Ethel Barrymore Stars in Her Sister at Boston Colonial
Ethel Barrymore returns in Her Sister at the Colonial Theatre Boston delivering a polished performance in a clever plot about mistaken identity and a public divorce suit. Arthur Byron Lumsden Stare Desmond Kelley Louise Drew and Mrs Pitt also praised for strong supporting turns as two weeks of shows begin and The Follies of 1907 is announced to follow.
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Boston
Colonial Theatre
Ethel Barrymore
Clyd Tch
Cosmo Gordon Lennox
Eleanor Alderson
Isis
Jane
Eleanor
America
Ernest
Arnold Cullingworth
Mrs. Herriad
New York
Jane Alderson
George Saunders
Miss Barrymore
Arthur Byron
Lumsden
Desmond Kelley
Louise Drew
Strand
Mrs. Pitt
Greater New York Stars at Lyceum Impresses Audience
The Lyceum opened yesterday with the Greater New York Stars company delivering clever comedy, tuneful music, and striking scenery. The troupe is noted for general excellence and features many well known artists, a pretty chorus, and select show girls who sing and dance well.
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Greater New York Stars Company
Lyceum
Majestic Theatre closes week with Bay of show guests
The Majestic Theatre entered its closing week of The Gay White Way. The week features a professional matinee Thursday with Boston stars as guests. No Wednesday matinee. Blanche Ring and others received strong applause while Melville Ellis offered a new pianologue.
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Majestic Theatre
White Way
Boston
Blanche Ring
Jefferson de Angelis
Alexander Carr
Maude Raymond
Post and Russell
Frank Doane
Queena Vassar
Melville Ellis
Boston Theatre Presents The Sign of the Cross by Stock Company
Manager Morison showcases Wilson Barret's drama at the Boston Theatre with a full company. Strong turns by Wilson Melrose as Marcus Superbus and Eleanor Gordon as Grecia Mer cia highlight a lavish production with notable incidental music. The cast also includes Walter Walker Olive Oliver Olive Temple Rose Morison and Donald Meek. The engagement will continue through next week.
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Morison
Boston
Wilson Barrett
Helen Allen Hunt
Wilson Melrose
Marcus Superbus
Eleanor Gordon
Mercia
Marcus
Miss Gordon
Nero
Walter Walker
Olive Oliver
Berenis
Olive Temple
Anacaria
Rose Morison
Poppea
Mary Sanders
Dacia
Beverly West
Stephanus
Tigellinus
Theodore Friebus
Thomas MacLarnne
Lucinius
Otis Thayer
Donald Meek
Philodemus
Moonlight Maids Thrill Colubia Theatre Crowd
Comedians Dick Brown and John Bragg lead a lively Moon light Maids show at the Columbia Theatre drawing a full house. Mae Nash Patsy Johnston and Mlle Bartoletti receive strong applause for sangs dances and skits with Ali and Peyser and the Banta brothers offering musical numbers. Hansen vs Clayton is on the wrestling card tomorrow night. Amateurs appear Thursday and Friday nights.
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Moonlight Maids
Columbia
Dick Brown
Boston
John Bragg
Mae Nash
Merry Widow
Mlle. Bartoletti
Patsy Johnston
Cynosure
Olo Tanner
Gilbert
Banta Brothers
Brown
Bragg
Ali
Peyser
Hansen Vs
Clayton
Bijou Dream Reopens With Top Notch Soloists
Bijou Dream resumes regular program with new soloists and highly praised ballads. Shows run continuously from morning to night but feature repetition is avoided, boosting the venue's appeal as a shopper’s rest spot.
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Bijou Dream
Man of the Hour continues at Tremont Theatre in 10th week
George Broadhurst’s The Man of the Hour runs at the Tremont Theatre in its 10th week. The play about graft in politics has drawn nearly a million viewers in New York and about 150000 at the Tremont. It is praised as human, forceful, and educational for all ages.
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Tremont Theatre
George Broadhurst
Tremont
New York City
The Girl of Eagle Ranch Debuts at Grand Opera House
The Grand Opera House hosted The Girl of Eagle Ranch in a crowded performance despite bad weather. Mamie Fleming led with a strong, heroic portrayal and singing, supported by Henry Alexander as Rivierru and Tommy West's comic routines. The Cowboy quartette and W. C. Gracey added musical bits as the cast delivered thrills and robust acting.
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Eagle Ranch
Grand Opera House
Lucky Jim
Mamie Fleming
Henry Alexander
Rivierru
Tommy West
Tommy Cullen
W. C. Gracey
The Three Musketeers at Castle Square Theatre
Cast praised for strong ensemble led by Edgar Baume in D Artagnan with repeated encores. Miss De Vernon impresses as Lady De Winter. Elfreda Lasche shines as Anne of Austria amid solid support from Fletcher Harvey, Mark Kent, Charles Miller and others. Next week The Midnight Bell.
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Three Musketeers
Dumas
Castle Square Theatre
Edgar Baume
D’artagnan
Mr. Baume
Miss de Vernon
Lady de Winter
Musketeers
Messrs
Fletcher Harvey
Mark Kent
Charles Miller
Elfreda Lasche
Anne of Austria
Mr. Miller
Ogden Stevens
Cardinal Richelieu
Gertrude Bondhill
Constance
George Christie
Duke of Buckingham
Frederick Murray
King Louis XIII
Reginald Simpson
Pouchet
Bowdoin Square Theatre Presents A Girl's Cross Roads
Bowdoin Square Theatre debuted in this country with A Girl's Cross Roads a melodrama featuring Jack Livingston Constance Cornell Nellie Meadows Lumley and a full stock cast including Arthur Maitland Jane Stuart Isabelle Sherman Winnefred Carter Mabel Colcord Charles Stevens Hal Brown and others. The plot follows two schoolboys who love the same girl and drift apart. Livingston becomes a benedict only to regret his marriage upon meeting Constance.
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Bowdoin Square Theatre Stock Company
Jack Livingston
Benedict
Constance Cornell
Nellie Meadows
Mary Jack
Lumley
Arthur Maitland
Jane Stuart
Isabelle Sherman
Winnefred Carter
Mabel Colcord
Charles Stevens
Hal Brown
Louis Bresen
Tommy Shearer
Harry Leland
Samuel Brack
Harry Jenkins
George Mack
Austin and Stone's Museum Big Show Features Old World Acts
A week at Austin and Stone's presents a dozen exclusive museum features from the Old World including Marie Devere sword swallowing and Caroli with steel skin. The theatre lineup stars the Manhattan Girls with Peggy Warren, Agnes Olive, and the Olive sisters plus a new Manhattan Quartet and moving pictures.
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Austin & Stone's
Marie Devere
Marie Lil
the Roberts
Victor Basile
Caroli
Sam Cohen
Amor
Manhattan Girls
Peggy Warren
Agnes Olive
Paris
Olive Sisters
Vesta Gilbert
Della Ames
Cecil Gray
Manhattan
Dorothy Norton
Miller
Princeton
Tony Mack
Farcour
Norma Phara Jin
Meadows’ Comedy Company
Top o' th' World headlining Majestic engagement
The Majestic Theatre brings W. K. Allison's ex travaganza musical Top o' th' World for a two week run starting next Monday. Seats go on sale Thursday morning. The show drew praise in New York for its clever lines music and chorus with George W. Munroe Bailey Austin Anna Laughlin Kathleen Clifford Arthur Hill and Henry Coote leading the cast.
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Majestic Theatre
W. K. Allison
New York
George W. Munroe
Bailey and
Austin
Anna Laughlin
Kathleen Clifford
Arthur Hill
Henry Coote
The Chorus Lady at Park Theatre Delights New York Audience
The Park Theatre continues the second week of Rose Stahl in The Chorus Lady. Critics note her vivid vernacular performance, compelling story, and strong, loyal heroine who navigates shrewd business and human behavior with humor and conviction.
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Park Theatre
Rose Stahl
Casey House
Globe Theatre Show Highlights Kellar Thurston Acts
At the Globe Theatre Kellar closes as the world’s greatest magician with two weeks of feats. Howard Thurston steps in as successor with Beatrice Foster assisting in card passes and the Pigeon Pie illusion. Combines levitation of Princess Karnac, Ballu Hassan tricks, and the Princess Kiyo finale to wide applause.
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Kellar
Necromancer
Globe Theatre
Howard Thurston
Princess Karnac
Mr. Kellar
Ballu Hassan
Calcutta
Beatrice Foster
Canton
Kiyo
Society of American Magicians
Orpheum Theatre Review Highlights Welch and Vaudeville
Joe Welch shines in At Ellis Island at the Orpheum Theatre delivering heartfelt Italian immigrant scenes. Lillian Shaw, the Meredith sisters, Madden Fitzpatrick and company, and several acts including the Mosher brothers and Carroll-Judge Trio enchant audiences with humor, music, and acrobatics amid new kinetograph pictures.
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Joe Welch
Orpheum Theatre
Ellis Island
Mr. Welch
Lillian Shaw
Gus Edward
Meredith Sisters
Madden, Fitzpatrick and Company
Irving Jones
Carroll-Judge
Orpheum
Anas Joe Welch & CO
Mosher Bros
Gaus Edwards
Kountry Kids
Madden-Fitzpatrick Co
Carroll-Judge Co
Kineto Graph
Eve
Maude Adams Starts Week At Hollis Street In The Jesters
Maude Adams enters the second week of her Hollis Street engagement in The Jesters. Only seven performances remain for this talented actress in the new play as large crowds attended last night. Adams plays a poetic role within a romance drenched period setting and convincingly portrays a picturesque boy with bold charm. The supporting cast is strong and the principal characters are rendered by capable actors.
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Maude Adams
Hollis Street Theatre
Miss Adams
Boston Hip Hip podrome to Open in Grand Hall Next Monday
Busy days at Mechanics' building as the Boston Hippodrome plans to open in Grand Hall with two 40 foot rings a 40 foot stage and a hippodrome track surrounding the floor Seating will fill the first balcony and four new tiers will rise in the second balcony ensuring every seat has a view Housing rearrangements and a Thursday morning rehearsal were announced by Mr. Hagen in readiness for the debut
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Mechanics’ Building
Boston
Boston Hippodrome
Hagen
Hub Theatre Week Delights Audiences With Songline Stars
A bright programme at the Hub Theatre drew large crowds with pictures songs and singers. Highlights included May White Olive Nelson and Mr Shea with a strong soprano and baritone, plus the hit If It's Good Enough for Washington It's Good Enough for Me and a ladies orchestra.
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Hub
May White
Olive Nelson
Shea
Washington
Teleate
Dover
J. E. Shea
Miles Bros.’ Talking Pictures
Ladies’ Orchestra
Family Circle
Keith's Theatre Review Highlights A Mixed Vaudeville Night
Zeke de Lussan headlines with a Carmen legacy and Angel Fronani on piano. The bill includes Ryan and Richfield, Countess Olga Rossi, Clermont's parody circus, Frosini the accordion wizard, and multiple farces led by Geraldine McCann. Film reels show Italy’s king launching a warship.
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Zeke de Lussan
Keith's
Boston
Carmen
Signor Angelo Fronani
Thomas J. Ryan
Mary Richfield
Haggerty
Mike Haggerty
Ryan
Olga Rossi
Fred Paulo
Jean Clermont
Frosini
Dorothea Sadlier
Irene Leslie
Daisy Armitage
Polly
Geraldine McCann
Geraldine
Hibbard
Warren
Town Barn
Camp Rest
Charles B. Carter
Gussie Taylor and Company
Espe
Dutton
Francis
Rogers
Youne
Edyth Wardell
Pat Long
Italy
Clermont
George Abel
Mons. Paulo
Hibbert and Warren
Carter - Taylor Company
Dutton and
Palace Theatre Presents World Beaters in Burlesque Stage
J Herbert Mack leads the World Beaters at the Palace Theatre this week with two burlesques A Trip to Newport and The Isle of Rubbernecks moving with snap. Genie Pollard headlines the burlesque supported by a versatile company and a strong vaudeville lineup including Reid and Maitland and The Musical Railroaders. New Palacescope pictures shown. chorus girls compete for prizes tomorrow night.
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World Beaters
Palace Theatre
Newport
Isle of Rubbernecks
Genie Pollard
Reid
Maitland
Reded
Hadley
Charles Buckley
Frank Martin
Sylvan
O'Neil
Dorsch
Russell
Palace Company
Palacescope
Sealc Head Scalp Diseases Cured by Household Surgeon
Druggists refund money if Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil fails. The notice claims a cure for seal head scalp diseases and guarantees a money back option at 25 cents.
Sullivan Appears at Howard Atheneum in Brevity and Temperance Notes
John L Sullivan was warmly welcomed at the Howard Atheneum with applause at his stage entrance and again during a gloves display with former foe Jack Kirlin and Kid Cutler. He spoke of temperance and his three years on the water cart, praising past rivals while claiming prime mastery. The show featured Edmond Hayes and the Jolly Girls with Stella Gilmore and others delivering acts, including Dunne, the Harman trio, the McGinnis brothers, Fulton, Marion and Weiser, and baton expert Whalen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Sullivan
Jack Kirlain
Kid Cutler
John
John L
Edmond Hayes
Jolly Girls Company
Stella Gilmore
Emily Price
Harriet Belmont
Marie Jansen
Howard
Quigg and
Mack
Thomas Potter Dunne
Harman
McGinnis Brothers
May Fulton
Marion and
Weiser
George E. Whalen
Scenic Temple Showcase Delights Boston Audience
A large attentive crowd greeted the Scenic Temple at Berkeley street and Warren avenue yesterday with a second performance drawing a turn away of several hundred in the evening. The week promises high caliber acts with no dull moments and illustrated songs and motion pictures praised as among the best yet shown in Boston. The full orchestra provides notable incidental music. Specials continue through the week with a Thursday change of motion pictures.
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Temple
Berkeley Street
Warren Avenue
Boston
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Charley Steele
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Lindsay MO
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Mercy
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Flonzaley
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Alfred Pochon
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Violoncello
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Tschaikowsky
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