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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1920
Page
5
John Craig's production is in its eighth week at the Arlington Theatre and breaking records as thousands attend weekly. Mary Young delivers top Boston stage acting with an excellent supporting company. the same cast will take the show to New York.
Lotta and her seven member company headline the Waldorf Theatre with a musical comedy farce and song and dance. A matinee will host professionals from all city theatres to visit the Waldorf. An additional picture is shown and Thursday features a new programme with Lotta and her company presenting new poses.
A historical advertisement extols Vicks VapoRub as a safe external remedy for children and adults. It touts a Camphor Turpentine Menthol salve developed to release vapors during sleep, claims 17 million jars used yearly, and notes efficacy for chest symptoms head colds bronchitis and croup with night time prevention.
Eva Tanguay wowed Keiths Theatre with new songs dances and costumes taking the stage for about half an hour. Bert Erroll William Gaxton Olive Briscoe Al Raith Kathryn Moon Lee Rose Lloyd and Wells Jed Dooley and Babetta Patrick offered a mix of acts and comedy in Rupert Hughes The Junior Partner.
The Temple Stock company presented Jim's Girl at Malden Auditorium recounting a brave private who serves overseas with the Yankee Division and wins a Brittany maid. Adelyn Bushnell played Jim's girl and Dwight Meade starred as the private. Next week features Are You a Mason.
Olive Thomas appears in Youthful Folly as an unhappily married child facing hard problems with hope ahead. Mary MacLaren shines in Rouge and Riches in the companion feature. Sessue Hayakawa appears in The Brand of Lopez for the week’s second half, said to surpass his prior works. Madmund Breese appears in Chains of Evidence.
The Eternal Light, a Passion Play film, will screen at Tremont Temple twice daily from Monday, March 29, during Holy Week. Cardinal OConnell and church prelates endorse the production which has already been shown at Boston College during Lent.
The Codman Square Theatre screened The Elephant Man featuring Shirley Mason, presenting the inside of the circus game. Four acts of vaudeville complemented the program along with a new comedy and a news pictorial. Hearts of Men to follow later in the week with George Beban in the starring role.
James H. Doyle of the Somerville Players directs Naughty Florence by Edward Harold Crosby. The production opens Monday matinee April 12 with Doyle predicting a record-breaking Somerville season. Crosby, author of Pants and Petticoats, is a Boston Post dramatic editor known for successful prior works.
Andrew Mack, actor and entertainer, drew thousands to the Hub with his songs and stories. The bill included Blossom Baird and company in The Cat and the Kitten and other acts, plus Olive Thomas in Youthful Folly. Sessue Hayakawa stars in The Brand of Lopez as the top film returning next.
Madelaine Traverse and Mary Miles Minter head the bill with The Hell Ship and Judy of Rogues Harbor. Today's bill adds Douglas MacLean in Marys Ankle and Elaine Hammerstein in The Woman Game. Wednesday and Thursday feature Douglas Fairbanks in When the Clouds Roll By and Nazimova in Stronger Than Death. Friday brings Elsie Ferguson in His House In Order and Anita Stewart in The Human Desire. Saturday caps the week with Jack Pickford in In Wrong and Al St. John vaudeville.
The eighth annual presentation of Es Miserables began at Tremont Temple with large crowds. Made by Sarah Bernhardt's Paris company it stars Jean Valjean Gavroche and familiar characters, delivering top entertainment. Two daily shows, four Saturdays.
Douglas Fairbanks drew hundreds of admirers to the Franklin Park Theatre for yesterday’s two showings of When the Clouds Roll By. The popular playhouse shows the feature for the first three days of the week. The vaudeville acts provided an entertaining bill of singing and dancing.
The second week of Chu Chin Chow at the Boston Opera House drew renewed interest with new numbers and mannequin costumes. Producers F. Ray Comstock and Morris Guest showcase the Century Theatre version with Lionel Braham and Marjorie Wood leading the cast.
Corinne Griffith in Deadline at 11 and Robert Warwick in Jack Straw headline the Fenway Theatre lineup this week with strong audience appeal. Helen Barr and Harold Lloyd provide comedy. From Thursday Olive Thomas stars in Footlights and Shadows and Ethel Clayton in The Young Mrs Winthrop along with Burton Holmes Travel and the Fenway Review.
Rachel Crothers comedy of youth and romance in a boarding house setting continues to charm capacity crowds at the Wilbur Theatre. Constance Bennett and Henry Hull earn fresh praise for standout performances in the leading roles.
Marie Dressler stars in Tillie's Nightmare a humorous musical farce set to open at the Boston Opera House on April 5 marking its first Boston run after successful national tours.
Senate passes a resolution urged by Senator Lodge asking President Wilson for information on Britain’s plan to hand Yap Island to Japan. The American Asiatic Association backs a protest, stressing Yap as the hub for Pacific cables critical to U.S. commerce in the Far East.
Henry K Ufion a Chicago native and Dartmouth and Harvard Law alumnus will speak today at the City Club. The Dartmouth Club of Boston hosts a 60 minute session open to all Dartmouth men during March following months of work on international war contracts.
Somerville Theatre presented Bought and Paid For by the Somerville Players with strong audience enthusiasm. Eagene Walter wrote the play and Elise Bartlett starred as the persuasive wife. Other cast members included Carroll Ashburn Booth Howard Audrey Baird Valli Belasco Martin Jerry O'Day and George Wetherald. The next week features The Other Wife.
Federal prohibition commissioner John F. Kramer visited Boston to discuss enforcement of the dry law. He cited state and national arrest statistics showing a drop in drunkenness and fewer sentences to Deer Island, urging state directors to coordinate with the district attorney’s office.
Commissioner Kramer and aides discussed enforcement with William McCarthy and Daniel I OConnell. He cited foreign populations as a major difficulty and noted prosecutions for home distillation. Women supported enforcement while retailers reported a record Christmas season for liquor sales.
Prices realized on Swift and Co carcass beef sales in Boston for the week ending Saturday March 20 ranged from 11.00 to 20.50 cents per pound, averaging 18.07 cents per pound.
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