Soul Kiss at the Colonial Delights Boston Audience
The Colonial presented The Soul Kiss under Ziegfeld direction with lavish spectacle and a plot about a young artist seeking a soul kiss guided by Mephisto. Ralph C. Herz Vera Michelena Mortimer Weldon John B. Park Stella Tracey Mile. Adelina Genee dazzled as premiere danseuse with graceful, modern technique and captivating stage presence.
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Boston
the Colonial
Ziegfeld
J. Lucifer Mephisto
Ralph C. Herz
Mortimer H. Weldon
John B. Park
Stella Tracey
Mile
Adelina Genee
Eider
Herod
Genee
Park Theatre Opens Week Two With The Thief
The Park Theatre in Boston hosts the second week of The Thief drawing a large audience. Kyrie Bellew returns as the deceived husband showing skillful range. Helene Wilson debuts on the Boston stage and gains quick popularity alongside Eugene O'Brien and the ensemble.
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Park Theatre
Kyrie Bellew
Boston
Helene Wilson
Eugene O’brien
Sidney Herbert
Edward R. Mawson
Eugene Elsner
Isabel Richards
The Round Up Opens Third Week at Hollis Street Theatre
Hollis Street Theatre packed for the opening of the third week of The Round Up. The melodrama continues through this week and next with elaborate canyon set pieces and strong performances by Maclyn Arbuckle as Slim Hoover Florence Rockwell Orme Caldara Joseph Worthian and Minnette Barrett in key roles.
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Hollis Street
Canyon
Maclyn Arbuckle
Slim Hoover
Florence Rockwell
Orme Caldara
Plains
Joseph Wothian
Minnette Barrett
Tremont Theatre Sees Million Dollar Merry Widow Run
New Yorkers spent about a million dollars to hear The Merry Widow at Tremont Theatre ending a 52 week engagement at the New Amsterdam Theatre. The Vienna operetta grows in popularity drawing audiences from New England as performances continue. A Portland Maine group of 60 and Providence group of 8 recently attended Henry W. Savage’s production. The show may remain until strawberries season returns.
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New Amsterdam Theatre
Franz Lehar
New England
Portland
Providence
Tremont Theatre
Henry W. Savage
Convict 999 At Grand Opera House In Dramatic Revival
The Grand Opera House staged Convict 999 last evening before a responsive crowd. George Whittaker starred as the wronged hero with Marion Hutchins as Grace Bradstone and Jack Sharkey delivering a forceful prosecuting address. M. A. Kelley led the Zouaves in a remarkable escape scene adding to the sensational appeal.
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A. H. Wood
Grand Opera House
Sing Sing
M. A. Kelley
Captain Kelley
George Whittaker
Marion Hutchins
Grace Bradstone
Jack Sharkey
John Blaisdale
Bowdoin Square Theatre Finds Growing Crowd On Stage
Bowdoin Square Theatre reports rising attendance as management offers crowd pleasing plays. The production At the World's Mercy drew strong praise with Hal Clarendon and Frances McHenry leading, while Jack Austin and Dr Greg Austin feature in the plot. Ruth Wingate helps foil the liquor scheme as Harry Jenkins returns to cheers. Cast includes Harry Humphrey, Harry Brooks, Florence Hale, Katherine Goodrich, Harold Clairmont, Royal Byron, Samuel Brack, Catherine McGregor, Mazie Lorman, and Thomas Potter Dunne plus dialect acts and moving pictures.
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Bowdoin Square Theatre
Ruth Wingate
Jack
Harry Jenkins
Harry Humphrey
Harry Brooks
Florence Hale
Katherine Goodrich
Harold Clairmont
Royal Byron
Samuel Brack
Theatre Comique Delivers Variety Show This Week
Theatre Comique presents The Cowboy's Love Story and The Fortune Teller as headliners plus The Swimming Master and Court in Session. The Banana Man Fantastic Magic and Desperately in Love receive applause while My Rosie Rambler and O'Brien Has No Place to Go exceed in musical numbers. Impressions enhance each scene of the motion pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theatre Comique
O’brien
A Royal Family at the Boston Theatre
The Boston Theatre stock company presented A Royal Family by Robert Marshall, a romantic comedy drama. Eleanor Gordon impressed as the unwilling bride amid a strong cast including Wilson Melrose, Frank Losee, Gertrude Binley, Dudley Hawley, Walter Walker, William Hasson, Rose Morrison, Mary Sanders, and Oscar Johnson, with lavish set pieces like a garden and court scene drawing applause.
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Robert Marshall
Boston
Arcacia
Kurland
Eleanor Gordon
Wilson Melrose
Prince
Miss Gordon
Frank Losee
Cardinal Casano
Gertrude Binley
Father Anselm
Dudley Hawley
Walter Walker
William Hasson
Duke Berasconne
Rose Morrison
Dainty Mary Sanders
Carina
Oscar Johnson
Prince Charles
Orpheum Theatre Bill Delivers Star Act Night
This week's Orpheum program features Daisy Lloyd with three lively songs and barefoot dancing. The Four Mortons, Alex Carr and company in Toblitsky, Australian Tree Fellers, Allan Shaw with coin tricks, Barry Lupino's eccentric dancing, McMahon's Minstrel Maids, Bedini and his dogs, plus moving pictures of The Devil.
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Orpheum Theatre
Daisy Lloyd
Mortons
Morton
Alex. Carr
Toblitsky
Ecompany
Carr
Orpheum
Allan Shaw
Barry Lupino
McMahon
Bedini
Judah at Castle Square Glows With Enduring Popularity
The Castle Square Theatre presents Judah by Henry Arthur Jones with John Craig as the title minister and Mary Halli triumphing as Vashti Dethic. Supporting cast includes Mary Young Firebus Meek Hassell Evarts Cleveland Colcord. Judah runs a week, followed by The Admirable Crichton debut next Monday.
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Judah
E. S. Willard
Henry Arthur Jones
John Craig
Castle Square
Mr. Firebus
Meek
Hassell
Mr. Evarts
Miss Cleveland
Miss Colcord
Majestic Theatre Presents The Girl Behind the Counter
Lew Fields stars in The Girl Behind the Counter at the Majestic Theatre with Connie Ediss and Lotta Faust in supporting roles. The production opened last evening in this city.
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Majestic Theatre
Lew Fields
Connie Ediss
Lotta Faust
Colonial Remedy for Drunkenness Promises Permanent Cure
Dr William R Brown advertises Colonial Remedy a homeopathic treatment for alcoholism claiming to suppress alcohol cravings and rebuild nerve strength and willpower. The ad states private confidential consultation at 180 Tremont St Boston with free advice, mailed samples, and a $1 price. Supplies available from druggists or by mail in plain packaging.
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William R. Brown
Brown
Tremont St
Boston
Mass
Boylston
Kellermann Headlines Keiths Theatre Vaudeville Show
Annete Kellermann headlines Keiths Theatre with dance diabolo and diving after her Boston Light swim fame. The bill features Margaret Wycherly's The Locked Door with Grace Wood and others, Czarina Life Guards acrobats, Gilletts dogs, Tuscany Troubadours, O Domnell and Van der Voort, Otto Brothers German humor, Valdare cycling troupe, and Morrissey Sisters with other acts.
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Annette Kellermann
Keith's
Annette
Boston
Miss Kellermann
Gillett
Coonville
Charlies Lovenberg
Tuscany
John O’domnell
Elsa van der Voort
Harry Gilfoil
Chinatown
Otto Brothers
Bessie Valdare
Frei Watson
Morrissey
Devere
Greenwood
Ed Morton
New Pictures
Columbia Theatre Burlesque Delights Boston Audience
The Star Show Girls at the Columbia provided a jolly gingery burlesque with Miss Thomas as a standout. Johnny Baker and Louis Lynn drew big laughs with the Electric Boy act, while Kingston, Thomas, and Eleanor Revere with May Yuir topped the crowd-pleasing numbers. Tomorrow night features Jess Westergard and Jack Simmard in a wrestling bout. Friday offers an amateur showcase after the main show.
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Boston
Columbia
Miss Thomas
Johnny Baker
Panama
James C. Dixon
Nicodemus and
White
Louis Lynn
Kingston
Thomas
Eleanor Revere
May Yuir
Jess Westergard
Jack Simmard
Palace Theatre Hosts Gay Masqueraders Week
The Gay Masqueraders begin a week at the Palace Theatre with A Night on Broadway adapted from Berlin After Eleven. Star Harry A. Emerson plays Henry Fleicher the candy merchant, supported by Ned Norton Joe Pettingill George Woods Al Zimmerman Frank Walsh John Lohman Walter Brush Susie Fisher Eva Bryan Corinne DeForrest Hazel Blair Flo Zellar and a chorus of profiles. The vaudeville features Miss Susie Fisher as female baritone and acts by George A. Woods Walsh and Medows and the four Johnson jugglers. Smoking allowed during shows and Friday is amateur night.
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Boston
Palace Theatre
Broadway
Berlin
Harry A. Emerson
Henry Fleicher
Ned Norton
Joe Pettingill
George Woods
al Zimmerman
Frank Walsh
John Lohman
Walter Brush
Susie Fisher
Eva Bryan
Corinne DeForrest
Hazel Blair
Flo Zellar
George A. Woods
Walsh
Medows
Johnsons
Scenic Temple Delivers New Comedy Show in Boston
At the Scenic Temple on Berkeley Street and Warren Avenue a capacity audience enjoyed a breezy program. The night featured humorous moving pictures and illustrated songs that drew strong laughter, with many novelties and a new show tone for Boston. The lineup remains for the week with a Thursday film change.
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Temple
Berkeley Street
Warren Avenue
Boston
Theatre Premier Vaudeville bill delights Boston audience
This week's Theatre Premier bill features Emery and Nadine with a first Boston engagement novelty song act. Dainty Gertrude Mann sings illustrated numbers, Ben Shields performs Hebrew songs, Vesta Gilbert does coon songs and a dancing specialty, Caproni sings a new number, Mildred Emerson stars in ballads, Joe Ellis skewers Finglish, aided by motion pictures such as Military Swimming and The Witty Ghost.
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Emery
Nadine
Boston
Dainty Gertrude Mann
Ben Shields
Vesta Gilbert
Caproni
Mildred Emerson
Joe Ellis
Paris
Hub Theatre Vaudeville Bill Delights Audiences
The Hub Theatre presents its regular vaudeville show with illustrated ballads by capable artists and Miles brothers comedy and dramatic pictures. New acts for this week include La Domino Rouges in the Salome dance, Morgan and Swift comedians, and Longweed sisters. An entire theater change shifts each Thursday.
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Miles Brothers
Hub Theatre
la Domino Rouges
Morgan
Swift
Longweed Sisters
Comediennes
Schooner Cassie F Bronson Comes In Tow From South Carolina
The masted schooner Cassie F Bronson of Mystic Connecticut, after two years ashore near Little River on the South Carolina coast, was floated and arrived today in tow of the tug Jones of Wilmington North Carolina.
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Cassie F. Bronson
Wilson
Mystic
Conn
Little River
South Carolina
Jones
Wilmington
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Howard Atheneum Burlesque and Films Charms Local Crowd
Frank Carr's burlesque show at the Howard Atheneum features swift humor in Maloney the Judge and Union Men with strong company turns by Carroll Henry and Harry McAvoy. The bill adds La Toska Boyd and Veoa Riley and Winters the Deneuve Sisters and notable fight pictures of Nelson and Gans. Next week Battling Nelson headlines.
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Frank Carr
the Howard
Mlle
la Toska
Venus
Boyd Anda Veoa
Riley
Winters
Denette
Nelson
Gans
Jack Sheehan
Prampin Four
James R. Waters
Dunham
Johnson Sisters
Tom Herron
Bellyea
Lorraine
Howards
Colma
Cal
Ecard
Austin and Stone's Museum Presents Two All Feature Shows
Large crowds daily at Travis as strongman Austin & Stone headlines a remarkable feats of strength program. Camila and Fona the physical culturists, Mosher the rube equilibrist, Paul Brooks with bag punching, Camillo's illusions, plus a snake show, monkey circus, Punch and Judy and other museum features. Manhattan Girls sing and dance with Ethel Norman and Grace Mozelle among others. Second vaudeville bill includes Davene and Shurtz and the Smiths with new moving pictures.
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Austin & Stone’s Museum
Austin & Stone’s
Travis
Camila
Fona
Mosher
Paul Brooks
Camillo
Manhattan Girls
Ethel Norman
Marion Allen
Grace Mazelle
Gladys Morton
Bessie Rene
Yodeler
Cubs Versus Tigers At Star Theatre Draws Thousands
Star Theatre screened Cubs vs. Tigers to large crowds yesterday with enthusiastic applause for both teams. The over thousand foot film showcased parts of every inning of the match and runs today and tomorrow only. An automobile race feature also adds thrilling action to the program.
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Cubs
Tigers
Star Theatre
Boston Food Fair Thrills with Mollenhauer Conducting
Emil Mollenhauer led Stewart's Boston Band of 70 in two highly praised performances at the Boston Food Fair in Park Square Coliseum. He earned strong applause with generous encores, and public rehearsals will be held daily in the grand exhibition hall.
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Emil Mollenhauer
Boston
Park Square Coliseum
Stewart
Mollenhauer
Sousa
Grand Exhibition Hall
Rossini
Red Cross
Onaip
Leopards Star At New England Food Fair In Boston
The Frank C. Bostock wild animal arena hosts Ora Cecil known as The Leopard Queen performing with trained leopards daily. The fair offers free admission with diverse acts and films while hosting charity guests and noting attendance skyward beyond last year’s 637,877.
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Frank C. Bostock Consolidated
New England
Mechanics’ Building
Ora Cecil
Frank C. Bostock
Boston
Massachusetts
Hitchcock Declared Insane in Murder Suicide Case
On November 20, Hitchcock shot and killed her husband then killed herself. She was formally adjudged insane in the trial proceedings.
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Hitchcock
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