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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1922
Page
7
Plymouth proved a mecca for weekend excursionists with rising advance bookings from the Nantasket Beach Steamboat Company. For a modest fare travelers sail to Plymouth, enjoy two hours ashore at landmarks like Plymouth Rock, and retrace the Mayflower voyage.
Anita Stewart stars in Rose o the Sea at Gordon's Olympia Theatre with Rudolph Cameron as lead opposite his wife. Rose Eton, a wreck survivor, becomes a New York sales clerk and draws Elliott Schuyler and his father Peter into a house party where plans unravel and truth unfolds. The show includes newsreels, pictorials, Al St. John comedy Special Delivery, and vaudeville acts.
Tickets go on sale today for Geo. M. Cohan’s new musical satirical play Little Nellie Kelly opening next Monday at Tremont Theatre. Elizabeth Hines leads the cast with Georgia Caine Aileen Hamilton the Lorraine Sisters Kidna Whistler Marion Saki Dorothy Newell and others in a marquee engagement.
A double feature showcases Our Leading Citizen with Thomas Meighan at Scollay Square Olympia, plus Nanook of the North. Al St. John stars in a screamingly funny Special Delivery comedy. Five big vaudeville acts complete an unusually elaborate programme.
A strong show at Bowdoin Square Theatre draws praise for Dustin Farnum in Strange Idols and Bert Lytell in Sherlock Brown. Ruth Roland appears in The Timber Queen while A Tale of Three Cities, Bowles and Gilman, and Beatrice Sunshine entertain. The program runs continuously with bargain extras Friday.
An excellent programme at Leew's Orpheum Theatre features Frank Mayo in Afraid to Fight a tale of courage and cowardice in prize fighting. Vaudeville includes Adams and Thompson Sisters and Armstrong and James plus Leo Zarrell Duo. A new bill arrives Thursday with Shirley Mason Lights of the Desert.
Henry B. Walthall and Mary Alden appeared yesterday at the Lancaster Theatre in Parted Curtains. The same program features an all star cast in Sisters, with Thursday’s change including Gloria Swanson in Her Husband's Trademark and Alice Lake in Hate.
Gordon's Central Square Theatre in Cambridge opened the George Melford Paramount production The Woman who Walked Alone last night. The program also featured a Goldwyn special The Dust Flower a Buster Keaton comedy My Wife's Relations and the latest news and pictorial pictures.
Boston audiences were offered two new films at the Modern and Beacon Theatres with Charles Ray in Gas, Oil and Water and Zane Grey's Golden Dreams. Ray plays a government secret service agent on the Mexican border delivering humor and thrilling adventure with romance, while Golden Dreams follows a young American engineer in a Spanish possession packed with action and colorfully drawn characters. The leading role is by Claire Adams, with Carl Cantvoort, Frank Leigh, and Walter Perkins in support. the program also includes newsreels and a comedy.
The Nan tasket Beach Steamboat Company reports a surge of passengers as vacation season peaks. Hot weather drives more travelers to Nantasket while roads grow dangerous for motorists, making boat trips to New England's popular shore resort a safe, cooling option. Thousands flock to the beach and Paragon Park daily.
The sensational black musical Shuffle Along arrives for a limited engagement at the Selwyn Theatre next Saturday. The New York cast led by Miller and Lyles with Sissle and Blake features Lottie Gee Edith Spencer Mat tie Wilkes and a large ensemble including the Four Harmony Kings Palm Beach Four and the 6ord Street Music Hall orchestra. Shuffle Along will then move to London after Boston.
George Fliot's Silas Marner screens this week at Loew's State Theatre with a faithful celluloid adaptation. The film follows the tale of Raveloe's weaver turned miser after betrayal and lost faith. its settings and costumes provide an atmospheric background. Borderland, featuring Agnes Ayres, centers on a frivolous wife redeemed by an ancestor's spirit, with other offerings including Fathe News and Rapid Fire comedy.
Paramount production Over the Border screens at Gordon's Strand last night to signal success. Also on bill are Charles Ray in R. S. V. P. Al St. John comedy The Studio Rube latest news and pictorial pictures and organ recital by Arthur J. Martel.
Prices realized on Swift and Company carcass beef sales in Boston for the week ending July 22 ranged from 16.00 to 19.50 cents per pound on shipments sold out, averaging 15.12 cents per pound.
Last night at Fenway Theatre Norma Talmadge and Thomas Meighan starred in The Forbidden City with Buster Keaton in My Wife's Relations on the same bill. The usual short subjects rounded out the program.
The Boston Sunday Post Magazine debuts a new Sherlock Holmes series by A. Conan Doyle with The Problem of Thor Bridge marking the start of the feature in its pages.
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