Come Ashore at the Howard Theatre Boston
The Howard Atheneum presents two burlesque shows this week the Mardi Gras girls and the Blue Grass Maids with Teddy Russell leading the chorus and acts by Harry Fields Freddy Binder Eddie Welch and others. A vaudeville bill features Pearson Newport and Pearson Kragona and Billy Hall. The Bearcat with Hoot Gibson screens daily from 1 p m.
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Howard Atheneum
Boston
Teddy Russell
Harry Fields
Freddy Binder
Eddie Welch
Bill Kelly
Bob Willams
Margaret Hastings
Billy Mack
Hallie Deane
Dixie Mason
Jeane Fox
Pep Bedford
Ethel de
Evidence at the Boston Theatre Delights Audiences
Elaine Hammerstein stars in Evidence at the Boston Theatre a photoplay about love jealousy and truth. Circumstantial evidence strains a marriage until the heroine proves her faith and wins back her husband and his brother the court judge. Danny Duggan Anna Pierce and a minophone soloist Freddie Sanborn entertain along with Lyons & Yosro and Eddie Kane and Jay Herman in acts and a vaudeville program.
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Elaine Hammerstein
Boston Theatre
Danny Duggan
Anna Pierce
Freddie Sanborn
Lyons & Yosro
Eddie Kane
Jay Herman
Walter Clinton
Julia Roorey
Mary Minter Stars in The Heart Specialist at Twin Houses
Mary Miles Minter appears as The Heart Specialist at Modern and Beacon Theatres this week. Allan Forrest plays her lover endangered by a hidden poisoning plot orchestrated by Noah Peerr, with Doris May in Robertson Cole's Gay and Devilish. A Sennett comedy On Patrol and International News complete the program.
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Mary Miles Minter
Modern
Beacon Theatres
Onele
Allan Forrest
Noah Peerr
Doris May
Robertson- Cole
Sennett
Photoplays and vaudeville thrill at Feollay Square
Agnes Ayres and Jack Holt star in Bought and Paid For with Tom Mix in Up and Going at Feollay Square this week. The vaudeville bill features Billy Sharp with his Century Revue the Three Lordens and Larry Comer.
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Agnes Ayres
Jack Holt
Feollay Square
Tom Mix
Billy Sharp
the Three Lordens
Larry Comer
New Season Opens at Somerville Theatre With The Ghost Between
Anne Bronough and Carroll Ashburn star as Somerville Players open the supplementary season at Somerville Theatre with The Ghost Between. The audience greeted the lead pair warmly as the new local play unfolds themes of memory and a widow pursued by a new suitor. The production runs through the current week.
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Somerville
Anne Bronough
Carroll Ashburn
New Girl Show Debuts at Waldron's Casino
Waldron's Casino presented The Bostonian Burlesquers in a premier girl show last night. Gus Fay and Phil Ott led the comedy with Kitty Glasco drawing encores while several vaudeville acts and a photoplay titled Godless Men accompanied the performance.
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Waldron
Gus Fay
Phil Ott
Kitty Glasco
Lon Chaney at Olympia Theatre in The Ace of Hearts
Lon Chaney stars in The Ace of Hearts a Goldwyn mystery at Gordon's Olympia Theatre Washington street this week. John Bowers Leatrice Joy also appear with a big explosion secret brotherhood and infernal machine as highlights. Vaudeville headliner Frank Dobson and His Sirens Alla Axiom psychic act visit along with Four American Aces Virginia Lee and Bobbe and Nelson.
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Goldwyn
Gordon
Washington Street Olympia Theatre
Secret Brotherhood
Ton Chaney
John Bowers
Leatrice Joy
Frank Dobson
Virginia Lee
Bobbe
Nelson
Vaudeville Bill At Loew's Orpheum With Fascination Photo Play
The Loew's Orpheum Theatre offered a vaudeville bill headlined by a septette of charming artists in At the Party and Mae Murray in Fascination. Ben Turpin's new On Patrol drew laughs and a pictorial news reel completed the program for the week. A complete vaudeville change is planned for Thursday.
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Loew's Orpheum Theatre
Mae Murray
Ben Turpin
Midnight at Lancaster Theatre Promises Revival of a Dead Husband tale
Constance Binney stars in Midnight at the Lancaster Theatre where a departed husband returns, with Jack Mulhall as the male lead. The bill features The Night Rose with an all star cast and Thursday adds Bert Ly tell in The Face Between and Beyond the Rainbow.
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Constance Binney
Lancaster
Jack Mulhall
Bert Lytell
Old-Time Drama at Majestic
The Majestic Theatre presentation The Unloved Wife marks a switch from vaudeville to straight drama. Florence Edna May wrote the comedy drama about a flighty widow and her daughters with a revenge tale leading to a happy ending. Cast includes Gordon Hamilton, Margaret Bryn, Salome Park, Margaret Selkirk, Lyle Harvey, Elizabeth LeRoy, and Walter Henry with women-only matinees offering tips from Mrs. LeRoy.
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Majestic Theatre
May
New England
Gordon Hamilton
Margaret Bryn
Salome Park
Margaret Selkirk
Lyle Harvey
Elizabeth LeRoy
Walter Henry
LeRoy
Constance Talmadge Heads Gordon's Cambridge Screenbill
Constance Talmadge starred as Polly of the Follies on the main bill at Gordon's Central Square Theatre in Cambridge yesterday. The program also included The Prodigal Judge with Macklyn Arbuckle and The Ballad of Fisher's Boarding House.
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Constance Talmadge
Polly
Gordon's Central Square Theatre
Cambridge
Macklyn Arbuckle
Fisher
Portuguese Immigrant Kills Woman Then Shoots Self
In Woonsocket on May 22 Antonia Cunha a 26 year old resident of a Paul street tenement shot Anna Rodrigues about 23 fatally injuring her then killed himself with a second shot in the head. Rodrigues is in Woonsocket hospital with a single bullet removed. authorities say Cunha had pressed marriage proposals which Rodrigues rejected.
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Cunha
Vote Against Jitney Service in Melrose Meeting
Citizens at a mass meeting in Melrose City Hall voted 140 to 113 against allowing jitney services to supersede electric car service. The aldermen will consider the action at the next board meeting when jitney licenses are discussed.
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Melrose
Melrose City Hall
Melrose Aldermen
Board of Aldermen
The Bachelor Daddy at Leew’s State Theatre
Thomas Meighan stars in The Bachelor Daddy a tale of love and foster children as five youngsters disrupt his romance before a stenographer saves the day. Also shown Hendrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House with Nazimova Nora and Johnny Hines in a Coo Coo Clan comedy caper aimed at earning $10,000.
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Leew's
Thomas Meighan
Sir Thomas
Hendrik Tbsen
Nazimova
Nora
Ibsen
Johnny Hines
Raffles at the Copley Theatre by Jewett Players
The Jewett Players stage Raffles at the Copley Theatre drawing a crowded house. Be. E. Clive shines as Raffles with strong turns by H. Conway Wingfield as Curtis Redford and Walter Kingsford as Crawshay. Norah Balfour and Katherine Standing also Impress in key roles.
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Raffles
Fenway Theatre Screens Yellow Men and Gold
Last night at the Fenway Theatre screened Yellow Men and Gold adapted from Gouverneur Morris with Helene Chadwick and Richard Dix. Colleen Moore appears in Come on Over. The short subjects pleased patrons and the soloist was Josephine Elbery.
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Fenway Theatre
Gouverneur Morris
Helene Chadwick
Richard Dix
Colleen Moore
Josephine Elbery
Bandits Target Ames Road as Officers Pose as Flappers
Police from Wilmington and Woburn with State troopers have dressed as male flappers to trap bandits along the Ames Road. Despite hours of impersonation to lure attackers, the bandits have not bitten. Within seven days several hold ups occurred near the decoy cars and patrols, with officers waiting in ambush along the dark route.
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Wilmington
Woburn
Ames Road
State Constabulary
North Woburn
Farewell Dinner for James A. Fitzgerald in Boston
More than 150 Atlas and Pacific Tea Co. employees in New England attended a farewell dinner for James A. Fitzgerald assistant superintendent of stores and warehouse in New England who becomes Bronx warehouse superintendent in New York. The Swiss Room at Copley Plaza hosted the event with toastmaster W A Davidson and entertainment from Keith's theatre.
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Atlantic and Pacific Tea
New England
James A. Fitzgerald
Bronx
New York
Copley Plaza Hotel
W. A. Davidson
Fitzgerald
Charles F. Donovan
Keith
Broadway Show Listings
Continued attractions include Colonial Sally Gayety Follies of the Day Plymouth Ladies Night Selwyn Smooth as Silk St James Miss Lulu Bett Tremont The Tavern Tremont Temple Smilin Through Wilbur The Last Waltz all upcoming venues and titles appear in the week’s entertainment notes.
Screen Villain Walter Longon Seen Across Roles
A survey of Walter Longon’s screen persona notes his cheerful exterior masking a range of evil on screen. He portrays a vengeful Mexican in Desert Gold a crafty half breed in The Fighting Shepherdess and a depraved figure in The Clansman.
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Walter Long
Wallace Reid
Mr. Long
Captain Kitchell
Lady Letty
Dorothy Dalton
Rudolph Valentino
Ruth Budd at Keith’s Theatre Delivers Sensational Act
Ruth Budd offered a daring musical gymnast routine at Keith's Theatre swinging from a silken cage to the piano top while holding rings with teeth and toes. The program also featured Blossom Seeley and Bennie Fields in Miss Synchronization and Rolfe's Revue with a lineup of acts including Pressler and Klai ss in musical comedy.
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Ruth Budd
Keith's Theatre
Miss Budd
Blossom Seeley
Bennie Fields
Warner Gault
Harry Stover
Rolfe
Ed. Pressler
Blanche Klalss
Pressler
Bowers
Waltera and
Crocker
Charles Crafts
Jack Haley
William Sully
Genevieve Houghton
Moss and
Frye
Betty Compson Stars in The Green Temptation at Gordon’s Strand
Betty Compson scores heavily in the first half of the week at Gordon’s Strand Theatre in The Green Temptation. Theodore Kosloff plays the heavy Apache-Gas pard. cast includes Mahlon Hamilton Edward Burns Neely Edwards Mary Thurman Betty Brice. Also showing Johnny Hines in Burn Em Up Barnes Straight from the Farm and organ recitals by Arthur J. Martel.
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Betty Compson
Gordon's Strand Theatre
Theodore Kosloff
Gaspard
Mahlon Hamilton
Edward Burns
Neely Edwards
Mary Thurman
Betty Brice
Johnny Hines
Barnes
Arthur J. Martel
Keaton Debuts Father in The Electric House Comedy
In Buster Keaton's latest comedy The Electric House, his father plays the hero's father figure. Mr Keaton Sr has never appeared on screen before though he is a veteran of legitimate and vaudeville stage.
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Buster Keaton
Buster
Mr. Keaton, Sr
Omar the Tent Maker begins filming with Post as Persian poet
Richard Walton Tully has started the film Omar the Tent Maker with Guy Bates Post as the Persian poet. He has received a vast cargo of costumes and oriental fabrics from his Orient tour, insured for 200000 dollars by a British firm.
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Richard Walton Tully
Guy Bates Post
Omar
Mr. Post
Tully
Orient
Persia
Teheran
Los Angeles
Exeter Theatre Presents Viola Dana and Earle Williams
Today and Wednesday at the Exeter Street Theatre feature Viola Dana in Seeing's Believing and Earle Williams in The Man From Downing Street. The week closes with Charles Ray in The Barnstormer and Katherine MacDonald in The Infidel for the last three days.
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Exeter Street Theatre
Viola Dana
Earle Williams
Downing Street
Charles Ray
Pop Concert at Symphony Hall Highlights Simmons Students
Tonight at the pops in Symphony Hall showcases Simmons College graduates and undergraduates with a lively program. Selections include Entrance of the Gladiators Furik Overture Sakuntala Goldmark Fantasia L Oracolo Leoni First Hungarian Rhapsody Spring Gypsy Dance from Carmen Tannhauser Overture Wagner Melection Kern Estudiantina Waldteufel Rakocsy March.
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Symphony Hall
Tanight
Simmons College
The
Gladiators
Furik
Leoni Simmons College
Etring Orchestra
Grieg
Mally
Ccc Cece Ene
Estudiantina
Waldteufel Rakocsy
Early milestones propel motion pictures from peep shows to feature dramas
The timeline traces Edison’s 1889 kinetoscope peep shows, Armat’s 1895 screen projection, T L Lally’s 1902 Electric Theatre in Los Angeles dedicated to film, Zukor and The Famous Players’ 1912 push into feature drama, and Blackton’s 1922 natural color drama The Glorious Adventure under Prizma patents.
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Thomas Edison
Thomas Armat
T. L. Lally
The
Electric Theatre
Los Angeles
Adolph Zukor
J. Stuart Blackton
William van Doren Kelley
John Roche Stars in The Good Provider at Park Theatre
John Roche who plays Max Teitelbaum in The Good Provider at Park Theatre this week was previously a dancing partner of Irene Castle.
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John Roche
Max Teitelbaum
Park Theatre
Irene Castle
Sulphur Clears Pimples Claims By Skin Specialist
Advertising copy touts Mentho Sulphur as the quickest remedy for pimples from any break in the skin. A noted skin specialist declares the product dries pimples and declares sulphur irreplaceable for pimple removal. The ad promotes Rowles Mentho Sulphur as harmless and affordable and recommends asking a druggist for a small jar.
Film Travelogue Notes on Loannie Walker and Colleagues
Loannie Walker, noted for Over the Hill, vacations in New York. He shot a series at Fox studios with Edna Murphy in Hollywood. Sessue Hayakawa may rejoin Robertson-Cole if talks succeed. Walter Hiers, Paramount’s leading male, conducts a personal appearance tour.
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Loannie Walker
Screen
New York
Mr. Walker
Motion Picture Personalities and Studio Ties Cited
The note lists L L D Boston-D W Griffiths offices and home at Orienta Point Mamaroneck NY. It names Famous Players Lasky Company leaders Jesse Las ky and Adolph Zukor and mentions actors Adolphus Hunter age about 25 single with new films Apron Strings The Cradle Buster made at Glendale studios NY. It cites Gertrude Short in Rent Free Theresa Maxell Conover Polly of the Follies with Constance Talmadge Billie Dove as her daughter and notes ongoing contests in motion picture magazines inviting reader photos via Prunella Hall Boston Post.
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Theresa Maxell Conover
Dore Davidson at the Park
Park Theatre offered two strong pictures with Dore Davidson in The Good Provider starring Vera Gordon and The Young Painter. The Good Provider follows a Russian refugee's rise in America to support his wife and children, ending in a stable home and hopeful romance.
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Park Theatre
Dore Davidson
Vera Gordon
America
Julius Binswanger
Attack of grip causes health breakdown reports from Auburn
Mrs E H Hunter of 5 Bearce Street Auburn Maine describes prolonged fatigue sleeplessness numbness and weight loss due to grip. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with rapid improvement after one box noting regained strength appetite sleep and ability to do housework. Bargain drugstore price 60 cents.
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E. H. Hunter
Bearce Street
Auburn
Dr. Williams
George Walsh at Bowdoin Square Theatre This Week
George Walsh the popular star is at Bowdoin Square Theatre this week and drew good crowds yesterday. He discusses his film work and Fordham background while the program includes Penrod with Wesley Barry and Mack Sennett's Patrol. Bargains promised Friday night with other acts like the Grady Trio Le Page and Rita Shirley.
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George Walsh
Bowdoin Square
Walsh
Fordham College
Penrod
Wesley
Freckl Barry
Pe White
Peacock
Mack Sennett
Mr. Walsh
Vaudevi
Grady
le Page
Sell and Stanton
Rita Shirley
Ray
Blanche Earl
Charlotte Hunt
Bowdoin
Wyeth Sage Sulphur Compound Advertises Dark Hair
An old advertisement touts Wyeth's Sage Sulphur Compound as an easy, inexpensive way to darken gray hair. It claims the product evenly darkens and adds gloss, with a sponge application for each strand, making users appear younger after a few uses.
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Wyeth
Tanlac Relief Reported By Boston Woman
Mrs. Catherine Baptiste of 74 Sterling St Boston credits Tanlac with ending her stomach distress after meals that worsened to fear of after effects. She says sleeping improved, nerves steadied, and daily work became easy. She praises Tanlac and notes it is sold by druggists.
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Mrs. Catherine Baptiste
Sterling St
Boston
Mass
Taniac
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Texaco
the Texas Company
Texaco Petroleum Products
Texaco Motor
Majestic
Florence Edna
Central Square Theatre
Tom Meighan
Jewett Company
Yeggs
Keith’’S
the Pops
Film Travelogue
Elvita
Elvira
Armstrong Drug Stores
North Station
Young's Hotel
Parker House
Richardson Drug Co
Dewey &Sq
Epstein Drug Co
Beolay Sq
Elvira Drug Co
George A
Bowdoin S
Mrs. Baptiste
Thane University
American Oil Company
Maes
Newbro
All Drug 8 Dept Stores
Cuticura
C. B Albro
Barrington R. I
Excelsior
Epstein Drug Co., Inc
Scollay Square
Truad
Gouraud
Tria Ferd
T. Hopkins
New York City
Gouraud's Oriental
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