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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1912
Page
16
The Majestic presents Little Boy Blue while Tremont showcases The Polish Wedding and The Aviator at Castle Square. St James hosts The Dawn of a Tomorrow alongside other billed acts.
The Majestic Theatre presents Little Boy Blue in Boston with Colonel Savage’s production. Gertrude Bryan leads in the title role with Maude Odell and Otis Harlan star supporting. lavish scenery, strong chorus, and Scottish bagpipers color the show. reception from the audience is highly favorable.
Shubert Theatre postpones the Gertrude Hoffmann show Broadway to Paris after a dress rehearsal revealed unresolved changes across 20 scenes. J J Shubert, in charge, opts to align details before the first performance. Monday tickets are honored Thursday with exchange at the box office.
The dramatic world’s cream headlines the final week at Plymouth Theatre for Oliver Twist led by Wilton Lackaye Marie Doro Constance Collier and Edmund Breese. The program also features W T Carlton Howard Gould Charles Harbury Pell Trenton Madeline Louis Harriet Ross and others. Sale of seats for George Arliss in Disraeli opened at the Plymouth Theatre with a strong supporting company.
Tremont Theatre presents A Polish Wedding adapted by George W. Hobart with music by Jerome D. Kern. Marga and Willie Heckler seek to preserve an inheritance via wedding rites as entanglements and comic schemes unfold. Valli Valli leads a strong cast with tuneful music and deft performances. the show runs two weeks.
At the St James last night the fairy play of idealized slum life featured Miss Ethel Grey Terry as Glad and Mr Firebug delivering strong performances. The production had vivid acting and detailed staging though some scenes sagged in ethical discourse. Supporting turns by Miss Ryan Miss Cairns Abbe Walsh and others earned praise, with especially notable work from Miss Terry and Mr Firebug.
The Globe programme features Adelaide Herrmann's magical act, Monson and Forest in a short playlet, the Cycling Zanoras with comedy and wheel work, Casey and Smith, Jerome and Lewis singing, and Brocke on violin. The Rays present a song revue and other acts complete the program. Ball game results to be announced in the afternoons. Amateurs perform tonight with The Country Store as the extra feature on Wednesday and Friday nights.
A vintage advertisement touts Cascarets as a cure for constipation indigestion biliousness and sluggish bowels. It claims headaches dizziness and sour stomach vanish by morning after a ten cent box, promising long lasting daily relief and cheer.
Ma Belle and eight fairies thrill Keiths with a sylvan ballet and the Fire and Storm dances. The bill also features the Providence players in Who is Brown and a fresh songs repertory by the Big City Four. Ventriloquist Marshall Montgomery and vaudeville acts complete the varied program.
Boston Theatre presents Robin Hood to strong crowds with a renewed youthful feel. The cast includes Bessie Abcott Florence Wickham Walter Hyd e Herbert Waterous Carl Gantvoort Edwin Stevens George B Frothingham Pauline Hall Philip Sheffield Sylva Van Dyck Anna Bussert Misha Ferenzo Louise Le Baron and Dorothy Arthur in a lively light opera revival setting a new performance standard.
Rose Stahl and her company have drawn strong Boston crowds at the Park Theatre for five weeks with Maggie Pepper. The sixth week opened last night, showing the engagement will continue. Stahl moves between light and serious roles with artistic impact and the cast strengthens the production.
John Craig’s Castle Square Theatre scores with Wilson Melrose in the title role of The Aviator. The Berkshire Hills setting yields stage aviation humor and a real monoplane on stage. Laurett Browne leads supports with strong comic turns from Trad er and a capable ensemble including Walker Meek Christie Roberts and others. Next week Mary Young stars in Such a Little Queen.
Harry Fields reprised Mr Moxie in a lively burlesque at Grand Opera House aided by the Merry Maidens. Lilla Brennan and Blanche Curtiss drew praise, with Edith Webster and Anna Woods also noted. The evening featured New York in Two Reels and previews of the coming week’s acts and sports results.
Mollie Williams headlines at the Gaiety Theatre under Rich ard Goodall and Paul Rwvbens. Her winsome personality and magnetic stage presence draw praise as she rises rapidly in the profession, supported by an excellent company.
Rose Sydell of the London Belles Company opened at Waldron's Casino with crowds at both shows. The burlesque features Johnny Webber and W S Campbell, supported by a 25 girl chorus and a company including the Ellsworths, Olle Bland, Marjorie Martin, Dollie Clayton, Florence Nichols, Bogard, Dorens, Callahan, Graw, Mack, Ward, and others.
The article reviews a busy program at the Howard Atheneum with Wolgast Rivers motion pictures, a burlesque by the Lady Buccaneers, and a comedy turn by John C. Hanson joined by a large chorus. Military Night features Massachusetts officers and men, with acts including Monica Verona and the U S A Boys. Return announcements note Red Sox Giants game results.
The Colonial Theatre enters its sixth week with The Quaker Girl drawing strong applause. Ina Claire and Percival Knight headline the evening with The Dancing Lesson as a highlight, delighting local theatregoers.
In its final week engage ment of The Talker at Hollis Street Theatre draws a large Boston crowd praising Tully Marshall for his strong performance. The cast includes Mary Mallon Jane Newton Vida Croly Sidney Wilson Day and Warren Munsell with mid week matinee set. Coming Home to Roost follows on Oct 14 with seat sales starting today.
Boston entertainment notes from Bowdoin Square The atre feature the Violet Mascotte Review and a popularity contest among many named performers. The program includes sketches by the three Nibbes, Egan and DeMarr oddity, Cecile Oterita dancer, and acts by Robert Milio equilibrist Frank Golot comedian with moving pictures. Thursday adds new amateurs and Friday showcases The Country Store with Red Sox Giants game results announced from New York today.
The National Theatre in Boston presents a strong week with John C. Rice Sally Cohen in The Path of the Primrose, Mrs George A Hibbard and Wyrley Birch in A Queens Messenger, and Jessie Sutherland of Brookline performing a remarkable 35 foot dive. The bill also features Gillette's animals Gene Hodgkins Reed twins Bernevicci brothers Nick Conway Rolando brothers.
Reports say the United States league will be revived in Greater Boston for the next season. Some wish to keep pennant privilege rather than pursue a franchise.
In South Boston and surrounding towns several obituaries announce funeral details for Helen Sherman, Walter Bowen, Marion Burke, William Cressy, Mary Derrick, Mary Derry, Hugh Flaherty, Francis Ford, Edward Fox, Rose Furlong, Samuel Holt, Frank Hayden, James Lee, Andrew Litchfield, Sabina Ford, John McAvoy, Margaret McGaughey, Alice Riley, Francis Rorke, Patrick Scannell, Elizabeth Sullivan, Laura Sullivan, Louisa Sullivan, Harry Upham, Edwin Waterhouse, Caroline Wood, and other residents. Funeral plans include home visits, church services, and burial details across Revere, Dorchester, Charlestown, Roxbury, Malden, East Boston, and Salem.
An evening show by Alaska-Siberia Motion Pictures in Jordan Hall drew an interested crowd. The educational Arctic life reels from Seattle to the Arctic Ocean impressed Boston teachers and educators, with striking views of waterfalls, glaciers, and interior Alaska big game.
To satisfy popular demand the Durbar in Kinemacolor remains on for two weeks at Tremont Temple with this showing announced as final. On Monday evening October 21 Lawrence Grant presents a travelography in Kinemacolor of his own creation Through Yellowstone National Park.
Princeton announces four lineup changes led by Captain Pendleton moving from left halfback to quarterback. No other individual details are provided in the readable portion.
After days of conjecture the move was made this afternoon as the captain conducted a lengthy signal drill. Ife demonstrated a versatile playbook at left half while Waller supported Pendleton. Stewart and Baker swapped from quarterback to end, and Dunlap yielded the end position to Goldie Wight, reshaping the lineup for the upcoming contest.
John McGraw spurned an invitation from several Colorado friends to join a hunting trip planned for the week beginning October 7. He refused the offer citing unspecified reasons.
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