Commencement at Maine Honors Graduates and Officers
At the University of Maine Ban Gor native Osgood A. Nickerson Lawrence W. Davee Crono and Harlan S. Dennison receive second lieutenant commissions in the Infantry Officers Reserve Corps. Commencement speaker Bowdoin’s Kenneth C. M. Sills discusses The Scholar and The State. Seventy five graduates earned bachelor degrees across four colleges with multiple honorary doctorates awarded to university leaders and notable professionals.
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Bowdoin College
Fascination at Central Square Theatre in Cambridge
Yesterday at Gordon's Central Square Theatre Cambridge Mae Murray starred in Fascination and Buster Keaton appeared in Cops theater program featured in Cambridge showing two leading film acts with noted stars.
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Gordon's Central Square Theatre
Cambridge
Mae Murray
Buster Keaton
The Man from Home at State Theatre
Booth Tarkington and Harry Leon Wilson's The Man from Home shows at State Theatre with James Kirkwood as Daniel Forbes Pike. The film argues virtue and Western travelers vs European predation with striking scenery and strong acting by Jose Rubens and Annette Benson. Viola Dana stars in They Like Em Rough as a restless girl tamed in a lumber camp.
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Booth Tarkington
Harry Leon Wilson
William Hodge
State Theatre
James Kirkwood
Daniel Forbes Pike
States
Alice Q. Nilsson
Kokomo
Ribbre
Faustina
Jose Rubens
Annette Benson
Viola Dana
Around the World with Burton Holmes at Tremont Theatre
Burton Holmes renowned traveler presents a feature film at Tremont Theatre on June 12 to cure homesickness. The documentary tour shows people and landscapes from countries visited by Holmes along with natural wonders.
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Burton Holmes
Tremont Theatre
World
Holmes
Pops Programme presents varied works in Symphony Hall
The Pops Symphony Orchestra under AgideJacchia performs a diverse concert at Symphony Hall featuring Bizet Overture Fingal's Cave Mendelssohn Rosam from South Wagner selections Puccini Southern Rhapsody Dvorak New World Spanish Dances Glazounov Mastersingers Wagner King Cotton Sousa Invitation to the Dance and more in a full program.
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Symphony Hall
Towent Agide Jacchia
Pops Symphony Orchestra
Mendelssohn Waitz
South
Eeeeee Hosergo
New World Symphony
Dvorak
Glasounov
Nurem
Bendix
Weber-Berlioz
King Cotton
Ea A. Tase Sousa
Anita Stewart at Olympia Theatre Feature
The Woman He Married stars Anita Stewart in a tale of a rich broker’s son dependent on his father, a failed marriage, boardinghouse life, and a dramatic rescue leading to reconciliation. Also vaudeville acts headline with Stars of Yesterday and a comedy Poor Boy with Ham Hamilton.
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Gordon's
Olympia Theatre
Anita Stewart
Darrel Foss
Donald MacDonald
William Conklin
Ham” Hamilton
The Howard closes season with benefit show
The Howard ended its season with a benefit for employees featuring burlesque wrestling vaudeville and pictures. Wrestlers Paul Bowser Oreste Vadaifi Frank Lurick Joe Perelli Cora Livingston Belle Day performed while Sam Smith refereed. The vaudeville included Gue Nelson Franklin Brothers Stevens and King with a lively dancing chorus. The Howard plans to reopen in August.
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Howard
Paul Bowser
Oreste Vadaifi
Frank Lurick
Joe Perelli
Cora Livingston
Belle Day
Sam Smith
Boston
Gue Nelson
Cornetite
Franklin Brothers
Equilibrists
Stevens and
King
Merrymakers
National Theatre Offerings Across a Busy Week
The National Theatre presents Lionel Barrymore in Boom erang Bill and Bebe Daniels in The Speed Girl. Wednesday features George W. Hobart's Experience and Sherry, then Fool's Paradise and Bert Lytell in The Face Between. Friday brings Gladys Walton in The Guttersnipe and The Spenders, with Saturday offering Zane Grey’s Mysterious Rider and J Acceuil.
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National Theatre
Lionel Barrymore
Bebe Daniels
George W. Hobart
Sherry
Bert Lyter
Sam Cohen
Gladys Walton
Zane Grey
J’acceul
Broadway Beauties at Waldron's Burlesque Show
The three in one program at Waldron's Casino featured a burlesque titled The Broadway Beauties with Phil Ott Ed Jordan and Nettie Nelsor headlining. A vaudeville lineup and the photo play When East Comes West with Roy Stewart starred the show.
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Waldron’s
Phil Ott
Boston
Ed Jordan
Nettie Nelsor
East
West
Roy Stewart
Theatre Listings and Play Titles in Local Columns
A scan of entertainment notices shows multiple theater listings including Colonial Sally, Follies of the Day at Gayety, The Good Provider at Park, The Tavern at Tremont, Your Best Friend at Tremont Temple and Slippy McGee at St James.
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Gayety
Fenway Theatre Showcases Hitchcock Comedy and Keaton Shorts
Last night at Fenway Theatre Raymond Hitchcock starred in The Beauty Shop with James J. Corbett the Fairbanks twins and Montague Love. Eugene O'Brien appeared in Channing of The Northwest Buster Keaton performed Cops and other short subjects drew interest.
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Fenway Theatre
Raymond Hitchcock
James J. Corbett
Fairbanks Twins
Montague Love
Eugene O’brien
Channing of
Valentino Swanson double bill at Exeter Street Theatre
Today and Wednesday at the Exeter Street Theatre Rudolph Valentino and Gloria Swanson appear in Beyond the Rocks and Buster Keaton in The Cops. The last three days of the week Mae Murray stars in Fascination and Mary Miles Minter in The Heart Specialist.
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Exeter Street
Rudolph Valentino
Gloria Swanson
Buster Keaton
Mae Murray
Mary Miles Minter
Little Walks About Walden by William Justin Mann
Writer reflects on Walden and Thoreau and notes Walden may become a State reservation. The piece traces Thoreau’s two published works from his years of seclusion, linking Walden and A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers to his journals and Youth in Concord.
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Walden
Concord
Thoreau Street
Walden Lake
Thoreau
Merrimack
Lake
Concord and
Pearl White at Twin Houses
Pearl White stars in A Virgin Paradise at Modern and Beacon Theatres as a rich heiress rescued from a desert island. She returns to civilization to perform acrobatic stunts while a heavy golden wig distracts from her appearance. The companion photoplay is Handle With Care starring Grace Darmond and others. International News and a Walt Whitman sketch complete the program.
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Pearl White
Modern
Beacon Theatres
Miss White
Grace Darmond
Harry Myers
James Morrison
William Courtleigh
Walt ‘Whitman
Bombay Girls at Bowdoin Square Theatre
A lively Bowdoin Square Theatre show features the Bombay Girls with 22 chorus members performing Oriental dances and popular songs like Strut Miss Lizzie and Mandy and Me. They present Kismet alongside Johnny Hines in Burn 'Em Up Barnes and John Gilbert in Gleam O Dawn, with a bargain vaudeville added Friday night. The Radio service is enjoyed by patrons.
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Bowdoin Square Theatre
Lizzie
Mandy
Johnny Hines
Barnes
John Gilbert
Missing Husbands in Atlantis Drama at Orpheum Week
The film Missing Husbands from L Atlantide features Stacia Naperkowska as Antinea queen of Atlantis. Lieutenant Saint Avit escapes to Algeria then returns to the Queen. The Hall of Red Marble scene shows dead lovers preserved in copper liquid. Vaudeville Dancing Whirl headlines with De Pace Edna Duon Marsten and Manley and the Walters as acts.
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Pierre Benoit
Loew’s
Orpheum
Metro Productions
Stacia Naperkowska
Antinea
Atlantis
Saint Avit
Algeria
Naperkowska
de Pace
Edna Duon
Sister
Marsten
Manley
the Walters
Scollay Square Olympia Presents The Ordeal Feature
Tom Brown's Melody Land shares the bill with Bobbé and Nelson Tracy and McBride Jeanne La Crosse and the Wilson Aubrey duo at Scollay Square Olympia this week. The feature picture is Thé Ordeal starring Agnes Ayres.
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Tom Brown
Melody Land
Scollay Square Olympia
Bobbé
Nelson
Tracy
McBride
Jeanne la Crosse
Wilson Aubrey
Agnes Ayres
Lancaster Theatre Presents Two Photoplays and Musical Trio
The Lancaster Theatre offered Clara Kimball Young in The Worldly Madonna and Richard Talmadge in Taking Chances yesterday. The Grace Hushen trio performed a repertoire of old and new songs. Thursday features Tom Moore in Beating the Game and Ethel Grey Terry in Too Much Business.
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Lancaster Theatre
Clara Kimball Young
Miadonna
Richard Talmadge
Grace Hushen
Tom Moore
Ethel Grey Terry
Gordon's Strand Features Polly of the Follies and More
Constance Talmadge stars in Polly of the Follies at Gordon's Strand Theatre yesterday. Anita Stewart shows The Invisible Fear. An organ recital by Arthur J. Martel and several short subjects complete the bill.
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Constance Talmadge
Polly
Gordon's Strand Theatre
Anita Stewart
Arthur J. Martel
The First Woman at the Boston Theatre
Mildred Harris stars in The First Woman at the Boston Theatre a melodramatic tale of an ambitious actress who deceives a benefactor. The program includes vaudeville by Murray and Oakland Dotson Lightning Steps and Laughs McFarlan Palace and the Hanako trio with xylophone and illusions.
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Mildred Harris
Boston Theatre
Murray
Oakland
Dotson
McFarlan
Palace
Elvin
Hanako
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Washington, D. C
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Olympia
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