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Palace Theatre: early Orpheum programs

Opening week - June 26, 1911

Thanks to Michelle Gerdes for sharing the 1911 program pages appearing here. The first six months of the theatre's programs appear in a bound volume she acquired from the collection of the late theatre historian Wally Shidler of Walnut Park. The programs had been bound by one of the theatre's advertisers, B. Nidorf, a ladies tailor. The pages are about 5 1/4" x 8 3/4".

Note that Los Angeles is represented twice on the back cover. In the upper right it's this theatre on Broadway. In the lower center it's the theatre on Spring St, soon renamed the Lyceum, that had been called the Orpheum until the week of this program.

Week of July 3, 1911 - typically page 4 of each program had a letter from the management:

Acts this week: Orpheum Symphony Orchestra - A.F. Frankenstein, Director - March "Call of America" J.L. von Medan, Jr. | Return of the Smart Entainer - Mr. Henry Clive - Assisted by Miss Mai Sturgis Walker | Ed. Wynn (Late Feature of "The Deacon and the Lady") and P. O'Malley Jennings (The English Comedian) "Daffydills" | Belle Adair - Dainty Girlish Singing Comedienne | The Diminutive Comedian Master Gabriel and His Company Presents a One-Act Farce "Little Tommy Tucker" | Orpheum Symphony - Spanish Dances - (a) Moderato; (b) Bolero - Moszkowski | "Musikalgirls" Former Soloists of the Boston Fadettes - Mary Wilczek, Violin, Lillian Pringle - Cello, Eleanor Piper - Cornet, Edith Swan-Corbett - Trombone, Estelle Churchille - Piano and Drum | William H. - Macart & Bradford - Ethlynne -- in a Tabloid Comedy-Drama entitled "A Legitimate Hold-Up | George Austin Moore and Cordelia Haager - Songs and Stories in a Variety of Dialects | The Namba Japs - Gymnists and Head Balancers featuring Tokio Namba, who climbs a flight of stairs on his head | Novelty of the Age - Daylight Motion Pictures - Secured exclusively for the Orpheum Circuit | Exit March "With the Last Rose of Summer" Alfred Solomon |

Week of July 10, 1911

Acts this week: Orpheum Symphony Orchestra - A.F. Frankenstein, Director - Earl Mc Coy's March "Signal Corps" | The Namba Japs - Gymnists and Head Balancers featuring Tokio Namba, who climbs a flight of stairs on his head | George Austin Moore and Cordelia Haager - Songs and Stories in a Variety of Dialects | Those Burnt-Cork Favorites Farrell-Taylor Company in a Combination of Fun and Melody called "That Minstrel Man" | The Diminutive Comedian Master Gabriel and His Company Presents a One-Act Farce "Little Tommy Tucker" | Orpheum Symphony Orchestra - Rubenstein (a) Pecheur napolitain et Napolitaine (b) Toreadore et Andalouse | Belle Adair - Dainty Girlish Singing Comedienne | Mr. Edward Abeles supported by Miss Charlotte Landers in Grant Stewart's International Comedy Success "He Tried To Be Nice" | Thirteenth Annual Tour over the Orpheum Circuit - Mr. James H. Cullen - "The Man From the West" | "A Night In a Turkish Bath" - a comedy and sentimental episode in one act, introducing the singing comedian Mr. Robert J. Webb | Novelty of the Age - Daylight Motion Pictures - Secured Exclusively for the Orpheum Circuit | "All Alone" - Von Tilzer - Exit March |

Week of July 17, 1911

Acts this week: Orpheum Symphony Orchestra - A.F. Frankenstein, Director - Dion Romandy - March - "The Rose of Castille" | Those Burnt-Cork Favorites Farrell-Taylor Company in a Combination of Fun and Melody called "That Minstrel Man" | The Bergere Players present "What Happened in Room 44" by Victor H. Smalley | Thirteenth Annual Tour over the Orpheum Circuit - Mr. James H. Cullen - "The Man From the West" | "A Night In a Turkish Bath" - a comedy and sentimental episode in one act, introducing the singing comedian Mr. Robert J. Webb | Orpheum Symphony Orchestra - J. Massenet - Excerpts from the Opera "Herodiade" | Master Albert Hole - England's Boy Soprano | Mr. Edward Abeles supported by Miss Charlotte Landers in Grant Stewart's International Comedy Success "He Tried To Be Nice" | Special engagement of those ever-welcome German comedy stars Raymond & Caverly in their original Latest Laughing Skit "A Booming Town" and presenting bits of their former successes "Swivel Service" and Talk of Society" | The Modern Hercules Bellclair Brothers in remarkable tests of endurance | Novelty of the Age - Daylight Motion Pictures - Secured Exclusively for the Orpheum Circuit | Ted Snyder - Medley March "In the Land of Harmony" |

Week of July 24, 1911

Acts this week: Orpheum Symphony Orchestra - A.F. Frankenstein, Director - Ellis Brooks - March - The Heart of Rome" | The Bergere Players present "What Happened in Room 44" by Victor H. Smalley | Melville Ellis - Pianologue | Master Albert Hole - England's Boy Soprano | Mr. Homer B. Mason, Miss Margarite Keeler and their company presenting "In and Out," an episode by Porter Emerson Browning | Orpheum Symphony - Edw. Germain - Dances from "Henry III" | Special engagement of those ever-welcome German comedy stars Raymond & Caverly in their original Latest Laughing Skit "A Booming Town" and presenting bits of their former successes "Swivel Service" and Talk of Society" | The Three Vagrants - Merry Singers and Musicians | Lydell and Butterworth "The Light Brown Girl and the Funny Dancer" | Rousby's Scenic Review "London by Day and Night" - 1. London in 1910 (East view), Scene from Richmond, the sea of houses breaking through the fog, Daybreak, Tempest, Sunset, Moonrise - 2. Leicester Square (The Rendezvous) 3. Evening festivals in the Court of Honor of the Exhibition | Novelty of the Age - Daylight Motion Pictures - Secured Exclusively for the Orpheum Circuit | W. Sweeney - Exit March - Buffalo Bill's Farewell |

Week of July 31, 1911

Acts this week: Orpheum Symphony Orchestra - A.F. Frankenstein, Director - Special Concert 2 and 8 P.M. - Otto F. Schreiner - March - "The Suffragettes" -- D. Verdi Gems from the opera "Rigoletto | Lydell and Butterworth "The Light Brown Girl and the Funny Dancer" | First Appearance Here of The Marcel and Boris Trio - Famous European Equilibrists | Gene Green "A Study in Songs" - At the piano - Charles Straight | Mr. Homer B. Mason, Miss Margarite Keeler and their company presenting "In and Out," an episode by Porter Emerson Browning | Orpheum Symphony - Von Suppe - Overture - "Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna" | The Three Vagrants - Merry Singers and Musicians | Rousby's Scenic Review "London by Day and Night" | Mr. Al Jolson - Black Faced Monologist | Jesse L. Lasky's "The Photo Shop" - A Snappy Musical Comedy - Book by Edward Clark - Music by Earl Hoschna - Lyrics by Otto Huerbach - With Mamie Fleming, Charles J. Stine, Eugene Redding and others | Novelty of the Age - Daylight Motion Pictures - Secured Exclusively for the Orpheum Circuit | Neil Moret - Exit March - "Indian Summer" |

Week of August 7, 1911

Acts this week: Orpheum Symphony Orchestra - A.F. Frankenstein, Director - Frederic D. Wood - March - "The Great Conquest" - Edward Elgar "Love's Greeting / Salute d'Amor" - J.J. Paderewski Op. 14 - "Minuet a l' Antique" - Special Orchestral Concerts Daily at 2 and 8 o'clock | The Marcel and Boris Trio - Famous European Equilibrists | Myrtlt Dingwall & Percy Bronson - Entertainers | Gene Green "A Study in Songs" - At the piano - Charles Straight | Emma Dunn - late star of "Mother" in "The Baby" by John Stokes with Helen Lindroth, John Stokes and Charles Hepler. Setting: Office of a Foundling Asylum | Novelty of the Age - Daylight Motion Pictures - Secured Exclusively for the Orpheum Circuit | The man who soldiered all his life - "General" Edward Lavine - The Eccentric Comedian and Handy Handler of Everything in the Canteen | Jesse L. Lasky's "The Photo Shop" - A Snappy Musical Comedy - Book by Edward Clark - Music by Earl Hoschna - Lyrics by Otto Huerbach | Willa Holt Wakefield - Entertainer to New York's "400" - in "Song Readings" | The Chas. Ahern Cycling Comedians - Watch the Finish! That Great Race! "A Mile in 13 Seconds" | F.M. Fagan - Exit March - "That Peculiar Rag" |

Week of August 14, 1911

Acts this week: Orpheum Symphony Orchestra - A.F. Frankenstein, Director - Edward Elgar - Op. 39 No. 1 - March - "Pomp and Ceremony" - A. Lugini - Suite Ballet Egyptienne | The man who soldiered all his life - "General" Edward Lavine - The Eccentric Comedian and Handy Handler of Everything in the Canteen | Emma Dunn - late star of "Mother" in the One-Act Play "The Baby" by John Stokes | Clifford Walker in a Musical Monologue | The Chas. Ahern Cycling Comedians | Novelty of the Age - Daylight Motion Pictures - Secured Exclusively for the Orpheum Circuit | Willa Holt Wakefield - Entertainer to New York's "400" - in "Song Readings" | Gerald Griffin and Company in a tabloid version of Edward Owing Towne's comedy "Other People's Money" with Mary Condon, Beatrice Belmont and Frances Fay | Fay, Two Coleys and Fay (Frank, Clarence & Hattie, Gertrude) - "The Minstrels" - "From Uncle Tom To Vaudeville" | Late Star Feature of Ringling Brothers' Circus - The Lorch Family - In an elaborate European performance of dancing, acrobatics, and risley by eleven artists, two ponies and donkey | Don Ramsy - Exit March - "Skipper Susie Greene" |

Week of August 21, 1911

Acts this week: Orpheum Symphony Orchestra - A.F. Frankenstein, Director - J.L. von der Mehden - March - "Triumphant American" - Richard Wagner - Excerpts from the Opera "Tannhauser" | "The Dandies" in Henry J. Corner's Musical Melange and Burlesque "Our Audiences" with Misses Alice Coverick, Marjorie Cecil and Florence Mordin; Messrs. Jack Lennol and Henry J. Corner | Gerald Griffin and Company in a tabloid version of Edward Owing Towne's comedy "Other People's Money" | Patsy Doyle - The Droll Humorist | Dan Burke assisted by Molly Moller and The Wonder Girls at "Lake Winnipesaukee" - Music by Leo Edwards and Chas. Young | Novelty of the Age - Daylight Moving Pictures - Motion Views of World News - A Departure of Note and Interest | Fay, Two Coleys and Fay | The distinguished American character actor William H. Thompson presents "The Wise Rabbi" by Leo Dietrichstein, author of "The Concert." etc. - with J.H. Greene, Mr. Thompson, Fred J. Webber, Robert Vivian, Evangeline Irving | Clifford Walker in a Musical Monologue | Late Star Feature of Ringling Brothers' Circus - The Lorch Family | Leighton Bros. - Exit March - "Steamboat Bill" |

Week of August 28, 1911

Acts this week: Orpheum Symphony Orchestra - A.F. Frankenstein, Director - F. von Blon - March - "Flag of Victory" - J. Massenet Minuette and Gavotte from the Opera "Manon" - Ivan Caryll - Selections from "The Pink Lady" introducing: "The Parisian Two-Step," "The Hudson Belle," "Oh, So Gently," "Poor Little Man," "By the Saskatchewan," "Love Is Divine," "I Like It," "Bring Along the Camera," "My Beautiful Lady,' Donny Didn't, Donny Did," Finale | "The Dandies" in Henry J. Corner's Musical Melange and Burlesque "Our Audiences" | Patsy Doyle - The Droll humorist | M. Nederveld's Simian Jockey in a laughable exhibition of equestrianism and bicycle riding | Novelty of the Age - Daylight Moving Pictures - Motion Views of World News - A Departure of Note and Interest | Dan Burke assisted by Molly Moller and The Wonder Girls at "Lake Winnipesaukee" | Leipzig - "The Royal Conjuror" - Direct from Europe, where, during the past year he has had the honor of appearing before the King and Queen of England, the Royal Family of Denmark, the Prince and Princess of Wales, and the King and Queen of Spain, by royal command. | The distinguished American character actor William H. Thompson presents "The Wise Rabbi" by Leo Dietrichstein | The Somewhat Different Singers" Horace Wright and Rene Dietrich in a repertoire of songs, including their own latest composition, "My Daddy's Old Dudeen," and "Everybody Acts Like Us When They're In Love." | Europe's Newest Sensation "The Darling of Paris," a French playette without words, featuring Mlle. M. Corio - music by M.A. Salvati, staged by G. Molasso - with Mlle. Corio, Sig. Angela Palange, Mon. Jules La Barbe, Joseph E. Raymond, Robert Belden, Jimmie Fox, Jack Mareus and others | Kendis & Paley - Exit March - "Bill, I Always Dream of You" |

Week of September 4, 1911

Acts this week: Orpheum Symphony Orchestra - A.F. Frankenstein, Director - Julius Fucik, Op. 68 - March - "Entry of the Gladiator" - Karl Hoschna - Excerpts from the Opera "Dr. de Luxe" - Ch. Gunoud - Ballet music from "Faust" | M. Nederveld's Simian Jockey in a laughable exhibition of equestrianism and bicycle riding | The Somewhat Different Singers" Horace Wright and Rene Dietrich | "The Champions of the Air" Three Original Londons - in a daring and finished casting performance | Novelty of the Age - Daylight Moving Pictures - Motion Views of World News - A Feature of Note and Interest | Vincent and Terriss present their English company with Wallis Clark in Tom Terris' adaptation of "A Christmas Carol," entitled "Scrooge" by Charles Dickens - with Tim Ryley, John Shaw, Harry E. Humphrey, Buchanan Wake, W.L. Terris, Mr. Lewin, Adele Rudolph, Pattie Ivison, Leslie Palmer, Maude Leslie | Leipzig - "The Royal Conjuror" | Amelia Stone and Armand Kalisz in "Mon Amour" - a musical romance - book by Edgar Allen Woolf, music and lyrics by Armand Kalisz - with Miss Ella West | Lou Anger "The German Soldier" | Europe's Newest Sensation "The Darling of Paris," a French playette without words, featuring Mlle. M. Corio | A.F. Weldon - Exit March - The Gate City" |

Week of September 11, 1911

Acts this week: Orpheum Symphony Orchestra - A.F. Frankenstein, Director - L. Ganne - March - "Lorraine" - L. Delibes- Mazurka, Czardas, from the ballet "Copperlia" [sic] - F. von Suppe - Overture - "Pique Dame" | Margo Duffet & Dan Bruce (late feature Cohan & Harris) A Novelty in Songs - "Indifferent Point of View," The Languid Man," "Billy" (in French) - Imitation of Chevalier - "Oh, What a Wet Day" | Lou Anger - "The German Soldier" | Vincent and Terriss present their English company with Wallis Clark in Tom Terris' adaptation of "A Christmas Carol," entitled "Scrooge" | Novelty of the Age - Daylight Moving Pictures - Motion Views of World News - A Feature of Note and Interest | Jack W. Connelly and Margaret Webb in their Musical Absurdity "A Stormy Finish" with Guy R. Perkins | Morny Cash "The Lancashire Lad" in English comic songs | Amelia Stone and Armand Kalisz in "Mon Amour" - a musical romance | Deiro playing the novel Italian instrument the Piano Accordion | "The Champions of the Air" Three Original Londons | Harry von Tilzer - Exit March - "Missouri Joe" |

Week of September 18, 1911

Acts this week: Orpheum Symphony Orchestra - A.F. Frankenstein, Director - R. Novacek Op. 40 - March - "Castaldo" - A. E. Titl - Serenade for flute and horn, Mssrs. Wm. Blanck and S.B. Bennett - A. Ponchielli "Dance of the Hours" from the opera "Giaconda" | Bob Pender's Giants - Comedians and pantomomists in their original absurdity "The Long and the Short Of It" - late feature of Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London; The Olympia, Paris and the Folies Bergere, New York | Virginia Pierce - operatic and ballad vocalist (late of the Boston Opera Co.) | Morny Cash "The Lancashire Lad" | Jack W. Connelly and Margaret Webb in their Musical Absurdity "A Stormy Finish" | Novelty of the Age - Daylight Moving Pictures - Motion Views of World News - A Feature of Note and Interest | Karl Emmy And his Pets presenting the spectacular comedy - introducing "Moodie," "The Slivers of the Canine World" | Carlton "The Long Magician" in Dexterous Comicalities | Deiro playing the novel Italian instrument the Piano Accordion | Jesse L. Lasky's "Pianophiend Minstrels" with Ben Linn and Ila Grannon, Dixie Crane, Audrey Kelcey, Rita Ravensburg, Boyd Marshall, Stewart Jackson, Victor Stone, Jack C. Claire | Irving Berlin - Exit March - "Alexander's Ragtime Band" |

Week of September 25, 1911

Acts this week: Orpheum Symphony Orchestra - A.F. Frankenstein, Director - Arthur Pryor - March - "The Arcade Girl" - J. Massenet Op. 10 - "Elegie," "Melodie" - F. Lizst - "Second Hungarian Rhapsody" | Bob Pender's Giants - Comedians and pantomomists in their original absurdity "The Long and the Short Of It" | Carlton "The Long Magician" in Dexterous Comicalities | Karl Emmy And his Pets | Rosa Crouch and George Welch "That Lively Pair" | Madame Besson - The Anglo-Parisian Artiste, and her English Company in a comedy playlet by Victor H. Smalley "The Woman Who Knew" with Chas. Dodsworth, Mrs. Bertram Steer, Helen Wheeler | Novelty of the Age - Daylight Moving Pictures - Motion Views of World News - A Feature of Note and Interest | Jesse L. Lasky's "Pianophiend Minstrels" with Ben Linn and Ila Grannon | Cadets De Gascogne - Quartette Francais | Wynne Brothers - Cool Customers - Sang Froid Athletes | John F. Barth - Exit March - "Frat" |

Week of October 2, 1911

Acts this week: Orpheum Symphony Orchestra - A.F. Frankenstein, Director - John Phillip Sousa - March - "The Rifle Regiment" - P. Lacome Spanish Suite "La Feria," "Los Toros," "La Reja" (Serenade), "La Zarzuela" | Trio Du Gros - Daring Gymnasts and Boisterous Fun | Rosa Crouch and George Welch "That Lively Pair" | Novelty of the Age - Daylight Moving Pictures - Motion Views of World News - A Feature of Note and Interest | Madame Besson - The Anglo-Parisian Artiste, and her English Company in a comedy playlet by Victor H. Smalley "The Woman Who Knew" | George Lloyd and Jay Roberts - Drawing Room Entertainers - Note: Mr. Roberts' chimes are original and produced by touch, not mechanism. | Cadets De Gascogne - Quartette Francais | Wynne Brothers - Cool Customers - Sang Froid Athletes | Late stars of "In Panama" Klein Brothers and Sibyl Brennan in bits of musical comedy | Gus Hornbrook's "Cheyenne Days" with the following features: Lucille Mulhall and her high school bronco, "Red Buck"; Art Boden, Wyoming's champion roping expert; Western comedy and songs, and Otto Klein, bronco buster, who saddles and rides the only outlaw bucking horse on the American stage, "Wampus" | Denni Boynton & Grant - Exit March - "That Oceana Roll" |

Week of October 9, 1911

Acts this week: Orpheum Symphony Orchestra - A.F. Frankenstein, Director - Albert C. Sweet - March - "Coeur d'Alene" - C. Bachmann Impromptu Valse " Les Sylphes" - Victor Herbert Grand Fantasia from the Opera "Natoma" | Trio Du Gros - Daring Gymnasts and Boisterous Fun | Late stars of "In Panama" Klein Brothers and Sibyl Brennan in bits of musical comedy | George Lloyd and Jay Roberts - Drawing Room Entertainers | Hermione Shone & Co. playing the farcical fantasy "The Little Goddess" by Emmet De Voy with John Sterling, Mrs. Rose Davis, Adelle olcott, John Dillon, Will Gaylor, Walter Wahl | Novelty of the Age - Daylight Moving Pictures - Motion Views of World News - A Feature of Note and Interest | The Three Leightons presenting "A One Night Stand in Minstrelsy" singing their own song "Steamboat Bill" | The Blank Family - Continental champions of double juggling | The Primrose Four - 1000 Pounds of Harmony - Roswell J. Wright, Thomas Murphy, Robert Gibner, James Cantwell | Gus Hornbrook's "Cheyenne Days" with Lucille Mulhall, "Red Buck," Art Boden, Otto Klein, "Wampus" | Percy Wenrich - Exit March - "The Red Rose" |

Week of October 16, 1911

Acts this week: Orpheum Symphony Orchestra - A.F. Frankenstein, Director - H. Berlioz March "Hongroise" from 'The Damnation of Faust" - LeThiere "Danse d'Satyrs," "Rondo for piccolo" - E. Grieg Op. 46 - Suite from "Peer Gynt" | The Blank Family - Continental champions of double juggling | The Primrose Four - 1000 Pounds of Harmony | Hermione Shone & Co. playing the farcical fantasy "The Little Goddess" by Emmet De Voy | Lily Lena will select from her original and exclusive songs "Have TYou Ever loved Another little Girl?," "I'm Wait, Wait, Waiting," "He's a Handy thing to have Around the Place," "I Wish I Were you To-Night," "I'm a Most Particular lady," "Over the Garden wall" and her late success "Take It Nice and Easy" | Four Elles - Danses Modernes - Imitation Skating on Ice, Acrobatic Dance, Brazilian Dance, Pantomime Dance | Novelty of the Age - Daylight Moving Pictures - Motion Views of World News - A Feature of Note and Interest | Edwin Stevens aided by Tina Marshall in the Musical Vaudeville "Cousin Kitty" | The Three Leightons presenting "De Pawty Ob De Second Part" | Harry Jackson and Peter McLaren - The Australian Woodchoppers - A unique exhibition of bush novelties and axmanship, introduced and conducted by Sydney Oliver | Geo. Goodfriend - Exit March - "The Peekaboo Peek" |

Week of October 23, 1911

Acts this week: Orpheum Symphony Orchestra - A.F. Frankenstein, Director - F.H. Losey March "Call of the Wild" - A. Lugine Reverie "The Voice of Chimes" - G. Rossini Overture to the opera "William Tell" | The Seven Belfords - Foot posturers and agile athletes | Harry Breen - Singing comedian - The rapid fire song writer | Conlin Steele & Carr (James P., Lillian, Eddie) "Fresh From College" presenting bits of musical comedy | Edwin Stevens aided by Miss Tina Marshall in a musical vaudeville entitled "A Lesson in Arithmetic" "40+20=1" | Novelty of the Age - Daylight Moving Pictures - Motion Views of World News - A Feature of Note and Interest | The Six American Dancers - a sextette of stylish steppers - "American Vivandieres" with Estelle and Adele Lovenberg, Pearl Bergen - "Pierrot" with Charles Connor - "Dancing Adonis" with William Purcella and Mike Orben - "American Patrol and Challenge Dance" with the ensemble - produced by Charles Lovenberg | Sam Mann and His Players in "The New Leader" by Aaron Hoffman with C. Howard Acker, Harry F. Gilbert, Joseph Bennett, Misses Revers and Leigh, Lillian Dilworth | Lily Lena will select from her original and exclusive songs | Harry Jackson and Peter McLaren - The Australian Woodchoppers | Rile Daumark - Exit March - "The Honolulu Rag" |

Week of October 30, 1911

Acts this week: Orpheum Symphony Orchestra - A.F. Frankenstein, Director - Edwin G. Goldman March "Spirit of Peace" - A.E. Till Serenade (by request) for flute and horn with Mssrs. Geo. Mulford and S.B. Bennett - Leo Deliles [sic] Ballet Suite "La Source" | The Seven Belfords - Foot posturers and agile athletes | Conlin Steele & Carr (James P., Lillian, Eddie) "Fresh From College" presenting bits of musical comedy | The Six American Dancers - a sextette of stylish steppers | "Romance of the Underworld," a play written especially for vaudeville by Paul Armstrong, author of "Alias Jimmy Valentine and "The Deep Purple," with Charles Moore, Jay H. Preston, J.H. Boyle, Frank H. Bixby, George Fairview, Pierre Young, Frank Dixon, R.J. Moye, Dorothy Abbott, Harry H. Pine, Vera Bacheller and more | Novelty of the Age - Daylight Moving Pictures - Motion Views of World News - A Feature of Note and Interest | Those international favorites John W. World and Mindel Kingston, late of Ziegfeld's "Follies of 1916," running the entire range of vaudeville team work and introducing Miss Kingston's Famous Cloak of Sparkles | Sam Mann and His Players in "The New Leader" by Aaron Hoffman | The Avon Comedy Four in their new farce "The New School Teacher" with Charles Dale, John F. Coleman, Harry Goodwin and Joe Smith | International Polo Teams - Shamrock vs. Thistles - playing an exciting and legitimate game mounted on bicycles | George Christie - Exit March - "Baby Rose" |

Week of November 6, 1911

Acts this week: Orpheum Symphony Orchestra - A.F. Frankenstein, Director - "La Reine de Saba" March et Cortege Ch. Gounod - "Humoresque" Anton Dvorak, op. 10 - "Carmen" Fantasia, Georges Bizet, arranged by E. Tavan | International Polo Teams - Shamrock vs. Thistles | Those international favorites John W. World and Mindel Kingston | Maud Hall Macy and Company in "The Magpie and the Jay" by Edward Weitzel - a one act comedy drama with Jack Drumler, Bessie Carlton | Charles and Fannie Van present their novel little sketch "A Case of Emergency" | The Avon Comedy Four in their new farce "The New School Teacher" | Novelty of the Age - Daylight Moving Pictures - Motion Views of World News - A Feature of Note and Interest | "Romance of the Underworld," a play written especially for vaudeville by Paul Armstrong | The Nichols Sisters "The Kentucky Belles" - Songs and sayings behind burn cork | The Four Floods - acrobatic merry makers | "Run Home and Tell your Mother" - Exit March - Irving Berlin |

Week of November 13, 1911

Acts this week: Orpheum Symphony Orchestra - A.F. Frankenstein, Director - March from the Symphony "Lenore," J. Raft - Reverie, H. Vieuxtemps Op. 22 No. 2 - "L'Invitation a la Valse," C.M. Von Weber | The Four Floods - acrobatic merry-makers | Return Tour - Mme. Panita - the celebrated European flute virtuoso | Charles and Fannie Van present their novel little sketch "A Case of Emergency" | Maybelle Adama and C.H. O'Donnell in "Zila" - from the original French play by Maurice de Marcey, with Philip Barrison, Wilhelmina Lewis and Mr. O'Donne | Novelty of the Age - Daylight Moving Pictures - Motion Views of World News - A Feature of Note and Interest | Sammy Burns and Alice Fulton - Smart dancing couple in songs, Impersonations and diversified dances | Agnes Scott and Henry Keane in "Drifting," an idyllic episode by Agnes Scott | The Nichols Sisters - "The Kentucky Belles" | Odiva, "The Water Queen," in an exhibition of fancy diving and feats of grace, agility and endurance. Note: the massive tank is the largest ever erected on the stage, and is handled by a special corps of assistants. Capt. C.P. Adams, Manager and Announcer | Exit March - "Rhapsody" - Bud L. Cross |

Week of November 20, 1911

Acts this week: Orpheum Symphony Orchestra - A.F. Frankenstein, Director - March, "Ivanhoe" F.H. Losey, Op. 239 - "Badinage" Victor Herbert - Grand Selection, "Reminiscences of Scotland," Fred Godfrey - introducing "Scots, Wha' Hae," "Auld Robin Gray," "Bonnie Laddie," "The Campbells Are Coming," "The White Cockade," "John Anderson, My Jo," "Logie O'Buchan," "Green Grows," "Stratlspey," "Annie Laurie," "Auld Lang Syne," Finale | Sammy Burns and Alice Fulton - Smart dancing couple in songs, impersonations and diversified dances | Return Tour - Mme. Panita - the celebrated European flute virtuoso | The Six Brown Brothers - versatile comedy musicians - Cornets, trombones, basses, large wooden mirambaphone and featuring saxaphone specialties | Novelty of the Age - Daylight Moving Pictures - Motion Views of World News - A Feature of Note and Interest | The Diamond Queen La Titcomb "The Singer on Horseback" | The Pederson Brothers - Carl and Victor - aerial comedians - featuring the famous "Pederson Trick" | Agnes Scott and Henry Keane in "Drifting," an idyllic episode by Agnes Scott | Nat M. Wells "The Happy Tramp | Odiva, "The Water Queen" | Exit March - "Good Bye Bettie Brown" - Theo. Morse |

Week of November 27, 1911

Acts this week: Orpheum Symphony Orchestra - A.F. Frankenstein, Director - March - "Hohenzollern," C.L. Unrath - "Zug der Frauen," from the Opera "Lohengrin" R. Wagner - Caprice Heroique "Awakening of the Lion," A. von Konstky, Op. 115 | The Pederson Brothers - Carl and Victor - aerial comedians | Lilly Schreiber "The Vest Pocket Edition of Vesta Tilly" | The Six Brown Brothers - versatile comedy musicians | Sager Midgley and Company presenting the farce "Early Morning Reflections" with Dawn Elton, John Clark | Novelty of the Age - Daylight Moving Pictures - Motion Views of World News - A Feature of Note and Interest | Ed. Howard & Frank North presenting "Those Were the Happy Days" | Dr. Ludwig Wullner, the world famous Lieder singer with Conrad V. Bos, world famous accompanist | Nat M. Wills "The Happy Tramp" | Ergotti and Lilliputans - European Risley Artists | Exit March - "The Red Rose" - P. Wenrich |

The Week of December 4, 1911

Acts this week: Orpheum Symphony Orchestra - A.F. Frankenstein, Director - "Scenes Pittoresques" J. Massenet - Marche, Air de Ballet - Selections from the Opera "Lohengrin" Richard Wagner | Lilly Schreiber "The Vest Pocket Edition of Vesta Tilly" | Ergotti and Lilliputans - European Risley Artists | Jane Boynton in a Pianologue | Ed Howard & Frank North presenting "Back To Wellington" | Novelty of the Age - Daylight Moving Pictures - Motion Views of World News - A Feature of Note and Interest | America's premiere dancers - The Four Fords - Real Sisters and Brothers - Mabel, Dora, Edwin and Max - English Colonial Castle Dance, Boozeville Dance, Classical Grecian Dance, Solo and Ensemble Terpsichore | Dr. Ludwig Wullner, the world famous Lieder singer with Conrad V. Bos, world famous accompanist | Josie Heather - the winsome English comedienne in a selection of refined songs from her original repertoire. | James Augustine & Annie Hartley - famous barrel jumpers in their original specialty "Athletes At Play" | Exit March - "Turkey in the Straw" - Otto Bonnell |

The Week of December 11, 1911

Acts this week: Orpheum Symphony Orchestra - A.F. Frankenstein, Director - March, "The Merry American" H.O. Wheeler - Suite de Concert "L'Arlesienne" Georges Bizet | James Augustine & Annie Hartley - famous barrel jumpers in their original specialty "Athletes At Play" | Jane Boynton in a Pianologue | The Arlington Four - Brenner, Lee, Manny, Roberts - The Singing and Dancing Messenger Boys | Tom Nawn and Company in the tabloid playlet in three scenes "When Pat Was King" by Anna Marble with Frank Dawson, Pauline Eckhart, Mrs. Tom Nawn, Mr. Tom Nawn | Novelty of the Age - Daylight Moving Pictures - Motion Views of World News - A Feature of Note and Interest | Mosher, Hayes & Mosher - direct from Alhambra Theatre, London | America's premiere dancers - The Four Fords - Real Sisters and Brothers - Mabel, Dora, Edwin and Max | Josie Heather - the winsome English comedienne | "The Courtiers," B.A. Rolfe's Elaborate Musical Offering, with William A. Galpern, Clemence Moche, Roy Dietrick, John S. Leick, Mabel Keith, Jennie Griff, Nettie C. Coburn, Lillian A. Garris, Raymond S. Evans, Charles W. Harris - staged by B.A. Rolfe | Exit March - "That Mysterious Rag" - Ted Snyder |

The Week of December 18, 1911

Acts this week: Orpheum Symphony Orchestra - A.F. Frankenstein, Director - March, "The Royal Durbar" from the New York Hippodrome production "Round the World" Manuel Klein - Fantasia, Reminiscences of Grieg, arr. by Chas. Godfrey introducing "Swedish National Song," Melody "Spring," "Anitra's Dance," (Peer Gynt), "Dance of Elves," "Album Leaf," Song, "I Love Thee," Humoresque (Op. 6 No. 3), Valse, Humoresque (Op. 6 No. 1), "Solseig's Song" (Peer Gynt), "Dance of Imps" (Peer Gynt), Finale | Mazie King assisted by Claude Lightner present "The Legend of Spring" - On the first Spring morn at the break of dawn, the prince comes to the magic spring... | The Arlington Four - Brenner, Lee, Manny, Roberts - The Singing and Dancing Messenger Boys | Tom Nawn and Company in the tabloid playlet in three scenes "When Pat Was King" by Anna Marble | Lynch & Zeller "The Bang! Bang! Boys" - Clubmaniacs | "The Courtiers," B.A. Rolfe's Elaborate Musical Offering | Novelty of the Age - Daylight Moving Pictures - Motion Views of World News - A Feature of Note and Interest | Mosher, Hayes & Mosher - direct from Alhambra Theatre, London | Pat Rooney and Marion Bent presenting "The Busy Bell Boy" | Ed. F. Reynard presents Seth Dewberry and Jawn Johnson in "A Morning in Hicksville" with Mary Norman, Ed. F. Reynard, David Koontz, Sophia Baker, Fido, Kitty, Gyp | Exit March - The Dippy Rag" - Jane Boynton |

Week of December 25, 1911

January 1, 1912

Acts this week: Orpheum Symphony, A.F. Frankenstein, Director - March - "Kaiser Freidrich, Schubert's Serenade, Excerpts from the Opera "Romeo and Juliet" - Gounod | Six Bracks - Famous European Athletes | Les Fraed-Nad - French Ventriloquist | James Diamond and Clara Nelson - Late Comedian and Prima Donna of "Up and Down Broadway" Company presenting "Something New" | Those Four Entertainers - Harmonious Blend of Fun and Melody - Music Arranged by George Botsford | Novelty of the Age - Daylight Moving Pictures - Motion Views of World News - A Feature of Note and Interest | Hank M. Brown - Miss Viola Harris - J. Sullivan Brown in "Just to Laugh - That's All" | Johnny - The Rays - Emma -- and Company Present "The Band Master" | Mr. and Mrs. Jack McGreevy - "The Village Fidddler and the Country Maid" | Mlle. De Fallieres - With Her Family | Exit March - "Melody Rag" |

Thanks again to Michelle Gerdes for sharing the programs from the theatre's first six months of operation!

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