Keiths Ready to Open Season at Keiths Theatre Sunday
The 1925-26 Keiths season debuts after renovations with Signor Friscoe and nine marimba players toplining. The program features acts from Blackface Eddie Ross to Sid Tracey and Bessie Hay, plus The Arkansas Valentinos and Pathe News segments.
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Keith
B. F. Keith
Signor Friscoe
Europe
New York
Eddie Ross
J. Francis Nooley
Corinne Salfs
Keith House
Sid Tracey
Bessie Hay
Paul Humphrey
John Sully
Muriel Thomas
Sully
Bob
Lucy Gillette
Chevalier Brothers
Pathe
Mighty Hit on Broadway Ruth Gordon Sparks Interest
Broadway season opens with rising talents and veteran names. Laurence Stallings Maxwell Anderson debut new works after What Price Glory success. Sidney Howard James Gleason also gain attention as Is Zat So stars. Helen Chandler shines in The Wild Duck as theatre world watches new arrivals.
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York
Laurence Stallings
Maxwell Anderson
iNen
Stallings
Sidney Howard
James Gleason
Howard
Gleason
Helen Chandler
Judith Anderson Seizes Belasco Stardom In New Season
The piece notes Judith Anderson rising to Belasco stardom as a new season opens with hundreds of plays planned for 1925 26. It hints the Cinderella story may repeat in various forms, making the lineup eagerly anticipated.
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Judith Anderson
Belasco
Ruth Gordon shines as Eve in The Fall of Eve at Keith’s
Ruth Gordon saves a tedious play with a flawless performance as Eve in The Fall of Eve. The review notes strong supporting acts by Eddie Ross on banjo and Irene Deitel in Tinkle Toes, while criticizing the plot and dialogue as contrived.
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Ed Janis
Billy Fynan
Palace Theater
Fynan
Janis
Irene Deital
Rosalie la Verner
Dorothy Ferguson
Ruth Elliott
Charley Andell
Billy Golden
John Gorman
Billy Tate
Billy McDermott
Coxey's Army
Clark
Crosby
Eve
Ruth Gordon
Eddie Ross
Keith
Tony Don’t Understand and a Vaudeville Night Now Playing
An Italian and American duo open a comedy line with popular songs. VARNIE'S KENTUCKY RAM BLERS display six jazz musicians showcasing both solo and group skills in a broad repertoire. Dolly Davis leads a speed themed minstrel act. Smith and Cantor perform Impossibilities of 1926. Arabian and Polish love songs plus a negro opera and other comedy numbers fill the program with Guy Rarick and duo foils, three Keena Girls, and screen features Johnny Hines in The Cracker Jack and Idle Tongues with Marmont and Kenyon.
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Tony
Varnie
Kentucky Ramblers
Dolly Davis
Smith
Cantor
Guy Rarick
Tandler and Stone
Keena Girls
Johnny Hines
Percy Marmont
Doris Kenyon
Clara Kimball Young to Star in His Adorable Wife on Keith Circuit
Clara Kimball Young appears in a short season on the Keith-Albee circuit in Tom Barry’s sketch His Adorable Wife at the local Keith theater the week of September 20. The three character travesty lets her display comedy charm while donning Paris creations.
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Clara Kimball Young
Keith-Albee
Tom Barry
Keith Theater
Miss Young
Paris
John Kimball
Clara
Lnter
Moving
Hitchcock to open season at English’s with Service for Husbands
Raymond Hitchcock, comedian, brings a new play to English's for three performances Monday Tuesday and Wednesday September 21 22 and 23. The comedy follows Jimmy Deeriffe an author who starts a paid service enabling wives to be entertained while husbands travel, with further misadventures among Greenwich Village friends and actresses.
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Raymond Hitchcock
Bates Hunter
Jimmy Deeriffe
Hitchcock
Greenwich Village
Laura
Fyedor Fitch
Jimmy
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Pewee Myers
Ford Hanford
Palace
Arkansas Valentinos
Dan Downing
Grayce
Arnold
Dean
Walsh
Kramer
Wanda
Marie
Janis Revue
The
Myers & Hanford
Jazz Boys
Blue Grass State
Scovel
Wanda and Seals
Sweet Marie
Lyman Howe Hodge Podge
Miss Gordon
Alon
Los Angeles Times
N. ¥. Telegram
N. Y
Miss Dresser
Chicago Tribune
Constance Darling
Frank Owens
Bob Jones
Floyd Thompson
Cecil B. de Mille
Theodore Roberts
Estelle Taylor
Julia Faye
Charles de Roche
Robert
Edeson
Hans Hanke
Wizard OF the Piano
Piaro
Motion Pictures
Pate
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