Theatrical News From Crawford's Plays and Cast
Nat Goodwin stars in When We Were Twenty-one at Crawford's with Maxine Elliott's company. Lost in New York and The Cowboy and the Lady also feature tonight. Next week includes comedy and farce plus a standout love story with Teddy North. The drama centers on a youth's infatuation, a courtroom defense, and a vivid, gripping performance by Kent as the gentleman cowboy.
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Jean
New York
Iris Pawnbrokers
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Maxine Elliott
Micceser
United States
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Lillian Nordic Set for March 5 Recital at Auditorium
Liberal with her endcores. The next musical attraction at the Auditorium will be the long recital in Mme Lillian Nordic March 5 under the auspices of the Topeka Choral Society. The Dallas News praises her concert with English and German songs and arias from Lohengrin and Elisabeth. She receives generous applause, responding with a graceful encore titled At Parting.
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Mme
Lillian Nordic
Topeka Choral Society
Dallas News
Engiteh
Lolin
Elizabeth
Damphauser
The Gauntier and the Ward in a Sober Stage Tale
A melodrama unfolds with careworn guardians and a middle aged mentor figure, as love arbors a young heroine who discovers unspoken devotion to a bachelor guardian. The cast includes Nestor Lennon as Careywe and Dora Tooth as Phyllis, with other principals delivering vibrant performances. The production showcases Wagner arias and a late- night musical interlude featuring Nellie Nevin in a turquoise velvet robe with diamonds, earning praise for voice, stage presence, and wardrobe.
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Avery Pote
Wagner
Nopdica
Bee ‘Nevin
Ada
Cleveland Theater Hosts Virginia Harned In Alley of Old Vincennes
On opening night in Cleveland the actress Virginia Harned stars in the title role of Alley of Old Vincennes. Audiences react to her performance amid period costumes and stage music.
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Vincennes
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Scisaiee
Dramatic Night Ends With Mourning and Music
The production met a solemn finale as Miss Harned received applause and bowed. Dramatist Mr Rose spoke about the late novelist and the inspiration for the play. Amid mourning in the adjacent box, the orchestra played Nearer My God to Thee as the audience rose in tears, a remarkable at once religious and respectful moment for a stage entertainment.
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Mr. Rose
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King Dodo Era Reveals Courtly Laughs and Veiled Risque Jests
A historian recalls the King Dodo era with playful banter between Annette and Gertrude Quinlan as Hitchcock courts laughter through risqué quips. The scene includes playful barbs about gowns and skirts, with a soubrette’s quip about control and a chorus girl’s stay being broken.
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Raymond Hitchcock
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Annette
Hatty
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Lucy
Now the English Invasion American Actors Abroad
The piece argues English talent dominates the American stage while American actors tour Britain. It notes many British playwrights and actors appear regularly in the United States, contrasting English influence with American output and questioning public reaction to foreign invasion of theater.
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Mantel
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Warde
Patrick Campbell
Hilda Spong
America
Bere
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Amusing Travel Tales From Amy Lee Stock Company
The Amy Lee Stock Company shared humorous travel experiences on tours from Scranton Pennsylvania to small West Virginia towns. A stage hand refused to carry rocks for trunks while another curtain mishap left actors waiting as a curtain failed to drop because an artist claimed he was too busy watching the play.
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Amy Lee Stock Company
Amy Lee Company
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Pauline Hall Shifts From Opera To Vaudeville Fame
Pauline Hay a little known operatic singer rises in vaudeville with notable operatic pieces. Her Honeymooners quip doll song remains memorable while vaudeville fortunes grow for singers like Jessie Bartlett Davis and Miss Hall. The era sees Mr Cowles also succeeding with a strong stage voice.
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Jessie Bartlett Davis
Miss Davie
Miss Hall
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Child of the stage ten year old Lillian Claire travels miles
The article profiles Lillian Claire, a 10-year-old actress in Mrs. Fiske’s company, playing Marie in The Unwelcome Mrs Hatch Tillian. She has toured from Maine to California, totaling about 87 000 miles. Mrs. Fiske, herself a child of the stage, adores the young actress, who began on stage at eleven months and has since appeared in Duncan RO Harmon’s Paymaster and with James A. Herne as Mindy.
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Claire
Laian
Duncan
RO Harmon
Uge
Little Willie
Lynne
James A. Herne
Mindy
Shore Acres Actress Starred In Octoroon Stage Role
The only child to master Paul in soucicaults drama The Octoroon and outperform a dozen soubrettes. Previously she joined Mrs Fiske after leaving Richard Goldens company.
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Mrs. Fiske
Richard Golden
Will Refuse To Be A Star Daughter Of Louis James
Millis James, daughter of Louis James, announced she will retire from the stage after this season. The 20s-aged actress known for her performance as a wayward child in Lovers’ Lane and in Topeka says she longs for quiet, home life, painting, and writing. She plans to finish the current season for Mr Brady and then leave grease paint and dressing rooms behind.
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Millis James
William A. Brady
Miss James
Clyde Fitch
Topeka
Aggedian
McVicker’s
Chicago
Millie James
Tom
Marriaze
European star x Wen returns to New York theater scene
In Europe for the past three years Wen reappears in Newark February at the American theater. Kate Irwin wife of Fred Irwin the bar center manager reportedly signed a contract to appear in a George W Lassover musical comedy soon. Twenty three thousand dollars cited as not excessive for transportation of scenery and debits of a big production. Belle of New York fell in London causing Scant Estic pay to shift to British studios. Ning Farrington New York actress lost about five thousand dollars worth of jewelry but police recovered the jewels with the help of a teaching boy. Charles Hawtrey in The Messenger from Mars touring New York to fit crowds.
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Hoar Bill Soften Conspiracy and Restraining Order Limits
Senator Hoar from the judiciary committee has favorably reported a bill to narrow the meaning of conspiracy and restraints in junctures. It states that an agreement to act or refrain from acting shall not be punished more severely than the act itself, and that such combinations among interstate employers or workers cannot be deemed restraint of trade. The bill addresses labor disputes and interstate commerce.
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Trial of Lucy Black Opens in Butte District Court
Rex A special to the Miner from Hoseman Mont reports the trial of Mrs Lucy Black begun in Butte district court. Charged with administering poison to her husband, a wealthy Gallatin Valley ranchman, the case stirred Montana crime history. Details describe alleged poisonings on October 4 and the days through October 10.
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Mont
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