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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1922
Page
10
The St James stock company presents The Nightcap a mystery drama about a bank president in need of funds whose life is insured. A director is shot and dies revealing a web of affairs as policemen reveal the misdirection and the financial scheme is settled. Walter Gilbert Eveta Nudson Mark Kent and Ralph Remley head an excellent cast.
The Fenway Theatre presented Owen Moore in Love Is an Awful Thing with Marjorie Daw and Montagu Love with Barbara Castleton in Whats Wrong With the Women. The program included usual short subjects and an organ recital by Lloyd G del Castillo.
The State shows Burning Sands portraying Egypt and Cairo mood with Sheiks and a star turn by Jacqueline Logan as the dancer. Wanda Hawley miscasts, Milton Sills provides solid characterization, and George Melford directs with strong photography and desert horseman imagery. A second film, June Madness, features Viola Dana as a runaway bride and Bryant Washburn as the orchestra leader in a jazzy melodrama.
The Lancaster Theatre opened yesterday presenting Human Hearts with House Peters in the lead and Henry Walthall in The Long Chance. A Thursday change will feature Marion Davies in The Young Diana and Herbert Rawlinson in Confidence.
The vaudeville policy and high class photoplays at the Globe Theatre appeal to a wide audience. This week's program comprises five acts of vaudeville and films of established reputation. The headline feature for the latter half of the week is The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Thomas Meighan stars in Manslaughter at the Exeter Street Theatre today and Wednesday. The bill later features Richard Barthelmess in The Bond Boy and Annis Little in Chain Lightning, promising an engaging lineup for the rest of the week.
The Georgia Peaches burlesque show drew crowds at the Howard yesterday with G. E. Lothrop presenting the event. Lew Rose Billy Mack and other favorites Margaret Hastings Stella Kane Johnny Hughes Bernie Clark Jean Peltier and Jimmy Ryan impressed audiences. The program also featured a vaudeville bill with the Canton five Harry Bemtell Morse Milstead Joe Moore and Eileen Sedgwick in the film The Wolf Pack.
Johnny Hines stars in Sure Fire Flint at Gordon's Washington Street Olympia Theatre with Edmund Breese Doris Kenyon Robert Edeson J Bar ney Sherry Effie Shannon and Charles Gerrard. He portrays a breezy American youth trying many jobs while the villain pursues the heroine. After the film he performs on stage with stories. Charles Irwin opens the vaudeville bill followed by Kateushka and Hall and Shapiro.
Waldron's casino presented a three in one program with Temptations of 1922, a burlesque revue by Irons and Damage, two features Miss Du Pont in Golden Gallows and Herbert Rawlinson in Man Under Cover, plus vaudeville acts. Danny Murphy Don M Clark Johnny Crosby Mabel Clark Rose Chevalier Exie Butler Gretchen Leshen Jules and Mme Le Barbe highlighted a lively night.
At the Gayety Theatre Jacobs and Jermon's Bon Tons opened yesterday afternoon in a plotless musical revue. John Barry led the comedy with a merry pace, while Bob Stratzman scored a hit changing from white to black on stage. Other stars included Dave Dler, Jean DeLisle, Lou Barry, June Bobbie's Band, Gertrude Beck, and varied specialty numbers. Prices hinted for Swift & Company beef shipments show week ending Oct 14.
Anne Hamilton, new leading lady at Somerville Theatre, debuted as the heroine in The Mirage. The Boston hit, previously staged last season, features Harry Bond as the rural lover and Joseph Granby as the man about town, with State Director James H. Doyle overseeing the production.
Tom Mix stars in two blended tales at the Boston Theatre this week blending Western plains life with a South American revolution burlesque. The bill features Arthur Thornton and Manny King in I Play the Fiddle, Tack Kennedy in A Golf Proposal, Roy and Boyer, Elsie Clark, and new comedy All Wet plus reels, delivering comedy singing and thrills.
The Orpheum presents The Old Homestead on film with vaudeville headlined by Bits and Pieces starring Robert Holden Velma Hinckle and a bouquet of youthful charmers. Kimberly and Page perform Spring Is Calling while Philbrick and De Veau offer Sampley. Gordon and Gordon present new twists and turns, Lee Magon sings, and Race and Edge perform London Bridge. A late comedy and news pictorial close the bill.
Kate Douglas Wiggin's tale of Timothy the orphan screens this week at Beacon and Modern Theatres. The story follows a young boy seeking a home while a gentle, compassionate adventure unfolds, offering intimate, rendered sympathy and tender human insight.
Cecil B. DeMille's Manslaughter praised for striking presentation at Gordon's Strand and Central Square Cambridge Theatres where it plays this week. The bill also features the latest news weekly comic features and a concert.
Richard Barthelmess stars in The Bond Boy at Gordon's Scollay Square Olympia Theatre with a strong vaudeville bill led by Ona Munson Company Chief Oskomon the Rozellas McCormack Winehill and others completing the programme.
A list of theater entries includes LIS Nice People Plymouth Lawful Larceny Selwyn Shuffle Along Shubert Tangerine Tremont Little Nellie Kelly Tremont Temple One Exe cuting Night Wilbur The Bat Park Wild Irish Rose.
Samuel Hop kings Adams produces a standout tale titled No Trespassing in the upcoming Boston Sunday Post Magazine praised as one of the best stories of its kind in years.
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