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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 02, 1916

Page

16

Three Triangle Programs at Grand This Week

Grand Opera house presents a week of film with stars Bessie Barriscale Dorothy Gish Fatty Arbuckle and Mabel Normand. Features include Betty of Graystone The Bright Lights The Conqueror A Movie Star and Honor’s Altar with supporting performances and Keystone comedy flair.

Triangle Grand Opera House Bessie Barriscale Dorothy Gish Fatty Arbuckle Mabel Normand Betty of Jim Weed George Fawcett Betty Graystone Chandler Owen Moore Bud Weed Kid McCoy Keystone Batt Grastone Fatty Arucks

Eternal Magdalene to Open at Grand for Three Nights

Advance notices hype Selwyn & Co. production The Eternal Magdalene to be staged at the Grand for three nights starting Monday April 10. The show features remarkable stage effects and a notably strong cast, with a story that promises timeless appeal.

Clara Joel Grand Selwyn & Co the Grand the Eternal Magdalene Robert McLaughlin

City Enacts Moral Trial in Stage Drama

A fair sized American city stages a play about judgment and sin where townspeople confront vice. The production mirrors New York’s run with Clara Joel leading a cast that includes Wilson Reynold Helena Rappport George Wright Jr. and Helen Judson.

New York Clara Joel Wilson Reynold Helena Rapport George Wright Jr Helen Judson

Princess Theater Reopens Under New Management

The Princess Theater resumes operations after a several day remodeling period. It will feature vaudeville shows and is now run by a new management team.

Princess Theater

New Management Promises High Class Vaudeville and Pictures

The Pantages vaudeville circuit will present a refreshed program each Wednesday and Sunday with matinees from 1 to 6 and evenings 7 to 10 30. Five reels of moving pictures will be shown daily in five showings. A $20 000 cooling plant has been installed, plus new flooring and re upholstery of all seats.

First Circus of Year Arrives at Bowen Island Grounds

The original John Robinson Shows come to Bowen Island circug grounds next Wednesday for ten displays with many trained animals acrobats and contortionists. This first San Antonio appearance in six months draws large crowds. a parade precedes the show and the big tent goes up Tuesday.

John Robinson Bowen Island San Antonio Ring No. 1 Bowen Island Show Grounds

Brady outlines six new plays for legitimate theater

William A. Brady says between now and June 1 the legitimate theater will stage six new plays. He lists The Man Who Came Back by Jules Eckert Goodman and Little Comrade by Burton R. Stevenson starring Alice Brady, plus Counting the Cost by George Broadhurst and a yet unnamed Owen Davis drama. He urges demand for fine acting and affordable salaries to cultivate future stars, endorsing repertory as the path forward.

William A. Brady Legitimate Theater Jules Eckert Goodman Burton R. Stevenson Alice Brady George Broadhurst Owen Davis Julia Marlowes Richard Mansfields

Carolina White headlines Majestic vaudeville bill

Carolina White tops a seven act lineup at the Majestic theater in a limited Texas tour linking with the Metropolitan Grand Opera Company. Mazie King dazzles with on toes routines while Jack Donahue Alice Marion Stewart and others offer varied acts.

Carolina White Majestic Theater Metropolitan Grand Opera Company of New York Miss White Texas Majestic Chicago Grand Opera Company America Suzanne Interstate Amusement Company Mazie King Metropolitan Tower Miss King London Ted Doner Nightingale of Soagaters Late Co Chicago Grand Metropolitan Grand Opera

Film firm weighs San Antonio for new HQ and studio

F. D. Fowler, a field representative from a major Los Angeles motion picture firm, arrived in San Antonio to study the city as a potential branch studio site and HQ. He praised local scenery from Medina Lake to Kerrville and urged cooperation from property owners and officials to secure permission for filming. Fowler plans to stay several days at the Gunter hostel while awaiting his firm’s decision.

F. D. Fowler Los Angeles San Antonio Fowler Denver Memphis Nashville New Orleans Motion Picture Corporation Medina Lake Kerrville Corral Missions Old City Army Post Stinson Aviation School Pic

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Thomas H. Ince Enid Markley Willard Mack Miss Markey Mr. Mack Parvenu Mack Swain Miss Barriscale Miss Berriscale Alter Frederick Mallory Walter Edwards Warren Woods Mallery Mrs. Mallery Woods Mallory Clara Joel South Ee Bessit Darriscale Hlonor Artar Roscor Armweuis Mast House Triangle Pictures Enid Markey Willard Mack “the Conqueror Polly Moran Bowen's Island THE Jack Donahue Alice Marion Stewart Willie Solar London Hippodrome Solar Walter V. Milton Brown Billy W. Weston Viola Gillette Heart O' the Heather Samoa Phone Crockett Interstate Amusement Co Carolina Stewart & Donahue Metropolitan Grand Opera Opera Co Philadelphia Grand Opera Co Vaudeville Theaters By Special Arrangement Co Ted Dower Milton & CO George Brown Walker NSKA Beethoven Hall Thos. Goggan Bros
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