Odeon to Present Tom 1 Waters Vaudeville Troupe
Local interest grows as the Odeon theater at Wheeling prepares for a Monday night performance featuring David Warfield with Eleanor Williams of Clarksburg and her rise from Denver stock theater to Belasco’s Warfield company. Williams, daughter of E W Williams, started in amateur plays, trained at the King School of Oratory, and gained notice with the Pitt Players before joining Warfield’s revival of The Auctioneer. Several Clarksburg theatergoers plan a Wheeling attendance.
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Court Theater
Weneenng
David
Warfield
Eleanor Wil- Mams
Clarksburg
E. W. Wil- Mams
Clay Street
Williams Hay
Clarksburs
Miss Williams
King School of Oratory
Pittsburg
Pitt Players
Pitt Theater
Lous Massen
David’ Belasco
David’ Warfield
Massen
Wheeling
Mr. Warfield
Great Comedians to be Seen Here at Robinson Grand
Stage icons McIntyre and Heath bring the world famed musical novelty The Ham Tree to Robinson Grand on April 17 with a famed cast. Cort’s revival promises elaborate dancing choruses and strong stars including Edwin Arden Mabel Frenyear and Laurette Taylor in You Never Can Tell. Easter Monday marks Milton and Sargent Aborn’s annual spring season opening in Boston with tours to major cities.
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Kings of Laugh
Mcdintyre & Heath
Robinson Grand Theater
Cort
Meyer
McIntyre & Heath
Milton and
Sargent
Brooklyn
Boston
Baltimore
Washington
Newark
Sight suddenly restored after six months blindness
Sharon Pennsylvania reports Paul Parkison awoke from a nap with his eyesight fully restored after six months of total blindness caused by an accident. His mother calls it a miracle and an answer to persistent prayers.
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Sharon
Paul Parkison
Good Vaudeville Billed at Odeon
The Odeon theater opens a three day vaudeville engagement led by Tom Waters with Pianologue King fame. The act includes Felix Haney Al derman Phelan Bennet trio and May Wallace with two comedies. Films shown Monday feature Lubin and Biograph dramas plus actor George McCahan shifts to playwriting.
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Tom Waters
Sbie
Odeon
Iin Odeon
Vatghland
Felix Haney
Alderman Phelan
Prince of Pilsen Revival At Robinson Grand
The Prince of Pilsen musical comedy opens Tuesday night at Robinson Grand Theatre in a revival noted for its lively music and humor. Cast includes John W. Ransone as Hans Wagner and Edward T. Mora as the real Prince, with a large chorus and new scenery and effects.
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John W. Ransone
Edna von Luke
Robinson Grand
Pilsen
Ae Hans Wagner
Edward T. Mora
Henry Coote
Edmons Luke
Geraldime de Rose
Ferne Wayne
Genevieve Houghton
Vassar College
Earl McHaffie
Bish Eneglish
Lord
Cove
Clark
Seaton
War travesty on stage by A Hs Woods cast announced
Porter Emerson Browne adapts a travesty of the present war in Dont Shoot a New York stage production. The cast includes Richard Bennett Pauling Frederick Mark Smith Frank Byron Edouard Durant and Bennett Southard.
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Porter Emerson Browne
Hs Woods
Richard Bennett
Pauling Frederick
Mark Smith
Frank Byron
Edouard Durant
Bennett Southard
Robinson Grand to Add Big Film Productions and Pipe Organ
Claude Robinson, manager of the Robinson Grand theater, plans to run Par amount productions and show moving pictures. Installation progresses on an $8,009 pipe organ to be a feature, placed on the second floor behind the arch with tone shutters to fill the house.
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Claude Robinson
Robinson Grand Theater
Paramount
Theater notes mix of Boston projects and new plays
John Graig to have a new theater built in Boston at Castle Square. Antoinette Walker joins Belasco as ingenue in a new play. A stock company in Mt Vernon New York files a play on Japanese land ownership titled The Alien. McLellan to adapt Miss Rabbit Foot libretto. Kalman to supply music. Kalman and Erlander produce next season. Ella Wheeler Wilcox Ruth Davis collaborate on Victory. Sousa to write incidental music. Aubrey Smith dramatizes Where Love Is.
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John Graig
Castle Square
Boston
California
Mt Vernon
N.Y
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Ruth! ‘Davis
John Philip Sousa
Desert Island stage comedy stars Anglin and Easter
Supporting Anglin Pedro De Cordoba and Mrs. Charles Graig, the company backs Margaret Anglin in Paul Easter’s new comedy The Desert Island. A Chinese girl titled Quon Tal, daughter of a rich Chinaman on the Pacific coast, makes her stage debut in San Francisco with claims of a strong voice.
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Pedro de Cordoba
Charles Graig
Margaret Anglin
Paul_ Easter
Desert Island
Pacific
San Francisco
Stage Plans and Comeback Tours Across Australia and London
The article lists numerous theater moves and productions: Tittle Tattle reveals Henry W. Savage reviving Along Came Ruthie in Australia while The Garden of Allah heads to the flu stage. Notables include Diane of the Green Van to be dramatized, God's People a peace play by Anthony McGuire, Hazel Dawn joining a new musical, and Sarah Bernhardt vowing to go on. Also mentioned are Inside the Lines in New York, Maid in America summer engagement, The Victim by Rie, Nelia Webb thriving in London, Herbert Kelcey and Effie Shannon in a Sheldon playlet Sunriser, Secret Service revival in London with Gillette, two touring companies for The Law of the Gand, Sinners in London and Germany, Bernard Shaw playlets in Boston, Arnold Daly's Shaw repertoire in New York, De Belleville in The Garden of Allah, and three War Brides companies with Nazimov.
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Diane of the
Nbme A. HL Woods
William “Anthony McGuire
Hazel Dawn
Mol
Casey Frohman
Sarah Bernhardt
Bennet
New York
Herbert Kelcey
Effie Shannon
H .S. Sheldon
London
Secret Service
William Gillette
Pewce
Fuller’s Lies Cause Mirth at Palace Theater
A curtain to curtain farce starring George Hall for three seasons. William Fuller plans to marry but first enjoys a last night with friends, visits a gambling room, gets arrested, and with partner Cutting fabricates lies to appease his fiancée. A newspaper clipping hints an army officer is ordered to the front.
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Bill
Palace’ Theater
Sterling
George Hall
Hoyt
Wiliam Fuller
Cutting
High Jinks musical comedy at Robinson Grand
A review notes how the phrase high jinks may shift from meaning boisterous humor to a softer idea after seeing the musical comedy High Jinks at the Robinson Grand theater on April 24. The piece satirizes slapstick and burlesque in early Broadway style and ponders how words evolve with cultural usage.
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Robinson Grand Theater
Svoerd
Gail Kane Engaged for New War Play
Gail Kane, noted actress, is engaged to star in a forthcoming war drama. The production promises a bold feminine lead and centers on a dramatic, high-stakes narrative with wartime themes, reflecting Kane’s signature stage presence.
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Gail Kane
Lackaye En Stoce Repertoire Announcement
A new repertoire is announced featuring performances by Souls including WH aye and Fiorénce Roberts, signaling an upcoming season of vocal works and collaborative showcases.
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Whaye
Fiorénce Roberts
Randolphs Actress Leads Montreal Stock Company
Louis Randolph appeared as the governor's wife in Inside the Side Lines. She is described as the leading woman in a stock company in Montreal.
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Louis
Randolph
Ystock
Montreal
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