Amusements at the Grand Opera House Delight Audiences
Mme. Theresa Renz presents a striking act with three white thoroughbreds and herself leading a series of remarkable tricks. A varied bill follows with Harry Linton Anita Lawrence in Married Now, Linden Beckwith The Girl in the Golden Frame, Wilfred Clarke What Will Happen Next, Cook and Sylvia, the Free Setters Quartet in The Missing Link, the Four Franklins aerialists, George Austin Moore with dialect songs, and The Kinodrome offering Village Gossips a rural comedy drama.
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Theresa Renz
Grand Opera House
Mme. Renz
Harry Linton
Anita Lawrence
Cook
Sylvia
Mr. Cook
George Austin Moore
Park Theater Presents The Flower of the Ranch Musical Western
Park Theater fair week show The Flower of the Ranch follows Hanlon acts with a western setting and musical charm. Frederick Weights Jessie Huston Frances Cossar Edward Huma E H Horner and Earl Stanley star a lively revue with song numbers and encores drawing S R O crowds.
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the Park Theater
Frederick Weights
Jack Farman
Jessie Huston
Little Flower
Frances Cossar
Margaret Merron
Edward Huma
Skivers
E. H. Horner
Toni Migul
Earl Stanley
Bob Brandon
Frederick Knights
Edward Hume
Jessie Horton
Majestic Stock Company Opens With Major Praise
The Forepaugh Stock Company debuted at the Majestic theater Monday with strong artistic and popular reception. Standing room was limited as audiences praised the staging of Meredith Nicholson’s novel and the performances of veterans Mr. George Arvine and Miss Lucile Spinney. New members join a strengthened company and Mr. George Middleton preserves the novel’s lasting mystery until the final act.
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Majestic Theater
Meredith Nicholson
Indianapolis
George Arvine
Lucile Spinney
George Middleton
Stock company thrills with lively acting and dramatic tension
The production delivers exciting drama with strong performances from Ainsworth Arnold as Bates and Arvine as John Glenham. Marion Devereux and Reverend Stoddard provide balance, while Morris Foster and Jack Sheehan supply pivotal climaxes and comic relief. Newcomer Fay Bodler draws praise.
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Bates
Arvine
John Glenham
Miss Spinney
Marian Devereux
Indianapolis
J. Francis Wirk
Arthur Pickering
Morgan
Morris Foster
Arnold
Mr. Kirk
Remaine Calender
Dr. Stoddard
Jack Sheehan
Larry Donovan
Miss Baker
Frivolities of 1918 at the Empire theater praised
A detailed review lauds The Frivolities of 1918 at the Empire for inventive staging and strong performances. Anna Chandler leads with a versatile vocal impersonations, Clem Bergins charms as sheriff, Maurice Wood impresses with Vesta Victoria and Eva Tanguay sketches, Frankie Heath and Joe Neilson spark the comedy, and Sam Crane as the sheriff earns standout make up. The piece highlights natural chorus entrances and clever impersonations of Broadway stars.
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Empire
Anna Chandler
Fay Templeton
Ethel Levey
Anna Held
Clem Bergins
Raymond Hitchcock
Maurice Wood
Vesta Victoria
Eva Tanguay
Miss Tanguay
Frankie Heath
Ginger
Joe Neilson
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Caruso
Alfred Varsha
Chaunces Olcott
Salome
New Gaiety At the New Gayety Show Promises Busy Matinees
The New Gayety offered standing room for both afternoon and evening shows with three talking pictures this week for state fair visitors. "Preams of Toyland" was highlighted by audiences as a wonderful mouse themed creation. The program also featured "The Stone Breaker" for moral impact and "His Mother's Melody" plus "No Beard No Wedding" as comedy. Ballad numbers included "The Rainbow Song" amid popular pictures and views. The current program runs through tomorrow night with full charge for pictures and ballads.
Wonderland Vaudeville at Indiana State Fair Week
Wonderland in Indianapolis presents a free vaudeville show during state fair week. Emory White & Co. headline with three operatic singers, special scenery and property effects. The program aims to please all amusement seekers from strenuous acts to quiet entertainment.
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Indianapolis
Emory White & Co
Three Gypsy for tune Tellers and Wonderland Acts Highlight Fair Week
The review praises a trio of gypsy style tune tellers with fine voices and notes Mad Miller, the handcuff king, performing strenuous self liberation feats. Seight's Concert orchestra offers varied numbers while new Wonderland shows debut including A Little Pile of Everything and The Old Plantation. Matinees during state fair week feature free grounds admission for children under ten with escorts.
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Mad Miller
Paul
Indianapolis
Seight
Wonderland
Hoosier
Lot
Two Young Men Held After Alleged Hold Up
Otto Robinson of Waverly and Jerry Pritcher age 20 are detained by police during an investigation of an attempted robbery of Mr and Mrs Balthasar Kuchler on Bluff road Saturday night. Pritcher admits lending a revolver to his uncle at a dance nearby. Kuchler feigned inability to understand English as the robbers demanded money.
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Waverly
Jerry Pritcher
Mrs. Balthasar
Pritcher
Kuchler
Gerome Edwards Joins Olcott in New Play Ragged Robin
Gerome Edwards now stars opposite Chauncey Olcott in Ragged Robin after last season portraying the Dauphin of France with Grace Merritt in When Knighthood Was in Flower. Edwards moves from the Merritt pairing to a leading heavy role on stage.
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Gerome Edwards
France
Grace Merritt
Knighthood
Chauncey Olcott
No Chance. Pa Keeps Promise on Marriage Life Advice
A brief, wry exchange from Life magazine features a father answering a son's question about avoiding marriage to the wrong woman with a simple reply You won t. The line underscores a pragmatic, humorous outlook on life and love.
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