Lew Fields Emerges as Foremost American Theater Producer
Lew Fields, famed comedian and producer, has risen to the top tier of American show business. He produced lavish hits like The Midnight Sons and The Jolly Bachelors, led Blanche King and Marie Dressler runs, and plans a 3000-seat winter garden at Fiftieth Street and Broadway with opera, musical spectacle, and vaudeville, while preparing new works for Herbert and Collier.
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Lew Fields
Mr. Fields
Joe Weber
Broadway Music Hall
Nordland
Julian Mitchell
Fred Hamlin
Town
Herald Square Theater
New York Hippodrome
Shubert
Broadway
Blanche King
Marie Dressler
Tillie
New York
Winter Garden
Fiftieth Street
Victor Herbert
William Coller
Max Rogers
The
Rogers Brothers
Russian Dangers To Be Seen This Month
Revival of ballet, led by Anna Pavlova and Michael Mordkin, signals a cultural push tied to American propaganda aims. The Ona B. Talbot concerts in Shubert Murat theater open Oct 26 with season tickets on sale and mail order seating.
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Indianapolis
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Anna Pavlova
Michael Mordkin
Russian
Imperial Ballet
Chareter
Theodore Stier
London
Ona B. Talbot
Shubert Murat
New York
Metropolitan Opera House
Anna Pavlows
In- Delibes
Coppelia Delights New York Audiences Then Heads to Indianapolis
The article notes that the performers from the Metropolitan Opera House presented a remarkable rendition of Coppelia that surprised and impressed New York audiences. It states that such dancing was unseen in recent years and promises the full production will travel directly to Indianapolis. The piece emphasizes audience enthusiasm from both Monday and last night performances.
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4Coppelia
New York
Metropolitan Opera House
Indianapolis
Old Soldiers Back Beveridge Signal Wide Support
Capt. Joseph Balsley, in charge of the old soldiers bureau for the Republican county committee, says soldiers from 1861 are voting for Beveridge despite party lines. He notes Indiana regiments at Columbus reunions showing Beveridge support and reports growing statewide popularity that could lift him toward the national ticket in two years.
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Beveridge
Joseph Balsley
Republican County Committee
Columbus
Indiana
No Trouble Between International and Los Angeles Unions
President James M. Lynch of the International Typographical Union says there is no trouble with Los Angeles printers after the city refused to recognize union printers’ cards. He has received no official word and relies on press dispatches, noting the LA printers resisted new men following the dynamiting of the Times.
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International
Los Angeles
James M. Lynch
International Typographical Union
California
Sunday Church Services Across City Churches
A roundup of Sunday and near future worship plans from multiple city churches. Notable presiders include Rev. M C Pearson at First Friends and Dr Robert J Aley at Central Christian. Other speakers cover topics on liberal religion, Bible interpretation, and Christian life with morning and evening services listed.
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First Friends
M. C Pearson
Central Christian
Robert J. Aley
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
National Missionary Convention of the Christian Church
Topeka
Kas
All Soul
Leroy E. Snyder
Board of Park Commissioners
AIL Soul
Odeon
Caleb Mills Hall
Edwin Ray M. E
H. C. Cuppinger
Rev. Bentley
Our Memorial of Christ
Cinenes
Roberto Park M. E
Albert Hurtstone
Choral Society
St. Paul's Episcopal
Lewis Brown
New Church Chapel
Herbert C
Small
St. Paul M. E
Charles A. Parkin
Sutherland Presbyterian
William Carson
Alice Duncle
Tabernacle
Presbyterian
Ira Landrith
Nashville
Tenn
Landrith
Presbyterian Church
Meridian Street
M. E
Joshua Stansfield
Jolly Bachelors Dazzle Opens at Aubert Mural Next Monday
Shriners attend the opening with membership cards while a large crowd gathers for the weeklong engagement of The Jolly Bachelors at the Aubert Mural. Lew Fields presents a lavish musical spectacle with a breezy plot, rapid novelty, and stars like Stella Mayhew and Lucy Weston in a vivid, continuously moving show.
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Stella Mayhew
Miss Mayhew
Lucy Weston
Miss Weston
Alf Leech
Billie Taylor
Nat Fields
Roy Atwell
Harold Crane
Norman Tharp
Florence Topham
Maud Gray
Shriners
Lion and the Mouse at Park Theater Next Week
The Lion and the Mouse engages Park theatergoers next week offering a chance for audiences with limited means to see a notable production. The play explores how money powers influence politics, a theme recently reinforced by examples cited in the piece.
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John Rockefeller
John Burkett Ryder
John Gilbert
Lion
Rose Tapley
Shirley Rossmore
Rossmore
Ryder
Jefferson
Shirley
Jefferson Ryder
America
Henry B. Harris
Lion and the Mouse
Big Musical Show at the Empire Promises Star Cast
The Empire theater hosts a grand musical program featuring John E Gilbert Rose Tapley Luke Martin William Burton Mrs Martin Raby Craven Robert Hilton Bert Angeles Baker Moore Ruth Hayes Ethel Cunningham and John Freese. Kathleen Clifford headlines at Keiths Grand Opera House with vaudeville star quality in The Top o the World. The program includes Jimmie Barry acts Gus Edwards School Boys and Girls and The Five Olympiers living statuary with other acts like Bowmen brothers and Deira premiering in America.
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John BE. Gilbert
Rose Y Tapley
Luke Martin
William H. Burton
Mrs. Martin
Raby Craven
Robert Hilton
Bert Angeles
Baker Moore
Ruth Hayes
Ethel Cunningham
John Freese
B. F. Keith
Miss Clifford
Johnny
Vesta Tilley
Jimmie Barry
Gus Edwards
New York
Lillian Gonpe
Sassy
Little
Albert Frank
Bowman Brothers
Deira
Pope
Uno
Bell
Caron
Colonial vaudeville bill stars Staysley sextette and Japs troupe
The Colonial will present a bill featuring the Staysley sextette a rollicking musical comedy act the Susimoto rap troupe six top Japanese jugglers and contortionists Emily Dodd and company in The Awakening of Lucille a tense emotional drama Bernard and Orth in In a Thunderstorm a funny German comedian act Hart and Berrick with a sketch plus George W Day a top black face monologist in vaudeville.
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Staysley
Emily Dodd
Lucille
Bernard and
Orth
Hart
Berrick
Schooldars” Company
George W. Day
Vaudevilie
New Social Satire at Majestic Mirrors Judge Grant Play
From fragments of a book the new Arvine-ben ten comedy to be staged next week at the Majestic theater echoes Judge Robert Grant s Unleavened Bread in theme while diverging in plot. Grant s play failed financially but the current production aims to field a sharper, more modern satire.
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Arvine-benten
Majestic Theater
Judge Robert Grant
Judge Grant
Man Arrested After Axe Attack at Pine Street House
Charles Phillips of 1124 English Avenue faces assault and attempted murder charges after allegedly entering 329 South Pine Street, striking James Gordon on the head with an axe as Gordon visited a woman. Police were notified Saturday after Friday evening incident. Phillips denies a niece at the Pine Street address.
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Charles Phillips
Englsh Avenue
Schlangen
Glenn
Phillips
South Pine Street
James Gordon
Lord Street
Gordon
Pine Street
Painter Hurt In Fall At City Hall Project
Edwin Kerealzat, a painter on the new city hall, fell Saturday morning from a scaffold, breaking his right wrist and injuring his left ankle. He suffered severe cuts to the head and face. He was taken by ambulance to City hospital, treated, and released to his home at 625 East Miami Street.
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Edwin Kerealzat
New City Hall
City Hospital
East
Miami Street
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