Vaudeville at Loew's Globe Lights Up Evening
The Loew's Globe Theatre presented a top vaudeville bill with Neil McKinley the standout comic. Captain Barnett and son, LeCosta duo, Romain aerial feats, Jimmy Fletcher contortionist act, Lewis and Norton singing and talking duo, and the Berlin singers with a film song hit. New photo plays and Pathe News were shown.
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Neil McKinley
Captain Barnett and Son
Mrs. LeCosta
Romain
Jimmy Fletcher
Lewis and Norton
Berlin
Tennessee
Pathe
Fighting in France at Bijou
The official WWI motion pictures Fighting in France shown at Keith’s Bijou Theatre yesterday morning offer a one hour and thirty minute depiction of frontline life from Switzerland to the North Sea. Seen by war correspondent E Alexander Powell, the films are billed as the most realistic yet brought to America.
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France
Operateurs
E. Alexander Powell
Keith
Bijou
America
Switzerland
North Sea
Ends Dry Hoarse Coughs Quickly
A simple home made remedy is promoted as inexpensive yet unequaled for ending dry harsh coughs and hoarseness. The claim emphasizes rapid relief with an economical approach.
Pinex Syrup hailed as fast cough remedy for homes
An advertisement touts Pinex Syrup as the quickest cough remedy used in homes. It promises relief within 24 hours, costs about 64 cents for a full pint made with 2% ounces of Pinex, and includes directions and a money back guarantee from The Pinex Co. Ft Wayne Ind.
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The
Pinex Co
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Slater
Washington St
Riker-Jaynes
Kilmer Swamp Root Cited By Woman for Kidney Cure
Mrs Alva Baxter of Orange Texas testifies to doctors Kilmer Swamp Root curing her chronic back pain and kidney troubles. She describes nine years of wellness since treatment and notes notarized sworn statement dated March 21 1912.
Sample Bottle Offered by Kilmer and Co for Kidney Claim
A letter from Kilmer and Co at Binghamton invites readers to send ten cents for a sample of Swamp Root claiming it proves benefits for kidneys and bladder. The mailer mentions a booklet and requests mention of the Boston Daily Post. Regular bottles available at drug stores.
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Swamp Root
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Boston Daily Post
War pictures dazzle with 120000 veterans on film
Spectators see a sweeping montage of French army branches in action from infantry to dragoons and African troops. The 38 inch Soixante Quinze guns, siege pieces, and gas warfare are depicted beside a dramatic Champagne battle and 21000 unwounded German prisoners. Elliot Cowdin and Norman Prince are shown in French Aviation Corps segments.
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Paris
United States
Champagne
Foreign Legion
Elliott Cowdin
Norman Prince
New York World
Boston Herald
Great Star and Garter Show Delights Gaiety Theatre Crowd
Universal praise greeted yesterday and last night’s performance at the Gaiety Theatre where the Great Star and Garter show impressed patrons. Stars include Don Clarke Bert Rose James Coughlin Jess Weis Ernest Stone Richard Anderson Willie Colline Margaret Lee Jacquelin Tallman. A new musical comedy At Saratoga Springs written and produced by Don Clarke was staged with lavish production values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Clarke
Bert Rose
James Coughlin
Jess Weis
Ernest Stone
Richard Anderson
Willie Colline
Margaret Lee
Jacquelin Tallman
Star and Garter
Saratoga Springs
Not Guilty and Arbitrating Liz At St James Theatre
An excellent feature night at the St James Theatre showcased Cyril Scott in Not Guilty with an impressive cast. Julia Nash and her company starred in Arbitrating Liz with funny scenes while Ben and Hazel Mann introduced many new songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyril Scott
Scott
Julia Nash
Liz
Ben
Hazel Mann
Kluting
Johnny Scott
Xylo Phiends
Berlin
Pathe News
Clara Kimball Young
B F Keiths Theatre Presents Scheff and Bright Bill This Week
Fritzi Scheff headlines B F Keiths Theatre this week with operatic arias and popular songs. George Bancroft Octavia Broske, Hoey and Lee, Lloyd and Britt, and others entertain with singing dancing and comedy in a lively vaudeville bill.
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Fritzi Scheff
B. F. Keith’s
Miss Scheff
Palms
Chinatown
Mlle. Modiste
George Bancroft
Octavia Broske
Mr. Bancroft
Harry
Emma Sharrocks
Hoey and Lee
Kerville
Ramsdell
Within the Law Thrills Castle Square Revival
The Craig Players revive Within the Law at Castle Square Theatre with Mary Young as Mary Turner delivering a powerful, multifaceted performance. The cast maintains strong support as the audience recalls the play from its June production and continues to praise its plotting and dramatic tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craig Players
Castle Square
Mary Turner
Mary Young
Miss Young
The Galley Slave and The Gentleman From Indiana At Modern Theatre
The Modern Theatre showcases two first run features William Fox presents Theda Bara in The Galley Slave, a photo adaptation of Fartley Campbell's drama with Bara's acclaimed performance. Dustin Farnum stars in The Gentleman From Indiana, a Booth Tarkington tale of romance and thrills. News Pictorial shown and organ recital praised.
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William Fox
Theda Bara
Fartley Campbell
Miss Bara
Paramount Pictures
Dustin Farnum
Booth Tarkington
Indiana
Tempest At Hollis Street Theatre Ends Engagement In Boston
The final week of Marie Tempest’s engagement at Hollis Street Theatre draws a full house as she performs two contrasting comedies The Duke of Killicrankie with a new widow turn and Rosalind by J M Barrie Felicitous support comes from Graham Browne as the Duke and Ferdinand Gottschalk in his original role earning high praise from the Boston audience.
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Marie Tempest
Hollis Street
Playhouse
Atlantic
Boston
London
Killicrankie
Miss Tempestelays
Graham Browne
John Drew
Ferdinand Gottschalk
Rosalind
J. M. Barrie
Scollay Square Olympia draws large crowds with varied acts
A big audience enjoyed a Pleasing variety show at Scollay Square Olympia featuring Beltrah and Beltrah with The Angelus reproduction, Manning Sloane and company in The Bride, Ogden quartet, Joe Derko troupe, Grant Gardner, and the 10 Dark Serenaders. The feature photo play The Eternal Strife starred Blanche Forsythe with a cast of 8000. Hearst Selig No. 9 plus other first run features. At Exeter Street Theatre Mary Pickford starred in Mine Butterfly, five reels, with Marguerite Clark's The Pretty Sister of Jose to follow later in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scollay Square Olympia
Scollay Square
Olympia
Beltrah
Francois Millet
Manning Sloane
Ogden
Joe Derko
Grant Gardner
Blanche Forsythe
Hearst- Selig No. 9
Mary Pickford
Exeter Street Theatre
Butterfly
Paramount
Marguerite Clark
Jose
Famous Players
Boston Theatre Feat. Hart in The Disciple and More
The Boston Theatre runs Triangle features this week headlined by William S Hart in The Disciple a frontier missionary drama with Dorothy Dalton and Thelma Slater. Also showing The Martyrs of the Alamo a historical piece and Her Painted Hero a comedy with Hale Hamilton Polly Moran. Saved by Wireless delivers Mack Sennett style action with a lighthouse scene featuring Mack Swain and Chester Conklin. music by Triangle Orchestra conducted by Samuel Manns.
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the Alamo
The
Alamo
Texas
Hale Hamilton
Polly Moran
Hamilton
Miss Moran
Wireless
Mack Sennett
Mack Swain
Chester Conklin
Triangle Orchestra
Samuel Manns
Boston Opera Company
Bowdoin Square Theatre Hosts Whalen Night At Bowdoin
The Bowdoin Square Theatre enjoyed a full house as Mardens Musical Revue showcased 16 stars led by Jack Westerman and Nance Shannon. Geoffrey L Whalen delivered a standout monologue during a lively program including The Martyr pantomime and various vaudeville acts plus moving pictures and an upcoming Charlie Chaplin amateur contest.
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Bowdoin Square Theatre
Marden
Jack Westerman
Robert Jewett
Nance Shannon
Gene Boudry
Rachael Pendleton
Clara Elgin
Fred Angus
William O'Connell
Leoni
Jack Farrell
Charlie Chaplin
Revere House
Scollayia
Boston
Rachael Pendelton
Wm. O’connel
Geoffrey L. Whalen
Clement Giglio
Bert Murphy
Geo. Reynolds
Georgia
Moving Picture
The Battle Cry of Peace Plays Boston Majestic Theatre
The 50th Boston showing of The Battle Cry of Peace at the Majestic draws a large crowd. Charles Richman stars as John Harrison, a patriotic businessman who, inspired by a lecture on defences, fights pacifism and calls for national defense amid a war scare. An invading foreign power shells New York, then is repelled as Americans rally, drill, and equip for battle.
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Boston
Majestic Theatre
Charles Richman
John Harrison
Hudson Maxim
America
Vandergriff
Virginia
United States
New York
Waldron’s Casino two-in-one burlesque carnival review
Waldron's Casino presented an extraordinary two show burlesque carnival headed by Sliding Billy Watson and Ed Lee Wrothe Higgins. The acts Higgins at the Racetrack and The Flying Dutchman at the United States Patent Office feature distinct comedy with a large supporting cast of Ethel Marmount Estelle Colbert Hazel Woodbury Nellie Greenwood and entertainers Owen Martin Jack Howard Max Feldmann Al Dupont Tommy Brooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldron
Joe Hurtig
Sliding Billy’ Watson
Ed Lee Wrothe
Higgins
Hurtig
Wrothe
Flying Dutchman
United States Patent Office
Watson
Ethel Marmount
Estelle Colbert
Hazel Woodbury
Nellie Greenwood
Owen Martin
Jack Howard
Max Feldmann
al Dupont
Tommy Brooks
Watch Your Step at Colonial Theatre Ends Run
For four weeks the Colonial Theatre hosts a lively run of Watch Your Step with Irving Berlin songs Vernon Castle and Frank Tinney delivering high spirited comedy. Lizzie and Harry Kelly with Elizabeth Brice and Charles King star in a bustling revue filled with music dance and humor.
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Colonial Theatre
Irving Berlin
Vernon Castle
Frank Tinney
Harry Kelly
Lizzie
Fish-Hound
Elizabeth Brice
Charles King
D D D Liquid Wash Claims Cure for Eczema
A patient testimonial from Boston extols D D D eczema treatment. The ad asserts prominent doctors failed but claims D D D cured the condition and offers a trial bottle at 25 cents through Riker Jaynes Drug Stores.
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Boston
Burlesque at Howard Amazes Boston Patrons
The Monte Carlo girls staged a lively burlesque at the Howard yesterday afternoon drawing strong ovations for Harry Welsh and the slide. Notable acts included Mabel White Dolly Morrissey James Francis and the Olympia Trio with a Sunday concert promised and a girls dancing contest Friday offering a five dollar prize.
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Howard
Monte Carlo
Harry Welsh
Boston
Izzie
Mabel White
Dolly Morrissey
Ltue
Margaret Marlow
Fred Binder
James Francis
James Gillispee
Bobby Owens
Olympia
Frey
All Sonse
King
Millie
Belmonts
Charles Neilson
the Howard
Movie Ball to Feature Walsh and Young Lead Grand March
Governor David I Walsh and Miss Clara Kimball Young will head the double octet grand march at the third annual movie ball at Boston Arena tomorrow evening directed by the Motion Picture Exhibitors League of Massachusetts. About 50 leading film stars will attend and join the procession from South Station at 6 o clock arriving at the Copley Plaza Hotel with a committee and band. The delegation includes Francis X Bushman Clara Kimball Young Anita Stewart Christine Mayo Pearl White Theda Bara Earle Williams Flo La Badie King Baggot Violet Masereau Dorothy Gish Owen Moore Douglas Fairbanks Viola Dana and about two score others.
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David I. Walsh
Clara Kimball Young
Boston Arena
League of Massachusetts
South Station
Copley Plaza Hotel
Francis X. Bushman
Anita Stewart
Christine Mayo
Pearl White
Theda Bara
Earle Williams
Flo la Badie
King Baggot
Violet Masereau
Dorothy Gish
Owen Moore
Douglas Fairbanks
Viola Dana
Ethel Cook
Wilbur Theatre Experience Ends Soon
The Wilbur Theatre opened another week of the Experience in Boston last evening with a large audience. The play’s popularity grows as its diversified plot attracts a wide range of theatregoers and the same cast returns to portray the various characters.
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Wilbur Theatre
Boston
Gordon's Olympia Show Highlights World Class Acts
The weekly Olympia bill features a seven member Chinese novelty group with surprising tricks, Pallenberg's bears display notable intelligence, and Cardo and Noel excite with multiple curtain calls. Abe Stabibble and company deliver a comedy ventriloquist act, plus the five Musical Moffetts from Scotland and Edwards and Hardeen among others.
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Gordon’s
Olympia
Pallenberg
Cardo
Noel
Abe Stabibble
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