ends run at Shubert with Vera Michelena
The eighth and final week of the comedy with music Bet ty Be Good at the Shubert Theatre features Vera Michelena joining the cast as Betty for the week. She will open in New York and Betty then moves on. Monday previews The Rose of China, a musical spectacle by Comstock and Gest with Frank McIntyre Cecil Cunningham Jane Richardson and Oscar Shaw in leading roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty
Shubert Theatre
Vera Michelena
Miss Michelena
New York
Comstock and
Gest
Frank McIntyre
Cecil Cunningham
Jane Richardson
Oscar Shaw
Dorothy Dalton Shines in His Wife's Friend at Franklin Park
Dorothy Dalton proved a crowd favorite at Franklin Park Theatre playing His Wife's Friend. The production gives her opportunity to establish herself as a top screen star while Chaplin appears in A Day's Pleasure on the same bill. The vaudeville was among the district's best.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Dalton
Franklin Park Theatre
Miss Dalton
Charlie Chaplin
All-Jazz Revue at Howard Atheneum Promises Burlesque Glow
The All-Jazz Revue at the Howard Atheneum features Lou Powers in The Girl With a Million with Margie Catlin and Pearl Hamilton among a large chorus. The program includes Briants in Dream of the Moving Man and vaudeville by the Melva sisters, Jones and Altof. Pauline Frederick appears in Faza on the Howardscope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Howard
Mabel White
Babe de Fields
Flo Vandeveer
May Shaw
Fern Whitmore
Louise McCormack
Margaret Williams
Abbie Fontaine
Vera White
Mary Nolan
Maybelle Edwards
Cissie McGlenory
Violet Hamilton
Cassie Freyer
Betty Miles
Rose Monahan
Briants
Melva Sisters
Jones and
Altof
Howardscope
Pauline Frederick
The Outrageous Mrs Palmer at Arlington Theatre
On Monday February 2 John Craig presents The Outrageous Mrs Palmer at the Arlington Theatre with Mary Young in the title role. The sparkling comedy by Harry Gribble features a strong company including Minna Gale Haines Charles Bickford Eugenie Blair Rupert Lumley and Cora Witherspoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Craig
Mrs. Palmer
Arlington Theatre
Mary Young
Harry Gribble
Mr. Craig
Miss Young
Minna Gale Haines
Charles Bickford
Eugenie Blair
Rupert Lumley
Cora Witherspoon
Bert Pennington
Miriam Doyle
Keith Macauley Ross
Betty Barnicoat
Way Down East staged at Somerville Theatre
The play Way Down East opened at Somerville Theatre yesterday with William A. Brady’s production noted as one of the most produced in American theatres. Special scenery and farm effects are promised and the company features Elise Bartlett Audrey Baird Salomia Basee Virginia Zollman Booth Howard Henry Crossen James Billings Jerry O'Day and others in principal roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville
William A. Brady
McArdle
Elise Bartlett
Audrey Baird
Salomia Basee
Virginia Zollman
Booth Howard
Henry Crossen
James Billings
Jerry O’day
Beauty Trust opens week at the Gayety in Boston
J. H. Herks' Beauty Trust begins a seven day run at the Gayety theater with comedians Jack Pearl Al Hillier and Eugene Roth delivering lines and business over Nedra a comedy mystery. The show features Barry Melton Frances Farr and Inez Hanley as three of the prettiest women in burlesque and the Rounders as a top singing act. Mu sically the production is strong and the harem costumes impressively styled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Herks
Beauty Trust
Gayety
Jack Pearl
al Hillier
Eugene Roth
Nedra
Boston
Barry Melton
Frances Farr
Inez Hanley
Soldiers of Fortune Shown at Gordon's Olympia
Richard Harding Davis's Soldiers of Fortune played to crowded houses at Gordon's Olympia. The film adaptation preserved the novel's dramatic romantic and adventure scenes. Arthur J. Martell drew an ovation for playing The Storm on the new Hope Jones organ. The vaudeville featured the Higgs sisters, McNeil and Shadows, Marguerite Padula, Smith and Quinn and Murray Voelk, followed by the Olympia News Weekly and a bright comedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Harding Davis
Gordon's Olympia
Arthur J. Martell
New Hope-Jones Organ
Nazimova Stars in Stronger Than Death at Scollay Square Olympia
Nazimova began a second week at Scollay Square Olympia with her new vehicle Stronger Than Death. The Russian star showcases mastery of human emotion in a vivid performance. The vaudeville includes George M. Rosener Hahn and Beck Henry and Moore Black and White and Wallace Galvin plus the Olympia News Weekly and a new comedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nazimova
Scollay Square
Olympia
George M. Rosener
Hahn and Beck
Henry and Moore
Black and White
Wallace Galvin
Olympia News
Upham's Corner Strand Week Bill With Chaplin and More
At Uphams Corner Strand this week Charlie Chaplin in A Day's Pleasure anchors a mixed bill. Mabel Normand Pinto Norma Talmadge Isle of Conquest and the Strand News Weekly plus organ recitals by Harry Rodgers complete the program. Chaplin remains through the week with new titles Hawthorne of the U S A and Behind the Door joining Thursday to Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upham’s Corner
Charlie Chaplin
Mabel Normand
Pinto
Norma Talmadge
Park Square Theatre Delays Show Open Tonight
Roi Cooper Megrue comedy Ten for Three delayed from Chicago to Boston caused last night’s cancellation. It will open tonight at Selwyn’s Park Square Theatre with Arthur Byron Laura Hope Crews and Frederick Perry, seats movable or refunds available.
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Roi Cooper Megrue
Chicago
Boston
Selwyn
Park Square Theatre
Selwyns
Arthur Byron
Laura Hope Crews
Frederick Perry
Tremont Temple Pollyanna Patronage Endures
Boston theatregoers fill Tremont Temple to see Mary Pickford in Pollyanna now in its third week. Her portrayal of the title role is praised as one of the era’s finest child performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mary Pickford
Tremont Temple
The Copperhead at Park Theatre with Lionel Barrymore
At the Park Theatre Boston a Paramount Artcraft photoplay The Copperhead opened with Lionel Barrymore as Milt Shanks a Union spy amid Civil War era action in 1846 1863 and 1903. Doris Rankin Nicholas Schroell and others support in strong performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount Artcraft
Park Theatre
Boston
The
Copperhead
Lionel Barrymore
Milt Shanks
Doris Rankind
Nicholas Schroell
Abraham Lincoln
Boston Orpheum Vaudeville Bill Highlights Strong Mix
At Loew's Orpheum Boston yesterday a balanced vaudeville bill featured Fred Ardath with Matt Weil in The Financiers and their movie trust sketch, Faye and Jack Smith, Marva Rehn Doing Nuttin, Vera Calhoun The Girl of the Air, Brew ster with a clever canine act, and Irford's Golden Whirl. The main film was The Beggar Prince from Sessue Hayakawa under Robertson-Cole. New vaudeville opens next week with Olive Thomas in Footlights and Shadows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Loew
Orpheum Theatre
Fred Ardath
Matt Weil
Faye
Jack Smith
Marva Rehn
Nuttin
Vera Calhoun
Sessue Hayakawa
Robertson-Cole
Olive Thomas
Ruth Chatterton Stars In Moonlight and Honeysuckle at Hollis Street
Ruth Chatterton began her final week in Moonlight and Honeysuckle at Hollis Street Theatre last night. George Scarborough's comedy charms with a light touch, aided by Miss Chatterton and Henry Miller’s capable company. The Feb 3 attraction will feature English actor George Arliss in Jacques Duval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Chatterton
Hollis Street Theatre
George Scarborough
Miss Chatterton
Henry Miller
George Arliss
Jacques Duval
Three Faces Hath at Tremont Theatre Ends Week
The Tremont Theatre in Boston hosts Three Faces Hath for its final week with strong demand and a capacity crowd last night. An extra matinee is added for next Friday afternoon, yielding three matinees this week. The company features Violet Heming Frank Sheridan and Maurice Freeman. Ed Wynn Carnival follows on February 2 with Mr Wynn appearing personally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Three Faces
Tremont Theatre
Boston
Violet, Heming
Frank Sheridan
Maurice Freeman
Ed Wynn
Wynn
Wallace Reid and Marguerite Clark Top Local Comedy Bill
This week's program at the Modern and Beacon Theatres features Wallace Reid in Double Speed a rollicking farce and Marguerite Clark in All of a Sudden Peggy with many laughable situations. Completing the bill is Bumping Into Broadway starring Harold Lloyd plus a bevy of beautiful girls 4 news weekly and a travel picture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Modern
Beacon Theatres
Wallace Reid
Marguerite Clark
Peggy
Broadway
Harold Lloyd
4 News
Exeter Street Theatre Program This Week
This week at Exeter Street Theatre offers George Loane Tucker's The Miracle Man and U-85 submarine exploits in action with 21 ships sunk. Also screening Pathe and Ford Weeklies. The remainder features Viola Dana in The Willow Tree and My Husband's Other Wife with Pathe Weekly and Prizma color pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exeter Street
George Loane Tucker
Pathe
Ford
Viola Dana
T. Stuart Blockton
Pathe Weekly
Prizma Natural Color Pictures
Washington Theatre Show Schedule This Week
Up to Wednesday night The Miracle Man is the principal picture at the Washington Theatre. The remainder of the week features Charles Ray in Red-Hot Dollars and Marguerite Clark in A Girl Named Mary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Theatre
Charles Ray
Marguerite Clark
Mary
Bayer Aspirin Ad Claims Safe True World Famous Pills
An advertisement promotes Bayer Tablets of Aspirin with the Bayer Cross on genuine pills. It asserts physicians have prescribed the product for over 18 years and urges buying unbroken packs for safe relief of colds headaches toothaches and other pains. It notes small tin boxes and larger packages are sold by druggists and cites the aspirin trademark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayer
Waldron's Casino Hosts Burlesque Wonder Show Week
The Burlesque Wonder show led by Joe Hurtig’s two act burletta with George P Murphy and Primrose Seamon headlining at Waldron's Casino. Arthur Conrad Roy Peck and Edna Green among cast with a 2½ chorus of costumed young women, bright dancing and jingling melodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Hurtig
Waldron
Joseph Mitchell
George P
Hot Dog” Murphy
Primrose Seamon
Little Comedienne
Arthur Conrad
Roy Peck
Edna Green
Boston
Frank Martin
Joe Mitchell
Berth Delmont
Parlor Bedroom and Bath Brings Laughs At Malden Auditorium
Malden Auditorium hosts Parlor Bedroom and Bath a witty farce with general mixups. Adelyn Bushnell shines as Florence Moore and Dwight Meade delivers a tearful burst of laughter amid strong supporting performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malden Auditorium
Adelyn Bushnell
Florence Moore
Boston
Dwight Meade
The Unknown Purple Opens Final Weeks at Majestic Theatre
Majestic Theatre enters the last two weeks of Roland Wests thriller The Unknown Purple with its mysterious lead using the purple ray to vanish on stage. George Probert plays Cremport. next on Feb 9 Civilian Clothes stars Thurston Hall and Olive Tell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland West
Majestic Theatre
George Probert
Vv. Cremport
Thurston Hall
Olive Tell
Princpals
William S. Hart in John Petticoats at Lancaster Theatre
Lancaster Theatre screened William S. Hart in John Petticoats and the Paramount Artcraft feature The Cinema Murder yesterday. Thursday’s program changes to Clara Kimball Young in The Youth of Youth and Dorothy Dalton in His Wife's Friend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
William S. Hart
John Petticoats
Paramount Artcraft
Clara Kimball Young
Dorothy Dalton
Old South Theatre Week Schedule Features Miracle Man
The Miracle Man will lead the week at the Old South Theatre with Charles Ray in Red Hot Dollars and Marguerite Clark in A Girl Named Mary sharing the program for the remaining days.
La Follette Hospitalized With Infection From Teeth
Senator R M La Follette is in a Rochester Minnesota hospital due to a tooth infection. He is expected to return home in the latter part of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
R. M. la Follette
Rochester
Minn
Protestant Church News Briefs on Sermons and Services
Candlemas Eve service set at Union Congregational Church next Sunday night. Rev. Ernest Guthrie says Prof. H Augustine Smith will speak on Music Art and Drama Ideals in Community Singing Thursday. The Community Church topic at Friday 745 p.m. people's hour. Rev A Z Conrad announces Sunday sermons Liberty Without the Undertone of God morning and Pearl and Their Perils Character of Chaos Through evening. Edward C Sturgis addresses at 12 10 noonday services today tomorrow Thursday Friday at Cathedral Church of St Paul. Frank Curtis Good Cheer evangelist to speak to Volunteers of America at 27 Warner Street Roxbury tonight. Merrimac Street Mission 71st anniversary observed tomorrow with superintendent Jacob A Fritz and J David Fraser of Montreal speaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Congregational Church
Ernest Graham Guthrie
H. Augustine Smith
A. Z. Conrad
Park Street Congregational Church
Edward C. Sturgis
Frank Curtis
Good Cheer
Volunteers of America
Warner Street
Roxbury
Merrimac Street
Jacob A Fritz
J. David Fraser
Montreal
Maine's Oldest 33rd Degree Mason Dead
Almond Walte died at 97 in Portland after living in Maine most of his life. He received the honorary 33rd degree in Boston in 1836, becoming the state’s oldest Mason of that rank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Almond Walte
Maine
Boston
Confession Leads at St James Theatre This Week
Confession is the leading feature at the St James Theatre in the first half of the week. Merrill and Anderson head a vaudeville bill with Yoni and Frigi and others, plus Pearl White in Black Secret and a Christie comedy. Thursday to Saturday offer Blind Husbands with Louise Sullivan and a new vaudeville lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James Theatre
Merrill and Anderson
Yoni and
Frigi
Homsberg and Lee
Conroy
O'Donnell
Pearl White
Louise Sullivan
Allston
Waldorf Theatre Showings Feature William Farnum in The Spoilers
Boston audiences pack the Waldorf Theatre this week to see William Farnum in The Spoilers based on Rex Beach's hit novel. The program includes vaudeville, a short comedy and a news weekly while the photoplay promises among the era’s best fight scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Boston
Waldorf Theatre
William Farnum
Rex Beach
Codman Square Theatre Offers New Vaudeville and Films
George Walsh stars in The Beast and Charlie Chaplin in A Day's Pleasure headline a first half bill at Codman Square Theatre with news pictures and four photo supplements. A new vaudeville program rounds out the week, while Broken Blossoms by D W Griffith leads the leading picture in the latter half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Walsh
Charlie Chaplin
News
Codman Square Theatre
Broken Blossoms
D. W. Griffith
Fenway Theatre Presents Two Distinctive Features This Week
The Fenway Theatre screens The Vengeance of Durand with Alice Joyce and Billie Burke and Wanted A Husband as the second feature today and tomorrow. Later this week Clara Kimball Young stars in Eyes of Youth and Charles Ray in Red-Hot Dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fenway Theatre
Durand
Alice Joyce
Billie Burke
Clara Kimball Young
Charles Ray
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