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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1917
Page
6
Dustin Farnum leads The Spy at the Majestic Theatre in Boston marking its first presentation. The photoplay exposes German espionage methods in the United States amid a romantic subplot and diplomatic intrigue with strong supporting cast.
Emma Dunn stars in Old Lady 31 at Plymouth Theatre. The new play by Rachel Crothers blends humor pathos and human nature to charm audiences and promise lasting standard quality beyond the engagement.
Due to strong demand the comedy Oh, Boy! at the Wilbur Theatre has been extended several weeks to accommodate Boston audiences. All New England performances have been delayed, allowing the show to stay in Boston longer. The eighth week opened last night to a crowded house.
Park Square Theatre enters its final two weeks of Good Gracious Annabelle last evening. Lola Fisher embodies Annabelle with natural whimsy and humor, supported by May Vokes Edwin Nicander and Robert Middlemags. Jane Cowl’s Lilac Time arrives October 1.
The long and highly successful engagement of The Man Who Stayed at Home at the Copley Theatre closes this week after four months of strong audiences. The war drama held steady attendance through hot weather and was well staged with an engaging story.
Gayety Theatre figures led by Jack Conway and the Liberty Girls were convicted yesterday for releasing laughs causing disturbances during performances. Each sentenced to five days hard labor on stage for burlesque patrons. Co defendants included Patricia Baker Hilda Giles May Penman and others.
Yesterday afternoon at B. F. Keith's Theatre Eddie Leonard starred in The Minstrel's Return with Jack Stern. Lee Kohlmer and company presented Two Sweethearts. Edna Aug drew laughs as two types. Mabel Russell and Marty Ward offered Call It What You Like through others rounded out the program with Pathe Hearst pictures.
The weekly stay of the comedy Here Goes the Bride at Hollis Street Theatre ends this week. Otto Kruger and Francine Larrimore receive strong praise in the second act for their performances as the central couple among a cast including Maud Eburn William Holden George Parsons Franklyn Ardell Mario Majeroni Inez Buck Mildred Booth and Albert Reed.
Tremont Theatre presents the breezy comedy Turn to the Right in its third week of local engagement. The production, penned by Winchell Smith and John E. Hazzard, draws hearty laughter and broad popular appeal in Boston audiences.
At the Boston Opera House the play Everywoman enters its final week with strong audience applause. Paula Shay and Percy Parsons receive praise for their portrayals as Everywoman and Nobody, respectively, reflecting the production’s noted charm and dignity.
At Loew's Orpheum Theatre yesterday the topliner was Suspicious of Hubby with Edward Farrell and company. The sun ran fast over 20 minutes as Lane, Plant and Timmins shared honors. The bill also included A Little Bit of Scotch and Irish with Curry and Graham, Helen Moretti, Gordon and Gordon, Kate and Wiley, and Teddy Osborne's pets. On screen were News Pictorial, a comedy and The Cold Deck with William S Hart. Flying Colors will headline Thursday in place of the current bill.
Mme Petrova and Bessie Love headline at the Old South Theatre with Petrova in The Law of the Land and Love in Wee Lady Betty, a tale of the Emerald Isle. Billie Burke and Jack Devereaux co star Thursday Friday and Saturday with Burke in The Mysterious Miss Terry and Devereaux in The Grafters.
The Modern Theatre presents The Exile with leading actress Mme Petrova and Pauline Frederick in Double Crossed. Both photo plays are highly entertaining and attractive.
The American Burlesquers led by Harry Welsh presented a lively Howard Atheneum bill. Stars Artie Mason Lola McQuay Hughey Bernard Vivian Somerville Billy Carlton Sam Green Joe Dolan impressed audiences. A four boy act from the European trenches titled SomeWhere in France drew praise and echoed the war's reach. Other numbers included Gallo Duo Damon and his pony Joe Taylor Plunkett and Romaine and Anita the violinist.
The Globe Theatre presented Arizona by its dramatic stock company with Miss Frey as Bonita and Robert Le Sueur in the role of a devoted lieutenant. The company received strong notices for the ensemble and finish. Next week the stock bill will feature A Pair of Silk Stockings.
Bowdoin Square Theatre featured The Masque of Life with thrilling scenes including a top of a 360 foot chimney rescue and a life net jump. Also shown was Double Life with Douglas Fairbanks plus vaudeville by Mark Linder company and a Louis Gertin exhibition.
Edna Goodrich drew large crowds at the Boston Theatre in the film version of John B. Clymer's Reputation a drama with strong comic moments. Constance Bennett plays a restrained city girl who becomes a model to pay the rent and faces social peril amid a murder accusation. Vaudeville rounds out the bill with Me and Mary and a carny novelty.
The Franklin Park Theatre showed the film A Self Made Widow starring Alice Brady about a girl posing as a widow of a presumed dead millionaire. The program also included Out in the Rain and the Pathe Weekly film along with vaudeville acts the Three Tivoli Girls Two Violets Valentine Wax and Dooley and Nelson. Madame Olga Petrova appears in To the Death for the last three days of the week.
Ruth Chatterton visits the Hollis Street Theatre Monday October 1 in Come Out of the Kitchen. The production is under Henry Miller with a strong accompanying company boosting her personal popularity in Boston.
Boston College coach Charley Brickley held a meeting with eleven candidates for the team and planned the first workout on Alumni Field. Captain Charley Fitzgerald will miss this year due to a fractured ankle. Returning players Callahan Horrigan Fitzpatrick Kirke Urban and Jack Sullivan form the nucleus with many new prospects promising a fast team on the hill.
Midgie Miller leads Max Spiegel directed show presenting The Spiegel Revue of 1917 with book by George Totten Smith and music by Albert Barber. Act one opens Soberville and includes scenes at a railroad station Kid's restaurant and a ladies beauty parlor.
Evelyn Nesbit and her son Russell Thaw attend the Scollay Square Olympia showing of Redemption. Young Russell Thaw impresses as a juvenile actor while her husband Jack Clifford delivers a creditable dance performance. The program also features other photoplays and a vaudeville lineup including the Damascus Troupe and Arabian acts.
George M. Cohan in Seven Keys to Baldpate led Gordon's Olympia program yesterday with an amusing show. An outdoor war spectacle For France and a vaudeville bill featuring Mr Chaser Chin Sun Loo and company Three Berdini brothers Harold Sollman and company in Thats the Secret Brown and Barrows were among attractions.
Alice Joyce stars in An Alabaster Box at Fenway Theatre headline show yesterday. Other films include The Defeat of the City and a travel tropical picture with a comedy. The Slacker starring Emily Stevens is announced for the final three days of the week. A musical programme runs all week with Henry Kelly baritone.
St James Theatre topped the vaudeville bill with The Phun Phiends a 10 person company led by Jack Hallan and Murray Harris and featuring the Dolce sisters In Harmony Land with Frank Farron and Will and Kemp also on the program The Fatal Ring News Pictorial and Mountain Dew with Margery Wilson were shown on screen Thursday.
The Lancaster Theatre presented Wrath of Love with Virginia Pearson and Hearts Afire starring Clara Kimball Young. The program will change Thursday to Joy of Fate with Mabel Taliaferro and High Speed starring Jack Mulhall.
The New Columbia Theatre will open to the public under the management of Marcus Loew on Monday. The policy of the house will follow the usual Marcus Loew theatres program style.
Vaudeville at the Washington Theatre features Sessue Hayakawa in Hashimura Togo from Wallace Irwin and Bessie Love in Polly Ann. George M. Cohan appears Thursday to Saturday in Seven Keys to Baldpate with Winifred Allen in The Haunted House in support.
The Beacon Theatre presents two photoplays featuring two distinguished actresses and Mme Petrova in The Exile. The program promises drama and refined performances from notable cinema and theater talents.
The Exeter Street Theatre presents a week featuring Vivian Martin Bessie Barriscale Mary Pickford and Emil Bennett among the leading players in current productions.
A new food boss urges less eating, a practical diet nudge. The piece suggests finishing a smaller meal with a C C A cigar to give flavor and enchantment, helping forget foods one thought they'd miss.
A rugged mill is on tonight at the Arena as Pete Hartley and Johnny Dundee both of New York clash in the 12 round feature. Hartley can test Dundee and last the distance while the "Scotch-Wop" should win on points. The co feature stars Tony Watlin and Joe Stanton with two sixes on the card.
Wesleyan football practice begins Thursday under Dr. Edgar Fauver the new coach. He arrived from Pike New Hampshire where he ran a boys camp. Returning varsity players include Woolley and Froidevaux on the line with Berlew and Schumacher from last year's freshman squad expected to contribute material.
Natick High School football team voted at a meeting to arrange a series of games in the Middlesex league and with other schools. They aim to complete the schedule with games on Sept 22 Oct 12 or 18 and Oct 2, with communications to the team manager.
Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne head the Western mining tale Their Compact with Lew Fields in The Bark er. The photo play bill includes Mack Sennett Keystone comedy Metro Travelogue and Pathe Hearst Weekly. English contralto Mary Desmond debuted to strong acclaim under manager Thomas D. Soriero as Park Symphony Orchestra performed.
Bowdoin College faculty decides to cancel football games with Wesleyan Amherst and Trinity. Only scheduled games remain with Colby October 20 in Waterville Bates October 27 in Lewiston and Maine November 3 in Orono. A home game versus the Army at West Point on November 10 is pending.
Medford High athletic coach James Mansfield was honored with a gold watch fob by last spring’s Greater Boston baseball nine. Francis Bowler, manager of the championship team, presented the gift at the high school.
New York club of the American League suspended Third Baseman J Franklin Baker for alleged insubordination. He had asked for permission to visit his Maryland farm last Sunday.
The player was listed to appear at an exhibition in Bridgeport Connecticut but allegedly traveled to Maryland instead, missing the Sunday reporting with teammates.
Somerville High players express strong faith that school leaders will reverse a denial of fall football at the campus.
Boys from the football squad reported to the Athletic Field yesterday and trained hard. Evening petitions circulated to restore the sport, with last year’s veterans contacting the school board to reconsider. Captain Tom Thornton led promising candidates as Coach Charley Dickerman expressed optimism.
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