Amusements at Grand Bill Features Bertie Herron and Variety Acts
Next week's Grand vaudeville bill features Indianapolis native Bertie Herron in a pioneering burnt cork minstrelsy act, new solo star debut, and a strong lineup including William Thompson and company with a one act drama Mor Leves Sweet Sake, the Kitabanzai Japanese troupe, Leon T. Roger the human orchestra, Ward Kla re comedy The Twin Fats, G Herbert Mitchell baritone, Jewell's Manikins Toyland Vaudeville, The Quartet, Kinodrums election week feature and a Chicago Cubs versus Detroit Tigers film with crowd shots, plus stage returns of election night.
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the Grand
Bertie Herron
Indianapolis
The
Fair Sex
Miss Herron
Wiliam H. Thomonson
Thomas H. Iues
Elassic
Leon T. Roger
Sears Allen
G. Herbert Mitchell
Jewell
Vaude
Chicago Cubs
Detroit Tigers
Grind Management
Park Theater Presents The Creole Slaves Revenge Drama
A H Woods' dramatic production opens at Park Theater with a five month southern tour mirrored in a vivid plantation recreation. Fifty Black performers add color with song and dance as the piece exposes slavery’s horrors and the peonage system’s cruelty, urging audiences to reflect and act against the evil.
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A. H. Woods
Park Theater
Mr. Woods
South
Thurston the Magician at Park Theater Tonight
Complete returns from the election read on stage Tuesday night. A dancing contest with local talent follows Wednesday night. Thurston presents a new illusion program at Park Theater starting Thursday, with a six person company and equipment costing over $60,000. Critics may try to decode his tricks, but the show aims to astonish and amuse.
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Thurston
Howard Thurston
Park Theater
Kellar
Hall of Fame
Thursten
Mississippi
Magician
Are You a Mason to Open at Majestic With Forepaugh
Forepaugh Stock Company opens a week of merriment at the Majestic with Are You a Mason a translated German comedy Logenbrueder praised as a premier laughter producer. The production features a balanced cast and strong scenic settings promising broad audience appeal and includes stage reads of presidential and state election returns Tuesday night.
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Forepaugh Stock Company
Majestic
Cicts
Munson
Forepaugh Company
Indianapolis
Forepaugh
Empire Theater Features Tiger Lilies Week at Empire
Campbell Drew Amusement company The Tiger Lilies opens a week at the Empire with 40 artists. A prologue shows chorus members backstage followed by the one act musical farce Queen of the Moon. Will H Ward Kennedy and Hart Hugh Bernhard headline a lively program plus May Belmont Electric Clark Sisters and Del Netra Spanish dancer. election returns due Tuesday night.
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Campbell Drew Amusement Company
Tiger Liles
the Empire
Tiger Lilies
Drew
Will H. Ward
Kennedy and Hart
Hugh Bernhard
May Belmont
Electric Clark Sisters
W. H. Ward and Company
del Netra
New York
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New Gaiety Announces Two Strong Vaudeville Numbers
New Garety presents two strong vaudeville acts at the New Gaiety for next week. Confune tio with pictorial talkie posters from the Talk-A-Graph company and the big moving pictures with sound effects. Price and Mildred, a high class singing novelty act, perform dancing and comedy with whistling.
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Confunetio
Talk-A-Graph Company
Price
Mildred
Vaudville
May Belmont Burlesque Show At Popular House
May Belmont heads an evening at the popular burlesque house featuring the European phantomist Silent Mora with startling feats. Re-engaged soprano Josephine Barnett will perform eastern song successes, as manager Croze promises a program of Biograph films and feature playlets.
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Kes
Mora
Josephine Barnett
Cortratto
Croze
Mystic Theater Extends Life of Christ Screening
Unprecedented patronage leads Mystic Theater at 48 N. Pennsylvania to continue the Life of Christ for another week. The production features a choir quartette soloists Maude DeBolt Louise Lewis Earl Foreman K Narita and Edward Hannan with Charles F. Roberts on the mammoth organ. The film runs one hour and 15 minutes and is praised as one of the best moving pictures shown locally.
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Ater
Pennsylvania Street
Christ
Pic
Maude DeBolt
Louise Lewis
Earl Foreman
K. Narita
Edward Hannan
Charles F. Roberts
Mystic Theater
2 Kom
Amer. Nat. Bank
It Was Her Whiskers A Candid Immigrant Tale
A woman presenting as a man and living in masculine roles was detained at Ellis Island. Officials found no charge, released her, and she set off for New Orleans with a genuine mustache revealing the reason for her masquerade. The piece warns that whiskered women may face barriers despite past norms.
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Ellis Island
New Orleans
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Delight
Majestic Theater
Empire Theater
WH. H. Thompson & CO
Jewell’s Manikins
Kitasanzal Troupe
Seercy
Isieseimet
Leon T. Rogee
oHuman
JNC
ROME
Boiro
Ma‘inee Forepaugh Stock CO
Are You
Brown
Harvard
Garety
May
Empire
Mystic
Park
Tserighnt
P. K
Mat Kennedy
Wilt H. Ward
Gladys Sears
John Hi
Fashion
N. Pennsylvania
Family Theater
Kentucky Avenue
Washington Street
Talking Pictures
Fireside
WM. E. English
Business Men and Taxpayers
Merchants’ Association
Theater For the
Juggier
Trustee Center Township
Henry C. Schroeder
Royal Arch Masons
Red Men and
Druids
E. Market ST
Polk’s Milk
North
Polk
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