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14 min. “Liberty Aflame.” A patriotic spectacle making its first appearance in vaudeville probably offers the most stirring appeal to patriotism and support of the flag in the present international crisis over attempted on any stage. Miss Arthur, one of America’s foremost dramatic stars, is heard in the role of “Liberty,” the stage being set to represent the status in New York Harbor. Miss Arthur’s remarkable ability as a reader of dramatic lines adds additional strength to the appeal and stereopticon views showing pictures of Washington, Lincoln and Wilson are displayed in the base of the monument. There is no question about this being a tremendous appeal to the red-blooded American at the present time and it was a great big applause hit.
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University of Iowa, Keith Albee Vaudeville Collection, Manager Reports, 13 November 1916 – 21 January 1918