Wonder Show at the Gayety Burlesque Opening
The Wonder Show opened at the Gayety Theatre led by Billy Foster and Frank Harcourt with Mildred Cecil. George Hamid’s Arab troupe performed as part of the Sheba setting, and the revue features many varied locations including Gates of Hades and Mme Du Barry’s Boudoir with Libble Hart and lstelie Arab Nack as notable performers. Encores followed for Spencer and Rose as Fay and Florence delivered charm.
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Gayety Theatre
Joe Hurtig
Billy Foster
Frank Harcourt
Mildred Cecil
George Hamid
Sheba
Marty Lemonts
Devil
Mme. du Barry
Lstelie Carab Nack
Libble Hart
Fay
Florence
Spencer
Rose
Shavings at St James Probes Cape Cod Humour
The Boston Stock Company opened Shavings at the St James Theatre during Thanksgiving week with a Cape Cod setting. Walter Gilbert as Shavings and Jed Winslow as the pivotal role delivered warm, humorous portrayals and strong supporting parts.
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Boston Stock Company
St. James Theatre
General Edwards
Vision Boys
Cape Cod
Joseph C. Lincoln
Barnstable County
Walter Gilbert
William Hodge
Hodge
Jed" Winslow
Praage
Hectors
Clarence at State Theatre Delivers Two Engaging Films
Booth Tarkingtons Clarence stars Wallace Reid as a mysterious professor who brings humor to a wealthy family and fixes a tangle in the Wheeler home. Adolphe Menjou, Agnes Ayres, and others support a double feature with Love in the Dark and a daylightblind hour. The orchestra performs Rachmaninoff as the program unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booth Tarkington
Clarence
State Theatre
Wallace Reid
Alfred Lunt
Wheeler
Ed Martindele
Robert Agnew
Bobby
Cora
Adolphe Menjon
Herbert Stern
Kathiryn Williams
Agnes Ayres
Viole Dana
Tim O’brien
Strand Theatre Show Features Betty Compson in a Bill
Gordon's Strand Theatre presented To Have and to Hold with Betty Compson and Bert Lydell yesterday. The program also included Viola Dane in June Madness and a Christie comedy Let Her Finn with an organ recital by Arthur J. Marin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Compson
Bert Lydell
Gordon's Strand Theatre
Oter
Viola Dane
Arthur J. Marin
Romance of Whaling at the Selwyn Theatre
A retrospective review of Down to the Sea in Ships at Selwyn Park Theatre. Elmer Clifton directs with Henry F Gilbert score. Ray mond McKee leads a New Bedford whaling plot with Marguerite Courtot Clara Bow and Thomas Dexter in key roles.
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Selwyn
Elmer Clifton
Selwyn Park Theatre
Henry F. Gilbert
New Bedford
Atlantic
Caribbean
Raymond McKee
John L. £. Pell
Clifton
Charles W. Morgan
Mr. Gilbert
James A. Tilton
Marguerite Courtot
Patience Morgan
Clara Bow
Mr. McKee
Thomas Dexter
Mr. Walcott
Charles Morgan
Mr. Hartigan
Jake Filmer
Ciildren
V Elizabeth Foley
Thomas White
Gilbert
Alice Ben Bolt
Rachmaninoff
Orphans of the Storm at Bowdoin Square Theatre
Dororthy and Lillian Gish lead the 11 reel screen version of Orphans of the Storm adapted from The Two Orphanis. Joseph Schildkraut Monte Blue Creighton Hale Porter Strong and others provide supporting roles while John Gilbert and Charles Hutchison appear in other Fox features this week with vaudeville acts and previews for Sherlock Holmes next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Schildkraut
Henriette
Monte Blue
Creighton Hale
Porter Strong
John Gilbert
William Fox
Calvert
Valley
Charles Hutchison
Howe's Joys At Waldron's Sam Howe Back In Town
Sam Howe returns to Waldron's Casino with Sam Howe's Joys of Life a three in one musical program. Opening night features 20 original numbers with Quaint Hebrew drolleries by Howe and songs by Helen Tarr Mabel Lee Vera Desmond Eddie Dale and others. The show blends comedy singing and dance in a high spirited vaudeville style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Howe
Waldron
Howe
Helén Tarr
Prima Donne
Miss Tarr
Mabel Lee
Hunter
Angelo
Vera Desmond
Eddie Dale
Globe Theatre Showings Include Five Dollar Baby Mae Murray Preview
The Globe Theatre presented More to be Pitted Than Scorned and The Five Dollar Baby with Viola Dana plus a late comedy and news pictorial. An entire programme change is planned for Thursday headlined by Mae Murray in Broadway Rose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe Theatre
Viola Dana
Mae Murray
Fanny Brice Delivers Ambitious Keith Bill Show
Fanny Brice wowed Boston audiences at Keith's Theatre with a set of Blanche Merrill songs and encores. The bill featured Bogey Villa with Hymack, a self defense demonstration by Tamaki & Co, and sketches by Florence Santos, Dacque Hayes, Mazie Lynette, Fred Miller, Bert Capman, Noel Travers, Irene Douglas, Irving Fisher, Don Prosser, Ted Lorraine, Jack Minto, and Margaret Davies in a musical comedy miniatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanny Brice
Zienfeld
Keith’s
Boston
Blanche Merrill
Miss Bries
Bogey Villa
Mr. Hymack
Tamaki & Co
Florence Santos
Dacaue Hayes
Mazie Lynette
Fred Miller
Bert Capman
Noel Travers
Irene Douglas
Irving Fisher
Don Prosser
Ted Lorraine
Jack Minto
Margaret Davies
Copley Theatre Reopens With Pygmalion by Henry Jewett Company
Henry Jewett's Repertory Company opens the reconstructed Copley Theatre on Stuart Street next Tuesday with Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion. The enlarged remodel includes the full company lineup of FE. F. Clive Hu Conway Wingfield Jessamine Newcombe and Catherine Willard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Jewett
Copley Theatre
Stuart Street
Dartmouth Street
Bernard Shaw
Pygmalion
Boston Playhouses
FE. F. Clive
Hu Conway Wingfield
Jessamine Newcombe
Catherine Willard
Scandals and The Beggar's Opera Dominate Stage Lineup
A rundown of recent theater notes lists Schonne Atteeton with Scandals, The Beggar's Opera at Fine Arts, Hollis He Who Gets Slapped and Park When Knighthood Was in Flower, Plymouth Anna Christie, Shubert Make It Snappy with Eddie Gahter, Tremont Captain Applejack, Tremont Temple One Exciting Night, and Wilbur The Bat among last week's offerings.
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Fine Arts
Hollis
Park
Plymouth
Anna Christie
Shubert
Eddie Gahter
Tremont
Captain Applejack
Tremont Temple
Wilbur
the Bat
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