Beeson Theater – December 1916

December 1: Pantages Vaudeville acts Jesse L Lasky’s “Society Buds,” Claudia Coleman, Welch, Mealy and Montrose, Nan Gray, and Johnson’s Creole Band plus films “The Phantom” and “Laundry Liz”

Dodge City Daily Globe, November 28, 1916

“The Scream” 1928 Playbill

Dodge City Daily Globe, December 1, 1916

December 2: “The Footlights of Fate” starring Naomi Childers

December 4: “The End of the Trail” starring William Farnum

Dodge City Daily Globe, December 4, 1916

December 5: “The Half-Breed” starring Douglas Fairbanks

December 6: “The Light at Dusk” starring Orrin Johnson and Mary Carr

Dodge City Daily Globe, December 6, 1916

December 7: “The River of Romance” starring Harold Lockwood and May Allison

December 8: Pantages Vaudeville acts Maude Leone, Claudia Tracy, Oxford Trio, Will and Kemp, Browning and Dean, and Caruey, Lloyd and Ricker plus films “The Eye of the Night” and “A Social Cub”

Dodge City Daily Globe, December 5, 1916

Dodge City Daily Globe, December 8, 1916

December 9: “The Two Edged Sword” starring Edith Storey

December 11: “Sporting Blood” starring Dorothy Bernard and Glen White

Dodge City Daily Globe, December 9, 1916

December 12: “The Layman’s Half” lecture with music by the Beaumont Orchestra followed by “The Marriage of Molly-O” starring Mae Marsh and Robert Harron

Dodge City Daily Globe, December 8, 1916

Dodge City Daily Globe, December 12, 1916

December 13: “A Night Out” starring May Robson

Dodge City Daily Globe, December 9, 1916

December 14: “The Child of Destiny” starring Irene Fenwick

Dodge City Daily Globe, December 14, 1916

December 15: Pantages Vaudeville acts Phil La Toska, Henriette De Serris, Harry Slatko’s Midnight Rollickers, Ben and Hazel Mann, and Tom Kelly plus “The Captive God” and an unnamed Keystone film

Dodge City Daily Globe, December 11, 1916

Dodge City Daily Globe, December 14, 1916

December 16: “The Lights of New York” starring Leah Baird

Dodge City Daily Globe, December 16, 1916

December 18: “Daredevil Kate” starring Virginia Pearson

December 19: “The Devil’s Needle” starring Norma Talmadge and Tully Marshall

*Note: “The Devil’s Needle” can be viewed online here.

Dodge City Daily Globe, December 19, 1916

December 20: Pantages Vaudeville act Royal Hawaiian Serenaders, which had been rescheduled, plus film “The Suspect” starring Anita Stewart

Dodge City Daily Globe, December 16, 1916

December 21: “The Devil at His Elbow” starring Dorothy Green and Clifford Bruce

Dodge City Daily Globe, December 21, 1916

December 22: Pantages Vaudeville acts Long Tack Sam and Company, Eva Shirley, Dooley and Nelson, Joe Keno and Rosie Green, and Billy Murray plus films “The Payment” and “Skirts”

Dodge City Daily Globe, December 21, 1916

December 23: “For a Woman’s Fair Name” starring Robert Edeson and Eulalie Jensen

*Note: This film was also listed in the ad for December 30. It is unclear whether it failed to arrive in time for a December 23 showing.

Dodge City Daily Globe, December 23, 1916

December 24: Sacred Heart Church parish party featuring performances by area students and the film “The Shine Girl” starring Gladys Hulette

December 25: “Little Miss Happiness” starring June Caprice and Harry Hilliard

December 26: “Hell-to-Pay Austin” starring Bessie Love and Wilfred Lucas

Dodge City Daily Globe, December 26, 1916

December 27: “The Chattel” starring E. H. Sothern and Peggy Hyland

Dodge City Daily Globe, December 26, 1916

December 28: “God’s Half Acre” starring Mabel Taliaferro

Dodge City Daily Globe, December 28, 1916

December 29: Pantages Vaudeville acts The Three Bartos, Crawford and Broderick, The Great Lester, Rigoletto Brothers, and Ned Nestor and Charles Moore plus films “Honor Thy Name” and an unnamed Keystone comedy

Dodge City Daily Globe, December 26, 1916

December 30: The ad for this date listed “For a Woman’s Fair Name,” which was also listed on the ad for December 23.

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