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Park Theatre (Boston)
The Park Theatre (est.1879) was a playhouse in Boston, Massachusetts, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It later became the State cinema. Located on Washington Street, near Boylston Street, the building existed until 1990. History In 1879 Henry E. Abbey, proprietor of Abbey's Park Theatre in New York, opened Boston's Park Theatre. Abbey was one half of the theatrical management firm Abbey and Schoeffel, along with his backer John B. Schoeffel. Schoeffel was assistant manager. It occupied the building of the former Beethoven Hall, "reconstructed and practically rebuilt;" its 1,184-seat auditorium was "60 feet wide, 63 from the state to the doors, and 50 feet high." The architect of the rebuilt theatre was Abel C. Martin. It sat on Washington Street at the corner of Boylston Street in today's Chinatown/Theatre district. In the 1890s it presented "farcical comedy." Managers and proprietors included Henry E. Abbey; Jack A. Crabtree; Lotta Crabtree; Charles Froh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marquee At State Theatre On Washington Street (11191558024)
Marquee may refer to: * Marquee (structure), a sign placed over the entrance to an establishment * Marquee (tent), a large tent, generally used as a temporary building * ''Marquee'' (TV series), 1979 Canadian drama television series * Marquee Cinemas, a movie theater chain in the United States * Marquee Club, commonly called The Marquee, a rock club in London * Marquee element, an HTML tag that makes text scroll across the page as if on a marquee * Marquee Sports Network, a Chicago-based regional sports cable channel * Marquee Theatre, a concert venue in Tempe, Arizona, United States * "Marquee Sign" (song), a 2017 single by Sara Evans * "Marquee", a song by Super Chunk from their 1997 album ''Indoor Living'' * Marquee Broadcasting, a small broadcasting company in the United States See also * Marquee player, professional athlete considered exceptionally popular, skilled, or outstanding * Marquee selection, an animation technique often found in selection tools of computer graphics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert B
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maternity (film)
''Maternity'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by John B. O'Brien and starring Alice Brady, Marie Chambers and John Bowers.Langman p.116 It was shot at Fort Lee studios in New Jersey. Cast * Alice Brady as Ellen Franklin * Marie Chambers as Louise Randall * John Bowers as David Gordon * David Powell as John Locke * Herbert Barrington as Henry Franklin * Florence Crane as Marion Franklin * Stanhope Wheatcroft as Dan Miller * Charles Duncan as Joseph Randall * Louis R. Grisel as Jed * Julia Stuart as Amelia * Madge Evans as Constance * John Dudley John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1504Loades 2008 – 22 August 1553) was an English general, admiral, and politician, who led the government of the young King Edward VI from 1550 until 1553, and unsuccessfully tried to install Lady Ja ... as Family Doctor References Bibliography * Langman, Larry. ''American Film Cycles: The Silent Era''. Greenwood Publishing, 1998. External links * 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl Of The Golden West (1915 Film)
''The Girl of the Golden West'' is a surviving 1915 American Western silent black-and-white film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. It was based on the 1905 play '' The Girl of the Golden West'' by David Belasco. Prints of the film survive in the Library of Congress film archive. It was the first of four film adaptations that have been made of the play. Plot A hard-bitten saloon girl falls for a dashing outlaw, and tries to keep the local sheriff from catching him and sending him to prison. Cast * Mabel Van Buren as The Girl * Theodore Roberts as Jack Rance * House Peters Sr. as Ramerrez * Anita King as Wowkle * Sydney Deane as Sidney Duck * William Elmer as Ashby (credited as Billy Elmer) * Jeanie MacPherson as Nina (credited as Jeane McPherson) * Raymond Hatton as Castro * Richard L'Estrange as Senor Slim (credited as Dick Le Strange) * Tex Driscoll as Nick, The Bartender * Artie Ortego as Antonio (credited as Arthur Ortego) * John Oretgo as Stagecoach Driver * James Griswold as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dancing Girl (1915 Film)
''The Dancing Girl'' is a lost 1915 silent film drama produced by the Famous Players Film Company and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on the 1891 Broadway play of the same name by Henry Arthur Jones. The film was directed by Allan Dwan and starred stage actress Florence Reed in her film debut. Reed's husband, Malcolm Williams, also appears in the film. Plot Cast *Florence Reed - Drusilla Ives * Fuller Mellish - David Ives * Lorraine Huling - Faith Ives * Malcolm Williams - A Quaker * William Russell - John Christison *Eugene Ormonde - Duke of Guiseberry *William Lloyd - Mr. Crake *Minna Gale Minna Gale (September 26, 1869 – March 4, 1944), also credited as Minna K. Gale and Minna Gale Haynes, was an American actress. Early life Minna Kathalina Gale was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, the daughter of C. K. Gale; after her father's ... - Lady Bawtry References External links * * 1915 films American silent feature films American films based on plays ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fay Davis
Fay Davis (December 15, 1872 – March 1, 1945) was an American stage actress from Boston, Massachusetts who was a star of many Shakespearean plays. Early life Fay Davis was born December 15, 1872 in Boston, Massachusetts. She attended the Winthrop School in Boston and a school of Public speaking, oratory. Davis studied under the monologist Leland Powers School, Leland Powers. Davis became popular as a reciter in Boston and other places in New England. She also acted as an amateur in her hometown. Career Davis came to England in 1895 to join the company of Charles Wyndham (actor), Sir Charles Wyndham. She quickly achieved success as Zoe Nuggetson in ''A Squire of Dames''. In 1896 she went to the St. James's Theatre where she remained five years. At this time she played her first roles in productions of the works of William Shakespeare, Shakespeare. In 1902 Davis returned to America and made her debut at the Empire Theatre (41st Street), Empire Theatre under Charles Frohman. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Ayres Barnet
Robert Ayres Barnet (September 3, 1853 – June 26, 1933) was an American musical theatre lyricist from New York City, active in New York and Boston in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Career Barnet wrote lyrics for ''1492'' and '' Excelsior, Jr.'' Collaborators included Robert Melville Baker, George Whitefield Chadwick, Edward Warren Corliss, Louis F. Gottschalk, Harry Lawson Heartz, David Kilburn Stevens, Lewis Sabin Thompson, and George Lowell Tracy. He belonged to the Boston Cadets, and contributed to the group's amateur theatricals. For example, his ''Jack and the Beanstock'' premiered in 1896 at Boston's Tremont Theatre. It was performed by the "Boston Cadets, who always present Barnet's pieces before they are staged professionally. The new piece is ... a fairy Mother Goose burlesque. The music is by A.B. Sloane. ... Augustus Pitou, Klaw & Erlanger, E.E. Rice, and other prominent gentlemen" attended. The female impersonator Julian Eltinge appeared in the early sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Arthur Jones
Henry Arthur Jones (20 September 1851 – 7 January 1929) was an English dramatist, who was first noted for his melodrama '' The Silver King'' (1882), and went on to write prolifically, often appearing to mirror Ibsen from the opposite (conservative) viewpoint. As a right-winger, he engaged in extensive debates with left-wing writers such as George Bernard Shaw and H.G. Wells. Biography Jones was born at Granborough, Buckinghamshire, to Silvanus Jones, a farmer. Until he was 13, he attended Grace's Classical and Commercial Academy in Winslow, where he inherited property on his father's death in 1914. He began to earn his living early, his spare time being given to literary pursuits. Career overview He was twenty-seven before his first piece, ''It's Only Round the Corner'', was produced at the Exeter Theatre, but within four years of his debut as a dramatist he scored a great success with '' The Silver King'' (November 1882), written with Henry Herman, a melodrama produced by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OverDrive, Inc
OverDrive, Inc. is a digital distributor of eBooks, audiobooks, online magazines and streaming video titles. The company provides digital rights management and download fulfillment services for publishers, libraries, schools, corporations and book retailers. History OverDrive was founded in 1986 and initially converted analog media to digital formats, such as interactive diskettes and CD-ROMs. In 2000, the company opened Content Reserve, an online ebook and downloadable audiobook repository from which its distribution business developed. In 2012, the company announced a series of service upgrades, including a browser-based ereader, audiobook streaming, which enable access to audiobooks via the company’s OverDrive Media Console app. The company also developed a Media Station, which allows users to browse their library's digital collection on touchscreen monitors and Internet workstations. An API is available which allows developers to integrate OverDrive content into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandre Dumas, Fils
Alexandre Dumas (; 27 July 1824 – 27 November 1895) was a French author and playwright, best known for the romantic novel ''La Dame aux Camélias'' (''The Lady of the Camellias''), published in 1848, which was adapted into Giuseppe Verdi's 1853 opera ''La traviata'' (''The Fallen Woman''), as well as numerous stage and film productions, usually titled '' Camille'' in English-language versions. Dumas ( French for 'son') was the son of Alexandre Dumas ('father'), also a well-known playwright and author of classic works such as ''The Three Musketeers''. Dumas was admitted to the (French Academy) in 1874 and awarded the (Legion of Honour) in 1894. Biography Dumas was born in Paris, France, the illegitimate child of (1794–1868), a dressmaker, and novelist Alexandre Dumas. In 1831 his father legally recognized him and ensured that the young Dumas received the best education possible at the ''Institution Goubaux'' and the '' Collège Bourbon''. At that time, the law all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lost, Strayed Or Stolen
''Lost, Strayed or Stolen'' is a musical comedy in four acts with music by Woolson Morse and words by J. Cheever Goodwin, adapted from the French farce ''Le baptême du petit Oscar'' by Eugène Grangé and Victor Bernard. The story concerns a missing child and its nursemaid, three competing potential godfathers and an opera diva. It was produced at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City on September 16, 1896, and ran with success. It was directed by Ben Teal, the musical director was John McGhie and dances in act 4 were arranged by Rose Becket. The show was made into a 1908 film of the same name. Background One of the first shows created for the Theatrical Syndicate, it had its premiere in Chicago, Illinois on June 15, 1896. Jennie Goldthwaite was originally scheduled to play the female lead, Rose D'Ete, but she became indisposed and was relieved by Georgia Caine, who had been assigned the role of the nursemaid. After Caine replaced Goldthwaite, Florence Thornton was hire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1492 Up To Date
''1492 Up to Date or Very Near It'' (sometimes titled ''1492'') is a burlesque extravaganza created in 1892 in observance of the quadricentennial of Columbus's expedition to the New World. The libretto is by R. A. Barnet. with music by Carl Pflueger. Its Broadway production was presented by Edward E. Rice's "Surprise Party" in 1893. The plot centers on Columbus, but in burlesque style, it has little to do with his historical story."Notes of the Stage" '','' May 14, 1893, p. 13. Program for the Tremont Theatre in Boston indicates the sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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