Sam Bernard Delivers Milwaukee Themed Farce at Majestic
Sam Bernard opened an enlargement at the Majestic Theatre with He Came From Milwaukee, following a Boston showing last season. The performance drew cordial reception as Bernard blends wordplay with character study, using pathos to heighten comedy and lift the brewer from Milwaukee toward a higher plane.
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Sam Bernard
The
Majestic
Milwaukee
Trilby
Castle Square
Majestic Theatre
Bernard
Rexall 93 Hair Tonic Promises Growth and Dandruff Cure
A Rexall remedy claims to grow hair, prevent baldness, and stop hair loss in 93 of 100 uses when directions are followed. The Rexall 93 Hair Tonic is guaranteed to refund the purchase if unsatisfied, is pleasant to use, non greasy, and sold at Liggett's Drug Stores corner Washington and Avon Streets opposite Temple Place.
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Rexall
Liggett’s Drug
Washington and
Avon Sts
Temple PI
Notable cast features in new stage review
The review highlights an excellent company of singers dancers and comedians with a fine chorus. Principal roles are played by Nella Bergen Alice Gordon Anna Wheaton Louise Mink and a lineup including George Baldwin Billy Gaston Harry Norman John J. Cain and Charles Burrows among others.
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Nella Bergen
Alice Gordon
Anna Wheaton
Louise Mink
George Baldwin
Billy Gaston
Harry Norman
John J. Cain
Charles Burrows
Farnum Brothers Stage Civil War Play at Boston Theatre
Dustin and William Farnum enter sixth week at the Boston Theatre in The Littlest Rebel. The engagement ends April 13 with next Monday honoring G A R veterans and posts’ leaders who will attend to pay tribute to the Farnums and their Civil War play featuring Virgie the little rebel General Grant and Uncle Billy the faithful slave.
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Dustin
William Farnum
Boston
Farnums
Virgie
General Grant
Uncle Billy
Plymouth Theatre Opens Fourth Week For The Deep Purple
The Deep Purple at Plymouth Theatre enters its fourth and final week as a melodrama of the badger game in New York. Ada Dwyer and Violet Heming lead a strong company including Rosina Henley and Sydney Booth. Ticket sales begin for Miss Gertrude Elliott’s two week run starting next Monday with Preserving Mr Panmure.
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Plymouth Theatre
New York
Ada Dwyer
Violet Heming
Rosina Henley
W. J. Ferguson
Sydney Booth
Daly Presents Variety Matinee at Plymouth Theatre
Arnold Daly brings a special afternoon bill of drama music and dance to the Plymouth Theatre assisted by Charles De Harrack the Serbian court pianist and Lisa Gluck noted danseuse of the St Petersburg Imperial and Metropolitan Opera House ballets. The program includes two farces A Comedy for Wives by Owen Johnson Bryant 5800 and a dramatic reading of The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde.
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Plymouth Theatre
Arnold Daly
Park Theatre Stage Set For Another Week Of The Country Boy
The Country Boy comedy at the Park Theatre enters its 11th week in this city with strong audience turnout last night. The cast features Dudley Hawley George A Wright Joseph Kaufmann Walter Allen Ethel Clayton Helen Hilton Carolyn Elberts Ida Glenn Marion Stephenson and Mrs Charles G Craig delivering a well balanced performance.
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Park Theatre
Dudley Hawley
George A. Wright
Joseph Kaufmann
Walter Allen
Alfred Moore
Ethel Clayton
Helen Hilton
Carolyn Elberts
Ida
Glenn
Marion
Stephenson
Charles G. Craig
Mason in As a Man Thinks Closes Fourth Week at Shubert
John Mason’s run as Dr. Seelig at the Shubert Theatre ends its fourth and final week with near capacity crowds. His strong support, including Chrystal Herne and Walter Hale, marks a standout engagement before next week’s James T. Powers musical Two Little Brides with music by Gustave Kerker. seats go on sale Thursday morning.
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John Mason
Shubert Theatre
Mr. Mason
Dr. Seelig
Chrystal Herne
Walter Hale
Vincent Serrano
Charlotte Ives
Eleanor Moretti
John Flood
George Gaston
James T. Powers
Little Brides
Gustave Kerker
Trilby at Castle Square Delights Crowded Audience
The Castle Square stage presented Trilby with Craig as Svengali drawing vociferous applause. Mary Young as Trilby impressed, while Hassell Walker and Christie added humor as Taffy Laird and Little Billee. Next week Craig premieres Blindfolded, a new American comedy.
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Trilby
Craig
Castle Square
Mr. Craig
Svengali
Mary Young
Hollis Street Theatre Shines With Crane in The Senator Keeps House
Hollis Street Theatre in Boston hosts William H. Crane in The Senator Keeps House with a strong supporting cast. The engagement’s second week drew large crowds, signaling continued customer demand. Robert Edeson is set to debut The Indiscretions of Truth next Monday as seats go on sale.
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Washington
William H. Crane
Hollis Street
Crane
Hollis
Boston
Harry Harwood
William W. Jefferson
Jack Devereaux
Theodore Marston
Sh. E. Woodthorpe
Mabel Bert
Marion Kerby
Esther Lyon
Lorraine Frost
Robert Edeson
Rose Maid ends week at Colonial Theatre in Boston
The final week of The Rose Maid at the Colonial Theatre draws strong crowds as new Vienna importation proves popular. The lively show features Adrienne Augarde Edith Decker Juliette Dika and others with Donald Brian taking the next week’s lead in The Siren beginning March 26 as seat sales open this morning.
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Boston
Colonial Theatre
Vienna
The
Colonial
Adrienne Augarde
Edith Decker
Juliette Dika
J. Humbird Duffey
R. E. Graham
Ed Gallagher
al Shean
Eugene Ridgeway
Harry Lambert
Donald Brian
Gala bill at Scenic Temple features Marlow and Plunkett
Headliners Marlow and Plunkett perform a new sketch The New Landlord at the Scenic Temple for one week. Ada Corbett sings, Adamina and Taylor entertain, and Edith Hameon debuts with songs and colored views plus a high standard film program.
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Scenic Temple
Marlow
Plunkett
Temple
Ada Corbett
Colleen
Adamina
Taylor
Edith Hameon
Orpheum Theatre Delights With Week-Long Circus Show
The Orpheum Theatre opened with Scheppes animal circus booking for the week. The bill includes Rutledge and Pickering in The Fatted Calf, Henry Lewis, German comedian, Ryan and Lee, Captain Powers ventriloquial act, aerial duo Miller Eagle and Miller, and Robinson and La Favor. Later in the week Queen Mab and Weiss, Rossner and Felton, Musical Dixon, and the Bellmontes trapeze artists appear.
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Orpheum Theatre
Scheppes Animal Circus
Rutledge and
Pickering
Henry Lewis
Ryan and
Lee
Captain Powers
Miller
Eagle
Robinson
la Favor
Queen Mab
Weiss
Rossner and Felton
Musical Dixon
Bellmontes
Newman Travel talks on Russia by BE M Newman
Newm an Travel discusses autocratic bureaucracy in Russia for liberal Americans. BE M Newman, who toured from the Black Sea to the Baltic last summer, presents travel talks at Jordan Hall this evening and tomorrow afternoon. His lecture features Moscow and St Petersburg with stops in Warsaw and Helsinki.
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Russia
BE. M. Newman
Black Sea
Baltic
Jordan Hall
Newman
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Warsaw
Poland
Helsingfors
Finland
For Rheumatism Elmer & Amend Ad
For Rheumatism Elmer and Amend's New York 2851 offer relief. T Metcalf Company 585 Boylston Street Boston carries it.
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Elmer & Amend’s
N. Y
T. Metcalf Co
Boylston St
Boston
Follies of the Day Burlesque at Howard Amid Burlesque and Wrestling
The Howard hosts the Follies of the Day led by Gertrude Hayes with a brick top chorus and acts from Virginia Kelcey Marie Kent and a Boston cast. The week features wrestling with Pardello versus Frank West and Jim Galvin, plus musical and novelty acts by the Alar cons Charley Farrell and others.
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Howard Atheneum
Howard
Gertrude Hayes
Miss Hayes
Virginia Kelcey
Marie Kent
Boston
Garden of Girls
Anna Propp
Margie Hilton
Frank Murphy
George Ormsby
Pardello
Frank West
Jim Galvin
Alarcons
Charley Farrell
Lewis
Ray
Kipling
Morris and Mahoney
Duffy
May
Globe vaudeville opens with crowd pleasers and varied acts
The Globe's challenge week starts with large crowds as The Four Flying Dordeens perform aerial tricks and Kissely's Marionettes entertain. Earl Lloyd and the Claire sisters debut in Boston as a singing and dancing trio, with the Campbell sisters, Norwood and Norwood, Christine the ventriloquist, and The Rays drawing warm reactions. Tonight pro tryouts, Thursday The Country Store, and Friday Hook night.
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Globe
Christine
National Theatre Pelham Hypnotist Headlines This Week
National Theatre Pelham showcases hypnotist headliner whose act blends science and humor with strong audience control. Also featured are The Rose of Mexico with Sig nor Molasso and Mlle. Cario at Keith's, Bull Fight Glide, Langdons in A Night on the Boulevard, Braddock and Leighton as singers and jokers, and the Steinert trio delivering a premier comedy bar act in Boston.
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B. F. Keith
Pauline
Fred
William Hanlon
Jack Wilson
Ada Vane
Franklyn Batie
May Tully
Florrie DeMar
Glenwood White and Company
Bill
Ellis
McKenna
Fred Duprez
Aitkin-Whitman
Crocodile Isle
Nevins and
Gordon
Pelham
National Theatre
Keith's
Signor Molasso
Mlle. Cario
Langdons
H. T. MacConnell
18 Club
Braddock and
Leighton
Steinert
Boston
Jersey Lilies at Gaiety Theatre Opens Week
The Gaiety Theatre began a week long engagement of James E. Cooper's Jersey Lilies yesterday. Charles Howard and Cooper provide clean comedy with a lively supporting cast. The program includes A Complicated Affair and Winning a Miss with musical numbers and dancing.
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James E. Cooper
Gaiety Theatre
Charles Howard
Mr. Cooper
Mr. Howard
Alio Alexis
Schall
James Dixon
Lucia Cooper
Bowdoin Square Theatre features Erin's Isle Irish program
Bowdoin Square Theatre presented Erin's Isle a romantic Irish playlet with William Burt May Hixon and Hortense Searle in the cast. The program included familiar Irish scenes such as Muckross Abbey the Lakes of Killarney the Meeting of the Waters and the Old Mill with Tom Coffey Eileen Malone the Colleen violinist Daly Brothers and Sterling and Chapman adding Irish songs. Bargain day Souvenir day and amateur entertainment are planned across the week with extra features on each day.
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St. Patrick's
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Erin’s Isle
William Burt
May Hixon
Hortense Searle
Muckross Abbey
Killarney
Old Mill
Tom Coffey
Boston
Eileen Malone
Colleen
Erin
Daly Brothers
Dublin
Sterling and Chapman
Bowdoin
Austin and Stone's Museum Presents Remarkable Sideshow Cast
The feature includes Baby Jim billed as the largest man in the country at 763 pounds with a 111 inch waist and 24 collar, Mlle Autellette a roly poly lass at 612 pounds, and Freda Isha the smallest at 384 inches tall. Also listed are Professor Barrett the bee king, Jennie the orangutan, Floradora girls, Cassie French, Ida Campbell in song, Walsh and Flynn in a comic stunt, plus a sequence of pictures.
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Jim
Austin & Stone’s Museum
Mlle. Autellette
Freda Isha
Professor Barrett
Jennie
Cassie French
Ida Campbell
Walsh and Flynn
Tremont Theatre Welcomes Marguerita Sylva in Gypsy Love
Tremont Theatre opens its second week of Gypsy Love with Marguerita Sylva delivering a dominant performance as Princess Zorika. Her brilliant voice and engaging presence drive the opera to success alongside a balanced company led by Arthur Albro, George Bickel, Robert Pitkin, Frances Demarest, and Dorothy Webb. Matinees are scheduled only on Saturdays during Mme. Sylva's run.
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Marguerita Sylva
Boston
Tremont Theatre
Zorika
Arthur Albro
George Bickel
Robert G. Pitkin
Frances Demarest
Dorothy Webb
Mme. Sylva
Tremont
Parisian Players Bring Famous French Theatre to Majestic
P. Paul Marcel and a Parisian company, known for Mme. Sarah Bernhardt tours, perform four special matinees at the Majestic Theatre starting March 25. Erckmann and Chatrian's Brother Enemies is the chosen work with a notable cast including Georges Dumestre Roger Guyot Mlle Queyrens and Mme C P Marcel plus others.
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P. Paul Marcel
Mme
Sarah Bernhardt
Majestic Theatre
Erckmann &. Chatrian
Waldron's Casino Opens With Passing Parade
The Casino debuts this week with a Passing Parade Evacuation Day program. Jamies Rowland leads the company with Al Kenfield George Mayo Lee Rose and others. Carrie Behr Helen Ely Libby Blondell Annabelle star in leading female roles as the burlesque delivers laughs and catchy music.
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Jamies Rowland
al Kenfield
George Mayo
Lee Rose
Charles Aveling
Ed Smith
Harry O’dowd
Harry Wilde
Carrie Behr
Helen Ely
Libby Blondell
Dainty Annabelle
Annabelle
James Rowland
Opera Subsidy Plan Favored in Boston Fund Drive
The first seating draw nears for next Thursday as plans for the season firm up, boosting interest in a $150000 guarantee fund for the Boston Opera House. Donations yesterday included many individuals from $5 to $100, showing broad public support.
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Boston Opera House
Charlotte Jones
Thomas H. Jolliffe
Arthur T. Cabot
Why March Is The Most Dangerous
March is the most dangerous month of the year due to seasonal change. The text argues fortifying the system with pure blood, strong nerve nutrition, and wholesome foods to avoid illnesses. It promotes Father John’s Medicine as a safe tonic that strengthens health and fights colds and lung troubles without dangerous drugs.
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Father John
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