Grand Opera week presents varied vaudeville and Kinodrome
The Grand Opera week features the Staley-Birbeck novelty transformation with rapid costume shifts, the Ade playlet The Mayor and the Manicure with Edwin Holt, and Adelaide the dancer with four supporting women. Strong acts include the Artois brothers, Jack Hawkins jumping, White and Simmons, and Wilson brothers. Kinodrome shows center on Jack Binns rescue, plus The Fool House at Park Theatre with The Four Huntings. The program closes with The White Grenadiers and other vaudeville highlights.
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Staley-Birbeck
George Ade
Edwin Holt and Company
Colege
Mr. Holt
Adelaide
Brothers Artois
Jack Hawkins
White
Simmons
Wilson Brothers
McIntire and
Heath
Madame Sans Gene at the Majestic thrills with Napoleonic flair
The Majestic theater hosts the Forepaugh Stock company presenting Madame Sans Gene a French comedy and tragedy blend. The review praises its drama historical flavor brilliant dialogue and lively action calling it one of the year’s most enjoyable productions.
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Majestic Theater
Forepaugh Stock Company
the Majestic
Madame Sans Gene staged by Forepaugh players tonight
The Forepaugh company presents Madame Sans Gene set in post revolutionary France with Napoleon’s rise in focus. Lucile Spinney stars as Madame Sans Gene opposite George Arvine as Napoleon and J Francis Kirk as Fouche, with elaborate costumes to fit Sardou’s acclaimed historical drama. Next week the company previews The Devil with George Arvine in the titular role.
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Ers
Madam Sans Gene
Napoleon
Sardou
Bonaparte
Moliere
Lucile Spin
Empire Theater Delivers Two Burlettas To Week-Long Run
Large Monday crowds at the Empire Theater enjoyed Morocco Bound and A Country School, two burlesque sketches by Miners Americans. The show featured strong singing by chorus girls and Gertrude Fiske, a popular American quartet, and comedian Wilbur Dobbs. Chick and Chicklets bicycling act and Francis and Doherty dancing comedy also drew praise. the Americans perform all week both afternoon and night.
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Four Huntings
Park Theater
Lew
Toney
John
Miss Mollie
Miss Mollie Hunting
Lew Hunting
Toney Hunting
John Hunting
Richard Hume
Eddile Foy Tyne
Jack Marshall
Julia Melville
Empire Theater
The
Empire
Wilbur Dobbs
Gertrude Fiske
Chick
Chicklets
Francis
Doherty
the Empire
A Diamond in the Rough tops New Gayety program
Dixie Harris and Frances present a one act sketch at New Gayety titled A Diamond in the Rough. Harris charms with a soprano solo sang with Frances while Clarence Burton delivers strong soft shoe works. Other acts include Leslie and Williams Ida Howell and George Peltier with two new reels of moving pictures.
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Dixie Harris
Frances
Miss Frances
Clarence Burton
Leslie and Williams
Ida Howell
Comedienne
George Peltier
Nurse Announces Birth of Boy to Professor
A nurse announces the birth of a boy to a professor. The professor, distracted, suggests asking the newborn what he wants. The line reflects a humorous exchange noted by the Boston Transcript.
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Boston Transcript
Ideal Man as Girls Describe in Dream Letters
Beatrice Fairfax counsels young men to meet the high standards women set for a dream partner. Letters from readers describe ideal traits: honor, intelligence, education, refinement, and courteous manners, with emphasis on masculine, trustworthy conduct over foppish flippancy.
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Beatrice Fairfax
Prestons railway room mix up over potatoes dignity
In a Preston refreshment room a hurried passenger asked for potatoes from an elegant man with a gold eyeglass. The man queried if he was a waiter, then called a waiter to apologize for mistaking the party’s role in a tense moment aboard the train.
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Preston
Modjeska Ill in California Recalls Harper’s Scene
The note recalls Helena Modjeska the famous actress now gravely ill at her California home in her sixty fifth year. The passage also retells a humorous Harper’s Weekly vignette about a Yale educated son and a misdirected dress suit, with a housewife reflecting on her husband's absence since burial years ago.
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Helena Modjeska
California
Mme. Modjeska
Circumstances Beyond Control Debate Amid Auction Talk
A Philadelphia Record dialogue pits Miss Elder and Mr. Gezzam over women's roles. Elder insists women can do anything men can. Gezzam argues auctioneering is male work. Elder counters with humor about an unmarried woman addressing a crowd asking for offers.
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Son
Philadelphia Record
Miss Elder
Mr. Gezzam
Mr. Gazzam
A Jealous Wife Demands Truth About Andre’s Past
Jacqueline confronts Andre about a prior affair as she vows to uncover when it began and how it ended. He resists but finally admits details, prompting a wary, hopeful reconciliation and plans to move forward with practical matters.
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Andre
Jacqueline
Lucy
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