Clare Kummer the New Playwright of Good Gracious Annabelle
The article tracks Clare Kummer rising to fame with Good Gracious Annabelle at the Lyric Theater and notes her apprenticeship shaping skills. It credits Arthur Hopkins for belief and staging, outlines her background in songs and musical comedies, and mentions other productions and notable figures linked to her career in a period-voice style.
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Clare Kummer
Lyric Theater
Miss Kummer
Booth Tarkington
Ynore
Tarkington
Arthur Hopkins
Annabelle
William Gillette
Dearie
Egypt
Mr. Hopkins
East
Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher
Local Theater Week Features Herbert Led Eileen At Lyric
Herbert will conduct the Eileen showing at Lyric Theater this week with a Monday night performance. Peacock Alley heads the lineup at B F Keiths Theater while Frankie Fays Jazz Boys plays Empress Vaudeville. Sliding Billy Watson appears at the Olympic Theater and Geradine Arrar stars in The Devil Stone at Walnut.
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Ance
Peacock Alley
B. F. Keith
Frankie Fay
Billy Watson
Olympic Theater
Geradine
Arrar
Ethel Barrymore Stars In A New Camille At Empire
New York theater notes praise Ethel Barrymore in a fresh Camille adaptation by Edward Sheldon with a prolog and epilog. Conwey Tearle, Rose Coghlan, and Holbrook Blinn also receive acclaim for an all star cast. The column then reviews Lord and Lady Algy revival and introduces Why Marry at the Astor with Estelle Winwood, Nat Goodwin, and Margaret Anglin, along with Billeted and Broadway’s first lady manager Katharine Russell Bleecker.
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New York
Ethel Barrymore
Camille
Modjeska
Duse
Sarah Bernhardt
Olga Nethersole
Clara Morris
Ethel Garrymore
Empire Theater
Edward Sheldon
Marguerite Gautier
Armand Duval
Armand
Marguerite
Miss Barrymore
Conwey Tearle
Rose Coghlan
Holbrook Blinn
Twyns
Astor Theater
Shaw
Katherine Russell Bleecker
Morristown
N. J
Broadway
Cohan and Harris unveil The Cohan Revue 1918 at New Amsterdam
The New Amsterdam Theater hosts the New Year Eve premiere of The Cohan Revue 1918 by Cohan Harris. Lightnin by Winchell Smith and John L. Golden follows, a comedy collaboration building on Turn to the Right.
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Oliver Morosco
Alan Pose
Atlantic City
N. J
Emy Stevens
Chef
Cohan & Harris
Cohan
New Amsterdam ‘Theater
Winchell Smith
John L. Goden
Grass Widow Musical Brings Star Pair to Princess Theater
Broadway showed unusual interest in the piquant booking twist last week as Rennold Wolf and Charming Pollock presented The Grass Widow at the Shubert controlled Princess Theater. A long running war with the Shuberts denied Wolff admittance to their houses, barring him from viewing his own work.
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Broadway
Rennold Wolf
Charming Pollock
Princess Theater
Princess
Shubert
Shuberts
Wolff
Honor Bright opens at Forty-eighth Street Theatre
The opening attraction at the Forty-eighth Street Theater New York is the musical Honor Bright produced and staged by Harry Carroll and William Sheer. Catherine Chisholm Cushing wrote the book with music by Carroll. The cast includes Grace La Rue Anna Wheaton Charlotte Granville and Felix Adler.
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Forty-eighth Street Theater
New York
Miss Maude Adams to Star at Grand Opera House
The Grand Opera House adds Miss Maude Adams to its lineup. Adams, a Frohman star, will perform her latest success A Kiss for Cinderella by J M Barrie with the original company in Cincinnati after several seasons away.
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Grand Opera House
Potash and Perlmutter Play at Grand Opera House
Another Montague Glass based work titled Potash and Perlmutter in Society will be staged at the Grand Opera House shortly, offering a new society comedy.
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Perlmutter
Montague Glass
Grand Opera House
Grand Opera House Seeks Delay on Ziegfeld Follies Mail Orders
Management of the Grand Opera House asks theater-goers to withhold mail orders for the Ziegfeld Follies until the price scale is announced. The notice urges patrons to wait for official pricing before submitting requests.
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Grand Opera House
Oh Boy at Lyric Features Individual Chorus Lines
The Lyric production Oh Boy departs from standard chorus practice with thirty or more girls each delivering their own lines during the action. Joseph Santley and Ivy Sawyer are featured in this production.
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Joseph Santley
Ivy Sawyer
Ben Hur at the Grand Opera House Tomorrow Night
The grand production of Ben Hur comes to the Grand Opera House tomorrow night. It portrays pagan decadence and the rise of Christianity with living actors, featuring the Jerusalem rooftops, the Ter Palace, a Roman galley scene, and the Daphne temple as pivotal tableaux.
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Grand Opera House
Desert
Bethhem
Arion
Jerusalem
Ter
Ben Hur
Simonides
Daphne
Apollo
Groom recalls Ben Hur horse Monk and needs for actor welfare
A groom laments the aging Ben Hur horse Monk who has served eighteen years in the drama. He urges the Actors Fund to consider needy animals and asks managers to provide food and shelter as the horse nears old age and possible decline.
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Actors’ Fund
Monk
Tim
Meglett
Stage Review Describes Cleopatra Scene and Ben Hur Chariot
A vivid theater piece portrays Iris as Cleopatra guiding Ben Hur through a chariot race and romance. The finale shows the Vale of Hinnon giving way to Jerusalem with a white light symbolizing Christ, ending with a grand chorus of thanksgiving.
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Fountain of
Castalia
Iris
Ben Hur
Vale of Hinnon
Mount of Olives
Jerusalem
Herbert to Conduct Own Opera Eileen at Lyric Tonight
Victor Herbert will conduct his romantic comic opera Eileen at the Lyric Theater opening tonight. He appears as guest conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in Cincinnati Monday for a special performance. The show, a New York Broadway success, features an original company and a large cast of over 100 including Walter Scanlan and Olga Roller.
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Victor Herbert
Eileen
Lyric Theater
Lyric
Herbert
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Broadway
Walter Scanlan
Olga Roller
Louise Allen
Josie Claflin
Algernon Greig
Edward Martindel
John B. Cooke
Harry Crosby
Rether to Lead Augmented Orchestra in Upcoming Presentation
Rether, with a largely augmented orchestra, will positively be seen in this presentation. The ensemble promises a dynamic program featuring enhanced performances and new arrangements.
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Rether
Keith’s Vaudeville Week Adds Big Lineup At State Theater
B F Keith's Theater flags a week from January 6 with Peaiedck Alley as top line, a New York hotel locale scenic, featuring Vivian Blackburn and Elwood F Bostwick. Cleveland Bonager’s $10,000 Dream F ss debuts locally with Laugher and Ody. Kenney's Freshie's Initial Brender and Flo Bert add humor, Washy for Her, Venita Gould acts, Here and Preston stunt acrobatics, Wedding Day in Dogville pantomime, plus vaudeville and new motion pictures.
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Ody
En Honey
Kenney
We Us and Co Empress Vaudeville Bills This Sunday
Empress theatre presents the We Us and Co vaudeville skit headlining with J Edwin Lessing in the lead role. The bill includes the Three Robins and Frankie Fay and her Jazz Boys, promising lively acts and strong crowd appeal for Sunday matinee.
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We, Us Jand Co
J. Edwin Less‘ng
Three Robins
Frankie Fay
Jazz Boys
The Winter Garden Show of Wonders and Its Hidden Costs
A New York financier marvels at the Show of Wonders in the Winter Garden noting the vast money behind production. The piece details costly costumes from fifty to three hundred dollars, miles of scenery, and lavish electrical effects as the show’s staff continually creates new material. The management maintains a large team of costumers, artists, composers, lyricists, and dancers who craft and refine ideas into yearly productions.
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New York
New York Winter Garden
Winter Garden
George Monroe
Ernest Hare
Thak
Empress Circuit Tour with Har rison-West Trio Feature
The Empress circuit presents a comedy chorus and musical act lineup led by Levy and Cooper with the Har rison-West Trio at the forefront as piano and vocal stars. Matilda and Carpas headline a dance team praised by vaudeville crowds. An extra Sunday show adds a fourth performance, starting at 6 o'clock.
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Harrison-West
Levy
Cooper
Matilda
Carpas
Universal Weekly
Show of Wonders to Open at Lyric Theater
The Show of Wonders from New York Winter Garden will open at the Lyric Theater on Monday January 14. It promises unmatched magnitude and scenic splendor with a cast including Eugene and Willie Howard Tom Lewis Sidney Phillips Adolph Blume Flora Lea and other notable performers.
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Lyric Theater
Eileen
Eugene and
Willie Howard
Tom Lewis
Sidney Phillips
Adolph Blume
Dainty Flora Lea
Rive
Show of Wonders at Winter Garden Dazzles with Visuals
The Show of Wonders features a Burmese ballet with a slave girl role and a cast including Virginia Smith Adele Ardsley Patsie O Hearn Myrtle Victorine and Irene Zolar. Scene painters rival impressionists as Winter Garden presents varied vistas from pastoral landscapes to jeweled temple interiors with mysterious rites and muted music.
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Virginia Smith
Adele Ardsley
Patsie O’hearn
Myrtle Victorine
Irene Zolar
Devil Stone Opens at Walnut With Farrar Stars
Geraldine Farrar leads the Cecil B D Mille production The Devil Stone at Walnut Theater for a week. Hobart Bosworth Wallace Reid and Tully Marshall headline a six star cast in a new Artcraft drama built on superstition and folk lore. Next Sunday Walnut shows Douglas Fairbanks in The Modern Musketeer.
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Geraldine Farrar
Hobart Bosworth
Wallace Reid
Tully Marshall
Cecil B. D&mille
Walnut Theater
Miss Farrar
Douglas Fairbanks
Mrs Fiske to Perform in Cincinnati Next Week
Manager John H. Harlin announces Minnie Maddern Fiske will bring her company to Grand Opera House for a week with Madame Sand. The production, fresh from New York’s Knickerbocker Theatre, features a noted drama based on George Sand. The full original company will appear.
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Cincinnati
John H. Harlin
Grand Opera House
Minnie Maddern Fiske
America
George Sand
Harlin
Mrs. Fiske
Aylward
Sliding Billy Watson at Olympic Theater Delights Columbia Circuit
The Olympic Theater hosts Sliding Billy Watson and the Burlesque Wonder Show for a full week. Cast includes May Dix, Katherine Page, Ownie Martin, Sherman Duffy and Figg, Hazel Josselyn, Lulu Coates and her three crackerjacks. Two original sketches Cafe de Graft and A Merry Mix-up headline a fresh, nontraditional burlesque lineup.
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Columbia
Billy Watson
Olympic Theater
Watson
May Dix
Soubrette
Katherine Page
Prima Donna
Ownie
Martin
Sherman Duffy
Figg
Hazel Josselyn
Lulu Coates
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