Majestic week stars Emma Carus and dance partner
Emma Carus headlines the Majestic with a new repertoire and partner Carl Randall a famed dancer from American and Russian schools. The program features her Irish suffragette song and frequent costume changes, plus Una Clayton and Company with a serious yet uplifting playlet. Eight Society Dancers perform the tango and waltz numbers, while Sherman Van and Hyman deliver a blended vocal act and Mozart brothers present Snowed In with snowshoe dancing.
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Emma Carus
the Majestic
Mies Carus
Carl Randall
Randall
Miss Carus
Una Clayton
Miss Clayton
Marie Hartmann
Mariie Deem
Sherman
Van
Hyman
Broadway
Fred
Fra Mozart
Sharrocks and Beer Berger Show Bright Variety Act
Yodeling of Mr Mozart with Miso Mozart blends into a fair ground like skit featuring a fortune teller and second sight. The Sharrocks present a clever act that entertains audiences and promises strong finishes. Beer Berger performs contortion and balancing feats and is praised as a premier amber performer in the theatrical world.
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Mozart
Miso Mozart
Beer Berger
Silk Hat and Sam Bernard Shine on Stage
New York reports Sam Bernard credits silk hat as key to his rise in vaudeville. From Birmingham to Broadway he recalls buying a $3 silk hat that sparked instant audience reaction and boosted salaries. Also notes The Traffic drama in the Bronx and a German Oedipus run at the Metropolitan Opera House with Rudolph Christians.
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New York
Sam Bernard
Fifth Avenue
Sam
Bond Street
Dutchy
England
Birmingham
Grand Duke Theater
Baxter Street
Worth
Baxter Streets
Wall Street
Sam Caw
Chicago
Manhattan
Noblesse
Irving Price
Metropolitan Opera House
Sophocles
Berlin
Rudolph Christians
Ooedipug
Laius
Delphi
Trageey
Adolf Wilbrandt
Thebes
Metropolitan Opera House reports first surplus in years
Giulio Gatti-Casola announces next season plans with new singers from Berlin Hamburg and Vienna. World premiere Madame San Geno may open the season with libretto by Renato Simoni and music by Umberto Giordano. Novelties include Francesca da Rimini Notre Dame and The Taming of the Shrew.
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Metropolitan Opera House
Plano
Giulio Gatti-Casama
Melanie Kurt
The
Royal Opera
Berlin
Mme
Elizabeth Purltz-Schumann
Standt Theater
Hamburg
Mabel Garrison
Alfred Piccaver
Imperial Opera
Vienna
Arthur Middleton
Gatt Casarea
Madame San Geno
Metropolitan
Renato Simoni
Umberto Giordano
Andrea Chenier
Fedora
Debussy
Mystery Film Promises Sensational Puzzle Action at Royal
The Royal shows a three reel feature The Mystery of Mysteries hailed as a sensationally realistic puzzle film. Hundreds work on the production with magnificent scenic effects. Also on bill Her Life for Liberty and single reels The Little Madman The Last Man's Club and a Pathe weekly plus Monday & Kemp feature Cards as headliner.
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the Royal
Vitagraph
Last Man's Club
Selig
Pathe Weekly
Monday
Kemp
Wonders of Education Laugh Line
A humorous Education column riffs on mispriced forecasts and a college student’s advice. It jests about markets, foreign policy, and the misdirection of a would be pork speculator turning to mutton after learning Turkey does not eat pork.
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Turkey
New Bill at Crescent Theater Delights Audience
W. S. Dale leads a strong Crescent Theater production with Arthur Lines as leading man. Dutch and Blondie Martin perform in comedy while Blanche Martin leads as leading lady and Lois Charnier shines as soubrette. Seven musical numbers with a popular chorus and regular singing contests headline the bill.
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Crescent Theater
W.S. Dale
Arthur Lines
Mr. Dale
Blondie Martin
Blanche Martin
Lois Charnier
Features at the Wigwams promise a busy cinema day
The Lubin company presents A licensed masterpiece in five parts at Wimwag No. 2 The Daughters of Men alongside the Mutual program. Hearts Adrift starring Mary Pickford appears in Famous Players. Lucille Love the Girl of Mystery at No. 1 with a Vitagraph special Vanity Fair. Alkali Ike in a comedy and Dus tin Farnum in The Squaw Man and Warren Kerrigan in Samson are also featured. A geological survey notes a possible natural gas field in the United States with rare formations mentioned.
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Lubin Company
Wimwag No
Daughters of Men
Mutual
Hearts Adrift
Mary Pickford
Famous Players
Lucille Love
Vanity Fair
Dustin Farnum
Warren Kerrigan
Samson
Local Dry Goods Firms Advertise in Houston Area
Fragmentary OCR lists several dry goods firms and shop names on East Houston Street and nearby plazas. Entries mention Joske Bros Wolff & Marx Saul Wolfson and Sommers two stores with addresses on Alamo Plaza 121 W Houston 120 East Houston and 240 East Houston.
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Joske Bros, Dry Goods Co
Wolff & Marx Dry Goods Co
Saul Wolfson Dry Goods Co
Beauty
Filmmaking Buzz: New Mutual and Reliance Productions
A furor of new screen projects spans detectives and thrillers. The Stolen Radium stars Russell B. Smith and Jack Adolfs for Majestic Mutual. A Pair of Cuffs opens the series. Courtenay Foote Irene Hunt lead a Europe espionage two reel Reliance film. Gerald Mackley works on another Essanay western. The Harvest of Three stars Teffi Johnson and Ned Finley for Vitagraph. Bruce McRae joins Famous Players Film Company in The Ring and the Man. The Prowlers of the Wild by Otis Turner presents dramatic African jungle scenes. Seguna beach island explosion is planned for Universal motion picture. The Littlest Rebel five reel photo-play by Edward Peple is being produced in Augusta. Eclair Western branch in Tucson continues to turn out notable western films.
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Russell B. Smith
Jack Adolfs
Majestic Mutual
Otis Turner
Special Feature Company
Billy Foster
Mr. Turner
Foster
Seguna Beach
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Frank A. Tichenor
Photo Play Productions
New York
Augusta
Edward Peple
Mr. Tichenor
Western critics hail The Cabal lero's Way as finest western
This year’s present year productions and the masterprete titled The Cabal lero's Way, based on an O Henry story, have been unanimously voted by critics as the greatest western ever made.
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the Caballero's
O. Henry
Sari Grows in New York as Mizzi Hajos Shines
In less than a week Sari by Henry W. Savage at the New Amsterdam Theater nears five months in New York. Mizzi Hajos delivers the season’s standout performance. Stock-company usage expands with Brady releasing Hindle Wakes Baby Mine The Family Cupboard and Little Miss Brown. Nella McCoy, newly succeeding Christie MacDonald in Victor Herbert's Sweethearts, signs a forty week contract and starts rehearsals Monday.
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Henry W. Savage
New Amsterdam Theater
New York
Manhattan
Tttle Mizzi Hajos
Metropolis
Willam A. Brady
Hindle
Miss Brown
Nella McCoy
Christie MacDonald
Victor Herbert
Sweethearries
Miss McCoy
Brady to Open Autumn Season With The Elder Son in New York
The Elder Son produced for trial by William A. Brady in Stamford will open Brady’s New York autumn season in early September. The French drama Les Petites by Lucienne Nepely, adapted by Frederick Fenn, is the source. The Yeoman of the Guard at Lyric Theater May 6 fills its principal cast.
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Elder Son
William A. Brady
Stamford
Lyric Theater
DeWolf Hopper
Alice Brady
Mabel Wilber
Merry Widow
Viola Gillette
Arthur Aldridge
John Thomas
Herbert Waterous
Arthur Cunningham
Helen Lee
Paul Ker
Forty- Fourth Street Theater
New York
Mr. Ker
Majestic Theater to Aid Texas Panama Pacific Fund
The Majestic theater will donate a percentage of ticket sales from Monday night showings by its members to the Texas Panama Pacific exposition fund. Proceeds come from sales at St. Anthony hotel Gun ter hotel Fischer's drug store and by members, excluding box office tickets.
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Majestic Theater
Council of Jewish Women
The
Majestic
Texas
Ziegfeld Anger Over Billie Burke Marriage News
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr and Billie Burke wed in a union that drew intense press interest. The Folies manager resented newspaper commentary yet could not curb the coverage, as Burke’s appeal and wealth drew wide attention from society and entertainment circles.
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Florenz Ziegfeld Jr
Billie Burke
Follies
Miss Burke
New York
Mrs. Ziegfeld
New York Review
Club Seeks Modern Fundraiser Tag Day Idea
The conversation proposes a tag day as a modern fundraiser to raise money for the club. They contrast it with archaic methods like cutting and running, yard work, and collecting iron and ashes. The aim is to clean up and earn money efficiently.
Lamp Post Shuffle Prompts Witty Judge Exchange
The fragment shows a humorous exchange with a judge referencing a man clinging to a lamp post and shuffling his feet. The dialogue hints at changing perceptions of drunkenness and a possible joke about new vision or grace.
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Crawford
Crabshaw
New Gance
Judge
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