Category Archives: Donna Montran

Donna Darling Collection – Part 24

Cecil Theater – Mason City, Iowa Treasure Chest Thursday By Don Taylor For this week’s Treasure Chest Tuesday, I’m looking at two clippings from the Donna Darling Collection Key features: The venue is the Cecil Theater in Mason City, Iowa … Continue reading

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“Chin Chin” at Liberty Theater, Camp Sherman, Ohio

Donna Montran and “Chin Chin” played at the Liberty Theatre, Camp Sherman, (Chillicothe), Ohio on 4 April 1920 Vaudeville/Chin-Chin By Don Taylor “Chin Chin” played at the Grand Opera House in Canton, Ohio on April 1st. It is not clear … Continue reading

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Donna Darling Collection – Part 23

Treasure Chest Thursday By Don Taylor It is always great when I can add a new venue to Donna’s show list and today’s collection item did just that. It was another Capitol Theater clipping, but this time from Kitchener, Ontario, … Continue reading

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Donna Darling Collection – Part 22

Treasure Chest Thursday By Don Taylor For this week’s Treasure Chest Tuesday, I’m looking at several clippings from the Donna Darling Collection that relate to her playing at the Capital Theater.[i] The first clipping is an article about “New Entertainment … Continue reading

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Donna in New York – April 1918

Donna was still in Boston in January, 1918 (See: “Boston Sunday Post – Play With Dolls To Banish Fatigue?”). She appears to have left for New York immediately after that because she “Began appearing on the “United Time” with Arthur Daly in February. What … Continue reading

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