New York Theatre Roundup Ends and New Arrivals Planned
New York on December 18 bids farewell to John Drew at the Empire and to Chin Chin at the Globe after an 18 month, 600 performance run. Miss Maude Adams tops the bill tonight in Peter Pan with later revivals. Gaby Deslys takes over at the Globe, while Tarkington and Rambeau are linked to forthcoming productions. John Kellard shifts to a Midwest Hamlet tour, with Percy Haswell as lead in Romeo and Juliet. David Warfield pauses in Chicago after a Belasco project, as Belasco’s Van der Decken awaits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Drew
the Empire
Maude Adams
Adieu
Montgomery and Stone
Globe Theater
Globe
Gaby Deslys
Ale, Thomas
Booth
Tarkington
Mr. Tarkington
Marjorie Rambeau
Sadie Love
John E. Kellard
Hamlet
Avill
Middle West
Percy Haswell
Henry Miller
Jules Eckert Goodman
Mr. Miller
Ruth Chatterton
B. Iden Payne
Hobson
Shuberts
Harold Brighouse
Manchester
Hillary
Stanley Houghton
Gridhouse
Belasco ”Theater
David Warfield
van der Decken
David Belasco
Mr. Warfield
Chicago
The Wrecker thrills Quincy crowds in staged play
A photo play titled The Wrecker captivates local audiences featuring Mayor Abbott Bernard Poet superintendent of the railroad and prominent actors Vera Harris Helen Powers Dick Bartlett Jim Hilton and R M Wagner. The plot follows a romance between Helen and engineer Hilton with a dramatic wreck and a race for the fast mail to Chicago ending in a marriage at the Presbyterian church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Abbott
Bernard Poet
Fast Mail
Chicago
Hilton
This Is the Life at Hippodrome and Nativity of Nation
The Hippodrome presents This is the Life tonight and repeats Christmas week with bright comedy and tunes. December events include The Birth of a Nation shows through December 27 with matinees and night performances. Also noted is Third White House Wedding history with President Tyler and President Wilson both marrying while in office and the 1844 New York City ceremony of Julian Gardiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Woodrow “Wilson
Tyler
Cleveland
Wilson
New York City
Julian Gardiner
Christmas Holiday Notes and Local Arrivals
Christmas greetings and holiday events fill the page. Mr and Mrs H M Hess arrive from Saskatchewan to spend holidays with relatives, visiting in the city. Numerous notices cover store hours, sales, gifts, and local residents traveling home for Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrv
H. M. Hess
Saskatchewan
Canada
Hess Awas
Alma‘ Ueidbreder
Hess
Tomany
Halbach- Schroeder, Co
Mary Lipps
South Sixth Street
Rose Saalig
South Seventh Set
Hellionis
Mae T Trescher
Srernont
Armory
Floss Thompson
State Street
Hannibal
Wao
Halbach-Schroecer Co
Henry
Albuquerque
Noom
Milla Adenék
Portageville
Louise’ Hodges
Arkansas City
Kan
Gem ‘City Business College
Universal Percolators
Gunther Hardware Co
Beulah Prante
State University
G. TH. Prante
South Fourteenth Street
Halbach-Schroeder
Also Mentioned on This Page
Halton
Onamont
Powell
Broadway
Cleo Madison
Lon ‘Chaney
Lubin
Lilie Lesiie
Rosetta’ Brice
Francis Joyner
Wm. Cahill
Joseph Smiley
Elderbush: Gulch
Plains
Charles H. Mailes
Charlie Chaplin
Bis Crucible
Nell Craig
Bohemia
Famotus Bijou
Madonna
Mme. Petrova
Butterfly ON the Wheel
Vivian Martin
Holbrook Blinn
the Campbells
Francis Ford
Grace Cunard
Napaos Tan
Jack Manning
Jim Hilton
Helen
Hartley Marrises
The
Presbyterian
Vera
Haris
Dick Bartlett
R. M. Wagner
Starland
Orpheum
Maines
Enpire-Hippedrome
Carter
Ghee
Nmas
Tofall-Seger
Theophil Langhorst
Paul Langhorst
St. Peter's Evangelical Church
A. Langhorst
Rev. Langhorst
Matilda Langhorst
Payson Avenue
Elmhurst College
Elmhurst, Ill
Peter Fleer
Hampshire
State School For’ Blindin
Jacksonville
Halbach-Schroeder Co
P. Henry O'Brien
Sten Biscuit Com
Pany
Cascade
A. E. Hunter
Iten Biscuit Company
Guintier Hardware Co
Elizabeth
Wehter
Halbach- Schroeder Co
Frank Gould
Weilers For
Yorl
Trombones
Brace
the LA Salle
Cornetist
Marie Kryl
Josephine Kryl
the Armory
Wonderful Name
Petrova
Lucille
Oooe Theatres
D. W. Griffith
Wonderful Triangle
Betta Lily
Chas. Murry
Hogan
the “Knight
Keystone
the Gem
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