Winnipeg Theatre Listings

• Gus Edwards' Song Review of 1912. Mr. Edwards is the composer of many popular songs, such as "School Days", "By the Light of the Silvery Moon,"etc. With Lillian Boardman as prima donna of the troupe and a company of Mr. Edward's personally developed proteges. He has a strong penchant for juvenile society and in the group are two wee little ones, Georgie and Cuddles. They can do real stunts in a clever way.
• Dave Kramer and George Morton, "The Two Black Dots", Humorous conversation with song and dance blackface team
• "An All Night Session" by and starring William H. Lytell, with Miss Shirley De Me and co.
• (Big) Ben Linn, song and dance, weighs over 300 lbs. but is light on his feet
• "Bombarding Tripoli", a performance by General Pisano, the famous Italian sharpshooter
• Les Alvarez, vaudevillians
• Orpheum concert orchestra and photoplane (newsreels)

Empress

Agnes Lee

• Willie Ritchie, lightweight boxing champion of the world- the man who defeated Ad Wolgast, presents "Fun in a Gymnasium", a clean-cut performance appealing to women as well as men. He will put on numerous training stunts and will box at least one local boy at each performance, taking them as they come. His manager, Billy Nolan, will also be seen in a conspicuous way, as well as one of Ritchie's best sparring partners, a tough boy named Casey, who challenges any one of any size to put him down for the count. According to advance reports, this fellow Casey is a whole show in himself.
• "The Tet'" a dramatic playlet with Agnes Lee and company.
• The Nathal Trio, European novelty gymnasts act which contains an element of mystery. One of the members is known as the "Man Monkey" and he scales the boxes and loges of the theatre and climbs ropes and poles like a chimpanzee
• Edward Barnes and Mabel Robinson, songs and comedy
• Levino and Nelusko, burlesque magicians
• The Empresscope, Choruscope and orchestra

Starland

• "Good Old Days" photoplay drama
• "Cupid throws a Brick" photoplay comedy
• added attraction, Miss Dallas Romans, "That Texas Girl" -new songs
• the Daytona flood pictures and Omaha tornado when the makers send them
• the Starland symphony in concert

Majestic

• "Union Eternal" Vitagraph photoplay -3 parts
• Miss Bethula Portillo will sing "Melody of Love"from Gypsy Love and will wear a typical gypsy costume
• R.S. Gilbert, lyric baritone with "Bright Eyes"
• Albert Wilkinson, basso with "When the Lighthouse Bell goes Ding Dong"
• Today Johnny Maclachlan, the clever Scottish entertainer, concludes his engagement of 14 weeks at the Majestic.

Lyceum 

Monday: "From the Manger to the Cross" -5 parts, every scene taken in the Holy Land
-Prof. Blackett's augmented orchestra will play while the pictures are being shown.
-A special quartet will sing a number of sacred songs in keeping with the production.

Elite

For the second week of stock at the new home of the Mabel Le Monsie Musical Comedy company, the Elite, Miss Le Monsie announces the one-act comedy, "The Honeymoon Trail."

Miss Le Monsie will play O'shea's daughter and Heinie Auerbach will be O'shea. Musical numbers are carded, among these being "Back to Carolina" by Mabel and the girls, a duet between Joe Lonsdale and Drena Mack.

On Friday evening the chorus girls contest will be held.

The Entertainers on this Page:

• Grace Drew
• Camtou(?) King
• Charles F. Orr
• Henry Sherwood
• John Mundinger
• Herbert Heywood
• Edward Nagley
• J.Herbert Crowley
• Bertha Whitney
• Marie Ahms
• Dorothy Lewis
• Permanent Players
• Gus Edwards
• Lillian Boardman
• Georgie and Cuddles
• Dave Kramer
• George Morton
• William H. Lytell
• Miss Shirley De Me
• (Big) Ben Linn
• General Pisano
• Les Alvarez
• Willie Ritchie
• Billy Nolan
• Casey
• Agnes Lee and company
• The Nathal Trio
• Edward Barnes
• Mabel Robinson
• Levino and Nelusko
• Miss Dallas Romans
• Miss Bethula Portillo
• R.S. Gilbert
• Albert Wilkinson
• Johnny Maclachlan
• Prof. Blackett's augmented orchestra
• Mabel Le Monsie Musical Comedy company
• Miss Le Monsie
• Heinie Auerbach
• Joe Lonsdale
• Drena Mack

 

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