White Slave Play of Grim Power
This 1913 New York Times article discusses white slave play The Lure by George Scarborough, which featured a thrilling rescue scene of a white slave from a brothel. Elizabeth Robins’ […]
Monthly Archives: February 2015
My Little Sister Reviews
Promoted as one of the most widely read books of 1913, My Little Sister received much press when it was published both in the U.S. and in the UK (Under […]
50,000 Girls Disappear a Year
An article in the New York Times in 1913 made the dubious claim that over 50,000 girls were abducted each year when they migrated to cities. This is just one […]
The Fight (1913) by Bayard Veiller
Part of the 1913 – 1914 season of white slave plays, The Fight offered a thrilling brothel rescue scene, a feminist protagonist, and unveiled political corruption. It was ultimately censored […]
Frohman Announces Production of My Little Sister
New York Producer Charles Frohman announced in 1913 that he was staging Elizabeth Robins’ My Little Sister. His associate, Alf Hayman, made a well-publicized announcement after returning from Europe that he […]
My Little Sister Advertisements
Publicity for the book version of My Little Sister advertised it as “the story you can’t forget.” Another advertisement proclaimed the book to be “the most widely-discussed novel in New York to-day.” […]