Beeson Theater – January 1917

January 1: “The Unwelcome Mother” starring Valda Valkyrien and Walter Law

Dodge City Daily Globe, January 1, 1917

January 2: “Pillars of Society” starring Henry B Walthall and “Vampire Ambrose” starring Mack Swain

January 3: “Through the Wall” starring Nell Shipman and William Duncan

Dodge City Daily Globe, January 3, 1917

January 4: “The Weakness of Strength” starring Edmund Breese and Ormi Hawley

January 5: Pantages Vaudeville acts Chinko and Kaufman, The Four Rennees, Ray Monte, Neal Abel (a friend of Merritt’s), Ward and Faye, and Herbert & Lloyd’s Girls plus films “Shell 43” and an unnamed Keystone comedy

Dodge City Daily Globe, January 4, 1917

January 6: “The Redemption of Dave Darcey” starring James Morrison and Belle Bruce

Dodge City Daily Globe, January 6, 1917

January 8: “Her Double Life” starring Theda Bara

January 9: “Gretchen the Greenhorn” starring Dorothy Gish and Ralph Lewis and an unnamed Keystone comedy

*Note: “Gretchen the Greenhorn” can be viewed online here.

Dodge City Daily Globe, January 9, 1917

January 10: “The Ninety and Nine” starring William Courtenay and Lucille Lee Stewart

January 11: “The Pretenders” starring Emmy Wehlan

Dodge City Daily Globe, January 11, 1917

January 12: Pantages Vaudeville acts Elsie White, Valentine Vox, Clifford & Mack, A Nut Sundae, Sherman, Van & Hyman, and Three Mori Brothers plus films “Lieut. Danny, U.S.A.” starring William Desmond and Enid Markey and an unnamed Keystone comedy

Dodge City Daily Globe, January 11, 1917

January 13: “The Firm of Girdlestone” starring Edna Flugrath and Charles Rock

Dodge City Daily Globe, January 13, 1917

January 15: “Where Love Leads” starring Ormi Hawley and Rockliffe Fellowes

January 16: “The Disciple” starring William S Hart and Dorothy Dalton

Dodge City Daily Globe, January 16, 1917

January 17: “The Unwritten Law” starring Beatriz Michelena and William Pike

Dodge City Daily Globe, January 16, 1917

January 18: “The Upheaval” starring Lionel Barrymore and Marguerite Skirvin

Dodge City Daily Globe, January 18, 1917

January 19: Pantages Vaudeville (acts not listed) plus films “Home” starring Bessie Barriscale and an unnamed Keystone comedy

January 20: “Britton of the Seventh” starring Darwin Karr and Charles Kent

Dodge City Daily Globe, January 20, 1917

January 22: Everywoman produced by Henry W Savage

Dodge City Daily Globe, January 22, 1917

Dodge City Daily Globe, January 13, 1917

January 23: Unnamed Triangle films

Dodge City Daily Globe, January 23, 1917

January 24: “An Enemy to the King” starring E. H. Sothern and Edith Storey

January 25: No show due to a shipping error

Dodge City Daily Globe, January 25, 1917

January 26: Pantages Vaudeville acts Frear, Baggett & Frear, Oscar Lee, Howard & Fields, Horlick’s Imperial Dancers, Santucci, and Shapp’s Comedy Circus plus films “The Patriot” and an unnamed Keystone comedy

Dodge City Daily Globe, January 25, 1917

January 27: “The Blue Envelope Mystery” starring Lillian Walker

Dodge City Daily Globe, January 27, 1917

January 29: “The Straight Way” starring Valeska Suratt and Herbert Heyes

Dodge City Daily Globe, January 29, 1917

January 30: “Diane of the Follies” starring Lillian Gish and “His Busted Trust” starring Slim Summerville

January 31: Fair and Warmer presented by Selwyn and Company

Dodge City Daily Globe, January 31, 1917

Dodge City Daily Globe, January 29, 1917

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