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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1920
Page
22
The Hollis patrons saw the first local presentation of The Master of Ballantrae adapted by Carl Mason. The play, set in the late 18th century, features period costumes and a stark contrast to modern times, with Walker Whiteside in the lead role.
The old melodrama unfolds with mysteries and spooks as James Durie, returning master of Ballantrae, confronts a brother who owns the unprofitable estate and his sweetheart. A Hindoo idol helps stage a death ruse, then love and vengeance lead to a fatal climax. Whiteside and a strong cast deliver a vivid reading with period flair.
The Somerville Players presented The Crimson Alibi in a distinct triumph for the company. The production marked the first stock offering of the play in the country and director Kendall Weston earned praise for staging it. Anne Bronaugh, the leading lady, achieved marked success as the performance closed with the unmasking of the real murderer.
The Henry Jewett Players staged Major Barbara at the Copley Theatre last night. Robert Noble debuts as Undershaft with notable skill while Charles Warburton earns equal credit as Adolphus Cusins in Shaw’s dialogue on war and morality.
Patrons enjoyed a standout performance by the Beauty Trust Burlesquers with comedians Al Hillier and Gene Schuler drawing strong applause. The girl contingent featured Vot Davison, Irene Leary, Mary Lee, Fagen Rauth and Mariel WeBeau, with Paul Yale, Jack Mitchell and the Beauty Trust Trio also on stage. The vaudeville list included Delmore and Lee, Manning and Leonard, Lewis and Leonard, and Harry Houdini in The Grim Game. Next week Stone and Pillard are announced for their own burlesque show.
A pair of high calibre photoplays appeared yesterday starring Mary Miles Minter in A Cumberland Romance and The Fighting Chance. On Thursday Constance Binney features in 89 Fast and Billie Rhodes in Nobody's Girl.
Mary Pickford starred in Heart o the Hills shown last night at Gordon's Cambridge Central Square Theatre. The bill included five all star vaudeville acts and an upcoming all star Metro photo play titled The Hope scheduled for Thursday.
The Flashlights of 1920 at the Gayety Theatre featured Shorty McAllister and Harry Shannon delivering sharp comedy. Jimmy Slater and Elsie Stradley performed songs and helped carry the light plot with satisfying charm.
George P. Murphy headlines the Big Wonder Show at Waldron's Casino with a magnetic burlesque draw. The male fan contingent includes Milo Babette Vera Hennici Bertha Stoller Perry Sisters Morok Sisters and others as the show unfolds in ten scenes.
The first week at St James Theatre features Bride 13 with strong applause. H B Warner stars in One Hour Before Dawn and Larry Lemon in The Stage Hand on the same bill alongside Al Espe and company international dancers Charles Emery and company Johnson and Parson the Peerless Trio and Lionel Paris.
Keiths Theatre debuts Puritana, a new American operetta set in Puritan days, promising strong singers and dancers. The bill bills Aileen Stanley, Mellette Sisters, Julia Nash and C H O Donnell, Miller and Lyles, Kate Elmore and Williams, Herbert Brooks and John Blondy Company with strong curtain calls.
The Broadway Theatre in Chelsea reopens as Black's Broadway Theatre under Alfred S. Black with Benjamin H. Green as house manager. It features daily moving pictures and Sunday vaudeville with a women’s orchestra. Paramount Artcraft pictures shown. Seating increased to 1500 after 500 seats added.
The Codman Square Theatre floods the week with varied entertainment including vaudeville acts and Lucy Cotton in Blind Love A new comedy news pictorial and photoplay supplement completed yesterday's programme Thursday features more vaudeville followed by Alice Brady in The Pancer's Peril.
Last night the Park Theatre changed its policy to show films and drew a large, enthusiastic audience. The program featured The Devils Pass Key a dramatic spectacle followed by La La Lucie from the musical play.
The River's End was shown last evening at Gordon's Chelsea Theatre and will screen again today. The life behind the film is barely known to us yet presented vividly. The program includes the favorite singer Charlie Bradley.
The Boston Opera House saw long lines as While New York Sleeps entered its second week. The sensational drama exposes metropolitan life behind closed doors. It follows crimes, blackmail, and the infamous badger game by a ruthless vampire.
The first half of the week presents Constance Binney in 39 Hast and Jack Pickford in The Double Dyed Deceiver. Later in the week Mary Pickford appears in Hearts O the Hills and The Hope, a special.
Mary Pickford stars in S teart o the Hills seen last evening at Gordon's Strand Uphams Corner Theatre. She plays a mountain girl with unsatisfactory family relations. The Girand Weekly offers new comedy and organ selections. Beginning Thursday vaudeville and photoplays to run, with vaudeville only on the last half of each week.
Constance Talmadge appeared in The Perfect Woman at Gordon's Old South Theatre last evening. The film follows Mary Blake who vamps her way into the home of Jimmy Stanhope a wealthy man and supposed woman hater. Other features include an organ recital by Arthur J. Martel.
Annette Kellerman stars in What Women Love at Gordon's Olympia for a week. The diving Venus debuts a modern tale showing all her talents in a natural performance. The Olympia Weekly, Larry Lemon comedy, and five vaudeville acts round out the bill.
Last evening Viol. Dana appeared at Gordon's Scoliday Samare Olympia Theatre as the heroine of The Coorus Girl's Romance drawn from Head and Shoulders. Miss Dana impressed throughout the photoplay and Garrett Hughes, her leading man, contributed to the show's success. The Tick Tock Revue opened the vaudeville and Larry Lemon's The Stage Hand completed the bill.
Nightie Night finishes its Boston engagement at Selwyn's Park Square Theatre with Adolph Kiener’s lavish production and witty dialogue. The next show on Sept 2 is The Broken Wing a comedy drama set in Mexico about an American aviator and a Mexican girl by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard. The cast features Alphonse Ethier Inez Plummer Charles Trowbridge Myrtle Tannahill Henry Duggan Mary Worth Walter Scott Louis Wolheim and Joseph Spurin.
Five entertaining acts headline the Doew's Columbia Theatre program followed by Robert Warwick in The City of Masks. Warwick is supported by a competent cast. The other feature showcases Ethel Clayton in Husband and Wife.
At Loew's Orpheum Theatre yesterday Harry Ward and Harriet Raymond led an excellent vaudeville bill in Hello with The Emry quintet performing a lively On the Wharf song festival. Other acts featured Barra sisters Ferrari and Belle Uyeda boys and a Village Sleuth with Charles Ray.
Arlington Theatre hosts Willard Mack's new play Her Man next Monday evening September 20 marking its first Boston appearance. The ranch life tale set in California is presented with a modern treatment and engaging drama.
Dainty Fay Bainter wins wide approval as Min Toy in East is West at the Shubert Theatre. The drama enters its second week in the city with Bainter's clever portrayal and capable supporting cast enhancing the production.
The Plymouth Theatre closes the final week of Mrs Jimmie Tyson a bright comedy with homely touches and truth in the lines. The next attraction will be A H Woods His Honor Abe Potash featuring Barney Bernard continuing the Montagu Glass stories.
With steady patronage Irene pleases Wilbur Theatre audiences the charming story and entertaining music draw crowds. The presenting organization led by Helen Shipman promotes the show as orchestras around town feature excerpts from the score.
The article notes the week of the show pairs with the pleasure of music and plot listening, citing Vivienne Segal’s popularity in the lead female role. It adds that next week will feature a Pictureization of the rural play Way Down East.
An attractive programme this week at Modern and Beacon Theatres includes Mary Miles Minter in Sweet Lavender, remembered by many old patrons. Also playing is Eugene Walters Love, Menor and Obey along with a new weekly feature and a wholesome comedy.
The Colonial Theatre began the second week of its engagement with Hitchy Koo 1920 last evening. The star-studded musical production has proved popular with Boston audiences, and a crowded house last night testifies to its appeal.
Yesterday at the Malden Auditorium the Temple Stock Company presented 99 Fast, a comedy of present day American life in a large city. Miss Bushnell and Mr. Meade carried strong performances with a cast rich in appeal and fidelity to conditions.
The Tremont Theatre production Shavings closed its Boston engagement last night after two more weeks in the venue. It will then embark on a brief New England tour before returning to New York for an extended run.
Showers of real rain and pitter patter of mirth herald a second week at the Globe Theatre. William Kent plays Dick Crawford and Jane Richardson stars as the girl, promising continued popularity of the musical comedy.
The Broadway Theatre presents the Royal Hawaiian Four this week with native singing music and dancing led by Green LaFell and Milt Collins plus the Gypsy songsters. W. J. Ferguson stars in Passers By and The Little Whopper at Majestic Theatre with Vivienne Segal in attendance. Vaudeville features Hazel Moran and more acts in the latter half and Lahoma heads the photoplay lineup.
Entertaining picture and vaudeville program at Bowdoin Square Theatre included the Fox Sunshine Girls in a water carnival revue led by Mermaida the indoor dive star. Tom Mix in Three Gold Coins and Maurice Tourneur's The White Circle were shown, with Larry Lemon's latest comedy drawing laughs. Georges Carpentier in The Wonder Man will be shown next week.
The Irish players’ rendition of Willy Reilly and His Colleen Bawn draws growing audiences at Tremont Temple. Miser's Gift and two reels of Irish scenery add popularity. Photoplays run daily this week from 12 30 to 10 30.
Pearl White stars in The White Mall at the Boston Theatre for the rest of the week. The vaudeville lineup features the Dolce Sisters in song, Russell and Devitt in comedy, Miss Bobby Folsom in eleven story songs, Marguerite and Alvarez in athletic routines, and the ventriloquist act the Great Howard.
A compiled list shows Edward Gurnon and Mary O. Welsch among others seeking marriage, with ages and addresses across Everett South Boston Dorchester and surrounding localities. The notices include numerous couples with occupations and residences, detailing fiancés and fiancées in extended Boston metropolitan suburbs.
A string of resident notices lists Frank Thibault and Irene Leblanc with addresses in Malden and Brookline. Other entries include Warren D Arnold and Eleanor Baker of Brookline and Chestnut Hill, Andrew Drohap and Elsie Drohap of Brookline and Jamaica Plain, Henry Ruscoe of Cambridge, Bingham and Helena Barry of Winthrop. Additional names cover Daniel Lynch of Brookline and Helena Barry near Jamaica Road, with varying ages and occupations.
James A. Beebe will be inducted as dean of Boston University School of Theology on October 27 with delegates from other seminaries attending. He succeeds Dean L. J. Birney, now a bishop, and previously led the Iliff School of Theology in Denver.
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