Grand Theatre Curtains Close Week With Big Film Spectacle
The Grand finishes a week of shows with The Birth of a Nation and previews upcoming acts. Al G Field's Minstrels return with new performers and songs while Richard Bennett’s Damaged Goods is set for Thursday and Friday. The English star John Worland and Forber Robertson bring acclaimed plays, with Passing of the Third Floor Back drawing packed houses in London and New York and September Morn returning November 14 with new ballet and chorus.
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J. W. Griffith
Sam Antonione
Tuchard Bennett
al G
Field
Onis Yeir
al G. Field
Angels
Paul la Londe
A. J. Messner
R. W. Church
Herbert Willian
Werry Feilimite
Jack Richards
Birch Logan
Walter Bnerwood
John Worland
Charles T. Webb
Jien Metcalf
Johnston Wolves-Stobertson
Maxine Blutt
New York
Jerome I. Jerome
Ais
Virgil Bennet
Perlistut oy and Potash in The Bleak Business World
Jerome and Nat portray tales of Perlistut oy and Potash and their take on live business characters of Hebrew partners. The play exposes the thin, polite exteriors of wily humans behind business fronts, with Runerb as the whispered name of the playwright’s conceit.
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Ulpscomh
Nat
Jerome
Stock Theaters Fueled By Syndicate Rise In Brooklyn
The Brooklyn Eagle notes stock theaters emerged after the syndicate’s dominance waned at the century’s end. Payton and the Spooners introduced cheap “ten twenty thirty” pricing, building a broader audience for legitimate drama and motion pictures. Robert Edeson stars in The Cave Man and Molly McIntyre debuts in A Modern Wix.
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Etta Reed Payton
Brooklyn
Saya
Brooklyn Eagle
Drairy Syndicata
Corse Payton
Payton
The
Road Repertory Company
Lee Avenue
Spooners
Robert Edeson
Hanek Smags
Vitagraph Company
Speedy
Molly McIntyre
Majestic Theater Opens Week With One Act Operetta
The Majestic debuts a week of entertainment led by The Bachelor Dinner, a one act operetta featuring Claude and Fannie Usher. The bill promises youth and romance, stunning gowns, and entertaining numbers from a cast of thirteen including Jack Henry and Gard ner, with Fagan's Decision starring Miss Usher as a child character.
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Seven Acre
Majestic Theater
Maestie
Ite
Jack Henry
Lovely Nose Gardner
Richard Marlowe
Dorothy Smith
Miss Gardner
Henry
Stuart Barnes
Laura Wid
Claude
Tannig Usher
Fagan
Miss Usher
Walt
The Wus en Thou Gayest Me and Broadway Dramas
Dramatic notes from a theater page describe Hall Caine style sensational work The Amerie Nights owned by Joseph Brooke and Hamlet adaptation by Jamen K Hackett. Blanche King pursue Honor Bright after Morosco contract. Amelia Bingham plans East Lake City return in The New Henriette. Otis Skinner on Cock on the Walk tour. Janet Dunbar features a colored Sunday school teacher. Alfred G Robyn to adapt In Ol Kentucky. Elizabeth Marbury praises chorus individuality amid union concerns. Stark Realism advance agent cites a dying actress insurance policy of 16000 causing faint in theater audience.
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Hall Caine
Joseph Brooke
Ots Skinner
Henry Arthur Jones
Janet Dunbar
New York
R Clway
Otis Skinner Cake Walk Company
Surreal Variety Lineup At Local Theatre Event
The program features Pentomime Stars on Bill Fred and William Hanlon as pantomimist leads in The Haunted Hotel. Also appearing are Charles Walker William O'Connor Mae Curtis in Songs of the Moment, The Four Garden Highlanders, Fingers and dancers, Baddie Berto Florence Clark in Marooned, and Faith Storey Ewart Overton in She Tied Edged Sword a four part drama by Lulu Case Runnell and Eugene V. Brewster for Vitagraph.
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Nan
Hig Priston
Bill Fred
Wiliem Hanlon
Atara
Euyerba
Thim
Charles Walker
Wilaen O'Connor
Attlata
Mae Curtia
Garden
Baddie Berto
Florence Clark Raare
Faith Storey
Ewart Overton
Lulu Case Runnell
Eugene V. Brewster
Vitagraph Company
George D. Baker
Ana
The Bachelor Dinner and Other Acts on Majestic Bill
A theater page highlights The Bachelor Dinner musical comedy with Stuart Barnes as monologist and Barto and Clack as singers. Also featured are the Honton Brothers pantomists, Claude and Fannie Usher with a sketch, and the Gorlon Highlanders in a touring act.
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Majestic Bill
Orater
Stuart Barnes
Barto & Clack
Honton Brothers
Bert
Tower
Claude Ani Fannie Usher
Gorlon Highlanlens
Plans and Players in Theatre Circles Signings and Openings
The Bhuberts sign Cecil Lean to a five year contract to manage his career with future productions after The Blu Paradise. John Drew tests a new play title The Chief while Around the Map becomes a hit in Washington. Lily Langtry arrives to tour under Kinw and Erlanger with Mrs Thomps you opening in New Orleans. Doris Keane debuts Rotance at the Duke of Yorks, her performance praised alongside Butte Burke rumored to be flirting.
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Bhuberts
Cecil Lean
Lean
Buch
Washington
Wrest
Lily Langtry
Kinw & Erlanger
Mrs. Thomps You
Sydney Grundy Feam
New Orleans
Lions Atwall
Phyllis Relph
Martin Sands
Rams Gers
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Sherman
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WORD
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Birch Logan Wrissyer
Priges
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Eastland
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Blanche King
Frederick McKay
Honor Bright
Lawrence Aronwalth
FL Ray Comatech
Hizabeth Marbury
Musly Ly Jerams
Ern
Harry Lauder
Lauder
Acta
Amelia Bingham
East Lake City
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Wisp
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Ol Kentucky
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Misa Marbury
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Mise Marbury
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Amens
John Drew
Doris Keane
Landon
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Rotance
Duke of York
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Romberg
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Aten Semen
Stuart Barnes Pavoriie
Comection
Hanlon Brothers
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Phillips - Brooks Club
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