Theatrical notes on Alice of Old Vincennes and more
A critical peek at the theater scene in Indianapolis. The piece reviews Alice of Old Vincennes and Ben Hur for price and appeal, notes melodrama’s harm, praises Virginia Harned but critiques the overall quality, and comments on audience fashion and behavior at the theater. It also reflects on the social impact of cheap sensational plays and the audience’s evolving dress standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Etdales
Pittsburg
Week of attractions at Eng lishs with variety bills
Three nights of entertainment start Monday with Gertrude Coghlan in Alice of Old Vincenney. Tuesday to Thursday feature The Sultan of Sulu and a strong magic lineup by Kellar. Acts include Reno Richards, Winter sisters, Manley and Rose, Press Eldridge, Atalie Claire, Silvern and Emerie, Smith and Fuller, Macart's dogs and monkeys, and a Vermont set piece For love and honor with railroad life themes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Engish's
Gertrude Coghlan
Old Vincenney
Reno, Richards and Company
Winona
Banks Winter
Romeo
Miss Winter
Manley
Rose
Press Eldridge
Army of Fun
Atalie Claire
Silvern
Emerie
Smith and Fuller
Theo. F. Smith
Jennie St. George Fuller
Macart
Vermont
Guardians of the Indianapolis theater doors and ads
The article details doorkeepers at Indianapolis theaters, their duties handling tickets and crowd flow, and treasurer coordination. It highlights Grand advertising chief James Weed and his lobby framing, plus door staff at English’s Park Tower Empire and other houses, noting their backgrounds and roles in promotions.
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Ziegler
Sullivan
the Grand
Weed
Patrick Brown
Patsey
English’s
Mr. Brown
Lved
Indianapolis
James L. Weed
James Troya Weed
James I. Despo
THE
SUN
Mr. Despo
Ifs
Mzanz
Despo
Soubrette Breaks Free as Villain Averts Collision
In a tense scene Sam Devers at the Empire witnesses a villain locking a room and an accomplice turning a switch at the last moment to avert disaster while the soubrette escapes her confinement. Buriers and patrols know Les Devere.
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Sam Devers
Empire
Buriée Due
Les
Devere
Ant the
Ture
Empire Theatre next week features a famed company
A large touring company arrives at the Empire next week boasting acclaimed entertainers. The lineup includes three acrobatic madcaps, the Faust trio, Vic tor Jerome as Mephisto, Lottie Fremont the human doll, Harry Welch, Florence Hughes with southern songs, a New York four in Toddlé’s troubles, Armstrong Baker and Armstrong with Gertrude Norton, and Edgar Dintey as a closing burlesque comic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empire
Madcaps
Faust
Vicitor Jerome
Mephisto
Lottie Fremont
the Human Doll
Harry Welch
Florence Hughes
Southern Melodies
New York Comedy Four
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rae Aaa
Alice
Old
Vincennes
Sultan of
Silu
Keller
GRAND
Vaudeville
Park
Sam Devere
Virginia Harned
Richard Mansfield
English
James Weed
Harry Drury
Patsy” Brown
John Robinson
Jim
Cincinnati
al G. Field
Flo
Field
Oliver Scott
Negro Minstrels
M. C. Anderson
Dasset
Drury
Wan
Pop” Hedges
Hedges
Jancitor
James Wade
James S. Despo
de Luxe
Edition de Luxe
Sir Edwin Arnold
J. C. Leyendecker
Doc” Shipmans Fee
F. Hopkinson Smith
Howard Chandler Christy
Josephine Dodge Dashham
T. H. Mills
New England
Frank French
Juan C. Abel
Butterick Company
West 3Th St
New York
Frank Hopkinson Smith
John Luther Long
Edward Stratton Holloway
Glare E. Laughlin
Charles Battell Loomis
Josephine “Dodge Dashham
Amelia E. Barr
Lina Beard
Howard Chandler
Christy J
Co. Leyendecker
Orson Lowell Frank French
J. Rosenmeyer
Frank Verbeck Edmund Frederick T. H. Mills Lee Woodward Zeigler
Grace Cook
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