Todhunter and the Nineveh picnic clash of love and politics
Colonel Todhunter of Missouri navigates a social picnic where Mary Todhunter and Tom Strickland’s romance stirs family and faction tensions. Lottie May Doggett, a defiant belle with a clouded past, presses Tom’s loyalty while Todhunter warns of dangerous affections as Captain Birdsong endures heartbreak on the field.
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Tom Strickland
Mary
Colonel Todhunter
Mary Todhunter
Tom
Rafe Doggett
Old Doggett
Lottie May
Daughters of the Confederacy
Old Rafe Doggett
Nineveh
Lottie May Doggett
Howdy
Liam Tucker
Mary ‘Todhunter
Hagar
May Doggett
Lottie-May
Stamp Tucker
Lottie
Lottie-May Doggett
Toddhunter
Sim Birdsong
Nineveh Light Infantry
Sim
Rally to Bill Strickland in prelude to a fight
Colonel Todhunter hails rally around Bill Strickland to defeat Stephen EK. Yancey outfit as Judge Bolling and others discuss the coming bout. Todhunter mentions dinner at Indian Springs by Nineveh Daughters of the Confederacy for Yeaterate Soldiers' Home funds.
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Sclone
Todhunter
Lonel Thurston T. Tod¢ Hunter
Judge Bolling
Lnw
Nineveh
Phaelias
St. T
Mr. Strickland
Missouri
Strickland
Old Dominion
North Carolina
Kentucky
Tennessee
Yadge Bolling
Bill Strickland
Stephen EK
Yancey
Tod Hunter
Mardi Gras week at Poli's vaudeville bill praised
Bridgeport critics hail the Mardi Gras week show at Post theater as the best locally. The bill features Kalma and Co, Ceylon magic, Camspell and Reilly, Ethel Clifton in a dramatic sketch The Surgeon, Cross and Josephine in Wall Street Girl, B A Rolfe’s musical farce The Love Trust, and Frankie Mulane. Dancers Rose and Moon perform Turkey Trot routines. Miss Moon billed as the most beautiful woman in burlesque amid confetti and Mardi Gras favors drawing crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post
New Theatre
Manager Poll
Kalma & Co
Ceylon Magic
Camspell & Reilly
Ethel Clifton and Company
Cross & Josephine
Wall Street
B.A. Rolfe
Frank Mulane
Robbie Gordons
Mullen
Coogan
Katherine Moon
Mabel Leslie
Rose
Moon
Metropolitan
Miss Leslie
Fox's Lyric Theatre Hosts Stock Company Run
There is no matinee today at Fox's Lyric Theatre as the Wednesday Afternoon club leased the house. Two shows will be presented tonight with matinees the rest of the week. The hit stock company stays for the last half of the week in a new sketch Jim's Claim. Public receptions will follow Thursday and Friday afternoon performances in the theatre rotunda. Saturday reception impossible due to continuous show. The trio of stock favorites are praised for popularity and performance. Maude Rockwell with Melba notes, Bimm Bomm Brrr from Europe, Alf Ripon in kilts, Stewart and Peabody, and Pearson Lyons and Co are highlighted. Thursday features a new show to close carnival week with Six Acre and six new photo plays.
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Fox Lyric
Bridgeport
Maude Rockwell
Bill Bimm-Bomm
Alf Ripon
Stewart and
Peabody
Pepper
Pearson, Lyons and Co
Plaza Today Shows Offer A Week Of Vaudeville Variety
The Plaza presents a varied week of vaudeville with Mar tyne dances, Fitch Coopers talk and impressions, Heyn Bros stunts, and Nelson child performer fame. Friedland Clark spin new fanmaking acts, Edith Talbot cartoons, and Margie’s Girlies headline Polly Pickle’s Pets tomorrow. Saturday adds a special motion picture on President Wilson’s inauguration and a parade.
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Fitch Cooper
Heyn Bros
Master Nelson
Friedland & Clark
Edith Talbot
Margie
Girlies
Polly Pickle
Windsor
Billy Kinkaid
Gardner & Hawley
Valentine’s Dogs
Mae Clarke
Comedienne
Wilson
PARK THEATRE HASTINGS BIG SHOW AT PARK THEATRE
The Harry Hastings Amusement Company brings the Harry Hastings Big Show to Park theatre for three dates starting tomorrow. Sam Sidman headlines as the top German burlesque comic, with Thomas Coyne in a role and a lineup including Shea and Baldwin Harry Dero Edward Edwards Ada Abbott S. Lee Rose and more. billed as the all star burlesque cast.
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Thomas Coyne
Shea & Baldwin
Harry Dero
Edward Edwards
Ada Abbott
S. Lee Rose
Swedish Entertainers Draw Capacity House at Park Theatre
A Swedish company of amateurs and professionals staged Varmlandingarna at Park Theatre drawing a full house. Notable performers included Miss Signe Widell for vocal and dramatic reading, Anna Thorell from Stockholm, John Osterberg now in Providence, and Charles Widen as a rural comic. A popular interlude featured a Swedish dancing double quartet.
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Park Theatre
Varmlandingarna
Signe Widell
Anna Thorell
Stockholm
John Osterberg
Providence
Charles Widen
Etta Murphy Millinery Parlor Showcases 1913 Hats
One of Bridgeport's leading milliners, Miss Etta Murphy, unveils a spring collection of ladies hats crafted with care. She invites old and new friends to view the latest creations and her continued efforts to please.
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Etta Murphy
Bridgeport
Drucker Millinery Exhibit Showcases Latest Parisian Styles
Miss Anna Drucker, Bridgeport East Side milliner, invites readers to a week long display of Parisian headwear and Drucker original designs. Showrooms feature fashionable domestic models, trims, and accessories ready for patrons of all sizes after extensive trips to Boston New York and Philadelphia.
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Anna Drucker
Bridgeport
East Side
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Miss Drucker
Drucker
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