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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1915
Page
4
Gertrude Hoffmann opened a limited engagement at Keith's Theatre in Max Reinhardt's wordless Oriental drama Sumurun. The one hour version moves swiftly with no scenes cut and Hoffmann's performance praised as faster and more engaging than the German production.
Miss Hoffmann stars in Sumurun in a lavish production with 66 on stage, out-Reinhardt staging, water fountains and ornate halls. The audience cheered as Hoffmann received an ovation, while the vaudeville lineup and a Pathe News cartoon on Henry Ford complemented the show.
Max Spiegel's production at Waldron's Casino offers drama burlesque musical comedy and vaudeville with Gus Fay as Fritz Noodle supported by Hal Skelly the Stanton brothers Doris Thayer Hayward sisters Grace Howard and Ed Lloyd. The Beauty Band chorus features two dozen instrumentalists led by the Hayward Sisters.
The Frolics of 1915 at the Howard Atheneum delighted audiences with Arthur Connelly Frank Wesson Ray Montgomery Warren Lincoln Travis Anna Healey Jean Ryan Eva Lewis Flo Allen and a chorus delivering a varied bill. Highlights included Orben's Arabs a dynamic acrobatic act and Gilbert Losee with a multi voice performance. Tom Crank vs Henri Pons match is set for Thursday with Toohey as referee and a Friday circus plus amateur show. A Sunday concert closes the week.
Gaiety Theatre features Globe Trotters led by Frank Hunter and Frankie Rice in The Dowry Seekers a vaudeville burlesque musical with Will Lester Robert Algier Charles T. Brown Edith Mirfield Madge Darrell Sarah Hyatt Don Trent Florence Davenport and Edith Mirfield also in a Helen Mora vaudeville number and a dramatic sketch In the Trenches a war drama advocating worldwide peace Fred and Lyda Weaver perform a sensational flying act with a large chorus accompanying the show.
Vaudeville and photoplay program at Scollay Square Olympia pleased audiences yesterday. Acts included Kathryne Rollins in song and dance, Clarke and Lindsey, the 4 Musical Avellos, A Touch of High Life, Clarence Wilbur, Roehn's athletic girls, plus the feature photoplay The House of a Thousand Scandals and several releases from Hearst Weekly. BH Episode No. 5 Near of the Navy to be shown later this week.
The Gordon's Olympia program showcases a miniature grand opera company with Cavalleria Rusticana,The Great Lamberti the master musician offers a music treat Ernest Carr and company perform The Grafter to good reviews George Hall and Mabel Morgan appear as a comedian and balladist Moral and Vantine and Geoffrey Whalen are in the bill A trio of new photo-plays includes From Out of the Big Snows in three parts.
The Ziegfeld Follies opened a second week at the Colonial Theatre in Boston last evening with every seat filled and many turned away. The latest edition drew brisk applause, with the show praised as the brightest and best yet.
The Shubert Theatre entered its fifth week of record breaking engagement with another capacity crowd. Due to unprecedented demand, the run has already been extended once and managers are attempting to cancel other bookings at the Shubert until the new year.
Park Square Theatre inaugurated another week of Twin Beds last evening to a hearty audience. The show promises prosperity like its predecessors as Madge Kennedy leads a strong cast in wholesome am usement, with gratifying patronage noted by management.
The Wilbur Theatre hosts the merry musical farce Nobody Home in its final week before transferring next Monday to Hollis Street Theatre. On October 4 the Wilbur presents A Pair of Silk Stockings with Sam Sothern in the lead role.
Bowdoin Square Theatre presents Cyrus Townsend Brady's The Island of Regeneration in six parts as a Vitagraph blue ribbon feature. The tale follows a young woman fleeing yacht owners, cast ashore on a tropical Pacific island where a lone inhabitant recalls a mother taught prayer. A U.S. cruiser rescues her, drawing applause. The bill also includes Should a Mother Tell and a Chaplin comedy, with vaudeville acts by the Bell Boy Trio Teddy Osborne and his pets Burns and Foran, Tom Kelley, Jennie Jacobs and others. A Metro feature Sealed Valley arrives Thursday, plus The Idler and Neal of the Navy and more. Concerts are held every Sunday night.
At the Modern Theatre the feature is The Wonderful Adventure with William Farnum as a wealthy contractor John Demarest who widens his drug using life. He hires his face twin John Stanley to take over his world, while the penniless engineer resists deception amid ensuing romantic and business complications.
Marcus Loew celebrated the Globe Theatre's first anniversary with a special bill chosen by him. The program featured Bob Hall, Mullahy Pingree and company in Thanksgiving Eve, Bunth and Rudd, Elliott and Mullen, the Hazel Kirke trio, and Charles Bradley with new song hits. Also featured were Diamond from the Sky and Viola Dana in a three reel film, plus the latest Pathe news.
One of the season’s top shows drew audiences at Loew’s St James Theatre in Back Bay. Mary Pickford starred in Esmeralda with a strong supporting cast. Vaudeville included Marie Russell Harold Selman Gertrude Arden company Johnny O Connor Catherine Hourin the Az ard brothers and Charles Bradley with new songs. Photo plays featured The Diamond from the Sky and the latest Pathe News. Thursday brings John Mason and Hazel Dawn in The Fatal Card.
The Toy Theatre begins its season next Thursday September 30 presenting The Victory an allegorical drama by Ruth Helen Davis and Ella Wheeler Wilcox directed by Ada Dow.
The Tremont Theatre presented On Trial a novel play in which a murder case unfolds as the courtroom witnesses are acted out on stage. Frederick Perry as the accused, Marie Leonhard as the wife, Ethel Downey as the child and Frederick Truesdale as the villain receive praise for strong performances. The production is a brief Boston engagement likely to please local audiences.
The review notes Elmer L Reizenstein's first play On Trial blends drama and romance. It features a murder trial with almost excusable conditions and a unique, sharply constructed denouement. The piece stands out for its fresh approach and surprising close.
Hollis Street Theatre resumes operations next Monday evening October 4 with Nobody Home, transferred to this house due to strong audience demand for the comedy.
More than 500 people queued for tickets to the film Carmen at Symphony Hall. Geraldine Farrar stars in the title role as the Lasky picture attracts theater and music circles ahead of next Friday’s opening.
Henry Kolker stars as Stoddard engineer in The Bridge or the Bigger Man a five act Rupert Hughes drama about labor clashes and class struggle Marguerite Snow plays Janet the daughter of a millionaire Lillian Gish appears in An Unseen Enemy and Mary Pickford stars in a romance Caroline B Nichols and the Fadettes continue daily concerts The Man Trail tops the last three days with Richard C Travers and an all star cast
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