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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1918
Page
4
The Boston Opera House hosts Out There this evening with Laurette Taylor making her Boston debut. A star-studded cast from across the American stage volunteers to perform, many even paying their own expenses to support the Red Cross fund.
A London set war drama follows Annie Rudd a Cockney helper who joins a field hospital staff to aid wounded soldiers. She earns advancement then returns to rally London youths to enlist with Miss Taylor and George Arliss among the cast and H B Warner as Erb.
The article lists cast members for a period stage production including Annie James T Powers as Monty and Helen Ware as Lizzie. OtherRoles include Beryl Mercer as the mother Chauncey Olcott as a grouchy Irish soldier James K Hackett as a deep voiced Canadian O P Heggie as a cockney Julia Arthur as the nurse George MacFarlane as the Scotchman and George M Cohan as the American soldier. Mrs Fiske appears in the Trafalgar Square scene delivering a Red Cross appeal Mme Eleanora de Cisneros sings national anthems Burr McIntosh auctions a souvenir programme.
The Shubert Theatre run of So Long Letty remains prosperous as another week opens after a stronger second visit than the original engagement, drawing more patrons than before.
Final week of Mr and Mrs Sidney Drew in Keep Her Smiling at the Wilbur Theatre draws strong crowds as engagement nears its close.
The Man Who Came Back moves or stays at Plymouth Theatre based on temperature. The show opened during a cold period and has prospered as seasons warmed, with duration uncertain as summer heat approaches.
Demand for Charley's Aunt at the Copley Theatre is so strong that the show will run this week with extensive advance sales and a large advertisement.
D. W. Griffiths Hearts of the World proves popular at the Majestic Theatre with full houses for matinees and evening shows. Thursday afternoon performance benefits the Red Cross Fund as crowds grow restless for seats.
At B F Keith's Theatre audiences praised Trixie Friganza's vaudeville showcase with Melissa Ten Eyck and Max Weily. Rita Maria led 10 dancers, with numbers from Echoes from the Metropolitan Opera House and Allah's Holiday pleasing the crowd. Hugh Herbert in a Lemon-like role drew laughs alongside a strong supporting cast. Joe Towle and Lillian Fitzgerald contributed standout acts with Charles Senna at the piano, while Blue Bert Kenney and others filled a full bill with news pictures.
Manager Thomas D. Soriero presents Master Bobby Connelley in person Monday to Wednesday with a talk. May Allison stars in The Winning of Beatrice, Earl Williams appears in The Soul of Silence, Grace Darmond leads, and the Pathe Weekly offers fresh scenes.
Douglas Fairbanks stars in Mr. Fix It on the Fenway stage during the first three days of the week with scenes from New York slums and wealthy homes. Florence Reed headlines The Woman's Law, a strongly dramatic drama on the same program.
Howard Theatre audiences greeted Billy Spencer in Celtic character with the Liberty Belles Burlesque Company. Highlights included Fred Binder as working partner, Marie Barlow newly welcomed, Fay Shirley and Harry Van delivering strong turns, and a 24 member chorus. The vaudeville bill featured Weber and Ridner, Colemans Musical Manikins, Ralph Madison, the Nelson Duo and others. Continuous shows ran from 1 to 11.
The Bowdoin Square Theatre showed the patriotic feature For the Freedom of the World featuring Gordon Harvey and Betty Milburn. Elsie Ferguson starred in The Rise of Jennie Cushing, Fatty Arbuckle appeared in The Bell Boy, and The Plunge of Horror from The Woman in the Web. The bill included The Animated Weekly and seven vaudeville acts with Friday night extras. next week will screen The Crisis by Winston Churchill.
The Boston Theatre opened with Heart of the Sunset a Rex Beach drama about the Plains cattle country. It blends war era tension with thrilling and humorous episodes and features George Webb in the headline act as a capable lead in Mrs Wentworth's vaudeville bill.
Loew's Orpheum presents Miroslava and a Serbian quartet in a musical act with Downey Eddie Herron and company in After Three Weeks. On screen the News Picture, Mack Sennett comedy Battle Royal, and The Mating of Marcella with Dorothy Dalton. Thursday bill adds The Fascinating Flirts and The Tamer with Mae Murray in The Bride's Awakening.
At the Franklin Park Theatre this week Madge Kennedy appears in the principal role of The Danger Game. Pays to Exercise is the comedy offering. The vaudeville features Kenny and Walsh Asakie and Girlie in A Novelty From the Orient Cunningham and Marion and Julia Redmond and company in a comedy sketch.
The Exeter presents Billie Burke in Let's Get a Divorce Bert Lytell in The Trail to Yesterday Mildred Harris and True Boardman in K or The Doctor and the Woman Jack Pickford in His Majesty Bunker Bean Pathe News Sidney Drew and Strand comedies.
The whirlwind of the screen George Walsh headlines Gordon's Olympia in Brave and Bold. He shows rapid growth and manly prowess praised by the audience. Billy West offers a new comedy and the vaudeville lineup includes Blanche Sloane, Delmore and Lowry, Mack's Come Back to Erin, Al Bur ton's Revue, the Four of Clubs, the Olympia News Weekly and other fine pictures.
Fred Irwin hosts a burlesque week at Waldron's Casino with Leo Hayes leading a large star cast including Hilda Bertin Virginia Irwin Josephine Younge Marie Lloyd Helen Andrews Margaret Shane Blanche Parquette and Wainwright and Bertin. The revue mixes rag time carburets bright lights and eye catching numbers with strong musical appeal.
The Tremont Theatre plans another summer season of light musical performances led by Henry W. Savage with a first show slated for Saturday night, May 2. The program aims to delight audiences with lively melodies and stage entertainment.
Max Spiegel presented a two act revue The Smugglers at Gayety Theatre yesterday afternoon starring Abe Reynolds Flor ence Mills and Tom Grady as Set Stubbs Jean Leonard and Margie Wisson in supporting numbers Richard Pyle the Paramount Four and Eugene Morgan performed with a 24 girl chorus delivering polished numbers and strong dancing throughout the show.
The leading picture at Scollay Square Olympia showcases The Blindness of Divorce highlighting its social impact. A Billy West comedy tops the lineup with Ruth Pecan the singing comedienne in A Night at the Club, plus a William Lytell farce and act features by Lexico Trio and others.
Juvenile Vitagraph star Bobby Connelley arrived in Boston to headline benefit appearances at the Park Theatre Monday through Wednesday for the Red Cross. He collected donations last night and spoke that if he were old enough he would be in the fight, so he is donating his salary to the Red Cross.
Audiences at Tremont Temple fill afternoon and evening showings of My Four Years in Germany. The film, based on James W. Gerard’s book, draws strong public interest in the war story and the causes behind the conflict and the German military authorities.
The Globe Theatre resumes all-feature photoplays for the week presenting Charlie Chaplin in Easy Street William S Hart in The Apostle of Vengeance and Douglas Fairbanks in The Habit of Happiness The usual concert is announced for next Sunday evening.
In the first half of the week at Lancaster Theatre audiences see Jane and Katherine Lee in American Buds and Harold Lockwood in The Landloper with Charles Ray added in Sudden Jim as an attraction.
Vaudeville at the St James Theatre opens the week with Charles Ahearn and company in Special ties. Other acts include Walter Percival and company in This Way Out Dudley Douglas Cunningham and Bennett and Mack and Faye. On screen are News Pictorial and the Photoplay Up the Road with Sallie starring Con stance Talmadge.
William Farnum stars in Rough and Ready with Wallace McDonald in Mule Paulette in a comedy at the Old South Theatre for the first half of the week.
J Barney Sherry and Gloria Swan son feature in Her Decision with Bert Lytell in The Trail to Yesterday as the Washington Theatre presents the first half of the week.
Kitty Gordon and Irving Cummings star in The Interloper and Madge Kennedy appears in The Fair Pretender along with short comedies and news pictures as the week’s program at Beacon Theatre.
The Codman Square Theatre presents motion pictures and vaudeville this week. Headlining the vaudeville are Harold Woolf and Helen Stewart in Two Flats with Roy La Pearl in A Vaudeville Surprise. Also appearing include the Helen Emilion Trio and Vaughan and Dreams. On screen are the latest news pictorials and the photoplay The Risky Road starring Dorothy Phillips.
The Castle Square Theatre shows Douglas Fairbanks in Mr. Fix It and Irane Castle in The Hillcrest Mystery. For the latter half of the week Mae Marsh stars in The Face in the Dark and H B Walthall in With Hoop and Steel. A Toto comedy One Night Stand runs with travelogues and musical specialties as the season closes.
Douglas Fairbanks appears at the Columbia Theatre through Wednesday night in Mr Wix It. Billie Burke stars in Lets Get a Divorce a picturization of Sardou Divorcons.
In France, Rev. Lyman Rollins, chaplain of the 101st Infantry, writes that there is little drunkenness among the unit and that morale and morals are outstanding. He notes hardships and cooties but emphasizes strong morale, with the message censored by authorities.
A letter from a chaplain praises the 9th regiment's fighting spirit and moral healthfulness. He commends Colonel Edward L. Logan for fair leadership, notes strong chaplaincy by Father O Connor, and reports high baptism attendance and few disease cases. He emphasizes unity across Catholics Protestants and Jews and describes disciplined, hopeful troops despite harsh conditions.
A polemical portrait condemns the loafer as a shameless idle figure who steals, mocks friends, robs nests, begs tobacco, drinks on others, winters in almshouses, and dies in a common grave. It argues such people crave disgrace, lack pride, and spread harmful influence.
Bridgeport Connecticut Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D Roosevelt tells Chamber of Commerce and Red Cross workers that German submarines are no longer a menace in offensive tactics. He notes the navy will continue hunting U boats and cites ongoing efforts to reduce their numbers despite limits on total elimination.
Lieutenant Douglas Campbell earned his second aerial victory with the American Army in France. He shot down an enemy biplane containing two officers southeast of Blirey after engaging a German photographic plane at 4500 metres following a high altitude over Germany.
The Modern Theatre presents Madge Kennedy in The Fair Pretender and The Interloper with Kitty Gordon and Irving Cummings as leads along with news pictures and comedies for the entire current week.
A Brooklyn mother reports her 15 year old daughter was seriously ill with backache dizziness and poor appetite. After three months with no relief from doctors the girl improved after taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, gaining weight and returning to school. The mother endorses the medicine and recommends it to others.
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