Vaudeville Houses Open With Houdini Headliner
Houdini headlines a two week engagement at the mia Theatre starting tomorrow, featuring his famed torture cell escape and a diverse bill including Gertrude Vandeehitt, Torre, Fura the educated monkey, and a chorus of comedians and fancy acts. Union Square also presents top acts led by The New Physician and An Idyl of the Strings with dogs Zerthoes and other varied entertainment.
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Mayo and
Allman
Bart Medwe
Herman Tisonere
Jeane Lasky
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Tov
Seven Blacks
Hate
Berlin
Water
Wilvon
Te Handeys
Comedane
Thy ‘Three Mortons
Watton
Summer Burlesque Season Opens at Columbia Theatre
The summer burlesque season starts tomorrow afternoon at the Columbia Theatre with a two act travesty The Kissing Maid written by Edward Hanford and Sem Howe with music by Leo Edwards There are four seam en in France and Egypt Sam Howe leads a large cast including Florence Bennett Pete Curley Stef Anderson Sylvia Jason Vera Desmond Butler Mandeville Harry Prescott Count de Vasey Charles Howe Et Mall and others A partial chorus and ballet appear Special features include Helen Western praised as the most beautiful burlesque woman and reproductions of noted paintings plus the tango dance by Hep Tener Morn Robert Marke and Nora White The Astor Four known to Vaudeville patrons in Europe and America will also appear The production as announced aims to align burlesque with higher theatrical standards while appealing to the better element of theatre goers
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Columbia Theatre
Edward Hanford
Sem Howe
Leo Edwards
Seemen
France
Egypt
Sam Howe
Florence Bennett
Pete Curley
Stef Anderson
Sylvia Jason Vera Desmond
Butler Mandeville
Harry Prescott
Count de Vasey
Charles Howe
Columbia Amusement Company
Centenary Drama in Leipsig Celebrates German Liberation
A hundredth anniversary spectacle in Leipsig portrays the battle of nations with thousands of horses and fireworks, while critics debate the moving picture’s superiority over drama. The discussion touches on Heine, Candida, Nora, and Bernard Shaw influences, noting feminist and social themes raised by the production.
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Vatherland
Leipsie
Tien
Incese
Tiriah
New York
New England
Henderson
Bernard Shaw
Frage
Carl
Maurice Muret
Agnes Sorma
Berlin
Candida
Nora
Lill Peiele
Morell
Tyree
Shin, Heviard
Moving pictures of Gettysburg and Scott expedition shown
A repertory program features a Gettysburg reenactment with two men practicing musket movement and detonations to evoke battle smoke, plus a motion picture of Captain Scott’s Antarctic voyage at the Laurie Theatre. The Scott films show animal life, Mt Kreu or Krebuw, and the explorers’ team dining before recovery, with proceeds aiding widows and orphans of the expedition.
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Colun
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Gettyebure
Isle
Lee
Saom
Nile
Robert Futeon Scott
Bouth Pole
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Ernest Torrence
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Lceberes
Frome
Haptaln Scott
Wilton
Penisotter
Scott
Mins
Alaska films draw renewed demand for translated classics
The Astor continues to show Teine-Cines off newsreels and repeats popular titles. Observers note renewed demand for an American translation of Sienkiewicz novel North of 6. The undated clipping mentions Quo Vales and Rainey African hunt pictures as part of the lineup at 136.
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Tng Pictures
Astor
America
Sienkiewicz
Alaska Films
Rainey African Hunt Pictures
Candida and Her Charms Under Shaw’s Lens in Wartime Critique
The critic surveys Shaw’s Candida and its heroine, noting her charm and moral ambiguity. It contrasts early praise with later distrust, detailing Candida’s provocative manipulation of men and her freedom from domestic sentiment.
Arno Holz and His Fifty Year German Drama Milestone
Arno Holz, a key figure in modern German drama, recently marked his fiftieth birthday. Despite fragile finances and limited commercial success, he remains recognized as a leading literary technocrat. The German Theatre Directors Society plans to honor him with gifts of his plays in theatres as a form of tribute. He is working on a cycle of twelve dramas titled Herrin die Wende einer Zeit in Dramen, aiming to chronicle a turning point in German drama.
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Itas
Hinge
Dake
Hole
Berlin
Ike Zak
Newele
The Second State Play Delights Paris Dramatic Club
In Paris May 20 the Les Escholiers dramatic club unveiled Francois de Nion’s three act drama The Second State a radical study of dual personality through hypnosis A husband second wife and a Breton saleewoman feature in a tense plot with Andrée Mary and Yvonne Garrick in key roles The work may reach English stages in New York and London next season.
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Paris
Les Escholiers
M. Francois de Nion
L’etat Second
Brittany
Kins
Mothee Tho Grrher
Senife
Servne
Saleeworman
Mile
Andrée M@ry
Aleu
Yvonne Garrick
New York
The Good Old Times and Theatrical Managers Troubles
An old manager recalls dramatic shifts in theatre expenses from past to present. He notes modern managers can estimate costs before a show, while earlier he walked town streets seeking funds, facing sparse audiences and uncertain rooms after rain. He recalls paying for promises and urban reception, learning patience through hard humor and missed tickets.
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