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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1915
Page
6
Motion pictures and music headline this week's Exeter programme. The first half features The Unafraid a drama in four parts with Rita Jolivet in the lead. The second half presents When We Were Twenty One as the feature.
At the Shubert Theatre last evening the drama The Revolt in three acts by Edward Locke premiered here. Locke is noted locally for earlier successes such as The Climax and The Case of Becky.
Mr. Locke presents The Revolt a forceful drama about sowing winds and reaping whirlwinds Anna Stephens portrays a distressed wife who deserts husband then returns as a reconciliation unfolds The strong cast includes Alma Belwin Vincent Serrano Jessie Ralph Eleanor Gordon Betty Osborne and Susanne Villa with Edwin Mordaunt praised as the Prude doctor The production is described as one of the season's strongest plays announced until further notice
The Wilbur Theatre reported a strong Boston run for A Pair of Sixes now in its 19th week with steady attendance and laughter. Next week will be the final engagement in the city.
The first Boston production about the European war, titled The Hyphen, was shown last evening at the Hollis Street Theatre. The drama is by Justus Miles Forman.
A German descent American front man Heinrich Brandt is drawn into a spy conspiracy as emissaries push for pro Fatherland zeal. Lili a spy infiltrates the Brandt household while Frederick faces pressure to join. The plan is foiled by Lili and the butler, with a neutral tone and an abrupt ending.
Packed houses saw Electra in dazzling dance Gertrude Lee Folsom and company in The Gold Cure the New England Trio Rice and Francis the West Point Cadets Clifford and Burke and the New York Hippodrome Elephants featuring Jennie the tangoing elephant Miss Julia Powers and her baby elephant Geoffry L Whalen lectures with His Brother's Keeper The Black Box Lost in London and other new comedy and drama shorts shown
Advert appears to tout Sargol as a fat building aid with testimonies from J G Wilson H A McCullars and Maud Smith claiming weight gains. It promises a pound of flesh daily when taken with meals and notes a money back guarantee if weight does not increase.
Bowdoin Square Theatre featured Chaplin in Tillies Punctured Romance with Dressler and The Black Box as highlights. Vaudeville acts by Rolland brothers Gordon Roth Murphy Lacimar and Payton Green Daly songsters drew praise and kept patrons entertained.
The Orpheum Theatre featured a splendid vaudeville bill yesterday headlined by Josephine Davis with song numbers. Howard and Field's minstrels offered a new minstrel novelty, Caites brothers performed an original dancing specialty, DeMaro did comedy juggling, Fiddler and Shelton presented colored entertainment, Princeton and Yale performed a singing and talking skit, and Rose and Ellis offered a novelty acrobatic act. A roster of latest photo plays screened including The Exploits of Elaine.
Patrons at the St James Theatre enjoyed an all star vaudeville show headlined by nine clever boys and girls in a new version of school days along with the Nichols sisters Sampson and Douglas Delmore and Light the Pur cello brothers and the Gasch sisters. A recent list of photo plays was shown plus The Exploits of Elaine. Thursday will bring The Diamond from the Sky with Lottie Pickford and an all star cast.
An all star vaudeville bill at Globe Theatre featured The Mayor and the Manicure with J F Byrd and company, plus Goelet Storts Lafayette Amoros Mulvey in A Night in Paris. Also on stage were Dixie Gerard Hip podrome Four O Neill and Gallagher and Francis and Ross. A listing of new photo plays followed with The Exploits of Elaine. On Thursday The Diamond from the Sky with Lottie Pickford heads the serial attraction.
Tremont Temple in Boston showcased a feature photo play to large audiences yesterday afternoon and evening. The film depicts ancient Greece with a dramatic chariot race and a tense final scene where Pythias faces execution but trusts Damon to rescue him.
This week at Gordon’s Olympia Theatre the headliner is the miniature musical comedy The Maids of the Orient with Charles R. Sweet as the musical tramp. The Four Bards perform a sensational acrobatic act, joined by Knight brothers Sawtelle Gwynn and Gossett Hammell and Thomas and Abe Marks in The Pedler. The serial photo play The Black Box is shown the first half of the week.
Modern Theatre opens with a five part photo play adapted from William A. Brady's play Woman and Wine. The lead role is portrayed by William Elliott as the production emphasizes a moral storyline this week.
The Cort Theatre will be dark until Thursday evening for preparations. The Paul Dickey Charles W Goddard farce The Last Laugh will premiere in this city with Edward Abeles in the principal role and Inez Plummer as leading lady.
New York May 3 Charles Murray age 4 was murdered tonight near his home on the Lower East Side. The body was found hacked with a knife in a tenement hallway near the Cohen case site. A six year old sister described a foreigner seen fleeing the hallway. The killer remains at large.
Michael Martin of Taunton was arrested by federal authorities on larceny charges for stealing a case of shoes shipped from Bridgewater Mass to Cincinnati Ohio. The alleged theft occurred in Fall River on June 20. He was released on $500 bail awaiting grand jury action.
Madame Emma Calve world renowned Carmen headlines B F Keith's Theatre Boston with an extraordinary ovation for an encore performance. The vaudeville bill features Joseph Jefferson and Blanche Bender in Poor Old Jim along with Clark and Verdik and other acts. The Pathe Weekly adds notable newsreels including a torpedo boat destroyer launch.
Burlesque star Al Reeves opens a seven day run at Waldron's Casino with crowded houses. The show features living pictures by a bevy of pretty girls led by Wilbur Dobbs and Bill Massey. Additional cast includes Margie Austin Mabel Blake Olivette Tre Mayne Lois Rice and singer Fred Collins.
The Colonial Theatre closes its final week of the popular musical comedy Hello Broadway starring George Cohan and William Collier. Mirthful audiences have filled the house nightly. the engagement ends Saturday night.
The Howard Atheneum featured Violet Mascotte's Merry Maids and a full co st of acts that drew strong audience reaction. Comedians Felix Martin Sam Wright Jack Morley and others performed while Vandinoff Louie offered lively painting numbers and Alice Farrell showcased violin and dance. A weekly Sunday concert rounds out the bill.
The Smart Set company returned yesterday to the Grand Opera House with Salem Tutt Whitney in His Excellency the President. The Bronze Beauty chorus drew praise for gowns and voices while Dixie performers entertained. two shows daily promise continued popularity. Homer Tutt and Blanche Thompson highlighted the program with a dancing festival The Tutto Tudalo.
The Park Theatre offered a second double bill with Mary Pickford in Caprice and The Woman starring an all star Lasky Belasco cast in five parts. The program also included the Park tropical review and Paramount travel series No 3.
The prize play Common Clay at Castle Square Theatre closes its 17th week this Saturday after 204 performances. Next week the department store drama Maggie Pepper starring Rose Stahl will be the hill at Castle Square.
The Birth of a Nation drew large crowds at Tremont Theatre with continuous showings from morning to night. About 120 government members and guests attended a special session, while matinee and evening crowds swelled attendance to roughly 3500 for the Griffith spectacle in one day.
The Famous Players film of Hall Caine's novel The Eternal City opened in its second and last week at the Boston Theatre. Pauline Frederick stars in an eight act photoplay produced by Edwin S Porter and Hugh Ford and directed by Daniel Frohman.
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