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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1918
Page
9
A new musical presented at Majestic Theatre last night by Jack Norworth and company titled Odds and Ends of 1917. The performance, while billed as a revue, is a travesty from Pocahontas to Pershing with lively original songs and many pretty girls.
A chummy musical revue showcases Norworth as central figure with Lillian Lorraine close behind in popularity. The show blends many forms of stage entertainment with lively dances and rapid tableaux, featuring a faux drama vote and a finale tableau involving Captain John Smith Pocahontas, Barbara Frietchie, General Jackson, and a cough drop manufacturer.
An ad touts Freezone as a Cincinnati invention that relieves corns and calluses instantly. It promises painless removal by applying a small amount, costing only a few cents, with the druggist selling a tiny bottle.
Kellermann troupe and Reese present Land of Flowers and ocean drop aquatic scene with Kellermann the aquatic star. Fern and Davis headline a strong bill with music and dance acts. Lieutenant Hilliam delivers piano numbers and songs. Next week Louise Dresser headlines.
The Boston Theatre screens Lest We Forget a photodrama starring Rita Jolivet and featuring Hamilton Ravelle L Rogers Lytton Kate Blanche Emil Roe Difford Saum Henry Smith and Gaby Perrier The drama portrays wartime truth with a love plot to provide entertainment Mazie King dances in Dance Jingles with FEH Marini The bill includes Hickey Brothers John R Gordon Gruet Kramer Gruet and news pictures.
Olive Thomas appears as a hotel manicurist with social ambitions in An Heiress for a Day at the Washington Theatre while Edith Storey also stars in Revenge. The bill for Thursday through Saturday features William E. Hart in Blue Blazes Rawden as the boss of a Canadian lumber camp, and Pauline Starke stars in The Shoes That Danced about East Side gang life.
In Boston Mary Pickford appears as a slavey in Amarilly of Clothes Line Alley where she lives with her mother and aids a young man attacked by toughs. The program also features Sunshine Nan with Ann Pennington as a clever child who educates herself to reach prosperity, plus short comedies and newsreels.
Two new photo-plays premiered in Boston yesterday. Mary Pickford stars as the daughter of a poor widow who climbs from the alley to luxury, then abandons it after overheard slights of the poor, choosing true happiness with a poor suitor. Ann Pennington headlines Sunshine Nan, portraying a girl who overcomes hardship to become a young businesswoman. Short comedies and news reels shown.
Castle Square Theatre offers melodrama and comedy through the week. William H Hart stars in Blue Blazes Rawdon amid Wild West escapes, Mary Miles Minter shines in Powers That Prey, and Charlie Chaplin performs in The Rink. The Castle Square Players perform Scottish songs and dances, with Heuarst-Pathe News and other pictures. From Thursday onward Fannie Ward appears in Innocent, Carlyle Blackwell in On the Way.
Tremont Temple hosts the final lectures in Dr Griggs course on Dramas of Protest with two remaining sessions. Next Saturday at 11 a m the topic is Galsworthy Jus tice or the Making of Criminals. He argues the prison system’s limited reform value and promises an intensely engaging hour for readers interested in this issue.
The Gayety welcomed burlesque legend Dave Marion and his new company with a crowd that showed strong support yesterday. The show blends rapid novelties and vaudeville bits, shifting from riotous comedy to touching moments. Marion gathers strong collaborators led by S. H. Dudley and a top singing dancing chorus including Agnes Behler and the Alpiné Four.
Mrs Fiske opened her second Boston week with two new plays at Tremont Theatre. The one act A Night at an Inn by Lord Dunsany displays eccentric stage lore and psychological angles, while Sertvir or Service by Henri Lavedan offers French drama with notable academic credentials.
Review details M Lavedans Service in Paris portraying patriotism veering into militarism. Mme Fiske earns praise as Mme Eulin for a moving war weary portrayal. Co stars Lee Baker as Col Eulin and Georges Flateau as Pierré. A second play, A Night at an Inn, follows with a harrowing tale of theft and retribution. Mrs. Fiske leaves after the week, with Springtime to follow.
Manager Thomas D. Soriero presents a pleasing slate at the Park Theatre this week. Francis X. Buhman stars in The Brass Check as the son of a rubber king whose romance unfolds via a brass check. Peggy Hyland stars in Persuasive Peggy a tale of a wife guiding her husband to heed her ideas. Also features Metro Travélogue, Pathet Weekly Subjects, Sidney Drew comedy, a Vitagraph short, Irving Jackson detections, and the Park Symphony Orchestra performing a popular overture.
This week at Franklin Park Theatre Dorothy Phillips stars in Pay Me a Western drama with many exciting incidents. The Night offers comedy, Wellington and Sylvia and More, Less and More in a vaudeville act. Thursday to Saturday features Weaver of Dreams with Viola Dana as Judith Sylvester, plus comedy and World War I films and a well chosen vaudeville mix.
A patriotic program at the Howard Atheneum featured the Military Maids burlesque company. Lou Powers and Bob Nugent handled the comedy, with Cleora presenting a Clever Egyptian novelty. The chorus showcased 290 charming girls, with Leona Fox, Caroline Walker, and Myrtle Franks among the recognizable performers. Johnny Martin, Ben Holmes, and Jim Hilbert supplied clever acts. Next week Pat White and lightweight champion Jack McAuliffe are slated to appear.
William Gillette headlined A Successful Cal lally at the Wilbur Theatre last evening. A large audience, familiar with the Boston debut, packed the house for the latest run of the comedy.
The stirring melodrama at Plymouth Theatre meets popular approval with a long run likely. The plot offers exciting incidents demanding repeat visits to catch all the good points. Lead roles are played by Henry Hull Laura Walker and William Massen.
Beth Lydy stars as Rainbow Girl with Billy Van providing most of the comedy. Harry Benham, admired for his voice and portrayal of Lord Witherell, headlines a pleasing book and fetching score that keep the house packed at Gévéry performances.
Review notes The Very Idea at the Shubert Theatre is a lively farce using sociological theme in a humorous manner. Ernest Truex Richard Bennett William P. Carleton Florence Oakley Miss Mackaye and others deliver a delightfully staged production as the third week opens last evening.
George Arliss stars in Hamilton at the Hollis Street Theatre with Mrs Arliss and Jeanné Eagles among strong supporting players. The engagement matches his Disraeli run, appealing to all theatre goers.
Final week engagement at Park Square Theatre promises continued success for Potash and Perlmutter in Society. Jules Jordan and Charles Lipson lead the company in a unique production noted for its strong appeal. On Monday March 18 the program follows with Cheating Cheaters, a crook play not yet staged in this city but successful elsewhere.
Waldron's Casino features Jean Bedini's Parisian novelty show with burlettas by Bedini, lively musical numbers, and a cast including Clark and McCullough, Bob Harmon, Bob Murphy, George Brooks, Hélen Lorayne, May Meyers, Marié Sabbott, and a chorus. Special feature acts include the Five Aerial Dolls and the Mischka Pipik troupe, with performances at 8:15 each evening.
Gordon's Olympia runs The Frozen Warning featuring Charlotte of the New York Hippodrome making her motion picture debut. Billy West offers another comedy. The Soldier of the Sea war picture headlines the program with a baby elephant Little Hip and monkey Napoleon leading the vaudeville acts alongside Lottie Groper and Goldwin-Patton company.
The Philanderer by George Bernard Shaw receives a mixed yet lively reception from Henry Jewett players at the Copley Theatre. Leonard Craske as Leonard Charteris faces a feminine portrayal while Conway Wingfield’s Colonel Craven and Beatrice Miller’s Sylvia Craven bring sharp turns. others such as Jessamine Newcombe Julia Craven and Frederick Annerly Joseph Cuthbertson perform solidly. Eccentric Lord Combérdéne is announced for next week at the same venue.
A rare showing of Captain Donald Thompson’s ground photos tracing German intrigue in Russia contrasts with U S official war pictures of Marines abroad. The program includes Billy West comedy and a vaudeville bill with Swains cats and rats Holmes and Reilly in Cold Coffee Hans Robert and company Six Musical Spillers University Four Fred La Reine and company and Olympia News Weekly.
At the Globe Theatre Boston yesterday two packed houses witnessed the photoplay The Fall of the Romanoffs about the Russian monarchy’s collapse. Nance O'Neil stars as the Czarina amid Rasputin portrayal by J. Connelly. Conway Tearle, William B. Shay, R. Paton Gibba and Charles Craig also appear. The production is praised as a grand photo spectacle and a documentary on events.
At Loew's St James yesterday the Hazel Kirke quintet offered singing dancing and comedy chatter above ordinary. Maude Durand and company performed Their Creeds. Other acts included O'Connor and Dixon in Hired and Fired Ward and Cullen Song Storiettes and Harrah and Jacqueline on skates. Screen features showed a newsreel a comedy and The Family Skeleton with Charles Ray. Thursday brings Jarrow the conjurer and Lincoln studies My First Jury plus The House of Glass with Clara Kimball Young.
The Lancaster Theatre ran an all photoplay program featuring The Moral Law with Gladys Black in a dual role, praised as a vivid sociological study. Carlyle Blackwell starred in His Royal Highness, while Thursday’s bill will present Flare Up as starring Dorothy Dalton and Her Country's Call with Mary Miles Minter.
The submarine hat, linked to designer Wilhelm of Berlin fame, gains notice in Paris and New York. American women embrace the novel style as 1918 trends suggest Made in America models will rival German designs, signaling a shift toward bold headwear.
Exeter Street Theatre presents E K Lincoln and Barbara Castleton in The Freedom of the World Emmy Wehlen in The Shell Game Elsie Fergusson in The Song of Songs Wallace Reid in The Things We Love Pathe News shown at each performance with two changes weekly
The Orpheum Theatre program at Loew's featured Eddie Tanner leading a vaudeville bill with the Hal Langdon Trio Dunbar and Turner and Maria accordionist in “Kanning the Kaiser” plus the Géorgallis trio in a sharp shooting act. News Pictorial and the film The House of Glass with Clara Kimball Young accompanied. The lineup shifts Thursday to Pearson and Goldie and Norma Talmadge in By Right of Purchase.
A Bowdoin Square Theatre program featured Douglas Fairbanks in The Modern Musketeer with impressive stunts shot in the Grand Canyon of Arizona. Pauline's leopards performed an animal act, and The Queen of Spades screened as the Russian art film with Ivan Moztkine. Fatty Arbuckle appeared in His Wedding Night, Pathe News updated twice weekly, and Vengeance and the Woman continued. The vaudeville lineup included Mosher and Mosher with Rock and Lapah, Balcome and Sherman, McIntyre and Ward, Harry Oudreat, Watereon, Snyder and Berlin’s Bong Hits, Meet Me at the Station. Thursday amateur night and Friday bargain futures were announced.
An ad extols Pinex cough syrup made from pentane extracts, claiming rapid relief for coughs colds and bronchial throat ailments. It praises home made variants and urges asking a druggist for “214 ounces of Pinex” while warning against substitutes and promising satisfaction or money back.
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