Houdini to headline Indianapolis vaudeville week slate
Houdini headlines B F Keith's and the Lyric and Palace shows next week in Indianapolis. The bill features Bernard Granville, Ted Lorraine and Jack Minto in Moth and Flames, plus Lydia Barry, Steanelli and Douglas, Joe Keno and Rosie Green, Bert Ryle and Johnny O Brien, Sylvia Di Gaetano, Paul Paulsen and co, and a slate of bands dances and film screenings. The Water Torture Cell act and other escapes headline a packed program across three venues with additional acts and a Christmas Letter drama in the lineup.
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Lyric
the Palace
Ted Lorraine
Jack Minto
Houdini
Indianapolis
Margery
Boston
Lydia Barry
Barry
Steanelli
Douglas
Joe Keno
Rosie Green
Bert Ryle
Johnny O'Brien
Palace Theater
Marie Andre
Porter J. White
Boc Baker
Benny and Western
Violet Follies
Baker
Lionel
Mike” Ames
University of Michigan
del Wright
Lpami Podga
Tanelli
Douglas Widdle
DI Gaetanos
AUL Paulsen & CO
Musical Maid in New York Soon by Shubert Firms
The School Maid, a new musical play adapted from The Charm School, will be staged in New York by the Shubert brothers late in April. Cast includes Florence Eldridge Jack MacGowan Eleanor Griffith Winifred Harris Millie James Joe McCallion Ethel Martin and others. Music by Fred Coots lyrics by Clifford Grey dances by Seymour Felix.
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Charm School
New York
Messrs. Shubert
Florence Eldridge
Jack MacGowan
Eleanor Griffith
Winifred Harris
Millie James
Joe McCallion
Ethel Martin
Harry Wagstaff Gribble
Alice Duer Miller
Robert Milton
Fred Coots
Clifford Grey
Seymour Felix
Stock season opens with Berkell, key acts listed
No. 1 Robert St. Clair headlines Berkell stock season at English's Opening Sunday night. No. 2 Roy E. Mack and Peggie Brantley appear at the Lyric all next week. No. 8 Edythe Elliott leads Berkell Players in Why Men I Have Home at English's all next week. No. 4 Raynon and Geneva open Thursday afternoon at the Palace. No. 5 Harry Houdini headlines all next week opening Sunday afternoon at Keith's.
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Robert St. Clair
Roy E. Mack
Peggie Brantley
Lyric
Raynon
Geneva
Harry Houdini
Keith's
Hodge to Appear at Murat in May
William Hodge brings his touring show to Murat theater May 4 5 6 with matinee Wednesday. The star performs For All of Us backed by a strong cast led by Frank Losee and Charlotte Wynters as the chaotic family at the center of the plot.
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Hodge
Murat
William Hodge
Murat Theater
Chicago
New York
Mr. Hodge
Ola Brin
Frank Losee
Charlotte Wynters
Marion Abbott
Frank Burbeck
Courtney White
Lucille Hasting
Frank Chariton
J. Warren Lyons
Philip Dunning
Jane Lambe
Popular Priced Opera Opens in Chicago With Gallo San Carlo
Fortune Gallo's two San Carlo Grand Opera companies arrive in Chicago for a seven night season at the Auditorium beginning March 30. The program includes Aida and Faust with English matinee Carmen, conducted by Isaac Van Grove, and a Paulist Choir chorus. Proceeds benefit the Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs endowment fund.
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Chicago
Fortune Gallo
San Carlo
Chicago Club
San Carlo Company
Aida
Faust
Auditorium
Carmen
Chicago Opera
Isaac van Grove
Chicago Civic Opera
Paulist Choir
le Roy Wetzel
Andreas Paviey
Serge Oukrainsky
Lorna Doone Jackson
Indianapolis
Olga Kargan
N V A Week planned across major vaudeville circuits
Vaudeville theaters nationwide prepare for N V A Week from April 12 to 19. Balis pageants and holiday features will light up Keith Albee Orpheum Loew Proctor Moas Fox Interstate Pantages circuits. Proceeds support the sick and benefit fund as executives and performers unite for a grand carnival in all houses.
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National Vaudeville Artists
Paramount Signs Arlen for Work on Two Screen Stories
Michael Arlen the acclaimed author of The Green Hat Piracy Those Charming People and The Romantic Lady has signed a contract with Paramount to write two original screen stories for Pola Negri Announcement by Jesse L Lasky in New York Arlen 26 Armenian London upbringing concentrates on sophisticated drawing room life and is aiding in staging The Green Hat during his first U S visit
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Michael Arlen
England
United States
London
Paramount
Pola Negri
Jesse L. Lasky
Famous Players
New York
Miss Negri
Candida at the Little Theatre Opens Season Finale
The Little Theatre presents Shaw’s Candida at the Masonic Temple on Wednesday night April 8 as the season closer. The cast includes Mrs. Eugene Fife as Candida and Sara Lauter as Proserfine with Walther Lieber Morall Murry Wickard Marchbanks Arthur J Bernault Burgess Worth Howard Alexander and George Somnes in supporting roles. The production is noted as a widely discussed Broadway success and is described as an old play with frank treatment of its theme.
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Little Theatre
Shaw
Masonic Temple
Eugene Fife
Sara Lauter
Proserfine
Walther Lieber—Morall
Murry Wickard
Marchbanks
Arthur J. Bernault
Burgess
Worth Howard
Alexander
George Somnes
Broadway
Osterman's Broad Ways Opens at Parody Club
Review praises Jack Osterman for writing and conceiving the revue at the Parody Club in New York. Frankie James and Hal Hixon star in the midnight show with dances by Maurice Diamond. Osterman’s creative talent is highlighted as he expands from vaudeville to theatrical writing.
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Forty-Eighth St
New York
Jack Osterman
Frankie James
Hal Hixon
Maurice Diamond
Osterman
Keith's
Indianapolis
Berkell Players Open Stock Season with Why Men Leave Home
The Berkell Players launch their third season at English's on Sunday in Avery Hopwood's Why Men Leave Home. Edythe Elliott leads with Milton Byron as the new lead, joined by Larry Sullivan Idabelle Arnold and others. A public reception on stage follows the matinee next week.
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Berkell
Indianapolis
English
Avery Hopwood
Morosco Theater
Hopwood
Edythe Elliott
Milton Byron
Berkell Company
Larry Sullivan
Idabelle Arnold
Mary Hill
Robert Fay
Robert St. Claire
Martha Morton
al C. Wilson
Tom Evans
William V. Hull
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