The Beauty Spot Comes to Shubert Murat Theater
The Beauty Spot starring Jefferson De Angelis arrives at the Shubert Murat on Monday April 25 for four nights with a Wednesday matinee. The production features a famed Broadway chorus and a top cast including De Angelis Frank Doane George J. MacFarlane Isabel DArmand Viola Gillette Jaques Kruger John H. Pratt and Marion Stanley. McIntyre and Heath headline English’s week with a balanced, lively performance supported by Julian Rose Carrie Reynolds and a strong chorus and dancing numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murat
Shubert
Jefferson de Angelis
Shubert Murat
de Megsisa
Chicago
New York
Herald Square Theater
Garrick Theater
Frank Doane
George J. MacFarlane
Isabel D'Armand
Viola Gillette
Jaques Kruger
Jean Newcomb
Alfred DeBall
Catherine Bowen
Frances Butss
Messrs
Beauty Chorus
Metropolitan
Broadway
Joseph W. Herbert
Reginald de Koven
Central Attractions for Local Amusement Seekers Next Week
Local weekly program promises a mix of musical acts and comedy. Violin and vocal performances headline with Keno Walsh and Melrose offering unique gymnastic novelty in The Revolving Arch. Cross and Josephine present Dying To Act, a travesty melodrama with song and dance. Hopkins Sisters feature Lona Land musical novelty with striking costumes. J Clarke presents Simian Comedy acts including See No Evil trio. Patterson Kaufman bring first Indianapolis visit with Will ie Boy Gets His and Exploits of a Cowboy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keno
Walsh
Melrose
Cross
Josephine
Arthur Denvir
Hopkins
Ethel Hopkins
Emma
J. ¥. Clarke
Ite
Charles
Europe
Clarke
Patterson & Kaufman
Indianapolis
Kinodrome
Willie Boy
Neftesler
JePpx Usti
This Week in Local Playhouses and Wild West Show
Local theaters present Mural-Frank Daniels in The Belle of Brittany and English-Mecintyre and Heath in In Hayt. Park features George Arvine in St Elmo and Grand-Princess Rajah. Empire screens Americans with Louise Dunbar as Olga Hofman. After The Devil, Charley’s Aunt closes the bill. Monday hosts the Indians with the 10 Ranch Wild West, a flamboyant parade and show with Crooked Nose, famed Comanche archer, and an in-town street display followed by performances at the grounds with an interpreter on hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Daniels
Brittany
Mecintyre and Heath
Hayt
Park
George Arvine
Associated Players
Plains
Grand Bill Includes W M Herschell Comedy and Molnar Drama
Indianapolis producer W M Herschell presents Making News a new comedy at the Grand with Lucille Spinney and Ainsworth Arnold from Forepaugh Stock. Park theater offers The Devil with George Arliss and Arvine, while Shubert Murat features A Man's World with Mary Mannering and Frank Mills in a dramatic study of a novelist mother who adopts a child and seeks gender equality.
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Jefferson de Angeles
Heauty
Mary Mannering
Park
George Arvine
Grand
Ainsworth Arnold
Lucile Spinney
Matinees
Majestic
Empire—Williams
Matinee
W. M. Herschell
Indianapolis
the Grand
Lucille Spinney
Forepaugh Stock Company
Majestic Theater
Wood
Jesse Lasky
the Waldorf
Knute Bricki
Frank Mills
Shubert Murat
Rachel Crothers
Miss Crothers
Miss Mannering
New York
Miss Ware
Malcom Caskill
Shuberts
New York Comedy Theater
Majestic vaudeville bills feature music and comedy
Next week at the Majestic two vaudeville programs showcase varied acts. Monday matinee offers Howard & Lewis the singer and Dutchman Lavigne Sisters, Hrvac the wandering violinist, Frevoli the shadowgraphist with illustrated songs and motion pictures. Thursday matinee presents the Lambiottes Paine & Lee Grace Orma James R Waters and a new set of pictures with a Billiken imitation routine.
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the Majestic
Howard & Lewis
Lavigne Sisters
Hrvac
Frevoli
Aku Motion Pictures
Lambiottes
Paine & Lee
Billiken
Grace Orma
Comedienne
James R. Waters
General Cohen
Tony
Italy
Saxon Brothers Strength Show At Ringling Circus
Arthur Saxon and his two brothers tour with Ringling Brothers World's Greatest Shows, drawing wide attention for feats of strength. They lift a car with six passengers, support a 200 pound dumbbell while three men sit on a plank, and perform other spectacular stunts while described as the strongest trio. Arthur Saxon, a Leipzig graduate and sculptor, is noted for ideal measurements and work in Germany. The act is in Indianapolis on May 9, and the Imperial burlesque at the Empire features William's Imperials led by Harry L Cooper.
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Arthur Saxon
Ringling Brothers
Europe
America
Health
Physical Culture
Scrap Book
Germany
University of Leipzig
Indianapolia
William's
Imperials
Empire
Dmpire Theater
William’s
Harry L. Coopier
Shakespeare Day Real in Boston Celebrates Bard's Birthday
The New Theater company held a Shakespearean festival in Boston with readings by notable actors, scholarly discussions, and music from Shakespeare's era at the Shubert theater. Gov. Draper presided as wreaths were laid on Shakespeare monuments, with matinee Twelfth Night and evening The Winter's Tale staged in Elizabethan settings.
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William Shakespeare
New Theater Company
Boston
England
Stratford-on- Avon
Shubert Theater
Shakespeare
Gov. Draper
Massachusetts
New Theater
Benson
Stratford-on-Avon
Empire Summer Attractions Preview at Empire Theater
Donna and Violet Hilson head the feminine contingent. Zalzel’s living art studies and the Imperial acts showcase Paris salon poses. Raymond and DeForest appear in a singing and dancing act. Johnny Dove and Miss Hilson join an Irish American trio in a sketch with LaMeta. Athletic entertainments and specials will headline Empire bills this summer with plans for August season openings.
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Donna
Violet Hilson
Zalzel
Paris
Raymond and DeForest
Johnny Dove
Miss Hilson
LaMeta
The
Empire
First Night Superstitions among Opening Cast Members
Actors approaching opening night cling to charms and tokens to avert bad luck. Robert Edeson keeps grease paint from his debut, Hedwig Reicher carries a salary gift token, Helen Ware bears a school letter, Blete Ferguson protects her play bill, Rose Stahl wears a ribbon from her first amateur stage, and Edmund Breese is linked to a forthcoming season with Lee B Harris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Edeson
Hedwig Reicher
Maude Adams
Blete Ferguson
Rose Stahl
Edmund Breese
Lee B. Harris
Souvenir of Ranch Life Inspires Stage Oddments
A passage recalls Frank J. McIntyre keeping a football suit drawstring from Strongheart with Robert Edeson. He would face death rather than perform on stage without that memento. The article notes actors contribute lucky pieces, creating a collection unmatched by any curiosity shop.
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Ear
Dakotaa
Frank J. McIntyre
Robert Edeson
America
Language and social classes in early Indian drama
The top caste male roles in early Indian drama spoke Sanacrit while women, children, and lower classes spoke Prakit. Prakit split into eight dialects. the elite women received the higher quality form, whereas laborers used a dialect akin to today’s slum patols.
Short Items of Stage Folk Shine in Early 20th Century Theatre Notes
Blanche Ring markets her name to products from frocks to hair washes while a druggists’ gift prompts a maternal outfit. Jeffreys Lewis shifts from emotional to comic acting in The Three Daughters of Monsieur Dupont. a Bijou theater charity performance of The Lottery Man benefits the Actors' Fund. Denman Maley notes the Lew Fields troupe feels like a vast army after a year together. James Forbes and Henry B Harris push The Commut. Laurence Irving will stage The Unwritten Law while Sothern’s The Fool Hath Said in Heart returns. Conor’s Lulu’s Husbands remains a key opportunity. Eddie Foy seeks Shakespearean roles. Shubert heirs consider Mr Hamlet of Broadway successor. Havana’s success may extend Powers season. Marie Dressler to headline Tillie's Nightmare at Herald Square. Strauss writes intermezzo for The Chocolate Soldier’s 300th Casino performance.
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Denman Maley
Lew Fields
Mr. Maley
Washington
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McIntyre
Heath
James McIntyre
Thomas Heath
Julian Rose
Carrie Reynolds
John HB. Pearr
Gerinamo Jobbs
Hayti
Jobbs
Jasper Johnson
Bizzy Izzi Rosenstein
Mr. Rose
Florence Forcem
Marion Stanley
Thomas J. Cochrane
Cananda
Guntar Marion Stanley
John HB. Pratt
Caviche Sisters
Farr
Louise Dunbar
Olga Hofman
Charley
Berthelet, Helen Orimsbee
John Sampolis
Ruth Holt
Boucicault
Ernest Perrin
Crooked Nose
Robin Hood
William Tell
the Devil
Park Theater
Molnar
Dr. Miller
Ferenc Molner
Devil
George Arliss
Tota
Arvine
Mr. Arvine
Phew
Réte
Mary Mannering—Mcurat
Tress
Helen Ware
Blanche Ring
Miss Ring
Ihis Ring
Jeffreys Lewis
Laurence Irving
Monsieur Dupont
Bilda Johnson Young
Bijou
Actors’ Fund
James Forbes
Tay
Hon
Sothern
Conor
Lulu
Mrs. Temple
Eddie Foy
Mr. Foy
Mr. Hamlet
James T. Powers
Havanna
Marie Dressler
Blanche King
Miss Dressler
Tillie
Oscar Strauss
Casino Theater
Colgate
JRADE
Frederick Treves
Edward
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