Multitude Welcomes Loews State Theatre Opening Boston
Theaters roar with 8000 plus crowds as Marcus Loew opens Loews State Theatre in Boston. Stars Nora Bayes Viola Dana Mae Murray Theda Bara Batu receive rousing welcomes amid police guards and 25 000 onlookers along Essex Washington and Beacon streets. Mayor Curley keys the city. Governor Cox toasts the event at a fish pier luncheon.
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Michael Crowley
South Station
Essex
Washington
School
Beacon
Marcus Loew
Dewey Square
Marshal Foch
Theda Bara
Essex Street
Theda
Miss Murray
Post
Mr. Loew
Washington Street
City Hall
Curley
Viola Dana
Miss Dana
Nora Bayes
Boston
Nora
Harry Pilsner
Gaby Des Lys
Bert Lytell
Mae Murray
Gaby
Pilsner
Post Bares Secrets Of Film Stars
The Boston Post details a lounge scene at Copley Plaza room 563 with Lillian Dove and S M Anderson as they reveal personal views. Dove mocks whitewashing while praising Boston police and Anderson discusses future self‑produced films and millionaire settings. Mae Murray is also featured in room 685 amid engagement rumors followed by a bath scene.
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Copley Square
Copley Plaza
Boston
L. B. Dove
S. M. Anderson
Dave-Anderson
Theda Bara Plans a Human Role Returns to the Screen
Theda Bara announced she will quit vamp roles for a human part in film once a suitable script is found. She spoke in Boston while visiting with Charles Brabin and Marcus Loew, discussing her book project and perfume influence on women, then hinted at a possible return to legitimate stage. Viola Dana and actors Johnny Hines and Billy Collier also appeared, with Dana showing off a Harvard mascot connection and fashion plans for Loew's party.
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Nora Bayes
Boston
Nora
Lillian
Billy” Dove
Miss Dove
Billy
Viola Dana
Viola
Theda Bara
Copley Plaza
Theda
Charles Brabin
Marcus Loew
Bara
Miss Bara Whosi
Hollywood
Miss Dana
Montreal
California
Mary Flugarth
Marblehead
Harvard
Johnny Hines
Willie Collier, Jr
Stillman
Johnny
Moving Picture Producers
Bolks
Edith
Miss Stockton
Granlund
Betty Woodmere
Willie Collier
Billie Dove
Ruth White
Granny
Betty
Billie
Hines
Chelsea
America
Pretty Zena Keefe
New York
Broadway
Crawford Kent
Betty Brown
Collier
Billy Mason
Mrs. Mason
Granville
Hines and Collier
Miss Bara
Greatest of all openings in Boston theater history
A capacity crowd of 4000 packed Marcus Loew's State Theatre for its opening night with more than 40 stars appearing in person. The six hour event featured many film and stage stars, vaudeville turns, and an upbeat parade of entertainment that impressed a cosmopolitan Boston audience.
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Captain Goode
Boston
Marcus Loew
State Theatre
Magnificent
Loew's State
Mayor Curley
N. T. Granlund
Granny
Fred Stone
Duncan Sisters
Greenwich Village
Loew
Stars to be honored at Kiwanis luncheon and theatre events
The Kiwanis Club hosts a 12:30 luncheon at the Somerset Hotel for 800 guests including over 100 city and state officials. Stars will perform at Loew's Orpheum at 2:30 and Loew's State at 3:30, visit Parker Hill Hospital, and attend dinners and stage shows through the evening culminating in a grand Somerset Hotel dinner and dance.
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Somerset Hotel
Kiwanis Club
Loew’s Orpheum Theatre
Loew’s State Theatre
Parker Hill Hospital
Copley Plaza Hotel
Loew’s Globe Theatre
Loew's State Theatre
New England
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Back Bay
State House
Massachusetts Avenue
Bernard Granville
Frank Yay
Willie Collyer, Jr
Cecil W. Fogg
American Legion
Clement H. Norton
Commonwealth Pier
Howard Moulton
New Haven Railroad
Bedlam
Crowley
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Mr. Gompers
Fish Pier
South Boston
United States Fisheries
Boston Fish Association
Billie’’ Dove
Mary Anderson
Miss Anderson
Dove
Anderson
Vamps
High Bureau
Captain Kidd
Robinson Crusoe
Massachusetts
Billy Collier
Loew’s
Montagu Love
Nradis
Gainsboroughs
France
Winter ST
Marcus Leon
Potheda Bara
Macei Curle Key
His
JO Boston
Dainty Mae Murray
Bob. Leonard
Dilian Bulle
Atwood Auto Lamp Company
Beacon ST
Kenmore Station
U. S. Gov
Gen. Elec. Co
Stand. Oil Co
Amer. Tel. Co
AX Laboratories
New Vork
N.y
Eagle
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