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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1914
Page
10
Boston audiences experienced a new musical comedy at the Shubert last night titled Mme Moselle. Though not American born, the Anglicized production made its mark on the local stage with likely parades of charm and song.
The passage notes a French origin adapted for the stage in this country by Edward A. Paulton with music by Ludwig Englander. After naming the parents, the text briefly touches on the offspring.
The plot centers on widow Mrs Vane in New Rochelle entangled with a younger suitor while her daughter studies at an art academy run by Mme Moselle. A quirky secretary, a fake Turk, and a cast of colorful supporting characters drive a bright if uneven comedy. Diane d Aubrey debuts in Boston as a striking Gallic presence with dramatic eyes and a nascent singing voice.
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The report lauds a production with Olga Roller in the lead, Josse Intrepidi as the rich widow, and Jack Hender son as the fiancé who ends with the daughter. Ernest Lambert and William Pruette share important parts, Hallen Mostyn delivers a comical lead, and a large chorus of young women sings and dances with polished unity.
Grace Barbour opened the week at Colonial Theatre in The Misleading Lady replacing Miss Inez Biek on rest. Barbour while in Boston engagement had played another part and showed a pleasing Helen with fresh touches earning audience recognition.
The Majestic Theatre began the second week of How Wild Animals live a set of motion pictures. The films required six years of expedition work worldwide to capture, with long waits for ideal animal scenes. John W. Ruskin, a member of the expeditions, narrates and presents the show.
The Boston Theatre hosting Weber and Fields opened their last week with Hockey Pokey drawing a large audience. The famed comedians delighted both young and old with their return to the stage and a well equipped company provided strong support.
The play Under Cover enters its second week at the Plymouth Theatre with Vera Mellish replacing Lola Fisher as Nora and Ernest Cossart as Michael Harrington. William Courtenay leads an intact ensemble. An extra matinee is set for Wednesday June 17.
The Pop concerts under conductor Mr. Maquarre continued with The Mountains of the North as overture and The Far Away Isles and pieces from Fledermaus Coppelia Lohengrin and others. Tonight features Williams College night at the Pops.
Mary Nash headlines a diverse Keith theatre program with The Watchdog and Follies of Vaudeville. The show features Hartman Varady dancing, Scream Welch, The Information Bureau by The Sullys, Transatlantic Trio, and Arco brothers among other acts.
Cert Theatre launches summer season by presenting the Lyman H. Howe travel festival in Boston. The program uses moving photography to feature a Panama Canal focus with archival U.S. government assistance and four years of filming condensed into a thirty minute exhibit. It includes a France river ride, Italian logging, Mt Etna lava, a Monte Carlo hydroplane ride, Culver Academy training, a runaway train crash, and a humorous cartoon finale.
Annette Kellermann appears as a water nymph in Neptune's Daughter at Tremont Theatre. The aquatic performance showcases new stage effects and Bermudas filmed scenes while preserving Kellermann's aquatic artistry as she shifts toward opera.
Violet Mascotte's Merrie Maids deliver a lively season opener at Bowdoin Sun Theatre with Catherine Crawford and a list of featured entertainers. Mary Pickford in A Good Little Devil headlines along with Cap tized in Mexico and Lucille Love series. Vaudeville showcases Knight and Benson Cain and Newcomich Irene La Tour and Zaza and Charles Radcliffe. A Wednesday tango contest offers valuable prizes.
Paragon Park announces the 19th season with a new Dansant in the Palm Garden. The venue expands dining options while continuing cabaret performances in the original Palm Garden. Holiday crowds showed eagerness to dine and dance, enjoying flexible hours.
The Exeter Street Theatre presents a three day feature from Famous Players titled A Woman's Triumph based on The Heart of Midlothian by Sir Walter Scott. The weekly program includes comedy reels and variety acts led by Ray Newton the Prince of Magicians and other performers.
The Machigonne and the General Lincoln operated at full capacity over the weekend and are running daily from Otis wharf Atlantic Avenue. A third steamship will join the line soon to boost service to Bass Point Revere and Nahant for the season.
Bob Ott entertained at Norumbega Park with funny stories and songs from I Should Worry. A chorus of 12 girls provided dancing while Carl Covey Poe Reeves and Hal Burton aided in the comic routines as four performed several songs.
At Lexington Park crowded attendance marked the opening. An open-air theatre hosted vaudeville and photo plays. Only the best acts will be shown and after June 15 daily afternoon and evening performances will run.
Castle Square Theatre presents The End of the Bridge a popular comedy in Boston. Dr Gerret woos and weds the daughter of a friend with Craig and Miss Young headlining supported by McDaniel Meek Colcord Roberts Walker. Next week closes the season with Baby Mine by Mr Craig.
Yesterday the Howard Atheneum celebrated a major employee testimonial and a large athletic carnival directed by George Toohey. Performers included Cy clone Burns Crackerjack Butler Scotty McPhee Mike Glover Jimmy Walsh Teddy Murphy and many trained by Hicks and Byers. Violet Mascotte Burlesquers and Cohen's amateurs also appeared. From 1 to 11 pm acts ran every minute and many vaudeville leaders contributed to a record setting event.
The Globe reports strong crowds for a day of vaudeville and pictures led by The Horrors of War. Acts include the Smiletta sisters Fox and Ward Fred Webber Mazie Rowland and the Berlin boys. Thursday program changes to A Soul's Tempest.
The excellent programme yesterday at the Orpheum Theatre was opened by the Boarding School Girls in a miniature musical comedy to good reception. Acts included Louis London with his songs and the three Voscarys, Smith and Farmer, Williams and Weston, Carlotta and Mozarts. On Thursday Roland West Company will present The Fighter and the Boss.
A fine programme at St James Theatre yesterday featured the West Company in The Fighter and the Boss. Headline honors went to Eddie Clark with Clarissa Rose Dick Verguson Mallen Heath Aldina Williams and Young, sharing stage duties. The Perils of Pauline added as an extra feature.
Arthur Bookey of 29 East Sixth Street South Boston fell from a car platform at the Dover Street yards yesterday afternoon. A passing car wheel crushed his right foot severely and doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital amputated the limb.
Scollay Square Olympia offers a varied bill at Gordon and Lords Scollay Square including Across the Border with Barrett and Stanton and The Man of Ease with Jack Symonds. The program features Beans and Belles Four Viennas Tyson and Roberta Jones and Brown and Richard Henry Warren and a sequence of new dramatic and comic films.
The Villa Napoli in Nantasket begins its third season featuring a high class cabaret show and "dansants" drawing thousands. The program includes live singing at tables and a raised platform with acts by LA Vernes, Jacquette and Foley, Edith Hutton, Bessie Warren, Pdua Ayer and Ida Gray.
This afternoon at Wood Island Park the Boston High School Track and Field League opens its first day. Close to 1000 entries and over 600 competitors promise a record event. The High School of Commerce is favored after indoor success, with English High as runner up and Boston Latin and Dorchester Highs aiming to shake the podium.
Bobby Walthour the Georgia peach Elmer Collins of Iivin and Percy Lawrence coast flier meet in a 24 mile motor paced race at Revere cycle track tonight. Lawrence was hero of the big 62 12 mile beach race last season and when in form is among the fastest behind pace.
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