Reviews of the week’s offerings at the playhouses
Alice Brady stars in Forever After at the Shubert as a Red Cross nurse in World War I. The Burlesque Mischief Makers opens at the Empress with a chorus of showgirls and a Caruso tribute. Over the Hill screens at Gifts theater, Mary Carr anchors a family drama of sacrifice and redemption. Other films include After Show at Walnut and Woman’s Place at Strand with Constance Talmadge, plus After Midnight at Family with Conway Tearle.
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Alice Brady
Shubert
Grand
Owen Davis
Red Cross
Vermont
Jennie Clayton
Miss Brady
Ted
Jack
Varsity
Jennie
Brady
Kenneth MacKenna
Nain Grate
Gifts Theater
William Fox
Old Nest
Capitol
Will. Carleton
New York
Pop
Mom
Johnny
Isaac
Tkey
Mary Carr
Jenny
Naii Grate
Constance Talmadge
Strand
Fairfax
Women’s Club
Connie
D’amour
Ninth Ward
Kenneth Harlan
Miss Talmage
Conway Tearle
Zena Keefe
Family
Family Theater
San Francisco
Chinatown
Richard E. Kerley
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Opens Second Week at Grand
The epic film returns to the Grand Opera House drawing large matinee and evening crowds. Review notes its massive scope, detailed realism, and stark depictions from Buenos Aires dance halls to battlefields and wartime Paris, praising its craft and avoiding any discordant notes.
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Grand
Grand Opera House
Madariaga
Argentine Plains
Julio
True
Tenderloin
Buenos Aires
Seven Seas
Julia
Beast of
Potsdam
Magariaga
Marcelo
Steppes
France
I Hall
Bob New
Burlesque Acts Shine at Olympic with Lander Brothers
The Jack Singer Show at the Olympic features Harry Lander and brother Willie with Valeska in a burlesque program. The two acts, Candles of Desire and Evolution of Love, rely on humor and stage tricks rather than plot, with standout box-color routines and strong comedic performances from Forte Bell Baden and Davis. Valeska leads a capable female cast including Hahn, Nelson, and Hamilton, as the chorus impresses with stylish gowns.
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Capitol
Irving Cummings
Northwest Mounted Police
Romeo
Rogers
Sam Cody
Sylvia Breamer
Sam
Sky
Shakespeare
Juliet
Bard of Avon
Dominie
Bob Newhall
Landers
Valeska
Olympic
Harry Lander
Willie
Vaska
Jack Singer
Lander
Lander Brothers
Joe Forte
Johnny Bell
Sam Baden
Ed Davis
Alice
Hahn
Mollie Nelson
May Hamilton
Will Rogers Stars in Doubling for Romeo at Capitol
Will Rogers headlines a varied Capitol Theatre bill in Doubling for Romeo. Clara Kimball Young also appears in person during the week, presenting a celebrated picture star as part of the program.
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Bill Rogers
Romeo
Capitol
Capitol Theater
Will Rogers
Clara Kimball Young
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Chicago
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