The Week at the Theatres Showcases Vaudeville and Screen
Mary Forbes stars in The Virginian at Seattle venues with a Christmas day continuous show. The Getaway crime piece and The King of the Slack Wire Mijares, plus skits by Bert Von Klein Grace Gibson and Rita Davis highlight a varied bill featuring Rita Davis and Fred Eckhoff Anna Gordon, and Mack with Maude Leone.
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The Gamblers to Open at the Moore for One Week
Charlies Klein rises as a leading figure in American drama with The Gamblers set to run at the Moore for one week starting tomorrow with a Christmas matinee. Paul Overton returns in the title role, following his acclaimed work in The Lion and the Mouse and The Third Degree.
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Paul Overton
Christmas Week at Pantages Opens with Willard Mack Sketch
Four headline features headline the Christmas week bill at the Pantages opening with a Monday matinee. The first attraction is Willard Mack performing his own sensational sketch, a proven stock favorite with audiences already familiar with the star.
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Orpheum Week Offers Grapewin and Variety Trio Acts
Next week's Orpheum features Charles Grapewin in The Awakening of Mr Pipp. Nellie Donovan performs roller skating and dance, Joe Schenck and Gus Van sing and play piano, The Four Vania perform tightwire walking, Oscar Lorain plays violin, Ruby Raymond and company present Ambitious Street Urotvine, and The Bob and Tip Trio handle acrobatics.
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Seven Days Farce at the Metropolitan Theatre
The Metropolitan presents Seven Days a farce for three nights and a Saturday matinee beginning December 28. The cast includes Aubrey Beattie Grace Valentine Madeline Winthrop Jean Patriquin Florence Robinson Edward Farrell Gordon Burley Fred Cousins and Chauncey Monroe.
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Aubrey Beattie
Grace Valentine
Madeline Winthrop
Jean Patriquin
Florence Robinson
Edward Farrell
Gordon Burley
Fred Cousins
Chauncey Monroe
The Virginian Opens Week at Seattle Theatre
At the Seattle theatre The Virginian begins a week long engagement starring George Kelly in the title role. Mr Wister admired as West knowledge writer creates a bold lovable character and binds the sketches into a cohesive dramatic triumph.
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Alhambra Return Run In Seattle After Fire
The Myrtle Vane company resumes performances at Seattle after a fire, reopening with Carmen. It plays at the Seattle venue until Sunday before moving to its permanent Alhambra home for The Man of the Hour. A special matinee is scheduled for Monday.
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Christmas Week at Empress Theatre Showcases Top Circuit Talent
Reports describe the Empress theatre Christmas program as featuring the best talent from the circuit. The weeklong offering highlights marquee performers and acts from the 8 and 8.5 circuits, drawing audience interest for the holiday season.
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Pretty Clothes and Affinity Claim Sparks Runaway Wife
Ruth C. Smith of San Francisco told police she fled her railroad clerk husband after taking $1,900 in savings. She admitted spending about $700 on clothes and refused to disclose the remaining funds, insisting there was no affinity with another man.
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San Francisco
Shuster Awaits Formal Notification From Persian Parliament
The report states Shuster is awaiting a formal notification from the Persian parliament that his services are no longer required. No further details are provided about the context or potential implications.
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Young Patterson May Be Insane In Kitsap County
Attorney Kenneth Mackintosh filed insanity charges against Malcolm C. Patterson in Kitsap County after he shot and wounded liveryman R. T. Seal. Judge Frater will travel to Port Orchard Tuesday for lunacy proceedings. A lunacy commission of Seattle's Dr. D. H. Nicholson and Dr. R. Percy Smith and Bremerton's Dr. Taggart is named. If declared insane, Patterson would be bonded to Governor Malcolm R. Patterson and sent to an asylum in Memphis.
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Shuster Clings to Office as Tehran Reports Inaction
Petersburg dispatch notes that W. Morgan Shuster, American treasurer of Persia, still holds his post since no valid dismissal orders have been issued, per reports from Tehran. The notice highlights continued official confusion over control of Persia’s finances during December.
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Prometheus Fire Theft Supposedly Punished by Man’s Friend
A historical quip notes Prometheus stole fire from heaven and a speaker jokes that his wife forces him to rebuild it each morning, reflecting a wry antique newspaper aside from the New York Sun.
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World of brief items from across the nation
December 23 wire of short notes report a Septuagenarian jailed after stealing Christmas gifts, a Peary expedition associate planning Crocker Land work, and brewers delaying amber price hikes. Other items note a deaf blind pupil allegedly mistreated, a fines award for a school poet, suicide prevention measures in a Chicago temple, and a female Peoria officer proposal among misc. local curios.
English upbringing for heir sparks cross Atlantic lifestyle
A Boston era gossip column notes Mrs. William J. Leeds plans to raise her son in England due to American life’s strain. Across snippets, reports cover a prince’s heir, floods ruining Durand’s restaurant, a century birthday with phone greetings, Harriet Blatch pursuing naturalization, and holiday social mischief including shoplifting arrests.
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Governors to speak at Portland dinner by Progressive league
Governors Hay of Washington Hawley of Idaho and West of Oregon will be the guests of honor and principal speakers at a dinner in Portland tonight. They will share their impressions of the East from the governors' special tour.
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Mrs Ball Suicide After Family Quarrel in San Francisco
Mrs. Harry Ball, 26, shot herself after a breakfast quarrel with her husband in front of their three children. The couple, married eight years, had a brief dispute over an alleged appointment with a chauffeur, with Ball claiming it was a rebuke for his shopping with another woman. The motive appears tied to jealousy and a prior accusation.
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