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’ […]
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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 […]
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.” […]
Evelyn Nesbit in My Little Sister (1919)
This review of the film adaptation of Elisabeth Robins’ My Little Sister (1919) appeared in the magazine Moving Picture World. The review describes the “sensation” the play caused upon its […]