Victor Morley Headlines Majestic Bill At Matinee
The Majestic presents Victor Morley headlining a seven act vaudeville bill with acts from Rita Marie and her orchestra to Derkins dog and monkey, plus films featuring Norma Talmadge and Bessie Barriscale. Morley stars in A Regular Army Man, a witty marching comedy with a rich clubman enlisting to win a colonel’s approval.
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Majestic Theater
Interstate Playhouse
Majestic
Edward Raymond
Honey Boys
George Evans
Honey Boy Minstrels
Rita Marie
Derkins
Interstate Temple of Amusement
Jan Rubini
Diane D'Aubrey
Helen Beresford & Co
Swan
Norma Talmadge
Bessie Barriscale
William Desmond
Allstar Keystone Players
Toll
Triangle
New York
Keystone
Victor Morley
the Majestic
Morley
Channing Pollock
Ronald Wolf
Clifton Crawford
Majestic bill brims with stage dazzle and comedy
The Majestic offers a rich 1915 16 program headlined by Those Scrappy Coons a riot of mirth with Willing Bentley Willing two burnt cork performers and a pianist. Carol Person stars as Dora in A Regular Army Man joined by Lilian Herlein The One Woman Fashion Show Eddie Carr The Office Boy Fred Adele Astaire and The Three Misses Stewart with Heras and Preston in Fast and Funny multiple acts blend song dance and vaudeville style with broad humor and spectacle.
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Willing, Bentley & Willing
Coons
Victor Morley
Heras
Preston
Carol Parson
Carol Person
Dora
Willing
Bentley
the Majestic
Lilian Herlein
Algeria
Carr
Fred
Adele Astair
Stewart
Japan’s Sodayakko Kawakami to Lead New York Stage Tour
Mme Sodayakko Kawakami heads a twenty member Japanese dramatic company planning a London visit followed by a United States tour of leading cities. The troupe will perform repertoire in Japanese and present theater methods from Japan. Kawakami previously toured the U S with her late husband Otajiro Kawakami. Mansfield Rebuked Manager. Theater boss demands strict discipline and quips about performances in a swift exchange.
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New York
Japan
Mme
Sodayakko Kawakami
London
United States
Mme. Kawakami
Otajiro Kawakami
Watch Your Step returns to Grand for two days
Miss Emma Bunting recovers from dengue and will appear in A Woman's Way at the Grand for the Sunday matinee. Watch Your Step, the first road attraction this season, headlines Saturday and Sunday October 28 and 29 with Berlin’s ragtime comedy, staged by R. H. Burnside and featuring a colorful chorus. The Grand remains open through November 26 with changes to appearances between engagements.
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Emma Bunting
Grand Opera House
Miss Bunting
Irvin Berlin
R. H. Burnside
the Grand
Actor Guy Bates Post to star in Booth drama in New York
Richard Walton Tully will begin rehearsals next week for John Hunter Booth's new English drama. Guy Bates Post, who starred for three years in Omar, the Tentmaker, will be presented shortly in New York. Post's role is said to be exceedingly difficult.
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Richard Walton Tully
John Hunter Booth
Guy Bates Post
Tully
Omar
New York
Mr.Post
Tully Signs Calvert and Lawton for Less Than Dust
Mr Tully engages strong supporting cast for Miss Mary Pickford's Less Than Dust production launching November 6. Louis Calvert, famed Shaw performer, and Thais Lawton, noted leading woman, have signed contracts to star and support in New York and London linked projects.
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Tully
Louis Calvert
Thais Lawton
Calvert
George Bernard Shaw
London
New York
Barbara
Miss Lawton
John Drew
New Theater Company
Mary Pickford
The Al G Barnes Circus and Related Shows At Local Theaters
Listings announce the Al G Barnes Wild Animal Circus at the Grand in San Antonio October 28 and 29 with Miss Bunting and her company at Beethoven Hall on the same dates. Al H Wilson appears November 6 and 7 at the Majestic under Grand management. Al G Field’s Minstrels perform November 11 and 12 at the Grand. Emma Bunting Company plays Beethoven Hall on those dates. Also featured is Watch Your Step, noted for syncopated score, one-step dances, fox-trot scenes, Helen Dryden costumes, and Irvin Berlin rag time melodies.
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San Antonio
the Grand
Miss Bunting
Beethoven Hall
al H .Wilson
Majestic Theater
al G. Field
Minstrels
Grand Opera House
Emma Bunting
Helen Dryden
Irvin Berlin
Plays and Players in Revivals at London's Theatres
Vera Fuller Mellish, third generation in notable revivals of The Merry Wives of Windsor, to play Anne Page with Thomas A. Wise as Falstaff. Grandmother Rose La Clerck played Mistress Page for Samuel Phelps at Sadler Wells circa 1855. father Fuller Mellish played Page at the Criterion last spring. Laurette Taylor stars in The Harp of Life as a woman guiding an 18 year old son, while Edward Knoblock's Paganini features George Arliss at the Criterion. Arliss’ Home on Leave is set for production in London with name spelling adjusted after naturalization. Chauncey Olcott returns on stage in Honest John O’Brien by George M. Cohan.
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Vera Fuller Mellish
Anne Page
Thomas A. Wise
Falstaff
Rose la Clerck
Mistress Page
Samuel Phelps
Sadler Wells
England
Fuller Mellish
Page
Criterion Theater
Laurette Taylor
Edward Knoblock
Paganini
George Arliss
London
The
Criterion
Chauncey Olcott
George M. Cohan
John O'Brien
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Pastor Russell
Tex
Russell
Associated Bible Students Convention
Eddie Carr
Office
Lillian Herlein
Misses Stewart
Adele Astaire
Mr. Mansfield
GRAND
Beethoven
AL G. Barnes
Wild Animal Circus
Nuttall
Crockett
Orpheum
Keith
HoneyBoys
Geo
Honey Boy Evans
Rita Mario
Deakins
Rusty the Bum
Keystone Star Players
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