Eight London Palace Girls Lead Grand Theater Bill
The Grand next week features Eight London Palace Girls, top billing. Also on the program are James Clemons, Katie Barry, Leipzig the royal conjuror, the Musical Craigs, Tom Armstrong and Ella Verne, Charles H. Bradshaw and company, Janet Melville and Evie Stetson, the Marlo Trio, and Kinodrome films Pan Stockholm Sweden and Two Clever Detectives. Local audience noted for the strong international lineup and Thanksgiving week high standard.
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London Palace
Palace Theater
London
James Clemons
England
Katie Barry
America
Leipzig
Europe
Craigs
Tom Armstrong
Ella Verne
Australia
Marlo
Kinodrome
Stockholm
Sweden
the Grand
United States
Rheumatism Free Trial Offer for Mingie Food Drafts
A bold ad promises a free trial pair of Mingie Food Drafts described as an external remedy claimed to ease rheumatism. The copy emphasizes rapid relief and widespread imitation among readers seeking relief from rheumatic pains.
Quick Relief Cure Promised for Rheumentisy Scam
An advertisement from Magic Foot Craft Co offers a drugless cure for Rheumentisy with no risk. It requests name and address and promises a $1.00 pair of Drafts prepaid, then one dollar if not satisfied. The message urges sending money for relief regardless of prior faith, from Jackson, Michigan.
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Frederick Dyer
Ec'g
Magic Foot Craft Co
Oliver Bidg
Jackson, Mich
Morning Noon and Night at Park Theater Thanksgiving Offerin
Muscial farce in three acts by Herbert with lyrics Jerome and Swarts music opens Thanksgiving at Park theater starting Monday matinée. Cast features Artie Hall and a host of vaudeville stars, with acts at Ellis Island Music Hall and Luna Park. A special matinee features Virginia Ware and a chorus of young performers in about 20 song numbers.
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Joseph W. Herbert
William Jerome
Jean Swarts
Park Theater
New
Artie Hall
Otto Seise
Snitz
Mike Curran
Inspector Shinners
Howard Nesbit
Sullivan
Richard Smith
Ellis Island
New York
New York Bay
Music Hall
Luna Park
Coney Island
Europe
Excelsior
Snitz Edwards
Virginia Ware
Teddy Burns
Lydia Franklin
Vassar
Mortimer M. Thesse Players
Theise
Thanksgiving Week Film Schedule Promises Daily Matinees
A newspaper item notes Thanksgiving day events with an elaborate extra bill for Thanksgiving night and announced daily matinees throughout the week, signaling a busy cinema schedule with multiple offerings.
Majestic Theater Presents The Girl of the Golden West
Majestic Theater stages David Belasco's The Girl of the Golden West with Blanche Bates starring. The production features elaborate period sets, remote mining town scenes, sunset and snow effects, and a large crew delivering a costly, highly technical show for Thanksgving week.
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The
Majestic
David Belasco
Western Plains
Golden West
California
Blanche Bates
Golden California
Mr. Belasco
Strolling Players Bring Musical Comedy to Empire Theater
The Strolling Players company appears at the Empire Theater next week presenting a musical comedy away from burlesque. The first act The Stolen Review satirizes Broadway stars like Warfield Adams Mantell Cohan Bates Hoff man and more. A vaudeville act titled New Years Eve, formerly a Broadway favorite, is included.
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The
Fempire
David Warfield
Maud Adams
Robi. Mantell
Geo. M. Cohan
Blanche Bates
Gertrude Hoffman
Broadway
New Gaiety Presents Shakespearian Pictorial Playlet
New Gaiety will stage a pictorial playlet during Thanksgiving week with Manager Crose hiring new talkers and a noted dramatic art teacher coaching the cast. The program includes films travel photos and a vaudeville bill led by Jessie Russell and company featuring an electrical dance. Nellie Ruggell James Carroll and Josephine Bartlett provide songs dances and comedy. A ragtime players contest is slated for Wednesday night as an added attraction.
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New Gayety
Crose
Jessie Russell
Nellie Ruggell
James Carroll
Josephine Bartlett
Johnny Hicks in Vaudeville Cast and Selwyn Plays
The Detroit News notes Johnny Hicks as a standout figure in vaudeville with his distinctive stride and slang. It mentions Dunn presenting A Stubborn Cinderella in Indianapolis and Chicago, nearing its 300th Princess Theatre showing, led by Homer B. Mason and Grace Edmond, with Marguerite Keeler and others in the cast. Edgar Selwyn, star of Pierre of the Plains at Powers Chicago, was born in Cincinnati and first appeared in New York on February 27, 1899 as Dugar in The King's Musketeers. He also authored The Rough Rider's Romance and A Friend in Need among others.
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Johnny Hicks
Detroit News
Dunn
Grand i
Indianapolis
Princess Theater
Chicago
Homer B. Mason
Grace Edmond
Marguerite Keeler
Jack Raffael
Harry Paull
Ethel Dovey
Clara Noelke
Lincoln Plummer
Edgar Selwyn
Powers Theater
Pierre of
Theater Ties Breaks and Tours Across the Stage
The literary representative for the New Theater in England is named, with Hamilton Bell as artistic director designing costumes. Paine a new farce played at Irving Place theater in New York requiring a 60 horsepower car to enter through the main door, removing orchestra seating. Frohman cabled Alf Hayman that Israel rights, Bernstein’s play, now English speaking. E H Sothern begins a three year southern tour starting next Monday, moving from New Orleans toward San Francisco and returning from the coast in January, opening in Chicago.
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New Theater
England
Hamilton Bell
Paine
Irving Place Theater
New York
Charles Frohman
Alf Hayman
Paris
Henri Bernstein
Israel
Mr. E. H. Sothern
New Orleans
Mr. Sothern
San Francisco
Chicago
Strolling Players Lead Cast With Broadway Pony Ballet
The revue features Katheryn Pear Sam Libert Ed die Barto and a chorus of eight tile maidens plus the Broadway Pony Ballet. Arthur Dunn repeats triumphs from prior shows while Gertrude Coghlan stars in The Traveling Salesman at the Gaiety. William Archer highlighted by Shubert Ames duo.
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Katheryn Pear
Sam Libert
Eddie Barto
Church City Four
Sam Hern
Maggie Conboy
Lillian Ardell
Jeannette Wood
Last Week Before Engagement at Lyric Theater
The note references the final week of that month before assuming his engagement at the Lyric theater in New York for the spring season.
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Lyric Theater
New York
Airship Purchase Talks Ended Long Ago
A judge remarks that the government’s hoped airship purchase faded in the past, noting that the venture “went up long ago” and leaving the question of interest unresolved.
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Judege
Etiquette of the Fan at Ball Game
An Atchison girl at a ball game faced a wardrobe mishap when her garter broke. Fearing a stir, she acted as a player hit a home run, using the moment to repair her garter unseen amid the excitement.
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Atchison
Atchison Globe
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Majestic Theater
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Empire Theater
Forepaugh Stock CO
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Rext Weem
Vola Allen
Palace
Londo
Katie Barry Femers Ensiisa
Leipzig Soimea Wae
Charles Bradshaw & CO
Melville & Stetson Feria
Serersm
Marlo Trio
Systricron, Armstrong
Verne Sturidutetsne
Fred Scott
Edwards
Sam Mann
Strongheart
Empire
Empire Circuit
Katherine Pearl
Church City Quartette
Broadway Penny Ballet
Dreamland Burlequers
Family Theater
Kentucky Avenue
Washington Street
Vaudeville
Talking Pictures
Jessie Russell CO
Spectacular Electrical Dance
Nellie Russell
Tues
Web
Mortimer M. Theise
the Park Theater
Arthur Dunn
Hap
Pierre
the Plains
Gertrude Coghlan
James Forbe
Gaiety Theater
Hertfordshire
Kensington
Lee Shubert
Winthrop Ames
William Archer
Youi
Carl
Forepaugh Stock Company
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