Grand offers varied fare at the Grand Opera House
The Grand Opera House presents light opera drama and comedy over ten days. The Blue Paradise opens with matinee and runs three more performances, followed by It Pays to Advertise for three shows. The House of Glass comes next, then Robin Hood by Walker Stevens, then Serenade by Victor Herbert, with De Koven’s Robin Hood featuring Ivy Scott as Maid Marian and Ralph Brainard as Robin Hood among others. The program benefits the Police Relief Fund Association of San Antonio.
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Lucy Fields
Robert Allen
Gustav Baci
Roi Cooper Megrue
Walter Hackett
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Max Marcin
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Adeline O’connor
Robert Middleman
Clyde Fogel
Hal Mordaunt
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Amelia Meyers
Bertram Miller
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H. W. Savage
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Ralph Brainard
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Friar Tuck
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Little John
Herbert Waterous
Will Scarlet
Harry
Serenade Opera Scenes Set in Spain
B. Smith and Victor Herbert will be the offering. Victor Herbert is viewed as a leading composer with his best work in The Serenade. The opera’s scenes unfold in Spain, enabling picturesque settings and attractive costumes.
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Bernhardt Ends New York Engagement On Ninth American Tour
Mme Bernhardt recently closed her New York engagement of her ninth American tour with spirited performances. Despite long accolades and expectations, a formal farewell seemed unlikely as she continued to energize audiences. She has achieved much yet has done more for the French language than any English-speaking actor.
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Mme. Bernhardt
New York
Miller plans new theater in New York City
Henry Miller announces a new West Forty third Street theater to showcase his productions. The house will feature a ladies reception room for ticket orders and discreet box seating to preserve audience view.
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West Forty-third Street
New York
Opening production set for October at new venue
The plan includes converting part of the house to a comfortable area similar to the lower floor. Seating will reach about 1,200 with Mr. Miller appearing in the opening production. Valen is scheduled for October.
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Valen
Bobbie’s china cow a birthday gift mishap in Indiana
A small mishap tears at a boy named Bobbie as his china cow for his sister’s birthday is damaged in transit. The cow’s horns break but his mother reassures him the cow still has a tall painted on its side. Bobbie recalls wanting a taller gift but now believes the scarred cow may feel safer.
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Indianapolis News
Warner quits movies in tropical garb on beach
H B Warner plans a return to theater in the play Among Those Present after a Sahara set weather fiasco in Bridgeport. A film shoot in frigid Connecticut forced his desert scenes to be filmed on a beach in tropical attire as wind chilled him and the crew.
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Experience Prepares Grand Stage Return January 14
The celebrated morality play Experience by George V Hobart heads to the Grand Opera House for a week starting Sunday January 14 with matinees on Wednesday and Saturday. The 82 member cast includes Leonard Doyle Paul Gilmore Bernard Craney George B Miller Clyde Franklin and others as Youth faces temptation pleasure poverty and redemption through ten dramatic scenes.
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Leonard Doyle
Paul Gilmore
Bernard Craney
George B. Miller
Clyde Franklin
Thomas Mack
Harry Buchanan
William Dupont
James Cahill
C. MacLean Savage
Paul Bell
Earle Lee
Alexander Woodburn
Fred Moseley
Axel Olson
Edward Talbot
Rorie Campbell
Leola Hogarth
Ola Sinclair
Fawn Conway
May Paul
Lottie Vernon
Ann Ford
Marie Sinclair
Beatrice Benton
J. R. Hurley
Sylvia Cushman
Lorell Gibson
Musa Beall
Louise Dale
House of Glass to Play For Policemen’s Relif Fund In San Antonio
Police sell tickets and indicate overflowing houses for The House of Glass at the Grand Friday Saturday and Sunday. Cohan Harris are noted for producing strong performances and the show’s charity frame boosts interest, with four performances already selling well and seat sales exceeding expectations.
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Policemen's Relief Fund
San Antonio
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MAKES A PEACE PLEA AT NEW YORK CASINO THEATER
Anna Held, after eighteen months in war relief in France, returns to the American stage in Follow Me at the Casino Theater. She uses the second act to present a famous peace speech in verse, calling it a daring innovation in musical comedy and expressing her duty to convey the poem's sentiment.
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New York
Miss Held
Gillette to star in cousin Clare Kummer's new play
William Gillette appears in a forthcoming production by his cousin Clare Kummer, famed for Good Gracious Annabelle. Anna Pavlova releases a calendar featuring her in native dress to aid Russian war sufferers. Francis Wilson plans a January return to the stage in The Laughter of Fools. Montgomery and Stone forthcoming show.
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William Gillette
Clare Kummer
Annabelle
Anna Pavlova
Francis Wilson
Percy's Gamblers All to Open at Maxine Elliott's
Percy Burton will bring his long delayed musical comedy Gamblers All to Maxine Elliott's Theater with a January 1 opening. The production marks Burton's return to Broadway after a hiatus and promises a high spirited ensemble and special effects.
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Maxine Elliott
The Real Hardship in Columbus Plowing Days
A brief tale from the Indianapolis News describes men plowing with a mule team in hard ground. One driver channels pent-up emotion as he jokes about men watching women pass by, noting the distraction rather than the war.
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