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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1908
Page
20
Popular Frohman star leads a Roman life play contrasting with Nazarene purity featuring Nero and the amphitheater venues. Forepaugh stock company promises large crowds, mass scenes, and choral hymns. Corinne in Lola From Berlin at Walnut offers German character study with humor and musical numbers led by Corinne and an accomplished ensemble.
Columbia hosts a vaudeville bill featuring the Gibson Girls from The Belle of Mayfair with Miss Margaret Rutledge and Harry Husk. The show includes Carlotta the bicycle marvel, The Dude Detective with Frank Byron and Louise Langdon, The Coal Strike Irish sketch with the Murphys, Bob Lee and dogs, Goldsmith and Hoppe novelty acts, Joe La Fleur backward dive, and Miss Alice Lyndon Doll performing new songs. A film titled Buying a Title is shown, with a ladies matinee Friday and a $25 prize for any woman who throws Cora Livingston in ten minutes.
Cora Livingston, nineteen, billed as the world’s best woman wrestler, appears at the People's Theater today as part of the Sam. T. Jack Show. The former sensation from Ham merstein’s Roof Garden, New York, has defeated many challengers and now joins a long burlesque program with the Loton feature expected to draw large crowds.
The Candy Kid offers a large company, 8 musical hits, and a comic act with Ray Raymond and two valets. Wanda Ludlow stars with a capable cast including Indians and cowboy characters. Sets reproduce mountain and forest scenes in four acts. The Angel and the Ox opens at the Lyceum for a week.
A singing comedian stars in a sensational melodrama with musical trimmings. The play moves audiences from the United States to South America, claiming to be an exceptionally original production. Friends anticipate a warm welcome for the star as the Western comedy debuts with full stagecraft.
Otis Skinner, the acclaimed actor, appears next week at the Grand Opera House in The Honor of the Family. The production, praised in New York where it broke box office records at Hudson Theater, features Miss Percy Haswell and a strong supporting cast led by Francis Carlyle and Alfred Hudson Jr, under American rights secured by Charles Frohman.
Corinne, heading her company at the Walnut this week, stars in Lola From Berlin. Once a child prodigy, she rose from infant stage to sustained fame and has become a leading singing comedienne noted for her distinctive voice and stage presence.
The New Music Hall rink offers afternoon and evening sessions featuring a new floor, music, and updated skate rentals. Patrons can skate daily as renovations finalize.
Corinne, star of a comic opera troupe, draws attention with a repertoire that includes famous prima donna roles. She excels in important recent musical comedies, proving she can sing and act. Critics note funny women are rare yet Corinne embodies both talents. John J. McNally, William Jerome, and Jean Schwartz contributed to this new entertainment.
After The Sign of the Cross at the Olympic the Forepaugh troupe offers Are You a Mason a light hearted comedy promising uproarious fun and good times for patrons this week at the house.
The first week at the New Music Hall Rink ends with strong turnout as old patrons return and many new skaters join daily. With decorations, Prof Jung's Military Band music, and a premier skating surface, the rink foresees unprecedented prosperity for the season in the Middle West.
Joe Weber's Travesty Company will perform at the Lyric next week. The burlesque at his Broadway playhouse, The Merry Widow, ran almost a full season, and now he debuts a new satire titled The Merry Widow and the Devil to up to date his annual offering.
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