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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1921
Page
15
fragmentary OCR notes mention fashion trends toward organdie and dotted Swiss materials as stylish options. no clear dates or sources, but hints at evolving garment styles and fabric popularity in a period-piece context.
An old fashioned ad promotes St Jacob's Oil as a harmless liniment that relieves rheumatic pain stiffness and soreness without internal treatment. It claims rapid relief for sciatica neuralgia lumbago backache sprains and urges readers to try a small trial bottle at any drug store.
A mariner named Captain Collings endured years ashore after a severe rupture. After failed medical options and painful trusses he chose self treatment, reading a remedy and book that he shared free. He reportedly cured himself without surgery or further illness.
Photoplay Behold My Wife features a crude Indian maiden turned cultured woman as the central drama. The Gordon's Cambridge program also offers Olympia Weekly comic, five vaudeville acts, and two film features with DeVoe, Statzer, Reed, Ward, Cush ing, and others. A change is planned Thursday with Max Sennett's Married Life and the 5th Son of Tarzan episode.
John Drinkwater’s Abraham Lincoln entered its third week at the Hollis Street Theatre last evening. The production has aroused wide interest among Boston audiences and shows its remarkable appeal.
An advertisement touts Musterole as a clean white ointment with mustard oil that relieves neuralgia and chest pains. It promises faster relief than mustard plasters and cites use by doctors and nurses for sore throat croup stiff neck asthma and pneumonia signs. Jars sell for 35c 65c and hospital size 3.
A home cough syrup method suggests filling a pint bottle with 24 ounces of Pinex and sugar syrup or alternatives like molasses honey or corn syrup. The claim is rapid relief within 24 hours, useful for throat tickle hoarseness and bronchial issues, with Pinex sold by The Pinex Co. and a money back guarantee.
Readers are advised to seek Parmint double strength from a druggist and mix one ounce with four pints hot water and sugar. Take a tablespoon four times daily to relieve head noises, open nostrils, ease breathing, and stop mucus drainage.
Review notes the Globe Theatre revival of The Old Homestead with Augustus Pitou as sponsor. William Lawrence plays Uncle Joshua Whitcomb, supported by Charles Carter, Joseph Ward, Rene D Arcy, Eileen O Malley and Nelson Riley. Music by The Old Homestead Quartet and Swanzey Band. two week engagement ends before Twin Beds.
One of the era’s top film dramas Isobel or the Trails End runs all week at Gordon's Olympia. House Peters and Jane Novak lead a rugged far north romance praised by metropolitan critics for suspense and convincing plot twists. Also showing News Weekly a comic picture and five acts of vaudeville.
George LeMaire presents a commendable Broadway Brevi ties at the Shubert with Bert Williams George McKay Mildred Richardson Ula Sharon Nelson and Cronin Maurice Diamond Baird and Bernard and a vivid chorus and settings. This is the last week.
The lively musical romp Jim Jam Jems presented at the Wilbur Theatre by A. L. Jones and Morris Green features music by James Hanley. Joe E Brown headlines a bright ensemble with engaging young ladies, promising spirited terpischore and lively tunes.
The early week program features vaudeville acts and the photoplay Someone in the Trouse with a star cast, plus Wert Lytell in Alias Jimmy Valentine. A new comedy and photoplay supplement follow, then news events in pictures. The last three days present Fatty Arbuckle in The Round Up and Eugene O'Brien in The Figurehead along with a full vaudeville change.
In its third month of popularity in Boston the play Honors Are ven survived 11 rival shows at Selwyns Park Square Theatre. Co stars William Courtenay and Lola Fisher drew loyal crowds, their joy in new roles fueling the production's success.
For Tuesday and Wednesday Sylvia Breamer stars in Unseen Forces and Viola Dana appears in The Of Shore Pirate. The week ends with Traces special Lying Lips and Buster Keaton in The Haunted House alongside Pathe News Weekly.
Vera Gordon stars in The Greatest Love at the Boston Theatre this week, matching her earlier performance as the mother in Humoresque. The vaudeville bill features Kelly and Pollock, the Folkis irle, De Witt Young and company, Madeline Page and Yorkov Sisters, Kinograms and Topics of the Day.
Nat Nazaro Jr and his sextet with Viola May headline a lively Keith show. Julius Tannen provides witty monologue while Homer B Mason and Marguerite Keeler perform Oh a farce. Evans and Perez tease with a novelty routine plus acts by Bernard and Garry Fink’s mules Ray Fern Maree and others. Kinograms and Topics of the Day round out the program.
Phyllis Haver plays a sweet co ed in a Mack Sennett five reel comedy. She wins the affections of two college boys with Jimmy Finlayson chosen as the lucky husband. Charlie Conklin plays the rejected suitor Joe Dalton, brother of Jack Dalton. The programme also features Unseen Forces with Sylvia Breamer and the fifth Tarzan episode.
A pre sented by Albert A Kaufman production Not Guilty stars Richard Dix and Sylvia Breamer in a drama of uncommon worth. The cast includes Elinor Hancock Molly Malone Alberta Lee Herbert Prior Lloyd Whitlock Charles West and Alice Forbes with a plot full of action suspense and romance.
The St James Theatre presents Passion Fruit with Doraldine plus Buster Keaton in The Haunted House for the first half of the week. Also on the bill are Pamne news and five acts of vaudeville including Racing Days and a comedy quintet O Niel sisters Golden and West Kelly and Drake Brandnos. Thursday Ben Turpin stars in Married Life and Velvet Fingers again with No 10 new comedy news and vaudeville.
George D. Bakers Without Limit headlines the Modern and Beacon theatres this week. An adaptation from Calvin Johnson's short story explores married in haste and repenting at leisure with a notably strong cast. Alice Lake stars in The Greater Claim, while Buster Keaton appears in The Haunted House to close the bill.
Manager Maurice Jenkins produces the famous drama for a second week at the Arlington Theatre. Freckles will begin its engagement next week at the same playhouse. The Arlington Players have earned a notable success with the Brady version of Uncle Tom.
The first half of the week at Fenway Theatre features Hellotrope filled with thrills and mysteries and several notable short films. Mary Desmond, a talented contralto, is the soloist. Thursday brings William Faversham in The Sin That Was His and Owen Moore in The Chicken in the Case.
Yesterday afternoon marked the 24th consecutive week of D. W. Griffith's Way Down East at Tremont Temple. The run sets records for this form of entertainment and notes the Griffith production's lasting appeal.
Bowdoin Square Theatre features the vaudeville submarine act Submarine F-7 praised as realistic and educational. The show stars Harry Smith and others, with Navy Night Tuesday drawing visiting sailors. The bill also offers William S. Hart in The Testing Block and other films including Lying Lips and The Haunted House, plus extra acts and upcoming Dinty and She Was a Vamp.
Girls, fun and music define Arthur Pearson's Powder Puff Revue at Waldron's Casino. Jamie Coughlin and Jack Pearl join the cast, famed on the Columbia Circuit after Girls a la Carte and The Beauty Trust. Others include Gladdie Riley Weona Earl Florence Talbot Ben Bard Jess Weiss. Book by Tommy Gray lyrics by Arthur Swanstrom music by Herbert Stothart.
Vaudeville opens the week at Loew's Orpheum with Neal Barret and company in The Rounder of Old Broadway Lane and Smith in The Split Rolls and Royce in Treat Em Rough and Kanawata Boys complete the vaudeville. The top photoplay features Ethel Clayton in The Price of Possession set from Australia to England and a new comedy. In the latter half Six Musical Noises headline vaudeville and Thomas Meighan stars in The Easy Road in the photoplay slot.
Anne Bronaugh, in the role Jane Cowl made famous, scores her greatest hit at Somerville as the phantom bride and Irish colleen in Smilin Through. The production showcases her versatility and features notable scenic, lighting, and costume elements with Carrol Ashburn, Frank Thomas, Henry Crossen, John Gordon, Mabel Colcord, Myrtle Ellen Clarke in key roles.
The blue ribbon burlesque show The Girls de Looks headlines this week at Gayety Theatre. The production features six elaborate scenes including a broker's office a Florida dock a Florida liner Palm Beach hotel grounds Wilour Hall and the mammoth Peacock's Alley set.
The Lan caster Theatre presents a lively first half of the week with Fatty Arbuckle making his feature debut in a full length comedy drama and an all star cant on the same bill in the English melodrama Hearts Are Trumps. A Thursday change adds Justine Johnson in Blackbirds and the Paramount special Heliotrope.
The Park Theatre offers a carefully selected bill featuring Whats Worth While a gripping drama and A Perfect Crime an oddity. Comedy relief comes from Buster Keaton in The Haunted House providing laughs between features.
Nance ONeill began the fourth and final week of her Boston engagement playing The Passion Flower at the Plymouth Theatre last evening.
The Howard Atheneum showcased the Jazz Babies burlesque with a lively cast including Don Clark and Mickey Markwood. Performers George Hart Bonnie Lloyd Rena Vivienne Miss Lilette Ernest Stone Eddie Burke Mae DeLisle and others presented acts while Wallace Reid appeared in the film Double Speed. Manager G E Lothrop Jr. offered a continuous vaudeville bill featuring Pinkie dancing novelty and acts by Earl Sunshine and Gene Metcalf.
A film version of The Chessboard adapted by John Timerson and Anita Loos stars Constance Talmadge with Kenneth Harlan and Nina Cassavant. The production features a dramatic bridal suite scene and lavish staging, alongside News Weekly a comic picture and an organ recital by Arthur J. Martel.
Vitagraph actress born on a Paris Illinois farm in 1898 made her film debut in an O Henry production. She co starred with Joe Ryan in Hidden Dangers and with Jimmie Morrison in Black Beauty. She recently married Albert E Smith Vita graph president.
Justine Johnstone's current production is Sheltered Daughters. Con stance Binney has nearly completed The Magic Cup. Vincent Coleman is her leading man.
Film details identify a Louis B. Mayer production featuring Barbara Castleton and William Desmond in leading roles. The page outlines cast positioning and studio association for the period release.
Iiale Hamilton, noted stage and screen actor, collaborated on the play Her Father's House, which is soon to be staged. The project represents a significant collaboration in her career as production details unfold.
Nostalgic note recalls hoop skirts and druggists asking for the Golden Medical Discovery by Dr. Pierce. Claims the medicine’s ingredients remain reliable after more than fifty years. Mentions nearly a million bottles sold last year and a trial package of tablets available for ten cents from Dr. Pierce’s Invalids Hotel in Buffalo NY.
Seats go on sale for Bohemians Inc production Green wich Village Follies 1990 at the Shubert Theatre. Runs for four weeks starting Monday March 7 with a limited engagement.
The Majestic Theatre opened the final week of Kismet last night to a large appreciative audience. The performance drew strong turnout and enthusiastic response from patrons.
The Pola Negri feature Passion began its second Tremont Theatre week to a packed and enthusiastic crowd. The film boasted a 6000 strong cast shown in dramatic en masse scenes with striking effect.
George M. Cohan's comedians in the musical comedy Mary opened the last fortnight of the Colonial Theatre return engagement with a lively performance last evening.
The Boston Post details film industry notes with star tidbits. Jackie Coogan, five, wild with Chaplin in The Kid. Wallace MacDonald engaged to Doris May. Mary Hay, 19, in Sally, married to Richard Barthelmess. Mickey Norton 21. Anita’s latest films Sowing the Wind and The Invisible Fear. Ann Pennington not in pictures, visits Boston March 14 in The Scandals of 1920. Mabel Normand not married. Louise Glaum married to J Parker Read Jr. Marguerite and Ethel Clayton not related. Priscilla Dean married to Wheeler Oakman. Dottie Newport real name Charles Ray and Gaston Glass. Charles Ray’s The Old Swimmin Hole and A Midnight Bell. Address: Charles Ray Studios Hollywood. Gaston Glass’ The Foreigner and Cameron of the Royal Mounted. Alta Allen and Lillian Hall starred in A Shocking Night. Questions to Prunella Hall.
The Ward 5 Club announces its first public event a dance and cabaret at Convention Hall on Friday March 18 with entertainers Rednip Flynn Al Green Jerome Gray Ben Taylor Al Shapiro Berlin Feist and others. Abe Gray elected president Nate Leavitt treasurer and Edward Shanker secretary.
Charles B. Slocomb, who founded Yale University’s first glee club in 1860, died in Tariffville Conn. He was 78 years old and had worked as a coal dealer there for 50 years.
A vintage ad promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a safe substitute for calomel. It claims a clear complexion and gentle treatment for women, highlighting the tablets in 15 and 30 cent sizes and emphasizing digestion and wellbeing.
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a splendid tonic for blood digestion and organs. It claims improved appetite digestion and nourishment, blood purification and enrichment, and relief from fatigue and various illnesses, with Hood's Pills as a laxative option.
An old advertisement urges readers to visit a Detroit drugstore for Marmola Prescription Tablets claiming rapid weight loss of two to four pounds weekly without diet or exercise. It promotes a worldwide one dollar price and cites endorsements from "thousands" of users.
An ad-style warning promotes keeping blood rich to resist epidemics. It argues thin blood worsens illness and touts Gude's Pepto Mangan as a tonic to raise red cells. It notes liquid and tablet forms and urges buyers to insist on the genuine name.
Advice on hair care urges using Malsified cocoanut oil shampoo to avoid alkali in soaps. The article touts the product as pure greaseless cheap and effective, claiming it cleanses, foams, and leaves hair soft bright and manageable while removing dust dirt and dandruff.
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