Miss Drew Outgrows Her Dress in Suit Loss
Miss Ella F. Drew lost a $200 damage suit against dressmaker Catherine Louise Perry after alleging the silk and velvet dress she left for alterations on Aug 15, 1915 did not fit and has not been returned in 11 months. Judge Murray dismissed the case in Municipal Civil Court.
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Ella F. Drew
Murray
Catherine Louise Perry
Ruggles Street
Miss Drew
Miss Perry
Curtis J. Wright
Dress dispute ends in court with belted waist problem
Miss Drew testified the skirt was too tight and the waist too small. Miss Perry said the dress was made in April 1915 and valued at five dollars, noting waist 28 inches and bust 38. Despite offers to fix, the judge dismissed the case for lack of proof.
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Miss Drew
Miss Perry
God’s Half a Acre Draws Crowds at Franklin Park Theatre
Franklins Park Theatre presents God’s Half a Acre with Mabel Taliaferro drawing large audiences. Foley and O’Neil from Dorchester perform singing and dancing, Jack Donahue the comedian, Murphy and Lachmar as song noveltyists, and Rose Schmettan with her brother in Life Savers.
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Franklin Park Theatre
God's Half A Acre
Mabel Taliaferro
Foley and
O'Neil
Dorchester
Jack Donahue
Murphy and Lachmar
Rose Schmettan
Silent Witness drama to be staged tomorrow night
Otto Hauerbach's The Silent Witness will be produced locally for the first time tomorrow night with Henry Kolker directing and Emilie Polini in the lead female role. The cast also includes Paul Everton, Mirian Doyle, Maud Higgins, Donald Gallagher, William Stone, May McCabe and John Houston.
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Otto Hauerbach
Henry Kolker
Emilie Polini
Paul Everton
Mirian Doyle
Maud Higgins
Donald Gallagher
William Stone
May McCabe
John Houston
Park Square Theatre Plays Slit the Trail Holliday
The current week features George M. Cohan’s Slit the Trail Holliday at Park Square Theatre. Edith Taliaferro leads the next show Buried Treasure by a capable company.
Modern Theatre Showcases Farnum in Pires of Conscience
The Modern Theatre screened William Farnum in a role that suits him well in Pires of Conscience. Pauline Frederick debuted in Ashes of Lumbers, along with the new Matt and Jeff animated comic and a short humorous release.
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Modern Theatre
Pires
William Farnum
Pauline Frederick
Matt and
Jeff
Double bill at Scollay Square Olympia features two stars
A Scollay Square Olympia program offered Virginia Pearson in Daredevil Kate and Fannie Ward in Sach Pearl a Tear with a six act vaudeville lineup, continuing through the week.
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Scollay Square Olympia
Virginia Pearson
Kate
Fannie Ward
Sach Pearl
Globe Theatre Continues Little Girl Next Door Run
Globe Theatre shows The Little Girl Next Door continues through current run as theater management tests a new attraction to follow it.
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Globe Theatre
Katinka Extends Run Despite Strong Monday Attendance
The Shubert Theatre announces a one week extension for Katinka but Monday’s show drew a large enthusiastic crowd. Roy Barnes delivered strong laughs and the talented company impressed audiences with their performance.
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Katinka
Roy Barnes
Condit's Ballroom to stay open at Revere Beach weekends
Condit's Ballroom at Revere Beach will operate Tuesday Friday and Saturday evenings until Columbus Day October 12. With many summer vacationists holding reunions there, the dancing public has three more weeks to enjoy the music and floor of this popular resort.
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Condit
Revere Beach
Final Week Opener Draws Record Audiences at Majestic
Boston crowds packed the Majestic Theatre for the opening of the final week of Where Are My Children with record attendance. Performances ran as scheduled yesterday.
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Boston
Majestic Theatre
Civilization Ends Run at Tremont With Potash and Perlmutter
Civilization began its final two weeks at Tremont Theatre yesterday on Monday and the house will return to legitimate drama with Potash and Perlmutter in Society.
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Tremont Theatre
Tremont
Nat Goodwin Heads Boston Vaudeville at Keiths Theatre
Nat Goodwin returns to Boston stage headlining a Keiths Theatre vaudeville bill with humorous stories imitations and a two scene Egyptian operetta The Garden of Love presented by Walter Shannon and Marie Annis supported by four performers Also featuring The Territorials Quartered and other comic and musical acts by Leightons Bellyclaire and Wells Norworth Moore and others.
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Nat C. Goodwin
Boston
B. F. Keith's
Goodwin
Mr. Goodwin
Br. F. Keith
Walter Shannon
Marie Annis
Ezra Matthews and
Franker Wood
Bunce Wide
Belleclaire Brothers
Wells
Norworth and Moore
Frank le Dent
Boston Theatre Week Program Includes Anita Stewart Drama
Anita Stewart stars in The Combat and Florence LaBadie in The Fear of Poverty head the Boston Theatre bill. The fourth episode of The Yellow Menace features Margaret Gale and Edwin Stevens. Vaudeville features include Katharine Dana Fisher Folk Arthur Rigby Susan Tompkins the Popular Singers Brown and McCormick novelty dancers and a Boston Theatre Topical Weekly. The Boston Theatre Symphony Players directed by Charles Frank perform musical novelties.
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Anita Stewart
Florence LaBadie
Boston
Margaret Gale
Edwin Stevens
Katharine Dana
Boston Theatre
Boston Theatre Symphony Players
Charles Frank
Beacon Theatre opens with Nance O'Neil in Those Who Toil
The Beacon Theatre debuted with a modern design in New England boasting top seating and ventilation. A largest and most expensive pipe organ was installed. The premiere featured Nance O'Neil in Those Who Toil and a varied photo programme with dramatic and humorous releases. The bill changes Thursday.
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Beacon Theatre
New Zngland
New England
Nance O'Neil
Movie Schedule Highlights Early Week Lineup
A double bill features Bessie Barriscale in The Payment and Owen Moore with Marguerite Courtat in Rolling Stones, plus Pethe travel pictures. Sessue Hayakawa and Tsuri Aoki present The Honorable Friend, with Viola Dana in The Light of Happiness. Burton Holmes travel pictures and Bray Cartoons close the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Barriscale
Owen Moore
Marguerite Courtat
Rolling Stones
Sessue Hayakawa
Tsuri Aoki
Viola Dana
Burton Holmes
Bray
Gordon's Olympia Presents Star Vaudeville and Films
A Gordon's Olympia program this week features six star vaudeville acts plus music by the Philharmonic Orchestra. The cinema introduces Maurice and Florence Walton to audiences and showcases Emily Stevens in The Wheel of the Law.
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Gordon's Olympia
Philharmonic Orchestra
Maurice
Florence Walton
Emily Stevens
Burlesque Night Shines at Howard Athenaeum Show
The Howard Athenaeum stage featured a lively burlesque bill with Harry Lang delivering rapid wit while Ira Ental dazzled in a mid air trapeze act. Dolly Sweet sang cleverly and wore stylish gowns as Robb and Robertson offered a strong vaudeville specialty.
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Lew Talbot
Lid Listers
Frank
Bud’ Williamson
Robb and Robertson
Russell Hill
Harry van
Will Haile
Effie la Brooks
Ethel Brady
Gertrude Kingsley
Jac Grey
Lucille Carlton
Helen Walters
Eva Grenison
Mae Lane
Nora Henry
Pauline Muhlbaur
Warren
Renfrew
Pete Griffin
South Boston
the Howard
Fenway Theatre Showcases Pearl Tear and Star Double Bill
The Fenway Theatre presented Each Pearl a Tear by the Paramount Company with Fanny Ward in the lead, followed by The Private Officer starring Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne. Billie Burke appears in Gloria's Romance episode, with Dustin Farnum headlining The Parson of Panamint later in the week. Dorothy Bernard and Glen White star in Sporting Blood, James M. Fulton conducts the Fenway Symphony Orchestra.
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Paramount Company
Fanny Ward
Fenway Theatre
Francis X. Bushman
Beverly Bayne
Billie Burke
Gloria
Dustin Farnum
Panamint
Dorothy Bernard
Glen White
William Fox
Milea Henry
Fenway Symphony Orchestra
James M. Fulton
Park Theatre Presents Friday the lsth with Robert Warwick
Park Theatre opens this week with Thomas W. Lawson's Friday the lsth starring Robert Warwick. Gladys Hulette appears in person and film, also appearing in The Shine Girl. The program includes the 19th chapter of Gloria's Romance and the Drew's latest Metro comedy Gravy. Selig Tribune reports on New England news.
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Thomas W. Lawson
Lsth
Robert Warwick
Park Theatre
Gladys Hulette
Gloria
Sidney Drew
Metro
Selig Tribune
New England
Very Good Eddie at the Wilbur Theatre Draws Full House
The musical Very Good Eddie at the Wilbur Theatre enters its eighth week with standing room and all seats sold out. Management reports strong box office and favorable reception from spectators.
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Eddie
Wilbur Theatre
Bowdoin Square Theatre Show Draws Big Vaudeville Crowd
Patrons enjoyed a strong Bowdoin Square Theatre bill with Francesca Redding in Honora and an array of acts. The program featured Italian music by the Pesce Duo, the Francetti sisters aerials, Billy Halpin’s eccentric dance, and a hit animal act Two Friends. Moving pictures included The Man Hunt and Mary Pickford’s The Teacher and the Bully with several other features and upcoming amateur nights directed by Sam Cohen.
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Bowdoin Square Theatre
Francesca Redding and
Honora
Honora Finnegan
Miss Redding
Barlowe Botland
Joyce
Mary Pickford
Sam Cohen
Gaiety Theatre Promises Clever Family Trenches Show
Gaiety Theatre features the Family Trenches with Wilbur Dobbs John E. Cain and strong support from Sam Hyams Jack Nichols Bud Snyder Blutch Landolf and Lucille Manion. Ameta Pynes shines as a principal dancer with Blanche Newcomb and Mar telle delivering standout performances in a lively second act full of laughs.
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Behman
Wilbur Dobbs
John E. Cain
Sam Hyams
Jack Nichols
Bud Snyder
Blutch Landolf
Lucille Manion
Ameta Pynes
Blanche Newcomb
Martelle
School Days heads the program at Loew's St James Theatre
The Loew's St James Theatre offers School Days a juvenile musical comedy headliner with a nine person cast. The bill also features Thomas Potter Dunne John Delmore Goldie Moore Broughton Turner plus the photo-play The Evil Women Do and Pathe news with a Keystone comedy. The Wilson Brothers top the vaudeville lineup in the final half while The Wolf Woman leads the feature photo-play.
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Loew
The Thoroughbred and Notable Acts at Washington Theatre
This week at the Washington Theatre features Frank Keenan in The Thoroughbred with Bert Williams in The Natural Born Gambler and Maurice Costello in The Crimson Stain Mystery. Norma Talmadge Mary Pickford and Billie Burke appear on Thursday’s change of programme.
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Frank Keenan
Washington Theatre
Bert Williams
Gretchen the Greenhorn at Old South Theatre with Miss Dorothy Gish
The Old South Theatre presents Gretchen the Greenhorn featuring Dorothy Gish. Lionel Barrymore stars in The Upheaval a drama of political corruption. The programme changes Thursday with William S. Hart in The Patriot and Maurice Costello in The Crimson Stain Mystery.
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Gretchen the Greenhorn
Dorothy Gish
Old South Theatre
Lionel Barrymore
William S. Hart
Maurice Costello
Waldron's Casino Big Show at Waldron’s Casino
Waldron's Casino presents Fred Irwin's Big Show featuring Nat Nazarre and troupe with comedy acrobatics, Sherlock sisters in Hawaiian numbers, plus Stanley and Gould patter act and Marjorie Bonner with Billie Power. Cast includes Jean Leonard George Wong Frank Stanley Patsey O'Brien Queenie Happy and others with a chorus of Irwin beauties. Leonard powers "A Midnight Frolic" and Bonner "That Kind of a Girl" noted.
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Fred Irwin
Waldron’s
Nat Nazarre and Company
Sherlock Sisters
Olie
Flo
Nazarre
Stanley
Gould
Marjorie Bonner
Billie Power
Jean Leonard
George Wong
Frank Stanley
Patsey O'Brien
Queenie Happy
Helen Travers
Helen Stoler
Irwin
Miss Leonard
Orpheum vaudeville bill highlights Boston acts
Yesterday at the Orpheum Theatre the bill featured the Wilson brothers from Boston as leading favorites along with W. J. Holmes and Iva Holliston in Looking For Betsy John and Bertha Gleason and Fred Houlihan in The Good Old Days A Romance in Venice from Franconia Opera Company and a feature photo play Norma Talmadge in The Social Secretary Also appearing were Murphy and Klein Lawrence and Fall and others
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Orpheum Theatre
Boston
Wilson Brothers
W. J. Holmes
Iva Holliston
Betsy
Peddler at Castle Square Portrays East Side Polish Hebrew
Joe Welch stars as Abraham Jacobson in The Peddler at Castle Square, a week long engagement mixing comedy and pathos with a vivid street portrayal. Jane Moro Wyandotte shines as Salome Wyandotte. cast includes Harrison Roberts, Paul Hamlin, F E Elliott, Ada Dalton. Next week The Devil's Harvest by Edward E Rose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Welch
Castle Square
New York
Abraham Jacobson
Mr. Welch
Jane Moro
Ziegfeld Follies Opens Week Two at Colonial Theatre
The Colonial Theatre drew full houses for the second week of the 11th edition of Ziegfeld Follies. Bert Williams shines as a premier Ethiopian entertainer, with Ina Claire, Anna Pennington, Emma Haig, W C Fields, Will Rogers, Bernard Granville, Sam Hardy, Carl Randall and Don Barclay also praised by audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Theatre
Bert Williams
Ina Claire
Anna Pennington
Emma Haig
W. C. Fields
Will Rogers
Bernard Granville
Sam Hardy
Carl Randall
Don Barclay
Hollis Street Theatre to Reopen with Rio Grande
The Hollis Street Theatre will reopen next Monday evening October 2 for the fall and winter season. Bostonians will see Rio Grande the play by Augustus Thomas a drama set at a far southwest army post.
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Hollis Street
Rio Grande
Augustus Thomas
Far Southwest
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