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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1916
Page
5
The tall, slim member of the famed Weber and Fields company served as pacemaker in the girlish musical comedy Step This Way which opened at the Majestic. The review highlights the troupe and the show’s light tune and comic tone.
A vintage advertisement urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs as a gentle laxative for children and adults. It claims quick relief from constipation, fevers, and upset stomachs, touts a pleasant taste, and advises asking for a 50-cent bottle made by the California Fig Syrup Company.
Last evening at the Jestic Theatre Lew Fields led a brisk, energetic performance that kept the audience moving with a lively pace and spirited stage presence.
The review lauds a lively stage show featuring European dancing girls and strong vocalists Marguerite Farrell and Elizabeth Wood. Cast includes Gladys Clark, Henry Bergman, Edward Bassi, and Sam Cody with comic gags, spoof store scenes, and a masquerade ball.
Eddie Foley and Lea Le Ture headlined the musical comedy A Bit of Scandal at the Orpheum Theatre yesterday. Frances Renault drew praise for gowns and voice, with Fennel Tyson Adams Guhl and a lineup of acts including acrobats Leonard Tollie and Beatrice Dimond Neimeyer McConnell. Also shown were Pathe News, a Keystone comedy, and Douglas Fairbanks in American Aristocracy. The program will be changed Thursday.
The Somerville Theatre production of Girls at Davis Square highlighted the troupe's strength. Margaret Lotus as Pamela Gordon gave a natural performance, with Betty Barnicoat, Helen King, and a strong supporting cast including G. Swayne Gordon, Grace Fox, and William Townshend delivering notable turns.
The New York Hippo drome Show at the Boston Opera House enters its second week with huge matinee and evening audiences. A diverse lineup including Sousa and his band, an ice ballet, and many acts accompanies "Hip, Hip, Hooray" as it plays to strong acclaim. Shubert Theatre hosts Jolson and the New York Winter Garden company in "Robinson Crusoe, Jr." now in its third week with popular local jokes boosting repeat attendance. The Boston Bank Officers' Association has bought out the Shubert for its annual theatre party with more large groups planned for midweek and weekend matinees.
The House of Glass closed its run at Park Square Theatre last evening in its final week. The production’s appeal lies in its modern, plausible incidents. Leo Ditrichstein will star at Park Square next week in The Great Lover.
The Modern Theatre features Valeska Suratt in Jealousy and Fannie Ward in The Years of the Locust on the same program. Comedy features and organ selections accompany each performance.
The Plymouth Theatre production Very Good Eddie is in its 15th Boston week with no cast changes. Comedians refine their business while new costumes are showcased by principals and chorus.
The Grand Old Lady of the American Stage tops this week’s bill with a new Edgar Allen Woolf comedy The Golden Night about a long-married couple. Carmela and Rosa Ponzillo make their American debut with powerful singing voices. Also featured are Emmet DeVoy Revue of Re vues Mirano brothers Theing Torpedoes Will Morrissey Libonati Jack Ingliss and the Cycling Brunettes.
The Wilbur stages Oliver Morosco's The Cinderella Man praised for its charming romance and honest old fashioned love. Admirably cast and beautifully mounted the play is a strong seasonal comedy rivaling Peg O My Heart.
Stuart Walker's Portmanteau Theatre staged two performances in Jordan Hall for the Boston Business Women's Club yesterday. Afternoon program featured The Golden Doom and The Gods of the Mountain by Lord Dunsany and Voices by Hortense Flexner. Evening lineup included The Birthday of the Infanta by Oscar Wilde Nevertheless by Mr. Walker and The Gods of the Mountains.
Bessie Barriscale is featured in A Corner in Colleens at the Washington Theatre this week. Owen and Marguerite Courtot appear in The Kiss and Maurice Costello in The Crimson Stain Mystery. On Thursday Friday and Saturday Douglas Fairbanks in American Aristocracy Ann Pennington in The Rainbow Princess and Helen Holmes in The Lass of the Lumberland.
The newest edition of the Girls from Joyland burlesque played at the Howard Athenaeum yesterday and drew praise as a leading circuit show. Billy Gilbert led the evening with strong funmaking while Beulah Kennedy and Ida Nicolai drew notable notice among a cast including Ann Montgomery Lew Williams Jack Oakley Billy Young Hugene West Inez Villere Alice Blair and many more.
The Beacon Theatre presents Monday to Wednesday double bill with J Stewart Blackton and Albert B Smith. A Prince in a Pawnshop stars Bar ney Bernard. Ann Pennington returns in The Rainbow Princess. The Shielding Shadow seventh episode is shown. Thursday to Saturday Lew Fields stars in The Man Who Stood Still with The Heir to the Hoorah featuring Anita King and Thomas Meighan. Farle Williams sixth episode of The Scarlet Runner also screens.
The United States Boy Scouts headline Scollay Square Olympia with sharp military drill. Other features include Lewis and Norton in In Those Golden Days and Mr and Mrs Edward Esmonds in A Soldier of Propville. La Toy brothers vaudeville Le Roy and Seaman Breezy Bit Boyle and Brown June Caprice in The Ragged Princess.
George Arliss appeared at Tremont Theatre to start J. M. Larrie’s well remembered comedy on its final week. Raymond Hitchcock with Betty will headline the Nov. 27 show as the next attraction.
Bowdoin Square Theatre presented Tommy Levene and his Musical Comedy company offering humor and songs with a colorful troupe. The Blue Bird film "Hop, or the Devil's Brew" starred Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley, depicting opium traffic methods with secret service scenes. Vaudeville features included Gourley and Keenan novelty, Delmore and Grand harp and song, and Walsh duo with "The Bell Boy and the Actress." Thelma Cerono's trapeze act impressed. The Shielding Shadow episode pleased audiences and more photos completed the program. Thursday night and Friday bargain night were highlighted.
Rarita Fischer stars in The Pearl of Paradise as the main feature at the Boston Theatre alongside The Yellow Menace with Edwin Stevens and Margaret Gale. The vaudeville lineup features Ely's Minstrels Joseph Green and company in The Cop Ed Gray the tall tale teller Tojette and Bennett the dancers the Van Lieu Trio Merele's cockatoos and musical overtures by the Boston Theatre Symphony Players directed by Charles Frank.
Gordon's Olympia hosts Cabaret De Luxe this week with John P. Wade and company in The Coral and Cameo Henry Frey and the German troupe Lala Salbini and company introducing the Eva Tanguay of the bicycle Ivanoff and Vara with singing and piano Marguerite Clark in Miss George Washington as a feature.
The Park Theatre shows The Madness of Helen with Ethel Clayton and Carlyle Blackwell this week. Also featured is The Wager with Emily Stevens. Sarah Bernhardt draws crowds, with Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew and the Selig Tribune added attractions. Opera singers Frank Savasta and Laura Mae Lamport contribute to the programme.
The third Jacobs and Jer mon edition The Sporting Widow tops Waldron's Casino lineup with two daily performances. Headliner Harry Cooper leads a strong burlesque cast including Abe Leavitt Leo Hayes Ruth Lockwood and the Morette sisters along with 28 chorus girls and a 4 man quartet. The show blends burlesque and vaudeville with singing and dancing acts creating a large, entertaining production on the Casino stage.
Fenway Theatre shows last night included The Heir to Hoorah with Anita King and Harry Meighan and The Wap Bride's Secret with varied settings and dramatic turns. Anita Hayward impressed in novelty songs and the French girl delivered a bright vocal with personality. Sussu Hayakawa stars in The Soul of Kara San and Edgar Selwyn appears in The Arab, the features opening Thursday.
For the week ending Wednesday at Exeter Street Theatre Vola Dana appears in The Cos sack Whip and Plain Jane features Bessie Barriscale alongside Sidney Drew in Crosbys Best Cure. Wednesday also shows scenic reels of Crosby. Thursday through the rest of the week Viola Dana stars in The Gates of Eden with Lew Field in The Man Who Stood Still, plus Burton Holmes travel pictures and Bray cartoons.
Herbert Brenon adapts Marion Craig Wentworth play War Brides for the screen at Globe Theatre. Alla Nazimova debuts in a movie role she made famous on stage. Brenon extends the plot with small non vital changes.
A one week run started yesterday at the Grand Opera House on Washington Street featuring Where Are My Children. The revival opened with a full house and mixed reviews from local patrons.
Barney Gerard presents a high type burlesque at the Gaiety Theatre this week headlined by Edmund Hayes in Some Show. Spike Hennessey the Piano Mover adds laughs with Snyder as Bozo, while Marie Jansen Billy Waldron and Harry Hills supply strong straight parts. Mildred Cecil eyes and Martha Edmond shine among a large cast. Gertrude Connor Snyder and chorus stage frolics as Humpty Logan.
After weeks of drama the Castle Square stage hosted Gus Hill's Follies of 1917 last night. The show showcased 40 performers including Ross Snow, Pete Curley and Maud Earl with Wilfred Young praised for his Captain Wayne role.
The annual movie ball at the Boston Arena on St Botolph street starts tomorrow evening with over forty film stars arriving at Back Bay station at 6:06 pm. They will proceed to Copley Plaza for a short rest and dinner before attending the event, marking a premier indoor social spectacle.
Colonial Theatre enters its fourth week with Julia Sanderson Donald Brian and Joseph Cawthorn in Sybil. The show features bright songs graceful dances and witty humor provoking pleasure for all who see it.
Lionel Barrymore and Grace Valentine star in The Brand of Cowardice at the Old South Theatre this week with Bessie Love in Sister of Six on the same bill. Louise Glaum appears Thursday through Saturday in Somewhere in France and Maurice Costello in The Crimson Stain Mystery.
A Lowell story recounts Rev. Father John O’Brien’s life of service from Ireland to Massachusetts. His 1850s health recovery fueled a family remedy, Father John’s Medicine, promoted by clergy and hospitals, with endorsements from institutions nationwide and a call to obtain a large bottle by mail order.
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